1

You said there's be no math on this blog.

 

That includes numbers.

2 Romney's gonna pick up a bunch of delegates, just y'all watch.

3 Eh. Romney will squeak out a win. I just don't think the early voters will be decisive.

4 Lets see Primaries or Spring training baseball? Ah OK, I'm going with baseball. Baseball bins berry berry gud to me

5 The WSJ/NBC poll shows Preznit Obama beating all repukes by at least 35% points. It's over gang. The poll respondents at the Greyhound Terminal have spoken.

6 I think OH will be just about what they figure, a 50-50 split.  GA will go full Noot.

What I am more anxious about seeing is turnout. I expect OH to be high, maybe not so in the others.

If turnout remains low it does not bode well for down the road.

7 Starz has been showing that 'Willard' movie a lot lately. ....Makes me wonder why.

8 How does Ohio award delegates?

9 "The poll respondents at the Greyhound Terminal have spoken." HEY!! They asked me too!!

10

And, BTW, that's not an endorsement, just a prediction.

 

I'm still behind SMOD. Well, underneath, actually.

11 8 How does Ohio award delegates?

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 05, 2012 04:31 PM (/kI1Q)

There's a little ceremony, and they hand out trophies for participation and such, and then there's pizza.

(Sorry, weird mood today.)

12 But, is there free birth control?

13

I don't know. Just a week ago, I think, Santorum was up by 7 here.

 

There haven't been a whole lot of Santorum ads (or maybe they weren't interesting enough to remember) but there have been tons of Romney ads and a bunch of not-Gingrich (Winning Our Future) ads that are kind of funny.

 

Just based on what I hear, at least in Central Ohio, I'm guessing Santorum will win.

14 Newt will have to drop out soon. Georgia alone is not enough.

15 All I know is, if Rick Perry is on the ballot, I'm voting for him tomorrow.

16 Newt will have to drop out soon. Georgia alone is not enough. Posted by: joncelli at March 05, 2012 04:36 PM (RD7QR) ----------------------------------------------- How does GA award their delegates?

17 And who could miss that all important Fox News Latino poll which shows "Latinos" going for Obama 6-1.  Not one iota of data on the poll at all.

Are they mainly sampling SW latinos of the Mexican variety or have they mixed it evenly with the South FL Cuban variety? Because experience has show the SW Mexican variety are pure Democrat gimme voters.

In addition, how many of these sampled were illegals or former illegals who were amnestied in previous crap actions?  Of course they would be for the DREAM act and amnesty where as citizens who went through the full process to obtain citizenship would not be.

But all in all, one wonders what ax Fox is grinding with this poll, other than the fact that they have always been in the amnesty camp.

18 I have Santorum up by 6 rapes.in Ohio.

19

Another prediction: if Neut doesn't do a big-time surge in delegates on ST, he's out. I don't want that, 'cause I think he'd be the best one to go up against the SCOAMF in the general if he gets his fire back and starts going after the real enemy.

 

Again, just walkin' around with my wheelbarrow full of, um, stuff.

20 How does Ohio award delegates?

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 05, 2012 04:31 PM (/kI1Q)

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All primaries before April 1 are supposed to be proportional.

21 Starz has been showing that 'Willard' movie a lot lately. ....Makes me wonder why.

Posted by: wheatie at March 05, 2012 04:31 PM (dauG/)

Crispin Glover and R. Lee Ermey sadly couldn't save that remake (which was a film that was ripe for a great re-do)

22 How does GA award their delegates? With peach cobbler.

23 Doesn't matter, somehow the delegates will get awarded to Romney. Just as well, going tomorrow to vote for the guy. He'll give areally nice concession speech.

24 a la mode, of course

25 Most of the Super Tuesday states award the delegates proportionslly as does Ohio.  There is normally a couple at-large delegates that goes to whomever gets a simple majority.

26 How does GA award their delegates? --- FiveThirtyEight is saying Newt could win more delegates tomorrow than Santorum. inagist.com/fivethirtyeight/176722041888710656/ Follow the top link.

27 How does GA award their delegates?

With peach cobbler.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 05, 2012 04:39 PM (jUytm)

with sweet tea.

28 Polls show that Obama is a tosser. With no margin of error

29 Oooh, pizza.

30 One thing we will find out here now.  Will the strategy of stacking the primaries with Blue States first overcome the huge distaste for a liberal candidate by the base in the South when they finally get their turn.  Will the mo built in Blue States give him all he needs or will it simply drive turnout down because the other candidates are seen as losers.

31 I'm not voting unless the streets are lined with free rubbers.

32

@© Sponge:
Of course there's birth control.  If not, it's unconstitutional.

A recent poll has Romney at 50%, Cain at 25%* and Chairman Mao at 25%**.  Looks like it's going to be a tight race.

* (from the 1-year-old, "nine nine nine")
**(from the cat)

33 i am leading the effort in Brattleboro to have everyone in are town to write in Presdent Obama's name for the Republi-Traitors primary. That way why can show everyone we still hate Bush and support Presdent Obama....

34 Lesser evil FTW. The Republican motto for the new century.

35 Super Tuesday delegate projections from 538: Romney 224, Santorum 76, Gingrich 87, Crazy Uncle 25, Uncommitted 25

36 >>20 How does Ohio award delegates?


By sodomizing young girls who want nothing more than free rubbers and glitter to sprinkle on their vaginas.

37 People are saying the Voters'   Poll is coming out tomorrow.  I'll wait for that.

38 5 The WSJ/NBC poll shows Preznit Obama beating all repukes by at least 35% points. It's over gang. The poll respondents at the Greyhound Terminal have spoken.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 05, 2012 04:30 PM (jucos)

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I believe that poll was of Adults only - not likely voters.  Also, the sample only included 21% republicans.  So, that poll means absolutely nothing.  It's meaningless.

39 haha, I love this because I say "meanwhile" a lots. "Meanwhile, at the Hall of Doom" http://tinyurl.com/6mcq8ox and "Meanwhile at the Hall of Justice" http://tinyurl.com/yljnlok

40 Am I the only one out there paying attention to the condoms market? The price for a barrel of condoms just closed over $150 a barrel. The price at the gas station hasn't even caught up yet. I for one applaud our president for taking on Big Condom.

