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Three-Way Battle in IAAmerican Research Group has put out their view of the race in Iowa and it shows a three-way race at the top of the Republican field. PRESIDENT – IOWA – GOP CAUCUS (ARG) This poll was done December 19-22 among 600 likely caucus goers.
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Ron Paul!
—LauraW.
Been reading his newsletters. Wow!
You know, it’s quite common to think of racism as one of the worst failings of character, but it turns out, adhering to every conspiracy theory that comes down the pike is actually worse.
A racist may still have a nodding familiarity with objective reality and still trust most of the objects in it.
But a conspiracy nutter suspects the water he drinks and the contents of his billfold of being part of some Grand Unifying Theory of Population Control. And as all the other little side-theories accumulate and fit in together, suspicion turns to certainty and no ambassador from Realityland -regardless of race- can ever reach such a person.
One emailed by Gabriel this morning: Ron Paul Newsletter solicitation.
DID YOU KNOW that yetis are REAL human-alien hybrids created in a laboratory by the US government?
DID YOU KNOW that the CIA has hidden secret monitoring equipment in everyday objects in every one of our homes? Your wife’s bra may contain a transmitter wire RIGHT NOW!
DID YOU KNOW that the chemicals added to your drinking water are intended to enslave and control you? And also ATTRACT YETIS?
via ace
let the vetting of dr paul begin
second.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/271730/20111222/sopa-bill-2012-godaddy-reveals-support.htm
Many competing registrars are offering promo codes to move your domains as a backlash has already begun against go-daddy.
Hawk, from last thread. Ben Nelson retiring maybe late today? Or something with Holder?
thread rules : bash ron paul
Reuters) – A direct-mail solicitation for Ron Paul’s political and investment newsletters two decades ago warned of a “coming race war in our big cities” and of a “federal-homosexual cover-up” to play down the impact of AIDS.
It might be good that Ron Paul rose in the polls so a lot of this stuff will finally get a thorough airing and we can dismiss this nutcase for once and for all.
4. I must have missed that – only read the tail end of the thread.
Ron Paul’s foreign policy is naive.
R on Paul is simply never wrong
O nly Iran brings peace to the middle east
N othing gained by supporting Israel
P alistinians are so peaceful
A merican emperialism must stop!
U nfunded liability will cripple us
L et’s get back on the gold standard
Hawk, about the late friday dump before Xmas.
ron Paul is almost 80 correct?
It’s clear now that Newt’s fallback has stopped — and unlike the others before him, hes bouncing back up. He was down to 13 in Iowa, now up to 19. Nationally the lead was down to 2 or even, now he’s up 6 again.
MD – Bolaris is 3 feet tall. I guess chicks dig meteorologists.
Huntsman ahead of Santorum in IOwa?????
lmao
Obumbler’s $4 million vacation to Hawaii is set to begin.
Of course, Moochelle went there first.
Laura Bush travelled all over the world too. Republicans make complete asses of themselves going after the First Lady. No wonder we lose every PR battle against Obama. We have dummies on our side.
And Bush went on vacation too. So has EVERY POTUS.
A friend of mine (former friend actually) punched him in the face in the late 90′s. I am sure my friend started it although he maintained innocence which I didn’t believe for a second. Bolaris (I almost typed Polaris – strange) did nothing to avoid the conflict though. The guy loves drama.
Huntsman ahead of Santorum in Iowa. HUNTMENTUM!!!!
16, 17…oh please. Even an Obama-lover like you can see the difference between an occasional working trip back to Texas, and regular vacations the Obama’s take that would make the host of “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” blush.
How many rounds of golf has Obama played since taking the oath?
Here is my Christmas Card to everyone on HHR:
http://www.wrensworld.com/marydiduknow.htm
I have no problem with their family going on vacation, it is the extended family and friends, that cost us $$$, dummy.
And I can go to HI, and probably spend $2000 – including air, five day in a five star hotel, and food.
The GOP looks like a bunch off arses going after Michelle. Despite all the dire predictions that she would be the Angela Davis in the White House, Michelle is doing a great job as first lady. Leave her alone. Fools!
And given the bad economy – I do not know too many Americans, other than the Obumbler, spending $4 million on a vacation.
Just saying…
Leave the Obumbler alone too, he is doing a great job…
Marv will like the fact that Santorum is below Huntsman. All of those evangelical endorsements going to Rick may now go to Rick when all the ministers realize what a loser Rick really is, over the Christmas week.
Merry Christmas Agent P.
I have no issue with 1 extended vacation per year for the family and the necessary security Tina. None. However, they take several and then claim to be for “the people”. What a joke. It reminds me of Biden who wrote the harsh bankruptcy laws because he was bought and paid for by a CC firm in DE (I knew his scumbag son), who also claims to be for the “little guy”. You know, Biden who hardly ever gave a dime to charity.
(having the taxpayers spend $4 million….)
He POTUS dumbwit! Go knows what the security costs are. YOu do not think it cost money whenever Bush went anywhere? So frickin’ stupid. Why not focus on actually advancing conservative solutions? No… all we get is the same pointless chit. Keep it up and you will have another 4 years of Obama.
All I wanted for Christmas was a Cheksux-Tina fight. Thank you, Santa. This should be good.
