Possibly the best one yet from Bad Lip Reading: A brilliant spoof of the first Romney-Obama presidential debate. This is so funny you might want to go to the bathroom now to avoid an accident....
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O, That Arrogant Bastard - Must-See Video From RNC
Oct. 4, 2012 - The Republican National Committee (RNC) wasted no time putting up this powerful new video. It is, in my opinion, brilliant in both its subtle but unavoidable message as well as its simplicity. In a split-screen, we see Mitt Romney talking seriously about the failed president's policies and how they have hurt millions of American -- while Obama smirks. Hence the title of the video, "Smirk." It shows Obama as uncaring, callous, cold. Kudos to the RNC for an elegantly simple and very powerful video.
Full Presidential Debate of October 3, 2012 (Plus Poll)
How to Watch the Presidential Debates, October 3, 2012
In case you missed it, we've got the full debate and a poll here.
Oct. 3, 2012 - The highly anticipated, first Presidential Debate of 2012 is tonight, America. The fun goes from 9:00 to 10:00 PM (Eastern Time / 0100-0230 UTC) tonight.
We've got a list of where you can watch or hear Mitt Romney and Barack Obama duke it out.
Will moderator Jim Lehrer have to pull them apart? (We sure hope so. Don't you?)
The debates will be carried live from the University of Denver by many major television and radio networks. You can also watch the presidential debate live on the Internet.
Tonight's debate "will focus on domestic policy and be divided into six time segments of approximately 15 minutes each on topics to be selected by the moderator and announced several weeks before the debate," according to 2012 Election Central. "The moderator will open each segment with a question, after which each candidate will have two minutes to respond. The moderator will use the balance of the time in the segment for a discussion of the topic."
TELEVISION:
ABC, C-Span, CBS, Fox, NBC, PBS, Univision (Spanish/Espanol)
Cable: CNN, Fox News, Fox Business Network, MSNBC
Details about the shows on the above media can be found at The Washington Post website.
INTERNET:
YouTube joined with ABC to do a livestream (free to watch).
Ustream will livestream the debate via PBS NewsHour and CBS News (free to watch).
Sunlight Foundation website.
C-Span has a special page for their debate livestream.
Voice Of America (VOA) will begin live streaming at 0100-0230 UTC.
Univision will broadcast en Espanol.
RADIO:
Too many to list all of them, but most stations owned by or affiliated with major news networks will air the debate live tonight. CNN will present live coverage on SiriusXM Satellite Radio.
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We've got a list of where you can watch or hear Mitt Romney and Barack Obama duke it out.
Will moderator Jim Lehrer have to pull them apart? (We sure hope so. Don't you?)
The debates will be carried live from the University of Denver by many major television and radio networks. You can also watch the presidential debate live on the Internet.
Tonight's debate "will focus on domestic policy and be divided into six time segments of approximately 15 minutes each on topics to be selected by the moderator and announced several weeks before the debate," according to 2012 Election Central. "The moderator will open each segment with a question, after which each candidate will have two minutes to respond. The moderator will use the balance of the time in the segment for a discussion of the topic."
TELEVISION:
ABC, C-Span, CBS, Fox, NBC, PBS, Univision (Spanish/Espanol)
Cable: CNN, Fox News, Fox Business Network, MSNBC
Details about the shows on the above media can be found at The Washington Post website.
INTERNET:
YouTube joined with ABC to do a livestream (free to watch).
Ustream will livestream the debate via PBS NewsHour and CBS News (free to watch).
Sunlight Foundation website.
C-Span has a special page for their debate livestream.
Voice Of America (VOA) will begin live streaming at 0100-0230 UTC.
Univision will broadcast en Espanol.
RADIO:
Too many to list all of them, but most stations owned by or affiliated with major news networks will air the debate live tonight. CNN will present live coverage on SiriusXM Satellite Radio.
Related:
- 2012 Presidential Debate Schedule 2012 Election Central (Note: As of 4:30 p.m., Oct. 3, some pages on their website were not loading, probably to due to excessive traffic to their site.)
