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Subscribe to RSSVice President Joe Biden on Sunday predicted a decisive Electoral College victory for the Democratic presidential ticket, saying that the president's midwestern "firewall" will hold.
Chris Matthews sits down with Vice President Joe Biden in Ohio to talk about the stakes of the election, President Obama's record, Mitt Romney's misleading Jeep ad, and more.
"I think that we're going to win. I don't think it's going to be close in the Electoral College," said the vice president in an interview with MSNBC's Chris Matthews after a rally outside Toledo.
"I think the firewall here of Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa -- I think it's going to hold firm," he said.
Biden's certainty didn't extend to the two major battlegrounds of Virginia and florida, which public polling have shown to be trending slightly in the Republicans' favor. He told Matthews that Democrats have an "even chance" in those states after predicting wins in Ohio, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Nevada and Iowa.
But even without the combined 42 electoral votes of the two Southern swing states, the Obama-Biden ticket could still win a decisive Electoral College victory if Democrats hold midwestern and western states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Colorado.
Biden was also upbeat about the possibilities for compromise in Congress after the election, despite his frequent lambasting of the Tea Party's influence in the United States House and Senate.
"We need leaders that can control their party," he said. "And I think you're going to see the fever break."
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Damn right. 4 more for 44.
The BIG BAD GNOP wolves can HUFF and they can PUFF but they will not blow the firewall down!
There has been nothing except HOT air coming out of the American Taliban the last 4 years!
4 MORE FOR 44!!!
Joe is right. Mitt is hit a wall trying to break the firewall, engulfed in the fire of democracy ruled by Da People (47% included)
ECONOMY
Accomplishments under President Obama include:
Highest private sector employment since 2008
5.5 million private sector jobs in 33 straight months
Tax cuts for 95% of Americans, averaging $3600 a year
Biggest one-year drop in unemployment rate since February 1995
Best manufacturing job gains since the mid-1990s
Manufacturing grown at fastest pace in 15 years
Highest manufacturing output in four years
President Obama saved Auto, support w/restructuring, reinventing
U.S. auto industry is back, with General Motors back on top!
Chrysler is the fastest-growing car company in America
Prevented loss of over 1.4 million auto jobs
250,000 new auto jobs
Best auto industry job growth since 1997
Highest number of car sales since 2008
Motor vehicle and parts output hit highest levels ever in July
Consumer confidence at highest level in five years
Lowest foreclosure rate in five years
Home prices strongest growth since late 2006
Household net worth at highest since 2008
Mortgage refinancings at highest levels since early 2009
GDP at an all-time high = 13 straight quarters of economic growth
Business investment in equipment and software at all-time high
U.S. monthly exports up 41%
Stock market at highest point in 4+ years
Retirement assets at all time high
Importing less than 50% of the oil we consume
Pursued an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy
Produced more oil than at any time in the last 8 years
Increased fuel efficiency - new cars go twice as far on a gallon of gas
Cut taxes for small businesses 18 times,
Tax cuts for 97% of small businesses
Cut a $trillion from the deficit
Ended $60 billion subsidy to banks, used savings to double Pell grants for students
ACA covers pre-existing conditions for all children
ACA - cancer screenings and mammograms at no extra charge\ACA covers young people on their parents' plan up to age 26 yrs.
Insurers must spend 80% of your premium on healthcare, or refund.
Consumer Protection Bureau
President Obama has a vision and a clear and detailed plan including:
Create 1 million manufacturing jobs by end 2016
Double U.S. exports by end 2014, Made in America
End tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas
Reward small businesses that manufacture here at home
Rebuild our infrastructure.
Support 600,000 new natural gas jobs by 2020
Invest in Education, and make Education a national priority
Reduce deficit responsibly in a fair and balanced way
Lead in Clean Energy
Boost Amercian made energyy
Cut oil imports in half by 2020
Cut college tuition growth in half over 10 yrs
Recruit 100,000 math and science teachers over 10 yrs
Train 2 million workers at community colleges
Reduce the deficit by more than $4 trillion over next decade
Do some nation building at home with savings otherwise spent on 2 wars
Asking wealthy to pay a little more in taxes
End war in Afghanistan by end 2014
Reforms to protect families from unfair vending practices
Keep reducing dependence on foreign oil
Take care of veterans - health, jobs, etc.
ACA - closing donut hole for seniors, save on medications, free check-ups
ACA - 30 million people have access to health care coverage in 2014
ACA - covers pre-existing conditions for adults in 2014
ACA - can't go bankrupt when you get sick
Women control their personal and family healh care choices
Great post Backhouse. Barack Obama has been an outstanding president.
Just think of what we as a nation can accomplish with 4 more years.
I look forward to more citizenship and less partisanship ... but I also look forward to 4 more for 44.
THE SHIP IS SINKING...BYE BYE OBAMA!
Headline November 7th 2012
ROMNEY WINS!!!...RECORD REPUBLICAN VOTER TURNOUT!!!
PPP:
Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney 52-47 on our final Ohio poll. Up 60-39 with early voters
Nate Silver:
Obama at 85.5% to win Electoral College based on polls through 6 PM tonight. Not much different from last night. fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/04/1155564/-PPP-OH-O
****FINALLY, IT HAS BEEN FIGURED OUT***
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HOW ROMNEY MANAGED TO PAY NO FED TAXES FOR 12+ YEARS - LEGALLY . . .
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/04/1155381/-Breaking-Romney-Paid-Zero-Taxes-From-1996-To-2009."
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Using a tax shelter called a CRUT (charitable remainder unitrust) that was held by the Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons), Mitt Romney was able to pay zero taxes (legally) every single year from 1996 to 2009. Why did he stop in 2009? Because he would make public his 2010 tax return, that is why.This tax loophole was killed by Congress in 1997. However those including Romney that were already using it were allowed to continue it. The way it works, is that Romney makes a "charitable" contribution to the Church of Latter Day Saints and it goes into a trust. Since the trust is held by the church, the money is tax deferred. Any capital gains, are non taxed because of the charities status. Like an annuity, the donor gets a charitable tax deduction and an stream of cash payments. When Romney dies, the church accepts full ownership..