23…exactly my point. A HUGE difference between working for a week from the ranch in Texas and the “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” vacations the Obamas are regularly taking.
He is POTUS… sorry
“a bunch of arses” is a perfect description of Mooochellle.
9.25. It wasn’t that crazy but it is hard to actually understand so I threw in some bonus points.
They can go on vacation, MD, we are all in agreement there, it is just the extended family and friends.
The last time, Moochelle brought 40 friends with her to Africa.
That is not right.
I would say the same if a R did that, but none has.
MD – get out of the ring and let them fight. This is great!
I know the last time I went to HI (granted I flew out of lovely SFO) – it cost $299.
Bitter – I heard you on WIP. You gave the Cowher defense for Reid. That was you right?
Looks like we struck a nerve. It must be that the data from the DNC troll center is showing that the Obama-Vacation issue is hurting his chances with independents, so Chek and the other trolls are rushing out to make a moral equivalency to Bush43 argument….hoping to scare this issue off the table.
That’s because Obama doesn’t come from a wealthy dynasty like Bush. He doesn’t have a ranch or the fancy house in Kennebukport. Believe me. Bush wasn’t slumming it. No president does. Frankly, there are bigger issues with Obama than his vacation. The GOP has become the Grand Old Petty.
BTW, while Candlestick is a mess, SFO is very beautiful facility – a sharp contrast to OHare, which smelled like urine everywhere.
Ok, lets see how his poll numbers are when he “returns” from the $4 million trip.
Whenever someone resort to “troll” they lost the argument. But keep on wasting time on bullchit while Obama runs circles around the Boehner and McConnell.
I can just about imagine the MSM outrage if Bush43 had vacationed like the Obamas.
Tina – I cut him some slack on HI since it is his home state. I do think 1 vaca a year for 10 to 14 days is justified for him, his family and all the necessary security and precautions. However, they go waaay beyond that. They really should just make greater use of Camp David on the weekends. That is pretty much a private resort. Also, the left has gone mute on Obama’s golfing. I guarantee you he has golfed twice as much as Bush. Remember they counted every round for Bush.
His polls numbers will do just fine as long as arses on our side go after his wife and kids.
And Yes, to defeat the obumbler nothing should be off the table, you go after every single issue and attack, attack, and attack.
The Drats do this all the time.
Again, Reagan did not do this, Ford, Bushes, etc.
Obama cannot afford a ranch??
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA…what a joke. Chek has become a parody of herself.
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45.I can just about imagine the MSM outrage if Bush43 had vacationed like the Obamas.
Comment by DW — December 23, 2011 @ 1:27 pm
What would have been the reaction of one or more posters too it, you knw the concerned ones if it is an R, but become unconcerned when it is a Drat.
40 LOL DW. Well, no surprise really.
Boehner has looked awful this week with his yes, no, yes routine. Awful and weak. He can rebound but they may have to manipulate a situation where he tells the House freshman to F off and then they fall in line. It would be orchestrated (many of these are) but would benefit everyone, even the freshman. BTW – the inside scoop on this is pretty interesting but I have been sworn to a month of silence.
I am sure that one of his Street Thug Friends, perhaps the “Marxist troll down the street” could buy him a ranch…
LOL
Sigh. I keep telling Chekote in the break room that she is going to get re-assigned to a different conservative blog. She has not been able to resist going open with her trolling. I am kind of bitter because she got a bigger holiday bonus than I got…even though I have done a better job of trolling.
Yes we know the media is biased. I frankly do not remember a single Democrat saying anything nasty about Laura Bush or her travels with her daughters. On our side you have that joker of Rush calling her Moochelle and his dumb parrots repeating it.
The vacaation, while deserved by him, and yes he does deserve all of the protection, is foolish. The trip costs $4 million, he is not paying for it, and the economy SUCKS.
But the Drat fools, say it is ok.
Boehner and McConnell need to go. They are awful. Stupid. And Cantor is a so annoying. Get some new blood!
48 – Tina
I would go after him on all the issues that make him and the left look like hypocrites. After 8 years of Bush/Hitler that is fair game. Not only that but the msm would lead with a negative Bush story every single night without fail. Yes, let’s go after the Marxist hard. Very hard. I would not leave Michelle out of it since she sticks her nose into issues. The kids are off limits though for me. I know the left didn’t leave the Bush twins alone but in this situation, I just can’t justify making an issue of children.
Yes, sure Tina. Any president needs protection. But especially a black president. Let’s not forget what happened to many prominent black leaders in this country.
Tina,
You know how to handle this. In short, don’t listen to Bitter.
Bitter – I heard you on WIP. You gave the Cowher defense for Reid. That was you right?
Not me. I did leave a message that Dom Giordano played. I usually leave at least one per week and they get on.
As for Hawaii, big deal. he grew up there and has to visit his . . . well, not his Dad . . . no, Mom’s dead . . .
In short, don’t listen to Bitter.
Comment by MD — December 23, 2011 @ 1:35 pm
Handle what? Fight Fight Fight.
When did you change your position on Boehner and Little Mitchie.
I seem to recall, every time I mentioned Little Mitchie selling us out, that you would go bananas?
Michelle Obama is absolutely fair game because she has an activist role and is involved in partisan politics.
