May 16, 2011
— DrewM First Huck, now Trump passes on a run. Kind of sad when the best news for a party's presidential field is when people don't run.
Oh well. Small favors and all.
After considerable deliberation and reflection, I have decided not to pursue the office of the Presidency. This decision does not come easily or without regret; especially when my potential candidacy continues to be validated by ranking at the top of the Republican contenders in polls across the country. I maintain the strong conviction that if I were to run, I would be able to win the primary and ultimately, the general election. I have spent the past several months unofficially campaigning and recognize that running for public office cannot be done half heartedly. Ultimately, however, business is my greatest passion and I am not ready to leave the private sector.
Full statement here
His poling collapsed after Obama released his birth certificate but I think he didn't like the taste of politics he got. From getting smacked around at the White House Correspondents Association and the reaction to some of his speeches, I think he found politics wasn't a world he could simply bully around.
I honestly thought if he ran he'd wind up doing it as an independent like Ross Perot. Since that would only have helped Obama, I'm glad he's sticking to real estate and TV.
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Posted by: Drider at May 16, 2011 08:50 AM (HaJD9)
Good. First Huck, then Newt kills his own campaign in the first week! Now this! It is sad that the best news is who isn't running. Let's hope that Trumpy Dumpy doesn't get sad about not being in the press 24/7 and go the Ross Fuckwad Perot route.
Posted by: Dr Snuess at May 16, 2011 08:50 AM (re6ik)
The incumbent seemed so strong in 2008/9, but now looks to be a fairly easy mark against a strong challenger - but who the heck is there to challenge him?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 16, 2011 08:51 AM (7BU4a)
Posted by: Mr Pink at May 16, 2011 08:52 AM (CrZQx)
Posted by: Joefrog of the Stonecutters at May 16, 2011 08:53 AM (/FIEN)
Perhaps Newt will realize that he's best utilized in a "strategy" position, not a "candidate" position.
Posted by: Arbalest at May 16, 2011 08:54 AM (BqSr3)
Posted by: John McCain at May 16, 2011 08:54 AM (136wp)
Posted by: Anderson Cooper at the Front Desk at May 16, 2011 08:55 AM (PF3FV)
Perhaps Newt will realize that he's best utilized in a "strategy" Tahitian expressionist painting position
FTFY
Posted by: 18-1 at May 16, 2011 08:55 AM (7BU4a)
Trump is an opportunist, pure and simple. Making presidential noises is just another way of indulging his opportunistic tendencies.
Posted by: Fartnoise at May 16, 2011 08:55 AM (bCxgV)
Posted by: Debt Ceiling at May 16, 2011 08:55 AM (136wp)
Posted by: buzzion at May 16, 2011 12:55 PM (oVQFe)
Hey, you would not believe how well the, "How'd you like to see the ceiling of the oval office" line worked.
Damn I was an awesome president.
Posted by: Bill Clinton at May 16, 2011 08:56 AM (7BU4a)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 16, 2011 08:56 AM (lor88)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 16, 2011 08:57 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: kansas at May 16, 2011 08:58 AM (mka2b)
Posted by: Joe Biden at May 16, 2011 08:58 AM (136wp)
For now -- you never know who might jump in later. We're still quite a ways out.
Posted by: Fartnoise at May 16, 2011 08:59 AM (bCxgV)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 16, 2011 08:59 AM (SB0V2)
Posted by: CNN Anchor at May 16, 2011 08:59 AM (3Okgs)
Now Teh Donald can back to the real issues, like....where are JEF's college transcripts?
If Bush, Kerry and Gore can release their mediocre C student transcripts, then JEF should be PROUD to release his, right?
After all, he's a frickin' genius.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 16, 2011 08:59 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: Fartnoise at May 16, 2011 12:59 PM (bCxgV)
Damn straight.
Posted by: Jebster Bush at May 16, 2011 09:00 AM (EL+OC)
Posted by: The Field at May 16, 2011 09:01 AM (PF3FV)
Posted by: Meggy McCain at May 16, 2011 09:01 AM (136wp)
Posted by: Harold Stassen at May 16, 2011 09:01 AM (jGXQI)
Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at May 16, 2011 12:55 PM (FkKjr)
Dammit.
Posted by: hugh hewitt at May 16, 2011 01:00 PM (GTbGH)
Umm, dude...
Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at May 16, 2011 12:54 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Abe Vigoda at May 16, 2011 09:02 AM (QKKT0)
1) the left would uncle tom the crap out of the poor guy.
2) the left is too invested in owning and controlling minorities to ever give it up.
3) the AA community leadership is completely owned and controlled by the left
If the Republicans want their own minority, get the hispanics. Stick rubio on the ticket, push for immigration reform after and own them. The AA community is lost thanks to the lefts social concience manipulation and lies..
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 09:02 AM (rVYV5)
Posted by: toby928™ at May 16, 2011 09:02 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: Arnold Schwarzenegger at May 16, 2011 09:03 AM (136wp)
I think trump was giving him a way to save face and produce it. That was my gut feeling.
Posted by: Berserker at May 16, 2011 09:03 AM (FMbng)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky at May 16, 2011 09:03 AM (FnRYN)
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 01:02 PM (rVYV5)
Diabolically stupid.
Posted by: Cicero at May 16, 2011 09:03 AM (QKKT0)
Posted by: glowing blue meat at May 16, 2011 09:04 AM (K/USr)
If the Republicans want their own minority, get the hispanics. Stick rubio on the ticket, push for immigration reform after and own them. The AA community is lost thanks to the lefts social concience manipulation and lies..
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 01:02 PM (rVYV5)
We already have a minority, the Irish (damn potato eaters!)
Posted by: RNC at May 16, 2011 09:04 AM (136wp)
Posted by: logprof at May 16, 2011 09:05 AM (BP6Z1)
Posted by: toby928™ at May 16, 2011 01:02 PM (GTbGH)
Pawlenty/Cain 2012?
Posted by: NC Ref at May 16, 2011 09:06 AM (/izg2)
1) the left would uncle tom the crap out of the poor guy.
2) the left is too invested in owning and controlling minorities to ever give it up.
3) the AA community leadership is completely owned and controlled by the left""
Thats why I love the idea of a Cain/West ticket. Can you imagine that shit if the left called them Oreos? Cain would be like "thats right motherfuckers, and double chocolate too, Col west, go put your boot in that mofo's ass" lol
Posted by: Berserker at May 16, 2011 09:06 AM (FMbng)
1) the left would uncle tom the crap out of the poor guy.
2) the left is too invested in owning and controlling minorities to ever give it up.
3) the AA community leadership is completely owned and controlled by the left
4) It might be perceived as a cheap tokenism gimmick, like, "Hey, African-American voters! We got us a black candidate, too!"
5) Black conservative candidate preaching self-reliance is not gonna defeat black liberal candidate preaching governmental nannyism; "Give us free shit" tends to trump "Mind your own fucking business."
Posted by: Fartnoise at May 16, 2011 09:06 AM (bCxgV)
Posted by: Mike Bloomberg at May 16, 2011 09:06 AM (136wp)
Wow, the liberal Republicans are dropping like flies.
That leaves the Paw and Mitch. And...
say, the Lady from AK has sure been quiet lately. hmmmm
Posted by: Its Morning in the Pension Fund of America at May 16, 2011 09:07 AM (K/USr)
Posted by: Prof. Heinz Doofensmirtz at May 16, 2011 09:07 AM (/PQbB)
Posted by: Bob Dole, spokesbobdole for Bob Dole's blue dimes at May 16, 2011 09:08 AM (HrAUl)
Thanks for clearing out the Birth Certificate issue.
America
Posted by: Cherry π at May 16, 2011 01:06 PM (+sBB4)
Thanks for providing cover for all the other documentation issues our beloved-ed JEF has.
Posted by: The Robot Devil at May 16, 2011 09:08 AM (136wp)
That explains a lot and its unprecedented.
Posted by: Mr Pink at May 16, 2011 12:52 PM (CrZQx)
--Yeah, just having a hard-on for the JEF is not enough to be full-on gay nowadays.
Posted by: logprof at May 16, 2011 09:08 AM (BP6Z1)
Hepa brutha out?
