January 20, 2011
— DrewM Ron Paul!
"It's certainly crossed my mind," Paul told The Ballot Box of a potential run for Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's (R-Texas) Senate seat next year.New numbers out Wednesday from Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling found Paul was second only to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (R) among Texas Republicans asked who they want to see run for the seat in 2012.
The poll found Dewhurst to be the top choice of Republicans, garnering 23 percent support. But Paul was right behind him as the pick of 20 percent of GOP voters.
Really Texas? Really?
Personally, I don't believe any polling at this point. 2012 is just too far away. if we learned anything from the pronouncements about the death of the GOP after Obama's election, it's that everything can change in 2 years.
Still, Paul would have a lot of advantages in a primary race: high name recognition, a huge fund-raising base and of course an army of, um, dedicated followers. Oh and don't forget the blimp.
On the upside, if he does run for the Senate, at least the rest of us won't have to suffer watching him run for President again.
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Posted by: huerfano at January 20, 2011 06:58 AM (QgmBR)
That, and what Ben said. He is a very creepy guy.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at January 20, 2011 07:00 AM (LH6ir)
No. Not really. Ron Paul would get pretty well creamed by any of: David Dewhurst, Roger Williams (former Sec State, also current, very successful, businessman in Weatherford), or Michael Williams (currently a Railroad Commissioner). I even think he'd lose to Tom Leppert (current mayor of Dallas).
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 20, 2011 07:02 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: jimmytheleg at January 20, 2011 07:04 AM (hCggW)
Posted by: Phelps at January 20, 2011 07:04 AM (50ajE)
Posted by: joncelli at January 20, 2011 07:04 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Andy at January 20, 2011 07:05 AM (5Rurq)
Posted by: Have Blue at January 20, 2011 07:06 AM (mV+es)
Posted by: Have Blue at January 20, 2011 07:07 AM (mV+es)
Texas, please ... PLEASE ... don't fuck this up. No RINO reload (Dewhurst) and for God's sakes not Ron Paul.
Could it be that Ron Paul gets votes because he is better than RINOs like Kay Bailey and Dewhurst? Just a thought.
Where Ron Paul kicks ass: domestic issues (plus immigration)
Where Ron Paul is an utter fool: foreign policy (plus defense)
That rests the case for, and against, Ron Paul.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 20, 2011 07:08 AM (ujg0T)
I'm pretty sure Texas has a runoff, so he can't win an 8 way race with 20%. At least this will get this loon out of the House.
Posted by: buzz at January 20, 2011 07:10 AM (i27M5)
Posted by: joncelli at January 20, 2011 07:11 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: texette at January 20, 2011 07:12 AM (beZqk)
Posted by: Vic at January 20, 2011 07:13 AM (M9Ie6)
I am ready for any senator that will stop this reprehensible spending.
That sums it up for me too. However, given that the Senate does have foreign policy input, maybe it is better to keep Ron Paul in the House....
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 20, 2011 07:14 AM (ujg0T)
Where Ron Paul kicks ass: domestic issues (plus immigration)
Where Ron Paul is an utter fool: foreign policy (plus defense)
That rests the case for, and against, Ron Paul.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 20, 2011
He opposes amnesty, but NumbersUSA rates him as "unhelpful" on a lot of other issues and gives him a C minus overall.
Posted by: buzz at January 20, 2011 07:14 AM (i27M5)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 20, 2011 07:14 AM (UOM48)
Gimme a break.
My complaints about Ron Paul pale in comparison to ANY Democrat in Congress and even some Republicans such as Snowe, Collins, etc.
Posted by: Soothsayer3P0 at January 20, 2011 07:14 AM (cgEHM)
No, it's because there are nutcases even in Texas. Hopefully, there are not enough to elect him to the Senate.
Posted by: huerfano at January 20, 2011 07:15 AM (QgmBR)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2011 07:15 AM (XBM1t)
The problem is most of the Morons are not familiar with Texas politicians not already in office.
Posted by: Vic at January 20, 2011 07:15 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Have Blue at January 20, 2011 07:16 AM (mV+es)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2011 07:17 AM (XBM1t)
Posted by: Mongerel at January 20, 2011 07:17 AM (YqWfw)
I'm pretty sure Texas has a runoff, so he can't win an 8 way race with 20%. At least this will get this loon out of the House.
Good, because he has enough of a name to gain 20% of the vote in an unfocused race.. Especially with those who say "well, I like his views on fiscal issues."
Rand is surprising me by not being...insane. Ron has no such controls.
Plus, Ron Paul is 75 years old. He would be 77 upon assuming office.
Isn't Michael Williams a possible gubernatorial candidate?
Posted by: AmishDude at January 20, 2011 07:17 AM (BvBKY)
Also, let me second the cage match with Al Franken, and I hope Ron wins because Franken is an embarrassment to my state.
Posted by: cranky-d at January 20, 2011 07:19 AM (mfszm)
No, it's because there are nutcases even in Texas. Hopefully, there are not enough to elect him to the Senate.
*COUGH* Christine O'Donnell *COUGH*
Never underestimate how sick of RINOs some of us are. Does that make us Paulian cultists?
Seriously, I will give the Devil credit where it is due.
(Again, disclaimers about the naive and utterly stupid foreign policy of Ron Paul and the Paulbots)
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 20, 2011 07:20 AM (ujg0T)
For Senate? No. There's word he's looking at a Presidential run (despite his protestations otherwise), or that he'd be open to VP, but I think he's done all the legislating he ever cares to do.
