January 25, 2012
— Ace Based on my own guestimations.
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Posted by: MoDo at January 25, 2012 12:08 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: MoDo at January 25, 2012 12:08 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 25, 2012 12:09 PM (i0App)
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at January 25, 2012 12:09 PM (bjRNS)
Posted by: ace at January 25, 2012 12:10 PM (xojtH)
Posted by: MoDo at January 25, 2012 12:11 PM (r2PLg)
I had a software package on my old IBM PCjr. that made graphs like that.
Posted by: © Sponge at January 25, 2012 12:11 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: sifty at January 25, 2012 12:11 PM (WsOiK)
Posted by: lorien1973 at January 25, 2012 12:11 PM (0tkqC)
I'm leaning Newt because he is effective at communicating at least some conservative principles and because I think he has demonstrated that he can beat Democrats in DC.
Posted by: Y-not at January 25, 2012 12:11 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: MoDo at January 25, 2012 12:12 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: ErikW at January 25, 2012 12:12 PM (oIcB8)
-or- (well, and, really, but you get the idea)
Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant tyrant.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 12:12 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: MoDo at January 25, 2012 12:13 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 12:13 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: bannor, voting for NotRomney at January 25, 2012 12:13 PM (6AXh/)
Posted by: The Other Palin at January 25, 2012 12:14 PM (SCcgT)
Posted by: chris at January 25, 2012 12:14 PM (dX5s2)
Posted by: really ... at January 25, 2012 12:15 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at January 25, 2012 12:15 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: jewells45 at January 25, 2012 12:16 PM (l/N7H)
Posted by: Julie at January 25, 2012 12:16 PM (O/fK8)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 25, 2012 12:16 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Not an Artist at January 25, 2012 12:16 PM (YUwuZ)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 25, 2012 12:17 PM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: I am the walrus, goo-goo-ga-joo at January 25, 2012 12:17 PM (ybkwK)
Posted by: Ace's Jewish Grandmother at January 25, 2012 12:17 PM (iYbLN)
Posted by: ErikW at January 25, 2012 12:18 PM (oIcB8)
52% less 2% (points) is 50%.
Think we can convince .5% of the electorate, this time?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 12:18 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Grim at January 25, 2012 12:18 PM (gyNYk)
Posted by: pashmr at January 25, 2012 12:18 PM (3aNC4)
"Mitt RomneyÂ’s campaign is attacking Newt Gingrich as an "influence peddler." But it turns out that some of RomneyÂ’s closest advisers (or the firms
they lobbied for) were paid hundreds of thousands — maybe millions — of dollars on behalf of failed mortgage giant Freddie Mac."
Full story at the Daily Caller, who seems to be one of few the 'conservative' outlets not fully in the tank for Mitt.
http://tinyurl.com/7gy93b5
Posted by: Y-not at January 25, 2012 12:18 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: jewells45 at January 25, 2012 04:16 PM (l/N7H)
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I actually agree with Chris's friend. Luap Nor hauls in a lot of extreme leftwingers who would otherwise vote for Obama. I don't know that it would guarantee the Republican's victory, but I think it would sure as heck have an effect on Obama's numbers.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at January 25, 2012 12:18 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at January 25, 2012 12:18 PM (bjRNS)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 12:19 PM (8y9MW)
IÂ’m voting for whoever needs extra delegates to block the other guy from getting the nomination.
Go brokered convention.
Posted by: jwest at January 25, 2012 12:19 PM (FdndL)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 12:19 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at January 25, 2012 12:20 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Meiczyslaw
I wouldn't say that real loud your office. IYKWIM
Posted by: mpfs at January 25, 2012 12:20 PM (iYbLN)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 25, 2012 12:20 PM (Qjh0I)
Posted by: sarahw at January 25, 2012 12:20 PM (tFGP6)
This.
The West Coast Occutards love them some Luap Nor.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at January 25, 2012 12:20 PM (bjRNS)
Posted by: Chris at January 25, 2012 12:20 PM (XGZYX)
Nailed it, Ace.
Oh, and Barack Hussein Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.
I denounce myself.
Posted by: Alte Schule at January 25, 2012 12:20 PM (MLJu8)
Posted by: bannor, voting for NotRomney at January 25, 2012 12:20 PM (6AXh/)
Posted by: Zombie David Caradine at January 25, 2012 12:21 PM (RVYt5)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2012 12:21 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: DarkLord©, Rogue Commenter at January 25, 2012 12:21 PM (GBXon)
Ya, that sounds right, except for the libertarians who (many of whom anyway) are in a block going to vote for him and who would probably vote for the Rep. candidate if Paul bows out.
The Libs and know-nothing Obama lovers that claim they would vote for Paul have always puzzled me. Do they not know what they themselves stand for? Paul is smaller government, free market economy, fewer entitlements, etc., while most libs claim they are for "good" big government programs, they kinda like socialistic style governments in Europe and want to model American after them, etc. So how do you just switch over from Big Gov. Big O to small government RP ??????
Can George Clooney or Matt Damon or someone smart like them explain this to me?
Posted by: Sphynx at January 25, 2012 12:22 PM (fEmj2)
Posted by: USS Diversity at January 25, 2012 12:22 PM (PddVe)
And are you hiring?"
I was going to link to our exterior web page, but it's blocked by IT.
Way to go, guys.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at January 25, 2012 12:22 PM (bjRNS)
Posted by: Zombie Caradine doesn't read the comments at January 25, 2012 12:22 PM (RVYt5)
(r) Patriots
(g) Giants
(b) xxWho gives a rat's assxx Team Meteor.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 12:22 PM (8y9MW)
LYNN HAVEN — A man who allegedly killed and ate a homeless person traveled to Lynn Haven where he was arrested, Lynn Haven police said Wednesday.
Tyree Smith, 34, of Bridgeport, Conn., told a family member that he killed the victim with a hatchet, police wrote in a news release. Smith, who was covered in blood at the time, added that "after he bludgeoned the victim he took pieces of brain matter and his eye, which he consumed," police said.
Posted by: Jeffrey Dahmer at January 25, 2012 12:22 PM (e8kgV)
Based on my own guestimations.
God that was funny. Robert DeNiro as Al Capone: Like so many things in life we laugh because it's funny and we laugh because it's true. Thank you ace. I *really* needed that.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Camellia Sinensis Operative at January 25, 2012 12:22 PM (0q2P7)
Why not? This whole primary has been a jerk-off session, and now I sort of wish I were dead.
Posted by: right at January 25, 2012 12:22 PM (RzLbD)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at January 25, 2012 12:23 PM (4df7R)
killed the victim with a hatchet, police wrote in a news release. Smith,
who was covered in blood at the time, added that "after he bludgeoned
the victim he took pieces of brain matter and his eye, which he
consumed," police said.
Did he taste like chicken?
I denounce myself.
Posted by: mpfs at January 25, 2012 12:23 PM (iYbLN)
Posted by: BigGator5 at January 25, 2012 12:24 PM (k/jYM)
Go brokered convention.
****
Fine. It would almost be worth it just to watch the St. Sarah cultists get heartbroken yet again.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 25, 2012 12:24 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at January 25, 2012 04:20 PM (4df7R)
******
The advantages of Vermin as our president is when he bows to the Saudi king, he will give him a...
BOOT TO THE HEAD!
Posted by: Warthog at January 25, 2012 12:24 PM (WDySP)
Way to go, guys.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at January 25, 2012 04:22 PM (bjRNS)
LOL!
Posted by: Tami at January 25, 2012 12:24 PM (X6akg)
Do we want to draw out the angst with a global economic meltdown, and years of starvation, rioting, civil war, and death?
Or do we just want to go with getting nuked by Iran, and get the death done mostly at the beginning?
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Camellia Sinensis Operative at January 25, 2012 12:24 PM (0q2P7)
Well... when you put it like that...
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 12:25 PM (8y9MW)
Where are you when we need you? Send up the Rat Signal!
Posted by: mpfs at January 25, 2012 12:25 PM (iYbLN)
Team Internets Pr0n / Xanax 2012 is working for me so far this election season.
