Sheldon Adelson: Newt Gingrich ‘at the end of his line’
Breaking presidential news, oddly enough, from the Jewish Journal. Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, the chief underwriter for the super PAC that has kept Newt Gingrich’s campaign alive, says time’s about up for his candidate:
Said Adelson:
“It appears as though he’s at the end of his line. Because mathematically, he can’t get anywhere near the numbers, and there’s unlikely to be a brokered convention.”
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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Tom
March 29th, 2012
12:09 pm
The only real drawback to Newt withdrawing from the race at this point is the false hope it would give Santorum, which would only serve to drag the process out even longer…..as if it hasn’t outlasted its viability already.
Anne
March 29th, 2012
12:18 pm
I hate to see this happen. I wish people had listened more to Newt instead of the groomed from the womb Mitt. Newt could have debated Obama under the table without even trying. I will always be a Newt fan.
pb
March 29th, 2012
12:18 pm
I agree with Tom. Romney should hope Gingrich stays in, and divides the conservative vote. If Santorum is alone against Romney, ( not counting Ron Paul, of course), it will give Santorum false hope he can win. Only way this works is both Newt and Santorum drop out, and that’s not going to happen. Meanwhile, Obama is watching these guys rip each other and secretly smiling.
TunaMan
March 29th, 2012
12:19 pm
you knew it was coming Newt was just not the right person for the job, I can see him on Fox TV Sunday nights
JRev
March 29th, 2012
12:26 pm
Anne, thanks for the laugh. So, even though Newt couldn’t even come close to winning the nomination, you think he could beat Obama easily? With that kind of logic, it’s no wonder you support Newt. I hope you enjoy hating Obama for 4 more years, because there’s no way Mitt will win.
Refugee from Dikkksie (Thank God We Escaped)
March 29th, 2012
12:26 pm
Newt has shown that he is the perfect leader for Gooberstan; witness his victories in Jawja and South Carolina. Maybe he and Santorum can be Romney’s Viceroys for Dicksie. They are both suitable POS’s.
Else the goober vote will have no weight in this election. Dikkksie hates Romney, and hates Obama more, but Romney IS white, so he has Dikkksie in the bag without catering to the goobers in any way.
Way to go Goobers!
Patrick
March 29th, 2012
12:28 pm
The problem with “always be a Newt fan,” is that you REALLY didn’t listen to him. Sure, he’s a smart guy, but how many “smart guys” have we let ruin our nation already. Good riddance to another good ole’ boy.
JB
March 29th, 2012
12:29 pm
I like Newt. Newt loves this country. But, the main stream press has become so powerful as a lobby for the left and support of a Progressive,anti Christian agenda, it would never be allowed to happen. Sadly, they frame the debate. Any one on the left who denies that is either stupid or so far gone with that gospel, they can’t be gotten to for a discussion. Romney is the only guy running that the press will not be able to label as right of center conservative, thus alarming the people who will decide this election, and that’s the 15-20% who are classified moderate. You can show the left all the stats, facts and alarming clips you want, they’ll vote for him.
DannyX
March 29th, 2012
12:31 pm
So true JRev, Gingrich would not stand a chance against Obama.
Real Clear Politics poll average, Obama vs Gingrich,
Obama +13.6, Obama would win in a landslide.
Patrick
March 29th, 2012
12:33 pm
JB, the problem is that no one is Anti-Christian. People are just calling BS on those of us on the Right who claim to want govt out of our lives, but don’t want laws that allow anything else but what we believe. We’ve done it to ourselves by letting the Extreme Right have too big a voice.
catlady
March 29th, 2012
12:37 pm
Translation of Adelson: I’m not throwing any more money down that rabbit hole.
Alphare
March 29th, 2012
12:38 pm
JB,
does “the main stream press” in your mind include Fox News, WSB radio, Rush Limbaugh?
I’ve heard Fox News is more popular than CNN, WSB radio is the most dominant radio GA, and Limbaugh is considered the most successful talk radio host.
So what do you think?
