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Hate to say it but Hillary is out for 2016. No matter how non-serious this maybe perception is everything during a campaign.
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Good lord, they cannot even create a skeleton deal with the most important pieces that will avoid the worst issues.
So, approval rating in Congress/House is never going back into the double digits, is it?
So, approval rating in Congress/House is never going back into the double digits, is it?
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I never liked HRC for president in 2016 anyway. I will never arbitrarily say someone is too old for the job, since health and energy levels can only ever be assessed on a case by case basis, but she has really aged a lot in the past four years, and always looks tired. So in her case, even without this episode, I think she just won't have what the job requires.
As far as the NFL coaches go, I feel bad for Lovie Smith, who's basically paying the price for a quarterback who simply has neither the leadership skills nor the desire to put in the hard work all the time to be elite. How the hell do you fumble without being touched, like Cutler did yesterday? Even Mike Shanahan couldn't do the job with this putz.
As far as the NFL coaches go, I feel bad for Lovie Smith, who's basically paying the price for a quarterback who simply has neither the leadership skills nor the desire to put in the hard work all the time to be elite. How the hell do you fumble without being touched, like Cutler did yesterday? Even Mike Shanahan couldn't do the job with this putz.
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Senator McCain is in his seventies. Senator Dole was wounded in action. FDR was in a wheelchair. This is news... How?
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Approval ratings? You're joking, right? But at least the NRA's approval rating is still well ahead of the ratings for the media, congress, and Obama.
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Deadman Pass on Cabbage Hill, I-84 Oregon is named after four white freighters who were hauling over the mountains. They got caught up in the "Bannock Uprising" of the 1870s, and were killed. That stretch of the highway is quite scary now, in other respects, in the fall, winter and spring because of dense fog and ice.
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@ 4, two of those three politicians are failed candidates for president. FDR's malady was carefully hidden from the American public, and only became widely known after he died. (Also, he wasn't that old when first elected; and was the only president in American history to serve more than two terms.)
You can argue whether the issue of HRC's health is fair (and I would say that, in and of itself, it isn't), but a candidate's public perception includes age and health.
You can argue whether the issue of HRC's health is fair (and I would say that, in and of itself, it isn't), but a candidate's public perception includes age and health.
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@8: hell, it's scary in sunny weather. that is one steep grade.
bus-going-over-the-cliff is one of my recurring nightmares.
bus-going-over-the-cliff is one of my recurring nightmares.
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@4, FDR was in his early/mid 50's when he was elected and it wasn't the polio that ended up killing him..it was the fact he drank like a fish and smoked like mad which ended up giving him heart disease that his doctors knew about when he ran the fourth time. Ulitmately, it was a cerebrial hemerage that did him in at The Little White House in Warm Springs GA.
And yes, people "knew" he suffered from Polio but the perception was he had some use of his legs which was a orchastrated lie by the White House.
And yes, people "knew" he suffered from Polio but the perception was he had some use of his legs which was a orchastrated lie by the White House.
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@3: Don't feel bad for Lovie Smith. He's paying the price for not being able to put together a functioning offense over the past 9 years. Certainly the previous GM bears some responsibility for that, but not nearly all of it.
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How skint do you have to be to charter a bus between Oregon and Vegas when round-trip flights between Portland and Vegas can be had for around $200?
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@7
Sorry Obama is polling at 57% favorable compared to NRA which is polling between 50 to 54%. Perhaps you should do a little research before making assinine statements.
Sorry Obama is polling at 57% favorable compared to NRA which is polling between 50 to 54%. Perhaps you should do a little research before making assinine statements.
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@12 I't's not hard to figure out the winning formula for the Bears: punt on 1st down and let the defense do the work.
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I checked and the fiscal cliff will mostly not affect my family, even my brother in NYC who is in the February issue of Fortune.
Why?
Because they max out their retirements at the cap already, and that went up this year.
But, hey, live in Fear if you must.
Why?
Because they max out their retirements at the cap already, and that went up this year.
But, hey, live in Fear if you must.
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Your President is lazy.
There is no one at the wheel of the state of ship.
He steals 46ยข of every dollar he spends from our children.