Nobody attacked her kids, but attacking HER is smart politics because it exposes the hypocrisy of the whole class warfare meme.
Chekote never misses a chance to rise to the defense of her messiah.
“I would not leave Michelle out of it since she sticks her nose into issues”
Bullchit. She has stayed away from politics. I am glad she is helping soldiers find a job once they get back. And as far as child obesity, how is that different than Nancy Reagan and her crusade against drug use.
Boehner did hand Obama a nice Christmas gift. He thought he had no choice. He was wrong. He did. However, the good news is that many Freshman were stunned at the negative reaction they received from the very constituents that voted for them.
Dom Giordano says Obama has played 88 rounds of golf as President. I’m sure somebody keeps count.
Keep it up GOP. Obama’s numbers are rising again. Why not start up with the birth certificate bullchit again?!
I do not fight Mr. BL.
I have arthristis in my knee and an achilles that is cranky.
Another year of gubment service, I will retire.
jason – 100% correct. Unlike Laura Bush, MO has weighed in on almost every issue. That makes her fair game.
Do you hear Michael Moore talking about that or following Obama with a camera?
They should have fought over the budget, hot a stupid 2 month tax, which will not do anything to help this economy.
Watch out in 2012. Income #s, spending, #s, Oracle warning, etc.
Eagles need Jets and Giants to help drive for Super Bowl. Stranger things have happpened.
Laura Bush has class.
Tina – remember, a certain entity is crying for attention. Don’t cave in. Bitter wants entertainment. The settlement season slacks off this time of year.
Just so you know….Chek is just working overtime here at the DNC troll center. Its been a rough year for us, and she needs all the money she can get.
Moochelle is a liability and she needs to be attacked for her spending habits at taxpayer expense.
It is fair game.
Tina – Oracle’s problem is that Oracle sucks. I use their awful Siebel system at work so I know first hand.
Can eagles fire REID after he wins the super Bowl???
We all had to take a pay cut after the 2010 election fiasco. Chek was particularly embarrased after her 2009 decision to press our team to go hard after McDonnell’s thesis–being so sure it was the ticket toward taking him out.
Deport the obumbler’s uncle….
Did Romney really say that.
If he did, I will now send him a check for $200.
Michelle Obama views herself as a co-President and is always making partisan and activist speeches.
Very different from Laura Bush.
Michelle Antoinette Obama is fair game. By her own choice. And she deserves the criticism because she only wants the little people to live (and eat) by her rules.
Fire away.
Actually, MD, settlements boom in December because the attorneys want to put the fees on this year’s tax return unless they are about to get pushed into a higher bracket. I have had attorneys settle cases on January 2 just to stay in their bracket.
The miss by Oracle, MD, is showing that tech spending is falling. It is not a commment on their products- being good or bad. Just a note of harsh times ahead.
And we still joke about that here in the office…whenever Chekote has another brilliant idea…”Hey Chekote have you read McDonnell’s thesis lately?”
Start writing the check…
ASHLAND, N.H. – Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney says he would deport President Barack Obama’s uncle, who police say was arrested in August for drunk driving near Boston and is an illegal immigrant.
In an interview with Boston radio host Howie Carr on Wednesday, Romney said “yes” when asked if Onyango Obama should be deported. Romney at first did not recognize the name, but said the nation’s immigration laws should be enforced.
Can eagles fire REID after he wins the super Bowl???
Comment by CPA — December 23, 2011 @ 1:41 pm
MD would. If the Giants miss the playoffs, their coach is probably gone.
The newsmedia touted a strong economy – reminds me a lot of late 2000 – when it was crashing quickly.
I am still worried about Bill White, the formidable candidate. I think he might move from Texas to Louisiana and pose a huge threat to Bobby Jindal.
Newt slams Ron Paul…
Despite his mantra to stay “positive,” Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich took a swipe at rival Ron Paul on Thursday, suggesting that the Texas lawmaker’s political base consists of “people who want to legalize drugs.”
During a radio interview with conservative commentator John McCaslin, the former House speaker also said that Paul is naive about the war on terrorism and Iran’s nuclear program. “This is a guy who basically says, if the United States were only nice, it wouldn’t have had 9/11. He doesn’t want to blame the bad guys.… He dismisses the danger of an Iranian nuclear weapon and seems to be indifferent to the idea that Israel could be wiped out. And as I said, I think the key to his volunteer base is people who want to legalize drugs.”
so the Redskins will have to save Coughlin’s job.
Chek on tilt again.
michelle obama in hawaii
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#89 it is also made up of people that hate them joooos
81. Not to mention most of Laura extended trips were to Africa to deal with aids, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc in efforts to support progress for women, literacy and breast cancer awareness, or Burma to promote democracy movements. Something btw she’s still involved in. You never saw Laura take a high flying european vacation and drag 40 friends along. Michelle just takes pricey (above and beyond security costs) vacations.
Spaceballs
http://news.yahoo.com/space-ball-drops-namibia-133326985.html
First lady Michelle Obama tells Barbara Walters in a 20/20 special that it is “practical” for her to put her self highest on her priority list.
