"The good news for Santorum is that next time, whether that's 2016 or 2020, he'll have a strong claim for it being his turn."

This is PRECISELY the problem with GOP politics.  Why on earth are we still pickingn candidates based on whose turn it is?

Obama sucks!

And I noticed this a couple of months ago:  McConnell and Harry Reid's physical appearance seem to be converging.  By the time they retire, they will look identical.

"McConnell and Harry Reid's physical appearance seem to be converging."

I've noticed the same tendency with the SCOAMF and Gollum.

From the McConnell ballwashing link:

Only three Republicans defected -- Scott Brown of MA, Susan Collins of ME, and Dean Heller of NE.

Great company you're keeping there, Dean Heller of Nebraska.  Really top-shelf stuff.

Posted by: Vic at April 11, 2012 07:15 AM (YdQQY)

You say that like that's a bad thing!

What bill that makes it though Congress (with Dem and RINO help) doesn't have boatloads of poison pill crap in it.  Just the authority for potential new regulations is astounding.

President O-bah-muhh is a good man. You'll have nothing to fear, when he is re-elected.

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 11, 2012 07:38 AM (i3+c5)

Stedman must be fast and furious that O'Keefe beclowned him so badly.  The chinless skidmark has a huge ego as was illustrated when he whined that he wasn't getting enough credit for the "good things" he's accomplished in front of Issa's hearings.  He'd rather eat dogshit than be ridiculed.

Posted by: Jeb Bush at April 11, 2012 07:34 AM (T9Koh)

Like hell. You couldn't even use the Think Of The Judges!!! blackmail to get me to vote for another Bush.

I don't know about Gabe's posts, but it has really pissed me off to see all the stalwart Santorum supporters who didn't fucking exist 3 months ago.

Santorum's been in the campaign from the beginning and nobody said word fucking one about him until it was down to a three man race. And then it was to hail him as the True Conservative in the race.

Really? I'd think you'd have supported him from the beginning, then. I don't like Romney either, but I'm not about to ignore someone else's glaring deficiencies to soothe my ego.

See:  Perry, Rick.

People did the same shit with Bachmann and Cain, defending those lunatic fuckups even past the point where THEY THEMSELVES admitted they were fuckups.

And now there's more petulance in the form of "this isn't the way to get my vote." FUCK. YOU.

No one is going to suck your dick to get you to vote for Romney, when they've had to man up to do it, themselves.  If you're too stupid to take your medicine, then DIE.

Posted by: Jeb Bush at April 11, 2012 07:34 AM (T9Koh)

Try 2020, fat boy.

Posted by: dogfish at April 11, 2012 07:41 AM (N2yhW)

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That what???  In any case, no conservative supports the AGW scam. They may claim to be conservatives but if they support AGW they are not.

Posted by: Vic at April 11, 2012 07:34 AM (YdQQY)

Embarrass bureaucrats and they will come after you - that is a basic law of government.

The fact that there is nothing to come after, as in this case, won't stop them. No bureaucrat in the history of government has ever been charged with malfeasance for wrongfully going after an individual.

To the bureaucratic mind - people who embarrass them have to be stopped, or the bureaucracy  will become laughing stocks instead of occupying their "proper" position as feared rulers of the people.

Where exactly in the constitution does it say that we are to be ruled by bureaucrats?

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at April 11, 2012 07:00 AM (mFxQX)

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If only someone had started putting some cocaine and testosterone pills in Teh Fred!'s cornflakes maybe things would have been better.  But yeah - it was a pretty bad field.  No surprise.  We had no farm league - no VP who could run.  Cheney was great and all, but he was a dead end.  Someone else should have been VP, at least in Bush term #2.

It was, as is typical for Republicans, simply Romney's turn; he paid his dues in 2008 and, no surprise, here he is in 2012.

Um, no. I get tired of hearing all this "it was his turn" shit. Are we talking about a presidential nomination or a game played by elementary school kids?

Maybe he won because he dropped MASSIVE negative ad bombs on anyone who threatened him, knowing they could not respond. And MAYBE he won because he outspent them on an average of 20 to 1. Yet he STILL couldn't get above 35% in most states.

My only hope is he'll drop the same bombs on the Bamster. Don't count on it, even though many of the ads simply write themselves. It'll be more of "he's a nice guy; he's just in over his head" bullshit. Hey, it's the Republican establishment way!!

In the main city of Banda Aceh, terrified residents screamed 'God is great!' as they jumped into cars and the backs of motorcycles, clogging streets as they fled to high ground.

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Oh is that what they screamed? Thanks for translating that, otherwise it would lead someone to remember that its also the war cry of terrorists.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at April 11, 2012 07:09 AM (phlKA)

It's not the size, it's the motion of the ocean.  Or something.

and, and, and.............Global Warming!

@ Gabe.

Pfft.  I can fix that:

I'm not agreeing with you, you're agreeing with me, RINO!

