Rick Perry, the GOP’s new BMOC; Mitt Romney, not so much
Mitt Romney is playing the long game in his bid for the GOP presidential nomination, which is pretty smart for a couple of reasons:
1.) His top two challengers, Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry, both have high probability of doing and saying stupid things that would cause their self-destruction.
2.) He really has no other choice. He knows he’s not the hot date that Republican primary voters dream about as their escort to the big dance. He just hopes to be the steady, nerdish, boring guy — the one who shows up driving his mother’s Audi — that they’ll settle for once other options are no longer available.
Two new polls demonstrate the wisdom and necessity of that approach. Gallup, for example, reports that 29 percent of Republicans now favor Perry as their party’s nominee. Romney, who drew 27 percent as recently as June, has fallen back to 17 percent. Ron Paul, at 13 percent, and Bachmann, at 10 percent, are the only other two in double digits. (Herman Cain, a previous flavor of the month, has declined to 4 percent.)
A poll by Public Policy Polling produces a parallel prognostication, putting Perry at 33 percent. Romney draws 20 percent and Bachmann 16 percent. You have to think that as Bachmann fades, most of her hard-core tea-party support will gravitate to the man from Texas, not the man from Massachusetts.
So patience, Mitt, patience. Be the Audi-driving tortoise, not the Texas jackrabbit.
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Joe the Plutocrat
August 24th, 2011
8:50 pm
Jm, please show me where I said the gold standard is superior. that said, it most certainly superior (economically) to the central bank/fiat currency model; unless of course you are an oligarch, in which case it is preferable to your lifestyle and goals. and again, I realize we are never going back, but please “justify” an economic system, which in the roughtly 100 years it has been in place (Fed Res), the dollar has lost 95% of its actual value? AND for where do you think the Military Industrial Complex and the neocon chickenhawks get the funding to “project US power” overseas? the answer rhymes with ederal eserve.
Mary Elizabeth
August 24th, 2011
8:51 pm
Mighty Righty 8:20
Thank you for the tone of your post. It is easy to repond with that dynamic between us. Remember, there are different kinds of intelligence. Let me go even further. Artistic talent usually has intelligence that involves that area of the brain that controls spatial relationships and design rather than straight lined logic that the verbal area controls. One type is not greater than the other; they are simply different.
Yes, people with low IQ – generally speaking – will not earn a lot of money, but again they might have insights that the person with an average or above intelligence may not have. My mother died with advanced stage Alzheimer’s yet even in the very last stages of that disease, which ravaged her mind for 10 years, she could give such wise insights out of the blue. We must “see” all with respect that is genuine because we know that every one has something that we can learn from.
Here is something from one of my writings on my own blog. I cut and paste it here because I take more time to express myself there and I think it is better expressed, as a result, than the rush of my writing here:
From 6/11/11:
“I have observed that some who view others with generalized, stereotypical perceptions, often insist that the only valid ways of knowing truths are through factual, mathematical, and scientific deductions. Although those ways of perceiving should be valued, it seems to me that many who accept only those ways of perceiving truth often fail to recognize and develop higher consciousness concerning why we are here, who we and others are in full, and how we should relate to others. These ways of understanding reality are fostered, not by a series of facts, but by the humanities, which emphasize mutilayered dimensions of thinking and perceiving human nature with complexity. Moreover, those who are exclusively centered on sets of facts for determining reality may often fail to appreciate the transcendent beauty and power of the human spirit, as experienced in performances such as Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly.” The humanities and the arts aid in cutting through stereotypical thinking into more realistic and complex understanding of ourselves and others. . .”
I closed that 6/11/11 post with this musical video of Maria Callas singing “Madame Butterfly” which some readers tonight may want to hear:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLaY2VcIEqo
robert
August 24th, 2011
8:52 pm
Here are reasons to vote for Ron Paul in the 2012 GOP Primary if you are considering him or you are a Democrat tired of the same old bull. This goes for those who haven’t voted.
Experience. Ron Paul has been in Congress since 1976. This is part of his voting record:
Ron never voted for raising taxes.
Ron never voted for the Patriot Act
Ron never voted to raise the debt ceiling
Ron never voted to go to war in Iraq and all the other places
Ron never voted to use your tax dollars to bail out the banks
Ron has introduced term limit legislation but has been denied by the rest of Congress
Ron does not participate in the congressional pension plan.
Ron returns a portion of his congressional office budget to the Treasury every year
Ron never voted for an unbalanced budget
Ron never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership
Ron voted against NAFTA and CAFTA
Ron has always wanted to reduce our massive spending by stopping these useless wars.
