The middle class, seniors, disabled, soldiers, students, minorities who make up the 47%

especially them parents with 2+ kids that didn't use birth control and now lower their income tax liability to zero...oh wait. Wrong argument

It's kinda hard for Willard to spin this one. It's him saying it and there's NO DOUBT about it!

What a TOOL!

What a FOOL!

Seniors, soldiers, and veterans do not support Barrack Obama.

DEMOCRATS FOR ROMNEY 2012!

Again, when left off his leash, Willard tells the truth;

Mitt Romney told voters in Ohio on Wednesday that his plan to widely overhaul the tax code would not result in a huge tax cut for them.

“By the way, don’t be expecting a huge cut in taxes, because I’m also going to lower deductions and exemptions,” Romney said, according to various news media reports

Now, if you're a 1 percenter, he is definitely your guy!

There is nothing better that fighting back the lies with one's own words on video.

Seniors, soldiers, and veterans do indeed support President Barrack Obama.

That is a FACT!

Yet another Obama ad hitting Romney on '47%' comments

Good! Stick It to the Stench! Way to go Mr. President!

Same thing with his snooty wife!

Talk about dragging dead weight! You would think Queen Ann was a Democratic operative! Keep up the good fight Annie!

"The sun will come out tomorrow. You can bet your bottom dollar..."

ZMan2012

Seniors, soldiers, and veterans do not support Barrack Obama.

DEMOCRATS FOR ROMNEY 2012!

Just Z Facts Man

What % of the electorate do these vets belong to? Their numbers will not outnumber Africans American, Latinos, Asians, Native Americans, LBGT, women, the elderly, the poor, and the youth no matter what you put up.

4 more 4 44

Obama/Biden

The reason this ad is effective is it speaks directly to the perception that Romney has given voters. Romney has gone way YONDER out of his way to show that he is an elitist, concerned only for his own desire to pose on the White House balcony.

This just affirms the truth about Romney.

That's right Obama... keep on spinning what Romney said... Maybe you think that works in your favor... spin = lie.

You are just like your fellow libs that only hear what they want to hear, repeat what they hear, no matter how inaccurate it is and stand by the lie as if the lie has credibility.

Real people will remember this on Nov 6th... and it will reflect in the way they vote.

Seniors, soldiers, and veterans do not support Barrack Obama.

Let's see, now. The AARP boos Ryan in Florida. That doesn't look good for Romney. Plus this Reuters article reports that American soldiers favor President Obama. Read 'em and weep:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/13/us-usa-poll-military-idUSBRE84C02120120513

Where are you buying your fantasies these days, Zman? I hope you got them cheap because they don't seem to be working for you.

... spin = lie.

There is no spin. That's a recording of Romney speaking. How is it being spun?

The Obama Economic Record

. Inauguration Today Change

Unemployed Americans 12.5 million 12.5 million 0

Unemployment rate 7.8% 8.1% 5%

Gas Prices $1.85 $3.85 208%

Federal Debt $10.6T $16 T 35%

Debt per person $34.7K $47.1K $12.4K

Misery Index 7.8 12.9 65%

Food Stamp recipients 32 M 45 M 41%

Health Ins prem $3,354 $4,129 23%

Home Values $193K $172K -11%

Americans in poverty 39.8M 46.2M 6.4M

Here's one of the 47%-ers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tpAOwJvTOio

Sold her soul for a phone. It doesn't take much.

Say, Brian, I was wondering. Why did you pack so many sour grapes in your insane survivalist stash? They seem to be making your posts seem, well, a bit more shrill and desperate than normal. And that's really saying something, too.

Why are all of our friends on the right so testy today? Desparation is upon them.

The walls are closing in. They've seen the light......................

Oh wait!!! That's not a light. It's Romney's campaign flaming out!

One more thing, Zman. The GOP filibusted to kill a jobs bill for Veterans just last week. How do you think that is going to sit with vets? Think they will jump on Romney's broken-down bandwagon now?

Romney has lost the seniors' votes and the veterans' votes. It doesn't really matter, though. He's lost just about all of America's votes, anyway.