Bwahahaa...my bosses son can't get badges/tickets to Comic-Con...SOLD OUT.  He wants to take his 5year old son (big spiderman fan) Is Comic-Con appropriate for young children??

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Morn' ya'll

Sorry folks, the phone decided I had typed enough.

I guess I should have qualified the conservative label as fiscally conservative and strong 2nd ammendent types.  The misinformation the MFM spews is strong.  The "saftety net" bullshit is what got me going though.  Small government types are a definite minority.

Posted by: Vic at April 11, 2012 07:50 AM (YdQQY)

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I'm not sure I agree.  Moderates are contemptible, but most of the moderate men that I've met have been apolitical know-nothings, not Liberals per se.  They just lack the stones/brains required to take a stand for what's right.

As for the moderate women, they'll vote for whichever candidate does the best job of making them slide off their chairs.  If Mitt is more sexually attractive to them than Obie, then we win.  I'm hoping that Mitt is a more manly character in their minds than Preznit MomJeans.

Posted by: small town girl at April 11, 2012 08:02 AM (jNIw2)

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With the exception of the snott nose kids...sounds like a dream job! 

Posted by: Fritz at April 11, 2012 06:50 AM (KWdVT)

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The SCOAMF is going after cretin-vote.  He is appealing to the feelings of envy and inadequacy that pervades the donk base.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at April 11, 2012 08:05 AM (M0NzJ)"

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All he can run on is pure marxist class warfare and Republicans stealing lady parts. He has to deflect attention away from what he is doing to the economy and the constitution.

Posted by: Vic at April 11, 2012 07:11 AM (YdQQY)

He's got to be at least a size 60, Portly suit.  I mentioned this yesterday.  He's always in a new suit.  How can he govern NJ or even be considered for VP if he can't even control his own weight?

No one is going to suck your dick to get you to vote for Romney...

Candidate Mitt has thought of every contingency.

@ kdny

You are exhibit A.  Look at the butthurt you're marinating in.  Who gives a shit about your feelings? Man up and vote for the nominee or watch Obama get re-elected - it's just that simple.

You had your fun flitting from dipshit to dipshit in the primaries because they Weren't Romney.  Now it's nut cutting time. Romney I'd what you get.  If you don't want him, Obama's your other choice.

Pick.

Posted by: dally at April 11, 2012 08:09 AM (oZfic)

I am definitely in the minority here, but I don't think that people with a vice or two are bad leaders.  Being fat/a smoker/a womanizer is IMO just as often about having greater than average passions as it is about having less-than-average discipline.

In fact, many of the true womanizers I have known are also the most disciplined people I have known.  It takes a  lot of effort to be a successful cad.

Posted by: dally at April 11, 2012 08:09 AM (oZfic)

I am definitely in the minority here, but I don't think that people with a vice or two are bad leaders.  Being fat/a smoker/a womanizer is IMO just as often about having greater than average passions as it is about having less-than-average discipline.

In fact, many of the true womanizers I have known are also the most disciplined people I have known.  It takes a  lot of effort to be a successful cad.

Posted by: EV at April 11, 2012 07:59 AM (Mv/2X)

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I share your hope, and am a little more optimistic.  The hard part will be waiting for it to happen.  You need to go positive in the early stages to build up the feeling that you're an OK guy.  Then, toward the end, you drop the big bombs.  It minimizes the enemy's ability to respond, and keeps it fresh in the voters' minds.  And it needs to be ruthless.

Posted by: kdny at April 11, 2012 08:02 AM (63qg4)

No.  I could never bring myself to vote for Santorum because he isn't a real conservative and he just creeps me out.  He was kind of useful in an "anybody but Willard" kind of way but mostly he was just an irritating presence like a fly that's been feasting on shit heading for the picnic table.  I voted for Noot in the primary and don't know what I'd have done if he hadn't been there.  I'll vote for Willard in November because the alternative is a total fucking disaster.  But he's far from a desirable candidate and hopefully the Tea Party candidates will gain enough clout elsewhere to send worthless fucks like Rove packing.

"Obama is spending an inordinate amount of time and crazy Axelrod strategery propping up his base."

And the dirty little  secret is that his base is a distinct minority of Americans. One of devil-worshipper  Alinsky' Rules is "hide your  numbers, make your enemy think there are many on your side."

Posted by: Alice's Clone Army at April 11, 2012 08:09 AM (5Q9pE)

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Pffft...I don't think he was ever breast fed. But he is a rotten little spoiled brat; that should make for a great 4hour flight and and eventfully-miserable weekend in beautiful San Diego for the boss.  LOL.

"In fact, many of the true womanizers I have known are also the most disciplined people I have known. It takes a lot of effort to be a successful cad."<<<

I'll choose "The rapists" for $400, Alex.

It ain't going to be the Reverend Santorum's turn next time around unless he learns to stay focused on issues that actually have something to do with being President.

