Candidates Gone Wild

You can tell that the Republican presidential candidates are feeling the pressure of the compressed primary schedule. Iowa set its caucus for January 3rd. Happy new year. New Hampshire still might run its primary in December. I can't take it.

And neither, apparently can the candidates Not Named Romney. The Romney team is moving furiously behind the scenes to move up the caucus and primary dates in order to seal in Mitt as the party's nominee as quickly as possible. He's having some success, as the calendar shows, so the other candidates are freaking out. They have just a few more weeks to raise money and make their cases. And tempers are running short.

During last night's debate, Romney and Rick Perry tore it up with each other. They interrupted, cut each other off, and sniped. Rick Santorum whined and stomped his feet. Michele Bachmann ended up raising her voice to continually interject. Herman Cain was the punching bag of the evening, being the new frontrunner, but he punched back often. Sometimes he landed those punches, some were air balls. Ron Paul gassed around about god-knows-what. And Newt Gingrich spent much of his time looking exasperated at the whole hot mess.

The candidates are under pressure, and it showed last night. But if they can't handle the pressure of their own party's primary process, how are they going to handle the pressure of a general election campaign against the most brutally effective leftist machine the nation has ever seen?

And how will they handle the pressure of the presidency?

I don't believe in a super-early, compressed primary schedule. It may lock us into a candidate we may later regret. I want us to take our good old time choosing our standard bearer, and I want them to duke it out and let the best man or woman win.

But the pressure test is a good one. Watch them sweat. Grace under fire reveals presidential temperament, and heaven knows, we need a true conservative with a graceful temperament. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

Comments

[gringoman]

'ROMNEY BLED'

ERICK ERICKSON/////Romney had to do this to distract from this being the first debate where he bled. But I think the story is going to be that Romney’s team spliced up and edited the footage to convey the impression that this was all about last night’s debate to push the narrative that Perry flubbed yet again.

After all, Perry’s performance last night was good for him and Romney knows what’s going to happen if Perry rebounds. He cannot afford for that to happen. He knows, like we do, that he has never gotten above 25.0% in the Real Clear Politics polling average since November of 2010.

EL COMMANDANTE: Stay tuned, amigos.

[gringoman]

Dems Have No Regrets Taking Wall Street Money While Backing #OccupyWallSt

Posted by LaborUnionReport (Diary)

Wednesday, October 19

[gringoman]

I DON’T REMEMBER THIS AT ANY TEA PARTIES: CBS: ‘Occupy Cleveland’ Protester Alleges She Was Raped. “According to police reports, the 19-year-old student was instructed by ‘Occupy Cleveland’ personnel to ‘share a tent with the suspect due to a shortage of tents.’”

Posted at 2:46 pm by Glenn Reynolds

[Jay]

J DUMBO PROGTROLL Comrade Trollscum, you're Christian, right? You usually wear a Jesus costume right? You scream to your enemies about your hell. You never moonlight for Mohammed's too, do you?

Posted by: gringoman | October 19, 2011 at 09:40 PM

See, what I mean about this troll trash bringing down the memo? Even has a photo of Castro. What would Monica say about this.

Any help you can give us in this endeavour is greatly appreciated.
THANKS!

[Jay]

J DUMBO PROGTROLL Comrade Trollscum, you're Christian, right? You usually wear a Jesus costume right? You scream to your enemies about your hell. You never moonlight for Mohammed's too, do you?

Posted by: gringoman | October 19, 2011 at 09:40 PM

We had about 12 new people to this wonderful blog, today. And, then, they become face to face with this.
No wonder those who stay are few and far between.

Monica diserves better!

[Jay]

Looks like the animal tragedy in Ohio was because of a Republican Governor that didn't want banning those animals to be harmful to small business. That and with their snakes on a plane is how the GOP feels about creating jobs.

The person that had those animals had just got out of federal prison and had been arrestes for animal cruelty as well.

[Walt Schneider]

Thank you for giving Speaker Gingrich a little shout out on Hannity.