Remember that as Lt. Governor under W, he had a lot more to do with actual bills that got passed than he does now as Governor.
This is also why I'm not terribly concerned that Dewhurst is a RINO. He's more of a squish than much of the state, but that still puts him as solidly more conservative than, say, Lindsey Graham, or John McCain.
Personally, I'm looking at Roger or Mike Williams as my two favorites. I'd really rather Dewhurst stay in Austin.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 20, 2011 07:20 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: ParisParamus at January 20, 2011 07:21 AM (bN5ZU)
I think the answer is "yes but". There are some good conservatives running so there isn't any need to choose between RINO and crazee.
Posted by: Follower of Cthulhu at January 20, 2011 07:22 AM (F/4zf)
He's shown no interest that I know of, and he did say he's specifically running for Senate. He and Roger (no relation) have both been running for Senate since before last year's primaries.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 20, 2011 07:23 AM (8y9MW)
We'll need a counterweight to Cornyn, someone whose election will scare Cornyn straight for the rest of his term.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2011 07:23 AM (XBM1t)
Posted by: Fritz at January 20, 2011 07:24 AM (GwPRU)
Eh...no matter who runs, the MFM will spew crap about them because they have an R after their name. Even if they have to make it up.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 20, 2011 07:25 AM (4ucxv)
Thanks for the knowledge. I can't see Perry being tapped for VP though. He doesn't get us any constituency or state that we don't already have.
Posted by: toby928™ at January 20, 2011 07:25 AM (S5YRY)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2011 07:25 AM (XBM1t)
If he ran for Senate he would have to actually campaign, something he hasn't had to do to win his House seat, so that 20% might drop considerably.
Posted by: opus at January 20, 2011 07:26 AM (IebeI)
Posted by: SouthCounty at January 20, 2011 07:26 AM (JHKev)
Bad thing is, if things get worse, the SOB might have a good shot at it...
Posted by: AoSHQ's DarkLord© at January 20, 2011 07:26 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at January 20, 2011 07:27 AM (SJ6/3)
Posted by: tangonine at January 20, 2011 07:27 AM (x3YFz)
Posted by: texette at January 20, 2011 07:28 AM (3nX/9)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 20, 2011 07:28 AM (0GFWk)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at January 20, 2011 07:29 AM (eOXTH)
Posted by: mark c at January 20, 2011 07:30 AM (SBIko)
What, the DA doesn't like the Sheriff fucking up their case in the media?
Posted by: nickless at January 20, 2011 07:33 AM (MMC8r)
WHO IS RON PAUL?
RON PAUL! GOOGLE HIM!
Can I interest any of you in some campaign literature ("President" and "2008" crudely redone with a magic marker) or a free DVD copy of "Loose Change"?
I buy gold coins and handgun ammo, do you?
GUYS, GET THE BLIMP!!!!!!
Fuck, they want HOW much for helium?
Posted by: Guy who yells "RON PAUL!" at January 20, 2011 07:33 AM (GgXZc)
not tryin to start shit but...
it's funny how the same 'we got bigger fish to fry' and 'this isn't the hill to die on' crowd is so adamantly opposed to certain Republicans.
I wish they put half the energy opposing Democrats as they do opposing Huckabee, Paul, etc.
My point: This is one of those cases where it's appropriate to say: We got bigger fish to fry than worry about Senator Ron Paul.
Posted by: Soothsayer3P0 at January 20, 2011 07:33 AM (cgEHM)
Posted by: Paulbot #34958, spittle flying at January 20, 2011 07:34 AM (RD7QR)
Are you ready for the Super Bowl Winning NY JETS?
Oh wrong thread..nevermind
Dude, the Jets aren't going to make it out of the weekend let alone the superbowl.
Posted by: Ben at January 20, 2011 07:34 AM (wuv1c)
Where Ron Paul kicks ass: domestic issues (plus immigration)
Where Ron Paul is an utter fool: foreign policy (plus defense)
That rests the case for, and against, Ron Paul.
Idiot is a dicohotomy not a continuum (I give you Timmah Pawlenty and global warming and Mitt Romney and health care for instance), plus he'd be 77 when taking office.
Next.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 20, 2011 07:35 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: Fritz at January 20, 2011 07:35 AM (GwPRU)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 20, 2011 07:36 AM (0GFWk)
Posted by: Paulbot #34958, spittle flying at January 20, 2011 07:36 AM (RD7QR)
put me some knowledge because I haven't watched the news in the last 24 hrs...
Is the media totally embargoing (or really downplaying) the monumental bi-partisan vote to the repeal health care reform law?
You'd think this would be huge news; that's what you'd think.
Posted by: Soothsayer3P0 at January 20, 2011 07:37 AM (cgEHM)
I don't even know who Ted Cruz is. But, then, I didn't know who Mike Williams was a few weeks ago either. Any Cruz supporter got links I can peruse?
I actually like Roger Williams for his previous service as Sec. State and for his current business experience. I think he would tend to come at legislation with a much better idea of its impact on business owners than just about anyone else in the pack.
As part of the Railroad Commission, Mike Williams comes close- understands fiat regulation better, I suspect. So they're neck-and-neck in my view.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 20, 2011 07:37 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: tangonine at January 20, 2011 07:37 AM (x3YFz)
Posted by: joncelli at January 20, 2011 07:37 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 20, 2011 07:38 AM (0GFWk)
i'm more concerned with california continuously voting for bankruptcy, both moral and economic, since jerry brown was elected gov the FIRST TIME!!!!!!!!!!