I can't imagine him in a general election, prattling on about the evil of condoms and anal sex or whatever.  He's certainly entitled to his own mind on those matters, but the voters really don't want to hear about it.  The irony is, he presented himself as THE candidate that could best talk about Obamacare... but his candidacy inspired talk about everything BUT that.  Lack of self-discipline to stay on message caused that to happen.

Posted by: dagny at April 11, 2012 08:10 AM (CMM9V)

I haven't figured out what his end game is in the Saint Trayvon minstrel show other than his egomaniacal need to make every fucking thing about himself.  He's had plenty of opportunities to tell the hucksters and rabble-rousers to calm down and be the post-racial person he campaigned as and he's dropped the fucking ball at every instance.  He may have figured out that he's history in November so he may as well trash the hell out of everything on the way out.

Posted by: real joe at April 11, 2012 08:09 AM (w7Lv+)

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Right, the chart that Vic links in post #88 is going to sink the SCOAMF.  While Vic has a valid point that the U-3 category is tainted, the SCOAMF regime can't get those unemployment numbers down fast enough even though they're cooking the books.

-   >Romney needs to beat the SCOAMF repeatedly over the head with that chart and tell the squishes, "Obama's  a nice guy, but he's listening to the wrong people -- this is what they promised and this is what actually happened."  The hardcore leftists aren't going to vote for Romney but I think a lot of squishes want to be convinced that they weren't credulous fools taken in by a Marxist flim-flam man.

Time to put on the big-boy pants.

You can either whine about Romney or work like a mofo to evict the marxist.

Bottom line: every day Hussein sits in the white house our nation is defiled. Romney will not defile the nation. And who knows, he may be better than we hoped for.

I have the mental image of Chrissy Matthews sputtering about how the nation rejected its south-side savior.

Ogabe must go.

"I haven't figured out what his end game is in the Saint Trayvon minstrel show other than his egomaniacal need to make every fucking thing about himself."

It's meant to do several things at once: distract the country's  attention away from the economy, mobilize his base, stir up more class warfare and divide the nation even more.

He's going down hard in   November, and he and the AxelBeast know it,  which is what you said. May as well leave as much destruction in  his   wake as possible.

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"In fact, many of the true womanizers I have known are also the most disciplined people I have known. It takes a lot of effort to be a successful cad."<<<

Really?  Even THAT is hard work, huh?  Man, nothing in life is easy... not even a urine-soaked body cavity on some stranger in a smoke-filled bar.

MOAR BUTTHURT PLZ.

So I'm an illiterate shit flinging monkey who reminds you of your stupid son.

At least you're not being emotional.

No, seriously.  I don't fucking care about your feelings. And I'm not trying to persuade you, because you'll either put on some dry Huggies and vote against Obama or you won't.

I'm just calling it like I see it. Agree or don't. Just quit whining.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 11, 2012 08:41 AM (8y9MW)

Your assimiliation is coming quite nicely, Four of Seven.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 11, 2012 08:47 AM (zacpj)

That definitely sounds like a good idea, Jeff.

Posted by: Miss Marple at April 11, 2012 08:40 AM (GoIUi)

Really?  How did that happen?  I mean that seriously and in a non-snarky way because you seem to know wtf you're talking about.  I thought Steele was a fuck up but mainly because he was in over his head and generally had good intentions although I may have underestimated his stupidity.  Also can Reince Priebus fix it?  My opinion is the primary season is too fucking long and the length serves as too great of a barrier to entry for a lot of people that Lord Rove doesn't bless with the keys to the royal mint.  And dipshit states like Iowa and New Hampshire need to STFU and go to the back of the line.

Posted by: Vic at April 11, 2012 07:57 AM (YdQQY)

What gets me is there's maybe 100 paid protesters and these corporations shit themselves over it. I know the MFM will turn up some heat but they should just tell the Van Jones of the world to go fuck themselves and this intimidation will stop

Posted by: The Mega Independent at April 11, 2012 08:47 AM (nzXY9)

I think we agree.  My take is Santorum was the fifth or sixth choice to be NotRomney.  The reason he lasted was because there were no other NotRomney candidates left to turn to.

Well, which am I?

An insignificant hairball-spitting monkey that nobody should listen to, or

A Danger to The Cause?

Pick ONE, dipshit.  Then go get your fuckin shinebox. You're terrible at this.  Pro-tip, Megamind:  if your self-worth wasn't completely tied to your fucking political choices, you wouldn't have assumed my first post was aimed at you personally.

For someone who lauds himself as a dispassionate pragmatist, you sure spend a lot of time trying to put me in my place, telling everyone I'm a barely literate, childish shit-flinger with a huge penis.

THEY ALREADY KNOW THAT.

Again, thank you for validating my first post, by assuming it was written with you in mind.

