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Old 03-21-2012, 08:17 AM   #166
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Oh, some of his best friends are bayou owners.
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Old 03-21-2012, 08:20 AM   #167
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LOL
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Old 03-21-2012, 08:30 AM   #168
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I watched both Mitt and Rick with there apres-election conflabs,
and Mitt was by far the more entertaining, and actually had a few good jokes.

I felt both of the men were realizing that with Romney taking
both the popular vote AND the delegates, the nomination was pretty much settled.

Romney took on Obama, Santorum donned on the cloth.
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Old 03-21-2012, 10:10 AM   #169
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So Romney can count on your vote, then?
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Old 03-21-2012, 10:24 AM   #170
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Old 03-22-2012, 12:10 PM   #171
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Do you get the feeling that Romney's karma is just not quite right ?

Yesterday, his own campaign aide sets off a media storm with a comment about Etch-A-Sketch.
The Dems AND the Reps jumped all over it.... flip flopping Romney

But Mitt thought he had some good news too, when
Jeb Bush called to say he was going to endorse Romney,
and Jeb suggested that Marco Rubio be chosen as Romney's VP
... to garner the Hispanic vote.
"Great !", thinks Mitt.

Now today, it's being reported that Marco Rubio sponsored
the "Stand Your Ground" law in Florida, and Governor Jeb signed it.

With friends like that, Mitt is justified in having no sense of humor.
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Old 03-22-2012, 12:22 PM   #172
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*shrugs*

That's what happens when the debbil is your playmate, on the debbil's playground.

Isn't it time for a merge, like on Survivor?
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Old 03-22-2012, 12:46 PM   #173
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I think this might end his campaign. really.
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Old 03-22-2012, 12:48 PM   #174
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now he CAN'T pivot back to the center. hes stuck hard right and the hard right doesnt trust him either.
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Old 03-22-2012, 02:29 PM   #175
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Now today, it's being reported that Marco Rubio sponsored
the "Stand Your Ground" law in Florida, and Governor Jeb signed it.
What is your issue with the stand your ground provision?
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Old 03-22-2012, 03:24 PM   #176
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Old 03-22-2012, 07:44 PM   #177
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I don't know where else to put this.

This was 1978. Comedy from that year, applicable to now.

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Old 03-22-2012, 07:51 PM   #178
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SNL - what goes around comes back around.
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Old 03-22-2012, 10:56 PM   #179
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I do think Romney's kind of cursed. But the remark by his campaign was just plain dumb, flat dumb.

I find it troubling and unfortunate that the current political environment considers a politician, or even worse, an elected leader who changes their mind unfashionable. Things change. Circumstances change, priorities change, resources change. Why not decisions? It is utter hubris to imagine that the ideas a person has are the best, only, and last ideas they'll have. FFS, I don't want my leaders walking around in the world with that attitude, so I don't hold them to that kind of insane standard (see Grover Norquist's tax pledge). And though it pains me greatly to say, those people for whom such inflexibility is a virtue are likely to get what they ask for and deserve. God help us all.
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Old 03-22-2012, 11:13 PM   #180
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For those who missed it...

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comments from a top Romney adviser, Eric Fehrnstrom, who said his campaign will "hit a reset button" to take on Obama in the fall if Romney wins the GOP nomination. He added, "It's almost like an Etch A Sketch. You can kind of shake it up, and we start all over again."
Well, yeah, we all know that, but you're not supposed to say it out loud!!!

Oh, and Capitalism, you so funny:

Quote:
Etch A Sketch stock triples after Romney campaign’s comment

"The thinly traded toymaker more than tripled to $12.50 on one transaction of 500 shares at 10:41 a.m. in New York on the over-the-counter market. It was the biggest intra-day move for the shares since at least 1980, according to data compiled by Bloomberg."
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