2012 republican presidential nominee III: can romney get santorum out of his hair?

yes but he then spent it all on wet wipes

well at least he didn't waste it

Bono gave him money and now he can write it off as a charitable contribution.

http://www.rall.com/rallblog/comics/2012-01-04.jpg

lol not only is romney an objectively bad presidential candidate, hes a horrible candidate for right now

i mean just this http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/reverse-engineering-romneys-low-effective-tax-rate.php

yep Obama is gonna kill him on this out-of-touch rich robot shit

my friend is under attack for a Santorum tweet yesterday... of course he is now identified only as an "NPR and NY Times contributor."

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2012/01/04/npr-ny-times-contributor-compares-santorum-harvey-milks-assassin

weird he wasn't identified as "Dr Morbius' friend"

OBAMASPIRACY

oh that is not "obama's piracy" btw

OBAMA SPI RACY?

Obama does have a racy private investigator, though.

Bob Wright c/o Sully:

I think viewing an anti-Romney holy war as the capstone of Gingrich's career gives short shrift to Newt's skills as a hatemonger. After all, Mitt Romney is only one person, and Gingrich has reason to be mad at him. The hallmark of truly vintage Gingrichian toxicity is the fomenting of hatred toward whole groups of people whom Gingrich has no personal reason to dislike. It isn't that he wishes these people ill; it's just that he would profit politically if they were hated more deeply by more people.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/01/newt-gingrich-a-hater-not-a-quitter/250879/

"I don't believe a Massachusetts moderate is in a very good position to debate Barack Obama"--that's it? That's the best you can do? You've got $10 million to burn in the next few weeks. Go find the people who did Hillary's 3:00-in-the-morning ad. I want dark, ominous clouds rolling across the screen...scary morphing...the Castaways' "Liar, Liar" blaring in the background...some truly vintage Gingrichian toxicity. Something. Anything.

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/newt-tries-out-his-new-romney-bashing-stump-speech.php?ref=fpb

Sorry--the opening's there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8rCy173y7Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaK5pebdlXY

So really, why don't libs argue for Obama to use the bully pulpit? (My answer wd be that he's not an advocate for lib positions.)

― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Thursday, January 5, 2012 3:06 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Kev, IIRC, argues for this all the time, among others ITT. It's always when I know the situation is hopeless.

Obama gave a million speeches on issues like healthcare and didn't budge public opinion at all; it still barely passed and most people hate it for the wrong reasons. In fact, most people barely know what's in the bill.

I guess there's an ok track record for Presidents using speeches to scaremonger the country into war. But for major political and social movements and changes it's mostly a fantasy.

most of the ppl itt who argue for Obama to use the bully pulpit do not describe themselves as liberals iirc

oh look Bono likes Santorum

lol catholics

― The Silent Extreme (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, January 5, 2012 5:43 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I doubt this is a Catholic thing. Remember when Bono bro'd out with Strom Thurmond? If you're willing to work with Bono on anything he'll praise you for it. I also think he disarms these ultra-rightwingers by being so open to their support. I respect him for it.

most of the ppl itt who argue for Obama to use the bully pulpit do not describe themselves as liberals iirc

― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Thursday, January 5, 2012 9:33 PM (55 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I didn't realize there was anyone itt who wouldn't describe themselves as liberal tbh.

progressive != liberal

I describe myself as smitten by Ginger. That's as much as I'll commit to.

square!=rhombus

well no, actually a square IS a rhombus

but is a square is a rhombus!

haha crosspost

most progressives vacillate between begrudging affection for liberals & outright hatred of them

bono has never been a catholic, raised in the church of ireland(anglican) iirc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u52Oz-54VYw

well no, actually a square IS a rhombus

― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Thursday, January 5, 2012 9:39 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

it's a KIND of rhombus

someone getting upset about being called a liberal when really they're a progressive... I dunno bros

these are not real stable categories

I mean I say this as a liberaltarian liberal progressive socialist interventionist.

I'd be upset if I was a square tbh

but it's hip to be one

All squares are rhombuses; not all rhombuses are squares. All Mitts are Romneys (as far as I know); not all Romneys are Mitts.

Liberals decided they wanted to be called progressives when they thought the L-word had too much Naive Gullible Ineffectual baggage attached to it. Well, guess what...

But the senator grimaced when he was introduced, and as Romney delivered his own stump speech, an increasingly impatient McCain pulled up his sleeve and checked his watch. McCain gave his endorsement address without mentioning Romney’s Iowa win until the end. “By the way, we forgot to congratulate him on his landslide victory last night,” he said, laughing. Romney ignored him.

Did McCain "endorse" Romney just to troll him?

another political compass thread

let's split the progressive/liberal hairs here

also LOL @ Nicole's quote

btw aero, we need some new lyrics (again) to the Ochs song, I nominate you as this year's Jello Biafra.

I saw someone else yesterday wonder if McCain's endorsement was consciously meant to hurt Romney...CNN just played 90% of an attack ad against Romney, tried to get Matlin and Brazile to guess who'd put it out (neither could), then played the rest, and of course it was a McCain ad.

I guess there's an ok track record for Presidents using speeches to scaremonger the country into war. But for major political and social movements and changes it's mostly a fantasy.

― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, January 5, 2012 4:31 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yah i read some poli sci research somewhere that said in a lot of cases a president can actually hurt his cause via over agressive selling due to obvs partisan factors

always thought progressive was just the new word for liberal once the gop machine successfully ruined that brand

anyway i like the word progressive, i mean progress yeah who doesnt love progress

liberal is cool too, its like do what you want and we will still love you be free be yrself alls good

u mean like smartphones? xp

conservative, yuck no fun daddyo

yes like smartphone who doesnt love a good smart phone u can do whatever you want on there

admire this mans balls

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/santorum-gets-into-testy-debate-on-gay-marriage/?hp

The session ended with many of the students booing Mr. Santorum as he left for his next event.

It takes a man willing to take risks or a total idiot to show up to an event and have the shit booed out of him...