- 8 Ways to Watch the Presidential Debate Online Mashable.com
Photos: Biden Urges Obama To Challenge Romney To Basketball Game
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The debate will air 9:00-10:30 p.m. Eastern Time and will be broadcast live on C-SPAN, ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC, CNN, Fox News and MSNBC (more schedule info at 2012 Presidential Election News.)
Nobody knows who will "win," of course. Republican nominee Romney? Democrat-Socialist nominee Obama? The pundits will have their say, as will the viewing public, and there will be disagreement.
One thing does seem certain, however: The Obama campaign has got to be at least a little worried about how their man will perform. After all, Romney is going to want to discuss issues such as unemployment, the monstrous federal deficit, billions of wasted taxpayer dollars (think Solyndra), the trade deficit and China, national security, the failed "Arab Spring," and more.
Obama has spent the greater part of his time in the Oval Office trying to divert attention from his failures. Andy Sullivan of Reuters wrote today that "Romney is under pressure to deliver a performance that shifts the momentum in his direction." Sullivan also wrote that "Obama, on the other hand, merely needs to avoid a catastrophic performance that could cause independent voters to reassess their support."
"Merely?" Even if Obama deftly delivers his smooth answers, it will be a challenge for him to defend his lousy performance in office.
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Biden fears that Romney might actually call Obama out for his pitiful presidential career.
Biden said that a victory over Romney in a basketball game would "show the nation who the real man in this race really is."
"Look," said Biden, "I love sports, and there's a lot of similarity to politics." He said that in the game of HORSE, "the players make trick shots and they make lucky shots that are intended to make the other guy miss. You know, trip up your opponent." Biden expressed concern that questions to Obama about his presidential job performance "could be like those trick shots," and that Romney's expected use of hard facts about Obama's failures "would be like those lucky shots to screw up the other guy, the other guy in this case being President Obama."
Little is known about Romney's own skills at basketball, but Obama is well known as a competent player. "Nobody dribbles like Barack," said Biden, "and nobody is better on a layup shot."
Controversial and outspoken New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican, predicts a win for Romney in the Wednesday debate. "I have absolute confidence that when we get to Thursday morning George, all of you are going to be shaking your heads saying it’s a brand new race," Christie told George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s "This Week" today. "All he’s got to do is go out there and tell the truth."
Christie, who is thought by many to be better at basketball than Obama, said he hopes Romney "does not dignify an Obama basketball challenge by accepting it. Are they serious?"
Related:
- Horse or H-O-R-S-E Basketball Getting Outside
Bust a Move With Mitt Romney, Dancer Extraordinaire
And then there's Mitt dancing a little jig to the music of a busker on Grafton St., Dublin, Ireland. His dance styles are wide and varied, just like his political philosophy/ies.
The final video here does not feature Mitt, but it is about having those "moves like Romney." Dancin' like the Mittster, baby, is where it's at.
Sorry, no dancing horse videos.
New Romney Video Recalls What Bill Clinton Said About Obama in 2008
The video is called "Give Me A Break." The video's narrator says that Clinton in 2012 is "a good soldier, helping his party's president, but what did Bill Clinton say about Barack Obama in 2008?"
Referring to Obama's economic plan Clinton said, "This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen." Powerful stuff, and Clinton cannot deny that he said it.
New Video From Romney-Ryan: "Meet America's Comeback Team"
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"I'm proud to stand with a man," Ryan says in the video, "who understands what it takes to foster job creation in our economy. Someone who knows from experience that if you have a small business, you DID build that!" In the video, Ryan finishes off with, "Together we will unite America and get this done!"
The video, posted by Mitt Romney's YouTube channel, includes this description: "These last four years have seen higher unemployment, declining incomes, and crushing debt. This cannot be the new normal. America needs a comeback. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan: America's Comeback Team."
"The Battleship Wisconsin BB-64 was one of the famous Iowa-class ships. It was commissioned on April 16, 1944 and reported for duty in the Pacific." For more, visit Norfolkvisitor.com.
