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Mitt
Ulsterman • Fri 2012 Nov 2, 5:29pm

Ulsterman: So there are no clean elections?

White House Insider: Not in my experience son. Not even close. I will say this though…Romney…the Romney campaign. They are about as clean as I’ve seen. And I ain’t sayin’ that just because…you know. It’s the truth. Which is a good thing in a way…but in another way…it worries me. Got an ulcer the size of my fist, swear to God…I’d feel better if they played a little more dirty on that end of things. Just for some peace of mind. It’s usually not the candidate who is the campaign crook. It’s…it’s the rest of us. We do the down n dirty, right? But Romney…he’s made it clear the campaign isn’t to go there.

UM: What happens right after the election? If Obama loses?

WHI: Riots.

UM: And if Obama wins?

WHI: Riots.

Smokey O
Katie Pavlich, Townhall • Fri 2012 Nov 2, 5:09pm

To return to office a narcissistic amateur who seeks to ride this nation's economy and international esteem to oblivion, like Slim Pickens riding the nuclear bomb to its target at the end of the movie "Dr. Strangelove," would be disastrous. Candidate Obama said if he couldn't fix the economy in four years, his would be a one-term presidency. Mitt Romney is moral, capable and responsible man. Just this once, it's time to hold Barack Obama to his word. Maybe we can all do something about that, come Tuesday.

Joe
Serena Dai, The Atlantic • Thu 2012 Nov 1, 11:17am

Weird Uncle Joe Biden showed up to campaign for Barack Obama in Florida today, and man, was he on top of his weird uncle game. … “And after it's all over, when your insurance rates go down, then you’ll vote for me in 2016.” … "As they say in my business," he told a rally, "I'm going to give you the whole load today." … Biden turned to the group of guys, then… asked one of them, “Are you Indian?” “American!” the man responded. … today in Florida… referencing the Cleveland Plain Dealer, he calls it "one of the major newspapers in this state."

Ass
Noel Sheppard, NewsBusters • Wed 2012 Oct 31, 6:17pm

Imagine that. A presidential candidate who gives millions of dollars a year to charity does a storm relief event in Ohio, and an MSNBC anchor is disgusted by it because the Red Cross would prefer people donating cash. … “I found that sort of fake, relief rally, whatever it is, to be pretty offensive, and also wrong-headed….” [Seriously.]

Emmentaler Limburger at Hope n'Change Cartoons • Tue 2012 Oct 23, 6:29pm

Per the massive voter fraud scenario, I think there will be violence - some half-hearted rioting - sponsored by the likes of the "New" Black Panthers, The Department of Justice, and other radical, left-wing militant groups - but I honestly think an Øbama win in November will plunge this country into something akin to a civil war. Mostly because the voter fraud aspect will be extremely difficult to hide, and those who won't countenance it are also those who are most able to participate in such an "insurrection" without having to be armed by the government. So, the course of our country will then be decided by not the electorate, but by the military. If the military is complicit, and turns the might of the country against those who would fight this tyranny, the constitutional conservative (or conservative constitutionalist, if you prefer) will become literally extinct, and the USA will become the new Greece. I hope for the sake of all around me; for the sake of my children and my grandchildren, that it does not come to this, but it is a fear that has nagged me every morning for the past year.

Cutie-pie O
Carl Bunderson, EWTN News • Mon 2012 Oct 22, 10:23am

Nearly 2,000 pro-lifers called local Planned Parenthood clinics Oct. 18 to schedule mammograms, after President Obama implied the organization offers the service. … Planned Parenthood does not actually provide women with mammograms, but refers patients out to other facilities for the exam.

O
Revealing Politics • Fri 2012 Oct 19, 1:41pm

President Obama stammered through a lame response that ultimately failed to address the question. When Romney attempted to address the President’s inconsistencies in his excuse making, the moderator managed to forget her position and came to the aid of the President. [Video]

What, me President?
Byron York, Washington Examiner • Thu 2012 Oct 18, 8:29pm

[Chris Matthews:] “I don't think [Romney] understands the Constitution of the United States. He’s the president of the United States. You don't say, 'You’ll get your chance.'" … just for the record, there is nothing in the Constitution barring one from saying “You’ll get your chance” to the President of the United States — no matter what his supporters on MSNBC say.

