January 31, 2012
— LauraW Current State Of The National Race:
'All Dead Inside Now' still commands an insurmountable advantage over all.
Obama edges both Mitt and Gingrich; Mitt gaining more ground over Gingrich.
Despair not. A new candidate has thrown his enormous bulk into the field. A Mr. SMOD. Campaign announcement materials received by AOSHQ are below the fold.
"Howdy! I am an enormous chunk of rock hurtling through space for now, but hoping for a chance to profoundly change the world for the better. I want to stop the partisan sniping and bickering of rivals that characterizes the political process. And I want you to never have to vote for the lesser of two evils ever again.My platform: Death. To expunge. The annihilation of all life on Earth. Some say I am naive and doomed to failure, since bacteria, certain ocean creatures, and some insects will surely survive my planet-wracking onslaught. I concede that my critics may technically have a point.
But the truth is, I've always been a 'half-a-loaf-of-bread-is-better-than-none' kind of guy."
SMOD: An End To Politics As Usual. Forever.
This Candidate Has Been Endorsed By The Sierra Club™
Oh, my. My, my. Hm. I like how he said, "Howdy."
That connects powerfully to a) the Heartland demographic who b) wants the world to end suddenly in violent chaos as soon as possible.
Shrewd. Very well played.
Well!
Looks like All Dead Inside seems to have some competition now, eh Morons!
Oh, this is going to be a lively race indeed. We will be sure to keep you updated as to Mr. SMOD's progress. We're going to be guessing his trajectory and selling squares for placing bets on the impact location at the Amazon store.
The top prize will be that you were right about something just before death. That will be a very nifty moment for you.
On to our regularly scheduled Meet The Candidates Revival Post.
In 2010, we ran an occasional showcase for Moron-approved House and Senate candidates and hey why not, let's do it again.
In the comments below, please name the candidates running for national office that you like, preferably from your state, but not necessarily, if they're really that exciting to you.
I will compile a list of your recommendations and try to showcase one or two of them on a weekly or biweekly basis. If you could include a little url or two in there to help me out research-wise that would be great, because there are going to be a lot of these and it's already a pretty time-consuming project.
If you're too embarrassed to publicly admit who you are supporting, you may email me directly at laura w tips AT hot mail DOOT COOM.
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Posted by: Barry Obama at January 31, 2012 06:15 AM (lXi+d)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 31, 2012 06:16 AM (8y9MW)
Bring the meteor!
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 31, 2012 06:17 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: Snake Plisskin at January 31, 2012 06:19 AM (Ybl9g)
It's hard to decide because they both bring so much to the table.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 31, 2012 06:20 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: CDR M at January 31, 2012 06:21 AM (Ybl9g)
Posted by: JR at January 31, 2012 06:22 AM (gWOju)
Posted by: Waterhouse at January 31, 2012 06:22 AM (9pGza)
I'm supporting Keith Rothfus. He's running for Congress in the newly formed PA-12.
Pennsylvania lost a House seat in redistricting, so they merged PA-4 and PA-12 into the new PA-12.
The old PA-12 was Jack Murtha's district.
Both PA-4 and PA-12 have democratic Representatives, Jason Altmire and Mark Critz. They will have to run against each other in a primary since the districts were merged.
Keith Rothfus ran in 2010 against Altmire and lost by about 3,000 votes. He's running again, unopposed in the primaries. He's a Reagan conservative.
I spent two hours with him yesterday walking door to door getting petitions signed to ensure he's on the ballot.
Posted by: Ben at January 31, 2012 06:23 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: phoenixgirl....a voter without a candidate at January 31, 2012 06:25 AM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: Lance McCormick, solidly on Team Prime (for now) at January 31, 2012 06:27 AM (bp264)
Posted by: Newt Gingrich - Idea Man at January 31, 2012 06:30 AM (136wp)
Posted by: skinbad at January 31, 2012 06:30 AM (2Ca7o)
The only other thing I want is to see Claire McCaskill tossed out on her fat ass. John Brenner is running against her. Jacob Turk is running against Emanuel Cleaver for the 4th time. Has a better shot this time with the re-districting. But if he loses this one, he needs to hang it up.