Comb the desert…
An Open Apology to Amy Koch on Behalf of All Gay and Lesbian Minnesotans
Dear Ms. Koch,
On behalf of all gays and lesbians living in Minnesota, I would like to wholeheartedly apologize for our community’s successful efforts to threaten your traditional marriage. We are ashamed of ourselves for causing you to have what the media refers to as an “illicit affair” with your staffer, and we also extend our deepest apologies to him and to his wife. These recent events have made it quite clear that our gay and lesbian tactics have gone too far, affecting even the most respectful of our society.
We apologize that our selfish requests to marry those we love has cheapened and degraded traditional marriage so much that we caused you to stray from your own holy union for something more cheap and tawdry. And we are doubly remorseful in knowing that many will see this as a form of sexual harassment of a subordinate.
It is now clear to us that if we were not so self-focused and myopic, we would have been able to see that the time you wasted diligently writing legislation that would forever seal the definition of marriage as being between one man and one woman, could have been more usefully spent reshaping the legal definition of “adultery.”
Forgive us. As you know, we are not church-going people, so we are unable to fully appreciate that “gay marriage” is incompatible with Christian values, despite the fact that those values carry a biblical tradition of adultery such as yours. We applaud you for keeping that tradition going.
And finally, shame on us for thinking that marriage is a private affair, and that our marriage would have little impact on anyone’s family. We now see that marriage is more than that. It is an agreement with society. We should listen to the Minnesota Family Council when it tells us that marriage is about being public, which explains why marriages are public ceremonies. Never did we realize that it is exactly because of this societal agreement that the entire world is looking at you in shame and disappointment instead of minding its own business.
From the bottom of our hearts, we ask that you please accept our apology.
Thank you.
John Medeiros
Minneapolis MN
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“There’s a different leader in Syria now. Many of the members of Congress of both parties who have gone to Syria in recent months have said they believe he’s a reformer.” michelle bachman
I love it when I Am A Beautiful refers to GOP as “us”! SOOOO convincing.
In that vein… as you all know, mnw has LONG held that we must bring ‘Americans In Waiting’ (as I like to call them) OUT of the shadows and welcome them INTO our jobs, our homes and our future.
The President’s Approval per RCP is very depressing. by next weekend, he will have a positive net rating. There has been a drastic change since 12/1.
Any ideas what is causing his approval to go up? I can’t be the payroll tax deal.
I wonder if ??? is part of the 40 member entourage to HI?
It’s the Holidays. Exact same thing happened last year.
Who cares about the Obumbler’s #s, they go up, they go down, they go up, they go down, he is still below 50 in RAS and in the low 40s in others.
In the two daily tracking polls, Obama is at 47% in Rasmussen and 44% in Gallup.
Sounds about right. Definitely not the number of an incumbent who is going to have an easy go of it for reelection against a good Republican opponent.
Good answer by Newt. I give credit when credit is due.
Newt Gingrich, asked on Laura Ingraham’s radio show this morning about Meghan McCain’s criticism of his wife, Callista, didn’t take the bait.
“Newt, I know you’re losing sleep over the fact that Meghan McCain called Callista ‘icy’ and said she was doing damage to your campaign,” Ingraham said. “Meghan McCain, now being touted by MSNBC as a ‘conservative thinker.’”
Gingrich laughed, responding, “Well, listen, let me — let’s be fair. By the standards of MSNBC, she is a conservative thinker.”
Spot on Tina. As Corey told us yesterday, Obama was at 50% last XMAS, even after he got walloped in the 2010 midterms
Good for Romney! The guy has no right to be here. Period. End of story.
Gallup Newt 26 (-1) Mitt 22 (+1)
Tina, who is moving to Santla Clara? The Giants or the 49ers?
And who is the SF Mayor these days, another marxist Flower Child?
“You never saw Laura take a high flying european vacation and drag 40 friends along. Michelle just takes pricey (above and beyond security costs) vacations.
That doesn’t matter to Chekote, she is very sensitive about anything that might tarnish Obama.
#98…Lisab…what’s with this sarcastic apology letter?
“Forgive us. As you know, we are not church-going people, so we are unable to fully appreciate that “gay marriage” is incompatible with Christian values, despite the fact that those values carry a biblical tradition of adultery such as yours. We applaud you for keeping that tradition going.”
There is no biblical tradition of adultery. Nor is adultery a tradition.
Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained by God Himself and trumps any other type of sex.
Gallup:
Christianity is still the most prevalent religion in the United States, with 78% of American adults identifying with some form of the Christian religion in 2011. Less than 2% are Jewish, less than 1% are Muslim, and 15% do not have a religious identity.
JT, 49ers to Santa Clara. They have their HQs there and it has been that way since forever practically.
The Giants stay in SF, their ball park is 11 years old.
We Are the Less than 2 Percent
Corey – that is right around where Bush was 11 months out. He would slip more but still win a close race. You already knew that of course.
I maintain that this will be a close race. Very close.
I am also 100% certain that Romney will be the nominee.
Paul and Newt are now attacking one another. I apologize to everyone because my evil plan took longer to unfold than I would have liked. Keep it going boys.
Puppets on a string.
“Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained by God Himself and trumps any other type of sex.”
Wow, some sex trumps other sex?
I personally think phone sex trumps internet sex.
I believe the numbers would indicate that GWB was several points higher at the end of 2003.
