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r batnes

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Posted on 11/18/11 at 04:04 pm in response to Could President Gingrich fire Fed Chair Bernanke?

"Whoever the GOP president is..." - You could try clicking your heels together and thinking "there's no place like home" if it makes you feel better, Dennis. Either way, I wouldn't measure the Oval Office for new drapes quite yet.

Posted on 11/11/11 at 04:32 pm in response to Tea Party study: What's really behind the movement

"Most are also married, military veterans, and gainfully employed. In other words, virtually the exact opposite of the Occupiers.".........LOL...Dennis, you seem eager to cast aside stereotypes about your own little cabal, but you sure don't seem to mind painting them onto others. Thanks for highlighting the blatant hypocrisy of your "grass-roots" movement for us.

Posted on 11/10/11 at 04:24 pm in response to GOP debate: Did we witness Perry's Dean Scream moment?

So, Dennis...you feel the "exchange of the evening" was Gingrich avoiding answering the question by ridiculing it? It was a legitimate question that he had no answer for, yet decided to play to a crowd that only believes information from sources that validate their political ideology. Face facts...the only difference between this group of presidential hopefuls and clowns at the circus is that these folks didn't ride into the center ring in the same tiny car together.

Posted on 11/08/11 at 05:25 pm in response to Kline wades into growing labor spat

Nice spin, Dennis. Bush had the lowest job creation numbers of any modern president. Unemployment rose when he was elected, leveled off and dropped a bit in 2006, then rose sharply until his exit, ending at 8.5%. Also, you must have been asleep when gas prices were pushing $4.00 a gallon under his watch in 2007.
And, unlike the like-minded people that inhabit your ideological bubble, I don't know one soul that would prefer anything that George Bush inflicted on this country during his...

Posted on 10/31/11 at 10:49 pm in response to Delegation not expecting D.C. 'supercommittee' success

The only president ever forced to release his long-form, birth certificate to the press in order to prove his citizenship, yet is still considered to have been given a "free pass" by the likes of Mr. Swift. Thanks for the chuckle...

Posted on 06/20/11 at 10:47 pm in response to Some stunning numbers about Facebook

I'll agree with Julian Assange's take on the Facebook phenomenon - "Here we have the world's most comprehensive database about people, their relationships, their names, their addresses, their locations, their communications with each other, their relatives, all sitting within the United States, all accessible to U.S. intelligence."...and the most fascinating part is that it's updated constantly by the people themselves.

Posted on 05/24/11 at 04:30 pm in response to Republicans pull no punches in critiquing Obama's new Israel policy

Bachmann's assessment of Middle East foreign policy is laughable, considering her undistinguished record and inability to grasp the domestic challenges of places like Forest Lake and Scandia.

Posted on 05/06/11 at 11:12 pm in response to Racino plan sputters as gambling issues pile up

Ya gotta love the quote from Dick Day...."don't be held up by 43 lobbyists,"...as he was lobbying for slots.

Posted on 04/29/11 at 01:12 am in response to Battle over gay marriage amendment would rock Minnesota's 2012 political landscape

Wow, the marriage people really look glum. I'm not surprised that they wouldn't accept same sex marriage. That group doesn't look like they would accept a new dish on the 4:30 Senior Special menu at Olive Garden.

Posted on 04/29/11 at 01:01 am in response to No Comment: The story of an ethics complaint and what didn't happen next

Mr. Edwards, if there is any discredit, Republicans bring it on to themselves. It's only in your little bubble where pointing it out becomes "liberal media bias."