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This guy won the GOP primary? Really, South Carolina? Are you serious? The guy cheated on his wife, abandoned his kids, and quit the state. And you give him another chance?
I'm all for forgiveness, but isn't there someone who can run for office who isn't a cheat or a scoundrel?
You see, GOP -- this is why you can't have nice things.
He's lucky that his opponent is the untalented, unremarkable sister of the unfunniest guy on the planet.
You disappoint me, South Carolina. You really do.
The Budget-Buster-In-Chief has decreed that the peons citizens can no longer take tours of the White House. That will save the country $2,000,000 between now and the end of the year.
That's a pretty big number. The White House is really serious about cutting back now, right?
Maybe not.
Obama's recent little trip to play golf with Tiger Woods cost about $1,000,000. He could've stayed at home and kept the tours going for several months.
I guess it's just too much to ask the King to forgo his elbow-rubbing with A-listers. Obama's gotta get his, right? Sure, the kids whose dreams of touring the White House during their once-in-a-lifetime trips to the nation's capital have been crushed. So what? It's not like their parents' tax dollars pay for the Empty-Suit-In-Chief to live in the White House with 468 staffers (including two calligraphers), right?
Let them eat cake!
I've been silent of late. There is a reason. I'm at a crossroads with this site and its purpose. Several years ago, I selected the name "Angry Electorate" for this blog. Well, the electorate was angry back then. That hasn't changed. The electorate remains angry. However, I don't know if that is still the most appropriate name/domain.
With the recent re-election of Barack Obama, perhaps I should change the name of this blog to "Ignorant electorate." Why is the electorate now ignorant? A majority of the country re-elected a guy to office who is wholly incapable of fixing our problems. He is an empty suit. He is a community organizer with no discernible skills apart from convincing rubes that he knows what he is doing and that he will keep the monthly checks coming in
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The third and final presidential debate was held last night. The topic was foreign policy. Post-debate polls showed that Obama won the debate. I would agree with that in terms of content. It's nearly impossible for an challenger to win a debate against a sitting president. Having made foreign policy decisions and having received four years worth of national security briefings, Obama was working from a base of knowledge that Romney didn't (and couldn't) possess as the challenger.
With that being said, Obama was snarky and smart-alecky. He came across as petty, arrogant, and condescending. Romney's aim seemed to be one of not scaring off independents or women. He didn't want to appear wedded to George W. Bush's neoconservative policy of the 2000s. That was smart. In doing so, he didn't allow Obama to paint him as just another war-mongering candidate who wants to pull us into multiple wars that will cost our nation unnecessary losses of life and treasure. Romney came across as thoughtful, measured, and polite. In contrast, Obama came across as hostile, egotistical, and (politically speaking) desperate for a big win
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Obama and Romney had their second presidential debate tonight at Hofstra University. CNN's post-debate poll of registered voters showed Obama winning by a margin of 46%-39%. That's pretty even. I would regard it as even based on the optics.
Obama is a lying weasel, but his lies were effective in the absence of any persistent challenge. This debate format didn't allow as many face-to-face challenges -- although there were some. I did feel that Romney left some key points on the table. He didn't raise the issue that ANOTHER of Obama's government-funded (i.e., taxpayer-funded) green energy companies went under in the last day or two. I was also disappointed that Romney didn't more succinctly nail Obama on his blatant lies to the American people and the world about the Libya mess. Romney was great, though, in his ability to constantly harp on Obama's performance (or, more precisely, failure) over the last four years. The fact that he repeatedly went back to the notion of REAL job creation was very effective
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The Vice-Presidential debate was held tonight in Kentucky. The first post-debate poll showed a narrow advantage for Ryan.
Personally, I thought the debate was fairly even in terms of substance. Biden toed the liberal line, and I believe Democrats will be pleased (certainly more than they were after Obama's moribund performance last week). Ryan capably defended the conservative positions, and I feel that Republicans will be more than satisfied with his performance
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Here is a statement Mitt Romney made during the debate:
First of all, I will eliminate all programs based on this test, if they don’t pass it – Is the program so critical it’s worth borrowing money from China to pay for it. And if not, I’ll get rid of it.
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