Your morning jolt: Debate leaves Newt Gingrich moonstruck
Yes, the big hit that Mitt Romney leveled at Newt Gingrich in last night’s GOP presidential debate was about immigration.
But the ridicule of Gingrich’s dreams of establishing a permanent colony on the moon may have been a greater shock to the former U.S. House speaker’s image as a man of grandiose ideas:
From Romney, ridiculing Gingrich’s plan to privatize a lunar settlement: “I spent 25 years in business. If I had a business executive come to me and say they wanted to spend a few hundred billion dollars to put a colony on the moon, I’d say, ‘You’re fired.’”
The problem is that Gingrich points to John F. Kennedy’s vow in 1961 to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade as a mark of American optimism and its instinct for exploration.
But in truth, the race to the moon was a Cold War competition. We spent billions of dollars to beat the space-minded Soviets. That was the source of our political will — though we may now prefer to believe otherwise. The question that Gingrich can’t answer is, if we don’t establish a subdivision on the lunar surface, who will we lose to?
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry is learning the same lesson that Jimmy Carter became subject to in 1981 – the home folks don’t mind you running for president. But losing is another matter. From the Associated Press:
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s White House bid tarnished his image enough that he’s about as popular in his solidly Republican home state as President Barack Obama, a poll published Thursday shows.
Perry’s approval rating after his failed presidential bid has fallen to 40 percent, a 10-point drop from a year ago and slightly less than Obama’s 43 percent statewide approval rating, according to the poll. More than half of the people who responded to a statewide survey don’t want Perry, the longest-serving governor in Texas history, to run for another term in 2014.
Perry’s campaign for president — during which he made a series of public gaffs and debate flubs that turned him into a national punch line — embarrassed some Texans. Forty-five percent of those polled said the campaign actually hurt the state’s image.
“He should have never been in the race,” said Traci Humphrey, a 33-year-old Republican from Dallas, who wasn’t a poll respondent. “I think it made us look like idiots, how he conducted himself. His overall image is not good for Texas.”
Texans are also finding out that they picked up some of the tab for Perry’s venture. From the Austin American-Statesman:
Texas taxpayers were billed almost $800,000 in travel costs for a security detail to travel with Gov. Rick Perry largely on out-of-state events tied to his presidential campaign from September through November, state figures show.
Most of Perry’s 48 out-of-state destinations were to the early primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, according to a report released late Thursday by the Texas Department of Public Safety, which provides security when Perry and his wife, Anita, travel.
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The new progressive group Better Georgia has turned a poll that says most voters would approve of a $100,000 income cap for recipient families of the HOPE scholarship:
Voter support for the measure to place a family income cap on recipients of the scholarship receives strong support from voters of all political backgrounds, including Republicans, Democrats and voters who identify themselves as independents.
The survey shows 61 percent of registered Georgia voters support an income cap and 52 percent support it strongly. Only 26 percent of respondents oppose the plan.
Voters who describe themselves as “very conservative” support an income cap for HOPE Scholarships at 54 percent. Among those “very conservative” voters, 46 percent say they support the proposal strongly.
The highest rate of support, at 72 percent, is among registered voters whose highest level of education is a high school degree. Sixty-five percent of those voters strongly support the measure.
The survey of 806 Georgia voters was conducted Jan. 23-25 and has a 3.5 percent margin
of error, according to the group. Democrats in the Legislature are pressing for the income cap this session, but face very firm Republican opposition that one poll is unlikely to change.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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Last Man Laying Down
January 27th, 2012
9:11 am
A cap on HOPE is fine, but $100k before taxes for a family of 4 ain’t what it used to be. Why not use Obama’s tax the rich figure of $250k?
Ga Values...Ron Paul for Peace & Prosperity
January 27th, 2012
9:15 am
A vote for Newt is a vote for 4 more years of OBAMA
2012 Republican Presidential Nomination NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl Gingrich 37, Romney 28, Santorum 18, Paul 12, Perry Gingrich +9
General Election: Romney vs. Obama NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl Obama 49, Romney 43 Obama +6
General Election: Gingrich vs. Obama NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl Obama 55, Gingrich 37 Obama +18
General Election: Santorum vs. Obama NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl Obama 53, Santorum 38 Obama +15
President Obama vs. Republican Candidate NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl Obama 47, Republican 42 Obama +5
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/
Rule .303
January 27th, 2012
9:25 am
100k income cap? Are you kidding me? Who did they poll, the homeless shelters? Geez.
Tim Slater
January 27th, 2012
9:26 am
Speaker Gingrich was the ONLY candidate LISTENING to Floridians on local issues that have national impact. He actually brought up IDEAS that the Jacksonville port may need to be deepened to stay competitive and create jobs, not lose them. Bring a nuclear carrier battle group to Mayport so that Virginia does not continue to be a potential Pearl Harbor, also creates local jobs. Float IDEAS to save the Space Coast so that our talented engineers don’t have to move to other countries, saves jobs.
