Here’s an open thread to keep up on news from the Republican primaries taking place in Michigan and Arizona.
Arizona’s probably going to go for Mitt Romney; he’s way ahead of Rick “Torquemada Jr.” Santorum there. But Michigan’s going down to the wire…
Meanwhile, here’s a video clip of President Obama’s rousing speech to the UAW:
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jamesfirecat Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:02:06pm |
I hope Rick Santorum wins the primary, if Romney wins the primary it'll be 2008 all over again where the GOP base gets to tel themselves that they could have won if only they'd been backing someone less liberal....
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darthstar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:02:57pm |
Obama's speech this morning kicked ass. I was listening in my (Japanese) car and he had me cheering.
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Atlas Fails Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:05:58pm |
re: #1 jamesfirecat
I hope Rick Santorum wins the primary, if Romney wins the primary it'll be 2008 all over again where the GOP base gets to tel themselves that they could have won if only they'd been backing someone less liberal...
The wingnuts have been spouting the same nonsense since at least Dole, maybe longer. Remember, even George "Never heard of him" Bush is no longer considered a "real Republican" by the same teabaggers who were curiously quiet during his tenure, and has even been branded a soshulest by wingnut princess Michele Bachmann.
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Kragar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:06:13pm |
Meet The MI Dems Who Are Subverting The GOP Primary … By Voting In It
“The state of Michigan allows for us to cross over like this, so it’s not like it’s voter fraud,” said Lisa Viviano, a Democrat from Battle Creek. She crossed over and voted Santorum.
“I truly see it as a means to help re-elect our president and save our country from the true danger it would be put in by the extremists being offered up by the GOP,” she said. “Brokered convention? Bring it on! I want to see Obama win by an even larger margin than he did in 2008.”
Rachael Siemen of Port Huron crossed over for the first time, and also voted for Santorum.
“If their most crucial candidate quality is the ability to beat Obama then that’s a dirty trick being played on the American people,” she said of her vote. “They should try to use some ingenuity to come up with some new ideas.”
Ken Kolk was at one time the treasurer for his local Republican Party in the Wayland Township area. But now he’s a Democrat voting for Santorum, who he said is the weakest potential candidate for a Republican Party that that lost him years ago.
“When the religious right took over I left the party and became an independent, then a Democrat,” he said.
“Remember Michigan has a tradition of crapping on the presumed nominees and for us Romney has three strikes against him,” Kolk said.
Traditional values I can support.
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aagcobb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:06:26pm |
I know global warming is bad, but experiencing a glorious spring day in February today just made me happy. We'll pay for it in August.
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Kragar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:07:20pm |
re: #8 Youcan'ttouchthis
I know global warming is bad, but experiencing a glorious spring day in February today just made me happy. We'll pay for it in August.
Its been raining and in the 50s in San Diego. That is unacceptable.
/
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aagcobb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:08:00pm |
re: #9 Kragar
Its been raining and in the 50s in San Diego. That is unacceptable.
/
Its not often that Kentucky has better weather than S.D. does.
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JamesWI Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:08:23pm |
re: #1 jamesfirecat
I hope Rick Santorum wins the primary, if Romney wins the primary it'll be 2008 all over again where the GOP base gets to tel themselves that they could have won if only they'd been backing someone less liberal...
As someone who votes Democrat, what you say right there is just about the only reason I would want to see Mittens win the nomination. So these fools can keep on thinking they need to move further to the right and move their dumb asses right out of political relevancy. Then maybe, we can restart the Republican party with more moderate, sane people.
There's more than enough wrong with Santorum for them to find excuses and not realize they need to be more center than right. More than likely they'll just say "He shouldn't have talked about how we really feel about controversial ideas. We need to keep that stuff quiet until we actually win the election."
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Decatur Deb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:10:10pm |
re: #8 Youcan'ttouchthis
I know global warming is bad, but experiencing a glorious spring day in February today just made me happy. We'll pay for it in August.
Took the cover off my greenhouse tunnel and planted squash today.
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jamesfirecat Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:10:45pm |
re: #11 JamesWI
As someone who votes Democrat, what you say right there is just about the only reason I would want to see Mittens win the nomination. So these fools can keep on thinking they need to move further to the right and move their dumb asses right out of political relevancy. Then maybe, we can restart the Republican party with more moderate, sane people.
There's more than enough wrong with Santorum for them to find excuses and not realize they need to be more center than right. More than likely they'll just say "He shouldn't have talked about how we really feel about controversial ideas. We need to keep that stuff quiet until we actually win the election."
""He shouldn't have talked about how we really feel about controversial ideas. We need to keep that stuff quiet until we actually win the election.""
To say this would require shame or fear that the majority of Americans people might not think like them.
Since when did you believe the modern day GOP base is capable of either?
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aagcobb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:12:03pm |
The geezers have been out in force in Michigan. More people over 65 have voted so far then under 45. This might help Romney since they may have fond memories of his father.
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dragonfire1981 Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:12:49pm |
I'm surprised Arizona isn't more pro-Santorum. They're one of the biggest wingnut states out there.
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CuriousLurker Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:13:20pm |
Oh, look, it's a tag team. Here comes BrainSurfer, dinging away. //
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jamesfirecat Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:13:35pm |
re: #15 dragonfire1981
I'm surprised Arizona isn't more pro-Santorum. They're one of the biggest wingnut states out there.
Last time I checked Arizona has a noticeable Mormon population which is why Romney has a leg up on him....
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Obdicut Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:13:47pm |
re: #15 dragonfire1981
I'm surprised Arizona isn't more pro-Santorum. They're one of the biggest wingnut states out there.
Lots of Mormons, lots of glibertarian corporatist types.
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erik_t Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:13:51pm |
re: #15 dragonfire1981
I'm surprised Arizona isn't more pro-Santorum. They're one of the biggest wingnut states out there.
Wrong kind of wingnut. Nobody in the GOP fits them very well this cycle, but Romney is the closest (insofar as he fits anyone).
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:13:53pm |
re: #10 Youcan'ttouchthis
Its not often that Kentucky has better weather than S.D. does.
Up here in Maine this whole month of February has been like spring. Taking long walks on the beach, walking on the sidewalks and being able to *see* the sidewalks, that sort of thing.
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aagcobb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:13:53pm |
re: #15 dragonfire1981
I'm surprised Arizona isn't more pro-Santorum. They're one of the biggest wingnut states out there.
There are a lot of Mormons there. They are about the only voting bloc that's actually excited about Romney.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:13:56pm |
Go Rick! Spread Santorum ALL OVER THE GOP
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darthstar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:14:20pm |
re: #15 dragonfire1981
I'm surprised Arizona isn't more pro-Santorum. They're one of the biggest wingnut states out there.
They had early voting. Romney had that state secured before they all realized he was a condescending asshole.
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Atlas Fails Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:14:56pm |
re: #13 jamesfirecat
""He shouldn't have talked about how we really feel about controversial ideas. We need to keep that stuff quiet until we actually win the election.""
To say this would require shame or fear that the majority of Americans people might not think like them.
Since when did you believe the modern day GOP base is capable of either?
Some issues, like abortion, will probably be debated just as fiercely 100 years from now as they are today. Give it 20, maybe 30 years though, and people with Santorum-like stances on things like gay rights and- dear God- birth control will be considered too far out of the mainstream to even compete for major office. Well, my fingers are crossed, anyway.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:15:09pm |
re: #18 Obdicut
Lots of Mormons, lots of glibertarian corporatist types.
Lots of horrifying sprawl and freeways, according to my friend who used to live there
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engineer cat Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:15:34pm |
newt has apparently found something too stupid even for wingnuts to believe with his promise of commanding the tides not to come in making gas prices go back to $2.50/gal
imagine that
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:17:31pm |
re: #24 Atlas Fails
Some issues, like abortion, will probably be debated just as fiercely 100 years from now as they are today. Give it 20, maybe 30 years though, and people with Santorum-like stances on things like gay rights and- dear God- birth control will be considered too far out of the mainstream to even compete. Well, my fingers are crossed, anyway.
I think the enlightenment of the US in this regard will be very uneven
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:19:05pm |
re: #11 JamesWI
There's more than enough wrong with Santorum for them to find excuses and not realize they need to be more center than right. More than likely they'll just say "He shouldn't have talked about how we really feel about controversial ideas. We need to keep that stuff quiet until we actually win the election."
On the other hand, maybe they'll say "We need someone more conservative than Santorum."
Louie Gohmert for President!
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Atlas Fails Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:19:13pm |
re: #26 engineer cat
newt has apparently found something too stupid even for wingnuts to believe with his promise of
commanding the tides not to come inmaking gas prices go back to $2.50/galimagine that
Wow. Newt's official campaign website's front page looks like it could have been pulled directly from the Colbert Report.
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Targetpractice Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:20:44pm |
OT:
Here's something we'll no doubt hear a lot of bitching from wingnuts about come tomorrow:
NFL to open season on a Wednesday night to avoid Obama speech
The NFL will begin its 2012 NFL season on a Wednesday night in order to avoid conflicting with President Obama's nominating speech at the Democratic National Convention.
Roger Goodell made the announcement that the regular season will begin Sept. 5, one day earlier than the traditional start on the first Thursday of the month. The defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants will host the opener.
It will be the league's first Wednesday game since 1948.
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Coracle Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:21:53pm |
re: #31 Targetpractice
OT:
Here's something we'll no doubt hear a lot of bitching from wingnuts about come tomorrow:
NFL to open season on a Wednesday night to avoid Obama speech
Fascism!
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:22:27pm |
re: #18 Obdicut
Lots of Mormons, lots of glibertarian corporatist types.
Not talking about Arizona here, obviously, but I always had a desire to try those Omaha Steaks you see advertised in the weekly newspaper supplements.
Then I found out that their corporate address is "One John Galt Way," which cured me of that desire.
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The Questionable Timing of a Flea Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:22:39pm |
re: #26 engineer cat
newt has apparently found something too stupid even for wingnuts to believe with his promise of
commanding the tides not to come inmaking gas prices go back to $2.50/galimagine that
Canute was earnestly making a point about the limits of a king's power; Newt is practically doing the opposite and claiming the presidency is magic.
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:24:02pm |
Here's hoping Santorum wins big, Obama will have an easier time kicking his ass in the general election. Advocating theocracy instead of democracy seems to only appeal to about 29% of registered Republicans (less if the question is framed more diplomatically) and only about 7% of the total registered voting electorate as a whole.
The longer the GOP stays focused on earning the votes of their ever shrinking base while eschewing and even alienating the moderate and independent voters the better.
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Stanghazi Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:24:26pm |
re: #16 CuriousLurker
Oh, look, it's a tag team. Here comes BrainSurfer, dinging away. //
Epic post earlier CL. Gracias.
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Kragar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:25:25pm |
I'm praying for a brokered convention where a Real American can be nominated by the GOP instead.
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Coracle Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:25:57pm |
With less than 1% of the tally in:
R. Santorum 40.8% 3,622
M. Romney 35.6% 3,162
R. Paul 12.1% 1,074
N. Gingrich 7.7% 679
I'll call it for Santorum. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. If I'm right, you heard it here first.
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darthstar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:26:31pm |
re: #37 Kragar
I'm praying for a brokered convention where a Real American can be nominated by the GOP instead.
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President Obama is already running on the Democratic ticket.
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darthstar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:27:09pm |
re: #38 Coracle
With less than 1% of the tally in:
R. Santorum 40.8% 3,622
M. Romney 35.6% 3,162
R. Paul 12.1% 1,074
N. Gingrich 7.7% 679I'll call it for Santorum. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. If I'm right, you heard it here first.
See my #27.
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Coracle Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:28:17pm |
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SpaceJesus Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:29:40pm |
"the idea that we're all in it together, that's a value."
Obama owns.
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Kragar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:29:48pm |
re: #39 darthstar
President Obama is already running on the Democratic ticket.
I doubt Obama will get the GOP nomination.
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engineer cat Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:30:11pm |
re: #34 The Ghost of a Flea
Canute was earnestly making a point about the limits of a king's power; Newt is practically doing the opposite and claiming the presidency is magic.
i'll take cnut gingrich over newt gingrich enny day
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Atlas Fails Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:32:25pm |
re: #42 SpaceJesus
"the idea that we're all in it together, that's a value."
Obama owns.
Communism. Or collectivism. Or something. Boo. Hiss.
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darthstar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:33:13pm |
re: #45 BongCrodny
Tie game at 4%
I was hoping Santorum would hold that 4% lead for another half hour. Now they're 100 votes apart.
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Targetpractice Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:36:08pm |
re: #47 darthstar
I was hoping Santorum would hold that 4% lead for another half hour. Now they're 100 votes apart.
Still early, only like 3%. Still plenty of room for Santorum to get a big lead.
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austin_blue Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:36:29pm |
C'mon Mish Dems! You can do it! Get out there and vote for Torquemada in a Sweater Vest!
I mean, Romney voted in the Dem primary in Mass in '92. Precedent!
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Kragar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:36:31pm |
re: #47 darthstar
I was hoping Santorum would hold that 4% lead for another half hour. Now they're 100 votes apart.
In the event of a tie, the primary will be settled by a walkoff.
Santorum will be at a serious disadvantage since he can't turn left.
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Shiplord Kirel Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:38:58pm |
A liberal a comsevative and a moderate walk into Starbucks and the barista says, "Hey Mitt!"
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Targetpractice Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:41:40pm |
See, 5% and already Frothy's opened back the lead to 1,100 votes. Don't count him out yet.
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engineer cat Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:42:07pm |
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:44:27pm |
Wow.
Latest graphic from CNN shows a 30 vote difference with 8% in.
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erik_t Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:45:08pm |
re: #50 Kragar
In the event of a tie, the primary will be settled by a walkoff.
Santorum will be at a serious disadvantage since he can't turn left.
When are they going to invert the NASCAR racetracks?
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Kragar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:46:34pm |
re: #55 erik_t
When are they going to invert the NASCAR racetracks?
If I wanted to watch rednecks drive around in circles for hours, I'd put up some detour signs in a Walmart parking lot.
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jaunte Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:46:46pm |
The statue was confiscated at a Texas border crossing after a drug-sniffing dog alerted to it during an inspection of a vehicle driven by a Mexican woman. The woman later told agents that she was paid $80 by a man who wanted the statue delivered to him at a Laredo bus station.
.......
...the 61-year-old Garcia-Cordova, who is a legal permanent U.S. resident, initially acknowledged that Cocaine Jesus was his, but then claimed he was only helping to smuggle the statue on the behalf of a man known only by the nickname 'La Arana,' or The Spider. Cocaine Jesus, he claimed, was supposed to be delivered to The Spider in Dallas.
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Coracle Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:46:53pm |
re: #54 BongCrodny
Now it's about 650 with 9%. All these little spurts of santorum.
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:47:06pm |
Jesus, but I really, really hate it when RON PAUL starts talking about war, because I agree with almost everything that dingbat says.
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engineer cat Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:47:10pm |
romney camp already circulating their "santorum win doesn't count becuz demoncrats voted" excuse
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:48:17pm |
re: #55 erik_t
When are they going to invert the NASCAR racetracks?
When they all start driving English cars.
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Targetpractice Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:48:42pm |
re: #60 engineer cat
romney camp already circulating their "santorum win doesn't count becuz demoncrats voted" excuse
Yeah, good luck with that.
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darthstar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:48:54pm |
re: #60 engineer cat
romney camp already circulating their "santorum win doesn't count becuz demoncrats voted" excuse
The more he whines, the worse he'll do on Super Tuesday.
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Charleston Chew Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:49:16pm |
Judging by that video, Campaign Obama has finally come out of retirement.
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:49:48pm |
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recusancy Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:50:00pm |
"Not to put too fine a point on it... They're wrong"
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jaunte Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:50:07pm |
@BorowitzReport
The voters of Michigan are basically trying to decide which is the most delicious sandwich at Arby's.
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Targetpractice Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:51:29pm |
According to the Fox News site, 12% in and Santorum's starting to pull away by almost 3,000 votes.
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engineer cat Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:51:33pm |
Cocaine Jesus
"ah doan care if he's tweeked or sneezes
long as ah got mah cocaine jesus..."
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:51:52pm |
re: #67 jaunte
@BorowitzReport
The voters of Michigan are basically trying to decide which is the most delicious sandwich at Arby's.
I'll bet whatever it is, it's got lots of white meat.
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aagcobb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:51:55pm |
re: #60 engineer cat
romney camp already circulating their "santorum win doesn't count becuz demoncrats voted" excuse
Because a Republican doesn't need any democratic votes to win in November./
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Obdicut Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:52:28pm |
re: #68 Targetpractice
According to the Fox News site, 12% in and Santorum's starting to pull away by almost 3,000 votes.
It's the rural areas that get the votes in first, though, so he'll need to build a big lead.
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Charles Johnson Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:52:44pm |
Wow, Santorum's lead is holding. The Republican base in Michigan really does want to return to the 1950s.
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jaunte Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:53:20pm |
@thinkprogress
12% REPORTING IN MICHIGAN: Santorum 40, Romney 39, Paul 11, Gingrich 7
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Targetpractice Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:53:33pm |
re: #72 Obdicut
It's the rural areas that get the votes in first, though, so he'll need to build a big lead.
True, but I'm not so sure that Romney can expect to bring in the cities this time around. "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt" has really worked against him in poisoning the well.
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Lidane Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:53:39pm |
re: #59 BongCrodny
Jesus, but I really, really hate it when RON PAUL starts talking about war, because I agree with almost everything that dingbat says.
Just remember -- stopped clocks and all that.
For everything he says that might sound reasonable, there are his truly shitty, outdated ideas to balance that out.
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Kragar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:53:41pm |
re: #73 Charles Johnson
Wow, Santorum's lead is holding. The Republican base in Michigan really does want to return to the 1950s.
According to Mitt, its all the Democrat's fault.
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:53:52pm |
re: #67 jaunte
@BorowitzReport
The voters of Michigan are basically trying to decide which is the most delicious sandwich at Arby's.
Thats easy, all of Arby's sandwiches suxor, unless for some reason you are overly fond of overcooked dried out pseudo roast beef...
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PhillyPretzel Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:54:37pm |
re: #73 Charles Johnson
Or even earlier. The 1950's was way too modern. They do not want women having any convenience foods in the kitchen.
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Targetpractice Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:54:46pm |
re: #77 Kragar
According to Mitt, its all the Democrat's fault.
Because he knows that they aren't gonna vote for him in November anyway...oh wait.
//
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Kragar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:55:06pm |
re: #78 ausador
Thats easy, all of Arby's sandwiches suxor, unless for some reason you are overly fond of overcooked dried out pseudo roast beef...
The turkey with bacon and ranch is nice.
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jaunte Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:55:09pm |
re: #78 ausador
I once met a food engineer who worked at one of their extruded meat suppliers; he warned me.
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aagcobb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:55:52pm |
re: #79 PhillyPretzel
Or even earlier. The 1950's was way too modern. They do not want women having any convenience foods in the kitchen.
More like the 1850's.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:56:20pm |
re: #78 ausador
Thats easy, all of Arby's sandwiches suxor, unless for some reason you are overly fond of overcooked dried out pseudo roast beef...
Presbyterian schwarma.
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Lidane Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:56:52pm |
re: #83 Youcan'ttouchthis
More like the 1850's.
Yeah, that's close enough. These people want the antebellum South back again, where women and minorities couldn't vote and "knew their place".
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:58:08pm |
re: #59 BongCrodny
Jesus, but I really, really hate it when RON PAUL starts talking about war, because I agree with almost everything that dingbat says.
And then, suddenly:
Ron Paul just said on CNN speech that Affirmitive action programs are responsible for the housing bubble collapse.....JUST WOW #p2
— Sun Tzu (@JeffersonObama) February 29, 2012
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austin_blue Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:59:09pm |
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:59:30pm |
re: #89 Pope Ron Polyp XXXVII
And then, suddenly:
[Embedded content]
Yeah, exactly. It's like "okay, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, HOLY SHIT!, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy..."
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recusancy Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:59:41pm |
re: #87 Lidane
Yeah, that's close enough. These people want the antebellum South back again, where women and minorities couldn't vote and "knew their place".
Minorities couldn't vote? That's putting a positive spin on slavery.
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Lidane Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:59:53pm |
Heh.
Paul only 30 points behind. Looks like those negative ads he ran against Santorum are really paying off.
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) February 29, 2012
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Charleston Chew Tue, Feb 28, 2012 5:59:54pm |
re: #83 Youcan'ttouchthis
More like the 1850's.
RINO! That was the decade Darwin published On the Origin of Species! Keep going back!
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jaunte Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:00:32pm |
@thinkprogress
Paul only 30 points behind. Looks like those negative ads he ran against Santorum are really paying off.
I really don't know why people keep giving him money.
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darthstar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:00:57pm |
Okay...MSNBC's first call is... Mitt Romney wins Arizona!
Michigan is "too close to call"
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Lidane Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:01:25pm |
re: #92 recusancy
Minorities couldn't vote? That's putting a positive spin on slavery.
And if we had put slavery and minority voting rights up for a vote back then, people would have voted for it! Who needs the Civil War?
ZOMG TYRANNY! Lincoln was no better than Hitler!
/Paulbot
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aagcobb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:01:52pm |
re: #96 jaunte
@thinkprogress
Paul only 30 points behind. Looks like those negative ads he ran against Santorum are really paying off.I really don't know why people keep giving him money.
He's the only one who can save America! Abolish the Fed! Buy Gold!
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Targetpractice Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:02:25pm |
re: #98 Lidane
/Paulbot
Civil rights should be decided by referendums, just as the Founding Fathers intended!
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Lidane Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:03:42pm |
i love GOP primary nights. they're like twitter cocktail parties for liberals; public wakes for conservatives
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) February 29, 2012
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PhillyPretzel Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:04:02pm |
re: #99 Youcan'ttouchthis
"Buy Gold" at $1787 an ounce? I cannot afford that. Sorry Ron Paul. //
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Kragar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:04:11pm |
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jamesfirecat Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:04:24pm |
Come on Frothy, it's only 4000 votes you can do it! (By the way does anybody else think "Frothy" would be a good name for a race horse?)
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The Yankee Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:04:36pm |
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jaunte Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:05:20pm |
re: #107 jamesfirecat
That's what we nicknamed my dog Rabidicus.
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Charles Johnson Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:05:32pm |
It's Romney, ahead by a neck as they come into the turn...
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:05:35pm |
re: #107 jamesfirecat
Come on Frothy, it's only 4000 votes you can do it! (By the way does anybody else think "Frothy" would be a good name for a race horse?)
Or a snowman.
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austin_blue Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:06:09pm |
Some big Mittens boxes came in. He's up 1.5%. I'm guessing Grosse Point.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:06:28pm |
What's the magic formula to embed a tweet all pretty-like? I saw the instructions a while back, but gave no shits about it at the time so I admit I didn't pay attention. Searches aren't helping either.
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erik_t Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:06:58pm |
re: #110 Charles Johnson
It's Romney, ahead by a neck as they come into the turn...
/GOP primary crashes into truck, catches on fire
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jamesfirecat Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:07:32pm |
re: #112 austin_blue
Some big Mittens boxes came in. He's up 1.5%. I'm guessing Grosse Point.
Mr. Newberry: What have you been doing with your life?
Marty: Uh... professional killer.
Mr. Newberry: Oh! Good for you, it's a... growth industry.
(Sorry you said Grosse Point I couldn't resist)
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The Yankee Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:07:52pm |
How is Allen Keys doing, could he make a come back
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jamesfirecat Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:08:09pm |
re: #114 erik_t
/GOP primary crashes into truck, catches on fire
///Burning tire rolls away from the wreck.
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Kragar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:08:14pm |
I'm thinking Mitt might like the idea of a bailout in Michigan a bit more after tonight.
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austin_blue Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:08:17pm |
re: #116 jamesfirecat
Mr. Newberry: What have you been doing with your life?
Marty: Uh... professional killer.
Mr. Newberry: Oh! Good for you, it's a... growth industry.
Yup!
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:08:28pm |
Mitt's got a 108K lead. I'm thinking that all that's in doubt is the final margin.
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Mich-again Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:09:03pm |
Its probably been mentioned, but here in MI, anyone can vote in one or the other primary, so it is a sport in primaries to cross the line and vote for the weaker candidate from the the other party. Santorum's strong showing was because a lot of Dems wanted to weaken Mitt's chances of winning his so-called home state.
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jaunte Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:09:55pm |
Romney running away with the $100-200K-and-up vote:
[Link: www.cnn.com...]
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:09:57pm |
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Obdicut Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:10:11pm |
re: #121 BongCrodny
If he just squeaks by, it's still a big hit to him.
And it's not winner-take-all, right?
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jamesfirecat Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:10:24pm |
re: #123 jaunte
Romney running away with the $100-200K-and-up vote:
[Link: www.cnn.com...]
Fetch my fainting couch, I never would have expected such a thing!
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darthstar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:10:49pm |
re: #110 Charles Johnson
It's Romney, ahead by a neck as they come into the turn...
Romney's winning in the big cities. Santorum has the rest of the map.
[Link: www.google.com...]
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Charles Johnson Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:11:06pm |
re: #125 Obdicut
If he just squeaks by, it's still a big hit to him.
And it's not winner-take-all, right?
No, Michigan is proportional. Arizona is winner take all.
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SpaceJesus Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:11:18pm |
Ron Paul's station is broadcasting the primary as well
[Link: revolutionpac.com...]
Unlimited comedy.
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CuriousLurker Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:11:46pm |
re: #113 Pope Ron Polyp XXXVII
What's the magic formula to embed a tweet all pretty-like? I saw the instructions a while back, but gave no shits about it at the time so I admit I didn't pay attention. Searches aren't helping either.
Mouse over the elapsed time time on the right, then click "Open". At the bottom (in gray, on the right) you'll see "Details"; click on that. When the individual tweet opens, you should see "Embed this Tweet" in the same place where "Details" was.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:12:09pm |
re: #114 erik_t
/GOP primary crashes into truck, catches on fire
More like GOP primary stops at Stop sign, spontaneously collapses and catches on fire.
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Kragar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:12:26pm |
re: #131 CuriousLurker
Mouse over the elapsed time time on the right, then click "Open". At the bottom (in gray, on the right) you'll see "Details"; click on that. When the individual tweet opens, you should see "Embed this Tweet" in the same place where "Details" was.
Snob.
/
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Mich-again Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:13:02pm |
Anyone notice the uncanny resemblance between Santorum and Bob from the Church of the SubGenius? Kind of freaky.
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CuriousLurker Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:13:12pm |
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Kragar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:13:30pm |
re: #134 Mich-again
Anyone notice the uncanny resemblance between Santorum and Bob from the Church of the SubGenius? Kind of freaky.
YOU TAKE THAT BACK!
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jaunte Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:13:38pm |
Eric Boehlert @EricBoehlert
haha. Juan Williams notes Romney had a 35 pt. lead in Mich. two months ago; #worstcampaignever #tcot
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Lidane Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:13:48pm |
Romney's barely ahead of Santorum in Michigan. Man. If only Cadillacs could vote.
— Indecision (@indecision) February 29, 2012
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:14:31pm |
re: #131 CuriousLurker
Mouse over the elapsed time time on the right, then click "Open". At the bottom (in gray, on the right) you'll see "Details"; click on that. When the individual tweet opens, you should see "Embed this Tweet" in the same place where "Details" was.
Yeah, tried that. Didn't get expected results. Demanded refund from Twitter.
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Kragar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:14:45pm |
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Ben G. Hazi Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:14:51pm |
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The Yankee Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:15:52pm |
re: #142 talon_262
Arby's fish sandwich is pretty good.
Forget the sandwichs, just pig out on the curly fries and Cherry Pepsi. Give the sandwich to the seagulls outside....
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Kragar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:15:52pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:16:45pm |
someone should photoshop this awesome picture of Newt's bigot bucket brigade Image: norris120220.jpg
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Lidane Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:17:39pm |
Romney surrogate Thaddeus McCotter savages Republicans who opposed auto bailout on MSNBC. Oops.
— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) February 29, 2012
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The Yankee Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:18:26pm |
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Interesting Times Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:18:58pm |
re: #139 Pope Ron Polyp XXXVII
Yeah, tried that. Didn't get expected results. Demanded refund from Twitter.
You only get the options in the first place if Twitter switched you to the new layout. If you have the new layout and went through all the steps, you still need to refresh the page before the tweet gets all pretty-like #firstworldproblems
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The Questionable Timing of a Flea Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:19:44pm |
re: #135 CuriousLurker
Potty-mouth snob.
If you're a potty-mouth snob, then I'm the Marquis de Sade.
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:20:02pm |
re: #99 Youcan'ttouchthis
He's the only one who can save America! Abolish the Fed! Buy Gold!
There is not enough gold in the entire world to even replace the paper currency circulating in America, even if every necklace and earring was melted down to make coinage. How does he propose to get the entire world to go back to a gold standard when there simply is not enough gold to do it just in the United States?
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Obdicut Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:20:58pm |
re: #151 ausador
Things of value will be systematically destroyed until the wealth of the world is equivalent to the amount of gold around, as Galt intended!
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:21:11pm |
re: #150 Donatien Alphonse François
If you're a potty-mouth snob, then I'm the Marquis de Sade.
Duck season!
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Kragar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:22:33pm |
re: #150 Donatien Alphonse François
If you're a potty-mouth snob, then I'm the Marquis de Sade.
Euro-trash.
/
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austin_blue Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:22:48pm |
Flint, Midland, East Lansing, Ann Arbor, and the UP better come up big for TiaSV or this thing is done. Students and unions needs to come up big.
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Gus Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:24:08pm |
re: #146 windupbird is in the gravity well
someone should photoshop this awesome picture of Newt's bigot bucket brigade Image: norris120220.jpg
Tim LaHaye? Seriously? LOL Freaking Republicans. What corntry.
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Mich-again Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:24:11pm |
re: #151 ausador
India buys more of the 2500 tonnes of newly mined Gold every year than any other Nation. They love gold arm bracelets. For the last 30 years the price of gold has tracked with the GDP of India.
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erik_t Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:24:43pm |
re: #151 ausador
There is not enough gold in the entire world to even replace the paper currency circulating in America, even if every necklace and earring was melted down to make coinage. How does he propose to get the entire world to go back to a gold standard when there simply is not enough gold to do it just in the United States?
The scarcity of the gold will allow its value to fluctuate up to the level required to equate to the current value of all extant wealth heywaitaminute
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recusancy Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:25:19pm |
re: #155 austin_blue
Flint, Midland, East Lansing, Ann Arbor, and the UP better come up big for TiaSV or this thing is done. Students and unions needs to come up big.
I live in Midland. All I see are Ron Paul signs. But even they are sparse.
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The Questionable Timing of a Flea Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:25:38pm |
re: #151 ausador
There is not enough gold in the entire world to even replace the paper currency circulating in America, even if every necklace and earring was melted down to make coinage. How does he propose to get the entire world to go back to a gold standard when there simply is not enough gold to do it just in the United States?
Ron Paul has alchemists.
but no TARDIS
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The Yankee Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:25:57pm |
re: #157 Mich-again
India buys more of the 2500 tonnes of newly mined Gold every year than any other Nation. They love gold arm bracelets. For the last 30 years the price of gold has tracked with the GDP of India.
Wait to you find out the amount of freshly mined curry they bring in, in a week.
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Mich-again Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:26:06pm |
re: #159 erik_t
At current prices it takes about $150 billion a year to buy just the newly mined gold.
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Lidane Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:26:39pm |
re: #151 ausador
How does he propose to get the entire world to go back to a gold standard when there simply is not enough gold to do it just in the United States?
Because, that's why!
END THE FED! GOLD! SEEDZ! BILDEBERGS! DA JOOZ! Eleventy!
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The Yankee Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:27:51pm |
re: #151 ausador
I think he wants the value of the dallor to be equal to the value of a particular amount of gold.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:28:38pm |
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:29:07pm |
re: #151 ausador
There is not enough gold in the entire world to even replace the paper currency circulating in America, even if every necklace and earring was melted down to make coinage. How does he propose to get the entire world to go back to a gold standard when there simply is not enough gold to do it just in the United States?
He's going to team up with Newt Gingrich. All that Martian gold is just waiting to be mined.
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Gus Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:29:43pm |
re: #166 windupbird is in the gravity well
Pretty great guys!
He even looks the part. Like some kind of alien.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:29:51pm |
re: #156 Gus
Tim LaHaye? Seriously? LOL Freaking Republicans. What corntry.
Wild Man Don Wildmon, too. Formerly purveyor of Satanic Panic anti-rock music hysteria, he later turned his sanctified sights on an even more sinister target:
On June 6, 1988, Donald Wildmon, head of the American Family Association (AFA), alleged that "The Littlest Tramp" depicted cocaine use, instigating a media frenzy. Concerning Bakshi's involvement with Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, the AFA claimed that CBS "intentionally hired a known pornographer to do a cartoon for children, and then allowed him to insert a scene in which the cartoon hero is shown sniffing cocaine." Bakshi responded, "You could pick a still out of Lady and the Tramp and get the same impression. Fritz the Cat wasn't pornography. It was social commentary. This all smacks of burning books and the Third Reich. It smacks of McCarthyism. I'm not going to get into who sniffs what. This is lunacy!" [8]
Bakshi defended the episode, saying, "I despise drugs. I would be out of my mind to show a cartoon character snorting cocaine in a cartoon.",[14] and stating that Wildmon had interpreted the scene out of context.[15] "Mighty Mouse was happy after smelling the flowers because it helped him remember the little girl who sold it to him fondly. But even if you're right, their accusations become part of the air we breathe. That's why I cut the scene. I can't have children wondering if Mighty Mouse is using cocaine." On CBS's order, Klein removed the sequence from the master broadcast footage.
Wildmon claimed that the edits were "a de facto admission that, indeed, Mighty Mouse was snorting cocaine".[8] Bakshi agreed to the removal of the offending 3½ seconds from future airings of the episode because of his concern that the controversy might lead children to believe that what Wildmon was saying was true. Wildmon's group then demanded the removal of Bakshi, but, on July 25, 1988, CBS released a statement in support of him.[16]
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compound_Idaho Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:30:01pm |
re: #129 Charles Johnson
No, Michigan is proportional. Arizona is winner take all.
It's not quite proportional either. It is by congressional district. Either candidate could win by 1% overall and still win every delegate; or win the popular vote and lose the delegate count badly.
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Gus Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:30:44pm |
Take that Jon Stewart!
Thurston Howell #RomneySecretServiceCodeName— Gus (@Gus_802) February 1, 2012
*Notice the date. ;)
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Charleston Chew Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:31:54pm |
What I don't get about owning gold is how am I gonna buy a Coke from the vending machine with .02 grams of gold? Will there be a very very tiny slot?
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The Questionable Timing of a Flea Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:32:19pm |
re: #162 The Yankee
Wait to you find out the amount of freshly mined curry they bring in, in a week.
Most Indians I know just grind their own from the bones of orphans and puppies.
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jamesfirecat Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:32:31pm |
re: #172 Charleston Chew
What I don't get about owning gold is how am I gonna buy a Coke from the vending machine with .02 grams of gold? Will there be a very very tiny slot?
Nope, weighing plate.
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Obdicut Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:32:33pm |
At the moment Romney is barely holding on in Arizona.
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Egregious Philbin Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:32:54pm |
As a native Arizonan, and a newly christened Independent, it was so nice to NOT vote today, because I couldn't.
Didn't miss it...
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Lidane Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:33:12pm |
re: #172 Charleston Chew
What I don't get about owning gold is how am I gonna buy a Coke from the vending machine with .02 grams of gold? Will there be a very very tiny slot?
You'll use your gold to invest in the soft drink free market. If there is sufficient demand for Coke, you'll be offered a fair market price for your investment.
///
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:33:50pm |
Hi guys. Checking in. I take it neither state has been called.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:33:57pm |
re: #174 jamesfirecat
Nope, weighing plate.
Look on the bright side: now you'll be able to own gram scales again without having to prove they're not for drug distribution purposes.
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The Yankee Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:34:35pm |
re: #170 compound_Idaho
It's not quite proportional either. It is by congressional district. Either candidate could win by 1% overall and still win every delegate; or win the popular vote and lose the delegate count badly.
I always wonder if the delegates get paid for this. Or do they just get a free trip out of it.
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Gus Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:35:09pm |
re: #176 Mich-again
That is pretty darn funny.
Thanks. Apparently Jon Stewart finally picked up on the similarity. Of course he's the genius! //
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:35:13pm |
re: #180 HappyWarrior
Hi guys. Checking in. I take it neither state has been called.
It goes straight to voicemail.
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Charleston Chew Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:35:47pm |
re: #181 Pope Ron Polyp XXXVII
Look on the bright side: now you'll be able to own gram scales again without having to prove they're not for drug distribution purposes.
I don't want to live in a world where I could lose 20 bucks to a sneeze.
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:37:04pm |
re: #161 Donatien Alphonse François
Ron Paul has alchemists.
but no TARDIS
besides we all want to be walking around with two pounds of gold coins in our pockets or purse instead of that nasty almost weightless paper currency...right?
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The Yankee Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:37:35pm |
re: #185 Charleston Chew
I don't want to live in a world where I could lose 20 bucks to a sneeze.
Not only that but most dancers won't much care for a cold nugget being jammed down their G-String either. Or be thrown at them, could be real painful.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:38:30pm |
re: #187 The Yankee
Not only that but most dancers won't much care for a cold nugget being jammed down their G-String either. Or be thrown at them, could be real painful.
Well hell then, it's not going to work.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:38:32pm |
I'm wondering if Santorum wins Michigan, but with significant Dem votes, how that will affect things. Santorum would not be seen as the legitimate winner, but as the guy the Dems would rather have run against Obama.
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Charleston Chew Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:38:59pm |
re: #187 The Yankee
Not only that but most dancers won't much care for a cold nugget being jammed down their G-String either. Or be thrown at them, could be real painful.
Instead of "making it rain" they'd have to "make it hail".
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ProGunLiberal Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:40:27pm |
From the guy whose Radio Show I watch on Mondays:
C'mon Michigan, keep Santorum rising to record levels . . . I need the comedy of this primary to continue . . .
— Nash (@Nash076) February 29, 2012
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Mich-again Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:41:23pm |
re: #189 To hold my temper, most of the time.
Santorum claimed the Dems who came out to vote for him were the "Reagan Democrats". Har de har har.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:41:56pm |
91% of all Mormons in Arizona voted for Romney.
[Link: www.cnn.com...]
What did he do to tick off the other 9%?
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:42:06pm |
re: #193 Mich-again
Santorum claimed the Dems who came out to vote for him were the "Reagan Democrats". Har de har har.
I saw some of the quotes by many of them. Most of them seem like piss in the bowl types.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:42:36pm |
re: #194 To hold my temper, most of the time.
91% of all Mormons in Arizona voted for Romney.
[Link: www.cnn.com...]
What did he do to tick off the other 9%?
Those are the liberals.
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jamesfirecat Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:43:00pm |
re: #194 To hold my temper, most of the time.
91% of all Mormons in Arizona voted for Romney.
[Link: www.cnn.com...]
What did he do to tick off the other 9%?
Fire them.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:43:28pm |
re: #193 Mich-again
Santorum claimed the Dems who came out to vote for him were the "Reagan Democrats". Har de har har.
Self-delusion is kind of a critical skill for TPGOP candidates.
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freetoken Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:43:35pm |
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Targetpractice Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:43:39pm |
Come on, Santorum, there's still plenty of time to stage a come from behind win! You can still bring plenty of votes frothing to the top!!
//
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Decatur Deb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:44:05pm |
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:44:28pm |
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Decatur Deb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:45:05pm |
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:45:07pm |
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Mich-again Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:45:29pm |
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:46:08pm |
re: #171 Gus
Take that Jon Stewart!
*Notice the date. ;)
Shouldn't that be "Thurston Howell III"? After all we never met Thurston Howell the first or his son Thurston Howell the second in the series, for all we know they might have been great guys... :p
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:46:32pm |
These are injokes, but I'm going to tell them anyway.
The 9% are those that--
Lost the ward chili cook off to someone named Romney.
Were assigned to talk next week by a relative of Romney's.
Were called to serve in the nursery by a relative of Romney's.
Romney came to visit and took their favorite bench at Sacrament meeting.
Women who failed to catch one of his sons.
Thought they were voting on candidates for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and they heard him sing.*
*Actually, you audition.
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Charleston Chew Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:46:54pm |
re: #193 Mich-again
Santorum claimed the Dems who came out to vote for him were the "Reagan Democrats". Har de har har.
He just has no idea how far to the right his party has shifted. At this point, Reagan Democrats just go by their shorter name... Democrats.
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Gus Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:47:06pm |
re: #207 ausador
Shouldn't that be "Thurston Howell III"? After all we never met Thurston Howell the first or his son Thurston Howell the second in the series, for all we know they might have been great guys... :p
Details, details. I said it before Stewart. :P
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:47:42pm |
re: #209 Charleston Chew
He just has no idea how far to the right his party has shifted. At this point, Reagan Democrats just go by their shorter name... Democrats.
It's been that way for a while now. I am no fan of Reagan but Reagan wasn't a doom and gloom whiner like Rick is.
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Mich-again Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:49:03pm |
re: #211 HappyWarrior
It's been that way for a while now. I am no fan of Reagan but Reagan wasn't a doom and gloom whiner like Rick is.
Reagan was a bleeding heart liberal socialist union shill by today's GOP standards.
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Targetpractice Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:49:26pm |
Yeah, I don't see Santorum pulling this off. 51% and he's 4 points behind.
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jamesfirecat Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:50:11pm |
re: #213 Targetpractice
Yeah, I don't see Santorum pulling this off. 51% and he's 4 points behind.
The only thing that could save him now is if the parts of the state that haven't voted are prone to going heavily Santorum.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:50:13pm |
re: #212 Mich-again
Reagan was a bleeding heart liberal socialist union shill by today's GOP standards.
That too.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:50:47pm |
re: #213 Targetpractice
Yeah, I don't see Santorum pulling this off. 51% and he's 4 points behind.
Yeah neither do I. Still this is a state that Mitt should have won handily.
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Charleston Chew Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:51:07pm |
re: #207 ausador
Shouldn't that be "Thurston Howell III"? After all we never met Thurston Howell the first or his son Thurston Howell the second in the series, for all we know they might have been great guys... :p
Good point. For all we know, Thurston Howell II might have opposed the Vietnam war and supported building housing for the poor and desegregation. Might have even been born in Mexico.
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Achilles Tang Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:51:30pm |
BTW, I don't think I've seen Reine for a while. Is she OK?
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b_Snark Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:52:01pm |
Roller coaster ride starring a bunch of old balding white guys in poorly fitting stiffy suits.
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compound_Idaho Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:53:16pm |
re: #210 Gus
Details, details. I said it before Stewart. :P
In all seriousness, the real question is Ginger or Mary Ann?
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Charleston Chew Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:53:46pm |
re: #220 Flaming Dumpster
Roller coaster ride starring a bunch of old balding white guys in poorly fitting stiffy suits.
Romney's never actually been on a roller coaster, but he does have some friends who own theme parks. Same thing right?
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:54:10pm |
re: #222 compound_Idaho
In all seriousness, the real question is Ginger or Mary Ann?
Mary Ann. No fucking contest.
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jaunte Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:54:17pm |
re: #219 Blue Spot Vlamingii Tang
She was tweeting a bit yesterday.
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Gus Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:54:25pm |
re: #222 compound_Idaho
In all seriousness, the real question is Ginger or Mary Ann?
Neither. Gilligan for sure.
//
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:55:00pm |
re: #224 BongCrodny
Mary Ann. No fucking contest.
'Course, she's a pothead, so I've got a little something at stake here.
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Mich-again Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:55:29pm |
re: #216 HappyWarrior
Yeah neither do I. Still this is a state that Mitt should have won handily.
Actually a lot of the loyal GOP here lost all respect for Mitt over his stance that the bailouts shouldn't have happened and the companies should have been liquidated. Even if he wins the GOP nomination, he won't win the General election because he forfeitted the rust belt by pandering to the far right with that position.
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Kragar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:56:22pm |
re: #222 compound_Idaho
In all seriousness, the real question is Ginger or Mary Ann?
Marilyn Munster
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b_Snark Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:56:25pm |
re: #219 Blue Spot Vlamingii Tang
BTW, I don't think I've seen Reine for a while. Is she OK?
I'm afraid we've been too intolerant of the right lately and it's made her feel uncomfortable. I'm hoping I'm wrong and it's a temporary absence.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:57:22pm |
re: #230 Flaming Dumpster
I'm afraid we've been too intolerant of the right lately and it's made her feel uncomfortable. I'm hoping I'm wrong and it's a temporary absence.
Yeah. Santorum draws fire on serious Catholics.
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compound_Idaho Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:57:25pm |
re: #227 BongCrodny
'Course, she's a pothead, so I've got a little something at stake here.
She lives not too far from here. I think she got off on that charge. Claimed it belonged to the caretaker.
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:58:35pm |
re: #234 compound_Idaho
She lives not too far from here. I think she got off on that charge. Claimed it belonged to the caretaker.
So the caretaker mailed the weed to Gilligan?
Uh-huh.
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Kragar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:59:27pm |
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 6:59:53pm |
re: #228 Mich-again
Actually a lot of the loyal GOP here lost all respect for Mitt over his stance that the bailouts shouldn't have happened and the companies should have been liquidated. Even if he wins the GOP nomination, he won't win the General election because he forfeitted the rust belt by pandering to the far right with that position.
Yeah I guess you're right. I think he'll struggle in the Rust Belt perhaps even more than Santorum would. And there's a lot of swing states there.
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b_Snark Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:00:02pm |
re: #235 BongCrodny
So the caretaker mailed the weed to Gilligan?
Uh-huh.
Didn't they smoke Gilligan?
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Decatur Deb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:01:02pm |
Herman Cain has been statistically eliminated.
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:01:06pm |
re: #236 Kragar
Movie, yes. Show, no.
Of course, we can't overlook Wrangler Jane.
Lou-Ann Pouvie was pretty hot.
And the three daughters from Petticoat Junction.
Damn, I'm old.
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Killgore Trout Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:01:30pm |
re: #219 Blue Spot Vlamingii Tang
BTW, I don't think I've seen Reine for a while. Is she OK?
I think she's doing well.
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The Questionable Timing of a Flea Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:01:52pm |
re: #238 Flaming Dumpster
Didn't they smoke Gilligan?
The dude's skinny. Marinating and smoking is the right way to go.
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Lidane Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:02:04pm |
Dear cable news: you have nothing to talk about right now. Please bring on some cute animals.
— Indecision (@indecision) February 29, 2012
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The Yankee Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:02:16pm |
The only reason why I don't want Mitt be president is because I don't think his dog will survive being strapped on top of Air Force 1.
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erik_t Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:02:19pm |
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Shiplord Kirel Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:02:29pm |
re: #53 engineer cat
comsevative
that's what i said but she slapped me
Ok, I've learned my lesson: I'll start re-typing the jokes I steal.
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:03:08pm |
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:03:36pm |
re: #245 The Yankee
The only reason why I don't want Mitt to win is because I don't think his dog will survive being strapped on top of Air Force 1.
Win.
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Charleston Chew Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:04:23pm |
re: #242 Decatur Deb
Bailey Quarters or Jennifer Marlowe?
Of course Bailey Quarters. She was the Mary Ann of the 70s.
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Charleston Chew Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:08:04pm |
re: #251 Charleston Chew
Of course Bailey Quarters. She was the Mary Ann of the 70s.
I wonder if 3000 years ago Greeks sat around asking each other "Artemis or Aphrodite?"
Of course the correct answer is Artemis. She was the Mary Ann of back then.
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Achilles Tang Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:08:17pm |
re: #230 Flaming Dumpster
I'm afraid we've been too intolerant of the right lately and it's made her feel uncomfortable. I'm hoping I'm wrong and it's a temporary absence.
Yes, I was wondering about that. It's hard being a reasonable Catholic these days.
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Stanghazi Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:08:30pm |
The black percentage of the Arizona Republican vote? Zero percent.
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The Questionable Timing of a Flea Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:08:35pm |
re: #252 austin_blue
Romney up 4.3% Frothy Mix is toast.
Almost want to down-ding you for pairing "Frothy Mix" and "toast" just as I bit into my grilled cheese sandwich...
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Decatur Deb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:08:55pm |
re: #253 Charleston Chew
I wonder if 3000 years ago Greeks sat around asking each other "Artemis or Aphrodite?"
or course the correct answer is Artemis. She was the Mary Ann of back then.
It was Helen vs. Athena--caused no end of unpleasantness.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:09:12pm |
re: #256 Donatien Alphonse François
Almost want to down-ding you for pairing "Frothy Mix" and "toast" just as I bit into my grilled cheese sandwich...
Cook before serving.
Image: njBKp.jpg
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Shiplord Kirel Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:09:39pm |
re: #253 Charleston Chew
I wonder if 3000 years ago Greeks sat around asking each other "Artemis or Aphrodite?"
or course the correct answer is Artemis. She was the Mary Ann of back then.
True. Artemis was teh hot, Aphodite was just a bimbo.
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:10:00pm |
re: #256 Donatien Alphonse François
Almost want to down-ding you for pairing "Frothy Mix" and "toast" just as I bit into my grilled cheese sandwich...
Velveeta would be appropriate for tonight's contests.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:10:16pm |
re: #255 College is GOOD you asshat.
The black percentage of the Arizona Republican vote? Zero percent.
Racists!///
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Ben G. Hazi Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:10:30pm |
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:10:32pm |
re: #253 Charleston Chew
I wonder if 3000 years ago Greeks sat around asking each other "Artemis or Aphrodite?"
Of course the correct answer is Artemis. She was the Mary Ann of back then.
Neither. Hera was Queen, and people who messed with her (like, girls that Zeus fooled around with) got messed up real bad.
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:10:48pm |
re: #222 compound_Idaho
In all seriousness, the real question is Ginger or Mary Ann?
Hah, that isn't even really a question since everyone knows that Mary Ann always wins hands down. (there have been polls on this btw).
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Charleston Chew Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:11:41pm |
re: #263 Learned Mother of Zion
Neither. Hera was Queen, and people who messed with her (like, girls that Zeus fooled around with) got messed up real bad.
She seems more like a Mrs. Howell to me.
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The Questionable Timing of a Flea Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:11:44pm |
re: #258 Pope Ron Polyp XXXVII
Cook before serving.
Image: njBKp.jpg
Actually, I've always wanted to try those. There are both Thai curries and relishes that incorporate those water beetles.
Bugs are "land shrimp."
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Decatur Deb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:12:21pm |
re: #255 College is GOOD you asshat.
The black percentage of the Arizona Republican vote? Zero percent.
Funny if Jon Stewart had sent Wyatt Senac to do exit polls.
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:13:09pm |
Well, speaking as someone who has spent nearly an entire career in the auto industry, things are looking real good for me, which is good for Detroit, which is good for the auto industry.
Last year, after being unemployed for three years, I got a contract job at Ford, which I took for whatever they would give me, just in order to get back in the game.
When I found out that my contract at Ford would not be renewed, Chrysler took me over to their team at DOUBLE THE RATE.
Detroit, fuck yeah.
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Targetpractice Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:13:24pm |
I think we can safely say two things after tonight. The first is that a Santorum nomination just became a lot harder, if not impossible, to realize this year. And second, that Romney can pretty much write off Michigan in the general election.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:14:27pm |
re: #269 Targetpractice
I think we can safely say two things after tonight. The first is that a Santorum nomination just became a lot harder, if not impossible, to realize this year. And second, that Romney can pretty much write off Michigan in the general election.
I really think the rust belt is gonna be tough for Romney. And unfortunately for him there is a lot of swing states there like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and others.
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The Yankee Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:14:33pm |
re: #268 Learned Mother of Zion
Well, speaking as someone who has spent nearly an entire career in the auto industry, things are looking real good for me, which is good for Detroit, which is good for the auto industry.
Last year, after being unemployed for three years, I got a contract job at Ford, which I took for whatever they would give me, just in order to get back in the game.
When I found out that my contract at Ford would not be renewed, Chrysler took me over to their team at DOUBLE THE RATE.
Detroit, fuck yeah.
You owe Clint Eastwood and Slim Shady a big thanks.
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The Questionable Timing of a Flea Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:14:54pm |
re: #260 BongCrodny
Velveeta would be appropriate for tonight's contests.
The current crop of candidates are like that slime they use for chicken nuggets.
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:15:04pm |
re: #271 The Yankee
You owe Clint Eastwood and Slim Shady a big thanks.
And Chrysler commercials totally rock!
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:15:05pm |
re: #263 Learned Mother of Zion
Neither. Hera was Queen, and people who messed with her (like, girls that Zeus fooled around with) got messed up real bad.
Yeah but Zeus often took the form of some kind of animal and then attacked them, how embarrassing is that, go home and tell your parents that your pregnant because you were raped by a goose? (as if they would believe you?)
/// lol
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Ben G. Hazi Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:15:39pm |
re: #248 BongCrodny
Bailey Quarters. Plus, she's a pothead.
Since I was a wee lad, I dug Jan Smithers as Bailey on WKRP; mousy geekgrrls get my motor running.
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b_Snark Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:16:07pm |
re: #274 ausador
Yeah but Zeus often took the form of some kind of animal and then attacked them, how embarrassing is that, go home and tell your parents that your pregnant because you were raped by a goose? (as if they would believe you?)
/// lol
The Greek gods had all the fun.
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Charles Johnson Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:16:11pm |
MSNBC is calling Michigan for Mitt Romney.
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Charleston Chew Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:16:14pm |
re: #267 Decatur Deb
Funny if Jon Stewart had sent Wyatt Senac to do exit polls.
I don't know if that would be wise.
The last black guy to show up in Arizona didn't get a warm welcome:
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Targetpractice Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:16:20pm |
AP just called Michigan for Romney. Guess all we do now is wait to see just how badly Frothy got his ass whipped.
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The Yankee Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:16:57pm |
re: #274 ausador
Yeah but Zeus often took the form of some kind of animal and then attacked them, how embarrassing is that, go home and tell your parents that your pregnant because you were raped by a goose? (as if they would believe you?)
/// lol
I wonder what Rick Santorum would be like if he believed in Zeus...
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b_Snark Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:17:09pm |
re: #279 Targetpractice
AP just called Michigan for Romney. Guess all we do now is wait to see just how badly Frothy got his ass whipped.
Bad visual dude.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:17:31pm |
re: #274 ausador
Yeah but Zeus often took the form of some kind of animal and then attacked them, how embarrassing is that, go home and tell your parents that your pregnant because you were raped by a goose? (as if they would believe you?)
/// lol
My theory is:
Dude becomes powerful. Either he's smart, or good with a sword, or lucky, or both.
He doesn't want to admit his dad was a beet farmer, or that possibly his mother was unmarried and he was raised by his grandfather.
So he makes up the swan story, or the puddle of light story, or whatever.
I'm not someone's illegitimate brat. I'm the son of a god, and you'll agree with me or else.
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:17:39pm |
re: #277 Charles Johnson
MSNBC is calling Michigan for Mitt Romney.
Yeah, but it was an embarrassingly close race. Mitt should have run away with MI because he's "from here" ya know.
So even though Mitt squeaked through, he failed.
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Spocomptonite Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:18:04pm |
re: #255 College is GOOD you asshat.
The black percentage of the Arizona Republican vote? Zero percent.
Clearly this is racial discrimination against Republicans and black people should be ashamed of themselves. ///
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Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:18:10pm |
Evening all!
Curs-ed Virus/sinus infection is still getting me down. I got antibiotics yesterday and today, I go to take my dose and the blister pack is not in the little box. Can't find it anywhere.
Call the pharmacy to see if they'll let me have another, but NO, I have to call the doctor. It is too late today.
I am cursed.
You?
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:18:31pm |
re: #284 Learned Mother of Zion
Yeah, but it was an embarrassingly close race. Mitt should have run away with MI because he's "from here" ya know.
So even though Mitt squeaked through, he failed.
Actually, now that Santorum did the robocall, Mitt can just claim he would have won big without the Democrats crossing over.
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:18:33pm |
BTW I did not vote. I totally could have, but it would have been really juvenile to write in "MY ASS"
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Stanghazi Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:18:51pm |
Andrew Kaczynski @BuzzFeedAndrew
Oddly missing from Santorum's speech: comments about JFK, contraception, or the Dutch.
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austin_blue Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:18:55pm |
re: #277 Charles Johnson
MSNBC is calling Michigan for Mitt Romney.
Yup. Still gonna be around 5%. It'll be interesting to see how the delegates play out. Mittens can win the popular and still lose the delegate count to Frothy Mix.
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Targetpractice Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:19:00pm |
re: #288 To hold my temper, most of the time.
Actually, now that Santorum did the robocall, Mitt can just claim he would have won big without the Democrats crossing over.
*coubullshitgh*
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Kragar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:19:13pm |
re: #282 College is GOOD you asshat.
Called for Romney. Frothy is speaking.
"THE STREETS WILL RUN WITH SANTORUM!!!"
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:19:34pm |
Still, it was pretty close. Frothy could have won Michigan if he hadn't completely jumped the shark with the Kennedy thing and the college-is-for-snobs thing.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:19:37pm |
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erik_t Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:20:06pm |
re: #291 austin_blue
Yup. Still gonna be around 5%. It'll be interesting to see how the delegates play out. Mittens can win the popular and still lose the delegate count to Frothy Mix.
Yeah, but it's the media spin that actually matters. A few delegates on the margins aren't relevant right now.
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Ben G. Hazi Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:20:13pm |
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b_Snark Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:20:15pm |
re: #287 ggt
Evening all!
Curs-ed Virus/sinus infection is still getting me down. I got antibiotics yesterday and today, I go to take my dose and the blister pack is not in the little box. Can't find it anywhere.
Call the pharmacy to see if they'll let me have another, but NO, I have to call the doctor. It is too late today.
I am cursed.
You?
Just cursing.
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The Yankee Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:20:35pm |
re: #289 Learned Mother of Zion
You could of voted for your ovaries.
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Targetpractice Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:21:12pm |
re: #294 BongCrodny
Still, it was pretty close. Frothy could have won Michigan if he hadn't completely jumped the shark with the Kennedy thing and the college-is-for-snobs thing.
He was already in the process of losing his lead when he said those, so I don't really think we can blame his loss on them. Reality is that he peaked a couple weeks ago, before the whole contraception/abortion business got into full swing, and his "Not Romney" credentials were no match for the sheer lunacy that he was spewing.
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:21:35pm |
re: #299 The Yankee
You could of voted for your ovaries.
G-D gave me a brain and a uterus, and I used the heck out of both of 'em.
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Spocomptonite Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:21:41pm |
re: #289 Learned Mother of Zion
BTW I did not vote. I totally could have, but it would have been really juvenile to write in "MY ASS"
Is your ass that "Generic Republican Candidate that" was leading the polls earlier?
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Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:22:23pm |
The GOP idiocy has reached flash point with me.
It's either ignore or go stark raving mad with anger.
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JamesWI Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:23:03pm |
Come on Santorum, we need your froth to rise to the top in Michigan. This race was just starting to get hilariously crazy.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:23:08pm |
re: #303 ggt
The GOP idiocy has reached flash point with me.
It's either ignore or go stark raving mad with anger.
Curious Lurker is giving an anger management seminar.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:23:16pm |
You gotta think though Mitt if he's the nominee which is more likely now is gonna be forced to choose someone like Santorum to be the running mate. Honestly, I see Mitt probably doing better than McCain did but I think Obama ends up beating him by a good margin. Mitt's style is not gonna go over in many states.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:23:26pm |
Does anyone get spreadingsantorum site when googling anymore?
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:23:33pm |
Interesting graphic on CNN. He's speech is apparently doing better among undecided Republican women than undecided Republican men.
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b_Snark Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:23:46pm |
re: #299 The Yankee
You could of voted for your ovaries.
Can I be a pedantic asshole for a second?
The phrase is 'could have' not 'could of' in that context.
Yes, I'm a jerk.
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Four More Tears Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:24:20pm |
Rick suggests a new healthcare plan: YouCare. Because he sure as hell won't!
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CarleeCork Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:24:51pm |
I'm looking forward to the Obama/Romney debates.
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Kragar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:24:53pm |
re: #307 Sergey Romanov
Does anyone get spreadingsantorum site when googling anymore?
Its no longer the first hit
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The Yankee Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:25:10pm |
re: #309 Flaming Dumpster
Can I be a pedantic asshole for a second?
The phrase is 'could have' not 'could of' in that context.
Yes, I'm a jerk.
You are right, better I do it your way THEN do it my way......
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Interesting Times Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:25:13pm |
Interesting take on tonight's results:
Winners tonight: Romney, Obama. Results close enough to keep GOP primary going, but Romney's win keeps new candidates out.
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) February 29, 2012
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:25:19pm |
re: #311 CarleeCork
I'm looking forward to the Obama/Romney debates.
I think Obama will make Romney look like the shallow suit he is.
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jaunte Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:25:35pm |
Homeschool tax cheat Santorum is quite indignant about social welfare programs.
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CarleeCork Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:25:53pm |
re: #315 HappyWarrior
I think Obama will make Romney look like the shallow suit he is.
Why do you think I'm looking forward to them?
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Altermite Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:25:59pm |
re: #307 Sergey Romanov
Does anyone get spreadingsantorum site when googling anymore?
Its the fourth result, after a paid ad for santorum and two videos referencing spreadingsantorum. (Daily show and a new dan savage clip)
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:26:07pm |
re: #312 Kragar
Its no longer the first hit
Or a first page hit (well, for me, considering the google relativity theory).
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:26:14pm |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:26:37pm |
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Charles Johnson Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:26:40pm |
Santorum comes out as a bottom-up kind of guy.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:26:56pm |
re: #316 jaunte
Homeschool tax cheat Santorum is quite indignant about social welfare programs.
Funny how Rick hates using the government to god forbid help the less fortunate but for shoving his morality it's awesome.
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JamesWI Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:27:53pm |
Anyone else surprised that Paul is doing so poorly in Arizona? I would have figured the wingnuts down there would have been down with his crazy world view. Xenophobic with a slight tinge of libertarianism and "maverickness."
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:27:53pm |
Rick Santorum rewriting history on CNN right now.
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Charleston Chew Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:28:08pm |
re: #315 HappyWarrior
I think Obama will make Romney look like the shallow suit he is.
Romney will look like a real life version of the "white guys talk like this" routine of every black stand-up comic in the 80s.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:28:11pm |
Well, this was the Santorum high-water mark.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:28:32pm |
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:28:38pm |
My parents and my mom especially who don't follow the race have asked me so which of these guys is the biggest jerk? And I have to pause since they're all jerks in their own special ways.
Mitt's the I think I am better than you because I am worth millions jerk, Rick's the judgmental asshole who thinks he's never sinned in his life asshole, Newt's the slimy jerk who will cheat on you and say it was your fault, and Ron he's the kind of guy that will watch your house burn down and say it was your own fault.
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Stanghazi Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:28:51pm |
re: #307 Sergey Romanov
Does anyone get spreadingsantorum site when googling anymore?
Ya, about 8th down. After the Urban Dictionary link.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:30:14pm |
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Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:30:36pm |
I'll check-in later all, have chores to do.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:30:39pm |
re: #332 College is GOOD you asshat.
Ya, about 8th down. After the Urban Dictionary link.
11ths here, and links to blog.sant...
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Charleston Chew Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:30:58pm |
Kudos to Rick Perry for getting 1400 votes in AZ and 1500 in MI.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:31:27pm |
re: #328 Charleston Chew
Romney will look like a real life version of the "white guys talk like this" routine of every black stand-up comic in the 80s.
Him being so out of touch is going to make it alot easier for Obama to present his case. Americans may not hate rich people and they shouldn't but they are annoyed by snobby rich assholes and that's what Romney is. Saying the 100K plus you made on public speeches and then saying you're unemployed too isn't going to make people like you.
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Four More Tears Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:31:45pm |
re: #326 JamesWI
Anyone else surprised that Paul is doing so poorly in Arizona? I would have figured the wingnuts down there would have been down with his crazy world view. Xenophopic with a slight tinge of libertarianism and "maverickness."
Winner take all state. He's not wasting any resources at all in those. He's only in it for the delegates.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:32:21pm |
re: #334 Sergey Romanov
The ghost of threads past. Ignore.
Ah--500lb HE? Nah, he got close tonight, but has only nuisance value now.
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freetoken Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:32:32pm |
re: #326 JamesWI
Paul will probably do better in Pima county, which isn't in yet.
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JAFO Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:32:51pm |
re: #332 College is GOOD you asshat.
Ya, about 8th down. After the Urban Dictionary link.
It was still first yesterday. interesting.
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:32:58pm |
re: #280 The Yankee
I wonder what Rick Santorum would be like if he believed in Zeus...
Doesn't bear thinking about, he is anti-social enough while supposedly following the gospel of Jesus. God only knows what kind of weird shit he would come up with as a follower of the Greek mythos. :(
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Stanghazi Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:33:03pm |
Dan Savage @fakedansavage
Santorum is losing MI—and I'm sitting down to dinner with big gay husband and our son. (Pork loin with apples.) All is well in the world.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:33:24pm |
re: #341 Decatur Deb
Ah, OK. I don't grok lb anyway. Give me liters or kg.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:34:45pm |
re: #346 Sergey Romanov
Ah, OK. I don't grok lb anyway. Give me liters or kg.
Had to use those commie NATO numbers in Italy.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:34:55pm |
re: #346 Sergey Romanov
Ah, OK. I don't grok lb anyway. Give me liters or kg.
Pounds correspond with Newtons, scientifically. English is a little messed up because while grams are mass, liters are volume, and newtons are weight, pounds are mass and weight both. Volume in the English system is the oh-so-fun ounce, cup, pint, quart and gallon.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:34:55pm |
re: #341 Decatur Deb
OK, it wasn't lb. It was gallon. Down with the Empire, I say!
[Link: www.amazon.com...]
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:36:08pm |
re: #347 BongCrodny
Mrs. Romney thanking Donald Trump.
Ewww.
It's nice to know that the Romneys saw Trump's birther bullshit and decided he was persona non grata. Oh wait seems they did the total opposite here.
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The Yankee Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:36:39pm |
re: #343 I'd rather be sailing
You know there has to be some decent people with the name of Santorum who don't deserve this. I think the name for them is Collateral Damage.
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Four More Tears Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:36:42pm |
Please, Mitt, tell us how awesome you are because you won your home state.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:37:11pm |
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Decatur Deb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:37:42pm |
re: #355 The Yankee
You know there has to be some decent people with the name of Santorum who don't deserve this. I think the name for them is Collateral Damage.
Wonder if the meme has spread to Northern Italy?
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jamesfirecat Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:37:45pm |
re: #356 The Right Height
Please, Mitt, tell us how awesome you are because you won your home state.
Clearly to win this election Romney must buy homes in every single state in the union.
Luckily I think that's a plan he could actually act on...
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Stanghazi Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:37:48pm |
McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins
Ann Romney has thanked both Donald Trump and Kid Rock in this speech. Like a bizarre Oscars acceptance speech...
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Kragar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:37:53pm |
re: #356 The Right Height
Please, Mitt, tell us how awesome you are because you won your home state.
The tree are the right height, the polls are the right percentages...
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:38:37pm |
re: #352 BongCrodny
Ann Romney looks pretty damn good for 62.
Yeah looks like she could be ten-fifteen years younger. Tough lady obviously too considering her MS. I read an op-ed by a Democratic strategist that Mitt could show his human side by talking about Ann's struggles some.
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compound_Idaho Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:38:53pm |
re: #356 The Right Height
Please, Mitt, tell us how awesome you are because you won your home state.
Had Al Gore been able to win his home state, he would have been president and no one would know what a hanging chad is.
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Charles Johnson Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:39:38pm |
Romney has some serious baggage under his eyes tonight. Despite the makeup.
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erik_t Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:39:43pm |
re: #362 HappyWarrior
Yeah looks like she could be ten-fifteen years younger. Tough lady obviously too considering her MS. I read an op-ed by a Democratic strategist that Mitt could show his human side by talking about Ann's struggles some.
Puny hu-man weaknesses do not impress Romneybot.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:40:16pm |
re: #365 erik_t
Puny hu-man weaknesses do not impress Romneybot.
I know. It was the strategist's suggestion not mine.
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Decatur Deb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:40:23pm |
Any word on comparative turnout (if they can sort out the sarcastic Dems)?
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blueraven Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:40:37pm |
re: #363 compound_Idaho
Had Al Gore been able to win his home state, he would have been president and no one would know what a hanging chad is.
I doubt Romney will be winning Michigan in the general election.
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freetoken Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:40:42pm |
Looks like Paul didn't do so well in Pima county after all. I wondering if he didn't work the college crowd in Tuscon?
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Four More Tears Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:40:48pm |
re: #363 compound_Idaho
Had Al Gore been able to win his home state, he would have been president and no one would know what a hanging chad is.
True, but that wasn't a primary.
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ReamWorks SKG Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:41:38pm |
Speaking of welfare and handouts, here's McCain's plan from 2008:
[Link: www.bloomberg.com...]
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aagcobb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:42:05pm |
re: #329 Decatur Deb
Well, this was the Santorum high-water mark.
He still has leads in Ohio and Oklahoma for next week.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:42:56pm |
re: #372 Youcan'ttouchthis
He still has leads in Ohio and Oklahoma for next week.
Oklahoma I think he will win, Ohio more of a toss up but leaning Frothy.
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Four More Tears Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:44:20pm |
This speech is riddled with outright lies.
Or as Politifact would call it, Mostly True...
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Charleston Chew Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:44:38pm |
Romney just said "we deserve" oil from Canada. He always finds an odd way of saying things.
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Kragar Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:45:51pm |
re: #375 Charleston Chew
Romney just said "we deserve" oil from Canada. He always finds an odd way of saying things.
So that means he's going to stop Keystone?
/
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jaunte Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:45:54pm |
re: #375 Charleston Chew
The oil is just the right depth, there.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:45:58pm |
re: #375 Charleston Chew
Romney just said "we deserve" oil from Canada. He always finds an odd way of saying things.
At least he didn't pull a Dutch Santorum but give him time and he too can lie about an ally.
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Four More Tears Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:46:01pm |
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freetoken Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:46:12pm |
re: #375 Charleston Chew
Romney just said "we deserve" oil from Canada. He always finds an odd way of saying things.
?? I thought the wingnuts' favorite blather these days is about how lazy people think they "deserve" things from the government... and here is Mitt saying he deserves something from an entire country?
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b_Snark Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:46:35pm |
re: #375 Charleston Chew
Romney just said "we deserve" oil from Canada. He always finds an odd way of saying things.
The US deserves oil from Canuckistan?
Entitlement culture wannabe.
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blueraven Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:46:51pm |
Romney looks really tired...dark circles and bags under the eyes.
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aagcobb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:47:31pm |
re: #383 blueraven
Romney looks really tired...dark circles and bags under the eyes.
He better get some rest, because he only has one week to turn Ohio around.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:48:09pm |
re: #381 freetoken
?? I thought the wingnuts' favorite blather these days is about how lazy people think they "deserve" things from the government... and here is Mitt saying he deserves something from an entire country?
It's only entitlement if you're poor.
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:48:12pm |
I expect the thousands of people working at Staples will now see their wages raised.
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Charleston Chew Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:49:05pm |
Romney's touting his experience in business as proof he can manage the economy and balance the budget.
Meanwhile, the Romney campaign spent three times what it raised in January.
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:49:19pm |
re: #305 Decatur Deb
Curious Lurker is giving an anger management seminar.
I'm going to be marketing some digital self-help recordings to help people with this angst. They will be very soothing while also telling people that it is utterly pointless to oppose the current political system. I already got a major grant from Koch industries to help with my production costs.
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Targetpractice Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:49:20pm |
re: #375 Charleston Chew
Romney just said "we deserve" oil from Canada. He always finds an odd way of saying things.
We already get plenty, and the pipes it comes through leak like sieves.
If he's talking Keystone, the Dems put a bill to mandate that we get a percentage of the oil...and the Republicans killed it.
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b_Snark Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:50:19pm |
re: #389 ausador
I'm going to marketing some digital self-help recordings to help people with this angst. They will be very soothing while also telling people that it is utterly pointless to oppose the current political system. I already got a major grant from Koch industries to help with my production costs.
(Excerpt: "Face it, your life sucks, but so does everyone elses. Your unhappiness comes from the belief that you can do more with your life, that you can make a difference. You can't. The sooner you acknowledge that in the grand scheme of things your existence is ultimately meaningless the better off you will be. Except mediocrity, except pointlessness, for these are your true birthrights.")
///To get more you can sign up for my tape series through paypal for 27 easy payments of $29.95...(Note: This series of tapes is not 'officially'
sponsored in any way by the Church of Scientology) ///
Do you have a 30day demo available?
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:50:31pm |
re: #385 Youcan'ttouchthis
He better get some rest, because he only has one week to turn Ohio around.
Santorum will probably say something really stupid to turn things around.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:51:50pm |
re: #388 Charleston Chew
Romney's touting his experience in business as proof he can manage the economy and balance the budget.
Meanwhile, the Romney campaign spent three times what it raised in January.
Didn't he lay a ton of people off? I'm not impressed with his business creds that he loves to rave about. And the Olympics? He had a ton of help from that government that he hates and whose employees he looks down on.
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aagcobb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:52:35pm |
re: #393 BongCrodny
Santorum will probably say something really stupid to turn things around.
The things that sound stupid to us may be energizing Frothy's voters. There are a lot of conservative Catholics in Ohio.
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erik_t Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:52:47pm |
re: #393 BongCrodny
Santorum will probably say something really stupid to turn things around.
Frothy Mix is currently overflowing in Ohio. Silver has him at about 80% win odds.
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:53:25pm |
re: #389 ausador
I'm going to marketing some digital self-help recordings to help people with this angst. They will be very soothing while also telling people that it is utterly pointless to oppose the current political system. I already got a major grant from Koch industries to help with my production costs.
(Excerpt: "Face it, your life sucks, but so does everyone elses. Your unhappiness comes from the belief that you can do more with your life, that you can make a difference. You can't. The sooner you acknowledge that in the grand scheme of things your existence is ultimately meaningless the better off you will be. Except mediocrity, except pointlessness, for these are your true birthrights.")
///To get more you can sign up for my tape series through paypal for 27 easy payments of $29.95...(Note: This series of tapes is not 'officially'
sponsored in any way by the Church of Scientology) ///
A little background research for ya:
"You are a fluke of the universe; you have no right to be here."
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Targetpractice Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:54:13pm |
re: #385 Youcan'ttouchthis
He better get some rest, because he only has one week to turn Ohio around.
Why worry, after tonight, it'll happen naturally. Santorum's already peaked in the polls, so it's downhill for him from here. Tonight was his chance to seal the deal and he failed.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:54:14pm |
re: #395 Youcan'ttouchthis
The things that sound stupid to us may be energizing Frothy's voters. There are a lot of conservative Catholics in Ohio.
Stupid people vote too!
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aagcobb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:54:50pm |
re: #396 erik_t
Frothy Mix is currently overflowing in Ohio. Silver has him at about 80% win odds.
Romney needs to win Ohio, because he is losing badly everywhere else on Super Tuesday, except in Virginia, and that's only because Newt and Frothy aren't on the ballot there.
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freetoken Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:55:12pm |
Newtie has probably received just enough votes to allow his ego to keep him in the race. Should he win Georgia (?) I wonder if he'll ride out the race till the very end. Certainly he'll get more TV time by being a candidate.
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aagcobb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:55:52pm |
re: #401 freetoken
Newtie has probably received just enough votes to allow his ego to keep him in the race. Should he win Georgia (?) I wonder if he'll ride out the race till the very end. Certainly he'll get more TV time by being a candidate.
He will win Georgia.
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Targetpractice Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:55:56pm |
re: #401 freetoken
Newtie has probably received just enough votes to allow his ego to keep him in the race. Should he win Georgia (?) I wonder if he'll ride out the race till the very end. Certainly he'll get more TV time by being a candidate.
He's promised to see things to the convention, so I don't think he'll drop out. But tonight's results show that he's no longer a factor in anything other than stealing votes from Santorum.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:56:34pm |
re: #400 Youcan'ttouchthis
Romney needs to win Ohio, because he is losing badly everywhere else on Super Tuesday, except in Virginia, and that's only because Newt and Frothy aren't on the ballot there.
It's too bad Newt and Frothy aren't on the ballot here. Romney would probably do best here in Northern Va but in the more rural parts, that could be prime for Frothy or Newty.
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aagcobb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:57:46pm |
re: #398 Targetpractice
Why worry, after tonight, it'll happen naturally. Santorum's already peaked in the polls, so it's downhill for him from here. Tonight was his chance to seal the deal and he failed.
He lost in Romney's home state by a very narrow margin. I made the mistake of thinking Romney had it wrapped up after Florida. Ohio is tailor-made for Santorum: Catholic and right next to Pa.
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Robert O. Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:57:53pm |
I have a distinct feeling that Santorum would have won Michigan if he had only kept his mouth shut for the last 10 days and did not do any campaigning....
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Decatur Deb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:58:23pm |
re: #403 Targetpractice
He's promised to see things to the convention, so I don't think he'll drop out. But tonight's results show that he's no longer a factor in anything other than stealing votes from Santorum.
Half his his votes added to Santorum would have fixed it. Anybody But Romney crowd is unhappy.
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Four More Tears Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:58:32pm |
re: #403 Targetpractice
He's promised to see things to the convention, so I don't think he'll drop out. But tonight's results show that he's no longer a factor in anything other than stealing votes from Santorum.
As long as the Adelson checks keep flowing in.
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freetoken Tue, Feb 28, 2012 7:59:27pm |
re: #403 Targetpractice
... But tonight's results show that he's no longer a factor in anything other than stealing votes from Santorum.
Ah, but who is stealing votes from whom? Newt could argue that he was FIRST!
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freetoken Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:00:54pm |
re: #407 Decatur Deb
I still expect Romney to win the nomination, but he'll go into the convention being the "40%" candidate - a guy for whom the majority of the primary and caucus votes did not vote.
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JamesWI Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:01:10pm |
re: #405 Youcan'ttouchthis
He lost in Romney's home state by a very narrow margin. I made the mistake of thinking Romney had it wrapped up after Florida. Ohio is tailor-made for Santorum: Catholic and right next to Pa.
I don't know if proximity to Pennsylvania can be considered a plus for Frothy, considering his home state tossed him out of the Senate by a record margin.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:04:07pm |
re: #411 JamesWI
I don't know if proximity to Pennsylvania can be considered a plus for Frothy, considering his home state tossed him out of the Senate by a record margin.
This is true. Though I do think Santorum's style fits Ohio better than Romney's.
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Targetpractice Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:04:31pm |
re: #405 Youcan'ttouchthis
He lost in Romney's home state by a very narrow margin. I made the mistake of thinking Romney had it wrapped up after Florida. Ohio is tailor-made for Santorum: Catholic and right next to Pa.
Good point, he should have been able to put Santorum away with a double-digit win on his home turf and instead couldn't do better than 41% of the vote. He'll walk away patting himself on the back for his win, but if he's really looking at the sort of long odds suggested for Super Tuesday, then we might see this thing go to the convention.
I really do think that's the GOP's worst nightmare, getting the convention with no one candidate holding enough delegates to win outright.
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:05:07pm |
Polls show Santorum crushing Romney in Tennessee and Oklahoma and ahead in Ohio; Romney's substantially ahead in Massachusetts. Romney's far behind Gingrich in Georgia.
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blueraven Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:05:13pm |
re: #405 Youcan'ttouchthis
He lost in Romney's home state by a very narrow margin. I made the mistake of thinking Romney had it wrapped up after Florida. Ohio is tailor-made for Santorum: Catholic and right next to Pa.
Meh, Santorum lost the Catholic vote in Michigan. Maybe they didn't like his Kennedy remarks. Or maybe he doesn't speak for most Catholics.
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erik_t Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:05:26pm |
re: #410 freetoken
I still expect Romney to win the nomination, but he'll go into the convention being the "40%" candidate - a guy for whom the majority of the primary and caucus votes did not vote.
Brokered candidate, 2012 style.
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Stanghazi Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:06:42pm |
re: #414 BongCrodny
Polls show Santorum crushing Romney in Tennessee and Oklahoma and ahead in Ohio; Romney's substantially ahead in Massachusetts. Romney's far behind Gingrich in Georgia.
This week. They are so fucked up. It's going to all change.
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Targetpractice Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:07:05pm |
re: #416 erik_t
Brokered candidate, 2012 style.
It's been pointed out here before that there's been no modern brokered convention, as usually by the time things get to the convention, the nomination has been sewn up by one candidate or another for months. So we could be seeing history this fall, of a very painful variety for the GOP.
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Stanghazi Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:07:47pm |
re: #418 Targetpractice
It's been pointed out here before that there's been no modern brokered convention, as usually by the time things get to the convention, the nomination has been sewn up by one candidate or another for months. So we could be seeing history this fall, of a very painful variety for the GOP.
Sister Sarah to the rescue!
| 420 |
HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:08:40pm |
re: #415 blueraven
Meh, Santorum lost the Catholic vote in Michigan. Maybe they didn't like his Kennedy remarks. Or maybe he doesn't speak for most Catholics.
He talks more like a hardcore evangelical than most Catholics I know. Plus he sounds more like Ayn Rand than Jesus Christ on the poor and less fortunate. The college comment probably didn't go over too well with many.
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Targetpractice Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:11:33pm |
re: #419 College is GOOD you asshat.
Sister Sarah to the rescue!
To quote a far wiser man than I:
I'm telling you, Jesus and I are not good enough friends for Him to bless me with a brokered Republican convention, much less one pitting The Smart One against Princess Dumbass of the Northwoods.
Imagine. A weeklong brawl between an effort to rehabilitate the Bush family brand and the ongoing project aimed at turning a marginally literate grifter into a political titan. The almost limtless vista of sheer public mendacity that a hooley like that would produce would be awesome to behold.
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:11:54pm |
re: #392 Flaming Dumpster
Do you have a 30day demo available?
Sorry but 30 days would only take you through the first series of lectures and probably would not lead to the desired outcome.
The starter tapes are just for tearing down the old you by showing you the complete pointlessness of your life to you. Later in the series the tapes are meant to help to rebuild a new, more complacent, easier led, and overall more Republican you. Which of course is truly the ultimate aim of this inspirational series to make you a happy and mindless Republican voter who is willing...no..eager to vote against his own best interests.
Due to these reasons I'm afraid that I cannot offer a trail period, you simply need to buy the whole series.
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erik_t Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:12:21pm |
re: #418 Targetpractice
It's been pointed out here before that there's been no modern brokered convention, as usually by the time things get to the convention, the nomination has been sewn up by one candidate or another for months. So we could be seeing history this fall, of a very painful variety for the GOP.
I don't have enough vacation, popcorn or ethanol for such an eventuality.
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aagcobb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:13:05pm |
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JAFO Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:14:00pm |
Free Republic must be beside themselves about now.
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Targetpractice Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:14:27pm |
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Amory Blaine Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:15:19pm |
| 428 |
Amory Blaine Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:15:53pm |
re: #375 Charleston Chew
Romney just said "we deserve" oil from Canada. He always finds an odd way of saying things.
He sounds entitled.
| 429 |
watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:16:57pm |
Anything more than pure speculation on whom Romney might name as his VP choice yet?
| 430 |
jamesfirecat Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:17:14pm |
Daily Show is ANHILLILATING Grover Norquest...
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:17:52pm |
re: #430 jamesfirecat
Daily Show is ANHILLILATING Grover Norquest...
Good, the fucker definitely deserves it.
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aagcobb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:18:05pm |
re: #429 ausador
Anything more than pure speculation on whom Romney might name as his VP choice yet?
Its too early for more than rank speculation.
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BongCrodny Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:18:14pm |
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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:18:27pm |
re: #430 jamesfirecat
Daily Show is ANHILLILATING Grover Norquest...
Couldn't happen to a nicer jerk.
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aagcobb Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:18:55pm |
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palomino Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:21:19pm |
re: #406 Robert O.
I have a distinct feeling that Santorum would have won Michigan if he had only kept his mouth shut for the last 10 days and did not do any campaigning...
Santorum also would have won if Newt had dropped out a couple of weeks back, when it became pretty clear that the not-Romney vote was going heavily toward Santorum, who, if nothing else, has way less personal baggage than Newt.
Newt's ego is way too big, I get it. But, as someone else here just said, Romney is currently limping toward the nod with barely 40% of the national vote. If Newt were out, Santorum would be getting his vote (10-15%) probably 2 to 1, if not more over Romney. Winning his home state will be nice for Newt, but it really doesn't create anything like a realistic path to the nomination for him.
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Lidane Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:22:31pm |
re: #427 Amory Blaine
NBC has projected that Mitt Romney has garnered the most votes in Michigan's Republican primary.
The Freepers are overjoyed:
I’m not voting for another RINO shoved down our throats by RINOs.
---Well, the anti-Santorum rhetoric worked it’s magic.
Congrats to those who slammed Santorum non-stop for the last few weeks.
Romney thanks you all very much.
I’m so sick and tired of being in the party that shoots itself in the foot over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over... to infinity.
---Santorum likes those democrat voters so much, I expect him to go Spector in the next couple of days.
---Yes, exactly. Santorum is way better than Romney. He may not be perfect, but he isn’t a RINO like Romney.
The problem is that Newt and Santorum are still splitting up the anti-Willard vote.
Now, still, Romney is head and shoulders above Obama. We can NOT afford 4 more years of Obama.
---If Romney gets the nomination, I’m voting constitution party or the best 3rd party candidate I can find.
---I must be old school because I believe the Bible is the word of God and our founding fathers believed that too when they drafted our Constitution. Today is further proof that I am in the minority in believing that.
---I won’t be falling for it this time....the GOP is dead to me now.
---I'm assuming that the early voters tipped the scale.
Another reason to oppose all the voting gimmicks like early voting, mass absentee voting, motor voting, and same day registration that the libs and RINOS love so dearly.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:25:59pm |
re: #8 Youcan'ttouchthis
I know global warming is bad, but experiencing a glorious spring day in February today just made me happy. We'll pay for it in August.
It's freezing cold out here in Oregon. We had the first dissection today, so I had a space heater out there, but we really needed the garage door open for light and air (formaldehyde, ugh), but some of the kids had failed to listen to me last week about "dress warmly."
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:31:25pm |
Dear Mormon Church: Shit like this makes you look like a bunch of sick cultists, stop doing it
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Targetpractice Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:32:59pm |
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:34:08pm |
I'm assuming that the early voters tipped the scale.
Another reason to oppose all the voting gimmicks like early voting, mass absentee voting, motor voting, and same day registration that the libs and RINOS love so dearly.
Real World Translation: Wahhhh! The vote didn't go to who I wanted so I'm going to blame the outcome on "voting gimmicks" instead of just accepting that the majority did not in fact vote for the candidate I favored.
Note: (after the 2012 presidential election you will be hearing this from every side +9000)
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CarleeCork Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:35:17pm |
re: #352 BongCrodny
Ann Romney looks pretty damn good for 62.
Money and good plastic surgeons don't hurt.
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Four More Tears Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:35:40pm |
re: #439 windupbird is in the gravity well
Dear Mormon Church: Shit like this makes you look like a bunch of sick cultists, stop doing it
If they really cared, people who did these things would be disfellowshipped.
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Mich-again Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:36:34pm |
Maybe Mitt can make a deal with Canada.. We'll give you Alaska if you give us free oil forever.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:39:06pm |
re: #443 The Right Height
If they really cared, people who did these would be disfellowshipped.
You know what disfellowshipped is! Not many people do.
Blocking their access to the necessary computer databases is first. It sounds like that's what they're going to try, with the harsher punishment coming second.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:40:56pm |
re: #439 windupbird is in the gravity well
The kind of people who do this are the kind of people who live in a Mormon bubble and don't get that it's offensive. It's not offensive to the people they know, so they don't see why it would be offensive to anyone.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:41:13pm |
re: #445 To hold my temper, most of the time.
fixed
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:42:42pm |
re: #443 The Right Height
If they really cared, people who did these things would be disfellowshipped.
Exactly
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:44:55pm |
re: #444 Mich-again
Maybe Mitt can make a deal with Canada.. We'll give you Alaska if you give us free oil forever.
I don't think the Alaskans are going to go for that, I lived there from 89 to 06 and I can categorically say that they have no interest in becoming part of Canada. There is a sizable portion of the population that wants to secede from the United States and form their own country though, and they probably could given the oil wealth available to them if we didn't militarily contest their secession.
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Four More Tears Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:50:12pm |
re: #445 To hold my temper, most of the time.
I make it a point to know a lil bit about everything. :)
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jaunte Tue, Feb 28, 2012 8:52:01pm |
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jaunte Tue, Feb 28, 2012 9:00:24pm |
Jon Stewart: "Romney keeps sticking feet in the mouth that he hired so his own mouth doesn't get feet in it." http://bit.ly/wkfTR2
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Feb 28, 2012 9:03:21pm |
Why does drudge have a picture of Obama drinking water with the story about the primaries?
Look! Obama drinks water! While wearing a tux! This proves he's...not...um...a blood drinking vampire. No, wait. It proves that he sometimes wears tuxes. And needs to eat or drink while doing so.
This is obviously highly pertinent to the Republican primaries.
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Targetpractice Tue, Feb 28, 2012 9:06:56pm |
re: #453 To hold my temper, most of the time.
Why does drudge have a picture of Obama drinking water with the story about the primaries?
Look! Obama drinks water! While wearing a tux! This proves he's...not...um...a blood drinking vampire. No, wait. It proves that he sometimes wears tuxes. And needs to eat or drink while doing so.
This is obviously highly pertinent to the Republican primaries.
Damn good question. A more relevant picture might have been of Obama and his campaign team laughing their asses off.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Feb 28, 2012 9:10:09pm |
re: #454 Targetpractice
Damn good question. A more relevant picture might have been of Obama and his campaign team laughing their asses off.
Picture of a Republican candidate, picture of a Michigan voter, picture of an Arizona voter, picture of ANYTHING in Michigan...
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freetoken Tue, Feb 28, 2012 9:13:24pm |
Looking at the MI primary, 73% of the GOP primary voters were 45 y.o. and older. Hmmm... while it is consistent with the known phenomenon that older people are more likely to vote than younger, it does seem a bit over-weighted to the grey hair set.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, Feb 28, 2012 9:24:02pm |
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blueraven Tue, Feb 28, 2012 9:27:29pm |
One county made up the entire 30,000 vote difference in Michigan
Oakland county
Romney 74030 Votes
Santorum 42465 Votes
[Link: core.talkingpointsmemo.com...]
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Amory Blaine Tue, Feb 28, 2012 9:33:02pm |
re: #454 Targetpractice
Damn good question. A more relevant picture might have been of Obama and his campaign team laughing their asses off.
He is drinking wingnut tears.
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freetoken Tue, Feb 28, 2012 9:36:49pm |
re: #458 blueraven
Sounds like one of the better off Michigan counties:
As of the 2010 Census, there were 1,202,362 people, 471,115 households, and 315,175 families residing in the county. The population density as of the 2000 census was 1,369 people per square mile (528/km²). There were 492,006 housing units at an average density of 564 per square mile (218/km²). In 2000, the racial makeup of the county was 82.75% White, 10.11% Black or African American, 0.27% Native American, 4.14% Asian American, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.84% from other races, and 1.86% from two or more races. 2.43% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Regarding ancestry, 14.4% were German, 9.0% Irish, 8.5% English, 8.5% Polish, 5.7% Italian and 5.5% American, according to Census 2000. 87.4% spoke only English at home; 2.0% spoke Spanish, 1.3% Syriac (Neo Aramaic) and 1.0% Arabic.
[...]
The Jewish community of metropolitan Detroit, with a population of 72,000, is the 21st largest Jewish community in the nation. This community is concentrated in Oakland County, especially in West Bloomfield, Bloomfield Hills, Farmington Hills, Troy and Huntington Woods.[5]
There were 471,115 households, of which 32.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 54.20% were married couples living together, 9.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.10% were non-families. 27.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.09.
[...]
The county's population was spread out in terms of age, with 25.20% of people under the age of 18, 7.20% from 18 to 24, 32.40% from 25 to 44, 23.90% from 45 to 64, and 11.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.70 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $61,907, and the median income for a family was $75,540 (these figures had risen to $62,308 and $79,589 respectively as of a 2009 estimate[6]). Males had a median income of $55,833 versus $35,890 for females. The per capita income for the county was $32,534. About 3.80% of families and 5.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.50% of those under age 18 and 6.50% of those age 65 or over.
In 2009, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that non-Hispanic whites (including Arabs and Chaldeans) formed 76.8% of the population; African-Americans, 12.5%; Asian-Americans, 5.7%; and Hispanic or Latino people (of any race), 3.2%.
3.8% of the families below the poverty line is pretty small compared to other well populated surrounding areas.
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freetoken Tue, Feb 28, 2012 9:46:07pm |
Notice no one has put up a Page about this story yet:
Tomb image may be earliest Christian icon
Toying with the thought of doing one. That UPI entry doesn't touch on some of the stickier things about this story,
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blueraven Tue, Feb 28, 2012 9:48:27pm |
re: #460 freetoken
Sounds like one of the better off Michigan counties:
3.8% of the families below the poverty line is pretty small compared to other well populated surrounding areas.
Yes and Obama won big in Oakland county in 2008
Obama 56.42% 373,270
McCain 41.94% 277,480
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Tue, Feb 28, 2012 10:05:07pm |
re: #461 freetoken
Notice no one has put up a Page about this story yet:
Tomb image may be earliest Christian icon
Toying with the thought of doing one. That UPI entry doesn't touch on some of the stickier things about this story,
What are they?
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freetoken Tue, Feb 28, 2012 10:54:19pm |
re: #463 Sergey Romanov
What are they?
Well... if I ever un-lazy myself enough to write up the Page then y'all will know, but for now let's just say the people involve have "baggage".
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Tue, Feb 28, 2012 11:00:33pm |
re: #464 freetoken
Interesting. Will be glad to read.
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Mich-again Wed, Feb 29, 2012 7:54:23pm |
re: #449 ausador
There is a sizable portion of the population that wants to secede from the United States and form their own country though, and they probably could given the oil wealth available to them if we didn't militarily contest their secession.
Seeing as their State has been a drain on the US budget for as long as they've been a State, I seriously doubt they could make it on their own even with the oil revenue.
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