Romney VS Obama: The Megathread

[Wikkiwallana]

Crap, did anyone remember to put the glue traps out?!

Black Forrest was supposed to do that but he got them all stuck to himself and we had to call the paramedics. Damn.

Did we at least get it on video?

[The United Soviet Socialist Republic]

"To the left" in the sense of going back to the political center after the blue dogs lost their elections.

To make the argument that Democrats aren't willing to compromise on nearly every issue if they get something in return is to deny reality.

That depends on how you define "left" and "right". Traditionalist Monarchists, for example, would be well to the right of Modern Republicans.

Also, why are people voting for Ron Paul at this point if he's already dropped out?

Did Paul drop out? I did not know that.

[Farnhamia]

It seems that Rupert Murdoch and his crew at the WSJ are less than enthused about Mitt Romney.

Mr. Murdoch’s thoughts on the Republican presidential candidate’s prospects? “Tough O Chicago pros will be hard to beat unless he drops old friends from the team.” Chances of that? “Doubtful,” he tapped out in a Twitter message from his iPad last weekend.

Then, on Thursday, Mr. Murdoch’s flagship newspaper, The Wall Street Journal, published a blistering editorial criticizing Mr. Romney’s campaign, accusing it of being hapless and looking “confused in addition to being politically dumb.”

Romney and Journal staff members who attended said that despite being deeply prepared and animated — particularly on his love for data crunching — Mr. Romney failed to connect with either Mr. Murdoch or The Journal’s editorial page editor, Paul A. Gigot. Instead of articulating a clear and consistent conservative philosophy, he dwelled on organizational charts and executive management, areas of expertise that made him a multimillionaire as the head of his private equity firm, Bain Capital.

At one point, Mr. Romney declared that “I would probably bring in McKinsey,” the management consulting firm, to help him set up his presidential cabinet, a comment that seemed to startle the editors and left Mr. Murdoch visibly taken aback.

The Journal’s write-up of that meeting would later glibly refer to Mr. Romney as “Consultant in Chief.”

[Wikkiwallana]

That depends on how you define "left" and "right". Traditionalist Monarchists, for example, would be well to the right of Modern Republicans.

Also, why are people voting for Ron Paul at this point if he's already dropped out?

Did Paul drop out? I did not know that.

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[The United Soviet Socialist Republic]

Did Paul drop out? I did not know that.

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Thanks for clearing that up.

[Texacoe]

Obama.

The mendacious Mr. Romney will probably make us loose quite a bit if not all.....

It could be said that both President Obama and Mitt Romney are liars. Of course, two wrongs don't make a right, but the point of hypocrisy stands.

If I can make an observation, the term ''mendacious'' appears in both your signature and this post. Is that a word you saw and decided to use a lot to seem intelligent, or what? I'm interested to know.

Romney is a big BIG BIG liar Obama is not his comity just heavily manipulates him and misrepresents him most of the time but they Apo keen no harm and as for Mitt Rongy why would we put some one in who just says stuff to please the audience which most times contradicts what he says in the first place or has abln underlying meaning to it.

[Milks Empire]

Can I have some of what he's on? ^

[The United Soviet Socialist Republic]

Can I have some of what he's on? ^

I wouldnt recomend it.

[The Steel Magnolia]

[quote="Texacoe";p="10000988"
Romney is a big BIG [size=200l]BIG[/size] Obama is not his comity just heavily manipulates him and misrepresents him most of the time but they Apo keen no harm and as for Mitt Rongy why would we put some one in who just says stuff to please the audience which most times contradicts what he says in the first place or has abln underlying meaning to it.[/quote]

I...
I was going to fix that, but I'm not actually sure I can.

Right now all I can see is RomneyxObama slash, which is, uh, not something I really want to get into.

[Wikkiwallana]

Romney is a big BIG [size=200l]BIG[/size] Obama is not his comity just heavily manipulates him and misrepresents him most of the time but they Apo keen no harm and as for Mitt Rongy why would we put some one in who just says stuff to please the audience which most times contradicts what he says in the first place or has abln underlying meaning to it.

I...
I was going to fix that, but I'm not actually sure I can.

Right now all I can see is RomneyxObama slash, which is, uh, not something I really want to get into.

Oh shit, my brain! Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you! It burns!!!! Where is the brain bleach?!

[The United Soviet Socialist Republic]

I...
I was going to fix that, but I'm not actually sure I can.

Right now all I can see is RomneyxObama slash, which is, uh, not something I really want to get into.

Oh shit, my brain! Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you! It burns!!!! Where is the brain bleach?!

Here. Found it under the brain section of Soylent.

[The Mongol Ilkhanate]

I have come to one, inescapable conclusion through my "How do I prove Barack Obama is worsening the economy thread"

In general, the thought process of Democrats is not "There is no proof, therefore Barack Obama is not worsening the economy", the thought process is "Barack Obama is not worsening the economy, therefore there is no proof."

[Texacoe]

[quote="Texacoe";p="10000988"
Romney is a big BIG [size=200l]BIG[/size] Obama is not his comity just heavily manipulates him and misrepresents him most of the time but they Apo keen no harm and as for Mitt Rongy why would we put some one in who just says stuff to please the audience which most times contradicts what he says in the first place or has abln underlying meaning to it.

I...
I was going to fix that, but I'm not actually sure I can.

