The Goat Pen

THE_WIZARD_ wrote:If Romney didn't shelter his money from excessive taxation then he would be too stupid to be President.

Easy to say, until you realize that disclosing your ability to essentially nullify your tax liability by using loopholes in tax codes will make it harder for you to reach elected office. This is a political issue, not a financial one.

The Clinton's effective tax rate based on their early aughts tax returns was something like 31%. I knew at that point that Hillary was running for President. In a way, that made her smarter than Romney...except Romney will pretty much have dodged the bullet this story would have caused if it came out 30 days earlier.

Anyway, we'll all know who's the President by 9pm Tuesday night. If Obama wins Ohio and Pennsy, it's a wrap. Mitt would no longer have any credible paths to 270.

Rick Perry and that Detroit News Op Ed piece would have sunk his chances.

crash...you make me feel brand new...

"Rick Perry and that Detroit News Op Ed piece would have sunk his chances."

What was that?

hedge wrote:"Rick Perry and that Detroit News Op Ed piece would have sunk his chances."

What was that?

Rick Perry - Mitt had to run Right of Perry on immigration to knock out his biggest competition. Perry said it was immoral (or some equivalent) to deport children who were in school and productive because their parents were illegal. Mitt had to out-GOP him, so he went "self deportation" and beyond. That killed his chances with the Latino vote.

Op Ed - "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt"

Those two things handcuffed him in the Rust Belt and the Sun Belt. He made his path to 270 almost impossible because of those two single items.

V.P. sitting next to me at our management meeting

"What is The Goat Pen"?

umm..errr...ummm...a sports board I check college football scores on (he is a purdue grad)

"oh, ok"

You know this place comes up first on a google search for 'the goat pen.'

He's gonna start lurking.

LOL

He saw you browsing, or did it come up on a URL history list?

AA wrote:You know this place comes up first on a google search for 'the goat pen.'

He's gonna start lurking.

Which should be relatively fine...as long as he gets no ID.

eCat has pictures of himself here. Even without that, it would be pretty easy to deduce: talks of his job, Cinci, his wife, kids (take a lap), etc, etc...

awwww fuck

I never even thought of that

he was looking over my shoulder

You didn't direct him to the about us page?

crashcourse wrote:wiz

your the only one I know too stupid to be president

sincerely

crash

I second that emotion.

eCat wrote:awwww fuck

I never even thought of that

he was looking over my shoulder

If he's a VP why is he sitting behind you Scott Pacey of West Chester?

Die.

Sorry.....Dad

I hope that's not Rat violating a rule by publishing someone's name on the site; AGAIN.

LMAO. He didn't. I'm sure. He didn't...

I'm not Scott Pacey, my name is Metzger

****** Metzger

Today's essay topic:

In 2012 the electoral college is still a good idea because...