1 OT, but new normal for SCFoaMF is back at 38% in Gallup.

2 Claims of "crony capitalism"?

Glass houses.  Thrown stones.  Assembly not recommended.

3 Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure.

4 OMG. Perry got a sweetheart property deal from a guy now in prison! We need to run this every day. Wait....never mind

5 1st for 2nd time.  Gotta buy a Lotto ticket.

6 Everything's bigger in Texas.

7 They must be scared shitless of Perry.

8 Rick Perry - bitches.

9 “Mr. Democratic Strategist Who Hates Rick Perry would take his case to the FBI and not the Washington Post.” Well that's not very encouraging. Sure it is because if there was anything there, they'd be all over him like flies on shit

10 Everybody practices "crony capitalism" ace.Since the beginning of the Republic.

11

OMG x2!

Perry's wife got a wonderfuljob, and then a massive pay raise from a hospital that wanted favorable legislation, but once she moved, the job dissappeared! We need to run this every day!. ......Wait....never mind

12 If Perry has problems,better they be dealt with early on anyway.If they linger,or come in late,they are trouble.

13 Does Rick Perry have to choke a bitch?!?!

14 9

The United State's High Unemployment rate is caused by forces outside the President's control.

However, anything bad in Texas is Rick Perry's fault!

 

Yep, those Japanese tsunamis are always directed at Texas conservatives.

15 If crony capitalism and Gardasil are two of his biggest concerns then I'd say he's in pretty good shape all things considered.

That's why he's my man.

16 Hey, I just noticed that Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure!

17

Everybody practices "crony capitalism" ace.Since the beginning of the Republic.

Yup.  I've often said the only reason to be on the sewer authority is to get your idiot brother in law a job. 

 

18 Is it just me or does ace look a little bit like an Ewok?

19 These potential problems will be dealt with early and then every day until the election if Perry is nominated. Our media will rediscover what the verb vetting means.

20 They tried tarring Gov. Herbert (UT) with this sort of thing over road contracts.  It went nowhere. 

I think more of us have seen this thing done to our local politicians often enough to not really get too concerned unless it rise to the level of formal investigations and charges. 

21

The measurement of "Poverty" in the United States is a joke anyways. 

When someone who is officially below the poverty line has multiple tvs, a car, a house, etc, then the poverty line is meaningless.

It is an insult to those who actually do live in abject poverty around the world.

22
"Here's what I suggest, if you hear something's happening but it hasn't happened, don't always believe what you hear."

--President 10-day Vacation

23

The United State's High Unemployment rate is caused by forces outside the President's control.

However, anything bad in Texas is Rick Perry's fault!

 Yep, those Japanese tsunamis are always directed at Texas conservatives.

Posted by: Sub-Tard

 

Paging: the guy that said that Perry inherited the Texas economic miracle and/or the governors office is too weak and has nothing to do with it.We have an asshole collision that you should be in the middle.Of.

24 On "Cronyism:"  The reason this is so hard to shrug off is that it's so nebulously defined (at least, for conservatives).  Does any Democrat get accused of "cronyism" (short of Roddy B, and then only when a Federal Investigation was opened)?  No.

Rick Perry receives large donations from large companies.  His economic policies include incentives to large companies (also mid-sized companies, but they get much less press for some reason) to come to Texas.  Therefore, in the minds of liberals, Rick Perry must be a crony capitalist.

Except: He's never been charged with an ethics violation.
Except: His books are all above-board, and they've been combed through by Bill White (who has deep connections to the Clintons, so we can be sure that was a very fine-toothed comb).
Except: He is conscientiously and conspicuously fastidious when it comes to "awarding" things to companies that have donated to him.  People mention Merck with the HPV vaccine, but no one else makes one.  The deal for the "foreign company" he'd brokered for TTC was objectively the best one offered- it just also happened to come from a foreign company.

Before you get all weak-in-the-knees, Ace, look for actual evidence of wrong-doing.  Let me assure you, if there were any, someone would make a Federal case out of it as fast as they possibly could.

And Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

25 Meanwhile Pres. Shanksalot's daily approval per Gallup...? 38%

26 Don't forget TX's southern border.  It is a regular supplier of young labor.

27 Hey ace,get us an updated pic of Tea Party hottie!She of the tricorn hat.

28
Hey, I know about a myth!

Jobs Created And/Or Saved By The Stimulus Act

29 You try supporting a bevy of prostitutes and coke dealers without practicing crony capitalism. I'm creating jobs, people.

30 Just like the tea party "research" , the myth part is just to create talking points for liberals.  It has nothing to do with truth, it is about retaining power.

Nevertheless, attacking Perry on minimum wage jobs is ridiculous for another reason, many people would love one in the obama wreckovery.

Finally, if every politician practices crony capitalism, it doesn't make it right.  The only way to solve most of it is with a flat tax, but I dream.

31 Is it talk like a pirate day?We need a pirate themed SCoaMF if it is.

32 And we ain't goin' back! 

Texas has been real good to us but we want more.

33
Here's another myth:

Almost 50 million people are not on food stamps.

34 It is a shame that Texas isn't run in the same ethical fashion as Cook County..... Oh who the fuck am  I kidding here?

35

Well that's not very encouraging.

wut??

whad I miss?

36 Hotair has a write up on Perry making a major move in the polls. Supposedly PPP will show Perry with a double digit lead over Romney tomorrow when it is publicly released.

This explains a lot regarding the increasing attacks on Perry.