Posted by: jewells45 at January 31, 2012 06:31 AM (l/N7H)
Posted by: blaster at January 31, 2012 06:32 AM (wMMGS)
Posted by: scottst at January 31, 2012 06:32 AM (kVfSU)
Posted by: sleepy-beans at January 31, 2012 06:33 AM (xvAbw)
Posted by: blaster at January 31, 2012 06:33 AM (wMMGS)
Posted by: SMODpac at January 31, 2012 06:34 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: DarkLord©, Rogue Commenter at January 31, 2012 06:36 AM (GBXon)
(The Dems are rapidly winnowing their field to meet filing deadlines, and I expect a big Lib.)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 31, 2012 06:36 AM (HethX)
>>>Oh, my. My, my. Hm. I like how he said, "Howdy."
SMOD must be from the Southern side of the asteroid belt, and therefore more gracious.
Posted by: maddogg at January 31, 2012 06:36 AM (OlN4e)
Breaking SMOD not really planning to hit earth but will be captured by Lagrangian L3
Posted by: NewtPac at January 31, 2012 06:36 AM (136wp)
Posted by: Sarah Palin at January 31, 2012 06:36 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Fritz at January 31, 2012 06:39 AM (/ZZCn)
Team SMOD 2012!
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 31, 2012 06:39 AM (UOM48)
With God as my witness, I had nothing to do with that.
Posted by: Rodney McKay at January 31, 2012 06:39 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 31, 2012 06:39 AM (i6RpT)
Posted by: Lady in Black....{sigh} at January 31, 2012 06:39 AM (F+Xfj)
Posted by: Ben at January 31, 2012 06:40 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: jeannebodine, Team Meteor-Bot at January 31, 2012 06:40 AM (byR8d)
Posted by: MittPAC at January 31, 2012 06:40 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: maddogg at January 31, 2012 06:42 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Mitt Romney at January 31, 2012 06:42 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 31, 2012 06:42 AM (UOM48)
What is SMOD's position on the Washington DC bureaucracy?
Will it obliterate them all by hitting DC dead center? If so, I can in good conscience support SMOD over my other favorite, "None of the above".
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at January 31, 2012 06:43 AM (6BgmB)
Posted by: Ivar the Boneless at January 31, 2012 06:43 AM (tiIIy)
Posted by: Truman North at January 31, 2012 06:44 AM (I2LwF)
>>>What is SMOD's position on the Washington DC bureaucracy?
He's against them, or will be shortly....
Posted by: maddogg at January 31, 2012 06:44 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: The Bears at January 31, 2012 06:45 AM (tiIIy)
Posted by: @newtscouch at January 31, 2012 10:44 AM (3k1Ge)
SMOD/Yellowstone 2012!
Posted by: The Robot Devil at January 31, 2012 06:45 AM (136wp)
Don't believe it. There is no way this can be true. It is The Narrative.
Posted by: dogfish at January 31, 2012 06:45 AM (NuPNl)
Posted by: phoenixgirl....a voter without a candidate at January 31, 2012 06:45 AM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: Cthluthu at January 31, 2012 06:45 AM (AH8RI)
You didn't hear? Christie is a racist -- at least according to a Dem representative in NJ.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at January 31, 2012 06:46 AM (nEUpB)
Nothing - not even SMOD - can snuff out cockroaches and gummint entitlement programs.
SMOD is merely pandering to the Tea Party.
Posted by: Jaws at January 31, 2012 06:46 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: M80B at January 31, 2012 06:46 AM (d6QMz)
Posted by: phoenixgirl....a voter without a candidate at January 31, 2012 10:45 AM (Ho2rs)
You know, when I see those commercials I think "could you possibly get any gayer"?
Posted by: maddogg at January 31, 2012 06:47 AM (OlN4e)
...do you really need special land to fuck grizzly bears?
(And wouldn't you want to do that closer to hospitals?)
Posted by: HeatherRadish needs a beer at January 31, 2012 06:47 AM (ZKzrr)
Vote for the fucking Y to Y Project or we will fucking rip your guts out and use your head as a chew toy.
Posted by: The Bears at January 31, 2012 10:45 AM (tiIIy)
Why don't you bears pay a visit to Oakland? I hear there are some tasty hippies there.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 31, 2012 06:47 AM (UOM48)
Just vote for the evil, you know you want to
Evil is just EINO, evil in name only. I will no longer vote for evil.