Posted by: sifty at January 25, 2012 12:25 PM (WsOiK)
>>>"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!"
F* YOU RINO!
Azathoth is the only REAL conservative in this election. Plus everyone knows, you vote for DOOM for the big seat you get the Crawling Chaos for veep.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Camellia Sinensis Operative at January 25, 2012 12:26 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: bannor, voting for NotRomney at January 25, 2012 12:26 PM (6AXh/)
Posted by: Mayan Calender at January 25, 2012 12:27 PM (NWQfv)
Posted by: Iblis at January 25, 2012 12:27 PM (9221z)
Posted by: blaster at January 25, 2012 12:27 PM (z+Ndi)
Actually, the theory is that Iran's looking to make an EMP weapon. They can't build enough weapons to overwhelm us directly (it'll just piss us off), so they're looking at a way to turn us off with just one nuke.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at January 25, 2012 12:27 PM (bjRNS)
Posted by: mpfs at January 25, 2012 12:27 PM (iYbLN)
"Tyree Smith, 34, of Bridgeport, Conn., told a family member that he
killed the victim with a hatchet, police wrote in a news release."
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I have often said to my family and friends, "I love you. I'll go to the mat for you on just about anything. But for God's sake, if you kill someone do NOT come to me, confess, and then expect me to help you hide the body. Because I WILL smack you over the head with a cast iron pot and drag your ass to the police."
Also, and this joke is in seriously bad taste, but what are the odds that the sadly deceased hobo ends up voting for Obama in the general?
......
I denounce myself. Sriously. That was just awful. Now I need a shower.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at January 25, 2012 12:28 PM (4df7R)
American Spectator:
http://tinyurl.com/7863eqk
Mitt Romney has raised the issue of Newt Gingrich's "work
product."
Wow.
Intended to prod the former Speaker on the issue of his
work for Freddie Mac (Gingrich last night released his contract
with Freddie), the question, as seems to be a Romney
characteristic, has clumsily backfired. It raises an all-too
obvious question that is becoming increasingly
revealing.
What is Mitt Romney's "work product" for the conservative
cause?
Posted by: Y-not at January 25, 2012 12:29 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at January 25, 2012 12:29 PM (QQAJP)
Posted by: joncelli, who is married at January 25, 2012 12:29 PM (RD7QR)
BENGHAZI, Libya — Moammar Gadhafi loyalists seized control of a Libyan mountain city in the most serious challenge to the central government since the strongman's fall, underlining the increasing weakness of Libya's Western-backed rulers as they try to unify the country under their authority.
The taking of Bani Walid, one of the last Gadhafi strongholds captured by the new leadership late last year, was the first such organized operation by armed remnants of Gadhafi's regime. A simultaneous outbreak of shootings in the capital and Libya's second largest city Benghazi raised authorities' concerned that other networks of loyalists were active elsewhere.
Posted by: Tom Friedman at January 25, 2012 12:30 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at January 25, 2012 04:27 PM (bjRNS)
HAHAHA! Silly infidel pig-dogs! It's just a weather satellite!
Posted by: Mahmoud Ahmedenijad, waiting for the 12th Imam to crawl out of a well at January 25, 2012 12:30 PM (oIcB8)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo
I understand. You'd rather be with the Yoshis you know than the Yoshis you don't know.
Posted by: mpfs at January 25, 2012 12:30 PM (iYbLN)
Posted by: Log Cabin at January 25, 2012 12:31 PM (Mkkd8)
Posted by: Kenny The Nail Guy at January 25, 2012 12:31 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: maddogg at January 25, 2012 12:31 PM (OlN4e)
Do we want to draw out the angst with a global economic meltdown, and years of starvation, rioting, civil war, and death?
I'll take this option. I'll at least be able to get a few licks in before my demise.
Posted by: Soona at January 25, 2012 12:31 PM (NWQfv)
Libyan mountain city...
****
Did someone forget to tell them that he's dead?
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 25, 2012 12:31 PM (SY2Kh)
F* YOU RINO!
Azathoth is the only REAL conservative in this election. Plus everyone knows, you vote for DOOM for the big seat you get the Crawling Chaos for veep.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Camellia Sinensis Operative at January 25, 2012 04:26 PM (0q2P7)
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FOAD, PURITY WHORE! You want to get the stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable tyrant out of the Oval Office, you vote for Cthulu! HE'S the only electable one with a dog in this race! People know him! He's got his own Elder Gods-damned MYTHOS!
Next we'll have some third party shit-for-brains jackhole hijacking the thread to demand we vote for The Colour Out of Space. Fuck.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at January 25, 2012 12:31 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: tasker at January 25, 2012 12:32 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: White Zombie at January 25, 2012 12:32 PM (7whvo)
Posted by: mpfs at January 25, 2012 12:32 PM (iYbLN)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Camellia Sinensis Operative at January 25, 2012 12:33 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Mahmoud Ahmedenijad, waiting for the 12th Imam to crawl out of a well at January 25, 2012 12:33 PM (oIcB8)
Posted by: tasker at January 25, 2012 12:33 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Clubber Lang at January 25, 2012 12:33 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 25, 2012 12:34 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Vic at January 25, 2012 12:34 PM (YdQQY)
They're not dead. They'd like to keep it that way.
That's why amnesty is usually a good idea after a civil war.
...
Am I allowed to say "amnesty" anymore?
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at January 25, 2012 12:34 PM (bjRNS)
Posted by: Mahmoud Ahmedenijad, waiting for the 12th Imam to crawl out of a well at January 25, 2012 04:33 PM (oIcB
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NO! I want to hang Timmeh around Obamfuck's neck leading up to the general! No fair!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at January 25, 2012 12:35 PM (4df7R)
At least we don't have to put up with any more Republican debates now that they're finally finished
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 25, 2012 12:35 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Cesar Vallejo at January 25, 2012 12:35 PM (SAEtb)
Posted by: eleven at January 25, 2012 12:35 PM (lU2av)
Just inside Nancy, not inside and out.
(just thought I'd do that and not get a smilie))Posted by: s☺mej☼e at January 25, 2012 12:35 PM (oif6Y)
Posted by: joncelli, who is married at January 25, 2012 12:35 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: a corpseman at January 25, 2012 12:35 PM (7whvo)
Posted by: The Hammer at January 25, 2012 12:36 PM (wo1YR)
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at January 25, 2012 04:34 PM (bjRNS)
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For Americans? Sure.
Posted by: really ... at January 25, 2012 12:37 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Timothy Franz Geithner at January 25, 2012 12:37 PM (ggRof)
Posted by: Vic at January 25, 2012 12:37 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: The Guy That Thinks He Can Speak For ace and Company at January 25, 2012 12:38 PM (jucos)
Posted by: maddogg at January 25, 2012 12:38 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: DaveA at January 25, 2012 12:39 PM (XFxB5)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 25, 2012 12:40 PM (jucos)
Just out of curiosity, supposing our Betters in the party (I don't dare call them The Establishment) decide "none of the above" at some point. Given that there are 57 states, is it still possible to get a consensus candidate onto enough ballots to give that person a chance to win? I know Virginia has theirs written in granite at this point, but what about everywhere else?
Yes or no?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2012 12:40 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2012 12:40 PM (piMMO)
Erickson is beating that drum now, too.
I think it's a bad idea. These are the guys we have to run. Whichever one prevails, we'll have to drag his ass over the finish line. It would be nice if there was more attention paid to their platforms and records so at least we are talking substance instead of focusing on trying to guess how women Indies will vote in November.
Posted by: Y-not at January 25, 2012 12:40 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Norm Coleman at January 25, 2012 12:41 PM (7whvo)
Posted by: Cesar Vallejo at January 25, 2012 04:35 PM (SAEtb)
What the fuck is "referraled traffic?"
Posted by: © Sponge at January 25, 2012 12:41 PM (UK9cE)
No. They couldn't win. However, they could (theoretically) spoil either of the others from getting the necessary delegates, and force a brokered convention.