Bloomsberg's attorneys estimate as the Romneys have received these payments, the money that will potentially be left for charity has declined from at least $750,000 in 2001 to $421,203 at the end of 2011.....Romney has refused to answer any thing on this topic. His campaign puts out that it was all legal....Legal perhaps. Ethical for the president of the United States? Well, only if you want a crook running the country.... Imagine! Legally stealing from your church!.".DISGUSTING..UN-AMERICAN..VOTE: O & JOE!
Missing accomplishments,
4 Abandoned Dead Americans
It's Over
Romney Wins!
So Ticked off, I see you are reduced to cutting and pasting the same stupid message on all new stories that come out. Ran out of air, have we guv'ner? You righties crack me up. So desperate, so ignorant, so about to be disappointed.
Hamilton County Ohio is already in the bag for Republicans...
AS HAMILTON COUNTY GOES...SO GOES OHIO!!!
BYE BYE OBAMA!!!
and as usual...You know nothing clown faced fool!
hardball...yeah...to pursue justice...you have to play hardball...
playing harball in the pursuit of justice is superior to Mitt playing harball only for the 1%.
Mitt's modesty playing hardball only for the 1% is the worst kind of arrogance.
T-O,
You have a vivid imagination.
Or is it Romnesia?
Look at this line wrapped around the University of Cincinnati for President Obama. My goodness.
http://theobamadiary.com/
Obamas biggest crowd for any rally this year has been about 42 thousand...A far cry from the throngs that showed up in 2008!!!
BYE BYE OBAMA!!!
How can you tell these jerk-offs are behind the 8-Ball?
The increase in the amount of bull@!$%# comment spamming... lmao
When you're paid by the post & not by the content, this is what we are stuck with!
No worries, they will disappear faster than a cockroach when someone flips the light-switch come Wednesday morning!
Keep Your Eye On GOP In OHIO:
Right now John Husted, secretary of state of OHIO stands accused of ORDERING SOFTWARE FOR VOTE-COUNTING MACHINES:
"Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted now stands accused of ordering for "experimental software patches" to be installed on the vote-counting machines in a number of Ohio counties. According to the Columbus Free press, voting rights activists are concerned that the software patches, which are usually utilized to update or change existing software, could possibly affect over 4 million registered voters, including those in the state's most populated counties near Cleveland and Columbus."
http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/19316
HEY FISHY
I WAS WONDERING WHY YOU SHOWED UP....OVERTIME PAY!
Momentum is Obama's advantage right now. Desperation has driven Mitt outside the battle field and he's grasping at straws.
Pew's General Election Poll is out and has Obama by 3 now and the magic 50% none the less.
Obama 50%
Romney 47%
http://www.people-press.org/files/legacy-pdf/11-4-12%20Election%20Weekend%20Release.pdf
THE CHOICES COULD NOT BE CLEARER THIS TIME: ARE WE AN "AMERICAN FAMILY"??? "OUR BROTHER'S KEEPERS"???
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OR DO YOU WANT ***THIS AMERICA***???
"ROMNEYISM"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/romneyism_b_2069095.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
The ten guiding principles of Romneyism are:
1. Corporations are the basic units of society. Corporations are people, and the overriding purpose of an economy is to maximize corporate profits. When profits are maximized, the economy grows fastest. This growth benefits everyone in the form greater output, better products and services, and higher share prices.
2. Workers are a means to the goal of maximizing corporate profits. If workers do not contribute to that goal, they should be fired. If they cannot then find other work that helps maximize profits in another company, their wages must be too high, and they must therefore accept steadily lower wages until they find a job.
3. All factors of production -- capital, physical plant and equipment, workers -- are fungible and should be treated the same. Any that fail to deliver high competitive returns should be replaced or discarded. This keeps an economy efficient. Fairness is and should be irrelevant.
4. Pollution, unsafe products, unsafe working conditions, financial fraud, and other negative side effects of the pursuit of profits are the price society pays for profit-driven growth. They should not be used as excuses to constrain the pursuit of profits through regulation.
5. Individual worth depends on net worth -- how much money one has made, and the value of the assets that money has been invested in. Any person with enough intelligence and ambition can make a fortune. Failure to do so is sign of moral and intellectual inferiority.
6. People who fail in the economy should not be coddled. They should not receive food stamps, Medicaid, or any other form of social subsidy. Coddling leads to a weaker society and a weaker economy.
7. Taxes are inherently bad because they constrain profit-making. It is the right and responsibility of individuals and corporations to exploit every tax loophole they (and their tax attorneys) can find in order to pay the lowest taxes possible.
8. Politics is a game whose only purpose is to win. Any means used to win the game is legitimate even if it involves lying and cheating, as long as it gains more supporters than it loses.
9. Democracy is dangerous because it is forever vulnerable to the votes of a majority intent on capturing the wealth of the successful minority, on whom the economy depends. The rich must therefore do whatever is necessary to prevent the majority from exercising its will, including spending large sums of money on lobbyists and political campaigns. The most virtuous among the rich will go a step further and run for president.
10. The three most important aspects of life are family, religion, and money. Patriotism is a matter of guarding our economy from unfair traders and undocumented immigrants, rather than joining together for the common good. We owe nothing to one another as citizens of the same society.
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On Tuesday we'll decide whether these should be the guiding principles of America.
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IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT FOR AMERICA?
HECK NO, VOTE O & JOE! :-)
Updated for 8:00pm EST on Sunday, November 4, 2012:
*** Updated RCP averaged polling numbers plus new FiveThirtyEight projections across the board.
Obama's leads have been strengthening in Ohio, Iowa, and Nevada over the weekend while weakening in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan; Romney has stabilized his position in both Florida and North Carolina.
Curiously, polling in Colorado, New Hampshire, and Virginia has been strangely absent over the past two days.
