While he made a much-greater-than-expected showing in the GOP presidential nomination race, former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum announced today that he is suspending his campaign. How will the media treat Santorum's announcement and what does this mean for the general election? Post your thoughts and comments here.
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God help us
Submitted by jon_torlin on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 2:45pm.
God help us because it's now in the hands of the American people. If they choose to re-elect DuhOne, this country deserves whatever happens to it as a result.
I don't really know what else to say at this point.
-Jon
I'm So Sorry
Submitted by Ogundipe S.O. on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 3:57pm.
I feel your pain Jon, from ObamaCare bribery and racketeering to the unequivocal threat against the Supreme Court. It's very frustrating to see there are still 47-50% of Americans who still approve of what this man is doing day in day out.
He had a helluva run,,but its over!
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 3:04pm.
At least Romney has swung more to the right, and hopefully he'll fight O'Bozo on the issues that REALLY matter to the American people, and not these macaca ones!
DUH ONE does not want to
Submitted by ricklail on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 3:20pm.
DUH ONE does not want to fight on the issues that are most important. He wants the nonexsistant war on women to be the issue. He wants Ryan's budget to be the issue. The Commiecrats are going to make all the races in this country personal. The only record they are run on is Obamacarer and queers in the militray and those ani't very popular among the general population.
Thats true, Rick
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:11pm.
War on women, contraceptives, big business, big oil, the rich, the 1%, how much is enough, etc! And of course, fair share for the poor-THESE are the left winged irrelevant issues that Ear Leader wants-whens the last time hes discussed the rising price of gas, or the war on terror, or the economy?
He fought a great fight.
Submitted by Seashell on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 3:06pm.
He fought a great fight. May God bless him and his family for the hard work they put in and for all they endured especially with such great concerns with their daughter who has so many difficulties. The man has stones and I will always admire him for sticking to his beliefs. I know all here at NB will pray for this family and especially for Bella.
Well said, Seashell
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 3:10pm.
I'm sorry to see him go, he added much to the national debate.
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We all know that the
Submitted by ricklail on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 3:27pm.
We all know that the Commiecrats and their lapdog media were going to rip him apart. The editing of the 911 tape in the Zimmerman case was just a warm up .
Newt is in New Bern today for a Republican fund raiser. Might get to see his reaction from here. Kind of a cheap lunch he attended. Cost 40 bucks to get in. I've never been to Chelsea but for one time which was an honor luncheon so it was free, The Sun Journal honored all of us that writes letters to the editor. It is one of those places you pay more for the atmosphere than the food.
He did indeed Blonde...
Submitted by Seashell on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 3:36pm.
and he did it unabashedly, knowing he would get pummeled by the media.
Seashell and Blonde
Submitted by grammajane on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:14pm.
A very kind and sincere post and is agreed upon by me also. Thanks so much for the kind words of a true and classy young man as Rick..........
Well
Submitted by shawn. on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 3:25pm.
We now know Ann Coulter is happy.
~Time for another "I told you so" victory dance
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:56pm.
You can stop digging that bunker for your porn stash now. :-p
Nap, keep digging
Submitted by Boudin on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:33pm.
For everything else
I do not believe I said Santorum was going to get the nomination
Submitted by shawn. on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 10:57pm.
..but that's okay I enjoy you.........dancing.
Romney I guess
Submitted by ricklail on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 3:31pm.
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/383488_383877918...
That's very good, Rick
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 3:32pm.
:)
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OK, Republicans.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 3:34pm.
Can you get your Shiite together now, and go after the RBFSOB like he is the greatest threat to this nation in history, because HE IS!!!!
I'll swear, if I hear another Republican say anything to the effect that Obama is a nice man, but he just doesn't know what he's doing, I'm going to puke.
There are no rules in a knife fight, and that is what this is going to be, so forget saying anything nice about your worthy opponent. Just kill him (figuratively speaking, of course), rip out his "acomplishments" by the roots, and carry every liberal in Washington out with the trash.
If you don't, we will still lose.
No more excuses, Romney, if you are "the Man." Start acting like one.
You are right Newsbubba
Submitted by Seashell on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 3:43pm.
It's time for republicans to implement "shock and awe"! We can't be foolin' around anymore!
Good evening bubba
Submitted by cocodrie on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 3:49pm.
It's about to hit the fan big time now. Romney has just become every vile hisorical character that ever existed on this earth.
