Archive for October 11th, 2011
Protesters Punked.
I love you, James O’Keefe.
GOP Debate Watch Thread: Dartmouth, WaPo, Bloomberg
H/T The Washington Post
Tuesday, October 11 at 8:00 p.m. ET
Dartmouth College
Twitter hashtag: #econdebate
Moderators: Charlie Rose (PBS), Karen Tumulty (WaPo), Julianna Goldman (Bloomberg)
From the Dartmouth Debate website:
The Republican Presidential Debate at Dartmouth College, and a special pre-debate panel featuring prominent journalists and Dartmouth professors called Leading Voices: What’s at Stake in the Republican Debate, will be broadcast live on multiple digital platforms on Tuesday, October 11. The Debate begins at 8 p.m., and the Leading Voices panel will run from 5 to 6 p.m.
Watch the Leading Voices Panel
Debate at Dartmouth website
Dartmouth’s YouTube channel
Dartmouth’s Facebook page
Watch the Debate Online
Washington Post Live
Bloomberg
Watch the Debate on Television
Find a Bloomberg station in your area
Find WBIN-TV coverage in your area
Listen to the Debate
Bloomberg Radio
Invited candidates include: Jon Huntsman, Michelle Bachmann, Rick Perry, GOP Frontrunner Herman Cain, Mitt Romney, GOP Frontrunner Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, and Rick Santorum.
In an effort to influence the outcome of the debate, and boost Establishment GOP Cocktail Party candidates, GOP Frontrunner and former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson was excluded. According to TheHill.com,
In order to participate in the debate hosted by Bloomberg News and The Washington Post, candidates must meet four requirements, including measurable popular support in national polls, at least half a million dollars raised in the second-quarter reporting period, and participation in at least three nationally televised Republican presidential debates during the 2012 election cycle.
Of course, this would exclude Rick “I Heart Illegals” Perry from this debate, since he has only participated in two nationally televised debates.
But what’s a little media bias between friends?
Please watch the debate and report your impressions in this thread.
UPDATE: This debate is focusing exclusively on the economy, which is the #1 concern of likely voters according to most polls. A mole inside the Washington Post has supplied Hillbuzz with several of the debate questions in advance.
“Michelle Bachmann, you claim to understand the plight of businesses, having started a business with your husband. How long has your husband been a right-wing homophobe?”
“Herman Cain, at the age of 36 you were managing over 400 Burger King stores as an executive with Pillsbury. You later rescued its Godfather’s Pizza subsidiary from bankruptcy and became its CEO. You also served as CEO of the National Restaurant Association. With this transparent lack of real-world experience, you’re clearly a shill for the Tea Party. So do you prefer to be addressed as “Uncle Tom” or a “house slave?”
Newt Gingrich, while you were Speaker of the House of Representatives, Congress passed welfare reform, a capital gains tax cut and the first balanced budget since 1969. You were also the co-author of the Contract with America. Why do you hate puppies?
“Mitt Romney, you’ve been the GOP frontrunner since before I was born. How do you keep looking so distinguished and presidential? And a follow-up, can I have your autograph? Do you need a speech writer? Or a massage therapist? I just emailed you my resume. Thanks. I love you!!!”
Rick Santorum, your critics say you’re a big spender because you supported No Child Left Behind, the new Medicare drug entitlement, and the Bridge to Nowhere twice. And you’ve been both for and against ethanol subsidies. Have you ever thought of running as a Democrat?
“Ron Paul, you’re the best-selling author of several books on the economy, including End The Fed, The Case for Gold, and Pillars of Prosperity. And you serve as Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology. So tell me, Ron Paul, what’s your favorite color?–wait, I’m sorry, we’re out of time.”
UPDATE: I’m shocked to discover a substantive discussion happening. The moderators have mainly asked economic questions as promised. There is a sense that you’re finally dealing with adults, as far as these candidates are concerned. It’s an incredible contrast with the current regime.
Sleeper Cells are Watching You.
