I Had A Nightmare Last Night

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look, I have basically did all I could do, so now its someone else’s turn to comment

Obama claimed to be a great public speaker and look what we have now. Judge people on their actions and accomplishments. Jan Brewer has done and is doing an excellent job for Arizona as well as the people of the USA.

Citation, please, for Obama claiming to be a great public speaker.

That’s embarrassing.

“I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a
king of infinite space—were it not that I have bad dreams.”

http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/the-rest-is-silence/

Michael – I thought your nightmare was going to be about trying to get Matthews to let you finish a sentence. Valiant effort last night.

See…a teleprompter isn’t such a bad thing after all.

“I Had A Nightmare Last Night”
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Me too. Palin was President, we were at war with California and New York and Limbaugh was sexting me.

…and this is the issue. If a Democrat had done this, I am sure you’d be there attacking him as unqualified.
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People have a different take on every single event based on what team the person is playing for.

She didn’t have her papers with her, for sure.

We’re at war with Texas, though

R4M, I guess what you’re trying to say is that you don’t have to be a great orator to be a great leader. Brewer is neither. So your point is…?

Yes she is doing a great job. She’s managed to stop that rash of headless bodies that never existed in the first place:
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http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/09/jan-brewer-speechless-on-headless-bodies-video.php
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Brewer is an awful politician that’s having an enjoyably awful week in the media.

How about the Press going after her about the beheadings after the debate?

It looks like even Jan Brewer thinks what Jan Brewer says is bullsh!t.

Check out the aftemath…

…aftermath…

Was he on Hardball?

Obama claimed to be a great public speaker and look what we have now.
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You’re right, look at what we have now.
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We avoided the Second Great Depression according to virtually every economist, we reversed monthly job losses of 800,000 under Bush and installed monthly gains, we secured historic reforms of health care and the financial industry, we pulled out of Iraq and tripled the number of terrorists we’re killing and capturing, and we restored our standing in the world.
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God, that’s just awful.

Now I bet wingnuts will say that Democrats and the media do something to make the Republicans look like pathological liars and morons.

No, Jan Brewer, among many, many others, are the ones who make Republicans look like total morons and pathological liars.

If the facts do not support your legislation: lie, lie, lie and lie some more until people believe the big lie and support your legislation.

Yeah, that part was much, much worse than the opening statement brainfart she had. Just pathetic.

So, the media has time to make fun of her for an on-air gaffe, but apparently doesn’t have much time to look into her connections with the corporate prison industry .
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Brewer Linked To Private Prisons Housing Illegal Immigrants
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http://www.kpho.com/news/24834877/detail.html
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Way to go, media!

LOL!
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Sacred, why does Conan O’Brien have his own show when you don’t?

I guess Republican corruption has become so much the norm that we are supposed to expect it unless the media tells that we found an honest Republican holding office.

Because I look like a poster boy for a White Supremist group and I swear alot.

“Private facilities can offer these savings, in part because they don’t have to contend with the hefty employee pension and wage obligations that government agencies do…
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But more recently, an internal Arizona Department of Corrections report released in February 2010, found that, in 2009, those savings narrowed to around $2.75 per inmate per day, and in certain instances, private facilities were found to cost even more per day than public ones.”…
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Arizona Attorney General Goddard says that his state Department of Corrections has nearly zero oversight over the prisons that house out-of-state inmates in his state.

“They don’t have to show proof of financial responsibility, they don’t have to comply with Arizona prison construction standards, they don’t have to report disruptions. . .and both the training and staffing is up to the private operator,” Goddard says. “There were a couple of private prisons that went on lockdown and refused to allow the Department of Corrections to come in.”"
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http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/17/news/economy/private_prisons_economic_impact.fortune/index.htm
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“(Aug. 21) — Just how lax was security at the privately run prison in Kingman, Ariz., where three inmates escaped and precipitated a three-week, multimillion-dollar manhunt through at least six states?