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at January 31, 2012 06:48 AM (6BgmB)
Barry Hickley is challenging Sheldon Whitehouse for senate in Rhode Island. He's got a shot.
Scott Brown will face a fight in MA. I like his chances.
In Barney Frank's old district, which is open this time, Sean Bielat has a very good shot of winning. MA-4.
Throw them some jack. I'll be volunteering for all of them.
Posted by: Truman North at January 31, 2012 06:48 AM (I2LwF)
You know, when I see those commercials I think "could you possibly get any gayer"?
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Only if the 2013 models have a fanny hatch.
Posted by: fixerupper at January 31, 2012 06:48 AM (C8hzL)
Posted by: Cthluthu at January 31, 2012 10:45 AM (AH8RI)
Problem with voting for evil is that Obama gets re-elected. If (and only if) you promised to melt his eyes out on the White House lawn will I vote for you...
Posted by: The Robot Devil at January 31, 2012 06:48 AM (136wp)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 31, 2012 06:49 AM (i6RpT)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 31, 2012 06:50 AM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: phoenixgirl....a voter without a candidate at January 31, 2012 06:50 AM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: Mitt Romney at January 31, 2012 06:51 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 31, 2012 10:49 AM (i6RpT)
Yea, it could be worse... we could collide with a meteor and survive. Then we have the deficit and pay to clean-up the meteor...
Posted by: The Robot Devil at January 31, 2012 06:51 AM (136wp)
Posted by: phoenixgirl....a voter without a candidate at January 31, 2012 10:50 AM (Ho2rs)
Don't you mean acess hatch?
Posted by: maddogg at January 31, 2012 06:51 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Elwood Blues at January 31, 2012 06:51 AM (zAZNI)
Posted by: phoenixgirl....a voter without a candidate at January 31, 2012 06:52 AM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at January 31, 2012 06:52 AM (rVZe/)
now there is the forever lazy.....it's a snuggie onesie pajama complete with a poop shoot.......
Posted by: phoenixgirl....a voter without a candidate at January 31, 2012 10:50 AM (Ho2rs)
I hear ambrosia has one for each day of the week. And they're all pink, the "color of cancer."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 31, 2012 06:52 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 31, 2012 06:52 AM (tf9Ne)
Yea, it could be worse... we could collide with a meteor and survive. Then we have the deficit and pay to clean-up the meteor...
Stimulus!
Posted by: Truman North at January 31, 2012 06:52 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 31, 2012 06:52 AM (HethX)
Posted by: The Mayans at January 31, 2012 10:52 AM (z63Tr)
That just rips my heart out....
Posted by: The Robot Devil at January 31, 2012 06:52 AM (136wp)
Posted by: Ms Choksondik, LINO at January 31, 2012 06:53 AM (fYOZx)
Posted by: Jaws at January 31, 2012 06:54 AM (4I3Uo)
You're not a Red Sox fan, are you?
No, of course not. You can spell, and are often rational. I apologize for suggesting it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at January 31, 2012 06:55 AM (nEUpB)
There was that one time he was caught saying, "It's a baby-killer." or somesuch back around the Obamacare debate.
But, I never see his name leading anything.
The impression I get is he somehow or other has a significant personal wealth and good connections with the cotton farmers. Which pretty much means the office is his until retirement. As long as he always votes for the current Farm Bill welfare handout.
I've met him a few times, a nice grandpa-with-hearing-aids fellow.
There's no reason for me to vote in November; anyone I can vote for will win this county with 65%+.
Posted by: Jimmuy at January 31, 2012 06:55 AM (7jkW7)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 31, 2012 06:55 AM (i6RpT)
Posted by: Elwood Blues at January 31, 2012 10:51 AM (zAZNI)
Posted by: Jake Blues at January 31, 2012 06:56 AM (136wp)
Posted by: maddogg at January 31, 2012 06:56 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: dagny at January 31, 2012 06:56 AM (0BpYu)
Posted by: blindside at January 31, 2012 06:57 AM (x7g7t)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 31, 2012 06:57 AM (HethX)
Posted by: Rick Perry at January 31, 2012 06:57 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Newt Gingrich, Carrying the Torch for Reagan at January 31, 2012 06:57 AM (zAZNI)
Posted by: dagny at January 31, 2012 10:56 AM (0BpYu)
But aren't you dying to hear what her leftard friends think about SMOD?
