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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (631029)	10/9/2011 7:36:13 PM
From: Don Hurst	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1577984

My goodness, you are really struggling today, now that your favorite Palin has decided to stay on her bus still looking for Iowa. She had better luck seeing Russia from her porch... And re Gingrich...rolling my eyes as I continue to just laugh... Yup, that global warming commercial of him and Ms Pelosi on the bench together warning you about the dangers to the planet of global warming... No wonder you like him. LOL

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (631029)	10/9/2011 7:55:35 PM
From: Don Hurst	Respond to of 1577984

Hey Jorj, quick hold another one of these "Values Voters Summit" (which one of your crackpots came up with that name?). It is so much fun to see the base of the repugs self destruct... >>" WASHINGTON -- Organizers of this weekend’s Values Voters Summit thanked Mitt Romney for his Saturday appearance by giving the slot immediately after his to a radical Christian who used his time to take veiled shots at the Mormon former governor and insist that only a true Christian can serve in the White House. Romney, toward the end of his speech, raised the issue, wagging his finger in the air and insisting on civil debate, referencing a speaker who’d be on the stage after him. Though he didn’t mention Christian extremist Bryan Fischer by name, a Romney aide let assembled reporters know that Fischer was the man he was referring to. "Our values ennoble the citizen and strengthen the nation. We should remember that decency and civility are values, too," Romney said. "One of the speakers who will follow me today has crossed that line, I think. Poisonous language doesn't advance our cause. It's never softened a single heart nor changed a single mind." Fischer made a passionate case against the imposition of Sharia law in the United States, called homosexuality, among other things, a "threat to public health," insisted that Muslims and Christians don’t worship the same God and argued that there had not been a major terrorist attack on American soil because crowds at Major League Baseball games often sing "God Bless America" during the seventh inning stretch. "Major League Baseball has converted our stadiums into cathedrals," he said. Romney had been backed into a corner that virtually required him to address either Fischer or Robert Jeffress, the senior pastor at First Baptist Church in Dallas. On Friday, Jeffress called Mormonism "a cult" while introducing Romney-rival Rick Perry, "It is only faith in Jesus Christ -- in Jesus Christ alone -- that qualifies you as a Christian," Jeffress said in remarks echoed Saturday by Fischer. Perry said that Jeffress' introduction "knocked it out of the park." "<<

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (631029)	10/9/2011 9:51:52 PM
From: Don Hurst	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577984

