The 2012 Presidential Campaign Offically kicks off for Barack Obama at the Ohio State College Campus….
The American President stands strong on ‘moving ahead’….
And leads in the Electoral numbers( and states) by a nice margin right now…
Mitt Romney searches for a running mate while one of his challengers supporters works on converting GOP delegates to THEIR cause for the convention in Tampa….
In addition, NO endorsements from his challengers to help heal the primary riffs….
In France, Sharcozy loses to the Socialist party Hollande….
In Russia Putin will be back at the Presidency…..
Change is in the air driven by the world’s Economies….
The question is…..
Will ANY TEAM be able to stop the Heat?
and Who will win Idol?
Countdown to Election Day: 178 days ( as of 5/12/12)
20 is Very impressive. I didn’t even get half of that. considering I’m a political junkie, that makes me feel pretty stupid
Yo Z
You’re fine
I’m smart enough to not even try
I only got 16 this time around (long after the unlamented Tyrant of Tripoli left the U.S. news).
Prudence may be the better part of valour, but if Zreebs looks at the stats to compare his position with others, he should still be fairly respectable (especially considering that most of the others took the quiz when his name was all over the press).
I agreed DSD
I mean it’s not the name is Smith or Jones
And a LOT of people would be like WTF CARES how they spelled
His name?
So anything over like 2 or 3 IS GOOD
Count me as one of the people who was dissatisfied with how Romney handled the bullying question. If five people from my high school class accused me of bullying (which I confess that I did to a very small extent), I would not chuckle at the episode, and I would not say I’m sorry IF I offended anyone. What a pathetically lame apology. if Romney can cut the hair off of someone and then forget the episode, it does not show much empathy. it’s not the fact that Romney did “stupid things” in high school – most of us did. More importantly, Romney’s response shows the type of person he is today.
As I think Mitt can be such a spaz
lets see how this bullying crap plays out.
Romney is the kind of guy that would have ended up with gum in his hair in my high school.
And I can just imagine what it would have been like for him at South Boston High.
And because of course the guy that he allegedly hazed was “gay” at a time when most people didn’t know what gay was.
and is now so conveniently dead
and as the story comes out the day after the President “comes out” (I was stunned there was gambling going on here!) for gay marriage.
I just have to say I guess Mitt was too young to be wife swapping.
Or going without a bath to dodge the draft.
It all reminds me of what the church lady would say.
“How convenient.”
I ‘m sorry…
I have a HARD time seeing Willard Mitt Romney as a bully…..
So called “libertarian” Republican Rand Paul
Was running his loose mouth before a group of Right Wing religious nuts in Iowa
Before some group organized by so called “Christian” huckster Ralph Reed
Last heard from playing footsies with felon Jack Abramoff ripping off the Choctaw Indians
Paul said Obamas position on Gay Marriage couldn’t get any “gayer”
What the Hell does that mean?
If Paul REALLY believed all that libertarian bs
He would have DEFENDED Gay marriage
But then again this man of “principle”
Might want to run for President
And he needs these types to be viable
Rand has learned the lesson well
He can be like his Dad and be a fringe candidate
Or he can make nice with Right Wing religious slime balls like Reed and his ilk and maybe go somewhere!
Book Review
KILLING LINCOLN
By Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
I’m no fan of Bill O but he did a good job here.The book chronicles the last days of the Civil War and the life of Abraham Lincoln.it reads almost like a thriller and indeed to some extent it is.good character portraits predominate,particularly of the assassin John Wilkes Booth.Doesn’t get much into the various theories of all who may have been involved besides those whose roles history has recorded,although O’Reilly seems to be fascinated by the possible involvement of Secretary Of War Edwin Stanton.He admits,however, it would be more than odd for Stanton a fervid anti southerner to be mixed up with the avid pro Confederates who aided Booth.its an easy and enjoyable read.While I still think his politics are screwy I look forward to his next volume,Killing Kennedy.
And sur
Rise!