It's fear. JEF realizes that Perry has a actual record to run on, it pro business, and is fiscally and socially conservative enough to motivate the base for him. His record will appeal to the squishes who don't want 4 more years of failure and disaster in the Oval Office

37
and yet another myth:

The Recession Is Over And We Are Now In Recovery

38 Everybody know's Perry is the frontrunner.

39 Hold my drink bitch!

40 And yes......as a matter of fact, I think Rick Perry is going to have to choke a bitch.

41 ZOMG! All Rick Perry created in Texas is a bunch of Mcjobs!

42
This here is the book I was trying to find about the poverty rate: "The Poverty of the 'Poverty Rate'".

Basically talks about how the official poverty rate number used by the government is complete nonsense but will not be fixed for political reasons.

43 workers -- workers who have simply left the work force entirely, due to the futility of finding work, and hence are You probably know that while Obama benefits, statistically, from discouragednot included in the unempoloyment rate -- Texas' unemployment rate is distorted by the large number of encouraged workers entering the state to find work.

This is a problem with unemployment statistics in general.

During the boom Bush years, the 4.5% unemployment rate was actually lower, as the economy pulled in marginal workers that in an only average year would not be working or working full time.

Of course in the Obamconomy we see people who are highly qualified for positions unable to find them thanks to his job killing policies.

It is amazing that in a few short years qualified candidates have gone from businesses chasing them to having to hunt to find a job they are over qualified for...

44 We need to ditch Perry. 9 out of 10 somnologists prefer Jon Huntsman.

45 Posted by: eleven at August 23, 2011 01:21 PM (7DB+a)

Nothing.

Though Ace is making great progress, his ever-atrophying Northeastern Progressive genes occasionally demand to be let out.  In recent months they've gone from making him seem totally bi-polar to mere occasions of vacillation.  It's progress.

Pay it no mind.  He should be over the worst of the withdrawal symptoms in a year or so, would be my guess.

(Kidding, Ace)

46 OT: Hey, it's perfectly normal for your child to be a homo.

47 Frankly, I'm incredibly impressed that Rick Perry overcame the Japanese tsunami and the debt crisis in Europe on the way to powering Texas's recovery.

48 Is it wrong that mentioning Pimp Hand, Bitch Slap and Rick Perry in the same sentence sends a tingle up my leg?

49

Ross Douthat of the NY Times made a similar Perry defense (via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette):

http://tinyurl.com/4xutqhp

 

50 Nancy Pelosi practices crone capitalism.

51 So poor people who donate to Obama and benefit from higher welfare rates are de facto evidence of corruption?

52 ZOMG! I just read a study by some scientists who found that people from Texas are less caring than people from blue states!

Put a fork in Perry! He's done!

53 Not only have I choked a bitch, I've re-choked a bitch.

Just to be sure.

54 Ace needs a chill pill.

55 And, though I posted it in an earlier thread: http://lat.ms/nHE30L

If this is the best they can do, I think Rick Perry is going to be our Man come 2013.

56 51 Wow,Ross Asshat defended him?That dude is another squish.

57 Choke a bitch,shoot a coyote.

58 Posted by: steevy at August 23, 2011 01:30 PM (pV6cO)

Ross Douthat = Broken Clock.

59 Jon Huntsman sorts his turds by length before he flushes. He's a very details oriented man. The Chinese have a word for this "Ry-kno" which means fastidious little turd monkey.

60 52 HA! Well struck.

61 In a way, this is really sad.  The left had such high hopes for a man whose only real distinction in life was a speech at a dem convention where he exhibited his one and only true talent - showing a beyond virtuoso level of expertise for reading a speech written by someone else replete with breathtakingly hollow catchphrases - on a teleprompter.  Now, more than halfway through his term, those same sad individuals have only that singular accomplishment shown in that one speech to hold out as the fruit of their chosen deity.  Every other single thing he has tried has been a stuttering miserable clusterfuck of a failure.  That has to be one, gigantic, bitter pill to swallow for all their squandered hopes.

62

The media / Democrats are barking up the wrong tree.  There's no real audience for this nonsense about Texas' economy. 

If you're a rational and informed adult you'll be voting against Obama next year.  Doesn't matter what's happening or not happening in Texas. On the other hand, if you're dumb enough to be duped into thinking Texas doesn't have an excellent local economy, relative to the country at large, you're already "priced in" as an automatic vote for Obama, or you're too stupid to vote in the first instance. 

Those in the middle neither are naive nor feckless enough to be worried about what's going on in Texas; they're worried about putting food on their own tables and paying for their own kids' educations.

This smacks to me of early desperation on the part of the media / Democrats.  The only plausible conclusion is that the internal polling is looking very grim for their man. 

Ergo look for the vicious personal attacks on Romney and especially on Perry to begin in earnest over the next several weeks.  I don't think the media / Democrats can wait until next fall.  It's going to get extremely ugly, quite soon.   

63 "I'll take "Interesting Combos" for $400, Alex."

"Answer:  the back of Rick Perry's hand and a bitch..."

"Ummmmm...what are two things that go together?"

"CORRECT!!!"

64

Rick Perry and Chuck Norris are Friends.

The so called Most Interesting Man in the world shuts up when Rick Perry speaks.

Ted Nugent played at Rick Perry's inaugural ball and refers to him as "My Pal".

 

I think I'll have a shot of Bourbon now.

65 61 I made a turd that looked like Charlie Crist!I ate lots of punkin pie.

