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[T-M-T]

 Yet Obama has spent millions to seal all his school records. Can't look at his grades, see what classes he took, nobody from school seems to remember him. What might we find if this information was made available? What conclusions might we make?

What?  That's just plain untrue!  Nobody has to spend a cent to keep their school records private and Obama hasn't taken any steps to keep them private, because he doesn't have to.  It's illegal to disclose anyone's academic record without their consent whether they attended Monroe County Community College or Harvard Law School.  

I personally know two students who attended Harvard when he was there, one of them in law school with Obama.  No one from the press or any political organization has ever contacted them or asked about Obama.  If you're curious, the one student who remembers him said he was quiet and hard-working, but has no knowledge of his particular grades.  

If any president or candidate has EVER released their school transcripts, please let me know.

[ducksoup]

Country is going to hell in a hand basket and everybody posting on Romney's taxes. I imagine people who have a couple hundred million have to put it somewhere. I imagine his finance people have it posited in foreign investments, domestic investments, maybe some in a Swiss Bank. Maybe when you do business globally it is easier to facilitate an internation transfer from a Swiss Bank? I don't know. Way way out of my league. Probably some spots that aren't politically correct, not illegal. Doesn't want to give
Obama chance to pick at it.

Got to know every nuance of Romney's tax returns. Yet Obama has spent millions to seal all his school records. Can't look at his grades, see what classes he took, nobody from school seems to remember him. What might we find if this information was made available? What conclusions might we make?

Frank Marshall Davis was a friend of Obama's grandfather. From what I understand grandpa wanted Obama to have a black man mentor. Frank was a card carrying communist. Kind of guy the FBI had listed for a pick up if we had a major dust up
with the Soviets. I also think Obama wrote something about gravitating to the communists in college. Imagine he may have taken some interesting courses to explore his leanings. But of course that was 30 years ago. Yet I wonder. When did Obama change and become a free enterprise kind of guy?

I appreciate the try John, but only see anti Obama stuff.

The way I see tax returns is when they are given, they are ignored.  Obama has, Biden has, most candidates have, and no one pays much attention.  Romney saying over and over that he won’t makes people wonder why.  Has nothing to do with wanting to pick them apart or anything else.  Just human nature that he is making people think he is hiding something.

I don’t know why Obama has not released his grades.  It is public knowledge he graduated Harvard magna cum laude, I think that means all A’s.  I suspect it is more about the birther type stuff that he supposedly got non citizen scholarships or some such claim that comes out of thin air.  But whatever.

What did you expect?  That he would hang with white power skin heads and the KKK like the teas? 

Anyway, that was all anti-Obama and not pro Romney/Ryan. But i appreciate that you even tried.

[Flanders]

OK duck, let me try again and this time I will try and be friendly

I observed you saying that the negative campaign attacks were equally as bad from both sides.  I simply wanted to point out, that no, calling a candidate a slave owing felon is much more negative than saying you lied and your policies are bad.  How can you disagree?

[John Kopke]

I appreciate the try John, but only see anti Obama stuff.

The way I see tax returns is when they are given, they are ignored.  Obama has, Biden has, most candidates have, and no one pays much attention.  Romney saying over and over that he won’t makes people wonder why.  Has nothing to do with wanting to pick them apart or anything else.  Just human nature that he is making people think he is hiding something.

I don’t know why Obama has not released his grades.  It is public knowledge he graduated Harvard magna cum laude, I think that means all A’s.  I suspect it is more about the birther type stuff that he supposedly got non citizen scholarships or some such claim that comes out of thin air.  But whatever.

What did you expect?  That he would hang with white power skin heads and the KKK like the teas? 

Anyway, that was all anti-Obama and not pro Romney/Ryan. But i appreciate that you even tried.

Initially I was going to go to battle. Point by point. Then I thought, what’s the use? Argue with someone who equates the “teas” as he did? I’m a “tea” guy and I resent being slimed! Duck, and his associates, have never been within 10 miles of a Tea Party function, much less attended any meetings. Don’t have a clue beyond what the NYT and MSNBC tells them.

[ducksoup]

OK duck, let me try again and this time I will try and be friendly

I observed you saying that the negative campaign attacks were equally as bad from both sides.  I simply wanted to point out, that no, calling a candidate a slave owing felon is much more negative than saying you lied and your policies are bad.  How can you disagree?

Thank you Flanders.  I see negative as negative without need of qualifying if one is worse than another.  Just raises the blood pressure and gets nowhere.  I have no problem with your view being that they are not equal even if I would not agree.

