I wonder when the Tea Party/GOP establishment will realize that Santorum is the candidate they should have backed from day one. I mean, he's basically wrong about everything (not like that matters), but he's a decent speaker, sticks to his guns, and is the most "conservative" of the whole bunch. Too bad about the whole Google thing I guess.Oh yeah, about 9-9-9.....[Edited on October 19, 2011 at 11:47 AM. Reason : lol]
10/19/2011 11:43:44 AM
^^ Paul's plan wouldn't let people go now. It wouldn't fill positions when people leave or retire that don't need to be filled, resulting in a decrease of the federal workforce of 10%.
10/19/2011 11:45:17 AM
^^You must be on crack.
10/19/2011 11:49:04 AM
^Why? The GOP base are basically people who watch Glenn Beck and listen to Rush Limbaugh. Santorum is the closest thing there is to one of those 2 running for public office. If they wanted to nominate the antithesis to Barack Obama, that's who they should have backed. He's the candidate they want, they just don't know it yet!!!![Edited on October 19, 2011 at 12:01 PM. Reason : :]
10/19/2011 11:53:52 AM
You're generalizing. Yes, there's a good amount of Republican voters that should like Santorum. He is everything wrong with the current GOP. I mean, this is a guy that appears to have learned nothing in the past ten years, like he came straight out of the GOP circa 2001.You're short changing the rest of us, though, that understand that party politics is a necessary evil. There is a growing number of old-school, "Constitutional conservatives" that don't give a damn about same sex marriage and all those other distractions.[Edited on October 19, 2011 at 12:05 PM. Reason : ]
10/19/2011 12:04:43 PM
this is awesome:http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/10/the-gop-debate-took-a-wrong-turn-on-immigration/246955/
10/19/2011 1:21:28 PM
10/19/2011 2:12:22 PM
They are distractions. Same sex marriage, abortion, the location of mosques, and other "social issues" are completely invented and have no place in a discussion on federal-level politics. The things that matter are foreign policy, economic policy, immigration, things like that. This culture war bullshit has to stop.
10/19/2011 2:35:08 PM
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10/19/2011 4:13:15 PM
Right, hence the "effectively". The tax system is fucked up, but the end result of the 999 plan is that the lower and middle class pays more, and the rich pay less.Just the idea that you can pick a number like that that and apply it arbitrarily is stupid. This plan would be a disaster if implemented.
10/19/2011 4:34:09 PM
He didn't pick it, Sim City did.
10/19/2011 4:40:19 PM
10/20/2011 2:44:13 AM
That's not really indicative of, well, anything at this point. Obama's not actively campaigning in a primary. Wait until we get closer to the conventions, then we'll have a better feel for who's pulling in what kind of money.
10/20/2011 7:01:45 AM
10/20/2011 5:57:53 PM
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/herman-cain-has-no-real-campaign-episodes-ii-iv.php?ref=fpa
10/24/2011 1:32:01 PM
I still don't get why Palin chose not to run. If anybody can run a Presidential campaign into the ground and somehow emerge with a profit, it's her.
10/24/2011 1:40:35 PM
hey shrike what income range are we talking with that "top 20%" on your graph?[Edited on October 24, 2011 at 7:43 PM. Reason : at the top of the page]
10/24/2011 7:43:07 PM
Look for yourself, the graph came from this data,http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxtopics/Cain-9-9-9-plan.cfmLooks like household incomes over $111,344. [Edited on October 25, 2011 at 1:34 PM. Reason : :]
10/25/2011 1:32:47 PM
It's just amazing how weak the GOP field is, and how badly the Tea Party wants to vote for anyone other than Romney. Trump flamed out. Bachman won a couple polls then they realized she was a crazy woman. Perry took over the pole until he opened his mouth, revealing himself to be retarded. Ron Paul doesn't like bombing Muslims, so he's out. Huntsman believes in science, so he's out. Palin decided to keep working for Fox News. Gingrich's "elect by" date was in the 90s. They should probably all be voting for Santorum if not for his Google problem. So now Cain, who isn't even a real candidate, is leading Romney by 4 points. This whole thing would be hilarious if not for how sad it is.
10/25/2011 2:00:50 PM
some sources say it would generate about the same revenue we have now and others claim it would lead to record deficits-so which is it?
10/25/2011 4:39:13 PM
Perry's tax plan seems to be the worst of all possible worlds. It's keeping the complexity of the current code and coupling it with an alternative maximum tax rate for rich people.
10/25/2011 5:11:21 PM
agreed
10/25/2011 5:34:19 PM
^^ exactly. "Hey, I'm gonna simplify the tax code by making you do your taxes twice... " Perry's plan is just a naked tax cut for the wealthy, the kind of which Dubya could only have dreamed about.
10/26/2011 6:55:16 AM
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/26/poll-obama-advantage-in-crucial-battleground-state/
10/26/2011 1:26:54 PM
Yes, Barack Obama...that last bastion of logic and rationality.
10/26/2011 1:58:55 PM
Compared to the current crop of doofuses the GOP is putting forward Obama looks like a Harvard educated constitutional scholar./Oh wait... /I don't even like the guy, but wow the GOP has picked a bumper crop of loons. The most reasonable two either commit adultery because America or lives in his sons' basement.
