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Author Topic: American Election Megathread - It's Over  (Read 769066 times)

palsch

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Re: American Election Megathread
« Reply #1215 on: January 26, 2012, 04:07:45 pm »

Speaking of debates... please please please please please let this happen. OK, so practically impossible, but a man can dream...
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Re: American Election Megathread
« Reply #1216 on: January 26, 2012, 04:14:43 pm »

Personally, I'm ready to see some "South Korean legislature"-caliber brawling. The whole political theater aspect of it is starting to look like reality TV anyways, why not toss in some situational conficts which have been utterly engineered to explode in everyone's face?
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Re: American Election Megathread
« Reply #1217 on: January 26, 2012, 07:04:23 pm »

Personally, I'm ready to see some "South Korean legislature"-caliber brawling. The whole political theater aspect of it is starting to look like reality TV anyways, why not toss in some situational conficts which have been utterly engineered to explode in everyone's face?

Sadly there are very few US politicians I really see having the guts to stand their ground and throw hands (and chairs) like the Koreans, they talk a good fight, but I think if it came down to actual fisticuffs im fairly sure the shouting would all be 'SECURITY' and 'DONT HIT ME OR ILL SUE' rather than 'CMON THEN HAVE A REAL GO YA WUSS'
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Re: American Election Megathread
« Reply #1218 on: January 26, 2012, 07:36:33 pm »

Yeah, not having politicians behave as kindergarten babies is really sad.
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Re: American Election Megathread
« Reply #1219 on: January 26, 2012, 07:43:02 pm »

Dunno, I'd love a good fight once every bluemoon in the Folketing. Them Asians have something on the right here I feel.
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Re: American Election Megathread
« Reply #1220 on: January 26, 2012, 07:53:42 pm »

Remember: If Congress regularly broke out into inter-congressmen fistfights we wouldn't have as many set-in-their-ways-three-fourths-senile-utterly-disconnected morons able to hold seats. Age brings frailty.
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Re: American Election Megathread
« Reply #1221 on: January 26, 2012, 08:19:07 pm »

Oh dear oh dear.
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Thursday afternoon, the LA Times reported that Romney’s tax returns listed 23 funds and partnerships that did not appear on Mitt Romney’s personal financial statements — the disclosure forms candidates are required by federal law to file with the Federal Elections Commission. Romney filed his disclosure forms in August 2011. The timing of this revelation couldn’t be worse. Hours before a GOP debate and days before the crucial Florida primary, Democrats now have new fodder for demanding additional tax return information from the Romney campaign.
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Lying to the FEC is crime, but proving that Romney decided to purposefully omit the information (if he did) would be a pretty high burden to meet. There’s been nothing to indicate so far that Romney did anything more than make a mistake on a complicated government form. But if Roussell’s allegations are correct — and it’s proven that the omission of offshore accounts and investments, as well as investments connected to Bain Capital were left off purposefully, for political reasons — then Romney is in trouble legally. Obviously that’s a big “if.”
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Re: American Election Megathread
« Reply #1222 on: January 26, 2012, 08:38:54 pm »

The debate tonight is fascinating
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Re: American Election Megathread
« Reply #1223 on: January 26, 2012, 08:48:45 pm »

Holy crap. Santorum has the most sane tax perspective of all the republicans. I mean, it isn't going to balance the budget, but it is more sane than anyone else. I never thought there was something where Santorum would be least bad.
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Re: American Election Megathread
« Reply #1224 on: January 26, 2012, 09:05:19 pm »

Education and welfare. He's less bad than the rest of them.
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Re: American Election Megathread
« Reply #1225 on: January 26, 2012, 09:07:55 pm »

Education and welfare. He's less bad than the rest of them.
No he isn't. Read his social policy. If you are not sufficiently abhorred at the idea of Santorum being President after that, read it again. And again. And again.
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Re: American Election Megathread
« Reply #1226 on: January 26, 2012, 09:11:15 pm »

I meant in terms of education and welfare he was less bad. Yes, otherwise he's horrible.
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Re: American Election Megathread
« Reply #1227 on: January 26, 2012, 09:34:19 pm »

Newt Gingrich promises moon base by the end of his second term.

Sane people: "Let's fix the country."

Newt: "TO THE MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!"
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Re: American Election Megathread
« Reply #1228 on: January 26, 2012, 09:41:25 pm »

Alright, I like space exploration as much as the next liberal nerd on the internet, but a moon base in eight years is totally unfeasible. Just return meaningful funding to NASA and let them do what they think is best.
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Re: American Election Megathread
« Reply #1229 on: January 26, 2012, 09:46:49 pm »

Alright, I like space exploration as much as the next liberal nerd on the internet, but a moon base in eight years is totally unfeasible. Just return meaningful funding to NASA and let them do what they think is best.
Not to mention the whole "doesn't even have ONE term" thing.
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