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  1. Cynic

    September 6th, 2012

    Taken in aggregate, it is very apparent these people don’t want an America like we have had in the past. They want a government-dominated Socialist/Marxist system where the government is the dominant factor in all aspects of human life.

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  2. Navigator

    September 6th, 2012

    Elizabeth Warren complaining that the “system is rigged,” but forgets to tell us that she rigged the system to receive special privileges as a minority/Cherokee Indian.

    Hypocrite?

    http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/elizabeth-warren-dnc-system-rigged-against-023115244–election.html

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  3. Cynic

    September 6th, 2012

    The previous comment was brought to you by the department of redundancy department.

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  4. Cynic

    September 6th, 2012

    err… my previous comment… not Navigators’s

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  5. old_oaks

    September 6th, 2012

    I finally stopped puking.

    Gotta hand it to Willie though, he spins a fine web.

    Interesting he was on 3 times longer than Mooochelle?

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  6. Toaster

    September 6th, 2012

    One word summary: Nausea.

    I really couldn’t take watching very many of those imbeciles blab. 0bama is such a SCOAMF that his supporters are reduced to ridiculous amounts of lying in order to put any positive spin on his tenure in office.

    I did watch a bit of Bill Clinton’s blabbing. A good summary was at Breitbart where they called him “boilerplate Bill” for his rather dull speech. Clinton is a very adept liar (and that’s one of his good characteristics) but even he he couldn’t manage to pull off an enthusiastic speech praising the abject failure that the past 3 3/4 years have been with 0bama.

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  7. Sarthurk

    September 6th, 2012

    I couldn’t handle it, and my wife pretty much wrote me off for the night. Some neighbors may be worried but they’ll get over it.
    This only makes me prep at a faster rate. The rockchucker’s HOT!

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  8. bfpa61

    September 6th, 2012

    I’m thinking Slick Willy is all about taking Sandra Fluke out and introducing her to some authentic Carolina “Presidential Pulled Pork” if you know what I mean. Being that Hillary is avoiding the convention.

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  9. BC

    September 6th, 2012

    A ShamWow commercial

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  10. Wyatt, Insensitive Progressive Jerk

    September 6th, 2012

    Clinton is a good speaker and my impression is that his speech was well received because he reminded the Democratic faithful of their glory years when Clinton was President. However, the speech went down hill once Clinton started trying to state why Obama should be granted another term.

    Regarding welfare reform, Clinton himself was forced into this when the Republicans took control of Congress during the mid-term elections.

    Regarding ObamaCare, Clinton pointed out alleged savings that private insurers had made passed along – which is actually an argument against ObamaCAre and Obama’s cherished single payer system. Also, George Will made an excellent point in that these billions in savings came about prior to the effective date of ObamaCare. No mention of the thousands of waivers granted by the Obama administration.

    Very little mention of any Obama accomplishments, which is understandable since there were none. We have pulled combat troops out of Iraq – which was mentioned – but no mention of Afghanistan. Clinton made only a vague claim that Obama had a coherent foreign policy.

    The Jobs Act, which Clinton claimed was killed by Republicans, was not really popular with Democrats either and, by most credible accounts, was a cobbled together vague mess.

    I though the early part of the speech, where Clinton recounted his friendship with both Bushes and his bipartisan relationship with Republicans jarred with how Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Wasserman-Schultz, etc. really are. This was not lost on the people with whom I watched the speech.

    The theme of Clinton’s speech was clearly “things could have been worse.” This is convenient because it allowed Clinton to toss around statistics which cannot be verified. However, “things could have been worse” does not have the same catchy ring that “hope and change” had, and probably won’t play well in Peoria (unemployment rate about 9.3%)

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  11. bfpa61

    September 6th, 2012

    Did anyone notice how fast Moose hauled-ass out of there after The long winded Bill finished filling the entire arena with Bullshit. Guess she did not want to drown in it. She moves pretty quick for a big girl.

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  12. Wyatt, Insensitive Progressive Jerk

    September 6th, 2012

    Actually, upon further reflection, a very short synopsis of Clinton’s speech is that it was mostly about Clinton, and not really much about Obama.

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  13. Anonymous

    September 6th, 2012

    The truth really hurts……
    What the hell will the right winged assholes do now?

    Insult..

    Lie?

    Name call?

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  14. todak

    September 6th, 2012

    Sewage.

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  15. Jimmy

    September 6th, 2012

    Mr. Anonymous, what do you call a Constitution-shredding, Marxist, American hater?

    Correct answer: President Obama.

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  16. Alxandro

    September 6th, 2012

    Obama hitting the stage after Clinton’s speech, sharing the spotlight and the applause, thinking it was all for him.
    Maybe he will ask Clinton to debate Romney for him.

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  17. MaryfromMarin

    September 6th, 2012

    Odd that so many members of the Anonymous family are employed by the same organization.

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  18. Holy Chris

    September 6th, 2012

    Had to shut off the tv. Blood pressure was spiking.Mowed side yard next to liberal neighbors repeatedly with riding mower(muffler heavily damaged) a couple whiskey sours and a Ipod with headphones.Feel muuusch behhtter.Thanks for ashhking

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  19. Ma Deuce

    September 6th, 2012

    Clinton looks old and frail now. Enjoys the spotlight again – nothing new or inspiring.

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  20. Lady in Red

    September 6th, 2012

    Holy Cris…. You are toooo funny.
    ….Lady in Red

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  21. Grumpy

    September 6th, 2012

    Well, there we had it.

    The “bar scene” out of ” Star Wars ” comes to mind.

    Diversity was apparent with all sizes, shapes and hues. We had one head or two, 2 eyes or four and appendages that allowed themselves to do what Clint Eastwood said:” Couldn’t be done to ones-self”.

    The Kool-Aid was vintage and a fine time was had by all throughout the evenings “seb-fest”

    Minds were expanded and bodily fluids were expended.

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  22. Lady in Red

    September 6th, 2012

    This is a preety good summary:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/9524501/US-Election-2012-Bill-Clinton-warns-voters-that-a-Mitt-Romney-presidency-would-isolate-families.html

    …and for commentary, try this. (I miss Elizabeth Warren soooooooo much.)

    http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100179623/bill-clinton-is-the-tony-blair-of-us-politics-smart-moderate-deceptive-and-seductive/

    ….Lady in Red

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  23. Ferny

    September 6th, 2012

    Derp

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  24. AbigailAdams

    September 6th, 2012

    I couldn’t contain myself and threw up a comment on an earlier thread last night regarding clinton’s speech.

    Look up the term “hysterical realsm” — That about sums it up.

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  25. Martin Hessler

    September 6th, 2012

    @Grumpy:

    I had the same thought watching the crowd: kind of a cross between a LBGT support group and a Star Trek convention.

    As for Clinton, the dems had their big speech delivered by a disbarred, inpeached adulterer…

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  26. Bad Brad

    September 6th, 2012

    Cowboys looked pretty good last night.

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  27. TigerEyes

    September 6th, 2012

    You couldn’t pay me to watch those depraved people.
    I’ve had all I can stand of this vile administration. I will watch when they are all imprisoned as traitors.

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  28. David Kramer

    September 6th, 2012

    I played a couple drinking games. I got totally smashed!

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  29. Moe Tom

    September 6th, 2012

    I didn’t know that Bill Clinton banged a Martian.
    Where does Tingles get this information?

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