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The Dirty Little Secret of 2012

Shamrock8 Wrote: Nov 14, 2012 9:16 AM

The problem is the electorate can't tell the difference between a clean diaper and a dirty diaper.... the CBO says that increasing taxes on the Rich will destroy 200,000 jobs. An article on CNBC says that great!! Because the original prediction was a loss of 700,00 jobs. Apparently these are acceptable losses so long as we are taxing the rich as a matter of "fairness" as Candidate Obama said in 2008. Margaret Thatcher on Socialism ....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okHGCz6xxiw

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Earl29 Wrote: Nov 14, 2012 11:19 AM

Yes, it can. Diapers weren't running. The electorate can't tell the difference between a big government candidate and a not quite so big government candidate.

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The Dirty Little Secret of 2012

A version of this column appeared originally in THE DAILY BEAST.

To paraphrase the traditional Passover formulation honored in Jewish homes: why was this election different from all other elections? What makes 2012 stand out in recent political history, either as a temporary anomaly or a significant, long-term shift in the electorate?

The most striking change in the results this year involved a precipitous and alarming decline in voter participation, a drop-off that stemmed from a deliberate strategy by the Obama campaign and almost certainly provided the president with his margin of victory. Meanwhile, much of the conventional wisdom about...

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