[mycroft]

"Obama 2012: channelling 1984 slower than our opponents"
"Obama 2012: pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, and we'll return the favour."

The stuff I wanted this President to do to repair the damage from the previous 8 years, he's not even started to repair, he's actually pushed it forward. But I am quite certain that it grew less well than it would if it had been R straight up, and will grow much less well in the next 4 years than it would if "I want to put President W. M. Romney on my tombstone" gets in.

Seriously, it looks like MR will do and say anything to get the gong; I don't really believe that he cares what happens after January 20th, 2013. And *that*, more than anything else, terrifies me. MR as an active president would, to my moonbat leftie POV, be horrific; but ice cream and roses compared to him being a figurehead head of state, and letting the GOP back room do all the thinking.

[barmar]

mycroft, on 2012-October-22, 12:19, said:

The stuff I wanted this President to do to repair the damage from the previous 8 years, he's not even started to repair, he's actually pushed it forward. But I am quite certain that it grew less well than it would if it had been R straight up, and will grow much less well in the next 4 years than it would if "I want to put President W. M. Romney on my tombstone" gets in.

It took me several readings before I figured out that it grew referred to the damage, not the economy.

[Phil]

awm, on 2012-October-21, 14:20, said:

It was for his efforts to reduce nuclear weapons, and corral "loose nukes" in former Russian republics. This was a major thing he worked on during his four years in the Senate. Probably didn't deserve the prize, but the Nobel Peace Prize (unlike the scientific awards) has a history of being given somewhat prematurely to people who are "outspoken advocates for peace" rather than based on actual accomplishments.

Look, I know this was from Fox (which I never read nor watch, but it turned up in my search) but I thought it was pretty funny.

How to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 12 days

[mycroft]

barmar, on 2012-October-23, 08:57, said:

It took me several readings before I figured out that it grew referred to the damage, not the economy.

Heh, where did I say anything about the economy? Never even thought about the economy. Witness my first "slogan".

I'm guessing the economy would have the same issue as the social privacy and government openness (the 1984 reference); just due to previous history of D v R presidencies. But from a Canadian perspective, I have less worries about the economy than the "government has no place in the bedrooms of the nation" and Panopticon.

[TimG]

lalldonn, on 2012-October-21, 14:02, said:

Does anyone want to give back the 1980 Olympic hockey gold medal because we weren't actually the better team?

Not better than Finland?

I think the analogy would be better if you used Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze giving back their gold medals because of the role judges had in determining the outcome.