Best AD yet! In Romney's own words. Ha!

Romney is CLUELESS.

The guy doesn't understand people nor the world, his bubble insulates him.

Why are all of our friends on the right so testy today?

You have to admit Fuzzy, it is amusing watching their heads SPIN! lol

It is going to get worse and we get closer to election day!

They're screwed and they KNOW it!

fuzzy44 said:

... spin = lie.

There is no spin. That's a recording of Romney speaking. How is it being spun?

It is being spun because Obama is putting in a false wall there that Romney didn't. Romney said that the 47% will vote for the president no matter what. These are the entitlement people, and Romney was absolutely correct. Now Obama is saying that Romney doesn't like the 47%, has something against them and believes they are second class citizens. This couldn't be further from the truth... but Obama is beating this like it was Romney's meaning when it wasn't. That's the spin = lie.

Brian, at the end of the video, what did he say? Not to worry about those people?

47% of Americans? NICE!!

Now, if you're a 1 percenter, he is definitely your guy!

ah the class envy. Feisty care to explain how beneficial to society, American society if we're all proletariats?

Sailcat-2064101

Say, Brian, I was wondering. Why did you pack so many sour grapes in your insane survivalist stash? They seem to be making your posts seem, well, a bit more shrill and desperate than normal. And that's really saying something, too.

It's sour grapes because I am not hypnotized by Obama? It's sour grapes because I can see what Obama is doing to this country and you can't? I'd rather have sour grapes than rotten grapes. Rotten grapes is what you have... and the smell of Obama putrefies the air I breathe.

Rotten grapes ferment and become wine!

CA - Don't provoke Betty... she might say something and end on vacation again... WAIT, what am I saying? Provoke away... that was the most peaceful week we had around here in a long while.

fuzzy44 said:

Brian, at the end of the video, what did he say? Not to worry about those people?

47% of Americans? NICE!!

Since you seem to be an expert on what he said... what was his meaning. Let's see if the comprehension part escapes you.

fuzzy44 said:

Rotten grapes ferment and become wine!

I can see you've never made wine before... You go ahead and use rotten grapes...

You want to talk about lies, how about the guy who claimed Romney was responsible for his wife's death. You know the one, Obama tried to distance himself from, but yet refused to denounce. That very same guy who appeared on Obama's page for President, but he had nothing to do with the ad, yeah right. And then, let's talk about the killing of our Ambassador, but he had no knowledge it was a terrorist attack, but now it is coming out that he did have knowledge. I can go on and on with his lies.

Since you seem to be an expert on what he said... what was his meaning

1 I don't have to be an expert to hear a recording.

2 what was his meaning? Please tell us what he meant. Inquiring minds want to know!

and the smell of Obama putrefies the air I breathe.

The only stench we smell around here is of YOU, the unemployed, misogynistic, racist, homophobe who can't take care of his own kids!

Provoke away... that was the most peaceful week we had around here in a long while.

So much for having me on ignore... eh?

As you demonstrate daily, you are incapable of telling the truth if your life depended on it! lol

Like being a Viet-Nam war vet, having a J-O-B, or being polled by phone to name just a few...

Get OFF First Read and find a JOB - you government assistance sucking parasite!

Brian makes me laugh! Fermenting grapes make whine, you know, brian. I thought you might like to know.

Again, when left off his leash, Willard tells the truth;

kind of like Obama when he wanders from his See n Say

Yeah Brian, not much of a provocation. Hey Feisty, can you think outside your limited dialog? I know Feisty doesnt understand the ramifications of a proletariat society.

Had this been a secret recording of President Obama, the so-called mainstream media would be intensely investigating the source and reporting on the illegality of the recording... as it is, I've heard nothing about it.

We can all thank Joe Scarborough for the change to Romney's slogan from "Believe in America" to "Oh, Sweet Jesus".

Oh Sweet Jesus, here comes Stench!

Oh Sweet Jesus, have I got a tax break for the 1%.

Oh Sweet Jesus, have I got a tax hike for the 47%.