Other candidates simply stick to the party line CUT CUT CUT. Give me a break, a 5 year old can say that.
I appreciate Speaker Gingrich’s courage to float ideas instead of cowardice sound bites.
George Hills
January 27th, 2012
9:37 am
Mr. Gingrich needs to address down to earth issues like human waves of Mexicans & communist Chinese immigrants undermining our way of life.
clyde
January 27th, 2012
9:40 am
Kennedy’s idea of a man on the moon was dynamic in it’s time.Gingrich’s idea of a moon base is bombastic for this era.
NEWTIE
January 27th, 2012
9:45 am
TO DA MOON , ALICE….hehehehehehehe….
Road Scholar
January 27th, 2012
9:47 am
Gingrich is already on the moon!
$100,00 is a little low. Maybe have $150k set as 100% and then step it down to 0% at $250k?
NEWTIE
January 27th, 2012
9:47 am
after we populate the moon, then we can go to MARS all the while listening to ELTON JOHN’S “ROCKETMAN”…smoking a big doobie
UGA Class of 86
January 27th, 2012
9:50 am
I am in no way a Gingrich supporter – an his moon idea is not one of his better ideas – but at least he is thinking. I won’t vote for any of the clowns running on the republican side, but at least Gingrich is making an effort. The other clowns just carry on the mantra of the party of NO. To make things better somebody has got to come up with a plan that helps and inspires people. The moon idea won’t do that, but if Gingrich can come up with something he will beat Romney despite all his baggage.
Aquagirl
January 27th, 2012
9:51 am
Mr. Gingrich needs to address down to earth issues
The only thing Mr. Gingrich needs is a tow back into deeper water. He’s done flailing on the beach.
UGA Class of 86
January 27th, 2012
9:53 am
Oh and 100K for Hope is too low.There needs to be a cap, but families earning 100K a year are by no means swimming with extra funds. Add tuition, books, and other costs to an already strained budget and some of those kids won’t go to college.
J Throckmorton Malcontent
January 27th, 2012
9:56 am
Newt’s like Nixon, without the good parts.
td
January 27th, 2012
10:01 am
Sorry Newt but we can not think big in the nation any longer because we are to busy taking care of the parasites.
Independent voter
January 27th, 2012
10:01 am
Newt could not beat Obama in the debate, Romney control the debate last nite this tell you how Newt is running scare he is not a good debater.
michael g.
January 27th, 2012
10:03 am
Jim….you got a hard on for Newt or something? There are other things going on in the state as well as the nation, but you continue with your obsession with Newt.
FruitNewt
January 27th, 2012
10:03 am
Romney does like saying, “You’re fired!”. He could be The Donald’s understudy.
FruitNewt
January 27th, 2012
10:05 am
Actually, Gingrich might beat Obama in a debate. Less aggressive people will generally give over to the person using the lecturn as a bully pulpit.
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
10:11 am
NEWT the FRUIT is toast…hehehe…he looked lost as ROMNEY gored him with facts…
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
10:15 am
@td 10;01
speaking of “thinking big” , hows your research of OBAMAS sex life going? i guess watching hours of gay black porn is a hard job but somebodys gotta do it…lol
td
January 27th, 2012
10:17 am
The Hope is suppose to be for the best and brightest students is Georgia to be able to go to college. It was never intended to be another entitlement program for the poor. The program is in trouble due to grade inflation in a lot of the districts and this has allowed children, who have not really done the work to make them college material, to access the grant for at least the first year of college. After that most of them do not have the grades to continue and drop off the hope but it has put a stain on the system. If the legislature wants to really do something to save the Hope then they should add a minimum SAT/ACT score to the grant. This would weed out the undeserving.
td
January 27th, 2012
10:19 am
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
10:15 am
How many screen names are you going to use Billy?
Now the truth............
January 27th, 2012
10:21 am
People without visions are lost. To sit here and say building in space is dumb. Then what the hell is the Space St. Doing up in Space. I guess people are not learning a thing in Schools about Space. What the man said was he wanted to free the private companies to advance into space which we should . Why you ask …. Other countries are already doing it. without USA. We need to get into the game.
Newt is the only person to run the USA. Others are out to rip off more money.
Newt NEWT NEWT
Look before I leap...
January 27th, 2012
10:23 am
Adjusted for inflation, the Apollo program cost the US about 135 Billion.
Apollo put 12 men on the moon for a total of 227 hours (or 454 man hours). That is a cost of about 300 MILLION dollars per hour.
Newt suggests that part of the costs would be picked up by private corporations and we incent them with “prizes”. Ain’t no one going to dole out that much cash without some kind of ROI.
The US did it for national pride and more importantly, to send a message to the Soviet Union during the cold war, that we could and would beat them in technology that supported the arms race.
Not a single person has walked on the surface of the moon since 1972. That should tell people something.