Ron will get rid of foreign aid
Ron will help audit then gradually abolish the Federal Reserve so we can return to a sound currency
Ron will enforce immigration law and close the border with Mexico
Ron is against the useless war on drugs that jails non violent criminals while the justice system allows murderers, rapists, and child molesters to get out early
Ron is against the income tax
Ron will get rid of the IRS
Ron has never taken a government-paid junket
Ron will reduce regulation so companies come back to the United States and create more jobs
Ron once offered $100 of his own money and told the rest of Congress to do the same to pay for the Congressional Medal of Honor given to Rosa Parks. No one joined him despite Congressmen earning a base salary of 174K a year.
Ron Paul is the ONLY GOP candidate who has served in the armed forces and is the only one who wants to stop the wars. Romney and the others have never served and are happy to send your sons and daughters to useless wars. This is why the media has ignored Ron Paul. We already know that the other candidates are just more of the same government spending, more wars, and more taxes.
Joe the Plutocrat
August 24th, 2011
8:52 pm
Jm, agreed re: moderation, but again, who gets to establish the parameters of “moderation”? it’s like the Federal Reserve unilaterally (sans “the market”) deciding the value of the dollar.
Jm
August 24th, 2011
8:52 pm
wars. The media is owned by the industrial war complex..
I also heard Michelle Obama thinks america’s kids are too skinny
Bruno
August 24th, 2011
8:53 pm
Solid @ 8:49, Kamchak.
Josef – you really have to look deeper into VG….he was brilliant
Something about “Starry Night” always attracts my eye.
Dusty
August 24th, 2011
8:54 pm
Good one, Josef. I needed that one. The Cubs are ahead 3 to 0.
Here’s one I’ll try.
I love Van’s brute sunflowers.
Just seeing them gives me powers!
If that makes you kinda dour,
Go take a cold cold shower!
I just love good poetry!
AmVet
August 24th, 2011
8:54 pm
Niiice VM, B. I think most people really liked him a lot more than I, but his better stuff is superb.
Some of that super sweet, early 80s, driving power pop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwqKzOgT4ak&feature=related
THE TRUTH
August 24th, 2011
8:55 pm
getalife
August 24th, 2011
8:46 pm
The Truth,
Do you want to see his birth certificate too?
No, I have never commented on his birth place, but I have problems giving him all the glory that some of you give him when he only mentions jobs and the economy when he thinks it will help him politically. I think he is the worst and probably the stupidist president we have ever had. Anyone can see his down fall coming in 2012.
Soothsayer
August 24th, 2011
8:55 pm
“The media is owned by the industrial war complex..
Au contraire, Jm. That one’s got SoothSayer’s name written all over it.”
Isn’t strange that NBC is owned by General Electric one of the country’s biggest war materiel suppliers?
I have finally reached the conclusion that living in America is like driving a car with a steering wheel that turns but nothing happens. The car just goes where it wants to go. The people of the Unites States keep turning the wheel but the car keeps going in the same direction.
Advice for Dave R.: lose the moniker, reinvent yourself as someone new. Problem solved.
Mighty Righty
August 24th, 2011
8:55 pm
getalife-I took up your suggestion to look up Obama’s accomplisments. Below are the first 25 listed. I was laughing so hard I was afraid I would wet my pants. I am serious folks, this is what they actaully list!
1. Ordered all federal agencies to undertake a study and make recommendations for ways to cut spending
2. Ordered a review of all federal operations to identify and cut wasteful spending and practices
3. Instituted enforcement for equal pay for women
4. Beginning the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq
5. Families of fallen soldiers have expenses covered to be on hand when the body arrives at Dover AFB
6 Ended media blackout on war casualties; reporting full information
7. Ended media blackout on covering the return of fallen soldiers to Dover AFB; the media is now permitted to do so pending adherence to respectful rules and approval of fallen soldier’s family
8. The White House and federal government are respecting the Freedom of Information Act
9. Instructed all federal agencies to promote openness and transparency as much as possible
10. Limits on lobbyist’s access to the White House
11. Limits on White House aides working for lobbyists after their tenure in the administration
12. Ended the previous stop-loss policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan longer than their enlistment date
13. Phasing out the expensive F-22 war plane and other outdated weapons systems, which weren’t even used or needed in Iraq/Afghanistan
14. Removed restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research
15. Federal support for stem-cell and new biomedical research
16. New federal funding for science and research labs
17. States are permitted to enact federal fuel efficiency standards above federal standards
18. Increased infrastructure spending (roads, bridges, power plants) after years of neglect
19. Funds for high-speed, broadband Internet access to K-12 schools
20. New funds for school construction
21 The prison at Guantanamo Bay is being phased out
22. US Auto industry rescue plan
23. Housing rescue plan
24. $789 billion economic stimulus plan
25. The public can meet with federal housing insurers to refinance (the new plan can be completed in one day) a mortgage if they are having trouble paying
getalife
August 24th, 2011
8:56 pm
tt,
Four more years.
Jm
August 24th, 2011
8:57 pm
Joe 8:50
Are standards of living today better than 100 years ago? Are we wealthier as a country? The answer to both of those is yes even adjusting for inflation. Measuring the dollar against gold is a silly exercise.
