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Post by nereah on Feb 3, 2012 16:26:09 GMT 3
they say that wherever florida goes, the rest of america follows and if this is indeed true then the nasty press war among the gop key challengers during the florida state primary is a pointer to what lies ahead. someone has just sent me the latest memo from democratic strategist, a journal of public opinion and political strategy which is putting the dems in a war footing. here is the battle cry, "after the primaries,democrats will be on a receiving end of propaganda campaign of a scope and ferocity unparallelled in american history. dems must anticipate this onslaught and begin now how to plan to respond" to read this captivating piece by andrew levision, access the website: www.thedemocraticstartegist.org
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Post by nereah on Feb 21, 2012 17:36:27 GMT 3
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Post by adongo23456 on Feb 21, 2012 22:10:40 GMT 3
nereah,The GOP has a nightmare in their hands. Rick Santorum has overtaken Mitt Romney in the national polls. Worse still Santorum is leading Romney in Michigan, Romney's second home state. The polls indicate a Santorum lead of between 15 to 3. That was unthinkable a few weeks ago. The GOP establishment cannot even fathom the thought of Rick Santorum. It is like nominating Ali Mwakere as the PNU candidate in a presidential election. It is a practical joke. According to estimates Rick Santorum may not even win a grand total of 15 states in a general election which will not be dominated by Tea Party noise makers. Obama can beat Santorum in his sleep. So the GOP is in a fix. The big hitters will still try to make sure Mitt Romney carries the ticket but his coronation party has been cancelled. If Santorum wins Michigan GOP will implode. The rise of NEWT did not bother the GOP because they knew Newt carries enough swords to fall on repeatedly on his own and he did just that starting with his dummy idea of colonising the moon as a priority for America. Rick has less swords to inflict damage on himself. He is not as erratic as Newt. His closet is not as big as Newt. Rick is a smooth talker and a social convervative obsessed with issues like abortion, homosexuality, religion and other things that are practically irrelevant to America as we speak but which the Tea folks find most thrillling and worthy of endless discussions and mouth foams from time to time. That means Rick Santorum has a very good chance of winning the ultra conservative votes which seems to be the engine of the GOP but has turned off the independents in frightening numbers. The GOP race to the bottom as the Obama team calls it has done incredibkle damage to the GOP ticket regardless of who gets it. Romney had something like a 17 point lead among the independents against President Obama a few months ago. Now the president has a few points ahead with independents which represents a 20+ point turn around in just a month. With the independents gone the GOP cannot beat president Obama. Secondly the American economy is improving and that is a nightmare for the GOP which has politically invested in more misery for Americans. It is becoming very difficult for folks like Romney to keep talking about how Obama's policies have destroyed American jobs when the unemployment rate keeps falling. In foreign policy the GOP is obsessed with one issue, namely the competition as to who will protect Israel more and bomb Iran faster. They keep repeating the same things that make very little sense to anybody else. It seems this Tea Party thing is going to cause a lot of damage to the GOP. In 2010 they thought it was the best thing that ever happened to their party as they took over Congress riding on people drinking a lot Tea in the party. Well it seems the hangover from that tea is way stronger than what folks get from over indulging in achwaka (chang'aaa) itself. This stuff is heavy. Now there is talk about Plan B (hehehehe no this is not about Plan B in G 7) Here we go: politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/20/some-republicans-whisper-about-a-plan-b/
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Post by nereah on Feb 22, 2012 19:28:50 GMT 3
adongo & all,
if you check my earlier posts on this thread, i have been rooting for santorum. i somehow have a soft spot for him and rubbing my fingers in great anticipation for the super tuesday.
my incredible liking for santorum flies in the face of (by large) american women,who cant stand his platform.i hold my view on that.
i agree that by the time the gop are done with their primary, whether it goes all the way to the convention or not, the conservative will be nothing but a wreckage.