We did have Governors George Dukemejian and Pete Wilson for two terms after Moonbeam, solid by Cali standards.
But then, the GOP elites, partly out of immigration romanticism, partly out of a greedheaded desire for cheap gardeners and maids, put out the word that excessive underclass illegal immigration was not to be dealt with. Those who would deal with it (Pete Wilson, Tom Tancredo) were to be shunned. Those who "Hispandered" (Jack Kemp) were to be promoted.
It has been downhill since. The best way to reduce bankruptcy, poverty and corruption is to *stop importing it*.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 20, 2011 07:38 AM (ujg0T)
Posted by: Fritz at January 20, 2011 11:35 AM (GwPRU)
Because Cmdr Wharf can't exactly hate on ugly people, now, can she?
Posted by: tangonine at January 20, 2011 07:39 AM (x3YFz)
Posted by: joncelli at January 20, 2011 07:39 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: rdbrewer at January 20, 2011 07:40 AM (V/h8t)
Posted by: Zombies Robert Byrd and Strom Thurmond at January 20, 2011 07:41 AM (ujg0T)
What do ya live in Pittsburgh or something?
I do not and am not a fan of either team, but Mark Sanchez vs. Steeler D in the ketchup bottle in 20 degree weather is kind of cruel and unusual punishment.
Poodles vs. gladiators in the Roman Colosseum would have been a closer contest.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 20, 2011 07:41 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: tangonine at January 20, 2011 11:37 AM (x3YFz)
I lived right next to Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, AK at the height of the Cold War. You haven't lived until you've heard an F-4's afterburners go on at 3:00 AM.
Posted by: joncelli at January 20, 2011 11:39 AM (RD7QR)
I love the sound of F-4's taking off. Gives me chills.
Posted by: tangonine at January 20, 2011 07:41 AM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Soothsayer3P0
Agreed..
Plus, I have no issue with him being one of a hundred voices in the Senate either.
Rather him than another Scott Brown or a Maine Triplet..
Posted by: Dave C at January 20, 2011 07:41 AM (Rb7Pw)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 20, 2011 07:41 AM (0GFWk)
Idiot is a dicohotomy not a continuum (I give you Timmah Pawlenty and global warming and Mitt Romney and health care for instance)
Not really. Given the real world of our two party system, it *is* a continum. No candidate is/was perfect. All have/had flaws. Even Uncle Ron.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 20, 2011 07:43 AM (ujg0T)
Because, in Texas, the Republican Primary is the election. At the moment, anyway. Short of a complete unknown (some state Rep, or Tom Leppert of Dallas, for example) winning the Republican Primary, the Republican won't really have much competition; the Democrat bench in Texas is empty.
Bill White would make a race interesting, but Democrats for National Office in Texas have the same problem RINOs do against Democrats: They have to play Republican-Lite. And, typically, we like our Republicans fairly pure. In addition to that, Bill White has, thus far, shown absolutely no interest in running another campaign right after getting creamed by Rick Perry in the Gubernatorial election.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 20, 2011 07:43 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: texette at January 20, 2011 07:44 AM (beZqk)
Rather him than another Scott Brown or a Maine Triplet..
Yeah, becasue if the balloon goes up in, say, Pakistan what we need is a Senator bloviating about letters of marque.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 20, 2011 07:44 AM (B+qrE)
What do ya live in Pittsburgh or something?
I do not and am not a fan of either team, but Mark Sanchez vs. Steeler D in the ketchup bottle in 20 degree weather is kind of cruel and unusual punishment.
Poodles vs. gladiators in the Roman Colosseum would have been a closer contest.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 20, 2011 11:41 AM (B+qrE)
I've been a steeler fan for 35 years. My two older brothers gave me the choice: black and gold or die. I picked the black and gold lol.
The jets have no idea what they're walking into on sunday. 10 million terrible towels, and 55 very focused, angry men.
I heard they played the Renegade video at Jets practice to "get ready" lol.
7.
Posted by: tangonine at January 20, 2011 07:45 AM (x3YFz)
Can I interest any of you in some campaign literature ("President" and "2008" crudely redone with a magic marker) or a free DVD copy of "Loose Change"?
I buy gold coins and handgun ammo, do you?
Such compelling issues, so much like witchcraft and onanism prohibitions.
We are trillions of dollars in debt and the federal government is regulating our light bulbs and gearing up to off your grandma on account of the cost-benefit analysis.
Who cares if the guy is kind of bug-eyed. Compared to the rest of them he's a freakin paragon of a sane, lucid, rational policy maker. You gonna get hung on whether or not he flirts with conspiratorial kooks or is an isolationist?
Let me put it this way: Ron Paul does NOT want to kill your grandma.
Posted by: Entropy at January 20, 2011 07:45 AM (IsLT6)
Given the real world of our two party system, it *is* a continum.
Acceptability is a continuum. Idiocy is not.
Paul is an idiot. With imperial galactic clusters.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 20, 2011 07:45 AM (B+qrE)
far better the senate than the WH for mr paul.
Posted by: right field bleachers at January 20, 2011 07:46 AM (K/USr)
Let me put it this way: Ron Paul does NOT want to kill your grandma.
Posted by: Soothsayer3P0 at January 20, 2011 07:46 AM (cgEHM)
Dude, the Jets aren't going to make it out of the weekend let alone the superbowl.
Posted by: Ben at January 20, 2011 11:34 AM (wuv1c)
What do ya live in Pittsburgh or something?
Yes, I do.