Posted by: Gunslinger at May 16, 2011 09:09 AM (Zi+FQ)
I'm a fan of the show and trump. The show is trump. Without him, who's going to watch? the consensus among those who watched with me yesterday was that they wouldn't watch if Trump was gone. They also were surprised that NBC would have the ability to "replace" him. Everyone thought, since he is essentially the show that he should have rights to the program, I mean, it's him, all him, you watch for him and his reactions, so you'd think he would have more security.
Ah NBC, what does rush call them, oh yeah, "state owned media"
Posted by: curious at May 16, 2011 09:09 AM (k1rwm)
And they each used the past several months to boost their public profiles and TV ratings. Gold diggers from the onset. Who knew?
Kinda sensing a trend here.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at May 16, 2011 09:10 AM (DAEhL)
Posted by: Bob Dole, spokesbobdole for Bob Dole's blue dimes at May 16, 2011 01:08 PM (HrAUl)
I saw what you did there - and I like it...
Posted by: The Robot Devil at May 16, 2011 09:10 AM (136wp)
Posted by: Alan Keyes at May 16, 2011 09:11 AM (jGXQI)
Posted by: nevergiveup at May 16, 2011 09:11 AM (i6RpT)
Posted by: Soona at May 16, 2011 09:11 AM (JIDys)
Once Gingrich is gone (Thursday?) we can clear the chaff and we can start to see what we're left with.
Posted by: nickless at May 16, 2011 09:12 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: CNN Anchor at May 16, 2011 12:59 PM (3Okgs)
I loled.
Posted by: Hey.Wheres.Barry at May 16, 2011 09:12 AM (gQLr2)
Posted by: nevergiveup at May 16, 2011 09:12 AM (i6RpT)
If we are going to run a black candidate we are running him because we think he will be the best candidate of the field, not because of his skin color.
Posted by: buzzion at May 16, 2011 01:07 PM (oVQFe)
LOL....yeah. Good luck getting that meme out to the american public.
And you think I am stupid? what a fucking moron.
Looks like its 4 more years of Barry and the Beast.
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 09:13 AM (rVYV5)
Posted by: The Gay & Trisexual Rough Skinned Pregnant Polish Hispanic Nubian Alantian Nigerian Vote Block at May 16, 2011 09:13 AM (48wze)
now if we could just get Newt the RINO to switch parties...
Posted by: redc1c4 at May 16, 2011 09:14 AM (d1FhN)
Or will there be no republican candidate for the first time in history?
It sure looks like no one wants to lose. They must be convinced by someone/someones that they will lose and it will tarnish their brands.
Posted by: curious at May 16, 2011 09:14 AM (k1rwm)
Posted by: The Robot Devil at May 16, 2011 09:14 AM (136wp)
Posted by: Sub-tard Goober at May 16, 2011 09:14 AM (Q5+Og)
Hepa brutha out?
Posted by: Gunslinger at May 16, 2011 01:09 PM (Zi+FQ)
--Jug-eared Fuck
Posted by: logprof at May 16, 2011 09:15 AM (BP6Z1)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes, 2012 - running for prez because nobody else will at May 16, 2011 09:15 AM (IXLvN)
A: Cover for me, will ya?
Wait, I'm supposed to take this douche seriously?
Posted by: AoSHQ's *second* worst commenter, DarkLord© at May 16, 2011 09:15 AM (GBXon)
Isn't there a decent Goldwater Republican out there who can win?
Posted by: rdbrewer at May 16, 2011 09:15 AM (h614z)
Posted by: Soona at May 16, 2011 09:15 AM (JIDys)
Posted by: Hugh Hewitt
I used to listen to Hewitt. Then the election of 2008 came around and I got tired of listening to basically a 3 hour advertisment for Mitt. I turned it off and haven't listened since. I think he alienated alot of people then. I don't listen anymore so is he still shamlessley schilling for teh Mitt?
Posted by: Dr Snuess at May 16, 2011 09:15 AM (re6ik)
TRENTON — Tuesday is the final day to register to vote in New Jersey's June 7 primary election.
All 120 seats in the state Legislature are up for grabs. This is the first election since legislative districts were redrawn to reflect shifts in population shown in the 2010 Census.
Posted by: The Robot Devil at May 16, 2011 09:16 AM (136wp)
"As a journalist I believe that part of my mission is to shed light onto dark places," Ummm, Don? TMI, bud. TMI.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 16, 2011 09:16 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: THE CAPS LOCK BUTTON at May 16, 2011 09:16 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Doc at May 16, 2011 09:16 AM (jGXQI)
Posted by: Dumb_Blonde at May 16, 2011 09:16 AM (GORrG)
C'mon, Mittens. It's inevitable. You'll never get over RomneyCare.
C'mon, Mitch. You'll never get over the 4th Amendment-shredding Indiana law decided by the judge you appointed, the purity issues, the runaway wife.
Fellas, foregone conclusion: you're soaking in it!
Posted by: RushBabe at May 16, 2011 09:17 AM (Ew27I)
Not so much stupid as a coward.
No matter who we run, the left is going to find an avenue of attack. The intelligent person does not let the opponent scare you away with childish attacks of this nature, but instead, confronts them head on and exposes them for how ridiculous they are.
Posted by: wiserbud at May 16, 2011 09:17 AM (3Okgs)
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 09:17 AM (rVYV5)
With Huck out and this? I guess Romney's the nominee.
Isn't there a decent Goldwater Republican out there who can win?
Not that he's a Goldwater at all but I'd vote for T-Paw way before Mitt.....
Of course if Mitt gets the nod I'd plug my nose and vote for him over Le'Uno......Geez. just had deja vu!
Posted by: Dr Snuess at May 16, 2011 09:18 AM (re6ik)
The intelligent person does not let the opponent scare you away with childish attacks of this nature, but instead, confronts them head on and exposes them for how ridiculous they are.
Yes, but in picking the candidate we can try to weed out some of the more obvious attack lines that even we would question.
Otherwise, we could end up with some guy who has no executive experience at all in the White House.
Sheyah, like THAT could ever happen, huh?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 16, 2011 09:19 AM (sbV1u)
"As a journalist I believe that part of my mission is to shed light onto dark places," Ummm, Don? TMI, bud. TMI.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 16, 2011 01:16 PM (sbV1u)
--Who is squeezing the Lemon?
Who likes Lemon juice?
Who likes that Lemon meringue pie?
Posted by: logprof, just getting the schoolyard jokes out of the way at May 16, 2011 09:19 AM (BP6Z1)
If the Republicans want their own minority, get the hispanics. Stick rubio on the ticket, push for immigration reform after and own them. The AA community is lost thanks to the lefts social concience manipulation and lies..
Try Asians. Hispanics are predisposed to welfare state pandering, and are part of the Affirmative Action community.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at May 16, 2011 09:19 AM (ujg0T)
A Cain/West ticket looks pretty good to me based on that set of criteria!
Posted by: Hrothgar at May 16, 2011 09:19 AM (yrGif)
logprof, doing the jobs that Americans won't do...since 1985!
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 16, 2011 09:21 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: Cherry ð at May 16, 2011 01:17 PM (+sBB4)
Are you saying that this opens the door to Mike Castle and Lisa McScruntski?
Posted by: Soona at May 16, 2011 09:21 AM (JIDys)
Posted by: Elmo at May 16, 2011 09:21 AM (uafgj)
How about 1/4 Asian, 1/4 Hispanic, 1/4 Black, and 1/4 of the next best demographic our pollsters tell us to run?
And the circle of identity politics is complete, and we are indistinguishable from the Dems.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at May 16, 2011 09:21 AM (LH6ir)
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 01:17 PM (rVYV5)
--Wasn't he the guy who tried to polish Teh One's knob with a correspondent in Ghana about Obama being the first president to visit there and get a rousing reception, then the reporter coolly replied that Bush got an enthusiastic reception, thus causing Lemon to be shriveled?
Posted by: logprof at May 16, 2011 09:22 AM (BP6Z1)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 09:22 AM (AZGON)
To paraphrase Voltaire, if Huckabee did not exist, Iowa would invent him.
The person who benefited most from Huck's withdrawal was Cain, IMO. Cain advocates Fair Tax, which is what Huck rode to victory in Iowa in the first place.
My prediction (which you can quote and mock me for if I'm spectacularly wrong) is that Herm Cain will win Iowa.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 16, 2011 09:22 AM (FkKjr)
I'm with those here who think we haven't heard the last from Trump as a candidate.