But why worry about that- just vote for Santorum. You might get him enough steam to do the same thing.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 12:41 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Y-not at January 25, 2012 12:41 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: ontherocks at January 25, 2012 12:42 PM (ZJCDy)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 25, 2012 12:42 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Jimmuy at January 25, 2012 12:43 PM (7jkW7)
Posted by: Necky Pelosi at January 25, 2012 12:43 PM (XrrP7)
Posted by: © Sponge at January 25, 2012 12:43 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: rickl at January 25, 2012 12:44 PM (zoehZ)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 25, 2012 04:42 PM (jucos)
Yes....I live in Texas and have been fighting it mightily.
Posted by: © Sponge at January 25, 2012 12:45 PM (UK9cE)
The sad part is I think Mitt or Newt could win. That is how bad Odumbass is, America hates that guy.
Posted by: Necky Pelosi at January 25, 2012 12:45 PM (XrrP7)
Posted by: Y-not at January 25, 2012 04:40 PM (5H6zj)
I don't know if it's a bad idea. Looking at the field we have, everyone who announces instantly shoots to the top of the pack. What if someone could stay there, instead of pulling a Rick Perry?
Posted by: maddogg at January 25, 2012 12:45 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: HeatherRadish needs italics. And a beer. at January 25, 2012 12:46 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Mahmoud Ahmedenijad, waiting for the 12th Imam to crawl out of a well at January 25, 2012 04:33 PM (oIcB
SQUEEK! Squeek! squeek! squeek! [splash]
Posted by: joncelli, who is married at January 25, 2012 12:46 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Vlad Tepes at January 25, 2012 12:46 PM (7whvo)
I just read something that makes total sense, explains a great deal, and is scary as all hell. If it is true, it makes Monty's Doom posts look like a font of optimism.
I'm afraid I've become a conspiracy nut.
I need a drink.
Will they let me vote if I'm drunk?
Posted by: Dave in Fla at January 25, 2012 12:46 PM (RI0fC)
Posted by: al-Cicero, Tea Party Jihadist at January 25, 2012 12:47 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Tim Tebow at January 25, 2012 12:47 PM (jiwQf)
Posted by: andi sullivan at January 25, 2012 12:47 PM (sHY5w)
*small shoot of optimism*
Just ahead of the criminal charges?
*back to gloom*
Posted by: HeatherRadish needs italics. And a beer. at January 25, 2012 12:48 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: © Sponge at January 25, 2012 04:43 PM (UK9cE)
I'd give 10:1 odds that if the GOP wins the Presidency in 2012, those idiots will treat Barky like an elder statesman and even give the retard a federal holiday. I'm not joking. These idiots are ready to do it ... which is why I am really in an "Elect and Impeach" mode. Elect anyone to get Barky the criminal out and then impeach the loser we just put in so we could get a decent person, finally, who will understand what needs to be done.
Posted by: really ... at January 25, 2012 12:48 PM (X3lox)
I'm in the black section. I don't think any of them can do anything other than ride the decline so what difference does it make?
Posted by: snowcrash at January 25, 2012 12:48 PM (w3YD7)
Posted by: Timmy Geithner at January 25, 2012 12:48 PM (7whvo)
So... what did you read.
And what kind of nut. Because if you turned into an Almond, I'll have to shun you forever.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 12:48 PM (8y9MW)
Sonofabitch!
Would somebody shove a fucking toupee in his mouth?!
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2012 12:49 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: whatever at January 25, 2012 12:49 PM (O7ksG)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at January 25, 2012 12:49 PM (7GfKM)
Posted by: chris at January 25, 2012 04:14 PM (dX5s2)
Definitely. The people I know who like Ron Paul despise Republicans.
Posted by: Pyrocles at January 25, 2012 12:49 PM (cv5Iw)
How about a pagan god wearing the skins of human sacrifices? Can one of those save us?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 12:50 PM (8y9MW)
****
Did you see that stone-faced look throughout the STFU last night?
It's going to be hard to attack Newt or Romney on taxes with that fucker lurking around, right?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2012 12:50 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: maddogg at January 25, 2012 04:38 PM (OlN4e)
So who do you want to jump in? People were already ripping Rubio a couple of threads ago. Who is it you'd want that wouldn't be shredded by the MFM and the DNC shills who comment here. Who?
Posted by: Soona at January 25, 2012 12:50 PM (NWQfv)
Posted by: maddogg at January 25, 2012 04:38 PM (OlN4e)
I thought... 33%??? Thats it? wtf is wrong with this country?
Posted by: dananjcon at January 25, 2012 12:50 PM (8ieXv)
Posted by: joeindc44 - tebow's new lifting coach at January 25, 2012 12:50 PM (QxSug)
Didn't Trump re-register as an Independent recently?
Posted by: wheatie at January 25, 2012 12:51 PM (ALwK/)
Posted by: Dr Spank at January 25, 2012 12:51 PM (lVGED)
Ding Dong, the treasury witch is dead. Bye Bye Geithner, you feckless criminal, I am sure you will land on your feet at Goldman.
Oh and Buffets secretary earns between $200K and $500K. Yeah, that bitch is hurtin.
If you are govt connected, you are screwed in this country.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 25, 2012 12:51 PM (XrrP7)
Posted by: Donald Trump at January 25, 2012 12:51 PM (ggRof)
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Romney, Gingrich, and Paul would have to withrdraw and put the long knives away.
And it just means we go with someone who is not "vetted." But that doesn't mean that there wouldn't be stuff pulled out in the general.
I guess I believe all of these guys have things that can be used against them in the general. So short of it being a guy like Dick Cheney, who is fully vetted in a national election and about whom we know so much, I don't know who I'd feel comfortable about. Either they would be proven to be less substantive than we thought (hoped) they were - I could see this happening with a green guy like Rubio; or they would turn out to have positions we didn't actually like - I could see this happening with Bolton; or they could wind up having done something in their past, either political or personal, that a lot of voters find objectionable - basically the case with any politician who's been in office any length of time.
It's all a risk.
Posted by: Y-not at January 25, 2012 12:51 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Sterling Archer at January 25, 2012 12:52 PM (1H47k)
Posted by: runninrebel at January 25, 2012 12:52 PM (v2nte)
Posted by: Iblis at January 25, 2012 12:52 PM (9221z)
Just go ahead and torpedo him with whatever you REALLY think is the matter. I have a feeling it won't touch him.
He's not teflon but he is covered in PAM.
Unless he's kissing boys in an S&M dungeon I don't think there's an issue.
Pressuring coeds for a date? Ladies of dubious reputation? Stepping out on hobag #2? Just what is it you are afraid of?
Posted by: sarahw at January 25, 2012 12:52 PM (tFGP6)
Posted by: jeannebodine at January 25, 2012 12:52 PM (byR8d)
This may just be my irrepressible optimism (...think about it...) but I don't think him stepping down will make it any better. 1) he's not the only tax cheat the administration hired. 2) he's been there from day one, and it's only in the election year itself that he's stepping down.
I think, "Yeah, we didn't use Turbo Tax to file our taxes," is going to have enough legs to get through the election.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 12:52 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 04:50 PM (8y9MW)
Man, you have got to stop hoping for Xipe Totec to announce. He has baggage, and that rotting human skin just reeks.
Posted by: maddogg at January 25, 2012 12:52 PM (OlN4e)
Talk about tying up the estate for awhile. There's probably been a half-dozen (or more) long-term estate executors thinking "any fucking time now" over the years ... holy crap.
Posted by: Blacksheep at January 25, 2012 12:53 PM (8/DeP)
How about a pagan god wearing the skins of human sacrifices? Can one of those save us?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 04:50 PM (8y9MW)
How about a plethera of young un-soiled virgins?
Posted by: Achmed Fappa Mouhajadin at January 25, 2012 12:53 PM (8ieXv)
Of the two of the new guys in Florida, so far I think I prefer West.
Posted by: Y-not at January 25, 2012 12:53 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Dr Spank at January 25, 2012 12:54 PM (lVGED)
I wasn't exactly recommending a shiny, new candidate, just wondering if it would be legally/logistically possible to get somebody on enough ballots at this point.