R v O
chrissythehyphenated, PoliNation • Thu 2012 Oct 18, 5:23pm

No, no, no! This is too complicated, too wordy, too much detail. How's anybody supposed to understand all this wonky stuff?

Is this inspiring graphic your doing, CtH?

Mrs W just walked in & LOL'd at it.

J.R. Dunn, American Thinker • Thu 2012 Oct 18, 2:59pm

The most single telling moment of Tuesday's debate - and possibly of any of the debates - came early, when Obama attempted to interrupt Romney one time too many. The governor rebuked him, politely but firmly, and Obama simply turned and went back to his stool.

Ass
Washington Free Beacon Staff • Thu 2012 Oct 18, 11:31am

“President Obama, during the Democratic National Convention in 2008, you stated you wanted to keep Ak-47’s out of the hands of criminals,” said Nina Gonzalez, who was part of the audience of so-called undecided voters. “What has your administration done, or plan to do, to limit the availability of assault weapons?”

Nina Gonzalez is registered as a Democrat in Nassau County, N.Y., according to voter registration records.

What, me President?
Real Clear Politics • Thu 2012 Oct 18, 10:24am

Obama: "The way we're going to create jobs here is not just changing our tax code, but also to double our exports. And we are on pace to double our exports, one of the commitments I made when I was president. That's creating tens of thousands of jobs all across the country." [Anticipatory-past tense. Emphasis added.]

Cutie-Pie O
Erik Wemple, Washington Post • Thu 2012 Oct 18, 10:19am

The president’s clear intent to sidestep Ladka’s inquiry might have prompted activist moderator Candy Crowley to say, Hey, how ‘bout an answer, Mr. President? She didn’t, and the conversation careened toward a clash over whether the president had given the country a timely admission that Benghazi was a terrorist attack. … As to Ladka’s question about who turned down the Benghazi security requests and why, Obama reportedly told him that “releasing the individual names of anyone in the State Department would really put them at risk,” Ladka says.

Paul Joseph Watson at Info Wars • Thu 2012 Oct 18, 10:09am

As we reported yesterday, in addition to threats by Obama supporters to riot if Romney wins, innumerable Twitter users are also making direct death threats against Romney. The primary reason given for Obama supporters wanting to see Romney dead is the fear that he will take away food stamps. [Emphasis added.]

Smug O
Llarry on Ace of Spades • Wed 2012 Oct 17, 3:55pm

Romney pulled off the incredible feat of getting Obama to tell two lies in one, both of which damage Obama, and Romney got him to do it on national TV, in a presidential debate, AND Romney did it on the spur of the moment, while being assaulted by planted questioners, a biased monitor, and an opponent who's a lying prick shielded by his race.

Romney just keeps getting more impressive.

Cutie-Pie O
no good deed on Ace • Tue 2012 Oct 16, 10:41pm

Okay, this will be my only reference to the debate. Best quote of the night belongs to Obama. "I don't look at mine. It's not as big as yours."

Joe
Wall Street Journal • Tue 2012 Oct 16, 11:19am

On nearly every specific issue on which Mr. Biden attacked, he was demonstrably wrong. The Administration's Medicare actuary really does say that 15% of hospitals will take on operating deficits as a result of ObamaCare's cuts in payments to Medicare providers. The American Enterprise Institute study doesn't say that Mr. Romney's plan will raise taxes on the middle class, and Mr. Ryan's Medicare plan doesn't raise costs for seniors by $6,400. Mr. Biden never even tried to offer a second-term agenda.

Joe
Yes, it's the Onion • Mon 2012 Oct 15, 7:38pm

After moderator Martha Raddatz asked Biden to give his closing statements, the former senator stared down at his prepared statement for several moments before setting it aside, standing on top of the table in front of him, and sharing a series of frank, poignant personal reflections as a surprised and reverent hush fell across the auditorium. “I know people expect me to embarrass myself right now, or to do something reckless or silly, but I’m not going to do that—not tonight,” said Biden, his voice suddenly tinged with what observers described as a degree of warmth and tender regret never before heard from the veteran politician.