Oh Sweet Jesus, get out the pity vote, and vote Romney - Ryan!!

Fuzzy,

It's kinda hard for Willard to spin this one.

Hard for Willard to spin it, but look at Brianb whirling like a dervish trying to explain it away. Watch him spin and spin and spin. You just know he's going to smash into a wall or go over a cliff or die from exhaustion. But his desperation is so great he can't help himself.

intensely investigating the source and reporting on the illegality of the recording

What was illegal about it?

The group had an expectation of privacy and were unaware that someone had planted a camera in the private residence. Would it be legal to place a camera in your home without your consent?

I'm still waiting for Brianb to tell me what Romney really meant. (With his higher level of comprehension)

Ceasar -- You wrote:

ramifications of a proletariat society.

It's the Tea Party ideology that wants only land owners to have the right to vote. Roman ideology perhaps.

The group had an expectation of privacy

By all means let's keep our views private so the peasants don't know how we feel about them.

That's a tough break for Romney. He spoke and someone recorded it.

It's no wonder he shies away from interviews.

but look at Brianb whirling like a dervish trying to explain it away. Watch him spin and spin and spin.

And here I simply thought Brianb was simply demonstrating his best Brian Boitano on ice routine.

The group had an expectation of privacy and were unaware that someone had planted a camera in the private residence.

You best brush up on your Right to Privacy laws. And how do you know if the group had an expectation of privacy. Were agreements signed?

According to Romney and his apologists I must be a double moocher as I am a senior and a veteran.

The fact that I served this country and kept Romney's butt out of the military doesn't matter does it? The fact that I worked 40 years and put aside money in retiremant savings to augment the Social Security that I paid into doesn't matter does it?

The only thing that matters is that, no matter how much I have earned the benefits I am called a moocher. That is an insult to me and to others like me.

I wonder if Willard has guts enough to go before a crowd of VFW old guys and call them moochers.

It's the Tea Party ideology that wants only land owners to have the right to vote. Roman ideology perhaps.

what a joke DCIA, do you get paid to lie or is it just a natural talent?

Hey guess what too with the Romans, they(landowners) also were the ones fighting wars, not the layabout beggars. You know skin in the game type thing. But that is ancient history.

ZMan2012

Seniors, soldiers, and veterans do not support Barrack Obama.

Any person with basic math skills can put 2 and 2 together to figure out that mathematically it would be impossible for President Obama to have been elected in the first place.

But for the sake of argument let's pretend your statement is true - isn't it awful for Romney to pi$$ on almost 50% of his supporters by calling them victims and moochers?

Job1

Seniors, soldiers, and veterans do indeed support President Barrack Obama.

That is a FACT!

since when do Republicans allow "little" things like FACTS and factcheckers get in their way?

Adler-273784

According to Romney and his apologists I must be a double moocher as I am a senior and a veteran.

you lazy bastard!

Ceasar -- I'm not a liar.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/30/denying-vote-propertyless-makes-lot-sense-tea-party-nation-pres/

http://www.mediaite.com/online/tea-party-nation-president-only-allowing-property-owners-to-vote-"makes-a-lot-of-sense"/

Obscure news articles. Hey did you find the racists remarks too. YOu know part of the tea party platform.

DCIA did you also play along with MSNBC durning the RNC 'spot the darkie'? Im sure it was like where's waldo

Mitt has handed this weapon (hammer 47%) as a gift to Obama, asking Obama to beat him (Mitt) in the fatal spot.

Thanks, Mitt.

Hey did you find the racists remarks too. YOu know part of the tea party platform.

As a matter of fact, yes. This is Dale Robertson, one of the founders of the tea party and operator of TeaParty.org expressing his opinions at a TP rally. His sign says a lot about the TP's values, doesn't it?

http://washingtonindependent.com/73036/n-word-sign-dogs-would-be-tea-party-leader

Bob, Bob, Bob.....I'm probably about the 900th person to point this out to you, but no one's forcing you to come here and read a single word. So why do you? And don't give me that tired old "Because you libbie idiots make me laugh" routine, because you're so obviously not having much fun. Do yourself a favor, Bob - there are a million right-leaning websites out there that would make you a lot happier. Go read one of them. Better yet, why not do like Feisty did while on her time out, and get outside and get some fresh air and actually do some work to get out the vote for YOUR candidate? Seriously, I think you'll find it a lot more rewarding.

