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#1 Sep 05 2012 at 7:27 AM Rating: Decent
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I had a blast watching the Obama team waterboard Romney last night. Does that make me a bad person?
#2 Sep 05 2012 at 7:33 AM Rating: Good
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I gagged a couple times listening to Michelle O. I liked the Mayor of San Antonio though. He gave Romney a good pounding.
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#3 Sep 05 2012 at 7:37 AM Rating: Decent
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"We didn't [insert mundane task made easy here], No, we [insert mundane task but not so easy here]" X 15

I cringed every time.

I think she did really well overall though.

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Mayor of San Antonio though.


Is that the older guy or the young twin?

I fully expect the young twin to open up a Tie shop franchise and be a billionaire by the weekend. They'll call it Young Twin Ties.
#5 Sep 05 2012 at 7:46 AM Rating: Good
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Yodabunny wrote:
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Mayor of San Antonio though.


Is that the older guy or the young twin?

I fully expect the young twin to open up a Tie shop franchise and be a billionaire by the weekend. They'll call it Young Twin Ties.
Yeah, the twin - Castro. He even managed to keep Biden from falling asleep.
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Dude has some serious energy.
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Yodabunny wrote:
"We didn't [insert mundane task made easy here], No, we [insert mundane task but not so easy here]" X 15

I cringed every time.

Standard connection to lower/middle class voters. Any jamoke can say they ate ice cream with their kids or whatever. Everyone eats ice cream with their kids. Being able to say you've shared the working-class experience of deciding which bills to pay or putting off purchases is something the Obamas can say they've done and the Romneys can not. Whether or not you think that's a significant difference is up to you but obviously they're going to put it out there.
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Oh I had no problem with the message at all. It's a great message and I think one of Obama's biggest pluses. It's the way she said the word No (literally just that word), it felt over-dramatic, too forced like it was kind of jammed in there and was repeated a little much I think. Like I said I think she did a great job and while perhaps an unfair criticism (I couldn't have done better, not even remotely close) it IS something I noticed.

Not that my opinion really matters being Canadian and all.
#9 Sep 05 2012 at 1:38 PM Rating: Good
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Not that my opinion really matters being Canadian and all.
WTF is going on in Canada anyways.

Maple Syrup scandals, politicians getting shot...you guys get a bad batch of beer?
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#10gbaji, Posted: Sep 05 2012 at 3:13 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I'm sure they'll try. It just doesn't ring very true though. The reality is that the Obama's life path is not even remotely like the typical person's. It's not about how much money they have today, but how they got there. I just think this is a hard sell for the Obama's. Don't blame them for trying of course, but lets not kid ourselves about the reality of the situation.
#11 Sep 05 2012 at 3:41 PM Rating: Good
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gbaji wrote:
As opposed to two people meeting while attending ivy league colleges,
Clearly they should have met while going to a $20,000/year private grade school.
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#12 Sep 05 2012 at 3:51 PM Rating: Default
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lolgaxe wrote:
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As opposed to two people meeting while attending ivy league colleges,
Clearly they should have met while going to a $20,000/year private grade school.


Correct. Obama did not meet his wife while he was attending a prestigious private school in Hawaii. It was years later that he met her. What was your point again?
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#13 Sep 05 2012 at 3:52 PM Rating: Excellent
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gbaji wrote:
What was your point again?
That I could get you to completely avoid any actual fact checking when it comes to Romney. Smiley: smile
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Jophiel wrote:
Yodabunny wrote:
"We didn't [insert mundane task made easy here], No, we [insert mundane task but not so easy here]" X 15

I cringed every time.

Standard connection to lower/middle class voters. Any jamoke can say they ate ice cream with their kids or whatever. Everyone eats ice cream with their kids. Being able to say you've shared the working-class experience of deciding which bills to pay or putting off purchases is something the Obamas can say they've done and the Romneys can not. Whether or not you think that's a significant difference is up to you but obviously they're going to put it out there.