66 Wow,Ross Asshat defended him?That dude is another squish.

Posted by: steevy at August 23, 2011 01:30 PM (pV6cO)

Which is why I was a littled surprised to see it.

67

#61

You owe me a new keyboard

68 I would serve on a Perry ticket.

69 63 BRAVO!

70 In a way, this is really sad.  The left had such high hopes for a man whose only real distinction in life was a speech at a dem convention where he exhibited his one and only true talent - showing a beyond virtuoso level of expertise for reading a speech written by someone else replete with breathtakingly hollow catchphrases - on a teleprompter.  Now, more than halfway through his term, those same sad individuals have only that singular accomplishment shown in that one speech to hold out as the fruit of their chosen deity.  Every other single thing he has tried has been a stuttering miserable clusterfuck of a failure.  That has to be one, gigantic, bitter pill to swallow for all their squandered hopes.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at August 23, 2011 01:32 PM

All this is true.  But, is it a red pill or a blue pill?

71 @16.. yeah, because forcing girls to take something that could potentially kill them (and has), is SOOOO something that we should stand behind as a lesser evil. Seriously? Sorry, this is something I can't ignore. I know people won't be perfect and I'm not asking for perfect. I just want some fucking honor and self sacrifice as a public servant.

72 That Texas Miracle is going to pale in comparison to the American Miracle once President Barack Obama unleashes his bold, master plan to turbo-charge the American economy in an economically friendly manner while simultaneously paying down debt and balancing the budget.

73 It is well known that Chuck Norris wins all of his staring contests by TKO.
Slightly less well known is that Chuck Norris has lost exactly one staring contest.  In split decision.  To Rick Perry.

74 68 Probably setting him up for the inevitable"I'm disappointed in Governor Perry",column.

75

However, anything bad in Texas is Rick Perry's fault!

Posted by: MBM at August 23, 2011 01:13 PM (OWjjx)

Don't forget that anything good that happens in Texas is not because of Perry's policies...

76 Has someone mentioned lately that Obama is a SCFOAMF !

77 73 @16.. yeah, because forcing girls to take something that could potentially kill them (and has), is SOOOO something that we should stand behind as a lesser evil. Seriously? Sorry, this is something I can't ignore.

Well, the people of Texas could ignore it.  Or rather, they slapped some sense into Perry (through their legislature) and he backed off and signed the bill overturning his EO into law.  Then Texans re-elected him. 

Single issue voting when we're going up against a guy as truly unAmerican as Obama is self-defeating. 

78 73 A peanut could potentially kill someone.

79 All this is true.  But, is it a red pill or a blue pill?

Posted by: huerfano at August 23, 2011 01:35 PM (kD+se)

It's a placibo.  A hollowed out, shit flavored skittle.

80 Posted by: UGrev at August 23, 2011 01:35 PM (yBuLL)

oooohhh concern!

81 Sorry, this is something I can't ignore. I know people won't be perfect and I'm not asking for perfect. I just want some fucking honor and self sacrifice as a public servant.

Posted by: UGrev

 

You're ignoring the fact that he admitted that he was wrong. And he reversed himself. That alone puts him lightyears beyond either Obama or Romney.

82

>>>>Ross Douthat of the NY Times made a similar Perry defense (via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette):

Interesting. I've never read anything by Douthat. I just know he's one of the NYT(or is it WAPOs) house "conservatives".

I'm surprised he would even bother to defend someone like Perry.

I would assume he's on the Huntsman train just like every other "conservative" columnist, and liberal columnist for that matter.

I've noticed the DNC is even using Huntsman's words in attack ads against the other GOP candidate.

 

Way to read the fucking tea leaves team Huntsman. The general public and especially the Republican base is further to the "right" that it's even been in recent memory and you've decided to tack to the center left. Good decision.

 

83 77 It can never be mentioned too often.

84 @83
Perfect hash though.

85 I predict that Hurricane Irene will be blamed on Rick Perry.

86 I just want some fucking honor and self sacrifice as a public servant.

Posted by: UGrev at August 23, 2011 01:35 PM (yBuLL)

Move to California.  They've got a surplus.

87 Posted by: Y-not at August 23, 2011 01:37 PM (5H6zj)

Except that it's not "single issue voting" it's 1/2 issue voting.

"Oh Rick Perry wanted to do something I disagreed with!  He even enacted an Executive Order!"
"Well, yeah, and that's not great, but when the voters said 'No.' he backed down."
"Doesn't matter!  I don't care about humility and political sacrifice!  I want a politician with humility and political sacrifice!"

88 84 Hunstmann is Dem trojan horse.

89

yeah, because forcing girls to take something that could potentially kill them (and has), is SOOOO something that we should stand behind as a lesser evil. Seriously? Sorry, this is something I can't ignore.

Look. I agree it's a dumb thing he did. He was wrong, he's apoligized, it was repealed and he's since offered a decent explanation.

 

To counter this through.. Romneycare.

Game.Set.Match

90 73

You really are a fucking moron.  Go back to sitting underneath the bridge troll.

91 All this is true.  But, is it a red pill or a blue pill?

Posted by: huerfano at August 23, 2011 01:35 PM (kD+se)

Carter's Little Quiver Pill

92 @73 Nice hash tag - very fitting.

93 Perry's Hair/Sarah's Tits 2012

94 Hunstmann is Dem trojan horse.

If so, the Trojans should be ashamed.

He's polling so poorly with Republicans that, were he to go 3rd Party, he'd probably pull more support from Barack Obama, who is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure, than he would from the Republican nominee.