Mischief alert: Quite a bit of suspect outlier polling favorable to Romney being floated out in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan today in the face of multiple polling which confirms strong Obama leads in each of these states. The Karl Rove axiom of 'shape perceptions to alter outcomes,' perhaps?
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With less than 28 hours to go in the 2012 presidential campaign, Real Clear Politics (RCP) continues to report that Obama leads in eight of their 11 toss-up states with Romney leading in three.
In descending order of 'percentage of lead' in favor of Obama, followed in ascending order of 'percentage of lead' in favor of Romney, here are the published averaged numbers from RCP as of 8:00pm EST together with the most recent FiveThirtyEight election night probabilities of victory for either candidate:
In WISCONSIN, with 10 electoral votes, Obama's lead fell this morning to 4.2%, down from 5.0% on Saturday. FiveThirtyEight currently gives Obama a 94.3% chance of victory here, up by 1.0% from Friday and by an astounding 8.6% since Tuesday.
*** Advisory: It should be noted that RCP's average in Wisconsin has been influenced by an outlier poll from the right-leaning Rassmussen which has the race at a dead heat when four other current polls have Obama leading by 8.0%, 7.0%, 3.0%, and 3.0%. In fact, the 7.0% Obama lead was affirmed recently by another Right-leaning poll (WeAskAmerica) which is wholly funded by the conservative Illinois Manufacturing Association.
In PENNSYLVANIA, with 20 electoral votes, Obama's lead fell this morning to 3.9%, down from 4.1% on Saturday. FiveThirtyEight currently gives Obama a 97.9% chance of victory here, up by 1.8% from Friday and by a significant 3.8% since Tuesday.
*** Advisory: It should be noted that RCP's average in Pennsylvania also has been influenced this weekend by the release of an outlier poll from the conservative Pittsburgh Tribune-Review which has the race at a dead heat when two other findings have Obama's lead at 3.0% and 6.0%.
In MICHIGAN, with 16 electoral votes, Obama's lead fell this morning to 3.8%, down from 4.0% on Saturday. FiveThirtyEight currently gives Obama a 98.6% chance of victory here, up 0.2% from Friday and by 0.5% since Tuesday.
*** Advisory: It should be noted that RCP's average here has been influenced by yet another outlier poll, one released by Baydoun/Foster (D), a self-described Democrat-leaning voter analytics consulting firm based in Michigan, which has Romney up by 1.0% when four other polls have Obama leading by 6.0%, 6.0%, 5.0%, and 3.0%. In fact, the 5.0% finding for Obama was published late last week by Rasmussen, another Right-leaning poll. The irony is that Baydoun/Foster has consistently produced polling results which favor Republican candidates up and down the ticket in Michigan and their results, by and large, remain highly suspect.
In IOWA, with 6 electoral votes, Obama's lead rose this evening to 3.0%, up from 2.0% on Saturday morning. FiveThirtyEight currently gives Obama an 80.7% chance of victory here, down by 2.4% from Friday but up and by a substantial 6.8% since Tuesday.
In OHIO, with 18 electoral votes, Obama's lead held today at 2.8%, up from 2.6% on Friday. FiveThirtyEight currently gives Obama an 86.0% chance of victory here, up by 5.3% from Friday and by an astronomical 12.7% since Tuesday.
In NEVADA, with 6 electoral votes, Obama's lead held today at 2.8%, up from 2.4% on Friday.
FiveThirtyEight currently gives Obama an 90.1% chance of victory here, up by 2.9% from Friday and by an astonishing 10.4% since Tuesday.
In NEW HAMPSHIRE, with 4 electoral votes, Obama's lead held today at 1.5%, down from 1.8% on Friday. FiveThirtyEight currently gives Obama an 79.4% chance of victory here, up by 0.7% from Friday and by an astounding 9.1% since Tuesday.
In COLORADO, with 9 electoral votes, Obama's lead held today at 0.6%, down from 0.9% on Friday. FiveThirtyEight currently gives Obama a 69.3% chance of victory here, up by 3.6% from Friday and by an astronomical 13.9% since Tuesday.
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In VIRGINIA, with 13 electoral votes, Romney's lead held today at 0.3%, down from 0.5% on Friday. Interestingly, FiveThirtyEight increased Obama's chance of victory here (and not Romney's) to 70.7%, up by a substantial 5.9% from Friday.
In FLORIDA, with 29 electoral votes, Romney's lead held today at 1.4%, up from 1.2% on Friday. FiveThirtyEight currently gives Romney a 55.0% chance of victory here, up by 0.2% from Friday.
*** Advisory: It should be noted that RCP's average in Florida does appear to have been hyper-inflated by two recent outlier findings in favor of Romney, the first a 6.0% margin yesterday from the right-leaning Mason-Dixon Group with localized results for only the two cities of Tampa Bay (site of the 2012 RNC) and Miami (Marco Rubio stronghold), the second a 3.0% margin from Gravis Marketing, a polling firm funded in large part by BAIN Capital, and an appreciably older finding by The Sunshine State News, an ultra-conservative website/blog which had Romney leading by 5.0% on October 24. Minus the influences of these extreme outliers, Romney's true lead is likely well under 1.0% and quite possibly closer to that of dead heat.
In NORTH CAROLINA, with 15 electoral votes, Romney's lead continued to hold at 3.8%. FiveThirtyEight currently gives Romney a 79.7% chance of victory here, down 0.2% from Friday.
So...
In order for Obama to win re-election the least complex route would be through maintaining his current lead in the five toss-up states where his existing margins are widest (Wisconsin at 4.2%, Pennsylvania at 3.9%, Michigan at 3.8%, Iowa at 3.0%, and Ohio at 2.8%. Doing so would bring his electoral vote total on Election Day to 271. In this scenario, Obama could still surpass 270 while failing to hold Nevada, New Hampshire, and Colorado.
However, should Obama fail to hold the strategic prize of a hotly-contested Ohio, the loss could effectively be neutralized by any of the following combination of wins from states where FiveThirtyEight is currently forecasting Obama victories:
Path #1: Obama loses Ohio but holds the remaining three states where he presently leads, Nevada, New Hampshire, and Colorado resulting in 272 electoral votes.
