tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post6590626797298532495..comments2024-03-29T05:14:33.223-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Defeat of Obama feared as a Giant Diss to blacksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-45414440194421084422012-06-05T18:37:18.648-07:002012-06-05T18:37:18.648-07:00Walker is now a lock to win. 5% reporting, he has ...Walker is now a lock to win. 5% reporting, he has 12 points lead. No way this changes sign now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-35670448593382537412012-06-05T17:06:23.565-07:002012-06-05T17:06:23.565-07:00Funny, because this reminds me of how deranged som...<i>Funny, because this reminds me of how deranged some Republicans became after Bill Clinton (Well, Ross Perot really) 'stole' Bush Senior's second term</i><br /><br />Imagine Perot withdrew and gave the nod to Bush. Bush wins easily. Then Perot enters the 96 race and clobbers Clinton. <br /><br />Hard to say how many of the existing problems of the 90s that would have solved, but it's fair to think it would have prevented a whole bunch of today's problems from occurring.Silvernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-29384043446899279422012-06-05T12:17:07.979-07:002012-06-05T12:17:07.979-07:00Excuse me. That should have been bookmaker.eu.Excuse me. That should have been <i>bookmaker.eu</i>.ben tillmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-64076028648750631432012-06-05T12:10:24.058-07:002012-06-05T12:10:24.058-07:00There is a less than 5% chance that Obama loses th...<i>There is a less than 5% chance that Obama loses this election.</i><br /><br />Bookmaker.com has Obama at -155 to win the election, which translates to a 60.78% chance that he wins.ben tillmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-52956954384506774732012-06-05T11:13:15.390-07:002012-06-05T11:13:15.390-07:00yes i agree with this post in its entirety. white...yes i agree with this post in its entirety. white guilt is such a strong damn force to reckon with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-11506904642417757812012-06-05T07:50:57.112-07:002012-06-05T07:50:57.112-07:00"and Romney is everything in combination that..."and Romney is everything in combination that guys like Bush I, Bush II, Dole, and McCain were not:<br /><br /> educated:<br /><br />Ivy league degrees don't count as education anymore?<br /><br /> well-spoken:<br /><br />Have you really listened to Mitten's speak?<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIjcF4DgFy8<br /><br /> good-looking:<br /><br />Sure, for a senior citizen.<br /><br /> very wealthy:<br />Not nearly as wealthy as the Bush Crime Family.<br /><br /> and non-threatening to swing voters suspicious of the Religious Right <br /><br />Like all Mormons.Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-38526916123926289122012-06-05T07:47:10.876-07:002012-06-05T07:47:10.876-07:00Obama is hurting the USA brand and all sentimental...<i>Obama is hurting the USA brand and all sentimentality is going out the window in November</i><br /><br />Ah, that explains why Bush Jr was reelected. He was doing such a great job elevating USA brand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-32106077769684432272012-06-05T06:38:49.115-07:002012-06-05T06:38:49.115-07:00"Anonymous Anonymous said...
I can't..."Anonymous Anonymous said...<br /><br /> I can't believe all these people thinking Romney has no chance,..."<br /><br />I don't know what you're talking about. Most people who have posted here have admitted that he does have a chance. Obviously he has a chance - he is the Republican nominee.<br /><br />".......and non-threatening to swing voters suspicious of the Religious Right and old men who can remember WWII like it just happened."<br /><br />A man who was 17 in 1945 - the younger end of any cohort that could have served in WWII - would be 84 today. Those guys are mostly already senile or dead.<br /><br />The WWII generation is gone. The America they represented is gone.Mr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-22814786386542456022012-06-05T06:25:38.604-07:002012-06-05T06:25:38.604-07:00I find the idea of post-election riots pretty impl...I find the idea of post-election riots pretty implausible--the people most inclined to riot are also least likely tocare much about politics. I can't think of any precedent for this kind of post-election riot in the US. <br /><br />There is even less precedent for Obama trying to somehow keep power insome overt way despite losing the election. There is nothing at all in his history that suggests any willingness to do that or anything like it, is there?<br /><br />If there is misbehavior by Obama int this election, it will probably be secret--calling in favors from the homeland security/intelligence agencies to gather dirt on prominent Republicans,t to share their blackmail material on top journalists and media company executives to influence coverage, selective leaks to ensure that only positive national security stories get told in the media (since the Obama administration has run a really brutal campaign of silencing whistleblowers, making authorized leaks almost the only source of information for US media).NOTAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-60101109969752503252012-06-05T05:21:11.370-07:002012-06-05T05:21:11.370-07:00I don't think the O-Dog has that much ambition...<i>I don't think the O-Dog has that much ambition or cleverness. I'm with the other poster who thinks he doesn't even want re-election that bad and will look forward to being on the margins and enjoying a steady income stream from his $114 million net worth and guaranteed presidential pension.</i><br /><br />I wonder how long the richest ex-president in American history will sit still in that marriage? I doubt Michelle would put up much of a fight on his stepping out, as long as the press isn't tempted into covering it.Svigorhttp://svigor.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-37053774659455656362012-06-05T05:10:36.208-07:002012-06-05T05:10:36.208-07:00The weird, hypersensitive frenzy that has entered ...