41 Letterman calls Palin a slut = fine Maher calls Palin a cunt = fine Limbaugh causes Fluke a slut = worst thing evar!! I hate the left.

42 We should have a debate tonight hosted by CNN and Politico.

43 I have long debated with myself the smartest way to handle bullying.  In this case I refer to the way the left and its media bully conservatives.  The dynamic can apply to everything from healthcare to gun rights legislation.

There are a few schools of thought

-only pick fights you can win, losing a fight makes you look weaker
-surrender to a lesser bully to take on a bigger bully
-make them earn every inch no matter the conflict

I am now quite convinced the "make them fight and bleed for every inch" no matter the situation or how right or wrong you are.  I came to this conclusion watching the left hand us our ass on an issue after issue where they are totally out of the mainstream, lying, and against accepted principles.  How could they get dealt a pair of two's but still take us on?  Simple they ignored everything we said and just started accusing us of hyperbole with a vague sob story on top.

Breitbart taught me in politics even the greatest defense is no substitute for even a crappy offense.  We need to start putting an accusation and a face out there one after another.  Our current system is we just dump the whole issue at once.  Breitbart also tought us to break the issue down to one headline/face a day and push that.  Next day while they are trying to research or whatever we are already ramping up the next accusations.  This certainly could be exploited to ill intent, as they have thoroughly proved,  but our current situation is such that they are up to so much corruption and malfeasance I assure you, we can fully truthfully accuse them of 365 things per year.

44 will be heading out at the asscrack of dawn here in columbus ohio to cast a vote for mittens. shouldn't be perplexed at how we ended up with these choices, yet i am.

45

How does Ohio award delegates?

 

Slathered in Chili, because they are heathens.

46 Headline prediction for Wednesday: "Super Tuesday Not So Super for..." For whoever. Somebody.

47 Lemme tell'ya: the smart people have left D'Oh!io. The state is no longer a political indicator of anything. Ohio's inbred inhabitants can be easily swayed by gov't cheese hand-outs.

48 @42 How about a debate hosted by Chuck Norris?

49 Nobody should be paying any attention to the so-called head-to-head polls against Obama.  They are meaningless now no matter how much the MFM touts them.

50 Semi-open ballot. Dems are coordinating to come out to vote for The Vest.

Fantastic!

51 i am leading the effort in Brattleboro to have everyone in are town to write in Presdent Obama's name for the Republi-Traitors primary. That way why can show everyone we still hate Bush and support Presdent Obama....

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at March 05, 2012 04:43 PM (48wze)

Who shit!?!?


Oh, hi Mary.

52

How do they award delegates in Georgia?

 

On the creek bank, with a bow, while squealing like a pig.

 

Hey, they're right next to Alabama, which makes them all second cousins, once removed.

53

21 Starz has been showing that 'Willard' movie a lot lately. ....Makes me wonder why.

Posted by: wheatie at March 05, 2012 04:31 PM (dauG/)

 

Crispin Glover and R. Lee Ermey sadly couldn't save that remake (which was a film that was ripe for a great re-do)

 

It's a dud of a movie. .....I doubt that Starz has been getting any requests for it....at least, not based on it's cinematic value.

 

So it's hard not to question the timing of it.....running the 'Willard, king of the rats' movie right now, when we have an R-candidate so close to winning the nomination.

54 @48  He would end up endorsing that idiot Huckabee.

55 Rick Santorum will win by 4 in Ohio, Newt will win Georgia by 6 over Mitt and 24 over Rick. Mitt Romney will take the other 8 by 10 points and walk out with 350 delegates. But it will be a bad night for Romney will be the spin

56 Keep talking about sex please!

57 I was going to predict Willard to *slightly* expand his delegate lead, but then I remembered that the RNC delegates have been going 80 to 90% for rat boy so I reckon he will be about 200 ahead of Santorum by mid week.

58 O/T but on twitter: BREAKING: @Sears will also end all advertising on Rush Limbaugh. That's #11.

59 I for one applaud our president for taking on Big Condom.

Posted by: Sandy 'Vag' Fluke at March 05, 2012 04:44 PM (3pVQV)

Wouldn't that be "Obama attacks Magnum Mentor" or something like that?

60 It'd sure be nice if beginning on Wednesday we could have one candidate focusing like a laser on Obama. But nooooooooooooo....

61 53....meant to add....*an R-candidate with the name Willard, so close to winning

62 The left and its media is holding back the "Mormon" wild/trump card back until after Romney has the nomination.   As plain and directly as words allow:

The religious attacks on Bachmann and Santorum are a faint whisper of the banshee screeching to come from the left at Romney and Mormons.

63 Democrats voting for Santorum even paying advertisements that are pro-Santorum.  I thought the narrative was they wanted Romney!  Someone send the pro-Santorum crowd the memo.

64 Romney is ahead by 3 condoms

65 O/T but on twitter: BREAKING: @Sears will also end all advertising on Rush Limbaugh. That's #11. Posted by: Y-not Well, it's good to see everyone choosing sides as we crumble into inevitable civil war. Grab a sword.

66 HOT News Alert!

Fed judge strike MD anti-gun law as unconstitutional.

quote:

Maryland residents do not have to provide a "good and substantial reason" to legally own a handgun, a federal judge ruled Monday, striking down as unconstitutional the state's requirements for getting a permit

67 But noooooooo, We need drag this process out as long as we can. We need to keep embarrassing our candidates and making them waste millions of dollars in ad-buys.

68 I feel Satan's presence strongly in that Sandy 'Vjayjay' Fluke... 

69

Willard may win some states, but he's not going to get the votes needed to preclude this primary going to the convention. 

 

I do find it nice for a change that my  primary vote this time around really means something.

70

Ohio will go to Romney by 3 points +/- 1.2

Tennessee will go (barely) to either or Romney/Santorum. Total tossup.

North Dakota, Idaho, Vermont, Virginia, Massachusetts all go to Romney.

Oklahoma and Alaska go to Santorum

Georgia goes to Gingrich.

