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PoliGAF Jan 26 Debate/Florida Primary Topic
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Jason's Ultimatum
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Can't believe Hillary is leaving her job this year.
HILLDAWG 2016. I'd vote for her.
HILLDAWG 2016. I'd vote for her.
jamesinclair
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I don't know if you're still reading this thread, but...why can't PoliGAF have a sticky thread at the top of OT? Is it because of the controversial subject matter?
The PoliGAF threads are just as popular as the sports threads that get a sticky.
Probably old, but what a sour-faced shitbag the governor of Arizona is, quite apart from being a Xenophobic economics failure.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/25/jan-brewer-obama_n_1232367.html
This picture isn't a "gotcha" frame either. This is literally a Tea Party Governor of a State WAGGING HER FINGER at the goddamned president of the United States. Even Nixon doesn't deserve that. The Office of the Presidency requires strong honest debate, but it also requires manners. A citizen can get away with this, a Governor should set a better example.
I had 4 people on FB post this picture. All of them so proud of Brewer.
You could just swap them: NASA gets the defense budget, defense gets NASA's budget.
platypotamus
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I'd sign that bill so fast.
Romney tax returns detail funds not identified in ethics forms
Some investments listed in Mitt and Ann Romneys 2010 tax returns including a now-closed Swiss bank account and other funds located overseas were not explicitly disclosed in the personal financial statement the GOP presidential hopeful filed in August as part of his White House bid.
The Romney campaign described the discrepancies as trivial but acknowledged Thursday afternoon that they are undergoing an internal review of how the investments were reported and will make some minor technical amendments to Romneys financial disclosure that will not alter the overall picture of his finances.
A review by the Los Angeles Times/Tribune Washington Bureau found that at least 23 funds and partnerships listed in the couples 2010 tax returns did not show up or were not listed in the same fashion on Romneys most recent financial disclosure, including 11 based in low-tax foreign countries such as Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and Luxembourg.
The campaign has stressed that Romney has paid all required U.S. taxes on his foreign funds.
Many of the funds are affiliated with Bain Capital, the Boston-based private equity firm Romney ran for 15 years. Several others are apparently unrelated offshore entities with mysterious names such as Babson 2006-1, which is based in the Cayman Islands, and Barracuda Investments, which has an address in Dublin, Ireland, but appears to be solely owned by Golden Gate Capital, a private equity firm based in San Francisco.
Some investments listed in Mitt and Ann Romneys 2010 tax returns including a now-closed Swiss bank account and other funds located overseas were not explicitly disclosed in the personal financial statement the GOP presidential hopeful filed in August as part of his White House bid.
The Romney campaign described the discrepancies as trivial but acknowledged Thursday afternoon that they are undergoing an internal review of how the investments were reported and will make some minor technical amendments to Romneys financial disclosure that will not alter the overall picture of his finances.
A review by the Los Angeles Times/Tribune Washington Bureau found that at least 23 funds and partnerships listed in the couples 2010 tax returns did not show up or were not listed in the same fashion on Romneys most recent financial disclosure, including 11 based in low-tax foreign countries such as Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and Luxembourg.
The campaign has stressed that Romney has paid all required U.S. taxes on his foreign funds.
Many of the funds are affiliated with Bain Capital, the Boston-based private equity firm Romney ran for 15 years. Several others are apparently unrelated offshore entities with mysterious names such as Babson 2006-1, which is based in the Cayman Islands, and Barracuda Investments, which has an address in Dublin, Ireland, but appears to be solely owned by Golden Gate Capital, a private equity firm based in San Francisco.
Whoops.
Hahaha at Newts Moonbase.
What we should be doing, is pouring funding into a Europa Project and better telescope and propulsion technology. We should wait 2-3 three decades until robotics and AI have advanced enough that we can send robots/droids up in our place to BUILD the Moonbase. Then once it's built, we can start settling it and populating it with humans.
What we should be doing, is pouring funding into a Europa Project and better telescope and propulsion technology. We should wait 2-3 three decades until robotics and AI have advanced enough that we can send robots/droids up in our place to BUILD the Moonbase. Then once it's built, we can start settling it and populating it with humans.
jamesinclair
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Actually, it's $3 million, which makes this whole thing even funnier (and he and his campaign even dumber).