“Video Shows Paul Discussing Racist Newsletters in 1995, Six Years Before He Claimed He Learned of Their Existence”
I am glad MD got off the couch and intervened and now everything is going well…
I had the flu and then a lingering infection jason. Give me a break. Plus, I was actually busy with work in the last quarter. It is the holidays.
Actually, JT, the mayor of SF, is a bit more conservative these days. He seems like a nice person and is aware of the negative or poor business climate in the city.
You are right Corey. It varied between 50 and 60 before falling off the cliff.
” Video Shows Paul Discussing Racist Newsletters in 1995, Six Years Before He Claimed He Learned of Their Existence ”
Ron Paul made $$$$ from the Ron Paul newsletters which he didn’t read and didn’t know who was writing them.
You have to admit the guy is a genius.
Those videos of Rube must be doctored by the JOOOS. It is all a conspiracy.
I am sure that Bubu will post 30 times, that it is not true.
“I had the flu and then a lingering infection jason. Give me a break. Plus, I was actually busy with work in the last quarter. It is the holidays.”
Well, ok, but I really think you should not let things almost get out of hand like that.
According to Gallup, GWB’s monthly average for December 2003 was 58%.
That might have gotten a bit of a boost because of the capture of Saddam Hussein but he was polling over 50% consistently at that point.
Obama has been pretty consistent in the mid 40s for over two years now.
I do think it will be a very competitive, perhaps very close race, but I don’t know if there is anything he can do to get his JA to go much higher.
All indications are that a Republican nominee, who is ideologically, competently, and personally acceptable to the country should beat him.
??? ‘s political platform.
Leave No Illegal Behind – Keep Moochelle Ahead.
Papa Doc in 1987: “Ronald Reagan proved the disaster of the conservative agenda.”
Crack…pot.
It will be nice (and a surprise) if Romney wins Iowa. It could be ovver quicker than I thought, and Corey would be right again.
Thanks Tina. That still has to be a big loss for SF, to have the niners move. Is Santa Clara in a different County also?
And I promise not to gloat about that at all!
#119…Jason…telephone sex between a husband and a wife is fine. (if that’s their choice) Marriage is between a man and a woman is a blessed event.
From this union, the Lord wants godly children.
(Be Fruitful and Multiply!)
I hope Mitt takes Iowa, Tina.
“I am sure that Bubu will post 30 times, that it is not true.”
Yes, Bubu will say there is nothing racist at all, it’s a smear by zionist scum who control the economy and the media.
Paul’s support is not from real R’s. It is from people who otherwise would ID themselves as either Libertarians (the fringe type – not the Wes type) or liberals. This skews the whole thing. Trust me that Paul is going to under perform his numbers significantly in the primaries. As for IA, anything is really possible given the structure of the caucus. It is almost silly to offer any real prediction.
I just think Bachmann will do well and the structure fits Paul well.
” From this union, the Lord wants godly children.”
But sometimes things go horribly wrong and you get a suzyque.
And God says “oops”.
via stacy mccain
Question: What do Ron Paul and Charles Manson have in common?
Answer: Both warned their followers of an impending “race war.”
Maybe Lisa Graas isn’t the first blogger to make that comparison, and if some other blogger wants to accuse Lisa of “stealing” their material . . .
JT, the Nine have always been headquartered in Santa Clara, I think it was done in the early 1980s.
Santa Clara is in Santa Clara County. Think Silicone Valley – home to Intel, etc.
Silicon Valley.
I thought Silicone Valley was where all the rich plastic surgeons built their mansions….
ah
Videotape and written evidence be damned!
I think Paul will underperform the polls, I bet there are a lot of people saying they will vote for him who are not even registered in Iowa.
Newt does not have that great an organization. I think he underperforms too.
I think Romney, Santorum and Bachmann do as well or better than they are polling and Perry about the same.
JT – Santa Clara would be South of San Francisco, commonly referred to as the “South Bay.”
Current prediction:
IA – Paul 1st, Romney 2nd, Newt 3rd
NH – Romney 1st, Newt 2nd
SC – Romney 1st, Newt 2nd
Fat lady enters stage left.
Jason….you askew authority. That’s the rebel in you.
I think Newt may finish sixth in Iowa and won’t get top three anywhere before he drops out.
OK – I will go out on a limb this far on IA:
Bachmann will finish in the top 3. Could I be wrong? Absolutely!
Jason, God never makes mistakes. If someone is scewed up, blame Satan.
I askew people with a warped view of religion and who need urgent psychotherapy… you.
Shouldn’t Lisab be busy preparing lesson plans and buying supplies on her own dime?
askew! aachoo! eschew?
153. So susyque is a creation by the Devil?
Who knew?
But I will accept your theory, seems reasonable.
Please, no religious wars!
Askew.. like in something not straight…
Maybe, Rube will win a straw vote.
I think that POS will go turd party.
You noticed I immediately bowed to Tim V’s superior analysis of susyque.
I know an expert when I see one.
The Devil it is.
God created Satan knowing Satan would corrupt the universe though, Tim. Ergo, how is God absolved of culpability? He looks like a willful conspirator to me.
I askew, is susyque not straight?
