tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34607787616588391992024-03-05T16:16:50.514-05:00Political RantsZenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.comBlogger535125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-46445018675716716712013-11-04T15:54:00.000-05:002013-11-04T15:54:52.976-05:00Election Day 2013<b>Tomorrow is election day here in Pa. I am urging everybody to get out and vote. In particular (no fainting please) vote for Bednar for Controller and Harry Haas for council.</b><br />
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<b>For county council I am hoping everybody votes for just Harry Haas. Harry is a man of exceptional character and honesty and he deserves all of our votes.</b>Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-80612531577274943242012-12-24T11:23:00.001-05:002012-12-24T11:23:50.591-05:00Merry Christmas<span style="font-size: large;">Wishing you all the best and a very safe and happy new year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The simple fact is that I don't know a single wealthy person (and I know quite a few) that is against repealing the tax cuts for the richest as long as the government starts spending our money in a much more sensible manner. This is why I suggest Speaker Boehner not only agree to the President's request to end those cuts but to lead the way. He should offer (through the press) that we whole heartily support the plan to end the cuts for the wealthiest coupled with across the board 5% spending cuts. By across the board I mean everything including defense.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is far past time our elected nitwits start actually doing the right things for this country rather than what is politically expedient. This should be played out in complete transparency in the court of public opinion via the media. The party position should be we are trying to work with the President and Dems in Congress. If they resist the spending cuts blow it all open in the press and turn it around on them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Frankly, I think we should clean house of all the wonks and consultants and shitty public relations types that just have not done their job.</span>Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-73492086635023001862012-11-13T21:57:00.000-05:002012-11-13T21:58:16.208-05:00Changes the Republican Party Must Make Part 1: Abortion<span style="font-size: large;"> Not long ago I was helping a friend campaign for a county row office and I had the chance to observe first hand the strangest of things; the single-mindedness of the one issue voter. I cannot tell you how many people asked this exact question "what is your stance on abortion?" but suffice to say it was a rather embarrassing number.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I found it embarrassing because I consider myself to be a conservative republican. Strangely, these people asking that question of somebody running for a county row office, probably consider themselves the same. Therein lies the embarrassment. People like me will get lumped in with people like them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> You see, I know that a county row officer has absolutely zero say in the abortion debate, The simple fact is, nobody other than the Supreme Court does. So why was it such an issue for them? I couldn't say even though many of those that asked are in fact pals of mine. The sad reality is that they happen to be single issue voters and frankly I wish all single issue voters would just stay home on election day regardless of what their issue is. They are a menace and an relentless boat anchor dragging down whichever party they attach themselves to. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I am not denigrating the beliefs of the pro life movement as I happen to agree with them with a scant few exceptions. The simple fact is that no sane person can honestly say they are pro abortion period. But alas, this isn't the black and white issue both sides would like to present it as. Like life, it is filled with grey areas. The exceptions I have to my anti-abortion stance are in the instance of rape or incest. I cannot fathom that anybody has the right to tell the victim of such horrendous crimes that their suffering must be prolonged and that they must actually give birth to a permanent reminder of their darkest moments. Is it the baby's fault? No, it sure isn't but to every rule there must be at least one exception and in this instance there must be at least two.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I now offer an example of pandering to one side of the movement that was definitely a contributing factor to Romney losing. A major douche by the name of Akin actually said that women have a natural defense against getting pregnant in the instance of legitimate rape. I've heard every explanation as to "what he actually meant" and none of them are true. It was a declarative statement designed to elicit a positive response from the pro life voters. Some of whom may actually believe such utter nonsense. What that horse's ass didn't count on was people being able to see the other side of the statement which was essentially that any woman that got pregnant from being raped must have secretly wanted/enjoyed it and thus became pregnant. It was a terminally stupid thing to say and in fact undermines the very people he was trying to court.