Is Obama Toast? Handicapping the 2012 Election

[1480]

Isn't Obama half a middle aged white man?

[Sailor Steve]

Good one!

On the other hand that takes me back to a comment I made during the election. The same bigots who used to say "If you have one drop of black blood in you that makes you black, period!" are the same ones easing their minds about Obama now by saying "Well, he's not all black."

[1480]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Good one!

On the other hand that takes me back to a comment I made during the election. The same bigots who used to say "If you have one drop of black blood in you that makes you black, period!" are the same ones easing their minds about Obama now by saying "Well, he's not all black."

Don't forget this gem:

A new book about the 2008 campaign quotes Mr. Reid as predicting that Mr. Obama could become the country’s first black president because he was “light-skinned” and had “no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by 1480

Isn't Obama half a middle aged white man?

And? Perhaps I am incredibly stupid and deserving of your and Steve's collective scorn, but I don't see how this fits into your WASP statement.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

And? Perhaps I am incredibly stupid and deserving of your and Steve's collective scorn, but I don't see how this fits into your WASP statement.

I agree about middle-aged white men hardly qualifying as an oppressed minority, but the super-conservative ones feel like they're being singled out and picked on. That is the same arguing point used by American Christians. True or not, either they feel that way or it's a convenient excuse for attacking others. Within that context the Obama comment makes him an oppressed minority on both sides, which may not be true but is funny.

No scorn here, just befuddled amusement.

[1480]

^^^^

An enigma wrapped in a conundrum.

[August]

Originally Posted by 1480

^^^^

An enigma wrapped in a conundrum.

Embedded in a riddle perched atop a poser balanced on a question wedded to a wonderment...

[1480]

Originally Posted by August

Embedded in a riddle perched atop a poser balanced on a question wedded to a wonderment...

Your English teacher would be slapping you for the unnecessary use of a run on sentence but your grammar appears to be correct though there should be a comma in there somewhere.

[August]

Originally Posted by 1480

Your English teacher would be slapping you for the unnecessary use of a run on sentence but your grammar appears to be correct though there should be a comma in there somewhere.

I have been accused of comma abuse in the past so now i'm overcompensating.

[1480]

Originally Posted by August

I have been accused of comma abuse in the past so now i'm overcompensating.

Touche.

[Sailor Steve]

I'm sure Mark Twain would tell us that anything can be forgiven if it's funny enough.

[1480]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I'm sure Mark Twain would tell us that anything can be forgiven if it's funny enough.

It is a solemn thought: dead, the noblest man's meat is inferior to pork.

You are correct once again....tip of the cap to the man who shows age is only a number

[CaptainHaplo]

This is going to be a close election for the nation's highest office, but Obama loses under most scenarios. However, congressionally the left is going to get clobbered. If Obama wins, he will have be facing right controlled congress in BOTH houses - though not a veto proof one.

This has a LOT to do with the coming election - because people are already tired of hearing that its the fault of one side or the other. Gridlock will again happen - and the citizenry is tired of it.

There also is the issue of the Supreme Court taking up the AHCA - which could - at a late stage - cut the legs out of the president. Even if it is kept, the ire of the voter will raise because the majority of voters do not agree with the plan.

The only way he wins is if a third runner pops into the mix as an independant - or something really goofy like Paul, Huntsman, Santorum or Bachman wins. Romney or Gingrich would beat Obama head to head - though an independant runner would help Obama immensely and save his job.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by 1480

Your English teacher would be slapping you for the unnecessary use of a run on sentence but your grammar appears to be correct though there should be a comma in there somewhere.

Actual grammar police footage of 1480 making a grammar bust.
Subsim members watch the action unfold.

[Bubblehead1980]

Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

This is going to be a close election for the nation's highest office, but Obama loses under most scenarios. However, congressionally the left is going to get clobbered. If Obama wins, he will have be facing right controlled congress in BOTH houses - though not a veto proof one.

This has a LOT to do with the coming election - because people are already tired of hearing that its the fault of one side or the other. Gridlock will again happen - and the citizenry is tired of it.

There also is the issue of the Supreme Court taking up the AHCA - which could - at a late stage - cut the legs out of the president. Even if it is kept, the ire of the voter will raise because the majority of voters do not agree with the plan.

The only way he wins is if a third runner pops into the mix as an independant - or something really goofy like Paul, Huntsman, Santorum or Bachman wins. Romney or Gingrich would beat Obama head to head - though an independant runner would help Obama immensely and save his job.

you're mostly right but Paul could beat Obama, multiple(but little talked about on the news networks) polls have shown Paul could beat Obama in a general election.Why? Independents...that's why.