I just don't know about Santorum,

It seems to me he did lose at least partially on the SoCon thing.  I mean this just isn't an election cycle condusive to SoCons at all.  Note that Romney has stayed away from from whevever possible.  Those who dipped their toes into the water of Social issues got stuck.  I think a lot of this will hindge on what happens after this election. Talking about Canidates in general here not just presidential Regardless of who wins, if the economy is still in the tubes 4 years from now (God forbid!) then SoCons will still be on the outs.  If the Economy is back booming, SoCons have an opening.

Morning, all!

So, what do y'all think about Bobby Petrino getting fired from Arkansas?  I honestly don't give a hoot about college football, but Petrino has been involved in so many big and small scandals throughout his career that I honestly wonder if he'll ever get another high profile coaching position.    I still remember his ignoble departure from the Atlanta Falcons.   Hell, I don't even LIKE the Falcons, but that was a    truly epic   dick move.

Allen,

Gary Johnson reminds me of Tony Shaloub's character in Galaxy Quest - completely nonplussed at the events raging around him because he's stoned out of his mind.

I don't think it would hurt the Republicans so much as marginalize the Libertarian Party even more.  Who knows, maybe it peels off some of the non-stoner ideological types for the GOP.

Posted by: Mama AJ at April 11, 2012 08:49 AM (XdlcF)

A man who wouldn't cheat for a poke don't want one bad enough.

>> I recommend Romney get someone with some Foreign Policy experience on his ticket.

I might be available...

<i>The good news for Santorum is that next time, whether that's 2016 or 2020, he'll have a strong claim for it being his turn.</i>

You gotta be shitting me.

Not even Republicans can be that stupid.

I hope... for no real good reason...

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 11, 2012 09:17 AM (8y9MW)

...That would be a bad thing?

Someone needs to point out to the envious poorer democrats that if Obama passes that big tax increase on the millionaires, THEY WON'T GET ANY OF IT.

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Someone also needs to point out that the wealthiest could be taxed at 90% and it still wouldn't solve the deficit problem. The middle class is the mother lode...that's the money they're planning to go after.

Posted by: Vic at April 11, 2012 09:23 AM (YdQQY)

Vic, at Nebraska at least, the football program is self-funded.  No tax money goes to football.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 11, 2012 09:17 AM (8y9MW)

I'd vote for you solely on that answer.  Unfortunately the inability to suffer dumbfucks gladly has kept many good people out of elected office.

@AllenG,

I just don't share you enthusiasm for a 3rd party now or in the near future, even if it is was the third party of "People with exactly my opinion."

Sucky thing is our system is decidedly a Multiple of 2 party system.  Because we elect a president on a simple "most votes" rather than an actual 50%+1 majority, the creation of any party that steals votes from either side is a benefit to the other side.  So a Conservative party splits the Right vote, which basically secures the presidency for the dems for decades until one of the Right parties collaspses entirely.  Unless you get a party on the left too (Neo-Socalists or something) that steal a roughly proportionate number of votes.  Then you have a 4 way race to the top.

Note a few things: 1) This doesn't apply to the Senate or Congress, a 3 or more party system could work there, although I'd guess it'd break down by regions more than anything. 2) This could be solved with a run off style election where you have to take 50%+1 to win or you go into a top 2 run off.  Actually such a system could encourage even more than 3 parties.  But I'm not sure that the same effect wouldn't be created by a robust and diverse primary process.

"Someone needs to point out to the envious poorer democrats that if Obama passes that big tax increase on the millionaires, THEY WON'T GET ANY OF IT."

That doesn't matter as much to them as the hope that the rich are "punished" for stealing from the poor. Because everyone knows that's where all the money is.

Don't try to apply logic to these people's reasoning.  If they didn't suck at math, they wouldn't be in their current predicament.

Posted by: Vic at April 11, 2012 09:23 AM (YdQQY)

Kollidges and universities are less intelligently run than a sidewalk lemonade stand.  I've long said that university presidents should all be replaced by high-priced hookers.  The requisite job skills are identical and the working girls have success in the private sector.

I also think it was the right thing to do. Your Head Football Coach represents you, as a University, when he's doing the kinds of things Bobby-P did, and getting away with it, it says bad things about your university.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 11, 2012 09:20 AM (8y9MW)

Ditto.

My take is that if the guy was just having an    affair,    okay.     I'd consider him a pig and a lowlife,    and if I had a son of college age I wouldn't be wanting him to view BP as a positive role model.    But when you hear all the details about Petrino hiring     the     young woman    with whom he was having the affair,   it just gets disgusting.       From what I understand she's     supposed to be getting married in a few months (I wonder if her fiance is having second thoughts about that).    What if she'd   decided to break off the relationship with Petrino in light of her impending marriage?      Would he have fired her?     How would that not have been an inappropriate exercise of power?      It was inappropriate already that he'd been involved in the hiring process without disclosing     that he knew her.    Talk about conflict of interest!

The whole thing stinks to high heaven.    I have no pity for Petrino, but I do feel for his wife and children.  What it must be like to have THAT guy living under the same roof as you.

President Barack Obama is intensifying his campaign for higher taxes on top U.S. earners, casting the issue against Republican opposition as one of fairness and support for the middle class.