Posted by: maddogg at January 31, 2012 06:58 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: willow at January 31, 2012 06:58 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 31, 2012 06:59 AM (i6RpT)
Yeah... but he's a lawyer. I think there are enough lawyers in the Senate already.
Of course, his opposition is David Dewhurst (who is also a lawyer), Tom Leppert (who was liberal enough to get elected in Dallas), and two other people whose names I don't even know.
So, yeah, not liking my choices there.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 31, 2012 06:59 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: HeatherRadish needs a beer at January 31, 2012 06:59 AM (ZKzrr)
>>But aren't you dying to hear what her leftard friends think about SMOD?
They will link her then us to pron featuring the SMOD and black 'holes.
Posted by: dagny at January 31, 2012 06:59 AM (0BpYu)
Posted by: Andy at January 31, 2012 07:00 AM (HXLDG)
Posted by: Will Folks at January 31, 2012 07:00 AM (fYOZx)
And I agree, Obama leading anything is total bullshit.
Posted by: Iblis at January 31, 2012 07:00 AM (MQa8z)
Posted by: Jimmuy at January 31, 2012 07:00 AM (7jkW7)
Doesn't seem to respect a woman's right to choose extinction, either.
Posted by: HeatherRadish needs a beer at January 31, 2012 07:01 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: maddogg at January 31, 2012 07:01 AM (OlN4e)
Isn't that just one of those oldtimey Union Suits?
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 31, 2012 07:01 AM (tf9Ne)
Deer SMOD: you don't know the power of the dark side. You shall be deflected back into the cold, dark, depths of space. I laugh at your superior intellect!
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at January 31, 2012 07:01 AM (1hM1d)
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at January 31, 2012 07:01 AM (6BgmB)
Posted by: Newt Gingrich at January 31, 2012 07:01 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Debbie Washedup-Shitforbrains at January 31, 2012 07:02 AM (fYOZx)
If you don't mind me asking, why do you prefer Michael to Roger?
Like I said, I think they both have so much to recommend them that I'm having a hard time deciding.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 31, 2012 07:03 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Preznit Stumblefuck at January 31, 2012 07:03 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: Mitt Romney at January 31, 2012 07:05 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at January 31, 2012 07:05 AM (9pCH+)
"And to punch home its message, the non-partisan agency outlines an especially grim scenario in which Congress not only extends all the current tax cuts but pulls the plug on the $1.2 trillion in sequester set in motion by the Budget Control Act last summer."
Posted by: M80B at January 31, 2012 07:05 AM (d6QMz)
Candidate Smod, I do like the cut of his/her jib. If it is at all possible, I would like to have landfall somewhere far enough away so that death does not immediately occur in my vicinity.
Why?
Because of course, I would like to have some relatively short amount of time in which to mete out some of that sweet, sweet death to those I deem worthy. Yes, we all die eventually, what better way for me however, to be the bringer of their demise. It might help ALL of us achieve some closure... because I'm a giver!
Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2012 07:06 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Preznit Stumblefuck at January 31, 2012 11:03 AM (UOM4
No they don't, that's Moosechelle's strap-on making your ass look fat.
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at January 31, 2012 07:07 AM (6BgmB)
Posted by: Jaws at January 31, 2012 07:08 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: Preznit Stumblefuck at January 31, 2012 11:03 AM (UOM4
SMOD better leave some conservatives alive to help repair the damage, we know some people would be unwilling to get a little dirty.
Posted by: willow at January 31, 2012 07:09 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at January 31, 2012 07:09 AM (rVZe/)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 31, 2012 07:09 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: phoenixgirl....a voter without a candidate at January 31, 2012 07:11 AM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: Herman Cain at January 31, 2012 07:11 AM (OhYCU)
Posted by: maddogg at January 31, 2012 07:11 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 31, 2012 11:09 AM (SY2Kh)
All the time using up all the gravitational assists in the Solar System...
Posted by: The Robot Devil at January 31, 2012 07:12 AM (136wp)
Posted by: Oreally Taintz at January 31, 2012 07:12 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: M80B at January 31, 2012 07:13 AM (d6QMz)
Posted by: blaster at January 31, 2012 07:13 AM (wMMGS)
Posted by: phoenixgirl....a voter without a candidate at January 31, 2012 07:13 AM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: maddogg at January 31, 2012 11:11 AM (OlN4e)
It was my patented Meteor of Death Generator. Haliburton built it, of course.
