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  • Sep 21, 2012, 06:48 AM
    excon
    It's hard
    Hello:

    Mitt thinks running for president is hard.. Does he think BEING president is easy??

    Downballot Republicans are running away from him. His collapse is going to cause the loss of the Senate, that was within their reach, and the Dems MIGHT even regain the House.

    Obama WAS imminently beatable... So, the Republicans ran a bunch of clowns against him.. What were they thinking?

    excon
  • Sep 21, 2012, 06:50 AM
    smoothy
    Well it can't be that hard if Obama has time to go on David Leterman and play golf while out Embassies burn.
  • Sep 21, 2012, 06:59 AM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by smoothy View Post
    Well it can't be that hard if Obama has time to go on David Leterman and play golf while out Embassies burn.

    Hello smoothy:

    When you're WINNING, you've got time on your hands...

    excon
  • Sep 21, 2012, 07:16 AM
    smoothy
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by excon View Post
    Hello smoothy:

    When you're WINNING, you've got time on your hands...

    excon

    He's not winning... he only thinks he is...
  • Sep 21, 2012, 07:22 AM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by smoothy View Post
    He's not winning...he only thinks he is.....

    Hello smoothy:

    No, I think he will.. It's true, the final poll has yet to be taken, but the ones I read today show Obama PULLING away. It's going to be a landslide. Of course, you'll deny it. You guys deny EVERYTHING.

    excon
  • Sep 21, 2012, 07:27 AM
    smoothy
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by excon View Post
    Hello smoothy:

    No, I think he will.. It's true, the final poll has yet to be taken, but the ones I read today show Obama PULLING away. It's going to be a landslide. Of course, you'll deny it. You guys deny EVERYTHING.

    excon

    The only polls that are showing him ahead are dubious at best with their methodology...

    And the only poll that really matters are the ones in the voting booth.
  • Sep 21, 2012, 07:33 AM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by smoothy View Post
    The only polls that are showing him ahead are dubious at best with their methodology....

    Hello again, smoothy:

    If I ran a poll, and wanted to BEAT Obama in the worst way, I'd show him ahead.

    excon
  • Sep 21, 2012, 07:36 AM
    speechlesstx
    You thought it was easy? Your psychological war isn't fazing me a bit.
  • Sep 21, 2012, 07:58 AM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    Your psychological war isn't fazing me a bit.

    Hello again, Steve:

    No?? Tom already admitted he'd rather have Ryan at the top.. And, I KNOW you're jonesing for Chris Christy or Jeb Bush...

    Bwa, ha ha ha.

    excon
  • Sep 21, 2012, 08:01 AM
    Wondergirl
    All the telemarketers who call me say they will vote for Obama (my personal poll). Chicago is covered (both North and South Sides) and yesterday I got Tennessee covered. Obama in a landslide!

    (Love the title of this thread, exy!)
  • Sep 21, 2012, 08:05 AM
    tomder55
    I don't put much crede in the polls... too much inside baseball stuff . But considering the convention bounce will fade away ;this is still a tight race by anyone's measure . Only Pew and National poll has it above the margin of error in favor of the President . Everything else is for all intents a statistical tie .
  • Sep 21, 2012, 08:06 AM
    speechlesstx
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by excon View Post
    Hello again, Steve:

    No??? Tom already admitted he'd rather have Ryan at the top.. And, I KNOW you're jonesing for Chris Christy or Jeb Bush....

    Bwa, ha ha ha.

    excon

    I also said the ticket would be better reversed. So? It ain't over.
  • Sep 21, 2012, 08:07 AM
    speechlesstx
    P.S. Can you say "Jones" here on a thread called "It's hard?"
  • Sep 21, 2012, 12:39 PM
    smoothy
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    P.S. Can you say "Jones" here on a thread called "It's hard?"