Romney will come in second in Georgia, Alaska, and Oklahoma.

 

71 O/T but on twitter: BREAKING: @Sears will also end all advertising on Rush Limbaugh. That's #11.

Posted by: Y-not hasn't really read the post (hi Andrew!) at March 05, 2012 04:50 PM (5H6zj)

 

Not a problem. Snap-on make better tools anyway. Expensive, but better. The opposite of government: Expensive and useless.

72 If we could throw out Atlanta and its environs I would say Romney would come in dead last in GA.

73

"Well, it's good to see everyone choosing sides as we crumble into inevitable civil war. Grab a sword."

 

It is starting to smell of 1860 out there, isn't it?

74 O/T but on twitter: BREAKING: @Sears will also end all advertising on Rush Limbaugh. That's #11. Posted by: Y-not hasn't really read the post (hi Andrew!) at March 05, 2012 04:50 PM (5H6zj) ??? Real smart move for a company on the verge of chapter 11?

75 68I feel Satan's presence strongly in that Sandy 'Vjayjay' Fluke...

Posted by: Sweater Vest Ricky at March 05, 2012 04:53 PM (F6KtL

 

 

I'm going to refer to her as "Dynah-Moe Humm" from now on....

76 I do find it nice for a change that my primary vote this time around really means something. -- Yeah. I really don't understand why this is a bad thing, particularly given the weaknesses of each of the candidates. It's not like we have someone worthy of coronation in the pool.

77

Slathered in Chili, because they are heathens.

 

Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2012 04:46 PM (mGCrH)

 

Correction. Slathered in Cincinnati chili.

 

With beans, onions and shredded cheese if you want to get exotic.

78 As I said last November, it's O-V-E-R. I told you exactly how: Romney will either win or come in 2nd in every primary. It's over. Done. End it now. We're spinning our wheels.

79

Correction. Slathered in Cincinnati chili

 

 

 

is that slang for vomit?

80 A longer primary is good for Romney. He definitely needs to sharpen his skills with the media and learn how to engage with voters.

81 And gee, Ace, you'd think with all these fucking pollsters in Ohio, we'd be seeing more general election numbers there against Obama. Only pollster to do that was Marist for NBC, with that unbelievable D+12 sample showing-shocker here- an O+12 lead (though Chuck Todd of NBC twittered me saying the whole reason the gap is large is due to poor R enthusiasm, Obama is right where he's been for a while, the R's aren't "stepping up" and Marist refused to re-weigh the poll based on a true party split because they wanted to reflect a snapshot of current mood. He also pointed out that Obama is, with a D+12 sample, at 45-45 approval.)

82 ErikW at March 05, 2012 04:55 PM (RKOob)

and on a stick.

83 ??? Real smart move for a company on the verge of chapter 11?

Posted by: nevergiveup at March 05, 2012 04:55 PM (i6RpT)

 

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Failures making their last political stand.  A bit funny that it's over a slut's condums.

84 Providence suggests that Sandra Fluke will become the patron saint of fertility and turkey basters, but mostly turkey basters.

85 8 How does Ohio award delegates?

> The delegate math: In Ohio, most of the delegates (4 are awarded winner-take-all by Congressional district. Note, however, that Rick Santorum does not have not have full delegate slates in some districts and will not be eligible to win them there. Another 15 delegates will be awarded proportionately among candidates winning at least 20 percent of the vote statewide — unless one candidate gets an outright majority, in which case he wins all 15. Finally, Ohio’s 3 super delegates are unbound by the results of the primary.

Source-http://tinyurl.com/89dmjut

86 It's all academic, really. 2. of purely theoretical or speculative interest

87
Maryland residents do not have to provide a "good and substantial
reason" to legally own a handgun, a federal judge ruled Monday, striking
down as unconstitutional the state's requirements for getting a permit

Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2012 04:52 PM (YdQQY)

Rest assured, it will be appealed and the law will stand until it goes before the SC. 

88 85 8 Sorry- "The delegate math: In Ohio, most of the delegates ( 48 )
are awarded winner-take-all by Congressional district."

89

Let that sink in.

In the Marist/NBC poll with a D+12 sample, Obama can muster a 45-45 approval rating. Governor Kasich is underwater 40-43...in a D+12 poll.

90 @66

The only reason you need.

Second Amendment to the Constitution.

A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

91 Enough with these polls already. They're all over the place.

92 Is there any way that Santorum can get enough delegates to win at this point?

93 Delegates awarded by district are considered by the RNC to be within the proportional rules.

94 Enough with the polls already!

95 A longer primary is good for Romney. He definitely needs to sharpen his skills with the media and learn how to engage with voters.

Posted by: Y-not hasn't really read the post (hi Andrew!) at March 05, 2012 04:57 PM (5H6zj)

 

After at least six years of practice, what do you think the odds of that are? This is as good as he gets. His only skill is writing checks for character assassins.

96 Is there any way that Santorum can get enough delegates to win at this point?
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The delegate math is wide open for ALL the candidates right now.

97 "I told you exactly how: Romney will either win or come in 2nd in every primary. It's over."

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Then so be it, let's concentrate on whipping the scoamft.

98 @95 I tend to agree, but I'm trying to look at the bright side. The longer this drags out, the greater the likelihood that the folks in his circle of advisors will impress upon him that he needs to up his game. Unfortunately, right now they seem more intent on blaming conservatives for not getting in line to back their guy.

99  Enough with these polls already. They're all over the place.

Posted by: Cast Iron at March 05, 2012 05:01 PM (EL+OC)

 

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That's why I said that I'm waiting for the  Voters' Poll to come out tomorrow.

100 btw, in just 6 weeks is the AZ-8 primary to replace Giffords. April 17th. Early voting begins March 22nd. Go Jesse Kelly!

101

@89

I believe you. I really think the MSM is doing their dirty work to cover up voter disgust with the Obama Administration and trying their best to paint a glowing picture towards Obama. There are way too many people mad everywhere in the country regarding the economy, people being out of the workforce for too long and not counted anymore, food inflation, gas prices, COLA, etc. And yet the Marxist in Chief wants to transform the country radically with his cabinet willing to do so as well. The energy secretary doesn't care if gas is 5, 6, 7 or even 15 dollars a gallon, he wants people off gas right now.