Obabble has just replaced Jesus in the minds of liberal extremists, but Jesus wasn't worth anything to them in the first place.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
If anyone should have dropped
Submitted by Shreve on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 3:46pm.
it was Newt. I feel sad for those who voted Santorum who now feel their vote didn't matter.
Yep,
Submitted by Boudin on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:42pm.
Pretty chapped at Newt right now.
But, I think Rick should had followed his own advice, and stayed in till the Convention.
I certainly wish the very best for Rick and his family
Flawed system
Submitted by Dave the mailman on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 3:50pm.
I live in Texas. We haven't had any primaries yet, so basically, nobody in my state (and several others) has any say in who they want nominated to thre Repub ticket. The choice has already been made by a small handfull of states and the media. (shakes head)
Totally agree
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:09pm.
My state never has a say in the nominee. The system needs to be changed.
...the system is broke
Submitted by vrwc13 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:10pm.
...there are more delegates yet to decide than have been decided... the system is crap
The GOP has let the msm decide... time for a real Tea Party, in house
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
&%@#$!
Submitted by Free Stinker on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 3:58pm.
Dammit !!
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
Eso digo yo.
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:08pm.
Eso digo yo. I was really hoping.....
The Official End
Submitted by Jman449 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:03pm.
For conservatives, today is the official end of the 2012 campaign. We don't have a candidate. Even if Santorum was far from perfect, he beats Romney by a long shot. If conservatives are honest with themselves, the best thing to do is fight a guerilla war within the Republican Party to take it over. There is very little chance of Romney winning as the alternative to the idiot in the White House, so why not withhold our sanction for this and blow out all the Karl Rove-types in the process? The only thing that is going to turn this country in the right direction is total conservative leadership. There is now no chance of that happening in 2012. If Romney wins, there will be no real chance of conservative leadership until 2020. If he loses, the Roves of the world will be jamming Jed Bush down our throats in 2016 and blaming conservatives for Romney's loss no matter what we do. This must end. We can't take down the libs until we take down the Red-dog Republicans.
so why not withhold our
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:14pm.
so why not withhold our sanction for this and blow out all the Karl Rove-types in the process?
Because that's EXACTLY what the Democrats want, THAT'S why!!
Romney is the nominee, for all intents and purposes. So get over, it, suck it up, and drag your butt to the polls in November, hold your nose if necessary, and VOTE FOR HIM!
Donald Rumsfeld once said, "You go to war with the army you have."
And you go to the election with the candidate you have.
Just how long do you think it will take to "clean out" the Republican party? Are you really willing to leave Democrats in control until you have the Republican Party you want???
.
Submitted by Pewah on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:20pm.
.
If that's your army...
Submitted by Jman449 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:37pm.
Go to war with them. Have fun explaining RomneyCare, Cap-and-Trade, gay marriage and all the rest of his "conservative" positions. I'll pick my own army, thanks.
Go to war with them. Have fun
Submitted by Newsbusterbrown on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:05pm.
Go to war with them. Have fun explaining RomneyCare, Cap-and-Trade, gay marriage and all the rest of his "conservative" positions. I'll pick my own army, thanks.
Why pick an army that's certain to lose?
Romney at his Massachusetts worse is still much, much preferable to another 4 years of Obama. That's indisputable.
“There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
Really?
Submitted by Jman449 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:16pm.
How was Romney a hell of a lot different? I haven't picked an army, BTW, but it aint gonna be behind a guy who governed as a liberal. Democrat.
Jman449
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:33pm.
Would you mind shedding some light on Romney's position regarding gay marriage?
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
~Romney's position
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:44pm.
I believe that would be "missionary".
Clever
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:44pm.
A+ on the pun scale! But anatomically speaking, I don't think that works, although I could be wrong.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
~I think we'd both be fine not knowing...
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:46pm.
..
➚Bru
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:49pm.
I believe the term would be "jousting"
~Sweet Zeus, have mercy
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:49pm.
Pass the brain bleach, please.
God evening Bru
Submitted by cocodrie on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:50pm.
I remember the trip we all took down mammary lane some time back. I'm interested to see how far we all go down this road.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Good evening Kingfish
Submitted by cocodrie on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:45pm.
If you can make sense out of his thinking please explain it to me.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Here is a post I made the other day about this subject.
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:02pm.
Always Opposed to Gay Marriage
"The second part of his statement is clear: Romney does not favor gay marriage. He supports the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that bars federal recognition of gay marriage, as well as a constitutional amendment to do the same.
