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Topic: Hope Over Experience |
Hope Over Experience
Wall Street Journal, by Editorial
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Posted By:earlybird, 11/7/2012 8:10:51 AM
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| President Obama won one of the narrower re-elections in modern times Tuesday, eking out a second term with a fraction of his 7.3% margin of 2008, in a polarized country with the opposition GOP retaining and still dominating the House. (Snip) He said little during the campaign about his first term and even less about his plans for a second. Instead his strategy was to portray Mitt Romney as a plutocrat and intolerant threat to each of those voting blocs. No contraception for women. No green cards for immigrants. A return to Jim Crow via voter ID laws. No Pell grants
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Comments: "Winning ugly..."
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Cleanhousein2012, 11/7/2012 8:20:46 AM (No. 8995476)
Title should read "GOP gets rolled again".
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
MattMusson, 11/7/2012 8:21:11 AM (No. 8995478)
Nothing has changed. The Hope and Change crowd still cling to their fantasies.
Will I live to see the end of the Republic?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
MindMadeUp, 11/7/2012 8:23:08 AM (No. 8995484)
For the first time in my life I'm not proud of my country.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Mike PHX, 11/7/2012 8:26:27 AM (No. 8995494)
Thank GOD we have the House. Can you imagine what these lunatics would do again with a free ticket?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
whiskey, 11/7/2012 8:30:14 AM (No. 8995515)
A few home truths I would not have been able to say before last night without being bad mouthed, this morning I hope you will listen.
It is time to abort right-to-life as a RNC issue.That became settled law 40 years ago.
We are now in danger of losses even greater.
You can choose to abort or not the changes that are coming won't give you an option(think Obamacare).
Guns? free speach? unions with open votes? Christian anything? Reparations?
Do any of you think this and more is not on the table. Quote Obama, the Constitution is a living(read we are going to change it) document.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna, 11/7/2012 8:31:11 AM (No. 8995520)
I still have a very creepy feeling that the 'other shoe' has yet to drop.
Awful lot of red necks out there with no sense of humor about this whole thing.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
GringoinQuito, 11/7/2012 8:33:04 AM (No. 8995525)
I haver never been so disappointed. I refuse to turn on the TV today, or to go on Facebook. This is the end of the USA as we had known it. I am so glad I moved to Ecuador. I'm putting Obama out of my mind for the next 4 years.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Quigley, 11/7/2012 8:34:28 AM (No. 8995528)
One good thing is the bill mars black folks won't have to riot or kill anyone today.
The experiment of whether a know it all college sophomore mind can lead 300 million people continues, despite four years of convincing data.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Quigley, 11/7/2012 8:41:03 AM (No. 8995558)
And one more thing.
As a friend of mine said we've been flukked.
As long as the electorate falls for these small issues like Sandra fluk spouts, big bird etc etc the dims will slice, dice, and win- at least if their candidate reads with a mellifluous voice and is telegenic.
What will it take for the electorate to focus large? A bigger terrorist attack? A bigger financial crisis?
Stay tuned. And alert. And responsive.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Laurie, 11/7/2012 8:42:05 AM (No. 8995568)
I don't believe Obama won this election fair and square. Why is no one talking about massive voter fraud this morning?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 11/7/2012 8:42:21 AM (No. 8995571)
Obama won everything he wanted and has no checks on his power for the second term.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Rumblehog, 11/7/2012 8:42:26 AM (No. 8995572)
Republicans had better realize, it's better to run "an amiable dunce" (aka Ronald Reagan) than someone with technical skill. We can see in 2 elections that experience matters less than likability. King Putt spent more time on Letterman and Leno than in Cabinet Meetings about Benghazi. The only way to combat that is to get true character to come out on screen against someone who is truly likable. Romney was symbolic of the rich, white, American male and easy to ridicule as being "out of touch." Say what you want, but we'd better start bringing up leaders with wisdom, wit, and personality who come across as someone you'd want to drink a beer with. And yes, GW Bush fit that requirement.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
rabbit, 11/7/2012 8:43:09 AM (No. 8995574)
One thing that got completely overlooked was families where a member has a disability. I know many who voted for Obama because of this one issue - yes, even social conservatives. All the talk of repealing Obamacare and replacing it with private insurance choices goes out the window when you have a family member with a pre-existing condition. The percentage of children with disabilities has been skyrocketing over the past 20 years. And all the talk about the 'takers' in society - well, that didn't go over well with families struggling with a loved one with a severe disability.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Pepper Tree, 11/7/2012 8:54:42 AM (No. 8995625)
Hope Over Experience. Is that all the WSJ has to say? This is a national tragedy.
America let down the best man we are likely to see run for President ever again. And who did America vote into office instead? The lowest, most debased character who ever walked through the doors of the White House. I am very sad for my country.
Ultimate blame sits on the heads of Lyndon Baines Johnson and Edward (Ted) Kennedy, who tampered with the social and racial make-up of America for the sake of party dominance.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Sae4236, 11/7/2012 8:55:46 AM (No. 8995630)
To answer your question # 2...Yes you did.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
killerbee, 11/7/2012 8:56:31 AM (No. 8995639)
This is the ultimate result of the Democrat take-over of media and education. That people are so stupid they couldn't see through the BS in Obama's campaign is something that has been predicted for some time. We're finally to the point where we have an electorate so shallow, so selfish, so dependent, that we may never recover.
I want this election to be investigated, too. The fraud was massive and blatant. I want recounts in FL, OH, and VA. The media won't do it. Holder sure as heck won't do it. After 2000 there were several interested parties that were able to launch recounts of Florida -- maybe True the Vote can accomplish something in that regard. It won't make a difference, but some proof that the Democrats committed fraud on an astounding level would be helpful in making our case.
And, no, we wouldn't have done better with Newt Gingrich or Ron Paul or Gary Johnson or anyone else running. This was a foregone conclusion, so don't blame Romney. In fact, go to his Facebook and thank him for his incredible effort.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
tocsin, 11/7/2012 8:58:55 AM (No. 8995651)
Unless/Until the pubbies wake up and realize that the democrats take seriously that politics is WAR by other means we will be defeated every time. This is not a game for Gentlemen, never was.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Mike PHX, 11/7/2012 8:59:46 AM (No. 8995656)
#12, I nominate you.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Mike PHX, 11/7/2012 9:08:57 AM (No. 8995703)
Oh...PS...how does that thing go? s/o. That's it! Sarcasm off! Like I have to tell everyone it's sarcasm! But if everyone got the joke, I wouldn't have to tell them it's sarcasm! Ok, let's try an experiment: Boy, sure loved the election results last night!
s/o
D'ja get it? Sarcasm off!! Hahahaha.....ahhh....whatever.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Cleanhousein2012, 11/7/2012 10:28:53 AM (No. 8996054)
Really 16? Sometimes the best team gets knocked out in the playoffs. Perhaps a candidate who demagogued as good as he (or she) got might have forced a different outcome.
We won't ever know - just that Romney fulfilled too many of our fears.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
bighambone, 11/7/2012 11:42:37 AM (No. 8996386)
It does not matter what the wimpy Republicans say as long as there are more "takers" then "makers" and that is only going to get worse.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
ColonialAmerican1623, 11/7/2012 9:09:17 PM (No. 8998258)
It's very disturbing to realize that many people believe propaganda.
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