Path #2: Obama loses Ohio but steals Virginia while also taking only one state from among Nevada, New Hampshire, or Colorado resulting in 272, 270, or 275 electoral votes, respectively.
Interestingly, with Romney's lead having diminished significantly in Florida over the past two weeks and with Hurricane Sandy forcefully highlighting the stark contrast between the candidates regarding the value and necessity if not the mere existence of FEMA in a state which has perhaps the greatest dependence on federal storm relief efforts in the nation, a 3rd path has now emerged which could provide for some interesting election night television:
Path #3: Obama comes from behind to win Florida. This scenario would require only that Obama win the three states in which his present leads are widest (Wisconsin at 4.2%, Pennsylvania at 3.9%, and Michigan at 3.8%), resulting in 276 electoral votes.
For Romney to unseat Obama, he not only would have to hold the three states in which he presently leads, North Carolina, Florida, and Virginia bringing his electoral vote total to 248, but also steal victories in at least one of the following possible combinations from states currently leaning Obama, listed in descending order of likelihood based on the reverse engineering of current FiveThirtyEight numbers for election night chances of victory:
Path A: Romney steals both Ohio and Colorado resulting in 275 electoral votes (least unlikely outcome).
Path B: Romney steals both Ohio and New Hampshire resulting in 270 electoral votes.
Path C: Romney steals both Pennsylvania and Colorado resulting in 277 electoral votes.
Path D: Romney steals both Pennsylvania and New Hampshire resulting in 272 electoral votes (most unlikely).
Working against two of these scenarios (Paths A and B) are rising averaged polling numbers over the past two days for Obama in Ohio; however, in that same forty-eight hour period Romney has succeeded in reducing Obama's averaged leads in Pennsylvania, Colorado, and New Hampshire. Perhaps somewhat mystifyingly, the Romney campaign continues to make pronouncements alluding to their having embraced the "Pennsylvania Strategy" included in Paths 3 and 4 above, the two paths which have the least likely chance of success.
So, is this a bold strategic maneuver on the part of Eric Fehrnstrom or a feint designed to counter Obama's anticipated re-allocation of campaign resources to a quantifiably softening political landscape in Florida? If it's the latter, a review of the published travel schedules for the President and key Democrat surrogates for tomorrow, with the one exception of Bill Clinton, does not suggest the Obama campaign is taking the bait.
In any event, should Romney fail to steal either Ohio or Pennsylvania he could overcome this shortfall by capturing the four other states in which Obama's current leads are smallest (Colorado at 0.6%, New Hampshire at 1.5%, Nevada at 2.8%, and Iowa at 3.0%) resulting in an electoral vote total of 273.
FiveThirtyEight this morning estimates the chance of Election Day victory for each candidate as follows: Obama 85.5% (up significantly from Friday morning's 80.9%) and Romney 14.5% (down by a similar margin from Friday's 19.1%).
FiveThirtyEight now also projects that on Election Day the final electoral tally will be as follows: Obama 306 (up 7 from Wednesday's 299) and Romney 232 (down 7 from Wednesday's 239).
Lastly, although it makes no difference in terms of the final result which can only be determined by the Electoral College, FiveThirtyEight currently predicts a national popular vote distribution on Election Day as follows: Obama 50.5% (up from Thursday's 50.4%) and Romney 48.5% (down from Thursday's 48.6%).
With only 28 hours of campaigning left, and with Friday's published October jobs report playing to predictably mixed reviews (economy adding more jobs than expected; unemployment rate ticking up one tenth of one percent to 7.9%), holdout voters may now be left to nothing more than the proverbial 'feel in their gut' as Tuesday approaches.
Predictions: Look for craziness down in Florida on Election Day and an unwillingness on the part of the Ohio Secretary of State, Jon Husted, to call the election in his state in a timely manner. In spite of these obstacles, Obama wins the White House with an electoral vote total of 332 to Romney's 206, taking Virginia and Florida along the way.
Danger?
Giants cruising. Switched to HBO - Hangover 2, the n back and BAM.
Giants, Skins....O.
Tough weekend gang.
Get ready for the wave.
53-47, count on it.
You can cite all the polls you want but you can take this to the bank:
IMO, gut feeling, Romney will win the election with 300 to 310 electoral votes and lead in the popular vote by 52.5 to 47%. Remember Obama had a national lead over McCain in the last RCP poll of 52.1 to 44.5, a +7.6 lead, now he is tied or at most 1% ahead.
The Democrats will retain the Senate with 50 D and 2 Ind. (Only because the Republicans once again picked a couple of real idiots) . The Republicans will retain the House with maybe a lose of 3 seats.
In the swing states Obama is running behind the numbers he had in 2008 while Romney is running ahead of where McCain was.
So cantaffordnomore. Did the President lay these people off? No it was the Greedy owners. It is well known that Coal is one of the highest causes of Global warming. There is no way to burn coal cleanly. Find a way to burn coal clean and miners well be working overtime if they live long enough. That is one of the most dangerous trades in the world. Greed overrides safety. Look at that Massey mess. My dad worked in the mines and had Black lung, my uncle had it also. So crying about Coal isn't going to get you anywhere.
sfcret - you can have all of the gut feelings you want. But the people that do this for a living and know a hell of a lot more than you do about it, see it differently. You see, they base their results on facts, you base yours on what you hear on FOX. Big difference.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true.
Pst, Oz was a fairytale. ;)
Hey sh!thead tony those people, who you claim do it for a living, have been wrong more times than I have. But then when you have your head buried in the sand at MSNBC I wouldn't expect anything different from you and your ilk.
I've learned not to make predictions, so I won't. I tend to think Spanky is pretty close to what the actual numbers will be, but we'll find out by late November when all the lawsuits run their course.
On a side note, it usually takes me four short pulls on my mouse's scroll wheel to get through MSNBCMFE's long posts, but tonight I've found that three long ones are much quicker.
