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(Boston Globe) Amusing Boston Globe passes over Mitt Romney and endorses Jon Huntsman. Awkward   (bostonglobe.com) divider line 83
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2012-01-06 12:10:56 AM
Huntsman has his problems for me, but he is at least sane.

I'd rather see more from Roemer, but he's sort of the dirty little secret of the race right now.
 
2012-01-06 01:45:07 AM
hubiestubert: Huntsman has his problems for me, but he is at least sane.

Same here. How scary is it that the two sanest people running are both Mormons?
 
2012-01-06 01:48:15 AM
Newspapers have to stop endorsing candidates. Yes, I know the endorsement is in the editorial section, but it's still seen as an endorsement by the entire paper. You can't be seen as impartial when your own writers are endorsing candidates!

Or maybe the admittance of bias makes it easier to read the newspaper critically.

Or fark.


Goddamnit.
 
2012-01-06 01:49:05 AM
fusillade762: hubiestubert: Huntsman has his problems for me, but he is at least sane.

Same here. How scary is it that the two sanest people running are both Mormons?


How scary is it that the two sanest people running are both despised by their party?
 
2012-01-06 01:57:58 AM
How crazy is it that Gingrich has more wives than both Mormons combined?
 
2012-01-06 01:58:41 AM
toobsok: Newspapers have to stop endorsing candidates.

Historically, newspapers were like Fox News. Impartiality is kind of a recent invention.
 
2012-01-06 01:58:50 AM
Nothing awkward about it at all.

If anything, more of the media need to call out Romney for being the placeholder candidate he is.

He shouldn't even be running.
 
2012-01-06 01:59:36 AM
Huntsman's biggest obstacle to winning elections is that he smiles with his mouth closed. It makes him look like he's a smirking asshole. A ton of people say "I just don't like Huntsman" without really knowing why. Well, that's why.

/Seriously.
 
2012-01-06 02:05:06 AM
I know why! its cuz romney's a tool.

/even if you like him, its true
 
2012-01-06 02:06:26 AM
I used to be independent but became a Democrat due to the idiocy of the GOP. I would love for Huntsman to be the Candidate just so we could maybe get back to some semblance of a decent conversation in this country, and marginalize the extremists who are farking us all. I don't agree with a lot of his views but he appears sane, which is nice.
/giving 20-1 odds for an Obama landslide
 
2012-01-06 02:08:10 AM
toobsok: Newspapers have to stop endorsing candidates. Yes, I know the endorsement is in the editorial section, but it's still seen as an endorsement by the entire paper. You can't be seen as impartial when your own writers are endorsing candidates!

Or maybe the admittance of bias makes it easier to read the newspaper critically.

Or fark.


Goddamnit.


So endorse Cow/Lobster 2012, the choice for all Americans!

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\\Needs more sparkles, eagles and flags
 
2012-01-06 02:10:09 AM
0Icky0: toobsok: Newspapers have to stop endorsing candidates.

Historically, newspapers were like Fox News. Impartiality is kind of a recent invention.


A good point to bring up. Way, way back when, a reader knew where local newspapers stood on issues. Their response, if you didn't like it - Fine, go buy a different one.
Sometimes I think it would be better that way now, if not just newspapers but all media picked a side, proclaimed it loudly and frequently, and let the consumers weigh how important that was vis-a-vis the actual news content.
 
2012-01-06 02:11:45 AM
Huntsman is by all measure no better than any of the other GOP candidates, the only thing he has on them is that he presents himself - quite well, credit where it's due - as the only farkin' adult in the room.

So, you know, kudos to that. Seriously.
 
2012-01-06 02:13:16 AM
dudemanbro: I used to be independent but became a Democrat due to the idiocy of the GOP. I would love for Huntsman to be the Candidate just so we could maybe get back to some semblance of a decent conversation in this country, and marginalize the extremists who are farking us all. I don't agree with a lot of his views but he appears sane, which is nice.
/giving 20-1 odds for an Obama landslide


I think everyone who is open to civil discourse and not being crazy should just join the Democrats until the Republican part becomes no longer viable and disappears and then the party can split into two sane parties.

That happened before in the US with the Era of Good Feelings. (which some Right wing Farker tried to spin to me that this was one of the darkest periods of the United States). Have the Republican party go the way of the Federalist party.
 
