Tuesday Open Thread
Welcome to your Tuesday open thread. We had yet another Senate debate today. Did anyone attend the debate? Did anything new happen? Use the thread below to share your thoughts.
Idiot Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller not only wants to arrest journalists who make him uncomfortable, he thinks Communist East Germany had it about right. He cites East Germany as a model for border security. Seriously.
Anchorage blogger Steve Aufrecht reports that during the town hall, he cited his time serving at the Fulda Gap, one point on the former border between East and West Germany during the Cold War.
During that time, he said, “East Germany was very, very able to reduce the flow” from one side of the border to the other. “Now, obviously, other things there were involved. We have the capacity to, as a great nation, obviously to secure our border. If East Germany could, we could.”
Has there been a candidate with more unforced errors than Joe Miller? He’s worse than all the Republican candidates (and there are some terrible ones) except maybe Carl Paladino.
Another crazy Republican candidate is Ken Buck, GOP candidate for U.S. Senate in Colorado. He’s a misogynist who refused to prosecute an admitted rapist because the woman had a previous relationship with the alleged rapist. He called it case of buyer’s remorse. He still believe he’s right (saying yes to sex once means yes to sex forever?):
MR. GREGORY: You told the Greeley Tribune, “A jury could very well conclude that this was a case of buyer’s remorse,” after you looked at the circumstances of the case and decided not to prosecute. A lot of people thought that was an insensitive remark. … what about what you told the Greeley Tribune?
MR. BUCK: What I told the Greeley Tribune, I gave them five or six reasons why I thought a jury could decline this case.
MR. GREGORY: Mm-hmm.
MR. BUCK: One of the reasons was the fact that she had regretted this relationship, and she had buyer’s remorse as a result of the relationship that she had with this young man.
MR. GREGORY: Mm-hmm.
MR. BUCK: That is, that is something that I think when, when someone decides to make a case public, the public has to understand why.
MR. GREGORY: Senator, is this an issue?
SEN. BENNET: I just–I, I do think it’s an issue. Look, I have a lot of sympathy for the victim in this case. He just used the language again, buyer’s remorse, and is the father of three little girls. I just think that’s the wrong way to talk about this kind of set of circumstances, especially when you’re a prosecutor.
The most crazy thing? Buck and Bennett are neck-and-neck in the latest polls.
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Palin Endorses Raese In Pennsylvania — But He’s From West Virginia
I don’t think Raese knows what state he’s from. His wife votes in Florida and Limbaugh was a big fan – knew him from being golf buddies in Florida. He defended himself by saying he also had a house in Colorado.
I didn’t know where to post this comment…..on the Poll about the OD gaffes – there should be a choice…..”all of the above”!!!!!!!
S-dudette … you beat me to it.
We should be calling her “Mistake A Minute” O’Donnell.
From democrats.com, an ad that needs to go viral :Stop The Foreign Takeover
MarketWatch: Death of a Democracy
“How can you fix a broken political system with a broken political system? How can someone in manacles strike off his own chains?”
Great quote, delacrat. It is a good reminder amid this delightful ridicule of Ms O’Donnell that the Constitution has been turned into an obsolete anachronism.
Just got COD semi-push poll from “National Research.” Highlights:
Have you heard any news recently about coons
Me: yes
Did that make your opinion of coons more/less favorable?
Me: more
What did you hear?
Me: I heard NCC had out-of-control spending under Coons, so I looked it up and found the budget increased only minimally, not out of control at all, so that was a false charge, and I am impressed he was able to control spending to that extent.
Have you heard any news recently about coons record on taxes?
Me: Yes.
Did that make you more or less favorable…
Me: More.
Why?
Me: Because I heard about a 58% tax increase, but when I looked it up it was only a few hundred dollars, and still way lower than taxes in other states. Not bad considering the crisis in the national economy that was affecting NCC.
Who won the UD debate?
Me: Coons
Of the following statements, please respond Coons or O’Donnell:
Understands needs of people like you
Me: Coons
(I missed one q here, didn’t type fast enough)
On the side of middle class families
Me: Coons
Will bring change we need to washington
Me: Coons
Has right approach on taxes
Me: Coons
Will improve economy and jobs
Me: Coons
Christines O’Donnell”s new song:
Don’t it make my brown eyes blue”
LOLOLOL. And if you don’t get it as soon as you read it I’m sorry but it just struck me today
And I’m still laughing….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqQJB8DR_Zo&feature=player_embedded#!
I love her.