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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (131352)	4/28/2012 1:56:34 PM
From: TideGlider	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224774

Is that supposed to mean something? First of all they do not overwhelmingly favor the public as the public has to pay for it. with the exception of unions and restaurants frequented by Pelosi etc. Secondly none of that has anything to do with the individual mandate being constitutional as the other provisions cannot be supported without it. Every provision in the health care law is overwhelmingly favored by the public with the singe exception of the individual mandate.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (131352)	4/28/2012 2:02:10 PM
From: TopCat	7 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224774

Everybody would be in favor of you being forced to keep your mouth shut......except that it would be in violation of the first amendment.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (131352)	4/28/2012 3:15:46 PM
From: locogringo	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224774

Would you like to contribute to Jorge Zimmerman's defense fund now that he can keep it, or is your anti-Hispanic racism still out of control? Judge: Zimmerman Can Keep $200K thedailybeast.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (131352)	4/28/2012 3:37:43 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224774

It's Cool To Be In The Tank For Obozo the clown Media Bias: Reporters normally cast a jaundiced eye at a political campaign's PR strategy. Yet they are eagerly parroting the Obama campaign's talking point about how "cool" the president is. In early February, Politico reported that the Obama campaign, hoping to rekindle enthusiasm among young voters, was "looking to revive the cool appeal." Then, suddenly, news stories started popping up about Obama's alleged coolness, in contrast to that drip Romney. A sampling: • President Obama: The cool factor • 'Cool' Obama Returns GOP Fire on Gas Prices • Obama: The new King of Cool • Barack Obama is cool. Mitt Romney is not. What does it mean for 2012? • Campaigning for the 'Cool' Vote • The Obama-Romney 'Cool Gap' • The Ned Flanders of Politics: Romney Isn't Cool • Obama On Late Night Too Cool For Cool? • Obama, Jimmy Fallon and the race for cool Now, keep in mind that before the Obama campaign decided to push this "cool" PR talking point, news reports rarely mentioned it. And if they did, it was often in a negative way, as in "Should Cool Obama Warm Up?" or "Why Obama's Cool Comes Off as Cold." Back then, the press could afford to gently chastise Obama for coming across as too aloof, particularly when the country was hurting economically while he was vacationing in Hawaii. Now, when the stakes are higher, the mainstream press seems willing, if not eager, to focus on the real task at hand — helping Obama get re-elected. Nowhere was that more evident than in the coverage of Obama's idiotic appearance on the Jimmy Fallon show. It's not that there aren't genuine angles that a truly independent press corps could pursue about Obama's latest PR gambit. They might, for example, focus how this "cool" campaign seems to smack of desperation. As columnist Michael Barone notes on the next page, the president spends a lot of time trying to shore up his youth base. A confident Obama would be chasing swing voters. Nor did the press bother to mention how the left-wing Fallon was last seen sandbagging Michele Bachmann when he had his band play "Lyin' Ass Bitch" as she walked on stage. Civility police, anyone? There's also the more important question of whether Obama's Fallon appearance crossed the line on campaign finance laws. As Ben Shapiro notes on Breitbart's "Big Hollywood" site, letting Obama read a campaign speech on that show, without offering equal time to his political opponents, appears to violate the federal equal-time rule. Ah, but who has time to worry about such trivialities when you're busy looking for new ways to advance Obama's I'm-cool-and-Romney's-not story line?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (131352)	4/28/2012 11:33:02 PM
From: Wayners	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224774

The public is usually wrong. They are certainly wrong when it comes to picking low and highs in the stock market what makes you think they have Odumbozocare right?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (131352)	4/29/2012 9:58:07 AM
From: TideGlider	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224774

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll in Politics Email thisShareThis Related Articles Majority Says GM Ownership Should Have Been Left to Private Sector Voters Understand the Immigration Debate; Politicians Don't By Scott Rasmussen What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls Radio Update: The Unsettling News About Consumer Confidence 59% View Money-Losing Auto Bailouts As a Failure Florida: Romney 46%, Obama 45% 41% Think Medicare is a Good Deal for Working Americans Sunday, April 29, 2012 The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows Mitt Romney earning 48% of the vote while President Obama picks up support from 46%. Three percent (3%) would vote for a third party candidate, while another three percent (3%) are undecided. Matchup results are updated daily at 9:30 a.m. Eastern (sign up for free daily e-mail update). Romney is currently supported by 83% of conservative voters, while 92% of liberals plan to vote for the president. Among moderate voters, Obama has a 15-point advantage. See tracking history. The race is close in key battleground states. Obama leads by four in Ohio. Romney is up two in North Carolina and up by just a single point in both Virginia and Florida. rasmussenreports.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (131352)	4/29/2012 11:28:42 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224774