95 Crony Capitalism.  Is that anything like giving someone a raise to $300,000/yr after her Senator husband helped get you some federal money?

96 63

I've never understood the "Obama is a great orator" line.  He reminds me of an oily used car salesman (apologies to oily used car salesmen).  I'd rather listen to someone drag their fingernails across a chalkboard.

97

>>>> know people won't be perfect and I'm not asking for perfect. I just want some fucking honor and self sacrifice as a public servant.

That's like saying you want a virgin in a whore house.

Good luck.

You take the best you can get.

98

Unfortunately, neither of these writers really understands what these numbers mean. The biggest problem with both claims is that Texas has the second largest percentage of under-18-year-olds in the country. Children between ages 0 and 17 donÂ’t make much income, if any, but they nonetheless are factored into per capita income calculations.

You are being too kind to the writers.  Purposely distorting statistics to make an invalid point used to be called lying - in my household, it still is.

99 96 Noone said he was a smart choice.That's a party that picked Dookaki and John Fuckin Kerry as their nominees and expected to win.

100

What I want to know is why isn't every criticism directed at Perry answered with a direct comparison of his record to teh SCOAMF's record?

Minimum wage jobs are high in Texas?  Ok, let's compare the national rate of minimum wage jobs to the rate in Texas.

Crony capitalism?  Let's take a look at Obama and see how he stacks up with Perry.

Obama can't claim to have succeeded with anything, except making things worse.  Don't let the Left attack and deflect and make the issues about Perry.  The issue is all about Obama.

101 Gallup has "Our Savior" UNEXPECTEDLY  at 38%.  If only Bush and the Republicans in the House would stop screwing-up, than Our Dear Leader's numbers would be a 115% appove and -47% disapprove. God-Damn Boehnor should return from Fucking-Off and get to work to help "Our Hero'..... MoFo Boner !!!!!

102 98 Agreed.He makes lefties and young numbskulls cream their drawers though.

103 Perry's Hair/Sarah's Tits 2012

Posted by: steevy

 

And we wonder why the cool sociologists hate us.

BTW, I second this.

104 74 That Texas Miracle is going to pale in comparison to the American Miracle once President Barack Obama unleashes his bold, master plan to turbo-charge the American economy in an economically friendly manner while simultaneously paying down debt and balancing the budget.


Speaking of the economy, tomorrow is an important day for Obama.

105

Hunstmann is Dem trojan horse.

No he isn't. He is representative of a decent chunk of the Republican party. People who want big government but simply want to rule it from the right rather than the left. Think of the Tories in England. There isn't really a lick of difference between them and Labor except that they want to spend money they don't have on different favored programs.

Perfect example, Arlen Specter. He won PA by much much larger margins than Toomey did. There are a lot of Huntsman Republicans. Think Michael Smerconish types.

 

Someone pointed out here the other day that the phrase RINO is misused and that it should be CINO.  The Republican party has always had a big government wing to it. We just need to beat it into submission.

106 I think UGrev ought to go out and rent an idiot.  The heavy thinking is too much for him.

107 We've been thoroughly vetting Barack Obama for years now. What a relief to take a look at Perry...

108 107 Yeah,I know but I think Hunty is beyond even the CINO wing.A full on quisling.

109 There are a lot of Huntsman Republicans

Who did you think keeps us in business?

110 Texas' unemployment rate is now at a 20+ year high of 8.4%.

111 He is representative of a decent chunk of the Republican party.

He polls at something like 3%.  That's not a "decent chunk" of anything.

112 107

Hunstmann is Dem trojan horse.

--

No he isn't. He is representative of a decent chunk of the Republican party. People who want big government but simply want to rule it from the right rather than the left.
--

That with the "give it to me because it's my birthright" cherry on the top. 

He's a nasty piece of work. I'm not sure I could vote for him in the general, frankly. 

113 We are shocked at these allegations of political contributions!

114

Posted by: Miss80sBaby at August 23, 2011 01:45 PM (o2lIv)

Thanks. I'll have to look for that tomorrow and the next day. I have a vague feeling the MFM won't be mentioning it.

Something bad will happen to a blond girl somewhere which will be more important.

115 112 A miserable failure is dragging the country down.

116 That with the "give it to me because it's my birthright" cherry on the top.

Right, he's a Kennedy with better genetics.

117 116, Hey, Fuck You, Now help me get out of my car, it's locked

118 I'm holding out for a management position...

119 @112- So, what you're saying is that, despite impressive job growth, we've had so much more population growth that our unemployment rate has grown.

Tell me, again, why that's a bad thing?

Especially in comparison to the "Food Stamps and Unemployment Checks are good for the economy" administration.

Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.
You're not even that good.

120 @112
Crack open your fourth grade math book and remind yourself what a denominator is.  Then get back to us. 

121

OT, it's juat something I was thinking about for you artistic morons

I rarely have an idea for an editorial cartoon, which is just as well, since I can't draw.  But you might be able to whip this one up:

The scene: "Martha's Vineyard Auto"

Two buses, up on blocks.

Bus #1 labelled "US Economy"

Bus #2 labelled "Obama 2012"

Obama on his back under the "Obama 2012" bus

The caption:  "Recovery Summer"

122

Perfect example, Arlen Specter. He won PA by much much larger margins than Toomey did. There are a lot of Huntsman Republicans. Think Michael Smerconish types.Posted by: Ben

Terrible, embarrassingly bad example. What did Specter do after he lost the primary?

Turned Democrat.

