You know, this ad infuriates o. God damn does this ad eat at his ego… They use himself and his sycophants against him.
People at American Crossroads “get it”.
I believe that Mitt Romney had this election won. He had it won prior to the Hurricane that is. This horrible storm has done three things politically:
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It has forced Romney to stop attacking Obama over the economy. The number one issue is the economy and when Romney is on this point he wins and Obama loses. Over the past several days he’s had to drop such rhetoric and talk about the storm.
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It has allowed Obama to look Presidential. As he tours the Jersey shore line today with the fat bastard Chris Christie his job approval ratings will go up. Christie who wants to run for President in 2016 has already put the knife in Romney’s back by giving kudo’s to Obama publicly. Of course one only needed to hear his convention speech to see that he was running in 2016 and didn’t give a damn about Romney. I think he mentioned Mitt Romney twice in his lengthy speech. But talked endlessly about his own accomplishments. When I turned to my wife and said “Christie is not a team player.” She responded, “He’s a team all by himself…”
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It has taken the Benghazi story which was lowering Obama’s job approval and placed it on page 5. Not that the corrupt MSLM was reporting on it, but some of the media was other than FOX. Anderson Cooper did a couple of pieces on it and it was gaining some steam. It’s now dead in the water.
The only saving grace is that the storm hit an area where there are mostly democrats. Will they feel like voting on Tuesday? If someone has water in their basement, trees in their yard, or siding that needs to be replaced fixing those things might trump going out to vote. This opens up PA as a possible win. But nothing that the Romney team can hang their hat on.
Romney still has a chance to win this thing but it now becomes very, very difficult. Not only has he had to take on a sitting President and the corrupt liberal media but the worst Hurricane to ever hit US shores. Which will cause Obama’s job approval rating to rise artificially over the next few days.
I’ll be watching the polls to see what happens over the next few days. But I have a feeling that this is a real game changer for Mitt Romney…and not a good one!
I don’t know that the hurricane or O’s responce plays too much into the vote outside the base.
O’s base = really pumped up about the PR tactics the White House has run for him over this
R’s base = still pissed about Liyba and the lack of situation room photos of that event
I don’t see the huricane making a two point swing back to o. And I don’t think this type of thind riles people up to go vote.
I mean, you culd be right, but those that aren’t already locked in on obama or romney aren’t the type of people pouring over news articles and the left turning the storm into political fodder to praise O and bash Romney.
[quote]ZEB wrote:
We’ll call this one God’s October surprise. [/quote]
Does this mean that god wants Obama to be president?
jnd
[quote]jnd wrote:
[quote]ZEB wrote:
We’ll call this one God’s October surprise. [/quote]
Does this mean that god wants Obama to be president?
jnd[/quote]
ewww, I believe you just opened the proverbial, “can of worms.” This should be interesting.
My take - God doesn’t interfere with our piddly elections. He allows us to reap what we sow, so to speak.
Let’s see how this plays with the union guys with pickup trucks and hunting licenses that Biden fancies himself the champion of:
Biden: Transgender Discrimination Is the â??Civil Rights Issue of Our Timeâ??
No, apparently he really said that.
[quote]jnd wrote:
[quote]ZEB wrote:
We’ll call this one God’s October surprise. [/quote]
Does this mean that god wants Obama to be president?
jnd[/quote]
Here is the thing. Obama did his job. That is all. He did what he was supposed to do. And good, because if he didn’t things would have been worse (I assume.)
Rooting for O to fail at this is rooting for more American’s to suffer. It is wrong. But that doesn’t mean pumping his tires for doing what he was supposed to do is right.
If someone who would have voted for Romney until this storm is now going to vote for Obama than so be it. If the past 4 years, up until monday, had you convinced that Obama had to go, and this hurricane changed your mind, then it is what it is.
5 days is a lifetime in politics and Americans largely are “move on to the next thing”. Will todays walk-thru of Jersey and Chris’s remarks stick with people in the voting booth? I don’t know.
If only Obama could tell us which youtube video to blame for this hurricane we could all sleep sound at night.
[quote]thunderbolt23 wrote:
Let’s see how this plays with the union guys with pickup trucks and hunting licenses that Biden fancies himself the champion of:
Biden: Transgender Discrimination Is the â??Civil Rights Issue of Our Timeâ??
No, apparently he really said that.[/quote]
I am sure the gays and Latinos would love to hear this from Joe.
Pray for Obama’s health everyday, because at least Bam isn’t crazy, Joe is ready for the old folks home.
[quote]nickj_777 wrote:
Does anyone ever think the US will have a 3rd party in the near future? Is it realistic?[/quote]
nick:
“3rd” parties (beyond the DEMS and GOP) have been around for as long as the Republic has. However, I think I understand your question. "Will there be any 3rd Party that yields any significant political power and influence?
I would say “Most likely not in our Lifetime”.
While posters with a LOT more political understanding (especially historically) can yield more insights; I do know that the “Deck is stacked” for our current 2-Party System. (And could take up a whole other thread!).
What about the Tea Party?
