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-Election 2012
Un-buggered Polls Show R&R up 8 points - WND.com
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/26/2012 09:32 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The polls are not 'unskewed'. They're just skewed in a different direction.

Pick the poison you like. But vote.
Posted by: Steve White || 09/26/2012 10:10 Comments || Top||

#2  Awwww, shaddup. Go wring your hands elsewhere.

Vote, folks. We're going to fix this country, and we're not going to let mobys like Orion dishearten us.
Posted by: Steve White || 09/26/2012 10:41 Comments || Top||

#3  Respectfully Orion, I hope and pray you are incorrect. Should Obama win however, America will continue to be dismantled by official racial socialism.

Dreams From my Father and the continued musings of it's alleged author capture perfectly, the basis of thinking that inhabits hierarchical societies in which strength, fairness, and communal ownership [as dictated by the Alpha Male or 'Head Man'] prevails over law.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/26/2012 10:50 Comments || Top||

#4  Thanks Steve. I WILL vote if I have have to crawl to the polls with Mrs. Besoeker sitting on my back.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/26/2012 10:52 Comments || Top||

#5  Better yet, I was fortunate enough to have to move to a swing state. Gonna do what I can.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 09/26/2012 12:07 Comments || Top||

#6  I'm definitely voting - straight Republican ticket (even if I have to hold my nose in a couple of cases). The DemonRats need a good spanking.

Just out of idle curiosity, where'd Orion's comment (that was answered by others) go? I checked the sinktrap and nothing was there.
Posted by: Barbara || 09/26/2012 12:41 Comments || Top||

#7  Don't know Barbara. I had the same question.

Dreams Nightmares From my Father Obama


FIFY
Posted by: JohnQC || 09/26/2012 13:19 Comments || Top||

#8  I didn't delete it. Don't know who did but I'll check.

He was a hand-wringing moby telling us that we should not bother to vote because the system is evil and corrupt and Romney is not the answer.
Posted by: Steve White || 09/26/2012 13:24 Comments || Top||

#9  In other words, another Donk trying to tamp down the vote?
Posted by: JohnQC || 09/26/2012 13:50 Comments || Top||

#10  the system is evil and corrupt and Romney is not the answer

That statement is true, but Romney is a lot less 'not the answer' than the incumbent.
Posted by: Glenmore || 09/26/2012 20:02 Comments || Top||

#11  "Romney is not the answer"

That would depend on the question, wouldn't it?

My question is, "Since we don't have a syphalitic camel running against Bambi that we can vote for, who can we vote for to get this self-centered America-hating clown OUT OF OFFICE?"

"Romney" is the answer.
Posted by: Barbara || 09/26/2012 21:23 Comments || Top||


R-BURG CALL TO ACTION: If you are a Republican living in Chicago, you can make a difference
Excerpt: "It's down to the wire and Sharon still needs 500 Republican election judges in Cook County...and she needs them by this coming Thursday. If she doesn't find 500 more judges, then Democrats will get to fill those positions...just like they have in previous elections (emphasis added - UP)."

* 500 people who live in Cook County who voted Republican in the past (which means they are registered as Republicans in Illinois, because party registration is determined by which ballot you pull in the primaries)

* Get the word out that these 500 people need to go to https://connect.cookcountyclerk.com/publicjudgeapplication.aspx (URL Corrected - UP) to apply to be election judges in Cook County

* Election judging requires being on site at a polling place for the entirety of November 6th, 2012. This might mean taking a sick day to do this...but you will be compensated $170/day for doing this.

People who have questions about whether they would qualify need to call: 312-242-1818


Posted by: Uncle Phester || 09/26/2012 08:17 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I sent in my application to be an Election Judge almost 8 weeks ago...(crickets)

Remember, there is no Democratic Party or Republican Party in Illinois. There is a combine, both groups learned long ago that if they work together there is plenty to steal.
Posted by: Griter Crart8496 || 09/26/2012 10:40 Comments || Top||

#2  Understood Griter, and I feel your pain, but we have National issues that must be dealt with....