8:52- the market still gets to decide the value of the dollar. We r not china. And the majority of fed board voting members are put there by people we elect.
getalife
August 24th, 2011
8:57 pm
mr,
Keep going .
Kamchak
August 24th, 2011
8:59 pm
Blame the media
Now you’re merely being puerile.
My candidate, Dennis Kucinich (and not just because his wife Elizabeth is smokin’ hawt!), only polled no higher than 7% of democratic voters.
You can’t take this acceptance/rejection of your chosen candidate personally.
Dusty
August 24th, 2011
8:59 pm
Here’s another one, josef
My dynamic is in panic.
Someone pinched its tail.
If it comes by kinda frantic,
PLease drop it in the mail.
——
Good poetry just gives me shivers!!
Mary Elizabeth
August 24th, 2011
9:00 pm
Marco 8:40
Oh, I can’t do that, besides I have enjoyed study all of my life and I like to share. Being a teacher has been my destiny. It’s in my blood! But, thank you.
Bruno
August 24th, 2011
9:00 pm
Back to the party:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_TbovyVOzs
THE TRUTH
August 24th, 2011
9:01 pm
Mighty Righty
August 24th, 2011
8:55 pm
Even I didn’t know it was that bad. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahha!
robert
August 24th, 2011
9:02 pm
Kamchak, I respect what you are saying………………….Howerver………………….
Ron Paul served in the military. He went to medical school, ran his own business (doctor) in the private sector. He turned to politics to try and right wrongs he seen, being a patriotic American. A POTUS is not a dictator, so no, he wouldn’t be able to transform America all by himself, he would need support from the congress and courts. However, I guarantee the wars would end, wasteful government would end, the Fed would end, and jobs would come back to the US while illegal aliens would no longer be welcomed and coddled as they are by Obama and the rest of the Rep contenders. Illegals drive down wages and take jobs from Americans, they bankrupt hospitals and school districts. Ron Paul is the only one who would address that problem and thus save our country. The rest is irrelevant………………………..just my opinion
Joe the Plutocrat
August 24th, 2011
9:03 pm
Jm, do you not understand that a large portion of our “standard of living” is borrowed (originates from debt)? “the market” determines the value of equities (stocks) and commodities (gold, petroleum, pork bellies… “like you might find in a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich). we USE the dollar to buy other goods and services, but the actual “value” of the dollar is determined by the amount of dollars in the market, and when dollars are printed out of thin air (with nothing to back them but an IOU) the value of the dollar decreases. did you ever wonder why a decrease in the buying power of the dollar is called “inflation” and we also refer to “asset bubbles” in terms of economic activity? OK, what do bubbles and inflation have in common? they’re both filled with nothing but air
getalife
August 24th, 2011
9:03 pm
Won Libya.
Got obl.
Crushed aq .
Saved the w global collapse.
Just to name a few.
THE TRUTH
August 24th, 2011
9:03 pm
getalife
August 24th, 2011
8:56 pm
tt,
Four more years.
Four more years of what, a loser. How can you libbies eat his crap, four more years of hope and change.
Bruno
August 24th, 2011
9:04 pm
For Dusty:
love is the every only god
who spoke this earth so glad and big
even a thing all small and sad
man,may his mighty briefness dig
for love beginning means return
seas who could sing so deep and strong
one queerying wave will whitely yearn
from each last shore and home come young
so truly perfectly the skies
by merciful love whispered were,
completes its brightness with your eyes
any illimitable star
ee cummings
Soothsayer
August 24th, 2011
9:05 pm
Kamchak: judging by the looks of his wife, the Dennis Kucinich must have an enormous schwanzstucker!
josef
August 24th, 2011
9:05 pm
CAT…
The boy was a stomp down lunatic! Crazy as a betsy bug…deep psychological problems stemming from early childhood…it was drug related…
Bruno…
You? Starry, Starry Night? I rests my case…
BUT…
I love Dali…now THERE’s a genius!
Jm
August 24th, 2011
9:06 pm
Joe the value of the dollar is determined by the currency market
Jm
August 24th, 2011
9:08 pm
Out for a bit back later
Joe the Plutocrat
August 24th, 2011
9:09 pm
Jm, and who controls the currency market in a central bank economy? hint: it’s why we use the term central bank.
Mary Elizabeth
August 24th, 2011
9:09 pm
dear josef. . .
Did you know that David McCollough’s best selling book, and Pultizer I believe, called “John Adams” was originally intented to be a book on Jefferson and Adams together, but McCollough got so “aggravated” with Jefferson that he quit him! He went exclusively with Adams, a fine book, btw. Jefferson’s mind contained so many paradoxes. but he was a moral man, in his day, in his own way to himself, and I find his mind fascinating. It contains multitudes.