Is man by nature an explorer? Yes
Does man need to expand to space in order to survive in the long term? Probably
Does man need to do it tomorrow? No
If we think that a permanent colony on the moon will cost 1 trillion (and for the suggested 13,000 population, I think that number is way under-estimated) and the US taxpayer picks up 1/3 of that, that is 333 Billion. Another example of the GOP talking out both sides of its mouth. They are not truly interested in cutting spending, they only want to cut programs they don’t like and spend it somewhere they DO like.
As my 4th grade teacher, Mr. Huntington used to say, “Piffle!”
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
10:25 am
@td `10:19
how much gay black porn u gonna “investigate” in your patriotic quest to prove OBAMA is gay?…lol
Old Hippie
January 27th, 2012
10:29 am
Romney took Newt to the woodshed last nite. And all four of those candidates looked like whiny little brats complaining that someone said something nasty about them.
Obama is going to be re-elected in a landslide.
Don Abernethy
January 27th, 2012
10:30 am
Our return on investment from the space program is not worth it. We cannot afford NASA. Use the money to beef up our military and Mexican border. We do not have the right person to run against Obama. I am against the Republican establishment and the Democrat establishment. If elected Romney will bow to their wishes and they have almost destroyed our country. I have voted Republican for 50 years but would gladly vote for a candidate who shares the views of the Tea Party.
Look before I leap...
January 27th, 2012
10:37 am
The Hope scholarship program does have minimum GPA and ACT/SAT score requirements contrary to what another prolific and often wrong poster here as indicated.
This often wrong poster has also hinted at “grade inflation” which I suppose means that the grades of non-deserving students are being artificially raised in order to qualify. Yet no citation or proof offered.
The apparent enmity towards poor people and non caucasians continues. Gotta admire the consistency.
honested
January 27th, 2012
10:37 am
Nut Getrich has been sold as a man of ‘big ideas’.
Big ideas are nice and necessary, but that is different from validating ‘crackpot ideas’.
Identifying the difference can help prevent a repeat of the disaster that was 2001-2008.
td
January 27th, 2012
10:39 am
I would argue that the space program is what has made us the leading economic power in the world today. Here are some of the things we have today that came directly out of the space program:
Invisible Braces, Scratch-resistant Lenses, Memory Foam, Ear Thermometer, Shoe Insoles, Long-distance Telecommunications, Adjustable Smoke Detector, Cordless Tools, Water Filters for everyday living.
Now for some more serious inventions:
A NASA developed chemical process was responsible for the development of kidney dialysis machines.
The need to find imperfections in aerospace structures and components, such as castings, rocket motors and nozzles led to the development of a medical CAT scanner which searches the human body for tumors or other abnormalities.
Astronaut health has always been a concern. Weightless conditions could cause physical deterioration, so a cardiovascular conditioner was developed for astronauts in space. This led to the development of a physical therapy and athletic development machine used by football teams, sports clinics and medical rehabilitation centers.
A hospital food service system employs a cook/chill concept for serving food. The system allows staff to prepare food well in advance, maintain heat, visual appeal and nutritional value while reducing operating costs.
Ground Control
January 27th, 2012
10:39 am
This is ground control to former speaker Newt……………………………………….
DannyX
January 27th, 2012
10:41 am
“The Hope scholarship program does have minimum GPA and ACT/SAT score requirements contrary to what another prolific and often wrong poster here as indicated.”
That same often wrong poster also doesn’t realize the Hope scholarship did in fact start out with an income cap.
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
10:42 am
@look/leap
youre right, all his “facts” are colored by his apparent disdain for the poor and non whites….he thinks theirs no way a black student can earn better grades than white students, so it must be grade inflation
td
January 27th, 2012
10:44 am
Look before I leap…
January 27th, 2012
10:37 am
If you my friend would do a little research before you decide to attempt to make another poster look bad then you would know that only the full Hope has a SAT/ACT score requirement attached. The 90% Hope does not.
As far as proof of grade inflation then all you need to do is to go over to the education blog in this paper and the journalist and bloggers have posted many studies and proof.
Look before I leap...
January 27th, 2012
10:46 am
@DannyX
Yes it did and looks like it will again. But the argument about where the cut-off occurs will be fun to watch.
Edward
January 27th, 2012
10:47 am
michael g: This is a political column, and, like it or not, Newt and the GOP candidates are news at the moment. Your equivocation is ludicrous.
Jose
January 27th, 2012
10:47 am
Re: capping HOPE. HOPE is a very important tool in a need blind way to reward high school students who study hard and are willing to enroll at a GA college or university. We need our best students, whether they are “rich” or “poor, to study here and stay in Georgia professionally. HOPE has been a great incentive for that and let’s hope it doesn’t get capped. We need those kids to keep working hard.
td
January 27th, 2012
10:50 am
DannyX
January 27th, 2012
10:41 am
I know there was an income cap in the beginning but it was done away with because it looked to much like an entitlement program and we conservatives wanted to reward the best and brightest regardless of class.
DannyX
January 27th, 2012
10:52 am
“Obama is going to be re-elected in a landslide.”