Posted by: Theresa D at May 16, 2011 09:22 AM (rvsdg)
Posted by: cac at May 16, 2011 09:23 AM (6gk77)
1) the left would uncle tom the crap out of the poor guy.
Cain addressed this issue over the weekend. I sent the link to Ace because it was full of WIN!
Here it is:
Herman Cain sounds off on race, a debate win, and the need to simplify government
"I spent the first 60 days of my time at Godfather's listening, to figure out what we needed to do," Cain says. "It wasn't complicated: get back to basics."
"Number one, we had too many products on the menu. We had gotten away from our core product. We had too many crusts. We had the original Godfather's pizza crust, we had the original Godfather's pizza, and then we had three imitations that looked like Pizza Hut, Domino's, and Little Caesar's. I got rid of the three imitations, and we got back to focus on the one we were good at."
"Number two, we simplified the operations, because if you simplify the operations, you make it possible for the people in the restaurant to execute exceptionally well every day. When you've got too much stuff, they can't execute."
"Number three, we instilled in the company that we could, in fact, win again."
Cutting an organization down to its core mission, sharpening the focus of its employees, and then re-energizing those employees -- it's a strategy that has obvious resonance for a man who wants to run an overextended and deficit-ridden United States government. "So in your view," I said to Cain, "America has too many crusts?"
"Yes!" Cain exclaimed, breaking into a long laugh. "America has too many crusts! And we've got to simplify things, clarify things so that we can achieve real progress."
"You get it!" Cain beamed.
...
"Here's my theory," said Cain, leaning forward in his chair. "Let's talk about the current field of Republican candidates. They can't go after Obama as hard as I can because they're not black. I think that, either subconsciously or deliberately, they are being coached to not say it a certain way, that you're going to be labeled a racist and the liberal media is going to try to bring you down, because they still want to protect their precious Obama."
Cain believes his audiences are a different story. "The voters, they hear my message first, not 'He could take it to Obama,' because they are more concerned about stopping Obama than taking it to Obama," he explained. "This is what I'm hearing and this is what I'm feeling. And the race card is going to be short-lived if Herman Cain gets the nomination."
But wouldn't liberals and Democrats still find a racially-based way to attack Cain? They certainly found a way to attack Clarence Thomas, the black, conservative Supreme Court justice.
"They're going to come after me more viciously than they would a white candidate," Cain responded. "You're right. Clarence Thomas. And so, to use Clarence Thomas as an example, I'm ready for the same high-tech lynching that he went through -- for the good of this country." Cain smiled broadly. "I'm ready for the same high-tech lynching."
Posted by: momma at May 16, 2011 09:24 AM (penCf)
Posted by: Cherry π at May 16, 2011 09:24 AM (+sBB4)
Romney Poolenty Daniels, Paul sans peter and mary etc
double talkers. woosey men, double talkers, and wackos.
Worst field of potential crap ever.
You need another RR so desperately...but since half of you are RINO posers who let the left wing media dictate who is viable, you might want to think about getting Hillary to switch parties and run, she has higher poll numbers than obama.
She may not espouse Elephant principles, but she has elephant cankles and thats more elephant credentials than a lot of the so called spineless republican chatter class and rinoturds have.
Good luck America....you are gonna need it.
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 09:24 AM (rVYV5)
Posted by: honey badger at May 16, 2011 09:24 AM (smvTK)
Posted by: Long Island at May 16, 2011 09:24 AM (TiURi)
Posted by: NC Ref at May 16, 2011 09:24 AM (/izg2)
It sure looks like no one wants to lose. They must be convinced by someone/someones that they will lose and it will tarnish their brands.
No one wants to be the guy at the wheel when the bus goes over the economic cliff which, at this point is all but guaranteed.
Posted by: Professor Fate at May 16, 2011 09:24 AM (6BgmB)
Wasn't he the guy who tried to polish Teh One's knob with a correspondent in Ghana...
Who knew Don Lemon was gonna be so good at knob polishing?!?!
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 16, 2011 09:24 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes, 2012 - running for prez because nobody else will at May 16, 2011 09:25 AM (IXLvN)
Posted by: garrett at May 16, 2011 09:25 AM (PF3FV)
Posted by: Wallace Clevagnga at May 16, 2011 09:26 AM (48wze)
So, using this logic, we can never ever nominate a black person on the Republican ticket.
Okay. Sounds a bit silly to me, but whatever...
Posted by: wiserbud at May 16, 2011 09:26 AM (3Okgs)
As absurd as the Trump for President thing was, I am grateful he jacked up the birther thing enough to get Obama to release his birth certificate and to render the question stale well before the real race and debates kick in.
Maybe the 2012 debates will focus on the economy. Maybe.
Posted by: Ace Tomato at May 16, 2011 09:26 AM (23p1u)
Critics missed brilliance of Romney's day-one Obamacare promise
Romney stood by the work of his governorship as the best that could be done in that state at that time. He defended the individual mandate in the Bay State as a prudent, useful and constitutional experiment, one of many that ought to be undertaken in the states.
He of course denounced the overreach of Obamacare and laid out the many and key differences between his reform package and Obamacare's vast power grab.
Critics scoffed at these distinctions, which is to scoff at, among other things, the U.S. Constitution.
Hugh Hewitt - Washington Examiner
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 16, 2011 09:26 AM (M8E6y)
Posted by: Roadking at May 16, 2011 09:26 AM (u7MDB)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 09:27 AM (AZGON)
--Thanks for outing yourself as a real troll, not just a concern troll.
Posted by: logprof at May 16, 2011 09:27 AM (BP6Z1)
Posted by: Ace Tomato at May 16, 2011 09:27 AM (23p1u)
That's fugg'd up ... I been callin' him Don (fruitloop) Lemon for a year now. I'll hafta come up with something differehnt now (doan wanna be called a racist/bigot/homophobe/tea drinkin/redneck/honky ... nooh).
Sneef to taste.
Posted by: Elmo at May 16, 2011 09:27 AM (uafgj)
Soothsayer-boner. Right here.
Posted by: Dang at May 16, 2011 09:28 AM (TXKVh)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 16, 2011 09:28 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: GONZOTX at May 16, 2011 09:29 AM (ExKx3)
Palin, because she's already been through it, and Cain.
Those two are our best hopes to be honey badgers. Everybody else looks to me to be just cobras.
Posted by: filbert at May 16, 2011 09:29 AM (smvTK)
Posted by: Reactionary at May 16, 2011 09:29 AM (xUM1Q)
Just as soon as I'm finished with my tapioca.
Posted by: Maaaaaaaaav'rick at May 16, 2011 09:29 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 01:24 PM (rVYV5)
Ah. Well, that explains a lot.
Thanks for stopping by and once again reminding us that the Democrat party is truly the home of racism.
Posted by: wiserbud at May 16, 2011 09:30 AM (3Okgs)
I like that he refuses to let the Left dictate the 'Uncle Tom' meme. He already called them out on it.
Posted by: momma at May 16, 2011 09:30 AM (penCf)
With Huck and The Donald out of the race, it opens the door a little wider for me and Christine O'Donnell.
Posted by: Alvin Green with an extra E at May 16, 2011 09:30 AM (ndqJC)
BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Yet you don't want to run a black man on the Republican ticket because they might say mean things about him.
I take back my previous remark.
You really are stupid.
Posted by: wiserbud at May 16, 2011 09:31 AM (3Okgs)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 09:32 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: curious at May 16, 2011 09:32 AM (k1rwm)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 16, 2011 09:33 AM (fsGgs)
1. A tasty fruit that makes you make a funny face.
2. A fan fiction that is based on an anime/manga or video game that is sexually oriented
3. Something that was useless or crappy
4. A lame person or thing
(these are real)
Posted by: Cherry π at May 16, 2011 09:33 AM (+sBB4)
You know who else isn't running?
Sarah Palin.
So we're down to Newt, The Paw, Mitt, Daniels (maybe), Hunts Catsup (who?), Ron Paul, and Gov Drugs.
Fanfuckingtastic.
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 16, 2011 09:33 AM (gM4zK)
Palin, because she's already been through it, and Cain.
She didn't exactly go through it because it's still happening - and will keep happening.
Cain I can see though, because I think he'd be likely to tell the MFM exactly where to shove it.