The Arizona Department of Corrections inspected the prison after the brazen July 30 escape to get an idea. Among its findings:

• Alarms went off so frequently for no apparent reason that responding to them was a lower priority for guards than “answering the telephone, issuing keys, checking staff in.”
• The prison perimeter was often unmanned during predictable shift changes.
• More than 80 percent of the staff was new or newly promoted, and many of them lacked training in procedures and struggled to even load and unload weapons during a security review.
• An outside dormitory door was left open so frequently that a rock was left nearby, apparently to prop it open.”
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http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/security-breaches-at-private-prison-cited-in-escape/19602457
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Now, that is another nightmare – unsupervised prisons hiring unqualified and underpaid guards with no oversight.

Unfortunately, I have a feeling Brewer will be reelected. Republicans have a huge disdain for education and the ability to string words together into coherent sentences.

My reply to all you children of the Left is guess who Arizona’s citizens will elect for Governor.
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They not you know the facts as to how good of a job Governor Brewer has done as Governor for their state.
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So make your insult. Have your LW laughs and watch your Democrat lose in Arizona.
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Children, will you ever learn to be quiet when adults are speaking? Your comments to each other may seem funny and entertaining to you and your misinformed peers but they a very annoying to us adults.

Oh my god, that was like watching the most uncomfortable moment on “The Office” or something. Yiiiiikes.

“Jan Brewer has done and is doing an excellent job for Arizona as well as the people of the USA.”
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Really?
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“The disorder of Arizona’s fiscal house has had far-reaching ramifications, but the university system has borne the brunt of this budgetary nightmare. As the Arizona Board of Regents prepared its preliminary budget for fiscal year 2010, it had to take into account both an increase in student enrollment and decrease in funding from the state. This resulted in massive tuition increases from anywhere between 15.7 and 20.4 percent. These tuition hikes, in tandem with workforce and salary reductions, department closures and increased class sizes, have left all three of Arizona’s major universities, UA, ASU and NAU, writhing in pain. By now, we all know that the university system is in dire straits financially, but how did it get to this point and who is to blame?

In 15 of the past 17 years, Arizona has cut individual and corporate taxes more than any other state in the country; the Republican-led Arizona Legislature’s unhealthy infatuation with tax cuts is responsible. Arizona had the 41st-lowest tax burden in the nation as of 2008 and currently has a deficit projected to reach $2.6 billion for the 2011 fiscal year.

The Arizona Legislature seems to believe cutting taxes will increase state revenue. This flawed reasoning is what has caused the state’s exorbitant deficit. Furthermore, the tax cuts were not initially matched with spending cuts. The legislature lowered taxes and spent money the state didn’t have. Cutting taxes without implementing commensurate spending cuts means a massive budget deficit down the road. Now that the legislature has finally realized this, in order to offset the state’s lack of revenue, they have slashed expenditures with a dull hatchet, which for the university system has meant higher tuition and a budget crisis of epic proportions.

Conventional wisdom among most economists is that cuts to expenditures during a recession do far more harm than good. Drawbacks in public spending will result in a reduction in the quality and quantity of government services and will decrease the demand for private sector goods, which will only worsen economic conditions. Not to mention the effects it will have on the K-12 and university systems, which are already reeling from a lack of state funding. ”
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http://wildcat.arizona.edu/perspectives/ua-s-budget-crisis-who-s-responsible-1.1540036
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“U.S. State Public Education Rankings: Arizona ranked 50th in education ranking

* August 9th, 2010 12:01 pm MT”
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http://www.examiner.com/parenting-teens-in-phoenix/u-s-state-public-education-rankings-arizona-ranked-50th-education-ranking
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Yep, doin’ a heck of job, Brownie.
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I don’t know, maybe Ricardo thinks a state with no public restrooms along it’s highway, terrible public schools and a state school losing standing due to budge cuts is a great thing. More ignorance = more members of the Tea Party.

