February 18, 2014
— Ace R E T R A C T E D
As AllahPundit explains, this claim is so misleading and twisted as to be not only insupportable, but indefensible.
This entire post is retracted in red-faced error. YouGov is now changing their claim.
I won't ever link them again.
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71%, according to a new Economist/YouGov poll.
However, the poll does not detect much new enthusiasm for Romney, either, because you know he gave a dog a gay haircut and then cancer.
Still, given the choice of Obama versus Romney, Obama supporters said they would stick with their guy, 79 percent to 10 percent for Romney.
But 10% of Obama's 53.5% is about 5.35% of the vote. Would that have turned the election?
As for Romney, his favorable ratings have dropped, but he would edge Obama by about three million votes, probably because Americans are not wowed by Obama's second term performance, not because they like Romney more.
Now, this being politics and political writers needing easy stories, you know what this means: Time for a second third look at Romney? As in Romney 2016?
But in recent weeks, a strange thing has happened: Some supporters and donors, pollsters and pundits are starting to suggest — without irony — that the former Massachusetts governor run for president in 2016.
“Once a month, someone would e-mail or call and say he should run again,” said Ron Kaufman, a longtime Romney adviser. “Now I get it every day — from the grass roots, and from donors. I get it every day.”
Exit question: Is this for real?
Exit answer: No.
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It's like I don't even know you anymore!
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at February 18, 2014 10:26 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: OK, thanks, bye at February 18, 2014 10:26 AM (RPDkq)
Hasn't it long been the position of The Horde that people would NEVER admit regret for re-electing Obama? Is this admission a positive sign or just a flash in the pan?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 18, 2014 10:27 AM (fwARV)
Are there some O-bots that regret their vote? Sure. Do 71% of them regret it? That's insane.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 18, 2014 10:27 AM (0LHZx)
Thanks a lot, assholes!
Posted by: EC at February 18, 2014 10:27 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: sans_sheriff at February 18, 2014 10:27 AM (Lljg2)
Posted by: zombie at February 18, 2014 10:28 AM (+cx5n)
Romney will support Bush, and we will have President Eleanor Holmes Norton.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2014 10:29 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 18, 2014 10:29 AM (32Ze2)
Posted by: Fritz at February 18, 2014 10:29 AM (rV80K)
Posted by: John McCain at February 18, 2014 10:30 AM (Q6pxP)
Posted by: mugiwara at February 18, 2014 10:30 AM (W7ffl)
Posted by: Michael Corleone at February 18, 2014 10:31 AM (Q6pxP)
In comparison to the current occupant of the White House the man would look like a genius.
Posted by: Mordineus at February 18, 2014 10:31 AM (DOz2Z)
"Africoid?"
That's a word?
And you made all of this up. This cannot possibly be real.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2014 10:31 AM (QFxY5)
I heard that Romney didn't even have a Barbers' License when he gave that gay dog a haircut and cancer.
And his Cancer License had expired.
Posted by: Cancer License Inspector at February 18, 2014 10:31 AM (A0sHn)
Please, Mitt, stay home. Make some money. Chair a few meetings somewhere. Let someone who wants the job run for it.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at February 18, 2014 10:31 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: ace at February 18, 2014 10:31 AM (/FnUH)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 18, 2014 10:31 AM (IXrOn)
Then when the country collapses they will say "oops- did I do that?- Sorry."
Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2014 10:32 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: Teh Ghey Cosmetologist at February 18, 2014 10:32 AM (32Ze2)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 18, 2014 10:33 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at February 18, 2014 10:33 AM (Q6pxP)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2014 02:32 PM (GGCsk)
I still haven't decided if I think Obama's going to run again.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 18, 2014 10:33 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Carlos Danger at February 18, 2014 10:33 AM (hyOIR)
Posted by: Danger, Carlos Danger - Agent Double O Naught at February 18, 2014 10:34 AM (Q6pxP)
For the last time,
In 2008 we had the Maverick, the media darling moderate compromiser.
In 2012, we had the most moderate milque toast GOP candidate ever.
It's time for a different path GOP. Either get on board or get the fuck out of the way.
I worked for Romney, we all voted for him. If he had won we would have Paul "Amnesty Now Mofos" Ryan for VP.
Tell me again what the fuck we are voting for?
Posted by: prescient11 at February 18, 2014 10:34 AM (tVTLU)
Posted by: zombie at February 18, 2014 02:28 PM (+cx5n)
Gotta remember not to drink anything while at the HQ. I was reading that flyer and got to the bottom: "For more information contact Akubundu at..."
And that boys and girls is how we ruin computer monitors.
Posted by: mugiwara at February 18, 2014 10:34 AM (W7ffl)
Posted by: Carlos Danger at February 18, 2014 02:33 PM (hyOIR)
29In before the Dick jokes...... Sooooo close!Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 18, 2014 10:35 AM (A0sHn)
Posted by: Abe Frohman at February 18, 2014 10:35 AM (/Mla1)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at February 18, 2014 10:35 AM (ytax8)
Posted by: zombie at February 18, 2014 10:35 AM (+cx5n)
Posted by: Preznit Urkel X at February 18, 2014 10:35 AM (32Ze2)
Since I don't code, the only thing I could come up with after a whole second's consideration is sending the link to the poll to a preselected set of potential polling
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at February 18, 2014 10:35 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Dr Spank at February 18, 2014 10:35 AM (P1WNR)
People want to vote for someone- not against the other guy.
Ultimately, Romney ran as the anti-Obama. That is a loser every time.