I love the Cain/West response to the charge of "Oreo in the first degree" upthread here.
Double chocolate, baby!
Of course, we could play off the new found Don Lemon riff here and get some coverage from "that" community. Cn't you just see Lemon at the CNN weekend desk reporting on the latest doings from "Double chocolate and double stuffed" ??
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 16, 2011 09:34 AM (sbV1u)
136
Critics missed brilliance of Romney's day-one Obamacare promise
Romney stood by the work of his governorship as the best that could be done in that state at that time. He defended the individual mandate in the Bay State as a prudent, useful and constitutional experiment, one of many that ought to be undertaken in the states.
He of course denounced the overreach of Obamacare and laid out the many and key differences between his reform package and Obamacare's vast power grab.
Critics scoffed at these distinctions, which is to scoff at, among other things, the U.S. Constitution.
Hugh Hewitt - Washington Examiner
Ahhh so Hewitt is still blowing Mitt shamelessly. That's why I quit listening to him in 2008. If I wanted endless Romney promotion I'd go Mitt's website. I see not much for Hugh has changed.
Posted by: Dr Snuess at May 16, 2011 09:34 AM (re6ik)
Posted by: Vic at May 16, 2011 09:35 AM (M9Ie6)
Just as soon as I'm finished with my tapioca.
Posted by: Maaaaaaaaav'rick at May 16, 2011 01:29 PM (MMC8r)
With all of the Labian Rebel Hero knobs that you've been polishing I doubt you will have the time........my friend.
Posted by: Roadking at May 16, 2011 09:35 AM (u7MDB)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 09:35 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Grandma Lemon at May 16, 2011 01:34 PM (PF3FV)
ooo ooo I know the answer I know the answer!
Make lemonade!!!!
Posted by: curious at May 16, 2011 09:35 AM (k1rwm)
but of course he's quick to say "Oh I definitely would have won. But I have better things to do . . ."
yeah sure right Trump
Jesus told Mike to say the same damn thing. Well Jesus and some political operative.
Posted by: Long Island at May 16, 2011 09:35 AM (TiURi)
Posted by: GONZOTX at May 16, 2011 09:36 AM (ExKx3)
I think trump was giving him a way to save face and produce it. That was my gut feeling.
Posted by: Berserker
I'm not so sure. Prolonging it was working to their advantage. Polling was persistent, but low. The journolists created a litmus test for all Republican candidates (just like evolution). Then Trump picks up the cow flop that the respectable people steer clear of and heaves it around, and polling moves. Obama finally coughs up and does what the peasant do, and the issue deflates. The Dear Leader had to react.
Question: if Trump had never brought it up, do we believe that any of the runners or wanna-bes would have raised this? Most of them are already on record as saying they believe that he was born in the US and that is was a non-issue.
Posted by: Blue Hen at May 16, 2011 09:36 AM (Gzv/o)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 09:37 AM (AZGON)
So Newtie thinks his remarks were taken out of context, huh?
Who wants you think
That he's still GOP?
SPONGESPINE SQUAREHEAD!!
Posted by: beedubya at May 16, 2011 09:37 AM (AnTyA)
A certain Ewok that we all know and love, hardest hit.
DrewM, kindly awaken the Furry One and tell him to send me my winnings posthaste.
We had a bet - I said Trump wouldn't run. Ace said he would, barring some sort of journalistically induced catastrophe and/or embarassment.
I bet him a cap from a bottle of Valu-Rite against a pudding cup lid and an evening spent shaving LauraW's hump.
Pay up, dude.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 16, 2011 09:38 AM (d0Tfm)
Well at least we now have two cock suckers out of the race. Maybe Newt will bow out seeing as he f'ed his chances up about 3 days after announcing his candidacy.
I guess he felt he didn't have enough baggage so he needed to add some more.
So who is left? Herman Cain and Tim Pawlenty?
Posted by: Ben at May 16, 2011 09:39 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 09:39 AM (AZGON)
I like to think of a Rino as fiscally conservative but socially moderate. Stay's out of the bedroom so to speak, and I would bet most Americans fall in that 'categorie
I've always despised the term "stay out of the bedroom".
So if someone entices their kids/someone else's kids/ family pets into that bedroom, we're now saying, "we don't judge"? But we do ban trans fats, 'second hand smoke' and push ethanol fuel that destroys small engines. Ho in Satan's Unholy name is that "fiscally conservative"?
Posted by: Blue Hen at May 16, 2011 09:39 AM (Gzv/o)
So who is left? Herman Cain and Tim Pawlenty?
Basically, yeah.
I'm feeling the excitement, are you?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 16, 2011 09:40 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: GONZOTX at May 16, 2011 01:36 PM (ExKx3)
Welcome........to The Darkside.
Posted by: Roadking at May 16, 2011 09:40 AM (u7MDB)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 09:41 AM (AZGON)
OR
He was never serious about running and was actually working with Obama. The evidence is pretty clear that's the case. Trump gave 50K to Emanual's bid for mayor - a huge sum more than he's ever given to any other candidate ever.
Why shell out cash for influence when you're going to turn around and bad mouth the team all over TV in a couple of months? This gave Obama a platform to get rid of the BC thing in a way that will allow it to linger and make people think that the doubters are completely insane. A win-win.
Then he breaks into Trump's show to announce the OBL thing. Furthering the pretend enemy vibe.
Theater.
Posted by: Oh, Hi Mark at May 16, 2011 09:41 AM (ENjiA)
I bet him a cap from a bottle of Valu-Rite against a pudding cup lid and an evening spent shaving LauraW's hump.
Make sure you hit it with some ice first. It makes the skin tighten up.
Posted by: Don Lemon Shaves his scrote with Barbasol at May 16, 2011 09:41 AM (PF3FV)
Ace is probably writing a post about Obama's latest job approvals.
Funny how only 19% agree with Obama on the debt ceiling, though. In fact, I don't think Obama polls above 50% in a single policy issue. Anyone know if that's accurate?
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 16, 2011 09:41 AM (gM4zK)
Posted by: Fareed Zakaria at May 16, 2011 09:42 AM (UOM48)
Yet you don't want to run a black man on the Republican ticket because they might say mean things about him.
I take back my previous remark.
You really are stupid.
Posted by: wiserbud at May 16, 2011 01:31 PM (3Okgs)
Nah dude. its not that they will say mean things about him, its that you arent going to win the media war period.
Face it. Obama is getting 4 more years based on how the republicans act and the milktoast turds they have running at the moment.
FYI, Hillary comment was a joke.
It took how long for the republicans to break their pledge to cut 100 billion? They are going to cave on the debt ceiling too. And Which one of your great contenders just said we should not repealing obamacare? Which was it? was it your "character" savior?
And Newt just the latest braintrust shooting holes in Ryan's plan, my god. Its like Baffoon city. If you guys were suicide bombers, they would have to send someone with you to make sure you didn't trip and accidentally go off before you reached your destination
The only people who can make the democrats look less incompetant are the republicans.
Its disgusting.
What are you guys in competition with each other to see who can destroy the country faster?
America needs to be saved but its not going to be by either of the parties currently with their dirty hands in the community pie. We need something way bigger....like maybe an interstellar invasion or an asteroid. At the current pace of more of the same, we are way passed screwed.
And any of the morons who think i am cheering for the shits on the other side of the isle....you are clueless.
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 09:42 AM (rVYV5)
Well, that was quite the leap.
What part of "consenting adults" is confusing?
But we do ban trans fats, 'second hand smoke' and push ethanol fuel that destroys small engines.
Really? You think that's even close to being supported by moderates?
Nice strawman.
Posted by: wiserbud at May 16, 2011 09:43 AM (3Okgs)
Posted by: The MBM at May 16, 2011 09:43 AM (AZGON)
Huck's out, Trump's out, and both Gingrich and Romney are in the process of making themselves unelectable due to one flip-flopping and pulling a McCain while the other is standing fast on a really bad idea.
Looks like the current field of serious and semi-serious candidates is Santorum, Cain, Bachmann, T-Paw, Daniels, Gary Johnson, Huntsman, Gingrich, Romney, and Ron Paul.
Those last five are pretty much dead men walking.