Of course, the party's PTB would have to find this mythical super candidate anyway. Mitch Daniels it ain't.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2012 12:54 PM (TOk1P)
But this stuff? I feel like I should take the blue pill.
http://tinyurl.com/72eznos
Posted by: Dave in Fla at January 25, 2012 12:54 PM (RI0fC)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at January 25, 2012 04:46 PM (RI0fC)
Why, I plan on doing just that!
Posted by: ErikW at January 25, 2012 12:54 PM (oIcB8)
An overwhelming majority of Americans approved of the overall message in President Obama's State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, according to a CBS News poll of speech watchers.
According to the poll, which was conducted online by Knowledge Networks immediately after the president's address, 91 percent of those who watched the speech approved of the proposals Mr. Obama put forth during his remarks. Only nine percent disapproved.
91% approval baby.....up from 82% last year, so there.
http://tinyurl.com/69bh28r
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 25, 2012 12:54 PM (BhuDE)
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Rubio is my senator. I like him. I voted for him and will do so again. But, the whole he's as cute as a puppy and, well, articulate, doesn't cut it when he's making rookie mistakes.
Let the guy grow a bit before tossing him to the wolves.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2012 12:55 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Soona at January 25, 2012 04:50 PM (NWQfv)
Bolton.
Posted by: maddogg at January 25, 2012 12:55 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 25, 2012 12:55 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Honey Badger at January 25, 2012 12:55 PM (VxqUc)
Dead inside?
You're ready for the Empire of Jeff. Join me and I'll make your opponents dead on the outside as well as the inside.
Bacon. Jackboots. Justice.
Jeff. 2012.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 25, 2012 12:55 PM (PFvlM)
Posted by: joeindc44 - tebow's new lifting coach at January 25, 2012 12:55 PM (QxSug)
Mitch had a nice reply, but I don't see him having the intestinal fortitude to go for the job. Ryan certainly grasps the problem, but he's not soup yet. My preferred candidate ('Cuda) decided to pass this time. But we really need someone with big ideas plus guts. We need a Churchill, not a Halifax. Sure Newt goes crazy, but at least he fights. Mittens just seems to cautious, too safe.
Posted by: MichiCanuck at January 25, 2012 12:56 PM (EssCF)
Of the two of the new guys in Florida, so far I think I prefer West.
*****
The two of them combined make the perfect candidate.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2012 12:56 PM (piMMO)
Dang you're right.
Maybe a different pagan god.
Apophis 2012
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 12:56 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 25, 2012 04:51 PM (XrrP7)
Or she and Butthead are bald-faced liars like their Indonesian Retard buddy. I'm going with lying. I think Warren only pays himself $175,000 or something in salary so I doubt he pays his secretary more than that.
But having the secretary for one of the richest humans on Earth as the poster-child for an OWS Squatter class-warfare assault on America by The Precedent is the textbook definition of "chutzpah".
Posted by: really ... at January 25, 2012 12:57 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 25, 2012 12:57 PM (XrrP7)
That may be, but he's still 43/49 over at Gallup this afternoon.
Posted by: Blacksheep at January 25, 2012 12:57 PM (8/DeP)
(emphasis added)
I think you've got some selection bias, there. All it's saying is that folks who aren't voting for Obama don't even bother to watch him any more.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at January 25, 2012 12:58 PM (bjRNS)
Posted by: Jack O'Neill at January 25, 2012 12:58 PM (ggRof)
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at January 25, 2012 12:58 PM (bjRNS)
Fuckin Cavuto! .....He had Frank Fucking Luntz on there a few minutes ago.....and now he just cut off Fred Thompson, in mid-sentence, using a commercial break as an excuse.....because Fred was talking positive about Newt!
Posted by: wheatie at January 25, 2012 12:59 PM (ALwK/)
Posted by: runninrebel at January 25, 2012 12:59 PM (v2nte)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 25, 2012 04:56 PM (piMMO)"
&
Rushbabe -
That Kountry Kitchen Buffet ain't gonna eat itself, y'know.
Posted by: Teh Fred! at January 25, 2012 12:59 PM (VxqUc)
Posted by: Flapjackmaka at January 25, 2012 12:59 PM (2qPO1)
Posted by: RushBabe at January 25, 2012 04:54 PM (tQHzJ)
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Awake at this hour?
Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 25, 2012 04:55 PM (jucos)
The bartender at the early-bird special won't let him back in til he pays his tab. He just hit Covuto up for a couple Benjamins.
Posted by: dananjcon at January 25, 2012 01:00 PM (8ieXv)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 25, 2012 01:01 PM (jucos)
Of course,the party's PTBwould have to find this mythical super candidate anyway. Mitch Daniels it ain't.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2012 04:54 PM (TOk1P)
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If I understand it all correctly, it is too late to get on the ballot in 37 states. That only leaves 13 states that a late entrant could get on the ballot (or 20 states if you are Barky the Fabulous).
So, for a brokered convention to work, the delegates would have to be willing to vote for the late entrant on the second ballot. My understanding is that the delegates are obliged to vote along with their state's Primary winner on the first ballot.
Posted by: Not an Artist at January 25, 2012 01:01 PM (YUwuZ)
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How was his speech? Did anyone watch it? I know the text was put out in advance (or some of it) and got some positive responses, but how was his delivery.
I do not see Daniels as being the savior.
Bolton is too one-dimensional and, frankly, just as abrasive as Newt so if folks are worried about electability then he's a no go.
Rubio is too green. I like West, but he also needs seasoning (and accomplishments in his new role).
Posted by: Y-not at January 25, 2012 01:03 PM (5H6zj)
*
Its like a warm blanket.
****
Give in to it. Don't fight it, baby.
You know you want it.
Posted by: Bill Clinton at January 25, 2012 01:03 PM (piMMO)
Correct. Well, they're pledged to a specific candidate. In "winner take all" primaries, that will all be the same one. In IA, NH, and SC, they have proportional representation, so some will vote for Mitt, some for Newt, and some for Santorum.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 01:04 PM (8y9MW)
Newt - a disgusting sack of bloated garbage hated by the political center as well as the GOP elite.
Or Willard - stiff ass fucking Mass moderate and weather vane.
What does a good wingnut do?
Posted by: Clarence at January 25, 2012 01:04 PM (z0HdK)
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^This.
It's an uphill battle either way. It just strikes me that in general the Newt leaners and backers are more ready to roll up their sleeves and fight.
Posted by: Y-not at January 25, 2012 01:05 PM (5H6zj)
What does a good wingnut do?
Posted by: Clarence at January 25, 2012 05:04 PM (z0HdK)
Well, you can begin by sucking Barney's cock.
Posted by: Doctor Fish at January 25, 2012 01:05 PM (TkGkA)
Posted by: Bill Clinton at January 25, 2012 01:05 PM (piMMO)
Well, you can begin by sucking Barney's cock.
****
You realize that you're not gay if you make him suck your own, right?
Posted by: The kids from South Park at January 25, 2012 01:06 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 25, 2012 01:06 PM (BhuDE)
Posted by: Clarence at January 25, 2012 05:04 PM (z0HdK)
He takes up his sword and commences to slitting throats. Are you a voluntary victim? You sure sound like it.
Posted by: maddogg at January 25, 2012 01:06 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at January 25, 2012 01:06 PM (7GfKM)
Posted by: Sgt. Fury at January 25, 2012 01:07 PM (r2dnH)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 04:56 PM (8y9MW)
I'm sort of leaning toward Aphrodite. She'd probably suck at being president, but, man, think of how much fun the innaugeral balls would be.
Posted by: Soona at January 25, 2012 01:07 PM (NWQfv)
Sweet!
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 01:07 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at January 25, 2012 01:07 PM (fuUYY)
Posted by: shibumi at January 25, 2012 01:07 PM (z63Tr)
It's an uphill battle. If it's with Mitt it's one type of battle and the potential 'reward' doesn't seem that great to me. If it's Newt it's a different type of battle but I happen to think there's a greater possibility of it being worth the effort.
Either way, I don't think things are going to improve much for most of us. But Obama is destroying this country, so we gotta try to stop him.