Biden is so senile that he think,s Clinton is running for reelection as I saw him on an NBC news channel. Secondly, Romney and his accountants have stated he paid no less than 14% for many years. But even if he did not, as long as it was legal, more power to him. I take every damn deduction as to prevent the do nothing Feds from confiscating my hard earned buck. Take your tax issues up with the do nothing congress.
LOL!! Another teabaggers head exploding.
Our President said that he would bring the nation together. That did not work.
Our President said that he could work with the opposition party by reaching across the isle. That did not work.
Our President said that his administration would be free from lobbyists. That did not work.
Our President said that his administration would be the most transparent ever. That did not work.
Our President said that he would fix the economy within three years. That did not work.
Our President said that his health care bill would lower health care costs. That did not work.
Our President said that he would not raise taxes on 95% of Americans in any way. That did not work.
Our President said that his stimulus spending bill would solve our employment problem. That did not work.
Our President said that he would cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term. That did not work.
I see a pattern here. Our President said that if he could not fix the economy within three year that he did not deserve a second term.
Am I suppose to listen to a man who couldnt even remember the president's name in his latest speech? Okaaaay. Or do sheep still say "bah"?
I remain convinced that The People will vote to "re-elect", and as for the Tea Party I can only say that they had some good ideas and good people in the early stages before it got hijacked. Now, the Republican party moderates have to reign in the crazy rhetoric of the far right or be absorbed by it and become a single minded party of no compromise (and dwindling membership).
G... Please tell me one time when the Democrats compromised...
Poor Joe "Bite Me" Biden. It's a wonder he even knew where he was.
This poor buffoon has had to promote all the Obamarrhea we Americans have been subjected to for four years.
It will be a humanitarian act when we take them both out of their misery on Tuesday.
Greed isn’t someone wanting to keep more of what they earn, its people demanding a greater share of money that someone else has earned.
I'll vote for anyone who will try to improve my standard of living ...without destroying someone else’s!
ROMNEY/RYAN 2012 FOR REAL AMERICANS©
NOTE: Liberals/Progressives remember to vote on November 7th.
Ticked Off in Ohio, Hamilton County in Ohio never decides who takes the vote. Actually Cincinnati in Hamilton County, Ohio was voted the fifth racist city in the nation. Having lived and worked there it does seem like it. They permit the KKK to hold rallies downtown Cincinnati on the square and supply the sheets from Shilato. They have quite a few race riots and if you are not a Republican the Greedy Old People of Hamilton County will try their best to run you off.
That is not the Ohio I grew up in of course I was born, reared and educated in northern Ohio. The difference is like night and day. Keep in mind 'Tucky and Indiana border Hamilton County and Cincinnati so it is not wonder they are the South of Ohio and the leading redneck city in Ohio. Something to be real proud of isn't it, Ticked Off in Ohio?
:D
I take it you're done talking? :)
For those of you who can't spell "joke" is spelled J-O-K-E not J-O-E. "Senile" is spelled S-E-N-I-L-E.
If the democrats were as confident as they proclaim...they would refrain...from actions that so strains...their delusional brains...
Dee Ten, the same could be said of the Republicans by your definition and statement. So what is your point or is it just sarcasm which does reflect a republican.
Today:s polls
Virginia
Rasmussen Reports
Obama 48, Romney 50
Romney +2
Virginia
NBC/WSJ/Marist
Obama 48, Romney 47
Obama +1
Ohio
Ohio Poll/Univ of Cin.
Obama 50, Romney 49
Obama +1
New Hampshire
WMUR/UNH
Obama 51, Romney 48
Obama +3
Missouri
SurveyUSA
Romney 50, Obama 43
Romney +7
Minnesota
KSTP/SurveyUSA
Obama 52, Romney 41
Obama +11
Massachusetts
UMass/Boston Herald
Obama 57, Romney 37
Obama +20
Florida
Florida Times-Union/InAdv
Romney 52, Obama 47
Romney +5
Anyone who says they know the result is lying.
Intellect-1949393
Your nom de plume is not so well choosen...
If you were confident in an Obama win you would refrain...
But you didn't which proves the point.
After doing away with those two jokers Romney and Ryan, the Tea Party punks will be next. 2014 will see the end once and for all of the those treasonous obstructors who wished for the country to fail under this President. Good riddance.
Tea Potty is too radical...self-destructive - soon-to-'vanish without a trace'.
The slogan of Tea Party of 1770s: no taxation without representation...
The slogan's Tea Potty of 2000s: no taxation even with representation (and that's treason).
~~~THE FIREWALL HOLDS!~~~
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For Romney to Win, State Polls Must Be Statistically Biased
THE. BEST. POLLING. DATA. EVER.!
Nate predicts on Nov. 6,
President Obama is 85.5% likely to win 307 Electoral College votes!
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President Obama chances of winning: the popular vote - 80.5%
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President Obama chances of winning: *OHIO* - 86%
President Obama chances of winning: IOWA - 83%
President Obama chances of winning: WISC - 94%
President Obama chances of winning: PA - 97.1%
President Obama chances of winning: VA - 71.%
President Obama chances of winning: NH - 79.4%
President Obama chances of winning: NV - 89.5%
President Obama chances of winning: CO - 68.1%
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of the last 21 polls, Obama is ahead in . . . . 17, 2 ties, Myth ahead in NC & FL :-)
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O & JOE . . . VOTE! :-)
Yep, cause Nate is 50-50.
The boy did good in '08, but screwed the pooch in '10.
And after all it was Nate himself that said, and rightly so - if you can't win the independents, you can't win.
Book it.
These Republican creeps have no shame. They are trying to suppress the vote in Florida and Ohio. Keep an eye on these desperate jackasses. They will try anything to steal this election. Don't let them get away with it.
EVERYONE NEEDS TO GET OUT AND VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA, JOE BIDEN AND A STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
DON'T BE DISCOURAGED BY LONG LINES, STAY AND MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT!!!! DON'T LET THESE RETHUGLICAN CRIMINALS DISSUADE YOU! VOTE AS IF YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT, BECAUSE IT DOES!