Question Man
March 29th, 2012
12:39 pm
Didn’t Adelson mean that Newt’s at the end of his credit line?
Alphare
March 29th, 2012
12:42 pm
JB,
“anti Christian agenda”? aren’t the right wingers anti illegal immigrants? I thought Jesus said “loving your neighbors” is the most important Christian trait. Doesn’t that qualify as “anti Christian agenda”?
KB
March 29th, 2012
12:43 pm
Republicans need a brokered convention to find a real candidate. Newt would help achieve that.
Patrick
March 29th, 2012
12:47 pm
Why must Fiscal Conservative Republicans be lumped together with Religious Conservatives in the media, and for this election? You keep your social agenda to yourself, I just want the economy fixed!
JRev
March 29th, 2012
12:51 pm
JB: So, Newt loves our country? I’m pretty sure ALL presidential candidates do. The whole right vs. left is very tired. I think a large portion of us don’t prescribe to this label. I might actually vote for a Republican some day, if there was one who did not claim to be for smaller gov’t, when they actually want to expand gov’t by forcing their own social “morales” down my throat. I can’t believe we actually had to vote in Georgia in order to buy alcohol on Sunday. Imagine the uproar if we ever had a non-Christian candidate who wanted to push his/her non-Christian “morales” onto our entire country. When Republicans stop trying to dictate to me what my morality should be, then I will consider them as an actual option. Until then, it’s a no-brainer for me.
JB
March 29th, 2012
12:52 pm
And DannyX, if you take personal feelings and party out of it and just look at the pure qualifications and experience of Newt vs Obama and look at it, Newt is +13. Before Obama became POTUS, an alien landing here looking at the resume of Obama,Newt and Sara Palin, Obama would be guess 3 on that list as qualified to be President
JB
March 29th, 2012
12:54 pm
JRev say’s ” when republicans quit trying to dictate”…………………….Hello Obamacare. ever heard of it LOL
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
12:57 pm
Yes and so is Paul and Obama.
Rhett Butler
March 29th, 2012
1:01 pm
Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.
JB
March 29th, 2012
1:02 pm
Defense shield gone from Europe with nothing in exchange for it. Stimulus, failure. 9-10% unemployment.
Obamacare gonna be ruled unlawful. Debt up 5 bil. in 3 1/2 years……………..Is the guy gonna run his entire campaign on killing Bin Laden?
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
1:03 pm
Not a single Democratic vote for Obama’s budget. What does that tell you guys on the left?
JB
March 29th, 2012
1:04 pm
Oh yea, gas has doubled. Right or wrong, Joe six pack gonna blame him.
Patrick
March 29th, 2012
1:05 pm
JB- Years of experience alone don’t make a good President. There’s a reason the party wanted Newt gone after his tenure as Speaker. And there’s a reason we don’t want him back. Don’t get me started on Palin. Once again, there’s reason to have visible separation between Religious Conservatives and Fiscal Conservatives. The Conservative Social Agenda will do nothing to get this country’s economy back on track.
JB
March 29th, 2012
1:06 pm
There is not a budget because Obama doesn’t want a budget. Does a drunken sailor want to be cut off at the bar?
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
1:06 pm
Patrick….”nothing to get this country back on track”? Do you mean like Obama?
Patrick
March 29th, 2012
1:09 pm
No UGA 1999, I’m specifically talking about the Social Agenda, not Fiscal Agenda. Too much time arguing about whose Anti-Christian.
timbo
March 29th, 2012
1:10 pm
Anne sets her bar very, very low………..
Pay Up
March 29th, 2012
1:12 pm
newt’s trying to stay in as long as possible for the super-pac cash and get his name out for 7-8 figure lobbying deals after the convention—he’ll cash in big and be richer than ever!!!!
Rightwing Troll
March 29th, 2012
1:12 pm
“There is not a budget because Obama doesn’t want a budget. Does a drunken sailor want to be cut off at the bar?”
Don’t know.. maybe we should ask W???
jconservative
March 29th, 2012
1:13 pm
” Newt could have debated Obama under the table without even trying.”