can someone pass the pop corns
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Post by nok on Feb 22, 2012 20:02:22 GMT 3
adongo & all, if you check my earlier posts on this thread, i have been rooting for santorum. i somehow have a soft spot for him and rubbing my fingers in great anticipation for the super tuesday. my incredible liking for santorum flies in the face of (by large) american women,who cant stand his platform.i hold my view on that. i agree that by the time the gop are done with their primary, whether it goes all the way to the convention or not, the conservative will be nothing but a wreckage. can someone pass the pop corns For Obama, Santorium is a much easier candidate to beat than Romney. It really doesn't matter with Polls showing 50+ for Obama against each GOP candidate, it's just a home run. And boy Feingold just summarises how ignorant the GOP field is on Foreign issues. I look forward to Obama visiting Kenya in his second term after a a "Jaruo" ( without being cynical ; not over my dead body) has been elected to office somewhere in EA
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Post by adongo23456 on Feb 22, 2012 20:18:25 GMT 3
nereah & nok,
Rick Santorum is too toxic so the GOP establishment are going to do carpet bombing on him the way they did with Newt Gingrich who they obliterated in Florida. Santorum talks about Satan attacking America and the comedians make fun of him as the first president who will order American invasion of hell with nuclear weapons pointed to the ground. That would kill you in politics. Even some nut case fundamentalist Christian granny may have issues with that kind of language. So they are going to try to dismantle Rick Santorum very fast.
Mitt is the man for the GOP but even him they now see very little window against president Obama if any. They have Chris Christie, the New Jersey governor but he is not much to write home about either. I finally got to listen to him yesterday, and what came through is that, other having a motor mouth he has nothing either. He is a Tea Party damu.
The GOP would want him as Mitt Romneys running mate, but that cannot work because Romney with a Tea Party running mate will ensure the independents are gone and with them Romney has less than zero chance.
Without a Tea Party running mate Romney may have problems getting even the republicans to vote. Remember in a state like Nevada only 2% of the republicans voted for Romney even though the media called it a landslide. Things look very scary for these guys but it is still along haul.
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Post by nok on Feb 22, 2012 20:30:06 GMT 3
@adongo & nereah
Looking forward to tonights debate and how the candidates will
continue gaffing.
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Post by job on Feb 25, 2012 5:42:28 GMT 3
Can you remember how former US VP Dick Cheney's daughter Liz Cheney hit the airwaves (Cable TV & radio circuits) bashing virtually all of President Obama's policies - both in the domestic and international front. She started the bashing quite early into Obama's term. Her passionate and animated criticisms sounded quite personal. Well, it appears the heat was somewhat motivated by something the administration was doing right on behalf of the American people. The Justice Department (led by the first black US Attorney General, Eric Holder - appointed by President Obama) has been investigating a lot of irregular, corrupt, bribe-prone deals transacted under Dick Cheney's patronage. Some of Cheney's allies have been imprisoned, fined and penalized in several ways. Who would have thought the untouchables of the Bush-era Halliburton would one day face Justice. www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/24/albert-stanley-halliburton-kbr-bribery-sentence_n_1299760.html
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Post by jakaswanga on Feb 26, 2012 11:41:41 GMT 3
Nereah & Nok & Adongo, Just when I was ready to certify Santorum a looney --I was just penning a piece on how Europe views some of his statements, then this story about Mitt Romney broke the airwaves! It is a story from long ago, but is as loco as any I have heard. PET DOG RODE ON MITNEY'S CAR ROOFA dog on the roof for 12 hours! Are there animal cops in the USA? Or animal abuse was not an issue twenty years ago! NB: somebody post an american cartoon on the above please. I have seen some this side of the antlantic toying with it as a mormon ritual of witchcraft
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2012 17:05:40 GMT 3
Nereah & Nok & Adongo, Just when I was ready to certify Santorum a looney --I was just penning a piece on how Europe views some of his statements, then this story about Mitt Romney broke the airwaves! It is a story from long ago, but is as loco as any I have heard. PET DOG RODE ON MITNEY'S CAR ROOFA dog on the roof for 12 hours! Are there animal cops in the USA? Or animal abuse was not an issue twenty years ago! NB: somebody post an american cartoon on the above please. I have seen some this side of the antlantic toying with it as a mormon ritual of witchcraft This story has been all over Canadian news because he drove from the US into Canada.
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Post by nereah on Feb 26, 2012 17:37:20 GMT 3
these romney demons keep popping up after the other. this one of mormon rituals is one that he is best advised to exorcised prompto.
what business does america have with someone who wont open up to his past and at best feign selective memory.
