European Tribune - Comments - Friday Open Thread

See, this is why I love American politics. You'd never get this level of crazy in the UK. not even Galloway get close.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 05:10:32 PM EST
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You know, I'm no conspiracy theorist, but it strikes me that the people who are being crushed, politically, all just so happen to be potential 2012 candidates.

Three in three weeks.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 05:21:42 PM EST
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But what about the Huckster and the Romster?

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 05:27:20 PM EST
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Dunno. I mean, at this point, they're basically down to Huck, Mittens and Gingrich, aren't they? Unless I'm missing someone.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 05:29:20 PM EST
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Do you think ~~satan~~ Gingrich is laying down some political voodoo on the competition?

If anything, the Extremely Big G is a scarier prospect than Palin.

Palin was a loon, but not overly gifted with imagination or political instinct.

Gingrich is like the thinking person's Cheney. He's almost exactly as sociopathic, he understands politics and strategy, he has a plan, and he's working very hard to build his media base.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 06:09:07 PM EST
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Biggest problem with Newt is that he's got sky-high unfavorables. And if mistresses are a disqualifier in the GOP, G has about six for every one that Sanford's got. At least.

Can't see him winning the nomination.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 06:28:34 PM EST
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So two or three weeks to thin the field down to a single candidate, then Osama does his thing and Foxs chubby stepchild the gets to claim he was right all along, and everyone needs to turn away from the party that allowed a terrorist incident on US soil.Single candidate gets to campaign for three years.

</batshit insane conspiracy madness>

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 07:24:50 PM EST
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Testing Iowa Already -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

Radio Iowa reports someone is using automated phone calls to test the popularity of possible Republican 2012 presidential candidates: Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Bobby Jindal, and Jeb Bush.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 08:02:54 PM EST
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Not Mitt? He's the favorite for now. That seems a little weird.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 08:09:25 PM EST
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unless its Mitts people doing it to scope out the opposition.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 08:15:19 PM EST
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Could be.

...(puts tinfoil hat on)...

Unless somebody's got something on him, and he's next.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 08:20:08 PM EST
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Re: Friday Open Thread (4.00 / 4)

its the republicans, i think you'll need a whole tinfoil suit, not just a hat.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 08:26:52 PM EST
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More fun with Palin:

She apparently "quoted" General MacArthur in the speech ("Were not retreating, we're just advancing in a different direction"). Small problem: MacArthur never said that.

One reporter says the rumor is Alaska is that the IRS has something big on the Palins.

A progressive radio host from Alaska on MSNBC just now says she may be under a criminal investigation.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 07:29:28 PM EST
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Maybe she forgot to declare her duck pond expenses.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 08:29:59 PM EST
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and look at the size of that moat behind her in the video.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 08:33:03 PM EST
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I think everyone is having way too much fun with this.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 08:37:31 PM EST
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Everyone?

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 08:40:38 PM EST
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Gotta love the Freepers.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 08:47:19 PM EST
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Bingo: Brad Blog (4.00 / 2)

Embezzlement.

Bye, Sarah.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 08:49:55 PM EST
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But still no news about what made her do it. Did she wake up with a moose or wolf's head in her bed ?

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 06:09:14 PM EST
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Or an Inuit uprising?

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 07:08:16 PM EST
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If you consider the recent email leaks from the McCain campaign that made Palin look pretty bad, and the rather free talk that McCain staffers engaged in with the Vanity Fair reporters, your theory attains plausibility.

Republican elites really don't like messy primary battles. They prefer to rally around an anointed one early, especially someone who isn't nutty. My guess is there is a concerted effort to grease the skids for Romney by taking down potential rivals.

If Huckabee wakes up with a horse's head in his bed next week, then we'll know something really is up.

And the world will live as one

by Montereyan (robert at calitics dot com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 11:02:37 PM EST
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Perhaps. I think it'd be quite stupid on their part to push Huckabee out in favor of Mittens. Huckabee would have a much better shot at beating Obama, in my opinion. With Mittens, you're more likely to lose, well, almost everything.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sat Jul 4th, 2009 at 09:02:21 AM EST
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Sounds like she's definitely out in 2012. She's told the financial bigwigs to back other candidates.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 05:23:35 PM EST
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Too right.

What an inspired video. First she sounds like a methed-up semantic disaster in a steam powered cliche factory.

Then she mentions lame ducks - and soon after, real ducks swim into view, bobbing scenically around her head. (Or are they angry turkey spirits?)

Then the camera pans around at the end, and we experience the true extent of her devoted following, as seen on America's Greatest Home Videos.

Superb.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 05:26:29 PM EST
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Re: Friday Open Thread (4.00 / 5)

Actually, if I'm not mistaken, they weren't ducks. They were -- appropriately? -- loons.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 05:31:39 PM EST
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Could that be any more perfect?

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 06:09:54 PM EST
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Heh. If it could be, I'm not sure how. But such is the legacy of Sarah Palin.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 07:07:38 PM EST
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Jesus, I'm watching the speech now. The birds really steal the show.

This is fucking hilarious.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 07:34:19 PM EST
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...Jesus H. Christ, I'm crying from laughing so hard. Someone gets the ducks a congressional medal....

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 07:37:06 PM EST
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Daily Kos: MELTDOWN: Palin Blames Bloggers - (Potential BOMBSHELL: She's Under a Criminal Probe??)

Noted Alaskan blogger and radio host Shannyn Moore just said on MSNBC that unconfirmed reports indicate Palin is under a criminal probe. Here's the clip -- runs 3:17.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 07:49:29 PM EST
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Mr President, I'm begging you: Whatever she's done, pardon her.

And make sure she's never without fowl behind her.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 07:52:36 PM EST
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Well for one thing, if it is true, she'll be the first disgraced republican politician that Fox news wont manage to caption as a democrat.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 07:55:41 PM EST
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Another issue: How can you be a lame duck when you can, you know, run again?

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 at 05:37:46 PM EST
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