And Democraps don't give a shit.
(killing your own babies off gives you a certain freedom of action when it comes to intergenerational thievery...)
There is no one at the wheel of the state of ship.
He steals 46ยข of every dollar he spends from our children.
And Democraps don't give a shit.
(killing your own babies off gives you a certain freedom of action when it comes to intergenerational thievery...)
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@ 12, I guess that's true. But that offense and defense ought to win more, regardless of who is at the helm. Still, coaches always pay for the failure of their athletes, whether they can actually be coached out of their bad habits or not.
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@18, typical Swill of Seattle comment, going for the stooge formerly with McKinsey & Co. --- Swill of Seattle hasn't a brain on board, but at least he's consistent in that.
My 2013 gift to the far rightwingers, like Swill, et al., who moronically believe themselves to be "liberal" for that after morning screen saver after a night of heavy drinking:
http://boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads…
My 2013 gift to the far rightwingers, like Swill, et al., who moronically believe themselves to be "liberal" for that after morning screen saver after a night of heavy drinking:
http://boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads…
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@15 40% of the nation is so partisan they will disapprove of a president because of party affiliation. (Yes, on both sides.)
Also, the NRA's latest numbers were pulled from December 19th-22nd, which means it hadn't had the 3 day news cycle of them sticking their foot in their mouth and blaming the first amendment (VIOLENT MEDIA!) to protect the 2nd. Also, arm our teachers!
And I have no clue what my comment had to do with gun rights anyway. The same people telling Goldy to think about something else are also the ones comparing every single other post to guns. It's a strange phenomenon.
Also, the NRA's latest numbers were pulled from December 19th-22nd, which means it hadn't had the 3 day news cycle of them sticking their foot in their mouth and blaming the first amendment (VIOLENT MEDIA!) to protect the 2nd. Also, arm our teachers!
And I have no clue what my comment had to do with gun rights anyway. The same people telling Goldy to think about something else are also the ones comparing every single other post to guns. It's a strange phenomenon.
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@18
and now she's passed those awkward teen years, Chelsea would also make a fine fuck! Oops! Forgot which blog I'm commenting on, her husband would make a fine fuck. Oh please, just ignore me, pretend I'm writing to Savage Love.
and now she's passed those awkward teen years, Chelsea would also make a fine fuck! Oops! Forgot which blog I'm commenting on, her husband would make a fine fuck. Oh please, just ignore me, pretend I'm writing to Savage Love.
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Pedestrians in Kent should remember to carry anvils, 16-ton weights, or other proven anti-coyote devices.
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I know it was a joke, but I actually think introducing a bill to allow weapons on the floor of the legislature is an excellent idea. We'd see how quick NRA types are willing to vote for something like that when it is their lives on the line. You guys must have some friends in government, despite your cheeky style. Let's expose the hypocrisy!
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The obvious joke of a bus of seniors going off a fiscal "Deadman's Pass" cliff, killing 9, was sadly missed. (sigh) @8 and others are correct, that's a very scary section of road.
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@29- They did it in New Hampshire with hilarious results: http://www.wmur.com/Lawmaker-Drops-Gun-D…
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@18 She vs. one of the Bush clan's Serial-Drunk-Drivers: The Next Generation. That franchise must be extended!
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@27: The point is that Republicans can't (although somehow they will) contend that Hillary is too old when she will be younger than the Gipper was.
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@32 - He was widely suspected to be past his useful date by then: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1999-02…
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@22 Cutler is not good. Lovie was hired to beat the Packers and he admitted as much in his 1st press conference. He didn't do too well in that department. So fuck him.
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@ 37, the Bears were 7-3 vs the Packers 2004-08 (Smith's pre-Cutler years) and 1-8 (including one playoff meeting, which Green Bay won) 2009-2012. Hmmmm....
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@13: I think the charter was between Vegas and Vancouver, BC; it just didn't get any further than Oregon, this time. Flights may be cheap within the US, but trans-border flights are ridiculously expensive, leading to a lot of bus charters that cross the border.
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The Clintons have almost as much money in the bank as Mitt Romney. They made a lot of it in the early 2000s.
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