Giuliani and Palin could still jump in the race at some point and the lack of a true front-runner could make either a strong contender.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 16, 2011 09:43 AM (UvFnc)
Posted by: Beto at May 16, 2011 09:43 AM (H+LJc)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 01:37 PM (AZGON)
Mmmmm, Lemon bars.
Posted by: Andrew Sullivan at May 16, 2011 09:43 AM (BP6Z1)
I don't think Palin's running, and she may even make an announcement for some of the same reasons Huck did.
That would mean about around 40% of the Republican primary vote just became available. I would think that right now that benefits Cain because he has some momentum.
If Daniels doesn't get in this week, he is a complete idiot. People are actively looking at the candiates in a way they haven't been in the last few months.
Posted by: Paper at May 16, 2011 09:43 AM (VoSja)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff, Chromatic Aberrationist at May 16, 2011 09:43 AM (+61wI)
Posted by: Reactionary at May 16, 2011 01:29 PM (xUM1Q)
I like Cain and I like West, but Cain is definitely the stronger of the two. Throw in Bachmann (or Palin, who I really think will sit this one out) and we've got a good conservative field in which to choose. More does not mean better. The weak will eventually fall out. Newt, are you listening?
Posted by: Soona at May 16, 2011 09:44 AM (JIDys)
Since you were dead on the money about Trump.
I was?
er, I mean, yeah, of course I was.
Sarah Palin's days as a politician are over. She'd rather be on the sidelines or in the background, I think.
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 16, 2011 09:44 AM (gM4zK)
Posted by: Vic at May 16, 2011 09:45 AM (M9Ie6)
We need something way bigger....like maybe an interstellar invasion or an asteroid.
Well, the world's gonna end on Satuday, so we got that goin' for us, which is nice.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 16, 2011 09:45 AM (sbV1u)
Since you were dead on the money about Trump. What makes you think Palin will not run?
Posted by: Long Island at May 16, 2011 01:42 PM (TiURi)
I agree with sooth, I've been saying Palin's not running for a while. A lot of it is some of he same reasons Huck and Trump aren't running. They all have nice tv jobs and the money is coming in and, in this economy, that is "nothing to snicker at" (that's my grandma's phrase I just love it)
Posted by: curious at May 16, 2011 09:45 AM (k1rwm)
Well, the world's gonna end on Satuday, so we got that goin' for us, which is nice.
Whew. My niece's wedding, then oblivion. That does sound nice.
Posted by: nickless at May 16, 2011 09:47 AM (MMC8r)
Yeah, it's funny how the incumbent gets to keep his seat unless someone beats him.
Look, you obviously don't like the idea of the opposition (media) choosing who the Republicans do run. Why would you allow them to decide who we shouldn't run, just because they are going to take some vile line of attack against him?
I say, let them. That will expose them for the biased and shallow cocksuckers that they are.
It's an uphill battle either way. Not supporting some of the stronger potential candidates on our side simply because you are worried about how they are going to be treated by the media and the left is silly in the extreme.
Posted by: wiserbud at May 16, 2011 09:47 AM (3Okgs)
Posted by: curious at May 16, 2011 09:48 AM (k1rwm)
Posted by: Vlad Tepes at May 16, 2011 09:48 AM (AZGON)
And any of the morons who think i am cheering for the shits on the other side of the isle....you are clueless.
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 01:42 PM (rVYV5)
--Well, thanks for your concern, and for being concerned
Posted by: logprof at May 16, 2011 09:50 AM (BP6Z1)
Oh yeah. Throw the "Stache" in that mix too in some way. I think we're going to be okay candidate-wise. I'm not listening to the DNC shills that show up on these threads.
Posted by: Soona at May 16, 2011 09:50 AM (JIDys)
Posted by: Krauthammers Cum Filled Mouth at May 16, 2011 09:50 AM (nQR0p)
Posted by: curious at May 16, 2011 09:50 AM (k1rwm)
I agree with sooth, I've been
saying Palin's not running for a while. A lot of it is some of he same
reasons Huck and Trump aren't running. They all have nice tv jobs and
the money is coming in and, in this economy, that is "nothing to snicker
at" (that's my grandma's phrase I just love it)
Posted by: curious at May 16, 2011 01:45 PM (k1rwm)
Being the First female presidential candidate would earn her way more money in terms of speaking fees and subsequent book sales, even if she lost than ex governor/fox contributor annual salary.
I am not buying the cushey job/money argument.
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 09:51 AM (rVYV5)
...rub the juice in your hair for natural highlights!
You need to let it dry for about 30 min. then wash it out. Viola!
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Beauty Tips at May 16, 2011 09:51 AM (PF3FV)
God....do somethin', will ya.
Posted by: Tami at May 16, 2011 09:52 AM (VuLos)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 16, 2011 09:52 AM (lor88)
--Who is squeezing the Lemon?
Who likes Lemon juice?
Who likes that Lemon meringue pie?And when life gives you lemons....
Make a sassy spring spritzer...with a fun, kicky attitude!
Posted by: Two snaps up, snapping at May 16, 2011 09:52 AM (XyjRQ)
I think he also didn't like the immediate accusations of "Raaaacism!!!" the Left started to throw at him once he looked like a threat.
Posted by: Clubber Lang at May 16, 2011 09:53 AM (QcFbt)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 16, 2011 09:54 AM (lor88)
BTW Herman Cain is trading higher than Newt on Intrade
Posted by: Bob Saget at May 16, 2011 09:55 AM (F/4zf)
That's what she said...
(ba-dum! Ding!)
Posted by: OregonMuse at May 16, 2011 09:55 AM (o8UCz)
" I like to think of a Rino as fiscally conservative but socially moderate."
And you would be wrong. A Rino runs as a conservative, then fucks us royally without lube the minute they get in office.
Warning signs are: "The call of history", "Reaching across the aisle", "Growing in office", "despite my disagreements with Obama, he is a good man."
See: John McCain, Olympia Snowe, Lindsay Graham, Susan Collins, Mike Castle.
Posted by: Log Cabin at May 16, 2011 09:55 AM (Ug1Tl)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 16, 2011 09:56 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: OregonMuse at May 16, 2011 09:56 AM (o8UCz)
That made me think that now I didn't want Cain cause it was obvious that he was the choice of the dems as exhibited in the little play staring ruggie and his room full of polling folks.
Posted by: curious at May 16, 2011 09:57 AM (k1rwm)
At this point, barring fresh faces, it's Pawlenty vs Palin and I think she will drop out soon. Who does Pawlenty pick for VP?
Posted by: Rocks at May 16, 2011 09:58 AM (Q1lie)
Posted by: curious at May 16, 2011 10:00 AM (k1rwm)
Posted by: polynikes at May 16, 2011 10:00 AM (3hdsA)
I don't think Palin is running too. I do feel the money does play into it but see your point about the first female presidential candidate making all kinds money after the election even if she loses. However, I bet Sarah Palin has had more down/family time now than she has had in years. Campaigning is grueling. Life is good now for Sarah and she makes her own schedule. I bet that is very appealing.
Posted by: Long Island at May 16, 2011 10:00 AM (TiURi)
Look, you obviously don't like the idea of the opposition (media) choosing who the Republicans do run. Why would you allow them to decide who we shouldn't run, just because they are going to take some vile line of attack against him?
I say, let them. That will expose them for the biased and shallow cocksuckers that they are.
It's an uphill battle either way. Not supporting some of the stronger potential candidates on our side simply because you are worried about how they are going to be treated by the media and the left is silly in the extreme.
Posted by: wiserbud at May 16, 2011 01:47 PM (3Okgs)
Not worried about how they will be treated.
But you are not winning with black candidate on the ticket against Obama.
Especially not one who uses pizza crust as means to explain whats wrong with our country....my god...if the american people are that stupi that you think this is how they need things explained, you have no hope of beating the powers lined up against you that will convince them that your candidate is a cynical ploy blah blah race baiting...its just Not gonna happen.
We are talking Michael Dukakis in the Tank ain't gonna happen.
You need to strip the Historic mantle from Obama's presidency....aka his first blackness...if you want to play identity politics even though you claim you aren't...you will be because they make the rules and thats how it will be defined...the only way you can play is with your own identity politics...female or hispanic is your only hope.
It comes down to do you want to Win or do you want to McCain.
Since most of you hang nude pics of Miss Mehgan McTwinkie 2012 in your bathrooms, i think we all know the answer to that.
