COLLECTIVE MADNESS
“Soft despotism is a term coined by Alexis de Tocqueville describing the state into which a country overrun by "a network of small complicated rules" might degrade. Soft despotism is different from despotism (also called 'hard despotism') in the sense that it is not obvious to the people."
Good grief!
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Meanwhile, across the border in Michigan:
In the Foster McCollum White Baydoun poll for Fox 2 News Detroit of Michigan most likely voters in June, President Obama had a slight lead of 1.14 points (46.89% to 45.48%), within the margin of error. In the past seven weeks, not only has Mitt Romney stayed close, but now he has vaulted to the lead in Michigan. Our poll finding suggests that the naming of Paul Ryan as his running mate has given him the spark he needed. Romney now leads in Michigan by 3.8 points, a net gain of 5.21 points from June (Romney 47.68% to Obama 43.88%)…
In spite of national criticism of the Ryan selection and budget plan, our findings suggest that Michigan voters are viewing both as positives for Romney. 36.11% of Michigan voters are more likely to vote for Romney because of the Paul Ryan selection while only 27.90% are less likely to vote for Romney.
The good news? The sample here was big and well targeted: 1,733 respondents, all of whom identified as likely voters. Unfortunately, there’s no partisan split provided so it’s hard to tell who’s been oversampled.
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/08/21/bounce-new-polls-show-romney-leading-in-michigan-wisconsin-after-ryan-pick/
:)
BubblePlumbPolling had predicted this weeks ago.
If Michigan goes Romney, it's a big deal. Romney could win while losing Virginia, Ohio, Colorado and Nevada. Though he'd have to take New Hampshire to do it.
DeleteI doubt Romney will lose Missouri.
Sarah is saying they need a third party in the Senate race in Missouri now.
Help! Our military planners are openly discussing how to kill my wife and I.
ReplyDeleteOur military planners are openly discussing how to kill "Tea Party extremists" who have taken over a small town in the USA. Is this "operational lay-down" merely a "cartoonish and needlessly provocative scenario," as described by The Washington Times, or is it something much more malevolent?
The military scenario appears in the July 25, 2012 issue of the respected Small Wars Journal and posits that, while Obama will be thrown out of office in 2012, ten years of race- and immigrant-bashing by "right-wing demagogues" will have whipped white Americans into gang-like attacks on non-whites.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/08/wargaming_termination_of_tea_party_extremists.html
I hate that word "termination."