As if you needed another reason to not vote Romney.
Celebrity business magnate Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for president Thursday, telling reporters he will not mount an independent campaign if ...
In a perfect world, the Republican contest to find a nominee to face Barack Obama would go on forever...or at least until August. You cannot attach a number to the ...
I suspect there are a ton of conservatives secretly agreeing with Begala and while it's too early in the game for Dems to get cocky, it's difficult to not smile ...
Quotes don't get much better than this one by Bob Dole.
"Why do people take such an instant dislike to me?" asked a perplexed Gingrich, to whom Dole bluntly ...
After the beating Gingrich took last night, it's hard to imagine under what scenario he can make a comeback. Florida is going to Romney and for Gingrich to regain the ...
There's a lot out there on the President's SOTU, so I'll keep my thoughts short and sweet.
The speech did what it had to do which was target liberals and independents ...
The highlights from last night's debate.
- Newt Gingrich can't wait to become president so he can revisit the early 60s and overthrow Castro in Cuba. War, baby, war.
- Santorum, who ...
It appears that the South Carolina verdict is forcing Romney to start taking Gingrich seriously.
“We’re not choosing a talk show host, we’re choosing a leader,” Romney said, saying that their ...
Mike Huckabee offers advice to Mitt Romney concerning his unreleased tax returns.
Let him [Romney] make this challenge: "I'll release my tax returns when Barack Obama releases his college transcripts and ...
Via Political Humor...
"Mitt Romney is coming under fire because even though he is a multimillionaire, he only paid 15 percent in taxes. That's not a tax, that's barely a tip." ...
Good line.
My guess is that after Romney fails to beat Obama in the general, Huntsman will be back in 2016. The most electable guy in the field and he could ...
I found this pretty funny...and accurate. It comes from a reader over at Balloon Juice.
So, let’s review. The contenders for the GOP nomination are
A vulture capitalist who believes that any ...
Lively little debate going on at one of last week's posts with Libertarianism put under the microscope.
ocLiberal:
I know I am in sketchy territory here, (start the indignant shouting now) but ...
In the contest to determine the winner of the Far-Right Politics gold medal, rack up a few more points for Newt Gingrich.
“I think an intelligent conservative wants the right federal ...
Via Political Humor...
"Congratulations to Mitt Romney. He won the New Hampshire primary last night. See, this is proof that even the multimillionaire son of a multimillionaire can beat the odds ...
Story 1:
North Korea punishing those who 'didn't display enough sadness over Kim Jong Il's death'
North Korean authorities are reportedly punishing citizens who did not display enough sadness over the death ...
In case you missed the story, Pope Benedict made headlines this week by doing what it is popes do best - putting the irrational fear of God into his followers.
The ...
Romney was asked whether questions dealing with distribution of wealth and power were a matter of jealousy or fairness.
You know, I think it’s about envy. I think it’s about class ...
If one could meld the Republican presidential candidates into a single person, what would emerge? I was thinking along the lines of Jekyll and Hyde and the result, as demonstrated ...
As if Rick Perry wasn’t already facing an uphill battle, he’s now getting the endorsement of Arizona’s number one egomaniac, Sheriff Joe.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a man who’s made a career out of bootin’ brown folks back across the border, is reportedly going to endorse Rick Perry as the Republican nominee for president — which is more than a little surprising (if it’s true, that is), when you consider some of Perry’s recent comments about illegal immigration.
According to multiple national news outlets, Arpaio will campaign with Perry in New Hampshire on Tuesday, where he will give the Texas governor a political tip of the cap.
Arpaio’s endorsement might be a plus in the primary where the GOP base is fond of maniacal birthers and corrupt, pseudo-law enforcement agents more intent on self-promotion than actual crime prevention. But in a general election with a broader-minded electorate, Arpaio’s endorsement is the kiss of death. Not than any of it matters. Perry isn’t going anywhere in this race except back to Texas.
Here’s what I’d like to know though: has Sheriff Joe, the man who set his “posse” out to uncover Obama’s Kenyan roots, asked to see Perry’s long-form birth certificate? And if he hasn’t, why not? Nothing to do with skin color I hope.
To answer the question from the post heading, not much. Cain has become a walking, talking joke.
