Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

Well, he said he was sorry...
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/31/reporter-goes-inside-karl-rove-billionaire-fund-raiser/

Traditionally, post convention, you'd expect to see a boost in the polls for your candidate. Not so for Mitt, even in the face of rising gasoline prices which are also traditionally blamed on the president. No significant boost for Romney's speech, going back to BOB DOLE!
Geez,
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-mitt-romney-convention-poll-20120903,0,4542758.story

From the DNC convention:
Romney: "Let GM go bankrupt!"
Obama: "Not on my watch!"

If the Dow and the ADP jobs report for August is accurate, August will exceed economist's expectations! Right now, the Dow is smoking hot!

Alan French said:

I believe I brought this up in at least two threads, but I though I'd ask it separately (I didn't notice any replies).

As you know doubt know, I have a liberal bias in many areas. As a result, I get mail from groups promoting liberal views. When I do, I check those of interest to me personally against several fact checking sites (mentioned in another thread). If I find the email is not factual, I write and complain.

Do any of you take a similar approach with the conservative groups you support? Do you hold them accountable for being accurate and truthful?

Clear skies, Alan

Alan French said:

I believe I brought this up in at least two threads, but I though I'd ask it separately (I didn't notice any replies).

As you know doubt know, I have a liberal bias in many areas. As a result, I get mail from groups promoting liberal views. When I do, I check those of interest to me personally against several fact checking sites (mentioned in another thread). If I find the email is not factual, I write and complain.

Do any of you take a similar approach with the conservative groups you support? Do you hold them accountable for being accurate and truthful?

Clear skies, Alan

I'd doubt it, given what I've read in this forum. Moreover, the operational mode from the conservatives on the forum is essentially the non-compromising stance on anything they believe. For example(s), when Bush won, I posted congratulations on his victory and best wishes for the good of the country. When Obama won, you couldn't find a single post offering congrats from any conservative on the forum. Instead, what you did read was verbal attacks on him, months before he took office!
So the idea that they might somehow question their belief-system is a non-starter...

Expanding...
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/09/poll-obama-expands-advantage-over-romney/

I was just wondering who is our number one geo-political foe, Russia or Islamic fundamentalist states...
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/11/world/meast/egpyt-us-embassy-protests/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

David,
I don't see why anyone would want to excuse your "redneck ignorance", your words, not mine...

Reported KNX news radio: The film was reportedly made by "Media For Christ" and it was filmed here in Republicanville in my home town of Santa Clarita. Swell, now some pundits are stating greater Los Angeles may become the target of a retaliatory terrorist attack.
Most of us on the forum didn't want Korans burned because of retaliation against our troops in Afghanistan. It wasn't worth the risk to our troops. Same deal with this crap film.
If it comes to fruition that Santa Clarita or Los Angeles are hit by a terrorist attack, I would like to choose my preferred method of retribution:
Here are the possibilities:
1. Israeli commando retaliatory strike: Capable and highly motivated BUT high probability of middle east war AND high oil prices.
2. Navy Seal retaliatory strike: Probably effective BUT copyright infringement with subsequent legal squabbles between seal authors and the pentagon make for more mess.
3. My choice: Russian Alphas: Commandos with 100% kill ratio, combat proven. A heritage to live up to: 95% of German casualties in world war 2 occurred on the Russian front: Outstanding! To get the Russian alphas, we'll have to wheel and deal. We'll probably have to give up the missile defense shield in Poland BUT, before the conservatives get their underwear in a twist, the Russians would simply devise a better weapons system to get around it, so what's the point of deploying it? If I get hit, I want those alpha Cossack's raining down on those Islamic terrorists, pronto! Basically what we'll get is Ramadan bombathon in reverse, big time!

Tony,
Just got back from the Valencia mall today in Santa Clarita where it's currently 103 and climbing.
We past by the Romney recruiting booth in the mall where the average age of the volunteers and the participants appeared to be about the same, well 75-85 to be exact.
Not exactly a good sign for Flip...