Anyone out there who wants to know what’s going on at the hippie-loser-fest called Occupy Wallstreet need look no further than this video.
The media is taking this seriously? Really? A millionaire rapper who is as dumb as a bag of rocks?(You have to watch the entire video).
And they said the tea partiers were stupid. Yeah. Right.
Boston Herald: Herman Cain Has The Liberals “Squirmin’”
Author’s Note: Starting today, all GOP candidates I want to win will be labeled with the title, “GOP Frontrunner,” regardless of where they place in polls, how well they do in debates, and even whether or not they’re in the race. If it’s good enough for the government-controlled media, it’s good enough for me.
Boston Herald caption: "SLICE OF SUCCESS: Herman Cain has surged up the polls in the race for the Republican nomination for president. The move has left speechless those who declared the Tea Party racist. "
You all know I’m a libertarian, and thus, my preferred GOP candidates are GOP Frontrunner Governor Gary Johnson, the very successful former chief executive of New Mexico, and GOP Frontrunner Rep. Ron Paul, the 11-term congressman from Texas who is an expert in Constitutional economics and monetary policy.
However, though I disagree with her on some issues, I’m also a big fan of GOP Frontrunner Sarah Palin–mostly because Sarah Palin is so damn good at making Leftist heads explode. She’s particularly good at forcing bigoted, hypocritical Lefty feminists to out themselves as anti-woman (if that woman is a conservative).
Same thing with GOP Frontrunner Herman Cain. I first heard of Herman when he guest-hosted the Neal Boortz radio show out of Atlanta, and I’ve loved him ever since. Again, I disagree with Herman on some issues. But now Herman has revealed that he has the same special mystical powers that Sarah Palin has–he can make Lefty heads explode, and make Leftist black race pimps reveal themselves as the bigots they are.
It’s delicious! And so fun to watch!
And Herman’s efforts are starting to pay off, as revealed in this opinion piece in the Boston Herald: Herman Cain’s got the liberals squirmin’.
Herman Cain, a black guy, is the new darling of the Tea Party — the very party that liberals have labeled racist since it was born.
(Of course, you and I know that GOP Frontrunner Herman Cain isn’t the “new” darling of “The Tea Party.” He’s been speaking at Tea Party events for years. But back to the story…)
How to explain this disturbing turn of events? How will liberals deride Tea Partiers now? And since so many felt so good about themselves after voting for Barack Obama (who is biracial), how good might white independents feel after voting for Cain (who’s 100 percent black?)
Cain’s just a black poster boy, a plant to deflect racist charges aimed at the GOP. That’s the dismissive line that’s all over left-leaning blogs and that I actually heard said Sunday at the Brattle Theater, Harvard Square. Of course.
The self-satisfied, enthralled with the Occupy Wall Street crowd, have had to wrestle with an obvious contradiction. They first called Tea Partiers racists because so few blacks went to Tea Party rallies. Hardly any blacks are occupying Wall Street either.
Whoops! It looks like some accurate reportage has snuck into this opinion piece. It looks increasingly like we may have a “random act of journalism” on our hands, as Rush calls it.
So tonight is New Hampshire’s GOP debate. Cain has climbed to second behind Mitt Romney in national polls and so gets to stand beside “Mittens,” as some detractors now call our beatific former governor, the Wall Street turnaround guy. Alas, Romney’s now facing the Main Street turnaround guy, Herman Cain, he of the booming baritone and the all-American rise from Pillsbury to Burger King to pizza tycoon. [emphasis added]
“Mittens” — another one of Kevin DuJan’s memes has caught on!
Just by existing, pulling himself up by his bootstraps, and being a conservative, Herman Cain is helping to flush out race pimps like Harry Belafonte, interviewed here by the sadly misnamed Joy Behar:
Yes…the liberals are squirming, indeed. Thank you, GOP Frontrunner Herman Cain!
More Like the .09 %
I can smell these people through my computer.
Tea party vs. Flea party
I think we know who wins this battle…..
Hitler Occupies Wallstreet
Too funny.