My China strategy is quite simply outgrow China. It gets back to economics. China has a $6 trillion economy and they’re growing at approximately 10 percent. We have a $14 trillion economy — much bigger — but we’re growing at an anemic 1.5, 1.6 percent. When we get our economy growing back at the rate of 5 or 6 percent that it has the ability to do, we will outgrow China.And secondly, we already have superiority in terms of our military capability, and I plan to get away from making cutting our defense a priority and make investing in our military capability a priority, going back to my statement: peace through strength and clarity. So yes they’re a military threat. They’ve indicated that they’re trying to develop nuclear capability and they want to develop more aircraft carriers like we have. So yes, we have to consider them a military threat.
a) If China has a $6 trillion economy (it does) and if it’s growing at a rate of 10% (it is) and if the US has a $14 trillion economy (it does) and should that US economy grow at the rate Cain hopes it does (5 – 6%), then China will surpass the US and not the other way around.
Math, as we’ve come to learn, is not one of Cain’s strong suits.
In the last post, Gary Johnson spoke of Republicans, social issues and intolerance. Let’s now take a look at Republicans and the views on climate change held by those vying for the President’s job.
“I think there are a substantial number of scientists who have manipulated data so that they will have dollars rolling into their projects. And I think we are seeing almost weekly, or even daily, scientists are coming forward and questioning the original idea that man-made global warming is what is causing the climate to change. I don’t think, from my perspective, that I want America to be engaged in spending that much money on still a scientific theory that has not been proven, and from my perspective, is more and more being put into question.”
“It’s just an excuse for more government control of your life. And I’ve never been for any scheme or even accepted the junk science behind the whole narrative.”
“The minute that the Republican Party becomes the party – the anti-science party, we have a huge problem. We lose a whole lot of people who would otherwise allow us to win the election in 2012. When we take a position that isn’t willing to embrace evolution, when we take a position that basically runs counter to what 98 of 100 climate scientists have said, what the National Academy of Science – Sciences has said about what is causing climate change and man’s contribution to it, I think we find ourselves on the wrong side of science, and, therefore, in a losing position.”
And we won’t even get into Republicans and evolution.
Make no mistake about it, the Republican Party is the anti-science party. But if critical thinking is not your thing and you happen to be a Fox News guzzling lapdog who watches and believes the crap served on that network, then Perry, Bachmann and Santorum are the ones you should be sticking with. And if Sister Sarah joins the race, throw her into the moron heap as well. But if you’re a thinking conservative, then you might want to consider Huntsman. A presidential debate between Mr. Huntsman and President Obama would be a fine thing to watch and would do much to elevate American politics beyond the cartoon spectacle it has now become. Sadly, it’ll never happen.
Who is leading the Republican primary? Rick Perry. Who doesn’t have a chance in hell of winning the primary? Jon Huntsman.
Obviously, the GOP has no intention of relinquishing its well earned title as the Party of Ignorance.
Far be it from me to fail to do my small part to help seal Jon Huntsman’s doom, so count me as one more impressed liberal. His tweet from last week about believing in science and evolution and his remarks from his This Week appearance on Sunday, in which he disparaged his opponents on various reality-based grounds, were the words of a man who actually occupies this planet (and I mean the 4.5 billion-year-old one, not the one formed divinely 6,000 years ago when caveman and dinosaur fell simultaneously from the sky). Occupying this planet, of course, gives him no chance of winning the GOP primary, but it does give the rest of us a narrow thread of hope about the future.
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The Huntsman strategy here is obvious: position himself as the moderate and reasonable guy on the off chance Republicans decide to be moderate and reasonable. We must assume he is aware that his odds on this are rather long, so what he’s really hoping for is to be the consensus candidate of 2016. Maybe the party just has to go through this purge, this Reign of Terror; so just let it do that, and once it does and nominates an extremist who can’t beat a weak incumbent during a time of 9 percent unemployment rates, and the heads are piled high enough in the tumbrels and enough people finally have returned to their senses, he will ride the Thermidorian wave to victory after Obama leaves town.
…but with a warning for liberals.
Remember: at the recent Fox News debate, when the candidates were asked to raise their hands if they would oppose a long-term budget deal that cut $10 for every single dollar it raised in revenue, Huntsman’s hand shot up just like Mitt Romney’s and Newt Gingrich’s did. There are some forms of standing out he is clearly not willing to do, and let’s keep focused on those, because liberals are too easily won over (as he surely knows) by Republicans who sound reasonable on cultural issues.