As governor of Massachusetts, Romney did everything he could to stop gay marriage there after the state's high court allowed it.
Romney responded to the 2003 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision by vowing to keep the state from becoming, as he put it, "the Las Vegas of gay marriage." At the time, Romney stated: "I agree with 3,000 years of recorded history. ... Marriage is an institution between a man and a woman."
A Second Source
"I agree with 3,000 years of recorded history. I disagree with the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Marriage is an institution between a man and a woman. I will support an amendment to the Massachusetts constitution to make that expressly clear. Of course, basic civil rights, and certain appropriate benefits should be available to people in non-traditional relationships. But marriage is a special institution between a man and a woman, and our Constitution and laws should reflect that."
Texndoc: Romney's position seems pretty clear to me. Do you want him to back off that position and just go with the "It's a matter for the States", and just leave it a that? I'm not sure where you are going.
**********************************
I left my reply to Texndoc in my response to you, cocodrie, to reproduce my post in it's entirety. Now I just grabbed this from the vast spaces of the intrawebs. Maybe you or someone else can come up with a position that shows Romney actually favors gay marriage. I'd have to see it to believe it. Romney may have made ambiguous statements about gay equality, but he has made it clear that by those statements he means gays should not be discriminated against, economically.
I have not done an exhaustive search on everything Romney said with regards to gay marriage. Maybe someone can post where he favors gay marriage, from a first hand source, not some web-blog or other unreliable news outlet.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Tom Blumer didn't post this on NB because...
Submitted by GW on Wed, 04/11/2012 - 12:52am.
it doesn't deal specifically with media bias. But, here it is for you:
http://www.bizzyblog.com/2012/01/09/mitt-romney-and-same-sex-marriage-th...
Impossible to Follow
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Wed, 04/11/2012 - 8:48am.
Thanks for posting that, but nothing written there can be tracked and verified. I would think an article that was that extensive would have some sources that point to Romney's actual words or written statements.
6. Romney, in violation of at least 8 articles of the oldest functioning constitution in the world (which is a constitutional felony), the Massachusetts Constitution authored by John Adams, falsely claims the court (who possesses no law making authority) “legalized same-sex marriage” and that he had no choice but to obey the “new marriage laws.”
I would have liked to have been able to follow this claim up with some greater detail with regards to what Romney said or did. I would think this would have been pretty big news and pretty easy to source.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
You're welcome
Submitted by GW on Wed, 04/11/2012 - 9:42am.
I'm just posting what I've got.
I'm not a Romney Bot
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Wed, 04/11/2012 - 10:06am.
I'm not a Romney Bot and don't want to come off as defending everything he does. I'm just searching for the truth, which is oft times impossible to find, particularly when it comes to clever politicians.
I wish we had a more Reaganesque candidate running for President as a Republican. Romney's record as gov of Mass does not sit well with conservatives and the left will use his time as governor to try and force wedge issues among conservatives and independents. We can't afford to have another four years of the worst thing to happen to the oval office, (with he possible exception of Wilson). The primary is over, so it's time to focus on getting Obama out and transforming the Republican party into a Constitutionalist party that respects the limited powers of the federal government.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Are you a commie idiot?
Submitted by cocodrie on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:19pm.
If Obabble gets a second term there won't be an America for the republican party to exist. We'll all be members of the communist paarty.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Jman's strategy is :Let's
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:23pm.
Jman's strategy is :Let's stay home and help Obama get re-elected. THAT'LL show 'em!!
I agree with you: this country will not survive in its present form under another Obama term.
Hey, buddy...
Submitted by Jman449 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:45pm.
My strategy is: The Tea Party needs to get control of the Republican Party. We need conservatives to turn this thing around. It is not going to happen in 2012, but we need to start the process as soon as we can. Have you noticed how Republican presidential candidates have become the Democrat candidates of old? Every election cycle, the ball is moved further and further left. We have to start making a stand and looking at the bigger picture beyond the next four years.
MB
Submitted by stratman on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:02pm.
I am not implying or stating this about Jman, but bank on overt and covert Leftists using arguments similar to Jman's to demoralize the Right into voting in November. Of course it is a fallacious argument as Anyone But Obama is the key sentiment this election.
With Romney, we might get some of what he says he's for and will do on the (more) Conservative side. With Obama, we know we will get all of what he says if he can on the radical Leftist side.