The president is holding an event at the White House today to promote the so-called Buffett Rule, a plan to set a minimum tax rate for top earners. While Obama's schedule offered little detail on the event, deputy press secretary Josh Earnest said in a Twitter message that it will feature millionaires who support "fairness" accompanied by their secretaries.

Yes, trot out the useful idiots who support Barry's class warfare. I wonder if they have been dodging taxes for years like Warren has? Probably. The typical liberal is all for liberal policies as long as it doesn't actually affect them

177 Pokeweed.

"Poke salad."

You mean Poke Sallet.

Boil poke shoots twice changing water between boilings. Meanwhile fry bacon until crisp and set aside. Drain and braise the poke shoots in the bacon grease. Add whisked egg and cook with the poke until done. Add crumbled bacon.

This is East Kentucky Poke Sallet

Posted by: chemjeff at April 11, 2012 09:37 AM (VE1KN)

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We sure as hell haven't been doing any good placing he blue States first.

I noticed that the Treyvon signs are of quite good  pre-printed  quality, and all look the same. This proves its a grass roots protest, and not sponsored by race baiters.

Posted by: chemjeff at April 11, 2012 09:30 AM (VE1KN)

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Maybe I'm missing some details here, but the one thing I know about his military service is this - when it came time for West to make a choice between the well being of a piece of sh*t muslim and that of Americans, he made the right choice.  And as for his limited time in office, that's a feature, not a bug.  The fact that he 'trash talks' about the enemy is a damn fine distinction from the kind of spinless collegiality we've seen so often among those in power.

@AllenG,

Obviously history shows 3 parties existing before, but I think that the modern notion of politics exlcudes this (with platforms and conformity and such.) My romantic view of history also tells me we actually were concerned with the character of our leaders back then, and you know..issues. Moreso than now (but everything looks better with age on it, no?)

My focus would be to shift the party in the same way you suggest creating a new one.  Focus on Legislature and State races (Who become the future party leaders) and push the entire party in the proper direction.  It avoides the complications of a 3rd party.

My history on Whigs is a little short, but my understanding is they were mostly blown up by the time the Republicans really entered the field and that the destruction (self or otherwise) was fairly quick anyway (within one presidential cycle).  I'd argue that's not really the case with the current republican party, it's still fairly strong and it's collapse would be more than one cycle. So the two aren't entirely comparable.

Posted by: chemjeff at April 11, 2012 09:37 AM (VE1KN)

I'm against any caucus state being first in line.  If that's how they want to do things, fine; but they don't get rewarded with an early spot in the lineup.

Can the Life-like-Romulan-automiton tear Obama a new asshole the way the bombthrower can - inquiring minds want to know.  NEWT VP 2012!

Again, dummy, you assume I care about persuading anyone.  I don't.

Please, tell me more about how this makes you feel.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 11, 2012 09:46 AM (9t6jP)

Never thought I would see those words together....McCain and serious candidate...man that was depressing to watch

@Vic & Chemjeff

Same day primaries!  Solves all of these problems.  Granted it creates the incredibly nasty problem of having to muster up a national compaign.  Ok that won't work.

A compromise then.  Regional primaries.  We group them closer together in huge chunks and randomly decide which chunk go first each time.  I'd imagine you'd still get enough diversity to prevent someone from sweeping the first chunk (if you set them up right) unless that person was really and truely inevitable (the incredibly popular kind).

Posted by: Daniel Jeyn at April 11, 2012 09:47 AM (jBA6<<<<

Then you're exactly who the GOP needs to target.  The dopers, Troofers and an-cap extremists all need a group to belong to.  If the GOP can peel off the ideological Ls, that could serve to start pulling the party back away from the big-government "moderates."

Which is why the GOP won't court you. 

If we're discussing reforming the primary process, someone, I think it was Geraghty, had a great rolling regional system that ramped up the number of electoral votes.  It was logical and elegant and will never ever be implemented because of those reasons.

In random news, there was an accident right in front of me on the way in to work this morning.  Woman slammed straight into the back of another car in the passing lane on the highway.  This is why you keep three seconds between you and the car in front of you. 

@AllenG,

Don't get me wrong those are all very good points. But I think that a change of culture is necessary to pull this off firstly so no matter how you do it you're going to have the same problems.  3rd party has the same success at the local and state level, but gets hosed either by an incumbant or via a vote split in the state level.

A sigificant culture switch and a local/state leader can ding up the establishment. Marco Rubio stands at the example to that.

3rd party or change from within, I feel the strategy is likely the same in the long run.  But I'm of the mind it's easier to steer a party than it is to develop a new national one in the money dependent political word we live in.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at April 11, 2012 09:57 AM (VtjlW)

Bet she was on the phone/texting.

JEFF! (as in Empire of)....

Man, give yourself permission to have a shot of good bourbon with your coffee this morning. You're going to blow a gasket.