Newt lost his last 3 debates to Romney. Newt lost his last 3 debates to Santorum.
That is one of the reasons that since SC and Georgia Newt has not won a single state.
There is a reason that of the 300 or so Republican congressmen who served with Newt during his speaker-ship days only 6 supported his bid for the White House.
timbo
March 29th, 2012
1:13 pm
It says UGA didn’t have much of an educational value in 1999, that’s what it tells me…..
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
1:14 pm
timbo….Really? You must have a problem with FACTS. It is ok, we are used to it from the libtards.
mary
March 29th, 2012
1:15 pm
“Newt loves this country.”
No, Newt loves Newt. He’s all about Newt. 24/7.
Atlanta Native
March 29th, 2012
1:17 pm
The press and the public are both idiots. Ron Paul is the only individual running who is suggesting substantive, responsible changes to the status quo and is courageous enough to go beyond political rhetoric. The fact that he is ignored speaks volumes about our country — and not in a good way. He is not perfect but he is the best candidate for the job. Go Ron Paul.
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
1:17 pm
Mary….Really? We have the most arrogant President in history and you think Newt is self served?
JB
March 29th, 2012
1:17 pm
I don’t want Newt either Patrick, but Obama is an empty suit next to Newt. And unlike my dear friends on the left, I don’t want a “far right” guy either. Take 10 steps back and look at Obama in that office, he’s hard to defend. I have many Democratic friends and family members who will not vote for him again. Country before party they tell me…..And yes, I know the GOP hasn’t got all the answers.
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
1:20 pm
JB….AMEN.
Patrick
March 29th, 2012
1:23 pm
They sure don’t, but now I’m wondering who does? I don’t like any of my choices right now, and voting for the lesser or evils is not how I want to proceed.
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
1:27 pm
Patrick….all of the choices are out there. I dont anyone is going to jump into the race late. I do believe that who ever Romney chooses for a VP will make a big impact. I still say it is Christie or Rubio.
JB
March 29th, 2012
1:33 pm
I think that also 1999. Christi may or may not bring Jersey because He’s had to make tough choices to clean up that train wreck the Dem’s made of that state. We need Florida bad, And I saw some polling today on Latino’s that’s real encouraging if Rubio is on the ticket. There’s only 4 or 5 states that will decide this thing, and Obama is not doing well in any of them
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
1:34 pm
JB…I agree, I think Rubio is the safer choice and that is who I think he will end up going with if Rubio accepts.
JB
March 29th, 2012
1:35 pm
Train wreck in New Jersey………..An under funded state pension fund that to make the payroll, they just keep going up on taxes EVERY year to pay for, while cutting nothing. THAT Democratic train wreck.
Patrick
March 29th, 2012
1:35 pm
Rubio won’t survive. The immigration debate will eat him alive and he knows it. Don’t count out Obama yet, which would be a big mistake. I also don’t think Christi’s style of debate would sit well with the rest of the country as a VP. It’ll only get you so far.
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
1:37 pm
Patrick….not all latinos are for ILLEGAL immigration. Believe it or not, the ones that did it the right way believe in the law.
Patrick
March 29th, 2012
1:39 pm
Noted, but navigating that issue under public scrutiny is a feat I’m not sure is doable.
JB
March 29th, 2012
1:40 pm
Patrick…………….You tube a few speech’s by Rubio. You might change your mind. The guy sends a tingle up my leg, as the great Chris Matthews once said, LOL.
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
1:41 pm
Patrick….the public scruntiny primarilly comes from the left. I dont think it will affect him that much.
JB
March 29th, 2012
1:41 pm
Rubio is the anti Obama. He knows first hand what cradle to grave total government control and dependency means.
JB
March 29th, 2012
1:44 pm
must be a protest rally somewhere….the Libs are gone….LOL
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
1:44 pm
CNN has an article right now about how religion has justified slavery. And you on the left want to believe that the left is not waging a war on religion?? WOW.
honested
March 29th, 2012
1:46 pm
I can’t wait until this time in two years…
When the shrub tax cuts are history, unemployment is back down to Clinton Era levels, the offshore military adventurism is over and the production of pointless weapons systems can be substantially reduced…
Of course GA will still be attempting to legislate religion, restrict access to medical procedures, invent new ways for brother-in-law-companies to scam vital education funds, etc.