The Jets offense has beaten Pat and Indy defense in the last two weeks. I don't believe either of those defenses is in the top 20. The Steelers have the number 1 D in the league. They gave up an average of 58 rushing yards a game. They've had One 100 yard rusher against them in the past 50 games.
Sanchez has had it easy.
The only way that the Jets win this game is if Pittsburgh has a special teams meltdown, which is entirely possible.
But offensively we're better and defensively we're better.
Posted by: Ben at January 20, 2011 07:47 AM (wuv1c)
With all these names being thrown out I'm suprised you haven't hit on the obvious.
Dave in Texas!
DiT for Senate!
Posted by: Bosk at January 20, 2011 07:47 AM (pUO5u)
Yeah, becasue if the balloon goes up in, say, Pakistan what we need is a Senator bloviating about letters of marque.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 20, 2011 11:44 AM (B+qrE)
What's wrong with the letters of marque?
Posted by: KG at January 20, 2011 07:48 AM (DeCj1)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 20, 2011 07:48 AM (0GFWk)
Also, two of your best defensive players are from pittsburgh in Revis and Jason Taylor. They will sabotoge the Jets.
They're essentially Yinzer sleeper cells.
Posted by: Ben at January 20, 2011 07:48 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: nickless at January 20, 2011 07:48 AM (MMC8r)
Barry has jinxed the Bears by saying they'll win.
The fun part is I remember seeing him on TV the night before Super Bowl XLI, when he was technically a Senator from Illinois, refusing to pick the Bears over the Colts, because he didn't want to offend Indiana primary voters. I was with my best friend (at the time a "ham sammich" Democrat; in this last cycle she worked for Jim DeMint and Tim Scott, I'm that good
) and neither of us could believe what a pussy move that was. Even the women office-holders who wouldn't know a football from a hockey puck claim to be fans of the team they represent....Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 20, 2011 07:49 AM (4ucxv)
In Texas? With a field as strong as ours is at the moment? Yes.
The question isn't Brown / Paul. It's not Collins / Paul. It's (closer to) Demint / Paul.
If you had your choice between someone like Jim Demint or Ron Paul, which would you choose?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 20, 2011 07:49 AM (8y9MW)
Let me put it this way: Ron Paul does NOT want to kill your grandma.
Unless she is Israeli.
Now, now, Paul doesn't want to kill the Joos.
He just doesn't want to stop the Muzzies from doing it.
Posted by: nickless at January 20, 2011 07:49 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: tangonine at January 20, 2011 07:49 AM (x3YFz)
Why does Michelle Obama hate fat people?
Well, she said she was going to help military families, so I for one am glad she's not following through with that. Oh, wait, she totally is:
...a three percent increase over last year...
Aides say the first lady has spent a great deal of time with military spouses and relaying their concerns to the West Wing staff. When pressed to outline exactly what the first lady had done to make this funding happen, an aide stressed it was a "team effort" and that while Mrs. Obama has played a role in conveying the concerns and issues that military families have around the country, she has not been directly involved in any budget negotiations.
Posted by: Mama AJ at January 20, 2011 07:50 AM (XdlcF)
But offensively we're better and defensively we're better.
Posted by: Ben at January 20, 2011 11:47 AM (wuv1c)
How's your offensive line doing?
Considering we're down to our 3rd string tackles, fairly well I should say. I believe we just beat the 2nd best defense in the league last weekend.
Besides, our QB can scramble and is better out of the pocket under pressure. whether it's defensive ends or lawyers trying to serve him with papers, he knows how to get away.
Posted by: Ben at January 20, 2011 07:51 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: texette at January 20, 2011 07:51 AM (beZqk)
Posted by: Ben at January 20, 2011 11:47 AM (wuv1c)
How's your offensive line doing?
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 20, 2011 11:48 AM (0GFWk)
Like it's done all year: we haven't had a healthy line since day 1 but everyone who has had to step up has stepped up and I'm pretty sure we're playing for the AFC championship with our patchwork O-line.
We have a pro-bowl rookie center. Rookie. Pro-bowl.
Posted by: tangonine at January 20, 2011 07:51 AM (x3YFz)
The fact that Squeala Jackass Lee is electable in the same state...that's what makes it facepalm-worthy. It's like storing ammonia and chlorine in the same broom closet. No good can come of it...unless you're sitting a fair distance away, with hot, buttered and salted popcorn, and a full pitcher of margaritas. Then, it's tasty, tasty entertainment...
Posted by: AoSHQ's DarkLord© at January 20, 2011 07:52 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at January 20, 2011 07:52 AM (mHQ7T)
Isn't her district in Houston very carefully drawn so it's mostly black voters?
(I denouce myself for noticing.)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 20, 2011 07:54 AM (4ucxv)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 20, 2011 07:54 AM (0GFWk)
"Tension breaker. Had to be done."
Posted by: texette at January 20, 2011 11:51 AM (beZqk)
I'm not so pessimistic, actually. And, given the climate of the last 4 years, I think Dewhurst actually did pretty well in running the State Senate. Let's see how he does with this session.
I'd still rather have one of the others, but Dewhurst is worlds better than Kay Bailey.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 20, 2011 07:55 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: tangonine at January 20, 2011 11:51 AM (x3YFz)
Well it's put up or shut up time Sunday Evening. I guess we're all gonna find out.
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 20, 2011 11:54 AM (0GFWk)
It's no fun if you can't smack talk. I've eaten enough humble pie over the years, but those 6 (soon to be 7) rings make it a little easier.