Posted by: Y-not at January 25, 2012 01:07 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: sarahw at January 25, 2012 01:08 PM (tFGP6)
Posted by: Meiczyslaw
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You can't, Meiczyslaw. HTML has been terminated with extreme prejudice at the HQ because some dicks were effing with the blog through HTML.
Posted by: andycanuck at January 25, 2012 01:08 PM (sHY5w)
Correct. Well, they're pledged to a specific candidate. In "winner take all" primaries, that will all be the same one. In IA, NH, and SC, they have proportional representation, so some will vote for Mitt, some for Newt, and some for Santorum.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 05:04 PM (8y9MW)
Yes, thanks for the clarification. So, could the delegates theoretically nominate someone on a second vote that never ran in a state's Primary?
Posted by: Not an Artist at January 25, 2012 01:08 PM (YUwuZ)
Posted by: Clarence at January 25, 2012 05:04 PM (z0HdK)
******
Pity you for lashing out just because your daddy thinks your brother gives better blowjobs than you do?
Posted by: Jack O'Neill at January 25, 2012 01:08 PM (ggRof)
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No. Only the most delusional Romneybot thinks he's the most conservative option.
Posted by: Y-not at January 25, 2012 01:08 PM (5H6zj)
If that's how you're leaning- Athena. Nearly as hot, and more likely to smite our enemies.
Of course, she's one of the Maidens... so less fun at the inaugural ball.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 01:08 PM (8y9MW)
Unions will be the death of a once great nation. They are nothing more than baby sitting factories where money gets pumped from union bosses to democrats and tax payers are fleeced to pay for it all when it inevitably goes bankrupt. The ultimate result is that it forces jobs and manufacturing over-seas.
Posted by: whatever at January 25, 2012 01:09 PM (O7ksG)
OK First you need to quit freebasing aluminum. Yes globalism is a goal of some very influential folkes, yes they have been working on it for some time. But this economic collapse that is looming is completely beyond the scope of anything they intended, because it threatens the EURO and the total destruction of all their "progress" in Europe.
So just remember that; It should be comforting: The economic collapse that is coming, wasn't anticipated and couldn't even be stopped by the elites.
It ought to be a fun ride.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Camellia Sinensis Operative at January 25, 2012 01:09 PM (0q2P7)
Later
Posted by: Flapjackmaka at January 25, 2012 01:09 PM (2qPO1)
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Thanks, that certainly answers my question, namely, that it's essentially not possible for somebody to come in and take over the race at this point. Brokered conventions and 2nd ballots and all that, sure, but not a new candidate who could catch fire and run away with it by winning primaries.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2012 01:09 PM (TOk1P)
Down ticket is as vital as winning the Presidency, without uncontestable majorities in House and Senate, nothing worthwhile can be accomplished. Can't even let the Dems be spoilers, this time. And from what I see here, it doesn't look too promising.
Posted by: irongrampa at January 25, 2012 01:09 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 25, 2012 01:09 PM (6iodk)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at January 25, 2012 01:10 PM (7GfKM)
My understanding is "yes." The problem, then, becomes selling such a maneuver to the base. It would be much, much easier to select someone who had at least shown up on a couple of primary ballots- and easier still to select someone who'd stayed in for quite a while.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 01:11 PM (8y9MW)
A little Off Topic:
January 25, 2012 02:59:33 PM NEWS HERALD STAFF REPORT"LYNN HAVEN — A man who allegedly killed and ate a homeless person traveled to Lynn Haven where he was arrested, Lynn Haven police said Wednesday.
Tyree Smith, 34, of Bridgeport, Conn., told a family member that he killed the victim with a hatchet..."
Didn't Tyree get banned for poor spelling?
Posted by: Doug S at January 25, 2012 01:11 PM (bGgEi)
Posted by: Clarence at January 25, 2012 05:04 PM (z0HdK)
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--Well, given that you're an awful left-wingnut, do the opposite of what you'd do, right dumbass?
Posted by: logprof at January 25, 2012 01:11 PM (ykSKg)
For myself and my retired friends, nothing government does will effect most of us one way or the other. However, we're committed not for ourselves, but our children and the unborn. The thought of encumbering a newborn with this level of debt is unconscionable, and brings to mind thoughts of retribution on a grand scale. We must rid our society of this menace.
Posted by: Doctor Fish at January 25, 2012 01:12 PM (TkGkA)
Posted by: mpfs at January 25, 2012 04:25 PM (iYbLN)
You rang?
Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at January 25, 2012 01:12 PM (lgw0N)
Posted by: barney the dinosaur at January 25, 2012 01:12 PM (sHY5w)
Posted by: Joe Biden at January 25, 2012 01:13 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Clubber Lang at January 25, 2012 01:13 PM (ZPrif)
Well remembering that we won't be trying to defend Obama's record should immediately cheer us up.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Camellia Sinensis Operative at January 25, 2012 01:13 PM (0q2P7)
nominate someone on a second vote that never ran in a state's Primary?
My understanding is "yes." The problem, then, becomes selling such a maneuver to the base. It would be much, much easier to select someone who had at least shown up on a couple of primary ballots- and easier still to select someone who'd stayed in for quite a while.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 05:11 PM (8y9MW)
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Ok, that's what I thought. And, it scares the shit out of me.
Posted by: Not an Artist at January 25, 2012 01:14 PM (YUwuZ)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at January 25, 2012 01:14 PM (fuUYY)
I spilled some bourbon today in honor of the dead pirates, by the way, and I hope you did too. I kind of staggered into the air conditioner and about broke my kneecap. Cursed pirates!
Posted by: And Irresolute at January 25, 2012 01:14 PM (vewos)
Posted by: TurboTax Timmuh - when you absolutely, positively need the lamest ass excuse ever! at January 25, 2012 01:14 PM (7GfKM)
Me, I can't wait for the next debate. As a matter of fact, I am thinking of organizing one on the subject of Israel's continued existence. It will be held in France, and moderated by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and David Duke.
Posted by: West at January 25, 2012 01:14 PM (1Rgee)
Posted by: mike at January 25, 2012 01:14 PM (RRSlp)
the ampersand has been de-funct too?!?!?!?
***
They're dead, soothsayer. They're all dead.
Posted by: the HQ's super computer at January 25, 2012 01:14 PM (sHY5w)
Posted by: Burke at January 25, 2012 01:14 PM (9N3G1)
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Sure, but would Polynikes qualify as MOST delusional? He's certainly got some competition for that title.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2012 01:15 PM (TOk1P)
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Perry isn't running.
Keep calling me a bigot. It's working great.
Posted by: Y-not at January 25, 2012 01:15 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 05:08 PM (8y9MW)
You know. I once dated a topless dancer named Athena. Harkening back to that experience, you're probably right.
Posted by: Soona at January 25, 2012 01:15 PM (NWQfv)
Posted by: Drew in MO at January 25, 2012 01:16 PM (HY/eU)
"LYNN HAVEN — A man who allegedly killed and ate a homeless person traveled to Lynn Haven where he was arrested, Lynn Haven police said Wednesday.
Tyree Smith, 34, of Bridgeport, Conn., told a family member that he killed the victim with a hatchet..."
Serves him right. The season is closed.
Posted by: maddogg at January 25, 2012 01:16 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 25, 2012 01:16 PM (BhuDE)
Posted by: DNC at January 25, 2012 01:17 PM (1ZoqB)
Posted by: Janetoo at January 25, 2012 01:17 PM (R+fMx)
Posted by: the HQ's super computer
What about Rimmah?
Posted by: soothsayer, ballbuster extraordinaire at January 25, 2012 01:17 PM (sqkOB)
For about a year I've been telling y'all the GOP leaders don't want to beat Obama.
I know the reality sammich is a turdburger, but y'all gonna have take a bite of it sooner or later.
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at January 25, 2012 01:18 PM (7+pP9)
Yeah, I'm going to stick with my answer to Undead from a few weeks ago- any time they have to drop to ad hominem and non sequitur (and I'm sure I spelled both of those incorrectly, but roll with it) "arguments" it's really code for "Yes, you won that argument, but I'm so far in the tank that I've forgotten it's a tank."