BTW, HT for the article to Ace of Spades.....
Posted by: Uncle Phester || 09/26/2012 11:00 Comments || Top||

#3  Griter: send it in again and use the link.
Posted by: Steve White || 09/26/2012 13:20 Comments || Top||

#4  "Remember, there is no Democratic Party or Republican Party in Illinois. There is a combine, both groups learned long ago that if they work together there is plenty to steal."

This is essentially what happened to the checks and balances designed into the federal government. The idea was that each branch would oppose power grabs by the other branches. Eventually they figured out they could collude to grab power, and the only losers were the people.
Posted by: Iblis || 09/26/2012 15:43 Comments || Top||

#5  Applied this morning @0739 and received approval @ 0841.....
Posted by: Uncle Phester || 09/26/2012 19:07 Comments || Top||

#6  Thanks, Uncle Phester!
Posted by: Barbara || 09/26/2012 21:14 Comments || Top||

#7  Thanks Uncle Phester. Remember your smartphone if you have one, it's always nice to have video to back up claims of fraud!
Posted by: Charles || 09/26/2012 22:40 Comments || Top||


Ronmey's in Trouble, Part 123
With polls showing Obama enjoying a clear advantage in Ohio, Romney and his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan (Wis.), began two days of retail campaigning with a joint rally here at Dayton International Airport.
Oversampling? What's that?
Standing in front of their campaign planes, and joined by tea party star Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.), the Republican ticket painted a dramatic contrast with the Obama administration -- on their tax plans, on trade policies with China and on the size and role of government.
Almost a fair statement, except for throwing in a scary Tea-Party guy.
Beeson called Obama's campaign "the reigning champs" because of their successful turnout operation in 2008. But, he said, with six weeks left until Election Day, the Obama campaign is too bullish. "They're sort of spiking the ball at the 30-yard line right now," Beeson said.
Too busy to talk to Bibi, but he's got time to talk about his girls' basketball on The View.
Romney hopes his bus tour, which continues Wednesday through three Ohio cities, will help generate enthusiasm for his candidacy. He has been attacking Obama on his trade policies with China, both in television advertisements and on the stump, hoping a sharp critique would rally blue-collar voters in this industrial state.

"China has cheated," Romney said, adding, "I will not allow that to continue."
That's also all over Northern Virginia, which is followed or preceeded by Obama saying Romney's firm specialized in outsourcing jobs to China.
But Obama's campaign argued that this was simply a desperate move.
Not unlike Obama campaigning in Wisconsin, I suppose.
"He's desperately trying to find something else that will ingratiate himself with working people," former Ohio governor Ted Strickland, a co-chairman of Obama's campaign, said in an interview. "The people in Ohio, I think, have already made up their minds about this guy one way or another, and a majority of Ohioans have concluded that the Obama-MSM narrative is taking hold - he doesn't care about them or understand them."
Posted by: Bobby || 09/26/2012 05:37 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Considering Mittens and teh 0ne are tied in over sampled democrat polls....
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/26/2012 8:34 Comments || Top||

#2  "He's desperately trying to find something else that will ingratiate himself with working people,"

Yes of course; something akin to trying to feed farm animals in a petting zoo. They just won't come to the fence!
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/26/2012 8:59 Comments || Top||

#3  ... which is followed or preceeded by Obama saying Romney's firm specialized in outsourcing jobs to China.

You mean like all those White House patronage rewards to alternative energy companies that outsourced too?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/26/2012 9:06 Comments || Top||

#4  How to Lie With Statistics pdf download.

A great book by Darrell Huff. Read it.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 09/26/2012 9:56 Comments || Top||

#5  alternative energy companies

The one's that used the circular business plan like the union's? The Donks support the unions, the unions vote for the Donk's, and if the Donks win, they reward the unions with special favors and benefits at the expense of the rest of us.
Posted by: JohnQC || 09/26/2012 10:06 Comments || Top||

#6  "Circular Business Planning" (an excellent term by the way) is not limited to labor unions.

Example here, website is a bit dated but until recently, still a fully funded program.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/26/2012 10:20 Comments || Top||

#7  A great book by Darrell Huff. Read it.

