dagblog - Comments for "Noodling About Newt"

Um. Erm. Well. Egads.

we are stardust — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:06:17 +0000

In reply to Ha. I bet you even hate the

Um. Erm. Well. Egads. Hmmm. Uh. I did buy some Pope-on-a-Rope when John the 23rd (now beatified, remember) visited America; does that count, huh, Obey, huh? Does it?

Ha. I bet you even hate the

Obey — Wed, 18 May 2011 15:13:03 +0000

In reply to Yeppers; it flies in the face

Ha. I bet you even hate the Pope, and just because he encourages AIDS, enslaves women to livestock version of compulsory reproduction (h/t Hitch), and aids, abets, and institutionalizes sexual abuse of children.

Is there no love and compassion for these otherwise fine people in your heart...?

;0P

Me and Hitch: like this, then

we are stardust — Wed, 18 May 2011 13:45:29 +0000

In reply to Christopher Hitchens made a

Me and Hitch: like this, then (twines index and bird fingers..). ;o) It still drives me batty when folks who admire her call her 'Ter-REE-Suh'. Arrrrgggghhhh!

Christopher Hitchens made a

Michael Maiello — Wed, 18 May 2011 12:19:03 +0000

In reply to Yeppers; it flies in the face

Christopher Hitchens made a compelling case against her back in the day.

Yeppers; it flies in the face

we are stardust — Wed, 18 May 2011 11:19:50 +0000

In reply to What is impressive there is

Yeppers; it flies in the face of conventional wisdom about right-track, wrong-track, and economic concerns was my point. The election is 'his to lose', if I can use a crap cliche. (Can't see it, really.)

But did ya have to use Sister Theresa? ;o) I may be one of twelve humans on the planet who thinks she was a cow.

He'll have a mandate

Resistance — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:19:27 +0000

In reply to Kind of difficult to draw

He'll have a mandate then?

Can he then be trusted to bring forth more progressive ideas?

What is impressive there is

Obey — Wed, 18 May 2011 07:19:33 +0000

In reply to May 16 Politico-GW

What is impressive there is the approval rating on Obama as a person - 72% approval vs 19% disapproval. Even Mother Teresa didn't have that kind of love. That's why I say he'd have to implode somehow to lose this one.

Ron Paul and Santorum are

Richard Day — Wed, 18 May 2011 00:26:32 +0000

In reply to Newt probably realizes these

Ron Paul and Santorum are consistent.

I despise them both, regard of the fact that I probably agree on Ron Paul's stances fifty percent of the time--get out of the war, legalize drugs....

But Newt is no more consistent than Beckerhead. He changes his mind every other day, literally.

On the delegate fight, Obama won because he kept his eyes on those caucuses and pushed the states where he could win primaries or come in second thereby grabbing a bunch of delegates.

Hilarry lost because of her inability to sell herself to the caucuses.

Ron Paul might surprise us. Who knows?

But any repub running for prez would gut every damn social program he could get his hands on, just like Walker in Wisc.

They are all, all of them, blood sucking monsters.

I put it up for the numbers

we are stardust — Tue, 17 May 2011 23:01:59 +0000

In reply to Kind of difficult to draw

I put it up for the numbers on 'handling the economy' and 'jobs and economy' as #1 prority'. I should have bolded them. It shows high approval, but not on the economy. And NBC poll had a plurality of Hispanics (55%?) angry at him over the economy. Thus, I thought: immigration reform talk, which was 'tell Congress to do it' and 'contact me at WhiteHouse.gov.'

Doesn't indicate the answer to 'whose fault is the recession', but even Obama says he gets that it's his now.

Kind of difficult to draw

kgb999 — Tue, 17 May 2011 22:56:24 +0000

In reply to May 16 Politico-GW

Kind of difficult to draw conclusions from the popularity question asked a week following Bin Laden's death. All things considered, I see those numbers as pretty brutal.

Republicans clearing the decks will secure Obama another term - not any particularly high degree of support from the American public.