Posted by: Dick Cheney at January 31, 2012 07:13 AM (fYOZx)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 31, 2012 07:13 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 31, 2012 07:15 AM (sHY5w)
Posted by: MSM at January 31, 2012 07:15 AM (OhYCU)
Posted by: Helpful Pundit at January 31, 2012 07:15 AM (nMROO)
Posted by: Jaws at January 31, 2012 07:16 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: bill glass at January 31, 2012 07:16 AM (QOxpg)
Oh by the way, since you were asking about local races, we have one coming up here. An important office, we have two main candidates. One is a RINO, the other a real Tea Party type. The RINO will outspend, and thus win the primary, and most likely go on to beat his Dem opponent in the fall, thus making us and the nation, happy as clams.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss...
Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2012 07:16 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: lincolntf at January 31, 2012 07:17 AM (hiMsy)
What's not to like?
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 31, 2012 07:17 AM (m9V7b)
Posted by: John McCain at January 31, 2012 07:17 AM (kaOJx)
My Congresscritter is Duncan Hunter Jr.
My Senators, forget it, what's the point.
When the primary comes around (yeah like my vote will count) Santorum.
Posted by: mpfs at January 31, 2012 07:18 AM (iYbLN)
Posted by: phoenixgirl....a voter without a candidate at January 31, 2012 07:18 AM (Ho2rs)
Kratos might be a little testy with the wanton stealing His chaos theme.
Posted by: willow at January 31, 2012 07:18 AM (TomZ9)
I just wanted to second (third?) Mourdock over Lugar for senate here in Indiana. I did some phone banking for Mourdock last week, and the general sense of the campaign is he's got a real shot against Lugar. The high energy voters in the primaries are the Mourdock supporters; the only problem will be if a bunch of old, low information people get out and vote Lugar out of force of habit.
The primary happens in early May. It goes without saying that the Republican candidate will win the general here, so it's a chance to make a red senator redder in the primary.
Posted by: OSUsux at January 31, 2012 07:19 AM (DFXmi)
The [VA] state Senate this afternoon gave preliminary approval for legislation that would require pregnant women to undergo ultrasound imaging before an abortion, but not before rejecting a Democratic senator’s attempt to add what she described as “ a little gender equity” to the bill.
Democrat Janet Howell of Fairfax County proposed requiring men to undergo a rectal exam and a cardiac stress test before getting prescriptions for erectile dysfunction drugs such as Viagra.
“This is a matter of basic fairness,” Howell said.
Posted by: BearManPig at January 31, 2012 07:20 AM (e8kgV)
and you guys are all old and racist
Posted by: ambrosia with 50% more stupid at January 31, 2012 07:20 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: Jaws at January 31, 2012 07:20 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 31, 2012 07:21 AM (TsYLl)
Posted by: SMODpac at January 31, 2012 07:21 AM (AZGON)
133 -
The Pledge of Allegience and the 10 Commandments, you say?
Where does he stand on the topic of getting the federal goverment out of the healthcare business? Anybody know?
Probably not.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2012 07:21 AM (TOk1P)
Retiring: Steve Austria, Dan Burton, Geoff Davis, Elton Gallegly, Wally Herger, Jerry Lewis, Ron Paul, and Todd Platts
Posted by: M80B at January 31, 2012 07:21 AM (d6QMz)
Posted by: Mandy P. voted and is All Dead Inside now at January 31, 2012 07:22 AM (qFpRI)
Posted by: mpfs at January 31, 2012 07:22 AM (iYbLN)
Posted by: willow at January 31, 2012 07:22 AM (TomZ9)
undergo a rectal exam and a cardiac stress test before getting
prescriptions for erectile dysfunction drugs such as Viagra.
“This is a matter of basic fairness,” Howell said.
Posted by: BearManPig at January 31, 2012 11:20 AM (e8kgV)
No. Words.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 31, 2012 07:22 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: lincolntf at January 31, 2012 07:23 AM (hiMsy)
“This is a matter of basic fairness,” Howell said.
The Stupid. It burns.
Yeah, scrunt, because a sonogram is anywhere near as invasive as those to procedures, and ED drugs are used to kill innocents.