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If Conservative Republicans want to change Roe v. Wade and actually have some impact in saving babies, they need to pick the battles to fight and concede those that cannot be won. It isn't rocket science. It will appeal to the vast majority which would demand a new look at the supreme court case. Simply, fight to ban all late term abortions. Fight to make adopting an American baby simpler and cheaper than going out of the country. Fight to make abortion for teens the same as any other medical procedure meaning they must have parental consent for the procedure. Bring into the fight that women's birth control is now covered by Obamacare and there really isn't any legitimate reason for getting an abortion. I think if you screwed up (pun intended) and got knocked up, you should take responsibility. Besides, who knows, maybe the child you may have can grow up to be the one that cures cancer or invents a tachyon drive. Before anybody points it out, yes I know that birth control isn't 100% effective. To you I say that abstinence is in fact the only 100% effective form of birth control but we don't want to teach that do we?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once we can get the douchenozzle politicians to quit pandering to special interest groups I think our elections will start to straighten themselves out. The next part of this series is coming soon. Stay tuned.</span>Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-60148689615633604612012-11-12T15:13:00.000-05:002012-11-12T15:13:23.397-05:00Why Did Romney Lose?<span style="font-size: large;">It's been a week since the election and I have heard many theories as to why Romney lost. I don't think any of the pundits have touched on reality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The fact is that whether you want to accept it or not, Romney just wasn't a great candidate. He is a real life Gordon Gecko and let's face it, while everybody wants to be GG, nobody actually likes GG.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When we add in what I consider his campaigns biggest gaffes, he really didn't have much of a chance. The 47% comment was probably the biggest gaffe and it certainly put most of the nails in the campaign coffin. laying down in the last debate was a huge mistake but nowhere near as big as not putting massive distance between himself and the "legitimate rape" faction of the party.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Could Romney have been a lot less flippy floppy? Sure. Could he have told the ultra-far right wing religious zealots to pound sand? Sure (let's be honest, how many of them are there? not even close to the number of social moderates). Could his campaign of done a better job playing hardball and blasting the President for his outlandish lies and distortions? You bet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I truly believe if the Republican Party wants to start winning that the formula to do so is incredibly simple. Become a whole lot more socially moderate and a whole lot more fiscally conservative. I am hoping the powers that be within the party start listening to reason and stop listening to entertainers like Rush Limbaugh.</span>Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-45411549942838875462012-11-07T14:54:00.000-05:002012-11-07T14:54:07.833-05:00The Election of 2012 <span style="font-size: large;">What seemed like the longest election cycle in history is finally over.</span><div>
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Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-47433581265047994272012-11-05T16:39:00.003-05:002012-11-05T16:39:54.667-05:00Election 2012<span style="font-size: large;">Tomorrow is the big day. Please get out and vote. There is nothing more important for you to do tomorrow.</span>Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-24223458384984641092012-11-04T18:56:00.000-05:002012-11-04T18:56:18.585-05:00Matt Cartwright<span style="font-size: large;">I've met the man and he is likable. Do I think he's going to win? Yes I do and that means we all lose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He's going to win because he has a war chest that would choke a small African country and the district he is running in is overwhelmingly democrat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why do I say we lose when he wins? Simple, every ad, every interview, pretty much every sound bite from Cartwright has essentially been spend, spend, spend, and then spend a little more. The only peep he has made about how to pay for his multi-trillion dollar spending spree has been the now thoroughly debunked (and very tired) line about asking the "rich" to pay a little more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You don't have to be a mathematical genius to understand the numbers don't work. Frankly, you'd have to be completely ignorant of basic math to believe we can raise enough revenue just from the rich to even come close to paying for our current level of spending.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Remember when I said I met him? I did and he did not seem to be mentally challenged so I am assuming he genuinely wants to spend the country even farther into oblivion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The day is coming when the interest payments on the national debt will exceed the entire defense budget. If you think that day is far into the future, you are wrong. It will happen within a decade unless our country gets spending under control. We simply cannot afford Matt Cartwright's brand of thinking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do I think this little post will change the outcome of that race? Nope, but I can dream of a better America, can't I?</span>Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-71539135724046999632012-11-01T18:44:00.000-04:002012-11-01T18:44:40.307-04:00Aaron Kaufer vs Phyllis Mundy<span style="font-size: large;">What a fight this one in shaping up to be!! In the challenger's corner we have Aaron " The Whippersnapper" Kaufer weighing in at "too young and inexperienced for the job" but with a likability that just can't be beat. In the champion's corner, we have Phyllis "the Princess of Pensions, the Pig of Pay Raises" Mundy weighing in at a super-heavyweight of 2 decades in office and the questionable ethos of a career politician.