US Prez Election 2012 Thread - Opinions and Discussions

[Tyrannical]

We have a current government lead by a Labour party that is self-destructing and a sniggering right-wing Liberal party with a maniacal leader waiting in the wings...

maniacal? Sounds like someone I'd like

But he's deeply religious, as well as prone to appearing in photos dressed in skimpy swimwear...

He is the Honourable Tony Abbott...

I suspect he will be our new PM next year...

I have no problems with deeply religious Christians. It's atheists I don't particularly trust.

[Coito ergo sum]

Wrong Paul? Isn't he the one who wants to repeal the anti-slavery amendment?

Good luck with that.

I don't recall Ron Paul ever suggesting repealing the 13th amendment

I've not seen any suggestion by Paul that the 13th Amendment should be repealed.

[Coito ergo sum]

People can't help but wonder what might happen if Hillary Rodham Clinton ran again for president.

A new Time magazine poll shows Clinton easily defeating the major Republican candidates, were she somehow to become the 2012 Democratic nominee for president.

Clinton leads Mitt Romney, 55% to 38%; Rick Perry, 58% to 32%; and Herman Cain, 56% to 34%, among likely voters in a general election.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities ... oll-says/1

[JimC]

People can't help but wonder what might happen if Hillary Rodham Clinton ran again for president.

A new Time magazine poll shows Clinton easily defeating the major Republican candidates, were she somehow to become the 2012 Democratic nominee for president.

Clinton leads Mitt Romney, 55% to 38%; Rick Perry, 58% to 32%; and Herman Cain, 56% to 34%, among likely voters in a general election.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities ... oll-says/1

There is a precedent for devious females to stick the knife into leaders of left leaning parties...

Just ask Kevin Rudd...

[Coito ergo sum]

Have the youth given up on Obama?
Editor's Note: Brad Chase is a partner with Capitol Media Partners, a Los Angeles-based communications and public affairs consultancy.
By Brad Chase - Special to CNN
In 2008, the youth vote helped sweep Barack Obama into office. Americans 18-29 spread the word on social media, energized fundraising and went to the polls.
In 2012, the youth vote is moving on and throwing those omnipresent “Hope” bumper stickers and t-shirts in garbage bins.

http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com ... -on-obama/

[Coito ergo sum]

Earlier today, Buzzfeed’s Ben Smith announced on Twitter that video researcher Andrew Kaczynski had released “the mysterious Harvard/Obama/race video that the Breitbart folks have been talking about.”
The video, which Kaczynski says was “licensed from a Boston television station,” shows a young Barack Obama leading a protest at Harvard Law School on behalf of Prof. Derrick Bell, a radical academic tied to Jeremiah Wright--about whom we will be releasing significant information in the coming hours.
However, the video has been selectively edited--either by the Boston television station or by Buzzfeed itself. Over the course of the day, Breitbart.com will be releasing additional footage that has been hidden by Obama's allies in the mainstream media and academia.
Breitbart.com Editor-in-Chief Joel Pollak and Editor-at-Large Ben Shapiro will appear on The Sean Hannity Show to discuss the tape. The full tape will be released tonight on Fox News' Hannity.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government ... obama-tape

[Coito ergo sum]

What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government ... obama-tape

[Drewish]

I'm just posting here to follow this thread.

[Coito ergo sum]

I'm just posting here to follow this thread.

Apparently there is some sort of damning video coming out of the Breitbart camp. There is a conspiracy theory circulating that Breitbart was killed because he was planning to release the Obama video....

[Tero]

How many conspiracies do you need to cram into one gubment? It's all the same, gonna take guns Jesus and babies away from regular folk.

[Coito ergo sum]

O.k. - it is 99% certain at this point that Romney will be going up against the great and powerful Obama later this year.

Time to start analyzing!

Can Romney win? How likely is it? What factors will effect the outcome? Could you live with a Romney Presidency, or as in the last two elections, will people say they would rather move to another country if he wins?

Is Romney one of the "stupid" Republicans, or is he one of the "evil" Republicans? Or, both?

[eXcommunicate]

RealClearPolitics' aggregate has been putting Obama above Romney by between 4% and 5% for a while now. I don't trust individual polls; I trust RCP's aggregates though:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls ... -1171.html

Is Romney one of the "stupid" Republicans, or is he one of the "evil" Republicans? Or, both?

Romney is not stupid. He's as "evil" so far as sociopathy is "evil." Gingrich and Romney are tied for the most disingenuous politician to have run for president since Michael Dukakis. Romney makes John Kerry look genuine and likable.

[Warren Dew]

O.k. - it is 99% certain at this point that Romney will be going up against the great and powerful Obama later this year.

I'd be willing to put up a little money against Romney at those odds. I think the chances of a contested convention that goes against Romney, while low, are above 1%.

Can Romney win? How likely is it? What factors will effect the outcome? Could you live with a Romney Presidency, or as in the last two elections, will people say they would rather move to another country if he wins?

I'd be pretty happy with Romney winning. Unlike most candidates, the more I look at Romney's positions, the better I like them.

Can he win? Probably not. Obama's billionaire donors will bury Romney in negative ads - in fact, they've already started to do so.

Is Romney one of the "stupid" Republicans, or is he one of the "evil" Republicans? Or, both?

Neither as stupid nor as evil as Obama.

[eXcommunicate]

Can he win? Probably not. Obama's billionaire donors will bury Romney in negative ads - in fact, they've already started to do so.

Dude, you can be a hoot sometimes. Y'know that? Obama's billionaire donors will bury Romney in negative ads... lol

[Tyrannical]

As racist as Obama is, I just don't understand why he doesn't lead his people back to Africa. When you think that racism will always be a problem, then there is only one thing to do.......