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  1. Dude everyone including Rush and Ann Coulter dissed the guy.

    Give the names of his defenders.

    :unsure:

    I'm not saying anyone defended him, other than a few extremists like Rep Steve King. I'm saying there should have been a hue and cry from the party, complete and unqualified condemnation. There was not. Yes, there were some key players who condemned it, notably and to his credit, Mitt Romney. But most of the party have been silent. Very notably, John Boehner who could instantly remove Akin from the (I kid you not) Science and Technology Committee, but has not.

  2. Huh. No accounting for taste I suppose.

    Why do so many posters in here don't have Google on their PC.

    Because I really can't bring myself to care enough about Jeff Foxworthy to Google him. In fact, I've already surpassed my allotment of caring about Jeff Foxworthy for the next couple decades in just a single thread.

  3. I wouldn't put too much stock into this article. GM, like the rest of the economy, is struggling. Headed towards bankruptcy? Every company whose stock is down is "headed towards bankruptcy." Woodhill's been a huge critic of the bailout for a long time, so of course he's going to see what he wants to see. He picks one example with the Malibu, says the 2013 model isn't as good as the 2012 model, but can only support this because it doesn't beat a couple other cars in gas mileage, and its drivetrain isn't the latest and greatest. Consumer Reports (which gave the 2013 Malibu a favorable rating, although rightly dinged them on fuel economy) says this about the drive train:

    While this powertrain isn't as efficient as the full hybrid system in the Toyota Camry or Ford Fusion, the Malibu Eco doesn't cost as much as those cars either.
    http://news.consumerreports.org/cars/2012/03/just-in-2013-chevrolet-malibu-eco-video.html

    Would have been nice if Woodhill mentioned that. Woodhill is basically saying the Malibu sucks because it's not some other car he likes. And even if he's right about the Malibu, one car does not determine an entire company's fortunes, especially not one the size of GM.

    GM does have an image problem, but then the whole US automobile segment has been struggling with an image problem for years. And they very well could wind up in bankruptcy again, but it won't because Woodhill wishes it. This is nothing more than a shot in the dark, so that if he happens to be right, he can point back to this article and call himself prescient.

  4. Bidins gaffs are not what concerns me it is some of the very odd positions he has taken in the past..... and how utterly wrong he was.

    Biden's gaffes don't concern me either. The press likes to make gaffes into big stories because they don't know how to do, you know, actual journalism anymore.

    I don't know why he'd concern you, other than his actual political persuasion. As far as Democrats go, he's pretty centrist. If you're right-leaning, it could be a lot worse than Biden.

  5. Not gonna happen. Biden may be prone to the occasional (okay...more than occasional) gaffe, but people like him. He is much more of an asset to the ticket than Hillary would be, and even if there was some reason Obama wanted him gone, or Biden wanted out, it's way too late in the campaign to pull a stunt that has tons of risk and almost no benefits. Even in the remote chance there's a plan in the works to oust Biden, it won't happen until after the election.

  6. Interesting. I'm not so sure I believe it's as simple as that. Certainly it might be reassuring that they've already passed EU background checks, but I'd be surprised if there was an attitude of "well ok, put this one through a less rigid background check, they're probably good to go."

    I'm guessing that having a Schengen in your passport is the equivalent of having a little extra evidence with you at the K1 interview. It's just one more thing in your favor, but you still have to meet the requirements.

  7. I'm completely confounded as to why Ryan gets credit for being some kind of budget guru. Radical slashing in discretionary spending, a Medicare overhaul that doesn't really in until 2050, and tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy. Meanwhile, Romney has said he will actually increase the military's budget by $2.1 trillion.

    I'm not a big fan of how Obama's managed the economy, but every economist worth their salt has agreed that the only way to fix the deficit is, in addition to cutting spending, increasing revenue. Ryan's plan doesn't do that, and Romney's going to more than offset any savings anyway by adding $2.1T to the military.

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