Tony I am thinking Koch and friends spent so much money to loose this election, I think they will stop funding the Tea party and it will go away. I think its time to expose all the money people behind Koch and friends and stop buying anything these people make. We know many of Koch products, Know if we can find out who else are with them and stop buying there products too. Hit them where they live, but them out of business, Let the traders go live in China.
Tony. Provide proof.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/04/florida-early-voting-lawsuit_n_2072435.html
http://votebeam.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/romney-led-voter-suppression-surfaces-in-ohio-as-illegal-instructions-given-by-election-official-jon-husted-to-election-workers/
there you go, little lulu. Now run along, I believe there's a new episode of Honey Boo Boo on.
I am not sure these count as credible. That said, you do realize that Dem. Moran' son had to resign for his involvement in how to suppress Repub votes in Virginia? So it is on both sides.
Is tomorrow the last day of campaigning? Or do they campaign on election day?
Joe Biden I think is right about the swing states.
Florida and Ohio I think are going to the president. It's being reported that those long lines in Florida are Obama voters and they are not going to be denied the right to vote.
I have a co-worker who is down in FLA this weekend from MA assisting in getting people out to vote. I wonder how he's doing.
I guess I'll know Tuesday nite/Wednesday morning.
Nevada is going to Obama.
Pat, the candidates can campaign on Election Day if they feel the need to. I know Dukakis did in 1988 with a stop on Election Day morning here in Michigan. A lot of good it did him as he was destroyed by the so called "liberal media" with those horrifying questions about supporting the death penalty if his wife, Kitty, was raped and murdered. If either Obama or Romney decide to make a last minute stop, it will most likely be early in the morning before returning to their homes to vote and wait out the results.
tony, thanks. I remember the Dukakis "rape" questions oh so well. He would have made a terrific president. But the media's priorities are a little off. He was a good governor and what I remember is how much he loved his job as our governor. So different from Romney and Weld, who showed very little interest in governing.
That's really funny - "paid Republican bloggers" - considering I've read several identical posts from other stories comment areas here as well. LOOOOONG POSTS; CUT AND PASTE POSTS; I DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO SAY POSTS! And what is "AN EXCESS OF ADVERTISEMENT"? Does that mean that Obama is running out of money? Or is he just not going to spend it, as he can keep what he doesn't use if he loses?
Reading this stuff is like watching a group of especially moronic monkees grooming each other.
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Get out and vote. Bring along a friend like Michael Moore asked us to do today. Make sure everyone that could vote for our President does vote. That way we never have to listen to Mitt Romney and his bold faced lies again. We never have to see Anne in a bright red dress treating us like "you people". We won't have to see the likes of Sununu and Coulter and Beck and Limbaugh doing anything but crying their racist bigot eyes out because they just don't understand how a "black man" beat their "Ken Dall" candidate. I will like nothing more than ugly human beings like them wallering in their hateful misery for the next four years and maybe another 8 years after if Hillary Clinton becomes President in 2016.
From what I have seen of the lines in some States, a folding chair and bottled water would be good.
Hateful? You call "Vote. Voting is the best revenge" words to unite? Divider/Douche bag-in-chief.
Your President was stopping the crowd from booing Romney. Or would you have prefer the booing continue?
Prefer booing to "vote for revenge.'
Don't expect you to understand, but there it is.
This is still america.
Revenge is like a muslim country. You vote with your AK.
Spanks,
Turn your TV on to National Geographic. Seal Team Six OBL is on. The star is Anson Mount of Hell on Wheels fame. He's my new crush for the day! Very good movie. Just started. And quit with the sound bites already. Republicans suck at it.
Spanky,
Well, we are down to hours.
How is Cali looking?
MN is good to go.... blue and hopefully even M.Bachmann will be out a a job for about five day.
figure she would be just what they are looking for on FOX.
it will be another great day when the voter get the last word.
Tuesday night about midnight it will be all over.
I do have sensitivity for those on the West coast and Hawaii.
When Obama looses, we will never have to pay for Michelle and her I am so better than you trips with her entourage, we will not have to listen to her talk about her first moment being proud of her country. We will not ave to remember that Rev. wright baptized her daughters. We will not have to listen to the very racist president talking in the street talk. We will not have to listen to his lies about how he worked across the isles to get stuff done. We will not have to listen to the lies about Libya.
I was thinking of voting for Romney but lulu98 has shone me the light. Now I'm voting for Obama.
Pissy Matthews and Blowhard Joe Biden on the same screen. Gee, glad I missed that. It is up to you Independents. We know there are more registered Republicans than registered Demonrats. Just a numbers game now. Libby spin will continue.
Just think, in a little over 48 hours, the rightard whining, crying and excuse making will start in earnest!
The polls show neither of them have a mandate. Have any of you thought how It was the Obama admin that made this deal. the next fours years will be. Do you really want the ruination of the country?
Obamas America,
Record debt, 5 trillion and counting
Record unemployment
Record numbers on welfare
Record numbers on food stamps
Record number home foreclosures
Record number for lease signs in front of businesses
Higher taxes
Gas prices sky high
More taxes next year
No Hope
No Future
No Obama magic left, he has a record
It's Over
Romney Wins!
You've convinced me! I'm now voting for Obama. Thanks!
Benghazi-gate comming to a
congressional hearing near you.
Ambassador Died
Obama Lied
When Romney is found to be the winner of the election on Wednesday, I bet something other than a tingle will be running down Chris Matthews legs. BRAHAAAAAHAAAA. Obama is done in one!
RickSimm........
Why do you suppose professional odds makers (aka folks who put their money where their mouths are) don't agree with you?
Hey Emdee, being a professional odds maker myself, I always hedge my bets, based on odds it increases my ability to win.
Well, wgrider.......
As a "professional odds maker", why don't you explain to us how (real) odds makers are "hedging their bets" by consistently and virtually unanimously listing President Obama as a heavy favorite?
Really, the only apparent thing you can claim expertise in is over-use of trite cliches'.
