I think it's really important to this country that we can put up a candidate that is smart, and articulate

What country is this guy talking about?

sigdiamond2000: I think it's really important to this country that we can put up a candidate that is smart, and articulate

What country is this guy talking about?

I don't know, but I would like to live there!

Yeah... Reince should be hoping for a long primary process, so that can keep getting all the free press into the year and define their candidate.

Because if their candidate is Romney... well, they are going to need to do something drastic to get the base behind him. He has the support of Republican moderates, but the religious right and libertarian arm do not support him and are likely to defect to a third party candidate (if they vote at all). So their choice with Romney is to either keep him in the primary and let the media make the case for him, or he spends millions on capturing the base.

For all of the other candidates, all of them need to be introduced to the rest of the nation instead of sharing the stage with eight other Not-Romneys.

Given the fact that the first winner-take-all contests aren't until April and states like Florida that try to hold theirs earlier will lose half their delegates, I don't see how this could possibly be settled soon. Perhaps I'm missing something.

Reading comprehension is hard.

The Wisconsin native added, in response to a question, that he thought Newt Gingrich was qualified for the presidency. "Of course I think he's fit to be president. Obviously, we have a president in the White House that, before he took office, two years earlier, was a state senator from Illinois. How has that served our country?" he said.

What does Obama's short tenure in the Senate have to do with Gingrich's reckless megalomania and bizarre ideology?

His name is ReinholdReince?


/very old and obscure.

Somewhere, Sarah Palin smells money.

Diogenes: What does Obama's short tenure in the Senate have to do with Gingrich's reckless megalomania and bizarre ideology?

Jesus, you libtards are dense.

Newt's lack of executive experience is exactly what this country needs now. Fartbongo's socialist community organizer credentials are how we ended up in this mess. Why is that so hard to understand.

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His name is ReinholdReince?


/very old and obscure.

No, not obscure.

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His name is ReinholdReince?


/very old and obscure.

Seriously. Even his name is punchable. He reminds me of Nathan Thurm.

Reince Priebus is such a letdown as GOP chair. I mean, how do you top this?



Or THIS

The "family values" Republican National Committee spent almost $2,000 last month at an erotic, bondage-themed West Hollywood club, where nearly naked women - and men - simulate sex in nets hung from above. (new window)

DarnoKonrad: ginandbacon: Given the fact that the first winner-take-all contests aren't until April and states like Florida that try to hold theirs earlier will lose half their delegates, I don't see how this could possibly be settled soon. Perhaps I'm missing something.

Mitt and RON PAUL are the only people on the ballot in Virginia and the rest of the field is broke.

Is Gingrich broke broke or only broke? His campaign is saying he did well in Q4. Most of the big money doesn't start rolling in until after the race tightens up, I think. And Perry had $15, so he's getting low but not out of the game yet. (I know he's skipping fundraising in New York, but he could do well in the South.) Virginia is a winner-take-all primary and kind of moderate so Romney probably was going to win there all along. It's sort of not worth spending money on. (Gingrich looks like an ass though for flubbing that. He had a shot at Romney there.)

I dunno, I just don't think this is going to end quickly. It's hard to say though since the game changed so drastically after 2008.

The Dems ought to fear a Romney/Rubio ticket the most. Mitt will attract the moderates/independents and Rubio the base/teabaggers and Hispanics.

Reince Priebus ... Prince Rebus? Rince Prebus? WTF kind of name does this man have anyway?

/important issue

dogdaze: The Dems ought to fear a Romney/Rubio ticket the most. Mitt will attract the moderates/independents and Rubio the base/teabaggers and Hispanics.

Don't overestimate Rubio's appeal with Latinos. Alot of my coworkers are South Americans we relocated to the US. When they found out Rubio supported a stricter version of Arizona's immigration policy he lost any support he had from them. And his attempts to fake his Cuban refugee lineage have pissed off die hard Cubans.

Diogenes: Don't overestimate Rubio's appeal with Latinos

Yes absolutely, but the GOP is grasping for straws right now.

dogdaze: The Dems ought to fear a Romney/Rubio ticket the most. Mitt will attract the moderates/independents and Rubio the base/teabaggers and Hispanics.

If by "Moderates" you mean "Corporatists who like BJs" then you might be right, but Romney is a kleptocrat of a higher order. If you liked the transfer of wealth that occurred under GW's Presidency, and the financial chaos that resulted from it, then you'll love Romney.

Rubio? The man is grooming himself for his own run I think, and I don't think hitching himself to Schrodinger's Candidate is really going to advance that much.

It's cool if you're getting paid to pop these sentiments up, because I'm not going to begrudge folks making a living, but if you actually believe that Romney is anything like a "Moderate" then maybe you need to just drop out of the gene pool, because that level of gullibility is not doing the species or the party much good at this point.

And that is sort of the problem that the party faces. It's investing in the stupid and the gullible as a base, as opposed to putting folks with actual ideas out there. By ideas I mean ones that actually will do the nation as a whole good, as opposed to narrow interests that are looking to keep ham fisted control over the process. Maybe if we actually elected folks that want to do some good for the nation, as opposed to who is paying their way, we might get somewhere, but right now, we are looking at a process is selecting the biggest shills for the narrowest of interests, and then trying to sell them to the folks who will be called on to sacrifice the most: their cash, their futures, their integrity, to support "ideas" that have to be spun in order to justify them, as opposed to letting them speak on their own merits.