If Romney and his people will fight as dirty and hard, if not more, that they did against other Republican candidates, then Romney will win. If Romney goes the McCain way and does not use and attack the weakness of Obama and fellow Leftists, then Obama will win.
The campaign is going to get very dirty quickly.
I think you mean demoralizing
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:31pm.
I think you mean demoralizing the right "out of" voting, and I agree.
This is how Republicans lose elections. The sore losers get all huffy refuse to support the candidate if it isn't their preferred one, or go third party (if his name is Ron Paul) and feel 'virtuous' about themselves for voting their principles while they hand over the country to the enemy.
Democrats, no matter how much they hate the nominee, go out and work for him and vote for him.
Does anyone think those PUMA's who supported Hillary until the last dog was hung in '08 stayed home and didn't vote?
Democrats, no matter how much they hate the nominee...
Submitted by vrwc13 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:34pm.
...yeah, as do the dead, illegal, and repeat voters
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
Thanks MB
Submitted by stratman on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 6:48pm.
For the correction. I needed to check on a leg of lamb in the oven and rushed the post.
The lamb was delicious. :-)
Standard reply, Strat
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 6:15pm.
Ham Sammich.
ABO 2012
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Speaking Of...
Submitted by stratman on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 6:54pm.
The leftover ham from Easter will be made into ham sammich spread and bean soup over the next couple of days. Yum!
Saw an SUV with some college aged kids in it with an Obama 2012 bumper sticker. Are others seeing them as well? Biden's name is not only a smaller font it is in a nearly invisible color. LOL
No, you're right....
Submitted by Jman449 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:35pm.
Let's elect another democrat with an (R) next to his name. That worked great with George W. Bush! Why do you think Obama is in power now? Because Bush & Co made it possible. We can't fix the country's problems in this election no matter what. That is a fact. Where are we (assuming you are a conservative) in four years when Romney gets beat and the Red-dog Republicans are still firmly in control of the party? In the same place we are now, praying some liberal can win 50.1% of the vote! We will not have advanced one inch! There is something achievable in this election. Conservatives need to make a move on the Republican Party. We need to send a message that Democrats calling themselves Republicans are NOT acceptable as candidates. You should be careful about throwing around the word "idiot". Glass houses, you know.
Giving Obabble a second term is idiocy
Submitted by cocodrie on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:45pm.
You are telling us to allow Obabble to get a second term. Why don't you tell us to go to hell? that's where we'll all be living, in a communist hell.
Glass houses? Don't post idiotic suggestions if you don't want to be viewed as an idiot.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
You don't get it
Submitted by Jman449 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:53pm.
You are in hell no matter which one of these two win. Step back. Focus beyond 2012. How did liberals get to where they are today? They took a long view, took control of public education and the culture (through the media & entertainment). Conservatives need to start taking the longer view. Voting for Romney because he is waving some tax cut at you is short money.
~BS
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:57pm.
No one is voting for Romney for some stupid tax cut; everyone simply wants Obama out.
I want him out, too
Submitted by Jman449 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:00pm.
But I am not willing to destroy any chance of conservative leadership for another 8 years. We don't have a lot of good choices in 2012, it's true.
IDIOT
Submitted by cocodrie on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:08pm.
You're telling us to destroy America.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
You want him out,
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 6:07pm.
You want him out, but........
THERE IS NO BUT!
Don't you get it???
You are willing to destroy the country in order to be on the side that does the rebuilding?
I give up. There's no reasoning with you.
I'm going to take it upon
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:00pm.
I'm going to take it upon myself to speak for "everyone."
NO ONE is voting for Romney because he is waving tax cuts at anyone.
We will vote for him because we need to get the current WH occupant out before our country is unrecognizable.
Yean I'm going to throw around the word "idiot."
You think the way to save the country is to allow it to be destroyed first.
Not with my consent, not while I have children and grandchildren!!
Allow it to be destroyed?
Submitted by Jman449 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:09pm.
The country is destroyed now! What you want to do is slow things down by electing someone who you THINK is less liberal than Obama (but did not govern that way). The country will still be increasingly liberal, though. Yeah, that sounds like a REALLY smart way to go, sell out any chance at a future so we can put a band-aid on a brain hemorrhage. Hey, get out your "JED BUSH 2016" shirts, that's the next guy the Republican Loser Establishment will be pushing!
