Official 2012 GOP Primaries Shitshow

[Buzz Fledderjohn]

[delgriffith]

Let's get retarded.

[Feech La Manna]

I'm excited!

[toots]

[WAC]

[WAC]

[G_S]

this is going to be a breezy sitcom

[southpaw]

Best picture choices, particularly Newt and Mitt

[(^_^) tasty]

[Buzz Fledderjohn]

gary johnson sure is a weirdo

[Jeremy]

I wonder how hard these idiots will tear into each other.

[Buzz Fledderjohn]

the third tier candidates (santorum, cain, johnson, bolton) will tear hard because they ain't got shit to lose

the rest i'm sure will get nasty to some degree but nothing outfuckingrageous because they'll be thinking about that VP ribbon

[(^_^) tasty]

I can kind of see John Bolton just grabbing Mitt Romney's arm during a debate and biting into it, ripping out a huge chunk of flesh...

[Durham]

[Buzz Fledderjohn]

i may finally start eating mushrooms again when these debates get going

[Feech La Manna]

It always blows my mind that someone thought this picture was a good idea

[Feech La Manna]

Ron Paul, looking at a red light, alone with his principles

[Buzz Fledderjohn]

perfect

[VHGisdead]

this thread made it real for me, it's gonna be pretty good huh

[Juggly D, The Posting Maniac]

its like the raddest sports season

[Jeremy]

Santorum Backtracks On Comment That Palin's Skipping CPAC For The Money


Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) and Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin

Rick Santorum today denied that he said Sarah Palin was skipping CPAC for financial reasons, calling a Politico story about the comments "garbage."

Andy Barr of Politico first reported yesterday that Santorum told S.E. Cupp, who has a radio show on Glenn Beck's website, that Palin is skipping CPAC because she has "other business opportunities."

"I have a feeling she has some demands on her time, and a lot of them have financial benefit attached to them," he said. "So I'm sure that she's doing what's best for her and her family."

He added that Palin has "other responsibilities" that he doesn't, like being "the mother to all these kids."

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/02/santorum-backtracks-on-comment-that-palins-skipping-cpac-for-the-money.php

Wasting no time.

[Buzz Fledderjohn]

Santorum Backtracks On Comment That Palin's Skipping CPAC For The Money


Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) and Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin

Rick Santorum today denied that he said Sarah Palin was skipping CPAC for financial reasons, calling a Politico story about the comments "garbage."

Andy Barr of Politico first reported yesterday that Santorum told S.E. Cupp, who has a radio show on Glenn Beck's website, that Palin is skipping CPAC because she has "other business opportunities."

"I have a feeling she has some demands on her time, and a lot of them have financial benefit attached to them," he said. "So I'm sure that she's doing what's best for her and her family."

He added that Palin has "other responsibilities" that he doesn't, like being "the mother to all these kids."

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/02/santorum-backtracks-on-comment-that-palins-skipping-cpac-for-the-money.php

Wasting no time.

posted in the other thread, but you missed the best part (in bold):

Santorum — the father of seven children — also said that Palin has “other responsibilities,” such as raising her children, that he doesn’t.

“I don’t live in Alaska and I’m not the mother to all these kids and I don’t have other responsibilities that she has,” he said.

[Frank]

"Palin belongs in the kitchen," Santorum, father of seven, added.

[FidelityCastro]

I still can't really wrap my head around that santorum family picture being real

[joe]

figured i'd mention this here, but: media is so predictably strange. somehow it's embarrassing for republican leadership that a couple of house bills aren't going to get passed due to republican dissent. bills that will be approved anyways with a simple majority. i mean no one outside of the beltway cares about this shit

[came to wreck]

oh man this looks promising. i need to get all the back stories on these people though so i can get all the inside jokes come debate time.

[WAC]

People generally only mention Mitch Daniels's height as the reason he'd have trouble getting elected and not the fact that he was in charge of the budget during the first three years of the Bush administration

In January 2001, Daniels accepted President George W. Bush's invitation to serve as director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). He served as Director from January 2001 through June 2003. In this role he was also a member of the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council.
During his time as the director of the OMB, Bush referred to him as "the Blade," for his noted acumen at budget cutting.[13] During Daniels' 29-month tenure in the position, the projected federal budget surplus of $236 billion declined to a $400 billion deficit because of an economic downturn and concurrent tax cuts initiated by the Bush administration.[11]
Conservative columnist Ross Douthat has argued that Daniels "carried water, as director of the Office of Management and Budget, for some of the Bush administration’s more egregious budgets [and] made dubious public arguments in support of his boss’s agenda."[14] In 2002, Daniels was involved in a controversial attempt to discredit a report by Assistant to the President on Economic Policy Lawrence B. Lindsey estimating the cost of Operation Iraqi Freedom at between $100–$200 billion. Daniels called this estimate "very, very high" and stated that the costs would be between $50–$60 billion.[15][16] As of February 2010 the cost of the invasion and occupation of Iraq exceeded $700 billion , and the Congressional Budget Office in August 2007 estimated that appropriations would eventually reach $1 trillion and likely much more, depending on the duration of military operations.[17] When Congress considered H.R. 1559, “Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003,” OMB was ordered to prepare an estimate for the defeat of the Iraqi Army and a six-month aftermath ending with the 2003 fiscal year on September 30.[18] Daniels’ estimate was intended to only reflect this six month time period.[14][19]

[carlperkins]

is bolton really in for 2012?

and:

perfect

[carlperkins]

We've been reporting for some time now that former Alabama Governor Bob Riley is likely to run for president in 2012. The Birmingham News, official house organ of the Alabama Republican Party, picked up on the story yesterday with a piece titled "Riley Eyeing White House?"
One important opinion leader and player on the national political stage encouraging Riley to run is Joe Scarborough. The former Florida congressman and popular host of the MSNBC program "Morning Joe" said he has talked with and encouraged Riley to get into the race.
"I believe there is a great void in the Republican Party still to be filled," Scarborough said. "I still believe that the eventual Republican nominee and just maybe the next president has not yet declared an interest in running."

Riley SOTU bullet point 1: shut down Vegas

[WAC]

is bolton really in for 2012?

He's been dropping hints since September. I'd guess he wants to keep his name in consideration for an administration position/steer the GOP debate on national security issues, but may not really launch a serious campaign.