<i>The weird, hypersensitive frenzy that has entered American political life since Mitt Romney wrapped up the GOP nomination and the fall campaign began in earnest suggests that many people on the left of center would perceive Obama losing in 2012 not as just one of those things that happens in a democracy, as George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter can attest, but as a Giant Diss to blacks. This potential Triumph of Racism (as they perceive it in their Who-Whom worldview) would be intolerable, so saying almost anything to ward off Obama's defeat in November is morally justifiable.</i><br /><br />I've been leading with this vis-a-vis the next election for some time; that I hope Obama loses because of the message it sends: yeah, we elected a black president, and he sucked, and we gave him the bum's rush after 4 years. I just haven't said it much because Obama mostly slipped well under the too boring to talk about threshold for me a while ago.<br /><br />It's kinda perfect, really: yeah, we gave him a shot because we're less racist than most, but he blew it, so he has to go; being black is not a license to suck.Svigorhttp://svigor.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-80007603357525993362012-06-04T23:49:16.360-07:002012-06-04T23:49:16.360-07:00I overheard an alarming discussion between two Bla...I overheard an alarming discussion between two Black Youths in between their shucking and jiving. The Head Negro In Charge has planned a pre-election riot! Your safest bet is to arm yourself and stay inside——away from the polls entirely——for your own safety...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-54046056528957526812012-06-04T22:30:38.089-07:002012-06-04T22:30:38.089-07:00It's always about the dollars in the USA.
Ma...It's always about the dollars in the USA. <br /><br />Mayor Dinkins was a milestone pol in NYC but they gave him the bum's rush because he was bad for business ie the global brand that is New York City.<br /><br />Obama is hurting the USA brand and all sentimentality is going out the window in November unless there is a miracle turnaround between now and then. He will get the bum's rush because he has f---ed with the brand and cost a lot of people huge amounts of dollars in the process.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-76721732971717556392012-06-04T22:04:17.940-07:002012-06-04T22:04:17.940-07:00I can't believe all these people thinking Romn...I can't believe all these people thinking Romney has no chance, Santorum would have had no chance, he would have been an evangelical McGovern or Goldwater. The economy is spiraling down, Europe stands at the ready to implode before November, and Romney is everything in combination that guys like Bush I, Bush II, Dole, and McCain were not: educated, well-spoken, good-looking, very wealthy, and non-threatening to swing voters suspicious of the Religious Right and old men who can remember WWII like it just happened.<br /><br />Despite all the mud slung in the primaries, Romney is pretty much in a dead heat with Obama right now, despite the latter having no competition since the election cycle began. Obama has been able to appear Presidential during all this backbiting and yet he still has no real lead over Romney, which is usually bad news for an incumbent President. The economy will not be on his side unlike Clinton in 1996, and he won't be running against a poor public speaker who is in his 70's like Dole. In fact, Romney doesn't look much older than Obama despite being a dozen years older. The MSM will attempt it's usual racism card in this cycle, but it will also be trying to reconcile it's contradictory criticism of Romney: That he is an extremist, but that extreme right wingers won't vote for him because he is too centrist. The race angle won't play with very many except for the hard core left wing who would never vote for Romney anyway. <br /><br />Most people out in flyover country don't feel the need to vote Obama another term to prove they are not racist, particularly if the economy continues to stagnate. Some very conservative elements of the electorate voted for Obama in 2008, because Bush looked like a fool when Wall Street went belly up, and McCain was deemed too old and picked a ditz for his running mate that a lot of them feared might become President if McCain were incapacitated. In fact a retired guy I know who is pretty conservative told me he only voted for Obama because he thought that Palin might ascend the Presidency and that kept him up at nights. There was also the fact that the economy went belly up literally weeks before the election, which would have benefited the non-incumbent party regardless of who their nominee was. As long as Romney picks a good running mate and doesn't gaffe his way through the campaign or in debate, I would say his chances are about 55%-45%. And lastly, it's not like Obama is Bill Clinton, who loved campaigning and politicking as much as any politician this country has ever produced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69961258152867606202012-06-04T21:04:18.906-07:002012-06-04T21:04:18.906-07:00"No matter what happens Obama will be our las..."No matter what happens Obama will be our last Black POTUS. Its the Dinkens effect."<br /><br />Demographics. More like at a certain point POTUS will become locked-in NAM, like Mayor of Baltimore but with Hispanic rotation. <br /><br />Gilbert PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-51799984901194117842012-06-04T20:06:54.950-07:002012-06-04T20:06:54.950-07:00Funny, because this reminds me of how deranged som...Funny, because this reminds me of how deranged some Republicans became after Bill Clinton (Well, Ross Perot really) 'stole' Bush Senior's second term.