OH I GET IT
Submitted by cocodrie on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:05pm.
You're telling us to sink the ship because you didn't get the perfect captain.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
No, moron
Submitted by Jman449 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:12pm.
I'm telling you to build a new boat. This ship has sunk, in some measure because of people thinking like you. Bet you were a big McCain supporter, too. How'd that work out for you?
~Not even McCain was a "big McCain supporter"
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:20pm.
.
Chicken Little has spoken
Submitted by cocodrie on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:20pm.
Everyone vote democrat so we can be conservative.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Hey, I don't have any more time for you today
Submitted by Jman449 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:25pm.
So I wish you good luck on your long-term strategy of turning conservatism into the Democrat Party of thirty years ago. You are almost there, hey, maybe you can nominate Bloomberg in 2016, I think he has a shiny litte (R) next to his name, just like Mitt! Who cares if everything he wants to do advances liberalism? He has an (R)! All the best, see you in the conservative gulags.
In other words...
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:27pm.
white flag.
No "Radical"
Submitted by Jman449 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:35pm.
I have spent a half-hour talking to you bricks, if you don't want to hear it, you don't want to hear it. Keep going the way you're going, staring two inches in front of you at all times while ignoring the rest of the big picture. It's been working great, Barack Obama is the President and the last two Republican nominees have been John McCain and Mitt Romney. Fantastic! Keep on Truckin'!
Ouch
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:38pm.
Not really. You working for Obama? Because your plan insures he wins.
I don't like Romney, but ABO baby, ABO. You're never going to get anyone past the Republican machine this election. Like I said, the Tea Party needs to build it's organization. All they can do this election is be spoilers.
~No, you fool
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:39pm.
Plenty of us have been saying essentially the same thing. It's not that we don't see what you're saying, but another Obama term is something that no one wants to live with if they can help it.
another Obama term is something that no one wants to live with
Submitted by vrwc13 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:47pm.
...but it may be just he 'two-by-four' this country needs
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
~That may be what it takes..
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:50pm.
..but the idea of indirectly contributing to it by not voting is hard to swallow.
...this is my wish for Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Submitted by vrwc13 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 6:11pm.
...hope for real change
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
Me thinks the PaulBot is strong in this one
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 6:18pm.
Que'lle maroon.
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What a twisted little mind
Submitted by cocodrie on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:37pm.
What a twisted little mind you have there.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
What a twisted little mind
Submitted by cocodrie on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:42pm.
What a twisted little mind you have there.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
The Tea Party isn't ready to take over yet
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:20pm.
The Tea Party has to work on local and state elections, and get a good number elected to Congress. If conservatives try to undercut Romney to get someone else in the White House we'll have four more years of Obama.
OK, Noah, we'll all stay home and let Obama win
Submitted by SickofLibs on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:25pm.
so we can work on our ark for 2020.
If he DOES get re-elected, we'll know who to blame it on.
Yeah
Submitted by Jman449 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:30pm.
Your beloved Republican Establishment.
Good doggie.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:43pm.
Now since you've rolled over and exposed your belly, you may get up and go take a well-earned crap in the backyard.
If I may jump right in here...
Submitted by dyardley on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:58pm.
Jman, I have no problems with building a new boat as you call it. What I am NOT willing to do is have Obama drain the ocean before my 'new boat' is complete. He is beyond a doubt the absolute worst thing to happen to America. 4 more years of him and his ilk will be the end of America. I am NOT WILLING to settle for that.
~~~~~~~ROMNEY FOR 2012~~~~~~~
Not my first choice but better than the alternative. Anyone But Obama!!!
Gobbledy-gook. That's what
Submitted by balboa on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:18pm.
Gobbledy-gook. That's what you guys said when he was elected the first time.
Didn't happen.
Hasn't happened.
Won't happen.
Bal
Submitted by cocodrie on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:25pm.
America is going 90 miles an hour down a dead end street. It's happening right before your eyes but you're too blind to see it.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
No, it's really not.
Submitted by balboa on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:26pm.
No, it's really not.
➚No kids, huh?
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:47pm.
I didn't know that.
?
Submitted by balboa on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 6:05pm.
?
~Balboa's cognitive state summed up in one symbol
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 6:10pm.
.
*
Submitted by cajun2 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 6:40pm.
*snicker*
➚ Yes, cajun
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:19pm.
Balboa knew exactly what I meant by the question but chose to surrender with a "?"
I don't know why you said it.
