tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post2955114346090905777..comments2024-03-28T05:37:00.890-04:00Comments on the daily howler: How the Sunday Times set the stage!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-90097885484508484392012-11-08T14:30:39.678-05:002012-11-08T14:30:39.678-05:00And after four more years of Viet Nam.And after four more years of Viet Nam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-63149103869521508782012-11-07T16:34:55.272-05:002012-11-07T16:34:55.272-05:00Clarification, of course. The incumbent in 1968 of...Clarification, of course. The incumbent in 1968 of course did not lose the election. He chose not to run rather than lose it. After winning a historic landslide four years earlier.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-25860458466078419832012-11-07T16:33:25.569-05:002012-11-07T16:33:25.569-05:00Actually, they supposedly "fixed" Congre...Actually, they supposedly "fixed" Congress in 2010, then hated the results even more.<br /><br />I'm not buying the old cliche about horses and streams. The nation's voters have never been afraid to do that, and in fact we had four elections (1968, 1976, 1980 and 1992) in which incumbents lost, and one (2004) in which an incumbent war president was very narrowly re-elected.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-40051500355190470642012-11-07T15:33:03.839-05:002012-11-07T15:33:03.839-05:00Anon 11::33,
Good point. The results show America...Anon 11::33,<br />Good point. The results show Americans are afraid. And cautious.<br /><br />Polls (if it's okay to mention them) have said for two years that the people have a very negative rating of Congress, the worst in our history.<br /><br />That begs the question: Why didn't they take this opportunity to fix it?<br /><br />The answer is most likely the old warning about not changing horses in the middle of the stream.<br /><br />Keep the administration the same, keep the Senate the same, keep the House the same.<br /><br />Hopefully, Republicans will accept that they failed to gain their primary objective and stop screwing around.gravymeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075831177588700301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-34700107888511707762012-11-07T11:33:47.075-05:002012-11-07T11:33:47.075-05:00Your question's a non-sequiter.
It's not ...Your question's a non-sequiter.<br /><br />It's not Obama that people are worried about (you excepted, of course), but rather the country -- How will the country overcome the bullshit media that serves it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-69132835764812904692012-11-07T08:49:05.417-05:002012-11-07T08:49:05.417-05:00You and Bob are quite right. How will Obama ever o...You and Bob are quite right. How will Obama ever overcome all that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-88961910305913584722012-11-06T19:48:23.783-05:002012-11-06T19:48:23.783-05:00Bob, I agree with your take. I've noticed how ...Bob, I agree with your take. I've noticed how the national media just can't bring themselves to say that President Obama has been ahead in his bid for reelection. Obama has been leading in the major swing states and for quite some time the smart money has been on Obama winning this election. The race has never been a "dead heat" unless of course you completely ignore the electoral college.The bending over backwards in order to appear unbiased is at the heart of what makes today's media incompetent. That and good old fashioned laziness.kylibnoreply@blogger.com