102

is that slang for vomit?

 

Posted by: model_1066 at March 05, 2012 04:56 PM (YbQJm)

 

Depending on where you go, it could be.

103 At this point in my life, I don't care that much whether Romney beats Santorum, or if Santorum beats Romney, or if Gingrich beat them both.  No matter how cold they leave me, whoever wins better also beat Obama.

None of these guys excite me, but the one poll that matters to me takes place in November.

104 I have 20 polls a day.  And you pay!

105 The longer it plays out the more likely we will have a new candidate at the convention and ditch all four of these losers.

106 Hate me, blame me.  You can't shame me.  Come 'n stand with me.  I'm AMERICAN!!!!

107 @92  Nope.  He's hoping for a brokered convention to be in his favor at the risk of splitting the party.

108

"A longer primary is good for Romney. He definitely needs to sharpen his skills with the media and learn how to engage with voters."

 

Mitt's been running for president for how many years now? And he still needs more practice with the press? He'll never connect with voters, he's just McLame II. I don't know who he has as his political advisory team, but he'd do well to fire them all and hire a few of us Morons.

 

Of course, Neut could see if he could find and capture the "Firey Newt the Peacemaker" personality: call off the bullshit attack ads, publicly declare a truce with the other two and a half candidates, start going after the leftards in the MFM and focus on Obama the rest of the time.

 

We (as a nation) actually are fed up with the current situation. The SCOAMF's gonna get his little skinny ass handed to him in November, I don't care what the rest of the media says.

109 I'm voting Newt, of course I live in MD so nobody gives a crap anyway.

110
>>The delegate math is wide open for ALL the candidates right now.



I''ll tell ya what else is wide open for all delegates : my vagina!

111 None of these guys excite me, but the one poll that matters to me takes place in November.

Posted by: Keith Arnold at March 05, 2012 05:03 PM (Jdtsu)

That's where I am, and why I want the primaries over with. Kicking out SCOAMF is the priority and holding the House/retaking the Senate is a close second.

112 Ohio? The only thing that should matter to the good people of Ohio is how far the Buckeyes go in the NCAA Basketball tourney?

113 Let that sink in.
In the Marist/NBC poll with a D+12 sample, Obama can muster a 45-45 approval rating. Governor Kasich is underwater 40-43...in a D+12 poll.

Posted by: CAC at March 05, 2012 05:00 PM (4enjT)

 

Low republican enthusiasm, so that means you don't count them? Let me see, does that mean they have high democrat enthusiasm for a republican primary?

114 I'm voting Newt, of course I live in MD so nobody gives a crap anyway. Posted by: spypeach at March 05, 2012 05:05 PM (hyUyU) I live in NJ and I'm pretty sure my crap flows down?

115

Really, really, really telling that of the 10 firms to release a number for OH in the last 48 hours, ONE of them, only one, released general election numbers and/or Presidential approval rating info.

Where are all the other general elect numbers for Ohio?

 

116 So that Sears thing was misrepresented (big shocka). Sears' tweet was that they have a policy of not advertising with any politically oriented show, not that they were pulling advertising with Rush. They tweeted that in response to a threat to boycotts Sears. Here's their statement: Sears and Kmart did not buy media or sponsorships on the Rush Limbaugh show. It is possible that a station incorrectly ran one of our ads on or adjacent to the show. Sears Holdings does not purchase media based on political affiliations or views.

117 Ohio? The only thing that should matter to the good people of Ohio is how far the Buckeyes go in the NCAA Basketball tourney?

Posted by: nevergiveup at March 05, 2012 05:05 PM (i6RpT)

Best teams money can buy.

118 @112  Oh god basketball.  Obama will grace us with his March Madness Predictions this year again and be way off the mark.  This is a bigger priority than fixing our country.

119  The longer it plays out the more likely we will have a new candidate at the convention and ditch all four of these losers.

Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2012 05:04 PM (YdQQY)

 

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I wouldn't make any wagers on that if I were you.

120 As I've said before, the surest way to draw the wrath of Santorum is to: "come from behind" and "pull out" victory "in a squeaker". 

121 1144 delegates are needed to win.  We have a long long way to go for that.

122 Let Bambi concentrate on his March Madness brackets. The more time he spends on sports the less time he has to Fluke us.

123 114 I'm voting Newt, of course I live in MD so nobody gives a crap anyway. Posted by: spypeach at March 05, 2012 05:05 PM (hyUyU) ------ When is MD's primary? Also, my dad (in MD) is leaning Newt but he's having trouble convincing his wife b/c she bought the lies about Newt's marriages. I'm trying to find non-blog "mainstream" sources for how marriage #2 dissolved to send him. (I have the column from teh daughter about the first marriage.) Do you have any good ones? Best I have right now is National Review ONline but it's a really short piece.

124

@ 101

Of course Chu wants $15 gas so the SCOAMF might have a chance come Nov.  That way conservatives can't afford to get to the poles while the left buses in how ever many vote they need

125 @122, good point.  The more he is distracted from fucking up our country, the better.

126 You GOP fools have given up on the Skank demographic.

127
Fed judge strike MD anti-gun law as unconstitutional.

quote:

Maryland residents do not have to provide a "good and substantial
reason" to legally own a handgun, a federal judge ruled Monday, striking
down as unconstitutional the state's requirements for getting a permit

Posted by: Vic at March 05, 2012 04:52 PM (YdQQY)

These asshole Dems here will find a way to screw us in the end.

128 Oh god basketball. Obama will grace us with his March Madness Predictions this year again and be way off the mark. This is a bigger priority than fixing our country.

Posted by: Kaitian at March 05, 2012 05:07 PM (zObcw)

HEY now!!!!  Number 1 seeds make it to the championship every year, don't they?

My Picks:  Duke, North Carolina, Kansas, Kentucky

Duke / Kentucky

Duke


Mark it, bitches.  I iz basketball JONES!!!