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This fight is a lot closer than the incumbent wanted. I've met both candidates running and both happen to be nice people. Why am I favoring Kaufer? Simple, he hasn't been there creating the problems our state faces for the last 2 decades. The same cannot be said of Phyllis Mundy. If for no other reason than that, Kaufer deserves your vote!</span>Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-20942177758645728722012-10-31T11:32:00.000-04:002012-10-31T11:32:03.321-04:00The New Star Wars Kid<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">With all of the country's problems solved, Pres. Obama takes a little play time. What a joke. Unfortunately the joke is on us.</span>Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-4391098615054909422012-10-29T09:11:00.001-04:002012-10-29T12:32:50.451-04:00Amazing Archaeological Discovery-Earliest Remains of a Liberal <div>
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Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-63743213277200462952012-10-24T15:44:00.000-04:002012-10-24T15:44:12.583-04:00Sen. Bob Casey Doesn't Deserve Your Vote<span style="font-size: large;">Sen. Casey has voted lock step with Pres. Obama's policies. Without exception he has voted completely along party lines contributing to the massive gridlock that is what passes for governance in Washington D.C. these past 4 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If those policies had led to America being in better shape than when the current Pres. took office, you may be able to make a case for re-electing him. Unfortunately for all of us, that just isn't remotely reality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Unemployment continues to hover at 8%. A staggering increase in welfare recipients. The Senate blocking every jobs bill that comes to them from the House. Gas still close to $4. per gallon. Middle East turmoil has increased including the rape and murder of our Libyan ambassador. I could go on and on but will finish by pointing out that Sen. Casey was also there during during the end of Pres. Bush's second term when things really start snowballing downhill.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Honestly, other than being born into political royalty, what can you say about Sen. Casey? Nothing other than he, like the President he has blindly followed, has been an abject failure. He doesn't deserve your vote and frankly I'd vote for anybody short of Satan to replace him.</span>Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-62033478849558581062012-10-24T15:27:00.001-04:002012-10-24T15:28:11.671-04:001000 Words- Pres. Obama's World Apology Tour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-38247757074770201452012-10-23T08:50:00.000-04:002012-10-23T08:50:47.422-04:00Who Won the Presidential Debate?<span style="font-size: large;">I've always liked an aggressive style when debating and clearly Pres. Obama was by far the more aggressive last night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think the President clearly won on nearly every foreign policy issue (all 3 that were brought up) mostly because Rmoney decided to agree with him on all of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The only points I think Mitt clearly scored were on domestic issues which he handily won all of them. The Pres. cannot overcome his dismal record which is why he spent the last 2 debates on the attack. If you can't run on your record, conventional wisdom is to attack and try to destroy your opponent. I think Pres. Obama has tried that but came off looking rather non-presidential and more than a wee bit scared.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are in the last two weeks and I cannot wait to see the ads that are bound to come out!!</span>Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-72586614088809667302012-10-22T16:24:00.001-04:002012-10-22T16:26:12.556-04:00What can we expect from tonight's Presidential debate?<span style="font-size: large;">I doubt we will see anything new. In other words, Pres. Obama will spend much of his remarks addressing that nothing is his fault and that he killed Osama bin Laden. He may spend a brief blink or 2 blaming Hillary for the Libyan Fiasco.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What I want to hear is if Rmoney actually has some foreign policy positions other than peace through superior firepower (of which I am a limited fan). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The real questions are how much both candidates will abuse the moderator and just how much bias the moderator will show. </span>Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-71266405666461078902012-10-19T10:42:00.002-04:002012-10-19T10:42:45.923-04:00What Will Be The Effect of Repealing the Bush Tax Cuts?<span style="font-size: large;">So much political hay has been made of the Bush Tax Cuts that I feel that since the media won't take a look at the issue in earnest, yours truly must.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">First, the moment Pres. Obama extended the cuts, they became his. So continuing to call them the Bush Tax Cuts is pure political gamesmanship.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Second, calling them tax cuts for the rich is equally just political bullcrap. Everybody that actually pays income taxes got a cut. How the left thought that people that don't pay federal income tax could get a cut is beyond any rational comprehension. Basic math tells us that even if we reduced the rate for those that didn't get a cut by 100%, the effect is zero cut. 100% of 0 is in fact 0. Don't blame me, blame math.