Diogenes: The Wisconsin native added, in response to a question, that he thought Newt Gingrich was qualified for the presidency. "Of course I think he's fit to be president. Obviously, we have a president in the White House that, before he took office, two years earlier, was a state senator from Illinois. How has that served our country?" he said.

What does Obama's short tenure in the Senate have to do with Gingrich's reckless megalomania and bizarre ideology?

Chewbacca.

Say what you will about Reince, at least he isn't a daily embarrassment.

James!: Say what you will about Reince, at least he isn't a daily embarrassment.

I'll give him this -- he's got a tough job to do.

Diogenes: And his attempts to fake his Cuban refugee lineage have pissed off die hard Cubans.

Where berf certifcat.

where.

is Reince Priebus a Dr. Seuss character?

Diogenes: James!: Say what you will about Reince, at least he isn't a daily embarrassment.

I'll give him this -- he's got a tough job to do.

He's the activities director on the Titanic trying to convince everyone that the ship isn't sinking. I wouldn't trade places with him for all the whores at a GOP fundraiser.

hubiestubert: It's cool if you're getting paid to pop these sentiments up, because I'm not going to begrudge folks making a living, but if you actually believe that Romney is anything like a "Moderate" then maybe you need to just drop out of the gene pool, because that level of gullibility is not doing the species or the party much good at this point.

Paid to post of Fark? WTF? I'm putting in my 2 cents. Rant away about your issues with the GOP. If they keep the circus going, the Dems are going to crush them in 2012.

James!: I wouldn't trade places with him for all the whores at a GOP fundraiser.

Are you sure? With that many young Dominican boys you could start your own baseball league.

If you take every quote from Ponce Shortbus there, and you read them without any context, the man sounds absolutely barking mad.

Mr. Coffee Nerves: James!: I wouldn't trade places with him for all the whores at a GOP fundraiser.

Are you sure? With that many young Dominican boys you could start your own baseball league.

Sell half of them to the Yankees and the other half to Limbaugh. I'd be rich!

"Sorry son, if you can't hit the baseball you'll be hitting the fat guy."

FTFA: "Quite frankly, I think the third-party candidates will take more votes away from Barack Obama than from our candidates."

Umm, think again. The Republican base is split, not the Democratic. The GOP has spent years pandering to its base, alienating the moderates. Good luck with that.

Democrats might be disappointed they didn't get everything they wanted from Obama, and most are pissed about NDAA, but he's still a far cry from the lunatics & morons the GOP is offering up.

Lather. Reince. Repeat.

Marcus Aurelius: Lather. Reince. Repeat.

Get the hell out of my head, or pay rent.

"REINCE PRIEEEEEBUS! FREUN LAVEN! OooooooOOOohhhh..."

Priebus added that he was not concerned about a third-party candidate such as Donald Trump getting in the race.

"I'm not worried about that," he said. "Quite frankly, I think the third-party candidates will take more votes away from Barack Obama than from our candidates."

Yeah, I see Trump taking all kinds of votes away from Obama. Thanks for the insight, Nostradamus.

ginandbacon: Given the fact that the first winner-take-all contests aren't until April and states like Florida that try to hold theirs earlier will lose half their delegates, I don't see how this could possibly be settled soon. Perhaps I'm missing something.

The proportional aspect is oversold actually. Many of the proportional states are winner take all if someone breaks 50%.

Newt Gingrich live on television just said that in response to North Korea's change in leadership, America must continue its development of anti-ballistic missiles to prevent the N. Koreans from launching long range nukes that will hit the United States......

They cant hit the USA at this moment. Not with a nuke. Maybe if they put it on a 747 and sent it flying to the US coast after several stops....which US traffic control would perk up and say "hey whats with all the 747's coming from the Norks and heading to Major US cities?, yea scramble some fighters"

Elect Newt cuz he will protect us from dangers that don't exist.

This wont be an election, this will be prison rape by a tall black man on some scrawny old white rich guy.

Guntram Shatterhand: brigid_fitch: Democrats might be disappointed they didn't get everything they wanted from Obama, and most are pissed about NDAA, but he's still a far cry from the lunatics & morons the GOP is offering up.

Not to mention this new Chairman with the weird name is just trying to soothe things over. The GOP keeps backing everybody but Romney. That's not a good sign, and could lead to a viable Teabagger candidate. Then again, it's not like the Teabaggers have usurped an easy Republican win for ideological purity, have they?

I bet $100 that if Romney's chosen, somebody will run on the Tea Party ticket. Not sure if it'd be Bachmann, Perry, or Trump, but somebody will. And when that happens, and the vote is horribly split, maybe, just MAYBE, the GOP will come to its senses.

A brokered convention would be so much fun to watch, what with Sarah Palin trying to pull an Eric Baker on the third ballot and all.

orclover: Elect Newt cuz he will protect us from dangers that don't exist.

I'm pretty sure this is the basis for almost every republican's platform.