Patrick
March 29th, 2012
1:49 pm
Good one JB, but that joke should alarm you if think of the outcome. You’d better hope Rubio is a solid as the rhetoric. We can’t handle more rhetoric, with no action.
JB
March 29th, 2012
1:49 pm
What else are they gonna say. It’s all about votes. The Christians in this country, who vote, who have a voice, are a very large block of voters…..who just happen to be standing in the way of the progressive movement in this country. The plan is simple. Take the younger generation and make Christianity out to not be true or important, then that group becomes liberal voters in the future. It’s a strong tide that may not can be stopped.
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
1:51 pm
honested…Really!?!?! Obama kept the Bush tax cuts with a Democratic House and Senate. He has nearly doubled the unemployments levels. If you think America will sit back and watch as Syria and Iran continue to spiral out of control, you are dellusional.
The left are the ones that are attempting to legislate religion out of America. You are hilarious!
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
1:53 pm
Even Obama believes he does not deserve a second term.
honested
March 29th, 2012
1:54 pm
UGA,
Quick, what was the unemployment rate when President Obama took office and the bush depression was in full swing? (Hint, it was more than halfway between Clinton levels and the peak).
Syria and Iran should be handled ‘locally’ as it is no concern whatsoever of the United States.
Americans are free to practice whatever superstition they wish to, or to be left alone and unencumbered by ANY superstition if WE wish.
honested
March 29th, 2012
1:56 pm
jb,
Just think, when nobody stops to worry what the official position of their superstition is on a given matter of local, state or national importance, we might actually make some Progress.
JB
March 29th, 2012
1:57 pm
See Greece for when the money runs out. Cut off the half of this country who do not contribute to the tax base, but depend on it, and God help you, don’t get caught in a big city. There was a guy who wrote a book about 20 years ago predicting this. He advised getting out of urban areas and into rural areas……….armed.
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
1:59 pm
Honested….The unemployment rate when Obama took office was 6.6%. It has never been that again under Obama. In fact true unemployment is still hovering around 10-11% NICE WORK!
DannyX
March 29th, 2012
2:00 pm
“Even Obama believes he does not deserve a second term.”
Well he sure isn’t getting his message across to those stubborn swing states. He is way out in front in most of them, in fact I believe he has leads in all of them.
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
2:01 pm
DannyX…”Swing states”…”way out in front”….Actually no he is not. He is loing Florida and will especially if Romney grabs Rubio. Exactly which states are you referring to?
JB
March 29th, 2012
2:01 pm
honested………………Our problems are not from ” superstition”. It’s from a government who spends more than they take in, and thinking the answer is to take more form the ones WHO ARE PROVIDING what they are getting now. Superstition is for Hollywood types.
DannyX
March 29th, 2012
2:06 pm
“The unemployment rate when Obama took office was 6.6%. It has never been that again under Obama.”
The public ain’t buying your math UGA 1999, anyone with a bit of analytical skill would realize Obama had nothing to do with the unemployment rate the first 6 months of his presidency which is where all the damage was done.
In fact according to the CNN poll released yesterday a total of 56% said our economic problems were primarily Bush’s fault, only 26% blame at Obama.
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
2:09 pm
DannyX…There is a website called “Google” that you can research for yourself. Just because you believe it not to be true doesnt mean you are right.
WOW, I hope Obama tries to blame bush during the debates. That will be the final blow for Romney to eliminate him.
DannyX
March 29th, 2012
2:10 pm
Wrong again UGA 1999. Real Clear Politics has Obama up in just about every swing state.
Even Rasmussen!
Rasmussen alone has Obama up in almost every swing state vs Romney, including these,
+8 Ohio
+9 Virginia
+5 Wisconsin
+3 Florida
+1 Pennsylvania
JB
March 29th, 2012
2:12 pm
I always ask this question, and never get an answer from a Lib. Dannyx is lurking, let’s give it a shot.
