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[MetalSlimeHunt]

How about McCain and Cain?

Sounds like a law firm.

[Urist Imiknorris]

How about McCain and Cain? That'd be a fun ticket.

Something something Abel.

[scriver]

I still really want Cain to become president. Not of the USA, mind you, but of say, California. That would be gold. Pure, 24 karat gold.

[Svarte Troner]

I still really want Cain to become president. Not of the USA, mind you, but of say, California. That would be gold. Pure, 24 karat gold.

Maybe old Hermann should just become president king of Sweden. Maybe by the time I save enough money to move there, den gamle kungen will have been ousted and King Cain I of Sweden will have Americanized the country to the point that I'd be more at home.

In other words, you can have him if you want 

[mainiac]

Cain will become king of Uz-becki-becki-stan of course.

[RedKing]

Romney is a dirtbag. But the point of this topic is more "you silly republicans, you still got a shot to pick someone who isn't."

Yeah, I'm pretty much sure we covered that topic on Aqizzar's thread. And no, they don't because Jon Huntsman and Buddy Roemer are out of the running. Any remaining options are pretty much dirtbags.

[Kogan Loloklam]

Setting aside the fact I don't like megathreads on general principle because they eliminate coordinated discussion about specific issues, the thread you reference does not, in fact, have any mention that I can find about Romney stepping down  from the Republican nomination or any discussion, even jokingly, of alternates since he's become a "sure thing"

Or maybe it does and it was lost in the mega section of the megathread.

Either way I stand by my decision that this merited a thread for discussion.

I think Jon Huntsman didn't end his campaign, only suspended it. I believe that if Romney stepped down he'd have grounds to argue for himself in the Republican Convention. Of course everyone would be free game then, and they'd probably go with someone who doesn't match Obama's current attack ads, allowing the current stuff to work against him but they would have fresh, new ground.

[RedKing]

Dude, we had about two to three months of "LOL GOP Y U NO PICK CRAZY JESUS GUY?" in that thread, if only because the majority of Bay12'ers are anti-Republican and a Santorum candidacy would have been great, terrifying fun to watch. General consensus was that Romney was the safe, boring and generally unethusiastic pick. The John Kerry of 2012, if you will.

As for Huntsman (or Ron Paul or Rick Perry or Herman Cain), kinda hard to have any grounds to argue at the convention when you donn't win a single state in the primaries. Primaries are kind of important to the whole process.

Really, Gingrich and Santorum are the only ones with any kind of legitimacy as a dark horse at the convention. I don't see either of them doing anything but sucking it up and supporting Romney as the anti-Obama, or at worst just staying mum.

Although I'll admit that Santorum is trying to get his two cents in by his recent remarks that it's "non-negotiable" that Romney's VP pick must be pro-life. Interesting, given that the inside money has narrowed the field down to three: Condi Rice, Chris Christie, and Santorum himself. The remark came in the context of someone asking him about his opinion on Rice as a VP pick, when she's identified as "pro-choice". Sounds like Slippery Rick is jockeying to be Romney's bottom of the ticket. (And if he were to get it, you can expect a LOT more jokes in that vein)

[Knight of Fools]

Rick and Romney sounds like a movie in the vein of Dude, Where's my Car?


I'm not sure why I looked at this thread and hoped for a detailed argument supporting Romney's withdrawal from the presidential race.

Ah, well.

[Starver]

If Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez are brother, why do they have different last names? Is one of them a 'stage name'?

Charlie Sheen is a stage name.

Charlie Sheen (born Carlos Estevez) is the brother of Emilio Estevez, their Dad being Martin Sheen (but born Ramon <severalmiddlenames> Estevez[1]).  So it's not quite so much a stage-name as retaining continuity with his father's chosen name.  (Although I think he's the only one of Sheen/Estevez Sr's kids to have done so.)

For an interesting take on the stage-name/brothers instance... Take Kelly Donovan (born Kelly Donovan Shultz).  Twin brother to Nicholas Brendon Shultz, who reduced this to Nicholas Brendon for his acting career.  Nicholas being the actor portraying Xander Harris, of 'Buffy' fame.  Kelly has been both an on-screen double (saves on post-production visual doohicky stuff!) and stunt double (for Nicholas in Buffy, and in general for other shows).



(Nothing really to do with the politics that the thread is about, most of which confuses the hell out of us outside of the US.  And/or amuses and/or terrifies us.  Or at least gives us a few, precious moments of self-superiority until we take a moment to analyse our own politicos, I suspect.  But, I suppose if pressed, I'd definitely accept Martin Sheen as POTUS, if he's anything like Bartlett, and I could see a mature Xander Harris filling the role.  But not as a Republican, as far as I can surmise. )




[1] With some accented letters in there, somewhere.

[lordcooper]

Jeb Bush

Hasn't that family caused enough damage already?

Anyways, anything that harms the Republican party's chances is a good thing in my books.  Put Santorum forward

[Tellemurius]

I actually had high hopes for Huntsman considering he look alot more saner than everyone else but sadly couldn't grab the attention he needed, Santorum took that away unfortunately with his batshit insane antics.

[FearfulJesuit]

I liked Huntsman and Roemer! Hell, I might vote Huntsman/Roemer over a Democratic ticket, depending on what that ticket is, which sounds like sacrilege for a lefty like me. But I can work with conservatives; they're an integral and important opinion in any political system. It's sanctimonious, short-sighted corporatists I have no respect or patience for.

[portaldruid]

well from my point of view it does not matter who sits there at the white house. they are all the same. their acting good, saying good stuff but when they are sited at the white house nobody knows what happening or their point of view.politicians!!!

[scriver]

Who was Roemer? I can't even remember the name.