[ducksoup]

Duck, and his associates, have never been within 10 miles of a Tea Party function, much less attended any meetings.

How could you possibly know that John?  To say that I would not agree with the teas is easy, but not saying if I ever went to a gathering.

[Tiny]

Something about Romney's body language bothers me. Every time I see him talk on TV he seems very tense and nervous. Obama always seems calm and relaxed and in complete control. 

[John Kopke]

How could you possibly know that John?  To say that I would not agree with the teas is easy, but not saying if I ever went to a gathering.

I can say that because I know the answer. You have never attended a Tea Party function or meeting! How do I know that? Because you have never posted anything of your experience at either. Nothing! Zip, zero, nada. 

How many arrests were made at Tea Party rally's? Was anyone defacating on police cars? With Occupy protests there was hundreds of arrests, sexual assults, vandalism, clogged business sectors keeping people from work and absolutely trashed protest sites."Your" minority leader Nancy Pelosi villifies the Teas and says "God Bless" the Occupy folks.
I say stick it in your ear to both of you.

[ducksoup]

Wow, such hatred. 

John, what concerts have I gone to?  How many Democratic rallies?  What is my favorite color?  Where did I go on vacation last year?  Who do I look up to?  What educational degrees do I hold?  How many kids do I have?  How old am I? 

Now, I am glad that you have the time to go to so many OWS meetings to document those things.  I hope you turned such things over to the police since they are crimes.  I would be interested in your firsthand account of some, how you happened to see it and how you responded.  I was wondering, when you take photos of vandalism and other crimes and the police take the chip or whatever for evidence, do you get it back? 

Now, you had one of your hate-ins at Lorranger Square.  I happened to go to Dorsch and I went over for maybe 10 minutes and listened to the “they are the enemy” crap.  There was not a big crowd.  Seemed to be the same hate filled socialist fascist Nazi liberal child eating enemy stuff I hear here all the time.  Maybe I got there at the wrong time and it was all peace and love?  And I DID comment on it.

But, since you know all about me tell me where I put my spare set of keys, I sure can’t find them.

Oh, and thanks for being nice and saying why you are in favor of Romney and his pick of Ryan.

[ducksoup]

Something about Romney's body language bothers me. Every time I see him talk on TV he seems very tense and nervous. Obama always seems calm and relaxed and in complete control. 

Interesting.  Thanks.  Maybe I have seen to many candidates and don't see the stiffness anymore.  A lot have that habit of not being relaxed.  I have heard people say he looks robotic, but didn't understand the meaning.  Appreciate the input.

[ducksoup]

I seriously doubt that come November that I will vote for the Republican's for President, but if I look at this objectively....I'd say it is a good pick by the Romney campaign.  Picks up some Tea Party votes along with some conservative potential crossover votes. 

He has a personality that some folks will take a liking too as well.

Christie, as the other VP selection, would have been easy media and Democrat attack fodder that have made Sarah Palin look like a viable VP candidate.  BTW, I watched "Game Change" recently....she was a bigger buffoon than I thought.  I'd still like to ask Glenn Rice how good that stuff was though  .

I think being a Congress critter may work to his advantage....seems to have done the trick for Obama.

Time will tell though, but he does seem to have energized the Romney campaign somewhat. 

I suspect Obama will win the election, and we will still have a divided country.

 

Thanks Fuzzy.

Always appreciate what the Cap'n has ta say.

[Flanders]

Thank you Flanders.  I see negative as negative without need of qualifying if one is worse than another.  Just raises the blood pressure and gets nowhere.  I have no problem with your view being that they are not equal even if I would not agree.

Well, ok then.  And yes I agree that the negatives belong nowhere in any campaign.  Let's hear what you will bring to the table, not what the other guy did wrong.

[LessGovernment]

"I'm Mitt Romney, and I will cut spending with this guy..."

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[T-M-T]

"I'm Mitt Romney, and I will cut spending with this guy..."

Less:

You know it's going to be Romney or Obama.  Does your anti-Romney/Ryan stance mean you support Obama directly or are you going to support Obama by voting for a third party candidate?

[Pax]

Something about Romney's body language bothers me. Every time I see him talk on TV he seems very tense and nervous.

That's because he knows, just as everyone else knows, that it's his turn to be the Designated Loser just like McInsane, Gore, Dole and so many others before him.  Only a really good actor worthy of an Oscar award could act like a winner when he knows he's not...