Right now all I can see is RomneyxObama slash, which is, uh, not something I really want to get into.[/quote]
Hay that's not funny so I made a typo it happens

[Felix Terra]

I don't know were else to ask this.

Why does the political compass say that Obama is a right-wing authoritarian? Isn't that the exact opposite of what he is? I don't think it's "well, some might call him that". No, I think it's the exact opposite.

[The Steel Magnolia]

I...
I was going to fix that, but I'm not actually sure I can.

Right now all I can see is RomneyxObama slash, which is, uh, not something I really want to get into.

Hay that's not funny so I made a typo it happens

You made many typos.

Many. Typos.

[Death Metal]

"To the left" in the sense of going back to the political center after the blue dogs lost their elections.

To make the argument that Democrats aren't willing to compromise on nearly every issue if they get something in return is to deny reality.

That depends on how you define "left" and "right". Traditionalist Monarchists, for example, would be well to the right of Modern Republicans.

Also, why are people voting for Ron Paul at this point if he's already dropped out?

Libertarianism has also been defined with some plausibility as the form taken by liberalism as common sense asymptotically approaches zero.
-Richard Carnes

[Wamitoria]

I don't know were else to ask this.

Why does the political compass say that Obama is a right-wing authoritarian? Isn't that the exact opposite of what he is? I don't think it's "well, some might call him that". No, I think it's the exact opposite.

Somebody at the website is a crazed Ron Paul supporter who, for some reason, feels butthurt that Obama wasn't Socialist Jesus.

He isn't a left-wing libertarian either. He's a centrist in every sense of the word.

[Maurepas]

I don't know were else to ask this.

Why does the political compass say that Obama is a right-wing authoritarian? Isn't that the exact opposite of what he is? I don't think it's "well, some might call him that". No, I think it's the exact opposite.

The entirety of the US government is "right-wing authoritarian", if you aren't you can't be elected in this country. Just because he's a little bit left of the GOP doesn't change his position.

He's still not Noam Chomsky or Milton Friedman, no matter what either side would try to claim.

[Christian Democrats]

I don't know were else to ask this.

Why does the political compass say that Obama is a right-wing authoritarian? Isn't that the exact opposite of what he is? I don't think it's "well, some might call him that". No, I think it's the exact opposite.

The entirety of the US government is "right-wing authoritarian", if you aren't you can't be elected in this country. Just because he's a little bit left of the GOP doesn't change his position.

He's still not Noam Chomsky or Milton Friedman, no matter what either side would try to claim.

If the United States is "right-wing authoritarian," then what does that make these countries?

* Germany in the 1930s
* Italy in the 1930s
* Spain in the 1950s

Or how about these modern-day countries?

* Iran
* Saudi Arabia

[Wamitoria]

To some people, everything is right-wing authoritarian.

[Death Metal]

The entirety of the US government is "right-wing authoritarian", if you aren't you can't be elected in this country. Just because he's a little bit left of the GOP doesn't change his position.

He's still not Noam Chomsky or Milton Friedman, no matter what either side would try to claim.

If the United States is "right-wing authoritarian," then what does that make these countries?

* Germany in the 1930s
* Italy in the 1930s
* Spain in the 1950s

Or how about these modern-day countries?

* Iran
* Saudi Arabia

Don't forget North Korea.

Hell, even UAE...

[The Nuclear Fist]

The entirety of the US government is "right-wing authoritarian", if you aren't you can't be elected in this country. Just because he's a little bit left of the GOP doesn't change his position.

He's still not Noam Chomsky or Milton Friedman, no matter what either side would try to claim.

If the United States is "right-wing authoritarian," then what does that make these countries?

* Germany in the 1930s
* Italy in the 1930s
* Spain in the 1950s

Or how about these modern-day countries?

* Iran
* Saudi Arabia

Far Right wing, extremist dictatorships.

[Christian Democrats]

If the United States is "right-wing authoritarian," then what does that make these countries?

* Germany in the 1930s
* Italy in the 1930s
* Spain in the 1950s

Or how about these modern-day countries?

* Iran
* Saudi Arabia

Don't forget North Korea.

Hell, even UAE...

North Korea is a left-wing authoritarian country. The People's Republic of China and Vietnam are two other good examples of left-wing authoritarian nations.

[Maurepas]

The entirety of the US government is "right-wing authoritarian", if you aren't you can't be elected in this country. Just because he's a little bit left of the GOP doesn't change his position.

He's still not Noam Chomsky or Milton Friedman, no matter what either side would try to claim.

If the United States is "right-wing authoritarian," then what does that make these countries?

* Germany in the 1930s
* Italy in the 1930s
* Spain in the 1950s

Or how about these modern-day countries?

* Iran
* Saudi Arabia

They would all probably be at the top of the spectrum. Pure Authoritarian, there's no free enterprise, just whatever the state whims in the fascist system, and the other two are the same, just Theocracies.

Just because the US is Right Wing Authoritarian, doesn't mean there aren't countries that are more Authoritarian than the US is. Hell, all of those are far more Authoritarian than the US.

Not to mix metaphors, but it's like saying a Granny Smith Apple is sour, but that doesn't mean a Lemon isn't even more sour, or not sour at all. A lemon still far out classes it in sour in every way shape and form, but that doesn't mean the Apple isn't sour all the same.

[Wamitoria]

North Korea is so insane that it's essentially moved beyond traditional left-right political paradigms. It's why you can't really classify Democratic Kampuchea as politically "left" or "right."