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2012 GOP Presidential Primary

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by rimrocker, Jan 27, 2011.

  1. percicles

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    You know that's something religious conservatives do. The Duggers posted pics of their miscarriage and I've seen pics of people doing the same on facebook. I don't like knocking someones faith and what not but that's one specific practice that is really creepy.
     
  2. Commodore

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    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RnfURvvNSI8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
  3. Dairy Ashford

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    South Carolinians vote Republican because white Democrats 50 years ago gave blacks a pool pass and a campus ID. Pretty sure they'll do what they have to to keep a Kenyan in his place.
     
  4. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"
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    Santorum has ended up where we never would have expected.

    Who would have predicted that Romney would have Santorum right there on his heels, for all to see.
     
  5. Commodore

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    creepier than an open casket?
     
  6. FV Santiago

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    Last night was the worst possible news for Obama. Romney winning Iowa basically gives him the nomination and allows him to save $. Santorum won't win in moderate states and doesn't have the money to compete -- he'll fade away. Romney is far and away the Republicans best shot at winning the general election. He appeals to independents, has some moderate views, has a history of successful leadership in business, and has a history of governing with members of the opposite party. Obama is incapable of building consensus with members of the opposite party (seen Congress lately??), obviously has no earthly idea how business is conducted, and has extreme left wing views that he advances in dishonest fashion (when you get filibustered that many times, you obviously aren't introducing consensus-building legislation). Romney has the funding and organization to get out the vote and compete over the long haul. Last night was the best possible outcome if you want Obama to join the ranks of the unemployed next year.

    I'm looking forward to a President that is responsible enough to put forward a budget. Obama has yet to do so in 3 years -- and when he leaves office will likely have racked up as much debt as all of his predecessors combined. Irresponsible. The only reason the economy hasn't totally fallen out of bed is because of the Fed's loose monetary policy. The byproduct of this cowardly way to handle the debt is that inflation is grinding the middle class and those on fixed incomes down to poverty levels due to rising food and energy costs. Who would have thought that more union influence, constant threats of higher taxes, endless new regulations, endless roadblocks to producing our nation's energy resources, and trillions in deficit spending and incremental debt would lead to a bad economy? Shocking. It's the economy, estupido.
     
  7. SamFisher

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    It's crushing us.

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  8. Nook

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    A Republican named Santiago? I have heard it all. On a serious note.. It is Obama's election to lose.
     
  9. Phillyrocket

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    Romney will win the nomination by default because the rest of the GOP candidates are beyond terrible.

    As for leading to a bad economy, Obama inherited an economic disaster that began in 2007 and is the direct result of deregulation specifically Glass Steagall that was first attempted under Reagan and finally succeeded with the Gramm, Leach, Bliley Act. TARP or the bailouts as you probably think of them was not signed by Obama but by Bush. The Great Recession was in full swing long before Obama was President.

    The grinding of the middle class is the result of decades of stagnating wages and tax breaks to the rich who forgot the trickle down part.
     
  10. mc mark

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    seriously?

    You are comparing an open casket funeral to taking home a dead fetus to show the family and tramatize your other 5 kids?

    ooookay
     
  11. Deckard

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    That comment officially makes you creepier than an open casket.
     
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  12. Dubious

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    Fox News blames ‘left-wing blog Politico’ for weak GOP field

    http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/04/fox-news-attacks-left-wing-blog-politico-for-weak-gop-field/

    “Is the mainstream media trying to spin the election?” Fox News host Gretchen Carlson asked legal analyst Peter Johnson Jr.



    “In terms of scrutiny, there has to be fairness. And so, if you’re a commentator and an analyst — and I’m a commentator and an analyst — say you’re a commentator and an analyst. If you’re an activist, say you’re an activist, but to pretend you’re a news person, to pretend that you’re giving a fair and balanced view of things, when in fact you have no credentials to do that and you’re only history is to engage in activism, is to engage in politics, is to engage in propaganda, then that’s an unfair portrayal of the news to the American people.”
     
  13. KingCheetah

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    We need a running chart of repub accents and flame outs during this primary season.
     
  14. Major

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    Mega-corporate news conglomerate FOX asking what the "mainstream media" is up to...

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  16. GladiatoRowdy

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    Accurate.

    You seem to have your facts mixed up. It is the "opposite party" that has absolutely refused to consider anything Obama has proposed, no matter how reasonable (or Republican) those proposals are. As an example, after a year of putting together the ACA, Obama brought in Congressional leaders from both parties for a summit, trying to build consensus, but the only thing the GOP brought to that table was the sentence "clean sheet of paper." Telling the President to start from square one after a year of putting together the legislation is not Obama's failing, it is the failing of the GOP.

    Again, he is not getting filibustered because his ideas or proposals are "extreme," he is getting filibustered more than any other President in history because that is the strategy of the GOP, to not allow any progress that might actually shine any kind of positive light on Obama. The GOP's STATED strategy is to do everything they can to make Obama a one term President and, based on their actions, they are even willing to throw the economy and the livelihood of millions of Americans under the bus to accomplish that goal.

    And will still likely not be enough. Romney will be looked on by historians in the same way as Bob Dole and Michael Dukakis.

    When you post garbage like this, it shows how hopelessly biased you are. Obama has proposed budgets in each of his years as President, it isn't exactly his fault that the Congress wasn't able to pass one.

    Obama's proposed 2012 budget... http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget
    A breakdown of his proposed 2011 budget... http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/01/us/budget.html
    Discussion of the proposed 2010 budget... http://www.foxnews.com/politics/200...llion-budget-sets-aside-billions-health-care/
    And when he first cam into office, actually proposed a 10 year budget plan... http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/26/news/economy/obama_budget_outline/index.htm

    There has been some irresponsible activity, he should never have extended the Bush tax cuts, should have gotten us out of Iraq and Afghanistan sooner, and probably should have axed Medicare Part D as part of the ACA. In other words, he should have reversed at least the irresponsible Bush policies that got us into the mess we are in.

    The inflation rate history has already been posted and your claim has been shown to be false, maybe the pundits who gave you the idea that inflation is higher than before are lying to you.

    It is the economy, estupido, but the economy is reeling because of bad actors on Wall Street who brought our nation to the brink of collapse, got bailed out by Bush, and are now enjoying billions of dollars in bonuses after trillions of dollars of Main Street's money vanished.

    You need to start looking at facts and stop listening to pundits, they are lying to you.
     
  17. DonnyMost

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    This is pretty much the Republican primary in a nutshell.

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  18. Rashmon

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    Santorum on his heel? For all to see? That's disgusting...
     
  19. rhadamanthus

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    ^^^Well...learn something new everyday...
     
  20. CGroveStapleton

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    I believe in Santorum. He understands that women need to be chained to ovens to nip that flapper girl promiscuity in the bud.
     

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