Good luck, Jets, you'll need it.
Posted by: tangonine at January 20, 2011 07:55 AM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Mama AJ at January 20, 2011 07:56 AM (XdlcF)
I'm not sure about black, specifically, but I know its designed to elect Democrats, so I'd look for lots of minority groups.
Maybe we can break her district and a few others in re-districting.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 20, 2011 07:57 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: tangonine at January 20, 2011 11:37 AM (x3YFz)
I lived right next to Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, AK at the height of the Cold War. You haven't lived until you've heard an F-4's afterburners go on at 3:00 AM.
Posted by: joncelli at January 20, 2011 11:39 AM (RD7QR)
I love the sound of F-4's taking off. Gives me chills.
Posted by: tangonine at January 20, 2011 11:41 AM (x3YFz)
I grew up near Castle Air Force base, Merced Calif... B-52s doing Touch and Go's 24/7... the sweet sweet sound of Deterence...
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2011 07:57 AM (AdK6a)
Can't be demoted from a self-appointed position. One of the perks of being an independent Evil Overlord, don'cha know!
Well, OK, it can happen in theory, but I keep torches and pitchforks well away from my imaginary minions. So I'm safe...for now.
Posted by: AoSHQ's DarkLord© at January 20, 2011 07:57 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: logprof at January 20, 2011 07:57 AM (BP6Z1)
Posted by: AoSHQ's DarkLord© at January 20, 2011 07:58 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: texette at January 20, 2011 07:58 AM (beZqk)
Posted by: tangonine at January 20, 2011 11:51 AM (x3YFz)
Well it's put up or shut up time Sunday Evening. I guess we're all gonna find out.
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 20, 2011 11:54 AM (0GFWk)
You're right, but talking some trash is always fun.
People here are having a blast with the whole Rex Ryan foot fetish thing, but then again i think everyone is having fun with that.
Posted by: Ben at January 20, 2011 07:58 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: AoSHQ's DarkLord© at January 20, 2011 08:00 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: Your old Uncle Teabag at January 20, 2011 08:00 AM (9B8os)
Posted by: Dan the Spam at January 20, 2011 08:03 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Chicago Jedi at January 20, 2011 08:03 AM (6ftzF)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 20, 2011 08:03 AM (0GFWk)
Posted by: texette at January 20, 2011 08:06 AM (3nX/9)
Sorry, doesn't hold water. The Cheney/Rove/Bush wing of the Texas GOP wanted Kay Bailey to become Governor. Didn't work out that way.
In fact, if Debra Medina hadn't turned out to be insane, KB would have come in 3rd in that race.
Rick Perry can be accused of many things, RINO-ism isn't (legitimately) one of them. Occasional idiocy? Oh, yeah.
I do think that, if Ron Paul and David Dewhurst both run, they'll suck all of the oxygen out of the room, and it'll become a race between them. At least, in the media.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 20, 2011 08:06 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: t-bird at January 20, 2011 08:07 AM (FcR7P)
In baseball, I'm a National League fan because there actually is a difference between the two leagues and so I can root for the team that plays actual baseball.
In football, I can't see any reason to support one league over the other. I've got my team, and a few historical rivalries that I can hate on, but I have no allegiance to the NFC as the NFC.
Posted by: toby928™ at January 20, 2011 08:07 AM (S5YRY)
Besides, Iowahawk has the IntarWebs now anyway...
Posted by: AoSHQ's DarkLord© at January 20, 2011 08:10 AM (GBXon)
Paul is an idiot. With imperial galactic clusters.
Which disqualifies him for the senate how?
Half of them are blistering imbeciles, and half the remainder have alzheimers as it is. We had one that was in a coma for like 2 years and he kept right on voting.
What's the difference between an idiot who thinks guam will tip over, and an idiot who thinks a gold standard will answer all our problems? The idiot who wants the gold standard does not want to regulate every minute fraction of your daily life.
Most of these guys are either crazy, stupid, or both. That's nothing new. Ron is a crazy stupid guy who wants to abolish the department of education.
Posted by: Entropy at January 20, 2011 08:11 AM (IsLT6)
Posted by: AoSHQ's DarkLord© at January 20, 2011 08:11 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 20, 2011 08:11 AM (0GFWk)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnarson at January 20, 2011 08:12 AM (ybA9f)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 20, 2011 08:12 AM (bpP/w)
Hey! Let's end the vitriolic language. The correct term is "guano crazy."
Posted by: WalrusRex at January 20, 2011 08:12 AM (xxgag)
Jordan’s “Spending Reduction Act” would eliminate such things as the U.S. Agency for International Development and its $1.39 billion annual budget, the $445 million annual subsidy for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the $1.5 billion annual subsidy for Amtrak, $2.5 billion in high speed rail grants, the $150 million subsidy for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, and it would cut in half to $7.5 billion the federal travel budget.
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at January 20, 2011 08:12 AM (xdHzq)
Well if ya can't be good at least be interesting. The Jets seem to be doing both. Hey all those Years the Jets sucked ( well really since 1969) since I am a AFL fan, I have always rooted for the Steelers and anyway my wife went to school in Pittsburgh.
Yeah, I don't dislike the Jets. There really is no reason too. They've haven't been much of a threat.
It's not like the Ravens who are always at our throats. Or the Patriots who beat us in the AFC championship in 2001 because of a penalty on a punt.
The Steelers don't have much of a history or rivalry with the Jets. I think we'll win, but who knows for cetain, that's why they play the game. I had said here earlier in the week before the game against the pats that i thought the jets would win. I felt the Pats were playing well above their actual lever for the past few months.