You know Bob, everytime ANYTHING happens with/to Mitt & Co., they run over to Fox to whine and cry. Maybe if he was a little more cooperative with the rest of the press, they just might have something more positive to say about him.

Obama/Biden 2012

all Obama has to do is take all Romney's before and after positions, and make an ad. There is so much material that he could play a different one each day and not run out of material.

Mitt wants a mulligan on that hole!

If only he could retroactively unattend that fund raiser.

Bob in Va.

Yup! That's exactly what they do. No lie is too disengenuine as not to be portrayed as the absolute truth when it comes to Barry O.'

I am so sick of reading about how Obama is a wonderful kind, caring man, while Mitt Romney wants to eat your children.

I'm so sick of being told that Obama "understands the problems of the middle class" (he doesn't by the way. His upbringing and education were anything but middle class. He lived overseas, and in Hawaii fer-cripes-sakes, and he went to college at Columbia University!!!!!!!!! Last time I looked, "middle class" people can't afford to do those things!!!!!!!!!)

But, Mitt Romney lived a life of success, wealth and privilege and that makes him evil!

...and I'm extra sick of being told how wonderful and classy Michele ("I'm finally proud of my country") Obama is, while Ann Romney (who has dealt with BOTH Multiple Sclerosis and Cancer!!!!!) is such a horrible *itch.

But, this is what we're going to have to deal with for as long as Obama PIMPS the media out.

(Yes I said it you MEDIA TYPES. Obama has "turned you out" like streetwalkers. How's it feel to his "trollips")

DEMOCRATS FOR ROMNEY 2012!

Bayllie - John Stewart did that on the Daily Show monday night, it was quite humorous btw.

however, nothing can take away the fact that the country is headed back into recession, blame congress if you want, but that is what is happening.

Layton-3733410

"You know Bob, everytime ANYTHING happens with/to Mitt & Co., they run over to Fox to whine and cry."

And even FOX has Obama ahead!

VP Bob,

If you don't like MSNBC, please post else where. By the way Willard will also lose Virginia.

You folks on the right know that President Obama is going to crush Willard and it's driving you even more crazy.

however, nothing can take away the fact that the country is headed back into recession, blame congress if you want, but that is what is happening.

FORWARD!!!

Job1 - more crazy? you mean we will turn into Democrats?

In a related development, First Read and the Obama campaign (but I repeat myself) has confirmed that 95% of the First Read headlines and stories will spin positively toward Obama....

Good! Why would they support the Weather Vane? They would just have change their articles every hour to cover up Mitt's flip flops.

ZMan2012

His upbringing and education were anything but middle class. He lived overseas, and in Hawaii fer-cripes-sakes, and he went to college at Columbia University!!!!!!!!! Last time I looked, "middle class" people can't afford to do those things!!!!!!!!!)

Dude you NEED to get out more. No middle class in Hawaii?? wow

ZMan2012 and Bob in Virginia-5210392

First Read is just reporting the facts, guys. A secret recording was made of Romney's remarks to donors, and now the Obama camp has used it in an ad. How is reporting those facts showing bias in favor of the Democrats?

FR also reported Obama's "you didn't build it" "gaffe," and all kinds of attacks Republicans have made on Obama. I will grant you ,there are more liberal hosts on MSNBC than on the broadcast networks, but they also give Joe Scarbough, that obnoxious conservative, a prime spot on their line up.

First Read is just reporting the facts

LMAO. Obama is sooo cute, i'll walk over hot coals for him.

Ummm............ Was that or was that not Mitt Romney talking on that video?

I'm going to go out on a limb and say It's a FACT that Romney made those comments.

sirie - yes, let's put the blame where the majority of it belongs -on Congress - and vote the majority of Republicans out. Then we can get things done.