Rick Santorum who ran a campaign based on HATE
For anyone different from himself and his so called
“Christian” followers
Is urging Mitt Romney to use Obamas support of Gay marriage as a
“Potent weapon”
Against him
Do it Republicans
Follow this prickl little credos advice!
DO IT!!
Afternoon all….
To ALL our fine Mother’s out their this….
And for matter EVERYDAY is YOUR Day….
Thank You!
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!
We’re taking the Mrs out for brunch…
And bringing in for Dinner…
No cooking for her today!
James, Five people are saying the bullying happened. are you one of the people who believe that Herman Cane was innocent too? Romney can chuckle when he admits he did stupid things in high school, but I understand that the victim has stated he never got over the bullying. Things that happen in high school have a powerful impact on most peoples’ life.
Manilla may be right that Romney himself was bullied in high school. But sometimes people that are bullied are themselves bullies. I can recall this short fat effeminate guy in high school who used to call everyone gay. in retrospect, I bet he bullied to prevent others from bullying him.
Legendary Bass Guitarist Donald Duck Dunn dead at 70.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/bass-player-donald-duck-dunn-of-booker-t-and-the-mgs-dies-in-tokyo/2012/05/13/gIQAprexLU_story.html
This guy will do anything to get attention. Even if it means kiss another guy.
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/howard-stern-talks-americas-got-talent-and-kisses-matt-lauer-on-today_b127615
Connecticut, Wisconsin parties consider Senate nominees
12:54am EDT
By Ebong Udoma and Brendan O’Brien
(Reuters) – The Connecticut Democratic convention on Saturday endorsed Congressman Christopher Murphy for an open U.S. Senate seat, but former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson failed to win the Republican party convention endorsement in that state.
With long-serving senators in Wisconsin and Connecticut retiring, those Senate seats more vulnerable to switching parties in November’s general elections that will determine whether Republicans take back control of the Senate from Democrats.
The straw votes at the party conventions on Saturday were not the final decisions, and both states will hold primary elections in August. But the endorsement of state party conventions can give a candidate momentum in the campaign.
Democrats now hold a 53 to 47 seats edge in the U.S. Senate. Republicans are hoping to take the majority because far more Democrat-held seats are up for election than Republican in November.
The Wisconsin Republican party convention did not endorse any of four candidates for the U.S. Senate despite three rounds of voting during their meeting in Green Bay.
Thompson, 70, governor of the state for 14 years and Health and Human Services secretary in the George W. Bush administration, has statewide name recognition and had been leading in polls. But, with only 21 percent of the convention vote, he failed to make it into the final round of balloting.
In the last round, State Assembly speaker Jeff Fitzgerald outpaced former U.S. Representative Mark Neumann 51 to 49 percent, although neither received the required 60 percent for the party’s endorsement….
… much more at:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/13/us-usa-campaign-senate-idUSBRE84C00F20120513
Weary warriors favor Obama
By Margot Roosevelt
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) – Mack McDowell likes to spend time at the local knife and gun show “drooling over firearms,” as he puts it. Retired after 30 years in the U.S. Army, he has lined his study with books on war, framed battalion patches from his tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, a John Wayne poster, and an 1861 Springfield rifle from an ancestor who fought in the Civil War.
But when it comes to the 2012 presidential election, Master Sergeant McDowell is no hawk.
In South Carolina’s January primary, the one-time Reagan supporter voted for Ron Paul “because of his unchanging stand against overseas involvement.” In November, McDowell plans to vote for the candidate least likely to wage “knee-jerk reaction wars.”
Disaffection with the politics of shock and awe runs deep among men and women who have served in the military during the past decade of conflict. Only 32 percent think the war in Iraq ended successfully, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. And far more of them would pull out of Afghanistan than continue military operations there…
… much, much more (all worth reading, if a bit depressing) at:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/13/us-usa-poll-military-idUSBRE84C02120120513
This is datelined from the capital of Jack’s state, S.C., and says that veterans favor the President by 7 per cent, or more than the electorate as a whole.
Z……
I’m NOT saying he WASN’T a bully…
I just find it hard to see with the way he is these days….
