Understanding Iowa and its huge, throbbing caucuses and how deep they penetrate as they tear into the flesh of our country, pounding to the beat of our hearts and minds, before this coming, messy, election erection

FTFY

kungfu jesus with a side of lime: Am i the only one who feels that the candidates have been running for close to a year now, and I still dont know their stand on any number of issues. I realized why watching the news that all they report on is position on the polls. The only actual statments we get from anyone is fluff about hope and change, or the occasional slander, none of which tells me what you will do for me once your president.

do for you? Nothing, as usual. Both parties basically stand for a slow, stately expansion of government powers without any real benefits returned to the people.

durbnpoisn care to make a friendly wager on that?

Sunny Ray: Iowa lot to the subby for that head line. Whew! Is it getting hot in here?

Des Moines I hear your jokes, Des Moines I love 'em.

I am appalled by this headline-- Abstinence is the only viable option... when it comes to voting!

Sybarite: I found that headline interesting...interesting....very interesting...very, very interesting...then I just lost interest.

kind of like when a woman asks what the best part of it for you?
"the last 4 seconds"


/hotpocket

Cyborg77: Well now I have an election.

you owe me a new keyboard

all of my co-workers were wondering what was going on

etc....etc....

/nice one
//extra slahies (sorry silo, had to)

Adjective Bird Whiskey: Tear into the flesh? You're doing it wrong LONG...

FTFY

I never thought it could happen to me.

Can't read TFA! Don't want to ruin the tingly feelings with Hillary talk!

durbnpoisn: Here is the unpopular thought for the day.

There is only one way the Democrats can lose this upcoming election. And that would be to put up someone that can't win.
So what do they do? They put up 2 people that can NEVER win this election.

In MY personal opinion, either one is FAR more qualified than Bush. But the idiots in the square states will NEVER vote for anything but a white Christian man.

The country just isn't ready for that.

It's a shame. Because it's true.

The square states that you love so much are going to go red anyway. It's OH, FL, etc that you have to worry about again. And while Ohio has 2 straight edges, Florida isn't all that square. It's kind of shaped like Subby's caucus.

WayneKerr

Like it really matters who wins. Good luck with your fair and balanced, electronic voting fraud, USA.

Thank you.

tweekster: Sybarite: I found that headline interesting...interesting....very interesting...very, very interesting...then I just lost interest.

kind of like when a woman asks what the best part of it for you?
"the last 4 seconds"


/hotpocket

Tweekster, you kill me.

/hot pocket hot pocket

TopOfTheNaughtyList: Can't read TFA! Don't want to ruin the tingly feelings with Hillary talk!

I want to hear her trademark cackle...It gets me all...excited.

I had a premature messy election.

Poopspasm: Paulites know the end is near, but they don't want to draw attention to that fact.

enjoy your new boss, same as the old boss

Spongebob Plaid Pants: tweekster: Sybarite: I found that headline interesting...interesting....very interesting...very, very interesting...then I just lost interest.

kind of like when a woman asks what the best part of it for you?
"the last 4 seconds"
/hotpocket

Tweekster, you kill me.

/hot pocket hot pocket

The last 4 seconds thing was a bit from his show I saw sunday night. Just had to toss the hotpocket in for reference

jonny_q
I live in a doesn't-farking-matter state that comes too late to count. There are no campaign signs around or anything like that. This weekend, a bunch of Ron Paul signs went up all over town. The catch? They weren't on private property. They were on poles for power lines, poles for street lights, etc. It was basically vandalism. It's not a sudden surge in Paul supporters - it's a couple idiots with nothing better to do.

And that's who they are.

Signs on Telephone Poles.

Damn those Garage Sale, Lost Dog, and Missing Persons Vandals!!! They should all be shot!

\\There must be a lot of Vandals out there...
\\\Every telephone pole I see is covered in staples.
\\\\We better make room in the prisons for them...

philotech: Signs on Telephone Poles.

Damn those Garage Sale, Lost Dog, and Missing Persons Vandals!!! They should all be shot!

Well in most small communities garage sale and other temporary signs are allowed. Herbal life and political posters are not.
One is vandalism one is not.

oh..oh...ohhhhh....BAMA!!!