ZMan2012 - have you ever been to Hawaii??? They have poor, middle class, upper middle class and rich - just like the rest of the country!

Obama/Biden 2012

In a related development, First Read and the Obama campaign (but I repeat myself) has confirmed that 95% of the First Read headlines and stories will spin positively toward Obama....

QUICK!

Someone call probe-boy a WHAAAAAAMBULANCE!

For someone who hates FR as much as he does, he sure spends an inordinate amount of time around here!

For someone who hates FR as much as he does, he sure spends an inordinate amount of time around here!

The politics here may not be to his liking, but he definitely associates with a better class of people on this site than he generally finds roaming his trailer park.

vote the majority of Republicans out. Then we can get things done.

because we all remember 06-10 was such a successful and prosperous time. Now we should start to hear the 'filibuster' boogeyman.

So just say it, 'I SUPPORT A ONE PARTY SYSTEM EACH ACCORDING TO THEIR NEED, EACH ACCORDING TO THEIR ABILITY'

Obama went to a private, prestigious high school in Hawaii. He attended Columbia and Harvard. If he was poor, or even middle class, where did he get the money to do these things? His family wasn't middle class or poor. Take a trip to Honlulu and ask the people there if Obama's family was poor.

You ever heard of scholarships? Wait. Look who I am talking to.

You ever heard of scholarships?

And student loans.

Yep.

fuzzy44: you mentioned the one word that no Republican can countenance... it is like Kryptonite to a GOP campaign...

I'm talking about, FACTS.

but he definitely associates with a better class of people on this site than he generally finds roaming his trailer park.

And all this time I thought he lived in a Van down by the RIVER!

Well played, Devie.

Steve, after the LBJ and the W experience, I'm all for a consitutional amendment banning Texans from running for President. Rick Perry would also be another good example as to why.

LBJ was not a "war monger", the war in Vietnam was his unlucky inheritance, though he did escalate our involvement.

JFK ran a pretty successful campaign, and I think he was from Mass.

You could look it up...

Think Progress:

The budget and tax proposals put forth by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would not lead to the economic prosperity and job growth he has claimed, according to a new study released this week. In fact, the Economic Policy Institute found that Romney’s plans would actually lead to a net loss of jobs over the first two years of his administration, and the losses could grow even larger if Romney were to stick to his promise of reaching a balanced budget.

The deep spending cuts Romney has promised are the primary reason for the job losses, EPI’s analysis found. If Romney does pay for the tax cuts, as he insists he will, the spending cuts would get even deeper and thus cause the loss of even more jobs. Another independent analysis, meanwhile, found that fully paying for Romney’s tax cuts would require raising taxes on the middle class.

http://thinkprogress.org/

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Romney was not prepared to run for the presidency. He just assumed he could walk in, between his money and the conservative media. Most of them are now bailing ship, to save themselves.

Romney did not have a thoughtful vision for America. He had nothing.

And I'm hearing that over and over and over from just "regular" people.

What a torture this will be for Mitt hearing those words again and again..............words matter. No wonder Ann said it's hard especially when you're defending a lying husband.

Hi, Pat -

Maybe Romney should have checked with his wife first. You know, "this is HARD"!

On a lighter note - have you seen the trailers yet for the "Les Mis" movie? Looks awesome! I should warn everyone else in the theater on December 26th that I absolutely WILL be singing along!

JoAnne, no I haven't seen the trailers yet. Russell Crowe is in it if I remember correctly? I so so so love that story. That book was a give to all of humanity I have always thought. Thank you for reminding me. I will have to check out where and when it's playing near me.

As far as Romney's wife, I think Barack Obama got the better partner. Michelle is working so hard in this campaign and the crowds are coming out in the thousands to see her.

She is such an inspiration you can tell from all the photos taken during the campaign. People just love her.

LBJ certainly was a war monger. He took a situation where we had a few hundred military advisers in VietNam and he poured a half million US soldiers in there.

As for JFK, although it's true that he won, he managed to defeat Nixon by only a tiny sliver of the vote. Given the circumstances at the time, he should have won by much more than that.