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now that we have that out of the way, let's look at the numbers, shall we? If the cuts are taken away from everybody making $250,000 per year or more, the government will raise an additional $82 billion in revenue. Sounds like a lot, doesn't it? To any normal person that is huge. To our government it is almost nothing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How can I say that? For FY 2012, our illustrious government is planning on spending $3.8 Trillion (3,800,000,000,000). So just how far would that additional $82 Billion (82,000,000,000) carry us? Eight lousy days. Yep, just 8 DAYS!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Think those numbers are mind boggling? Let me go one further. That $82 Billion would cover just 30 days of our current deficit spending. You know, the money we are borrowing to continue the country's insane spending binge. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do you still think that repealing the tax cuts will even put a dent in this country's problems??? It won't even put a nick in them.</span>Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-36208258895307409942012-10-17T16:39:00.001-04:002012-10-17T16:39:33.024-04:00Best Picture From Last Night's Presidential Debate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-47046737862320022262012-10-16T22:45:00.001-04:002012-10-17T10:03:29.574-04:00President Obama Showed Up For The DebateAnd still lost. I was glad for the President to prove he wasn't the mope that showed at the first debate. I think he did far better this time around but still failed on many of the big points especially Libya and the economy.<br />
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My wife watched the debate with me and believe me she is a very moderate person politically, her comment was Pres. Obama came off poorly and was very unbelievable. She was almost as incredulous as I was when Rmoney more or less directly told the President he has been a complete failure and Pres Obama's response was crickets. Of course I have said before that Pres. Obama is a lot of things and stupid isn't one of them. Even he knows he cannot run on his record. His record as Pres. is deplorable and in fact not defensible.<br />
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I will say they both beat the snot out of the moderator!!Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-41047064847700923512012-10-16T13:51:00.001-04:002012-10-16T14:30:02.495-04:00Presidential Debate 2- Electric Blame Bush-a-roo<span style="font-size: large;">Tonight's the night and I genuinely cannot wait. I think this debate will be even better than the first as I believe Pres. Obama is going to come out swinging and make the same mistake Joe Biden did, only better...lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pres. Obama didn't show up for the first debate and instead had Clint Eastwood's empty chair on the stage with Rmoney. The problem is the empty chair made Obama look very foolish although not quite as goofy as Biden looked in the VP debate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I believe Pres Obama is going to come out and try to tie Romney to all the Bush policies. Aside from just about every rational person in the country being tired of the buh, buh, BUH, BUT BUSH bullshit (let's face it Obama has yet to accept any culpability in his failures), the problem is that Obama has continued and or extended most of Bush's policies. The Bush Tax Cuts? Those belong to Obama now. The further eroding of freedoms? All on you Barry. Killing people around the world with robot drone strikes? yep, old B-Rock is all over that. The list is really rather endless.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If I were Mitt, every time he tries that shit I would just remind him that he has continued that path. Worse still, when he tries any new Obamanism, it fails miserably. If Pres Obama does the whole shaking his head and laughing at inappropriate times like Biden, I'd just turn to him and say " Mr President, are you feeling okay? Because I sure as heck don't see what is funny about Iran having nuclear weapons".</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'd also ask the President of these United States if he felt poor Hillary has taken enough of a beating covering up for the men in her life. And if so, why make her throw herself under the bus on the Libya cover up?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-3781903335130313942012-10-14T19:42:00.000-04:002012-10-14T19:42:06.058-04:00RIP Arlen<span style="font-size: large;">We may have differed in opinion on occasion but you were indeed a good man at heart, I wish you well on the next leg of your journey.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You had a unique ability that is sorely lacking in DC these days. You always knew that compromise was key to ever getting anything done down there in the "suck". Perhaps the congresscritters on both sides can catch a clue. If not I hope you haunt them.</span>Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-17728242278191858672012-10-12T14:42:00.004-04:002012-10-12T14:43:54.831-04:00Romney's Tax Returns and Obama's College Transcripts<span style="font-size: large;">During a recent Romney campaign stop, a heckler from the audience hollered, "Hey Mitt Witt, where are you hiding your tax returns?<br /><br />Governor Romney politely responded, "I've found a very secure place that I'm certain they won't be found."<br /><br />The insistent heckler, then shouted, "And just where is that, dummy"?<br /><br /><br /><br />Governor Romney smiled and said, "They are underneath Obama's college records, his passport application, his immigration status as a student, his funding sources to pay for college, and his Selective Service registration.<br /><br />"What's your next question?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks to Rick H.