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Post by omundu on Feb 27, 2012 11:20:25 GMT 3
Dada Nereah, i am begining to think your man Santorum has no zenith in sillyness. :-) especially considering his recent comments regarding the Quran fiasco.
But i digress. We may be barking up the wrong tree by critisizing the GOP candidates. It is the Republican base voter that has gone berserk. The current Republican voter has gone extreme that even their god Reagan would be considered too liberal and would not even survive the current primaries.
It is the voters who boo a former US soldier after he is attacked by the candidates. The same voters cheer when Santorum opines that women belong in the home. I can spend the whole day here listing many other instances that show how the GOP supporters have gone extreme. That said, the candidates are just playing to the crowd in order to win votes. An example would be Romney saying that he is the most extreme conservative amongst the other candidates.
The GOP establishment in my opinion should not even bother trying to get a compromise candidate because he/she would also have to pander to the base inorder to win the nomination. The current GOP may be going through what the Democrats went through in the eighties, political wilderness.
They need a tabula rasa. But what will make them realise that their line of thinking is not conversant with middle America ? will it be a landslide defeat in this years elections?
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Post by nereah on Feb 27, 2012 19:46:44 GMT 3
Dada Nereah, i am begining to think your man Santorum has no zenith in sillyness. :-) especially considering his recent comments regarding the Quran fiasco. But i digress. We may be barking up the wrong tree by critisizing the GOP candidates. It is the Republican base voter that has gone berserk. The current Republican voter has gone extreme that even their god Reagan would be considered too liberal and would not even survive the current primaries. It is the voters who boo a former US soldier after he is attacked by the candidates. The same voters cheer when Santorum opines that women belong in the home. I can spend the whole day here listing many other instances that show how the GOP supporters have gone extreme. That said, the candidates are just playing to the crowd in order to win votes. An example would be Romney saying that he is the most extreme conservative amongst the other candidates. The GOP establishment in my opinion should not even bother trying to get a compromise candidate because he/she would also have to pander to the base inorder to win the nomination. The current GOP may be going through what the Democrats went through in the eighties, political wilderness. They need a tabula rasa. But what will make them realise that their line of thinking is not conversant with middle America ? will it be a landslide defeat in this years elections? omundu, thats a powerful analysis right there.cant agree more, the gop needs a tabula rasa. now,lets revisit this post that our adongo drew our attention to: politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/20/some-republicans-whisper-about-a-plan-b/
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Post by nereah on Feb 28, 2012 20:16:53 GMT 3
been enjoying that read in times magazine on why the latino vote would determine the 2012 us election outcome.
something that the author said that i wont forget is the failure by the gop to connect with the hispanics constituency, now the largest minority.
i am still at a lose why the gop field is this crowded, why cant it narrow down to three. paul for instance should have tossed himself into the newt gingrich's orbit to liven up the race.
besides his inability to connect with the core base of gop,romney is exhibiting a worrying streak;that of gaffes just when he is is triumphant.the latest, as i read, is the stupid mistake of bragging about his wealth to a state that is reeling from recession.
now, it appears that the latest battle front which is romney's home state, could be indicative of how republicans are lately minding their business. we may see one candidate,mostly likely santorum,running away with the popular vote while another,let say gingrich bagging those delegates.
i may be wrong as usual, but my hunch is that one of the candidates is calling it quit much sooner than the super tuesday.romney may be a no no but just imagine with me for a second if this may after all be just what the vodoo politicians expect of gop.
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Post by 50cents on Feb 29, 2012 17:46:11 GMT 3
Consumer confidence improving, consumer spending on the high, economy growth at 3%.
More to come
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Post by akinyi2005 on Feb 29, 2012 20:12:48 GMT 3
Well, after last night's dual victories in Arizona and Michigan is Romney poised to clinch the Republican party nomination? Interestingly, in Michigan, the only income group he won was among voters earning more than $100,000 per year.