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 01:18 PM (8y9MW)
****
Dionysys looks like a lot more fun. http://www.hulu.com/watch/297346/saturday-night-live-greek-gods
Posted by: The kids from South Park at January 25, 2012 01:18 PM (piMMO)
This, this, this. And future Congressional reps/Senators come from even further downticket, so stop leaving those blank.
Posted by: HeatherRadish needs italics. And a beer. at January 25, 2012 01:18 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: John Galt at January 25, 2012 01:18 PM (80GjT)
Former President John Tyler's Grandchildren Are Still Alive
Are they Republicans? Can we draft one of them?
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What astonished me in that link is that Tyler was born in 1790, one year after the Constitution. Imagine the political world he knew at twenty years old, then imagine the political world of a twenty year old today.
Posted by: The French at January 25, 2012 01:18 PM (joSBv)
Posted by: Laurence O'Donnell at January 25, 2012 01:18 PM (6iodk)
I LOLed at this hucksterism. I'm the Steve Jobs of potty jokes and misanthropy! And that's two things I'm Steve Jobs of, so that makes me twice as awesome.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at January 25, 2012 01:19 PM (QQAJP)
Three years.
Posted by: Delaware - December 7, 1787 (suck it, Pennsylvania!) at January 25, 2012 01:21 PM (7GfKM)
Newt, on the other hand, is who he is. His personal life is a mess and I believe he turns off the unengaged sector of the electorate, who only remember a bad association and a name that sounds like Grinch. I think he's less likely to beat ODipshit in the general. And beating ODipshit is Qualification One, AFAIK.
With resignation, I'm supporting Mittens. I'm going to get all my dead relatives to support him too.
Posted by: al-Cicero, Tea Party Jihadist at January 25, 2012 01:21 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 05:18 PM (8y9MW)
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I prefer to think of it as a luxurious artificial natural environment.
Posted by: Romney's little pet polynikes at January 25, 2012 01:21 PM (ggRof)
WOO HOO!!!!!!
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at January 25, 2012 05:12 PM (qjUnn)
So the distant popping sounds I heard a few minutes ago were really Indiana union heads exploding. Good. I'm not going crazy then.
Enjoy your new-found freedom, Indiana. We certainly have been here in OK.
Posted by: Soona at January 25, 2012 01:22 PM (NWQfv)
Posted by: Emperor of Obama at January 25, 2012 01:22 PM (epBek)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at January 25, 2012 01:23 PM (fuUYY)
So his father wasn't a British subject at the time of his birth...making him more of a modern American than SCOAMF.
Posted by: HeatherRadish needs italics. And a beer. at January 25, 2012 01:23 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at January 25, 2012 01:23 PM (7GfKM)
But those are the same qualities your average Joe GOP redneck hates. Especially once Huntsman admitted evolution and science were real.
GOP - stiff redneck reprobates, Enjoy your downfall - you hick greasy fucks.
Posted by: Clarence at January 25, 2012 01:23 PM (z0HdK)
Posted by: the HQ's super computer at January 25, 2012 01:24 PM (sHY5w)
Posted by: al-Cicero, Tea Party Jihadist at January 25, 2012 01:24 PM (QKKT0)
"Dear Clarence, won't you go away
Dear Clarence, the hobos want to play
The potty's full of lefty poo
And as it happens so are you
Dear Clarence, won't you go away"
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at January 25, 2012 01:25 PM (QQAJP)
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I'm using similar reasoning, but reached the opposite conclusion regarding their potential governing style. I think Newt is more likely to "get" what it will take to work with the Rs in congress, whereas Mitt would be more of a reach-across-the-aisle guy.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2012 01:25 PM (TOk1P)
including the ampersand?!?!?
Posted by: soothsayer, ballbuster extraordinaire at January 25, 2012 05:12 PM (sqkOB)
&
Posted by: Ampersands for Sale at January 25, 2012 01:25 PM (X3lox)
One story the Two Partys do NOT want to talk about... is the growing amount of UnAffilated voters out there... State voter rolls show them at 1/3 or more of the Electorate..
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Repubs try to spin them as Moderate Independents... but they really span the entire spectrum of philosophies... including those of us who have (small l) Libertarian leanings who see the GOP as Statist.
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If you ask most Americans, they tell you they want smaller government, with NO Government being able to tell people how to live... yet niether party adheres to that principle...
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Imo its been time for a third Party for a long time... one which Goes back towards the founders vision for this country... one which fights for the America we were all Taught about in school (or at least until the last generation)... one that is there to Protect a Free People... not to enslave them... not to tell them how to live.
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So... as far as the Repub or Democrat Candidates? The ONLY thing which may get me to vote for the horrible Repub candidates, is that Obama is worse...
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But it sure does not say much for the current Two Partys, that these are the only choices...
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 25, 2012 01:25 PM (lZBBB)
Try being a bit more amusing when you troll. That way people will at least pay attention to you with less obvious contempt for your stupidity.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at January 25, 2012 01:25 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Clarence at January 25, 2012 05:23 PM (z0HdK)
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I hope your daddy washes your mouth out with soap before you blow him.
Posted by: Romney's little pet polynikes at January 25, 2012 01:25 PM (ggRof)
Posted by: And Irresolute at January 25, 2012 01:25 PM (vewos)
Posted by: al-Cicero, Tea Party Jihadist at January 25, 2012 05:24 PM (QKKT0)
Nah, he's just emptying out the "hold", so to speak.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at January 25, 2012 01:25 PM (7GfKM)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 25, 2012 01:26 PM (6iodk)
Posted by: al-Cicero, Tea Party Jihadist at January 25, 2012 05:21 PM (QKKT0)
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Sounds like a plan. Just remember:
Turnout so far in the GOP Primaries - Before Newt's Rise in the Polls
Iowa GOP Turnout - 2008 vs. 2012 +3%
New Hampshire GOP Turnout - 2008 vs 2012 +3%
After Newt's Rise in the Polls
South Carolina GOP Turnout - 2008 vs 2012 +24%
Posted by: Not an Artist at January 25, 2012 01:26 PM (YUwuZ)
258 I think we should all just lay back, and think of England.
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This raises an issue I've been struggling with lately? Is conservative government as much of a pipe dream as communism (only with a longer start-to-fail time span)?
It remains ever true that once the citizens of a democracy discover they can vote money to themselves, the jig is up. Is the idea of a government that remains limited inherently impossible, then?
I mean, look as the shit BO has done, UNCONSTITUTIONALLY, and no one has batted an eye. Sure we bitch and gripe, but BO's still there, gay and happy. And appointing officers while the Senate's in session (under the Rule of Law, there are no "gimmicks," adherence to formality is a prerequisite), he's simply open in his disdain of our system of government.
This is a problem now, while it's just some jug-eared fool doing the bidding of his moneyed backers. But what happens when we get a true Caesar? A man both painfully ambitious AND politically ruthless/immoral. There will be such a man in our lifetimes, and then we will have lost it all. A new Pax Romanum except with a globalist leadership.
Great, just great. How can Rule of Law even survive when you have people unwilling to even obey the simplest of rules? From our leaders dow to us, we are spiraling the moral drain.
Yeah, yeah, I'm a fundie loon. Great. But there's no doubt that we are not "free" in any sense of the word. We can't do what we want on our own land (just like the king's forests, except we pay taxes on them ourselves), and we can't even stop criminals from looting our possessions (se VDHs columns).
We're fucked.
And it happened despite the fact that some of the most brilliant political minds in the history of the world devised a system that was supposed to check ambition and limit government intrusion. But nothing can hold up unless people are willing to enforce the rules, not only on others, but on ourselves. Chucking the entire raft of social mores --the Judeo-Christian ethos -- because a few malcontents can't act out their deviant impulses (whatever they are, not singling out any one group here) managed to fuck the entire system in less than 4 generations.
There isn't a "conservative" candidate because it is impossible to conserve something that's gone. Trying to rebuild traditional values gets you sidelong glances from the "hip" who think you're a snake handling fundie, without recognizing that the "fundamental" rules are what kept us free as a nation. I'm guilty of this as well, despite being pretty damn traditional. We have license instead of liberty, and because license is so much more fun (and easy) the hard work of liberty drops away. It will ever be thus.