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 10:00 AM (rVYV5)
Palin hasn't commented either way in a long time and at least one person has floated a theory that she's waiting until July 4 weekend.
The reason for that has to do with keeping the people who hate her in Alaska from trying to abuse the ethics complaint system to slime her again, as the 2 year statute of limitations on complaints would be up then.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 16, 2011 10:01 AM (UvFnc)
Posted by: Sub-tard Goober at May 16, 2011 10:02 AM (Q5+Og)
Posted by: David at May 16, 2011 10:04 AM (Bcwu7)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 16, 2011 02:01 PM (UvFnc)
She announced on the 4th, but didnt actually leave office till what the 20th?
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 10:05 AM (rVYV5)
Another one of my primary criteria is that the right Republican this cycle is the one who understands that the job is to stop and reverse Obama's policies, if not much of the now-100-year-old experiments in "progressivism," "living Constitutions," and other such 19th- and 20th century nonsense, and less time attacking other Republicans (except to the extent that they've bought into the aforementioned experiments).
Posted by: filbert at May 16, 2011 10:05 AM (smvTK)
Is that another of your 'jokes'? Dude, you need to keep your day job; that is, if you have one.
To my eyes, you're just another 'concern troll' whose posts I will gladly skip over to read those of the more astute, and may I say, infinitely more hilarious than yours.
Good. DAY. Sir!
Posted by: Theresa D at May 16, 2011 10:05 AM (rvsdg)
Posted by: Vic at May 16, 2011 10:06 AM (M9Ie6)
Since most of you hang nude pics of Miss Mehgan McTwinkie 2012 in your bathrooms, i think we all know the answer to that.
Yeah, that's it. Because it's not like I can't find muffin tops anywhere else.
Concern troll - confirmed.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 16, 2011 10:06 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: Nate at May 16, 2011 10:06 AM (BBlzg)
He was never serious about running and was actually working with Obama. The evidence is pretty clear that's the case. Trump gave 50K to Emanual's bid for mayor - a huge sum more than he's ever given to any other candidate ever.
Why shell out cash for influence when you're going to turn around and bad mouth the team all over TV in a couple of months? This gave Obama a platform to get rid of the BC thing in a way that will allow it to linger and make people think that the doubters are completely insane. A win-win.
Then he breaks into Trump's show to announce the OBL thing. Furthering the pretend enemy vibe.
Theater.
Posted by: Oh, Hi Mark at May 16, 2011 01:41 PM (ENjiA)
Winner! Stop and look back at it. Trump makes a big stink, throws all sorts of crap at Obama, then goes to an event to get slammed in person, and he just takes it? Makes all sorts of serious allegations against Obama, claims he has top people looking into things in Hawaii, and yet when Obama releases what you have to admit is a laughable document, Trump doesn't have his people analyze it and report what is wrong with it? He just drops out of sight, then comes back to say, I ain't running, and slinks back underground so the weasel on his head avoids sunlight?
Which case is now easier to make, Trump and Obama were working together, or Trump was genuine in his criticisms?
Posted by: Joefrog of the Stonecutters at May 16, 2011 10:07 AM (/FIEN)
Things were going to get ugly real fast.
Think John McCain with a bad combover a couple extra wives, some bad business deals with some property being anti-green (whatever that is).
You had the makings of a real pile on.
Nothing the MBM loves better than to trash someone who's "turned" and who has lots and lots of skeletons and foibles that have been ignored because they were thought to be one of them.
Trump found out what true discrimination, bias and bigotry looks and feels like.
Posted by: Doomsayer at May 16, 2011 10:07 AM (KWzOJ)
Posted by: ace at May 16, 2011 10:07 AM (nj1bB)
Posted by: curious at May 16, 2011 10:08 AM (k1rwm)
Posted by: lauren at May 16, 2011 10:08 AM (ibCFU)
Posted by: curious at May 16, 2011 10:09 AM (k1rwm)
2008 was the feel good election for them.
2012 is the Win no matter what election and all bets are off.
face it. If pawlenty/romney/daniels/godfatherpizzaforgetaboutobamacarerepeal/newt etc is all you have got....no wonder you get so upset over a little comment about your porky excandidates daughter that went off the reservation.
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 10:12 AM (rVYV5)
Bummer. He didn't take any shit from reporters. They put words in too many of the GOP candidates' mouths and those candidates (and even presidents, if memory serves) just let it happen without an argument. He would have made the debates better. If just by simply showing a few people how to stick up for themselves when it matters, so be it. But he would have made the debates edgier. And they need to be this time. Time to quit confusing decorum and respect with acting like a fuckin pussy when if you disagree with a fucking liar whose assinine governance concepts with destroy the country you love. You can bet your ass he wouldn't address major diffferences in governing philosophies by saying "my friends" to people who just lied to him or about him and his wife (and the economy and education and energy and our defense etc etc.).
Posted by: Tickbeard at May 16, 2011 10:13 AM (nBE5A)
Posted by: curious at May 16, 2011 02:09 PM (k1rwm)
He is not going to drill. he is just going to sell rights. You still need a permits to drill once you buy the rights to drill and his global warming lackeys are not going to be giving those out any more frequently than they have been.
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 10:14 AM (rVYV5)
BTW Herman Cain is trading higher than Newt on Intrade
Well I would think so, especially after Newt just shot his own legs right off the campaign. Newt had enough to overcome. His idiocy knows no bounds however and he just couldn't help himself. The prick didn't even make it a week before sabatoging his own run. Go away Newt.
Posted by: Dr Snuess at May 16, 2011 10:15 AM (re6ik)
He really was never serious to begin with. It was all Trump hype.
Posted by: Vic at May 16, 2011 10:16 AM (M9Ie6)
hahahahahaha
Have you not been paying attention to the SOB. All he has done is talk about drilling. NEVER confuse Obama rhetoric for anything concrete.
Posted by: Vic at May 16, 2011 10:17 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Vic at May 16, 2011 10:18 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: curious at May 16, 2011 02:09 PM (k1rwm)
But Obama is going to do it in a RESPONSIBLE way!
Translation: Actions speak louder than words, and wake me up when the first barrel of oil from one of the Obama leases is up for sale.
Posted by: Hrothgar at May 16, 2011 10:19 AM (yrGif)
He is not going to drill. he is just going to sell rights. You still need a permits to drill once you buy the rights to drill and his global warming lackeys are not going to be giving those out any more frequently than they have been.
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 02:14 PM (rVYV5)
yes, that was my first thought, also. But to the TMZ, entertainment weekly crowd who get a twice weekly email from the campaign reminding them how important they are to the prez, they think it's huge. they don't know how politics works. They don't know you can say anything and do nothing and blame it on someone else. They just know that their buddy, BO, is a great president and they will vote for him for another 4 years. The republicans aren't getting this at all. they seem to be going further and further down the rabbit hole. Yeah Sarah gets it. Christie gets it. Santorum, after his lovely experience with hillary on stage at the debate, learned it and gets it. Newt doesn't get it and mittens either. Newt reminds me of the about to be ex wife of the multi millionaire who is crying and shouting "I can be anything you want me to be, anything, just tell me what you want and I'll be it, but don't leave, please don't leave". Ever since I learned that the federal government can't force you, constitutionally to buy health insurance, but the state's can, I have despised mittens cause health care in MA is a disaster and it has mitt romney's name and imprint all over it. And, deep in his heart, he thinks it was the right thing to do. He's not a republican.
Posted by: curious at May 16, 2011 10:20 AM (k1rwm)
I watched the lower tier Repub debate last week just to see if Pawlenty was interest worthy. He didn't distinguish himself from the rest of the field. I don't think he has what it takes for the general election. .
Posted by: lauren at May 16, 2011 10:21 AM (ibCFU)
Exactly right. First thing you've said all day I agree with.
As for this comment:
"Especially not one who uses pizza crust as means to explain whats wrong with our country....my god...if the american people are that stupid that you think this is how they need things explained..."
Uh, alligators in moats ringing any bells here? How about 58 states? Asthmatic kids needing breathalyzers? The police acted stupidly? Let's cut oil company subsidies to reduce the price of gasoline? Your comment about people being duped by the JEF's pledge about drilling? The crushing vapidity of "yes we can" as a slogan, not to mention "hope and change"?