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-38885159520203165192012-06-04T20:06:01.307-07:002012-06-04T20:06:01.307-07:00If Obama loses, it could be the last hurrah for th...If Obama loses, it could be the last hurrah for the hippies. There is a very good chance that the next time there is a Democratic President the average age of the baby boomers will be 65-70 with many pushing 80 (some will be pushing daisies). By the time another leftist is in office, the Democratic Party will be dominated by POCs, many of which have no need or desire to accommodate environmentalists, anti-war types, and feminists. The white liberal share of power will have diminished to the point where they will be following the more unified and aggressive brownies that will dominate the Democratic Party and will be consuming the majority of public resources.Richard Wolandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-23742822242462808402012-06-04T20:05:46.981-07:002012-06-04T20:05:46.981-07:00Eight years, or even four years ago, I would have ...Eight years, or even four years ago, I would have deemed it far more likely that a black man would be elected President, than that a Mormon would be. The election of a Mormon still seems like a long shot to me, but obviously it's less so than it was just a year ago.<br /><br />Fortunately, I don't care much one way or the other as I don't think it matters much which representative of the permanent hostile elite wins in November.Mr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-47667923977773670042012-06-04T19:49:03.234-07:002012-06-04T19:49:03.234-07:00Peter said...I would be extremely surprised to see...<i>Peter said...I would be extremely surprised to see any rioting in the event of an Obama defeat no matter what the circumstances may be.</i><br /><br />I hope you're right, but it seems to me that what it takes to spark a riot is not a particular grievance, but the sense that enough other people will join in to diffuse the efforts of the police in suppressing it. It's opportunistic. An election night loss for Obama would seem like just such an occasion.Harry Baldwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-91158126300380090982012-06-04T19:46:21.915-07:002012-06-04T19:46:21.915-07:00I don't think left-of-center commentators have...I don't think left-of-center commentators have been any less levelheaded than in either of the GWB elections. Of course, in hindsight they look good for pointing out the terrible quality of his presidential timber, the bastards.TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-88590079597045759962012-06-04T19:36:31.890-07:002012-06-04T19:36:31.890-07:00Tut tut Steve The Economist is a newspaper.Tut tut Steve The Economist is a newspaper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-67803366332006794052012-06-04T19:29:02.051-07:002012-06-04T19:29:02.051-07:00Mr. 5:39: Intrade provides you with a guaranteed w...Mr. 5:39: Intrade provides you with a guaranteed way to make a lot of money.Rrrrrrrogernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-73060423595684689622012-06-04T19:11:14.675-07:002012-06-04T19:11:14.675-07:00"I would be extremely surprised to see any ri..."I would be extremely surprised to see any rioting in the event of an Obama defeat no matter what the circumstances may be. Pretty much everyone knows that if he loses it will be due solely to the unemployment rate, that being the only real issue in this election. Racism is not relevant."<br /><br />Peter, you ignorant slut. You act like the Obama supporter most likely to riot has any political knowledge whatsoever.<br /><br />Even in the minds of "educated" blacks, BHO can do no wrong and Trayvon Martin is an innocent boy. Facts and logic do NOT make sense.<br /><br />I live in Baltimore City. Even though I don't live in a bad neighborhood (decent but not great), I plan on owning a minimum of 2 firearms by election time and not leaving my apartment without one for at least a month if BHO isn't re-elected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-5474288743224091942012-06-04T18:44:01.522-07:002012-06-04T18:44:01.522-07:00I am surprised that so few posters are giving Romn...I am surprised that so few posters are giving Romney a chance. <br /><br />Dick Morris, who regardless of his personal foibles, is a smart campaign mananager (he got Clinton elected despite numerous pre-election bimbo reports and Whitewater!) recently posted an essay on his blog predicting that Romney is going to win in a landslide that will shock the political class. He thinks that people have just had it with high unemployment, liberals, the status quo and O's many mistakes (injecting himself into the Gates case, the Zimmerman case, being against the gas pipline, Solyndra, the Fast and the Furious...etc...)<br /><br />I know California and New York are probably out of reach for Mitt, but it looks like Walker is going to win the recall election in Wisconsin that Democrats spent a lot of money and energy enginerring (a state that hasn't voted Republican in a presidential election since 1984!).<br /><br />Also O is polling fairly poorly among White women compared to last time (I guess that they are falling out of love with him).<br /><br />Even Oprah has said she won't endorse a candidate this time around. I can only interpret that as Oprah believing that endorsing Obama might somehow hurt her name brand, as a wise woman, this time around.<br /><br />I sense that Morris is on to something... though a lot can happeng between now and the election.<br /><br />I think a lot may depend on who Mitt picks as a running mate (contrary to conventional wisdom I think it really does matter).<br /><br />I have no idea who he should pick.<br /><br />Regarding what will happen if O loses, I agree that there will probably be riots especially if it is close. <br /><br />But since most Whites don't live in a big city they mostly don't care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-40297766040079899372012-06-04T17:39:44.339-07:002012-06-04T17:39:44.339-07:00There is a less than 5% chance that Obama loses th...There is a less than 5% chance that Obama loses this election. Romney is 1) annoying and 2) white in all the wrong ways in post-European America: paternalist, patrician, Northeasterner. In short a white guy with no "soul" in him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com