Comments on: Romney does stand-up

By: NJcon

NJcon — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 23:21:25 +0000

Agreed: Trimegistus

By: texexec

texexec — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 23:03:41 +0000

…and bringing people together was a big plus for Obama in 2008 (“There are no red states, no blue states”, “I’ll work for all Americans”…etc. etc.).

But with many other things, that promise wasn’t kept.

By: texexec

texexec — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 23:00:10 +0000

Here’s a new Republican ad that goes along with what I was saying about Romney getting both parties to work together as being a plus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4F02JWY4Sbc

By: Trimegistus

Trimegistus — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:35:52 +0000

As to Romney’s hilarious performance: it shouldn’t be surprising. He’s just using all the material professional comedians have been avoiding since 2008.

By: Oldflyer

Oldflyer — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:37:43 +0000

AJ Strata at his excellent site said the Obama campaign is entering a form of “harmonic convergence”. He describes this, paraphrasing, as disillusionment followed by apathy, followed by greater disillusionment… (I would think the term would be harmonic divergence–but, that is not my field.)

In aviation we called it a “graveyard spiral”. Aptly named. It would begin due to sensory confusion, and once begun became ever tighter and nearly impossible to correct. (I came very close one ugly night with a bad case of vertigo, but my flight leader, and best friend, talked me through it.)

I do think, given recent events, that AJ Strata’s observation could be prophetic.

By: roc scssrs

roc scssrs — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:28:43 +0000

I think trimegistus and texexec might be right. Liberals right now are like teenagers who threw a big party when the ‘rents were gone but are secretly glad when Mom and Dad come back home. Lefties in general can’t govern, really. They’re much happier carping and complaining–oops, I mean “standing up for the little guy” and “speaking truth to power.”

By: texexec

texexec — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:16:13 +0000

P.S. I also hope that if Romney wins, we keep the House, and gain control of the Senate, Democrat congressional leaders are smart enough to kick witchy Pelosi and catatonic Reid out of their positions.

That will make it MUCH easier for everyone to work together.

By: Cubz

Cubz — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:02:03 +0000

The Romney Re-Roll Out is hit despite the MSM running interference for Obama.

People see that he is a genuinely nice guy and not some mustache twirling robot

By: texexec

texexec — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:57:35 +0000

I’ve been thinking and asking myself why I like these dinners where the president and challenger make jokes about each other and themselves so much.

I think one part of it is that I like seeing Republican and Democrat leaders “getting along”, each sticking to basic principles but working out deals to get things done that help the country. I like the thought of Reagan and Tip O’Neil working together like they did.

I like seeing the two guys smiling at each other and patting each other on the back as they leave such an event. I know, I know…most of that is superficial but I, at least, like the ritual.

And I’m not alone. I have some pretty conservative friends who have expressed strong desires for the two parties to work together better and end the terrible divisiveness we’ve had in this country so long. Several participants in Frank Luntz’s focus group after the 1st presidential debate said that’s one thing they liked about Romney…that he worked with Democrats in MA to get things done…some of which any conservative would like…balancing the budget for example.

Maybe that’s one reason why liberals don’t seem so afraid of Romney anymore as was so well commented above by Trimegistus.

If Romney can keep that concept alive to some extent until the election without making arch-conservatives call him a RINO, it will help him win the election.

And after the election, it will help him govern.

By: Artfldgr

Artfldgr — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:24:59 +0000

HILLARY TO WOMEN: Stop ‘whining’…