theirs a Lost Cause that will rise again
... how exactly does this work
― Much Ado About Nuttin (DJP), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
it just come on
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
in large part because the North had an interest in ending slavery in the South and in striking down a competing agrarian economic system
yes this is er not quite acurate
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
"this ideology is hopeless, one day it will reign supreme"
― Much Ado About Nuttin (DJP), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
Listen very closely with your ears, not your imagination
I think I heard the narrator for a Disney attraction use this line.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
did we talk about Santorum's followup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwYdXOAGXlc&feature=related
― Much Ado About Nuttin (DJP), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 17:50 (twelve years ago) link
I see only one black guy in the original clip: the sound man. There appear to be a few polite people, and a couple who are blighted. So I'm pretty sure he says "polite" or "blight," zeroing in on the people who are in the room listening.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
'ive seen that quote and i havent seen the context in which it was made' lol man you realize youre talking abt something you said
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
This man is a traet.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
i mean you were THERE
it's weird, he does stumble over the word, as if he knows it's a stupid thing to say even as he's saying it
― The Uncanny Frankie Valley (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
that's the normalness trying to contain the hosebeast within
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
Santorum and his campaign manager confer privately moments later:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2RKmVqnNdw
― clemenza, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
His kids are all growed up now or something:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-waK_APFgTsk/TkbrAzzGCSI/AAAAAAAAIto/56p5FzqxLHA/s400/104.JPG
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e6rdqhtvRTM/Tj3d4DzWhVI/AAAAAAAAIoQ/NC5c3g6jlvI/s400/053.JPG
From this, which includes this:
“Our prayers are paying off,” said 13-year-old Sarah Maria Santorum, whose father soon emerged from the throng, stood on a chair and addressed the crowd. …“Our prayers are paying off.”Understand that I wasn’t “interviewing” Sarah Santorum. We were just talking, and I made some remark about how huge the crowd was, and then she just said that sentence clear out of the blue. It made such an impression that I immediately jotted it down on a scrap of paper.Advanced Reporting Seminar, for you newbies: You get the best quotes when you just talk to people, instead of interrogating them in a confrontational manner. Be informal and friendly, put people at ease and listen to what they say. You’ll learn a lot more that way, whether you get a quote or not, and people will say real honest stuff rather than reciting talking points.But my memory is shaky and I’m bad with names, so when I sat down to write my column – in the deli department of the Hy-Vee grocery story, which has free WiFi – I wanted to make sure I had Sarah’s name and age right. And when I Googled her name, one of the results was that picture at the top of this post.Yeah, it’s her: The Santorum kid who gave me that quote was the same girl who cried so helplessly on national TV that night in 2006 during her dad’s concession speech. I’d forgotten all about that, until I saw the picture. Then I remembered how the video clip had been played over and over on the news, and also on late-night comedy shows while people mocked the way Sarah and her family cried. And I remembered my wife saying how bad she felt while watching that little girl, hugging her doll, and crying for the whole world to see.Amazing that I’d talked to her without recognizing her – a poised and cheerful young lady — as that same little girl. But even more amazing, I think she’s exactly right when she says, “our prayers are paying off.”As I write this, the folks on “Fox and Friends” are marveling at how Santorum went from single digits in the polls to being a serious contender in the space of just a few days. Say what you will, I call it a miracle.
“Our prayers are paying off.”
Understand that I wasn’t “interviewing” Sarah Santorum. We were just talking, and I made some remark about how huge the crowd was, and then she just said that sentence clear out of the blue. It made such an impression that I immediately jotted it down on a scrap of paper.
Advanced Reporting Seminar, for you newbies: You get the best quotes when you just talk to people, instead of interrogating them in a confrontational manner. Be informal and friendly, put people at ease and listen to what they say. You’ll learn a lot more that way, whether you get a quote or not, and people will say real honest stuff rather than reciting talking points.
But my memory is shaky and I’m bad with names, so when I sat down to write my column – in the deli department of the Hy-Vee grocery story, which has free WiFi – I wanted to make sure I had Sarah’s name and age right. And when I Googled her name, one of the results was that picture at the top of this post.
Yeah, it’s her: The Santorum kid who gave me that quote was the same girl who cried so helplessly on national TV that night in 2006 during her dad’s concession speech. I’d forgotten all about that, until I saw the picture. Then I remembered how the video clip had been played over and over on the news, and also on late-night comedy shows while people mocked the way Sarah and her family cried. And I remembered my wife saying how bad she felt while watching that little girl, hugging her doll, and crying for the whole world to see.
