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

wtf are you guys talking about re: emergency contraception? It's still available over the counter at a pharmacy w/no prescription, but Sebelius vetoed extending the eligible group to a younger age range, correct? I still think that it's generally a bullshit veto, but it's a far cry from getting rid of it entirely

Did you not see the political compass thread?

yeah we know, deep breath xp

Nah I avoided it, figured I'd catch up via clusterfuck thread. x-p

before angrily posting something on a politics thread you should have to first check off a disclaimer that you've taken a look at the political compass thread and know what you're getting into

OK, so I looked at it and most of us are lower left quadrant

Now what's this crap about EC?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_evS-T-c35M

holy shits has this been posted

and that's funded by a Pro-Gingrich Super PAC.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/09/us/politics/pro-gingrich-pac-plans-tv-ads-against-romney.html?pagewanted=all

I don't think it's crazy to expect the above to be the #1 dem narrative of a boring + nasty campaign season

"foreign seed money from Latin America"

Sir James Goldsmith cameo, too!

So this rant starts:

A lot of people don’t believe Rick Perry’s a conservative. Well, those people are wrong. They’re dead wrong. I don’t care what you say, or where you come from with some jimmy-rigged information from the bottom of a barrel concerning dead pigeons and a shot gun linking back to Rick Perry with the letter L on it. It doesn’t stand for Liberal; it stands for Liberty.

It’s time some one ran through every little nitpick on Rick Perry. I refuse to let this man fail without a fight from myself. God put Rick in this race, and now it’s time for all of us to fight for him.

And then this person posts:

https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/334300811/IMG_0270_2.gif

I find this bid for the christian puppy vote is v. compelling.

that man is gayer than andrew sullivan

look at him

I don't think it's crazy to expect the above to be the #1 dem narrative of a boring + nasty campaign season

― iatee, Sunday, January 8, 2012 11:18 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

well id take issue w/boring

On a different note, why is "technocratic" also used in a pejorative sense nowadays? I've missed something, I think.

luddites

well id take issue w/boring

really, what is more fun than two 1% stooges going at it; the NYT Mag even told us yeaterday how great the circus is.

really, what is more fun than two 1% stooges going at it

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bc/Stoogelogo.png/300px-Stoogelogo.png

third-party run by Curly is a big assumption

so has there been any concerted effort on the part of Dems to muck up Romney's inevitability in the NH primary? or plans for it in other open primary states?

He has stood there before inside the pouring rain:

http://www.kingofbain.com/

The video's already in the thread, I was just amused by the URL.

And then of course, this morning's joy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBOqLxzGTx8

really, what is more fun than two 1% stooges going at it; the NYT Mag even told us yeaterday how great the circus is.

― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Monday, January 9, 2012 10:10 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

morbs doth protest

"'Ron Paul, we have you surrounded. We are the media,' sounded a voice from a megaphone"

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-presidential-primary/203039-media-mob-forces-paul-to-leave-nh-campaign-event-early

"Holding the megaphone was a man dressed roughly as a wizard, with shaggy hair and tousled beard, wearing a massive black boot upside down on his head.

One woman, dressed all in red with a colonial-style blue hat, waited for Paul while carrying a 4-by-3-foot sign showing Paul — an obstetrician — wearing green scrubs and holding a baby wrapped in an American flag."

loooooool

i think that second person might have actually been a real supporter, too

the best part was the whiny lady who was like "he just lost some votes for refusing to meet with voters"

fuck you, you entitled new hampshire fucks.

lmao ron paul milieu

"Holding the megaphone was a man dressed roughly as a wizard, with shaggy hair and tousled beard, wearing a massive black boot upside down on his head..."

Oh, that must have been Vermin Supreme

lol of course

In 2006, Vermin Supreme underwent a kidney transplantation to save his mother. In 2011, he declared that if he became President, he would make kidney transplantation compulsory for everyone.

"You have to ask the question, is capitalism really about the ability of a handful of rich people to manipulate the lives of thousands of people and then walk off with the money?" --Newt Gingrich

yes

next question

occupy newt street

occupy newt street

meanwhile, Michele Bachmann is off on the side shouting "I TOLD YOU THEY WERE ALL SOCIALISTS"

omfg @ "I like firing people"

Obama will kick this guy around like a fucking tin can

Mitt Romney. Was he a job creator or a corporate raider?

That's the question this film answers.

And it’s not pretty.

Mitt Romney was not a capitalist during his reign at Bain. He was a predatory corporate raider. His firm didn't seek to create value. Instead, like a scavenger, Romney looked for businesses he could pick apart. Indeed, he represented the worst possible kind of predator, operating within the law but well outside the bounds of what most real capitalists consider ethical.

He is exhibit number one the left wants to use in the coming election to give capitalism a bad name.

He and his friends at Bain were bad guys. Any real capitalists should disavow Romney's ‘creative destruction’ model that made him wealthy at the expense of thousands of American jobs.

Mitt Romney and his cronies pioneered ‘deindustrialization,’ a process by which they searched out vulnerable companies, took them over, loaded them with debt, and collected obscene fees while doing so. He sent jobs overseas or killed them altogether, and then picked apart the remains - including pension funds - before the companies went bankrupt.

Some might call that the free market. Most of us think its just plain wrong.

If you wonder why America has lost so many manufacturing jobs overseas, look no further than Mitt Romney – the King of Bain.

Think you know Mitt?

Think again . . .

Any real capitalists should disavow Romney's ‘creative destruction’ model

lol

omfg @ "I like firing people"

I am not at all surprised that Mitt thinks that, but what a colossally stupid thing to say out loud in an election year.

Also I am waiting for someone to photoshop Mitt with Bane from The Dark Knight Rises.

lol Larison on Huntsman:

Huntsman is much more like McCain than I originally thought in that he tends to be “centrist” on certain issues when it will put him at odds with most of the country, and then stubbornly hard-line on issues when a more accommodating, flexible position would be both popular and wise.

described that way huntsman sounds like hed make a good ilm poster

Huntsman has also revealed himself to be a third-rate politician.

"I like firing people" is Mitt's bitterly-clinging-to-guns-and-religion moment. As someone who has always received service, but never worked in a service job, this thought is so unchallengeable, he literally couldn't see the rake he was stepping on.

Maybe he is trying for the Trump voting block?

only illuminating thing is that romney was trying to connect with a NH constituency by casting household health finance in terms of being some kind of management big shot.

as if dropping one kind of insurance coverage in favor of another is some kind of "clear out your desk, we're done here!" kind of moment.

or, polyphonic otm