I hate (Post)Modern Liberalism.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 31, 2012 07:23 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: maddogg at January 31, 2012 07:23 AM (OlN4e)
I'm off the Romney bandwagon.
Team SMOD 2012: Unity. Harmony. Peace in Everlasting Silence.
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 31, 2012 07:24 AM (TsYLl)
If you can't keep up with the conversation, it's best not to try.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 31, 2012 07:24 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: mrshad at January 31, 2012 07:24 AM (Xqfwb)
Posted by: runninrebel at January 31, 2012 07:24 AM (RiKcH)
Posted by: Mandy P. voted and is All Dead Inside now at January 31, 2012 07:24 AM (qFpRI)
See, the Republicans just want to silence the opposition! They don't believe in free and open debate! They would re-institute slavery!
Posted by: Democrats at January 31, 2012 07:25 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 31, 2012 07:25 AM (8y9MW)
L3 is not stable, only L4 & L5 offer long term health care reform.
Posted by: Mittwits for low tides at January 31, 2012 07:25 AM (XFxB5)
Posted by: Mandy P. voted and is All Dead Inside now at January 31, 2012 07:26 AM (qFpRI)
Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at January 31, 2012 07:26 AM (AZGON)
One does not simply primary Mourdock
Posted by: Boromir at January 31, 2012 07:27 AM (136wp)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 31, 2012 07:27 AM (HethX)
Posted by: Mitt Romney at January 31, 2012 07:28 AM (DupDd)
Posted by: Kaye at January 31, 2012 07:28 AM (dljD/)
Posted by: randomPaulbot at January 31, 2012 07:28 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: Sharkman at January 31, 2012 07:28 AM (RtpCp)
Dan Boren (OK), Dennis Cardoza (CA), Jerry Costello (IL), Barney Frank (MA), Charlie Gonzalez (TX), Maurice Hinchey (NY), Dale Kildee (MI), Brad Miller (NC), John Olver (MA), Mike Ross (AR), and Lynn Woolsey (CA)
Posted by: M80B at January 31, 2012 07:28 AM (d6QMz)
Posted by: Country Singer at January 31, 2012 07:29 AM (L8r/r)
I'm sure he's plenty Conservative. I just inherently distrust lawyers writing laws. Sorry, it's the truth.
Honestly, of my available choices, I think he is my number one, it's just that isn't a very high bar.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 31, 2012 07:29 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: SH at January 31, 2012 07:30 AM (gmeXX)
I'm sort of surprised that Lloyd Dogget isn't on that list, since he's been more-or-less legislated out of a district.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 31, 2012 07:30 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: maddogg at January 31, 2012 07:30 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: a different paulbot at January 31, 2012 07:30 AM (sHY5w)
Posted by: Orly Teitz at January 31, 2012 07:31 AM (Jd8Sn)
Posted by: Mitt Romney at January 31, 2012 07:31 AM (DupDd)
First? That's the only hurdle, as far as I can see. I'm not even sure who the Democrats are running, but, let's face it, that Senate Seat goes R unless there's some major clusterf*ck of failure.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 31, 2012 07:31 AM (8y9MW)
In a prepared statement released to the press, Obama outlined his proposal as "A matter of fairness", stating that "We do not begrudge the size of meteors able to wipe out all life on Earth, we merely ask that SMOD give it's fair share to smaller meteorites that struggle every day to penetrate our atmosphere."
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 31, 2012 07:32 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Unclefacts Out Of Commenting Retirement Just For This One Thing at January 31, 2012 07:33 AM (6IReR)
At least it will put and end to the NON STOP campaign commercials and endless fucking debates.
Added bonus: It will take out Chrissy Pissy Matthews and Alan (I've Got No Hair To) Colmes in one shot.
I'm all in.
Posted by: mpfs at January 31, 2012 07:34 AM (iYbLN)
Posted by: SMODpac at January 31, 2012 07:34 AM (AZGON)
202 -
Perhaps so, but when body parts begin to rain down on the rest of America, you're going to expect us to clean up the mess you created ourselves, right?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2012 07:34 AM (TOk1P)
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Jeff Bingaman (NM), Kent Conrad (ND), Herb Kohl (WI), Ben Nelson (NE), and Jim Webb (VA)
Posted by: M80B at January 31, 2012 07:34 AM (d6QMz)
Posted by: josé can you see at January 31, 2012 07:35 AM (sHY5w)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at January 31, 2012 07:35 AM (rVZe/)
Posted by: Mr. Zorg, your typical southern gentleman at January 31, 2012 07:36 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: bill glass at January 31, 2012 07:36 AM (QOxpg)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at January 31, 2012 07:37 AM (rVZe/)
Let's not forget the stompyboots either.