123 I follow politics fairly closely and didn't know Hunty from Adam before the MFM started talking him up.That's why I suspect him.He seems worse than the average country club R to me.

124

>>>That with the "give it to me because it's my birthright" cherry on the top. 

It's a shame. I have a lot of respect for his fathers accomplishments.

125 I think Obama may even be transcending stuttering-clusterfuck-of-a-miserable-failure-ness and achieving stuttering-clusterfuck-of-a-clueless-miserable-failure-hood.

126 @83.. you're right, I AM ignoring it because it shouldn't have been even considered to begin with. To me, a person like that will just find a more sneaky way to not get noticed. He fucked up... big.. and now has A LOT to prove for me to trust him. So I am being VERY critical, perhaps over critical, on purpose. Shouldn't we all be with the way the political scene has been moving? If he came out and said, "I will repeal the Patriot Act and make it illegal to impose anything similar".. I would consider that a +.. then to actually do it if he were elected, well, then I would more inclined to support him. Until that day..

127 Poor Jim Jim, he's seeing his dream of President Romney going up in a Texas sized puff of smoke.  He's so upset he's been lashing out at 87 year old women.

128 That with the "give it to me because it's my birthright" cherry on the top. 

He's a nasty piece of work. I'm not sure I could vote for him in the general, frankly. 
Posted by: Y-not

That.  He makes my skin crawl.  You couldn't take enough showers to wash away the Huntsman stink.  The phony smile, the spray on tan, he is revolting in so many ways.  Lets count them, shall we?

129 anybody near lehigh valley pa just feel a tremor?

130 The press may love Huntsman now, but that's because he's harmless.  They'll turn on him like a pack of wolves if his campaign gains any traction.  Not that it will.

The left loves three types of Republicans.  The harmless, the dead, and of course mavericks, providing the maverick doesn't actually win the nomination of course.

131 It's a shame. I have a lot of respect for his fathers accomplishments.

Yeah, although I'm even starting to hear some negative things about dad (and his ego). 

And, really, his philanthropy in health care was entirely self-serving.  He's had cancer four times.  (His wife recounted how Huntsman Sr. decided to start the cancer center at a gala I attended recently.) 

Another prosperous (and philanthropic) Mormon, Robert Gay, seems like a much nicer man than Huntsman.

132 mpfs, if it makes you feel better, I have a crappy smile and no tan, and I'd be happy to take showers with you.

133 anybody near lehigh valley pa just feel a tremor?

Posted by: alexthedude

 

We just felt something VERY weird in Wilmington Delaware. The entire floor where I work noticed it.

134 UHHHH!! we just had an earthquake! in Chester County PA!

135 O/T Guys in D.C. are telling me they think they felt an earthquake.

136

>>>Terrible, embarrassingly bad example. What did Specter do after he lost the primary?

 

I guess my point went over your head if you think that.

 

137 It's a shame. I have a lot of respect for his fathers accomplishments.

I will say, the tan may be authentic.  Everyone in Utah has a tan, especially the men.  They stay very fit out here, but their skin really takes a beating from the altitude and weather.

138 @131 Holy Fuck! NoVa here. Broke some shit at my house. It was a 5.8 about midway between Richmond and Charlottesville.

139

Terrible, embarrassingly bad example. What did Specter do after he lost the primary?

Turned Democrat.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 23, 2011 01:51 PM (DEcmU)

he turned Dem BEFORE the primary.  He lost to Sestak in the DEM PRIMARY.

140

>>>Guys in D.C. are telling me they think they felt an earthquake.

I just felt one here in the South West PA.

It was the first one i've ever felt.

The ground shook ever so slightly for about 20 seconds

141 mpfs, if it makes you feel better, I have a crappy smile and no tan, and I'd be happy to take showers with you. Posted by: Truman North, TPT

Hmmm....interesting.

Huntsman is like the Manchurian Candidate.

142 Uhhhh.... Did we just get an eayhquake in Maryland?

143 Be careful, earthquake feelers.

Make sure to check your gas lines.

144 Posted by: UGrev at August 23, 2011 01:35 PM (yBuLL) Hey, gang, MM is here! What meds and dosages have they got you on, girl, 'cause you are sooooooo mellow compared to last week!

145 It's that damn Tea party. Now they are causing Eartquakes.

146 holy shit, earthquake in NJ !!

147 SCOAMF is at 38/54 approve/disapprove today.  Must be that post-Libya "bounce" the media is telling me about.  

148 The earthquake is clearly Obama's "bad luck" again.

149 Just heard the same from Tyson's Corner. Earthquake delaying meeting

150 142

That's like a tap on the shoulder kids.

Come to California and really feel the earth move...get your minds out of the gutter morons.

151 That.  He makes my skin crawl.  You couldn't take enough showers to wash away the Huntsman stink.  The phony smile, the spray on tan, he is revolting in so many ways.  Lets count them, shall we?

Posted by: mpfs, TPT

 

Don't forget the laptop.

152 Maybe the earth is fixing to swallow DC.  Knock on wood.

153 It's that damn Tea party. Now they are causing Eartquakes.

Is that like an earthquake????? 

154 I was in Palm Springs for a really big quake. this was NOTHING but still! second one I've felt out here in my lifetime

155

Thanks Y-Not, good advice.

I've never felt that before. In my area we never get hit by any natural disasters.

I doubt any damage was done here. Everything just swayed a little bit.

156 felt earthquake here in NC

157 @112- So, what you're saying is that, despite impressive job growth, we've had so much more population growth that our unemployment rate has grown.

