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Post by AustinHoya03 on Apr 12, 2012 9:58:10 GMT -5
Hey Boz, I think the GOP is starting to worry about the fallout from the women's reproductive health debate. twitter.com/#!/GOP
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Post by quickplay on Apr 12, 2012 10:24:27 GMT -5
Oh god I am really not looking forward to the barrage of faux outrage from both sides for the next few months...
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Post by Boz on Apr 12, 2012 11:14:27 GMT -5
Hey Boz, I think the GOP is starting to worry about the fallout from the women's reproductive health debate. twitter.com/#!/GOP EDIT: Oops, sorry. I didn't see your smiley. I thought you were serious. Really? I thought Reince Priebus did a superlative job on MSNBC yesterday completely refuting all of the false memes of the "War on Women." And he didn't back down or give one inch on any of them, including the War on Caterpillars comment (which I thought was pretty darn funny, even if others didn't) But I will agree with quickplay on one matter: faux outrage abounds and it knows no political party. It's rather nauseating. Obviously, I'm more attuned to the faux outrage that comes from the left (so many empty chairs to interrogate!), but I fully recognize that the right holds their own and then some when it comes to that.
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Post by Boz on Apr 13, 2012 9:52:51 GMT -5
"Outrage" follow-up: Though he is a conservative, quickplay, I think you might appreciate and agree with lot of what Matt Lewis has to say here: dailycaller.com/2012/04/13/the-triumph-of-political-games-7-reasons-to-reject-rosengate/Don't get me wrong. It's been fun to watch Democrats try to walk back and squirm around Hillary Rosen's poor choice of words. (I have consumed far too much popcorn watching the beads of sweat on Jay Carney's forehead.) Just as I am sure it was fun for liberals to watch conservatives do the same with respect to Rush Limbaugh. But in the end, it's much ado about very, very little, if not nothing. (In both cases.) Or, as Erick Erickson put it this morning, "I'm sorry. I refuse to be your outrage pimp on this issue." ;D
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Post by TC on Apr 13, 2012 10:08:29 GMT -5
Hilary Rosen sucks. The stuff she did as head of the RIAA was downright awful, I wish she wasn't a Democrat, and I hope she goes away forever.
Not that anyone should make fun of anyone else for staying at home with kids, but then you get fired/quit from your high powered job at the RIAA and say it's to spend more time with your family and then make fun of housewives, you are a ridiculous, awful hypocrite.
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Post by hoyawatcher on Apr 13, 2012 10:28:33 GMT -5
"Outrage" follow-up: But in the end, it's much ado about very, very little, if not nothing. (In both cases.) Actually I might disagree with you a little. Just as the "outrage" over contraception was made up, it did move the needle with women and the suburban soccer moms Obama has to have. This dust up should be just as made up but I expect will have the same effect to move the needle with the soccer moms back to the middle. Anywhere near 50/50 with that group and Obama is toast. Races shouldn't be decided on stuff like that but history says otherwise. Long way to go but if this blunts the "war on women" argument it could be decisive.
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Post by hoyainspirit on Apr 13, 2012 12:47:36 GMT -5
I believe that one, somewhat off the cuff statement, by a talking head minor player in the hierarchy of things, will have far less influence on women as will the institutionalized position on this social issue adopted by Obama's opponents. Time will tell, I guess. As well, I do not believe her aim was to make fun of housewives.
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Post by SFHoya99 on Apr 13, 2012 14:12:26 GMT -5
"Outrage" follow-up: Though he is a conservative, quickplay, I think you might appreciate and agree with lot of what Matt Lewis has to say here: dailycaller.com/2012/04/13/the-triumph-of-political-games-7-reasons-to-reject-rosengate/Don't get me wrong. It's been fun to watch Democrats try to walk back and squirm around Hillary Rosen's poor choice of words. (I have consumed far too much popcorn watching the beads of sweat on Jay Carney's forehead.) Just as I am sure it was fun for liberals to watch conservatives do the same with respect to Rush Limbaugh. But in the end, it's much ado about very, very little, if not nothing. (In both cases.) Or, as Erick Erickson put it this morning, "I'm sorry. I refuse to be your outrage pimp on this issue." ;D Kudos. I am so tired of people being offended. I am generally on the side of the PC police -- if a group of people wants you to call them something or not use a word, why not comply? It doesn't hurt you. That said, when someone doesn't, it doesn't need outrage. Someone doesn't need firing. They don't need to be shot. It's an outrage there is still slavery in the world. it's an outrage pre-teens are sent to war. It's an outrage that diseases rich nations have obliterated still kill hundreds of thousands. It's an outrage we have children going hungry. It's an outrage when an innocent man is convicted and a guilty one set free. There are more than enough causes in this world. Perhaps if we were all more outraged over these things instead of words, we'd get something fing done. Stick and stones, people.