You need bold, shiny, signature ideas that resonate with people to win. Not just a sign with an arrow pointing to the other guy that read "He Sucks--->"
Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2014 10:35 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 18, 2014 10:35 AM (0MVzQ)
Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2014 10:36 AM (RJMhd)
Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2014 10:36 AM (hyOIR)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 18, 2014 10:36 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Reggie Love at February 18, 2014 10:36 AM (Q6pxP)
Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2014 10:36 AM (RJMhd)
Posted by: Hate Miser at February 18, 2014 10:37 AM (kHyGq)
Posted by: zombie at February 18, 2014 10:37 AM (+cx5n)
Posted by: joncelli at February 18, 2014 10:37 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Abe Frohman at February 18, 2014 10:37 AM (/Mla1)
Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2014 10:38 AM (RJMhd)
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2014 10:38 AM (84gbM)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2014 10:38 AM (mQwL2)
Posted by: Duke at February 18, 2014 10:38 AM (d3clc)
Posted by: CNBC at February 18, 2014 10:38 AM (wsLRF)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 18, 2014 10:38 AM (ZPrif)
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Posted by: Mordineus at February 18, 2014 10:38 AM (DOz2Z)
If he knew the election was to occur on March 1, he (and his media sycophants) would have just changed the timing on his lies, and this poll would have been coming out in June instead.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 18, 2014 10:38 AM (IN7k+)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at February 18, 2014 10:39 AM (ytax8)
Think long and hard about that. To anyone who still thinks Romney was a crap candidate. It's not because Romney didn't sell conservatism or attack Obama enough. The media put the "generic evil bankster Republican" costume on him, and the lefties believe it.
They will do that for any Republican candidate.
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 18, 2014 10:39 AM (WhJf8)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 18, 2014 10:39 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at February 18, 2014 10:39 AM (Q6pxP)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2014 10:39 AM (mQwL2)
Posted by: Angel with a sword at February 18, 2014 10:40 AM (hpgw1)
Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2014 10:40 AM (RJMhd)
Bonhomme:
Perhaps we need to run someone who didn't run hedge funds. A middle class guy with middle class roots who did very well for himself. Hmmm, when was the last time we had such a candidate??? Reagan.
Posted by: prescient11 at February 18, 2014 10:41 AM (tVTLU)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 18, 2014 10:41 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: toby928© at February 18, 2014 10:41 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: Lauren at February 18, 2014 10:41 AM (hFL/3)
Now, there's a big question as to whether it is anything like accurate, but it's not the same as someone just putting up their own "poll."
Posted by: ace at February 18, 2014 02:31 PM (/FnUH)
_________
No it's not. But any online poll is going to be suspect because they respondents are self selected. People who go to yougov to answer polls are political types. They don't represent the typical American voter.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 18, 2014 10:41 AM (0LHZx)
These people are largely begging for something different, bold and unrelenting. And in return Republicans give them a new version of Snagglepuss.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2014 10:41 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at February 18, 2014 10:42 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 18, 2014 10:42 AM (KgN8K)
Posted by: zombie at February 18, 2014 10:42 AM (+cx5n)
Posted by: willow at February 18, 2014 10:42 AM (nqBYe)
Fresh, indeed.
Posted by: Fritz at February 18, 2014 10:42 AM (rV80K)
Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2014 10:42 AM (RJMhd)
Posted by: baldilocks at February 18, 2014 10:42 AM (36Rjy)
That's why the threads are slower.
Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2014 02:42 PM (RJMhd)
*peeks from spider hole*
Posted by: EC at February 18, 2014 10:43 AM (GQ8sn)
Anyone who couldn't defeat this jug eared failure ...
The F is for failure? Oh. I must not be a nice person.
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 18, 2014 10:43 AM (A0sHn)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at February 18, 2014 02:35 PM (ytax
I couldn't take the idea of Jeb Bush as President with a straight face before Christie was caught...being Christie.
I mean, come on, really? Jeb Bush? The former governor of Florida with a middling record, utter lack of charisma, and not a single idea anyone can recall? What GOP Establishment mastermind thinks this soft, squishy pillar of mediocrity has the stones to take on Hillary?
Well, I understand he does speak Spanish, so there's that.
Posted by: troyriser at February 18, 2014 10:43 AM (V9ol4)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at February 18, 2014 10:44 AM (4Chvm)
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2014 10:44 AM (84gbM)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 18, 2014 10:44 AM (0MVzQ)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 18, 2014 10:44 AM (gOoFi)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 18, 2014 10:44 AM (PYAXX)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2014 10:44 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: Dr Spank at February 18, 2014 10:44 AM (P1WNR)
Posted by: deadrody at February 18, 2014 10:44 AM (b2D8X)
In which case they will paint him as a moron (go-to for lefties). They will further paint him as someone who hugs big business nuts because he wants to be just like them. He is a traitor to the working-class now that he's got his.
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 18, 2014 10:44 AM (IoTdl)
Think long and hard about that. To anyone who still thinks Romney was a crap candidate. It's not because Romney didn't sell conservatism or attack Obama enough. The media put the "generic evil bankster Republican" costume on him, and the lefties believe it.
They will do that for any Republican candidate.
Yes, they will. That is why we need a candidate who is willing (and able!) to stand toe to toe with them and duke it out. Romney was not that guy.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 18, 2014 10:45 AM (IN7k+)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein of Brattleboro, Nueva Leon at February 18, 2014 10:45 AM (kwc/t)
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2014 10:45 AM (84gbM)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2014 10:45 AM (M3hAT)
Posted by: Michelle the Shrieking Harpy Malkin at February 18, 2014 10:45 AM (7ObY1)
The proper response to this nonsense is read Not out of Africa by a person whose name I am too lazy to Google. Excellent book by a noted scholar that demolishes most of the Africa Invented Everything Movement's claims.
Posted by: joncelli at February 18, 2014 10:45 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: toby928© at February 18, 2014 10:45 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: Richard Nixon at February 18, 2014 10:45 AM (1tWyc)
Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2014 10:46 AM (RJMhd)
Or worse a sign that says "I suck less than him" with an arrow pointing at your opponent.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at February 18, 2014 10:46 AM (LSDdO)
You know, because nobody else can do that job- right?
Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2014 10:46 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: baldilocks at February 18, 2014 10:46 AM (36Rjy)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 18, 2014 10:46 AM (7ObY1)
Bonhomme:
Well let's just give up then and call it a day. Fuck the media and fuck the democrats. We are the party of the working man. They are the party of the illegal immigrants. They've had the reins for 8 yrs now and the middle class has been decimated.
Media can spin all they want, they can't change the facts of life which is affecting everyone.