Beavis_Christ: Poopspasm: Paulites know the end is near, but they don't want to draw attention to that fact.

enjoy your new boss, same as the old boss

yeah, that's the system. The funny thing is that people actually thought supporting someone different was possible.

guilty - I splooged just from the headline.

premature ejaculation

Where's teh cans?

Spongebob! Hope you had a great new year. Thanks for the comment on my slideshows

durbnpoisn: Here is the unpopular thought for the day.

There is only one way the Democrats can lose this upcoming election. And that would be to put up someone that can't win.
So what do they do? They put up 2 people that can NEVER win this election.

In MY personal opinion, either one is FAR more qualified than Bush. But the idiots in the square states will NEVER vote for anything but a white Christian man.

The country just isn't ready for that.

It's a shame. Because it's true.

More disturbing thought. I can't remember the last time a senator won the presidential election. Dubya (former Gov), Clinton (former Gov), Bush Sr (Vice-prez), Reagan (former Gov), Carter (former Gov), Ford (Vice-prez... although he didn't win an election, did he?), Nixon (he was a senator, but not immediately before he was elected pres), Johnson (Vice-prez... he also was a senator, but not immediately before being elected pres).

JFK was the last senator to win the presidential election while he was still a senator. Man, thats a LONNNNNG time ago. I hate to say it, but I don't think the dems have a shot. Rudy, Romney, Huckabee... all non-senators.

Subby,

That was the best date I have had in 6 months. I gotta go smoke...

Seacop: schnarff: I bow before thee, submitter...no way I could have come up with such a great caucus headline.

That said, I'm really genuinely curious -- where are all the Ron Paul threads today? I thought there'd be at least one really good Paul flame war on the first actual voting day of the season...

HEY LOOK JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO STUPID TO UNDERSTAND RON PAUL AND HIS FOREIGN POLICY OBJECTIVES, DOESN'T GIVE YOU A RIGHT TO BASH HIM AND HIS SUPPORTERS....

/narps

Ahhh, Fark. I knew I could count on you guys to flame retardely at just the mention of Ron Paul. :-)

/Paul supporter
//Not crazy *or* putting signs up in public

kungfu jesus with a side of lime: Am i the only one who feels that the candidates have been running for close to a year now, and I still dont know their stand on any number of issues. I realized why watching the news that all they report on is position on the polls. The only actual statments we get from anyone is fluff about hope and change, or the occasional slander, none of which tells me what you will do for me once your president.

You are not alone. I too feel exactly like this. In fact, it's pretty much the reason I don't pay much attention to the entire political process. Why the candidates can't hire some entry level webhead to design a site that just spits the hard facts about their platforms back to you based on a simple query, I'll never understand. It's almost as if they want "We, the people..." to be so befuddled by everything that we don't see what's really happening. Oh, NOW I get it.

To put it more simply, I must quote the great philosopher, Hicks.
"Go back to sleep, America. Your government is in control."

tweekster
Well in most small communities garage sale and other temporary signs are allowed. Herbal life and political posters are not.
One is vandalism one is not.

Ummmm... what? Vandalism is based on content now?

Vandalism: deliberately mischievous or malicious destruction or damage of property.

USA - Land of the Sheep, Home of the Slaves...

philotech: jonny_q
I live in a doesn't-farking-matter state that comes too late to count. There are no campaign signs around or anything like that. This weekend, a bunch of Ron Paul signs went up all over town. The catch? They weren't on private property. They were on poles for power lines, poles for street lights, etc. It was basically vandalism. It's not a sudden surge in Paul supporters - it's a couple idiots with nothing better to do.

And that's who they are.

Signs on Telephone Poles.

Damn those Garage Sale, Lost Dog, and Missing Persons Vandals!!! They should all be shot!

More importantly, it's not like *all* of the candidates and their supporters don't do this kind of shiat when the election gets close. Every road in Nothern Virginia gets turned into a giant sign repository whenever even a state election approaches. Whatever, I don't care, as long as you clean it up when the election is over.

Poopspasm: *wipes hand on pants*

Please, continue....

...with that user name and that comment...well...

philotech: Ummmm... what? Vandalism is based on content now?

Basically yes, garage sales are fine, your business oppurtunity is not. Lost dogs not a problem, political signs get touchy. Basically it comes down to being temporary in nature.

WayneKerr: Like it really matters who wins. Good luck with your fair and balanced, electronic voting fraud, USA.

I was talking with my 9-year old son last night... He asked, "How'd Bush get elected anyway?"

