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

lol i've invented a GURPS setting too

Various amusements!

Perry's campaign, per CNN's Peter Hamby, has taken down its anti-Gingrich website describing him as a Washington "insider." But there is miles of tape of him saying rough things about Gingrich - including becoming the person to make an issue of the former House Speaker's personal history in a debate, in which he said "the issue of fidelity is important."

"If you cheat on your wife, you'll cheat on your business partner," he said at that debate - a quote a bit more salient the same day that ABC News and the Washington Post have interviews with Gingrich's second wife, Marianne.

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Via POLITICO's Emily Schultheis, Rick Perry communications director Ray Sullivan left open the possibilities of a future run for Texas governor — or another presidential campaign — as he talked to reporters following his boss's announcement.

"(Another run in Texas) is certainly a strong option, as would be maybe doing this again in four years," he said. "If the president wins. Keep in mind that almost all of our nominees in the last 50 years have been on their second attempt at the White House. Republican voters tend to like the experienced candidates that they've seen for a long time. So I would not rule it out."

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[As Obama's at Disney World today, Romney says things, then:]

"By the way, I know we're here just with our office team and our volunteers, but (Obama) may bump into Speaker Gingrich down there in Fantasyland. I only say that because the speaker was talking about all the jobs that he helped create in the Reagan years. He’d been in Congress two years when Reagan came to office. The idea that he was the author of Reaganomics, not real likely. The idea that people in Washington somehow think they're responsible after they’ve been there for two years for creating millions of jobs, it’s the kind of fantasy that happens. If you’ve been there too long I think you get this mindset that you're creating the economic vitality of the nation. That’s not how it happens."

fivethirtyeight Nate Silver
ARG poll of SC has it Gingrich 33, Romney 32. First live-interview poll to show Gingrich ahead by any margin. bit.ly/56DWyL
5 minutes ago

go Mitt go

Jonah Goldberg:

@daveweigel Really? Or joke?
9:38am - 19 Jan 12

As mentioned upthread, _have_ we mentioned the (multiple) "food-stamp" things or "Ice Cube vs Ice-T" yet? These guys have been swinging for the fences lately.

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/gingrich-tied-with-romney-in-south-carolina-forecast

Jonah Goldberg:

@daveweigel Really? Or joke?
9:38am - 19 Jan 12

― Put another Juggle in, in the Juggalodeon (kingfish), Thursday, January 19, 2012 1:49 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

its been said so many times but really this is the stupidest man

Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of clods:

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2012/march/political-conclave-dangerous.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/christian-right-war-james-dobson-callista-gingrich-karen-santorum-2012-1

Oh and Dobson just endorsed Santorum. He holds Santorum to his breast.

I like that Neff, in that first link of Ned's, realizes that evangelicals are being used by the Republican establishment as "useful idiots". This amounts almost to something resembling wisdom.

It's a sentiment that's bubbled up from time to time -- I think even Chuck Colson figured it out, but then again he'd have a special insight into the situation on all fronts.

Have you actually bookmarked Christianity Today?

That sounds like some weird evangelical come-on.

The Mormon candidate has a traditional marriage and the Christian candidate wants an open marriage. What fun!

How many kids does Willard have...like 4 or 5? I still don't get the impression that he's even interested in sex.

Don't worry: he'll look for the position paper on it.

that will be a short paper, considering he's only gonna recognize one position

I still don't get the impression that he's even interested in sex.

This always strikes me as a weird thing to say, like everyone who's interested in sex comports themselves like Blowfly.

How long until we find out that Santorum has a dog mistress.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnvurhkWwl1qz5qkfo1_400.jpg

never seen a robot interested in sex tbf

oh come on, you saw AI

S: Jude Law in A.I.

xp

Christian right group blames the woman for an affair when she's unmarried? Amazing!

never seen a robot interested in sex tbf

you've never met me so stfu

Amazing!

No, pretty normal actually.

Jesus Christ, her face!

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/assets_c/2012/01/newt-and-callista-gingrich-looking-away-cropped-proto-custom_28.jpg

http://img2-2.timeinc.net/ew/i/2011/10/27/Brazil-face_610.jpg

http://pockettacoradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/JokerVenom89.jpg

http://images.wikia.com/marvel_dc/images/c/c0/JACK_NICHOLSON_JOKER.jpg

http://rinaz.net/images/2010/10/ai1.jpg

Boy, I don't know--I was all set to see Walkover tonight, this Jerzy Skolimowski film that I think is somewhat hard to see, and now I'm having second thoughts about staying home for the debate after today's polls and all the other news.(Morbius drops dead.)

the highlights will be there tomorrow, go see your movie

http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/intel/2012/01/19/19_gingrichenasia.o.jpg/a_610x408.jpg

"Got yer face! *riiiiiip*"

Actually, he's picking her up off the ground.

"Well, now you don't have to worry about what I smell like, do you?"

"I'll hold your nose. You go ahead and vote."

"Don't worry about the solvency of Social Security. Just relax."

i am legit surprised gingrich has turned this into a real run.

rare footage of Gingrich in the latter stages of sucking the life force from a once-nubile teen

http://gocomics.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c5f3053ef0162ffce449a970d-pi

i am legit surprised gingrich has turned this into a real run.

is it really tho? like can you even sketch out a theoretical path to victory for newt absent romney dead girl/live boy type thing?

ha by 'this' i meant this one day in SC, not the whole primary contest

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/gingrich-tied-with-romney-in-south-carolina-forecast

gingrich-tied-with-romney-in-south-carolina-forest

HE SPEAKS!

Charleston, S.C. — Speaking at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, Herman Cain just announced his presidential endorsement.

After saying that it would not please the media (but it would please the American people), Cain said he was not endorsing a candidate, but instead, would endorse “we the people.”

yiiiiikes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq3UU-FyJEc&t=40

(speaking of "uppity" on the other thread)

i'm afraid 'we the people' did not submit enough signatures to be on the virginia ballot

okay when that lady says "thank you for putting Mr. JUAN WILLIAMS in his place", there is a split second where an "oh shit" expression goes across Gingrich's place, it's hilarious