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

Also good commentary of the night:

Fake Jill Biden

https://mobile.twitter.com/DrJillBiden

speaker-boehner sounds like one of those prog rock duo also-rans whose albums populate the lesser record stores of the nation.

The diabolic republican plan of stuffing up congress seems unstoppable and it will do a number against any smart optimistic idea Obama gets applauded over

(the last 4 years in a nutshell)

They've only had Congress for two years, tho.

I imagine that all of the stuff in this speech is going into one of two folders, marked "Things I can do by myself" and "Things I can do from 2014, maybe". I don't imagine that Obama is seriously expecting that a wave of voters will successfully lobby Republican congresspeople with "Why aren't you supporting this?".

mondale was game but everybody knew reagan would win in 1984; four years before was the shocker.

actually yes sorry - my memory of watching the results with my dad was in 1980, not 84!

xp that said, if there are big Democrat gains in the Senate, I would imagine that some Republicans in Congress will start thinking hard about mandates and The Good of the Nation.

They've only had Congress for two years, tho.

― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, January 25, 2012 4:21 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

uh dawg the filibuster

damn, it's so long since I heard that excuse

it probably hasn't been that long

no, libs have long moved on to "What are their demands?" and "You have to vote like a grownup"

by using the term 'libs' to describe people you don't like, you're p much speaking in fox news

sorta the political equivalent of complaining about 'white people'

I'm quoting liberal friends p much verbatim

damn, it's so long since I heard that excuse

― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, January 25, 2012 12:35 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

how is this an excuse, u have no idea what youre talking abt ever, shit you dont even bother to read the thread before inserting yr lame zings, i think you might be a bot!

Dems "couldn't do anything" in 2009-10 bcz they didn't have 60 votes in the Senate, right? how is this NOT an excuse as it is commonly utilized in public discourse? if u have a diff pt I apologize for not pickin it up.

i definitely get a whiff of "well may the world go" from morby. given his equal opportunity contempt and unending cynicism, i wonder what he thinks is the way forward....

he doesn't think there IS a way forward and his incessant yammering is intended to make the rest of us give up as well

morbs, i'm not saying you have to unconditional approve everything or even much that obama says or does. lord knows i don't. but when you basically blanket everybody associated w/ electoral politics in your contempt, then react cynically when people bring up e.g. the possibility of 3rd parties, it's like... do you just want to be the most world-weary person in the room or what?

unconditionally

i always leave off the -ly on adverbs

he does!

oh this is bound to be productive

I don't want anything; plz put "unending cynicism" on the pros where it belongs.

I don't want anything

well that's obviously untrue. at some level you want self-approval, and i guess you get it by reacting as cynically as possible to every conceivable turn of the political discourse.

also, this is supposed to be the GOP-monkeys-throwing-shit thread, so bye

the filibuster is a real thing you really need 60 votes to pass most things in the senate, its not some imaginary excuse mechanism

also, this is supposed to be the GOP-monkeys-throwing-shit thread, so bye

― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, January 25, 2012 12:00 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

good riddance. you'll probably be back, though.

This probably is a poor thread in which to discuss SotU, but I did notice that Obama took pains to distance himself from Congress. He was all 'send me something, you lazy louts, and I'll sign it right away'.

The diabolic republican plan of stuffing up congress seems unstoppable and it will do a number against any smart optimistic idea Obama gets applauded over

They've only had Congress for two years, tho.

^^this and the GOP has been furiously flogging the line that the GOP House members have been busy little bees diligently crafting and passing jobs legislation, only to be tabled by that dastardly Harry Reid in the Senate

sorta the political equivalent of complaining about 'white people'

― iatee, Wednesday, January 25, 2012 5:44 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

tumblr dems

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3bYBkGgRCE

every single person in that ad is white

What wins in America is a plan, a plan that includes large amounts of fairy dust mined out of my arse. I'd tell you what this plan is, but then you might not like it.

Michelle Bachmann, the new Phyllis Schafly:

http://www.startribune.com/opinion/otherviews/138006423.html

I might opine she's more like Andy Schafly, but whatever...

Seriously, I thought Pawlenty had left the presidential race.

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oOctFYskBYeMPnkD0tR3mQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD00Mjk7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/152/2012/01/25/Unknown-15-jpeg_181420.jpg

Love the expression on the toady's face.

they're walking into the store to purchase even more vests. it's another big vest procurement day for the santorum campaign

the sweater vest says "avuncular, yet dynamic"

the sweater vest says "don't leave me alone with your kids"

Hey, guys, they're sweater vests. You still gotta iron the shirt sleeves.

he ironed them that morning, but with all of the phone holding, shit gets wrinkled by noon

Best part of a sweater vest is you can wear a t-shirt underneath with a design on the back.

For as much as I dislike Pawlenty, and it's a lot, I do have to thank him for this quote:

"For Republicans and conservatives all across this country, a question is going to have to be asked as they consider Newt Gingrich as a potential nominee for president: Really? I mean, really?"

I really can't wait until this whole "Really?" meme is over.

I usually only read the politics threads, but I'm compelled to contribute here: Dr Morbius, you are truly a monster and a hideous bitch of a human being.

really?

uh thanks for that dude xp

Dr Morbius, you are truly a monster and a hideous bitch of a human being.

Please, don't encourage him.

Pawlenty's right, of course, and he's also pathetic--a guy whose own campaign was such a disaster, and who bowed out almost immediately because he had a bad debate, ought to go light on the sarcasm. This is not a defense of Gingrich the candidate, but I do give him credit for hanging in there when no one was paying any attention to him early on.

Morbius may be truly a monster but how many people has Obama killed today?

"Monster" was hyperbole. So was "human being." "Hideous bitch" = OTM.

did obama say anything about tUnE-yArDs in his SOTU??

I've got to quote this, because it's almost a word-for-word reflection of my own feelings (give or take "two really smart guys")--I've got a post way upthread, or on the earlier Republican thread, that makes virtually the identical point.

Romney versus Obama will be a snoozefest, mainly because Romney elicits no passion from anybody. Newt versus Barak, however, could be vastly entertaining. Two really smart guys, both of whom are good speakers, and both of whom will be at least affecting being really pissed off at the other and the other's base. If the Newt who tore into John King the other day shows up at the debates, they will be truly great TV. Since I don't think anybody in Washington or running to be in Washington can fix the problems we face, why not vote for the circus?

http://www.professorbainbridge.com/professorbainbridgecom/2012/01/the-gingrich-temptation.html