2012 republican presidential nominee IV: NEEDS MORE BOOING

algae energy plan is actually kind of awesome and based on solid science tbrr

Who the fuck cares? The President can't control gas prices! And the people who seem to think he can are the ones most often yelling about govument stayin' outta the Holy Blessed Free Market.

I suppose it really says how desperate he GOP is, when this 5th-tier issue is at the forefront of his campaign.

http://www.bloomberg.com/image/iHgWyz3aIj7Y.jpg

"and I would rather be anywhere else than here today"

newts 2.50 gas platform is such a sad death rattle

Gotta say I would vote for him if it was $1.50. Maybe he can settle for $2.00...

it would be better if we could get a ten-day demo of Newt's president, just to see how things go; then we could decide. like living together before marriage, about which I can trust Newt.

newts 2.50 gas platform is such a sad death rattle

― lag∞n, Thursday, March 15, 2012 10:55 AM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

romney would be in a better position to make this a campaign issue since he could personally reimburse us for the difference in cost. "ok, that'll come to $40... but here's your $15 Romney Rebate®"

sounds kinda socialist-y!

romney just lets everyone borrow his cars when they need to go somewhere

Chuck Hagel has a few things on his mind.

If the president is re-elected, like most two-term presidents, your fifth and sixth years can be your most productive.

lol where is he getting this bullshit

He's thinking of Reagan, the only one I can think of.

I don’t see how Assad hangs on. [Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip] Erdogan has said he can’t stay, the Arab League has said he can’t stay. . . The forces of reality and technology, mobilization and human rights are just too strong.

yeah idk man

We Americans have this frame of reference … we see a problem, there has to be a solution... Well, the kind of complicated world we live in, I’m not sure there’s a solution to everything right now. What you have to do is manage it so it doesn’t get worse, manage it toward a higher ground of solution possibilities.

this is a remarkably sensible thing to say

a higher ground of solution possibilities

is this even English – holy christ

They're politicians, but guys like Hagel and Kerrey make a good case for unicameral governments.

TS: Unicameral vs. Bicameral Legislaive Bodies

they have a thread for everything these days.

"higher ground of solution possibilities" is an awkward phrase to be sure but that's sage advice.

http://www.clashmusic.com/files/imagecache/big_node_view/files/stevie-wonder-photo_3.jpg

hi, tipsy! We've missed you.

Work gettin' in the way. But I am going to have a ballot in to the comedy poll. (Kicked myself for missing action movies.)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/14/us-usa-campaign-puertorico-idUSBRE82D16Z20120314

"Like any other state, there has to be compliance with this and any other federal law," Santorum said. "And that is that English has to be the principal language. There are other states with more than one language such as Hawaii but to be a state of the United States, English has to be the principal language."

However, the U.S. Constitution does not designate an official language, nor is there a requirement that a territory adopt English as its primary language in order to become a state.

wtf

who thinks that requiring a state to have an official language of english is in the constitution?

seriously somebody drop a boat on this guy or something

He seems to have forgotten that "English as a National Language" had been dangled about as a wedge issue by the Republicans for ages even though they never actually passed anything. Or he never knew in the first place.

a boat?

one of the biggest panels at CPAC this year btw was "why multiculturalism is evil" and two of the three sponsors were english-only rightist groups. the other sponsor was y0uth 4 western civilization, the closest thing to an outright american fascist group on college campuses today

a boat?

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:46 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i just liked the image of a boat dropping out of the sky and flattening rick santorum.

otm

if rick santorum were like louis xiv and made a misstatement like that they'd just have to pass a law right away so that he wasn't wrong.

if rick santorum were like louis xiv he would probably come off as a credible national leader

would also have dope gold-lined bejewelled sweater vests

who would be richelieu?

Netanyahu.

Not sure why people say he's disconnected from everyday life. No teleprompter, just a man and his cupcake.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYBQcsBdl84

"And I'm really enjoying this so-called...'cupped cake'!"

"I especially love the old Hostess cupped cakes--they're just the right circumference."

what no FAMOUS CHEESECAKE

who would be richelieu?

Huh? That's Louis XIII

At least Louis and Rick have the nutjob Catholic thing down pat together

why would you get a CUPCAKE at junior's? lagoon OTM; you go for the cheesecake.

at least his handlers could nudge him toward ordering the right thing, is all i'm saying.

He's not a man to be pushed around by his advisers

he's a maverick

"I get it. It's a cake in a little flimsy paper cup."

the old hostess cupcakes of old

Too bad that company is bankrupt now.

Socialist Kenyan govmt regulations... Heartbreaking.