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The Republican Nomination For President: The Race For The Race For The White House

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spendius
 
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Reply Fri 4 Nov, 2011 11:12 am
@JPB,
As any sensible theocrat would expect you to do.
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Cycloptichorn
 
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Reply Fri 4 Nov, 2011 11:36 am
Mitt Romney on his numerous flip-flops:

Quote:
'I've been as consistent as human beings can be.'


Zero awareness.

Cycloptichorn
georgeob1
 
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Reply Fri 4 Nov, 2011 01:19 pm
@snood,
snood wrote:

The whole idea of who's "blacker" tastes kinda foul to me. I think I've experienced both situations - where my blackness was in question, and also where I've been perceived as too black. Both are bullshit.

If I have a problem with Cain related to "blackness", it has to do with things he himself has opened up, like when he denigrates black democrats as "brainwashed", or when he claims to be "blacker" than Barack Obama.


I'm inclined to agree with you. The variations among individuals of any color are very large compared to the supposed average qualities of each group. We are all individual people first and foremost, and the whole fabric of perceptions and expectations imposed on people because of their skin color is both offensive and misleading. The problem is that we all in various ways too often succomb to various aspects of this kind of group think. Whether Cain is more or less "black" than President Obama is a basically meaningless issue. By the same token the suggestions often heard from political opponents that Cain (or in an earlier period, Clarence Thomas) is not "authentically Black" in outlook, or is otherwise beholden to "anti Black" forces is equally meaningless and offensive.
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parados
 
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Reply Fri 4 Nov, 2011 01:19 pm
@Cycloptichorn,
If only he'd said..

"I've been as consistent as John Kerry."
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snood
 
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Reply Fri 4 Nov, 2011 02:32 pm
Cain Says he's the Koch Brothers' "Brother From Another Mother"

Billionaire oil magnates Charles and David Koch are the founding benefactors of Americans for Prosperity, a conservative group that admitted having controversial financial ties to the Cain campaign earlier in the week.

The Associated Press reported last month that the Cain campaign's deep connection -- or brotherhood, as Cain appears to contend -- to the Koch brothers could undercut the image he has tried to foster as a Washington outsider and businessman who is not part of the politics machine that is so often disparaged by the conservative base.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/04/herman-cain-koch-brothers_n_1076835.html
realjohnboy
 
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Reply Fri 4 Nov, 2011 02:41 pm
@snood,
The NRA has agreed to allow a lawyer for one of the first two women who accused Cain of sexual harassment to issue a statement. Her settlement with the NRA in 1999 precluded her from commenting.
spendius
 
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Reply Fri 4 Nov, 2011 02:43 pm
@realjohnboy,
I presume that means she is breaking her word. In which case she should return the dough.
realjohnboy
 
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Reply Fri 4 Nov, 2011 02:58 pm
@spendius,
No, as far as I understand it. The NRA is releasing her from the non-disclosure clause.
I suspect that there will little news there. And, to tell you the truth as I see it, this story is running out of steam.
Coming up next: Cain's connection to the Koch brothers and allegations that Perry has been accepting discounted private jet costs from supporters.
A long year ahead.
snood
 
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Reply Fri 4 Nov, 2011 03:56 pm
@spendius,
Read more carefully spendius. The NRA agreed that her lawyer release a statement.
snood
 
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Reply Fri 4 Nov, 2011 03:57 pm
@realjohnboy,
realjohnboy wrote:

No, as far as I understand it. The NRA is releasing her from the non-disclosure clause.
I suspect that there will little news there. And, to tell you the truth as I see it, this story is running out of steam.
Coming up next: Cain's connection to the Koch brothers and allegations that Perry has been accepting discounted private jet costs from supporters.
A long year ahead.


I don't think Cain's gonna last for 3 more months; much less a year.
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spendius
 
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Reply Fri 4 Nov, 2011 04:07 pm
@snood,
Quote:
The NRA agreed that her lawyer release a statement.


That sounds mighty fishy. Maybe a better story. Why would they do that? Herman ends up the gent!! The settlement was agreed. Herman shells out. Then agreement rescinded. Ain't that fraud?
roger
 
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Reply Fri 4 Nov, 2011 04:28 pm
@spendius,
No, because Herman did not "shell out". The organization, through its insurance company shelled out. Neither the agreement nor shell out involved Cain.
spendius
 
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Reply Fri 4 Nov, 2011 06:20 pm
@roger,
Good!
snood
 
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Reply Sat 5 Nov, 2011 09:09 am
@spendius,
http://content.cartoonbox.slate.com/?feature=fdb1960c71771e281e50642301778310
Ticomaya
 
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Reply Sat 5 Nov, 2011 09:26 am
@snood,
That's funny.
snood
 
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Reply Sat 5 Nov, 2011 09:30 am
@Ticomaya,
Smile
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spendius
 
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Reply Sat 5 Nov, 2011 10:10 am
@Ticomaya,
What's the joke Tico?
izzythepush
 
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Reply Sat 5 Nov, 2011 10:20 am
@spendius,
Cain is standing as a Republican nominee, the Republicans are known as the Grand Old Party or GOP. Cain has been accused of copping a feel or groping, thus the play on words G(r)OP(e). You don't have to find it funny to get it.
Ticomaya
 
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Reply Sat 5 Nov, 2011 10:38 am
@spendius,
spendius wrote:

What's the joke Tico?

Nice try izzy ... but ... going back a few years to Obama's campaign poster:

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8966/obamahope.jpg
Ticomaya
 
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Reply Sat 5 Nov, 2011 10:40 am
@Ticomaya,
Also going back a few years ...

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4670/p181483s2.png
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