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Post by Boz on Apr 13, 2012 14:17:11 GMT -5
Well said, SF.
Begin slow clap:
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(no, but seriously, I could not agree more)
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Apr 13, 2012 15:27:01 GMT -5
the "outrage" over contraception was made up, On the one hand, we have one sentence from an idiot on a cable news program judging a presidential candidate's wife. On the other, we have a statement made by an idiot on talk radio which drew attention to legislative hearings about actual United States policy. Both political parties actively participated in the contraception debate, both in the legislature and in the press, because the policy had, you know, actual consequences for American women, families, and businesses. Personally, I'm upset (I wouldn't say outraged) that women's health clinics are closing throughout my state, and that the issue of women's health is now a political football in Texas (for which I blame both political parties). Rush and Rosen don't have anything to do with that. If you think feelings WRT women's reproductive health are "made up," stop and take a look at what's actually happening around the country. www.texastribune.org/texas-state-agencies/health-and-human-services-commission/storm-over-womens-health-care-had-been-brewing/For the record, I think the reaction to Rush's comments, by themselves, was overblown, but there was something actually happening behind them. There's nothing happening behind Rosen's comments besides preconceived notions of national Democrats failing to support "family values." ON EDIT: Lest my comments above be misinterpreted, that's not to say that I don't think Rush's comments weren't horrible or that DeGioia's statement condemning them was unnecessary. I just don't think anyone should listen seriously to what Rush Limbaugh has to say on an issue of actual political value. As for watcher's position that pandering to moms equals electoral success: www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/us/politics/04repubday.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=&st=nytelections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/national-exit-polls.html
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Post by SFHoya99 on Apr 13, 2012 15:30:04 GMT -5
On the other hand, if we had elected Herman Cain, could we have had four years of this awesomeness? Greatest ad ever? Better than demon sheep?ps, I watching this at work and thus had the sound off. I have no idea what sound effects or voiceover there is. I imagine the former is awesome and the latter just ruins it.
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Post by Boz on Apr 13, 2012 15:45:12 GMT -5
Awesome! Totally awesome!!
FYI, mute misses out on creepy little girl voice and some outstanding screaming from the farmer.
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Post by TC on Apr 13, 2012 16:14:26 GMT -5
Is it just me or is this sort of ad becoming the norm? I've seen the Santorum Obamaville ads, and it seems like people keep throwing more and more ridiculous over-the-top imagery out there hoping for it to go viral. I don't think many of these have been very effective.
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Post by Boz on Apr 16, 2012 9:19:59 GMT -5
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Post by kchoya on Apr 16, 2012 9:41:05 GMT -5
Does anyone have an email address for David Axelrod? I'd like to let him know that I do not prefer an economy that continues down the road we're on.
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Post by rosslynhoya on Apr 16, 2012 12:56:13 GMT -5
Does anyone have an email address for David Axelrod? I'd like to let him know that I do not prefer an economy that continues down the road we're on. Well, it's lucky then that there's a choice to be made this fall. Instead of continuing down the path we're on, you can choose an economy that produces a growing middle class and that gives people a chance to get ahead, and their kids a chance to get ahead. Choose a different course.
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Post by Boz on Apr 19, 2012 10:47:53 GMT -5
David Axelrod is just plain having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week.
#ObamaDogRecipes
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Post by TBird41 on Apr 19, 2012 11:18:59 GMT -5
David Axelrod is just plain having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week. #ObamaDogRecipes ;D Maybe Obama didn't come to the Duke game for the basketball but for the mascot...
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Post by kchoya on Apr 23, 2012 10:54:54 GMT -5
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Apr 23, 2012 21:22:03 GMT -5
Does anyone have an email address for David Axelrod? I'd like to let him know that I do not prefer an economy that continues down the road we're on. Well, it's lucky then that there's a choice to be made this fall. Instead of continuing down the path we're on, you can choose an economy that produces a growing middle class and that gives people a chance to get ahead, and their kids a chance to get ahead. Choose a different course. During the time that Romney was Governor of MA, the state (err commonwealth) ranked 47th in job creation. If he presents a choice of a growing middle class, it is also a choice of a road less traveled for him.
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