tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post926768018394349167..comments2024-03-19T00:44:18.309-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Hillary Rodham Clinton would be a formidable presidential candidate in 2016."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59571753721955459502012-12-12T10:59:08.047-06:002012-12-12T10:59:08.047-06:00Hillary was gift-wrapped the nomination for 2008, ...Hillary was gift-wrapped the nomination for 2008, and she farked that one up. What makes anyone think she'll be soooo much better in 4 years? She wouldn't have vast right-wing conspiracies to blame for all the accumulated krep from 8 years of Democratic rule.<br /><br />The only way she looks good is if Joe Biden shakes out to be her main opponent.Joe Schmoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16648976007708771203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4990279133349963582012-12-12T10:42:08.324-06:002012-12-12T10:42:08.324-06:00Resistance is futile - Operation Demoralize.
Cons...Resistance is futile - <a href="http://legalinsurrection.com/2011/01/operation-demoralize/" rel="nofollow">Operation Demoralize</a>.<br /><br />Considering they had to steal the election means our prognostications were correct, so '16 is up for grabs.<br /><br />machine said...<br /><br /><i>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....<br /><br />President Obama is so bad....he beat your asses TWICE.</i><br /><br />The brainless automaton (notice how the stupid ones feel obliged to laugh like jackasses?) forgets he had to steal it.<br /><br />Not the same thing.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63934067794349643332012-12-12T09:30:09.987-06:002012-12-12T09:30:09.987-06:00Again, considering what fools Althouse ...
((( My...Again, considering what fools <a href="http://althouse.blogspot.com/2012/11/those-who-emphasize-objective-political.html?showComment=1352149666074#c8276444809527022449" rel="nofollow">Althouse</a> ...<br /><br /><b><i>((( My observation of the entire scene tells me Romney will have a decisive win. )))</i></b><br /><br />and her con lemming sheep made of themselves re: their laughable 2012 presidential election predictions, it's somewhat amusing reading their 2016 forecasts.<br /><br /><b><i>This is great news for John McCain!</i></b><br /><br />Forward!shilohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16490952508600134457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11897905981635466602012-12-12T09:27:57.816-06:002012-12-12T09:27:57.816-06:00Missing the point and straight to Hitler...touche!...<i>Missing the point and straight to Hitler...touche!</i><br /><br />I don't think I'm missing the point. <br /><br />But maybe you should go to North Korea and extol the virtues of Kim Jong-un. The population may be starving, but he has the support of his people.Dantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07393170116669470751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71688123422794412452012-12-12T09:24:14.684-06:002012-12-12T09:24:14.684-06:00No more Clintons, no more Bushes, no more Kennedys...No more Clintons, no more Bushes, no more Kennedys.<br /><br />Silver was right twice; I'm holding my opinion in abeyance until he's done 5 times - *then* he'll have a track record worth looking at.<br /><br />Hilary doesn't stand a chance and downright childish for the political reporters to be projecting an election almost FOUR YEARS AWAY.<br /><br />Farking idiot.tigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05766532855754446251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42665526916947139632012-12-12T09:05:58.900-06:002012-12-12T09:05:58.900-06:00I agree with Nate Silver. She'd be hard to bea...<i>I agree with Nate Silver. She'd be hard to beat, I think. I don't see how she'd lose any of the people who voted for Obama.</i><br /><br />Any? She isn't Black. She isn't Hispanic. She isn't young, and will be getting ever more unyoung over the next 4 years. <br /><br />Oh, and she isn't honest. That may be a feature, and not a bug, in Illinois (where she grew up), New York (which she represented in the Senate), and California. But there are still 47 other states. <br /><br />The Dems really shocked the Republicans this election with their GOTV. It sure shocked me - most of the people I knew who bought into the Hope and Change in 2008 switched to Romney in 2012, and yet Obama still won.<br /><br />Part of what the Dems were able to do was to motivate the Blacks to vote in near record numbers again, and to get these other demographics to do so too - Hispanics, youth, Julias, etc. Why would they keep their enthusiasm though? A couple of percent here and there would have been all it took for Obama to have lost. <br /><br />Add in the obvious - the economy is likely to still be in the crapper, with the longest recovery since FDR and the Great Depression. And why? Aren't some of these people going to see the obvious, that the similarity between the two is gross mismanagement of the economy? Plus, by then, Obama and the Dems will have run up roughly half the national debt that the U.S. will have incurred since its founding. Vote for Hillary, so that it can be roughly 2/3 by the end of her term? <br /><br />Back to turnout. It will only take a couple percent around the margins in each of these demographics to swap the next election. Might running a candidate maybe 20 years younger, who actually understands the economy, etc. attract some of the youth vote? A minority attract some of the Black or Hispanic vote? Or, if not attract, at least leave them at home?<br /><br />Besides, I don't think that Hillary! was all that great of a campaigner. And, nearing 70, she will likely be a lot less energetic than whoever the Republicans run. Bruce Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815293023158025662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65692434028485038962012-12-12T08:47:25.621-06:002012-12-12T08:47:25.621-06:00Missing the point and straight to Hitler...touche!...Missing the point and straight to Hitler...touche!machinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15770538128023770615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43709610943261887832012-12-12T08:21:21.271-06:002012-12-12T08:21:21.271-06:00President Obama is so bad....he beat your asses TW...