2012-01-06 02:15:49 AM
0Icky0: toobsok: Newspapers have to stop endorsing candidates.

Historically, newspapers were like Fox News. Impartiality is kind of a recent invention.


I like progress.


Huck And Molly Ziegler: 0Icky0: toobsok: Newspapers have to stop endorsing candidates.

Historically, newspapers were like Fox News. Impartiality is kind of a recent invention.

A good point to bring up. Way, way back when, a reader knew where local newspapers stood on issues. Their response, if you didn't like it - Fine, go buy a different one.
Sometimes I think it would be better that way now, if not just newspapers but all media picked a side, proclaimed it loudly and frequently, and let the consumers weigh how important that was vis-a-vis the actual news content.


I can see both sides, but I still feel that journalism should be unbiased. I guess that'll never happen, though. Optimism and idealism running on empty.
 
2012-01-06 02:15:50 AM
Corvus: Have the Republican party go the way of the Federalist party.

I'm cool with that.
 
2012-01-06 02:17:01 AM
I'd actually like Huntsman to be the GOP nominee. He's at least Diet Derp and can probably engage in a debate without having to worry about being beaten to a pulp.
 
2012-01-06 02:27:20 AM
Did I mention that I think (D) Obama is a better President than anyone in the current GOP field could ever be? And that's with me being pissed about the individual mandate, indefinite detention, etc. etc. The Republicans would be far worse, if that's possible. They've proven it again and again. We're farked either way, but the Republicans would fark over regular working folks like me far worse than the Democrats.
 
2012-01-06 02:28:29 AM
hubiestubert: Huntsman has his problems for me, but he is at least sane

He's a mormon. Huck And Molly Ziegler: Sometimes I think it would be better that way now, if not just newspapers but all media picked a side, proclaimed it loudly and frequently, and let the consumers weigh how important that was vis-a-vis the actual news content.

It's that way in the UK - hence the Daily Fail (or Heil) and Daily Express are known as right-wing tabloids, the Sun (and most of the other "Red Tops") were pro-Labour etc. They change their position from time to time, but it stops them from having to pretend to be "balanced"
 
2012-01-06 02:43:19 AM
fusillade762: hubiestubert: Huntsman has his problems for me, but he is at least sane.

Same here. How scary is it that the two sanest people running are both Mormons?


So I was just listening to my mp3 player when Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" came on.

When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's "off with her head!"
Remember what the dormouse said;
"Feed YOUR HEAD

This could very well be the theme song for today's GOP presidential field
 
2012-01-06 03:03:36 AM
3.bp.blogspot.com
"Think it'll work?"
"It would take a miracle."
 
2012-01-06 03:08:25 AM
Remember: every time you see Romney or Huntsman, they are wearing undergarments they think are imbued with divine power that will magically protect them from harm.

4.bp.blogspot.com
 
2012-01-06 03:13:17 AM
gimmegimme: Remember: every time you see Romney or Huntsman, they are wearing undergarments they think are imbued with divine power that will magically protect them from harm.

It must be true because Republicans consider following their stated religion exactly to be of paramount importance
 
2012-01-06 03:14:58 AM
static01.mediaite.com

/courtesy some paulites
 
2012-01-06 03:20:52 AM
gimmegimme: Remember: every time you see Romney or Huntsman, they are wearing undergarments they think are imbued with divine power that will magically protect them from harm.

[4.bp.blogspot.com image 640x480]


Yeah, and Newt Gingrich is always wearing at least one cock ring. What of it?
 
2012-01-06 03:24:39 AM
gimmegimme: Remember: every time you see Romney or Huntsman, they are wearing undergarments they think are imbued with divine power that will magically protect them from harm.

[4.bp.blogspot.com image 640x480]


what kinda of underwear is Santorum wearing?
 
2012-01-06 03:26:23 AM
hubiestubert: Huntsman has his problems for me, but he is at least sane.

I'd rather see more from Roemer, but he's sort of the dirty little secret of the race right now.


Huntsman is sort of the GOP version of what Obama was to me in 2008: sure, I disagree with him on many points of policy, but I actually disagree with him instead of actually thinking he's genuinely nuts or a disingenuous pandering asshole.