Download done. (And it's free!) Thank you, Alaska Paul.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/26/2012 13:17 Comments || Top||

#8  Thanks for the link to the download.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 09/26/2012 18:37 Comments || Top||


Howard Stern Exposes Obama Supporters 2012
Posted by: Beavis || 09/26/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  In some way, I feel him warming, to question. That video proves ignorance that parades as cities - all over the planet.
Posted by: newc || 09/26/2012 2:18 Comments || Top||

#2  Reminds me of this;

How Obama Got Elected

And they vote, this is so painful
Posted by: Jan || 09/26/2012 2:45 Comments || Top||

#3  If our Champ has lost the endorsements of Howard Stern and Presidential hopeful Rosanne Barr, things are getting desperate.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/26/2012 4:31 Comments || Top||

#4  But we need to make it easier for these people to register and vote.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 09/26/2012 12:19 Comments || Top||

#5  I told my wife the other day - if the polls are true and Obama does win w/a comfortable lead then I conclude that there is little hope down the line for our country. The elephant in the room for me is (& I've not heard anyone mention this yet) that mabye the avg American voter is just basically a history-challenged high functioning moron. Seriously, how stupid are people to keep buying the b.s. that the economy is still W's fault - 3 1/2 yrs later? Really? When you take a job, do you keep blaming your predecessor 3 1/2 yrs later? Grow some nuts and act like an adult. Further, if the majority of the electorate is so economically retarded as to be good w/a $16+ trillion deficit, 8%+ unemployment (more like 10%), and all the rest of the shenannigans of the current admin(F&F debacle, obamacare, cap/trade, acorn, solyndra) because Obama is this cool guy who speaks well then they are on par psychologically w/the 6 yr old child who's enamored w/the new shiny toy. I'm to the point now that I cannot blame the MSM (whom I gleefully loathe) anymore for the stupidity and/or blatant ignorance of my fellow countrymen. At some point adults have to engage rational thought, learn some history, and piece together logical cause/effect. If bammer wins - I have no warm/fuzzy about the next 10yrs.
Posted by: Broadhead6 || 09/26/2012 12:42 Comments || Top||

#6  If bammer wins - I have no warm/fuzzy about the next 1000 yrs.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 09/26/2012 13:03 Comments || Top||

#7  Scary, isn't it? There really will be two countries but not exactly in the way the Breck girl (Edwards) envisioned; red interior (with a couple of state exceptions), blue coasts.
Posted by: JohnQC || 09/26/2012 13:25 Comments || Top||

#8  Those telephone interviews PROVES only a dumfuk votes fir Obama.
Posted by: Redneck Jim || 09/26/2012 13:37 Comments || Top||

#9  I don't believe the welfare model works on this large a level. If it gets worse we'll see an exodus of hard working and wealthy and they'll have to put up walls.

Of course at some point if we fail, China goes with us and nobody is left standing for a decade or two. And they'll still find a way to blame Bush.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 09/26/2012 14:40 Comments || Top||

#10  I wonder if any of these people Stern interviewed are here legally?
Posted by: JohnQC || 09/26/2012 15:07 Comments || Top||

#11  JQC - the audio I heard was African-Americans in Harlem. There may have been a few African immigrants in there. Stern ran this same bit on them back in 2008 w/similarly scary and hilarious results.
Posted by: Broadhead6 || 09/26/2012 15:50 Comments || Top||

#12  If obumble wins he will inherit a mess.
Posted by: irishrageboy || 09/26/2012 16:07 Comments || Top||

#13  Buy cans of food and guns if it goes south!
Posted by: Angiting Snore1647 || 09/26/2012 16:46 Comments || Top||

#14  Jeezus Harry Christmas!

I stopped listening about half-way through - it was just too painful.

Wotta buncha maroons.
Posted by: Barbara || 09/26/2012 18:31 Comments || Top||

#15  If it gets worse we'll see an exodus of hard working and wealthy and they'll have to put up walls.

Where would they go? More likely the hard working & wealthy will simply roll into the service of, to borrow Ayn Rand's term, the "aristocrac of pull." The hardworking & wealthy will simply dedicate their talent & resources towards those things that will give them the highest probability of success be those things in the private or public sector.
Posted by: AzCat || 09/26/2012 20:57 Comments || Top||

#16  North, they would go north to Canada. It would wind up the lesser evil at the rate we going.
Posted by: Charles || 09/26/2012 22:45 Comments || Top||



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