SteveR-2067355

LBJ certainly was a war monger. He took a situation where we had a few hundred military advisers in VietNam and he poured a half million US soldiers in there.

Um try over 16,000 under Kennedy.

Blackcatwhitecat is correct...again...;-)

May I recommend;

"The Best and the Brightest" by David Halberstram as perhaps the best history of the origins of the Vietnam War.

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Given the circumstances at the time, he should have won by much more than that.

Pray tell, Why?

Is that opinion based on some historical analogy?

Ike was a very popular 2 term President and his VP was the candidate.

The Challenger was the scion of a wealthy highly politically connected family.

The election was contested down to a few votes...

Sound like anything that has happened recently?

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Brightest-David-Halberstam/dp/0449908704/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1348762170&sr=1-1&keywords=best+and+the+brightest

Blackcatwhitecat is correct...again...;-)

That comes with having no 'skin' in the game!

Was Kennedy's Irish Catholicism not an issue also?

Steve, after the LBJ and the W experience, I'm all for a consitutional amendment banning Texans from running for President. Rick Perry would also be another good example as to why.

LMAO! Now that's an admendment I could get behind!

JFK ran a pretty successful campaign, and I think he was from Mass.

You could look it up...

Yeah and add Silent Cal to that list too.

JFK ran a pretty successful campaign, and I think he was from Mass.

You could look it up...

Yeah and add Silent Cal to that list too.

Going back the last 50 years we have Dukakis, Kerry and Willard. Maybe in the olden days candidates from MA knew how to run a campaign <g>. Of course, the good folks in MA could blame MI, and UT for Willard. I could be wrong but the last Michigander to run was Gerald Ford and he lost to Jimmy Carter! Don't know if any Utahan(?) has ever been nominated.

It's women ... revenge of the vagina ... they have developed teeth, sharp ones and it is a helluva lot more than vasectomies this time..

dangerfield, I just think it's the candidate. People don't like him and their instincts tell them he is out for the rich.

Bob Shrum's video was devastating earlier in the year where he showed the Ted Kennedy ads when he ran against Romney. All those people in those ads who had lost their jobs because of Bain. Also, last night it was brought up that one of Mitt's first ads showed that he took Obama's words out of context.

Mitt did nothing about it. I had actually forgotten about that ad, but it did hurt Mitt.

But between the Libya comments and the 47% comments, these were Mitt's own words. Also, I think him on his boat this summer in NH didn't help either to be honest.

He's just so wrong for where we are as a nation right now. So totally wrong.

I will say both. Unless the Romney campaign has a secret weapon they are not disclosing yet (such as secret tape), I have rarely seen such ineptitude. For his defense though, he was "boxed in" during the republican primary. However, this is where a real leader rises, dictating the discourse based on his convictions and the power of persuasion, and not letting self been the victim of extremists or circumstances.

JoAnne,

So agree with the "writing" technique of Governor Romney. Between his ads and the late night comics just using his own "spoken word," it's been quite the interesting campaign. Funny that this morning on CBS John McCain said the President was running the most vicious campaign ever - difficult to be "vicious" when you're only stating your opponent's own words.

Obama/Biden 2012

Anyone who wants to see a political ad 20 times a day....should get their wish...and spare the rest of us from having to watch ANY at all. I do no want to see either candidate during the Playoffs and world series, so here's hoping that the commercial time buyers are listening...to you!

The 3% "undecided" should all be strapped down with their eyes forced open like Malcolm McDowell in "A Clockwork Orange" and subjected to ads until the choose a side, or their heads explode, whichever comes first...

SInce Pennsylvania is no longer considered a swing state in this election

Isn't that something? No longer considered a swing state.

Thank you PA.

Pat,me being from Pa. you're welcome.

dangerfield -

Have you actually SEEN a baseball game in the last five years? They're nothing BUT advertising any more! You can barely read the scoreboard for all the ads plastered on it, every last scoring recap and defensive play of the game and the pitch count and speed and the scores from around the league are "sponsored" by some mega-corporation, there's that truly annoying green-screen "billboard" behind home plate that keeps changing, and don't even get me started on the stadium names themselves. It's one of the big reasons I can't take professional sports seriously anymore.