Tell me, again, why that's a bad thing?

Especially in comparison to the "Food Stamps and Unemployment Checks are good for the economy" administration.

Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.
You're not even that good.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at August 23, 2011 01:50 PM (8y9MW)

 

--Point is that almost a 25 year high in Texas' unemployment rate may not play all that well on the campaign trail, even with all of the immigration to Texas.

158 can you believe this shit? wtf?!?

159 crony capitalism > crony socialism

160 148 holy shit, earthquake in NJ !!

Cue the Christie jokes.

161 ***Warthog: I'm about to take back some of my swear word ration***

Posted by: UGrev at August 23, 2011 01:53 PM (yBuLL)

You are a fucking idiot.  No.  Fucking idiots are smarter than you- they can at least figure out what their bodies are for.

You concern is very touching, I'm sure.  To the Democrats whom you represent.  Who, exactly, do you think is better, based on your criteria?

Mitt RomneyCare?
Michelle "I get pork, too" Bachman?
I know, Ron "I've made anti-Semitic Remarks" Paul.
Oh, wait, no! Sarah "I quit my job and decided to make millions" Palin.

I would expound further, I but I believe that would be too much for your brain, which bears closest resemblance to that of a retarded sponge-fungus on a week long bender.  I dare not consider your parentage or self-awareness.

Now go away and let people with human-sized brains talk.  Troll.

162 I'm in a subway (sub shop) in silver spring, md.

163 140 @131

Holy Fuck! NoVa here. Broke some shit at my house.

It was a 5.8 about midway between Richmond and Charlottesville.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at August 23, 2011 01:56 PM (cbyrC)

Ok.  We need to get a pool started on how long it takes SCOAMF to incorporate this into his list of disasters that have effected the economy.

Hope nothing too important broke, FRONT.

164 A: Huntsman's a RINO
Ben: No, he's not. Think of Specter
Me: Specter's a Democrat
You: Specter's a Democrat

I'm glad we agree.

165 I was reading on a blog about an earthquake in DC or VA? Not on news yet. Any truth?

166 Hey! Where's Perry?

167 Hey, delurking, I'm in Lansdale PA, there was a small small tremor (like no one else in the starbucks I'm i felt it, but I'm from L.A., so I'm like attuned or something). My husband is in D.C. and called and said there was a big shake for about 10 seconds. His co-workers were freaking out and one ran out of the building.

168 155, Why yes, yes it is. In white house speak it would be Erfqwake.

169 Felt it here in Lebanon, PA.  The building I"m in swayed for several seconds...I thought I was having a hunger headache or something.  Dear Lord...hope everyone's alright.

170 Earthquake yesterday in CO, today in VA.  All according to plan.

171

163 148 holy shit, earthquake in NJ !!

Cue the Christie jokes.

Nice, I actually did not see that coming...ohh the missed possibilities.

 

172 Holy Fuck! NoVa here. Broke some shit at my house.

Felt it here in central CT.

173 Don't forget, the local geology affects how badly you feel an earthquake.  It's not all about the magnitude. 


I remember feeling one in Vermont.  Granite may be a good conductor or something.

174 7 Plagues?

175 Sorry, not in Lebanon,but in Dauphin County, PA.

176 159

Lay off the hash Jim.

177 HOLY SHIT!!  The glasses in my cabinets banging together, the chandelier swaying.  I've never felt that before.

178 175 I can't think of any!!

179 Relax everybody, not an earthquake, just Obama's poll numbers hitting the floor again.

180 Mother Nature is pissed.  She was aiming at Martha's Vineyard.

181 Texas' unemployment rate is now at a 20+ year high of 8.4%.

Compare with lefty Cali at 11.8
Michigan at 10.5
Nevada 12.4

And that's while Texas increased their population by 15% over the last five years.

Compare with Cali growing only 3% in the same time period.

182

Out of topic, but it was earthquake in NY and NJ.

 Just happens. It was not big one, but our office building was shaking No damage, but a litle scary

183 Posted by: Jim at August 23, 2011 01:58 PM (YwDKF)

See also: 164.

184

 holy shit, earthquake in NJ !!

Christie is running?!?

185 173 Felt it here in Lebanon, PA.  The building I"m in swayed for several seconds...I thought I was having a hunger headache or something.

Be careful opening your lab fridges and freezers, Kratos (if you're in the lab). 

186 177 Don't forget, the local geology affects how badly you feel an earthquake.  It's not all about the magnitude. 

Posted by: Y-not at August 23, 2011 02:00 PM (5H6zj)

TWSS

187 Went through a 5.5 in Ca in the eighties. It's a feeling you don't forget.

188 Just felt it in north central Jersey. It was just a slight shaking and some people could probably not notice depending on what they were doing. My tv was moving slightly

189 DAMN.  Just got off the phone with my husband in South Carolina here and he said they just had a frigging earthquake at the office.  A person in the office happened to be on the phone with someone in New York and the NY guy said, I gotta go, the windows are rattling. 

WTF?!

190 Here:
Widespread reports of an earthquake, centered, reportedly, in Virginia - from NBC News broadcast, twitter.

191 Felt it here in the sticks near Philly. Darn it, my to brothers are in DC/VA.

192 Was the PoliticalMath blog post (Rick Perry and Texas Job Numbers) ever mentioned? It went over this very thing, with graphs!

http://is.gd/0QhX0P

193

 felt earthquake here in NC

OH THANK GOD!  I thought I was having a stroke.  That was a wee bit freaky. 