What Roger Simon thinks of Cain's chances...better get your money back... Better yet...get Trump to declare...he has the Kenyan birth certificate... Who Will Be the GOP Messiah? By Roger Simon http://www.JewishWorldReview.com \| Barack Obama is so doomed politically that he sits behind his desk in the Oval Office with a vulture on each shoulder. And every day at noon, Joe Biden comes in dressed as the Grim Reaper, and they all play gin. I know this because the Poll Gods tell me this. A recent McClatchy/Marist poll says that 49 percent of voters say they definitely plan to vote against Obama in 2012. In addition, 52 percent of Americans think the Republican candidate will win (even though they don't know who the Republican candidate will be). And nearly one out of every three Democrats agrees that Obama is finished. Other polls have shown similar dismal numbers for Obama. But I say the Poll Gods are wrong. Not only can Obama be re-elected, but he is the favorite right now. Why? Because Obama has one huge plus going for him. It's called the Republican field. And Republican voters agree with me. Because if Obama were really so weak a candidate, why would Republicans keep looking for a messiah to save them? One day, it is Michele Bachmann. Then she poops out, and it is Rick Perry. Then he disappoints, and the party turns in desperation to Mitt Romney. Then the party decides it is not that desperate and turns to — I kid thee not — Herman Cain. A CBS poll released Tuesday shows that Cain has moved into a tie with Romney for first place in the Republican field. (After the poll was released, ugly rumors circulated that Warren G. Harding had come in third, even though he has been dead for 88 years.) So what do I make of Cain's (meaningless) rise in the (meaningless) polls? It is meaningless. And a sign of how badly Republicans are still floundering in their search for a candidate. Cain is a genial, harmless dodo who thinks running a country is just like running a business. But it isn't. In business, your competitors rarely strive to develop nuclear weapons like Iran (a subject Cain knows almost nothing about). In business, rarely do your competitors have the capacity to clash in ways that could involve the armed forces of the United States, such as China with Taiwan or Israel with its neighbors (two areas of the world that Cain has demonstrated remarkable ignorance about). And in business, you don't have to feed the hungry, house the homeless or heal the sick. True, Cain is a man with a domestic plan. Unfortunately for him, it is an utterly hopeless one. Whatever the economic merits of his 9-9-9 plan, it is doomed to political failure because, among other things, it would have Americans give up something they like — their home mortgage interest deduction — for something they won't like: a 9 percent national sales tax that would be levied on top of state and local taxes. According to PolitiFact, "In Florida, that would create a hypothetical tax rate of 15 percent in most parts of the state." True, Cain's plan offers benefits, but I want to see Cain win Florida and its 29 electoral votes in November 2012 lugging a 15 percent sales tax around on his back. Yet the Poll Gods say Cain is hotter than a two-dollar pistol. (Though under Cain, a two-dollar pistol would cost $2.30 in Florida.) But this shows just how frantic Republican voters are. Cain could never win the GOP nomination — yes, race raises its ugly head — and even if he did, he could never win 270 electoral votes to beat Barack Obama. I am not picking on Cain. I have said exactly the same thing about Michael Bloomberg every time he surfaces as a fantasy independent candidate. His aides tell me that Bloomberg is rich enough to wage and win ballot-access fights in all 50 states, he could self-finance his campaign with billions of dollars more than any opponent, and he could buy all the TV time in the known universe. And I always say the same thing to them: Tell me the states Bloomberg will win. Write down the states that add up to 270. I am still waiting for an answer. So who could get to 270? Romney could. Conceivably. And Perry. Conceivably. True, Perry is damaged goods today, but he is raising oodles of money, and reporters, lacking their own money, are very impressed by the money of politicians. But could Republicans be unable to decide on a front-runner because they believe any of their candidates could beat Barack Obama? No, they could not be so foolish. Though Obama now calls himself the underdog and told one crowd Tuesday that his 2012 efforts "won't be as sexy as in 2008" and another crowd that "this election is going to be much more just grinding it out," the fact is he is pretty good at grinding things out. True, he presides over a lousy economy and a dreadful war in Afghanistan. But he also has some real accomplishments. He is a heck of a stump speaker and a pretty good debater, and has an experienced campaign staff. I don't believe staffs win elections; the candidates do. But a good staff can help. And Obama's campaign staff in Chicago has been doing many things — raising money, shaping strategy, developing a message — but it also has been doing just one thing: Counting. To 270. Which it does awfully well. jewishworldreview.com

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (631029)	10/9/2011 11:14:37 PM
From: Don Hurst	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577984

Jorj, You guys are pretty good with the "flip flopper" business... Check this out from today's NY Times and he is your leader...makes Gingrich look like a real possible...LOL What will your leader believe in tomorrow or later today? You people are so screwed...C'mon, find some more clowns for your debates and boo some more gay Iraq vets, cheer on executions, yell at the uninsured " let em die", boo Perry when he gets sensible about the immigration problems and boo Ron Paul when he says the defense department spends too much and is overextended.. . The Flip Flopper... >>" Mr. Romney’s evolution on the issues has been well documented. On abortion, he once called himself “pro-choice” and supported Planned Parenthood. But after being elected governor of Massachusetts, he publicly switched his position, declaring that the debate over stem cell research had convinced him of the “sanctity of life.” Since then, Mr. Romney has called himself “pro-life.” As a candidate for a Massachusetts seat in the Senate, Mr. Romney wrote a letter in 1994 arguing that “we must make equality for gays and lesbians a mainstream concern.” The letter, to the Log Cabin Republicans, a gay advocacy group, said he would do more for gay rights than Senator Edward M. Kennedy, his Democratic opponent. Since then, however, Mr. Romney has fought against gay rights, championing an amendment to the Massachusetts Constitution that would ban same-sex marriage. As a presidential candidate, he has opposed same-sex marriage and this summer signed a pledge to support a federal constitutional amendment that would define marriage as between one man and one woman. On gun rights, Mr. Romney once defended the tough laws in Massachusetts, promising not to “chip away” at them. But more recently, he has stuck to the line favored by the National Rifle Association, proclaiming his unqualified support for the Second Amendment and saying government needs to enforce existing gun laws, not create new ones. Now, when asked on the campaign trail if he has flip-flopped, Mr. Romney points to his book “No Apology,” which lays out his positions on the issues, and quickly moves on. “It’s not that every single issue I looked at in my entire life I’ve never changed my view on,” Mr. Romney said at a recent town-hall-style meeting in New Hampshire. “In the private sector, if you don’t change your view when the facts change, well, you’ll get fired — for being stubborn and stupid. So I’m very happy with where I am and the things I believe.” "<< nytimes.com romney&st=cse&scp=8