10/26/2011 2:03:57 PM
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10/26/2011 2:36:08 PM
10/26/2011 2:43:08 PM
Restoration of civil liberties, ending the drug war, and ending our imperialist empire? Aren't those things that you want?
10/26/2011 2:44:05 PM
Yes I can cherry pick positions from anybody's platform that I'd agree withHitler had the trains running on time
10/26/2011 3:20:20 PM
Ending the wars should be a priority if you're maintaining any pretense of giving a shit about humanity. The same should be said about the war on drugs. Lives are being ruined on a daily basis. That's unacceptable.
10/26/2011 3:49:44 PM
10/26/2011 3:49:54 PM
10/26/2011 3:54:55 PM
^^Trying to argue with you is like telling a sports fan that their team sucks. It isn't possible to win that debate. Your quarterback could throw away the ball every play, and you'd still support the team, because you think it's your team. You've been convinced that the Democratic party is on your side, just like you were convinced that the bailouts were for your own good. You've fallen prey to tribalism, just like the vast majority of humanity has.It's a fact that if Bush was doing the exact same things as Obama, you would oppose Bush. That's because you're an ultra-partisan. You are a crazed sports fan, except in this case, it's not inconsequential games being lost, it's lives being ended and destroyed. It's people going to jail. It's societies failing to progress because U.S. policy dictates that they should not be allowed progress.The problem with this country is that people like you don't hold politician's feet to the fire. "Your side" gets elected and you "support" them, as if that benefits anyone at all. The President doesn't need your support, he already got elected. We don't need fucking cheerleaders. We need people that think for themselves, and you don't. You just take whatever is handed down to you by your political masters without question. Maybe you'll wake up one day and realize how foolish you've been.
10/26/2011 4:14:37 PM
Yeah but do you honestly think he's going to get into office, pull everybody home, and ram through the economic stuff YOU want? Keep in mind I think your policies would produce the opposite of what you believe they would.
10/26/2011 4:22:26 PM
i'm a leftist, and i'd take Ron Paul or Gary Johnson over Obamabut i'd take Kucinich, Feingold or Nader over everyone currently on the national landscape
10/26/2011 4:37:06 PM
I don't think it would be possible for him to ram through the economic stuff I want, or that he wants for that matter. The President doesn't have that kind of power, and Paul, being a strict constitutionalist, is not likely to "assign himself powers". He's going to have to work with Congress. However, he doesn't need Congressional approval to move troops back home or stop enforcing drug laws on the federal level.Even in the Jacksonian hard money days of the mid 19th century, the monetary reforms were backed by an entire coalition that was pissed about the reckless inflation of the 1820s and early 1830s. It's not like Andrew Jackson was able to make the changes himself. There had to be a shift in public sentiment and a Congress that reflected that.
10/26/2011 4:38:26 PM
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/26/poll-romney-at-or-tied-for-top-spot-in-first-4-states-to-vote/Iowa: Romney 24% Cain 21% Paul 12% Perry 10% Gingrich 10% Bachmann 6% Santorum 2%South Carolina: Romney 25% Cain 23% Paul 12% Perry 11% Gingrich 8% Bachmann 4% Huntsman 1% Santorum 1%NH: Romney 40%, Cain 13% Paul 12% Huntsman 6% Gingrich 5% Perry 4% Bachmann 2% Santorum 1%Florida: Romney 30% Cain 18% Gingrich 9%Perry 9%Paul 6%Bachmann 4% Huntsman 1% Santorum 1%[Edited on October 26, 2011 at 4:47 PM. Reason : a]
10/26/2011 4:46:51 PM
10/26/2011 5:01:51 PM
^thats a lie. Obama hasn't fulfilled most of his promises really. Hes done a good job at saying he's made accomplishments.healthcare- promised a bunch - gave us a mandate that doesn't give care to anyone and only drives up cost and will never hold up in courtwar- campaigned antiwar- increased wars more than ever. tax- promised to end bush tax cuts for rich- extended bush tax cuts on rich...twiceenergy- promised to move forward- granted permission for an increase in offshore drilling
10/26/2011 6:17:53 PM
10/27/2011 12:00:01 PM
Reminder that Obama campaigned for single payer healthcare but conservative Democrats in congress teamed up with the GOP to talk him down to something nobody liked, namely: The individual mandate as originally conceived of by the Republicans in 1994 as an answer to HillarycareThe funniest part is how the right wing spin machine turned this, the transformation of single payer universal healthcare to an individual mandate, as Obama 'shoving healthcare down our throats' and 'Congress ramming their liberal agenda through'.[Edited on October 27, 2011 at 12:19 PM. Reason : .]
10/27/2011 12:19:19 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdSX_P9WbgoAny Republican who votes for Romney is such a goddamn hypocrite after the way Kerry was attacked in 2004 for "flip flopping". Romney has basically made a political career of it.
10/27/2011 1:19:40 PM
10/27/2011 8:00:15 PM
Can you spot the difference?
10/28/2011 12:36:58 AM
lmao destroyer can you at least try to post something that isn't blatantly concocted propaganda? I mean the guy who made that could have at least pretended to be even-handed by including something like "Women's rights" or "post 19th century monetary policy"
10/28/2011 9:52:01 AM
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