Its starting to look like that Old Hippy. The Republican debates have been Obama’s best weapon.
In December the Wall St Journal poll had Obama over Romney 47%-45%, in just one month the same poll has Obama up 49%-43%.
The Wall St poll has Obama clobbering Gingrich to the moon, 55%-37%.
They also asked which party they prefer to control Congress, Democrats 47% vs Republicans 41%, again another jump from the previous month which had the Democrats up by 2%.
Keep debating Republicans! We want more! Encore!
td
January 27th, 2012
10:53 am
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
10:42 am
Sort of like those great CRCT scores at APS/Dekalb and Albany did not result from cheating?
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
10:55 am
newt the freak looked sad last night as ROMNEY kept on the offense…also NEWTIE tried to shut down WOLF and looked stooopid as heck…so much for his “great” debate skills….NEXT
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
10:57 am
NEWT got his ho card pulled last night…push comes to shove he looked pathetic and lost…i guess his moon colony bs didnt go over to well with the audience..so much for his grand ideas…hes toast..
Check the history
January 27th, 2012
10:58 am
The HOPE Scholarship started with an income cap of $66,000 dollars for a family back in 1993. The cap was removed when they thought the lottery would generate enough money for everyone to be eligible. That projection was obviously wrong, so they ought to put a cap back on it.
If 100k is too low, I recall hearing some Democrats pushing a $140k cap. That’s surely high enough.
Auntie Christ
January 27th, 2012
10:58 am
We know less about the oceans here on our own planet than we know about the moon. They are the source of life, and will be our demise if we don’t start looking after them. They could very well be dead within the next 20 years, due to over fishing, oil spills and other man made disasters. Getrich and repub supporters sneer at efforts to save the planet from global warming and man made pollution, and cheerfully deny funds to combat it, but like a monkey mesmerized by a shiny object, they go ape over some half-@ssed pie in the sky scheme about making the moon the 51st state.
There’s no better illustration of why the country is in the shape it’s in than the moronic comment, by the consummate moron td, who states that bold endeavors aren’t possible because of ‘parasites.’ Hey genius, the money isn’t there because you’ve voted for candidates that say gazillionaires don’t have to pay taxes, that they can shut down companies then invest their $$ offshore and we’ll tax them less than a hotel maid, while they benefit from the infrastructure, the education system, and other amenities paid for by a hotel maids taxes..
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
10:58 am
thank god we wont have a ho for THE FIRST LADY, now that newtie wont get the nomination
UGA 1999
January 27th, 2012
11:01 am
During the entire debate process I have not paid much attention to Santorum, however over the past two elections he seems to have really done a good job. I do think Mitt was the clear winner last night.
td
January 27th, 2012
11:01 am
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
10:58 am
thank god we wont have a ho for THE FIRST LADY, now that newtie wont get the nomination
We have a Moochele now.
td
January 27th, 2012
11:02 am
UGA 1999
January 27th, 2012
11:01 am
During the entire debate process I have not paid much attention to Santorum, however over the past two elections he seems to have really done a good job. I do think Mitt was the clear winner last night.
ABO, ABO, ABO
Centrist
January 27th, 2012
11:03 am
Democrats like Mr. Jim Galloway pushing for yet another means test for earned benefits falls on deaf ears for the Republicans in control of Georgia politics. A majority in this state support helping those in need, but not cutting off their earned benefits for further help for those who have not earned them. Grade inflation and growing marginal scholarship recipients is the biggest problem with Hope.
UGA 1999
January 27th, 2012
11:04 am
td…..class brother….class.
double
January 27th, 2012
11:05 am
If you can’t find a job,why do you need a college education?Bring jobs back.Then go to moon.Newt has a vision,when and if we overcome ,then jointly go to moon.
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:08 am
@td
yes shes classy{MICHELLE}, not a homewrecking ho like CALISTA…lol…do moms want their daughters to be a ho like CALISTA…not…
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:10 am
@uga1999
u still fantasizing about polaying for UGA?..hehehehehe…
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:10 am
playing
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:12 am
newt “the great debater” looked so foolish last night with his moon colony fiasco…he looked like the guy whose been exposed for the joke that he is..
JF McNamara
January 27th, 2012
11:13 am
I like the cap, but its too low. In a two person working household $100K isn’t that much. Two married school teachers could make $100K, and I don’t think anyone thinks two married teachers are rich.
It should exclude only those who can’t afford out of pocket expenses while living reasonably.
td
January 27th, 2012
11:13 am
double
January 27th, 2012
11:05 am
We will have jobs back as soon as we get rid of Obama and his policies.
UGA 1999
January 27th, 2012
11:13 am
td…..agreed.
Look before I leap...
January 27th, 2012
11:13 am
“I know there was an income cap in the beginning but it was done away with because it looked to much like an entitlement program”
Otherwise known as welfare for the rich and well-heeled.
td
January 27th, 2012
11:17 am
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:12 am
newt “the great debater” looked so foolish last night with his moon colony fiasco…he looked like the guy whose been exposed for the joke that he is..
