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Who I side with... by Jody May 12, 2012 7:41 pm

In a nutshell... You are an independent.You are socially Liberal but fiscally Libertarian. Aya. by Jody 2012-05-13 09:46:28
Surprised me, too. Mesplay 68%, Obama 63%, Johnson 58%. by bowser 2012-05-13 08:48:08
Kind of surprising by FrankC 2012-05-13 01:14:32
77% Ron Paul, 65% Barack Obama n/t by RobVG 2012-05-12 21:17:20
- It's funny, right before Jody posted, I was working on a "Dude, where's my candidate?" post n/t by RobVG 2012-05-14 07:40:44
My numbers... by ER 2012-05-12 20:13:47
Bonus points for a poll that actually allows you to get some nuance into your answers! by TB 2012-05-12 19:58:53

*This* is Gary Johnson by Jody May 13, 2012 12:55 pm

I definitely think you should vote for him! :-) by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-13 21:12:25

Meanwhile, out in the real world by TB May 11, 2012 3:47 pm

And in Israel: by TB 2012-05-11 21:11:09
- Israel won't fight Iran. Israel can't fight Iran. Israel can get the US entangled, though. by bowser 2012-05-11 21:26:32
  - Red Heifer Republicans by ER 2012-05-12 06:31:55
    - How would you solve the problem? by johannes 2012-05-12 07:25:57
      - Look at a map. That will explain a lot. n/t by bowser 2012-05-12 16:59:33
        
        It does explain a lot. by TB 2012-05-13 12:32:06
      - It's not my problem. by ER 2012-05-12 08:18:11

Happy Mother's Day. by ER May 13, 2012 7:06 am

For you ER....and all men... by Jody 2012-05-13 08:13:25

Why Mitt the high school bully matters by BuckGalaxy May 10, 2012 8:30 pm

So, by TB 2012-05-11 15:24:25
- How hypocritical is that!? by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-11 23:34:02
- The dog on the roof never bothered me. by ER 2012-05-11 17:05:30
  - On second thought... by ER 2012-05-11 17:27:39
    - You mean the one Obama ignored all that time? Proving, of course, it was true. by TB 2012-05-11 17:33:33
      - You guys just wouldn't let that go.... by ER 2012-05-11 17:58:08
        
        And how long before Obama actually effectively responded to that accusation? by TB 2012-05-11 19:43:14
        
        He responded immediately. by ER 2012-05-11 20:45:45
        
        "Crush?" On issues like this? by TB 2012-05-11 21:24:24
        
        Yes, crushed. by ER 2012-05-12 06:05:01
Timing. Brilliant on the part of those who released the story. n/t by RobVG 2012-05-11 08:20:57
- Looks like the Democrats are going to crawl all the way out to the end of the branch. Again. by TB 2012-05-11 12:31:01
  - I can't wait til Romney issues a complete denial and challenges the story as false. by ER 2012-05-11 13:27:36
    - He doesn't have to. It seems to be falling apart by itself. by TB 2012-05-11 13:49:08
      - Don't hold your breath by ER 2012-05-11 14:24:51
        
        The article had conversations with a few of the same people who figure in the current story. by TB 2012-05-11 14:38:39
        
        It won't be necessary. by ER 2012-05-11 14:48:05
        
        Sorry, but the Left has a much more consistent record of lying. by TB 2012-05-11 14:58:43
        
        Something in a swiftboat? by podrock 2012-05-11 17:43:06
        
        I believe that topic statement as a stand-alone is awesome. by bowser 2012-05-11 15:47:45
        
        No inconsistency. by ER 2012-05-11 15:33:54
        
        What "risks?" by TB 2012-05-11 15:41:39
        
        Reputation, lawsuits, loss of business. by ER 2012-05-11 15:47:53
        
        My comment stands. by TB 2012-05-11 16:54:17
        
        I'm still waiting for Mitt to step up and defend himself. by ER 2012-05-11 17:15:03
        
        We'll know more when things settle down and the media stops erasing and rewriting. I don't think one of the original ... by TB 2012-05-11 17:00:09
        
        We'll know more when we hear from MItt. by ER 2012-05-11 17:17:29
        
        But shooting his mouth off in the Washington Post has no such risks? by TB 2012-05-11 15:56:08
        
        You responded before I finished editing. by ER 2012-05-11 16:16:05
Eleven days in May by ER 2012-05-11 05:10:38
Because Democrats desperately don't want the real issues to matter. by TB 2012-05-10 21:20:05
- That one's getting old. I can remember when Conservatives hollared "Character counts!" by bowser 2012-05-11 22:21:22
- It's not at the exclusion of other more important issues... by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-10 22:16:28
  - No dark sarcasm in the classroom by ER 2012-05-11 05:28:05
    - Just for fun, look up the Punahou School. by TB 2012-05-11 07:12:18
      - So its OK for Republicans to be preppies? by ER 2012-05-11 07:48:34
        
        You didn't even bother to look, did you. by TB 2012-05-11 08:33:32
        
        You insist on bringing this up, don't you? by ER 2012-05-11 08:37:23
- P.S. Watch this one backfire, too. by TB 2012-05-10 21:28:51
  - Romney described as "evil" lol by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-11 11:00:14

