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Romney's VP Choice

The Thriller said:
Cute picture. Forgive me if it doesn't convince me of Ryan's great influence. A line of a bunch of redneck white people who would have voted for Romney in the first place isn't exactly providing me with hard evidence that Romney is any better off now than a few days ago.
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There are at least three basic steps in winning the general election
1. Winning over moderates
2. Getting the base of the other side to not vote (negative campaigning, voter suppression)
3. Getting your base to vote

Ryan helps with #3.
 
SiroMar said:
Has the VP debate ever produced any significant results?
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I seem to recall that SNL got some good results out of Ross Perot's choice for VP back in the day...

what was his name? General Stockdale or something like that? He was a top-notch debater :-)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6n5OQVzVVQ

[video]https://www.hulu.com/watch/4123
 
Wes Mantooth said:
No idea. I don't follow politics. I was simply saying he seems sharp.
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Sirkickyass said:
I know, and it shows. But you insist on posting in the politics threads anyway.

Paul Ryan's budget plan is totally ridiculous. The following are assumptions in the CBO report that Ryan insisted on. To date, I have seen the Congressman or his fans advance zero evidence that any of these are remotely realistic. And this is an issue I've been following somewhat closely.



Near as I can tell his actual job is professionally appearing as a "very serious person" at all events that will give him flattering press coverage.
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Seems like you don't know politics Kicky, because "seems like" is usually more important than "actually is" when it comes to winning.
 
I have a question for those of you who have followed politics closer than I have either recently or historically. When have the polls turned dramatically after a presidential candidate announced his running mate? Has that ever really swung an election?
 
On his website Ryan lists "Rage Against The Machine" as one of his favorite bands.

He should probably take a closer look at some of their lyrics.
 
Funny yet not surprisingly, Framer has suddenly disappeared. LOL

He talked a cute talk, was wrong about everything, was proven wrong, and doesn't have the courage to own it.

Typical of today's GOP, where they demand accountability from others while never admitting their own failures.
 
The Thriller said:
Funny yet not surprisingly, Framer has suddenly disappeared. LOL

He talked a cute talk, was wrong about everything, was proven wrong, and doesn't have the courage to own it.

Typical of today's politicians, where they demand accountability from others while never admitting their own failures.
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Fixed. That's not an action owned by any one party.
 
The Thriller said:
Funny yet not surprisingly, Framer has suddenly disappeared. LOL

He talked a cute talk, was wrong about everything, was proven wrong, and doesn't have the courage to own it.

Typical of today's GOP, where they demand accountability from others while never admitting their own failures.
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I think it has more to do with wanting to avoid conversing with a ranting lunatic.
 
Sirkickyass said:
Well why bother voting now? Obviously it's in the bag.

I mean, Palin had an approximately six point positive effect on McCain's polling immediately following polling so we all know these fluctuations after major announcements are totally permanent.

https://gretawire.foxnewsinsider.co...-effect-taking-a-look-at-the-polls-from-2008/
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I like the idea there of looking at polls before and after McCain picked Palin as his running mate, but I think it would be better to look a variety of polls for those times and not just the ones by Fox News. But of course someone from Fox News posting on the Fox News web page would use the Fox News polls.
 
nightmare3983 said:
I like the idea there of looking at polls before and after McCain picked Palin as his running mate, but I think it would be better to look a variety of polls for those times and not just the ones by Fox News. But of course someone from Fox News posting on the Fox News web page would use the Fox News polls.
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Of course that's true, but I like quoting Fox News to conservatives because it's harder for them to play the "mainstream media" bias card that is apparently a catch all. We've seen variations of that card played multiple times in this thread already.
 
babe said:
Dude, there's such a thing as overkill. Most folks just wear out way before you're done spewing your bile, and you end up losing your audience.

Duh. . . . some Republicans chirp out a little song about cooperation and getting results to suit the needs of the day, and you blow up like this?

And you forget how Obama does the same thing every chance he gets, trying to out-moderate the moderates, and out-compromise the compromisers so far as media hype can make the case.

This whole argument just gets a huge laugh. It's politics.

I think the stakes in this race are pretty low. Two chumps both willing to do what they're told by the same interests. It takes someone like Ryan to even get me interested in it all.

Here's a dude who can actually form opinions on his own, and is willing to say what he thinks. Almost has me hoping a breeze is clearing the mists in Foggy Bottom.
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Wow, Ryan is babe approved.

:D
 
Ryan wanted 0% tax rates on dividends.
He would void the whole Romney Tax Return thread, there would be nothing to disclose, rich people living off their dividends would pay zero, a Romney dream society, they wouldn't even need tax shelters.
Of course, the economy would be in the toilet, unemployment would be at 20%, probably we'd have had a world wide depression, maybe a few nuclear wars,
 
northeast said:
Ryan wanted 0% tax rates on dividends.
He would void the whole Romney Tax Return thread, there would be nothing to disclose, rich people living off their dividends would pay zero, a Romney dream society, they wouldn't even need tax shelters.
Of course, the economy would be in the toilet, unemployment would be at 20%, probably we'd have had a world wide depression, maybe a few nuclear wars,
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Sounds okay to me.















I kid.
 
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