Political Hippo Circle Jerk - America, farg YEAH!

[ice grillin you]

Or a lousy track record for backing winners.

.500 right?

[General_Failure]

What am I, a political historian?

[MDS]

In all, 51 percent of Americans now express explicit anti-black attitudes, compared with 48 percent in a similar 2008 survey. When measured by an implicit racial attitudes test, the number of Americans with anti-black sentiments jumped to 56 percent, up from 49 percent during the last presidential election. In both tests, the share of Americans expressing pro-black attitudes fell.
"As much as we'd hope the impact of race would decline over time ... it appears the impact of anti-black sentiment on voting is about the same as it was four years ago," said Jon Krosnick, a Stanford University professor who worked with AP to develop the survey.
Most Americans expressed anti-Hispanic sentiments, too. In an AP survey done in 2011, 52 percent of non-Hispanic whites expressed anti-Hispanic attitudes. That figure rose to 57 percent in the implicit test. The survey on Hispanics had no past data for comparison.


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see, this is what happens when you put one of them in charge

[ice grillin you]

its amazing how a black guy won and is favored for a second term....its a testament to the truly pathetic opposition the right has put forth....especially this go round.....black dood and bad economy....the pubs should win this in a landslide...except they have put forth arguably the worst presidential candidate ever....were obama white hed be up by double digits

[MDS]

if romney was romney but was a christian hed be winning

at worst they could turn this into bush 04 and make it jesus vs. no jesus. but they cant even go there.

on the other hand it was only a matter of time before the republicans killed themselves from the inside. so...something like this was coming.

[ice grillin you]

i was always of the opinion that we were like five elections away from the right being irrelevant...but if they dont win this election they might never win again

[MDS]

the proof in the pudding is the young republicans

they are all basically spoiled rich kids who think liberally but dont want any of the negros or mexicans touching their hard earned trust funds. when that is all you have left...it aint good.

by the time el presidente castro is finished in 2020 there wont be a republican party left

[ice grillin you]

what they will do is a 180 pivot and blatantly lie to the country that they all of a sudden care about browns

if romney wins this time around something will have happened that weve never seen before....a 100% lying flip flopper who hasnt had to disclose his tax returns will have won....no election will ever be the same again....or maybe this goes back to the black guy....you can get away with all the magic tricks mitt has pulled if you have a negro on the other side

[MDS]

nerd poll person nate silver, who is generally on the money, has barry with a 74 % chance to win

im trying not to get my head around him losing. it reminds me too much of 04. the other guy just sucks so much. john kerry was an atrocity and mitt is worse. you just gotta believe people arent go in there and pull the lever for that romney guy

[ice grillin you]

thats the thing...why can the left admit that john kerry ws a travesty....but the right has to pretend that mitt is the best eva!!

my saving grace is that ill be in new orleans on election day....so either barry wins and its the biggest party ever or barry loses and i can hide and drown my sorrows

[MDS]

you know im only 9 hours from nola

road trip? ive got matzo ball soup in the fridge...

[ice grillin you]

put it in some tupperware and hit the road

[MDS]

come and pick me up

[ice grillin you]

i will be lucky to make it from the airport to my hotel....condition critical

[General_Failure]

Romney Avoids Taxes via Loophole Cutting Mormon Donations

In 1997, Congress cracked down on a popular tax shelter that allowed rich people to take advantage of the exempt status of charities without actually giving away much money.
Individuals who had already set up these vehicles were allowed to keep them. That included Mitt Romney, then the chief executive officer of Bain Capital, who had just established such an arrangement in June 1996.