Red State Socialism by BuckGalaxy May 10, 2012 12:54 pm

An interesting correlation. by ER 2012-05-10 13:38:10
- Of course data can be manipulated by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-10 17:33:59
  - I'm not going to start taking apart these stats, and I'm not trained to do it. by ER 2012-05-10 18:35:24
    - I understand your point by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-10 20:33:26
      - It may very well be causal. by ER 2012-05-11 05:55:23

Brave political move on marriage equality by BuckGalaxy May 9, 2012 8:17 pm

This was strictly a political move. by ER 2012-05-10 06:19:05
- I think the terms "bigot" and "bigotry" are under-used on this issue by Robert 2012-05-10 09:51:08
  - Most Republicans aren't bigots. by ER 2012-05-10 10:01:40
    - That equation balances by Robert 2012-05-10 10:52:04
      - I do believe you've stumbled onto something, Robert. by ER 2012-05-10 11:32:11
        
        To me the freedoms are a matched set by Robert 2012-05-10 12:51:50
        
        People who are afraid and insecure... by ER 2012-05-10 14:01:26
- I disagree. The politics are not clear on this by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-10 09:41:27
  - Buck... by TB 2012-05-10 09:59:40
    - And now let's look at the bigger picture... by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-10 10:23:06
  - I hope you're right. by ER 2012-05-10 09:56:55
- Operational Tempo. by ER 2012-05-10 09:37:00
  - I'm not saying the delivery wasn't calculated by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-10 09:52:45
Ever notice how in the media Republicans "flip flop" while Democrats "evolve?" by TB 2012-05-09 20:40:45
- Could it be because it's Republicans who coined the term and make such a big deal about it? by Robert 2012-05-10 09:40:26
- Most people can see and relate with the evolution of Obama's views on this. by bowser 2012-05-09 22:51:49
- Obama just got all the closet republican vote. by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-09 21:11:09
- And on a completely unrelated note... by TB 2012-05-09 20:49:23
  - "Courage"? What's that about? by bowser 2012-05-09 23:41:03
    - It is yet another in the growing repertoire of Conservative dog-whistles. by ER 2012-05-10 06:45:54
      - No, it was a comment on Buck's use of the word "brave." by TB 2012-05-10 07:05:36
        
        By the way... by TB 2012-05-10 08:44:03
        
        Your points are always steam hammers. by ER 2012-05-10 08:58:29
  - There was some political calculation but this wasn't really necessay by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-09 21:19:02

The Trouble in Tampa by ER May 3, 2012 3:04 pm

Were I 50 years younger, I'd want to help. by bowser 2012-05-03 17:41:21
- It seemed like a great idea at the time. by ER 2012-05-03 19:31:53
  - tst by ER 2012-05-06 16:06:09

Happy Mayday, Comrades. by ER May 1, 2012 11:55 am

Does this thing just crash from time to time, or does an "editor" mess with the format? by bowser 2012-05-01 13:09:55
Comment test by ER 2012-05-01 11:57:35
- Seems too much like vork, comrade! by bob 2012-05-01 12:58:32

Wind farms may cause warming by RobVG April 29, 2012 10:02 pm

That's interesting. by bowser 2012-04-30 08:09:48
- test by ER 2012-04-30 16:10:36
  - Help Help by ER 2012-04-30 16:14:03
    - Roger Roger by Robert 2012-05-01 10:57:54
      - I saw the banner for your msg, but couldn't read it. by ER 2012-05-01 11:33:25
- The ones up in Lake Benton, MN are all on farms. by TB 2012-04-30 08:44:42
- Roscoe Texas by RobVG 2012-04-30 08:25:32
  - Yup. Thanks. by bowser 2012-04-30 08:28:13
- "The Deep Environmentalists aren’t about clean energy. They’re about hating human beings." by bowser 2012-04-30 08:13:42
  - Where did money come into this? by TB 2012-04-30 08:47:42
  - Should be under TBs "Good Grief" post. by bowser 2012-04-30 08:15:11
Good grief. by TB 2012-04-30 08:09:28

"Taxmageddon" by RobVG April 27, 2012 9:13 pm

More details here. Notice how this tax avalanche covers less than half the current annual deficit. Wait! Don't forget the $5 ... by TB 2012-04-28 07:35:31
- More details by RobVG 2012-04-28 10:23:47
  - The CBO "baseline" analysis of our future deficits assumes that all of these laws expire on schedule. by TB 2012-04-28 10:52:12

These stories come in like clockwork. by bowser April 27, 2012 5:46 pm

I'm really wondering if the Taliban are really that much of a problem to anyone. As I recall, the ... by ER 2012-04-27 19:53:37
- Before we started demonizing the Taliban, their only sin was not turning OBL over to the US. They were ... by bowser 2012-04-28 02:23:47
  - The Taliban had pleny of sins that needed punishing, but that was none of our business. Harboring the guys who ... by ER 2012-04-28 09:31:56

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