Why doesn’t Obama ever run ad’s ( campaign) for what he really wants and believes in. You know, Ad’s, like on CBS. Let me give you a few ad subjects.
I’m President Obama, And I want for you the American people:
1. Abortion on demand, at any stage
2. Bigger taxes
3. $ 8 gas, as his energy director said, as to force us to energy sources WE DON”T HAVE YET.
4. Bigger and better entitlements, from the evil rich ( this one I think he runs)
5. One payer health system, ( he won’t say it, but wants it
6. Budgets are over rated, we really don’t need one
7. I have czars to take of those decisions. Congress is slow and out of step with modern America
8. The military is a big drain on resources for my agenda.
9. feel free to add your own.
WOW
March 29th, 2012
2:12 pm
@ UGA you love to just make up poll facts. to most recent polls from Florida
Quinnipiac 3/20-3/26 Obama 49 Romney 42
Rasmussen 3/13 Obama 46 Romney 43
There hasn’t been a poll from Florida with Romney up since January.
Danny I believe was referring to the additional polls released this morning from Penn and Ohio released today which show larger leads than the one in Florida.
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
2:14 pm
DannyX…If you really believe those numbers will stay the same after the debates and Romney picking a VP then you are sadly mistaken.
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
2:14 pm
WOW….and it is fools like you that will vote for him no matter what he does or says. What could Obama do that would make him lose your vote?
Sheila Faber
March 29th, 2012
2:17 pm
NEWT surpasses the other 3 candidates. Newt is not another politician. You would have picked up on this fact if you listened to him speak for more than 5 minutes..so BRILLIANT..Normal politicians drop out of races when they run out of money. Not Newt. Money doesn’t buy love, however, money does buy elections!! He cares for this country and he is fighting for us. Newt has been leading the charge against Obama’s extreme agendas and then the other 3 candidates and the media follow. REMEMBER: the elite establishment picked our candidate..rammed him down our throat just like Obama did with the Obama Health Care..it will be a miracle if Romney beats Obama..NEWT was the one we wanted as our next President of the United States..
Cassie
March 29th, 2012
2:18 pm
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
2:14 pm
DannyX…If you really believe those numbers will stay the same after the debates and Romney picking a VP then you are sadly mistaken.
It’s not going to make much of a difference, because over half of the GOP does not want Romney at all.
JB
March 29th, 2012
2:18 pm
Fact. The Main stream press had Carter beating Reagan by 8 points 6 weeks out, Regan won by 6 points or so. about a 14 point swing. Nuff said. Wait till Romney spends 400 to 500 million showing this guy for what he is. He’s accomplished nothing.
JB
March 29th, 2012
2:20 pm
in O8, America voted out of guilt. In 12, they’ll vote for their job.
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
2:21 pm
Cassie….But they will take Romney over Obama. Obama cannot even get any support from the Democrats in the House. How is he going to win the general election?
Becky
March 29th, 2012
2:22 pm
I don’t think Rubio can pass the birther test.
WOW
March 29th, 2012
2:23 pm
@ JB
Probably becasue what you put down is not what the President stands for. Everything he has passed he ran on.
1. He has never supported aborition on demand. He is pro-choice and has never hidden that fact
2. He has not hidden the fact that he wants to roll back the Bush tax cuts for those that make over $200, 000 per year. Check the campaign website its there
3.$8 gas, find me the quote. Dr. Chu wants to reduce our dependence on oil and so does the President. In fact we are using less oil.
4. Bigger Entitlements: Not sure what you mean Save medicare and SS yes. Obamacare is designed to put people in Exchanges (private insurance) the only ones covered by medicaid and medicare are the poor who currently are already there.
5.Single payer, find me one quote of the President supporting this one???
6. Budget: Simpson/Bowles; and a long term plan to balance which he and the Speaker where trying to work on until Cantor blew i t up.