Posted by: prescient11 at February 18, 2014 10:47 AM (tVTLU)
Posted by: zombie at February 18, 2014 10:47 AM (+cx5n)
Posted by: John P. Squibob at February 18, 2014 10:47 AM (DQZLr)
===
There's a young lady in Alaska ...
Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2014 10:47 AM (JBggj)
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at February 18, 2014 10:47 AM (XMUOA)
Posted by: baldilocks at February 18, 2014 10:47 AM (36Rjy)
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2014 10:47 AM (84gbM)
I'd like to see that. I still have strong doubts these morons would buy it.
"He's so mean" was a huge part of why lefties hated Romney. Romney!
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 18, 2014 10:47 AM (IoTdl)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2014 10:48 AM (M3hAT)
They will do that for any Republican candidate.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 18, 2014 02:39 PM (WhJf
To give Romney credit, during the first debate he gave the best defense of free market principles I've heard since Reagan. Unfortunately he lost his shit after that and turned into what I was afraid he'd be.
Posted by: Captain Hate at February 18, 2014 10:48 AM (hylEe)
Posted by: gm at February 18, 2014 10:48 AM (/kBoL)
Posted by: Cancer Dog with Gay Haircut at February 18, 2014 10:48 AM (S0eIZ)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 18, 2014 10:48 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 18, 2014 10:48 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2014 10:49 AM (RJMhd)
Posted by: zombie at February 18, 2014 10:49 AM (+cx5n)
Posted by: gm at February 18, 2014 10:49 AM (/kBoL)
Posted by: soothsayer at February 18, 2014 10:49 AM (rLVhf)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2014 10:49 AM (t3UFN)
Jenny:
Sarah Palin is hot. And that accent drives you nuts. GOP needs to realize that they need to image control. Of course she was such an easy target for the leftists.
Ted Cruz, not so much. Scott Walker, not so much. Rand Paul, not so much.
Posted by: prescient11 at February 18, 2014 10:50 AM (tVTLU)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 18, 2014 10:50 AM (PYAXX)
Posted by: Lindsey Graham (R'ish, SC) at February 18, 2014 10:50 AM (yFb77)
Or was the motivation to get SCOAMF out of office?
Posted by: prescient11 at February 18, 2014 02:48 PM (tVTLU)
Not me; yes.
Posted by: Captain Hate at February 18, 2014 10:50 AM (hylEe)
Ya know, just for starters.
One might theorize that any governor who has done a decent job economically with their state in the last years would be a good candidate.
As opposed to, say, someone who got the first American Ambassador murdered since Carter or designed the original "Obamacare" system and failed at it.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2014 10:50 AM (GGCsk)
Yeah, I don't want to do that, but I am very dispirited.
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 18, 2014 10:50 AM (IoTdl)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2014 10:50 AM (M3hAT)
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2014 10:50 AM (84gbM)
Posted by: Lauren at February 18, 2014 10:50 AM (hFL/3)
Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2014 10:51 AM (JBggj)
Does it count that I pulled the lever with my johnson...only because I didn't want to leave fingerprints.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2014 10:51 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 18, 2014 10:51 AM (659DL)
Maybe if we could just find out where to sign up we could get healthcare.
Posted by: Memory man remembers at February 18, 2014 10:51 AM (cteqn)
Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2014 10:52 AM (aTXUx)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 18, 2014 10:52 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: soothsayer at February 18, 2014 10:52 AM (rLVhf)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2014 10:52 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: zombie at February 18, 2014 02:47 PM (+cx5n)
I used to think that but then the Truther Movement sprang up. It turns out that conspiracy theories are like a cognitive cockroach and need to be stomped whenever they pop up, no matter how seemingly ludicrous.
Posted by: joncelli at February 18, 2014 10:52 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 18, 2014 10:52 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: baldilocks at February 18, 2014 02:47 PM (36Rjy)
Yup...I was sort of yanking zombie's chain. I lived in the Bay Area for 20 years. I am all too familiar with this stuff.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2014 10:52 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: RWC- at February 18, 2014 10:52 AM (fWAjv)
Capt. Hate:
Absolutely, me too. I wanted to believe, I remember watching the rally in Colo. and thinking it could happen. But, at bottom, I wasn't excited FOR him, I was excited to get rid of this fucking idiot. I was excited for GWB's first election. Why, because he sold himself as a Reagan conservative.
Romeo13:
Hits nail on head. No shit. Just WHAT IN THE FUCK ARE WE VOTING FOR?? Amnesty, more big govt shit??? No thanks. Never again.
Posted by: prescient11 at February 18, 2014 10:52 AM (tVTLU)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2014 10:53 AM (mQwL2)
That's my starting point.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2014 10:53 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: Dr Spank at February 18, 2014 10:53 AM (P1WNR)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at February 18, 2014 10:53 AM (iU3DF)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 18, 2014 10:53 AM (659DL)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2014 10:53 AM (M3hAT)
How? I'm not being snarky, since Knowing Stuff Is Awesome, how is it possible to use the internet for polling with actual methodology?
I took some statistics and you would need an expert, but if 500 people at random can give plus/minus 95% within 2 deviations, there must be a number at which can give you the same of self selected participants.*
I suspect it is pretty huge like 5 or 50 million.
*if everybody who voted last time also self selected a survey, you would have 100% confidence at no deviation.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 18, 2014 10:54 AM (n0DEs)
The preliminaries. The main event fight card hasn't come up yet. Everyone is still getting taped up.
Posted by: Memory man remembers at February 18, 2014 10:54 AM (cteqn)
===
It doesn't matter what the poll numbers are now. It matters where the poll numbers will be in November 2014.
Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2014 10:54 AM (JBggj)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 18, 2014 02:35 PM (0MVzQ)
And he took away his tampons!
Posted by: Country Singer at February 18, 2014 10:54 AM (L8r/r)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 18, 2014 10:54 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 18, 2014 10:54 AM (IXrOn)
Nice lady. Seriously. But geez- have we learned anything.
We need a fresh face to run.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2014 10:55 AM (GGCsk)
I took a one-person poll of an Obama voter. Well-educated, fairly decent, deeply religious guy. He told me he regretted voting for Obama right away, but felt he didn't have a choice.