About Van Gogh. I like his painting, but there are many other Impressionists whom I prefer. I mentioned him to Mighty Righty as an example because of the combination of his mental illness and poor earning ability combined with his intellect, and also his brother’s needing to support him during his life. His brother was a good businessman but will not live in history, nor did he achieve in his life the earning power that Van Gogh will have had over time.
Dusty
August 24th, 2011
9:09 pm
Well, the score is still 3 to 0. I will write another inspiring poem:in honor of the Braves:
My dear Madame Butterfly,
I have a bug in my eye.
If you reach another high note,
I’ll have a bug down my throat.
——–
Touching, if I do say so!
Bruno
August 24th, 2011
9:10 pm
I rests my case…
This is the only “fine art” displayed in my house, in the bathroom:
http://www.globalgallery.com/enlarge/38920/
The rest of my collection consists primarily of needlepoint pictures done by my grandmother, and a few paintings done by a Bucks County artist left to me by my great-grandmother.
1811/0311
August 24th, 2011
9:10 pm
Obama is “Unpatriotic” from his own mouth !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kuTG19Cu_Q
Bruno
August 24th, 2011
9:11 pm
I love Dali…now THERE’s a genius!
Dali is fun to look at when in the “Timothy Leary” state of mind. Escher as well, of course.
Kamchak
August 24th, 2011
9:12 pm
Sooth
Don’t be ridiculous.
It’s true love.
marko
August 24th, 2011
9:15 pm
Mary Elizabeth, I think the kids you’re teaching are in good hands. As for the old if your so smart, why ain’t you rich argument . I find it best to just reverse the question. Since you’re so rich, why ain’t you smart. Do they really want to suggest that Brittney Spears is a genius?
Bruno
August 24th, 2011
9:17 pm
My favorite needlepoint left to me by my Grammy:
Count your age
By friends, not years
Count your life
By smiles, not tears
Dusty
August 24th, 2011
9:17 pm
Very nice, Bruno. although I like a little more organization than e e cummings is prone to bear.
I’ll try his style but it aint my “thing”
Oh, cumming, he’s agoing
right down a crooked path.
But if he were like Bruno,
He’d be messing up with math.
———————
I just love equations.
josef
August 24th, 2011
9:21 pm
MARY ELIZABETH
Do, of course, take my van Gogh comments with more than the usual grain of salt! You know the old saying “I don’t know much about art…but I know what I like?” My mom was an artist and very much taken in her old age with impressionism…got several of her canvases on my walls…she left them to me, I think, from pure spite! Me? I’m a huge fan of Rembrandt, Micheangelo. etc. My own dabblings are Caribbean…love bright colors…
And Jefferson…still can’t back down on my opinions, but I am much of the “time and place” school of thought…piss a lot of the “water fountain epiphany people” off with my contention that he and Sally might have been right fond of one another…there are ins and outs on those relationships that we should be careful in judging…
(BROSEPHUS–Cuzzin Moses Ezekiel coming to mind here, eh?
)
josef
August 24th, 2011
9:25 pm
BRUNO
Altered state of mind…here’s mine…talk about centuries ahead of his time…
Hieronymus Bosch
And OUR Bosch…I’ve always wondered…are you connected…?
And you have dispensation from SHUT UP interdict for this one…
Dusty
August 24th, 2011
9:26 pm
josef..
Ah Dali….what folly
That moostachioed man!
His mind was loblolly
His work tres trashcan.
—–
I love artistic words!!!
Soothsayer
August 24th, 2011
9:26 pm
March 2001 The first realization that the Bush presidency was going to have long-term implications: Bush sends a memo to the United States archivist requesting a delay in releasing presidential personal records, followed by an executive order limiting access to all presidential papers from Reagan forward.
Also: The Bush administration overturns a Clinton-era regulation reducing the amount of arsenic in drinking water.
April 2001 Bush signs a $1.65 trillion tax cut for large corporations and the wealthy.
August 2001 The “Osama Bin Laden determined to strike U.S.” memo reaches the president’s desk; He’s clearing brush at his Crawford, Texas, ranch on a month-long vacation.
September 2001 An entire nation watches in horror as planes slam into the World Trade Center and Pentagon; “My Pet Goat” gains notoriety.
October 2001 Bush signs Patriot Act.
January 2002 “Gitmo” opens.
May 2002 Bush issues executive order authorizing the National Security Agency to wiretap phones and read e-mails of U.S. citizens.
June 2002 In a speech at West Point, Bush reveals his “Bush Doctrine” of preemptive war; behind the scenes, administrations officials plan the Iraq war. [Ask Sarah Palin about this one]
September 2002 One year after 9/11, Bush asks Congress for authorization of military force against Iraq. They grant it.
February 2003 Secretary of State Colin Powell states his case for war with Iraq; millions across the world protest.
