The look of love is in your eyes
A look your smile can't disguise.
The look of love
Is saying so much more than just words could ever say.
And what my heart has heard,
Well, it takes my breath away...

Lemmie guess, old white guy in a cowboy hat

*clicks link*

JUMANJI!!!!!!

DamnYankees: Is no one else really disturbed by what has happened since Citizens United, in terms of we now have candidates essentially bankrolled by individual plutocrats, running as puppets with absolutely no hiding that fact? This is so beyond farked up.

I just see it as the monetization of politics. like when they started adding corporate sponsorship to sports arenas. Or golf tournaments.

We already new there were sponsors now they are just a bit more open about it.

I look forward to the "Chris (Crispy Cream) Christy for Senator"_tm" and "Ben and Jerry's Hillary Clinton Presidential Run"_tm

Mrs.Sharpier: Friess stood behind Santorum as he delivered ...


Sounds like a mess

Freedom Freiss

/who would want to french santorum

DamnYankees: Is no one else really disturbed by what has happened since Citizens United, in terms of we now have candidates essentially bankrolled by individual plutocrats, running as puppets with absolutely no hiding that fact? This is so beyond farked up.

Would you prefer they were hiding the fact? The whole system is a mess, and I have no idea how to properly fix it. The most I'm hoping for is transparency in process.

At least I know Santorum is being bankrolled by a wealther older white male, though had I thought about it, I probably would have guessed it.

edmo: The Republicans need to make a career decision here. They can go with their dream guy who fits both planks of their platform and can get the hard right votes.

Or they can go with the electable guy that independents would vote for.

So do they want the White House or not?

/abortion and tax cuts, since you asked

This is what I really can't understand about the Republican party right now. They automatically have the hard right votes come November as long as they nominate anybody that is not Obama. Why try catering to the hard right when it hurts their chances in the general election?

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Stoopid mobile site. Whodunnit?

DamnYankees: Is no one else really disturbed by what has happened since Citizens United, in terms of we now have candidates essentially bankrolled by individual plutocrats, running as puppets with absolutely no hiding that fact? This is so beyond farked up.

It is farked up. I absolutely agree. The only upside is that so far, it has backfired for Republicans. With a constant, unlimited influx of cash, Santorum and Gingrich are free to stick around all the way, all but guaranteeing a brokered convention.

Rick loves Foster's Freeze.

/Hot.

NeoCortex42: This is what I really can't understand about the Republican party right now. They automatically have the hard right votes come November as long as they nominate anybody that is not Obama. Why try catering to the hard right when it hurts their chances in the general election?

1) Fear of a third party offshoot.

2) If your victory isn't absolute you might as well be French.

So THAT'S why they look like that.

/Sorry if I ruined anyone's appetite/childhood

NeoCortex42: This is what I really can't understand about the Republican party right now. They automatically have the hard right votes come November as long as they nominate anybody that is not Obama. Why try catering to the hard right when it hurts their chances in the general election?

Their problem is that no one person or group is behind the republican party saying "Okay guys, can we please just get the most electable candidate out there?" Their own stubbornness is biting them in the arse. It'll be interesting to see how the extremes handle it when it's finally narrowed down to Mittens. I wonder who will drop, who will be Romney's VP and who will run as an independent. I wonder if Romney will pick Santorum as his V.P. to try to unify the party. That might not help his appeal with the swing voters though.

Santorum is a moral Christian man of strong faith. It is unlikely that campaign contributions will cause him to abandon the moral high ground.

"(...) Rick Santorum's ace in the hole".

Really?

Itsluautime: NeoCortex42: This is what I really can't understand about the Republican party right now. They automatically have the hard right votes come November as long as they nominate anybody that is not Obama. Why try catering to the hard right when it hurts their chances in the general election?

Their problem is that no one person or group is behind the republican party saying "Okay guys, can we please just get the most electable candidate out there?" Their own stubbornness is biting them in the arse. It'll be interesting to see how the extremes handle it when it's finally narrowed down to Mittens. I wonder who will drop, who will be Romney's VP and who will run as an independent. I wonder if Romney will pick Santorum as his V.P. to try to unify the party. That might not help his appeal with the swing voters though.