129 58O/T but on twitter: BREAKING: @Sears will also end all advertising on Rush Limbaugh. That's #11.

Posted by: Y-not hasn't really read the post (hi Andrew!) at March 05, 2012 04:50 PM (5H6zj)

--

 

Amazing. I thought Sears went out of business long ago.

130 The only way Santorum had a chance was if Noot dropped out a month ago. And if Noot hangs around after tomorrow, Santorum's long-shot chances get slimmer with each day that passes.

131

The media is pushing the low enthusiasm meme so they can justify skewed polls.

 

The Seattle Times was saying voters weren't enthused on the morning of the primary here. Those unenthused voters turned out 4 times more Saturday than they did 4 years ago.

132 This is a great line from the Court's decision:

"A citizen may not be required to offer a good and substantial reason why he should be permitted to exercise his rights. The right‘s existence is all the reason he needs.”

133 Of course, Neut could see if he could find and capture the "Firey Newt the Peacemaker" personality: call off the bullshit attack ads, publiclydeclare a truce with the other two and a half candidates, start going after the leftards in the MFM and focus on Obama the rest of the time. ----- Newt has pretty much done that already. Very limited references to the other candidates. Most of his speech now focuses on his policy proposals and attacks on Obama.

134 @130, it's a bit too late for that.  Even if Newt was to drop out today, his name will still be on the ballot.

135 How does Ohio award delegates?

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 05, 2012 04:31 PM (/kI1Q)

On the donk side, Twitch Strickland comes out, makes a few assinine comments and then pisses his pants.  The Repubs are slightly more refined.

136 lookit: Total votes so far: Romney: 1,786,594 Noot: 989,187 Santorum: 956,245 Herr Doktor:479,835 (Romney +797,407)

137

Careful, robtr.

The primary itself was scrapped this year, all there was for Rs to vote in was the caucus.

That said, caucus voters are typically only your most passionate, those most enthuised to vote. That 4x the number from 2008 showed up to sit in a boring caucus still says a lot.

138 I was in a K-Mart this morning and noted the empty floorspace and shelves. It had a Soviet feel to it.

139 The audacity of voters wanting to have more than one choice in a primary!

140 See that vote distribution? That is the trend you can expect to see throughout these primaries. I'll put my left nut on it.

141

Y-not,

Sorry only information I have is about the first wife. Wish I could help, it would be nice if Newt won Maryland, my daughter turned 18 a few weeks ago and has decided to vote for Newt in the Primary. I haven't said to much to her about who to vote for, except to say that she needs to vote for anyone but Obama in November.

142 OT: H.R 347 Look it up. The Pugs sold us down the liberty river again.

143 "A citizen may not be required to offer a good and substantial reason why
he should be permitted to exercise his rights. The right‘s existence is
all the reason he needs.”

Posted by: real joe at March 05, 2012 05:11 PM (R1J04)

And what about my Gaia-given right to subsidized birth control, huh? The constitution guarantees me the pursuit of sluttieness!

144
Newt has pretty much done that already. Very limited references to the other candidates. Most of his speech now focuses on his policy proposals and attacks on Obama.

Posted by: Y-not still for Newt at March 05, 2012 05:11 PM (5H6zj)

 

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But alas.  Any criticism of the SCOAMT is,  at least, an indirect criticism of Romney.

145 A longer nomination does

-hopefully further evolve the eventual winner and give more people a chance to vote

it also

-Spends lots of limited money/attention/anger/time/focus against other republicans and leaves the party more divided into factions with ever deepening levels of grievance, alienation, and disillusionment.

You can still find disillusioned Hillary voters and with Obama they didn't have any doubt he would have the same agenda and gusto in passing said agenda.  Or that money, time, anger would be in tight supply.  Just simply that women should come before blacks turn in the white house. 

146 138 I was in a K-Mart this morning and noted the empty floorspace and shelves. It had a Soviet feel to it.

Posted by: nickless at March 05, 2012 05:15 PM (MMC8r)

If there's a Wal-Mart within a 10-mile radius it will stay like that until it closes.

147 Careful, robtr.
The primary itself was scrapped this year, all there was for Rs to vote in was the caucus.
That said, caucus voters are typically only your most passionate, those most enthuised to vote. That 4x the number from 2008 showed up to sit in a boring caucus still says a lot.

Posted by: CAC at March 05, 2012 05:14 PM (4enjT)

 

CAC, we have voting by mail here. You have to be enthusiastic to go stand in line for an hour to caucas and then caucas for two hours.

148 We wouldn't advertise on Rush's show anyway.  We prefer to cultivate the shoplifter and vagrant demographics.

149 @138 K-Mart has been keeping their supply low intentionally to reduce the amount of money they have to commit to their stores.  If their customers wants something, they simply order it or refer them to another store ie Wal-Mart.  They don't want to declare bankrupty again.

150

"Newt has pretty much done that already. Very limited references to the other candidates. Most of his speech now focuses on his policy proposals and attacks on Obama."

 

Good on him. I've backing off the political throttle a bit lately, so I haven't paid quite as much attention to everything as I did a few months ago. And I was pretty rabid about it, much to B'Gal's consternation. Stopped watching the debates after about the fourth one, too many leftard hosts for any kind of accurate questions, and the format sucked too, no time to flesh out a cohesive answer.

 

I'm trying to figure out how to capture some of AB's essence if I can and bottle that on my little blog. I'll start with a T-shirt from IOTW...

151

Okay, by rules-of-the-blog it's over 100 comments so I can go OT. 

 

As a response to the left's "ban Rush" petition Dana Loesch has created a Whitehouse. gov petition site to creaete a petition asking the administration to respect our constiutional religious liberties.

Address is in nic. (I hope)

152 141 Y-not, Sorry only information I have is about the first wife. ------ Thanks anyway. I'll send them the article written by Newt's daughter and what I have (which isn't much) on the second wife leaving him on his birthday and their separation. Maybe that will work. She won't vote for Romney so really it's down to Newt v Santorum, I think.

153 The Repubs are slightly more refined

^^^

Not buy much. Kasich comes out and starts talking about his 'hot wife' and imitating people w/Parkinson's.