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Post by nereah on Mar 3, 2012 19:29:33 GMT 3
would love to hear from my brothers and sisters in canada ;D-kathuree, wanye,colonel brisk,adongo,johns & all if any or relations were interviewed over there for that documentary by desperados out to show how dangerous the obamacare is for the american people
and.... finally the super tuesday is nigh and oh boy, who said these intrigues on delegates and voting is an african and kenyan preserve.
i can already sense some machinations against my man, santorum.
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Post by nereah on Mar 7, 2012 13:23:46 GMT 3
afp political reporter pictured above edifies me with must read postmortem on the bloodbath that was the super tuesday.courtesy of afp, i reproduce it from oklahoma's own, news9.comenjoy! A look at what we learned:
___ REPUBLICANS AREN'T HOT ON ANYONE It's almost like a bad version of Goldilocks. Nobody is just right.
Listen to voters - in person and in exit polls - and it's pretty clear Republicans aren't all that hot on any of the candidates.
Only in three states did most people say they strongly supported the contender they backed, nowhere reaching 6 in 10. In the four other states where polling was conducted Tuesday, less than half expressed that degree of support for their candidate.
Even so, Republicans will eventually support the nominee. They always do. Just look at how the grumbling over John McCain faded four years ago when voters were given the choice of begrudgingly supporting the Arizona senator - seen as a moderate - or backing Barack Obama.___ GINGRICH ISN'T DEAD But that doesn't mean he can fully come back a third time.
Until Tuesday, the former House speaker hadn't won since South Carolina on Jan. 21. He had declared Georgia a must-win state and essentially camped out there for the past week. Gingrich, who represented Georgia for years in the U.S. House, made the state his firewall in hopes of winning a rationale to continue his bid.
It worked. At least for the moment.
"The media said, 'Oh, I guess this is over, finally,'" Gingrich told supporters. "But you all said no."
Now the question is whether his backers open their wallets to prove he can compete.
Underscoring the urgency, ally Herman Cain was soliciting donations even before Gingrich had gone to bed.___ ORGANIZATION MATTERSUnless it doesn't.
On one hand, Santorum should have been embarrassed in Ohio. His shoestring, scattershot campaign didn't collect enough signatures to appear on the ballot in the Steubenville area, a rural, conservative part of the state where his message on social issues - and his kinship with a region that neighbors his home state of Pennsylvania - should have given him an advantage. And that meant he ceded delegates from that region.
Yet, Santorum still managed to make it a close race with Romney, and he won at least some delegates. And Romney just eked out a win, not the decisive victory he had sought. The results wouldn't force Santorum from the campaign.
If anything, Santorum's almost-win - with scant organization - foreshadows problems for Romney in contests ahead.___ RICH PEOPLE LIKE ROMNEYGot money? Chances are, you voted for Romney.
In the seven states that had exit polls, Romney - a millionaire many times over who has struggled to connect with working-class voters - was the preferred candidate of the wealthiest voters. In Ohio and Tennessee, Romney won about 4 in 10 voters who reported a household income of more than $200,000. In Georgia, about a third of voters with a family income greater than $100,000 backed Romney. In his home state of Massachusetts, about three-quarters of voters making more than $200,000 supported him.
Santorum, in turn, did well among less affluent voters. In Ohio and Tennessee, he claimed about 4 in 10 voters reporting an income between $50,000 and $99,000. In Oklahoma, he won about 4 in 10 voters who made less than $50,000.___ SOUTHERNERS DON'T LIKE ROMNEYLook where Romney is winning. It's not in the South.
Romney does well in the Northeast and Midwest, but he is running weak below the Mason-Dixon line. South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee - and, to the west, Oklahoma - all have rejected Romney. The upcoming calendar gives him scant reason to be optimistic: Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana all have contests this month.
Sure, Romney won Florida, but that is hardly a Southern state by tradition. And Virginia was a contest between only Romney and Paul - hardly a real choice among rank-and-file Republicans who see the Texas congressman as outside the mainstream of conservative positions.
Can Romney become the GOP nominee if he can't win in the party's only regional stronghold?
___ OHIO IS WHERE IT'S ATStep aside, Florida. Ohio remains the ultimate down-to-the-wire presidential state.
Ohio is a microcosm of the country. It has urban centers and sprawling farms. It has diversity in both race and income. It has conservative strongholds in the southwest corner, where Sen. Rob Portman rallied his neighbors to deliver votes for Romney. It has liberal bastions in the northeast, near Cleveland, where moderates sometimes defect to Republicans. Its eastern and southern edges are Appalachia and tend to be filled with more swing voters.