That's a bit unfair, Romney has been part of the decision making process in deciding which companies he invests in pay their bills and which ones don't to minimize the losses prior to getting ready for one of several bankruptcy strategies. I'm sure they've also had to put of purchases at various companies, such as employee healthcare plans.
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lolgaxe wrote:
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What was your point again?
That I could get you to completely avoid any actual fact checking when it comes to Romney. Smiley: smile


So you looked up the yearly tuition cost for attending the Punahou School in Hawaii, right? Cause one of them went to an expensive private school and the other... wait a minute! They both did! But you'd know that if you bothered to fact-check Obama, wouldn't you?
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#16 Sep 05 2012 at 4:56 PM Rating: Excellent
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gbaji wrote:
wait a minute! They both did
I'm so proud that you're catching up, even if it is baby steps.
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#17gbaji, Posted: Sep 05 2012 at 5:01 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) So Romney has experience making tough economic decisions and a track record of making ones which result in positive economic outcomes. While Obama's experience with money has basically been filling out grant forms to get some one else to pay for whatever pet project he's been asked to find funding for (which really explains a lot if you think about it).
#18 Sep 05 2012 at 5:08 PM Rating: Excellent
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We should fire Mississippi, North Dakota, Alaska, and Alabama. You know, low performing sectors. Like a business.
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#19 Sep 05 2012 at 5:16 PM Rating: Excellent
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Jophiel wrote:
Yodabunny wrote:
"We didn't [insert mundane task made easy here], No, we [insert mundane task but not so easy here]" X 15

I cringed every time.

Standard connection to lower/middle class voters. Any jamoke can say they ate ice cream with their kids or whatever. Everyone eats ice cream with their kids. Being able to say you've shared the working-class experience of deciding which bills to pay or putting off purchases is something the Obamas can say they've done and the Romneys can not. Whether or not you think that's a significant difference is up to you but obviously they're going to put it out there.


That's a bit unfair, Romney has been part of the decision making process in deciding which companies he invests in pay their bills and which ones don't to minimize the losses prior to getting ready for one of several bankruptcy strategies. I'm sure they've also had to put of purchases at various companies, such as employee healthcare plans.


So Romney has experience making tough economic decisions and a track record of making ones which result in positive economic outcomes. While Obama's experience with money has basically been filling out grant forms to get some one else to pay for whatever pet project he's been asked to find funding for (which really explains a lot if you think about it).

You're right! It's so hard to see which one would be better able to get us out of our economic situation. No. Actually, it's not.


Well, he has experience in maximizing profits for himself and his investors, no matter the cost to other people. I don't want the country run that way though.
#20 Sep 05 2012 at 5:23 PM Rating: Default
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lolgaxe wrote:
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wait a minute! They both did
I'm so proud that you're catching up, even if it is baby steps.


I've been like 10 steps ahead of you the whole time though. Both candidates attended expensive private schools. So what's the point of bringing the issue up in the context of a comparison of the two candidates? Unless one's banking on the general ignorance about the history of Obama, that is?
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#21 Sep 05 2012 at 5:27 PM Rating: Excellent
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gbaji wrote:
So what's the point of bringing the issue up in the context of a comparison of the two candidates?
Let's see if you're even one step near me, much less ten ahead. "What is the point of bringing up the issue of the candidates schooling?"
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#22 Sep 05 2012 at 5:30 PM Rating: Default
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Well, he has experience in maximizing profits for himself and his investors, no matter the cost to other people. I don't want the country run that way though.


Except that "maximizing profits" in this context means decreasing government costs relative to government revenues, so the winners of his actions would be all of us. He has experience finding ways to take companies that are struggling and near (or in) bankruptcy and turning them around. That's how he made his money. That would sure seem to be exactly the skill set we need right now, wouldn't you agree?


The contrast is to Obama, whose economic experience basically makes him the equivalent of a kid running the candy store. He's spent his entire professional career basically fighting to get the candy store owner to give out free candy. Now, he's in charge, and people are wondering why the store is going bankrupt? I mean, it's not really that hard to figure out. And if Romney has to be the mean store owner who doesn't give people free candy in order to prevent the store from closing entirely (meaning, if you follow the analogy, that no one gets any candy), then that's exactly what we should be doing.

I'm seeing a whole lot of people basically saying that Romney is exactly the guy we need as President.
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lolgaxe wrote:
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So what's the point of bringing the issue up in the context of a comparison of the two candidates?
Let's see if you're even one step near me, much less ten ahead. "What is the point of bringing up the issue of the candidates schooling?"


I thought I just explained this. Because if you assume that most people don't realize that Obama also attended an expensive private school, you can make it seem like Romney's experience growing up is less like the typical American's (than Obama's) if you point out that he did. But to answer your question: There isn't much point (in this context) to bringing up the issue of the candidates schooling. There is a whole lot of point to bringing up just Romney's though.