Although billed as a “Party” and as a “Grass Roots Movement”, it is neither. The TP was actually started by some very astute GOP Political Strategist (again, another thread). They were smart enough to know that Political Influence is best yielded “from within” one of the 2 major Parties. By doing so, they have become a very strong and influential WING of the Republican Party. (Thus my term “TeaPublicans”).
A bigger question that I would pose to Forum (and one that I am unclear on) is whether the Founders “favored” or envisioned a 2-Party system.
Mufasa
Sorry, Zeb:
Just saw your post about getting this thread off track.
Still less than a week out:
Romney/Ryan
Mufasa
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]jnd wrote:
[quote]ZEB wrote:
We’ll call this one God’s October surprise. [/quote]
Does this mean that god wants Obama to be president?
jnd[/quote]
ewww, I believe you just opened the proverbial, “can of worms.” This should be interesting.
My take - God doesn’t interfere with our piddly elections. He allows us to reap what we sow, so to speak.[/quote]
I agree with part of that. But. I don’t want to turn this into yet another religious thread. Let me just say that if God did not want the Hurricane to hit until after the election, or at all, it wouldn’t have. Is this God’s way of saying you are going to get what you deserve here’s another four years of Obama?
I pray that’s not the case, but I am reflecting on that possibility.
[quote]thunderbolt23 wrote:
Let’s see how this plays with the union guys with pickup trucks and hunting licenses that Biden fancies himself the champion of:
Biden: Transgender Discrimination Is the â??Civil Rights Issue of Our Timeâ??
No, apparently he really said that.[/quote]
It won’t get enough coverage to matter I’m sorry to say.
[quote]Mufasa wrote:
Sorry, Zeb:
Just saw your post about getting this thread off track.
Still less than a week out:
Romney/Ryan
Mufasa[/quote]
So, you’re saying the storm changes nothing.
Is that what you’re saying?
[quote]ZEB wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]jnd wrote:
[quote]ZEB wrote:
We’ll call this one God’s October surprise. [/quote]
Does this mean that god wants Obama to be president?
jnd[/quote]
ewww, I believe you just opened the proverbial, “can of worms.” This should be interesting.
My take - God doesn’t interfere with our piddly elections. He allows us to reap what we sow, so to speak.[/quote]
I agree with part of that. But. I don’t want to turn this into yet another religious thread. Let me just say that if God did not want the Hurricane to hit until after the election, or at all, it wouldn’t have. Is this God’s way of saying you are going to get what you deserve here’s another four years of Obama?
I pray that’s not the case, but I am reflecting on that possibility.[/quote]
That could be true. My personal belief is that free will plays a lot more into Gods grand plan than many think. I’ll just leave it at that so this thread doesn’t get way off track.
I do think of the two, Obama will capitalize on this event much more than Romney. Not because Romney isn’t doing what he can, but the President is in a unique position that will allow him to use this event to his advantage. It’s sad that suffering will be used for leverage, but that life I suppose.
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
but the President is in a unique position that will allow him to use this event to his advantage. It’s sad that suffering will be used for leverage, but that life I suppose. [/quote]
To Obama’s credit he hasn’t done this at all.
The lap dog media has done it for him though.
Another editorial flip from 2008:
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/opinion/editorials/981570-465/mitt-romney-for-president.html
EDIT: key line:
[i]As we noted when we endorsed Romney for the GOP nomination prior to the New Hampshire primary in January, Washington is broken. In order to fix it, it will take a strong leader willing to roll up his sleeves and work directly with the heads of both parties to carve out the best possible solutions.
We believe Romney has demonstrated that he can do that; the president has had four years to demonstrate that he canâ??t.[/i]
Exactly. I don’t if Romney can, but I am sure Obama cannot.
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
but the President is in a unique position that will allow him to use this event to his advantage. It’s sad that suffering will be used for leverage, but that life I suppose. [/quote]
To Obama’s credit he hasn’t done this at all.
The lap dog media has done it for him though.[/quote]
If it sounded like I was implying that, to clarify I’m not. Not at all. I am not a fan of the President, but I’m still willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and I still think he wants what’s best for the country. The problem I, and many have, is that we don’t agree on what’s best for the nation.
I think thus far he’s done fine concerning Sandy though.
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
I think thus far he’s done fine concerning Sandy though. [/quote]
Yes, he is doing his job.
[quote]ZEB wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]jnd wrote:
[quote]ZEB wrote:
We’ll call this one God’s October surprise. [/quote]
Does this mean that god wants Obama to be president?
jnd[/quote]
ewww, I believe you just opened the proverbial, “can of worms.” This should be interesting.
My take - God doesn’t interfere with our piddly elections. He allows us to reap what we sow, so to speak.[/quote]
I agree with part of that. But. I don’t want to turn this into yet another religious thread. Let me just say that if God did not want the Hurricane to hit until after the election, or at all, it wouldn’t have. Is this God’s way of saying you are going to get what you deserve here’s another four years of Obama?
I pray that’s not the case, but I am reflecting on that possibility.[/quote]
All I have to say, Zeb…is I don’t know what to say…
Mufasa