March 2003 Under the guise of WMDs, the United States invades Iraq. Also: FEMA gutted and buried in the vast bureaucracy of the Department of Homeland Security.
April 2003 Congress approves $79 million for the Iraq war; the next month, Bush signs $350 billion tax cut.
May 2003 Bush climbs aboard an aircraft carrier in fighter pilot regalia and declares, “Mission accomplished!”
June 2003 FCC pushes for more media consolidation, allowing one company to own newspapers, TV and radio stations in the same city.
July 2003 Bush: “Bring ‘em on.” Nearly 300 U.S. soldiers die over the next six months.
August 2003 Bush signs a budget that essentially kills the Teach for America program for inner-city schools.
November 2003 U.S. soldiers’ death toll in Iraq reaches 437.
March 2004 At a Radio and Television Correspondents’ dinner, Bush presents photos of himself looking for WMDs around the White House: “Those weapons of mass destruction must be somewhere! Nope, no weapons over there!” [Some joke, huh?]
April 2004 Abu Ghraib photos leaked.
May 2004 A Bush-backed FDA rejects the over-the-counter sale of “the morning after pill.”
July 2004 In his 2005 budget, Bush freezes the amount of Pell Grants for the third straight year. After his budget passes, average Pell Grant awards decrease for the first time in six years. Changes in eligibility cut thousands from grant rolls.
September 2004 The federal deficit reaches a record high. American troop deaths in Iraq now top 1,000. Also: Assault weapons ban lifted.
November 2004 Democrats, and former Naderites, gather at bars across the country to watch election results; hopes dashed again; Bush declares the close election a “mandate.”
March 2005 President Bush signs a law banning doctors from pulling life support on Terri Schiavo.
July 2005 Bush appoints conservative John Roberts to Supreme Court; three months later, he appoints conservative Samuel Alito.
August 2005 While President Bush is on vacation, Hurricane Katrina barrels down on New Orleans. Over the next two days, he travels the country for photo-ops (with John McCain and a country music star) before sending federal aid.
April 2006 News reports reveal Bush has issued “signing statements” for more than 750 laws, stating he has the power to override the laws if they conflict with his interpretation of the Constitution.
October 2006 Bush signs the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act, which allows the president to deploy U.S. military troops to police American streets in the event of a “national emergency.”
May 2007 Bush signs a presidential directive that places him in control of all three branches of government in case of an extraordinary disaster.
June 2007 For a third time, Bush vetoes federal funding for stem cell research.
March 2008 Bush has taken 879 days of vacation in his eight years of office, approximately one-third of his presidency; five years into the Iraq War, over 4,000 U.S. troops dead; estimates of Iraqi civilian deaths range from 88,000 to over half a million. [Nearly as much as Jay Bookman!]
September 2008 Bush’s approval ratings lowest in his presidency as he presides over the worst financial crisis since the Depression.
Now I don’t about you, friends, but what I think we need is another Republican in that there White House!
Fred
August 24th, 2011
9:27 pm
Well just damn. I was almost caught up and my feuding sister in law called me back to try to bury the hatchet (and NOT in my head) and I’m more pages behind than I was when I started. I give up. Goodnight everyone. Anyone who replied to my insipid comments, sorry, I missed your replies. Everyone else can just bite me.
@@
August 24th, 2011
9:28 pm
Dali!!??!!
“Every morning upon awakening, I experience a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dalí.”
Henri Matisse
1811/0311
August 24th, 2011
9:29 pm
Boys will be boys:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.judiciaryreport.com/images/obama-weed-5-29-10.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.judiciaryreport.com/this_t_shirt_is_just_plain_wrong.htm&h=404&w=611&sz=38&tbnid=LO3xJw5Avv5sdM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=136&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dobama%2Bsmoking%2Bweed%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=obama+smoking+weed&docid=-onYjyzmyMXHJM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PqVVTvCBNoLTgQel27Q5&sqi=2&ved=0CBoQ9QEwAA
http://www.onlinewall.com/art-George-W-Bush-Fighter-Pilot-585456505853
Mary Elizabeth
August 24th, 2011
9:31 pm
MARCO, thank you, again. I hope my students were well served. I’ve been retired awhile now.
and
JOSEF, “my contention that he and Sally might have been right fond of one another…there are ins and outs on those relationships that we should be careful in judging…:
——————————–
Well, we certainly agree there. Btw, I noticed that you threw in, earlier, the fact that your Grandmother always voted Democratic. Oh, my, josef . . . still don’t know me yet!
Goodnight, all.
getalife
August 24th, 2011
9:31 pm
We have seen the gop agenda.
We know what they want to do.
Default.
It is a vote to default or not to default.
I will vote not.
AmVet
August 24th, 2011
9:33 pm
More than any other, this song (beautifully covered here) got me through the first eight years of this millennium…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-ATb5FNci8&feature=related
1811/0311
August 24th, 2011
9:33 pm
Headline: “New Federal Regulations Crack Down on Goat Herding”
Well, there you go ……………………… before long it will probably be a cabinet level position.