Submitted by balboa on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:28pm.
I don't know why you said it. What does having or not having kids have to do with anything?
➚ Just everything
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:32pm.
And you know it. At least it means everything if you're actually present, raising them.
Hogwash.
Submitted by balboa on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:59pm.
Hogwash.
➚Sorry, bal
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:05pm.
I simply assumed you had no kids, not that they don't live with you. My mistake.
Now when you say "Hogwash", I get this mental image of you doing the Paris Hilton carwash ad with a 700 lb. sow.
How close are you and Rosie O'Donnell, anyway?
~Second cousins
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:47pm.
Twice removed.
But the resemblence
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:46pm.
is astounding.
Ziing, ziiinger, ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:56pm.
ziiiingest.
LMAO.
MD
It has happened
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 6:45pm.
Huge debt.
Rising gas prices.
Inflation.
No respect around the world.
Hugh unemployment.
Loss of our civil rights.
I could go on but I'm using my iPhone and getting depressed.
We're not a communist
Submitted by balboa on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:09pm.
We're not a communist country, we're not all members of the communist party.
bal...
Submitted by vrwc13 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:16pm.
...but we are getting much closer
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
➚vrwc13
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:16pm.
And we know how staunchly bal would resist going with the flow, don't we?
...Cool
Submitted by vrwc13 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:19pm.
...I don't think he'll see it coming 'til it's too late, and he won't like it
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
➚He could possibly be that naive
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:23pm.
Having lived his entire life in and around academia, no grail is likely more holy to him than Bolshevism.
Honestly, do you guys read
Submitted by balboa on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:26pm.
Honestly, do you guys read what you type? There's no way we're suddenly going to become a communist country.
➚Searching for "suddenly"
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:36pm.
I must have missed it, comrade. Who was it that interjected "suddenly"?
I notice as well, what you didn't say about Bolshevism.
CA*
Submitted by cajun2 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:39pm.
To balboa, "suddenly" means "getting hit with the clue bat"
➚Silly frog
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:41pm.
Oblivious to the slowly increasing temperature of his bathwater, he shrugs and says "at least I'm not in a blender".
Ugh... There is no way that
Submitted by balboa on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:40pm.
Ugh...
There is no way that we are going to become a communist country because Obama is president. Suddenly or gradually or eventually or momentarily or slowly or whatever.
The only reason I didn't mention Bolshevism was obviously so that you'd notice it and call me out on it.
➚Why not?
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:46pm.
Right! And we'll never go socialist, either.
Major economic collapse is all that remains to catalyze such an event.
Really? It can't happen?
We're not socialist. And
Submitted by balboa on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:55pm.
We're not socialist. And heck,many thing _could_ happen. We could be taken over by Martians in the next four years, too.
Exactly how do you envision communism happening? How does Obama make that happen?
➚Locked in
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:00pm.
Balboa now expresses a fear of Martians.
Raise your hand if you're surprised.
Where did you get fear of
Submitted by balboa on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:05pm.
Where did you get fear of Martians.
➚Correction
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:07pm.
Balboa expresses belief in Martians.
Better?
Bal
Submitted by cocodrie on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:01pm.
Two thirds of the auto industry have been taken over
Healthcare is in the process of being taken over
College loans have been taken over
The banking system is being taken over
Read your stupid posts for every day calendar then close your eyes and ears tighter to keep out any logical thought from entering your mind.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
➚coco
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:09pm.
Like I said, "At least it's not a blender"
Good evening Cool
Submitted by cocodrie on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:19pm.
Fun reasoning with a three year old, isn't it?
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Huh?
Submitted by Unsane on Wed, 04/11/2012 - 6:45am.
I think you missed the passing of ShahinshahCare. Also, read some national security docs. According to the federal government, babying people is a national security concern.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
If I can inject a NY Times comparison
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:47pm.
Balboa: What's Black, and White, and Red all over? (Clue being Red, not Read.)
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
➚ Sunburnt zebra?
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:52pm.
Oh, it's a trick question. Obviously since it's not "read" all over, you must be referring to the NYT.
Good Guess, but No
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:03pm.
Obama!
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
➚ Dang It!
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:12pm.
So as John Wayne Bobbitt so famously said "I'm stumped!"
Balboa*
Submitted by cajun2 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:53pm.