154 This election is lost.

155 Every time you cite a poll, a Greg gets its wings.

156 Thanks CAC, really glad to see you posting polling numbers again.

Any words on the WSJ/NBC oversampled poll?

157 prediction: My Left Nut that this will be the vote distribution for Stupid Tuesday: Romney: 42.5% Noot: 23.4 Santorum: 22.7 Herr: 11.3 italiacs [modicum] [/modicum]

158 Madoff Investments just pulled out

159

@147,

Actually it wasn't like that.  They were no different from other state caucuses.  The mail-in votes were only for the primary which they scrapped to save money and did a caucus system instead.

160 it also -Spends lots of limited money/attention/anger/time/focus against other republicans and leaves the party more divided into factions with ever deepening levels of grievance, alienation, and disillusionment ------- That argument would carry more water with me had it been applied to the start of the primary season. From what I saw, it was fine to divide Rs when Bachmann, Cain, and Perry were in the mix.

161 Best teams money can buy.

Posted by: © Sponge

 

You must be thinking of the Kentucky Wildcats. 

 

I, personally, have been robo-called twice over the weekend by the Santorum campaign.  I know it is fashionable (and true) to say the Santorum has been slagged by Romney, but Santorums' robocalls have pretty much slagged Romney.  I don't take any of it too seriously, as we know who the real target is.

162 Romney's already won no matter the final outcome in Ohio. He's gone from ~15 down to a dead heat in 2 weeks. Santorum's clearly on the downswing while Mittens keeps going up. You ready for some Lukewarm Milk vs. The One? How awesome our choices will be in November t.t

163

I was in a K-Mart this morning and noted the empty floorspace and shelves. It had a Soviet feel to it.

Posted by: nickless at March 05, 2012 05:15 PM (MMC8r)

If there's a Wal-Mart within a 10-mile radius it will stay like that until it closes.

 

And K-mart did it to themselves.  For several years their policy, I was told, was to build any new K-Marts as close to a Wal-mart as they could because Wal-mart spent money on optimizing location.

164 Wake me up when the not-Perry wraps this up.

165

I don't get it. Won't the winner be whoever Diebold says it is?

 

How will who votes how matter a single solitary damn?

 

The only poll that matters is Diebold.

166 @147,
Actually it wasn't like that. They were no different from other state caucuses. The mail-in votes were only for the primary which they scrapped to save money and did a caucus system instead.

Posted by: Kaitian at March 05, 2012 05:21 PM (zObcw)

I know that, I live here. My point is that comparing a caucas here to voting is a false comparison. Voting here takes no effort. A caucas is a 4 hour investment in time.

167 Christina Hendricks' boobs are over at Buzzfeed.  I showed my husband and he pretended not to be impressed. : ) http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/christina-hendricks-nude-photo-leak-nsfw

168

@166 Well I must have gotten the wrong impression.  My mother went to the caucus in Clark County and she spent about the same amount of hours at the caucus.

169 'Margin of Error' always loses steam on election day.

170 OT: but Chicago morons can breathe a sigh of relief. The G8 summit, in May, has been moved from Chicago to Camp David. NATO will still be there

171 165 I don't get it. Won't the winner be whoever Diebold says it is?

How will who votes how matter a single solitary damn?

The only poll that matters is Diebold.

Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front at March 05, 2012 05:25 PM (NVu2l)

U gone troll bro?

172 Those Hendricks pics frightened me. 

173

Kaitian,

 

Isn't clark county where they had to turn people away?

174 G8 moved to Camp David? For real? sonofa... That sucks because I was hoping for a bloody G8 for the whole world to see the Left in its glory.

175 Ohio will vote Romney. I'm IN Ohio, and I feel the stupid all around me.

176

@173

I have no idea. Maybe it was in certain locations where they were full and had to tell them to go to another caucus location.

177 @165 Ahhh our dedicated Santorum troll supporter here at AOS.

178

Ohio will vote Romney. I'm IN Ohio, and I feel the stupid all around me.

 

Posted by: Jimmah at March 05, 2012 05:30 PM (Gbec2)

 

Where at, if you don't mind me asking?

 

179 OK, maybe the extra time isn't going to help Romney... Via Melissa Clouthier's twitter feed: RT @bdomenech: Nooooooooooo RT @ZekeJMiller: Ann Romney: “I Don't Even Consider Myself Wealthy” http://vlt.tc/69d

180 U gone troll bro?

Posted by: Mætenloch at March 05, 2012 05:29 PM (pAlYe)

 

I'm feeling particularly nihilistic today. Maybe it's the gin.

181 >>>Christina Hendricks' boobs are over at Buzzfeed.

I have seen the mountain, and it is good.

182 Not buy much. Kasich comes out and starts talking about his 'hot wife' and imitating people w/Parkinson's.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at March 05, 2012 05:20 PM (pLTLS)

That's pretty funny and not inaccurate; and I *like* Kasich.

183

Where at, if you don't mind me asking?

------

 

West-o-Toledo

184 That sucks because I was hoping for a bloody G8 for the whole world to see the Left in its glory.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 05, 2012 05:30 PM (jUytm)

 

------------------------------------------

 

And the SCOAMT knows this too.  The image of his base must remain as benevolent as possible.  Besides, I pretty sure the NATO conference will bring out it's share of nutbags.

185 Remember KLINGER and his MUDHENS hat?

186 but it was gonna be "mostly peaceful" at the G8, I'm sure

187 @165 Ahhh our dedicated Santorum trollsupporter here at AOS.

Posted by: Kaitian at March 05, 2012 05:31 PM (zObcw)

 

You wrong me. I just can't stand the bot that is Romney. And I dislike character assassination by either side.

 

If your candidate has to win that way, I predict you will be unhappy with even a win.

188 163

And K-mart did it to themselves. For several years their policy, I was told,was to build any new K-Marts as close to a Wal-mart as they could because Wal-mart spent money on optimizing location.

Posted by: Polliwog at March 05, 2012 05:23 PM (zmm1+)

Having Rosie O' as their spokesman several years ago didn't help at all. I actually began driving out of my way to Target and WalMart to avoid giving her any of my money.