Once Rome's morals started to decay, they lost the Republic. Here we go again.
Posted by: imp at January 25, 2012 01:26 PM (UaxA0)
Mitt Romney said Wednesday at a “Meet the Candidates” forum sponsored by Univision that though his father was born in Mexico, he didn’t consider himself Mexican-American — but he wouldn’t mind if Floridians thought he was when they cast their ballot in the GOP primary Tuesday.
“I would love to be able to convince people of that, particularly in a
Florida primary,” Romney said when the forum’s moderator Jorge Ramos
asked if the former Massachusetts governor would consider himself the
first Hispanic president if elected, considering that his father was
born south of the border.
“But I think that might be disingenuous on my part because in my case
my dad was born in Mexico and I am proud of my heritage, but he was
born of U.S. citizens who were living in Mexico at the time and was not
Hispanic. He never spoke Spanish nor did his parents, so I canÂ’t claim
that honor. But he lived in Mexico until he was 5 or 6 years old and
then, with revolution in Mexico. his parents and he as a young boy came
back to the United States and settled in the western part of the
country.”
Pressed again by the moderator, who said Romney’s father would be “by
definition” Mexican under that country’s constitution, Romney said he
didnÂ’t think voters would buy it if he went around claiming to be
Mexican-American.
“I don’t think people would think I was being honest with them if I
told them I was Mexican-American but I would appreciate if you would get
that word out,” Romney said.
http://tinyurl.com/7e7n2kb
Posted by: Y-not at January 25, 2012 01:26 PM (5H6zj)
C'mon, that's just mean. There's no reason to get his hopes up.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 01:26 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: I am the walrus, goo-goo-ga-joo at January 25, 2012 01:27 PM (ybkwK)
Posted by: HeatherRadish needs italics. And a beer. at January 25, 2012 04:46 PM (ZKzrr)
***
You're right, Heather. The date the article cites (1841) is the year that Britain changed the former colonies of Upper and Lower Canada (Ontario and Quebec) into Canada West and Canada East. And 1867 is the year that those colonies and Nova Scotia and New Brunswick formed a confederation as Canada.
Posted by: andycanuck at January 25, 2012 01:27 PM (sHY5w)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at January 25, 2012 05:23 PM (7GfKM)
Pugnacious.
Posted by: Pug at January 25, 2012 01:27 PM (X3lox)
Give it a rest, Y-Not.
It was boring and tiresome when you were shilling for Perry, but at least it was somewhat understandable.
Newt doesn't deserve one iota of your intellectual integrity.
Posted by: Emperor of Obama at January 25, 2012 01:27 PM (epBek)
Dead inside barely describes how I feel.
I feel as though I am presiding over the end of civilization, helplessly watching as a fading image of what might have been slowly dissolves into blackness, and I creep through the night into the heart of darkness.
Posted by: Mister Money at January 25, 2012 01:28 PM (wN82N)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at January 25, 2012 05:12 PM (qjUnn)
***
No way! Strike a blow for freedom!
Posted by: The kids from South Park at January 25, 2012 01:29 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Clarence at January 25, 2012 05:04 PM (z0HdK)
I'm heading over to the Wal-Mart parking lot, heard this guy "Clarence" is the "biscuit"
Posted by: Mongoose at January 25, 2012 01:29 PM (KM86p)
Posted by: The kids from South Park at January 25, 2012 05:29 PM (piMMO)
*******
And speaking of blowing, daddy's calling!
Posted by: Clarence at January 25, 2012 01:30 PM (ggRof)
*****
We're supposed to celebrate that age-spotted old bastard? I suppose the next thing you're gonna tell us is that we have to blow Smithers!
Posted by: The kids from South Park at January 25, 2012 01:30 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: logprof at January 25, 2012 01:31 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at January 25, 2012 01:31 PM (fuUYY)
123 of the delegates at the convention are chosen from each state's party leaders - folks that have put in the face time and sucked up enough, over time, to rise in the party. At the convention, these folks are non-pledged - they can vote for who they wish.
The remaining 2200 or so delegates are pledged - meaning that for the first vote they must vote the way their state voted in the caucus or primary. If after the first vote no candidate obtains a majority, all delegates are released to vote for whom they wish.
Delegates, as opposed to the average voter, are much more likely to be long-time establishment Rs, and much less likely to be TEA Party folks, given the latter's recent emergence. My guess is that the delegates, left to their own devices, are much more likely to select the "next in line" type of candidate.
Posted by: angler at January 25, 2012 01:32 PM (SwjAj)
He said that science were real. That just ain't right, talkin' that way in public.
Posted by: fluffy, redneck hick at January 25, 2012 01:32 PM (3SvjA)
WOO HOO!!!!!!
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at January 25, 2012 05:12 PM (qjUnn)
----
Good news!
Posted by: WisRich at January 25, 2012 01:33 PM (hdpay)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 25, 2012 01:33 PM (6iodk)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKfBCitChcg
****
Yeah the linky thingy is down too. We're living in caveman times now.
Posted by: The kids from South Park at January 25, 2012 01:33 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: phoenixgirl....a voter without a candidate at January 25, 2012 01:33 PM (Ho2rs)
Interesting timing too; the goon hysterics are going to get overshadowed by Chuck Pagano and The Game Whose Name Is Trademarked.
Posted by: HeatherRadish needs italics. And a beer. at January 25, 2012 01:33 PM (ZKzrr)
"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!" Well wake him up then. Someone posted an idea for a bumper sticker here not long ago, "Yellowstone Caldera/Cthulhu '12 - Let's just get it over with" or something to that effect. I am just about ready for that.
Posted by: barbed-wire fence fixer at January 25, 2012 01:34 PM (LxZey)
Posted by: the HQ's super computer at January 25, 2012 01:34 PM (sHY5w)
France and Britain were both interfering with Texas' entry into the union (they were trying to prevent it because it would make the US much more powerful). President Tyler found out and he reminded them of the Monroe Doctrine.
Posted by: soothsayer, ballbuster extraordinaire at January 25, 2012 01:35 PM (sqkOB)
Posted by: Simple Clarence at January 25, 2012 01:35 PM (QQAJP)
Posted by: fluffy, redneck hick at January 25, 2012 05:32 PM (3SvjA)
--Yeeeeeeeeee-haaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwww!!!!
I just realize that since I did not support Huntsman I'm supposed to bang my sister!
[Oh shit, I don't have a sister.]
Posted by: logprof at January 25, 2012 01:36 PM (ykSKg)
Does "all Dead Inside" = indifferent. I'm indifferent. We're doomed no matter who is in the White House. I was hoping for a Dystopia of flying cars and sexbots (Bladerunner). Sadly it will be something between Soylent Green and The Road Warrior. Damn, I was so looking forward to flying cars and sex bots. Ass rape and canabalism just doesn't appeal to me.
Posted by: stillers at January 25, 2012 01:36 PM (Tli20)
France and Britain were both interfering with Texas' entry into the union (they were trying to prevent it because it would make the US much more powerful). President Tyler found out and he reminded them of the Monroe Doctrine.
=====================================================
Are you busting my balls for not knowing that?
Posted by: fluffy at January 25, 2012 01:36 PM (3SvjA)
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 25, 2012 05:25 PM (lZBBB)
It'll be interesting to see how this election goes, not only for president, but for congress as well.
We may very well see a movement to a third party in 2013. And I am hoping that it happens then or after, not 2012.
Posted by: Soona at January 25, 2012 01:37 PM (NWQfv)
Cool. I'm in with the majority on this one.
----
No you are not. Gingrich is up 8 points in FL and down 2 nationally.
Posted by: Entropy, Racism Delenda Est at January 25, 2012 01:37 PM (Ci0JG)
Posted by: Emperor of Obama at January 25, 2012 01:38 PM (epBek)
But yeah, when Tyler was president, the republic of Texas was a hot issue.
France and Britain didn't want Texas to join the union so they were trying to make deals with Texas.