Posted by: Ben at January 20, 2011 08:13 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: t-bird at January 20, 2011 12:07 PM (FcR7P)
Don't they get the list of who to call for jury duty from the Voter Roll list??? Thus, is this cat a Voter? (must be a Democrat, as all pussys are Democrats...)
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2011 08:13 AM (AdK6a)
If it's a mouse related case, he'll get bounced.
Posted by: WalrusRex at January 20, 2011 08:14 AM (xxgag)
137: Noted in Top Headlines threads. Which is worse, that they know he's a cat and still want him to report, or that the human keeper of the feline isn't in trouble for jacking with the Census...?
Yeah, i hate to come down on the side of the government, but the guy put his cat on the census, so why wouldn't the goverment figure it was a real person?
I don't recall there being an option for naming ones pet on the census. This just must have wrote him in the family member section.
I wonder if he has been using the cat as a deduction on his W-4
Posted by: Ben at January 20, 2011 08:15 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: AoSHQ's DarkLord© at January 20, 2011 08:15 AM (GBXon)
They get the lists from numerous sources. I've seen a judge order to sheriff to go out to the mall, round up shoppers, and tell them that they have jury duty today..
Posted by: WalrusRex at January 20, 2011 08:16 AM (xxgag)
I'm watching Paula Deen on FN with Trisha Yearwood (I know, but I'm doing laundry and I'm sick of the news).
Trisha just informed Paula that there is a bacon-scented room candle, and she's going to send one to Paula.
Bacon-scented candles. Hmmm.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 20, 2011 08:16 AM (UOM48)
i noticed Rdbrewer put up the article about Giffords standing.
Doesn't anyone know exactly where the bullet entered and exited the skull? It seems to me like she is progressing fast. Did it not hit an important part of her brain? Is there an unneeded part of the brain?
Posted by: Ben at January 20, 2011 08:17 AM (wuv1c)
So, are they rounding up illegals for jury duty, too?
Posted by: nickless at January 20, 2011 08:17 AM (MMC8r)
If that was the end of it, I'd be with you. The problem is, it has been explained, with proof and multiple testimonials, that Sal Esposito is, in fact, a cat. And the court is requiring him to report in anyway.
Sooner or later, you just drop the issue before you make an even bigger fool of yourself. Except, sadly, when you're in government...
Posted by: AoSHQ's DarkLord© at January 20, 2011 08:17 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: AoSHQ's DarkLord© at January 20, 2011 08:18 AM (GBXon)
Just drove onto Langley while a 4-ship F-22 flight was taking off. Personally, I miss the earth-shaking takeoffs of the F-15C...
Speaking of out of work fighter jocks, who says George W. Bush can't run for Senate from Texas? Or Zombie Lyndon?
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 20, 2011 08:19 AM (8lCJT)
That's wonderful, and I pray she has a full recovery. What a shame that if Obamacare does get through, the rest of us won't have the same care should we need it.
Just had to step away from the news for a while.
Bacon-scented candles. That is all.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 20, 2011 08:19 AM (UOM48)
" I've seen a judge order to sheriff to go out to the mall, round up shoppers, and tell them that they have jury duty today.."
Now that would suck. Head down to the mall to pick up a few DVD's and a Sbarro slice and the next thing you know you're shanghaied into watching a bunch of drunk drivers get probation.
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 20, 2011 08:19 AM (hUf/c)
Posted by: AoSHQ's DarkLord© at January 20, 2011 12:17 PM (GBXon)
hmmm.... so... "meow" for innocent.... Lick yourself for Guilty?
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2011 08:20 AM (AdK6a)
#91, that was me.
It was partially a caricature of my ex-roommate, who was a SERIOUS Paulian (guy had $300 of yard signs, stickers, and literature left by the Kentucky primaries) and partly general entertainment value.
Hell, my wife and I protest-voted for Ron in the Tennnessee primary (Fort Campbell splitting the state line, us living south of post) because teh Fred! had packed it in. We didn't take our yard sign down until well after the inauguration.
Posted by: SGT Dan at January 20, 2011 08:22 AM (GgXZc)
Now that would suck. Head down to the mall to pick up a few DVD's and a Sbarro slice and the next thing you know you're shanghaied into watching a bunch of drunk drivers get probation.
could be worse. You could've been impressed into the british navy while chowing down on a churro.
Posted by: Ben at January 20, 2011 08:22 AM (wuv1c)
Don't they get the list of who to call for jury duty from the Voter Roll list??? Thus, is this cat a Voter? (must be a Democrat, as all pussys are Democrats...)
I'll have you know that Precious J. Meanie III is no Democrat. Anarchist, maybe, but no Democrat. She cast an absentee ballot for Mark Kirk in the last election.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 20, 2011 08:22 AM (8lCJT)
they haven't said, but to speculate I think it was more of a brain scrape than hole. Why would I speculate, well...because you asked and my speculation is just another service I offer. along with sarcasm.
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at January 20, 2011 08:22 AM (xdHzq)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 20, 2011 08:22 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: Sal Esposito at January 20, 2011 08:23 AM (FcR7P)
Doesn't anyone know exactly where the bullet entered and exited the skull? It seems to me like she is progressing fast. Did it not hit an important part of her brain?
This is sounding to me like there was little or no impact to the brain at all, as if the bullet hit the temple and blew away part of the forehead and skull, but made very little contact with actual brain tissue.
