2012 republican presidential nominee IV: NEEDS MORE BOOING

you wouldn't store a lawn mower or a bookshelf up there. Why the fuck do people do that with their animals?

I see more dead pets on the interstate than possums or armadillos. Feral animals mostly know better than to run across an interstate, especially one that's elevated. Pets have no choice.

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literal smh

for real that image caused an upwelling of pity for rick santorum from me.

"Just think how much more robust and functional this iPad would be if it was made in America!"

I don't understand what is happening there at all

just imagine the santorum staffer dispatched to the nearest big box store to snap up an etch-a-sketch when that dumb quote came in over the transom

... is that an etch-a-sketch?

apple's really taken a dive since steve died huh

"In my day iPads looked like this, and they were made in America."

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dan: http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-romney-etch-a-sketch-20120321,0,2407636.story

Romney's campaign just needs to start making self-desparaging comments every day, just to fuck with Santorum.

"Haha, once this primary campaign's over, the Governor's just going to change his shape like brown play-doh and start fresh for the general election!"

One Week Later

Santorum: "Do you see THIS?" *holds out both hands covered in green slime*

"we're kind of like a slinky, just bending every which way, going down stairs, i mean..."

this is the most bemusing political race

Crusading against Etch-A-Sketch porn.

And if the election were today:
Obama 70
Romney 14

holy shit.

remember when folks were claiming that unlike the "black vote," the "latino vote" was up for grabs?

How does that compare to a generic democrat/generic republican type survey of Hispanic voters? I don't really know the political demographics that well.

remember when folks were claiming that unlike the "black vote," the "latino vote" was up for grabs?

I think there's a misconception/wishful thinking among the GOP that as long as the latino population agrees with the GOP about certain policies, they will ignore the GOP's unrepetant racism and (maybe! with the grace of God!) vote for them

here's your answer:

Among the findings, 69.5 percent consider themselves Democrats or lean that way, while just 15.9 percent consider themselves Republican or lean that way.

unless something dramatic happens, this election (meaning the general) is over.

and i'm ok w/ that.

clearly the GOP needs to push for immigration restrictions retroactive to 1972

just to annoy Morbz... was recently discussing the prospect/likelihood of Hillary running in '16. Biden's bound to be an uninspiring candidate, and it would seem like this would be her best opportunity. otoh, at that point would she be deemed too old? (eg older than Reagan was when he ran...?)

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Newt Gingrich really missed out on his true calling as a prop comic imho

yah hillarys too old, has said as much herself

hmm in 2016 she'll be the same as Reagan was in '80

I'm not sure I would count her out if the political environment were right

she's said no a thousand times but who knows.

to me the tell isnt just that shes said no but said that she will be too old

the fact that santorum is shooting an LCD projector on to a bare wall and not a proper projection surface makes me smdh u_u

thats santorum '12 for u

eh if we're coming off of a second obama pres + the gop is still in chaos + the economy is okay + there isn't another strong dem candidate, it might be too tempting to resist. I'm not sure what I'd rate the chances of all of those things being true. but she prob isn't willing to go through a brutal fight.

state of GOP in '16 will be interesting - Jeb will run if he thinks the Bush name can be rehabilitated. Otherwise it's likely to be an even more ridiculous re-run of this latest primary season imho

chelsea will be old enough to be prez in 2016

o_O waht

that does blow my mind a little bit

ha i srsly just checked wikipedia

didn't we form an exploratory committee for a djp candidacy at one point?

i still feel he has the stuff to take down that elephant thing hardcore

The funniest thing Newt's said in months came thanks to that Etch-a-Sketch. To a child to whom he'd given the thing: "Now you too can make your own presidential candidate!"

wow man so....i don't check this thread that often but the etch-a-sketch thing and that eminem mitt romney thing...goddamn

this is just an unreal campaign

where is ron paul's etch-a-sketch

He has nothing to sketch: he doesn't believe in government

he's building his own

xp

He's using one of those things you get at the supermarket, where you draw on plastic with a stylus and rip it from its cardboard backing when you're done.

The odds are probably low, but I can see where Hillary might run in 2016. The arguments against are numerous and obvious, starting with age and her public statements, but I think she has this core conviction that she was going to be the first female president, and that's a hard thing to let go of. Unless she has--maybe a controversy-free term as SOS, with high favorability, has softened that. She came perilously close to burning all her bridges in 2008, but she's well past all that; I'm sure her candidacy would be very well received. Whether Obama wins or loses would factor in. Not sure which would be better from her vantage point--it's hard for a party to win three in a row, so a loss would probably be better. Can't see Biden running in a million years.

it's hard for a party to win three in a row

not when you are running against CRAZY