Our long National Nightmare is
almost over, Tuesday night the
adults will be back in charge.
It's Over
Romney Wins!
Sorry, I have nothing against Romney. I just can't vote for him. He will do great things in other places I'm sure.
No he won't... He'll lose and Ann will take him by the ear and bitch about him losing for at least the next year...
O&JOE2012
Has anyone seen Hillary?
Jimmy C. wants to talk to
her and Barrack.
is that a joke..or your just a dumb azz
I'm here-- 4 more for 44
after the election folks .2 years from now vote all the tea nuts out..its not finish...continue to vote local and state..because it does matter
Brave Americans were slaughtered while pleading for the help that Obama denied them. He is despicable and unfit to lead!
4 .500 dead for oil ..yes that's why Bush and Cheney are in hiding
oh and Romney hid ..and protested the war
OK - elvis, then let's all vote to get rid of Bush, Cheney, Obama and Biden.
how can that be when you love Romney
elvis - protested which war? Source?
the Vietnam war....my oh my...you follow a man and don't know a thing about him..but your a tea nut
Source?
Source ..read..look it up...google it...look at old papers from the archives...read...read...my oh my..i tell you what i will go and find it..i will be back
I did elvis. Not a single mention. I'm afraid that your post was just another rant pulled totally from your fevered imagination.
Mitt Romney At Stanford University: Classmates Recall Republican ...
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A sit-in against the Vietnam War was underway inside President Wallace Sterling's office. Outside, Mitt Romney protested against the protestors. ... the counter-demonstrators behaved less politely than they did in the daytime.
As I said before, your post was just another rant pulled totally from your fevered imagination.
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It was in his freshman year at Stanford University that a young Mitt Romney took an early step toward establishing a political identity all his own. Students had turned against the Vietnam War, and in May 1966, they staged a sit-in at the office of the university president to protest the draft.
“In Mitt Romney’s mind, this is not how you make change,” Romney biographer Scott Helman told FRONTLINE. “He is the kind of guy who would work within an institution, would follow the rules.”
In keeping with that spirit, Romney took to his own form of protest that spring day. Sporting khakis and a blazer, he joined a counter-demonstration seeking to restore order on the traditionally buttoned-down Stanford campus. His message, spelled out on a picket sign, was “Speak out, don’t sit in.”
While anti-war protests may not have been for him, Romney did show traces of a rebellious side in college, secretly flying home to Michigan to visit his future wife, Ann Davies.
“His parents don’t really know. It’s the closest thing … to rebellion that Mitt Romney goes through during the ’60s,” said Helman.
Romney would later change his tone on Vietnam. In 1967, he watched his father, then a candidate for the Republican nomination, describe his onetime support for the war as the result of a “brainwashing.” By 1970, Romney was echoing his dad, calling the war “a political blunder.”
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Yeah, Romney sat in and protested Vietnam --while I was over there busting my butt- 1969-1972 U S Army Air Corp--and then called ME a MOOCHER
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elvas payne
The Nam -- Where Boys Turned Into Men -- And Men Gave Their All!
They Earned It!
Mitt Ran From It!
No Respect -- No Man!
A Nam Vet
But you thought it was ok for Clinton to dodge? Hypocrit!
It kind of changes the perspective lulu98, when Mitt Romney actively protested FOR the war, yet did not serve himself. He actually told a group of veterans that he knew he was "too important" to fight inthe war, "God had higher plans for him". And people call Obama a narcissist.
This is lunacy! What we have here, is a failure to comprehend! The cut and pasted article clearly said that Mitt Romney protested the anti-war protesters that took over the Dean's office. His sign said "Speak out, don't sit in".
Evidently, no one who commented on this spammed to paid bloggers talking point actually read it.
Either they did not read it, or they cannot comprehend the plain English. So many of the liberal (and conservative) clowns that post on MSDNC cannot think past 140 characters or sound bites and therefore must rely on cut and paste rhetoric emailed to them from the Obama mothership. Have an original thought now and then - I know it's hard, but crucial to civil discussion and debate.
At the end of the story, it did say that Mitt revised to a more moderate position, saying the Vietnam War was a blunder. Jimi Hendrix was an Airborne vet and a hawk. I was so far left, I was right, with Curtis LeMay - nuke 'em and win, or get the he*l out!
sorry the words of lock and load...Obama friends muslem...have come back a bit yall in the azz
elvis - You do realize that your post was raving incomprehensible, don't you?
Kannin,
I like your resonable posts, but it's bad to feed the paid trolls, especially the insane paid trolls! You will notice that after their cut and paste talking points, their follow-up responses are all sound bites and less than 140 characters. Small minds, low comprehension.
Gulf oil spill, Fast and Furious, Solyndra, “Stimulus” Downgrading of credit, Bowing to the Russians, Benghazi
Obama has done many things that have harmed the country. Most of the time one can't be sure whether they are done out of lust for power, or just plain incompetence. It is said that you should never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. I, therefore, usually tend to go with the incompetence explanation.
did you want obama to interfere with the private sector...that would be big government huh...oil this must be a dream kannin
George Kaiser, an Oklahoma billionaire, invested $400 million in Solyndra through an investment vehicle connected to his family foundation. Kaiser was a "bundler" for Obama's 2008 campaign, raising between $50,000 and $100,000 for the president, records show. He also made multiple visits to the White House in the months just before the company was granted a $535 million loan from the government. The company then went bankrupt, putting 1,100 employees out of work.
Obama was doing big-time meddling in the private sector...
why yes thats my point he is president
Kannin is still peddling the right wing talking points and conspiracy theories right to the bitter end! I smell desperation. Lot of gnashing teeth come November 7th...
hahahah the only thing he has stop ..is the race card...they are nice now
Man the Romney rapid response team is a little slow tonight. It took them a little time to get up to speed tonight. Like Sara Palin would say. Spin baby spin, tell those lies guys. Lie like mad men, your loosing so tell some more lies and see how that works out for you. It hasn't worked so far, so keep it up Rep's. Lie like mad to keep people from knowing what you have really been up to. Lie baby lie. Obama is going to win. Koch money can't buy this election. All the kings money and all the kings friends can't get Romney elected and get Koch's there money back again.