I would vote for a friggen White Albatross instead of the SCOAMF. Even if said Albatross reminded me of the Scoamf in a different suit.

Mostly I feel like laughing at you<<<

Knock yourself out, ladyfriend.  But I suspect you're not laughing, but pounding your tiny fists into your Hello Kitty pillow.

Don't worry - a pint of Häagen Dasz and a Grey's Anatomy marathon later, and you'll be back on your high heels, you hysterical bitch.

The death knoll for Santorum was not getting on the ballot in Virginia -- this communicates to more sophisticated voters that his organization was lacking.  You gotta know the rules.  The failure in 2008 was in part due to the GOP lacking a GOTV campaign during the last week -- while I was sympathetic to Santorum, I couldn't even vote for him in the primary.

If Willy Mitt comes out with the long knives for Obama like he did in the primary, he'll move up a notch in my book.  Negative campaigning works like all hell, as we have to depress turnout on the Dem side.  I've volunteered for tire/throat slashing duty.   

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 11, 2012 10:04 AM (8y9MW)

12:30/War and Peace

Posted by: USMC 8541 at April 11, 2012 10:03 AM (sGtp+) <<<

Are you kidding me? This isn't even a light workout for me.  Stick around, I'm expecting several more posts from kdny explaining why I'm not worth the bother of paying attention or responding to.

I am dipping my balls in the cognitive dissonance.

Posted by: t-bird at April 11, 2012 09:23 AM (FcR7P)

I think Condi is happy at George Washington. If she can't get the NFL then she'll stay an academic.

I saw a Romney commercial while walking on the treadmill at the YMCA. Good, effective, hit directly at the SCOAMF on taxes. Romney will attack, and the SCOAMF is vulnerable, so we're going to see (1) Endless distractions like Sandra Fluke, and (2) increasingly hysterical attempts to gin up a macaca moment.

Ahhh, the decision to take the family on a short vacation for spring break in CSL after last month's medical mishhaps and work stress was a good one.  Of course, I am working on my laptop on a client's case (I will truly relax only when I am dead) as the rest of the brood sleeps off 1) too many trips down the water slide (The Boy),  2) shadowing some handsome 15 year old to try to get him to notice her (Eldest Daughter), 3) the stress of being 5 years old with too much to do in a sunny tropical paradise (The Small Irritable One) and 4) three too many pina coladas and too much hip hop dancing on the Snorkel/Party Boat yesterday (She Who Must Be Obeyed).

Now I just have to finish writing a complaint and a letter, read my e-mail and pone messages, and I will go swim in the sea for an hour (and hope not to be eaten by one of my namesakes) before we all trek over to frolic with the dolphins this afternoon.

Hope you are all doing well.

Bet she was on the phone/texting.

Nope, she blew past me maybe 20 seconds before it happened and she wasn't on the phone then. She was just going too fast, traffic slowed and WHAM. I just barely missed it. Considering that I am going to pick up my new to me car this afternoon and I'm trading in the car I was driving, well, let's just say that it's a good thing I didn't get caught up in it or I would have beaten someone with a bumper.

Posted by: Damiano at April 11, 2012 09:56 AM (A2+pr)

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Even if most of what you suggested is true, there is but one thing that matters.  Obie can't be allowed to put any more libtards on the SCOTUS.  If he does, game over.  I don't want to spend the next four years worrying that Scalia is going to drop dead or that we'll suffer some equally horrible loss. 

For that reason, if no other, obastard must be defeated, at whatever cost. 

@335 -- Romney should link every racial incident (escalating black on white violence) to Holder.  If this is repeated, it will create a strong subconscious link in the viewer, associating Holder with the breakdown of law and order.    

Speaking of subconscious attacks, last night in prime time, both National Geographic channel and H2 presented documentaries about cults, with an emphasis on the Warren Jeffs cult.  Of course, it culminated with a discussion on Jonestown.  Let the Mormon bashing begin!

And don't forget the whole TrailinBloodOn issue was introduced to undermine Rubio's campaign.       

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at April 11, 2012 09:41 AM (hXJOG)

Oy. Either Z admitted something that made the lawyer quit or Z has gone crazy from the pressure. The poster who put 50% odds on Z committing suicide soon probably has it right.

You know, you read a lot of stupid things about our   government every day.   But this has got to be among the stupidest.  

Via the PJ Tatler    (http://tinyurl.com/7mpmrjx):

Letter to Secretary Napolitano:  Can You Please Not Relocate a Disease Lab to Tornado Alley?

The Department of Homeland Security said that its plans to relocate an agricultural disease research lab from an island off New York to KansasÂ’ Tornado Alley will end up costing double the original estimate.

A Homeland Security report estimated the disease outbreak risk from the proposed Kansas facility at nearly 70 percent over the next 50 years.

Lord please forgive my blasphemy, but Jesus on a bicycle.   How   fucking STUPID are these people?  