Also, relevant to nothing other than awesomeness, is Geraldo going to go lash himself to a tree for the hurricane?  Pleeeeeaaaaasssseeee?  I've been good!  Ish!  As far as anyone can tell!

 

 

194

Ok.  We need to get a pool started on how long it takes SCOAMF to incorporate this into his list of disasters that have effected the economy.

 

Posted by: alexthedude at August 23, 2011 01:59 PM (iXOor)

You just know it will be blaming on hydraulic fracturing.

195 5.8 in Virginia.

196

Texas' success is real, nothing mythical about that, but it has nothing to do with Perry.  Perry is corrupt as the day is long.  He is owned by special interests.  He will do or say anything.  Just look at his record. 

His baby was the Trans-Texas corridor.  He wanted to imminent domain over a million acres of private property to build a massive toll-road that TX taypayers would fund, but then would be handed over to a Spanish contractor to build and then operate/maintain after the fact.  Every study showed the highway would do nothing but hurt our economy.  We didn't need the road, it would hurt small downs, forcing people to drive for miles to find bridges to get across this 1/4-mile wide beheamouth toll road.  It would provide high-speed transport connecting Mexico to the northern states, driving business we currently get to them.  Nobody was in favor of this highway.  Perry refused to put it to a popular vote. 

Perry has continuously vetoed legislation that would have deregulated healthcare in TX and allowed for more competition.  Right now the way our system is designed, doctors band together in regional lobbys and have absolute control over local healthcare markets.  You can think of it like a union, but encompasing an entire geographic region.  What is a patient going to do, drive to a different hospital or doctor a hundreds of miles away?  It's not a free market economy.  These doctor lobbys seek to maintain provider shortages so as to raise demand and income for themselves.  They will not allow competition.  They also push the burden of government-imposed losses onto private providers like hospitals.  State and federal government requires by law that hospitals provide certain services but then when patients don't pay they do no reimburse for these losses.  End result, hospitals raise prices on everybody else.  The healthcare system is very corrupt.  Repeated legislation has gone to his desk that would greatly serve to ease these problems by making the market more free and competitive, busting up the power of these doctor lobbys.  Perry always vetos.

Yet on the other hand Perry rammed through legislation requiring sonograms before an abortion.  A nice feel-good measure, but this actually increases healthcare costs!  Not by a lot, but nonetheless.

Perry has handed out countless billions to his contributors in the form of state contracts, many of them for jobs that weren't necessary to begin with.  He has helped big companies maintain unfair competitive edges over new smaller companies.

Perry might do a few things right.  Certainly better than Obama, but we can and should do a lot better.

197 currently evacuating the Pentagon, saying 5.8 in DC.

198

>>>Felt it here in Lebanon, PA. The building I"m in swayed for several seconds...I thought I was having a hunger headache or something. Dear Lord...hope everyone's alright.

HAHA. I thought the same thing. I assumed I was having some sort of mental issue, lack of water or something like that.

It was kinda enjoyable. Everything just swayed for like 20 seconds.

I doubt there was any damage in the area

199

wiserbud - my dad said he felt it about 30 miles east of you.

184 - alexthedude, that would be more than 5.8 magnitude.

200 USGS put it in VA.

201 197 Was the PoliticalMath blog post (Rick Perry and Texas Job Numbers) ever mentioned? It went over this very thing, with graphs!

http://is.gd/0QhX0P

Graphs are racist.
Or sexist.
Or unconstitutional.
Or something. 


(Thanks for re-posting that link, btw.)

202 Earthquake?

Did Palin announce?

203 Ok, Meghan saying 6.0. Pity Congress not in session to see Reid run out of Capitol.

204 Oh, and for those of you who have to worry about earthquakes, here's the front page of the best tracking site.

205 Dear God,

You missed.

Sincerely,

mpfs

206 Let's see if Obama stays on vacay.

207 This perry dude is shaping up to make a great vp pick for Teh Sarah!! Just saying, don't be haters

208 well that's annoying.  All circuits are busy when I tried to call my dad in MD.

209 If he came out and said, "I will repeal the Patriot Act and make it illegal to impose anything similar".. I would consider that a +.. then to actually do it if he were elected, well, then I would more inclined to support him. Until that day..

Posted by: UGrev at August 23, 2011 01:53 PM (yBuLL)

Oh, the concern, it glows!

210 Seems the USGS site crashed.  Gov't when you need it.

211 5.8 Virginia, 6 km in depth. 

Been through worse but I hope all you morons are a-o-kay

212

 He wanted to imminent domain over a million acres of private property to build a massive toll-road that TX taypayers...

 

This is a brilliant point. 

 

 

 

213 Hmmm, felt it here in the suburbs of Philly. No problem, I wasn't getting anything done anyway.

214 Well. That was special.

215 well that's annoying.  All circuits are busy when I tried to call my dad in MD.
Posted by: Y-not

If he has a cell texting usually can get through.

216 Have been in earthquakes before in Utah. Makes you feel dizzy or like many morons feel after drinking (I thought so, at the time, but stuff fell off wall and I knew it was not just me...the walls creaking as well were a clue). It can be scary. Hope it is over for y'all.

217 "Hope nothing too important broke, FRONT." Thanks. A couple bottles of wine and it knocked the fire extinguisher off the wall in the kitchen. Luckily none of my liquor was damaged. BTW: http://earthquake.usgs.gov They post it as a 5.9 now.

218 All circuits are busy when I tried to call my dad in MD.

Important emergency tip: it's easier to call out than call in during an emergency. Before it happens, pick someone you're going to call out of state, and have your family call them for updates.