Anti-Romney "Conservatives" Need To Shut Up
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You can't always get what you want, and often the choices we are given are not all we hoped for.
You know who you are: Survivalists and whacked out Libertarians and neo-liberal Paulbots who think you're being patriotic by publicly dissing Romney and Ryan, and that you're doing your duty by encouraging the rest of us to not vote for them in November. In effect, you might as well be campaigning for Obama-Biden.
You actually tell us that Romney-Ryan is just Obama-Biden "with another face."
You have the right to do that, I reckon, but do the rest of us a favor: Shut the hell up and stop actively trying to discourage others from voting for Romney-Ryan. Oh sure, you have the right to spout your lunatic theories (still think Bush set up the destruction of the World Trade Towers, Bunky?), but I have the right to tell you that you're not making any friends by throwing sand into the gears.
Seriously: Watch the video above and tell me that Ryan is "Obama with a different face." Seriously.
For some of you, it may have come down to choosing the "Lesser Of Two Evils." When that's the only choice, I'll take the lesser evil every time and without hesitation. You who choose to sit out the election are willfully leaving open the possibility of having the greater evil foisted upon you - again. You are fools. You are blinded by your own paranoia and conceit. You are not conservatives. You are panicked nutjobs. You are leftover McCain haters, rancid and reheated. If your sick dream comes true, you will again help ensure an Obama victory just as you did in 2008.
Relevant Reading:
- Paul Ryan Has Already Been an Effective Obama Critic Canada Free Press
- Ryan’s voting record shows conservatism tinged with maverick streak Washington Times
- Paul Ryan: Not a Moderate The Daily Beast
- Video: Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) To Obama: "You're Not Listening" To The People! YouTube
- What Is The Real Agenda Of The Ron Paul Supporters? ReaganGirl.com
Elitist Liar Obama Takes On Romney In Video Wars
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This is particularly true when it comes to Obama's statements about energy prices. Whenever he says that he is trying to lower gas prices or any other fuel prices, know this: Obama is not telling the truth, and his own words prove it.
Obama's speech to the editors was an amazing spew of Marxist babble. It was, honest-to-God, baffling. Robert Lenzner of Forbes thinks so too. He wrote a piece for Forbes today with the no-holds-barred headline, "Inept, Elitist Obama Speech Rotten Political Warfare." Wow.
"Your talk to the Society of Newspaper Editors," wrote Lenzner, "was more Political Warfare than a primer in Math or or an effective attack on Class Warfare, Mr. President. You lost me and most of America with all your talk about Trojan Horses and Social Darwinism, as I thought I was back in John Finley’s Course on Classics or Arthur Schlesinger’s course on American Intellectual history at Harvard in the 1950s." Wow. Confused? We all were, weren't we?
The third video is Obama speaking to The San Francisco Chronicle in January, 2008.
In that interview, he told the Chronicle that he wants energy prices to rise. "Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket."
This is a painful video for Obama supporters to watch. A warning to liberals: Obama's words are so unambiguous that only a hypnotized Obamabot could possibly deny the fact that the Obama Administration's energy policy is to encourage higher energy prices.
Poll: Is Ted Nugent a RINO for Endorsing Mitt Romney?
March 2, 2012 - POLL - For years now, rock legend Ted Nugent has positioned himself as a hard core conservative. BuzzFeed reported today that Nugent gave his approval to Romney's candidacy on Twitter.
Nugent's tweeted endorsement said, "after a long heart&soul conversation with MittRomney today I concluded this goodman will properly represent we the people & I endorsed him."
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Video: Mitt Romney Sings "America The Beautiful" (Badly)
January 30, 2012 - The Villages, Florida - On the eve of Florida's Republican presidential primary election, candidate Mitt Romney holds a comfortable lead in the polls. He's ahead of Newt Gingrich by 15 points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll today.
To celebrate, the former Massachusetts governor once again butchered "America The Beautiful" in public as he tried to sing it before a crowd of senior citizens at Lake Sumter Landing. It was his last campaign stop of the day. Video below.