If he does Tina, the D’s might live to regret encouraging him. His basic story appeals to their fringe element much more than it does to the right. Paul is certainly not a “moderate” type of 3rd party candidate like Anderson in 80.
Imagine how badly Reagan would have crushed Carter without him in the race?
Look if Tim V thinks susyque is the product of the Devil, I won’t argue the point.
I thought askew was a reference to former Florida Givernor Ruben Askew?
God (if any such thing exists and I am not sold on that) gave everyone free will. So the whole discussion is pointless.
Governor*
I agree with MD…all sides need to stand down.
If Ron Paul runs third party the strategy should be to paint him as a leftwing radical, which won’t be hard to do.
Make him the OWS candidate.
JERrMywIThROW:
It was SATIN who askwed it. It was one of SATIN’s hypocrisies!
God exists. But it’s not susyque’s warped and sick idea of what God is.
Thanks Tina. The only time I have been to Candlestick, was in the late 80′s. They played the Dodgers, and I thought Will Clark would be a future Hall of Famer some day.
No way Carter wins Minnesota, MD or HI without Anderson in the race. WV would have been very close as well.
I don’t believe there’s a God either, MD. Free will and an omniscient God are incompatible concepts, however.
170 – exactly. Hey, I would start a 527 and appeal directly to them! I can’t name a candidate but I could do everything but.
Minnesota was Mondale’s state. I don’t know the numbers off hand, but I don’t really think Anderson would have gotten a lot of votes out of West Virginia.
The conventional wisdom in 1980 also was that Anderson in the race hurt Carter the most.
175 – Wes
Honest to God, I just don’t care either way. Why discuss this so much? I am not asking you in particular but everyone. Have faith. Awesome! Just don’t put it in my face all the time.
Anderson ran on a left-wing platform. I’m not sure he cost Carter those states.
Corey – I don’t buy that at all. Anderson took about 6.5% and almost all of them were the Ford/Nixon R’s who were not comfortable with Reagan’s brand of conservatism. Anderson got 8.5% of the vote in MN while Carter beat Reagan by around 4%.
Newt has stabilized… Let’s see what happens after Christmas… Newt will go after Mittens… get that phony out of the race.
It’s hard to say whom Paul would hurt most in the general. He probably takes roughly equally from Obama and the Republicans because of his schizophrenic political ideas.
For those who eschew religous wars, you guys sure do keep posting away.
New topic: Favorite super villan?
I agree, Chek. Romney needs to get the phony, Newt, out of the race.
Reagan made up for them by capturing the lunch pail, go to church on Sunday, hunting fishing, voter. Thus the Reagan Democrats were born. He completely shifted the electoral landscape.
I’m torn between Bane and Darkseid on that one, So.
180. I used to sort of think that maybe that was the case, but the evidence does not show that.
I just read a very lengthy book about the 1980 campaign and Anderson definitely presented himself as a liberal alternative to Carter on many issues.
Yes, he received votes from some liberal Republicans (back when they existed), but mostly appealed to the suburban white liberal Volvo driving set as well as college students and professors. Anderson’s running mate was a very liberal former Governor of Wisconsin who was tight with the Kennedys.
Many in the Kennedy Family admitted to others at the time that they voted for Anderson over Carter.
Darth Vader or Hannibal Lector
I would theorize that in 1980, Minnesota was considered a Dem lock from the start (it being Mondale’s state at and all) and that many liberals voted for Anderson as a protest vote.
Vader before or after Lucas ruined him with the prequels?
Chekote and I are back from lunch. Things are really busy today at the DNC troll center. We had hoped to get off early today, but the DNC doesn’t celebrate any holiday tainted by a connection to Christianity.
Wes
Agree on Newt. Even he knows he is finished. I think we can use Newt in a very specific way for the general though. I would send him to the most conservative CD’s in the swing states and have him hold town halls (without the media) on the issue of life. I know you are pro choice and that is fine. Politically though, we need to drive up that vote as much as possible to counter the population centers and Newt has always been a huge pro-life supporter.
Before Wes an BEFORE Return of the Jedi which I thought sucked.
If that’ll work, I’m all for it, MD.
Still I go with Lector overall. The guy liked to eat faces. Hard to get more evil than that.
Newt can go talk to pet owners and French Horn players for the general election.
I don’t see him as being any sort of key for the GOP. Let him go on tv and call Obama nasty names if that is the kind of thing that some on the right need to hear every day in order to be validated about participating in the process.
New Joker or Old Joker
He needs to be on a tight leash Wes and the press has to be banned but that should be easy to do in certain districts. Only swing states. In PA, I can think of several CD’s where, if we can get the turnout to be 5 to 10% above 04′s, we could steal the state for the GOP. It is not an easy thing to do but we might as well use him. The rest of the candidates are almost worthless to us.
Seriouesly, I’ve become a poll junky, and the best that December 23rd can throw my way is an ARG poll
GOOD GRIEF
I have to go with Vader then, So. He’d kick Lecter’s ass.
Corey – that is the opposite of what we want him doing.
Hope – old school Joker.
Cesar Romero as the Old Joker?
You’ll have to be more specific on the Joker dichotomy, So.
Oh geez… we are still talking the Reagan Democrats??? That was 32 years ago.
