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[SlaveNoMore]

Hank Chinaski
unless you explain this, I don't think you have any ability to criticize anyone here ever again. or alternatively, I could post a grand dragon Byrd picture.

At least everyone realized Penske was a caricature - including Penske.

[SlaveNoMore]

sebastian_dangerfield
...And the GOP did just hand Iowa to a guy who doesn't buy Evolution, so...

Dissent. A couple thousand Iowans in the GOP caucus handed Iowa to Huckabee.

The "GOP" establishment has been consistently knocking him down, and his fifteen minutes are now effectively over

[SlaveNoMore]

Gattigap
This is good, but for the complete tableau I think you need to include the part about Barack, Hillary and Nancy closing each tripartite meeting by drinking the blood of slain Heritage Foundation members.

Barack is too new. He hasn't had time to reach that level of the Order yet.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
unless you explain this, I don't think you have any ability to criticize anyone here ever again. or alternatively, I could post a grand dragon Byrd picture.

Reference to Ron Paul's discusson of why the civil war shouldn't have been fought.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
...And the GOP did just hand Iowa to a guy who doesn't buy Evolution, so...

The big question is now is whether Romney will question evolution in a bid to stage a comback.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Dissent. A couple thousand Iowans in the GOP caucus handed Iowa to Huckabee.

The "GOP" establishment has been consistently knocking him down, and his fifteen minutes are now effectively over

Touche. I used "GOP" too broadly. The party does hate him, but apparently, the GOP voters don't. And since this was a caucus, which involved all those silly rules, these were not just rubes running in off the street. These were people who are seriously involved, or at least seriously interested, in GOP politics.

This is all secondary, however, to the GOP's biggest problem. They were outnumbered 2 to 1 last night by Dem voters. That's not good.

Oh, and a resurgence of the Rockefeller Republican arm of the GOP? I fear that's dead. Unless Rudy has something amazing up his sleeve, I fear thos people might be voting for Hillary, believing Rudy can't win.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield

BTW, I didn't suggest the loons were the soul of the GOP. I just suggested that the GOP's loons were a little more overtly loony than the Dems'. ...And the GOP did just hand Iowa to a guy who doesn't buy Evolution, so...

On a serious note, the GOP hasn't had one soul; they've had two.

It's been a partnership between the Christian Right and the Fiscally Conservative Center for as long as I can remember. What seems to be happening is that the fiscal conservatives now mostly live in Blue States and some new alliance has to be built, likely between the Chritian Right and someone else (The Hawks McCain appeals to? The socially conservative union crowd Huckabee is focused on?). And many in the Christian Right want to be the senior partners. The Dems are bringing out bigger votes and more excitement right now, but there may be more at stake in the Republican primary.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
On a serious note, the GOP hasn't had one soul; they've had two.

It's been a partnership between the Christian Right and the Fiscally Conservative Center for as long as I can remember. What seems to be happening is that the fiscal conservatives now mostly live in Blue States and some new alliance has to be built, likely between the Chritian Right and someone else (The Hawks McCain appeals to? The socially conservative union crowd Huckabee is focused on?). And many in the Christian Right want to be the senior partners. The Dems are bringing out bigger votes and more excitement right now, but there may be more at stake in the Republican primary.

The GOP needs Hillary to win the nomination. An Obama nomination wreaks havoc with the master plan. He peels off way too many undecided character and independent voters who'll be put off by Evil Rudy. Rudy needs to fight another dirty, self-interested politician like Hillary.

[Secret_Agent_Man]

Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
Sorry, SAM but if there is a hunger, the hungry family is not taking advantage of a zillion programs to feed the family. You can't home invade and drag the residents out to food pantries or make them sign up for assistance.

Nonresponsive, counselor. And depending on your location, not necessarily true.

Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
If you're unintentionally starving in America, you are either stoopid/have mental issues or in the care of someone stoopid/having mental issues.

And in a country of 300,000,000 people, how many do you think fall into that category?

S_A_M

etft

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Europe, a bloated quasi-welfare state.

They must be doing something right, because right now there are baying hordes of them milling around New York, roaming from Canal Street to upper Fifth Avenue, buying up everything in sight and laughing when they get their bar tabs. And I am not even mentioning the Canadians.

[Secret_Agent_Man]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
unless you explain this, I don't think you have any ability to criticize anyone here ever again. or alternatively, I could post a grand dragon Byrd picture.

I too thought that might be a bit of an overstatement. I remember the Aryan message board filled with Ron Paul fans, but 'm not sure the GOP really caters to them.

S_A_M

[Secret_Agent_Man]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
The GOP may tolerate their fringe elements for votes - but the fringe of the Left is the Democrats current soul.

No. But the stellar record of the Bush Administration has surely stirred them up.

S_A_M

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
Nonresponsive, counselor.

If someone ever said this phrase to me in real life, I would laugh in his/her face. Maybe it is good that I am not a litigator. Do people actually talk like this, or is that just on Law & Order*?




*I don't watch Law & Order. But I assume some currently-striking-writer for that show at some point put pen to paper and came up with "Nonresponsive, counselor." I could be wrong though.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by ironweed
They must be doing something right, because right now there are baying hordes of them milling around New York, roaming from Canal Street to upper Fifth Avenue, buying up everything in sight and laughing when they get their bar tabs. And I am not even mentioning the Canadians.

And what's worse, parts of Europe are reconsidering their positions on mindless excess.

• [I]t may be last call for drugs, sex and live-and-let-live in the Netherlands, one of the most famously broad-minded countries in the world.
  
  Prostitution, abortion, euthanasia, same-sex marriage and magic mushrooms have long been legal here, and soft drugs such as marijuana are technically illegal but are sold with official sanction in small amounts in "coffeehouses." In recent years, however, uneasiness over an influx of Muslim and black immigrants as well as a lifestyle that many believe has gone too far have shifted the Dutch mood away from tolerance and infinite permissiveness.
  
  In 2006, parliament stopped coffeehouses from selling alcohol if they sell marijuana; now, legislators are negotiating to have them located at least 250 yards from schools. This year, a ban on the sale of hallucinogenic mushrooms goes into effect.

LAT

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
I too thought that might be a bit of an overstatement. I remember the Aryan message board filled with Ron Paul fans, but 'm not sure the GOP really caters to them.

S_A_M

For the slavery as current issue quip, see http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archi...23/532376.aspx

It would be outrageous if it weren't true.

From what I can see, Paul is indeed getting shunned by the GOP establishment. Huckabee less so.