“Children, will you ever learn to be quiet when adults are speaking? Your comments to each other may seem funny and entertaining to you and your misinformed peers but they a very annoying to us adults.”
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Many “adults” say things like that just before us kids put them in a resthome. We’re funny that way. ; )

“Because I look like a poster boy for a White Supremist group and I swear alot.”
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But what about cable TV?

Brewer is so pitiful I just can’t bring myself to say more. If she is elected to a real term, I will think the same of the voters who do that.

I don’t think cable would work either. I have too much fun blasting everybody. I’d just p!ss off the right, the left and everybody in between.

“They not you know the facts as to how good of a job Governor Brewer has done as Governor for their state.”
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So, I guess if locals know the facts best that you support the downtown Mosque:
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“Forty-four percent of New Yorkers said they had a generally favorable opinion of Islam, while 28 percent said they did not and another 28 percent were undecided. Those with a favorable opinion of Islam support the mosque 54 percent to 30 percent, while those with an unfavorable opinion oppose it 86 percent to 7 percent.”

Read more: http://dnainfo.com/20100701/manhattan/manhattanites-support-mosque-near-ground-zero-poll-finds#ixzz0yTgBowTi
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Please don’t make contradictions and say “Because I said so” or I’ll get my 97 year old great uncle to send you to be with no supper.

I have a friend who has lived in Arizona for many years who is considering moving because the atmosphere is so toxic and the government has deteriorated to such a degree.

So, 3x, whether or not she is a corrupt governor cutting backroom deals with private prison corporations doesn’t matter to you as long as she has an R after her name on the ballot?
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I often wonder why people like David Vitter still have a place in your party. I try not to come to the conclusion that Republicans don’t actually care whether or not their politicians are morally bankrupt as long as they’re Republicans. You really make it hard to come to any other conclusion with statements like the above.
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“Children, will you ever learn to be quiet when adults are speaking? Your comments to each other may seem funny and entertaining to you and your misinformed peers but they a very annoying to us adults.”
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Then drop the condescending tone 3x. You complain about immature behavior while acting like a child yourself.

Have your LW laughs and watch your Democrat lose in Arizona.
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The only reason Brewer is even governor is because Obama selected Janet Napolitano to become his Secretary of Homeland Security. Napolitano was one of “our Democrats” and the people of Arizona re-elected her in 2006 by a whopping 2-to-1 margin over “your Republican” candidate.
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We’ll see if Brewer can win election in her own right. We only have Rasmussen polls for the race right now, so there’s no reliable polling just yet. We’ll see in November.

I do not live anywhere near Arizona. I do not know what goes on there. I do support anyone who in any small way does something to stop the invasion of the US by people from the rest of the planet. She or he will have to do something terrible elsewhere to offset that one position.

Micheal Scherer, get your facts straight about President Obama’s support before you go around writing misleading articles about him.

So you are in favor of invasions from other planets?
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Say, for instance, Mars…

Michael Scherer needs to write the facts.

How can a man that currently helps raise millions of dollars for his party, was elected by over 69 million voters, ran a 1 billion dollar campaign, passed health care and wall street reform, and is the number two most popular person on the Internet in world, be unpopular?

Barack Obama

12,980,947 – Facebook fans
5,226,835 – Twitter followers
194,431 – You Tube subcribers

Hundreds of thousands of people knocking on doors and making calls on behalf
of his agenda…

That’s not unpopular.

http://www.famecount.com/all-platforms/

President Obama is the most popular man in the world.

snicker
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Definitely a “them or us” moment there…

3x is the new freeinpa…

sacredh,
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“Many “adults” say things like that just before us kids put them in a resthome. We’re funny that way. ; )”
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Sac you know that’s over the top. I’m not ready for a rest home and you know it. Though I’m sure their are a few of the children on this site that would love to see that happen.
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Besides you’re just getting cranky because you’re worried you’re going to lose our bet.