Baraka in the White House
2-Terms of Kombat
What time is it?
jamesinclair
Banned
We need a chart showing what words like trivial and insignificant mean in romney-terms.
How much were the speaking fees again?
Got to feel bad for romney. When you make so much, $3m here and there just slips through the cracks.
If taxes were lower, that would never happen.
Mercury Fred
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De-friend. Life's too short to have pieces of crap like that in your life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRz7LrQfIK4&feature=youtu.be
new Newt SuperPac ad against Mittens
"blood money"
new Newt SuperPac ad against Mittens
"blood money"
God I hate Brewer so much.
http://online.wsj.com/home-page
new wsj poll.
newt up 9 vs romney
obama up 18 vs gingrich (55-37) and 6 vs romney (49-43).
new wsj poll.
newt up 9 vs romney
obama up 18 vs gingrich (55-37) and 6 vs romney (49-43).
8 ET
ErasureAcer
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Wow. Just wow.
Doc Holliday
SPOILER: Columbus finds America
the DMC should send Newt a huge check after all is said and done.
Didn't the Bush campaign funnel money into Nader's coffers in 2000 to keep him in the race and split the vote?
Though I guess a party monkeying around with the primary process of the opposition would be unprecedented...
cartoon_soldier
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Newt needs a blow out performance today to win Florida
He's up nationally, but he's trending down in Florida, where it matters right now. He probably won't win it unless he does great at the debate tonight.
FiveThirtyEight updates it's forecast for Florida Primaries.
The short version:
He goes on to mention that Newt absolutely must preform tonight. So, expect sparks to fly tonight as Romney and Newt slug it out for Florida, and possibly the nomination.
Edit: Beaten
The short version:
He goes on to mention that Newt absolutely must preform tonight. So, expect sparks to fly tonight as Romney and Newt slug it out for Florida, and possibly the nomination.
Edit: Beaten
k, I know the players now what time?
Baraka in the White House
2-Terms of Kombat
Romney was perceived as the winner last debate so I imagine this one will be decided by who can out-asshole the other.
elrechazado
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Wait, who thought romney won the last debate? I didn't see it, but saw nothing but "newt's domination of romney in the debate" type headlines and discussions.
Me and PD thought Romney killed Newt. As you know, we've captured the pulse of the Republican primary voter.
Bulbo Urethral Baggins
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Baraka in the White House
2-Terms of Kombat
I was working that night and only had access to MSNBC, which seemed to give it to Romney.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
Especially PD...
Generally I thought it was a wash. To me, this seems logical because Romney's surge has failed to materialize beyond Florida. So while his performance was enough to stem the bleeding it did him no favors on the national stage.
In addition the fact that the Romney surge is localized could be attributed to ad dollars being spent there. Newt's PAC hasn't made significant buys there yet, but are theoretically going all in soon.
RustyNails
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Same here.
RustyNails
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Anyone slightly glad other than me that PD is banned? He's become more annoying than somedude.
This primary has definitely been an interesting comparison to 2004, when democratic voters absolutely caved in on Kerry because he was a "winner" and could take out Bush, despite no one actually liking Kerry. I guess republican voters are quite a bit more uncompromising. One of the amusing side effects of the party having painted everything in terms of an absolute good and evil.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Wow at that Obama/Gingrich matchup. People obviously can't stand the guy.
You can almost feel Gingrich's victory in Florida slipping away... I think it's still possible he might win, but with the early voting favoring Romney and Gingrich's inability to maintain altitude in the polls, it'd be a squeaker.
elrechazado
Banned
Must be, who can follow these stupid things?
Bulbo Urethral Baggins
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Nah. I like PD. He actually agrees with some of my posts. That's a rare thing. Wonder why he was banned.
killertofu
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Nothing really related but I'm stoked that my old school (UNF) is the venue. SWOOOOP
jamesinclair
Banned
I knew something was different.
Also, bring back somedude, the civil war is starting soon.
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