It's ridiculous that this election is even remotely close

[milhouse24]

With George W Bush and his merry band of Republican trolls subsidizing the richest Americans at the expense of everyone else, (not) financing two wars with tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans, destroying American credibility on the international stage, being woefully negligent during Hurricane Katrina,  and helping to create the conditions that wrecked the American economy; with all this discrediting the Right and the Republican Party for a generation, what does the Right do?

They move further to the Right.

The Tea Party is so ignorant and misinformed and downright hostile, with the likes of Beck, Hannity, Palin, Bachmann, King, Gohmert, Perry, Cain, West, DeMint, and many other jokers that troll the airwaves, the House of Representatives, the Senate, and other such venues- for a living. Ignorant, misguided hatred is profitable in 21st century America.

Now they want to punish the "elite" by running the most elite plutocrat of them all against Obama-the author of Obamacare (I'm sorry, Romneycare, but what's the difference, really?) I say, "Are you serious?" They loathe Romney, but they loathe Obama more.

On the Republican side, this election isn't about a positive reaction to Romney. It's about the visceral, primal, negative reaction that they have to Obama. It goes beyond politics for them, because at the end of the day, they don't really know or care about what is really happening in the world. They live in a fantasy.

But whatever. Vote in Romney for all you want. Just don't be surprised when you have buyer's remorse on, say, January 21, 2013.

/hackish rant over/

[milhouse24]

With George W Bush and his merry band of Republican trolls subsidizing the richest Americans at the expense of everyone else, (not) financing two wars with tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans, destroying American credibility on the international stage, being woefully negligent during Hurricane Katrina,  and helping to create the conditions that wrecked the American economy; with all this discrediting the Right and the Republican Party for a generation, what does the Right do?

They move further to the Right.

The Tea Party is so ignorant and misinformed and downright hostile, with the likes of Beck, Hannity, Palin, Bachmann, King, Gohmert, Perry, Cain, West, DeMint, and many other jokers that troll the airwaves, the House of Representatives, the Senate, and other such venues- for a living. Ignorant, misguided hatred is profitable in 21st century America.

Now they want to punish the "elite" by running the most elite plutocrat of them all against Obama-the author of Obamacare (I'm sorry, Romneycare, but what's the difference, really?) I say, "Are you serious?" They loathe Romney, but they loathe Obama more.

On the Republican side, this election isn't about a positive reaction to Romney. It's about the visceral, primal, negative reaction that they have to Obama. It goes beyond politics for them, because at the end of the day, they don't really know or care about what is really happening in the world. They live in a fantasy.

But whatever. Vote in Romney for all you want. Just don't be surprised when you have buyer's remorse on, say, January 21, 2013.

/hackish rant over/

Your sentiments on the Tea Party are based on your liberal views. 

You clearly only care about liberal issues. 

There are significant rallying issues that the Tea Party has galvanized.

Those issues are government spending on Bank Bailouts, TARP, and Health Care. 

You fail to realize that many independents who decried the War Spending deficits are the same people that decry bank bailouts, Tarp, and health care. 

Those anti-spending independents were the same anti-war protesters that helped obama win in 2008.  They turned against Obama because he promised to change government but then decided to spend the money on Health Care. 

I would argue for many Health Care supporters that are against the Mandate Tax, they may find Romney more appealing.  Romney has never said he supported Federal Health Care and that States Rights determine each State's decision. 

The very fact that Romney is more secular moderate than other Republicans means he will be more appealing to swing voters in November. 

While Obama has shifted to the extreme Left with the Health Care mandate tax, Romney has occupied the middle. 

[milhouse24]

This election is NOT close.  Polls are full of s***.  Most Americans haven't started to pay attention to this yet.  As soon as they do and they compare Obama to Mittens they will either (A) stay home or (B) pull the lever for the guy in the White House.

Do you know who wins Presidential elections?  The guy who most Americans would like to have a beer with.  Thinking otherwise is naive.

Why would you not want to have coffee with Romney?  Is it because you are a liberal?  

Obama's a handsome guy, but he's raising taxes on the middle class (who don't have welfare) and small businesses to pay for universal health care.  There are a lot of Americans who are not happy with this.  

Romney's a smart successful guy who has done a lot in his life and achieved a lot.  It would be very interesting to have coffee with him.