I had to answer something like, "Well, he didn't really. He kinda stole the election. The first time, his brother was the Governor of the state in question, and he literally and ILLEGALLY handed the election to Bush. Gore won that election, yet Bush came out on top."

Then I went on to explain that he simply cheated the second time.

Seriously folks... He should have been put in jail by now for the crap he's pulled.

That was an epic LOL I just performed

+10, smitty

durbnpoisn:
...Seriously folks... He should have been put in jail by now for the crap he's pulled.

Yeah, someone should tape America and put it on America's Funniest Home Videos.

durbnpoisn: Then I went on to explain that he simply cheated the second time.

You mean Bush arranged for the democrats to somehow, against all odds, pick a candidate with even less charisma than he has? How does he do it?

durbnpoisn: WayneKerr: Like it really matters who wins. Good luck with your fair and balanced, electronic voting fraud, USA.

I was talking with my 9-year old son last night... He asked, "How'd Bush get elected anyway?"

I had to answer something like, "Well, he didn't really. He kinda stole the election. The first time, his brother was the Governor of the state in question, and he literally and ILLEGALLY handed the election to Bush. Gore won that election, yet Bush came out on top."

Then I went on to explain that he simply cheated the second time.

Seriously folks... He should have been put in jail by now for the crap he's pulled.

Nice job giving your kid both sides of the story there. No indoctrination at all. Not that I'm a fan of Bush...but come on, man, at least give the kid the facts and let him make up his own mind.

Sunny Ray:
Thanks. Your jokes usually make me want to Dubuque all over my cornography collection.

Aw shucks.

Good one subby!

I'm so glad I don't live there anymore to have to deal with election year madness. That and the cold, bitter, bitter cold.

Staypuft_Mushmallow_Manz: yeah, that's the system. The funny thing is that people actually thought supporting someone different was possible.

yeah, well. here's to hoping.

it still surprises me just how many people think there is a real difference between the democratic and republican front runners. when you strip away the BS wedge issues (that convieniently get dropped after elections) you are left with the same animal.

big government, big spending, corporate interest nanny-staters who value safety over liberty.

tweekster
Basically yes, garage sales are fine, your business oppurtunity is not. Lost dogs not a problem, political signs get touchy. Basically it comes down to being temporary in nature.

Ummm... my head hurts... So political signs are not temporary? Damn that Content Adhesive! Political signs are everywhere, for all of the corrupt idiots that own us. At least most Ron Paul supporters will have the decency to remove their signs after he wins.

\\Just like Hillary Cliton, can't make up your mind...

durbnpoisn: WayneKerr: Like it really matters who wins. Good luck with your fair and balanced, electronic voting fraud, USA.

I was talking with my 9-year old son last night... He asked, "How'd Bush get elected anyway?"

I had to answer something like, "Well, he didn't really. He kinda stole the election. The first time, his brother was the Governor of the state in question, and he literally and ILLEGALLY handed the election to Bush. Gore won that election, yet Bush came out on top."

Then I went on to explain that he simply cheated the second time.

Seriously folks... He should have been put in jail by now for the crap he's pulled.

Congratulations you are raising a future hardcore republican. Indoctrination usually results in the opposite when it comes to kids.

Geesh, is the subby all of 15 year old boy? Christmas break needs to end soon.

durbnpoisn: WayneKerr: Like it really matters who wins. Good luck with your fair and balanced, electronic voting fraud, USA.

I was talking with my 9-year old son last night... He asked, "How'd Bush get elected anyway?"

I had to answer something like, "Well, he didn't really. He kinda stole the election. The first time, his brother was the Governor of the state in question, and he literally and ILLEGALLY handed the election to Bush. Gore won that election, yet Bush came out on top."

Then I went on to explain that he simply cheated the second time.

Seriously folks... He should have been put in jail by now for the crap he's pulled.

Staypuft_Mushmallow_Manz: durbnpoisn: Then I went on to explain that he simply cheated the second time.

You mean Bush arranged for the democrats to somehow, against all odds, pick a candidate with even less charisma than he has? How does he do it?

Bush only goes along for the ride-- like an 8 year old in the back of the sedan destined for Disneyland.

schnarff:
/Paul supporter
//Not crazy *or* putting signs up in public

That's like saying your a heterosexual male that uses a mac.