<i>President Obama is so bad....he beat your asses TWICE.</i><br /><br />Brilliant. Well, slavery lasted a long time. Does that make it right?<br /><br />The Germans all loved Hitler, did that make it right?<br /><br />Well, according to Machine here, popular opinion is a good indication of the merit of the elected leader.<br /><br />I can imagine him writing op-eds in Nazi Germany about how wonderful Hitler was.Dantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07393170116669470751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32311098768887172502012-12-12T08:11:18.757-06:002012-12-12T08:11:18.757-06:00This time however, rather than doing the obvious t...<i><br />This time however, rather than doing the obvious thing after four dour years under Obama and electing the only choice for a revival of the American economy and spirit, we doubled down on stupid. We're like Joe Montagna's character in "House Of Games"..."Thank you, may I have another", as he gets pumped full of bullets.</i><br /><br />That was a great movie, except for the lead actress, who was the director's wife, I think.<br /><br />"Like a dog going back to his vomit," seems more appropriate.Dantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07393170116669470751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25414286639229173692012-12-12T08:09:51.541-06:002012-12-12T08:09:51.541-06:00Its going to be a long time before a Republican is...Its going to be a long time before a Republican is ever elected president. The liberal media became fully aware of their power after they were able to destroy Bush's reputation, plus Sarah Palin.dreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758740197698814061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31228575892117810152012-12-12T07:53:06.202-06:002012-12-12T07:53:06.202-06:00Evidently, Hillary will be calling it quits for th...Evidently, Hillary will be calling it quits for the Sec of State job shortly. It will be interesting to find out what she will do everyday. Where will she live? And, where in the hell does Bill live?AllenShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848966772462502893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59361661456993690892012-12-12T06:55:21.365-06:002012-12-12T06:55:21.365-06:00HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....
President Obama i...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....<br /><br />President Obama is so bad....he beat your asses TWICE.<br /><br /><br />Hillary only needs to be half as good as The President.....<br />machinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15770538128023770615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53886795828509822352012-12-12T06:52:33.320-06:002012-12-12T06:52:33.320-06:00Now experience is an important trait of a Presiden...Now experience is an important trait of a Presidential candidate? How convincing is that?<br /><br />Anyway, she looks sickly and puffy. Like she has been drinking too much. Another four years on that body is going to leave her looking more like a prune than a person.Dantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07393170116669470751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21956368385515491302012-12-12T06:34:00.647-06:002012-12-12T06:34:00.647-06:00The man made of dumbshit's been at the muscate...The man made of dumbshit's been at the muscatel again.<br /><br />It would seem he's got no real rebuttal, just his usual moronic insults, the sort of thing they're hearing in Lansing these days.<br /><br />Somebody tell him he's going to have to come up with a real argument since the Koskidz poll told us 24% of the American public see it my way.<br /><br />edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22448859922093863502012-12-12T04:08:49.439-06:002012-12-12T04:08:49.439-06:00It's easy to look good when you've been to...<i>It's easy to look good when you've been told the results ahead of time.</i><br /><br />Someone, anyone, please escort edumbshit to the nearest mental hospital. He's badly broken and it's just cruel to let him continue to suffer like this. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751703076034145356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86937105406623169402012-12-12T04:00:22.995-06:002012-12-12T04:00:22.995-06:00I was talking to international banking friends thi...I was talking to international banking friends this weekend, Obama supporters, who have pre-baked in the assumption that the next four years are going to be terrible economically and there's nothing Obama can do about it.<br /><br />If that's the way things are presented, then I don't see why the Democratic party will suffer as a result of his failures.<br /><br />In fact, he (and they) will be better off if we never substantially recover from 2008 than if we recover for a while and then sputter into a new recession.<br />As long as they can point at the 2008 recession being the problem, they can avert the blame and gain the electoral advantage.<br /><br />That's something worth thinking about when we look at Obama's agenda for the next four years. Mysterious as it is right now.MayBeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11966319657113124861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11868368334287725412012-12-12T01:08:16.803-06:002012-12-12T01:08:16.803-06:00Eric, I agree to a point. Had we elected Romney it...Eric, I agree to a point. Had we elected Romney it would have indicated that we we're aware of the need to curtail the size and scope of government, but obviously the electorate has been dumbed down sufficiently to not even recognize the need for a change in direction.<br /><br /> At least in 1980 we knew we had to change course and the Republicans won in a landslide.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18029813682983327192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1407830041868107612012-12-12T00:58:50.965-06:002012-12-12T00:58:50.965-06:00The growth of government is not the only metric. E...