Of coarse a person with no life experience to understand the benefits the space program has had on this nation Billy would believe the way you believe.. .
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:20 am
uga1999..11:13
but at least shes not a ho…
taco supreme
January 27th, 2012
11:21 am
Instead of capping Hope, why don’t we cap the values of automobiles owned by the recipients of any form of state subsidies in Georgia. That should be something easy enough to check – just cross reference with the DMV. I’m sick and tired, as I’m sure a lot of you are, of seeing illegal aliens load their carts of groceries, that we paid for, into their tricked out Cadillac Escalades. If they can afford some of the most expensive cars on the road, they can afford groceries.
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:21 am
td
i dont need to be lectured by a downlo white gay racist who craves black penis…
UGA 1999
January 27th, 2012
11:22 am
OSAMA……You don’t know that.
td
January 27th, 2012
11:22 am
Look before I leap…
January 27th, 2012
11:13 am
“I know there was an income cap in the beginning but it was done away with because it looked to much like an entitlement program”
Otherwise known as welfare for the rich and well-heeled.
Otherwise known as a program to reward hard work, taking responsibility and doing things the right way instead of a program giving a hand out to the people that only wants to do the minimum.
Add a SAT/ACT score for any grant and raise the GPA requirement to a 3.2 in only core classes and then we will only have the truly deserving getting rewarded for hard work.
UGA 1999
January 27th, 2012
11:22 am
GALLOWAY…..please ban OSAMA AKA THE MAN for his last post. It has been reported.
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:23 am
@taco
yeah everybody on welfare drives caddys…another racist comment, but let me guess, youre not racist are you
Ol' Timer
January 27th, 2012
11:23 am
Newt’s condos on the moon idea is a conspiracy to deal with the Social Security problem by relocating seniors to Luna del Rey!
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:24 am
…GALLOWAY….please ban UGA for his racist post about the FIRST LADY
UGA 1999
January 27th, 2012
11:25 am
OSAMA….there was nothing racist about my post you fool!
td
January 27th, 2012
11:25 am
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:21 am
td
i dont need to be lectured by a downlo white gay racist who craves black penis
You are really showing your intellectual capability today Billy. Keep up the good work and everyone will know just how inexperienced and sad your life really is.
UGA 1999
January 27th, 2012
11:26 am
td….i know right!!! hahahaha
Ga Values...Ron Paul for Peace & Prosperity
January 27th, 2012
11:28 am
I worked hard & saved enough money for our daughter to go to Emory or UVa. She went to UGA against our wished on HOPE & the honors program. She will use the money to buy a house.
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:29 am
td
nope youre the sad one…everyday u print outright lies , like the one where u said OBAMA sexually harassed his male classmates while in college..youre just a pathetic angry white male who thinks the world owes you something because youre white…sorry but those times are long gone..
td
January 27th, 2012
11:30 am
UGA 1999
January 27th, 2012
11:25 am
OSAMA….there was nothing racist about my post you fool!
This person is the same one that uses Billy May Here, Darvocet Spending and many other screen ids on these boards. He is young, has life experience and is a basic troll. Kyle has banned him from his site for making inflammatory remarks to posters.
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:31 am
wow
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:32 am
i’m UGA 1999, i fantasize about playing football at UGA but i wasnt good enough…now i just jock sniff…mmmmm, mmmm good
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:34 am
td
kyle banned me because i said “the white men who called OBAMA soft looked like marshmallows…pale and soft…then i told that pot belly fool that the average black man is tougher than the average white man and then he banned me”…he hates the truth
UGA 1999
January 27th, 2012
11:36 am
Td….just dont reply to him.
td
January 27th, 2012
11:36 am
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:29 am
td
nope youre the sad one…everyday u print outright lies , like the one where u said OBAMA sexually harassed his male classmates while in college..youre just a pathetic angry white male who thinks the world owes you something because youre white…sorry but those times are long gone..
If I am not mistaken I provided a link to my source data and the whole intent of the post was to just prove how you libs have a double standard. You libs posted any link to any story you could find on Herman and convicted him on unsubstantiated web rumors so what is the difference? The post I made are not the only accounts on the internet about Obama being on the “downlo” or a drug user so under the libs arguments about Herman then they must be true since there is more then one. Se how the game works my young padawan.
double
January 27th, 2012
11:39 am
TD just likes Mistletoe parasites’that is the high up ones”if you have fallen on hard times,then you are a leech,Well there is more of us than the high ups,and we will re-elect President Obama,without the state of Georgia.Vote OBAMA lets give him the popular vote in this state.Vote for Newt in primary.
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:42 am
td
see more lies printed by you…i think u want the president to be gay because youre probaly a closeted rightwing homosexual yourself…like the toe tapping senator in the airport bathroom …
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:43 am
UGA1999 i’m the best waterboy UGA ever had…I LOVE WASHING jockstraps, lol
UGA 1999
January 27th, 2012
11:43 am
Double….please tell me which swing states you feel Obama is going to win this year.