    Jones?. I was thinking Johnson.
  • Sep 21, 2012, 01:28 PM
    tomder55
    OFA can play with the Romney 2011 tax statement all weekend, and do their typical mock the rich dude act... it does not move the story from the fact that 26 states saw increased unemployment in August . The election is going to be decided on the Obama incompetent and flawed managing of the economy since the "recovery" began.

    The President admitted to Univision that he has found that he did not succeed once he was inside .That's because all he knows is community organizing working from the outside. I say we give him that opportunity to again work from the outside.
    Here's a slogan for OFA.. "More people added to food stamps than got new jobs last week."WTG OFA!
  • Sep 21, 2012, 02:34 PM
    NeedKarma
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    The election is going to be decided on the Obama incompetent and flawed managing of the economy since the "recovery" began.

    Nope, it'll be decided on Mittens gaffes.
  • Sep 21, 2012, 02:47 PM
    smoothy
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by NeedKarma View Post
    Nope, it'll be decided on Mittens gaffes.

    Nope... Obama and his flunkies really jammed their foot in it over the Libyan Embassy attack pack of lies...
  • Sep 21, 2012, 02:51 PM
    NeedKarma
    Ok, we'll see after the voting.
  • Sep 21, 2012, 04:14 PM
    tomder55
    The election is not about Romney. It is about the economy, which is sluggish and discouraging. Extreme foreign policy events can change minds about right direction/wrong direction polling ,but is not usually decisive except in rare cases like the 1980 campaign. However ,we don't know how the current crisis will play out so it's too early to say if it will be a major factor this year.

    A better polling indicator to look at is likeability .The President needs to be close to 50% in the likeability pools in November . Right now the President is close because he has benefitted from the post DC bounce. But that will not last .

    The race by all indicators is too close to call . Some toss away the high and the low polls and you have an averge inside the margins of error . But I normally don't pay attention to polls until the final week . Why ? Because some polls are skewed by the samplings used. But getting closer to the election ,these polling organizations have to be more concerned about their reputations ,so the polling becomes a little more honest.

    Romeny's alleged gaffs won't be a factor unless he really screws up in the debates.
  • Sep 21, 2012, 04:18 PM
    paraclete
    Tom you think they are playing with Romney's tax files wouldn't you like a 14% tax rate is that why you want lower taxes so your tax rate can match Romney's. It is a disgrace in public administration that a millionaire or billionaire should have a 14% tax rate whilst poorer people pay higher rates
  • Sep 21, 2012, 04:19 PM
    NeedKarma
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    The election is not about Romney.

    Sure it is. Typical americans don't care about economic facts. They'll vote for the lesser evil of character and now it appears it's Obama. For example the large majority of the political posts in Current Events don't discuss facts and platforms, they are specifically designed to elicit an emotional reaction - THAT is indeed what will sink Romney.
  • Sep 21, 2012, 04:30 PM
    paraclete
    Nothing emotional here karma just the facts
  • Sep 21, 2012, 04:48 PM
    smoothy
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by NeedKarma View Post
    Sure it is. Typical americans don't care about economic facts. They'll vote for the lesser evil of character and now it appears it's Obama. For example the large majority of the political posts in Current Events don;t discuss facts and platforms, they are specifically designed to elicit an emotional reaction - THAT is indeed what will sink Romney.

    And you and ex have never ever done such a thing have you?
  • Sep 21, 2012, 05:02 PM
    NeedKarma
    As a parody :-)
  • Sep 21, 2012, 05:19 PM
    tomder55
    Quote:

    They'll vote for the lesser evil of character
    You believe that ? GW Bush won 2 campaigns . I guess that made the Goracle and Kerry the more evil character .
  • Sep 21, 2012, 05:23 PM
    paraclete
    Could be Tom perspectives you know although Gore was cheated so who was the more evil character there
  • Sep 21, 2012, 05:31 PM
    tomder55
    Really don't want to argue the 2000 campaign again. Suffice it to say that an independent recount by new organizations showed that Bush had won the State of Florida. BTW ;Gore lost for3 reasons... The 1st was that Nader siphoned away some of Gore's votes (for all you lovers of 3rd parties );The next is that he ran a poor campaign and exiled Bill Clintoon from participating ;and 3rd ,and most important . There was a recession due to the Dot com bubble burst at the end of the Clintoon term. Economics was the major factor.
  • Sep 21, 2012, 05:35 PM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    The election is not about Romney. It is about the economy, which is sluggish and discouraging.