<i>The growth of government is not the only metric. Economic growth and and people's optimism for the future are more important in the final analysis.</i><br /><br />But the growth of the government is the most important metric. If you let it grow unbounded eventually it will suck the air out of the economy, as it has. And with that goes the optimism.<br /><br />The '80s also saw the imposition of all sorts of new laws and powers for the government to crawl up your financial nether region looking for a few shekels you might not have declared. I mean, new money laundering laws.<br /><br />Don't kid yourself. Reagan was better than Carter, but there was no deviation from Hayek's road.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330712047609650184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26081864216834653582012-12-12T00:58:39.608-06:002012-12-12T00:58:39.608-06:00Hillary will have to run against Obama's recor...Hillary will have to run against Obama's record. That would be fun to watch. She could run on repealing Obamacare and cut federal spending and winding down the war in Iran.mcculloughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03168402889404727565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69944910204479971922012-12-12T00:39:34.459-06:002012-12-12T00:39:34.459-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20146808172659643532012-12-12T00:37:27.372-06:002012-12-12T00:37:27.372-06:00"The shift back was illusory. Even under Reag..."The shift back was illusory. Even under Reagan the government never shrank. It just grew a little more slowly."<br /><br />No the shift was real and was manifest in both the burgeoning economy, and more importantly in the SPIRIT of the people.<br /><br />The growth of government is not the only metric. Economic growth and and people's optimism for the future are more important in the final analysis.<br /><br />What we have now is rapidly expanding government power coupled with economic contraction, and leavened with a whopping portion of pessimistic depression and foreboding for the future.<br /><br />The difference between now and the 80s couldn't be more clear.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18029813682983327192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70410739972396371432012-12-12T00:30:50.637-06:002012-12-12T00:30:50.637-06:00"Not after Bengazi. She's finished. No on..."Not after Bengazi. She's finished. No one will believe her excuses. They were her troops and she let them down when it counted the most."<br /><br />Benghazi? What's that? You think the morons that by in large make up the voting body know, or care about Benghazi?<br /><br />She's finished because she's worn out. But no matter who the dems nominate they will be the next President. I won't be surprised if BHO manages to figure out a way to get a third term himself.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18029813682983327192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54300801573362765782012-12-12T00:30:34.713-06:002012-12-12T00:30:34.713-06:00We did have a shift towards socialism in the 70s f...<i>We did have a shift towards socialism in the 70s followed, by a shift back towards American values after the abject Carter presidency with the election of Reagan and the ensuing resurgence in American power and prosperity.</i><br /><br />The shift back was illusory. Even under Reagan the government never shrank. It just grew a little more slowly.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330712047609650184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58443466667578123172012-12-12T00:26:49.670-06:002012-12-12T00:26:49.670-06:00"Oh, we've been on those rails for awhile..."Oh, we've been on those rails for awhile. Milton Friedman thought the decision point occurred in the '70s, and he was probably right. Socialism is just more facile, and for people who don't follow politics it makes sense. Once you have enough people on the dole there's no going back."<br /><br />Yes it has been going on a long time and the 60's cultural revolution was the first really large mass expression of its influence. <br /><br />We did have a shift towards socialism in the 70s followed, by a shift back towards American values after the abject Carter presidency with the election of Reagan and the ensuing resurgence in American power and prosperity.<br /><br />This time however, rather than doing the obvious thing after four dour years under Obama and electing the only choice for a revival of the American economy and spirit, we doubled down on stupid. We're like Joe Montagna's character in "House Of Games"..."Thank you, may I have another", as he gets pumped full of bullets.<br /><br />That's why I say we've passed the point of no return. To vote for more of this shit, to believe that Obama with all his bungling, narcissism, corruption, and flat out anti-Americanism deserved reelection proves that America has jumped the shark and Western Civilization's days are numbered. <br /><br />Because without America to stand in stark contrast to the enervating effect socialism has on the economies and spirit of the populations under its thrall there is nothing to stop its creep until it engulfs the world and we all become slaves.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18029813682983327192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62070829766764922852012-12-12T00:18:46.694-06:002012-12-12T00:18:46.694-06:00If the election was held today she would win easil...<i>If the election was held today she would win easily against essentially any Republican.</i><br /><br />It's true. Republicans would be caught flat-footed, complaining that it was senseless and unconstitutional to have a late 2012 election for a presidency to begin in 2017. Democrats would respond angrily that remarks about holding an election four years early were just code for the sexist stereotype that women take a long time to get ready, and as for pointing out that an election on the 12th wasn't the right time of the month, that's as obvious an assault on ladyparts as anyone has ever committed.bgateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14094313567630214207noreply@blogger.com