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:44 am
uga1999
go HERSCHEL GO…LOL
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:45 am
UGA1999
OBAMAS not a swinger, thats NEWTIE and his wife whose into that stuff
taco supreme
January 27th, 2012
11:45 am
@ bi@tch
If you look around, in the real world, it’s tax return time, and you may notice that the car dealers, who cater to the Hispanic community, have lots that are overflowing with the traditional Hispanic rides – suv’s, p/u’s, van’s. This is because the illegal aliens, who pay no income taxes, acquire tax id numbers solely to apply for and recieve the Earned Income Tax Credit. Not only are they not entitled to it, they also falsify the info on the forms to reflect the maximum claims – what the hey, they get away with breaking all of the other laws. They are ripping you off for billions annually, just with the Earned Income Tax Credits, alone. What do you think all of these Hispanic Income Tax Preparation businesses are doing? And, all of the Presidential candidates, both parties, are tripping over themselves to pander for the Hispanic’s votes, and you are paying for it.
td
January 27th, 2012
11:47 am
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:34 am
I am sure that is all you said. If I remember there was also something about a body part in your post as well.
It should teach you a viable life lesson that you win a debate with well reasoned thought and intelligence and not with name calling but after reading your post this morning I can see you can not learn from your mistakes. Sad, very sad. I guess you chose to be a padawan forever and not truly graduate to adulthood.
UGA 1999
January 27th, 2012
11:48 am
td….they cannot stand when we post facts. IT IS GREAT!!!!
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:49 am
td11:47
more ramblings from the rightwing lunatic fringe…by the way hows your “research” going…hehehehee
Carol
January 27th, 2012
11:50 am
td
I know there was an income cap in the beginning but it was done away with because it looked to much like an entitlement program and we conservatives wanted to reward the best and brightest regardless of class.
++++++++
The purpose wasn’t just to reward the best and brightest. It was to assist the best and brightest who otherwise might not have the means to a higher education. Sorry, but some folks with money realized that they wouldn’t have to spend money on private schools and college if the cap was lifted.
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:51 am
uga1999
yeah like the fact that you’re a pathetic racist that hates having a black president.? sorry jock sniffer i aint buying your lies
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:53 am
the rightwing wanna return to the days of yesteryear, when white was always right and blacks were afraid to speak out…those days are gone…long gone..
td
January 27th, 2012
11:54 am
UGA 1999
January 27th, 2012
11:36 am
Td….just dont reply to him.
Showing the true character and intelligence level of Obama fanatics is a worthy cause and could persuade some of these middle of the road voters what a horrible mistake it would be to cast a vote for a person that is supported by such low character people. Every vote counts, unless you are voting for Obama in Georgia and then your vote will not be counted.
taco supreme
January 27th, 2012
11:56 am
Georgian’s are shelling out billions annually to subsidize the giant corporate chicken farmers’, and they own the governor.
double
January 27th, 2012
11:56 am
TD you tell me which swing states will not go for Obama.From some of the above post,you know more about swinging than others.
UGA 1999
January 27th, 2012
11:56 am
Td….Amen, they prove that every day. It is only the lower class government moochers that are voting for him.
I have said all along that the only ones that would vote for Obama are the ones that either look like him or feel that they will get something free from him. Be damned to our country as a unit.
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
11:59 am
td
ooooh such mean words from a GAY BLACK PORN resarcher…
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
12:00 pm
researcher
td
January 27th, 2012
12:00 pm
Looks like Herman was right about how the African American field bosses are only concerned with keeping the African American masses on the liberal plantation. This is the real reason the left and the media went after Herman and made up all those lies.
January 27, 2012
CBC chairman: African Americans would ‘march on the White House’ if Obama wasn’t black
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/24/cbc-chairman-african-americans-would-march-on-the-white-house-if-obama-wasnt-black/#ixzz1kg8×5evJ
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
12:01 pm
uga1999
our resident jock sniffer, speaks…i bet u love cheering for those big black playersat UGA, dontcha…lol
Carol
January 27th, 2012
12:01 pm
UGA 1999
I have said all along that the only ones that would vote for Obama are the ones that either look like him or feel that they will get something free from him. Be damned to our country as a unit.
++++++++
To bad the stats don’t prove you to be true. But I’m sure it pains you to think that a white person actually voted for our current POTUS. It did happen.
As for believing that they will get something from him, isn’t that why we all vote for elected officials. To get something from them? Only you and your ilk tend to forget that during your irrational tirades.
OSAMA aka the man who made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
12:03 pm
td
sorry but HERMIE needs to git offa da repub plantation…he got his comeuppance didnt he…now hes back on radio making insecure racists feel good about being racist…
taco supreme
January 27th, 2012
12:03 pm
@UGA
Due to this country’s idiotic immigration policies, the people that you described will be the majority within the next few election cycles. Thanks to the likes of the chicken farmers, this country is going the way of the cruise ship in Greece.
td
January 27th, 2012
12:05 pm
UGA 1999
January 27th, 2012
11:56 am
Td….Amen, they prove that every day. It is only the lower class government moochers that are voting for him.