"The Romney family was in a joyful mood Monday night," reports The Weekly Standard this evening, "as the campaign held its final campaign rally of the Florida GOP primary. During her introductory remarks, Mitt's wife Ann handed the microphone to her 5-year-old grandson Parker and asked him to tell the large crowd what he said on the campaign bus. 'I think papa's going to win!' he said. The crowd loved it."
Barf, right? Did Abe Lincoln or Teddy Roosevelt drag their snot-nosed grandchildren onto any stages when they were campaigning? When the heck did candidate start doing that?
And, why would Mitt's grandson refer to him as "Papa?" Isn't that what one calls one's father? Those northeasterners are weird. It's just creepy. Romney's attempt to sing was almost as pitiful as his attempt to fool the American electorate that he's a conservative.
Tragically, Romney's crooning tonight in The Prune Juice State is not the first time Romney has mangled "America The Beautiful."
It's as though he has some latent desire to seek revenge on the nation that rejected him in 2008 by inflicting us with his off-key warbling of such a beloved song.
In reality, of course, Romney uses the song in a schmaltzy attempt to connect with voters who are just as square as himself. He tends to tailor his performance of the song to his local audience. Often, notes John Swaine of The Telegraph (UK), this causes Romney's audience to groan.
To celebrate, the former Massachusetts governor once again butchered "America The Beautiful" in public as he tried to sing it before a crowd of senior citizens at Lake Sumter Landing. It was his last campaign stop of the day. Video below.
"The Romney family was in a joyful mood Monday night," reports The Weekly Standard this evening, "as the campaign held its final campaign rally of the Florida GOP primary. During her introductory remarks, Mitt's wife Ann handed the microphone to her 5-year-old grandson Parker and asked him to tell the large crowd what he said on the campaign bus. 'I think papa's going to win!' he said. The crowd loved it."
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And, why would Mitt's grandson refer to him as "Papa?" Isn't that what one calls one's father? Those northeasterners are weird. It's just creepy. Romney's attempt to sing was almost as pitiful as his attempt to fool the American electorate that he's a conservative.
Tragically, Romney's crooning tonight in The Prune Juice State is not the first time Romney has mangled "America The Beautiful."
It's as though he has some latent desire to seek revenge on the nation that rejected him in 2008 by inflicting us with his off-key warbling of such a beloved song.
In reality, of course, Romney uses the song in a schmaltzy attempt to connect with voters who are just as square as himself. He tends to tailor his performance of the song to his local audience. Often, notes John Swaine of The Telegraph (UK), this causes Romney's audience to groan.
New Gingrich Anti-Romney Video "Blood Money: Romney's Medicare Scandal"
Image via WikipediaJanuary 26, 2012 - Newt Gingrich plays rough, and his supporters do too. Some of his supporters comprise a super pac called Winning Our Future, and they are determined to to crush - not merely defeat but crush - Mitt Romney. Here is a teaser for their upcoming "documentary" from the pro-Gingrich war-machine.
It's called "Blood Money: Romney's Medicare Scandal." Watch it now, below... This video is the second in WOF's series of anti-Romney attack videos. The first one has the blunt title of "King of Bain 'When Mitt Romney Came To Town'," posted to WOF's YouTube channel on January 23. You can watch "King of Bain" (28:01) below, too.
UPDATE 2: Current Numbers in South Carolina Republican Primary (Developing)
Image via WikipediaJanuary 21, 2012 - This is according to the South Carolina State Election Commission (SCEC) website.
UPDATED 9:43 PM ET:
Ballots cast: 249,862 (of 2,804,231 registered voters); turnout: 8.91 %.
Gingrich: 39.35% (97,995 votes)
Romney: 28.39% (70,707 votes)
Santorum: 17.54% (43,675 votes)
Earlier: According to the SCEC, only 436 of 2,129 precincts have "completely reported." That's only 20.48% of precincts reporting as of 9:00 PM ET. SCEC reports that only 133,721 votes were cast, which is a voter turnout of 4.77% of the 2,804,231 registered voters in South Carolina.