17 states have issued heat warnings and advisories
Oklahoma City has seen 47 consecutive days of 90+ degree temperature with only a single day this month below 100
Record temperatures in various cities and towns has seen the high temperature record tied or broken over 800 times
Tallahassee, Florida: 105 degrees on June 15 – Record high
Amarillo, Texas: 111 degrees on June 26 – Record high
Borger, Texas: 112 degrees on June 26 – Record high
Childress, Texas: 117 degrees on June 26 – Record high
Gage, Oklahoma: 113 degrees on June 26 – Record high
29% of the U.S. is in drought and 12% is in exceptional drought – both are record highs
Tragic circumstances as the weather plays havoc with the lives of millions. So, what does Mary Fallin, Oklahoma’s Republican Governor, suggest people do?
Pray. Actually, she’s called for a statewide day of prayer.
“I think if we have a lot of people praying, it moves the heart of God.”
Is there anything wrong with people praying and asking for divine intervention at a time of crisis?
Definitely not if praying to one’s god helps comfort the soul and gives greater strength to deal with a difficult situation. In that case, it’s a positive. But if praying to one’s god is an excuse to sit on your ass and do nothing, then the practice is both dangerous and foolish.
In 2009, Mary Fallin, as a member of the United States Congress, voted against a global warming bill. Here was her rationale for doing so.
“Our state is a large producer of both oil and natural gas, and the restrictions this legislation places on the production and exploration of these resources will devastate our energy producers. That will not only destroy oil and gas related jobs, it will also lead to a reduction in tax revenue, which in turn will affect our ability to maintain and repair roads, bridges, schools and other public works and services.”
Protecting our nation should be a number one priority. Does leadership really think that our surveillance satellites should be aimed at polar ice caps and not terror cells, and that spies should be investigating global warming? Congress must adequately fund our intelligence operations. If we don’t, we may need to be more concerned about global warming in the U.S. caused by a nuclear attack in our own back yard.
She is on record as saying that climate legislation is completely unnecessary. Somehow, Fallin believes it makes much more sense to call for the citizens of her state to bow their heads, get down on their knees and pray to god to make it all go away even though climate science predicts the exact sort of extreme weather patterns which Oklahoma is currently experiencing.
Rest assured that while the ignorance displayed by Mary Fallin is astounding, it is secure and happy in the minds of Republican leadership everywhere.
You know Republicans have not a shred of shame when they can still wheel out the old commie bogeyman. Rep. Duncan Hunter:
This is it folks. This is it. There is nothing after 2012. [...] I don’t care if it’s a more moderate/former liberal like Ronald Reagan, who would never be elected today in my opinion. If it’s someone like him or a hardcore conservative, you gotta elect the most winnable person this time. I know it sounds bad, but Congress makes the law. You’ve got a conservative Congress. You’re one third there. [...] You gotta vote and get behind an electable person for president. I know after what I said, me saying that doesn’t go hand in hand. Obama’s going to raise a billion dollars. He’s going to hold on to this thing, the communists in this country, the community organizers in this country, are going to hang on for dear life. This is it for them. If they can change the balance of the scale of this country, they will affect it until our downfall.
A few thoughts…
a) “communists in this country“…really? Is that still an effective fear tactic in this day and age? Someone should bring Mr. Hunter up to speed and remind him it’s 2011. As someone once mentioned, there appears to be two types of Republicans – those stuck in the 1950s and those yearning for a return to the good old 1770s.
b) When does the Republican “electable person for president” make his or her appearance? Surely, no GOPer of reasonable mind believes that Bachmann, Paul, Santorum, Gingrich, Pawlenty or Cain is electable? As for Romney, he appears to lack the Tea Party credentials required to become the GOP nominee. They’re not going to let a guy who was once pro-choice and enacted “socialist” legislation (Romneycare) become their standard bearer.
c) It’s nice to see someone on the right recognize the fact that that Ronald Reagan would be destroyed by today’s brand of conservatism. It’s always ironic to hear some teabagger praise the Reagan legacy when in truth, they’re clueless as to the man’s policies.
Raised taxes in 7 of his 8 years in the White House.
He tripled the federal budget deficit.
As governor of California, he liberalized the state’s abortion laws.
He gave amnesty to 3 million undocumented illegal immigrants.
And we won’t get into Iran-Contra or Reagan’s role in creating the Taliban and Osama bin Laden.
d) Why do Republicans despise community organizers as much as they do?
Duncan’s entire line of reasoning smacks of desperation. While his ‘elect-anyone-as-long-as-they’re-not-evil-libuls’ might sound appealing to right-wingers, independents aren’t going to buy it in the national elections. They’re going to need more than a Michele Bachmann and her 23 foster children to convince them that turning the reins of power over to wingnuts and merchants of fear is the way to go.
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