Gird your loins, Morons. If she returns to public life as a re-committed Democrat, the Rhetoric Police will grant her Ultimate Moral Authority to say anything she wants to say, and damn all who voice objection to her words.
Is there an unneeded part of the brain?
Yes, the part we keep in Joe Biden.
Posted by: nickless at January 20, 2011 08:24 AM (MMC8r)
Obscure?
Posted by: AoSHQ's DarkLord© at January 20, 2011 08:24 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: nickless at January 20, 2011 08:24 AM (MMC8r)
Actually, I read the report yesterday (or the day before) and he's listed in the Pets section of the Census, not the Residents section (from the report I read, anyway). So, I'm on the side of the cat owner, here: the Government F'd up and now is just being obtuse because... I'm not sure why, really. Maybe the judge is just Laughner-insane?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 20, 2011 08:25 AM (8y9MW)
Oh, for Chrissake.
Someone tell him he can get more earmarks from the Senate or something?
On the plus side, given his House performance maybe another do-nothing Senator would be a good thing.
Posted by: JohnTant at January 20, 2011 08:25 AM (PFy0L)
Considering that the topic of this thread is the US Senate, I'm amazed you would ask a question like that.
I'd much rather have Ron Paul in the Senate than Eric Shabazz Holder as AG.
Posted by: MrScribbler© at January 20, 2011 08:26 AM (Ulu3i)
Besides, our QB can scramble and is better out of the pocket under pressure.
Scramble yes, run not so much. Looks to be at least 1 1/2 step off, the foot, the Chrysler & not a kid. Still lucky though. When do we get the "Jesus, where did he come from" effect back from Troy?
Posted by: Dave at January 20, 2011 08:26 AM (YDHR3)
Posted by: AoSHQ's DarkLord© at January 20, 2011 08:27 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: nickless at January 20, 2011 08:28 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: texette at January 20, 2011 08:28 AM (3nX/9)
Ah, another Bloom County fan, I see?
Best goddamn non-Far Side comic of the '80s.
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 20, 2011 08:28 AM (yemTi)
We'll need a counterweight to Cornyn, someone whose election will scare Cornyn straight for the rest of his term.
+ 1
Posted by: RushBabe at January 20, 2011 08:28 AM (urYpw)
Posted by: Soothsayer3P0 at January 20, 2011 11:17 AM (cgEHM)
We prefer Santa Anna.
Posted by: The Left at January 20, 2011 08:29 AM (7BU4a)
Obscure?
Posted by: AoSHQ's DarkLord© at January 20, 2011 12:24 PM (GBXon)
AHHHKKKKK!
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at January 20, 2011 08:29 AM (AdK6a)
Maybe the judge hasn't had any pussy in his court in a long time.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 20, 2011 08:29 AM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: nickless at January 20, 2011 12:28 PM (MMC8r)
Don't forget the Comments Clause
Posted by: Joe Biden at January 20, 2011 08:30 AM (7BU4a)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 20, 2011 12:25 PM (8y9MW)
Nah.... I GOTS IT!!
Case is about a Cat Burglar, and the Judge wanted to find a Jury of his Peers!
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2011 08:31 AM (AdK6a)
Last I saw she had a tracheotomy for her breathing tube so she couldn't speak due to that. Don't know if it has been removed yet or not.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 20, 2011 08:32 AM (tf9Ne)
they haven't said, but to speculate I think it was more of a brain scrape than hole. Why would I speculate, well...because you asked and my speculation is just another service I offer. along with sarcasm.
I once prosecuted a case involving the robbery of a convenience store in which the clerk was shot in the head at close range with a .22 caliber pistol. The bullet hit her at the hairline, didn't penetrate the skull, move an inch or so under the skin then exited the head. By the time the cops got there, she was back behind the counter helping a customer. (I didn't prosecute the charges against the shooters. My guy was a friend of theirs who painted their vehicle and provided them with cash to flee the area. They did flee the area, got to Idaho, and killed two people in a home invasion robbery. At least one was sentenced to death in Idaho. I'm not sure if I ever heard what the other guy got.)
Posted by: WalrusRex at January 20, 2011 08:33 AM (xxgag)
If you had your choice between someone like Jim Demint or Ron Paul, which would you choose?
DeMint. If it's a choice between Hutchinson or Cornyn and Paul, I'll take Paul.
Paul is not the only man who can save America, he's not even the most likely man, he's kind of kooky, and you'll need more than one man at any rate, but if he happens to become a senator, he is an asset to be welcomed.
Whether or not he's the best we have (he's not even close), he will be on the right side of the battle in general, and I'm not talking about the partisan battle. He'll be voting for DeMint's bills, and he'll be a pain in McConnell's ass, and he is the kind that would have contributed to a fillibuster of O-care where all the Snow's and Collin's failed us catastrophically in a way that may literally kill your grandmother, no hyperbole.
Unless she is Israeli.
Overblown bullshit. Dude might be a racist, don't know don't care. He isn't trying to kill or harm anyone.
He just doesn't want to stop the Muzzies from doing it.
Nope, probably not. So what? You don't need him to - he's fine to refrain. Others can stop that. It is not the only evil in the world. You shouldn't go looking for one person to solve everything anyway.
Got news for you: if the US winds up broke and busted, ain't no US politician gonna be prosecuting wars against terror in the mid-east because there won't be no money to pay for them.
Posted by: Entropy at January 20, 2011 08:33 AM (IsLT6)
And, lucky for us Texans (or Texicans to use the classical term), our choice is not between Hutchison or Cornyn & Paul.