And maybe I was exaggerating to make my point, but my point stands - as political ads go, this one doesn't employ that creepy ominous music, those tired old gloom-and-doom voice-overs that tell you so disdainfully how so-and-so LIED and is WRONG FOR AMERICA, and it doesn't have any of those cheesy black and white, badly-lit pictures of the candidate that are designed to make you think they're a vampire or something. It's just a simple, devastatingly effective ad.

But hey, enjoy the playoffs and the Series. When does it start this year - Thanksgiving?

The worst Baseball game I have ever seen was better than the best political ad.

Baseball, hotdogs, apple pie and...serenity...

dangerfield

The worst Baseball game I have ever seen was better than the best political ad.

Baseball, hotdogs, apple pie and...serenity...

and the theoretical possibility a game could go on for ever. Time stops when at the ballpark.

BCWC-

Ain't it the truth! My best buddy and I were at the Yankee-Oakland game that ran for 14 innings this past Saturday. A's went up by four in the 12th inning and we left...Yanks tied it and I watched them win from home! It was glorious, and I am not even a Yankee fan...

I take it that you've read Thomas Boswell...

"Why Time Begins on Opening Day" is one of the best essays on Baseball...

The 3% "undecided" should all be strapped down with their eyes forced open...

SNL had a great sketch about the all important undecided voters. I think John Stewart did as well. In them they broke from the MSM's usual take that the undecided are morally and intellectually superior beings struggling over the complex minutia of policy details. Instead they showed them as disinterested, uninformed, simpletons, from SNL skit - "Who are the candidates running? How long does the presidency last anyway. I mean if we are electing a dictator I would like to know."

It is time to realize that a majority of the undecided really don't care enough to make an informed choice. They are the reality TV generation, those that obsess about their gadgets - the twit followers, and facebook nation. People who have procrastinated this long just so they could keep up with the Kardashians or Dancing with the Stars or American idol. Unfortunately the election comes down to their ilk.

dangerfield have to disagree with you, College football is hands down the best.

dangerfield

I take it that you've read Thomas Boswell...

"Why Time Begins on Opening Day" is one of the best essays on Baseball...

That I have not, but I will try to find it online. One of my best days ever was a doubleheader watching the Expos. First game went 18 or so innings and the second 12 or so ... 10 hours of pure bliss until I awoke in the morning with a vicious sunburn on my face. Donald Sutherland was sitting a few seats down from me, I think he went through two bottles of scotch.

Haha...he looks it!

I was at the very first Expos game ever, at Shea Stadium...they won, but the season got better for Met fans that year, 1969...

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Mark-

I have always considered college football, and college basketball to be the province of the compulsive gambler...unless you actually attended the school you're rooting for...

dangerfield

We will no longer talk of baseball ... 1994 and Expos were the best in the world leading all 74-40 ... arrg!

For all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these "it might have been."

-John Greenleaf Whittier, "Maud Muller" (1856)

in the immortal words of the Brooklyn Dodger fan

"You was ROBBED!"

Okay, one more word. The Expos had one of the all time great farm systems and it enriched many a team with many a great player.

JoAnne---too bad the Republicans who control our state house won't be giving Mitt Romney the gift of our state's electoral votes. I can't wait to vote for my state senator and representative.

Steeler Fan -

Personally, I can't wait to see the looks on Mike Turzai's and Tom Corbett's faces when they realize that all the money they just wasted on that Voter ID law isn't going to allow Romney to win our state after all.

And all those millions of dollars just because Governor Corbett can remember exactly ONE case of voter impersonation fraud sometime back in the 1990's. Good thing we don't have anything better to spend all that money on, huh?

ZMan2012

Secondly, I notice that the statement about entitlement is matched with a photo of two old-time veterans. I assure you, Mark, that veterans, and veterans groups do not support Barrack Obama.

