Where's the stage? Spurious Generalities > Politiw00kchat
2012 Election Thread
slslbs:
--- Quote from: Hicks on May 10, 2012, 12:30:09 PM ---Let's not forget that marijuana is an economic issue too, the amount of money we waste on enforcement/incarceration and the amount we could be capturing in tax dollars is huge.
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# 1 cash crop in CA.
major economic issue, imo
sunrisevt:
--- Quote from: runawayjimbo on May 10, 2012, 12:31:45 PM ---I could never vote for a guy who stands with his arms by his side so robotically like that. Gives me the heebie jeebies. I didn't vote for McCain for the same reason, and I'm not about to start now.
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McCain gets a pass on that--and the wonky bulging jaw--from me because I'm pretty sure they are partly the result of injuries sustained in combat or prison. Similar story w/ Bob Dole, if you ever noticed; I think one of his arms or hands was paralyzed, basically a club, from an injury in the big one.
Romney, on the other hand, is just a plain stiff.
runawayjimbo:
--- Quote from: sunrisevt on May 10, 2012, 09:09:26 PM ---
--- Quote from: runawayjimbo on May 10, 2012, 12:31:45 PM ---I could never vote for a guy who stands with his arms by his side so robotically like that. Gives me the heebie jeebies. I didn't vote for McCain for the same reason, and I'm not about to start now.
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McCain gets a pass on that--and the wonky bulging jaw--from me because I'm pretty sure they are partly the result of injuries sustained in combat or prison. Similar story w/ Bob Dole, if you ever noticed; I think one of his arms or hands was paralyzed, basically a club, from an injury in the big one.
Romney, on the other hand, is just a plain stiff.
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Prison schmrison. A guy shouldn't have his finger on the button if he can't do a round of high fives in the situation room afterwards.
V00D00BR3W:
--- Quote from: runawayjimbo on May 10, 2012, 05:45:14 PM ---
--- Quote from: Superfreakie on May 10, 2012, 05:04:04 PM ---Good ol' Mitt Romney. I mean c'mon, who didn't pick on gays in high school?
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/mitt-romney-apologizes-dumb-things-did-prep-school-152935856.html
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The funny part about his apology was that he admits to being a dick, he was just a clueless dick who had no idea the guy was gay.
But, I meant to post the original article in VDB's Fox News thread because I have to know: do you guys see any left leaning bias in an exposé about Romney picking on a gay classmate the day after Obama makes his big announcement? The article doesn't just insinuate, it is reporting as factually accurate that Romney and his "prep school posse" attacked the kid because "he thought did not belong," and that the kid was "perpetually teased for his nonconformity and presumed homosexuality." Please, someone who chastises Fox News for their blatant disregard for journalistic integrity tell me that they can recognize this for the agenda laden hit piece it is. Please.
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Fair call.
I heard about this on the radio driving home. I'm not sure that dragging up some 65 year old's high school dickbaggery is entirely relevant to a presidential election, especially if what it amounts to is he was part of a clique that wasn't so kind to outsiders. Go ahead and tell me there no decent, admirable adults out there who might have been douches in high school. (I'm not saying that Romney is decent or admirable, just that if he's not, it's not necessarily because of this.)
sunrisevt:
Yeah I don't really like the smells coming off the "Romney as bully" story.
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