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Re: http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/10/27/bachmann_behind_in_mn-6.html

daetrin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:29:28 -0000

And some small percentage of the voters there are saying to themselves "Dude! We could have a Congressperson named "Elwyn Tinklenberg"!!! How many districts can say something like that?!"

Re: Greenspan Admits Ideology Failed Him -- Political Wire

daetrin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:31:20 -0000

Deregulation works fine as long as you accept cutthroat competition, cutting corners and breaking laws whenever it they can get away with it, the emergence of robber barons, and boom/bust cycles as the market corrects itself from the various excesses.

But you can't preach deregulation and then act surprised when the next bust happens!

Re: Bonus Quote of the Day -- Political Wire

daetrin — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:50:33 -0000

Thanks but no thanks. When Obama wins in November it will be the will of the people, not some divine plan of God. No God or gods is going to tell us what we should do, not directly anyways, we have to use our own free will and figure it out for ourselves, which is as it should be in America.

Re: Rasmussen: Ohio is a Dead Heat -- Political Wire

daetrin — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:42:52 -0000

Okay, i don't know as much about state level politics as i should, but if states like Virginia and North Carolina are being threatened by Obama now, how is _Ohio_ still in question?

Re: Joe Not Vetted -- Political Wire

daetrin — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:54:08 -0000

Okay, the name bit is unfair. His middle name is Joseph and lots of people go by their middle name for regular use. My sister did the same thing for about 25 years before finally getting around to having it legally changed. If he wants to call himself Joe that's his own business and not something that needs to be vetted.

Re: Instant Debate Reaction -- Political Wire

daetrin — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:20:21 -0000

That was the best thing he could do unfortunately. I don't think any male politician can score points by saying bad things about Palin, not even if they're true. It's not logical and it's not fair, but it's true.

Re: Newsweek Poll: Obama Way Out In Front -- Political Wire

daetrin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:23:35 -0000

Well even in the worst depression there's still a small percentage of people who are doing well. Maybe the 10% all own large amounts of stock in companies that sell food, firearms and survival equipment. Liquor companies should be doing well too, relatively speaking.

Re: Palin Abused Her Power -- Political Wire

daetrin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:16:22 -0000

I think it might have made more of a difference if the report had come out on monday and set the tone of that week's news, instead of dribbling out at 6pm (PST) on a friday.

Re: Fox News: Obama Leads By Seven Nationally -- Political Wire

daetrin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:17:51 -0000

So he's doing well with pretty much everyone except middle aged and older white men?

Re: Most GOP Insiders Think Obama Will Win -- Political Wire

daetrin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:47:25 -0000

That is a totally unfair characterization of McCain!! Didn't you see how spryly he scampered when he was told "you're in my way of my script"? :)

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Re: Bonus Quote of the Day -- Political Wire

daetrin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:26:33 -0000

Well i'm sure the _reporters_ would love it, the more drama the better!

Re: Strategic Vision: Chambliss Faces Close Re-Election Race -- Political Wire

daetrin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:06:30 -0000

Sorry, i think you're going to have to wait in line behind the Connecticut for Lieberman (Being Thrown The Bus) Party.

Re: Strategic Vision: Chambliss Faces Close Re-Election Race -- Political Wire

daetrin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:30:39 -0000

Er, this is a GA specific poll, right? Because if they're claiming that McCain is ahead of Obama 50% to 43% _nationally_ then they need to retire from the polling business. (Or ask for a huge bonus from whichever Republicans hired them for the poll.)

Re: The Second Presidential Debate -- Political Wire

daetrin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:13:27 -0000

I never would have thought even just a few months ago that the Republicans and Democrats would be trying to outdo each other in terms of being in favor of nuclear power (tonight) and equal legal rights for homosexuals (VP debate.) What a strange campaign this has been,

Re: Advice for Tonight -- Political Wire

daetrin — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:37:55 -0000

That's not true, Biden should be himself, just less of it than usual :)

Re: Bush Records Highest Disapproval Rate in History -- Political Wire

daetrin — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:11:59 -0000

And like every other job we ought to be "hiring" the best person for the job, not the one who seems the most like "you and me" instead because the best are all so "elitist."

Re: Palin Goes Silent -- Political Wire

daetrin — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:27:39 -0000

With lipstick?

Re: A Massive Failure of Leadership -- Political Wire

daetrin — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:43:02 -0000

"But a majority of those politicians anointed by the U.S. Constitution to reflect the will of the people voted no."

Wouldn't that be at least in part because polls showed that the "will of the people" was that the bailout bill might be a bad idea? A quick google search turns up this:

http://www.latimes.com/busi...

"55% of the poll's respondents said they did not believe the government should be responsible for funding a bailout plan."

You could perhaps criticize them for not having the foresight to look beyond the latest poll and make decisions that are unpopular but necessary (_if_ one considers the bailout necessary of course) but they're hardly failing to reflect the will of the people.

Re: Mississippi Showdown -- Political Wire

daetrin — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:48:58 -0000

He _almost_ managed to make it through without saying "POW," but then lapsed in the last 15 seconds.

Re: McCain Now Wants to Bump VP Debate -- Political Wire

daetrin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:38:34 -0000

Most of us are very interested to hear from Palin since she's been under a media blackout practically from the moment she was nominated. However the primary objection is the whole idiocy of delaying the debates at all in the first place. Finding out more about who we're going to elect is just as important as fixing the economy, because the person we elect is going to be (partially) responsible for continuing to support that economy for at least four years.

If McCain can't handle the responsibilities he has now while campaigning at the same time, why should we believe that he'll be capable of handling the presidency?

Re: Americans Want Debate to Go On -- Political Wire

daetrin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:12:48 -0000

Wow, one of those rare and refreshing occasions where the vast majority of Americans agree with what i feel.

Re: Most Think Palin Unqualified -- Political Wire

daetrin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:55:29 -0000

Presumably a subset of the 50% who thought Bush was qualified in 2004. He managed to drag the bar down pretty damn low before even they (or at least slightly more than half of them) were willing to give up on him.

Re: Economists Favor Obama -- Political Wire

daetrin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:18:31 -0000

It's interesting to note that almost half of the economists are democrats and less than 20% are republicans, and apparently this is a statistically valid sample. Apparently Scott Adams tries to use this statistic to explain away why Obama is favored as an obvious bias.

It seems to me however that if the majority of economists are democrats there are only two reasonable conclusions you can draw. Either the entire science(?) of economics is bunk and thus the survey (and everything else economists say) is meaningless, or economists know something that the average Republican doesn't and that the Republican policy makers don't want to admit.

Re: Field Poll: Obama Way Ahead in California -- Political Wire

daetrin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:01:14 -0000

Time to queue up comments about how "a recent poll has shown that most people believe that water is wet."

Re: Bonus Quote of the Day -- Political Wire

daetrin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:57:58 -0000

In an attempt to try and be fair, McCain didn't actually say this himself, which gives him a pretty strong level of deniability. Though i've got to admit that the "eye for an eye" portion of my psyche really wants him to get hammered about it anyways.