Congrats Mitt, you just defeated Rick Santorum. Long after you defeated Newt Gingrinch. I'm sure he's dancing an Irish jig, like if Ric Flair beat up perennial jobber Iron Mike Sharpe at a PPV.
Okay, Romney has about twice as many deleagtes now as Santorum. Coming up is super Tuesday (except in Texas) which could make things alot closer, but probably not.
"Generosity. That was my first mistake." "Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us." "Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read."
Re: Election 2012
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Okay, Romney has about twice as many deleagtes now as Santorum. Coming up is super Tuesday (except in Texas) which could make things alot closer, but probably not.
The narrative will be that Mittens got his mojo back, and the GOP will fall in line. Overspending your opponent 2-1 in your "home" state will do wonders for your libido.
I've got a new slogan for him: "Vote for Me so you don't have to vote for Him."
EDIT - Found this online.
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the current gap is only 3 points, with close to 90 percent of the vote now in. Romney staggers on, therefore, without resolving any of his fundamental weaknesses. What Santorum represents - the hard edge of Christianism - remains a solid bloc that the Mormon Romney may be able to overcome by a long, hard slog in the primary, but will need to go very, very negative in the fall to bring out against Obama.
Santorum mentioned his 93-year-old mother, something he hasn't in previous speeches, and he told the audience in what seemed to be a pitch to female voters who might feel put off by some of his previous comments about women in the workplace, that his mother made more money than his father. "She was someone who did get a job in the 1930s and was a nurse, and worked full time. She continued to work through my childhood years," Santorum said to the crowd that was heavy on families with young children. "She balanced time working different schedules. A professional who made more money than her husband." Santorum's mother was a nurse and his father was a psychologist for the Veteran's Administration. The former Pennsylvania senator also touted his wife's work experience, saying she was a "professional" as well, and thanked his daughter, Elizabeth, who has been on the campaign trail with him since the early days in Iowa. "[Karen] worked as a nurse, but after we got married, she decided to walk away, yet didn't quit working. She was a mother, and also wrote two books," Santorum said, in what also seemed to be an appeal to female voters. He spent most of his speech repeating the themes he does on the stump, including his mention of the Declaration of Independence, but this evening there was a twist on that, too. "The men and women who signed that declaration wrote the final phrase, 'We pledge to each other our lives, our fortune, and our sacred honor," Santorum said. There were no women who signed the Declaration of Independence...
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming Now this is the Law of the Jungleāas old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
Amid better economic news, a declining unemployment rate, and an ongoing -- and combative -- Republican primary campaign, voter confidence in President Obama now stands at a nearly one-year high.
In response to a question about gun control today, Mitt Romney claimed he owns guns himself.
Said Romney: "I believe in the second amendment, I'll protect the second amendment, I have guns myself. Not going to tell you where they are. Don't have them on myself either, alright."
However, ABC News reports that in 2007, "after Romney claimed that he did have guns he later retracted his statement, saying that he himself does not have guns but his sons do."
I know liberals have been mocking Mittens as an entitled douchebag, but he's officialy at the very least just whiney.
One of Mittens' surrogates is demanding that Santorum "should give back" some of his delegates because Democrats voted for him in yesterday's primary. How petty, considering they won the primary.
I've got an idea, a trade that'll make everybody happy: Santorum give up his Democratic-influenced delegates, Mittens gives up delegates from the upcoming Massachussetts primary because he voted for Paul Tsongas in that state's '92 Democratic primary.
EDIT - It's official, Romney won the MI primary by 3 points, but he and Santorum will win the same # of MI delegates: 15 a pop.
From that Romney/birth control article I posted in that appropriate thread, there's a passage that I'm quoting here, because I absolutely agree with this free advice:
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heād asked me about the advice Iād give Romney, Iād have said: Take a stand. Choose something and take a stand that surprises people. Stand up to your base on one thing. Show that you have a spine. Because right now you are a jellyfish. People laugh at you. Your father told people where to get off constantly. For whatever psychological reason, you decided to be his opposite. Your choice. But if this race goes the way it looks as if itās going to go, you will not only lose, but you will go down in history as a punch line. Your name will become a verb, and not a flattering one.
Krugman is not a particularly engaging/adept public speaker. But his writing shows there's a lot more going on than is readily apparent. He gets after people.
Four Fiscal Phonies By PAUL KRUGMAN Mitt Romney is very concerned about budget deficits. Or at least thatās what he says; he likes to warn that President Obamaās deficits are leading us toward a āGreece-style collapse.ā
So why is Mr. Romney offering a budget proposal that would lead to much larger debt and deficits than the corresponding proposal from the Obama administration?
Of course, Mr. Romney isnāt alone in his hypocrisy. In fact, all four significant Republican presidential candidates still standing are fiscal phonies. They issue apocalyptic warnings about the dangers of government debt and, in the name of deficit reduction, demand savage cuts in programs that protect the middle class and the poor. But then they propose squandering all the money thereby saved ā and much, much more ā on tax cuts for the rich.
And nobody should be surprised. It has been obvious all along, to anyone paying attention, that the politicians shouting loudest about deficits are actually using deficit hysteria as a cover story for their real agenda, which is top-down class warfare. To put it in Romneyesque terms, itās all about finding an excuse to slash programs that help people who like to watch Nascar events, even while lavishing tax cuts on people who like to own Nascar teams.
O.K., letās talk about the numbers....
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"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming Now this is the Law of the Jungleāas old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
Remember the story of Seamus the dog? How could you forget? Here's the latest salvo: a member of the group Dogs Against Romney strapped a kennel to the roof of his car with a stuffed canine and a camera inside, then went out on the highway to provide a sort of SeamusCam -- the view of what the Romney family dog would have seen on his infamous journey to Canada atop a Chevy station wagon. It's about as uncomfortable-looking as you'd expect.
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But how has it become so memorable? In comparison to other micro-controversies that were supposedly revealing of candidates' character flaws -- from Al Gore's supposed invention of the Internet to George W. Bush's many malapropisms to John Kerry's windsurfing --Seamus' tale has had an unusually long life, even in dog years.
Well, Romney wins another one. I can't wait for next week's primaries. Of course, Texas won't vote until May. It could be over by then.
It's beginning to look like it could all be over but the shouting by Wednesday morning. That's the impression I got from most of today's Sunday morning political shows.
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
Just heard Chris Wallace interviewing Santorum about his characterization of the President as a snob for wanting everyone to go to college. Wallce told Santorum that the President had never said that and he played the clip from the President's statement. So, Santorum mumbled and stumbled his way through a retractionof sorts of his statement about the President.
The more and more I see of Santorum, the more I think he is the kid who got beat up regularly in high school. I'm sorry he's a paisan.
"Generosity. That was my first mistake." "Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us." "Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read."
LOL Mitt's reference to Davy Crockett while in Tennessee, speaking the words to the song. He sounds so plastic and insincere to me. LOL I wonder how many in the audience even knew what he was talking about?
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"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
Ashcroft just endorsed Mitt. I have a feeling tomorrow will be a big day for him. If he wins Ohio, and Tennessee is even close, I think it's all but over. Not that any of his knuckleheaded adversaries will drop out, though .
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
Ashcroft just endorsed Mitt. I have a feeling tomorrow will be a big day for him. If he wins Ohio, and Tennessee is even close, I think it's all but over. Not that any of his knuckleheaded adversaries will drop out, though .
Fox is reporting that polls show him way ahead in most states.
"Generosity. That was my first mistake." "Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us." "Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read."