At least that's what I assume it was about. If you think there was some other purpose for the whole "met his wife while attending a $20k/year private school" comment, by all means spill it. It was your point, after all. So why did you say it?

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I don't think her diatribe connects her to the lower/middle class voters at all.

Says the guy who can have the government seize nearly $100k for unpaid taxes and it's an inconvenience rather than a life-altering even. Well, I suppose you have your finger on the pulse of middle America.

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As opposed to two people meeting while attending ivy league colleges

I love how Republicans try to tear down the Obamas for working their asses off and studying and attending some of the best schools in the nation. No "Holy shit, that would be an impressive feat even if you came from better circumstances, but that you raised yourself up to that is really something and we salute your obvious hard work and sacrifice" but rather "LOL they went to IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS!!!!" As though you just roll someone down a hill towards a college and it opens its doors and lets you in.

The hypocrisy is hilarious.
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Except that "maximizing profits" in this context means decreasing government costs relative to government revenues, so the winners of his actions would be all of us. He has experience finding ways to take companies that are struggling and near (or in) bankruptcy and turning them around.
Except running a business is nothing like running a country, since you're pretty much required in a business to cut low performing sectors and personnel along with cutting costs to maximize revenue. Which is hilarious every time people mention the country should be run as a business, since it becomes painfully obvious those same people slept through their high school economics classes. Though, I'm all for firing a few states. We could probably hire a few Mexican territories to replace them, since they work more for less pay.
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So why did you say it?
Why would I need to explain something from step one to you if you're "ten steps ahead" already? Or are you admitting you ran in the wrong direction? I, in my benevolence, might be convinced to use tiny words and explain it if you admit you have no idea what you're talking about. Smiley: smile

You still haven't quite got it, but you're really close.
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I don't think her diatribe connects her to the lower/middle class voters at all.

Says the guy who can have the government seize nearly $100k for unpaid taxes and it's an inconvenience rather than a life-altering even. Well, I suppose you have your finger on the pulse of middle America.


That they're more concerned by the government taking (and wasting) their money than the government not spending enough on foodstamps? Yeah. I think that's pretty much exactly the viewpoint of most of the middle class in America. Given the assumption of being "middle class", I'd expect that most are far far more concerned about what they have being taken away, than the government failing to provide something they don't really need (or want).

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I love how Republicans try to tear down the Obamas for working their asses off and studying and attending some of the best schools in the nation.


Not what I'm doing at all. I am merely questioning the idea that somehow the Obama's are more in touch with the average American than the Romney's are. You're projecting.

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No "Holy shit, that would be an impressive feat even if you came from better circumstances, but that you raised yourself up to that is really something and we salute your obvious hard work and sacrifice" but rather "LOL they went to IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS!!!!" As though you just roll someone down a hill towards a college and it opens its doors and lets you in.


Which would be a valid point if only one candidate "came from better circumstances". Once again you completely misunderstand the point I'm making. You think I'm attacking Obama for attending an ivy league school. But that's pure projection. I'm pointing out that both of them had remarkably similar education histories. They both attended public schools early on (Obama less than Romney actually). Both began attending more prestigious private schools later (Obama starting around 4th grade, Romney around 7th). Both then went on to college in California (Obama to Occidental, Romney to Stanford). Romney spent a couple years on his Mission, then finished his BA in English at BYU. Obama transferred to Columbia and completed his BA in Political Science, then spent time working in Chicago for political organizations. Both finished out their education at Harvard. Obama at Harvard Law, obtaining a Juris Doctor, Romney at Harvard Law and Harvard Business, obtaining a Juris Doctor and MBA respectively.


To suggest that one of them is somehow more out of touch than the other purely because of their history growing up and their education is pretty ridiculous. Yet, that appears to be exactly what the political left is attempting to do. They paint Obama as this man of the people, struggling to raise his station in life against great odds, while Romney just had life handed to him on a silver platter. The reality is that both men had advantages in life and both men took those advantages and used them to advance themselves. I'm not attacking Obama for his education. I'm countering that false perception that he somehow had it harder than Romney did.

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Yes, it is quite hilarious when people attempt to make it seem like Obama is more in touch with the average American than Romney. Let's not forget that this part of the thread started when someone made a comment suggesting that the Obamas struggled, but the Romneys did not. I have passed no judgment on the facts of Obama's education and history except to point out that it's a lot more similar to that of Romney's than most people seem to realize.
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