Stephen Green • Mon 2012 Oct 15, 7:01pm

Joe Biden? I knew Lloyd Benson. Lloyd Benson was a friend of mine. And, you Mr. Vice President, are no Lloyd Benson.

Victor Davis Hanson, PJ Media • Mon 2012 Oct 15, 6:52pm

Over 60 million now expect little at all from their president in the debate, so Obama will benefit from dismal expectations by just showing up as the incumbent and being addressed as “Mr. President.”

Mitt
Roger L Simon, PJ Media • Sun 2012 Oct 14, 7:13pm

Anyone with an IQ in triple digits knows that Romney would be a better president than Obama… that probably includes Obama himself, considering the level at which he debated. … there is a more significant reason he did so badly in the debate than his own relative ineptitude and dyspepsia. Liberalism, his ideology, is economically indefensible. It doesn’t work. He had, in reality, no response when confronted by Romney’s positions. When it comes to liberalism, there’s no there there. … What we may have witnessed on October 3, 2012, is the death of liberalism. And it deserves to die because it is a greedy and self-centered ideology masked under the pretense of generosity….

jas at Ace of Spades • Sat 2012 Oct 13, 12:43pm

Wait, Obama's got the Muslim Brotherhood visiting the WH, Arabists have infiltrated the State Dept., and we have the likes of Nidal Hassan murdering our soldiers at Ft. Hood, and somebody is worried about Mormons infiltrating the governments? I'll take my chances with Mormons over the death cult any day.

Nevergiveup at Ace of Spades • Fri 2012 Oct 12, 10:29pm

By the way as a Dentist I apologize for the shitty bright white laminates or crowns that dick biden has. Some Dentist really took him for a ride. Like freaken headlights. Ya know how many patients I talk out of getting a grill like that

RarestRX on Ace of Spades • Fri 2012 Oct 12, 9:15pm

101 Erevis over on Ar15.com crunched the numbers:

In the VP debate, Biden interrupted Ryan 82 times. The moderator
interrupted Ryan 34 times, for a total of 116 times in a 90 minute
debate.

Now, let's break that down further:
Biden spoke for 41:50 minutes. Ryan spoke for 40.05 minutes.

This means that Ryan was interrupted by either Biden or the moderator EVERY 20.73 SECONDS.

Try making ANY POINT under such assault.

The Political Hat • Fri 2012 Oct 12, 11:48am

Vice-President Joe Biden harangued Rep. Paul Ryan for “putting two wars on a credit card” by voting to authorize the use of force against Afghanistan and Iraq. … [Biden] in fact voted FOR BOTH WARS! … yea vote on S. J. Res. 23 (107th Congress), which was a “joint resolution to authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the recent attacks launched against the United States.” Biden also voted yea on H. J. Res. 114 (107th Congress), which was a “joint resolution to authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against Iraq.”

Cutie-Pie O
Dan Collins, Conservative Commune • Wed 2012 Oct 10, 6:53pm

Obama's major US campaign donations website is specifically designed not only to accept unverified donations, but to make donations unverifiable, by mechanizing the falsification of IP addresses from which those donations have been received. The Obama campaign has specifically encoded its website so as to make the commission of fraud a matter of utmost simplicity, rendering those donations untraceable.

Toby Harnden in the Daily Mail • Wed 2012 Oct 10, 6:48pm

The Denver debate, however, showed that Obama, constantly reinforced by people agreeing with him and seldom engaging in the cut and thrust of political discussion with opponents or even allies in Washington, does not take kindly to being challenged.

Having rarely exposed himself to tough questioning from interviewers because the White House prefers to arrange chats on entertainment shows, Obama was blindsided by an energised, well-prepared Romney hitting with with a barrage of facts and forensic argument.

Rom
Jason Howerton at The Blaze • Wed 2012 Oct 10, 5:52pm

Addressing Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Romney said he is committed to stopping the radical regime from developing a nuclear warhead.

“There’s no daylight between the United States and Israel,” he said. “We’re both absolutely committed to preventing Iran from having a nuclear weapon. My own test is Iran should not have the capability of producing a nuclear weapon… I can’t speak for the president in this regard.”

The GOP nominee also said he would have Israel’s back both at the U.N and “militarily.” He said Israel attacking Iran would not surprise him if he were president.

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