Romney supporters said the health care wont get passed...guess what the health care got passed....have yall notice all the bad lawyers work for fox news...the ones who don't know law
And the ramifications now forced us into a high deductible plan. Maybe you on welfare get it free. We now have a $3000 deductible then company's. thanks.
Obama's has lied for his entire presidency. He said he'd eliminate the capital gains tax for small businesses. Lie. He said he'd keep unemployment below 8%. Lie. He said he'd halve the deficit. Lie. He said he'd post all bills online for five days before signing them. Lie. He said he'd eliminate no-bid contracts. Lie. He said he never voted against the Illinois infanticide bill. Lie. He said he didn't know about the Lockerbie bomber release. Lie. He said he was committed to coal energy. Lie. He said his individual mandate was not a tax. Lie. Need I go on???
the highway bill..would have help the economy...but what happen???
oh and dont worry...its going to happen...next election..what you have posted
Obama ..is a 2 termer...told yall from the get go...cant wait for my mansion
kannin you better get your check from karl rove...call it a day..the fat lady has sung
only a few more months of tyranny from the communist party and hopefully that sends fiesty red head and the rest of the cockroaches back into their roach motels.
thats ok ..you can come a visit...we need the laugh..look the dumb azz is in the house
don't forget your clown car..i see you driving in the parade with. your little red tin foil hat
Mitt Romney At Stanford University: Classmates Recall Republican ...
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Huffington Post-Nov 3, 2012
A sit-in against the Vietnam War was underway inside President Wallace Sterling's office. Outside, Mitt Romney protested against the protestors. ... the counter-demonstrators behaved less politely than they did in the daytime.
FEMA's vaunted "lean forward" strategy that called for advanced staging of supplies for emergency distribution failed to live up to its billing in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
In fact, the agency appears to have been completely unprepared to distribute bottled water to Hurricane Sandy victims when the storm hit this Monday. In contrast to its stated policy, FEMA failed to have any meaningful supplies of bottled water -- or any other supplies, for that matter -- stored in nearby facilities as it had proclaimed it would on its website. This was the case despite several days advance warning of the impending storm.
FEMA only began to solicit bids for vendors to provide bottled water for distribution to Hurricane Sandy victims on Friday, sending out a solicitation request for 2.3 million gallons of bottled water at the FedBizOpps.gov website. Bidding closed at 4:30 pm eastern.
Breitbart News spoke with contracting officer Annette Wright, who said that the winning vendor would be required to deliver the 2.3 million gallons of bottled water to an East Farmingdale, New York distribution center that was listed in the solicitation request by Monday, November 5th. Ms. Wright was unable to say when or how the water would be delivered from the distribution center to needy Hurricane Sandy victims in New Jersey, Staten Island, Long Island, and other boroughs of New York City. Vendors "are currently being evaluated," she said, and when the vendors are announced, they will provide information on how local distribution will occur.
Obama is a failed leader... 2 more days real change is comming......
So you didn't get water at the height of the hurricane (it was available the following day) and you're going to vote for Romney who promised to eliminate FEMA. That makes sense.
metoo 999,
How much money have you sent to the hurricane Sandy relief effort?
I just talked to a friend in LIndenhurst Long Island. they have FEEMA, Red Cross, National Guard and a ton of local agencies in the town. My friend is living on his boat. His house is a complete disaster. they have no road to their street. They have no heat, no water, no gas, but he is one of the lucky ones. He has a boat with a generator and he is not living in a shelter.
It is the government agencies, NGO's and the federal and state governments that will begin the rebuilding.
BTW, what state do you live in?
metoo999 this is an outright lie. My father is one of those contractors and it is clearly obvious that you know nothing on how FEMA deals with contracts such as this.
These contractors are contacted well before a storm. The same contractors are used over and over with some exceptions. IE my father has been doing this for 15 years. He was on the road to NJ during the storm. Because they were taking bids, it does not mean that no supplies were there. It means they needed extra people. Cherry picking your "facts" does not make it true.
Also, they need to get to the site or have you forgotten that. They cannot set generators in two feet of water nor can they drive down some of the blocked roads. I love when the Monday morning quarterbacks show up. What have you done for the effort? These FEMA contractors put their heart and soul into these efforts and its really sickening to hear people like you. My father is sleeping on the seat of a truck and has been for days. He is eating once a day working 12 hour days. And many of these people are doing the same in order to get supplies to the people in the area.
It's not a "fever" they have exactly . . . more like a severe mental illness . . . and the Teabooblicans have been off their meds for quite some time now. What's the solution? . . . perhaps Obamacare can help them out by getting those poor souls psychiatric treatment -- hopefully on an out-patient basis, though a few of them are beyond repair and may have to be put down.
Do Government employees go on Obamacare? Did Obama sign his family up for Obamacare?
If it's good enough for us why not them? Thats Obama looking out for you, good enough for you but not good enough for his family.
Do Congress and Senate go on AHCA too? They have the finest health care coverage our tax dollars can buy. No other coverage compares to theirs nor their nice retirement plan after a five year service either unless you are the president. If we summed the total benefits including what we the citizens pay out for retirement benefits for Congress we could have hundreds of millions of dollars per year. Congress and their self appointed perks must come under control of the people. You never leave the fox in charge of the hen house but this is what he have done. Time for a change don't you think?
Obama/Biden 2012 NEVADA already swung--- BLUE --
Fiat Says Jeep Output May Return to China as Demand Rises
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-21/fiat-says-china-may-build-all-jeep-models-as-suv-demand-climbs.html
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Romney protesting the war watch
Yep elvis - it shows that reality is the exact opposite of your post. Actually, come to think of it, most of your posts are the exact opposite of objective reality...
just tap the time and watch
Give it up elvis ...
Give it up elvis ...
funny its right in front of your eyes...not only yours but the rest of the world
just tap the time folks and watch if this dont get you mad
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