7. Czars: Every president has sought to expand executive power. I can say that I am not a fan of this, but Dick Cheney sure was. Check some of his writings on the subject.
8.Polls suggest that the military is very supportive of the President and his responsible withdrawing of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. A Recent poll in fact stated that over 60% of Republicans wanted us out of Afghanistan. Pulling out of two wars certainly will allow you to reduce defense spending at a responsible level which is what the President has proposed.
JB
March 29th, 2012
2:23 pm
Republicans are the only one’s who will meet him at an Airport…..LOL………He’s toxic during election season……And that’s the truth, not a joke.
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
2:26 pm
Paul Ryan would not be a bad VP choice either.
WOW
March 29th, 2012
2:26 pm
@ UGA
Typical you. I provide facts and you resort to name calling. I expect nothing less from you!
Since I support the issues that he is doing he is not in danger of losing my vote.But I guess if he started talking about self-deportation; more tax cuts for the rich he would loose my vote.
JB
March 29th, 2012
2:28 pm
WOW…………….Wow is right….I’ll just address the first one. His “heart” has been on display my friend. As a State Senator , he voted for late term abortion…………And was quoted running for President, Why would I want my daughters to live with a mistake……….He’s for ANY Abortion.
DannyX
March 29th, 2012
2:29 pm
Waiting for UGA 1999 to back up his claims that Romney is ahead in Florida or any other swing state…
In the mean time here are some more… All from the month of March, all posted at Real Clear Politics website.
Virginia
Rasmussen Obama +9
Quinnipiac Obama +8
Ohio
Rasmussen Obama +8
Quinnipiac Obama +6
Wisconsin
Rasmussen Obama +11
Marquette Obama +5
Florida
Rasmussen Obama +3
Quinnipiac Obama +7
Pennsylvania
Quinnipiac Obama +3
PPP Obama +7
Show us what you got UGA 1999, we’re waiting…
WOW
March 29th, 2012
2:30 pm
@ Danny
You will be waiting all day.
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
2:30 pm
WOW….what issues would those be?
JB
March 29th, 2012
2:30 pm
WOW….you ought to try another cable channel now and then.
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
2:32 pm
You guys do realize that all of those numbers are hypothetical and once Romney wins the nomination they will change drastically.
WOW
March 29th, 2012
2:35 pm
You mean the ones that he ran on…. He said we would need a stimulus to keep our economy from slipping deeper and deeper. He said he was going to tackle health care, he did both. While I don’t agree with every detail of either piece of legislation, they passed and are positives. Now people with pre-existing conditions have access to healthcare and young people (the largest gap of uninsured) can be covered on their parents insurance until they are 26. He repealed Don’t ask don’t tell, we are out of Iraq, Bin Laden is dead.
I will say that I am dissappointed on Immgration, but I understand that he couldn’t get everything.
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
2:36 pm
Wow….OH! You mean creating job, eliminating debt and having $5 gasoline. I GOT YA NOW!
WOW
March 29th, 2012
2:36 pm
@ JB
I’ll bet that I watch more Fox News than you do MSNBC any day?
DannyX
March 29th, 2012
2:37 pm
“You guys do realize that all of those numbers are hypothetical and once Romney wins the nomination they will change drastically.”
Excellent backtrack UGA!!!
Hey UGA, maybe you should use JB”s fantasy poll,
“And DannyX, if you take personal feelings and party out of it and just look at the pure qualifications and experience of Newt vs Obama and look at it, Newt is +13″
LMAO!
JB
March 29th, 2012
2:38 pm
What I can’t believe is the people who think he’s doing a good job. Ok, he’s black,hip,cool, has a blackberry, a wonderful husband and father…………..BUT A HORRIBLE PRESIDENT. All who hold the office have some agenda, but good gawd, the guy is driving us off a cliff. A high school civic class could come up with solutions.
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
2:42 pm
JB…AMEN!
JB
March 29th, 2012
2:44 pm
weakest resume to EVER hold the office. A radical who got folks free apartments. That’s it. Hell, even his name is a alias. The guys name is Barry. Why the Conn. SSN. He never lived there, worked there, voted there…………I know the press won’t ask.
