2012 Republican News

BigV · 08-11-2011, 03:45 PM

Well, the Iowa straw polls are in a couple days, and the 2012 presidential campaign is well underway. While the field of candidates for the GOP isn't set yet (I expect the field to both expand and contract as the election approaches), there are some politicians who have already declared their candidacy. Once they've opened their mouths to declare, they make room for their feet.

Today's foot-in-the-mouth subject of derision is Mitt Romney. He's famously slick and his pro-business agenda slipped out today in this exchange:

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Speaking to an occasionally rowdy crowd two days before the Ames Straw poll, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made what seems likely to become a much-discussed flub, declaring to a group of Iowans that "corporations are people."

Pressed by an attendee at the Iowa State Fair on Thursday as to why he was focusing on entitlement reforms as a means of deficit reduction over asking corporations to share part of the burden, the GOP frontrunner shot back:

"Corporations are people, my friend... of course they are. Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to the people. Where do you think it goes? Whose pockets? Whose pockets? People's pockets. Human beings my friend."

Read more: http://technorati.com/politics/artic...#ixzz1UksIF4HP

Really? Corporations are people? Bwahahahahahaha! Puh-LEASE. News flash--corporations are NOT people. I accept that this is a gaffe, a speaking mistake. But...I believe Mitt Romney's mistake here is not that he believes that corporations are people, but that he confessed this belief out loud.

classicman · 08-11-2011, 03:50 PM

Unfortunately, I still do not see a viable candidate from the right side.
Gonna be the lesser of two ... again.
<sigh>

infinite monkey · 08-11-2011, 03:52 PM

Hahahhahhahaaaaaa. Corporations are people too. Dumb slimy ass.

♪
"Be kind to every Who on every speck.
Every Who may be somebody's mother..." ♪

Let the circus begin!

Urbane Guerrilla · 08-11-2011, 05:37 PM

V and Monkey -- you are both grossly, hugely, infinitely wrong about this.

Just who the FUCK makes corporations in the first place, you two? Martians? Stromatolites?

It takes humans to do business. That is Romney's point, and you two, along with the jackass in the background of the soundbite who burst out laughing, all have points on the tops of your heads.

Crush and destroy Obama and the Socialist Democrats! Let Libertarianism wash them away!

infinite monkey · 08-11-2011, 05:54 PM

I shall call him Biff. Biff Romney Guerrilla.

morethanpretty · 08-11-2011, 08:42 PM

ZenGum · 08-11-2011, 10:40 PM

Am I the only one who is amused by UG's political contortionism here? When it comes to invading other countries, he's all "pro-democracy" and "down with the anti-democrats".

Flip to US politics and he's "Down with the Democrats!" and "Up Republicanism".

I've got a new user title for him. The Republican Guard. I think it is available.

SamIam · 08-12-2011, 11:29 AM

I especially liked the following:

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Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to the people. Where do you think it goes? Whose pockets? Whose pockets? People's pockets. Human beings my friend."

Yeah, those earnings go to people, alright - people called CEO's who get outrageous salaries whether their corporation is doing well or not.

Hey, Mitt! The answer for the board and a thousand dollars is CEO's pockets! Got that, big guy?

TheMercenary · 08-14-2011, 07:09 AM

This was interesting...

12 Things Texans Know About Gov. Rick Perry That You Should, Too

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/...240638/#slide1

Clodfobble · 08-14-2011, 07:38 AM

Yes, the part about how only 9% of Texas Republicans would vote for him for President doesn't surprise me in the least. The guy is a douchebag of the highest order, and everyone here knows that.

TheMercenary · 08-14-2011, 07:41 AM

I don't want another religious right-wing nut in the White House but Obama has to go...

Clodfobble · 08-14-2011, 07:43 AM

Like you're always saying... be careful what you wish for.

TheMercenary · 08-14-2011, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Like you're always saying... be careful what you wish for.

Yea, I agree. It could be a slippery slope. I would settle for the Republickins winning back the Senate, narrowly, and keeping the House, while Obama gets re-elected vs another swing of the pendulum to a single party control. I would really like to see the introduction of a strong minority party in both houses that would force more compromise. Any way you look at it the whole system of fucked up. I am beginning to hate them all.

Stormieweather · 08-14-2011, 01:07 PM

Me too, Merc. (wow, I agree with you on something!

)

I'd like the election process cleaned up and money, lobbyists, PAC's, super-PAC's, and all the buying and selling of politicians eliminated. Then, we might could get something useful done.

Yeah yeah, I know. Never gonna happen.

classicman · 08-14-2011, 07:01 PM

Aside from that, I'd also like to see the tea party and the rest of the extremists sent packing as well

08-11-2011, 03:50 PM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Unfortunately, I still do not see a viable candidate from the right side. Gonna be the lesser of two ... again. <sigh> __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-11-2011, 03:52 PM	#3
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Hahahhahhahaaaaaa. Corporations are people too. Dumb slimy ass. ♪ "Be kind to every Who on every speck. Every Who may be somebody's mother..." ♪ Let the circus begin! Last edited by infinite monkey; 08-11-2011 at 03:58 PM.

08-11-2011, 05:37 PM	#4
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	V and Monkey -- you are both grossly, hugely, infinitely wrong about this. Just who the FUCK makes corporations in the first place, you two? Martians? Stromatolites? It takes humans to do business. That is Romney's point, and you two, along with the jackass in the background of the soundbite who burst out laughing, all have points on the tops of your heads. Crush and destroy Obama and the Socialist Democrats! Let Libertarianism wash them away! __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

08-11-2011, 08:42 PM	#6
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	__________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

08-11-2011, 10:40 PM	#7
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Am I the only one who is amused by UG's political contortionism here? When it comes to invading other countries, he's all "pro-democracy" and "down with the anti-democrats". Flip to US politics and he's "Down with the Democrats!" and "Up Republicanism". I've got a new user title for him. The Republican Guard. I think it is available. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

08-11-2011, 05:54 PM	#5
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I shall call him Biff. Biff Romney Guerrilla.

08-14-2011, 07:09 AM	#9
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	This was interesting... 12 Things Texans Know About Gov. Rick Perry That You Should, Too http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/...240638/#slide1 __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

08-14-2011, 07:38 AM	#10
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Yes, the part about how only 9% of Texas Republicans would vote for him for President doesn't surprise me in the least. The guy is a douchebag of the highest order, and everyone here knows that. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

08-14-2011, 07:41 AM	#11
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I don't want another religious right-wing nut in the White House but Obama has to go... __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

08-14-2011, 07:43 AM	#12
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Like you're always saying... be careful what you wish for. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

08-14-2011, 01:07 PM	#14
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	Me too, Merc. (wow, I agree with you on something! ) I'd like the election process cleaned up and money, lobbyists, PAC's, super-PAC's, and all the buying and selling of politicians eliminated. Then, we might could get something useful done. Yeah yeah, I know. Never gonna happen. __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

08-14-2011, 07:01 PM	#15
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Aside from that, I'd also like to see the tea party and the rest of the extremists sent packing as well __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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