Mike Wormack
August 24th, 2011
9:33 pm
If this is the best the Republicans can do, then get ready for the next five years of Democrats in the office. First off Bachmann and her Tea Party buddies scare the crap out of old people and last I check old people vote. Rich Perry, when I think of him I can almost laugh myself to tears, first he talked about Texas leaving the Union,( me laughing) are you kidding me, what else needs to be said. I won’t even go into his many other controversal “thoughts of a madman”. Romney is basically a white Obama who doesn’t give very good speeches. If Republicans want to take the White House, you will need to get a middle of the road conservative who will work with people regardless of their party. Romney out of these three is the closest to this, but unfortunately for him rich people are being are seen as villians in this economy. I have a couple people who I think could win, these three have about as much of a chance of winning as Larry, Moe and Curley winning a Nobel Peace Prize for science.
josef
August 24th, 2011
9:34 pm
DUSTY
Love that Dali one….your comment, too, @@
And Picasso…
Some of it a lot…some of it not at all…like his “blue period”
1811/0311
August 24th, 2011
9:35 pm
It’s 1932 all over again ………………
Headline: “Pentagon Warns China’s Military Is Growing Rapidly”
Bruno
August 24th, 2011
9:35 pm
Oh Dusty, my lusty
A Braves fan so sincere
Our lover of troops
And George Bush’s ooops
She is one we revere
celebs4truth.com
August 24th, 2011
9:35 pm
Give me a friggin break! The ONLY reason this establishment candidate is anywhere near “front-runner” status is because the establishment media says so! The only people that know who he really is are ’some’ Texans, and those who truly know who he is HATE him! Rick Perry is the epitome of an establishment candidate! Trust me, if the establishment is promoting him, that can only mean one thing! If anyone were to continue these destructive policies we’ve had to endure for the last few decades, it’s Rick “Gardasil” “NAFTA” “New World Order” “Bilderberg Group” Perry! He’s TOTALLY going to simply continue right where all these establishment/corporatist presidents left off, as if they never skipped a beat! However, I bet a million bucks he’s going to be even worse! If you know anything about history repeating itself, you’d better be voting Ron Paul 2012! http://www.celebs4truth.com
Mary Elizabeth
August 24th, 2011
9:35 pm
marko, sorry about the misspelling of your name.
HM
August 24th, 2011
9:35 pm
I dunno, I kinda admire ol’ Rick. It takes balls to be proud of executing an innocent man.
Uncle Jed
August 24th, 2011
9:36 pm
Back in for a few and no time to go back and check, so help me out please:
Has Jay answered my earlier question; does he think Obama is vulnerable at this point?
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While outside, it became clear to me, and I may be proven wrong but…assuming Obama’s negatives improve, along with the economy, and unemployment falls slightly…
Romney has no chance against Obama. Not saying Perry will win but he has a better chance and I think that is why the attacks are early and intense. Why do I say this? Well, here are a few reasons:
Obamacare, the repeal thereof, will be a big issue. Romney has a major problem there and that is why Obama, etal have done their best to align Romney with Obamacare.
If Romney is the nominee, the whisper campaign will find some disgusting way to try to convince independents that his Mormonism is “wierd” and something “to be feared”. It is an unknown for many voters. Perry is a known commodity even if many find him over the top.
Romney can be easily portrayed as a “rich guy”.
The tea party movement, which includes a share of “independents” will migrate to a less conventional choice, that being Perry, absent a newcomer.
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If the economy still sucks; unemployment gets worse or stays about the same; and there is no credible “October surprise”; well, my dead rabbit may be able to garner more support than Obama.
Bruno
August 24th, 2011
9:37 pm
I would write @@ a poem, but am having trouble finding anything that rhymes with “@@”.
Paulo977
August 24th, 2011
9:37 pm
Mary E
Thank you for Maria Callas … what a voice!
As for Van Gogh… Starry Night and Flowers, to mention just 2 , are exceptional..
As you say…..
“I notice that sometimes those who stress intellect so strongly, miss seeing with eyes beyond intellect.”
Mick
August 24th, 2011
9:38 pm
1811
Maybe if the previous president had actually flown a combat mission in nam, he wouldn’t have been in such a hurry to get into iraq, result? 5000 american troops dead, 30,000 severely wounded needing medical care for the rest of their lives, anywhere from 100,000 to 500k, innocent iraqi’ civilians killed as collateral damage plus 1 million refugees into neighboring countries. I’d say maybe he should have taken a toke or two and thought about the long term consequences…
1811/0311
August 24th, 2011
9:38 pm
Trouble in Paradise:
“Arizona Democrats ‘furious’ at special-ed teacher considering a run against Giffords”
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/08/24/arizona-democrats-furious-at-special-ed-teacher-considering-a-run-against-giffords/#ixzz1W05zSfUQ
Soothsayer
August 24th, 2011
9:40 pm
Ummm . . . Scout, can you send me one of them there Bush posters? I really would appreciate it!