But then there is this ...

www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/14/us-usa-poll-military-idUSBRE84C02120120514

YOU can assure me? YOU?!!!! And YOU are.....?!!!!!!!

SteveR-2067355

Stevie boy...... The Gospel (MATT. MARK. LUKE & JOHN) must be excluded from the Mormom bible......I think they are using "The APOCRYPHA BIBLE" or something to do with Joseph Smith their leader. By the way, recently, I discovered, that MORMONISM was and is a racist organization. In 1947 they change the rules about "BLACKS"....."BLACKS" were forbidden to attend their church because their belief were BLACK-PEOPLE was related to LUCIFER.....

DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT....GOOGLE ROD PARSLEY & MORMONISM.......

It seems true that most places/houses of worship are open to anyone.

But from what I've seen, that is not true for the Mormon Cathedrals...

non-Mormons are NOT allowed...How do the guards at the door know who is and who is not.......Do the Mormons carry ID cards?

I am older and a veteran and I DO support Barack Obama. By the way I EARNED my money. I saved Romney from having to go to war. I put into Social Security for over 40 years and should get somehting out of it. I have saved in an IRA to augment the SSI. (SSI stands for Social Securit INSURANCE). I actually resent it when someone thinks of me a a freeloader including Zman. You, sir, are a putz.

Oh, and I am a Democrat for Obama.

I'm a veteran...

Obama/Biden 2012

Veteran right here.

Not voting for O and JoJo the chimp.

Didn't Truman also say "The buck stops here"? Not like the current administration who inherited everything and likes to point fingers and lay blame to anyone else?

Yeah, just wait till there is only one guy working, and that one guy out there supporting 320 million "unfortunates"

greg

Among that 47% are several hundred multimillionaires who don't pay federal taxes, due to deductions and exemptions, either. 47% does not refer to people on government aide.

Among the 47% are people working in retail stores, restaurants, daycares, nursing homes, as home healthcare workers and farmers. These lower income people may not pay federal income tax, but they likely pay Social Security taxes, Medicare taxes, state taxes, property taxes and sales taxes.

For Romney to critize the 47% who don't pay federal taxes, while only paying 14% tax on the millions he earns on his investments a year, is why people call him out-of-touch.

47% depend on the government for everything.....SAD

And what percentage of the population is dependent upon the government for something? Why, that would be 100%. Now take your pity party elsewhere, for your 47% comment is completely untrue.

Amy - hasn't the 47% been defined over and over again for these guys? And, yet they STILL pretend those people are getting "handouts." Sheish! Talk about totally stupid!

Obama/Biden 2012

A safety net is one thing to help out but this is out of control.

Out of control, you say?....

Yup, I guess all those Iraq/Afghanistan vets hoping to mooch off the gub for healthcare, food, and housing are ruining everything!

The right-wingers are split today. Half of them believe that Romney's characterization of nearly half the people in this country is correct, and the other half want to believe that he didn't really say the things that are on tape (no spin needed-unlike the attacks on the President, Romney's remarks are presented completely in context).

It just goes to show that the Repub talking-point machine can't spin this mess at all. You can tell by the lack of clear marching orders for the trolls.

It just goes to show that the Repub talking-point machine can't spin this mess at all. You can tell by the lack of clear marching orders for the trolls.

Yuuuuup! And all the with all of his Tea Bag pals, congressional candidates, running for the exits there's no wonder...

Feisty welcome back!!!!

Thanks darling, I saw where you were supporting me during my "time-out"!

Much appreciated! ;o)

attack dog politics

That tactic doesn't work for Willard since he strapped his dog to the top of his Cadillac.

"PETA is not happy because my dog likes fresh air." —Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in 2007, responding to criticism from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals following revelations that he had once strapped the family dog to the roof of his car during a 12-hour road trip

I wonder if that is how the Romneys transport Ann's "therapeutic" Olympic dressage horse, too?

Sailcat, Obama has eaten dogs, so why would you be upset if Mitt packs a lunch?

So you're saying Mitt intended to eat his dog? Are you insane?

Pittbulls are delicious!!