200 – my measurement is on pure evil Wes. Vader became “good” (throw up) in Jedi and reformed while Lecter’s remained true to his evil ways.
newt did by the way, get the signatures to appear on the VA ballot. Santorum, Bachmann and Huntsman did not. Frustrating. I had assumed that Bachmann would have been on the ballot.
Now I have to choose between Romney, Newt and Paul. Of course if this thing is still in play (it won’t be) I would vote Romney. But I had planned to go with Bachmann.
I loved Caesar as the Joker and Meredith Burgess as the Penquin. Nicholson was good but it is hard to beat the original.
I would give the nod to Halle Berry for Cat Woman though over Eartha Kitt and the other lady who played her. Then again, that ranking would have nothing to do with acting ability.
Nicholson vs Ledger Jokers
I ignore Return of the Jedi, MD. Vader was bad ass in Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back.
Julie Newmar as the other Catwoman?
204…That troll course we took together made the point to ridicule whatever conservatives want to talk about, but I think you are taking it a little too far.
DW – Huntsman has his following but this is a clear sign that his organization is just not deep enough.
That scared the crap out of me as a five year old when Vader took his mask off in Return of the Jedi.
The Nicholson Joker was closer to the original Kane/Finger Joker, so I’ll choose him.
Agree Wes. I was even OK with the end of Empire. However, turning him into a hero was absurd. The guy ended planets and now we are supposed to cheer for him? Lucas might be the most overrated film maker of all time.
Lector cut off his own hand instread of hurting Clarece (sp). There were lines he wouldnt cross.
One last thing on the 80 race. I think Reagan takes Alaska without Anderson. I give Carter GA, DC and WV (which would have been closer). That is 21 EVs.
At least your are not talking about the civil war
He had a fetish for her. All evil guys are allowed 1 fetish. It is in the handbook of evil.
Reagan did win Alaska in 1980, right?
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It worked. “It just goes to show you,” said Mohammad, “when Muslims and Christians get together, miracles can happen.”
#206, I was hoping he didn’t make the ballot in VA.
If the Southern states never left the Union why did they have to be readmitted after the war?
Discuss…
Corey – I intended to type HI. My fault. Reagan, of course, did win AK.
Anikan was super gullible and illogical in the prequals and phantom menace was bad but the work as a whole was great.
How different would things have been had Nancy allowed Ronald Reagan to campaign heavily for GOP candidates across the country?
Tebow
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b b
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wobeT
Dracula or Mr. Hyde?
Whoops, that didn’t work!
Best villain Dr Doom of course
I vote for Henry Hyde of IL.
What about KHAAAANNN!
The GOP would have had a better night in 1984 and may have staved off the 1986 electoral disaster, MD.
Yes, Khan was great!
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I give the first (77) one a B+, maybe A-. The second one was my favorite – a solid A. Return of the Jedi a C. The fourth one was a D. I stopped watching after that because I thought Lucas ruined the entire franchise. BTW – I am the owner of a Star Wars #1 comic book from 77 or 78 published by Marvel. Around $40.
I disagree, So. Only Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back (the originals) appeal to me. I loathe the other movies.
I prefer Magneto because there is a good reason for his evil.
Wes says:
December 23, 2011 at 3:10 pm
God created Satan knowing Satan would corrupt the universe though, Tim. Ergo, how is God absolved of culpability? He looks like a willful conspirator to me.
You know Wes, I just ran an errand and was thinking… If God created man and man was good, what happened ? All I know is God is good but there are many questions, I have no answers for.
Khan or Unicron?
Bunus favorite villan was Mr Schindler.
I don’t know how much Nancy Reagan had to do with the Gipper supposedly not campaigning as hard as he should have.
1984 has been written about before though in regards to Ed Rollins wanting to get a 50 state sweep and sending the President to campaign in Minnesota instead of elsewhere where he might have helped other Republicans.
At the time of the 1986 midterms, Reagan was pretty unpopular relatively speaking and might have done more harm than good in some parts of the country.
who is dr. doom ?
Khan
Corey – he didn’t spend that much time on the road. After he was shot, Nancy became very active in making certain he wasn’t used too much. Not that I blame her.
Magneto was a dumbed down villain in the X-Men series when I was a kid. I preferred Apocalypse. He kicked ass and took names and never questioned why he was pure evil.
238…please no….
Next topic:
Most overated movie?
Dr. Doom is the villain from Fantastic Four. His original design inspired Darth Vader’s look.
Most overated movie?
1. Napolean Dynamite
2. E.T.
lol:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/photo?slug=b0e6815a74313c2fd9d8598c2fd87992-getty-135962454
Pulp fiction & Lord of the Rings movies.
Corey – his ratings plummeted at the end of 06 because of Iran Contra. Up until that point he was still around 60%. 87 and 88 represented low points. The scandal broke late enough that I don’t think that affected the voting that year.
Avatar and Titanic are easily the most overrated movies ever.
I agree with N. dynomite….not on ET
I liked avatar if you ignore all the politics
I liked that Magneto had reasons Wes. I once had the #94 Uncanny X-men that was the first issue with the new X-men. I sold it 15 years ago for $125. I bet it is worth a fortune today. I need Christmas money.