//That said, he's still loyal enough to the mainstream GOP, which IS farking nuts, that if it comes down to him or big O I'm voting Obama again.
 
2012-01-06 03:38:00 AM
blastoh: gimmegimme: Remember: every time you see Romney or Huntsman, they are wearing undergarments they think are imbued with divine power that will magically protect them from harm.

[4.bp.blogspot.com image 640x480]

what kinda of underwear is Santorum wearing?


www.brandchannel.com
 
2012-01-06 03:51:33 AM
sadly, I dont think you are even trying to be funny.
 
2012-01-06 04:26:20 AM
Yeah an opportunity for the US to go deeper into a hole. Remember the boston globe was the paper that stated the 911 hijackers came from Canada. Wrong then and wrong now. Endorsing republicans is like rushing to buy a ticket on the Titanic.
 
2012-01-06 04:40:59 AM
Awkward that the same liberal-stench infested region that gave us Barney Frank and Ded Kennedy should feebly attempt to subvert Romney's candidacy by endorsing another candidate??? Hahahaha Ha!! Yeah, real awkward.
 
2012-01-06 04:58:50 AM
aearra: Yeah an opportunity for the US to go deeper into a hole. Remember the boston globe was the paper that stated the 911 hijackers came from Canada. Wrong then and wrong now. Endorsing republicans is like rushing to buy a ticket on the Titanic.

They're endorsing a candidate for the Republican primary, not the general election. The Globe reported on 9/13 that border security was tightened and that Canada and the US were "investigating the possibility" that hijackers entered from the north. That was a factually accurate report.

If you need a real reason to rag on the Globe, the editorial board supports SOPA.
 
2012-01-06 05:17:48 AM
toobsok: Newspapers have to stop endorsing candidates. Yes, I know the endorsement is in the editorial section, but it's still seen as an endorsement by the entire paper. You can't be seen as impartial when your own writers are endorsing candidates!

Or maybe the admittance of bias makes it easier to read the newspaper critically.

Or fark.


Goddamnit.


It's the second one.

I suggest that liberal papes and websites like KOS endorse Huntsman, too. Focus on how moderate he is.

Knock the sane one out of the race permanently.
 
2012-01-06 05:46:15 AM
sendtodave:
I suggest that liberal papes and websites like KOS endorse Huntsman, too. Focus on how moderate he is.

Knock the sane one out of the race permanently.


If Huntsman can't get the nomination, then I really hope that Santorum does.

The reason is that Santorum is the most personable of the crazies. By this I mean, if you take aside his views, he is not completely unlikable whereas Bachman and Perry are crazy and just generall stupid.
The point is, Santorum will be judged more by his views than his personality. So it will be his views that will be out there for all to judge. And ultimately, it will be his views that everyone votes against.


This way, when he gets hands dowm beaten in November, there will be a better chance of making the case that the wingnutes need to EABAD, GTO, and DIAF (in that order) because thier crazy ass ideas were rejected. Thus *hopefully* restoring some santiy to the GOP.

Sadly, while this is my hope. I am sure they would just come back in 2016 and double down on the DERP. They would probably even resort to arguing that Santorum lost because he wasn't conservative enough.
 
2012-01-06 06:03:39 AM
Nina_Hartley's_Ass: /courtesy some paulites

Proving there's no idea too stupid for the Paulites to throw money at.
 
2012-01-06 06:13:40 AM
 
2012-01-06 06:16:22 AM
Friction8r: ThreadSantorum redacted

The derp brigade has AWOKEN!
 
2012-01-06 06:52:36 AM
ghare: ...
I suggest that liberal papes and websites like KOS endorse Huntsman, too. Focus on how moderate he is.

Knock the sane one out of the race permanently.

Huntsman is only sane in comparison to the rest of the Republican field (well, maybe not Romney, no one knows what he really thinks about anything). If you take away his name and the (r) and just read his positions and statements to people, far more than 50% would go, "That's just nuts."


It's quite appropriate that the Republican primary be given the Vote for the Worst treatment previously reserved for American Idol.
 
2012-01-06 07:03:21 AM
fusillade762: hubiestubert: Huntsman has his problems for me, but he is at least sane.

Same here. How scary is it that the two sanest people running are both Mormons?