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 11, 2012 10:24 AM (gPDxp)

How much are they worth? Counter Suits are popular these days I hear!

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 11, 2012 10:24 AM (gPDxp)

No.  It's how a self-absorbed bitch with money signs in her eyes deals with a situation.  

Posted by: Brother Cavil, in Cylon hell at April 11, 2012 10:18 AM (GBXon)

Kdny is not a troll, I believe, and I think that s/heis holding her/his own just fine, aided by the fact that EoJ seems to think that crudity and emotion are valid substitutes for wit and reason.

How fucking STUPID are these people?

Never, ever, ever ask that question.  They take it as a challenge.

On the always having weapons thing, there's nothing like having a mag light (the very large one), a pair of stilletos, a lighter and hair spray.  Otherwise known as a club, a pair of daggers and a flame thrower. 

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 11, 2012 10:28 AM (8y9MW)

Apparently our idiot Homeland Security Department.

I love that it's a "Bio and Agro-Defense Facility."   So essentially they want to put a factory for the testing of devastating biological and agricultural epidemics IN THE MIDDLE OF THE    FRICKING    CORN BELT.

Sweet holy fucksticks on Christmas morning.   I think I have actually    shredded   my last nerve reading this story.   I have none left.

Posted by: Jimbo at April 11, 2012 10:31 AM (O3R/2)

It's only illegal if you get caught.  I was driving in Downtown baltimore the day before Christmas a long time ago and a bunch of "youths" jumped from a bench in front of my car.  I stopped and they started to encircle my car.  The street was practically deserted.  Fortunately for me I had my Ruger .40 in the console.  I let these little honor students observe such hardware and they decided to quietly go back to their bench. 

She said in her txts that according to her friend who "works in the legal profession" that there are "many, many ways you will be held liabble (sic)" for his actions. I may have only had a year and a half of law school, but this seems pretty dubious to me.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 11, 2012 10:34 AM (4li1Y)

Good grief.   This woman sounds insane.

The only thing I can think of would be if your son and this girl had been "sexting"   naughty pictures to each other.    That could count as distribution of child pornography,    as opposed to stupid kids    acting like    kids and doing stupid things.   Have you talked to your son about what exactly this crazy bitch is yammering on about?     

The other day a guy pulled out a remote, did a little tinkering and changed the channel. Even the airline employees cheered.

I got stuck in an airport during the NFL playoffs one year and a maintenance worker came out, took one look at the unruly mob, went back and got a remote, came out and put the game on. He was hailed as a great hero.

My old office used to have the tv in the front lobby on MSNBC.  I would wander out and change it to ESPN or MLB network once baseball season started.  Passive aggressive?  Sure but it's the little things that kept me from going on a spree.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 11, 2012 10:34 AM (4li1Y)

IANAL, but unless there's a kid born, I'm not entirely sure what she'd come after your son for.  Unless there's an age thing happening.  Or you live in IL, the the laws there are really really really weird. 

Good Luck to you. Don't take it out on your son too much (but I guess remind him about the consequences of crazy people.)

 EoJ seems to think that crudity and emotionarevalid substitutes for wit and reason. <<<

They've gotten me this far, so I don't see any reason to change. Always nice to meet a fan

  God bless.

Posted by: Vic at April 11, 2012 10:39 AM (YdQQY)

True dat.

It's cute that it's    a demonrat from Montana who's asking    Napolitano to reconsider the move.  

“What are the estimated costs of renovating the Plum Island Center   (in New York)    to the operational and safety standards required?” Tester asked.  “Are there any efforts underway by DHS to identify alternative sites for the proposed facility?”

I'll answer his questions the way any government flunkie worth his or her salt would answer:

1) Too high; and

2) No

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 11, 2012 10:44 AM (zacpj)

I might add that none of these are mutually exclusive, and you manage to get a bit of everything in your posts. Today was an exception, alas.

Probably likes tea and crumpets. I'm not even sure what a 'crumpet' is, but there you go.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 11, 2012 10:46 AM (8y9MW)

I envision EoJ responding to    your comment with something along the lines of:  

"Change crumpets to strumpets and lose the tea."

I had a friend who would weld (solder?) an inch thick ring around the back end of one of the 4D mag lights. When asked by anyone official, he'd say he had a bad habit of dropping it when he was out camping, and the ring helped him hold onto it better.

The 4D mag lights are fantastic weapons.  And officer, of course it is a flashlight look!  I can signal space aliens with it!

A crumpet,   btw,    is a yummy little   griddle cake    similar to an english muffin, but   with more bite to    it,    like a bagel.       I    love the word   -- it's so very English.

This concludes MWR's Moment of Anglophilia for    today.     Please tip your waitress.

EoJ for Ambassador to the UN in the next Administration

I really really really want to be press secretary. Think of how enjoyable those daily briefings would be.

427

Vero possumus?