[Jay]

Why occupy wall street blames wall street.
First it was the actions of Wall Street that got us into this finacial mess.
Since the early 1980s, The lifetime fees that a person has on their 401K plan will amount to 28%.
Interest rates on a 6 month CD went from 15.79% to .44%
The median income for the middle class as stayed the same. But, the top 1% has skyrocketed.
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The GOP wants to remove the regulations that were put into place to keep another 2008 financial disaster from happening.
They also want to remove the regulations that were created so there wouldn't be another Enron fiasco of 2001.
Guess, they will work on the regulations that stopped the yellow-dog contracts of the 1920s next.

[Jay]

It was no surprise that Olbermann drew a big audience for its early shows - averaging 106,000 viewers a night. Unfortunately, by August it was down to 79,000. Last month’s numbers were even worse. Olbermann’s average was down to 46,000 viewers and was in no danger of coming close to breaking into the top 30 cable TV news shows. None of the top 30 is all that impressive in terms of audience when judged against non-pundit TV shows. For the third quarter of this year No.1 Bill O’Reilly averaged 2.8 million viewers, while No. 30 - the 12 AM showing of Dr. Drew on HLN - had 435,000. For comparison, Charlie’s Angels got 5.9 million viewers last week and a cancellation.---GRINGOTROLL

The problem with the right IS Fakenews Fox.

If, Fox says that Obama's trip to India cost 2 billion and took 34 WARSHIPS.
Conservatives,"I believe it. I believe it"

Have seen several instances on Fox that were proved wrong.

[JustGrace]

THE BUCK STOPS HERE
I'm all for giving credit where it is due. I wish our state did not have to rely on income tax. How does Texas do that?

You asked about business growth and jobs during Huckabee's terms. I wish I had answers (I am not from there) but I do know the things that he helped encourage as governor (No one can do it alone!) Of course, Arkansas has a very different business picture than Texas, and the wildlife, hunting and fishing, and tourism are a big part of it. During his time in office, Huckabee assured the preservation of of Arkansas' natural and cultural heritage with a one-eighth cent sales tax approved by voter. This has been a great positive for tourism.

During his tenure, Huckabee completely rehabilitated the interstate road system, from one of the worst in the country to one of the best in the nation, on budget, on time. (The legislature approved a fuel tax, and 80% of the voters voted it in). This greatly increased trucker traffic and business.

One of the best things Huckabee did was to reduce the capital gains taxes on individuals and businesses, as well as eliminating it on home sales. He eliminated sales taxes on those below the poverty line. He doubled the standard deduction to $2,000 per person, $4,000 for couples, doubled the child care tax credit, and eliminated the marriage penalty. (How, I wonder, could he accomplish all this with a Democrat majority???) In all, Huckabee cut taxes almost 100 times. And he left Arkansas with nearly a $1 billion surplus.

America could really use his fiscal leadership and common sense ways right now. We need to turn down the fire of the destructive in-house rhetoric.

[M/M]

The GOP wants to remove the regulations that were put into place to keep another 2008 financial disaster from happening.
They also want to remove the regulations that were created so there wouldn't be another Enron fiasco of 2001.
Guess, they will work on the regulations that stopped the yellow-dog contracts of the 1920s next.

Posted by: Jay | October 20, 2011 at 01:27 AM
___________________________

Uh, BOTH parties are to blame. It started with Clinton who repealed Glass- Steagall (same President who signed NAFTA). The Dems idea of regulation was the Community Reinvestment Act which made it possible for unqualified borrowers to buy a home and is one of the reasons we are in this mess.

One of the reasons why banks are raising their fees is because of Dodd-Frank and BAD legislation. As for regulation, Obama is trying to unleash his attack dogs on the banks:

"The president blasted the bank for initiating a $5 debit card fee to offset an anticipated $2 billion in annual revenue losses stemming from a provision of the Dodd-Frank financial regulation statute. The so-called Durbin Amendment (a la Sen. Dick Durban, D-Ill.) limits the fees that financial institutions may charge retailers to process debit card purchases — resulting in a projected loss to banks of $6 billion to $10 billion annually.

