You got it my friend

But, I don't like beer. So, what's fair? Wine?

You live in Texas and you don't drink beer?

Now tell me you don't eat red meat, either .

Better watch out Rick Perry doesn't deport you for being a sissy.

No matter what ya drink it is all good . I also love my food. Guess in the long run we can only hope and pray for the best .

I don't drink alcohol except wine just a few glasses a year.

If he tangled with me, Rick Perry would mess up his panties.

What you said is very true. And we Mormons are very aware of it. We're more or less expecting that, the farther Romney gets, the more it will become somewhat of a referendum on the Church itself. There will be the same kind of false claims that were made about Kennedy being controlled by the Pope because he was Catholic. And like you said, for all their pretended sensitivity, liberals are not above playing this card. In fact, in recent polls, it was found that the secular liberals on the far left dislike Mormons even more than the evangelical conservatives on the far right. And that's saying something.

As far as Romney himself goes, even though he's LDS, that doesn't mean I'm automatically in the bag for him. On one hand, the guy is very smart, knows business, and is a natural leader. And while I'm not convinced anyone will beat Obama, I think Romney has the best chance to do so out of the remaining GOP candidates. On the other hand, his flip-flopping bugs us Mormons more than anyone. Changing ones beliefs is understandable, if it's genuine, but he held positions late in life on some things that just don't jive with his supposed beliefs. Furthermore, while it may be him pandering to the right in the primaries, he seems to be leaning too far toward the unchecked capitalism types for my taste.

I...obviously don't like Mittens. I know, shocking revelation. But if he was elected, it would be a watershed moment in American history. For an often disrespected American cultural entity, it would be their moment of unparallel political legitimacy much like JFK was for the Catholics. Or to use another example from across the ocean in a different office all together, for the Poles when Pope John Paul II was crowned with his funny God hat.

Four years ago, I remember Mittens trying to break bread with the Evangelicals like JFK had to do with the Southern Baptist Democrats. They nodded, smiled, spit in his face, and politely told Mittens to go fuck off. So now at the last debate, Mittens had to dodge that loaded Mormon question, acting it like a liability. Which for that insane party base, it unfortunately is. (Why else is Newt their apparent morality champion?)

I wonder, what if he had forcefully approached that question as he had with Newt and his Bernie Mac investments? Cynically I would say nothing would've changed, in fact their might've been a backlash again him and rile up that same base even more.

EDIT - In my meltdown a week or two ago, I inadvertedly thought of something: Notice how his own party base don't seem to really respect Mittens. I remember Anne Coulter's argument that let's get him elected, then beat up on him.

Would the Neocons/Teabaggers all kneecap him like what the liberals did to Jimmy Carter, or first half of Bill Clinton's first term? Or even the GOP with the second half of George Bush'sterm?

Sarah Palin goes to war!

From her Facebook page:





I like those code words: "We need to vet this."

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150516734848435

Let's keep in mind that the Republican nomination goes to the candidate with the most delegates at the convention. That'sa long way off and the race could remain competitive for months yet.

Although no guarantee who gets the nomination, Super Tuesday is only a few weeks away- March 6th.

You strap your dog on the roof of your car one time, outraged dogowners get pissed and form a "Super Pack" against you.



http://www.dogsagainstromney.com/

Ha ha, I only wish dogs could vote. Mitts way ahead Florida polls.

For what it's worth.



http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/01/30/gop_voters_even_more_unimpressed_with_candidates.html

Apparently Newt will abandon a few primaries including Michigan's. He may be relying on Super Tuesday.

That's odd, since last I checked he was actually competitive for MI.

And yes, I'll post what the New York Post reported earlier and which Newt is running with hard at the last moment. It's a good embarrasing (if obviously misleading) smear against Mittens.





http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/ro...O#ixzz1kxLbaTwb

Gingrich campaign spokesman R.C. Hammond told CNN Monday that Michigan and Nevada – two states that Romney won during his unsuccessful 2008 presidential campaign – will be difficult political terrain for the former House speaker come February.

Obviously, I was wrong.

Newt is a real piece of work.

I hear the Republicans in D.C. are ordering hard liqur and the Dems are ordering champagne.

Dan Burton, longtime Republican representative from Ill. won't seek reelection.

Rule of thumb: Unless apparently you're name is "Barack" and you cover Al Green, politicians should NEVER EVER tried to sing in public. It's a no-win situation. (Breaking News: They sing as well as the rest of us.)

Mittens is sounding pretty confident isn't he? Maybe he's in a singing competition with the President.

All cable news is alive with the FL election. From all indications it would be a shock if Romney didn't win. They claim double digits. I hear though Ol' Newt is in it til the end.

I'd hate to live in FLA right now. Can you imagine the cut-throat ads? I'm talking 24/7.

TIS

He's a real piece of something that's for sure.


TIS

Worth noting, for your consideration:



Having watched part of Mittens' victory speech, Bill Maher (of all flipping people) was absolutely right: The GOP are campaigning against not Obama the President, but Obama of their Imagination.

His election caused the recession? The economy is getting worse, no positive reversal*? Quite frankly, that's two assertations easily disproved. And I doubt Mr. Bin Laden's corpse, if it could be asked if not inside some Indian Ocean fish intestines, would call the President an appeaser.

*=Especially weird since the other day, which I noted here in this thread, he admitted the economy was getting better. Huh?

According to the exit polls in FL a large percentage of people voted for the primary reason of "electability"..someone who will beat President Obama.

I see Santorum is giving his speech calling for an end to all the in-fighting/attacks. Of course, he'll never win so he can call for peace.

I'd imagine Florida will be relieved to NOT have negative campaign ads. Let's face it though, everyone complains and says they don't like all the negative ads BUT evidently they work.

TIS

TIS, I remember a number came out today: 92% of all the GOP primary ads were negative.

You know call me living in the moment blinded, but even Obama/Hillary wasn't this nasty. Oh sure Hillary race baited with that infamous 3 AM commercial (or unintentionally, whether the POV) but quite honestly, I truely believe Newt and Mittens absolutely hated each other.

Which means one thing: President Mittens is going to audit Newt's ass to oblivion and beyond.

EDIT - TPM brought up that Obama actually fired one of his surrogates back in '08 for calling Hillary a "monster." How hilariously taint in retrospect.

EDIT 2 - Interestingly, PPP polls earlier today before the FL results had Newt/Mittens/Santorum in a real 3-way race in Missouri and Ohio. Will that change once the Florida storyline sinks in? Maybe, probably actually. But worth noting again.

Now that's a cheap shot.

Tweeted from the White House last night:



(For context for those that don't get it, Romney got heat for allegedly years back strapping his dog on top of his car during a roadtrip.)

Losing Florida by such a landslide doesn't bode well for Newt at all. Because Florida, insane asylum that it can be, is more like the rest of the country than any of the other three early states (South Carolina, Maine and Iowa).

North Florida is the Deep South. Southwest Florida is like the Midwest. Southeast Florida is where New York City meets Latin America. And it all blends together along the I-4 Corridor from Tampa Bay through Mid-Florida.

Newt's toast. I know he's going to stick aound out of spite, but if the melting pot of the State of Florida is any indication (and I believe it is), it's all over but the shouting.

I just watched a focus group on Fox. One woman stated that Newt was the anti-candidate and that he's a grumpy old man.

a cheap shot yes...but, who the fuck straps a dog on top of a roof?! i hope obama likes his next four years of dealing with the gop hissing fit over losing the election.