Mr. Edwards, rear, with his parents and his eldest daughter, Cate. Mr. Edwards is charged with violating campaign finance laws during his 2008 bid for the presidency.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (131352)	4/29/2012 11:31:48 AM
From: longnshort	10 Recommendations Respond to of 224774

Micheal Cormier – Coroner investigating Andrew Breitbart’s death dies of ‘Suspicious Circumstances’ possible arsenic poisoning As usual the pink slime media doesn’t mention that Coroner Micheal Cormier was investigating the death of Andrew Breitbart. At least CBS LA mentions that Michael Cormier has died himself of ‘Suspicious Circumstances’ which includes possible arsenic poisoning Rather fishy to say the least.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (131352)	4/29/2012 11:33:50 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224774

Mr. Young worked for Mr. Edwards in Washington and Raleigh, eventually moving into fund-raising. His big break came in 2005 when he picked up the phone and the wealthy banking heiress Rachel Mellon was on the other end. Nicknamed Bunny, she had gotten his number from a friend and wanted to help elect Mr. Edwards president. Mr. Young brokered a meeting at her Virginia estate, and she gave $1 million, he testified. Eventually, other money from Ms. Mellon — Bunny money, he said Mr. Edwards called it — would finance the expensive lifestyle preferred by Rielle Hunter, the campaign videographer who became Mr. Edwards’s mistress. By 2006, Elizabeth Edwards, Mr. Edwards’s wife, had discovered the affair. So Mr. Young became the lovers’ go-between, holding the special “bat phone” that Mr. Edwards used to call Ms. Hunter and making sure she got in and out of hotel rooms so the two could be together. Mr. Young said he went to increasingly elaborate lengths to help Mr. Edwards hide his relationship with Ms. Hunter. At one political event where both women were present, it was his job to keep them apart. In return, Mr. Edwards gave Mr. Young access to his business associates and helped him acquire some land so Mr. Young and his wife could build a dream house. Such was his devotion to Mr. Edwards that by the end of their relationship in 2008, Mr. Young would claim paternity of the child Mr. Edwards fathered with Ms. Hunter while running for president. “You said you actually fell in love with Mr. Edwards?” Abbe D. Lowell, Mr. Edwards’s lawyer, asked him at one point during last week’s testimony. “We all did,” Mr. Young replied. And, Mr. Lowell pressed, you fell out of love? “Later, yes sir.” Mr. Edwards had stopped taking his calls. Mr. Young feared that the ride was over and that he would be left criminally liable, he testified. The defense lawyer showed the jury an e-mail, written by Mr. Young in 2009, in which he said he wanted to defecate on the head of Mr. Edwards, the man who had once meant everything to him.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (131352)	4/29/2012 4:42:36 PM
From: FJB	7 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224774

Favorite joke of the night from Correspondents' Dinner, not for its hilarity, but truth and meaning: “There’s a term for President Obama. Not two terms.” – Kimmel.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (131352)	4/30/2012 11:06:05 AM
From: TideGlider	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224774

Health Care Law 55% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law; 56% Expect Costs to Rise Related Articles Daily Presidential Tracking Poll 46% in Massachusetts Want Supreme Court to Overturn Health Care Law Even If It Survives the Court, the Health Care Law Is Doomed By Scott Rasmussen 41% Think Medicare is a Good Deal for Working Americans Monday, April 30, 2012 Most voters still want to repeal President Obama’s national health care law, while belief that it will drive up health care costs is at its highest level in months. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 55% of Likely U.S. Voters at least somewhat favor repeal of the health care law, while 36% are at least somewhat opposed. This includes 46% who Strongly Favor repeal versus 28% who are Strongly Opposed to it. (To see survey question wording, click here.) (Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook.