Mitt Romney Not Running

We won’t have Rafalca to kick around this time
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It’s official: Mitt Romney is bailing out, following the defection of one of his top advisers to Jeb Bush.

“You can’t imagine how hard it is for Ann and me to step aside, especially knowing of your support and the support of so many people across the country,” Romney said in his prepared remarks for the call. “But we believe it is for the best of the party and the nation.”

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201 comments
1 Targetpractice  Jan 30, 2015 9:02:53am

It’s pretty hilarious that the one guy who could have convincingly challenged Jeb is bowing out because Jeb has basically pulled the rug out from under him.

2 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 9:03:06am

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3 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 30, 2015 9:03:21am

YOU WON’T HAVE MITT TO KICK AROUND ANY MORE!!!!!111
(Spoken 6 years before he ran for President again AND WON)
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4 team_fukit  Jan 30, 2015 9:04:35am

5 Dr. Matt  Jan 30, 2015 9:05:22am
6 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 30, 2015 9:05:51am

Translation: I hope Jeb picks me for VP

7 Teukka  Jan 30, 2015 9:05:54am

re: #2 HappyWarrior

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Indeed.

Video

8 Decatur Deb  Jan 30, 2015 9:06:11am

Who’s getting the folders full of women?

9 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 9:06:38am

re: #8 Decatur Deb

Who’s getting the folders full of women?

Tagg and the other brothers will inherit them.

10 team_fukit  Jan 30, 2015 9:06:48am

re: #6 The Vicious Babushka

A lot of the more intellectual wingnuts I know think Rand will end up with the 2016 Repub pres nomination

11 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 30, 2015 9:08:08am

Mitt—so underappreciated, by the public, by his own party..

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12 b.d.  Jan 30, 2015 9:08:08am

This is great news for John McCain

13 Decatur Deb  Jan 30, 2015 9:09:05am

re: #10 team_fukit

A lot of the more intellectual wingnuts I know think Rand will end up with the 2016 nomination

Tell them to empty their 401k into his warchest. He’ll make them US Ambassador to Galt’s Gulch.

14 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 30, 2015 9:09:05am

re:
#8

Binders! Not folders. Binders!1

15 Targetpractice  Jan 30, 2015 9:09:55am

So, now basically the GOP primaries are a competition to see who will be the “Not-Jeb” nominee.

16 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 30, 2015 9:09:58am

re:
#12

This is great news for John McCain

It doesn’t take long to Win the Internet these days.

17 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 30, 2015 9:10:15am

re: #10 team_fukit

A lot of the more intellectual wingnuts I know think Rand will end up with the 2016 Repub pres nomination

Meh. Antiwar peacenik hippie.

18 Dr. Matt  Jan 30, 2015 9:10:30am
19 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 9:11:24am

My dark horse pick for the GOP nominee is Huckabee. He’s someone who I think will do very well with the Evangelical voters and has that certain “folksy everyman” that GOP primary voters will see in him that they won’t see in the establishment types like Bush and Christie but also even the TP faves like Paul and Cruz.

20 Mattand  Jan 30, 2015 9:11:29am
“You can’t imagine how hard it is for Ann and me to step aside,..”
Read more at littlegreenfootballs.com

Yeah, I can. If there’s one person who felt more than Mitt that he was entitled to be President, it’s his wife.

21 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 30, 2015 9:11:32am

re:
#15

CCJ has already vetted Cruz, so there’s that.

/

22 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 9:12:04am

re: #17 The Vicious Babushka

Meh. Antiwar peacenik hippie.

Yes, I think Paul will be exposed some as his stances on FP become known to the still quite hawkish GOP base. That will be why he will lose if he loses the nomination.

23 Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2015 9:13:07am
24 b.d.  Jan 30, 2015 9:13:51am

re: #15 Targetpractice

So, now basically the GOP primaries are a competition to see who will be the “Not-Jeb” nominee.

Jeb will be the Not-Jeb candidate if you want him to be.

25 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 30, 2015 9:14:04am
26 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 9:14:27am

re: #24 b.d.

Jeb will be the Not-Jeb candidate if you want him to be.

He did start moving to the right on immigration didn’t he? Guy knows where to butter his bread.

27 Targetpractice  Jan 30, 2015 9:14:33am

That didn’t take long:

28 Targetpractice  Jan 30, 2015 9:14:58am

re: #25 The Vicious Babushka

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29 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 30, 2015 9:15:45am

Donald Trump: Mitt Romney With Sugar On Top

30 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 9:16:23am

re: #29 The Vicious Babushka

Donald Trump: Mitt Romney With Sugar On Top

Trump is what happened if you poured scotch into the Romneybot.

31 team_fukit  Jan 30, 2015 9:17:15am

re: #19 HappyWarrior

Huckabee can win the charm offensive with the Klansters, but I don’t think the Repub establishment takes him seriously

32 Targetpractice  Jan 30, 2015 9:17:23am

Donald Trump knows how to make an empire…into a hollow, bankrupt shell of itself.

33 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 30, 2015 9:17:27am

re: #30 HappyWarrior

Trump is what happened if you poured scotch crystal meth into the Romneybot.

34 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 9:19:00am

re: #33 The Vicious Babushka

True alcohol is a depressant while meth is more of a stimulant.

35 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 30, 2015 9:19:06am
36 Dr. Matt  Jan 30, 2015 9:19:31am

Wow. Trump has even blocked me on Teh Twitter. I’m actually sort of honored about that.

37 ObserverArt  Jan 30, 2015 9:20:37am

Ahhh, now it is clear why he announced this on a Friday when the media is all tuned to The Super Bowl…the only thing happening this weekend.

Mitt slinks out the back door…

38 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 9:20:43am

re: #31 team_fukit

Huckabee can win the charm offensive with the Klansters, but I don’t think the Repub establishment takes him seriously

Oh he’s not without weaknesses and that is certainly one of them and I am not saying I would bet on him as the nominee but he would be my dark horse pick for the reasons I explained. I think after seeing how Santorum did, I think Huckabee could do even better since Evangelicals will trust him more than they did Santorum since he’s one of them.

39 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 30, 2015 9:21:16am

re:
#37

Don’t forget Ben Carson!!!!1

40 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 9:23:33am

re: #39 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

re:
#37

Don’t forget Ben Carson!!!!1

Carson’s gonna flop bigger than Herman Cain did is my prediction. The guy has no political seasoning at all.

41 lawhawk  Jan 30, 2015 9:23:35am

re: #25 The Vicious Babushka

42 Dr. Matt  Jan 30, 2015 9:24:36am

re: #40 HappyWarrior

Carson’s gonna flop bigger than Herman Cain did is my prediction. The guy has no political seasoning at all.

He’s Sarah Palin with a medical degree. He’s great at smearing the Left and the President, but that’s all he has.

43 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 9:24:52am

re: #41 lawhawk

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It really can’t be stated enough that Donald Trump is not only a bigoted jackass but he’s also a shitty businessman.

44 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 9:26:43am

re: #42 Dr. Matt

He’s Sarah Palin with a medical degree. He’s great at smearing the Left and the President, but that’s all he has.

Yep. Even GOP primary voters have higher expectations of their candidates than that and having never run for anything before is really going to hurt him because he won’t be ready at all for elected politics. Even Cain had ran for an office before running. Carson’s whole schitck as you say is that he smears the left and the president and says outrageous crap. He’s an empty suit.

45 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 30, 2015 9:26:58am

re: #42 Dr. Matt

He’s Sarah Palin with a medical degree. He’s great at smearing the Left and the President, but that’s all he has.

He can do brain surgery on conjoined twins.

He is an autistic savant who is totally brilliant in one highly specialized skill, but retarded in everything else.

46 ObserverArt  Jan 30, 2015 9:27:15am

re: #41 lawhawk

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Well, he is correct in a weird way.

Trump’s empire is owned by the big banks.

This country is about to be owned by the same big banks.

47 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 9:27:53am

re: #45 The Vicious Babushka

He can do brain surgery on conjoined twins.

He is an autistic savant who is totally brilliant in one highly specialized skill, but retarded in everything else.

What makes you think he’s autistic? Definitely think he’s savant like but I haven’t seen anything that suggests autism.

48 lawhawk  Jan 30, 2015 9:28:16am

re: #43 HappyWarrior

How many Americans can say that their name is on the side of casinos that went bankrupt. Four times (though he wasn’t in charge when the 4th is pending since he only was compensated for the use of his name/likeness).

49 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 30, 2015 9:29:20am

re: #39 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

re:
#37

Don’t forget Ben Carson!!!!1

Nine! Nein! 9!

50 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 9:29:38am

re: #48 lawhawk

How many Americans can say that their name is on the side of casinos that went bankrupt. Four times (though he wasn’t in charge when the 4th is pending since he only was compensated for the use of his name/likeness).

Reminds me of the Simpson gene episode. “And here’s your cousin Chet, what do you do.” “I run an unsuccessful shrimp company.” “But you run it right?”

51 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 30, 2015 9:31:48am

re: #47 HappyWarrior

What makes you think he’s autistic? Definitely think he’s savant like but I haven’t seen anything that suggests autism.

I was going to say “idiot savant” but realized “autistic savant” is the current terminology. But he is more of an idiot than on the autism spectrum.

52 wrenchwench  Jan 30, 2015 9:34:44am

re: #49 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Nine! Nein! 9!

53 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 9:35:03am

re: #51 The Vicious Babushka

I was going to say “idiot savant” but realized “autistic savant” is the current terminology. But he is more of an idiot than on the autism spectrum.

Yeah, it’s just being on the autistic spectrum myself, I don’t really see any traces of autism with him. I think he’s someone who yeah obviously is brilliant in neuroscience but a complete idiot elsewhere. I think an autistic savant would struggle with addressing crowds which he really hasn’t seemed to have a problem with.

54 Ace-o-aces  Jan 30, 2015 9:35:42am

Geocentricism. In 2015!

55 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 30, 2015 9:37:50am

re:
#54

Teach the debate.

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56 Varek Raith  Jan 30, 2015 9:37:59am

:(
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57 wrenchwench  Jan 30, 2015 9:41:51am
58 WhatEVs  Jan 30, 2015 9:46:02am

re: #20 Mattand

Yeah, I can. If there’s one person who felt more than Mitt that he was entitled to be President, it’s his wife.

I guess it’s still not their time. Poor Queen Ann.

59 Khal Wimpo  Jan 30, 2015 9:48:13am

After the article appeared in the NYT over the weekend, talking about Romney losing the “Murdoch primary” in favor of Jeb, it was really only a matter of time. The story was quickly followed up on, and the fixers, pollsters & big money men had a “come to Kolob” talk with Ann Romney, and that was pretty much that.

So who’s the winner? Well, as some have already noted, it’s Jeb. Rupert, he loves him some Jeb Bush. From the same NYT story:

The usually grim-faced media mogul practically swooned in his seat. Moments after Jeb Bush delivered what many in the audience described as an unremarkable talk at a conference in Washington, Rupert Murdoch turned to his seatmate, Valerie Jarrett, the White House adviser, to gush over its content and tone.

60 Eventual Carrion  Jan 30, 2015 9:49:30am

re: #25 The Vicious Babushka

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And bankrupt it in record time.

61 WhatEVs  Jan 30, 2015 9:50:16am

re: #41 lawhawk

62 Khal Wimpo  Jan 30, 2015 9:52:29am

It is increasingly becoming apparent that, at least on the GOP side, the voters are no longer in charge of who gets to be president. The billionaires pick who grovels to them the most, anoint them with hundreds of millions to buy negative commercials smearing their appointment, and they steamroll to victory.

Then, once in office, the bought-and-paid-for hack votes for tax loopholes that benefit said billionaires. Also: intricately woven webs of government subsidies and giveaways that funnel money from the middle class to the upper.

There’s an ugly truth about the American political system that is going to have to be reckoned with, if we are to avoid total Russia/Venezuela/Zimbabwe-style kleptocracy.

63 nines09  Jan 30, 2015 9:53:52am

So Mitt quits? just when he was starting to care? Oh the humanity.

64 nines09  Jan 30, 2015 9:56:12am

re: #25 The Vicious Babushka

That picture is wrong.His head is so much bigger than that.

65 lawhawk  Jan 30, 2015 9:56:45am

Deep. Insightful. Grounded in…. well… something. Sounds like a perfect match for CCJ.

66 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 30, 2015 9:58:22am

bwahahahaa….

67 rhuarc  Jan 30, 2015 9:58:52am

Just briefly checked the comments on FB from the Mitt Romeny announcement on his page and quickly bailed as I knew it was a bad idea. One of the comments was from some old lady that said he should reconsider because they needed to keep Hillary out of the White House because she would make a bigger mess than Obama has made. Did I miss something because I’m not aware of any real mess he’s made?

With such lunacy as espoused by this clearly ignorant woman, how does this country move forward? 30%-40% of the nation is completely unhinged to the point of it being impossible to have any constructive dialogue with them. I’ve said before elsewhere this country won’t move forward until the baby boomers die off. They are the problem right now.

68 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 30, 2015 10:00:01am

re: #63 nines09

So Mitt quits? just when he was starting to care? Oh the humanity.

Maybe he quit because he cares.
O_o

Romneybot got an empathy circuit?
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69 b.d.  Jan 30, 2015 10:00:32am

re: #65 lawhawk

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Deep. Insightful. Grounded in…. well… something. Sounds like a perfect match for CCJ.

Because announcing that you are not going to run thus releasing all of your donors and potential staff to pursue other candidates is a sure fire winning move.

70 b.d.  Jan 30, 2015 10:01:28am

re: #66 Backwoods_Sleuth

bwahahahaa….

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Birther Chuck forgets that Cruz was born in Canada?

71 lawhawk  Jan 30, 2015 10:02:57am

re: #66 Backwoods_Sleuth

Or that Cruz isn’t going to hold up under sustained scrutiny or the Jeb Bush machine. Which is far more likely. Cruz wont be able to get out of his own way (let alone that of his dad, who’s a walking advertisement for racist/misogynistic/nutbar reactionary thinking)

72 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 30, 2015 10:03:26am

re: #40 HappyWarrior

Carson’s gonna flop bigger than Herman Cain did is my prediction. The guy has no political seasoning at all.

Don’t worry, they will appoint him surgeon general or something.

73 Great White Snark  Jan 30, 2015 10:04:15am

Bush V Clinton!
/// Gag

74 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 30, 2015 10:04:15am

re: #57 wrenchwench

Mitt Romney finds something he can’t buy.

A dinosaur?

75 nines09  Jan 30, 2015 10:04:20am

re: #68 Feline Fearless Leader

Maybe he quit because he cares.
O_o

Romneybot got an empathy circuit?
//

Maybe his Master Puppeteer got arthritis. Lots of strings to manipulate and pull. Hide from the light, etc.

76 lawhawk  Jan 30, 2015 10:04:47am
77 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jan 30, 2015 10:05:33am

re: #73 Rightwingconspirator

Bush V Clinton!
/// Gag

If Hillary runs, I will probably vote for her, as I cannot imagine the GOP will nominate anyone I could vote for in a million years, but things will get so ugly that I will have to abandon my favorite pastime, namely following politics and blogging…

78 sffilk  Jan 30, 2015 10:06:22am

Good.

79 Mike Lamb  Jan 30, 2015 10:08:18am

re: #77 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

If [insert any Democrat] runs, I will probably vote for [him/her], as I cannot imagine the GOP will nominate anyone I could vote for in a million years, but things will get so ugly that I will have to abandon my favorite pastime, namely following politics and blogging…

Let’s not pretend that there is a Democratic candidate that will be met with anything other than ugliness to nth power.

80 Rocky-in-Connecticut  Jan 30, 2015 10:08:49am

re: #25 The Vicious Babushka

Trump certainly knows how to Bankrupt an empire. He’s done it several times now.

81 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 30, 2015 10:09:47am

re: #79 Mike Lamb

Let’s not pretend that there is a Democratic candidate that will be met with anything other than ugliness to nth power.

Tammy Duckworth

No wait, didn’t Joe Walsh actually call this war hero a “coward”?

82 Shiplord Kirel  Jan 30, 2015 10:11:23am

Incredible but true: The GOP has not won the White House since 1928 (Hoover/Curtis) without either Nixon or a Bush on the ticket.

83 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 30, 2015 10:12:01am

re: #73 Rightwingconspirator

Bush V Clinton

Talk about phoning it in. By around 2032 candidates will probably run for the office of BushClinton of the United States of America.

84 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 30, 2015 10:12:04am
85 Ace-o-aces  Jan 30, 2015 10:12:06am
86 Kragar  Jan 30, 2015 10:12:16am
87 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 30, 2015 10:12:49am

re: #85 Ace-o-aces

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Yep. Donald Trump has perfected “The Producers” business model.

88 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 30, 2015 10:16:25am

re:
#66

CCJ has a “man” in the Romney camp./

89 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 30, 2015 10:21:09am

Don’t forget Scott Walker!!!!!!!1

90 b.d.  Jan 30, 2015 10:22:12am

re: #89 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Don’t forget Scott Walker!!!!!!!1

Just don’t say recall him.

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91 Shiplord Kirel  Jan 30, 2015 10:23:16am

re: #86 Kragar

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I challenge these superstitious bigots to start acting like Americans.

92 Kragar  Jan 30, 2015 10:24:00am
93 Sionainn  Jan 30, 2015 10:24:54am

re: #86 Kragar

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I just looked at her FB. She’s really crazy.

94 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 30, 2015 10:25:22am

re:
#86

“They came into our churches and held a call of prayer at the Washington National Cathedral - that was a statement that they made,” said Christine Weick, who disrupted the event in November and then a Muslim rally this week in Texas.

“But I would like to know, can Franklin Graham go into one of their big mosques - maybe the biggest one in our country - and let’s have a service there?” Weick said. “Let’s bring in our Bibles, let’s bring in our liturgy, let’s bring in the hymnals, let’s put up crucifixes where we acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord, and let’s go into their mosque and do that. I guarantee you that will never happen because they scream tolerance of everything, and yet they’re not tolerant of us - at all.”

Oh, this person. Another underemployed wingnut.

You know what I see everywere in America? Muslim mosques. On every corner. And in between corners. They’re everywhere. Christian churches, meanwhile, have all been banned. No more left. Oppression. Christians have all gone underground. //

95 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 30, 2015 10:28:47am

re:
#86

They came into our churches and held a call of prayer at the Washington National Cathedral

Yeah, I’m pretty sure “they” were invited. They didn’t just come and invade. The only people who invaded the Cathedral was this wingnut. And why does this wingnut care about the National Cathedral anyway? It’s inhabited by….wait for it…Episcopalians! They’re not “real” Christians. ///

96 Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2015 10:30:18am
97 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 30, 2015 10:32:22am

re: #48 lawhawk

How many Americans can say that their name is on the side of casinos that went bankrupt. Four times (though he wasn’t in charge when the 4th is pending since he only was compensated for the use of his name/likeness).

The House always wins, unless Donald Trump owns it.

98 thedopefishlives  Jan 30, 2015 10:32:31am

re: #96 Charles Johnson

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Either that, or completely made-up bullshit.

99 Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2015 10:32:45am
100 Sionainn  Jan 30, 2015 10:34:51am

re: #95 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

re:
#86

Yeah, I’m pretty sure “they” were invited. They didn’t just come and invade. The only people who invaded the Cathedral was this wingnut. And why does this wingnut care about the National Cathedral anyway? It’s inhabited by….wait for it…Episcopalians! They’re not “real” Christians. ///

She thinks the Pope is an imposter, too. She’s of the “end times” type of Christianity.

101 Ace-o-aces  Jan 30, 2015 10:36:39am

re: #96 Charles Johnson

102 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 30, 2015 10:37:08am

re: #53 HappyWarrior

Yeah, it’s just being on the autistic spectrum myself, I don’t really see any traces of autism with him. I think he’s someone who yeah obviously is brilliant in neuroscience but a complete idiot elsewhere. I think an autistic savant would struggle with addressing crowds which he really hasn’t seemed to have a problem with.

Carson seems to me to be a highly skilled mechanic. This is not to disparage mechanics, since I tend to think of myself that way. But skill, even brilliance in one field does not mean he has any understanding at all of any OTHER field. Indeed, it can lead to arrogant ignorance - believing that anyone as smart as you must be right. According to my brother the gas passer Anesthetist, who works with a lot of them, surgeons are prone to enormous egos. Thinking being a good brain surgeon makes you a good candidate for President is right in line with that arrogance.

103 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 30, 2015 10:37:46am

re: #76 lawhawk

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Brevity is the soul of wit Mitt.

104 Jayleia  Jan 30, 2015 10:37:55am

Dammit…forgot how the twitter embedding works…

105 De Kolta Chair  Jan 30, 2015 10:39:06am
106 Ace-o-aces  Jan 30, 2015 10:39:14am

Well now I’ll have to watch…maybe in slow motion.

107 Ace-o-aces  Jan 30, 2015 10:42:57am
108 Great White Snark  Jan 30, 2015 10:43:27am

Is Jeb Bush Too Liberal To Win The Republican Nomination In 2016?

From December -538 Blog

109 Tigger2  Jan 30, 2015 10:44:32am

re: #25 The Vicious Babushka

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Says the Bankruptcy King.

110 wrenchwench  Jan 30, 2015 10:44:55am

re: #104 Jayleia

Link

Dammit…forgot how the twitter embedding works…

Paste the time signature on its own line…

111 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 30, 2015 10:44:58am

re: #107 Ace-o-aces

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Unless he revealed that he’d mistreated pigs.

112 lawhawk  Jan 30, 2015 10:47:35am

re: #99 Charles Johnson

Hottest First Lady in 2016? Still Michelle Obama? Or maybe Laura Bush? Because whoever wins in November 2016 is only First Lady elect until January 2017. /pedant

Seriously, this is the deep penetrating intelligence of the right wing? Who’s running for the WH with the hottest spouse? Not surprised that he’s going this route but this is newsy? Is he planning on optioning a story to pornhub to raise funds to doxx others now? Inquiring minds… we’re just asking the questions here.

And he has thousand of followers who nod in approval with this craziness?

113 Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 30, 2015 10:48:32am

re: #106 Ace-o-aces

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Well now I’ll have to watch…maybe in slow motion.

“Complete maximum evil”? Shaking her boobies and butt on national television while singing a vapid pop song DEFINITELY trumps the brutally efficient slaughter of millions of Jews, Roma, Gays, and Communists in the Holocaust.

“I’ll retire to Bedlam.”

114 De Kolta Chair  Jan 30, 2015 10:48:50am

re: #108 Rightwingconspirator

Is Jeb Bush Too Liberal To Win The Republican Nomination In 2016?

115 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 30, 2015 10:49:22am

re: #99 Charles Johnson

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if she’s not Asian, she can’t be hot…

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116 lawhawk  Jan 30, 2015 10:50:05am

re: #106 Ace-o-aces

I’d direct your attention here then:
giphy.com

117 lawhawk  Jan 30, 2015 10:50:37am

re: #113 Blind Frog Belly White

Arkham. Better class of crazy.

118 Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2015 10:56:37am
119 Kragar  Jan 30, 2015 10:57:56am
120 klystron  Jan 30, 2015 10:59:10am

Maybe tonight I will get a solid 8 hours of sleep without random phone calls waking me up (this one was at 6:30!).

But at least I got to wake up to the good news of no more Romney, and I was able to Skype with the husband who had retrieved his bag from Heathrow and is now talking about coming home Sunday as planned. Sinuses appear improved, and the lower back is sore from the lumbar puncture but improving.

Which means now I really need to deal with the mess today.

121 A Cranky One  Jan 30, 2015 11:01:12am

re: #120 klystron

Maybe tonight I will get a solid 8 hours of sleep without random phone calls waking me up (this one was at 6:30!).

But at least I got to wake up to the good news of no more Romney, and I was able to Skype with the husband who had retrieved his back from Heathrow and is now talking about coming home Sunday as planned. Sinuses appear improved, and the lower back is sore from the lumbar puncture but improving.

Which means now I really need to deal with the mess today.

Good news about the husband. Nice to hear.

As far as the mess goes, just bag it up. Isn’t that why you were saving the bag collection? ;)

122 klystron  Jan 30, 2015 11:02:03am

re: #121 A Cranky One

Good news about the husband. Nice to hear.

As far as the mess goes, just bag it up. Isn’t that why you were saving the bag collection? ;)

I am seeing a trip to Ikea in my future today. It is time to replace my $20 bookshelf with a slightly more expensive one.

123 De Kolta Chair  Jan 30, 2015 11:03:04am
124 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 11:05:14am

re: #99 Charles Johnson

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125 Kragar  Jan 30, 2015 11:05:50am
126 TedStriker  Jan 30, 2015 11:05:54am

re: #122 klystron

I am seeing a trip to Ikea in my future today. It is time to replace my $20 bookshelf with a slightly more expensive one.

One that cost $25?

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127 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 11:06:41am

re: #125 Kragar

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I’ll take Presidentis in dystopias for 400, Alex.

128 Targetpractice  Jan 30, 2015 11:07:31am

re: #119 Kragar

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Neither am I. Seriously, why would the union have reason to fear civilian oversight? Surely if everything the police do is on the up-and-up, then this board is simply an formality. And doesn’t the union want the “bad apples” found and given their walking papers?

129 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 11:08:15am

re: #128 Targetpractice

Neither am I. Seriously, why would the union have reason to fear civilian oversight? Surely if everything the police do is on the up-and-up, then this board is simply an formality. And doesn’t the union want the “bad apples” found and given their walking papers?

Roorda just showing again why he’s pondscum.

130 klystron  Jan 30, 2015 11:08:43am

re: #126 TedStriker

One that cost $25?

///

This seems the likely candidate: fits in the space, can do liquor and dishes on top, storage and wine below, not too expensive since this is the surprise kitchen cleanup and rearrangement for him.

Probably the only thing I planned to do while he was out of town that will get completed, but like he pointed out, he didn’t exactly accomplish what he went over to the UK for either.

131 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 30, 2015 11:10:05am

re: #123 De Kolta Chair

Possibly talking about his Hot Asian Wife(tm)??

132 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 11:11:17am

re: #131 Eclectic Cyborg

Possibly talking about his Hot Asian Wife(tm)??

That’s my guess. Guy is just freaky though. So he could be using it to smear someone for all I know.

133 Kragar  Jan 30, 2015 11:13:02am

During her speech Palin mocked Clinton while holding up the magnet and saying “I’m ready for Hillary, are you? Are you coming? Hey Iowa, can anyone stop Hillary? To borrow a phrase, ‘Yes we can!’ And it starts here and it starts now.”

In a press release, the group stated, “Sarah Palin inadvertently gave herself a new title — Co-Chair of Ready for Hillary’s National Finance Council! Yesterday, we sent an email to our supporters telling you how Sarah Palin held up a Ready for Hillary car magnet during a recent speech. The response we got was overwhelming — hundreds of supporters stepped up and Sarah ended up raising Ready for Hillary over $25,000 in grassroots donations.”

They added, “Here’s the kicker — by raising $25,000, Sarah officially qualifies as a Co-Chair of our National Finance Council.”

134 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 11:15:19am

re: #133 Kragar

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S-m-r-t.

135 GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 30, 2015 11:16:01am

re: #29 The Vicious Babushka

Mitt Romney with cotton candy on top, you mean.

136 GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 30, 2015 11:17:07am

re: #118 Charles Johnson

Its missing a GotNews watermark.

137 A Cranky One  Jan 30, 2015 11:17:19am

re: #130 klystron

Looks heavy. Maybe the service that delivered the harp can deliver this too?

/runs for an exit

138 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 11:19:43am

re: #135 GlutenFreeJesus

Mitt Romney with cotton candy on top, you mean.

That’s not cotton candy in his hair.

139 Shiplord Kirel  Jan 30, 2015 11:20:25am

re: #86 Kragar

After shouting down Texas Muslims, activist dares Franklin Graham to take over a mosque

Freepers are on the case.

Effusive praise for the obnoxious crazy peron

Good for her!

Brave woman.

Amen. You go girl…..

Several WTF moments:

If you wanted to scare the religious scholar crowd….just put up a law that says a religious member is free to quit any religion, and that religion is liable for threats (fines into the millions) to harm that individual. You might be surprised how many Muslims would just quit and walk away.

And a supreme moment of self-revelation, in the form of a response to this picture:

Get your stinking paws off me…You Damn dirty ape! (posted by BigCinBigD)

140 darthstar  Jan 30, 2015 11:22:34am

Well, that didn’t last long.

141 Targetpractice  Jan 30, 2015 11:23:04am

GOP alternative: “Don’t get sick. And if you do get sick, die quickly.”

142 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 11:23:15am

re: #139 Shiplord Kirel

Freepers are on the case.

Effusive praise for the obnoxious crazy peron

Several WTF moments:

And a supreme moment of self-revelation, in the form of a response to this picture:

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Their philosophy in a nutshell. Religious liberty for me but not for thee.

143 De Kolta Chair  Jan 30, 2015 11:23:53am
144 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 11:23:58am

re: #141 Targetpractice

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GOP alternative: “Don’t get sick. And if you do get sick, die quickly.”

This isn’t beating a dead horse. This is beating a decomposed horse who’s been buried.

145 GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 30, 2015 11:24:24am

re: #141 Targetpractice

…

146 Kragar  Jan 30, 2015 11:24:52am

Chuck’s track record remains the same: wrong again

147 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 11:25:01am

re: #143 De Kolta Chair

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You know, he seemed like a nice enough guy but how sad is it that Huntsman is what passes for a GOP moderate in the 21st century. For all his likability, Huntsman is still anti-choice, still would gut the EPA, and yet he wasn’t right wing enough.

148 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 30, 2015 11:26:02am

re: #146 Kragar

Chuck’s track record remains the same: wrong again

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because it mutated, you hater!!11!!

149 b.d.  Jan 30, 2015 11:27:57am

re: #148 Backwoods_Sleuth

because it mutated, you hater!!11!!

it’s mutated beyond all tests, only I can diagnose

150 lawhawk  Jan 30, 2015 11:28:01am

A nice change of pace:

That’s a guy climbing up Niagara Falls, which had frozen over.

Pretty impressive task, though not as impressive as going over the falls, and surviving. /extra points for doing so without any flotation device of any kind (only one person ever has managed that - and that was a boating accident).

151 darthstar  Jan 30, 2015 11:28:45am
152 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 30, 2015 11:30:21am

Ebola? What’s that? Is that when everybody was gonna die and then didn’t?

153 Great White Snark  Jan 30, 2015 11:32:46am

George Zimmerman Assault Case Dropped After Ex-Girlfriend Recants Story

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say they are dropping their aggravated assault case against George Zimmerman after his ex-girlfriend stopped cooperating with authorities.

I wonder what is up with that? Don’t think an ex is gonna flip to help George. Weird.

154 Kragar  Jan 30, 2015 11:32:52am

re: #150 lawhawk

A nice change of pace:

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That’s a guy climbing up Niagara Falls, which had frozen over.

Pretty impressive task, though not as impressive as going over the falls, and surviving. /extra points for doing so without any flotation device of any kind (only one person ever has managed that - and that was a boating accident).

…

155 HappyWarrior  Jan 30, 2015 11:36:52am

re: #153 Rightwingconspirator

George Zimmerman Assault Case Dropped After Ex-Girlfriend Recants Story

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say they are dropping their aggravated assault case against George Zimmerman after his ex-girlfriend stopped cooperating with authorities.

I wonder what is up with that? Don’t think an ex is gonna flip to help George. Weird.

Wouldn’t be the first or last time an abused SO recanted.

156 lawhawk  Jan 30, 2015 11:38:20am

re: #152 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Ebola? What’s that? Is that when everybody was gonna die and then didn’t?

No thanks to the GOP who wanted to cut funding for CDC and US efforts overseas, who wanted to treat those coming back from West Africa like prisoners with mandatory isolation without any sign of symptoms, even though self reporting turned out to be quite accurate and safe (not to mention cheaper). GOP (and a few Democrats) managed to grandstand on the issue, including Christie and Cuomo - both of whom have an authoritarian streak that is dangerous (see Cuomo unilaterally shutting down the subways even though most subway lines are underground and therefore not exposed to potential blizzard conditions in the non-blizzard, which still dumped a foot of snow).

CCJ, Hoft and others were convinced that illegals and darkies were carrying Ebola into the US, and that we’d see outbreaks all over the place. Instead, we had a handful of cases, and all were contained - including the case in TX where failure to maintain adequate infection control meant that two nurses were also infected. These nitwits were also pushing the bogus and easily disproven claim that ebola was airborne, when the virus has been studied for decades and there has never been an instance of airborne transmission.

And of course CCJ was also pushing that his sources were telling him this was true - and he never retracted even though they were demonstrably wrong. He also didn’t recant that he was wrong on outbreaks in the US either, but that’s typical.

157 Shiplord Kirel  Jan 30, 2015 11:39:53am

Have to share this, then I’ll leave freeperland to stew in its own foul juices. A new response to the string about the crazy mic-grabber bigot lady in Texas, one that reveals the wingnut agenda in a nutcase, er, shell.

It would not have happened if it was not for our 1st Amendment, which is now shown to be our Achilles heal vis-à-vis Islam.

Now the question is: which is more important to protect — the nation or the 1st Amendment?

(a) The nation? Then we must suppress the [bigoted word]s in spite of the 1st Amendment.

(b) The 1st Amendment? Then we must allow the [bigoted word]s to run wild until they tear down the 1st Amendment.

We are up the creek without a paddle and a hige waterfall is looming.

158 De Kolta Chair  Jan 30, 2015 11:42:10am
“You can’t imagine how hard it is for Ann and me to step aside, especially knowing of your support and the support of so many people across the country Utah.”
159 De Kolta Chair  Jan 30, 2015 11:45:38am

re: #150 lawhawk

A nice change of pace:

That’s a guy climbing up Niagara Falls, which had frozen over.

Yikes! I wonder how he got permission to do that. That is, if he did.

160 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 30, 2015 11:46:47am

re: #158 De Kolta Chair

“You can’t imagine how hard it is for Ann and me to step aside, especially knowing of your support and the support of so many people across at the country club Utah.”

161 BeachDem  Jan 30, 2015 11:46:54am

Serious political commentary from award-winning, high IQ “journalist”

162 dog philosopher  Jan 30, 2015 11:50:16am

i was so hoping to hear about mitt’s plan to get rid of the poors

163 Kragar  Jan 30, 2015 11:50:52am
164 De Kolta Chair  Jan 30, 2015 11:52:14am

re: #162 dog philosopher

i was so hoping to hear about mitt’s plan to get rid of the poors

No doubt his plan involved cattle cars.

165 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 30, 2015 11:53:22am

re: #163 Kragar

wut

166 Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2015 11:54:22am
167 ObserverArt  Jan 30, 2015 11:58:41am

re: #146 Kragar

Chuck’s track record remains the same: wrong again

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I try not to follow the little punter too much, and I never go to his web site, so I wonder, does he ever say anything in retraction?

I probably already know the answer, I am just wondering if he ever dances with or around the subject once he has been proven wrong.

168 De Kolta Chair  Jan 30, 2015 11:59:31am

Romney Remorse just took an unforeseen turn…

169 lawhawk  Jan 30, 2015 12:00:25pm

re: #166 Charles Johnson

Wasn’t he betting on 20 cases of Ebola in US by October with many more to follow because it was AIRBORNE!!! . The US has had a grand total of 10 cases, and that includes cases where health professionals were brought back to US for further care.

170 EPR-radar  Jan 30, 2015 12:01:35pm

re: #147 HappyWarrior

You know, he seemed like a nice enough guy but how sad is it that Huntsman is what passes for a GOP moderate in the 21st century. For all his likability, Huntsman is still anti-choice, still would gut the EPA, and yet he wasn’t right wing enough.

This ‘moderate’ also wanted to completely do away with capital gains taxes, IIRC.

171 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 30, 2015 12:02:20pm

re: #169 lawhawk

Wasn’t he betting on 20 cases of Ebola in US by October with many more to follow because it was AIRBORNE!!! . The US has had a grand total of 10 cases, and that includes cases where health professionals were brought back to US for further care.

That’s because Tea Party Ebola comes packaged with instructions that say “Apply Directly to Head”.
//

172 Skip Intro  Jan 30, 2015 12:02:33pm

re: #161 BeachDem

Serious political commentary from award-winning, high IQ “journalist”

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That would be Lindsey Graham for sure.

173 Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2015 12:02:42pm
174 Ace-o-aces  Jan 30, 2015 12:04:18pm

Back on topic here:
I don’t live that far from Mitt’s La Jolla home. the weather has been nice the past few days. Maybe he just stepped out onto his balcony, look out over the Pacific and was like, “You know what, fuck it.”

175 Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2015 12:04:38pm

re: #169 lawhawk

Wasn’t he betting on 20 cases of Ebola in US by October with many more to follow because it was AIRBORNE!!! . The US has had a grand total of 10 cases, and that includes cases where health professionals were brought back to US for further care.

He made all kinds of wild fear-mongering predictions, and every single one of them turned out to be wrong.

176 klystron  Jan 30, 2015 12:05:36pm

re: #175 Charles Johnson

He made all kinds of wild fear-mongering predictions, and every single one of them turned out to be wrong.

I’m shocked, shocked!

177 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 30, 2015 12:06:15pm

re:
#161

Who is the most overchicked nominee of the 2016 election cycle? As, in, whose wife is way hotter than his looks deserve?

Stay classy, CCJ…..

/

178 A Cranky One  Jan 30, 2015 12:06:55pm

re: #167 ObserverArt

I try not to follow the little punter too much, and I never go to this web site, so I wonder, does he ever say anything in retraction?

I probably already know the answer, I am just wondering if he ever dances with or around the subject once he has been proven wrong.

Upchuck is a sooper-genius award winning journalist. He never gets anything wrong. It’s just that reality has a liberal bias!

179 b.d.  Jan 30, 2015 12:07:34pm

GOATNEWS EXCLUSIVE! EBOLA HAS MUTATED INTO A STRAIN THAT IS BENIGN, UNDETECTABLE AND UNDIAGNOSABLE.

180 jaunte  Jan 30, 2015 12:09:11pm
181 A Cranky One  Jan 30, 2015 12:09:33pm

re: #177 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

re:
#161

Stay classy, CCJ…..

/

Probably just an excuse to bring up his “hot asian wife” yet again. Sigh.

