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

otm the stupidest shit catches on in the popular imagination in a way that technical details about private equity don't 'invented the internet' etc.

man all these gop attacks on contraception and reproductive rights in general are so fn retrograde its astounding, i mean youre against pre natal testing

Contraception has been a huge issue with the right for a long time so going after that issue didn't really shock me, but prenatal testing encourages abortion, really? That seems so out of left field.

haha i dunno the dog on the roof thing cracks me up

esp the way gail collins just runs it into the ground

Contraception has been a huge issue with the right for a long time so going after that issue didn't really shock me, but prenatal testing encourages abortion, really? That seems so out of left field.

― Nicole, Monday, February 20, 2012 1:08 PM (1 second ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol santorum just believes himself to be on a roll is whats happening probably, its p fascinating to see a true believer operating in this sphere where usually only hardened cynics soar

It was the "using the job-creation skills that I learned in the private sector" part that I loved--although I do think it's pretty lousy what Romney did. Seamus even has his own Wikipedia page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seamus_%28dog%29

not defending that tnr line specifically

yah imo dog on roof, $400 haircut, inventing the internet, jeremiah wright etc are all true in their own way

like the Astroturf in Clinton's truck

Jeremiah Wright was the first undeniable clue that Obama is a pig

i almost want to ask you what you mean by that

it's important to highlight how clueless most people are, there are def people out there who don't know much more bout romney than the dog thing

it's called the democratic process

By which I assume you mean that he cut him loose rather than defend him till the bitter end. Let's relitigate this, that'll be fun.

i thought obama handled it beautifully and further more i think hes perfect

the Wright 'affair' I mean obv, as in throwing him under the campaign bus

the jeremiah wright thing made me v. suspicious of obama being a politician, but there was already some evidence of that elsewhere, such as him being an elected official.

yes yr record is well know, Senator Batman

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if only we could find someone in politics who wasn't in politics and also didn't become political once they became a politician. that is my dream.

'dog on the roof' plays into the 'romneybot' story very nicely

you would put a robot dog on the roof, wouldn't you

What he did to Wright was cutthroat politics at his best, and I even hesitate to say "cutthroat" as I'm sure he called Wright and explained they couldn't be seen in public again. I'm sure they're AIM buddies.

*its best

wright didnt quite get the message iirc, was publicly sad a couple times

For what it's worth, Obama only disowned (or whatever word you want to use) Wright when Wright re-emerged and held that loopy press conference. Weeks had passed where Obama didn't do what lots of people were insisting he had to do.

theories like Alfred's always make me think of the SNL sketch where Reagan was a ruthless policy wonk behind closed doors

The Wright nonsense was inflated by reporters too illiterate to have read any of Obama's books.

I honestly thought this was a joke at first:

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/santorum-spokesperson-refers-to-obamas-radical-islamic-policies

I suspect she'll be writing headlines for ESPN any day now.

i.e. it's obvious that Obama didn't believe a word of Wright's rants.

i almost want to ask you what you mean by that
― lag∞n, Monday, February 20, 2012 12:14 PM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha no you don't

Sorry if it's been mentioned, but this nation has been lolling hard at this:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedpolitics/dutch-outraged-over-santorums-euthanasia-clai

Don't take the "outraged" too literally btw, I've not heard one single person being "outraged" over lol Santorum. It's been a topic of great amusement here tbh.

Trying to imagine the Dutch being outraged over anything.

I can imagine the Dutch being outraged over speed skating pretty easily

- bogarting

- muslims

- flooding

- foot splinters
- rusty windmills

look, it was a hair-trigger reaction I had and posted. don't suspend me or anything.

- when people confuse your country w/ belgium

look, it was a hair-trigger reaction I had and posted. don't suspend me or anything.

bring out the carbonite!!

Kinda sub-par joeks guys, I'm disappointed.

Bush was the last president who portrayed us as a stoner prostitute-seeing people that was a province of Denmark though, so it's nice to get some lolworthy rightwing attention again

the american right-wing hate the french a lot more than the dutch

In some parts of the U.S., they're called "Democracy Apples".

Yes, but that's also because the French are somewhat of a factor in world politics, the Dutch aren't and usually - whoever the persidetn is - blindly follow the White House. But with things like this we do lol, the exaggerated "OMG Holland is some Sodom and Gomorra hell" rhetoric.

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bike lanes are actually a much bigger threat to the american way of life than baguettes, the gop just doesn't know that much about holland

by threat to our way of life I mean threat to our shitty way of life

It's because you have no respect for bikers is why it's a bigger danger tbh

i notice the santorum staffer who referred to obama's radical islamic tendencies also used the phrase 'global warmists' - is this a thing now?

She used to be a television reporter in my home town. She was Michelle Bachman's press person before this.

Can someone provide a brief precis on this Keystone kerfuffle? I wanna call bullshit every time some Republican talking head brings it up because I know they're twisting the facts of the matter, but I'm having a hard time articulating exactly what the facts are.