If you had the ability to see the true condition of this country, you would know we are already half way there. Study the number of people on the dole compared to working folks from 1960 to 2011. Then look up the total number of jobs that have ceased to exist with the countless new regulations,mandates, laws, penalties and taxes designed to destroy capitalism. Look how he wants to go to socialized medicine. Look how the government has taken over the housing industry. Then compare the racial and class division that has escalated in the last 4 yrs. Then look at how the justice system is being attacked from the radicals and from within (AG) in order to remove all power, credibility and trust in our justice system. Look how he has given himself the power to call for martial law while fighting citizens rights in the 2nd amendment. Look how this POTUS has relegated congress to a meaningless group of faux representatives. Then read a history book or two. Especially the ones about Stalin and Lenin.
What will it take balboa? Instead of Obama calling himself President, he calls himself Leader for Life, will that wake you up?
Remind me about this
Submitted by balboa on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:54pm.
Remind me about this conversation in four years when it hasn't happened.
➚caj
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:58pm.
Having assessed himself as insulated from the fray, he can only wait for the day he no longer has to put up with the likes of us, who would rather make our own living rather than have it handed to us by a benevolent government.
Running for Governer of Texas, frontrunner Clayton Williams joked "It's like rape - if it's inevitable, you might as well lay back and enjoy it" (Ann Richards won, BTW)
I don't think balboa perceives any detriment to a fall into full-blown socialism.
Exactly CA*
Submitted by cajun2 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:07pm.
Which verifies your assessment that balboa has no children.
➚Or . . .
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:14pm.
As is the case with fish and lizards, they're on their own, and subject to being devoured should times get rough.
Did I say communist?
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:20pm.
No Bal, you inferred that because Obama leans so far to the left not even you can avoid it.
What I was driving at was that Obama is driving the U.S. into third world status.
Get a dictionary Bal
Submitted by cocodrie on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:27pm.
Look up the difference between the present tense "are" and the future "will be".
I hope you do know what a dictionary is.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
.
Submitted by Pewah on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:17pm.
.
We all
Submitted by grammajane on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:20pm.
need to support Romney, the best way possible. The main goal is to get Barry out of the WH in November. We must just keep pushing the Conservative agenda day and night. This election is the most important issue and we need to make a victory happen!!!
Just passin' thru--
Submitted by milootoole on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:56pm.
Just passin' thru-- but I've been thinking--our conflicts -- 'Nam, Iraq, -- and realizing that a lot of our young black citizens served in the military in those places. Selecting Allan West as VP, for whom I have great admiration , I think, and I know I could be wrong, but, it would win a lot of our patriotic black veteran to the GOP side.
How could you not respect a man who protected his troops and took all the heat himself??
Just a passing thought.
It's officially over. Santorum called Romney.
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:49pm.
Yahoo says Santorum called Romney to concede
Before I go on, le me here insert a DUCT TAPE ALERT!
The Left is, of course, anxious to "help" Romney....
Mitt Romney Needs to Rediscover the Center to Have a Chance in November
And according to Gary Younge, the idiot who writes for The Guardian, from Chicago, the Republicans' problem was that (all emphasis mine):
Its pragmatists could not produce a candidate with a proven appeal to moderates outside the party.
The nature of the Republican party these last few years is such that some potential candidates would not enter. lAnyone who has said anything sane about climate change, evolution, gay marriage or the economy took aook at what it would take to be nominated and bowed out. Romney stayed in because he was prepared to renounce all the sane things he had done, thereby winning the nomination and losing what integrity he had.
We have to put up the best
Submitted by VBaxter on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:43pm.
We have to put up the best person to go against Obama. Romney and Gingrich are both big government liberals. Let's all band together as Constitutional Conservatives and get Ron Paul in the White House. He's the only one that talks about cutting real spending and making the government smaller.
Ron Paul 2012
Yeah, that's the ticket! (no
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:55pm.
Yeah, that's the ticket! (no pun intended).....Tommy Flanagan
How'd your last couple of attempts to do that work out?
delete double
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:59pm.
delete double
I ask, AGAIN -
Submitted by Unsane on Wed, 04/11/2012 - 6:44am.
How can you have "maximum freedom" when you are completely unwilling to defend it?
Ron Paul thinks the ONLY enemy America has is Israel, and after completely destroying them (after a Declaration of War, no doubt) he will turn America into Whiny Country. He wants America to be the #1 weakest country on the planet. No thanks.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Mitt will ditch the businessman aura and play his lawyer card.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:51pm.