Fwiw, I've heard that Huntsman isn't a practicing Mormon anymore.
 
2012-01-06 07:08:02 AM
Arkanaut: fusillade762: hubiestubert: Huntsman has his problems for me, but he is at least sane.

Same here. How scary is it that the two sanest people running are both Mormons?

Fwiw, I've heard that Huntsman isn't a practicing Mormon anymore.


Well, that would be too bad for him. He'll never get his own Kolob-like planet in the Celestial Kingdom.

www.vcaa.com
 
2012-01-06 07:08:17 AM
Boston Globe passes over Mitt Romney and endorses Jon Huntsman.

2.bp.blogspot.com

I wouldn't worry about it though, it's not a big college town.
 
2012-01-06 07:18:02 AM
Friction8r: Awkward that the same liberal-stench infested region that gave us Barney Frank and Ded Kennedy should feebly attempt to subvert Romney's candidacy by endorsing another candidate??? Hahahaha Ha!! Yeah, real awkward.

Man, you're really going to get your panties in a twist when you see who we elect to Senate and who we elect to replace Frank.

Keep your butt salve handy, Cletus.
 
2012-01-06 07:22:54 AM
jadedlee: aearra: Yeah an opportunity for the US to go deeper into a hole. Remember the boston globe was the paper that stated the 911 hijackers came from Canada. Wrong then and wrong now. Endorsing republicans is like rushing to buy a ticket on the Titanic.

They're endorsing a candidate for the Republican primary, not the general election. The Globe reported on 9/13 that border security was tightened and that Canada and the US were "investigating the possibility" that hijackers entered from the north. That was a factually accurate report.

If you need a real reason to rag on the Globe, the editorial board supports SOPA.


"I don't always vote Republican. But when I do, I vote Huntsman."
 
2012-01-06 07:41:55 AM
See, told you so. Romney is a schmuck who spent half his term as MA governor running around the country trying to be president last national election cycle. Guy is a tool. Most people in MA know this.
 
2012-01-06 07:56:32 AM
blastoh: gimmegimme: Remember: every time you see Romney or Huntsman, they are wearing undergarments they think are imbued with divine power that will magically protect them from harm.

[4.bp.blogspot.com image 640x480]

what kinda of underwear is Santorum wearing?

If is living up to his name it is skidmarky
 
2012-01-06 07:58:42 AM
Jake Havechek: Romney is a schmuck who spent half his term as MA governor running around the country trying to be president last national election cycle. Guy is a tool. Most people in MA know this.

He spent the other half of the time trying to stop a court decision on gay marriage. Nice overreach there. I'm sure he wouldn't possibly try that kind of crap as president.
 
2012-01-06 08:03:45 AM
Hahaahahahahahaahahah
 
2012-01-06 08:08:38 AM
hubiestubert: Huntsman has his problems for me, but he is at least sane.

I'd rather see more from Roemer, but he's sort of the dirty little secret of the race right now.


The biggest problem for me is that Huntsman chooses to identify as a republican. They have made a strategy of lies, mis-charactorization and projection for more than a decade, and they haven't even tried to be subtle about it.
 
2012-01-06 08:16:37 AM
jcooli09: hubiestubert: Huntsman has his problems for me, but he is at least sane.

I'd rather see more from Roemer, but he's sort of the dirty little secret of the race right now.

The biggest problem for me is that Huntsman chooses to identify as a republican. They have made a strategy of lies, mis-charactorization and projection for more than a decade, and they haven't even tried to be subtle about it.


Exactly... I'm done voting for any Republican. I used to support a number of them on the local level (Massachusetts Republicans), but over the last four years I've come to the conclusion the entire party is dedicated to sticking it to people like my family in the lower middle class, and they've done nothing to earn my vote. They've proven over and over again their disdain for the lower and middle classes, so why would I support that?

While I'd love to see the party moderate itself and come back to reality, I will not support moderate Republicans because they self-identify with a party that currently doesn't give a shiat about people like me... So, yeah, fark 'em.
 
2012-01-06 08:16:38 AM
jcooli09: The biggest problem for me is that Huntsman chooses to identify as a republican.

What else is he going to identify as? He's pretty much lock-step with the Republican platform -- as all the GOP candidates, sans Paul, are.
 
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