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[Zrk2]

So, how 'bout ABORTION?

I'm sorry Aqizzar. I have poor judgement.

But anyway, what is all this shit about the winner of Michigan (IIRC) winning the nomination? Is that just more of the BS that claimed Gingrich was going to win back in Florida?

[Aqizzar]

So, how 'bout ABORTION?

I'm sorry Aqizzar. I have poor judgement.

Y'know what, as long as people don't take it as an opportunity to grandstand about what they think of the morality of abortion, yes, you can talk about it.  It is a driving issue for quite a few voters, after all.

But anyway, what is all this shit about the winner of Michigan (IIRC) winning the nomination? Is that just more of the BS that claimed Gingrich was going to win back in Florida?

Basically, Romney's strongest (and fundamentally only pillar) for being the Republican nominee is that he has the best chance of winning an election against Barack Obama.  He's from Michigan (among other places), his dad was the governor there, it's supposed to be an "economic" state and he's supposed to be the "economic" candidate, and he has the freedom to spend exponentially more money there than any other candidate.

Ergo, if he manages to lose Michigan, and lose to Rick Santorum of all people, the movers and shakers of the Republican party will be obligated to look at Romney and ask if he's really capable of winning a national election, especially when the most likely Republicans to show up and vote in the general election don't seem to want him.  By plurality anyway.

Really, yes, it's all hot air, and there's a shitload more votes to go, which could easily go roaring to Romney anyway.  A lot of it sounds like it does in reporting, because journalists are terrified of Romney locking up the nomination this early, because holy shit would that be a boring rest of the year without a real Presidential fight going on.  Or it would effectively mean the general election would start right now, which would be utterly depressing and inane.

[Zrk2]

If the presidential election started now we wouldn't need anymore stimulus...

[MaximumZero]

Santorum is headed to somewhere near my hometown soon. I'm seriously thinking about attending the rally. To heckle him. In the mouth. With my fist.

[Nadaka]

Santorum is headed to somewhere near my hometown soon. I'm seriously thinking about attending the rally. To heckle him. In the mouth. With my fist.

You can try to find out if he is good as Bush was at playing dodge shoe...

But these days, speaking out against a republican candidate WILL get you arrested, and being in the wrong place near one will get you tazed or a broken foot, they would probably shoot you for throwing a punch or a shoe.

[G-Flex]

Santorum is headed to somewhere near my hometown soon. I'm seriously thinking about attending the rally. To heckle him. In the mouth. With my fist.

You can try to find out if he is good as Bush was at playing dodge shoe...

Point of order: Can we not encourage physical violence against politicians we disagree with in this thread? Thanks.

[Nadaka]

I wasn't actually advocating violence, more like advocating against it in a round about way.

[mainiac]

Point of order: Can we not encourage physical violence against politicians we disagree with in this thread? Thanks.

+1

[Zrk2]

Santorum is headed to somewhere near my hometown soon. I'm seriously thinking about attending the rally. To heckle him. In the mouth. With my fist.

You can try to find out if he is good as Bush was at playing dodge shoe...

Point of order: Can we not encourage physical violence against politicians we disagree with in this thread? Thanks.

Good plan. Besides, teeth are hard. The groin and kidneys are much better targets.

[mainiac]

While I know you are being humorous, I don't think the humor is in good taste given the direction of american politics in recent years.

[Heron TSG]

Hey, you could join in with those other folks in throwing glitter at him. I hear it's all the rage.

[mainiac]

Glitter, this country needs more glitter.

[jester]

Pies go well, nothing wrong with a bit of cream pie on the head to make a political point.

  Though I do think its a bit sad that making a joke about slapping a politician in the kisser isnt a good idea.

[mainiac]

Has there ever been a point in this nations history when it was a good idea?

[NinjaBoot]

Yeah, what Aqizzar said. This is the Election thread, not the "What's fucked up with America?" thread. Which would need a computer the size of the Earth to properly hold it all.

So, we're all mostly familiar with the line of "reasoning" among some evangelical Protestants that the Catholics aren't really Christians, right?
Well, now we have a speech dredged up from 2008 where Rick Santorum is basically saying the opposite at a lecture at a Catholic university: that American Protestants are "gone from the world of Christianity".

Be interesting to see if this gets much play from his rivals. Nothing like a little old-school sectarian warfare to liven things up. They gonna party like its 1629!

I suppose that is what is fucked up with America, the focus on such non-issues. 

I guess congress not having passed a budget in over 1000 days is not important.  I suppose that government now being the sole lender of post-secondary financial aid is also a non-issue.  PPACA?  All good.  Fast and Furious?  Nope.  All that money squandered on green energy?  Just tax rich people more.  Shitty economy that hasn't done anything in 3 years?  Gonna need another term to fix it.  Education system that is broken and in need of an overhaul?  Throw more money at it. 

Oh, right.. I suppose a candidates religious beliefs are a good indicator of how well he run the country.

It's not that they're not important, it's that this thread is not the place for that discussion. From the OP:

And yes, I know this is a politics thread, but let's try to have too many policy arguments, okay?  It's inevitable, but I'd like to keep everything civil here, and the horserace of electioneering is more than enough to keep everyone entertained without a firestorm of pointless ideological debates.

Might I suggest the progressive rage/annoyance thread, if you're so inclined? (although I gather you'd be more annoyed at the progressives there than what they're annoyed at)

Thanks for pointing that out

Slapping a politician is out of the question.  So just toss a nice pie in their face.  Just make sure it's not someone named John Cretien!