Do the whole video thing with Madeleine Khan singing "A Sweet Meteor of Death" and then "It's twue" @impact.
Posted by: DaveA at January 31, 2012 07:38 AM (XFxB5)
If you haven't seen that movie you need to. There is only a couple of name-brand actors but all of them are good. But the big draw for this movie is outstanding special effects. It was just awesome.
Posted by: Vic at January 31, 2012 07:38 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Jennifer Rubin at January 31, 2012 07:39 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: #SMOD2012 at January 31, 2012 07:43 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: Legal Insurrection at January 31, 2012 07:44 AM (SY2Kh)
First you traded the Cadillac in for a microphone. Then you lied to me
about the band. And now you're gonna put me right back in the joint!
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Wasn't lies, it was just... bullshit.
Posted by: Elwood Blues at January 31, 2012 07:46 AM (KM86p)
I did not have gravitational relations with that satellite.
Posted by: #SMOD2012 at January 31, 2012 07:47 AM (GBXon)
WA - 01
Republican is John Koster. I was going to back James Watkins who ran and lost in 2010 to incumbent Jay Inslee but Watkins who I think is the better candidate, in a very classy move bowed out to help run Kosters campaign.
Due to a redrawing of the district and Inslee deciding he would rather get his ass kicked running for governor instead of running for re election, the Republican candidate has a chance this time.
Posted by: AndrewsDad at January 31, 2012 07:47 AM (C2//T)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 31, 2012 11:33 AM (UOM48
I thought Jane was a female. Go figure.
Posted by: Noot is a hoot at January 31, 2012 07:51 AM (rZZA3)
Oh, sweet meteor of death at last I've found you!
Oh. Where you going?... Oh, you meteors are all alike. Seven or eight quick ones and then you're out with the Asteroids to boast and brag. YOU BETTER KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. Oh... I think I love him.
Posted by: Elizabeth at January 31, 2012 07:52 AM (SO2Q8)
Posted by: Fire with Fire at January 31, 2012 07:53 AM (lcwvr)
Posted by: Jaws at January 31, 2012 07:53 AM (4I3Uo)
In fairness, it depends on the type of sonogram. There is one for early pregnancy that is very...ummm..invasive.
Posted by: Mandy P. voted and is All Dead Inside now at January 31, 2012 11:24 AM (qFpRI)
A vaginal ultrasound IS invasive, and a vector for infection, from beta strep, resistant yeast, e-coli, staph, etx, and viruses. Unlike sterile surgical instruments, there is no putting a transponder in an autoclave.
Even in good practices maintaining standards of high level disinfection is difficult and time consuming and operators make mistakes in sterile technique allowing condoms or gloves to touch cabinet, table or keyboard surfaces. The poly sheath covers are notorious for breaking and exposing patients. Ususally a condom is employed instead - latex can cause reactions from minor irritation to death, but polyurethane condoms strong enough to resist breaking would be used only in patients with known allergies as they are expensive. The gel in the transponder crevices is not always scrubbed out between uses and there is risk of contamination of the gel on the outside; even good doctor's offices do not always use single use packs for that (if they don't, get off the table, and flee)
and since the transponder can not be sterilized, and cost thousands of dollars, even run of the mill Ob gyn practices often cut corners.
Mandating an unecessary invasive procedure like transvaginal ultrasound, that increases risk with no corresponding medical benefit to the treated patient is not only monkeying with the doctor patient relationship but increasing the risks of harm to the patient. I couldn't support that, especially when it has next to no impact on a woman's decision to end a really early pregnancy.
Posted by: Mandy P. voted and is All Dead Inside now at January 31, 2012 11:24 AM (qFpRI)
Posted by: SarahW at January 31, 2012 07:53 AM (LYwCh)
Posted by: West Coast Rich at January 31, 2012 07:54 AM (YIq2s)
Posted by: Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada at January 31, 2012 08:00 AM (NS2Mo)
Posted by: TooCon at January 31, 2012 08:07 AM (j1lSs)
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Posted by: HenryMalredo at January 31, 2012 08:12 AM (B4/gO)
In PA, the GOP Gov. Tom Corbett, elected in the 2010 Tea Party wave, strong-armed the endorsement of Steve Welch for Senate, to take on incumbant Bob Casey.