Romney was not the answer, and never would have been, for people like this, who feel the need to believe they're good, decent people, and would never ever consider being identified with the mean Republicans.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2014 10:55 AM (TOk1P)
"Romney 2016"
He must be running -- I saw him on the Olympics last night.
He had strapped 2 pairs of ice skates to the hooves of his magic dancing horsie and was Salchowing around the streets of Sochi.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 18, 2014 10:55 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 18, 2014 10:55 AM (659DL)
Bonhomme:
Don't get too down. Think of it this way. Now there is an INDEPENDENT media where facts do get out. Dems had monopoly on media for 50 frigging years.
The war is on. First we take the party back. Then we take the country. All this is necessary. I truly believe we have the chance to finish what Reagan started.
Posted by: prescient11 at February 18, 2014 10:55 AM (tVTLU)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 18, 2014 10:55 AM (gOoFi)
Posted by: CNBC at February 18, 2014 10:55 AM (wsLRF)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at February 18, 2014 10:55 AM (iU3DF)
Nobody can know the future, so run anyone!
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 18, 2014 10:56 AM (IoTdl)
hillary clinton is your next president...until 2025. Worry about that instead. Or, maybe even Howard Dean.
Posted by: soothsayer
Avoiding Romney as the next candidate couldn't possibly be part of avoiding Clinton/Dean? Possibly? Just a little?
Posted by: weft cut-loop[/i] [/b] at February 18, 2014 10:56 AM (Yp6Vn)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2014 10:56 AM (M3hAT)
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at February 18, 2014 10:56 AM (XMUOA)
163 -
Hah! You want fresh? I got fresh. As fresh as you'll ever get from the Republicans, buster.
Posted by: Jeb at February 18, 2014 10:56 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: t-bird at February 18, 2014 10:56 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2014 10:57 AM (hyOIR)
It would be worth it just to watch lefty heads explode.
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2014 10:57 AM (mQwL2)
Posted by: bonhomme
=====
All are welcome! All are welcome!
Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2014 10:57 AM (JBggj)
Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 10:57 AM (bb5+k)
If the previous two election cycles are any indication, so will we on this very blog.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 18, 2014 10:57 AM (SY2Kh)
I think you are overlooking the fact that she didn't run in 2012. It hardly seems fair to blame her for the kind of campaign that she ran, when she didn't even run one.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 18, 2014 10:58 AM (IN7k+)
Posted by: All The GOPe Shills at February 18, 2014 10:58 AM (aTXUx)
Don't get too down.
Thanks. My life is good, worrying about what I might lose in the future is one sure way to sabotage yourself.
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 18, 2014 10:58 AM (IoTdl)
Being an LIV means never having to say you're sorry.
Or learn from your mistakes.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 18, 2014 10:58 AM (POpqt)
Dems won in 2008 b/c all politics is cyclical and, frankly, GWB did a real shitty job on many aspects. He did not govern as a conservative at all.
The simple fact that he would even submit Harriet Myers name to be on the F'ING SUPREME COURT speaks volumes.
Posted by: prescient11 at February 18, 2014 10:58 AM (tVTLU)
Posted by: 1 x 4 at February 18, 2014 10:58 AM (hyOIR)
Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2014 10:58 AM (RJMhd)
Posted by: Jean at February 18, 2014 10:58 AM (4JkHl)
Romney can win against Hillary!, all we need are the right TACTICS run by the right consultants
Posted by: All The GOPe Shills
ORCA XP!
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 18, 2014 10:59 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: RWC- at February 18, 2014 10:59 AM (fWAjv)
I don't think she is as electable as people think. There are lots of skeletons in that closet and she now has the Barack Obama taint. Her fingerprints are all over today's problems.
Besides, one thing we actually learned from Obama's campaign is how to beat her. Electorally.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2014 10:59 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2014 10:59 AM (4+AaH)
Posted by: baldilocks at February 18, 2014 10:59 AM (36Rjy)
and srsly , think ..women in binders!
media , we have to drive through the media.
Posted by: willow at February 18, 2014 11:00 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 18, 2014 11:00 AM (HsTG8)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at February 18, 2014 11:01 AM (iU3DF)
Posted by: Alvin Greene at February 18, 2014 11:01 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2014 11:01 AM (84gbM)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2014 11:01 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: navycopjoe at February 18, 2014 11:01 AM (At8tV)
Posted by: baldilocks at February 18, 2014 11:01 AM (36Rjy)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 18, 2014 11:02 AM (7ObY1)
**100%*** of Hispanics says they regret their vote.
Do you still think it's a legit poll?
100%!!
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 18, 2014 11:02 AM (0LHZx)
Want to sabotage that? Get her talking about specifics.
Tap water, "Corporate Water", distilled water, or carbonated water? Which should I drink Queen Michelle?
Lefties love them some one-upsmanship on their water.
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 18, 2014 11:02 AM (IoTdl)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at February 18, 2014 11:02 AM (iU3DF)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 18, 2014 11:02 AM (0FSuD)
What is really going to suck is when we lose to fucking Biden.
Posted by: RWC
What's going to suck is when Biden dies in office, he is after all in his 70s and has/had cancer. It's the VP on the ticket that the Dems choose for "balance" leving up is what scares me.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 18, 2014 11:02 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at February 18, 2014 11:02 AM (Y92Nd)
Posted by: maddogg at February 18, 2014 11:02 AM (xWW96)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 18, 2014 11:03 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: All The GOPe Shills at February 18, 2014 11:03 AM (aTXUx)
We are so thankful for her wisdom.
Posted by: RWC- at February 18, 2014 02:59 PM (fWAjv)
FIFY.
Posted by: joncelli at February 18, 2014 11:03 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 18, 2014 11:03 AM (HsTG8)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at February 18, 2014 11:03 AM (Y92Nd)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 18, 2014 11:04 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2014 11:04 AM (RJMhd)
Posted by: The multitude of precincts that went 100% for Obama at February 18, 2014 11:04 AM (M3hAT)
Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 11:04 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 18, 2014 11:04 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel
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And Ted Cruz, Governor Matinez, Senator Fischer, etc. A lot of people sent money to Rubio and Ayotte, too. SarahPAC had 1.25 million in the bank at the end of 2013. 2014 is going to be a Tea Party Year.
Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2014 11:04 AM (JBggj)
No we aren't! Most of us would look like hell in saffron robes.
Posted by: joncelli at February 18, 2014 11:05 AM (RD7QR)
Oh and predictably, Student Loans delinquencies also hit an all time high.
Change! Keep campaigning for Obama students!
Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2014 11:05 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 18, 2014 11:05 AM (PYAXX)
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2014 03:01 PM (84gbM)
Wall Street big boys "voting" for Obama and cronyism.
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2014 11:05 AM (mQwL2)
Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 11:05 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at February 18, 2014 11:05 AM (Y92Nd)
Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2014 11:06 AM (4+AaH)
Posted by: Evil_Djinn at February 18, 2014 11:06 AM (5xmd7)
Posted by: prescient11 at February 18, 2014 11:07 AM (tVTLU)
215 -
I don't do conspiracies, but that doesn't stop me from speculating: If Biden dies in office, Choom Boy will nominate the one person who he knows he can count on to be his #2... Moochelle.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 18, 2014 11:07 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 11:07 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Joe Biden at February 18, 2014 11:07 AM (rV80K)
If she were to expire in office, from natural causes of avancing age, the cerimonial funeral would make Camelot look like a saturday morning cartoon. It would make the British Monarch look like . . like . .
*shudder*
My mind reels at the thought. The imagery, the pomp and circumstance, the media hyperbole. echos of the Weldstone memorial "For Paul!, For Paul!" "For Hillary!, For Hillary!" The outpouring of public grief, the mobs in the street, the counter revolutionary reactionaries OH the Horror!
Posted by: Memory man remembers at February 18, 2014 11:07 AM (cteqn)
We're Mormons, not morons. Though some of are both.
Are we a cult? I don't even know what that means anymore. Every Evangelist I ever met was convinced, but what specifically makes us a cult? "You worship Joseph Smith!" Uh, no. "You don't believe in Christ!" Uh, yes we do. "You don't believe in ( some specific doctrine that a whole lot of Christians don't believe in ). OK. Sure.
The one I can't refute is we don't believe in the Nicene Creed. OK, sure. But that's something a bunch of scholars came up with hundreds of years after Christ died. Why's that the end-all of Christianity?
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 18, 2014 11:07 AM (IoTdl)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 18, 2014 11:07 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Joe Biden at February 18, 2014 03:07 PM (rV80K)
Tunnel digger!
Posted by: joncelli at February 18, 2014 11:08 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2014 02:51 PM (JBggj)
You're probably being facetitious, but I'd vote for Sarah Palin in a heartbeat. I think she's the real deal, a genuinely principled and capable leader. However, I also think she'd lose the crucial female demographic to Hillary, and with it the election.
Another thing, too: the Democrats/MSM worked hard to portray Palin as a dumbass chillbilly way out of her league, and succeeded. I don't know that kind of branding by character assassination can be undone.
Of course, anything can happen between now and 2016. There's an economic catastrophe bearing down like the proverbial freight train, Iran is on the cusp of going nuclear, and other assorted bad guys are making their move, sensing weakness and itching for advantage all over the world. Look at it this way: if WWII hadn't happened, Winston Churchill would've remained a noisy but ineffectual backbencher for the entirety of his political career.
Posted by: troyriser at February 18, 2014 11:08 AM (V9ol4)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2014 11:08 AM (M3hAT)
rand paul 5' 8"
I have read somewhere.
both lil ppl
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 18, 2014 03:03 PM (IXrOn)
Sarah Palin is at least that tall in heels.
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2014 11:08 AM (mQwL2)
Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2014 11:08 AM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 18, 2014 11:08 AM (HsTG8)
Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 11:08 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: seamrog at February 18, 2014 11:09 AM (r1ETs)
Three words I never wanted to contemplate
Posted by: Turnip Defense League at February 18, 2014 03:00 PM (O7Q1u)
But I sooooo do.
Posted by: Reginald Love at February 18, 2014 11:09 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at February 18, 2014 11:09 AM (Y92Nd)
Posted by: Mishmash at February 18, 2014 11:09 AM (3aj5/)
Posted by: bonhomme
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Palin can, and probably will, run against the GOP establishment on a reform plank.
Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2014 11:09 AM (JBggj)
They will try to label and define any candidate Republicans put up. It's what they do. Look at the Tea Party and "extremism".
I've never met a Tea Party person I would consider extreme. That is unless things like knitting while talking is considered "extreme".
Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2014 11:09 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: madamemayhem at February 18, 2014 11:09 AM (S2RnE)
No Republican ticket could have won in 2008.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 18, 2014 02:53 PM (659DL)
I'm pretty sure McCain would've won in 2008 despite his best attempts at losing if the banking crash never happened. I was about ready to vote for Palin/McCain Heart Attack right up until the crash happened and McCain's pathetic response to it convinced me to vote third party.
Posted by: mugiwara at February 18, 2014 11:10 AM (W7ffl)
becuase maCain flop. no surprise. romney flop no surprise after watching the campaign.
also better have a good plan to go around the media
Posted by: willow at February 18, 2014 11:10 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: A message at February 18, 2014 11:10 AM (fsHdl)
Posted by: baldilocks at February 18, 2014 11:10 AM (36Rjy)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 18, 2014 11:10 AM (0FSuD)
@36 I think this corresponds with a certain New Jersey fatass getting caught acting like a corrupt moron.
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I think it has more to do with a certain Netflix documentary putting him in a more personable light. Even people on the Other Side are saying it makes Romney look like a really good guy.
As far as the "wouldn't change my vote crowd" goes, there's still too much flat-out animosity where politics is involved. All too often we see polls along the lines of "I don't like the president, but the Republicans are EVIL!!!" People who think that way are going to need more than unhappiness to seriously consider switching parties.