Posted by: Two snaps up, snapping at May 16, 2011 10:21 AM (XyjRQ)
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 10:23 AM (rVYV5)
253 You people are thin skinned. You get so upset over a comment about Mehgan McTwinkie and you think you are ready to deal with the press and the dems this time around?
2008 was the feel good election for them.
2012 is the Win no matter what election and all bets are off.
The economy will be the deciding factor. That doesn't bode well for Barry. Barring a miraculous and fast turnaround of the economy or unless the GOP picks someone really divisive, they win. Barry has lost the Indpendents. Pawlenty or even Daniels might not fire up the base as much as Ryan or Christie. But they don't have to. Most of the people who actually vote will weigh the choices. T-Paw would probably appeal to most of those people vs. Obama V 2.0. The dem base will of course vote for him. But he won't have the enthusiasim of last time, nowhere near it. So he loses on that front, the independents and people who supported him last year that won't vote for a Rep, but will stay home.
Posted by: Dr Snuess at May 16, 2011 10:24 AM (re6ik)
Posted by: joncelli at May 16, 2011 10:25 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Two snaps up, snapping at May 16, 2011 02:21 PM (XyjRQ)
You dont get it do you. Obama can say what ever he wants and has....uncle liberated auschwitz, I was born because of Selma Alabama (three years after the divorce mind you), I didnt hear a thing in that racist church, and i only casually knew that guy who saved me half a million on my house buy, because the press works for him.
You as republicans dont have that luxary. Sorry bub. Your not playing by the same rules and the sooner you accept that they easier it will be.
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 10:27 AM (rVYV5)
He really was never serious to begin with. It was all Trump hype.
Posted by: Vic at May 16, 2011 02:16 PM (M9Ie6)
that show is all trump. Without him a lot of people just wouldn't watch. Makes you wonder how he got himself in a position, knowing that the show is all him, where NBC could threaten him. Means somehow he screwed up on the contract, either his lawyer screwed up or he screwed up, cause really he should own that program. He may realize that now. I prefer to think of Mr. Trump as taking the high road and not being ron paulish and just announcing every election cycle. I think he truly entertained the idea of running but the attack directly from the pres, supported by the press, I think shocked and saddened Trump. He might have realized he can do a better job of helping the republicans from the sidelines.
Posted by: curious at May 16, 2011 10:27 AM (k1rwm)
Yeah., she's really popular 'round these parts. You must be thinking of some other hard-core conservative's blog
Meanwhile, keep trying to prove your rock-ribbed conservative cred and helping "us" out by suggesting whom "we" run, based solely on the candidates' race.
'Cause, as we all know, that's exactly how "we" always chooses "our" leaders. With quotas.
Thanks for your advice. I'm sure "we"'ll take your thoughts under consideration at "our" next meeting.
Posted by: wiserbud at May 16, 2011 10:28 AM (3Okgs)
Posted by: Jon at May 16, 2011 10:30 AM (YE6k9)
Posted by: Dr Snuess at May 16, 2011 02:24 PM (re6ik)
"ninny ninny ninny"....not happening. He left a budget disaster in his home state when he was done, how many billions in debt did he leave? Thats not going to be a winning campaign slogan...Besides he looks like Mr Burns from the Simpsons.
Tpaw...lol...as if you hae to give him some cutesy rough boyishly charming masculine nickname to make him seem less of a metrosexual than he is.
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 10:30 AM (rVYV5)
I dislike the dithering by the Daniel's. They have to know that every sordid detail of their marital history will be reported on. Can they take it or not? I don't like him, just based on first impressions.
I'd really like someone like Paul Ryan to run. I'd really like a couple of mil. too. Lol
Posted by: lauren at May 16, 2011 10:31 AM (ibCFU)
Posted by: wiserbud at May 16, 2011 02:28 PM (3Okgs)
Fight with me.....part 2.
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 10:32 AM (rVYV5)
Newt and Mittens are steps away from being "mccain, take 2"
Posted by: curious at May 16, 2011 10:34 AM (k1rwm)
I dislike the dithering by the Daniel's. They have to know that every sordid detail of their marital history will be reported on. Can they take it or not? I don't like him, just based on first impressions.
I'd really like someone like Paul Ryan to run. I'd really like a couple of mil. too. Lol
Posted by: lauren at May 16, 2011 02:31 PM (ibCFU)
Paul Ryan wont run for president for 8 more years at least. And thats plenty of time for him to do something incredibly stupid to derail him when he does run....like...cross the street without looking both ways...anything....doesnt matter...whatever the press can use to destroy him because he is conservative.
No matter who the republicans run the press is going to go all out to destroy them.
deal with it.
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 10:36 AM (rVYV5)
Posted by: curious at May 16, 2011 10:39 AM (k1rwm)
Newt and Mittens are steps away from being "mccain, take 2"
Posted by: curious at May 16, 2011 02:34 PM (k1rwm)
Doesnt the white house have a habit of releasing rosey jobs and economy numbers that end up having to be revised downwards two weeks later a lot?
So whats to stop them from having gangbuster reports right before the election that quietly get revised and unreported by the press as usual two weeks later? Oh thats right their transparency and honesty...
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 10:40 AM (rVYV5)
Posted by: lauren at May 16, 2011 10:40 AM (ibCFU)
"ninny ninny ninny"....not happening. He left a budget disaster in his home state when he was done, how many billions in debt did he leave? Thats not going to be a winning campaign slogan...Besides he looks like Mr Burns from the Simpsons.
Tpaw...lol...as if you hae to give him some cutesy rough boyishly charming masculine nickname to make him seem less of a metrosexual than he is.
First of all. T-Paw is his nickname in MN. I didn't make it up. Secondly. The state up until 2010 never had Reps control either house of our senate. The Dems, which in MN are called DFL (Democrat Farmer Labor) have had a strangle hold on the legislature for the last 40 years. He tried unalloting their budgets and the idiot judge called it unconstitutional. He held his ground against an entrenched Dem machine and did well. Did I like all his decisions? No, of course not. But he managed to hold the line on many things in a hostile enviroment. IS he the next Reagan? No, not even close. Is the sexiest candidate ever? Nope. Can he beat Jugears McFuckup? Yep. BTW Barry's bounce is over. If that didn't help him what will? 12% unemployment? More debt? Another war? high inflation and gas prices? Yea, sure. you keep telling yourself that they win.
Metrosexual? You mean like President Arugula?
Posted by: Dr Snuess at May 16, 2011 10:40 AM (re6ik)
Hahaha, Obama is going to drill now? Bwa ha ha.
That is the best I have heard all week. It's right up there with, "Obama is going to reduce the deficit." and "Michelle is a fashion icon."
Posted by: Log Cabin at May 16, 2011 10:40 AM (Ug1Tl)
I was thinking more the plunge protection team and the golden showers guys.
Posted by: curious at May 16, 2011 10:41 AM (k1rwm)
.......your 'ace in the hole' may fizzle out.
Inadvisable comment on this "very smart military blog."
Posted by: Alvin Green with an extra E at May 16, 2011 10:42 AM (ndqJC)
.......your 'ace in the hole' may fizzle out.
Inadvisable comment on this "very smart military blog."
Posted by: Alvin Green with an extra E at May 16, 2011 02:42 PM (ndqJC)
OMG I found myself wondering what you mean and then I loled and everyone is wondering what's going on.
You guys are too sick, too sick....
Posted by: curious at May 16, 2011 10:43 AM (k1rwm)
Metrosexual? You mean like President Arugula?
Posted by: Dr Snuess at May 16, 2011 02:40 PM (re6ik)
In a comepetition to see who is more metrosexual, Miss T-Paw and Miss Arugala tie.
T-Paw aint gonna win. He is even less inspiring than McCain, and pullin palin out of your back pocket and sticking her on the ticket as vp only works once.
Ninnypaw is not viable. get over it.
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 10:44 AM (rVYV5)
She's the Secretariat of the election.
Posted by: curious at May 16, 2011 10:45 AM (k1rwm)
.......your 'ace in the hole' may fizzle out.
Inadvisable comment on this "very smart military blog."
Posted by: Alvin Green with an extra E at May 16, 2011 02:42 PM (ndqJC)
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And here i thought you were referring to how Ace has pounded Andrew Sullivan's credibility into the milky glutes.