State Committee rank and file, the peons who man the phones and knock on doors, were shoved aside.
Steve Welch became a Democrat in 2008 to vote for Obama. That is the party establishment's choice for Senate.
I don't know how many of the other Republicans are staying in the race, but when I find out I will pass them on. Pathetic.
Posted by: CJ at January 31, 2012 08:14 AM (9KqcB)
Posted by: cackfinger at January 31, 2012 08:17 AM (a9mQu)
Posted by: DarkLord©, Rogue Commenter at January 31, 2012 08:18 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: Emperor of Icecream at January 31, 2012 08:27 AM (epBek)
Word has is Mr. SMOD has failed to get on the Virginia ballot.
Fool! SMOD's name is not on the ballot. But he himself will be on the ballot, on all of them. Fiery fragments of his self will rain down on your ballots and consume them in flame. As is his right under the 1st and 14th Amendments.
Posted by: Emperor of Cataclysmic Doom at January 31, 2012 08:30 AM (epBek)
243: This begs a question--why is nobody making an effort to replace the people on these State Committees? We're not going to get anywhere in the GOP without doing that first--shouldn't that be a high priority goal?
Posted by: DarkLord©, Rogue Commenter at January 31, 2012 12:18 PM
Absolutely. Anyone can run. Often whoever is lucky enough to draw the top one or two ballot positions wins. Same with taking over county GOP committees. You just have to run in your precinct -- basically the size of a few neighborhoods. That's where things get done. Not on the internet. (Love ya, Ace.)
People don't realize that they can get off the sidelines and get in the battle. I forced my way onto my county committee, and I am indeed a moron.
Posted by: CJ at January 31, 2012 08:30 AM (9KqcB)
Vote SMOD! The only Republican candidate made of solid matter!
Gingrich-ball of gas
Romney-great emptiness
Posted by: Emperor of Cataclysmic Doom at January 31, 2012 08:33 AM (epBek)
Posted by: Emperor of Deep Ecology at January 31, 2012 08:36 AM (epBek)
Posted by: Pecos, stupid Texan at January 31, 2012 08:42 AM (2Gb0y)
@243
Welch too Democratic? Take a look at the other top finisher who's also staying in the race for the Republican Senate nod:
"Tom Smith was a registered Democrat until 2011, and briefly served as a Dem county committeeman (he was kicked off for supporting Republicans)."
"Pennsylvania: Yeah, suuuure we'll turn Red some day -- honestly."
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 31, 2012 08:44 AM (3wBRE)
Posted by: Gerry at January 31, 2012 08:48 AM (VJBw0)
252:
Yeah, Welch too Democratic.
Beyond Welch and Smith, there were three other candidates, including a businessman and the former State Rep. who ran against Corbett.
The foot soldiers asked for the committe to not endorse and let the voters decide. They were lined up and shot.*
*I think. The details are sketchy.
Posted by: CJ at January 31, 2012 09:03 AM (9KqcB)
Posted by: Y-not at January 31, 2012 09:05 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: TomH at January 31, 2012 09:19 AM (q1Ebc)
Posted by: Thread at January 31, 2012 09:24 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: Raul Johnson at January 31, 2012 09:37 AM (MiBr0)
If you liked what Newt did to John King and Juan Williams, wait'll you see what I do to them.
"SMOD '12: He'll Incinerate the MFM. Every. Last. One."
Posted by: SMOD at January 31, 2012 10:27 AM (W54Uh)
Also, I'm going to be rolling out a series of campaign themes as I get closer.
SMOD '12: Smaller Government For All--Think "Single-Cells."
SMOD '12: Ending the Trade Deficit With China. Permanently.
SMOD '12: Bending Health Costs Downward. Permanently.
SMOD '12: Change--Yes, Sir! Hope--Not As Such.
Here's my initial campaign website--tell me what you think! http://tinyurl.com/2847ff5
Posted by: SMOD at January 31, 2012 10:37 AM (W54Uh)
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