219 201

Andrew do you enjoy working for Karl Rove? 

220 Was on a conference line holding for a meeting with DC and all of sudden it started sounding like the hold recording was slowing and speeding up randomly.

221 Posted by: Andrew at August 23, 2011 02:04 PM (HS3dy)

More concern!

222 @136.. I felt it in Syracuse...

223

 He wanted to imminent domain over a million acres of private property to build a massive toll-road that TX taypayers...

 

This is a brilliant point. 

 

 Posted by: garrett

Oh garrett SNAP!  Clang, clang goes the idiot Andrew.

224 Dear God,

You missed.

Sincerely,

mpfs

Posted by: mpfs, TPT

 

Dear Lord, I know that you could zap me at any time, and that what I just experienced was merely a warning shot, in your own oh-so subtle way. If you do happen to slip into smiting mode, remember those who sneered at your aim.

225 If he has a cell texting usually can get through.

Funny you should mention that.  Yesterday (?) some folks here were discussing odd parental behaviors, such as not telling their kids about major medical problems etc. 

Anyway, my dad (who is in his late 70s) - for some reason that completely escapes me - will not give me his cell phone number.  He has a cell phone for emergencies, but I am not to know the number.  I guess he thinks I'd call it all the time and use up his minutes or something.  It's truly bizarre. 

226

Navycopjoe aka uber palinista

 

I just had a guy drop off a super early, Custom Shop, Michael Schenker Flying V.

 

227 Dear God,

You missed.

It's my understanding that was a spotting round for the real effect, which is Hurricane Irene.

228 Blue Hen may need a diaper change


LOL

229 nuevo threado

230 Anyway, my dad (who is in his late 70s) - for some reason that completely escapes me - will not give me his cell phone number.  He has a cell phone for emergencies, but I am not to know the number.  I guess he thinks I'd call it all the time and use up his minutes or something.  It's truly bizarre. 

Posted by: Y-not at August 23, 2011 02:10 PM (5H6zj)

My Dad had been reluctant to have me drive the truck while he rode his Harley (to Sturgis) because if an accident happened, I would see him in bad shape. We went anyway, and it worked out all right. But yea, parents tend to want to spare their kids from seeing them in dire straits.

231

@226,

Karl Rove?  He's about as special interest as you can find.  Perhaps you should read my post again, that's exactly what I don't want.

@230,

Did you just call me an idiot?  Perhaps you can point out a specific thing I said that is false.  Perry's record speaks for itself, for those who care to do more than simply take Perry at his word, which consistently changes with polling data.

232 234. If I wasn't sitting in the car I would fap over that!

233

Congresswoman blames black unemployment on racism, ignores the ‘funny hat’ effect.

234 @Allen. I'm a libertarian. but thanks for playing. Maybe I grew up in household where lying was un-acceptable, and conniving was equally unacceptable. I didn't read the rest of your post because it was more "blah blah".. I've heard it before from republicans who are just as emotionally driven as the progressives. Sorry, I don't need that "But he said he was sorry". BULLSHIT.. he thought about himself and his fucking buddies at merck first. Cognitive dissonance.. address it.

235

 If I wasn't sitting in the car I would fap over that!

 

He wants me to sell it for him.  Looks like it is an 84-5.  With a Custom Shop logo on it.  

I have never seen one carrying the C.Shop stamp before.

236

lol quake virgins

237 Maybe Perry could get GE to ban cheap, non-hazardous light bulbs. And Perry could send billions, if not trillions, of dollars to his buddies on Wall Street. Oops, sorry, that was Obama.

238 @ 91 Steevy, I have thought that from day one of Huntman's campaign. Wonder what the kickback is.

239 I called a guy in Virginia a few minutes after it happened. I asked him if he needed to go out and drain out some adrenaline. He said "Naw, I already shit my pants, it wouldn't do any good"

240 I tried to get on the Perry bandwagon but I just can't do it. I've never been impressed by him as Governor though I voted for him as he was the Republican candidate. Frankly it would have been difficult for any Republican to screw the pooch in this red state. Perry would have though if not reined in by fellow Republicans. I'm presently a man without a candidate.

241 The Earth is trying to shake B+rry off.

242 When you've lost UGrev you've lost, well, not much as it turns out.

Perry's toenail fungus > Shankopotamus Rex.

243 Texas has open records law. Most Texans are shrugging at all this fuss cause if Perry or any other politician did anything crooked according to Texas Law it would have been caught by now. Most folks don't want to tango with Greg Abbott.

244 The washington coyotes and hyaenas have heard that Rick Perry is coming and it the news has rendered unto them a state of shivering shit-itis.

245

The SCoaMF's Department of Blamethrowing has determined that the 5.9 quake was caused by...the Bush Faultline.

All subsequent aftershocks and the damages sustained therefrom will be attributed to...Bush's Fault.

246 Perry has a lot of baggage as the longest-serving governor in the nation's second largest state. What we need is a junior US Senator in his first term with no legislative, business, military or executive experience.

We need someone who drops out of nowhere like a coconut out of a palm tree.  Someone who has two self-aggrandizing, ghost-written autobiographies before he's 45 years-old, but no other verifiable record before the age of 35.  Someone who spouts vague and gauzy cliches ad nauseam from a teleprompter. 

Shit, we're screwed.  The worst candidates we have are a successful governor from Utah and an ex-Speaker of the House.

247 I have been quite impressive with your posts, keep up the great work.