Bank of America is hardly alone in trying to make up for its anticipated shortfall. Wells Fargo expects to lose $1 billion, prompting it to adopt a $3 fee for debit cards in some areas. JPMorgan Chase is also rolling out new fees, as is Citibank. Smaller banks are following suit."

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view/20111013bank_on_higher_fees_from_dodd-frank/

Here is how well the Democrats enforced their regulations. We are bailing out Fannie Mae under, as Maxine Waters says, Franklin Raines "outstanding leadership"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs

[xbjllb]

"Passenger: 'You're all going to die'
Southwest flight makes emergency landing
Posted: October 18, 2011 - 1

You’re all going to die,” a man dressed in black screamed at passengers Tuesday afternoon. “You’re all going to hell. Allahu Akbar,” translated as God is great in Arabic.

http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2011-10-18/passenger-youre-all-going-die#.Tp941HIviSt

Federal authorities arrested Ali Reza Shahsavari, 29, of Indialantic, Fla., onboard the Boeing 737 after pilots made an emergency landing at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport at 3:30 p.m. He is being held in the Randall County jail on a federal charge of interfering with a flight crew." - Gringowhore

WOW!! How well we've been protected by having Obama in the White House instead of a Bush or Republican!! Miraculously!

Just think. Just ten short years ago a guy like this brought down the WTC and attacked the Pentagon.

Thank GOD for Obama!

Gringowhore = Fucking idiot.

[xbjllb]

Princess... what company did you hire to shill the blog?

They're dong a bang-up job, I figure they deserve the credit.

[xbjllb]

"I DON’T REMEMBER THIS AT ANY TEA PARTIES:" - Gringwhore

NO ONE at a Tea Party rally could maintain an erection long enough to rape even a RABBIT.

Which goes double for the Kochheads, the Tea Party backers.

Gringowhore = Fucking idiot.

[xbjllb]

Or maybe increased blog traffic is due to the various campaigns kicking on and shilling in.

Possibly. I wasn't here in 2008.

[xbjllb]

"No wonder those who stay are few and far between.

Monica deserves better!" - Jay

No worries, Jay. I have a feeling this current crew will be sticking around, at least until Primary season is over, without reading or responding to a single post on here but just posting for their particular candidate. As campaign shills do.

And then after that, we'll be invaded by the Romney bots. Which will be a fun bunch, being mostly Mormon.

[gringoman]

Yet another reason the Obamunists will chant for Romney to lead the Republicans. A G.O.P. civil war guarantees a USA under Soros Marxism and its crony vulture socialists after 2012

////Buchanan: GOP Risks Third Party Revolt with Romney Candidacy

Wednesday, 19 Oct 2011 07:57 PM

By Martin Gould and Ashley Martella

http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/buchanan-republican-romney-tea/2011/10/19/id/415112?s=al&promo_code=D4C4-1

[Tab Numblock]

"No wonder those who stay are few and far between.

Monica deserves better!" - Jay

I get the distinct impression the sole reason jay post's "comments" is to get under people's skin.

[gringoman]

"SOCIALISM UBER ALLES"

(The cheering, tatooed ignoramuses won't understand the meaning of this Nazi-derived phrase---until later, after they get what they thought they wanted.)

BUCHANAN/////
He said one commentator suggested to him that the decline started on November 22, 1963, the day President John F. Kennedy was shot, as that ushered Lyndon Johnson into the White House with his plans for a Great Society.

“It was this enormously expansive project of government which transferred trillions of dollars from the productive sector to the non-productive and created a huge class of dependency in America – the size of a major European country, who pay no taxes but get benefits from free education to Medicaid to Food Stamps to Head Start, to Women’s, Children’s, Infants’ programs.”

And he said the Obama administration is part of the problem as it has done nothing to reverse the country’s decline.

“They agree with a lot of it,” he said. “The President of the United States praised the atheists and things up there at the inaugural. The President of the United States belongs, if you will, to the counter-culture – those are the folks who vote for him, those are the folks who are with him, they share his beliefs about right to life say, and gay marriage and all these other issues.”