Posted by: junior at February 18, 2014 11:10 AM (UWFpX)
Posted by: j44 at February 18, 2014 11:10 AM (QxSug)
Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2014 11:10 AM (RJMhd)
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You must be new here
Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2014 11:11 AM (JBggj)
Posted by: seamrog at February 18, 2014 11:11 AM (r1ETs)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2014 11:11 AM (XyM/Y)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at February 18, 2014 11:11 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: j44 at February 18, 2014 11:11 AM (QxSug)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 18, 2014 11:11 AM (HsTG8)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 18, 2014 11:12 AM (PYAXX)
omg--Idiocracy here we are!!!
Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2014 03:10 PM (RJMhd)
Yeah, at the debates Franken will tackle the Republican candidate and Warren will scalp him.
Posted by: joncelli at February 18, 2014 11:12 AM (RD7QR)
No.
I was disappointed when she decided not to run, but she never said she would, so she didn't deceive anyone. What should she have done with the money her PAC collected? She used it to promote conservative candidates. Rubio has been a disappointment on amnesty, but he is still lightyears ahead of what we would have has with Crist. I hate McCain as much as I hate any backstabbing SOB that is supposed to be on my team, but McCain and Palin appear to have some kind of truce between them since their campaign. I supposed she could go after him, realizing that he could go after her as well, but has decided not to. I hate to see anyone ally themselves with McCain, but seeing as they were on a campaign together, I give Palin a pass on that one.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 18, 2014 11:12 AM (IN7k+)
Can we get a poll to come up with a better name for Barbara Walters' pocket dildo?
Posted by: Joe Biden
The star-nosed mole of passion.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 18, 2014 11:13 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at February 18, 2014 11:13 AM (Y92Nd)
Three words I never wanted to contemplate
Posted by: Turnip Defense League at February 18, 2014 03:00 PM (O7Q1u)
But I sooooo do.Posted by: Reginald Love at February 18, 2014 03:09 PM (fwARV)<<
Now I have you both to blame for that imagery of Reggie slurping across BO's Brazilian waxed taint. Ugh.
Posted by: Sphynx at February 18, 2014 11:13 AM (OZmbA)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at February 18, 2014 11:13 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Chris Christie at February 18, 2014 11:14 AM (PYAXX)
random thought: I wish Rand Paul was taller.
He has a funny speaking voice, too. He's the only guy I actually like. I don't see him winning.
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 18, 2014 11:14 AM (A0sHn)
Posted by: Jean at February 18, 2014 11:14 AM (i1tGd)
Posted by: Corolianus Snow at February 18, 2014 11:15 AM (Jsiw/)
She will be the 1st woman president. That's all. That's all you will hear in the MSM for 2 years. If you don't vote for her you hate women. End of story.
And between 52-55% of the electorate will vote for her simply because of how many X and Y chromosomes she has.
It sucks that this is how we elect people in America in the 21st century, but it's the way shit is.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 18, 2014 11:15 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2014 11:15 AM (4+AaH)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 18, 2014 11:15 AM (HsTG8)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 18, 2014 11:15 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2014 11:16 AM (hyOIR)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2014 11:16 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2014 11:16 AM (aTXUx)
Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 11:16 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2014 11:16 AM (4+AaH)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 18, 2014 11:17 AM (gOoFi)
Posted by: BSR at February 18, 2014 11:18 AM (3wrJ+)
Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at February 18, 2014 11:18 AM (n/ogz)
Posted by: zombie at February 18, 2014 11:18 AM (+cx5n)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 18, 2014 11:18 AM (PYAXX)
..and she will be easier to work with.
Posted by: Memory man remembers at February 18, 2014 11:18 AM (cteqn)
I don't know if I want her to run, but I want someone like her who will not bow to Rove et. al. and take the high road. Cruz, Paul, Walker - they all have appeal for this reason.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 18, 2014 11:18 AM (POpqt)
Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 11:19 AM (bb5+k)
Warren?Franken ticket.
Posted by: tasker
How about this, Biden/Obama. There is the open question on whether someone who has served 2 terms as President and still serve as VP. Now supposedly he couldn't become President again when Joe goes toes up, but if the issue was left to be decided by the Supreme Court.....
But if not the B. there's always the M. "The first black woman VP!"
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 18, 2014 11:19 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2014 11:19 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: RWC- at February 18, 2014 11:19 AM (fWAjv)
Nixon I guess, although he didn't do it in consecutive elections.
Anyone else?
And I don't mean lost a primary then came back again. I mean, won the primary, lost the general, then came back and won the general the next time.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 18, 2014 11:20 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 18, 2014 11:20 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 18, 2014 11:20 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2014 11:20 AM (aTXUx)
Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 11:21 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: BSR at February 18, 2014 11:21 AM (3wrJ+)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2014 03:16 PM (t3UFN)
_________
No you're right, identity politics doesn't exist. My bad.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 18, 2014 11:21 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2014 11:22 AM (4+AaH)
Posted by: BSR at February 18, 2014 11:23 AM (3wrJ+)
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Since when? She couldn't even beat an unknown junior Senator from IL last time for her own party's nomination, and she hasn't gotten any more likable since then.
Unlike her husband, she's not particularly likable nor a great speaker on the stump. Her unfavorable rating is still underwater among male voters, and she hasn't even tasted any real Dem infighting yet.
My money says she doesn't even run.
Posted by: looking closely at February 18, 2014 11:24 AM (PwGfd)
You're hilarious.
Posted by: Booker / Warren 2016, your primary-winning Dem ticket at February 18, 2014 11:24 AM (B/VB5)
@205 Something caused that bubble to burst... at that time...
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Not saying this was the cause, but the first thing I remember leading up to the crash was Chuck Schumer leaking that IndyMac Bank was in dire straights. That launched a run on the bank, which promptly put it out of business.
On a related note, I know several people who used to work there, and they had a lot of friends that lost their jobs as a result. There were a lot of people who were pretty pissed off at Schumer.
Unfortunatly, Schumer's in NY, and IndyMac was in LA county, so it's not like there was any blow back on him for his misconduct.
