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Posted by Eli Sanders on Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 6:00 AM
Far more interesting than last night's debate: The Twitter war between Obama's David Axelrod and Romney's Eric Fehrnstrom.
But if we must talk about the debate, its most disgusting moments were these: When the crowd booed Romney's father for being born in Mexico, and when Gingrich called Obama "the best food stamp president in American history."
Andrew Sullivan on why Obama is smarter than his critics.
Missing Rainier snowshoer found alive.
The forecast for today: More snow.
The forecast for tomorrow: THE MOST SNOW IN ONE DAY SINCE 1969. (Or not.)
Connelly vs. the Catholic Church over gay marriage.
Congressional disapproval rating climbs to 84 percent.
The State of the Union: Next week.
And Ron Paul would be proud: Men caught smuggling gold in rectums.
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Remember when the wingnuts were all over Congress' low approval numbers - before the 2010 election? What ever happened to them?
3
Um, also this:
J17: OCCUPY CONGRESS!!
As I type this, thousands of courageous Americans are gathering at the United States Capitol to assert the will of the people to our supposed representatives.
They are chanting:
"Whose house?! OUR house!!"
and
"We are unstoppable! Another world is possible!"
Watch live here:
http://www.livestream.com/globalrevoluti…
Follow on twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23occupyco…
http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23j17
J17: OCCUPY CONGRESS!!
As I type this, thousands of courageous Americans are gathering at the United States Capitol to assert the will of the people to our supposed representatives.
They are chanting:
"Whose house?! OUR house!!"
and
"We are unstoppable! Another world is possible!"
Watch live here:
http://www.livestream.com/globalrevoluti…
Follow on twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23occupyco…
http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23j17
6
Considering we were supposed to get 1-3 inches of snow overnight and it is currently RAINING I call bullshit on this whole snowpocalypse hysteria. Even Cliff Mass gave himself and out, ".but no forecast is certain and if this prediction goes south, it won't be the first time. "
8
I know this is slog but take it easy on the hyperbole. The 'crowd' didn't boo the mention of Mexico. Some did. To my ears, maybe a handful of hecklers.
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Sullivan's piece is great, and it's on the cover of Newsweek, so people might actually see it.
Here's hoping Newsweek is still influential. The media really needs to start reality-checking all the criticism, and this might be a hint to the rest of them.
Here's hoping Newsweek is still influential. The media really needs to start reality-checking all the criticism, and this might be a hint to the rest of them.
10
They didn't boo because George Romney was born in Mexico, they were booing Juan Williams's question. That's how I saw it.
13
@ 10, maybe you'd be right if the boos had followed the whole question, rather than the exact moment "Mexico" was said.
The proper way to criticize this is to point out that you could only hear a handful of people booing. This is being presented as though the entire audience, or perhaps a significant portion of it, were booing.
Anyone know the name of the person who asked that question?
The proper way to criticize this is to point out that you could only hear a handful of people booing. This is being presented as though the entire audience, or perhaps a significant portion of it, were booing.
Anyone know the name of the person who asked that question?
14
@12 Once in a while, a troll turns over an interesting rock. You've got me thinking about your dream ticket now, Romney/Santorum, which is making me ROFL, 'cause I just thought of something:
You know how most tickets are fusion tickets, two candidates chosen to appeal to different parts of the electorate? Well, in your case, I think you'd be combining two different men who each repulse different parts of the electorate. That is, I think a Romney/Santorum ticket would get fewer votes than either man alone. You see, there's a big part of the electorate, even the Republican electorate, who just doesn't LIKE Romney. In fact, they dislike him enough that they wouldn't vote for him, even if they disliked his opponent more. The same is true for Santorum, the holier-than-thou, anti-woman, anti-gay, anti-sex, anti-contraceptives, anti-education, anti-privacy, Catholic Evangelical. And, they're not the same people.
A Romney/Santorum ticket would be a nightmare ticket, and I don't mean for the Democrats.
You know how most tickets are fusion tickets, two candidates chosen to appeal to different parts of the electorate? Well, in your case, I think you'd be combining two different men who each repulse different parts of the electorate. That is, I think a Romney/Santorum ticket would get fewer votes than either man alone. You see, there's a big part of the electorate, even the Republican electorate, who just doesn't LIKE Romney. In fact, they dislike him enough that they wouldn't vote for him, even if they disliked his opponent more. The same is true for Santorum, the holier-than-thou, anti-woman, anti-gay, anti-sex, anti-contraceptives, anti-education, anti-privacy, Catholic Evangelical. And, they're not the same people.
A Romney/Santorum ticket would be a nightmare ticket, and I don't mean for the Democrats.
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@13 I think Phoebe has a point. The booing seemed to be a response to Williams' reading the setup to the question, "Governor Romney, your father was born in Mexico..."
In my opinion, components of the predominantly good-ol'-boy, cranky-about-MLK-day audience were booing dark-skinned, Hispanic-named, NPR-employed Juan Williams for attacking someone above his station. Or something.
In my opinion, components of the predominantly good-ol'-boy, cranky-about-MLK-day audience were booing dark-skinned, Hispanic-named, NPR-employed Juan Williams for attacking someone above his station. Or something.
16
I'm sick to death of hearing "Jesus this" and "Jesus that" when the fact is nobody really knows what the freak Jesus was. And I couldn't care less, Connelly.
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