9:00 PM ET - The Republican primary results are still coming in, and there is NO official winner yet, despite what the media are saying. As of 8:55 PM ET, Newt Gingrich has 32,982 votes counted (39.32 %) in today's South Carolina Republican primary election. Mitt Romney now has 27,726 votes (27.27%).
(Also see our earlier report.)
Ballots cast: 249,862 (of 2,804,231 registered voters); turnout: 8.91 %.
Gingrich: 39.35% (97,995 votes)
Romney: 28.39% (70,707 votes)
Santorum: 17.54% (43,675 votes)
Earlier: According to the SCEC, only 436 of 2,129 precincts have "completely reported." That's only 20.48% of precincts reporting as of 9:00 PM ET. SCEC reports that only 133,721 votes were cast, which is a voter turnout of 4.77% of the 2,804,231 registered voters in South Carolina.
9:00 PM ET - The Republican primary results are still coming in, and there is NO official winner yet, despite what the media are saying. As of 8:55 PM ET, Newt Gingrich has 32,982 votes counted (39.32 %) in today's South Carolina Republican primary election. Mitt Romney now has 27,726 votes (27.27%).
(Also see our earlier report.)
UPDATED: Not So Fast: Did Gingrich Really Win In South Carolina? Maybe, Maybe Not
January 21, 2012 - 7:45 PM ET - Seems everyone is rushing to proclaim Newt Gingrich as the winner in today's Republican primary in South Carolina. Most of this is based on exit polling of some voters. But hold on a minute: The polls just closed at 7:00 PM ET. In the opinion of Chicago News Bench, the proclamation of Gingrich, at this point, is premature.
SEE NEWEST UPDATE HERE. SEE PREVIOUS UPDATE BELOW:
We're not saying that Gingrich did not win. All we're saying is that the official results are not in yet. According to the South Carolina State Election Commission, Romney was officially ahead of the pack with 47.67% (941) of the counted votes. Gingrich was trailing with 25.26% (497 votes). This is in sharp contrast to what the media say their exit polls show.
UPDATE, 7:30 PM ET:
The South Carolina State Election Commission website now shows Gingrich pulling ahead, with only two (2) counties completely reporting and six (6) partially reported.
Gingrich: 37.21% (16,201 votes)
Romney: 27.37% (11,917 votes)
Santorum: 18.86% (8,212 votes)
Paul: 14.12% (6,146 votes)
Too many of us remember when Al Gore was prematurely proclaimed the winner in 2000. You'd think the media would learn. They have not.
SEE NEWEST UPDATE HERE. SEE PREVIOUS UPDATE BELOW:
UPDATE, 7:30 PM ET:
The South Carolina State Election Commission website now shows Gingrich pulling ahead, with only two (2) counties completely reporting and six (6) partially reported.
Gingrich: 37.21% (16,201 votes)
Romney: 27.37% (11,917 votes)
Santorum: 18.86% (8,212 votes)
Paul: 14.12% (6,146 votes)
Too many of us remember when Al Gore was prematurely proclaimed the winner in 2000. You'd think the media would learn. They have not.
Hey Newt Gingrich, How Do You Say 'Douchebag' En Espanol?
Gingrich wants people to think that Romney is like liberal Senator John Kerry (D-MA) and like Comrade Barack Obama just for having a foreign language skill, which is ridiculous.
The hypocritical Gingrich doesn't think, however, that his own ability to speak Spanish (badly) makes him "like Obama," who also has the ability to speak Spanish (badly). Watch Gingrich do what uber-liberal Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy used to do in the video below.
While he's quick to question the patriotism of Mitt Romney (of whom I am NOT a supporter), Gingrich has sloppily pandered to Spanish-speaking voters en Espanol.
Gingrich's attack ad says of Romney, “And just like John Kerry, he speaks French, too.” Well, parlez vous "douche bag," Monsieur Gingrich?
