[Trinidad]

barmar, on 2012-October-14, 16:37, said:

True, but there are some clueless characters in the Senate, too. Ted Stevens calling the Internet "a series of tubes", for instance.

Scientists have a name for simplifications like that. They call it "modelling".



Rik

[Codo]

Luckily there are two places free of idiots and people with odd opinions: They are called BBO and BBF.

[Gerben42]

cherdano, on 2012-October-12, 19:29, said:

Translation: Gerben has a major disagreement on the government on the policy issue that matters the most to him.

Not too far from the truth, but majors disagreements having been piling up lately on other issues too.

I have a theory that the reason we have no competent politicians is that if you are competent, you would be smart enough not to become a politician.

[FrancesHinden]

You get fundamentalist creationist nutjobs
We get George Galloway

[kenberg]

Gerben42, on 2012-October-19, 14:18, said:

I have a theory that the reason we have no competent politicians is that if you are competent, you would be smart enough not to become a politician.

I have come to consider this a very serious possibility. I have led a fairly sheltered life, but I don't want someone digging into every stupid thing I have ever said or done. Who wants to have to constantly explain oneself? I have thought perhaps one explanation for Obama's lackluster performance at the first debate was from a feeling of "Good God, if they don't know who I am by now, what's the point?". I thought this applied to Bush I in 1992 as well. Really it seems like an awful life. Flying around in Air Force 1 might be nice for a day or two. Then I'm done.

[heyrocky]

I need to vent, and this thread seems to fit my need.

Continuing the thread about Georgia congressional candidates, the Republican candidate for the US House in the district where I reside shuns the press and refuses to debate the incumbent Democratic candidate. Tonight, my wife and I tuned to one of the local channels, expecting something else, but instead found a news special, purportedly to meet these candidates. I was actually interested, since I thought it would be the chance to hear the Republican speak, finally. It turns out the Republican was issued an invitation, but declined. The Democrat was there, and I guess gets the full hour to himself for free. The Democrat also has a massive monetary edge, and runs ads almost daily in the local media. The ads themselves seem to be, in my opinion, fairly effective, and not even all that negative toward the Republican (the PACs and superPACs are taking care of the negative ads on both sides).

The punchline: the Republican is favored to win the seat.

[PassedOut]

heyrocky, on 2012-October-26, 18:35, said:

I need to vent, and this thread seems to fit my need.

Continuing the thread about Georgia congressional candidates, the Republican candidate for the US House in the district where I reside shuns the press and refuses to debate the incumbent Democratic candidate. Tonight, my wife and I tuned to one of the local channels, expecting something else, but instead found a news special, purportedly to meet these candidates. I was actually interested, since I thought it would be the chance to hear the Republican speak, finally. It turns out the Republican was issued an invitation, but declined. The Democrat was there, and I guess gets the full hour to himself for free. The Democrat also has a massive monetary edge, and runs ads almost daily in the local media. The ads themselves seem to be, in my opinion, fairly effective, and not even all that negative toward the Republican (the PACs and superPACs are taking care of the negative ads on both sides).

The punchline: the Republican is favored to win the seat.

Probably fears getting a question about rape.

[kenberg]

Going after the sasquatch vote, perhaps.