Becky
March 29th, 2012
2:46 pm
JB-please list your solutions assuming you passed your high school civic class. What one thing would you do to bring gas prices down, increase employment, bring down the national debt, fix immigration, etc. etc.
We are waiting.
UGA 1999
March 29th, 2012
2:46 pm
JB….No, but Romney will!
Becky
March 29th, 2012
2:47 pm
UGA 1999-feel free to join in with JB’s list of solutions. You too Thulsa
Becky
March 29th, 2012
2:48 pm
Romney is disliked but he is the best of the worst. What most people remember about Romney is him strapping his poor dog to the roof of one of Ann’s cadillacs.
JB
March 29th, 2012
2:49 pm
I wonder what the press would think if Shawn Hannity flew somewhere one morning, incited a riot, and then flew back a did his show on Fox about said subject? Think he would get a pass ala Al Sharpton on MSNBC?
Becky
March 29th, 2012
2:53 pm
How is that list of solutions coming along boys? Class is almost over.
JB
March 29th, 2012
2:55 pm
Becky, I’m in the Lumber business, not taking 400K a year and asking to fix those problems, but one thing I would do is get put the speculators out of business. They buy the oil futures, they would have to take them. That would solve some of it. I would really mean ” an all the above strategy” and back it up and not just use it as Campaign lip service. And Becky, I’m going out on limb, but I would guess you would vote for Obama if Jesus Christ was the republican nominee.
Becky
March 29th, 2012
2:57 pm
How do you propose to put the speculators out of business? Buy them out?
I am not beyond saying there are several things President Obama has done I don’t agree with but he will be reelected by a land slide because the gop has not one viable candidate.
Marge
March 29th, 2012
2:58 pm
JB,
If JC where the nominee that would be a tough call, they both care about the poor.
WOW
March 29th, 2012
3:00 pm
@ JB
You are assuming that Jesus is a Republican….
JB
March 29th, 2012
3:03 pm
and to put people back to work. I would of taken the money Obama threw down the drain to that Solar and like project companies, Given 1 million dollars to 5 million government workers for early retirement and hired 5 million qualified under or unemployed people to take their place, and boom, the unemployment rate would drop to about 6 %.
JB
March 29th, 2012
3:03 pm
I’ve seen the democratic platform. He is.
JB
March 29th, 2012
3:07 pm
I know you loath Fox, But Dick Morris laid out a plan last night to pass legislation to put these guys on the sidelines. You would be surprised, the we want some of the same things. Jobs, balanced budget, fair taxation, clean air and water, safe streets…….We have some common ground.
Steve
March 29th, 2012
3:09 pm
JB,
Jesus vs. Obama-tough call they both got Daddy issues. I’d lean Obama based upon his experience.
JB
March 29th, 2012
3:09 pm
WOW, Gay marriage and killing babies ain’t Jesus, just say’n.
Marge
March 29th, 2012
3:10 pm
Dick Morris loves to suck on call-girl toes.
JB
March 29th, 2012
3:10 pm
You’re in for a surprise Steve.
Steve
March 29th, 2012
3:11 pm
Jesus hung out with 12 dudes, I’m sure he’d support gay marriage.
JB
March 29th, 2012
3:17 pm
Steve, google Corthianians 1, chapter 6 verse 9&10 and get back to me………..I say google, cause I’m guessing you don’t have a Bible
WOW
March 29th, 2012
3:17 pm
@ JB
Gay marriage and killing babies ain’t Jesus, just say’n.
Jesus is above politics and his name shouldn’t be mudied by either party. But that’s just my opinion! There are millions of Obama supporters who go to church every Sunday and believe in Jesus.
Steve
March 29th, 2012
3:18 pm
jb,
google santorum, lather up your fist, enjoy.
WOW
March 29th, 2012
3:23 pm
And actually JB the President does not support gay marriage and the number of abortions have been decreasing across the country for the past decade (check the CDC website for proof).
