2012 U.S. Presidential Election

[gaelic cowboy]

Jon Stewart has been running quite a few clips of Romney stating a position, then following up with clips of Romney stating the exact opposite. He quite literally will say anything, it's it looks almost pathological. If Romney says tat the sky is blue, I'd have to check it out myself.

The apparent showcasing of this shutdown drywall factory lately as proof of Obama's economic ineptitude looked stupid to me.
On what planet would a drywall factory have being doing well during a house bubble crash anyway.

Your right he will say anything I bet his elction poster will just say "Not Obama Mkay"

[Lemur]

I bet his elction poster will just say "Not Obama Mkay"

Well, don't underestimate the power of "not Obama." I would guess somewhere around ~15%–20% of the U.S. electorate would vote for a transgendered squid on the basis of it not being Obama. But the president is not so toxic that "not Obama" is a straight-up win for Romney. He needs to sell his own brand, propose his own hopey changey sort of thing.

-edit-

Meanwhile, shocking news, Newt concedes. Mostly. Sorta. And Romney has a weakish series of wins, which portends ... dunno, really. This is going to be a strange contest.

Romney won only 56 percent of the vote in Delaware and 58 percent in Pennsylvania, home to Rick Santorum who dropped out on April 10th.

While Romney avoided the embarrassment of winning with a mere plurality, never has a presumptive nominee won a primary contest with such a low level of support at this stage of the race with his chief challenger no longer actively campaigning. [...]

GOP frontrunners have averaged 78 percent of the vote in contests conducted after the last credible challenger left the race.

[PanzerJaeger]

The politicization of the assassination of OBL has begun. Watching Clinton spin the easiest decision that Obama has had to make during his presidency into the hardest was quite impressive though. Bill's still got it.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Yeah I saw that too. Here's the context for the second romney quote:

LIZ SIDOTI: "Why haven't we caught bin Laden in your opinion?"

GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY: "I think, I wouldn't want to over-concentrate on Bin Laden. He's one of many, many people who are involved in this global Jihadist effort. He's by no means the only leader. It's a very diverse group – Hamas, Hezbollah, al-Qaeda, Muslim Brotherhood and of course different names throughout the world. It's not worth moving heaven and earth and spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person. It is worth fashioning and
executing an effective strategy to defeat global, violent Jihad and I have a plan for doing that."

And iirc the first one was about how specific you get while you are still running for office, how close to your chest you keep your cards.

It's weird to suggest that a republican president would not have given the go ahead. I give Obama a lot of credit for things like that, but it's compared to other democrats/liberals.

[Lemur]

The politicization of the assassination of OBL has begun.

It's better than cookiegate or the tale of two dogs; at least this is something someone actually did that actually mattered. I find it impossible to imagine a Republican president not making a big deal about bagging Bin Laden.

I give Obama a lot of credit for things like that, but it's compared to other democrats/liberals.

As per usual, you have a unique slant on things. Note that a very hawkish Republican president had the better part of seven years and a functionally unlimited budget to do the same thing, and yet you only give the current president credit in relation "to other democrats/liberals." So he's okay as far as pinko queer liberal tree-huggers go, eh?

[Lemur]

It's weird to suggest that a republican president would not have given the go ahead.

Yes, it's freakishly strange to suggest that an opportunity might be missed by a Republican president. Because, as we all know, Republicans get everything right on national security, as opposed to the crypto-communist Dems.

I'm sorry, the 1980s called, and they'd like their parachute pants back.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Yes, it's freakishly strange to suggest that an opportunity might be missed by a Republican president. Because, as we all know, Republicans get everything right on national security, as opposed to the crypto-communist Dems.

I'm sorry, the 1980s called, and they'd like their parachute pants back.

Parachute pants!!! Much chuckle at this was had by me. I hadn't thought of that 80's ghastlyism of fashion in some time.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Note that a very hawkish Republican president had the better part of seven years and a functionally unlimited budget to do the same thing

The ad is "gutsy call", watch the intro again

and yet you only give the current president credit in relation "to other democrats/liberals."

and Ron Paul

It's not incomprehensible anyway, it's like someone giving McCain credit for being anti-waterboarding, but only vs other republicans, or something like that.

[gaelic cowboy]

The politicization of the assassination of OBL has begun. Watching Clinton spin the easiest decision that Obama has had to make during his presidency into the hardest was quite impressive though. Bill's still got it.

I was under the impression they didn't know for sure therefore the decision was hardly easy made Yes/No

Allied with the fact it took some effort to follow the leads to the actual place twas hardly a slam dunk smash the glass lay up for Obama. (leads that prob could have been found earlier if the will had been there)