189 Nobody wants to listen, for all his weakness I still think Newt is the stronger horse for the coming muddy obstacle course handled by dishonest referees.

Romneys a good fair weather philly, Newts the mudder.  I still think the closest parallel of what to expect from Romney is Bush 41... minus the CIA background but plus a religion that media can keep radioactive.

190 this post is now officially old

191 @187 I won't be.

192 Newt was doing great until he started talking about a Moon Base.

Shit.  A Moon Base?  C'mon man.

193 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

194 167 Christina Hendricks' boobs are over at Buzzfeed. I showed my husband and he pretended not to be impressed. : )

Posted by: caunotaucarius at March 05, 2012 05:26 PM (SHvfC)


Never been there but I now seen the Grand Tetons.

195 @187 I won't be.

Posted by: Kaitian at March 05, 2012 05:38 PM (zObcw)

 

You know, I find that unsurprising.

196 You find alot of things unsurprising.  Like Romney actually winning.

197 The facts are Gingrich's first wife gave an interview to the Washington Post where she said " I went into the hospital for my third surgery. The two girls came to see me, and said Daddy is downstairs and could he come up? When he got there, he wanted to discuss the terms of the divorce while I was recovering from surgery"

198

West-o-Toledo

 

Posted by: Jimmah at March 05, 2012 05:33 PM (Gbec2)

 

I was just curious, I know little about that part of the state.

 

I was going to make a joke about how it feels to be an Ohioan that lives in occupied Michigan territory but since I don't know you, I figured I better hold off on that one!

199

ErikW

Yes, I'm in Fulton County, which hasn't voted for a democrat since John Kennedy, and before that was sometime in the 1800's. If they go Romney, that would probably mean he's the conservative choice overall. Of course the polls probably already show that.

200 Sometimes it is harder to get a handle on early voters because people who intend to but haven't will often say they have.

But it would be surprising for Santorum to have such a lead among those voters when Romney is the only one with an organized effort to get them.

201 There are signs that Rick Santorum could win Tennessee. A recent Vanderbilt University poll showed the former Pennsylvania senator leading former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney 38 percent to 20 percent in the Volunteer State.


WooooHoooo!!!!

202

@201, That's a February poll. 

Source: Vanderbilt Poll, February 16-22, 2012

203 When he got there, he wanted to discuss the terms of the divorce while I was recovering from surgery


That was the "dying-of-cancer" surgery, wasn't it?

204 You find alot of things unsurprising. Like Romney actually winning.

Posted by: Kaitian at March 05, 2012 05:42 PM (zObcw)

 

I'm Main St., not Wall St.  Romney won't change a single damn thing in my world.

205 @204, So you want a man from DC and knows & makes DC political deals?

206 Doesn't matter. Obama is at 50% approval in the new NBC/Wall St Journal poll out today and he destroys both Romney and Santorum. Told ya this thing is over and I'll remind you with every new poll that proves my point.

207 @206, Might as well give up.  Reagan should have given up against Carter when he was losing to Carter by 10 points in the primary season.

208 That was the "dying-of-cancer" surgery, wasn't it? Posted by: toby928© Perrykrishna at March 05, 2012 05:50 PM (GTbGH) ---- LOL. http://tinyurl.com/3lkfasu As for my parents' divorce, I can remember when they told me. It was the spring of 1980. AD FEEDBACK I was 13 years old, and we were about to leave Fairfax, Va., and drive to Carrollton, Ga., for the summer. My parents told my sister and me that they were getting a divorce as our family of four sat around the kitchen table of our ranch home. Soon afterward, my mom, sister and I got into our light-blue Chevrolet Impala and drove back to Carrollton. Later that summer, Mom went to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta for surgery to remove a tumor. While she was there, Dad took my sister and me to see her. It is this visit that has turned into the infamous hospital visit about which many untruths have been told. I won't repeat them. You can look them up online if you are interested in untruths. But here's what happened: My mother and father were already in the process of getting a divorce, which she requested. Dad took my sister and me to the hospital to see our mother. She had undergone surgery the day before to remove a tumor. The tumor was benign.

209 @204, So you want a man from DC andknows makes DC political deals?

Posted by: Kaitian at March 05, 2012 05:52 PM (zObcw)

 

I want a true conservative. The remaining four are not working. Doesn't mean I'm going to support the most devious, and ruthless of the four left. I'm not that dead inside.

210 #203 no that was removing a tumor that could have been cancerous but wasn't. That's how the rumor got started. He didn't serve papers on his dying wife. He just requested to discuss divorce terms to his wife who was in the hospital recovering from surgery. One makes you a pathological, psychotic jerk the other just makes you a pathological jerk.

211 @209, you're not going to get it and Santorum ain't one.  He's a fiscal liberal and big-government social conservative which you clearly want the latter.

212

"Having Rosie O' as their spokesman several years ago didn't help at all."

 

Yeah, that wouldn't help.  The issue with being next to a Wal-mart was it re-inforced the( accurate) impression that K-mart had less selection and higher prices.  Apparently TPTB hadn't thought through their strategy at all. 

213 The daughter also said her mom filed for divorce. Which was not accurate.

214 @209, you're not going to get it and Santorum ain't one. He's a fiscal liberal and big-government social conservative which you clearly want the latter.

Posted by: Kaitian at March 05, 2012 05:57 PM (zObcw)

 

I've heard it all before. I'm still not going to support the most vile, backstabber with lots of organization. The more dbags in congress that support him just makes me despise congressional Rs more. Go figure.

215 And by the way, the ex wife did undergo previous surgery for cancer which helped fuel the rumor.

216 @214 So go vote for the Constitution Party.

217 So go vote for the Constitution Party.

Posted by: Kaitian at March 05, 2012 06:03 PM (zObcw)

 

Love it, or leave it, huh?

 

I think that may be my only choice.

218 @218 In other words, compassionate conservatism.  I know all about it.  It was a very liberal approach to government which ended up expanding it, not reducing it.  Santorum is another one of those compassionate conservatives.

219 @217, it's your choice.

220

Coburn supports Romney. That does not make me like Romney. That makes me feel hopeless for the USA.