DannyX
March 29th, 2012
3:29 pm
“WOW, Gay marriage and killing babies ain’t Jesus, just say’n.”
Lol, but adultery and divorcing are!
Divorce is a CHOICE!
JB
March 29th, 2012
3:34 pm
Steve……….What I expected. Thanks for not disappointing.
JB
March 29th, 2012
3:37 pm
WOW, thanks for the input about abortions. Make me feel good about my donations to the Augusta Pregnancy Care center that my money is helping.
JB
March 29th, 2012
3:40 pm
Notice has some Libs get Vile when any talk of religion comes up. Why the hate. What are they scared of. Unlike Islam, Christians don’t have a convert or die policy. We try to win people to Christ with love and a promise of eternal life.
JB
March 29th, 2012
3:43 pm
Best Buy laying off thousands and closing 50 stores. Hum, no jobs, no electronics. Crickets.
DannyX
March 29th, 2012
3:46 pm
“Notice has some Libs get Vile when any talk of religion comes up.”
You can dish it out but can’t take it.
Btw JB, King David and Jonathan were lovers! Love at first sight.
JB
March 29th, 2012
3:50 pm
I take plenty on here DannyX……………But I’ve got something you don’t…………….But you could
DannyX
March 29th, 2012
3:56 pm
“But I’ve got something you don’t…………….But you could”
Really? What do I not have JB?
TPaine
March 29th, 2012
3:57 pm
OK…back to Newt Gingrich (why does a serious topic of discussion morph into such a low-level within the past several posts ?) >> >> it is sad that as of 3/29/12 many people still see Gingrich as a legitimate choice. He should have been seriously discounted when he described his work for Freddie Mac. as that of a historian, and later a strategic adviser. So many people ignored this fact and kept cheering on Gingrich, the consummate insider acting like he is “against the system”. At least Ron Paul called him out on this issue.
Unfortunately, the ignorance is bliss and as time moves forward the ignorant are happy to be automatons. It’s the old in-bred sports obsession where nothing matters except if “my side is winning” and “your side is losing”. Politics reduced to a simple game.
WOW
March 29th, 2012
4:00 pm
@JB
There are a lot of people who want to keep abortion legal, but who believe in reducing the actual numbers of abortion. It is a place where the left and right could come together, but cooler heads should prevail. Just my opinion.
honested
March 29th, 2012
4:33 pm
TPaine,
This whole Clown Car Campaign has been laughable from the start. For all those who thin noots walks on water (well let’s get real, flounders about on the surface) just ask the disillusioned legions who are now former campaign employees. Of course, my question for them is ‘what were you thinking’ when you quit a real job and put your children’s food security at risk?
NONE of the republican candidates have presented real, factual, viable plans for digging us out of the tail of the ‘bush depression’. There seems to have been a daily contest to blurt out the most crackpot idea possible hoping for cheers and applause from the assembled gaggle of dimwits.
The whole sector of people who for some reason would ever vote for a republican seems to have either a memory or maybe a character disorder. To recap.
We got in this mess because:
1-The Supreme Court picked the loser to run the country.
2-The ’selected’ Vice President started out with SECRET negotiations with energy producers apparently geared at slow, steady increases in prices and manufactured supply chokes to keep things climbing.
3-We cut taxes for no legitimate reason, purpose or realistic time period hampering adequate collection of revenue for CONTRACTED OBLIGATIONS.
4-We started two unfunded wars, one of which proved to have no legitimate reason other than to settle a family feud.
5-When the whole screwball plan blew up, there was no fallback, because from the outset there was no interest in the fiscal health of the United States and economic stability for her Citizens, there was just an interest to concentrate wealth in the hands of the most reliable campaign contributors and strengthen the hand of hydrocarbon extraction companies.
And there are people here who have the ignorance or audacity to blame President Obama for the inevitable effects of turning the first budget surplus since WWII to the largest deficit in history.
That’s a lot of damned gall!
ld
March 29th, 2012
10:06 pm
Newt will talk and talk and talk as long as someone else is footing the bill.
Put a fork in him; he’s done.