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Yes, but they were all going to vote Republican anyway.

As usual, the essential causal factors were in fact real things and not things that conservatives made up in their heads.

Note where these graphs go up and where they go down.

So the aftermath of one financial catastrophe is similar to another.Obviously, then, the people to blame are not the people who caused the catastrophes, but the people who managed the aftermath, because ... What don't they know, and why don't they know it? Are they stupid? (That would explain a lot.) ... ah, yes, the classic double-whammy of two things you made up in your head. And you know this how? If you don't know how the BLS calculates unemployment, I can find you some links.

Well, the first thing that springs to mind is your fatuous rubbish about "the pressure put on banks to lend to people who had no business borrowing money".It's a bit disgusting, isn't it? The causes of the crisis were clear to anyone who had anything to do with finance. But most of the U.S. population don't. So the the rightist propaganda-masters said to themselves ... hey, is there some ludicrous, absurd, contemptible way that we can blame this on black people?This combines two of their favorite things, absolving their paymasters of responsibility, and racebaiting. And so, just when you thought they couldn't sink any lower, they did.Edited by Dr Adequate, : No reason given.

Why didn't Newt think of that? "No, I never committed adultery ... I divorced my wives retroactively."

I had always supposed that a Marxist was one who followed the teachings of Karl Marx. If you now want to change the definition so that it means a person who snuggles with trees, then I would suggest that your powers to alter the English language may not be so extensive as you may imagine.

Certainly the number of wars that they've started are within an order of magnitude, so your calculation is roughly accurate.

Quite so. With a low cunning typical of the man, he has not actually committed any actual acts of tyranny. This has fooled the sheeple into thinking that he's not a tyrant, on the simplistic grounds that he doesn't behave like one in any way whatsoever. But you have the marvelous penetrating intellect we've all come to know and respect, and so you know that whatever he does, he's a tyrant. After all, he's black, isn't he? You've just got to look at the color of the man's skin to realize that no matter what he actually does, he's in the wrong.

Of course Republicans are embarrassed by his ineptitude. You know what Republicans are like, every time they do something obviously stupid and crass they hide their faces in shame. That's why Michele Bachmann quit political life and joined a convent, remember?Ah, just kidding. No, in fact their propaganda department is attacking the Brits for being offended, and threatening them with apparently unspeakable consequences if they go on being insulted by the wise words of the Chosen One: Kilmeade does not spell out exactly how Romney will use his mighty powers of maybe-being-president-one-day to punish the British press, but clearly these powers are fairly awesome. Imaginary superpowers usually are.Edited by Dr Adequate, : No reason given.

Romney will announce his running-mate in Virginia on Saturday. Here's a run-down of some of the more likely candidates Al CaponePro: Makes Romney look like Mr Clean by comparison. Con: Dead. One of Mitt Romney's dressage horsesPro: Guaranteed not to make any gaffes. Con: May reinforce Romney's "out-of-touch" image by reminding the voters that most people don't own dressage horses. A stryrofoam cupPro: Can be used to hold coffee. Con:: Risks producing a "bottom-heavy" ticket. As one Republican insider explained: "We're worried that Mitt may be overshadowed by the cup's charm, warmth, and charisma." Darth VaderPro: Could kill Biden in the debates. Literally. Con: Invites unflattering comparisons between Mitt Romney and the Emperor Palpatine. A chicken sandwichPro: Apparently the only thing that can energize the Republican base nowadays. Con: Viewed by many as a single-issue candidate. As one insider commented: "We know the sandwich hates gays, but what are its views on fiscal policy?" Sarah PalinHaha, just kidding.

You are mentally ill.

Yes, it's a fine question.Ryan will mobilize the vote ... among people who want to raise taxes on the poor, turn medicare into a voucher system, and make a zygote legally a person from the moment of fertilization.Also, Ryan will mobilize the vote ... among people who don't want to raise taxes on the poor, don't want to turn medicare into a voucher system, and don't want to make a zygote legally a person from the moment of fertilization.My bet is that that it's that last one that will really screw him. He'll get out the vote all right.

You are not so stupid that you don't know what he meant. You are not such a drooling retarded halfwit that you don't know what he meant. You are not such a pitiful gibbering lunatic that you don't know what he meant. You are not such a driveling cretinous mentally-incapable idiot that you don't know what he meant. So perhaps you could stop pretending that you really are that stupid in order to score a political point which you won't actually score 'cos of you talking to sane people.