</span>Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-46247746348975955102012-10-12T09:03:00.000-04:002012-10-12T09:03:49.758-04:00Who won the Vice Presidential debate?<span style="font-size: large;">I would give the edge to Biden for just one reason; I like my political debaters to be aggressive. Joe Biden was by far the more aggressive of the 2. He definitely did what Pres. Obama failed to do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">However, I cannot for the life of me make any sense out Biden making faces and his constant laughter. He was laughing more than anything and at the least it made him seem delusional. At the worst it made him look like he was hopped up on meth or disco biscuits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will give Ryan credit for remaining professional and being articulate. Biden often rambled so far off the subject I lost track of what the question he was attempting to answer was. I think the next time Ryan goes into a debate he will have learned from his mistakes in this one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A free tip for Ryan; When you were talking about the danger of Iran becoming a nuclear power and Joe Biden was laughing as you spoke, the correct response would've been; " Joe, are you insane? I cannot see any humor in Iran having nuclear weapons!" and then continue your answer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Like any rational person, I see nothing remotely funny about Iran going nuclear. I'd like Joe Biden to explain to his fellow American's exactly what he finds so humorous about it.</span>Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-62475187540755643142012-10-11T15:10:00.000-04:002012-10-11T15:10:20.987-04:00Ryan Vs Biden Vice Presidential Debate<span style="font-size: large;">This may even top the time my daddy rented a stubborn mule as the worst ass whipping in history.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ryan is going to positively destroy Joe Biden and I can't help but feel bad for crazy old Joe. He does a dandy job of making himself look like the village idiot but that will be nothing compared to what Paul Ryan does to him tonight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'll be watching this from home again with a nice follow up on my take tomorrow.</span>Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-57135066634213342762012-10-09T08:38:00.001-04:002012-10-09T08:38:43.183-04:00Press Release from Congressman Barletta<br />
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Hazleton, PA - Tonight, U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta was the clear winner in the
first debate between the incumbent congressman and Democratic challenger, Gene
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Rep. Barletta clearly explained the challenges facing the 11th District and
the nation, and proposed solutions in a wide range of subject areas, from job
creation to foreign policy to energy.</div>
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"Lou Barletta showed he is not afraid to tackle the the tough issues, solve
America's problems, and put Americans back to work," said Lance Stange, Campaign
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"Stilp, on the other hand, offered vague, evasive answers and untruths to
hide his lack of understanding of the issues and his shocking lack of plans or
even ideas on how to save essential government programs that help seniors, the
sick, and the poor."</div>
Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-35654501248831164802012-10-08T20:03:00.000-04:002012-10-08T20:03:39.014-04:00Nude Photos of Michelle Obama<span style="font-size: large;">I bet that title got some attention and now that I have it;</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a quote from my friend Gort42's <a href="http://gort42.blogspot.com/">blog</a>; The Luzerne County GOP picnic had about 50 attend but they have gone back to the old ways of fighting each other. Urbanski won the Chair so the Casey supporters will boycott everything. More on that later in the week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">First, I never really was a Casey "supporter" and we disagreed, sometimes vehemently, on many things. That being said, I have heard nothing of an organized boycotting of any county events. Terry Casey and I most often disagreed on his "big tent" theory of including all no matter what their transgressions may be. My point was always; If they actively work against the party or in fact campaign for Democrats when we have a Republican candidate, who needs them. Terry never saw it that way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is a well known and established fact that even when Casey was chairman of the county party that there were members of the executive committee as well as elected committee people that actively campaigned for Democratic Party candidates. This didn't start under Casey's chair but long before. Frankly, I won't name names or "out" all of those in the County Republican Party that do this as they are all well known and can be seen at any large Democratic fundraiser. Think any Yudichak, Mundy, or Pashinski fundraiser and you'll probably recall seeing them there. (btw, I do in fact keep a ledger)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do I understand supporting a friend running for office? Sure I do but when you sit on the executive committee of your county's party, you cannot do it. Period, end of story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well those that were best at this duality are now back running the county party. Does this mean I won't go to a county event? Absolutely not!! I haven't heard one other person tell me that they are boycotting anything either. Fact is I will probably see some of you at the Luzerne County Republican's Fall dinner!!</span><br />
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