Read more on Newsmax.com: Buchanan: GOP Risks Third Party Revolt with Romney Candidacy

[Tab Numblock]

"He said one commentator suggested to him that the decline started on November 22, 1963, the day President John F. Kennedy was shot, as that ushered Lyndon Johnson into the White House with his plans for a Great Society."

That seminal event marked a milestone on the road to America's decline but it certainly was not the begining of the end. The building blocks of what occured in the 60's, i.e., The Great Society and the "Cultural Revolution" were in the making decades before.

Obama/Hillary 2012

[xbjllb]

"This is why we need The Fairness Doctrine. Olbermann can't attract an audience? It's not fair!" - Gringwhore

You answered your own question. I've been demanding Gore's network from my cable supplier for more than a year now to no avail.

The fix is in. And when the fix is in, it gets UNFIXED and fast.

[xbjllb]

"I get the distinct impression the sole reason jay post's "comments" is to get under people's skin." Tab Numblock

Hi and welcome to the blog. Jay's on our side and posts for good.

Obama/Clinton 2012

[xbjllb]

"Obamunists" - Gringowhore

What a fucking idiot you are. The man is STILL FAR right of HILLARY, recognized by everyone as just right of center.

Of course, once she's in, you'll be spouting the same nonsense about her"for idiots only".

[xbjllb]

Another reason Gore's network doesn't do as well as FOX SH*IT and FOX MONETARY SH*IT?

Gore doesn't have hacked cell phone BLACKMAIL dossiers on all the major players involved the way Rupie does.

[gringoman]

CEO STEVE WYNN ON OBAMUNISTs & SLEEPING BAGGERS

In a nutshell, he says: Deficits are killing us, our dollars are worthless, and the Democrats are bankrupting the country and vilifying anyone who's successful. So naturally, people are protesting.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/steve-wynn-goes-on-big-rant-about-occupy-wall-street-obama-deficits-and-anger-at-the-government-2011-10#ixzz1bL1ZLXuw

[gringoman]

(Newcomers. SCROLL THROUGH THE TROLL. Anyone here for MOnica will easily recognize who are the trolls, i.e. the stupid lying weasels.)

CEO STEVE WYNN We have an administration that is fanning the fires that this is somehow undeserved profligate millionaires. It is worse than hypocrisy.

It's one thing if it's kids.

Americans are waking up; It's taking the form of anger and dissatisfaction with the government. And I think that's probably right.

IT IS GOING TO GET WORSE.

One side is right, and one side is wrong.

You can not sustain these levels of deficits.

The Democrats are bankrupting this country.

--

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/steve-wynn-goes-on-big-rant-about-occupy-wall-street-obama-deficits-and-anger-at-the-government-2011-10#ixzz1bL3RhanR

[xbjllb]

Fascinating. And as highly illogical as humanity itself.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228354.500-revealed--the-capitalist-network-that-runs-the-world.html

[xbjllb]

"Anyone here for MOnica will easily recognize who are the trolls, i.e. the stupid lying weasels.)" - Gringowhore

ON THE CONTRARY, anyone here for TRUTH will easily recognize who are the REAL trolls, i.e., the fucking idiots.

"The Democrats are bankrupting this country." Gringowhore

The Conservatives bankrupted this country LONG LONG BEFORE the Democrats were put in power TO FIX IT.

[xbjllb]

"steve wynn's big rant" - Gringowhore

And the man has the GALL to wonder why God Himself is taking away more and more of his eyesight each day so he can never see the spiritually bankrupt (and now ECONOMICALLY bankrupt) "wonders" he has "created".

Wynn! You fucking moron! There will be NO Vegas without a middle class and union jobs. Las Vegas was BUILT on a consumer populace rich with union job salaries and families, able to piss money away on gambling into your coffers on ONE paycheck.

Now,. because of you conservatives, TWO PAYCHECKS AREN'T ENOUGH.

For those lucky enough to have them.

GET. A. CLUE. YOU. ELITIST. BLIND. MORON.

Or else take the rest of your conservative Satanic minions and OUTSOURCE ALL OF YOURSELVES TO FUCKING MINDANAO.