Posted by: soothsayer, ballbuster extraordinaire at January 25, 2012 01:38 PM (sqkOB)
Posted by: Julie at January 25, 2012 01:39 PM (O/fK8)
Posted by: Blaster at January 25, 2012 01:40 PM (Fw2Gg)
Posted by: Max Power at January 25, 2012 01:40 PM (q177U)
****
It is a test of your creative abilities! Although they work for me.
Posted by: 1960's, Yeahhhh Baby! at January 25, 2012 01:41 PM (piMMO)
Yeah, it's a cool factoid, but it's not as if they were grandchildren who played at the feet of Old Man Tyler. Still goes to show how young our republic remains.
Posted by: logprof at January 25, 2012 01:42 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: soothsayer, ballbuster extraordinaire
I suck balls. That's my job.
Posted by: Clarence the Tard at January 25, 2012 01:42 PM (iYbLN)
Posted by: imp at January 25, 2012 05:26 PM (UaxA0)
Take heart, imp. I'll find a place for ya. Can you fix cars?
Posted by: Lord Houmgous, of the Wasteland and Lt. to Lord Monty at January 25, 2012 01:42 PM (OlN4e)
After Tyler came James Polk.
Polk was aggressive with US expansion. He wanted California and got California...and New Mexico.
Congressman Abraham Lincoln said WTF? to Polk when Polk declared war with Mexico.
Posted by: soothsayer, ballbuster extraordinaire at January 25, 2012 01:43 PM (sqkOB)
Posted by: imp at January 25, 2012 05:26 PM (UaxA0)
There is another option, but it is NOT an easy, or safe one...
Posted by: Cincinatus at January 25, 2012 01:43 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at January 25, 2012 05:44 PM (qjUnn)
.
And we promise to cut 100 BIllion from THIS years budget...
Posted by: John Boehner at January 25, 2012 01:46 PM (lZBBB)
And perhaps a third?
And then I'll move in and be warm and cozy as momma grizzly protects me from bullies and the dark.
Posted by: Andy Sullivan at January 25, 2012 01:47 PM (xHenH)
I feel as though I am presiding over the end of civilization, helplessly watching as a fading image of what might have been slowly dissolves into blackness, and I creep through the night into the heart of darkness.
Posted by: Mister Money at January 25, 2012 05:28 PM (wN82N)
Wow. Put that to music and you'll have the new DNCC theme song.
Posted by: Soona at January 25, 2012 01:47 PM (NWQfv)
Posted by: mpfs at January 25, 2012 01:48 PM (iYbLN)
Confederate General James Longstreet's last wife died in 1962. The last Civil War vet died in 1956.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 25, 2012 01:48 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: mpfs at January 25, 2012 05:48 PM (iYbLN)
You into cross dressing or just like hairy legs?
Posted by: Our GOP reps. at January 25, 2012 01:49 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: mpfs at January 25, 2012 05:48 PM (iYbLN)
Why, thank you.
Posted by: Prince Charles at January 25, 2012 01:49 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 01:50 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Dang at January 25, 2012 01:50 PM (BbX1b)
Posted by: Cincinatus at January 25, 2012 05:43 PM (lZBBB)
Are you thinking "Genghis Kahn" like I am.
Posted by: Soona at January 25, 2012 01:50 PM (NWQfv)
You ponce.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 05:50 PM (8y9MW)
--The Queen Mother was Scottish, so he was at least part Scottish.
Posted by: logprof at January 25, 2012 01:51 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: irongrampa at January 25, 2012 01:51 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: M80B at January 25, 2012 01:53 PM (d6QMz)
It won't just be the tip.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Camellia Sinensis Operative at January 25, 2012 01:53 PM (0q2P7)
Are you thinking "Genghis Kahn" like I am.
Isn't he the only one that has ever defeated the Afgans?
Posted by: Julie at January 25, 2012 01:53 PM (O/fK8)
FIFY
Posted by: fluffy at January 25, 2012 05:52 PM (3SvjA)
--No, he's a putz.
Posted by: logprof misses strikethrough at January 25, 2012 01:53 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: Blaster at January 25, 2012 01:54 PM (Fw2Gg)
Posted by: Mister Money at January 25, 2012 05:28 PM (wN82N)
****
You rang? http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/154316/goth-stan
Posted by: The kids from South Park at January 25, 2012 01:54 PM (piMMO)
Any word on putting the budget up for a vote?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 01:54 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: irongrampa at January 25, 2012 05:51 PM (SAMxH)
I use the ObamaCare approval rating as a gauge. 60-70% disapprove. It ain't science, but I would almost bet (barring a third party run) that this is going to be the truer statistic.
Posted by: Soona at January 25, 2012 01:56 PM (NWQfv)
I thought mutiny applied to ships. Wha'ddup wid dat?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 25, 2012 01:56 PM (/jOyr)
Isn't he the only one that has ever defeated the Afgans?
More like "suppressed", but it worked for me.
Posted by: G H Kahn at January 25, 2012 01:57 PM (6LvlL)
Budget Control Act of 2011, Bitch!
Quit listening to Mark "High Pitch Spermy Voice". He is a fucking liar.
Posted by: Clarence at January 25, 2012 01:57 PM (z0HdK)
Posted by: irongrampa at January 25, 2012 05:51 PM (SAMxH)
It turned out once that I had BO. But, I don't think that's what you are referring to.
Posted by: Not an Artist at January 25, 2012 01:57 PM (YUwuZ)
Posted by: Dang at January 25, 2012 01:58 PM (BbX1b)
I thought mutiny applied to ships. Wha'ddup wid dat?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 25, 2012 05:56 PM (/jOyr)
.
--PNG is an island nation: close enough
Posted by: logprof misses strikethrough at January 25, 2012 01:58 PM (ykSKg)
Pacific Spring?
Posted by: Methos at January 25, 2012 01:58 PM (6LvlL)
Posted by: Fortunata at January 25, 2012 02:00 PM (90H1N)
Posted by: Clarence at January 25, 2012 05:57 PM (z0HdK)
...
--Apparently you're the only one who knows what a "spermy voice" sounds like.
Posted by: logprof misses strikethrough at January 25, 2012 02:00 PM (ykSKg)
Isn't he the only one that has ever defeated the Afgans?
Posted by: Julie at January 25, 2012 05:53 PM (O/fK
Hmmmm. I'm not sure. But not only was he an excellent warrior, he was a shrewd politician as well.
Posted by: Soona at January 25, 2012 02:01 PM (NWQfv)
They are thinking of drafting a budget and moving it through committee but that is it.
Posted by: M80B at January 25, 2012 02:01 PM (d6QMz)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Team Meteor. Now with Cheesecake at January 25, 2012 02:02 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Genghis Khan at January 25, 2012 02:03 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: M80B at January 25, 2012 02:05 PM (d6QMz)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 25, 2012 02:06 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Julie at January 25, 2012 02:07 PM (O/fK8)
Posted by: Totally Irrational Political Malcontent at January 25, 2012 02:08 PM (f8XyF)
Posted by: Big E at January 25, 2012 02:08 PM (VOigi)
----------------
Ha! Well he did promise last night to sign almost anything Congress slapped on his desk.
Posted by: Retread at January 25, 2012 02:10 PM (joSBv)
Posted by: Totally Irrational Political Malcontent at January 25, 2012 06:08 PM (f8XyF)
That raises the question of what won't you compromise your principles over? And how would anyone know when you'd stand, and when you'd run in the future?
Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at January 25, 2012 02:20 PM (lgw0N)
Posted by: m at January 25, 2012 02:21 PM (RtUky)
Posted by: really ... at January 25, 2012 02:33 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Sgt. Hartman at January 25, 2012 02:46 PM (YmPwQ)
Posted by: gary gulrud at January 25, 2012 03:11 PM (o0Uno)
Posted by: JASmius at January 25, 2012 03:18 PM (qF+mo)
Is there somewhere a "Conservative Check List?" Maybe Rush can help us there. But I'm pretty sure neither Barry Goldwater nor Ronaldus Magnus would pass todays's test.
....And whatever happened to Rick Savonarola? Is he finally gone?
Posted by: Bobby Ahr at January 25, 2012 05:10 PM (bBAmx)
Posted by: ambrosia at January 25, 2012 07:03 PM (oZfic)
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