    Hello again, tom:

    Nahhh... If that were so, Obama would be behind by 10. People KNOW the economy sucks.. They just think Romney sucks MORE. This ISN'T going to be an Obama win. It's going to be a Romney LOSS.

    excon
  • Sep 21, 2012, 06:16 PM
    paraclete
    You find all the excuses you like Tom in your election you have admitted it is choosing the lesser evil or as Rusty said the lesser of two weivels
  • Sep 21, 2012, 11:03 PM
    talaniman
    Romney cooked the books, he did it before to be govenor.
  • Sep 21, 2012, 11:51 PM
    paraclete
    So you think he will try it again
  • Sep 22, 2012, 05:09 AM
    speechlesstx
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by excon View Post
    Hello again, tom:

    Nahhh... If that were so, Obama would be behind by 10. People KNOW the economy sucks.. They just think Romney sucks MORE. This ISN'T going to be an Obama win. It's going to be a Romney LOSS.

    excon

    Obama is just a supremely skilled liar and the media is willingly complicit.
  • Sep 22, 2012, 06:39 AM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    Obama is just a supremely skilled liar and the media is willingly complicit.

    Hello again, Steve:

    What a lousy country this is... The guy who lies wins, while the wonderful Mormon fellow, who doesn't swear, drink coffee or lie, is going to lose... I think I'll move...

    Bwa, ha ha ha..

    excon
  • Sep 22, 2012, 09:21 AM
    talaniman
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by paraclete View Post
    so you think he will try it again

    It worked before.
  • Sep 22, 2012, 09:52 AM
    speechlesstx
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by excon View Post
    Hello again, Steve:

    What a lousy country this is... The guy who lies wins, while the wonderful Mormon fellow, who doesn't swear, drink coffee or lie, is gonna lose... I think I'll move...

    Bwa, ha ha ha..

    excon

    Dude, Univision to their credit caught him in his lies, when will the others? The media is not serving the public by letting Obama get away with his bullsh*t, if we can't have at least a semblance of an honest debate then what's the point? They KNOW -as do you- he's feeding America lies, and if that's what this country has become then you can have it. I want no part of a country that's willing to sacrifice its honor, its constitution and my rights.

    Go ahead, gimme your best shot. You know I'm right. I haven't changed, you have.
  • Sep 22, 2012, 09:55 AM
    cdad
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    Obama is just a supremely skilled liar and the media is willingly complicit.

    And if he gets caught. No problem just blame Bush.

    http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/09/president-obama-falsely-claims-fast-and-furious-program-begun-under-the-previous-administration/


    Wonder why this one isn't continuing to be a top news story??
  • Sep 22, 2012, 10:02 AM
    talaniman
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    Dude, Univision to their credit caught him in his lies, when will the others? The media is not serving the public by letting Obama get away with his bullsh*t, if we can't have at least a semblance of an honest debate then what's the point? They KNOW -as do you- he's feeding America lies, and if that's what this country has become then you can have it. I want no part of a country that's willing to sacrifice its honor, its constitution and my rights.

    Go ahead, gimme your best shot. You know I'm right. I haven't changed, you have.

    Between Obama and Mitt when are you leaving? We already have examples of your semblance of honest debate... call the other side liars, and your side the truth.
  • Sep 22, 2012, 10:07 AM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    Dude, Univision to their credit caught him in his lies, when will the others?

    Go ahead, gimme your best shot. You know I'm right. I haven't changed, you have.

    Hello again, Steve:

    My best shot is the truth.
    Quote:

    2006–2008: Operation Wide Receiver.

