(cue rick santorum weeping silently)
― Aimless, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
Huntsman must be FURIOUS behind closed doors, lol
― OH NOES, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
he is angrily listening to "Frownland" RIGHT NOW
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
It's not really a matter of the Party Elite, such as it is, suggesting things to the base, which won't listen to it anyway. All the satraps can do is withhold funding and watch as the unprepared, oafish Bachmanns, Perrys, Cains, and Gingrichs demonstrate their unworthiness for the nomination.
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
bite your tounge rick santorum never weeps he cries lightning and spits broken-glass
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
gingrich is less likely to totally screw-up.
he could -- he is, after all, a clown -- but he's the kind of clown that's appealed to the GOP base for a while now, and this particular GOP base is even more receptive to his reactionary vibe. and he is not mitt romney, so he has that going for him, too.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
You guys are stuck with Romney.
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
did you renounce your citizenship or something?
― dr. strongo, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
I don't know why I misread "reactionary vibe" so badly
― OH NOES, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
I guess that would be more appropriate for Santorum
― OH NOES, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
i am stuck with romney, and romney's stuck with me
(sung to the tune of the band-aid brand commercial)
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
― dr. strongo, Thursday, December 1, 2011 4:08 PM
there are by my count 247 members of the Politico editorial staff that are Communists.
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
Re: Huntsman. Seems so odd to me that a former governor of fucking UTAH is seen as such a liberal wuss by the Tea Party wingnuts.
― Aimless, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
now, THIS IS MORE LIKE IT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7kog1CjzcY&feature=player_embedded
please note, DNC and GOP rivals: this is how to attack mitt romney.
and there is so -- so -- much more.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
I love how that interview takes place in a warehouse, like they're about to unpack some crates or make a drug deal or something
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
are they sitting in the middle of a costco
― mayor jingleberriez, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
it isn't a warehouse. it's mitt romney's secret chamber, where they keep his magic sarcophagus.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
Meanwhile one last one from that Other McCain dude in terms of self-regard:
http://theothermccain.com/2011/12/01/ace-of-spades-really-hates-ron-paul-endorses-re-election-of-barack-obama/
And back to the usual fun.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
feasting nightly on the blood of hourly laborers
― dr. strongo, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
xpost...i think.
Is Huntsman hampered by being LDS, too? There's a lot of ambiguity about them in this country.
― M. White, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
You guys are stuck with Obamney.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
Huntsman is more hampered by most ppl not knowing anything about him
― OH NOES, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
OH A UNITY-TICKET GOOD IDEA.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
I'm sure being LDS doesn't help Huntsman. Since being LDS is considered one of Romney's liabilities, it doesn't help you position yourself as a not-Romney if you have the same liability. But I don't think a non-LDS Huntsman would have done appreciably better, all else being equal. I just think that running as the most moderate Republican was not a winning strategy this year.
― o. nate, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
He's not really a moderate, the rest of them are just plain loony.
― M. White, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
"Because when I tendered my resignation, nobody asked me to stay."
― slandblox goole, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
Paul goes after Gingrich, Huntsman goes after Romney--do Romney and Gingrich plan to go after each other at any point? (I know I should recognize the acronym, but what is LDS?)
― clemenza, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
Latter Day Saints, aka Mormon
― OH NOES, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
so much drama in the LDS
― upper mississippi 2: still shakin, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
I just think that running as the most moderate Republican was not a winning strategy this year.
I also think that his refusal to pander to the extremes infuriates the small sense of empowerment the tea partiers feel they've wrested from the Party.
― M. White, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
i want to thank m. white for the xpost that prevented me from continuing on custos-style with matt's joke
― dr. strongo, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
sorry
― M. White, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
no, you saved us all
― dr. strongo, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
Otoh, the psychology of Mormon vampires kind of cracks me up.
― M. White, Thursday, 1 December 2011 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, the non-Tea-Party vote has been sewn up by Romney, and Huntsman has never even tried to court the Tea Party vote.
― o. nate, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
"what's Gingrich's fundraising lookin like?" is a more pertinent question than "what does Rassmussen say?"
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, December 1, 2011 8:23 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Permalink
McCain had no money and then he won a couple primaries and it flew in. If Newt's lead in Iowa and Florida holds up you'll see the money come in fast.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
McCain was that election's chump -- born to lose. All the Wall Street dough went to the other guy.
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, Cain was one thing. But Newt polling at 47% in Florida is a big deal. Yes, he might/should/probably will be torn down at some point. But we're five weeks away from Iowa and the current storyline is Mitt looking unhinged in a room full of juice bottles.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
now Wall Street's confused.
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
McCain's campaign was 1.5m in debt at the end of 2007. after those primary wins in january, he ended up raising 75m in the first three months of 2008.
People will get in line behind Gingrich if he notches up primary wins.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/gingrichflier-440x570.jpg
― M. White, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
But we're five weeks away from Iowa and the current storyline is Mitt looking unhinged in a room full of juice bottles.
and a week ago it was "this individual's going to accuse me of an affair for an extended period of time"
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
GOP hopeful Newt Gingrich defended his stance against certain child labor laws during a campaign stop in Iowa Thursday, saying that children born into poverty aren’t accustomed to working unless it involves crime.
“Really poor children, in really poor neighborhoods have no habits of working and have nobody around them who works so they have no habit of showing up on Monday,” Gingrich claimed.
“They have no habit of staying all day, they have no habit of I do this and you give me cash unless it is illegal,” he added.
keep talkin Newt!
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 1 December 2011 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
Plus w/o child labor laws we won't need to employ the illegals! Picking in the fields is a lot easier when you're three or feet tall so it's actually a humanitarian gesture.
― M. White, Thursday, 1 December 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
http://images.politico.com/global/news/111201_romney_time_cover_400.jpg
― clemenza, Thursday, 1 December 2011 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
because youre just not insane enough mittens
― mayor jingleberriez, Thursday, 1 December 2011 23:28 (twelve years ago) link
Good job, Newt--this will really keep the momentum going:
GINGRICH: “They are not going to be the nominee. I don’t have to go around and point out the inconsistencies of people who are not going to be the nominee. They are not going to be the nominee.”
TAPPER: “You are going to be the nominee?”
GINGRICH: “I’m going to be the nominee.”
So maybe this will play out like the Larry Sanders episode where Hank gets to guest-host.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aPqhFUvo8E
― clemenza, Thursday, 1 December 2011 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
man this is going to be awesome
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 1 December 2011 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
seriously try watching this without repeatedly, aloud just hollering OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RenwNhL1Te0
why did no-one mention interracial marriage laws, here
― Never translate German (schlump), Friday, 2 December 2011 00:49 (twelve years ago) link