I have said all along that the only ones that would vote for Obama are the ones that either look like him or feel that they will get something free from him. Be damned to our country as a unit.
You are correct for the most part but there is another demographic group and they are the most important because they are the ones that put him in office to begin with. White suburban married middle class women. This group thought it was a good idea to have an African American President and did not look at the qualifications or think about the ramifications of his socialist agenda. This is the group that will decide if he is re elected or not.
herman cain embarassed his wife
January 27th, 2012
12:05 pm
shes embarassed that her black husband was out lusting after white women…giving them their money..
herman cain embarassed his wife
January 27th, 2012
12:07 pm
td
well they put DUBYA in the whitehouse and look what it got us…9/11, 2 wars thats bankrupting us and more bs than u can shake a stick at..
OSAMA made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
12:08 pm
the repubs want someone who can protect this country like DUBYA did…oooop i forgot about 9/11…my bad
Cliff
January 27th, 2012
12:08 pm
Although I would be greatly excited by more space exploration, we still have 70% of our own planet’s surface to explore. I would imagine that it would be far less costly to build an undersea colony to hold the same number of people as on the moon. Aquaculture could provide new sources of food and energy without the 250,000 mile transit charge. New sources of raw materials are just waiting to be discovered. The spin off technologies could also be useful as ocean levels rise.
Carol
January 27th, 2012
12:09 pm
td
You are correct for the most part but there is another demographic group and they are the most important because they are the ones that put him in office to begin with. White suburban married middle class women. This group thought it was a good idea to have an African American President and did not look at the qualifications or think about the ramifications of his socialist agenda. This is the group that will decide if he is re elected or not
+++++++++
So is that why all the rage. Pissed off at your women for voting for a black man. It actually is making a lot more sense now, all the hostility.
td
January 27th, 2012
12:12 pm
double
January 27th, 2012
11:56 am
TD you tell me which swing states will not go for Obama.From some of the above post,you know more about swinging than others
It is too early to tell for sure but it looks like right now that Penn and Iowa are likely to fall in the Obama. The way it is looking the whole election will come down to Ohio, Florida, NM and NH but like I said a lot can change in 9 months. I will predict that if gas is over $4 per gallon in Sept (as predicted by many financial analyst) then Obama will get beat by any of the Republican candidates (including Ron Paul).
catlady
January 27th, 2012
12:14 pm
HOPE also initially had a “negative cap,” That is, if you were so poor you got Pell you did NOT get HOPE. In fact, the negative cap was done away with AFTER the high-end cap was! So if your family lived on $25,000 and you were a 4.0 student, you got no HOPE but your neighbor living on 65,000 with a 3.0 GPS DID get HOPE for the first 4 or 5 years. How is THAT for rewarding “everyone’s” hard work?
catlady
January 27th, 2012
12:16 pm
Re: The moon. Maybe Newt thinks those rocks on the moon are from Tiffany’s!
OSAMA made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
12:18 pm
td
wow more asinine predictions from a rightwinger…how’d the last election
[2008} come out fer ya
Attack Dog
January 27th, 2012
12:19 pm
The State of Texas has not had a quality governor since Ann Richards.
OSAMA made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
12:21 pm
attack dog
what about GOVERNOR GAFFE…AKA perry…err, um, huh, duh,uuuhhh, ummm, …lol
td
January 27th, 2012
12:21 pm
Carol
January 27th, 2012
12:09 pm
“So is that why all the rage. Pissed off at your women for voting for a black man. It actually is making a lot more sense now, all the hostility.”
First off, if you look at these blogs it is the libs with the rage (just go look at all the lib rage yesterday on the judicial hearing blog).
Second: If you change the word “White” to conservative and change the word “Blackman” to socialist then your statement would be closer to being correct about our wives. We did not like the fact that our wives put Bill Clinton into office either or are now supporting Mitt Romney in the primaries.
OSAMA made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
12:22 pm
td
give it a rest dude…newtie the ho is toast…lol
double
January 27th, 2012
12:25 pm
I’m going to sit right down and write myself a letter,and make belief it came from you..poor TD. It needs help.
td
January 27th, 2012
12:32 pm
OSAMA made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
12:22 pm
td
give it a rest dude…newtie the ho is toast…lol
You do not understand. I will vote for Newt in Georgia in the primaries but I will be more then happy to send a personal contribution to, raise money for, support and campaign for Mitt, Rick or Ron against Obama. The messiah in chief socialist must go. ABO
double
January 27th, 2012
12:32 pm
TD now tell me how any President can control the price of gas.Other than the natl.reserve where is his control.You would be better blaming congress,than the president.I prefere high gas above contaminated fresh water.
