Curiously, and Just in the Last Few Days, Mitt Romney is Becoming the Poster Child for What is Wrong

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Wednesday January 11, 2012 · 7:17 AM PST

2012/01/11 · 07:17

....for most all that is wrong, with the Republican Party today.

And the Republican Party is becoming the poster child for what is wrong with America today (most of this I learn here at www.dailykos.com)

This diary will be, I hope, short, and, I hope, sweet. But it will more likely be bittersweet.

Knarfc

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Sunday May 01, 2011 · 6:46 PM PDT

2011/05/01 · 18:46

Just saw this report on the Guardian, considered, and decided it impossible not to comment in a diary.

"Britain expels Libyan ambassador", is the report. Sounds simple enough, right? Ambassadors are frequently expelled; it happens all the time.

Well...

Britain moved to expel Libya's ambassador tonight after the UK embassy in Tripoli was attacked by a mob.

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Is Mr. William Hague dense?

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Is Mr. William Hague dense?

Yes

3 votes

No; he's a comedian instead of a Foreign Minister

1 vote

Crazy Castle: California Dreamers You Have Been Warned

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Friday October 01, 2010 · 6:15 AM PDT

2010/10/01 · 06:15

For anyone who missed the biggest story of this campaign so far, the now notorious Republican billionaire Meg Whitman brazenly and underhandedly dumped her housekeeper once she decided she was running for Governor. Whitman's thought was the image of her candidacy had to be protected, at all costs. Well, I suppose she thought there would be no cost to her. She assumed this story would not surface; the media would not report it. Do you by any chance think Whitman adhered to the relevant state and federal laws?

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Supporting Brown for Gov?

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Supporting Brown for Gov?

Yes.

64 votes

No.

18 votes

I live in a castle and I don't care about California

4 votes

Dumbfounding. Baffling. Infuriating.

Knarfc

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Monday June 07, 2010 · 4:35 PM PDT

2010/06/07 · 16:35

Just came across this news at TalkingPointsMemo.

I thought I knew my Republicans. I thought close to the mainstream of political and civic discourse was their rational and practical objective. I thought they had a plausible goal of electing their party members in the 2010 elections.

But now this...?

Republican Jewish Coalition Hosts Birther Taitz As 'Special Guest' At Annual Bash

And they are quoting Ronald Reagan, "We will always be Proud"?

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Does this make sense?

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Does this make sense?

Yes,

6 votes

No.

3 votes

Nothing makes sense anymore.

22 votes

Huh? Does what make sense?

5 votes

Guilty by Association. It doesn't matter otherwise.

4 votes

Weird About the Wording...

Knarfc

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Monday April 12, 2010 · 6:01 AM PDT

2010/04/12 · 06:01

Something about the way these quotes are used in this AP article is weird. What do you think? Is there an attempt to mislead? Is the writing merely sloppy?

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Which do you prefer, or which is more accurate?

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Which do you prefer, or which is more accurate?

Quote #1 is preferred

0 votes

Quote #2 is preferred

1 vote

Quote #1 is more accurate

0 votes

Quote #2 is more accurate

8 votes

It doesn't matter.

4 votes

The Meta-Message of the Health Care Reform Protesters: We Need Help Too!

Knarfc

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Wednesday August 12, 2009 · 6:35 PM PDT

2009/08/12 · 18:35

It's abundantly clear that many readers have been following with more than a passing interest the reports of how the recent and ongoing "Town Hall" meetings have been loudly attended, and in many cases as much as hijacked by outwardly aberrant groups of seemingly alien, yet weirdly uniform individuals. I am too. The activists in question have carefully and circumspectly presented themselves as earnest in their mission even as they are adamant in their arguments. The interesting, colorful (though mostly white), often skillful and undeniably creative participants have been demonstrating, to the seeming limit of their abilities and strategies (name calling being among the most common), for a rather wide ranging platform of concerns and issues which, before their very efforts, have apparently and largely been overlooked and ignored, for yet indeterminate reasons, by large segments of the nation.

We should certainly thank them for bringing the fullness of their platform to our attention.

Knarfc

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Wednesday February 04, 2009 · 11:52 AM PST

2009/02/04 · 11:52

Gulf News reports, via AP...

British Defence Secretary John Hutton has appealed to Nato allies to help Pakistan fight extremist groups on its territory.

Hutton says the 26-nation alliance has to widen its role beyond its current military mission in Afghanistan to help secure democracy in Pakistan as well.

What is he thinking?

Hutton held talks with Nato Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the 26 national envoys to the alliance on Wednesday.

And what are they thinking?

British defence secretary pushes Nato to take role in Pakistan

Knarfc

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Thursday January 08, 2009 · 7:54 PM PST

2009/01/08 · 19:54

I don't claim much expertise or authority on the Gaza Issue. I have commented on a few diaries.

Why did Condoleezza Rice, representing the US, abstain, when the fourteen other Security Council members (all of them) voted yes? Call me confused. Does the US know something the other SC members don't know? If so, what might that possibly be?

Knarfc

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Tuesday November 04, 2008 · 5:17 AM PST

2008/11/04 · 05:17

Today is your day to vote!

Don't be fooled into not exercising your rights. Don't be fooled by anyone. Today is your day to vote!

You may "think" a landslide victory is at hand. You may "feel" your one vote does not matter. You may "hear" the presidential race is "called".

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Will you vote?

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Will you vote?

Yes

23 votes

1 vote

Undecided

0 votes

It doesn't matter

0 votes

Bush Administration's Failing Attempt at Socializing the Banks

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Tuesday October 28, 2008 · 12:11 PM PDT

2008/10/28 · 12:11

The Bush Administration now complains banks are not lending money. The plan was for struggling and undercapitalized banks to receive large amounts of Treasury money so that an unexpected and dangerous credit tightening would abate, and money would again start to circulate.

According to AP:

"White House tells banks getting federal aid to quit hoarding money and start lending it"

Ha! This is so funny. Because this was so predictable.

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What's next for banking?

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What's next for banking?

Banks will follow the Administration's direction and start lending money.

0 votes

Banks will hoard money.

9 votes

Banks with money will buy other banks.

34 votes

Banks will go out of business.

2 votes

Banks will go on vacation until the next Administration arrives.

6 votes

The Bush Adminstration will ask the banks for its money back.

0 votes

The people will ask the Bush Administraton for their money back.

0 votes

China will ask the US Treasury for its money back.

12 votes

Something else entirely will happen.

2 votes

American Anti-Americans in American History

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Friday October 17, 2008 · 6:55 PM PDT

2008/10/17 · 18:55

This will be fairly brief. Mostly this diary is intended as food for thought on the topical discussion of anti-Americans and anti-Americanism, in the spirit of the perspective that may be induced by time and history.

Knarfc

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Monday September 22, 2008 · 7:46 PM PDT

2008/09/22 · 19:46

The aggressor was overextended militarily, and he was tottering politically. His generals and his allies were terrified. His nation, low on cash, troubled by its deteriorating credit, was on the verge of a bankruptcy for which he knew he would be blamed, and this would mean the downfall of his movement. Of this, his peers and adversaries were poorly informed. Perhaps this is one reason they thought they were relatively safe.

They certainly thought they were safe. Otherwise they would have behaved differently.

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