Bob Brandon's Profile

I'm really Mitt Romney's twin brother. Really.

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“The Good Colonel: praising with faint damns.”
“If not a troll, then, for such a political religion as his, Mr. Christian lives by faith and not by ...”
“Post hoc, non propter hoc. "When Romney was governor, his state unemployment fell from six percent to 4.7%."”
“Then, Mr. Christian, you'll certainly have no problem with providing your sources for this information. "Have you still not ...”
“I prefer to think "target rich environment." Mr. Yates writes: "As long as I'm running away with thoughts, you ...”
“So, you prefer to believe bad things about people without evidence? Mr. Yates: "I know nothing of his work with ...”
“I suspect that Mr. Christian - can't help of think of Charles Boyer writing that - is not adept at the ...”
“Colonel, not "security blanket" as "cancer in remission." You wrote: "I realize that blaming Bush is still President Obama's ...”
“Colonel, you'll have to remind of your factual basis for this statement; sources, please: "In lieu of ordering the ...”
“In either case, the only credible choice then is President Obama. The Good Colonel: "There is a choice on the ...”
“"You could join the Tea Party???" Thinking more along the lines of Pettus Bridge.”
“Any time now would be a good time for an American Salt Satyagraha.”
“Why do you refuse to address the misconduct of Mr. Ryan?”
“Frank, I feel very sorry for you, and I'm not kidding about that: it's very hard on a ...”
“Romney's not so much a successful businessman as a successful vulture capitalist. The only real thing that Romney's ...”
“(laughing) This is the best you can do? Sounds like projection to me. "Do you have a temperature? You may ...”
“The same was said of President G.W. Bush in 2000. See where it got us. "I'm willing to ...”
“Ryan sure did, Frank, not just at the RNC but also on Aug. 12: "I remember President Obama visiting it ...”
“Frank, the President didn't lie at Janesville; he was expressing a hope to save GM. A hope that became ...”
“So, Frank, why are you defending Ryan's lies? He's already admitted lying about being a competitive marathoner. The ...”
“So Michael apparently has no problem with Ryan's lying. Neither does Frank, for that matter.”
“Speaking of Paul Ryan; why does he keep lying just to get so easily caught in it? Would appreciate someone ...”
“It's not; it is however for you. I couldn't care less. But since you got your rear handed ...”
“Certainly not looking for substance from Mr. Christian. But, to be fair, at his age, Frank really isn't looking ...”
“Michael, no-one cares about your wonderings. Michael wrote: "Hope not, but the whole world wonders."”
“False dichotomy, Frank; our economy is in better shape that Europe's right now for the small amount of stimulus ...”
“Frank, if you think talking to empty chairs means they're carrying on a conversation with you, then you obviously ...”
“Frank wrote: "Have to go, Clint Eastwood is on!" Wow. "See 'Grandpa Simpson Live' at the Tampa Bay Times Forum."”
“Frank wrote: "The favored few in my post were liberals in receipt of the billions." Great, tell me one liberal ...”
“Skip: I'd have a lager, stretching it out to be able to drive home safely and legally. Frank would ...”
“John, you wrote: "Bob, I'd be happy to investigate what Cato would have recommended (I can pretty much guarantee ...”
“Frank wrote: "In the lame attempt to make liberalism sound reasonable, you certainly offer some good "chewies". The only "chewies ...”
“Frank writes a lot; last things first, however: He writes: “Word games don't help your cause either.” Frank, in ...”
“Mr. Mentor's a troll that I decline to feed. Too busy feeding Mr. Christian as it is.”
“John, I did read your link. Let me ask you this: what if Hoover had done nothing whatsoever, essentially following ...”
“Frank writes: "Yours is a lost cause and that must be proven next November." "Must" is a statement of faith ...”
“Frank responds: “1a 2 out of every $5. loaned by our banks by 1929 was to buy stocks.” Well, we ...”
“Colonel: First of all, it appears that my remarks struck home. Very good. When you respond under such circumstance, you ...”
“Greg composed: "And Bob, feed the trolls At your own risk...or maybe At your own pleasure." Thank you for ...”
“I love (manly love, that is) Frank; the same way that I would love using weapons technology to fish in ...”
“Frank will insist on insulting quibbling, but probably he and certainly the Colonel are what I would call FIGMO socialists ...”
“This is what Ryan's budget would do to the U.S. economy. Remember that the U.S. is only ...”
“Frank wrote about the Mellon tax cuts. The circumstances then were that the highest rates were cut ostensibly to encourage ...”
“Frank wrote: "I can desist with the slurs on personal intelligence if you can." Bob responds: If you'll desist ...”
“Okay, Frank; state your authority that the following from my "copied post" is wrong: "Redistributing money away from people who ...”
“Then, Frank, what you're telling us is that you can't refute the analysis of the Ryan budget, and ...”
“Frank wrote: "A totally false statement, but one liberals love to preach... They will invest the money!" First, it's ...”
“Ryan's budget would shift the tax burden further on the middle class; bad idea: "Now, temporary tax cuts can ...”
“Frank complained: "I never expected you ["liberals"] to get my message." (laughing) I think "liberals" got his message just fine ...”
“An intriguing contest indeed, and it has gotten all the more intriguing. It remains, for all the weeping and gnashing ...”
“He won the votes of Missouri Republicans in a well-contested race, and his politics, for better or worse, are not ...”
“The Good Colonel opines: "The notion that the games should exist only for the individual performance of the athletes and ...”
“"However, that beret has got to go — cowboy hats, baseball caps, even beanies with propellers are American — berets are not ...”
“Frank just doesn't like reality: "That someone would present these "in depth studies" as some sort of proof of ...”