OSAMA made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
12:36 pm
td
wow u think OBAMA is the MESSIAH…i like him but hes not JESUS…lol
td
January 27th, 2012
12:41 pm
double
January 27th, 2012
12:32 pm
TD now tell me how any President can control the price of gas.Other than the natl.reserve where is his control
They have very little control just like Bush could not stop Katrina and was not the Mayor or Governor but he was blamed. What did Bush have to do with the housing market crash? He took the blame. If you are the leader then it is your fault for the bad times and you get the adulation in the good times. That is just the way the people think. Fair or not.
OSAMA made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
12:48 pm
td
yeah i blame BUSHY BOY for not protecting AMERICA on 9/11…he was to weak ,pathetic and incopmpetent…glad we have a strong commander in chief now arent you…
Mark
January 27th, 2012
12:51 pm
td
January 27th, 2012
12:41 pm
double
January 27th, 2012
12:32 pm
TD now tell me how any President can control the price of gas.Other than the natl.reserve where is his control
They have very little control just like Bush could not stop Katrina and was not the Mayor or Governor but he was blamed. What did Bush have to do with the housing market crash? He took the blame. If you are the leader then it is your fault for the bad times and you get the adulation in the good times. That is just the way the people think. Fair or not.
No president has control of gas prices. I disagreed with many when GW was in office. Many blamed him for high gas prices when he had no affect at all. I find it hypocritical of you though when just yesterday you blamed the President for the current prices. You can’t have it both way’s td, but then again many of us on here realize that you are trying to throw what ever you believe will stick.
Steve
January 27th, 2012
12:56 pm
“The question that Gingrich can’t answer is, if we don’t establish a subdivision on the lunar surface, who will we lose to?”
China
double
January 27th, 2012
1:01 pm
Oil is traded on the world markets in dollars.The more the dollar is devalued the higher dollar priced items will be.Acts of God are not blamed on the president.Handling of fema could ,and should be blamed on ones in control at time of mishaps.Best I remember Bush never vetoed.And construction kept us afloat during Bush terms, up until last couple of years.Then Obama assumed all Bush mishandling of drug bill,wars,corporate favoritism,and has failed to correct this in his short time in office.Given 4 more years will certainly help if the republicans can put the people,country ahead of their prejudices,racist attitude,and work with not against the president.
OSAMA made DUBYA his bi@tch
January 27th, 2012
1:02 pm
steve
if china goes to the moon who cares…more room on earth for us
td
January 27th, 2012
1:10 pm
Mark
January 27th, 2012
12:51 pm
If you would read my entire post I said: “little control”, which should have said some control. If Obama came out tomorrow and made a speech that he was going to sign off on the keystone pipeline and sign a executive order to allow exploring for oil, natural gas and oil shell on all Federal lands, off all coast, waive most environmental regulations and order the government to streamline the permitting process to less then 6 months then the futures market would would have oil prices cut in half within two weeks. Now if OPEC came back next moth and said they would cut producting in half then the prices would shoot right back up.
honested
January 27th, 2012
1:11 pm
Please knock it off with the childish, insane nonsense about ’socialist President’.
I wish there were a Socialist running on a top ticket candidacy. I would gladly contribute to the upper limit ASAP.
But there isn’t one. There are four sad whack job republicans and a center right Democrat who will be re-elected.
Use the terms correctly or hide your ignorance by keeping quiet.
honested
January 27th, 2012
1:15 pm
IF the President was so irresponsible to cave to the whim of petroleum extraction companies, allow a pipeline to produce diesel for export to China through a ‘free trade’ port (no taxes) eliminate all environmental regulations to degrade the health of ALL Americans and set about ruination of our biosphere for the short term gain of an industry, we would spend much more to remedy the long term problems than we would save in short term ‘cheap gas’.
That’s why business should never be in charge of government.
double
January 27th, 2012
1:18 pm
Honested if only the smart educated were allowed to post,I would go crazy from boredom.
td
January 27th, 2012
1:23 pm
honested
January 27th, 2012
1:11 pm
Obama is a democratic socialist by any definition you want to supply. Those are the facts and you are just trying to make him more appealing to the independents in hopes that they will not see his true ideology.
honested
January 27th, 2012
1:30 pm
Lets cut to the truth…..
If the President were a ‘Socialist’ he would have proposed and forced into passage a modification of the Federal tax structure ending the failed experiment lowering capital gains taxes and placed taxation of capital gains at a rate equal to or higher than the highest marginal income tax bracket.
Doing so would have insured acknowledgment of the value of labor over the value of idle aristocracy.
He didn’t do anything even vaguely resembling it and allowed our failed experiment in valuing gambling and idleness to continue.
Put up or shut up.
UGA 1999
January 27th, 2012
1:37 pm
Carol….actually it does prove true. You will see in November.
Que-Shayda
January 27th, 2012
5:52 pm
“…Gingrich’s dreams of establishing a permanent colony on the moon…”
That may be his stated intention, however I believe Newt’s ultimate goal is a probe of Uranus.
honested
January 28th, 2012
12:03 am
It’s nice to know the number of days before Nut disappears back into the ooze can be counted on one hand.