do the ppl who are all "let's run the US like a business" realize that we can't just deport our unemployed citizens or are they just completely unaware of how most businesses are turned around/saved?
― OH NOES, Thursday, 1 December 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
ah yes the failing business of the Olympics
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 1 December 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
all federal gov't work will be outsourced to Bangalore
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 1 December 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
Ask Florida how that Rick Scott thing is working out for them.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 1 December 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
we love our governor stop being mean
http://valdoespolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/rick-scott-omg.jpg
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
I left Florida four months ago and he still haunts my dreams.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
jesus christ, Halloween was two calendar pages ago, cut that out
― William (C), Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
I thought Marc Rubio was in charge of Florida who's this Rick Scott clown
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
The governor.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
Rubio is the junior senator.
I know just makin a lil joke
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
This is such a runaway story right now, maybe it really is about to come crashing down.
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/12/romneys-rasmussen-gap-ctd.html
― clemenza, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
well, either the story or romney will crash down, it seems.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:22 (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, 1 December 2011 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
a poll is a story
CAN WE ALL JUST BE BLOWN UP?
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
Romney ran in 2008, with almost the same electorate as today, and was soundly rejected then. That means there is a huge percentage of GOP voters who made up their minds against Romney once already. To me, that is very interesting.
What exactly has he done to fundamentally alter all those prior decisons to become favorable this time around? Seems to me, damn little.
That's why his being annointed as the inevitable winner has always seemed so odd to me. Usually, after an abject failure, the candidate must at least go through the motions of re-inventing himself - unless, of course, he is Bob Dole.
― Aimless, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
Aimless- he has gone through the process of being less crazy than absolutely everyone around him, and also not having a name which means booty juices
― big popppa hoy, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
Ergo, the serial stampede. It is always away from Romney, no matter where else it seems to be headed.
― Aimless, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
romney's real pitch is to look to his left, look to his right on the GOP debate dias, then turn to the voters and say, "oh, you can't vote for any of these guys, you know this."
if gingrich can prevent romney from doing that, gingrich has a really good chance. but that remains to be seen, as gingrich can also be a clown.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
If Boehner really hates Gingrich as much as that article suggests, then one interesting what-if game concerns how Gingrich becoming the front-runner might change the calculus among House Republicans - i.e., between playing ball with Obama on economic stimulus, and thereby helping their own re-election prospects, vs. stonewalling the stimulus and thereby helping the prospective nominee but opening themselves up to criticism in the fall. Maybe it's just coincidence, but Boehner is suddenly sounding more reasonable about the possibility of a payroll cut.
― o. nate, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
It's worked wonderfully in my marriage
Great way to squelch the rumors that your husband's gay.
― M. White, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
Boehner and Obama would have negotiated long ago if not for the Tea Party; he worries about his votes back home.
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
The more I think about it, the more I'm inclined to think that the party elite will suggest to the wingnuts that Newt is NOT a good pick or, that failing, will smear the heck out of him.
― M. White, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
but it's been happening already!
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
and to every not-Romney
the key is largely timing. newt is the last not-romney. it's newt or nothing.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 1 December 2011 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
(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