Race for the White House - Shake Up in the Northeast

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Did you feel the earthquake we had here in the Northeast?

(Not the little bump we got - a 4.2, at least.

That one had an epicenter somewhere up in Maine.)

Last night's biggest shake-up was New York's and this campaign.

President Obama was prepared and wide awake.

Seemed to realize - at last - how much he had at stake.

Romney seemed belligerent and rude (at least to me).

Frequently went long on time; talked over poor Candy.

Only problem I still have?   The President's not clear

On the course his future Ship of State is gonna steer.

I believe that Romney's math is fuzzy and he's wrong;

But, how will Obama and the Congress get along?

If his plan's to stay the course we're on, then I'm concerned.

His attempts to come together - compromise - were spurned. 

We have issues screaming for bi-partisan reform;

Overhaul the system for the looming fiscal storm...

But, D.C.'s so toxic now the system doesn't work.

Mitch McConnell's evil plan's succeeding (what a jerk).

Playing party politics, he fiddles while we burn;

Can Obama fix that if he gets another turn?

Race for the White House - Fire John Kerry.

Huh?

Maybe Mr. Romney thinks that lying's not a sin,

Or else he's concluded it's the only way he'll win.

Critics said Obama seemed lethargic and outgunned -

I thought it looked more like he was absolutely stunned.

How do you debate a man if he's prepared to lie?

Any time you make a point he'll simply just deny

That he ever said the things that you have heard him say.

Try to pin him down and watch him quickly slip away.

I don't think John Kerry is the best way to prepare.

Have to find a sales-man who will lie and doesn't care.

Hire Bernie Madoff to get ready for debates

If Obama wants to win these (dis)United States.

Race for the White House - Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics

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Article first published as Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics on Technorati.

Cartoon:  Walt Handelsman Copyright 2012 Tribune Media Services

Isn't it ironic? Crossroads GPS upset?

Claim Obama quoted Reagan out of context, yet

At the link that they provide to prove Obama wrong;

Post scores by Pinocchios and guess who's nose was long?

Of the current candidates, Obama's nose is short.

Romney and Newt Gingrich lie more often they report.

Romney's latest whopper about 92%

Unemployment rate for women? Nose is broke and bent.

They don't have a category yet for true though not.

Romney tried to slip that number by but he got caught.

That is not the way to make a woman like a guy;

We can spot a phony and we know that numbers lie.

Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Mark Twain's Own Autobiography: The Chapters from the North American Review