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Sounds like more hyperbolic drivel to me. :coffeepap
Was that so when he called the 08 election? Probably not. Huh?
Sounds like more hyperbolic drivel to me. :coffeepap
your dishonesty is that you pretend it only counts if the candidate publicly says something rather than his toadies or campaign
Charles Krauthammer: The choice - The Washington Post
Krauthammer has an uncanny ability to take the complicated and discuss it at whatever level his listener prefers, whether it's the seasoned and educated or the everyday novice.
This is the best short summation I've seen of the impact this election will have on America's future.
Yet another blatant fear tactic by the right. It was a lie every other election when we claimed the sky is falling but this time chicken little is right. I may be of the opinion that romney is a clear liar and a step backwards into the same crap that has gotten us into yet another recession, but it is not the end of the world, just a really crappy turn for the US if he is elected. Still, in 4 years the US will still be here, just a little worse off than today. people will still be working, and the rich will keep this thing going because in other places they would be locked up and their money taken by those with the armies. Obama did not destroy the US in his first term, and there is no reason to think he could do it in his second term even if he wanted. Simply congress has way too much power for him to do it even if he wanted to. you can argue his plans may not be the best and the recovery could be better, but the argument that the world is ending is really dumb. Again, even if obama is re-elected the US will be here in 4 years. Even if you believe the Us will be worse off, it will still be going on. people will still be working, and the rich will keep this going for the same reason they would keep it going under romney. very simply they would not be allowed to do this in other countries.
This whole idea that we will all be dead in 4 years if the black man is elected is just an attempt to put a new cover on the same racist ideas that came into play when we abolished slavery, gave blacks and education, let them work for real wages, let them vote, and protected their rights as citizens. The world did not end because we let those evil negros do things, and it is not because we have one as president for 4 more years. Calm down beavis, the sky is not falling.
Yet another blatant fear tactic by the right. It was a lie every other election when we claimed the sky is falling but this time chicken little is right. I may be of the opinion that romney is a clear liar and a step backwards into the same crap that has gotten us into yet another recession, but it is not the end of the world, just a really crappy turn for the US if he is elected. Still, in 4 years the US will still be here, just a little worse off than today. people will still be working, and the rich will keep this thing going because in other places they would be locked up and their money taken by those with the armies. Obama did not destroy the US in his first term, and there is no reason to think he could do it in his second term even if he wanted. Simply congress has way too much power for him to do it even if he wanted to. you can argue his plans may not be the best and the recovery could be better, but the argument that the world is ending is really dumb. Again, even if obama is re-elected the US will be here in 4 years. Even if you believe the Us will be worse off, it will still be going on. people will still be working, and the rich will keep this going for the same reason they would keep it going under romney. very simply they would not be allowed to do this in other countries.
This whole idea that we will all be dead in 4 years if the black man is elected is just an attempt to put a new cover on the same racist ideas that came into play when we abolished slavery, gave blacks and education, let them work for real wages, let them vote, and protected their rights as citizens. The world did not end because we let those evil negros do things, and it is not because we have one as president for 4 more years. Calm down beavis, the sky is not falling.
There was nothing racial about it at all until you made it racial. How pathetic.
Yet another blatant fear tactic by the right. It was a lie every other election when we claimed the sky is falling but this time chicken little is right. I may be of the opinion that romney is a clear liar and a step backwards into the same crap that has gotten us into yet another recession, but it is not the end of the world, just a really crappy turn for the US if he is elected. Still, in 4 years the US will still be here, just a little worse off than today. people will still be working, and the rich will keep this thing going because in other places they would be locked up and their money taken by those with the armies. Obama did not destroy the US in his first term, and there is no reason to think he could do it in his second term even if he wanted. Simply congress has way too much power for him to do it even if he wanted to. you can argue his plans may not be the best and the recovery could be better, but the argument that the world is ending is really dumb. Again, even if obama is re-elected the US will be here in 4 years. Even if you believe the Us will be worse off, it will still be going on. people will still be working, and the rich will keep this going for the same reason they would keep it going under romney. very simply they would not be allowed to do this in other countries.