“Rich: Here's the latest Fairleigh Dickinson study with similar results: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/23/fox-news-less-informed-new-study_n_1538914.html ...”
“When I was mobilized in 2007, my family went on Tricare while I was on active duty, and they were ...”
“We already have a socialized health care system for a large number of U.S. citizens and their dependents. It ...”
“"Do you think any discouragement can be the result of something other than religious faith?" At this time, no; the ...”
“"How about biology?" The fervently religious are going to have a problem here, too; the science is not going to ...”
“Mr. Trout's letter highlights the essential problem with the "free market" in healthcare: it doesn't deliver health care ...”
“"BobB: I'm curious what you think about the Brooker case." A religious test in a state university is wrong ...”
“I suspect the likes of Westboro Baptist Church will make fine use of this amendment as written if it passes ...”
“The Good Colonel's notion of "tolerance" - and those who support him - reminds me of this quote from Wayne Self ...”
“Mr. Christian nonsensically responded: "Why would anyone, "trying to help", make a nonsensical statement of this sort?" Because acknowledging the ...”
“If we're going to be about getting rid of entitlements, let's start with the likes of Jamie Dimon ...”
“"They used to tell me I was building a dream, and so I followed the mob, When there was earth ...”
“The Good Colonel wrote: "A party whose leadership has painted it into a corner can be expected and perhaps even ...”
“The local paper in the little town in the Ozarks where we first lived when we move to Missouri ran ...”
“It's never a pretty site when Mr. Christian (can't type this without thinking of Charles Boyer) freaks out ...”
“The United States deserve better than rightist jurists who throw a hizzy fit when they don't get their way ...”
“The Colonel is spot on: "The proposed Bowl Championship Series playoffs are rife with unintended consequences and will satisfy no ...”
“The Colonel wrote: "By the way, Mr Hopfenblatt--your examples were sadly lacking in evidence that Bush blamed Clinton. I was ...”
“BTW, Rep. John R. Lewis of Georgia is a far better exemplar. Far better.”
“Mr. Williams: What one gains in brevity, one correspondingly tends to lose in specificity.”
“Mr. Williams offered: So BobB wants to know if Don is a racist." I'm not, and, if I were ...”
“Mr. Milsop wrote: "Today Mr. Washington would be vilified by the left as a right wing conservative and an Uncle ...”
“Mr. Christian wrote: "You seem to have missed a lot..." You seem to cherry-pick your data. Unemployment was 6.1 ...”
“"I am not aware of an airbase in Key West." Key West Naval Air Station; has a 10,000' runway.”
“Hmm, Mr. Christian: So President Obama didn't inherit a trashed economy from President Bush? What then did he inherit ...”
“"So where did Miller go." Writing his next column, I suppose.”
“Mr.Hopfenblatt: Well played, sir; well played.”
“The good Colonel writes: "I find it interesting, albeit not surprising, that not one of the liberal or progressive persuasion ...”
“Mr. Christian copied: "But in January 2000 the boom surpassed all others to become the longest sustained expansion in U ...”
“Mr. Ellis wrote: "[w]hy not admit Thomas Catron...?" Indeed; Mr. Catron, former Confederate who became a Republican politician when ...”
“The good Colonel wrote: "'[p]opularity' is not and was not the criteria for Limbaugh's induction to the Hall ...”
“Mr. Williams wrote: The Colonel's mission was accomplished, methinks." The epistemic closure is strong in this one, yes.”
“Mr. Shapiro wrote: "what's your take on recent black panther rhetoric about cracker hating?" Mr. Brandon's answer: "I ...”
“If Limbaugh belongs in, then so does Bloody Bill Anderson and Frank and Jesse James, all veteran partisans of an ...”
“"Among my circle of friends, acquaintances and political confederates..." Well, if thinking in a box is a virtue, at least ...”
“Mr. Christian: You also wrote: "Regarding Ms. Fluke, [Mr. Limbaugh] stated that he had allowed himself to fall to the ...”
“Mr. Christian: You wrote: "I was a working adult during the "past 40 years" to which you refer. I could ...”
“Mr. Christian: You stated "For one to believe that she is not referring to the recreational sex of she and ...”
“The good Colonel states: "David Brooks is a left of center, would be conservative, whose opinions have listed to port ...”
“"Rush Limbaugh stated today that his ratings are up "between 10% & 30%"." Great, let's see some Arbitron reports. Or ...”
“Mr. Christian: Here's a link to the entirety of Ms. Fluke's remarks: http://www.buzzfeed.com/boxofficebuz/transcript-of-testimony-by-sandra-fluke-48z2 ...”
“Colonel: Suggesting that I have no solution to the problem is mere projection on your part. The solution is to ...”
“One key to improving civility is to get one's facts straight. The Colonel states that the current round of ...”
“"Up until a few years ago I was a staunch advocate of free will myself. But then I came across ...”
“Frankly, any organization that would have Pat Boone as a spokesperson is an organization that is rightist astroturf.”
“Not to mention the caucus circus in St. Charles Co... Not a good sign when the GOP has to call ...”
“Participatory democracy has different levels of participation, based on the procedure: still, a respectable majority should be based on a ...”
“Mr. Schultz: Respectfully beg to differ: Ms. Carroll wrote: "One of the saddest days for the American press was when ...”
“Ummm... The First Amendment doesn't apply to Fox News; it's not a government actor.”
“December 15 should become a memorial day of its own: for the dead, wounded, and injured - military and civilian - from ...”
“"Ideally, we would have less regulation, more competition and more choice in all aspects of utility provision in Missouri..." Yep ...”
“Yep, nothing like bad officiating to add "fun" to a game. Instant replay reduces the error rate in professional sports ...”
“Kurt Schaefer, super-genius.”