dayman

In 3rdnlng's circles "homoerotic" is just "erotic"

You know after some soul searching and endless study of economics we should probably all just share and love each other.

now you'll have to forgive me I am just a "lib idiot" but ... this one is over my head...

fracking is bad ... m'kay?

I think I'm having the worlds slowest and most subtle stroke.

LOL. Don't get too worked up about it birdog. 3rdnlng is basically Jesus...and it will never be satisfying getting nothing but questions as answers. So just convert to Islam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wedcZp07raE

...I don't know anything about North Dakota but...it's North Dakota...just saying...

How come you go to all these career fairs? If you don't mind my asking...

Assuming it was solid, I still wouldn't have gone "bland but solid" to define myself initially if I was Romney.

Haha ya, at least we can only hope they are.

LOL...sizzle has got to change...hope and change def. will work again some day but not this day.

We're talking pure politics here Jim...strategy....I'm criticizing Romney's ad. Hope and change wasn't meant to be substantial though. Hope and change worked in '08. It won't work in '12 haha...but it worked then. Grade A sizzle.

No way I will admit that. Mitt Romney absolutely could run an ad that I would say was a good ad. He has to run it though. He could either be really effective selling sizzle or he could give some steak (to put it in Tom's terms). My opinion is that if this is what he leads with ... then it doesn't seem like he's really going to make a strong case for anything other than "I'm not Obama." To me, this is a really safe ad and I'm not sure he's going to get out there and do anything other than play it safe...(which btw may be the right thing to do who knows...)

PPP ... where that is a great advertisement. PPP ... where people have the nerve to act annoyed b/c I make a few posts about how I think Romney is weak (when the entire board is about Obama being retarded) Tom...there's no sizzle being sold here that I can spot. We're talking about the Romney campaign trying to get out there a proactively define him before others do it for him. And he comes w/ pipeline...and basically nothing else.

Haha, no that's my point. I don't think that.

What actual red meat for common republican is in this ad? Pipeline and high-income tax breaks? I just don't see how you guys think this ad has anything substantive and even if your take is that it shouldn't ... well I don't get how it's a good ad in anybody's eyes. If you want to go after Obama's policies...GO AFTER THEM. What the hell is it you would have done Mitt? What are you going to do now. Pipeline and tax cuts...that's what we get.

It works b/c it says almost nothing?

looks like battle states except Florida (where he'll probably just go for blood) Data provided to The Associated Press from TV stations and media buyers shows Romney is spending $1.3 million to air the ad in Iowa, North Carolina, Virginia and Ohio, all critical battleground states. Well it doesn't say anything about what he will do w/ the ACA. It talks about the pipeline...that's it. That's what he came with. (and of course tax cuts for the wealthy)

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2012/05/18/romney_releases_first_general_election_tv_ad/ "Day One: President Romney immediately approves the Keystone pipeline, creating thousands of jobs that Obama blocked," the announcer declares, referring to a pipeline Obama has delayed. Republicans insist his decision shows Obama's hostility toward the energy industry. "President Romney introduces tax cuts and reforms that reward job creators, not punish them," the announcer says, repeating a familiar Republican theme. Then, in an effort to ease conservative skepticism, the announcer says: "President Romney issues order to begin replacing Obamacare with common-sense health care reform." 1. Lay pipe (even if he has to do it with his bare hands) 2. Cut taxes for rich 3. Begin to address Obamacare with ... basically just a question mark ... way to ease the concerns there Mitt ...he's also getting up on stage saying he will heal the political divide in this country...we've heard that before Mitt...I wouldn't go that way if I were....nobody in America wants to hear that this time around regardless of what anybody did in the past... I'm not political expert but I really don't see how the Romney campaign is going to actually define him with any actual punch of it's own. He's still just "not Obama" and I really fail to see how he'll ever be anything different at this point. I just don't understand what will happen to make him anything more than the weak candidate he's always been.... It's undeniable Obama took over in a time of absolute FUBAR. Romney needs to come out and say Obama did "X Y and Z" in response to that, and that he would have done "A B and C" which would have had us in a better spot. Then again he's dodging what he has said in the past...b/c it doesn't look that good. He can't dodge it though. THAT IS WHAT UNDECIDEDS WANT TO HEAR. Mitt is going down in flames IMO he's going to botch this terribly. Obama will (imo) have more money, he's a vastly superior politician, and on top of that Mitt is under-performing (even relative to his own limited capabilities as a politician). Mitt could be the weakest candidate since Dukakis and that's saying something. Flame away PPP, let's have some fun.

Liberal or conservative ... doesn't matter ... Romney is a really really weak candidate. We're talking potential Dukakis level weakness...

What do you mean by "we need to go down this road?" ...just that they're pushing that way or that there is some actual reason for it?

What a joke. This should be an embarrassment to the true fiscal conservative GOP leaders in the house. $643 billion military spending bill...It exceeds the cap set for defense programs in last year's budget deal by several billion dollars. ....bar same-sex marriage ceremonies on U.S. military bases The bill also includes new funding -- opposed by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta -- for certain tank upgrades, additional submarines, long-range bomber development and Air Force drones. GOP leaders, while pressing for overall spending reductions, vehemently oppose the bulk of the defense cuts... Mitt Romney is pushing for a significant defense spending increase http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/18/politics/house-defense-bill/index.html

Any moderate and/or liberal should begin treating 3rdnlng as the conservative DiN if all you say about DiN is true. Make it happen. Conservatives...you should discount him. Cast his idiot self off to the side. 3rdnlng!!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhh!!!!!