This whole idea that we will all be dead in 4 years if the black man is elected is just an attempt to put a new cover on the same racist ideas that came into play when we abolished slavery, gave blacks and education, let them work for real wages, let them vote, and protected their rights as citizens. The world did not end because we let those evil negros do things, and it is not because we have one as president for 4 more years. Calm down beavis, the sky is not falling.
Obama is an affirmative action case whose college grades remain sealed most likely because Obama did n't have what it takes for a white guy to get into Harvard. CK had no affirmative action to get into Harvard Medical school..Harvard Med is far far harder to get into than the Law School, I got into both the business school and the law school, I wouldn't have had a prayer at the medical school
If you got into both, then you must be aware of that a) the editor chair of Harvard law review is only given to academically deserving individuals regardless of race/religion/political affiliation and b) graduating from that law school summa cum laude is pretty damn good.
so why be so disenguenous in trying to denigrate the undeniable academic accomplishments of Obama? why continually harp onthe fact his is black and a aa baby? could it be because you can't stomach the fact that a black man could actually be way way smarter and deserving than you?
summa cum laude is very rare, Often time the valedictorian is only magna I believe John Roberts was only Magna, Obama was magna which meant back then he was in the top 80 or so in his class. Paul Clement I believe was Summa. He was SG under Bush.
I don't believe Obama would have been admitted into Harvard Law based on his record if he was white. No one who went to columbia with him ever has stated he was a star college student. and the issue is what he presented at the time he was admitted. When I was apply to law schools the LSAT was a 800 point scale. blacks accepted at Harvard had 130 points added to their LSAT and .5 to their GPA. in my four years at Yale, one black made the scores necessary to get into say Yale Law or Harvard Med. He was sadly killed in a car crash. Clinton gave the Eulogy at his funeral-he had broken Clinton's SAT record score in arkansas (which is funny because my HS had three 1600s in one class of 50 two years after I graduated and apparently arkansas never had one through 1979)
There was nothing racial about it at all until you made it racial. How pathetic.
summa cum laude is very rare, Often time the valedictorian is only magna I believe John Roberts was only Magna, Obama was magna which meant back then he was in the top 80 or so in his class. Paul Clement I believe was Summa. He was SG under Bush.
I don't believe Obama would have been admitted into Harvard Law based on his record if he was white. No one who went to columbia with him ever has stated he was a star college student. and the issue is what he presented at the time he was admitted. When I was apply to law schools the LSAT was a 800 point scale. blacks accepted at Harvard had 130 points added to their LSAT and .5 to their GPA. in my four years at Yale, one black made the scores necessary to get into say Yale Law or Harvard Med. He was sadly killed in a car crash. Clinton gave the Eulogy at his funeral-he had broken Clinton's SAT record score in arkansas (which is funny because my HS had three 1600s in one class of 50 two years after I graduated and apparently arkansas never had one through 1979)
what hyperbolic BS. No one said we'd all be dead.
some of us noted that electing a man mainly because he was a novelty -he was black-rather than his competence (or lack thereof) was a silly reason for supporting Obama
and he has proven he really wasn't ready for the job.
So, seriously, how familiar are you with Krauthammer? Have you been reading his WaPo columns for years? Have you read any at all beyond the one linked in the OP?
BTW, based on his track record, there is reason to be concerned about a second term for Obama. If re-elected and that overweaning concern--don't kid a kidder; there's a reason Obama is being referred to as the "Campaigner-in-Chief"--, will he, as have other Presidents before him, set forth an agenda that will be unacceptable to a majority?
Consider only his Department of Justice and its venal AG.
"This time there's really a wolf, I mean it!
Sounds like more hyperbolic drivel to me. :coffeepap
Again, i see no reason to believe that obama is leading us into a disaster we cannot deal with. Your fear tactic relies on the reputation of a right wing mouthpiece and not any actual facts. if you believe this idiot then you are afraid. if you believe in the strength of america, and in the fact that the president is not the only one responsible for the direction of this country you recognize obama cannot destroy it so the main argument behind the fear is bull.
"This time there's really a wolf, I mean it!
It's not the most important election ever.