 

Who the fuck thought that was a good idea? Why not just disolve the party because it is a corrupt pos? Fuck me.

221

I guess we'll all have to learn British because the GOP is going full Tory with Mitt Romney.

222 I still haven't decided who to vote for in Ohio's primary tomorrow.

Newt comes the closest to being my candidate of choice.  He's smart, he's grounded in our nation's history, and he could wipe the floor with Obama in any debate.  But----as we've seen, he tends to be swayed by his own brilliance and he goes off the rails.  At this point, voting for him is like tossing my vote away.

Santorum, on the the other hand, spent his entire presentation the other day in Ohio dealing with social issues.  Not Obama.  Not the economy.  Not what he would do to bring the deficit under control, but basically reproductive issues.

Romney is a nice guy, but how is engineering a prototype for Obamacare a good thing when it comes to being a conservative?

All three of our candidates have been so busy clobbering each other that they haven't presented a coherent plan to balance the budget and reduce the size of government. 

By now, I should be able to repeat their plan to right the ship of state.  I can't.

I'll vote for one and then support them because another Obama term isn't even a choice.

But I keep thinking, at this important juncture in time, we've been presented with second tier candidates when history demands our best.

Anyone care to make an impassioned case for either Gingrich, Santorum, or Romney to help me make pulling the lever for one or the other a bit more palatable....

223

 theMachiavellian ,

I'm voting for Newt because I believe the bigger battle this election will be against the media, and I feel Newt is the only one that has shown that he knows how to handle the media, and not let them get away with false premises.

224 @222, yes it's too bad that no one will support Paleoconservatism overwhelmingly.

225 I like Gingrich the most, but dislike Santorum more than the rest. Is it that damned close?

226 Ron Paul is more of a libertarian bordering on David Duke bullshit. As for Paleoconservative, look at the Constitution Party.

227 >>>Love it, or leave it, huh?

>>>I think that may be my only choice.

It's pretty obvious you're a liberal troll.  You do realize the "Main Street vs. Wall Street" thing is classic Democratic messaging, right?

Whatever you think your goal here is (sowing FUD, I assume), just know that we see through you.

228 I don't know that "palaeoconservative" has an internally-consistent meaning. If we're talking about restoring one of the Divine Right monarchs then "royalist" is just simpler.

Other than that, in an American context it *should* mean rolling the Progressive project back to 1865. So, no slavery (slavery's for royalists) but also no 14th Amendment.

This is obviously an idealist platform. For instance, I think there was an income tax in the late 1860s, even though it was later found unConstitutional. I don't think there was a gold standard in the late 1860s, even though the palaeos would want one. People on the (local) government dole could vote, even those the palaeos would want to restrict the franchise.

229 Whatever you think your goal here is (sowing FUD, I assume), just know that we see through you.

Posted by: Jeff B. supports SMOD/Coldcuts '12 at March 05, 2012 07:16 PM (hIWe1)

 

Don't you think that is kind of silly when Wall St. backed Obama so heavily, and made billions selling MBS made possible by Dem CRA and Clinton signing the death of Glass-Steagal?

 

If you think Wall St. is conservative, you need to look again, unless you think the above plus crony capitalism is conservative. In that case consider me a wild eyed radical.

230 also placing anti-neocon grudge-holding over any positive vision for the future.

Posted by: Jerec at March 05, 2012 07:29 PM (60GaT)

 

Can you point me at such a paleocon who has done worse than pointing out the Jewish vote for the commie Dems by 70/30?

 

231 The antiSemitism on that side of the Right is awful and entirely counterproductive. Arguing for the Confederacy is also counterproductive. Getting into whether it's awful is a loser.

Being against neocons, though, is fine. Because the neocons, like McCain and Graham and the various Bushes, are still out there. I contrast neocons with Zionists; Zionists are the good guys IMO. The neocons were cheerleading the Arab Spring especially in Libya - which is increasingly looking like a disaster.

232

Heh. In one thread I've been accused of being a liberal troll, and a paleocon.

 

Could it be I'm just an independent thinker willing to call bullshit on hypocrisy wherever I see it?

 

Nah. I must be a troll.

233 Here's a point in favour of the stance that palaeocons are Joo-obsessed: comment #234.

Earlier someone was commenting that palaeocons hold grudges against neocons. An ordinary person (or, well, a weirdo like me) would break it down to first-principles on what palaeos and neos actually stand for. Then he'd look at why a palaeo might not approve of a neo.

And then along comes a palaeo to give HIS side - and it's the OHNOEZ FIFTH COLUMN meme.

234 And then along comes a palaeo to give HIS side - and it's the OHNOEZ FIFTH COLUMN meme.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at March 05, 2012 07:48 PM (QTHTd)

 

And maybe it was an honest question. What paleos are dumping on jews?

235 If you aren't accused of trolling every once in a while, you're probably doing something wrong.

And the differences between your average Buchananite paleocon and your average stormfront retard are night and day. Compare the comments on Moldbug's early pieces with the people who hang out there now to see the difference.

236

HAH!

Cicilline is now trailing the republican badly in RI-1 in polling, down 16 pts to the guy he beat by 6 in 2010.

A few days ago, Cook moved the race to tossup from likely D.

 

So much for the Dem plans to advance in the House. If they are losing seats like RI-1 which barely went Dem in 2010...

237

No comment from Greg on RI-1?

Typical.

 

238 "No comment from Greg on RI-1?" Sounds like it will be a great consolation prize when Obama annihilates Romney.

239 Don't believe Suffolk polling.  That is a Boston college and they are good with MA state polling but outside of MA they are terrible.  They are always WAY off in other states.

240

Santorum sucks. I'd rather have Newt than Santorum. Go Newt and/or Romney!

Santorum should drop out and go away. I cannot believe conservatives are so gullible. the dude is a union sell out.

 

241

If we go down with Newt - at least we go down in a  blaze  of  glory. His smack down of the liberal media is something to behold and should be the baseline example for all conservative reaction to liberal bullshit questions.

 

242 ^this isn't WWE dude. Newt could go into talk radio if that's what you want.