Posted by: Brother Cavil, in Cylon hell at April 11, 2012 10:52 AM (GBXon)

I haven't got any particular bone to pick with EoJ, except that I thought he was being unpleasant and uncharacteristically unwitty this morning. I will fight with you, though, if you want. You will have to put down the popcorn, though.

Posted by: kallisto at April 11, 2012 11:00 AM (jm/9g)

Probably in your garbage. Stay up one night and scare them off with your .22.

ABO 2012

Tens of millions of dollars in negative ads targeting him....in a primary, the GOP establishment doing everything they can to get their liberal choice of Romneycare the nomination, and so-called 'conservative' bloggers forgiving Romney for every single thing he ever did in the past (since he never accomplished anything conservative as an elected official) and doing their best to help him along.........that is why Santorum is out.

Now for the fun part, all the guns are going to be turned back onto Newt because all of a sudden he is going to be in the 40% range.

actually Y-Not I think I know who it is. if you follow my comments I was undecided while leaning Perry and very anti-Romney. By late Jan/early Feb I came around to Romney before anyone else who was a Perry guy/gal. App. this Romneybot thinks im not pure enough because I didnt back him from the get go and ive had issues w/ some statements by Romney people. This person has issues to stalk me on another blog and bring up issues there that aren't important there.

It is my personal belief that most of us will end up voting for Romney in the general.

Except the ones who don't.

The Urban Dictionary defines "crumpet" as British slang for "a hot chick.

I like crumpets.

Not a fan of hot tea. Big fan of sweet tea.  I know the rules of chess, but have little experience playing the game. 

Bookish? Definitely.  Nerdy?  Depends on the topic.  Sexual Tyrannosaurus?  Only on days ending in "Y."

And I would gladly accept a job as Ambassador to the U.N. because it would mean that we had a President and a Senate who were ready to tell that menagerie of savages to fuck off.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 11, 2012 11:22 AM (8y9MW)

My theory: DoJ thinks that when the price of a Kindle gets below $50 things will really start to accelerate toward e-books so they want to gain control ASAP. Because they're control freaks.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 11, 2012 11:22 AM (8y9MW)

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Exactly.  Looks to me like the suit is just about Apple being successful - world's biggest business, I think.  Simply a re-distribution target; that's all.

Abuse of power.

Posted by: nickless at April 11, 2012 11:25 AM (MMC8r)

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The usual suspects will feel gratification.  Every leftist is a murderer in his heart.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 11, 2012 11:25 AM (9t6jP)

But remember:  Any mention of a "Republican establishment" is crazy talk

Yep. Big Romney fan. I have sung his praises many times here.  And by many, I mean never.

Take your medicine, whiners.  Everyone else is taking theirs.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, in Cylon hell at April 11, 2012 11:33 AM (GBXon)

Nuts. Given that this is a written forum, being a spectator involves reading while not writing. You are writing. Ergo, you are not just here for the show, you are actively participating.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 11, 2012 11:43 AM (zacpj)

Didn't you used to do a "Romneybot" sock mocking Romney supporters on this site? I think that is what he was referring to, not calling you an actual romneybot.

Well, Allen, either she's a genius or a dunce. We'll find out which very soon.

That's certainly true.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 11, 2012 11:39 AM (8y9MW)

In the words of the unparalleled philosopher-poet David St. Hubbins, "It's a fine line between clever and stupid."

@535,

Not me.  I rarely sock, and when I do, I always leave my website URL in my dog so that it's obvious that it's me if you mouse over it.

If this place were a restaurant, the health department would cite it for leaving the breakfast buffet warming in the steam table for 6+ hours.

New post, please!

@522 - Dang:  No.  Blissfully, no.  I only have one or two friends that would be Obama supporters anyway, and one is "unsubscribed" and the other seems to have noticed the de-lamination over the last couple years.

I mean, he'll still vote for Barry, but he won't burst at the seams with pride in himself like last time.

Actually, now that I think about it, if there's going to be an R he'd vote for, it'd be Romney.  Nah.  That's crazy-talk.  He'll still Barack the Vote.

Posted by: Daniel Jeyn at April 11, 2012 10:21 AM (jBA6+)

Fraudulent MBS. Rating known shit MBS as AAA. Selling CDS on said fradulent MBS. Leveraging at around 30:1.

Naw, Wall St. had nothing to do with that. At least it was the Dems who gave us CRA, and it was Clinton who signed off on the death of Glass-Steagall.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, in Cylon hell at April 11, 2012 11:46 AM (GBXon)

I thought that the original argument between EoJ and kdny was pretty stupid on both sides. However, when you jumped in with your marvelous imitation of a barking jackal, I felt obligated to point out that 1) kdny is not a troll, (s/he has been around longer than you have, I think) 2) she was actually arguing a bit better (in my opinion) than EoJ, who was being loud and crude instead of his usual witty and crude. I really detest those who jump into an argument to mock one side and stir things up without actually contributing anything or having understood what the argument is about. It is mobbing, and little less ugly for being virtual instead of physical. So, yeah, I am quite happy to fight you.