The most important election was 2008. Fortunately we elected a President and a mostly unified congress that were able to put in place a lot of emergency measures to save our economy from the brink of disaster. Imagine what would have happened if we had the government we have now in 2008? Or if we had a McCain presidency with the congress we had?
I know it's fashionable to be overly pessimistic, especially around election time... But things aren't really that bad. We're having a much above recovery as compared to other financial crises and are doing dramatically better than the countries which enacted austerity measures. Moreover, economic forecasts are fairly bullish moving forward over the next few years, regardless who's president.
The senate is going to stay Democratic, the house will remain Republican, and both margins will decrease. No one is going to be able to enact anything radical.
I still think Romney would be bad for the country, but that's more because he stands for nothing and is likely
to get bullied by the no compromise wing of the GOP than because he's for actually doing anything or would
be able to get anything done.
Yet another blatant fear tactic by the right. It was a lie every other election when we claimed the sky is falling but this time chicken little is right. I may be of the opinion that romney is a clear liar and a step backwards into the same crap that has gotten us into yet another recession, but it is not the end of the world, just a really crappy turn for the US if he is elected. Still, in 4 years the US will still be here, just a little worse off than today. people will still be working, and the rich will keep this thing going because in other places they would be locked up and their money taken by those with the armies. Obama did not destroy the US in his first term, and there is no reason to think he could do it in his second term even if he wanted. Simply congress has way too much power for him to do it even if he wanted to. you can argue his plans may not be the best and the recovery could be better, but the argument that the world is ending is really dumb. Again, even if obama is re-elected the US will be here in 4 years. Even if you believe the Us will be worse off, it will still be going on. people will still be working, and the rich will keep this going for the same reason they would keep it going under romney. very simply they would not be allowed to do this in other countries.
This whole idea that we will all be dead in 4 years if the black man is elected is just an attempt to put a new cover on the same racist ideas that came into play when we abolished slavery, gave blacks and education, let them work for real wages, let them vote, and protected their rights as citizens. The world did not end because
we let those evil negros do things, and it is not because we have one as president for 4 more years. Calm
down beavis, the sky is not falling.
I see no reason to believe you have any idea at all who Krauthammer is, what he's done, or what his opinions are. You clearly are unfamiliar with his life's work and political analysis if you call him an "idiot," and I am embarrassed for you.
Don't presume to mischaracterize me. I asked questions. If you perceive a "fear tactic," you're projecting. Sorry if you're unable to address what I think is a legit concern. Is there some reason you're unable to do this?
My hand before God, I wish I could make sure you got the gvernment YOU deserve and exempt the rest of us from the disaster you'd wished upon yourself. But, fortunately, we'll have to HOPE you learn from the positive lesson you'll get from four years of Mitt Romney at the wheel so you can see how a real POTUS performs.
Hey, I would love to see all the Romney people get what they wish. After all they deserve him more than anyone and the destruction he will give. You know if i could ship you all off to a country where you could all live under his rule and intelligence you would be the fist to beg to stay under obama. Don't worry if your hero wins i will be happy to laugh at your folly when he is done stealing everything he can from you. If you think i was not laughing at the republican base in 2012 when they were pissing their pants over the recession you are wrong. 4 more years of bush wrecked any number of republican's lives. that was awesome, but it is too bad he hurt a lot of other people while doing it. You know as well as i do that despite your arguments you go to sleep at night praying for obama to win.
Hey, I would love to see all the Romney people get what they wish. After all they deserve him more than anyone and the destruction he will give. You know if i could ship you all off to a country where you could all live under his rule and intelligence you would be the fist to beg to stay under obama. Don't worry if your hero wins i will be happy to laugh at your folly when he is done stealing everything he can from you. If you think i was not laughing at the republican base in 2012 when they were pissing their pants over the recession you are wrong. 4 more years of bush wrecked any number of republican's lives. that was awesome, but it is too bad he hurt a lot of other people while doing it. You know as well as i do that despite your arguments you go to sleep at night praying for obama to win.
ROTFLMAO
I must say I admire your bravado in the face of defeat and your absurdist humor in the face of reality.