Posted by: junior at February 18, 2014 11:24 AM (UWFpX)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 18, 2014 11:24 AM (HsTG8)
Putting up another white guy as the nominee....it's a dead end for the party.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 18, 2014 11:24 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2014 11:25 AM (XyM/Y)
There's already an article in TNR questioning Hillary's progtard bona-fides and suggesting Elizabeth Warren is just what the Democrat base needs.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 18, 2014 11:25 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Memory man remembers at February 18, 2014 11:25 AM (cteqn)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2014 11:26 AM (M3hAT)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2014 11:26 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: baldilocks at February 18, 2014 11:26 AM (36Rjy)
Unlike her husband, she's not particularly likable nor a great speaker on the stump. Her unfavorable rating is still underwater among male voters, and she hasn't even tasted any real Dem infighting yet.
My money says she doesn't even run.
Posted by: looking closely at February 18, 2014 03:24 PM (PwGfd)
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These comments sound eerily like the comments of late October 2012....Obama's toast, the polls are skewed, a ham sandwich could beat him, look at those crowds in Ohio, Benghazi!!!!
And on election night 2016, the same "THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN!!!!" bullshit will start.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 18, 2014 11:26 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: BSR at February 18, 2014 11:27 AM (3wrJ+)
Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 11:27 AM (bb5+k)
Let's just put it on the table.
To win, the GOP must run a homosexual, cross-dressing abortion doctor that attends Code Pink and amnesty rallies.
Are we done here?
Posted by: prescient11 at February 18, 2014 11:27 AM (tVTLU)
Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2014 11:27 AM (JBggj)
Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2014 11:28 AM (RJMhd)
Posted by: baldilocks at February 18, 2014 11:28 AM (36Rjy)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 18, 2014 11:28 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2014 03:22 PM (4+AaH)
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Try again. Reagan didn't win the nomination in 1976.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 18, 2014 11:28 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 11:28 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: RWC- at February 18, 2014 11:28 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 18, 2014 11:28 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 18, 2014 11:29 AM (HsTG8)
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2014 11:29 AM (84gbM)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at February 18, 2014 11:29 AM (Y92Nd)
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He's still probably more viable than some of the names being thrown around. So no, it wouldn't be "so" crazy.
I don't think just running for the third time disqualifies him. EG, how many times has Newt Gingrich run now, and he actually won the Republican primary in SC last cycle. . .who could have seen that one coming?
But bluntly, I don't think Romney is interested in doing it again for the third time.
Posted by: looking closely at February 18, 2014 11:31 AM (PwGfd)
But could win....
A message of 'the Government is made up of people, and they are supposed to be there to SERVE you, not be your Master" would bring in both the Youth Vote, AND the Elderly Vote (who remember the old days...).
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2014 03:29 PM (84gbM)
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If this were 1980, I'd agree with you 100%.
In 2014/16, ideas don't mean shit anymore. Remember who the average voter is. They haven't got a clue about anything. They need shiny objects and cool slogans to be impressed. Ideas about liberty, freedom, rule of law....not so much.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 18, 2014 11:31 AM (0LHZx)
I heard that Romney didn't even have a Barbers' License when he gave that gay dog a haircut and cancer.
And his Cancer License had expired.
Posted by: Cancer License Inspector at February 18, 2014 02:31 PM (A0sHn)
Whatever you haters. At least now the dog has insurance thanks to Obama.
Posted by: LIV bitchez at February 18, 2014 11:31 AM (0XBx+)
Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 11:31 AM (bb5+k)
I'd love to see this ticket only so I can watch Chris Matthews every night tell me how both of them hate Hispanics.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 18, 2014 11:32 AM (0LHZx)
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By the time his current term is done, Obama will exit lower than Carter, and bluntly, I don't think Biden is going to look so hot either.
Bring it on; I'd love to see the thrashing. .
Posted by: looking closely at February 18, 2014 11:33 AM (PwGfd)
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2014 11:33 AM (84gbM)
To win, the GOP must run a homosexual, cross-dressing abortion doctor that attends Code Pink and amnestyrallies.
Posted by: prescient11
Graham 2016: Eh -- Close Enough
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 18, 2014 11:34 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2014 11:34 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 18, 2014 03:31 PM (0LHZx)
I generally agree with you, and in fact think it's the reason Hillary won't be the nominee. She's not a shiny new object and she's one of the least charismatic politicians on the national stage. The best writers in the world won't be able to come up with slogans that sound 'cool' coming out of granny Clinton.
The MFM will dump her fatass the second a shiny new candidate throws his/her/it's hat in the ring, just as they did in 2008.
Posted by: mugiwara at February 18, 2014 11:35 AM (W7ffl)
Posted by: D-Lamp at February 18, 2014 11:35 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at February 18, 2014 11:35 AM (n/ogz)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2014 11:36 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: Bill Mitchell at February 18, 2014 11:37 AM (+9xNn)
Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at February 18, 2014 11:37 AM (n/ogz)
@309 And I don't mean lost a primary then came back again. I mean, won the primary, lost the general, then came back and won the general the next time.
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Nixon didn't win the next general election, though. He skipped the '64 election.
Grover Cleveland was actually a sitting president who lost his reelection campaign, and then won the subsequent general election four years later.
Posted by: junior at February 18, 2014 11:37 AM (UWFpX)
And then she quit her one job that qualified her for VP, took easy jobs on Fox News, hid behind Facebook, helped "Wacko Bird!" get reelected, and paid lots of PAC money to consultants after railing against them.
She's a phony who needs to go away.
Posted by: Shoot Me at February 18, 2014 11:44 AM (qiXMt)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at February 18, 2014 11:47 AM (Y92Nd)
Posted by: zombie at February 18, 2014 03:18 PM (+cx5n)
The logic doesn't follow. You're saying Palin's major political assets were/are her good looks and nice figure even after watching clips of her campaign speeches at the time, the way she held the crowd--and held her own against that slimy douchebag, Joe Biden, in the 2008 VP debates. Her speeches--and her performance as Alaska governor--belie the pretty face, empty headed stereotype that's been foisted on her.
Romney is a handsome guy. Has he come as far as he's come on the basis of his good looks? How about Gerald Ford? Ever seen pictures of Ford when he was younger? He made JFK look like a geeky wallflower at the prom. And then of course there's Reagan, a movie star. Was their success based on a lookism bias? No? If not, why not?