1811/0311
August 24th, 2011
9:41 pm
Mick:
I hear you but consider this.
Just learning to fly a high performance fighter aircraft is probably the most dangerous training any military service person can undergo. Just look at the training accidents/fatalities, etc.
Bottom line, in many respects what he did was more dangerous (depending on your M.O.S.) than a lot of the military personnel who served in Nam (and I was one who served there).
It is what it is.
1811/0311
August 24th, 2011
9:43 pm
Sooth.:
Oh, they’re out there. Just order one yourself ………….. the one called “Boys Will Be Boys” with the two of them side by side is very popular right now …………………..
Ah, sometimes the truth hurts.
Jm
August 24th, 2011
9:43 pm
Mary Elizabeth 9:09 the Adams book is a fantastic book, loved it
Joe. No one controls the currency market. Witness japan’s problems trying to devalue their currency to no avail
Dusty
August 24th, 2011
9:43 pm
Well, the score is still 3 to 0 Cubs (and after all my inspirational work!!)
@@, Why in the world would Matisse want to wake up feeling like Salvadore Dali? Both of them must have been on drugs. That’s so psycodelic. apopletic, apologetic, not to mention plumb crazy!.
Uncle Jed
August 24th, 2011
9:43 pm
And oh, one other observation:
Jay’s use of BMOC in his headline would seem to indicate he was, or felt he was a LMOC and has never rectified that reality/perception in his own psyche. I don’t say that to be mean, but what’s with that otherwise?
Mick
August 24th, 2011
9:44 pm
uncle jed
There is one big invisible negative factor that perry will have a tough time shaking, and that is he walks and talks so much like the previous pres – it’s a flashback to bad memories ala more wars and tax cuts that are ideologically driven…
Sosayyou
August 24th, 2011
9:44 pm
A large percentage of America’s prisons are privatized by corporations. They receive federal funds based on individual prisoners.
What better way to keep prisons fully stocked than to de-fund public education!
Kamchak
August 24th, 2011
9:44 pm
Ah, sometimes the truth hurts.
Splinters from pressure treated wood hurt.
The truth?
Not so much.
Mary Elizabeth
August 24th, 2011
9:44 pm
Could not leave without saying goodnight to you, Paulo. Glad you enjoyed the Callas performance. I’m gone for this evening.. . .hopefully!
Jm
August 24th, 2011
9:44 pm
Scout 9:35 I hope you’re wrong but I’m afraid you’re right
The Chinese are loco
josef
August 24th, 2011
9:46 pm
Just chiming in on Perry here…I don’t like him. He gives Christians a bad name, and that’s meant to be taken seriously and not as sarcasm…
Bruno
August 24th, 2011
9:48 pm
The Chinese are loco
Not sure what to read into it, but Georgetown’s basketball team recently played a Chinese professional team and it ended up in a fight that appeared to be much more aggressive on the side of the Chinese team. Does it reflect a growing national sentiment there, push Yankee around??
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
August 24th, 2011
9:48 pm
Well, maybe it’s just me, but I Goggled this Dali and he can’t draw as good as I can. I mean, just look at that Time painting. The watches and clocks are all warped and look like they went thru a house fire. It’s plain as day the guy was drunk when he put that one together.
I may not know much about art, but I know what I like. And this Dali would have a hard time beating out my grandson little _____ Zell George.
Have a good night everybody. That is, except for Certain People on here. I hope they dream they died and went to the Eternal Fires and the devils poking them all speak in a Indian tongue!
Dusty
August 24th, 2011
9:48 pm
Bruno,
Revere? I swear, you tell big lie. I wonder why? Anyway, here’s mud in ya eye!!
AMPM
August 24th, 2011
9:48 pm
Hello there Dusty, how are things in the lab these days, you old rat, you?
snoqualmiefalls
August 24th, 2011
9:49 pm
A blogger intimated that Perry bothers the Left. I’m bothered by secessionist statements that Perry has made as governor of Texas, I’m bothered that he wishes to bring church and state closer together, I’m bothered by his attempt to rewrite our Constitution. I’m bothered by the fact that he appears to endorse a particular form of religion exclusive of all others. If that’s a Leftist viewpopint then so be it, yeah I’m bothered by the Governor.
Mick
August 24th, 2011
9:49 pm
1811
Once again, his path was to pilot was quite unique but he was eventually grounded and kind of petered out on his duty – nothing to be proud of while pilots like mccain were caught and tortured. During the time he mysteriously disappeared, it was rumored that his partying skills would make obama look like a rookie lightweight…let’s move forward…
1811/0311
August 24th, 2011
9:50 pm
Headline: “Libya’s missiles, chemicals worry U.S.”