The Dark Knight was highly overrated in my view (despite the conservative message underpinning the movie).
I thought Dynamite sucked the first time I saw it. Funnier the next time.
I never cared for Napoleon Dynamite.
In 1986, the economy in many states, especially the Farm Belt was pretty bad, and that is where the Dems made much of their Senate gains. Reagan was not popular there for those reasosn.
Republicans did pretty well in Gubernatorial elections in 1986, interestingly enough. George H.W. Bush worked very hard to elect a lot of Governors.
Reagan was still personally very popular though. He just wasn’t used enough and was doing international travel.
Dems won a grand total of two Senate seats in the Farm Belt in 1986, Corey–both because of Republican incumbents’ being undercut by members of their own party. The biggest concentration of losses was in the South, where Republicans shed four seats.
WSJ Kimberley Strassel:
If Republicans want to take the White House or the Senate, the next 11 months have to be an exercise in crisp compare-and-contrast. They have to explain Mr. Obama’s tax and regulatory and energy and health-care policy and make the “moral” argument against it. But to do that effectively they must simultaneously embrace and sell their own sweeping alternative vision of the universe. If Mitt Romney thinks he can win by out-pandering Mr. Obama with the middle class, he’s never seen Democrats pander. All he does is muddy a debate that demands clarity.
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Corey – I will give you North and South Dakota but the other losses were not farm issues as far as I can tell. It was a disaster for the GOP but not unexpected.
He also had gotten a bit older too. In regards to travel, the story was that Nancy relied on astrological charts in order to determine what would be the safest days for him to go somewhere.
He was very much misserved during those years when Don Regan was the Chief of Staff. His Presidency and popularity was able to rebound at the end once Regan was gone.
What were the other Senate seats the Republicans lost in 1986? If someone can do the research.. I think I have read in the past about individual circumstances.
What were the other Senate seats the Republicans lost in 1986? If someone can do the research.. I think I have read in the past about individual circumstances regarding them.
GOP Senate losses in 1986:
FL
GA
AL
NC
MD
ND
SD
NV
WA
GOP gain that year:
MO
Nothing to indicate the GOP went South because of the Farm Belt that year.
I don’t think I voted in the 86 election. I was busy with other stuff but I do remember thinking that I would consider Edgar over Specter. Edgar was my House rep and the guy had constituent services second to none.
Corey
FL, GA, WA (Slade Gorton – surprised me even then). Have to look up the rest.
Wes beat me to it.
Or you can just read Post 267, MD.
uh, that was the year Reid got into office. The only way he is leaving is in a pine box.
Jeremiah Denton lost in 1986 in Alabama because he basically said men should be allowed to rape their wives. I think Paula Hawkins in FL was considered a weak candidate who lost to a popular Governor.
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Funny that strategy is basically a failure in any decade since suffrage but someone always seems to give it a shot.
SAY IT AINT SO!
TRUMP Bolts REPUBLICAN PARTY
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/12/donald-trump-bolts-republican-party-eyeing-other-2012-options/
1986 was before I was following politics, but I have just never heard the theory expressed regarding that year that Reagan needed to campaign more or did not campaign enough to save any of those seats.
Dems carried the overall Senate vote by less than 50,000 votes in 1986. The elections didn’t seem to be a rejection of the GOP per se but more a reaction to rookie Senators who didn’t know how to shore up their political bases. ND and SD went as they did because of extraneous issues. MD went as it did because only Mathias could win. He retired because Strom Thurmond shut him out of chairing Judiciary. Laxalt in NV retired because he was tired of the Senate. He would have been Senator for life otherwise.
What a shocker from the guy who has given 3X as much in contribs to the Dems as compared to the R’s!
Shocked!!!!
Trump is a Chump!! Good riddance
Donald Trump is an attention whore, nothing more, nothing less.
His feelings are hurt because the GOP candidates put the kibosh on his debate.
He will go all thru May saying he may run as an Independent, but he won’t.
Has JulStol been reached for comment yet, MD?
Jul should change his Facebook profile picture.
Corey – if you talk to people who were involved in the process back then, they will say that Reagan could have made a big difference. He was busy in meetings with Gorbechev in October and from what I have heard was tired.
I don’t care about Trump. Not worth the time.
What is Bigger?
Trump’s Ego or, his Daughter’s implants?
Bitter – I hardly ever go on FB and I actually hate it but I went to check on Jul and I think he de-friended me. I can’t figure that guy out.
FWIW – I am considering deactivating my FB. I really don’t want to know when someone has gas.
Will 2012 be the year I finally give in to joining Facebook?
Don’t do it. I have a whole bunch of friend requests that I am ignoring. I really don’t care to follow the minute by minute details of someone’s life.
If people are talking on Facebook about when they have gas, maybe I’ll pass.
Wait.. that didn’t sound right.
I have categorically maintained that Obama will be beaten comfortably unless there is a miraculous turnaround in the economy or a conveninet third party candidate. Trump, a closet democrat, is to Obama as Perot was to Clinton.
New thread.
Yea Pitch – for you to win our bet, Romney has to win by more than 4. Good luck with that.
Nicholson Joker
1. Napolean Dynamite
Avatar and Titanic are easily the most overrated movies ever.
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Without taking too much time to think about it I tend to agree.