    The first known ATF "gunwalking" operation to Mexican drug cartels, named Operation Wide Receiver, began in early 2006 and ran into late 2007. Licensed dealer Mike Detty of Mad Dawg Global informed the ATF of a suspicious gun purchase that took place in February 2006 in Tucson, Arizona. In March he was hired as a confidential informant working with the ATF's Tucson office, part of their Phoenix, Arizona field division.[27] With the use of surveillance equipment, ATF agents monitored additional sales by Detty to straw purchasers. With assurance from ATF "that Mexican officials would be conducting surveillance or interdictions when guns got to the other side of the border",[12] Detty would sell a total of about 450 guns during the operation.[26] These included AR-15s, semi-automatic AK-pattern rifles, and Colt .38s. The majority of the guns were eventually lost as they moved into Mexico.[7][27][28][29]

    At the time, under the Bush administration Department of Justice (DOJ), no arrests or indictments were made. After President Barack Obama took office in 2009, the DOJ reviewed Wide Receiver and found that guns had been allowed into the hands of suspected gun traffickers. Indictments began in 2010, over three years after Wide Receiver concluded. As of October 4, 2011, nine people had been charged with making false statements in acquisition of firearms and illicit transfer, shipment or delivery of firearms.[20] As of November, charges against one defendant had been dropped; five of them had pled guilty, and one had been sentenced to one year and one day in prison. Two of them remained fugitives.[27]
    What else is there to say?

    Excon
  • Sep 22, 2012, 10:12 AM
    talaniman
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by califdadof3 View Post
    And if he gets caught. No problem just blame Bush.

    http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/09/president-obama-falsely-claims-fast-and-furious-program-begun-under-the-previous-administration/


    Wonder why this one isn't continuing to be a top news story??



    Quote:

    But this was not entirely an exoneration of the Justice Department run by Mr. Holder. “We found it troubling that a case of this magnitude, and one that affected Mexico so significantly was not directly briefed to the Attorney General,” the report stated.

    In addition to specific disciplinary measures, the Inspector General “made six recommendations designed to increase the Department’s involvement in and oversight of ATF operations, improve coordination among the Department’s law enforcement components, and enhance the Department’s wiretap application review and authorization process. The OIG intends to closely monitor the department’s progress in implementing these recommendations.”

    They may have changed the name of the program but it was the same program.

    Quote:

    Asked for comment, White House Spokesman Eric Schultz said, “The President was referring to the flawed tactic of gun-walking, which despite Republicans efforts to politicize this issue, began under the previous Administration and it was our Attorney General who ended it. In fact, this week’s IG report affirms this and if Republicans still have any legitimate questions about Fast and Furious, the 450-page report answers them. In light of this thorough report and Congress’s 16 month-long investigation, Republicans have no excuse to keep wasting time and taxpayer resources on politically-motivated, election-year attacks.”
    The locals screwed up and tried to cover it up.
  • Sep 22, 2012, 10:22 AM
    cdad
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by talaniman View Post
    They may have changed the name of the program but it was the same program.

    So what your saying is the man that claimed to be about hope and change didn't really want either.

    To use the quote from ex:

    At the time, under the Bush administration Department of Justice (DOJ), no arrests or indictments were made. After President Barack Obama took office in 2009, the DOJ reviewed Wide Receiver and found that guns had been allowed into the hands of suspected gun traffickers. Indictments began in 2010, over three years after Wide Receiver concluded. As of October 4, 2011, nine people had been charged with making false statements in acquisition of firearms and illicit transfer, shipment or delivery of firearms.[20] As of November, charges against one defendant had been dropped; five of them had pled guilty, and one had been sentenced to one year and one day in prison. Two of them remained fugitives.[27]


    It sounds like that ended in 2007, Well before he took office and they had decided to continue with more of the same bad decisions. I wonder who is really running the place when he can run away from responsibility so easily??

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