On Fri, 02 Nov 2012 22:28:24 -0400, Sid9 wrote:
> "Mr.B1ack" <nowh...@nada.net> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 02 Nov 2012 02:51:54 -0400, Sid9 wrote:

>>> "Mr.B1ack" <nowh...@nada.net> wrote in message
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>>>> On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:20:12 -0400, Sid9 wrote:

>>>>> "Mr.B1ack" <nowh...@nada.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:bKmdnSHFa-jcTgzNnZ2dnUVZ_radnZ2d@earthlink.com...
>>>>>> Far worse seeing lawyers as law-makers ....

>>>>>> Oh yea ... who IS acceptable for president then if it can't be
>>>>>> lawyers or 'businessmen' ? Joe Plumber ? Almost everybody is a
>>>>>> 'businessman' to some degree or another.

>>>>>> Ah ... welfare queens and college professors - just perfect, right
>>>>>> ? :-)
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>>>>> Turning a government into a business is one bad idea.

>>>>   Government isn't really meant to be run like a business ....
>>>>   although govt CAN be informed by business realities. Our govt seems
>>>>   to have lost touch, thinks insane deficits don't mean anything,
>>>>   thinks vast corporate welfare is a safe proposition.

>>>>> Nonetheless, Romney is not businessman since he didn't run
>>>>> businesses.

>>>>   Close enough. Don't try splitting hairs.

>>>>> Romney took over businesses and bled them dry at the expense of the
>>>>> shareholders and employees.

>>>>   He'd say he was "recycling" them. Not entirely true, but not
>>>>   entirely false either.

>>>>> Then he grabbed a bundle of cash and declared bankruptcy. Vampire
>>>>> might be a better description.

>>>>   An alternative product of the amoral 60's and 70's. Their fathers
>>>>   generation aimed to "build America" whereas their kids are
>>>>   vultures, only interested in scavenging as much, and as quickly, as
>>>>   possible.

>>>>> But, it doesn’t matter. Obama's getting his second term. Romney will
>>>>> never be president

>>>>   Um .... that remains to be seen. It's REALLY close now. May even be
>>>>   a remake of 'W' -v- Gore.

>>>>   Back when OB was elected I issued a warning - that perceived
>>>>   messianic figures have a LOT more to live up to than regular guys -
>>>>   and that they are sure to fail, to NOT live up to their promise.
>>>>   The higher you are, the further and faster you can fall.

>>>>   People are idiots for believing in prophets and saviors .... but
>>>>   that doesn't matter because they will still HATE false prophets and
>>>>   lying impotent would-be saviors.

>>>>   This is why OB is at risk. Isn't anything HE did per-se ... but
>>>>   it's what he and his people allowed the public to believe. The
>>>>   people wanted a savior and they didn't damp down such sentiments or
>>>>   expectations.
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>>> A vote for Romney is a vote for the unknown. Which of his stated
>>> policies would he follow?

>>> Obama will be elected and it wont even be close.

>>   Uh oh ..... google "True Believer" ....  :-)

>>> Republicans blew it big time with McCain/ Palin.

>>   That was then - and Americans have a nefariously short memory.

>>   And I'm not even sure people voted against McCain ... I think they
>>   were voting against the GOP at the time and McCain just happened to
>>   be "it".

>>   To Americans, with their short memories, the grass is ALWAYS greener
>>   across the street. It doesn't MATTER that the GOP let its banker
>>   friends run amok because the details have gone all fuzzy in the
>>   collective mind. People only relate to what's happening NOW, what a
>>   'leader' has done for them LATELY.

>>   So, just as they were mad at Republicans four years ago, now they're
>>   mad at Democrats and they feel SURE the grass must be greener over on
>>   Mitt's side of the street.

>>   It isn't ... but that's not how people think. In politics, the
>>   illusion is the reality.

>>> Then they turned their primary into a circus show with less that
>>> mediocre candidates vying for the nomination.

>>   Doesn't matter. Past history. Mitt emerged from the mess and has
>>   since done quite well for himself.

>>> As we all know, the best of that lot emerged and was crowned
>>> "candidate"

>>   Well, the king idiot emerged ...

>>   Just like from the '04 DNC convention ....

>>   Oh well, none of them got to be the king idiot unless they were in
>>   Big Money's pocket - so for all the important stuff, one is as good
>>   as another. The main difference is that each offers a different
>>   flavor of kool-aid ....

>>> He then, showing the same kind of poor judgment as McCain, chose Paul
>>> Ryan as his running mate.

>>   But he's LIKABLE ... woulda made a great used car salesman  :-)

>>   Romney projects the appearance of being knowledgable, decisive and a
>>   wholesome kind of guy. Obama doesn't do so well with the 'decisive'
>>   but ... tends to try and explain himself too much. Not quite so good
>>   with the warm and fuzzy stuff either, a bit stiff ....

>>> Obama's second term will accomplish a lot more than his first did
>>> because no longer be looking over his shoulder at a second term
>>> election campaign

>>   Um ... he got little cooperation from his OWN PARTY these past years.
>>   That's not going to change. Both parties have just been working
>>   AROUND him rather than with or through him. Presidents are not
>>   gawd-emperors you know ... without a cooperative legislature they are
>>   nearly powerless. You act as if he's gonna dictate what they're gonna
>>   do - he can't. LBJ could, but he'd been in it long enough to have
>>   dirt on everybody.
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