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 10:46 AM (rVYV5)
Posted by: lauren at May 16, 2011 10:51 AM (ibCFU)
Then who, oh great and brave political warrior, should run?
Or should the Republicans just sit this one out? Because heaven forbid we give any ammo to the media buy actually selecting a candidate, amitite?
Posted by: wiserbud at May 16, 2011 11:01 AM (3Okgs)
Metrosexual? You mean like President Arugula?
Posted by: Dr Snuess at May 16, 2011 02:40 PM (re6ik)
In a comepetition to see who is more metrosexual, Miss T-Paw and Miss Arugala tie.
Pawleny hunts, fishes and plays hockey. Sorry he out man cards Barry by 237%.
Posted by: Dr Snuess at May 16, 2011 11:02 AM (re6ik)
Then who, oh great and brave political warrior, should run?
Or should the Republicans just sit this one out? Because heaven forbid we give any ammo to the media buy actually selecting a candidate, amitite?
Posted by: wiserbud at May 16, 2011 03:01 PM (3Okgs)
Beats the shit out of me, you guys are screwed unless you start getting a hold of the national narrative again.
I would say instead of limiting the focus on who to run for the presidency, put way way way more effort into recapturing the educational system so you can affect the future of this country instead of just four years.
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 11:17 AM (rVYV5)
Posted by: lauren at May 16, 2011 02:51 PM (ibCFU)
They are probably going to trash me to the nth degree on here but I think we have to put up a woman cause only a woman can win against BO.
You know, I think Michelle Bachman is a good candidate. I mean jan brewer would be good too cause she's a governor. I keep racking my brain for strong republican women who aren't what they call on here, RINO's.
Posted by: curious at May 16, 2011 11:23 AM (k1rwm)
As long as he (and not "she" wouldn't want to give the media the opportunity to accuse "us" of pandering.) is Hispanic though, right?
I would say instead of limiting the focus on who to run for the presidency, put way way way more effort into recapturing the educational system so you can affect the future of this country instead of just four years.
Ah. So "sit this one out" is your answer. Either that or run a Hispanic guy.
Wow, you've really got this all figured out. Have you considered volunteering for the RNC? You sound like just the kind of decisive and deeply stragtegic thinker that could really shake things up for "us."
Posted by: wiserbud at May 16, 2011 11:30 AM (3Okgs)
As long as he (and not "she" wouldn't want to give the media the opportunity to accuse "us" of pandering.) is Hispanic though, right?
I would say instead of limiting the focus on who to run for the presidency, put way way way more effort into recapturing the educational system so you can affect the future of this country instead of just four years.
Ah. So "sit this one out" is your answer. Either that or run a Hispanic guy.
Wow, you've really got this all figured out. Have you considered volunteering for the RNC? You sound like just the kind of decisive and deeply stragtegic thinker that could really shake things up for "us."
Posted by: wiserbud at May 16, 2011 03:30 PM (3Okgs)
Did i say sit this one out? And you left out where i said run a woman or a hispanic to make their "historicness" equal or trump Obama's "historicness". I think you are just a bit too dense to get the sarc there since that was regarding running a black man to counter obama's blackness and nueter the racism charge that was discussed earlier. You seem to like to reduce the discussion to a few simple points that fit your narrative so you can make some self serving retort.
If you can read words that are not there, that may be part of your problem.
Why would i volunteer for the RNC? Have i said i am republican? Besides that, they are part of the problem.
and what's with the quotes around "us"?
Clearly you don't have this figured out.
But trust me on this. "You guys" are screwed no matter what you do and by the time you figure out what to do, its going to be too late.
You might as well just welcome your new overlords and start shopping for a prius.
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 11:42 AM (rVYV5)
Posted by: lauren at May 16, 2011 11:52 AM (ibCFU)
Posted by: lauren at May 16, 2011 11:56 AM (ibCFU)
Ummm.. yes.
I think you are just a bit too dense to get the sarc there since that was regarding running a black man to counter obama's blackness and nueter the racism charge that was discussed earlier.
That's okay. I think you are too childish and stupid to rise above identity politics and recognize that it is not the color of a man's skin that is what truly matters.
Of course the media is going to attack whomever the Republicans run. So your solution is to specifically deny a black man the opportunity to run, simply because you want to protect "us" (snicker) from the big bad media and their mean words.
How's this for media spin, genius? We specifically do NOT select a black man as a candidate, as you are suggesting, then endure yet another campaign of slurs about how conservatives and Republicans are racist for not allowing a black man to be on the ticket. Gee, that ought to work out much better!
As I look around, the only person I see here applying a racial qualification for office is you. I wonder why that is?
You seem to like to reduce the discussion to a few simple points that fit your narrative so you can make some self serving retort.
Orrrr.. and try to stay with me here.... I am reducing your silly argument to it's logical conclusion to expose it for just how ridiculous it is.
No thanks necessary. It's what I do.
Why would i volunteer for the RNC? Have i said i am republican? Besides that, they are part of the problem.
GASP!! You mean you're one of those hyper-pure Conservatives who refuses to compromise and who believes that he is truly too good for the rest of us???!!!?!? Wow. I am truly stunned. I never would have figured that out from your constant and repeated attempts to separate yourself from "us."
BTW, just to answer you other question, that would be the reasons for the quotes. I would have thought that someone of such truly incredible intellect would have figured that out all on your own. Guess you are just too wrapped up in your truly deep political analysis ("run a woman or a hispanic or you will lose) to have picked up on that.
But trust me on this. "You guys" are screwed no matter what you do and by the time you figure out what to do, its going to be too late.
Oh well. Thanks for trying to help though. You are truly a gift that keeps on giving.
Posted by: wiserbud at May 16, 2011 12:09 PM (3Okgs)
Posted by: wiserbud at May 16, 2011 04:09 PM (3Okgs)
yawn
You aren't gonna win with Cain or West. Get over it. You wont out black Obama. Which is hillairous that you are intent on trying because he is about as un-black as you can get.
The fact of the matter is you lose because no matter what you do the media is going to work against you.
You could run jesus and do infomercials where he raises the dead on live tv and they would still be against you.
You lose. End of story.
You cant win the fight against the msm.
not my problem if you cant deal with it.
I still never said give up on the next election no matter how many times you claim it. I said give up on fighting the media (not in so many words)
And if you think preventing the indoctrination of the kids isn't a problem you need to deal with, you are a bigger idiot that i thought, which is really big.
Enjoy 4 more years of barry.
Posted by: Jeremiah God Damn America Wright at May 16, 2011 01:04 PM (rVYV5)
Herman Cain is just a Black McCain/Daniels, who wants to be a good loser to Obama. Newsflash: GOP will never win Blacks, or even more than 2-3%, because "Hate Whitey" appeals to Blacks all across the spectrum. Black people would rather import 100 million Mexicans who hate THEM to "drown Whitey" than compromise to keep AA around for another fifty years in a White majority, special-privileges Black society. It is truly a "Wrath of Khan" social view held by nearly all (90% plus) Blacks. Mexicans are not much better, committed to "Reconquista" and turning America into Northern Mexico.
The smart play is to get about 80% of Whites to vote for your candidate. Group interests, racial identity (without of course every actually saying it aloud) and so on. Convince 80% of all White voters (critical target: College Educated White women) that 4 more years of Obama means they're tossed out on the street so Blacks and Mexicans can take their jobs in Government, Education, Media etc. a process already under way. Make their fear of being tossed out to feed Obama's anti-White spoils coalition greater than their innate hatred of White Beta males (which accounts for about 90% of Behavior of White College educated Women).
FEAR in other words. There is plenty to fear.
But that means NO BETA MALES! Ever. No Timmy down the well, no Beta Male Mitch, no Huntsman. No Palin (College Educated Women detest working class White women more than White Beta Males). No Black or Hispanic guys unless he's young and hunk (Rubio!) If Santorum can butch it up, get tough, go with him. Or Rudy, he can act tough guy (his three marriages are an Alpha male plus, not a disaster for the key demo of College White women).
There's your path to victory. Forget Blacks and Hispanics, they're locked in to "Hate Whitey" or "Take Over America and make it Mexico." Get 80% of Whites (by avoiding Beta Males or non-Whites who are not hunkadelic) and there you are.
Posted by: whiskey at May 16, 2011 02:18 PM (L03mw)
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