He’s gonna be doing more….
I think cable isn’t gonna pay him anything near what he got on the last go around…..
I KNOW i’m repeating myself…
But I see the Dem’s KEEPING the Senate by a whisker
There are several formerly ‘safe’ GOP seats that will be in play now….
We’ll see…..
Ole soldiers’s becaome the strongist anti-war….
Ole cops become the strongest anti-capital pun ishnemt…..
They’ve been there……
They KNOW things aren’t on the level…
I WILL post this up….
In which a ‘Republican’ spews a Democratic talking point.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/arizona-gop-sheriff-tells-don-lemon-gop-should-be-truly-inclusive-and-not-just-say-were-inclusive/
New York police frisk more people despite criticism
Sat, May 12 2012
By Edith Honan
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York police conducted more than 200,000 frisk searches in the first three months of this year, a 10 percent increase from the same period last year, even as critics say the practice often is racial profiling.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly have long defended the program as one that saves lives and has helped bring violent crime down to historic lows, making New York one of the safest big cities in America.
But the New York Civil Liberties Union and other groups say that black and Latino New Yorkers are stopped with alarming frequency, even though in the great majority of cases they are found to have done nothing wrong.
Last week, the organization released a study that found that in 2011, police performed more stop and frisk searches of young black men than the total number of young black men living in New York.
So far this year, almost all of the stops have involved men, while blacks made up more than half of the stops and a third involved Latinos. About one in ten of those stopped were white and 3 percent of the stops were Asian.
Police spokesman Paul Browne said the demographic breakdown corresponded to crime data. The department provided the data to the New York City Council on Friday and to reporters on Saturday.
Nine in ten stops resulted in no further police action. An arrest was made in five percent of the stops, and a summons was issued in another five percent of cases, down slightly from 2011, police said.
There was a 31 percent jump in the number of illegal firearms confiscated from suspicious individuals, compared to the same period last year.
There were 129 murders through Friday in New York this year, representing a drop of more than more than 20 percent compared to a year ago, police said.
According to Kelly, the fact that crime is down as stop-and-frisk incidents are up is no coincidence…
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/13/us-usa-crime-newyork-idUSBRE84C00420120513
New York has just over 8 million souls (depending on who’s counting or estimating, and when), so 200,000+ stop-and-frisks would be one for every forty New Yorkers. But, as the stats indicate, it’s not quite that simple.
James, you’ve got mail.
You’re up SE thanks!
What’s wrong SE?
Following your preferred presidential candidate
The hate filled Rick Santorum
With a little anti Gay bigotry?
Democratic talking point?
Really just simple decency
as promised the Putin/Obama Sumnmit score IS posted…..
New Thread will be forthcoming
Meanwhile…
The TOP 3 guys sitting on the JP Morgan losses in the Billions are expect to lose their jobs…
Romney leads in Georgia….
Newt WILL campaign with Romney…
and the Avengers ALREADY tops ONE BILLION in Box office sales!
They ought to be in prison
Common ordinary crooks
James, Regarding your 4:09pm, I can’t think of anything about Romney that suggests he has empathy. And this includes his policy positions, and his willingness to torture his dog instead of putting the luggage on the roof.
I could NOT image coming in to the bosses office and looking him in the eyes while he’s looking at a THREE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS…..
I can NOT IMAGE WTF the boss would say to board about the loss….
THAT IS a LOT of money…
NO DODD-FRANK???????
NO VOLKER RULES?
Are they gonna just let this go by the wayside until these guys COMPLETELY gamble away a company and its assets….
AGAIN?
Z….
The guy is shady…
Shiffty….
Going in several directions at once….
I just find a guy so all over the place hard to be a bully 40 years ago…
Could he have been a mean sob?
Sure…
Guys go over to the new thread please …..
And we must remember that Republicans
Like Corey,Daniel,SE and Manila
Have NO problem with any of this
But let some poor bastard collect ten bucks too much in food stamps
And they have a fit
They are as bad as the crooks on Wall Street