In the end, Romney won the state that no Republican has ever lost on a successful White House run.___ PAUL A NONFACTORAnother primary night went by without Paul winning a primary. Sure, he picked up delegates and he increased the chances he will have a say in deciding the party's platform come the convention in Tampa. But he isn't posting the wins he needs if he's going to be the late-surging nominee.
Romney offered faint praise to Paul "for his steadfast commitment to our Constitution and his strong support almost everywhere you go. He's got good followers."
Just not enough so far, it seems.
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Post by nereah on Mar 9, 2012 20:26:06 GMT 3
Consumer confidence improving, consumer spending on the high, economy growth at 3%. More to come america is waking up to the good news that under the wise leadership of barrack obama the economic outlook is increasingly a reason for smile with some 227,000 americans out of the jobless list. the national unemployment rate for january and february remain at 8.3 per cent.
details from my informant:tinyurl.com/87leu4u
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Post by nereah on Mar 27, 2012 18:54:57 GMT 3
i hate to see the man on the cover of times magazine out of the america's 2012 battle royale that we call here barracking obama.i believe he is the only one out of the standing gop presidential wanabes who has the gift of the garb to match barrack obama's stage craft. if to quote my favourite columnist walter shapiro, newt is now in the goose egg phase of his descent to irrelevanceand shapiro's type are not the only ones who believe that the man "who had a big ideas on how to save the world at an age when most boys are focused on playing sports and meeting girls" may be throwing in the towel any time soon. already newt is busy dolling out cash to vocal creditors in a manner likely to suggest that he may not make it to the next round thus settling for the role some people believes he is best suited for, the kingmaker.
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Post by nereah on Apr 29, 2012 15:09:04 GMT 3
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Post by jakaswanga on May 12, 2012 13:54:24 GMT 3
Nereah,This is usually your department! but you are much occupied elsewhere apparently! [habari za masiku?] The annual press diner of POTUS was in town, and this is the occasion when the President of the United States indulges in part, in self-depreciating humour, and appreciating humour. Remember George Bush Jnr. looking for the weapons of mass destruction under the bed and the dinner tables of the guests --good underwear you got there I say! [The idea was the WMD could not be found in Iraq because Laura had taken them and hidden them in the White House!]. Bill Clinton came in with a few dirty ones which would even be too hot for the Post! let alone Jukwaa! So there was Obama: this time last year, I took care of a very famous man, and he aint gonna be goin' nowhere no more! Most fellows thought he was referring to Osama bin Ladin! then the picture came on the wall! DONALD TRUMP! [and notice Obama is using southern plantation lingo! that is important!] About his speedy aging, Obama said if re-elected he will look like .. and the photo came: Morgan Freeman face wrinkled at its worst! Michelle had a terrible night. She was accused by a Hollywood joker, of trying to starve the president to death with her healthy food obssessions! Are you in the employee of the loonies who want this great guy dead, she was asked? Now look, even Kim Phat Boy of North Korea is sending us food packages! From the grapevine: a few jokes about why america loves gays,and secret service personel having amorous dalliances with prostitutes [Cartagenia Colombia], did not pass the censor! --Coming for your country! politicalhumor.about.com
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Post by nereah on May 29, 2012 19:44:04 GMT 3
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Post by omundu on Jun 1, 2012 14:21:05 GMT 3
Donald Trump just has an over inflataed ego. i thought Obamas knockout at last years SOTUA was enough but it seems Trump keeps flailing on the ground wildly with the birther thing> Hell, even Rush Limbaugh has moved on from that issue.
I feel Romney is only after Trumps money and an added "color" to his rather bland nature. But my advice to him would be to take the money and head for the hills. Dragging Trump by the hills with him may add that extra ' hollywood feel' to his campaign but as time drags and campaign proper starts, trump may just be a hindrance with his poyoka poyokaring (remember Palin)
Some angles are hinting of a possible Trump VP role.
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Post by nereah on Jun 6, 2012 18:13:22 GMT 3
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