Verbiage and rationale for reaching across the aisle.
Hay I voted for Dole and McCain, 3rd times a charm.
You Didn't Build That.
Santorum for Veep?
Submitted by sevans1956 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:50pm.
I think that a Romney-Santorum ticket would be pretty tough to beat and it would help Romney from abandoning conservatives to try to win an election. Santorum would energize Conservatives to vote in the Fall. Romney is far more conservative than Obuma/Clinton, but we have to keep the pressure on him. WIth the Democrats in power, we have little recourse.
Good grief...
Submitted by vrwc13 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:02pm.
...how much more do we need to go to the left before we finally get it?
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
If I were a successful seer/soothsayer, I would live in a ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:15pm.
sumptuous villa in the south of France instead of in Southern Mexifornia Californicate; but alas, I am not.
That said, I was positive that Romney would be the nominee from the GOP.
While I don't have anything against the man; neither do I have any particular reason to favor him.
Because this country is so desperately in need of ABO, I will pull the lever for Romney while holding my nose - just as I did for McCain.
For a multitude of reasons, the political system in this country, while light years better than those of the rest of the nations of the world, SUCKS.
A cognitive breakdown of those reasons would likely reveal that each singular reason is some brain dead fool we refer to as a 'politician'.
MD
Unless Jesus Himself runs, there are no perfect candidates.
Submitted by Mike Bratton on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:25pm.
We have to work with what we have.
Conservative change in the GOP is going to have to be more incremental now, though we can hope Mr. Santorum holds Romney's feet to the fire with regard to what conservatives expect of him.
We can either vote for the dictatorship to continue, or vote--and hope--that it will end. And if you sit out, you've voted for the dictatorship.
--Mike
1600 pennsylvania ave for sale...
Submitted by vrwc13 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 5:43pm.
...guess all it takes is enough money
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
Force Romney to Govern as a Conservative
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 7:37pm.
Elect enough Tea Party type Republicans to control the House and be the strongest presence in the Senate. With that coalition, Romney will have no choice but to govern as a conservative. Romney is foremost a politician, and if he sees a chance that his legacy could be restoring America to a sound fiscal path, he would follow that road.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Hold the House, Retake the Senate
Submitted by Free Stinker on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:23pm.
. . . that's the best plan I heard all day Kingfish17!
We have to remember, ObamAA+ will give us 1 or 2 more Elena Kagan's on the Supreme Court. If for no other reason, *that* should be enough to make us all vote Romney! (as we hold our noses)
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
r.i.o.t.
Submitted by Someone Said on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:09pm.
Now we get the guy who wasn't good enough to beat the guy who wasn't good enough to beat Obama last time around.
And this was the master plan?
1976
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:45pm.
Think about it. (And no, Romney isn't my political hero.)
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
➚Can't be
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:50pm.
That one ended with Jimmy Carter as Prez.
Please NO!!!!!
Accurate
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 9:14pm.
My reply to Someone Said was accurate. Reagan was the guy in 1976 who wasn't good enough to beat the guy who wasn't good enough to beat Carter. Just like Romney wasn't good enough to beat the guy who wasn't good enough to beat Obama in 2008.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Laura Ingraham on O'Reilly
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:24pm.
I love her. She kicks butt.
Expat anyone?
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:40pm.
Expat anyone?
The repubes did it again, just like they did in '08
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 8:59pm.
They allowed the MSM to select their candidate for them, and just as before, they had plenty of help from a vapid, compliant party "leadership."
We're so screwed you can forget the KY, as I just don't see most conservatives voting for Mittens RINOmney - Obama or no Obama.
And when you throw in the massive voter fraud we all know is coming, and the 50% of the electorate that is too stoopid to tie their own shoes and/or wipe their own asses and...
God, my head hurts.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
If Conservatives
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 9:21pm.
If conservatives stay home and not vote against Obama, then I agree with you. We are screwed. When a conservative can't understand the importance about keeping Obama out of office for next four years, even if it's just Supreme Court nominations that should be considered, then we are doomed. The conservatives would be dumber than the people who are voting for Obama because they believe in Obama.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Where's the resident hater?
Submitted by Unsane on Wed, 04/11/2012 - 6:48am.
cbeyer has GOT to be celebrating right now. Either that or he is begging for Romney to declare Santorum an Enemy of the State right now, to be captured by cbeyer, who will personally treat Santorum in ways that would make Beria vomit.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)