I think even David Dewhurst is far, far better than either of our current two constituents, and I tend to think that he'll be pulled even further right by the electorate no matter what he wants to do.
So, if, by some freak accident, Ron Paul ended up winning the Primary, I'd vote for him. Until then, I plan to oppose him as much as possible.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at January 20, 2011 08:38 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: texette at January 20, 2011 08:40 AM (pcdjz)
Entropy at 140 - What's the difference between an idiot who thinks guam will tip over, and an idiot who thinks a gold standard will answer all our problems?
Both of these guys are currently in the House. There they are just one voice of 435. In the Senate Paul would be one of a hundred and one of two from one of the largest and the most dynamic state.
That is a much bigger deal than the House. Paul is already the one the MSM goes to when they need an interview to make all conservatives crazy. Can you imagine how often he would show up on MSNBC if he was a Senator?
Posted by: Have Blue at January 20, 2011 08:42 AM (mV+es)
Posted by: Paulbot #34958, spittle flying at January 20, 2011 11:36 AM (RD7QR)
Why do you say that. ya do know that old man Rooney was a big supporter?
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 20, 2011 11:38 AM (0GFWk)
One of our Pixburgh Morons (Ben?) t'other day told us that the old man was more or less senile in his support for Teh Won but that the rest of the family is solid Republican (yeah, "solid conservative" would be better).
Posted by: RushBabe at January 20, 2011 08:43 AM (urYpw)
Then I will ride my bike and take a picture of a 55 gallon drum on the beach
Posted by: Cahrsel Jhonsno at January 20, 2011 08:47 AM (vdfwz)
Until then, I plan to oppose him as much as possible.
Be careful you don't wind up with a Texan's version of McCain. If you can do better, go for it. But Paul is not the one your opposition should be centered on.
If you're preparing to do battle with paulnuts, it is probably because you're facing the wrong way. Turn around, numbskull.
The paulnuts are useful idiots.
You don't have to agree with them about everything, or even anything, that's the beauty, the whole point is they're trying to leave you alone.
Posted by: Entropy at January 20, 2011 08:49 AM (IsLT6)
Posted by: Dave R. at January 20, 2011 08:51 AM (NEOUc)
What about actually giving barely plausible hook, (RP newsletter? & Stormfront?) to the MFMs RACIST the same cycle we're trying to send TOTUS onto the next stage of worst president ever competition (Ex with Jimmeh)?
Posted by: Dave at January 20, 2011 08:53 AM (YDHR3)
#180, close, but 2nd behind Calvin and Hobbes.
Breathed was just a little too out of the closet about his lefty politics, much like Gary "Doonesbury" Trudeau. I was in fifth grade and I found his slander of Ronaldus Magnus to be offensive. I still have all the complilation volumes, but it's second.
Posted by: SGT Dan at January 20, 2011 09:06 AM (GgXZc)
What about actually giving barely plausible hook, (RP newsletter? & Stormfront?) to the MFMs RACIST
Get over it.
They'll call us racist with or without him. It will stick with the people it sticks with. Just like Jared Loughner gives them a plausible hook that the tea party is violent.
Posted by: Entropy at January 20, 2011 09:07 AM (IsLT6)
Michael Williams or Greg Abbott
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at January 20, 2011 09:11 AM (QV82F)
Paul was against Iraq, but it's over and won.
As a conservatarian, I think Senator Ron Paul would be fucking awesome.
Posted by: TallDave at January 20, 2011 09:24 AM (/s1LA)
Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at January 20, 2011 09:25 AM (ZRm0r)
Posted by: booger at January 20, 2011 10:05 AM (9RFH1)
Posted by: kawfy at January 20, 2011 10:16 AM (lFt0D)
He's a complete idiot, and so are all of his supporters.
Posted by: Adjoran at January 20, 2011 10:39 AM (VfmLu)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 20, 2011 11:54 AM (4ucxv)
Yes. TX-18 is Barbara Jordan's old district. 3rd ward, 5th ward, Acres Homes, and just a little of the Heights thrown in for effect. The only way to get rid of the congressWOMAN is to primary her.
I would rather have that big lump of crazy, voter fraud riddled precincts lumped together than have little pieces of them in with other districts. I can handle SJL as long as I have Olson, Poe, Culberson, and the rest of them to temper her.
Posted by: SouthCounty at January 20, 2011 12:34 PM (JHKev)
Ron Paul? Really? Am I living in the f'n twilight zone?
Posted by: Dianne at January 20, 2011 12:58 PM (RPC8g)
Posted by: Adjoran at January 20, 2011 02:39 PM (VfmLu)
golf clap . . . oh, what the hell, vuzuvelas!!!!
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Posted by: Denise at January 20, 2011 09:36 PM (xOYue)
That unmentionable 'polling' operation is owned and operated by jimmy carville. Do you remember him?
What are you doing? Thinking about letting the dhimmicraps pick our candidates on a local level too.
Y'all are insane.
OTOH I can't think a better Senator elect than Michael Williams. He is a STRONG conservative with a track record.
(between you me and the fence post, Ted Cruz will be Governor in less than eight years)
Posted by: Blacksmith8 at January 21, 2011 01:45 AM (Q1qy3)
Why would you consider for even a second ANYBODY else for that seat when you have someone as awesome as Michael Williams available?
Posted by: Kathy from Kansas at January 22, 2011 05:26 PM (yJlU8)
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Posted by: Ben at January 20, 2011 06:55 AM (wuv1c)