182 Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2015 12:12:03pm

Today’s ridiculously slanted article about thug Barrett Brown: If They Can Imprison Barrett Brown, They Can Do It to Anyone

At the time, Brown was confident that the search was unfounded, telling Buzzfeed reporter Michael Hastings, “I suspect that the FBI is working off of incorrect information.” But six months later, he was arrested anyway — now on the questionable charges of posting a confrontational video on YouTube, in which he allegedly threatened a member of the FBI.

“Allegedly?” The video is still there. He absolutely threatened not only an FBI agent, but his family as well. This shit makes me crazy.

183 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 30, 2015 12:12:10pm

re: #167 ObserverArt

I try not to follow the little punter too much, and I never go to his web site, so I wonder, does he ever say anything in retraction?

I probably already know the answer, I am just wondering if he ever dances with or around the subject once he has been proven wrong.

When he does manage to admit something he said was wrong, he claims it was just a joke and he laughs and laughs and laughs about how his critics have no sense of humor.

184 b.d.  Jan 30, 2015 12:14:37pm

Chucks coverage of the 2016 GOP presidential candidate’s wive’s sideboob & cleavage will be sure to bring him that angel investor he’s always wanted.

185 ObserverArt  Jan 30, 2015 12:14:47pm

re: #183 Backwoods_Sleuth

When he does manage to admit something he said was wrong, he claims it was just a joke and he laughs and laughs and laughs about how his critics have no sense of humor.

That makes sense. I forgot he is a Rush Limbaugh fan and that is the Rush way.

186 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 30, 2015 12:16:09pm

re:
#180

Abby Huntsman is talking about how you don’t really *get* what it’s like to run for president until your dad runs, okay guys?

And Jon Huntsman made it all the way to….which primary or caucus? Oh yeah, untill, what, October of 2011?

187 BeachDem  Jan 30, 2015 12:16:35pm

re: #183 Backwoods_Sleuth

When he does manage to admit something he said was wrong, he claims it was just a joke and he laughs and laughs and laughs about how his critics have no sense of humor.

Or it was a typo. Or it was somebody else’s mistake and he just happened to retweet it. And, of course, none of this happens often, because award-winning upchuck is hardly ever wrong.///

188 aagcobb  Jan 30, 2015 12:18:03pm

I guess the beta testing of Romneybot 4.0 didn’t go well. My money for the nomination is on Scott Walker. He kind of straddles the conservative/establishment divide, plus he is the Kochs favorite pet Republican.

189 aagcobb  Jan 30, 2015 12:18:44pm

re: #186 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

re:
#180

And Jon Huntsman made it all the way to….which primary or caucus? Oh yeah, untill, what, October of 2011?

C’mon he made it all the way to New Hampshire!/

190 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 30, 2015 12:19:01pm

re:
#187

Hey, hey, did I ever tell you guys about the time I got Andrew Sullivan to talk for like 15 minutes about Trig Palin when I was in college? It was really awesome.

191 lawhawk  Jan 30, 2015 12:24:26pm

Well, of course he is.

192 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 30, 2015 12:24:32pm

re: #185 ObserverArt

oh, and it looks like we have a fun Sunday in store!

193 Kragar  Jan 30, 2015 12:24:58pm
194 Ace-o-aces  Jan 30, 2015 12:29:26pm

re: #182 Charles Johnson

Today’s ridiculously slanted article about thug Barrett Brown: If They Can Imprison Barrett Brown, They Can Do It to Anyone

Yes, well, who hasn‘t put a drug fueled, rambling threat against a law enforcement officer and his minor children on Youtube? Really, how touchy!

195 Ace-o-aces  Jan 30, 2015 12:30:52pm

re: #191 lawhawk

Well, of course he is.

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Is it just me, or does anyone else think he’s on the take?

196 ObserverArt  Jan 30, 2015 12:31:52pm

re: #192 Backwoods_Sleuth

oh, and it looks like we have a fun Sunday in store!

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Yeah…earlier today I heard the local weatherdude say 3-5 inches Saturday and into Sunday. Also looks like negative temps Tuesday early morning.

197 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 30, 2015 12:32:29pm

re: #188 aagcobb

I guess the beta testing of Romneybot 4.0 didn’t go well. My money for the nomination is on Scott Walker. He kind of straddles the conservative/establishment divide, plus he is the Kochs favorite pet Republican.

A few weeks ago Bush met with Romney. The press was not invited and IIRC both men just spouted some vague generalities about what they’d discussed. Maybe Bush showed him his cards, Romney looked at his own cards, and decided to fold. For all I know, he was told that he could either be SecTreas in a Bush administration or suffer the consequences of another failed bid. If there’s a designated nominee coming in then the clown show will be short lived and mostly about who gets the VP nod

198 De Kolta Chair  Jan 30, 2015 12:33:07pm

re: #180 jaunte

Sounds like Abby Huntsman has been hanging around her family’s chemical plants a little too much.

199 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 30, 2015 12:40:14pm

re: #196 ObserverArt

Yeah…earlier today I heard the local weatherdude say 3-5 inches Saturday and into Sunday. Also looks like negative temps Tuesday early morning.

Wilmington just issued a winter storm watch: 6-10 inches of snow, along with sleet and ice.

Even though I’m in the much safer southern area of Wilmington NWS region and not part of the actual watch area (yet), I haz my supplies…

200 DobermanBoston  Jan 30, 2015 1:10:12pm

re: #13 Decatur Deb

Tell them to empty their 401k into his warchest. He’ll make them US Ambassador to Galt’s Gulch.

Make sure they convert all of the assets into gold bullion first.

201 sunnygal  Jan 30, 2015 2:22:47pm

re: #10 team_fukit

A lot of the more intellectual wingnuts I know think Rand will end up with the 2016 Repub pres nomination

“Intellectual wingnuts” - isn’t that an oxymoron?


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