“U.S. military, intelligence and diplomatic agencies are quietly making plans to secure elements of Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s expansive arsenal of weapons as his regime nears collapse and is under fire from rebels seeking to expand control over the Libyan capital.”
They had better do a little more than “make plans”.
Jm
August 24th, 2011
9:50 pm
Most artists are semi loco
Pollack, van gogh, munch, etc
That just goes with the territory
1811/0311
August 24th, 2011
9:52 pm
Mick:
Not as bad as Clinton who lied himself out of the draft.
Let’s move forward …………..
Jm
August 24th, 2011
9:52 pm
Scout amen to that
Uncle Jed
August 24th, 2011
9:53 pm
Mick
August 24th, 2011
9:44 pm
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I haven’t really watched him other than in news snippets. If that is indeed something that needs addressing, it will be and he will be coached, just like all candidates must be when it comes to “optics”. No candidate in a race for a high profile position is left to their own devices, at least not for long, once they are considered viable.
Bruno
August 24th, 2011
9:54 pm
He gives Christians a bad name, and that’s meant to be taken seriously
I don’t think he does much on the conservative side either, josef. The worst part is that he might be the stronger choice between him and Romney. Romney underwhelms me, and as someone pointed out above, lacks the cred/political capital to repeal Obamacare. That needs to be job #1.
Jm
August 24th, 2011
9:55 pm
Judd Gregg likes romney. (CNN)
Me too
Uncle Jed
August 24th, 2011
9:55 pm
Kamchak
August 24th, 2011
9:44 pm
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Red oak can be a real nuisance.
1811/0311
August 24th, 2011
9:55 pm
“Did you notice who Obama threatened when he wasn’t getting his way on
raising the debt ceiling?
He threatened to not pay: Social Security Retirees, Military Retirees,
Social Security disability and Federal Retirees.
* He did not threaten to stop payments to illegal aliens
* He did not threaten to take frivolous benefits such as Internet access
away from violent inmates
* He did not offer to fire some of the thousands of unnecessary federal
employees that he hired
* He did not offer to cut down on his or his wife’s frivolous gallivanting
around
* He did not threaten to not pay the senators and representatives or any
of their staff
* He did not threaten to take benefits away from welfare recipients
* He did not threaten the food stamp programs
* He did not threaten to not pay foreign aid
* He did not threaten to cut back on anything that involves his base voters
The list could go on and on. He is in full political re-election mode! “
Bruno
August 24th, 2011
9:56 pm
How about you, Scout, are you voting for Romney if Perry doesn’t win the nomination??
Puhleeeeze
August 24th, 2011
9:56 pm
Rick Perry’s academic major was the same as Spice Girl Palin. “How do I graduate without having to write a comprehensive senior level thesis?”
My favorite Rick is the Sanitarium one. He’s a studmuffin!
Jm
August 24th, 2011
9:57 pm
Bruno I disagree. For the exact reason u state I think Romney has the authority to massively overhaul the plan giving states much more flexibility in the execution of health care coverage
Plus I just don’t want 4 more years of Obama
Mick
August 24th, 2011
9:57 pm
uncle jed
Think about what you just proposed, I believe it to be almost impossible with perry because you can take the man out of texas but you can’t take texas out of the man. After 8 years of that kind of strut & lingo, it’s a major turn off…just sayin…
They BOTH suck
August 24th, 2011
9:58 pm
Yes Scout…. Boys will be boys
Bush is quoted as saying that “alcohol began to compete with my energies … I’d lose focus”.
md
August 24th, 2011
9:58 pm
“What better way to keep prisons fully stocked than to de-fund public education!”
Way do folks always look for the excuses??
Last I checked, the all expense paid vacation to our penal system was a choice………….don’t want to visit, don’t make that choice……………
They BOTH suck
August 24th, 2011
9:59 pm
Scout
Hope you are doing well……….. one more for the road
Bush said, “I wouldn’t answer the marijuana questions. You know why? Because I don’t want some little kid doing what I tried.”
Soothsayer
August 24th, 2011
10:00 pm
You gonna let him get away with that!
Kamchak
August 24th, 2011
10:00 pm
How about you, Scout, are you voting for Romney if Perry doesn’t win the nomination??
Do bears, bear?
Do bees, bee?
Jm
August 24th, 2011
10:02 pm
They both suck
Bush meant what he said sincerely
They BOTH suck
August 24th, 2011
10:02 pm
Scout… I left to early…………………… Your boy GWB is the man……… at least in YOUR eyes
I’ve been to war [sic]. I’ve raised twins. If I had a choice, I’d rather go to war.” — Bush
Which war was that?
Uncle Jed
August 24th, 2011
10:02 pm
graduate without having to write a comprehensive senior level thesis
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We can only assume that BHO wrote absolutely nothing. Why?
Because there is no evidence of such. EVIDENCE MATTERS.