Where you'll at least have a chance at safety.

This second American Revolution you and yours have caused won't be friendly OR fun.

At least you've stolen enough from truly SICK people to ESCAPE the havoc you and yours have wreaked.

[xbjllb]

God HELP 99.9% of all rich people when they hit the spot before the Throne.

But even He won't be able to. It's just an expression. A completely impotent one in the face of their overwhelming fates.

[xbjllb]

There is a right way and a wrong way to get rich.

And the wrong ways (and they are LEGION) are NEVER. WORTH. THE. COST.

Never.

[xbjllb]

Got a great idea for a new stageplay, musical, and maybe even a feature film.

"A Steve Wynn Christmas Carol"

Whereby our replacement for Scrooge (Wynn) is visited one night by the Mob Boss Ghost of Vegas Past, who tells him how important the little people are and giving away tons of perks including free 24 hour high class expensive live music, drinks that aren't watered down, and loose machines.

Then he's visited by the Mob Boss Ghost of Vegas Present, where he is lambasted for outsourcing Vegas to the four corners of the globe on slave labor.

Then the evening ends with the Mob Boss Ghost of Vegas Future, where Vegas is an unoccupied ghost town where the only visitors are tumbleweeds, and not a single person comes to Wynn's funeral.

And, for a twist of reality, does our hero finally wake up, go out and buy the biggest turkey he can find and give it away to the homeless?

Oh hell no. He packs up his art collection and the family into his private jet and finally moves overseas.

That's because this Dickensian nightmare we're living through now was PLANNED and IMPLEMENTED and the elite couldn't be more THRILLED.

And in Dickens day, there actually was hope for the future.

We have hope for the future too. Through the bloodiest revolution in history.

[xbjllb]

CANDIDATES GONE WILD = ELECTORATE GONE WILDER

[Jay]

THE BUCK STOPS HERE
I'm all for giving credit where it is due. I wish our state did not have to rely on income tax. How does Texas do that? --JustGrace

They do that by raising taxes elsewhere. Texas has one of the highest property taxes in the country. That's the kicker. When, Conservatives lower income taxes. They raise other taxes.
Sounds underhanded, doesn't it?

[xbjllb]

God loves everyone. True.

HOWEVER, it is the rich who most often can't find a thing about themselves that needs His forgiveness.

Perfect as they are.

So they hardly ever ask.

And the result makes Heaven a might nice neighborhood for eternity.

However, the gated community the rich spend eternity in?

Not anywhere near as nice.

But it's gated. Just not to keep undesirables out.

[Jay]

Uh, BOTH parties are to blame. It started with Clinton who repealed Glass- Steagall (same President who signed NAFTA). The Dems idea of regulation was the Community Reinvestment Act which made it possible for unqualified borrowers to buy a home and is one of the reasons we are in this mess. --M/M

Nafta was thought of by Reagan and initiated by Bush.

All Clinton did was to show presidential courtesy by signing a bill that Bush didn't have time for.
Presidents do it all the time.

[xbjllb]

I apologize. I shouldn't be so hard on Mr. Wynn.

God is obviously taking away his eyesight because He believes there's a chance Mr. Wynn might WAKE THE EF UP. Becoming blind might actually restore his humanity.

So if God thinks the man has a chance, then I do too.

[Jay]

"No wonder those who stay are few and far between.

Monica deserves better!" - Jay

I get the distinct impression the sole reason jay post's "comments" is to get under people's skin.

Posted by: Tab Numblock | October 20, 2011 at 10:58 AM

No, just post what conservatives don't like to hear. The truth about themselves.
They are no better than anyone else.

[xbjllb]

Clinton wasn't perfect and would have redone much of what he did during his Presidency, OF THAT I AM SURE.

However, despite all he did that was not the best for the country, we STILL had the LONGEST RUN OF PEACETIME PROSPERITY in the nation's history.

And NO ONE HAD BALANCED THE BUDGET FOR SEVERAL DECADES, to the point of having a SURPLUS.

And, like all Democratic Presidencies, THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE RICH, DID BETTER FINANCIALLY.

