Clint Eastwood’s previously maligned “empty chair” took prominence in both conservative and liberal political cartoons post-debate….
by John Darkow at Columbia Daily Tribune…
by Steve Kelley at GoComics.com…
by Lisa Benson at Townhall.com…
by Gary Varvel at Townhall.com, Obama in the school chair…
by Michael Ramirez at Townhall.com one-upping, with Obama in the high chair…
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HAHA, the cartoonists were thinking what everyone else was about the debate.
Romney won by becoming a moderate. Ezra Klein said “During the first presidential debate, Romney presented himself as a candidate uninterested in tax cuts, in love with Medicare, in support of economic regulations, confident in the government’s role in the health-care system, and interested in few spending cuts beyond PBS. Romney’s policies might be steeped in tea, but last night, he proved his political skills were honed in Massachusetts.”
Heck – if this is the new Mitt – I could probably vote for him – I love moderates.
Of course Mitt is a moderate, the only ones who called him a right wing radical were Obama and his liberal friends. Since Obama is a radical leftist, Ex-GOP should be voting Mitt. Good!
Mitt always has been a “moderate”. We were hoping for a conservative, but Mitt will have to do for now.
I don’t think or vote in terms of ideologies. ”Moderate” is no better or worse than “conservative.” I am not persuaded by arguments of ideological purity.
I want a president who is capable of doing the job. Reagan and Clinton both proved themselves to be capable leaders. Clinton was especially brilliant, learning to work quite effectively with the Republican Congress that we sent him.
Romney will be able to work with the Democrats in the Senate, of this I am certain. Conservatives will achieve more fiscally responsible legislation under Romney than they could get with a more ideologically pure conservative.
Obama has proven himself incapable of working with anyone who disagrees with him. He will keep blaming Congress for the nothing that gets done to slow down the deficit and unemployment rate.
Del – name a specific policy that you feel Romney is promoting that the Dems will fully embrace as they “work with him”.
Thanks,
EX-RINO,
If you still havent decided for whom you will vote for president, here is Snoop Dog’s logic tree cheat sheet:
snoopy doggy’s Top Ten reasons why he will NOT be voting for Romney
and
Top Ten reasons he WILL be voting for the obamateur.
I was particularly impressed with number 5 followed by 9, 1, 3 and 10.
http://instagram.com/p/QYGWYpP9Pd/
I would loved to have transcribed them for you, but sd’s promiscuous use of the ‘n’ word prevents me from doing so.
Look for the snoopy doggy to be making a cameo appearance on David Letterman.
I know the primary narrative people are taking away from this debate is that Obama is an incompetent president. But that was really nothing new. The people who were undecided already knew Obama was incompetent. What this debate did for those undecided voters is give them a reason to vote for Romney. Romney was sharp as a tack and showed these undecided voters what a competent president he could be.
“Del – name a specific policy that you feel Romney is promoting that the Dems will fully embrace as they “work with him”.”
If the Dems are so radical that they won’t even sit down with him, it’s not Mitt’s problem.
EG: “Heck – if this is the new Mitt – I could probably vote for him – I love moderates.”
No you don’t. Obama’s as moderate about the raison d’etre of this blog as L. Ron Hubbard was about sanity.
Now explain to me again why the Democrats were saying they wanted to face Romney more than any of the others.
With all due respect to my GOP friends – Romney performed well in one debate – and he performed well by shifting away from most of his previous, more conservative positions. He finally lived up to a previous promise and pulled out the etch-a-sketch – it was crazy.
But even with that, if the election were held today, he’d still lose, plain and simple.
There are two more debates, and another month of campaigning. At some point, Mitt is going to have to remember where he actually stands on some issues for more than a few minutes – and if those stances are held long enough for people to understand, he’s either going to lose some of the hard right (because he’s become a moderate), or he’s going to lose the center (because he’s shifted back to being ‘severely conservative’).
Look at Ex-RINO spinning himself into circles. Tell me ExiRINO. WHat are those positions that he held at the last debate that you think are going to lose the “hard right” and make them vote for Obama? LOLOLOLOL
A few weeks ago, Romney was defending his 47% statement. Now he says it is a mistake.
A while ago he said he’d repeal Dodd-Frank wall street reform. Now he’s saying some of the regulations in it make sense.
He used to fully embrace all the tennets of GOP health care thoughts – now he’s liking parts of Health Care Reform, and is back to being proud of Romneycare.
He used to say that he was for a large tax reduction – now he’s saying that he’d fully pay for any tax cuts through loophole closing (instead of banking savings against future possible growth).
For the record, I don’t think any of the hard right is going to vote for Obama – but if the enthusiasm dips at all, they just won’t vote.
Again though – I don’t mind the new Romney as much – he’s getting back in step with how he actually governed – if he can flip so many positions so quickly, my guess is if he gets back in office, he leaves some of the nice things Obama has done completely alone (health care reform, financial reform).
He will repealall those things if he is able. He is just a smart enough man to know that some regulationand reform is necessary AND which regulations and reforms work best. Like you, I can hardly wait to see how he governs.
EG, seriously, you’re still reading like a false flag. You want the audience here to hear “I don’t mind Romney so much” to get a hearing, then you provide pro-Obama acoustics.
Dude. Seriously, you’re just pathetic around here. Pro-life my a$$.
Rasqual – when have we even talked about abortion lately? Should we talk about the attention abortion got during the debate?
I’m just saying Romney has really erased a lot of what I thought he was and started to go back to what he used to be. And what he used to be was a liberal governor, and that part of him is probably hiding inside, deep inside, just waiting to come out again. It is really interesting quite frankly – every day we get a new Romney. If you don’t like a position, wait a little while. ”Oh, his tax plans sucks. Oh wait, now it is different, and I sort of like it!”
See, it’s great.
Plus, you gotta admire a guy who is really gunning for the gold in life. I try to do my best for God each day so that I can impact the world around me and one day live with Him in eternity.
Romney wants to run his own planet one day! I mean, you can’t fault the guy for having dreams!
Oooh, the Mormon card has been played.
*sniff, sniff* Hmmm, it smells a little desperate in here.
I heard a crazy thing: is it true that Obama has had only one cabinet meeting in 6 months?
I heard a crazy thing: is it true that Obama has had only one cabinet meeting in 6 months?
Cabinet meetings are mere photo opportunties, and it has been that way for a long time.
Dana Milbank–
“Cabinet officers have become figureheads by design. Because they are appointed with Senate confirmation, they can be hauled before Congress to answer questions. The president, therefore, has a powerful incentive to keep them out of the loop. White House advisers, by contrast, are often protected by executive privilege. These officials, many of them young and unknown, are the ones who hold the real power over the Cabinet members, who exist largely as defenders of budgetary turf.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/its-time-to-toss-the-presidents-cabinet/2012/04/19/gIQA59P4TT_story.html
Romney wants to get rid of the death tax. Whereas Obama wants to raise it from 35% to 55% next year. That would likely mean the end of many family farm if Obama gets another term because they would get taxed out of the farms they inherit.
truth -
Can you clarify if Obama wants to raise it to these rates, or if it is in the package that automatically raises if politicians can’t come together and get a fix together (the looming fiscal cliff).