John Kerry (via RottenTomatoes.com)Hell, I speak French (badly), and I'm more conservative than Gingrich. What the hell is wrong with Gingrich, making a video as stupid as this one? How ignorant and stupid does he hope conservative voters are? There are many legitimate things for which to criticize Romney, so why is Gingrich stooping to such a sophomoric issue to single out?The whole sordid attack by Gingrich is as absurd as the recent attack video by Ron Paul supporters of John Huntsman for his ability to speak Mandarin Chinese fluently. (Huntsman dropped out of the Republican presidential race today.)
Obama uses a fork when he eats, and I sure Romney and Gingrich do too, but I don't think that this commonality makes them philosophically similar. Gingrich has shown throughout this campaign that he's a mean-spirited person, and a hypocrite to boot.
Romney Wins NH Primary, Ron Paul Places Second (Final Results)
Image by DonkeyHotey via FlickrJanuary 10, 2012 - RINO Mitt Romney, the guy who thinks a healthcare mandate "is conservative," won the Republican primary election in New Hampshire tonight.
Final New Hampshire Republican Primary Results 2012
Source: uselectionatlas.org
| Candidate | Votes | Vote % | Delegates | Delegates % |
| Mitt Romney | 95,669 | 39.38% | 7 | 58.3 |
| Ron Paul | 55,455 | 22.83 | 3 | 25.0 |
| Jon Huntsman | 40,903 | 16.84 | 2 | 16.7 |
| Newt Gingrich | 22,921 | 9.43 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Santorum | 22,708 | 9.35 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Perry | 1,709 | 0.70 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Candidates | 1,207 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Roemer | 919 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 |
| Write-Ins | 787 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 |
Associated Press report this: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night, adding to a first-place finish in last week's Iowa caucuses and establishing himself as the man to beat for the Republican presidential nomination. Ron Paul finished second, with Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum trailing.... With his victory, Romney became the first Republican to sweep the first two contests in competitive races since Iowa gained the lead-off spot in presidential campaigns in 1976.
As of 9:31 PM ET, 153 of the 301 (51%) New Hampshire precincts had reported. Romney had 37% of the reported votes, with Ron Paul taking 23% so far. (The counting continues at this time; see WMUR.com for updates throughout the night.) Huntsman, at this time, is ahead of Gingrich by 17% to 10% of the votes counted so far. Both Buddy Roemer and Vermin Supreme, for those of you who follow such things, each had 0%.
That's right, the voters in New Hampshire settled for squishy, left-leaning "Republican" Romney. In fact, the best damned headline of the night comes from the (ugh!) Huffington Post. "New Hampshire Primary Election Results 2012: Mitt Romney, The Man They're Settling For." Well, we can rest assured that our second worst president ever, Jimmy Carter, is happy tonight.
After all, Carter endorsed Romney in September, 2011. A report about that in The Washington Times hit the nail on the head: "In an interview with Rachel Maddow on MSNBC, Carter said that he would be “very pleased to see him win the Republican nomination.” For a presidential candidate trying to win over conservative Republicans, this endorsement is a telling sign of what kind of president he would be." We are so doomed.
Mitt Romney's Pro-Obama Campaign Video (Spoof)
Did Mitt Romney release a campaign ad that promotes the re-election of Barack Obama? Well, no, but this spoof looks pretty convincing. Posted on BuzzFeed's channel at YouTube on November 22. Funny stuff.
FUNNIEST MITT ROMNEY VIDEO You'll Ever See!
You might need to change your pants after watching this video. It's a montage of clips of Mitt Romney, stitched together and then dubbed over with words he never spoke. He might as well have said these things, however, because they make as sense as most of what he actually has said on the campaign trail (and before). The video is another masterpiece of political humor by YouTuber "BadLipReading." They've done this before. Previous victims were Michele Bachmann and Barack Obama. Oh, and Rick Perry.
Hat tips to @CO2HOG on Twitter and Hot Air Blog.
McCain Pokes Mitt in the Eye
Great stuff from Salon:
John McCain hates Mitt Romney
McCain spends the day before Super Tuesday in Romney's backyard, a poke in the eye that had more symbolic than strategic value.
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