Posted by: troyriser at February 18, 2014 11:47 AM (V9ol4)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 18, 2014 02:52 PM (t3UFN)"
I am guessing that you are facetious but as numerous people have posted, it is nearly impossible to overcome the overwhelming media bias that characterizes print and broadcast media today. Perhaps it is time to start killing producers and editors at the networks and big city newspapers. It wouldn't be necessary to kill that many of them since, as their fear of Muslim reprisal has demonstrated, they are cowards who's defense of their journalistic principals ends at the first whiff of a real threat.
The problem, of course, is not that political murder is not effective as a tactic but that it is condemned by Christianity which constrains the behavior of most conservatives in the United States. Still, it would not take that many individuals who were undeterred by Christian commandments and who would be willing to kill a few of the top people at the New York Times and several network news organizations to properly scare them into a more evenhanded behavior. Once would not be enough, however after the third incident, they would discover a strange new respect for balance in news reporting.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at February 18, 2014 11:47 AM (BcCwi)
Posted by: Adjoran at February 18, 2014 11:49 AM (QIQ6j)
Posted by: Erowmero at February 18, 2014 11:49 AM (OONaw)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at February 18, 2014 11:54 AM (Y92Nd)
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at February 18, 2014 03:47 PM (BcCwi)
Oh, right, death squads: an idea whose time has come. You can go to hell, hero. We don't do fucking death squads.
Posted by: troyriser at February 18, 2014 11:54 AM (V9ol4)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at February 18, 2014 11:56 AM (Y92Nd)
Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2014 11:57 AM (aTXUx)
Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at February 18, 2014 12:00 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at February 18, 2014 12:06 PM (OPzNA)
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at February 18, 2014 12:06 PM (vd7A8)
Posted by: the Butcher at February 18, 2014 12:41 PM (8g9qq)
Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at February 18, 2014 04:06 PM (OPzNA)
The names of those three months all originally began with an "i", as did the two people and one god they were named after.
Posted by: CQD at February 18, 2014 12:43 PM (L9te5)
Posted by: CQD at February 18, 2014 04:43 PM (L9te5)
Or two gods and one person; it all depends on which story you believe about the month of June.
Posted by: CQD at February 18, 2014 01:27 PM (L9te5)
I met Gov. Romney at the SLC airport last month. We had been upgraded to first class because of luck (I guess) due to first polar vortex into Atlanta and missing cancelled flight the day before. As I am pretty spaced out in the mornings prior to tea bolus, I was staring into space prior to boarding. A gentleman, approached unseen in my peripheral vision, asked me if we were boarding yet. I said no then looked into the man's face and, surreal, it was Gov. Romney. I managed a "Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Romney" and shook his hand (rude, I know, to forget title, but, hey, I did not belch or honk in shock). We spoke for a brief time...and, honest injun, you could not ask for a friendlier and more humble man. My husband then showed up with water and pastries and I introduced them and he was as shocked as I was (it is pretty weird to have someone you have seen on teevee just appear and speak to you without warning or seeing in the distance approaching you). He was without entourage or assistants or hoopla. He walks really, really fast (carries own bags, unlike the Baron Baroque), and people would pass him at the airport and you could see !?! "That was Mitt!?!" And a few, one a retired military man, approached him with thanks and a handshake. He was polite and cheerful to all who approached him, and it was not phony crap, either.
So, before anyone gets all "He flew first class! What a jerk! He is a millionaire! What a jerk!" I want to remind you of all the millionaires who have private planes and fly with assistants to carry their bags and wipe their noses and iReggies and Huma's. His bags, by the way, were not expensive. Mine probably cost more than his. I am actually, from what I read about him in the past, surprised his did not have duct tape on it...and that could explain why he carried his larger overhead bag vs using the wheels. On the flight he kept to himself and no one made any attempt to pester him. The other bag he carried looked even less expensive and, gasp, sort of nylon bowling ball or gym bag.
Attack me if you will, as I don't give a rat's derriere what anyone thinks, but he would have made a far better president, as a businessman and overall decent man (and I consider myself and husband a good judge of character even on first introduction I am rarely wrong).
I wish he had had the chance to prove me right or wrong if he was the guy to pull us up from the swirling toilet. There again, anyone would be an improvement.
Bite moi #honeybadger/not care. I would vote for him again should he run. I was one of the daily people who asked, by the way, and he broke eye contact, laughing, and said "no." For what that is worth. I, ChristyB, tried to talk him into running. And, ladies, he is good looking and typically I do not notice these thinks that early in the morning.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Duchess of Something at February 18, 2014 01:29 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at February 18, 2014 04:13 PM (gl2Yt)
I think I found the answer when I was investigating Saddam's WMD. Saddam and Ghaddafi were interested in controlling Mauritania, a Western-Sahara country that is within missile range of the US. Both Iraq and Libya were very busy developing long-range missiles, nukes, and sarin gas. A simple plan was the scud-bundle, consisting of 4 or 5 scud missiles bolted together. Scuds are Russian variants of the Nazi V-2 missile, and are well-tested.
The plan was to hide mobile launchers in the Western Sahara mountains, using whatever WMD they had. The US would be hard pressed to find and destroy all these missiles before some hit the continental USA.
After Saddam stopped hanging around, Gaddafi and Iran were in cahoots with Al Qaida in the W. Sahara. New players, new missiles and WMD, but basically the same plan.
Then two things happened. The US and NATO went after Libya and deposed/terminated Gaddafi. And France attacked Al Qaida in Mali, Mauritania, etc. That conflict is still ongoing.
The US and NATO won't tell the public why Libya was attacked. They like secrecy, and they dislike admitting military vulnerability. The MSM cooperated by NEVER ASKING WHY LIBYA.
These secrets are not hidden. I googled Mauritania +Libya and found Gaddafi had spent years trying to control the Western Sahara. And now Iran is trying the same strategy.
So that's the best theory I have about WHY LIBYA.
Posted by: DemocracyRules at February 19, 2014 11:44 PM (U4Wxk)
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Posted by: OK, thanks, bye at February 18, 2014 10:25 AM (RPDkq)