Amazing that I’d talked to her without recognizing her – a poised and cheerful young lady — as that same little girl. But even more amazing, I think she’s exactly right when she says, “our prayers are paying off.”
As I write this, the folks on “Fox and Friends” are marveling at how Santorum went from single digits in the polls to being a serious contender in the space of just a few days. Say what you will, I call it a miracle.
Aw, bless. The hangover'll be amusing.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
why is she not holding a doll w/matching red eagle santorum shirt, i am confuse
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
why is this child, the product of an immaculate conception, wearing mini shorts?
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
Chance of Ron (or Rick), generally Mitt.
http://www.thestatecolumn.com/articles/iowa-weather-forecast-for-iowa-caucus-voting/
― clemenza, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
prays for sleet
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
Morbs, I'm sorry to say that, although the consequences of two near-identical corporatists "debating" for 10 months might be to completely delegitimize the Republicrat oligarchy, the more likely outcome is to just make most people so discouraged and unhappy that they give up and tune out politics entirely.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
yes! and so it begins!
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
do you think it is likely that this will be a low-turnout election?
― goole, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
ELECT YOURSELF
(icey, I'm sorry I let you have it w/ both barrels, but enough w/ the username masquerades)
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
depends on the economy I think xp
― iatee, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
lol no worries morbs
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
Let Herman Cain move you. Nationally.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
lol
In Perry, Santorum gave his opinion that President Obama was more of a divisive figure than Richard Nixon, keeper of the enemies list: “I suspect President Nixon, although I don’t know, would talk and work with people and wouldn’t go out and demonize them as this president has done.”
― The Uncanny Frankie Valley (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
Cain still claims he will endorse a candidate eventually — and in an “unconventional” manner in keeping with his “unconventional candidate” theme, to boot.
The mind reels at what this might entail.
http://www.newquaypeople.co.uk/images/localpeople/ugc-images/275722/Article/images/11027204/1825828.jpg
And yes--Nixon had a strict rule about demonizing his opponents.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
Which sect is bigger, motivated haters of "the Kenyan socialist" or stayin-home 2008 Hopers whose fantasies were crushed?
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
in voting, positive motivations outweigh negative motivations every time, so 2008 Hopers for the win
― The Uncanny Frankie Valley (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
uh, in this election they're BOTH negative, boss.
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
I would think that positively hating someone is a strong motivator...any chance you could take it over here for the next few hours, Morbius?
Indefinite Detention? But I Have Soccer Practice at 4: U.S. Politics 2012
― clemenza, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
no, I'm done. Enjoy your flea circus.
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
Hope, as they say, springs eternal. It's just another thing to drive you crzy.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
no. the people who want to vote for Obama will be more likely to vote than the people who want to vote against Obama. it's that simple.
― The Uncanny Frankie Valley (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
ie you are vastly overestimating the number of 2008 Hopers whose fantasies have been crushed
― The Uncanny Frankie Valley (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
I generally don't try to police threads. I just feel like tonight is about Rick Santorum's heroic struggle to keep black people off welfare.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
interesting if true
xxp
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, keep slack purple off welfare.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
yo, is the reason i can't just subscribe to jonathan chait's rss posts on ny mag but have to read that entire stupid blogs content bc they realize that if i could just subscribe to chait i wouldn't read the rest of the crap?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
I like this:
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2012/01/03/say-anything-to-take-us-out-of-this-gloom/
Especially the bits about how abortion is a subject using the same tactics and thinking that popped up during the satanic panic e.g. wild impossible unverifiable horrifying stories passed around by folks using them to backstop their own fucked belief systems, and no one is ever called on it.
― Put another Juggle in, in the Juggalodeon (kingfish), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
Why I miss Herman Cain: he's on CNN tonight openly campaigning--not hinting, but listing his qualifications--for Secretary of Defense. Wild guess that Romney would pass.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
Hmmm...better check your calendar, iatee.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
haha yeah I know
nobody cheat and vote after tonight
― iatee, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 00:24 (twelve years ago) link
I'm thinking the poll will be swarmed by Ron Paul supporters after midnight.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
wish i could remember who i voted for
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 00:38 (twelve years ago) link
You closet WGPHF, you.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 00:41 (twelve years ago) link
idk what that means, but i assume that's an acronym of what i called you on sandbox?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 00:46 (twelve years ago) link
Yes--wild gossipy political horserace fiend. I must wear those words like a Scarlett Letter for the rest of my life.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 00:48 (twelve years ago) link
oh plz. you're proud :)
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 00:52 (twelve years ago) link