I don’t know if this has been addressed directly in the Swamp, but just before her brain freeze, she said Arizona has “balanced the budget.” It has not; it’s facing a huge shortfall. Naturally the Republican response is to suggest the pain be shared only by those in the middle class, by dropping firefighters, policemen and teachers. But the lie alone is reason enough for her not to be re-elected.

Not to mention the prison scandal. From a political standpoint it should be a career-killer (assuming it isn’t flat-out a felony), but it’s worse from a social perspective. The problem with privatizing everything is that profit becomes the sole motivator, and instead of money being spent on the purpose of prisons, money is skimped everywhere but executive salaries. So prisoners simply walk out, but don’t fret, the CEO still gets his bonus — or we assume since they freeze out even the Department of Corrections.

Then throw in the lie about the beheadings and her fleeing the press so she doesn’t have to account for anything, and if she’s re-elected it will simply reinforce Arizona’s downward spiral. As troubling as her brain freeze is — being unprepared during prepared remarks — it’s the least of the reasons she’s dangerous to the republic.

obama,
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Yes that must be why Obama’s approval ratings are in the mid 40s and most Democrats running for office don’t want to be seen with him.
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I just had not understood it was his popularity that was causing these negative things to happen.
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I guess we learn something new ever day.
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Do you work for Rohm in the white house?

“…I’m not ready for a rest home and you know it. Though I’m sure their are a few of the children on this site that would love to see that happen.”
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How would anybody know that you are or are not ready for a rest home?
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“…I’m sure their are a few of the children on this site that would love to see that happen…”
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How can you be so sure of that?
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None of us know you.
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There are many of us who wish you didn’t write like a nine year old, but, since most nursing homes have internet access today, I can’t see why anybody would care less where you write your warped ideas from.

To xfire3,

Corporate polls are not facts. To gage popularity, you go by facts. The fact is President Obama’s organization arm was out there knocking on doors to the tune of over 200,000 on the day of Beck’s rally. The truth is Obama is out there supporting the democrats and raising millions of dollars for them. The fact is President Obama is the most popular man on the Internet, and the world. He’s not unpopular when you look at the facts.

Michael Scherer, you are a walking, living nightmare of lies and distortion. You are no better than Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck — you are just like them, welcome to the Hell crowd.

Kathy, you can’t remember that speech Obama made where he said, “I am a great public speaker”? Neither can I.
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Funnier than Brewer’s inability to sum up her accomplishments is the video of her posted on this thread of her running from reporters regarding the mythical headless torsos. There needs to be a new brand of running shoes marketed for tea party candidates who must escape rapidly from pesky questioners.
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Also, contrary to her claim, Arizona has a budget deficit.

The Arizona papers have been on the prison connection. Was there a question on it in the debate last night?

What is almost scarier than the reactionary ideology is the stupidity of some of the Rep candidates. I guess when Sarah Palin is your intellectual ideal the bar is set low.
I picture Angle, Miller, Paul, et al with Inhoff giving speeches on the Senate floor. The new Know Nothing party.

very true

3xfire3, that was a joke, just as I’m sure you were joking about those of us on the left being children because we have a differing opinion. The bet itself doesn’t worry me at all. A month would over before either of us could think twice about it. I’m not even all that sure that republicans taking over the house AND senate would be all that bad in the long run. Two years of republican control would more than likely make Obama’s re-election a given. Unless they compromise, they’d just get voted out again in 2012 and I have a hard time believing they’d even consider compromising. I find it even harder to believe they could muster 67 votes for an over-ride of a Presidential veto. It should be interesting.

3x, from Michael Scherer’s own article:
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“At the White House, advisers take comfort in the fact that at this point in their presidencies, both Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton scored slightly lower approval ratings than Obama.”
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Now, putting these approval ratings in their proper context, can you envision Michael Scherer travelling back in time and writing an article about Reagan/Clinton as Mr Unpopular??
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Fact of the the matter is that Michael Scherer wants to be a popular Washington Pundit and he seems to think the shortest route to achieving that is to write an article that undermines the most popular President in recent history.