Because the trickle down theory is a lie, WHILE THE TRICKLE UP THEORY IS THE REAL TRUTH:

The more large the middle class, the more money consumers have to spend, THE BETTER CORPORATIONS DO.

It couldn't be any simpler.

[Jay]

Newcomers. SCROLL THROUGH THE TROLL. Anyone here for MOnica will easily recognize who are the trolls, i.e. the stupid lying weasels. Gringotroll

Here's a good example. Who else would use a photo of Castro? The real stupid lying weasels.

[xbjllb]

"They are no better than anyone else." - Jay

Unfortunately, conservatives indubitably ARE far WORSE than everyone else.

In EVERY way save probably financial.

[Jay]

One of the reasons why banks are raising their fees is because of Dodd-Frank and BAD legislation. As for regulation, Obama is trying to unleash his attack dogs on the banks:--M/M

The reason why the banks rasied their fees is because they could no longer sock it to the people one way. So, they will sock it another.
If, Congress said that they couldn't have fees as high as a few hundred dollars doing one practice. Then, the banks said, "Well, I'll get that $200.00 another way.
Back in 1980, the finacial institutions made 7% of the corporations income. Now, it's in the 42-45%.

[Jay]

The Democrats are bankrupting this country.0--GRingo

No, it's the GOP. They screwd up Clinton's surplus, created a huge debt.
The GOP has the worse record when it comes to the following:

Debt
Unemployment
Stock Market
Economy

It's all in the data from the IRS.gov, BLS.gov, TreasuryDirect.gov. GAO, CBO.

[Jay]

And NO ONE HAD BALANCED THE BUDGET FOR SEVERAL DECADES, to the point of having a SURPLUS.--XBJLLB

Last time the GOP had a balanced budget was in 1956 with 91% tax rates and enacting the Federal Highway act.
Now, the GOP doesn't care how many bridges collapse. (Minnesotta) gasline explosions,(California) or how many interstates have huge holes.
The GOP politicians maintain their cars and houses. But, not the roads their cars drive on.

Just pitiful!

[xbjllb]

Bottom line: EVERYONE needs to get onboard regarding rebuilding the Middle Class and shrinking poverty in this country. The continuing efforts by the right to GUT the middle class and make everyone poorer save themselves can only end one way, and it's not going to be quick, bloodless, or remotely pleasant.

[xbjllb]

GOP 1956 "balanced budget".... for how long, fifteen minutes?

[Jay]

But, the GOP does care about things like Snakes on a Plane,and letting a convicted felon who was also arrested for animal abuse, to have over 50 lions,tigers, bears and such in OHIO!

[Jay]

Tab Numlock,
Now you have a good example of the truth about conservatives that they don't like to hear.
What I have said is all true. It's out there for anyone who cares enough to look.
Didn't learn all that until I heard Reagan's budget director speak about the big Republican tax lie.Several others in Reagan's office admitted to it as well.
That, trickle Down was a lie just to get the average people to accept Reagan's huge tax cuts for the rich.
So, I spent months looking things up.

[xbjllb]

Well. Dam*n that xbjllb. Another thing he was right about. The NATO Libyan war lasting no longer than several months, Qaddafy being killed and out of there, NOT A SINGLE US CASUALTY, and no quadrillion dollar ripoff bonanzas for offense contractors in an endless quagmire made so ON PURPOSE FROM DAY ONE.

Once again, if you feel you must wage wars, and America always does, the Democrats are the way to go.

And any idiot can plainly see it now. Once (Kosovo) can be considered a fluke; TWICE is now become a pattern that can be repeated.

Whether that pattern is Viet Nam/Afghaninam/Iraqnam or Kosovo/Libya is up to the American People.

Who I'm betting are going to be getting it right from now on by eschewing the right wing.

The GOP might as well just pack it all in right now. Even with their quadrillions, they don't have a chance in the Hell they've made.

[xbjllb]

And the BEST thing about it? All the forever video on the internet with the worst of the mealy-mouthed GOP fretting over Libya, in the best Orrin Hatch fashion.

Fucking idiots and whores, all of 'em.