Having Santorum as a VP candidate will lead to the same problem as having Palin last election. It would do nothing but hurt the ticket with independents/moderates.

Itsluautime: NeoCortex42: This is what I really can't understand about the Republican party right now. They automatically have the hard right votes come November as long as they nominate anybody that is not Obama. Why try catering to the hard right when it hurts their chances in the general election?

Their problem is that no one person or group is behind the republican party saying "Okay guys, can we please just get the most electable candidate out there?" Their own stubbornness is biting them in the arse. It'll be interesting to see how the extremes handle it when it's finally narrowed down to Mittens. I wonder who will drop, who will be Romney's VP and who will run as an independent. I wonder if Romney will pick Santorum as his V.P. to try to unify the party. That might not help his appeal with the swing voters though.

Having Santorum as a VP candidate will lead to the same problem as having Palin last election. It would do nothing but hurt the ticket with independents/moderates.

Yeah, plus there's the "google problem." I doubt Romney wants to be associated with that. I just think that frothy's supporters believe he was sent by God to run for president, and they won't vote for anyone else but him. Since he also thinks this (plus, he also has a career at Fox to look forward to), he could likely run as an independent. Then the repubs are screwed. Which would be fine with me, but still...

NeoCortex42: It would do nothing but hurt the ticket with independents/moderates.

Any knucklehead calling themselves an independent/moderate that still votes for Republicans is neither, IMO. GOP is serving up nothing but nutters willing to pacify the far right supposedly Christian fringe of the party while simultaneously trying to appease the supposedly fiscal conservative flakes who want any tax anywhere lowered to nothing. Look what happened when Huntsman and Johnson got in to the race. Nothing. That's what. Republicans don't want moderates. Why the fark would a moderate even be on the fence about this? Every freaking debate so far has been a purity test.

Soup4Bonnie: NeoCortex42: It would do nothing but hurt the ticket with independents/moderates.

Any knucklehead calling themselves an independent/moderate that still votes for Republicans is neither, IMO. GOP is serving up nothing but nutters willing to pacify the far right supposedly Christian fringe of the party while simultaneously trying to appease the supposedly fiscal conservative flakes who want any tax anywhere lowered to nothing. Look what happened when Huntsman and Johnson got in to the race. Nothing. That's what. Republicans don't want moderates. Why the fark would a moderate even be on the fence about this? Every freaking debate so far has been a purity test.

I agree, they have pretty much gone off the deep end. I consider myself a moderate and don't just vote along party lines. I used to be somewhat conservative-leaning, but over the past few years the middle line has moved wildly. I haven't changed my opinion on most things, but my parents now consider me a radical liberal. The tea party really is destroying the Republican party from within. It would probably be better if the tea party just officially broke off into it's own party and the Republicans as a whole were allowed to leave the fringes a bit.

Zerochance: DamnYankees: Is no one else really disturbed by what has happened since Citizens United, in terms of we now have candidates essentially bankrolled by individual plutocrats, running as puppets with absolutely no hiding that fact? This is so beyond farked up.

It is farked up. I absolutely agree. The only upside is that so far, it has backfired for Republicans. With a constant, unlimited influx of cash, Santorum and Gingrich are free to stick around all the way, all but guaranteeing a brokered convention.

Not to mention those plutocrats are now being identified by the press, so we can see exactly who wants these lunatics in charge. For Santorum, it's right out of a stereotype: an old white guy with too much money and not enough brains, dressing up like a cowboy, playacting what he thought adults were like when he was growing up.

It does offer an interesting look into what the Republican Party will be for the next ten or so years: a bunch of sad men holding onto a past that, thanks to their fear, makes them look incredibly fruity or mentally disabled. We are no longer dealing with people who have a value system, we are dealing with people who don't want to die and become irrelevant and have enough money to drag their heels all the way to their graves.

NeoCortex42: Soup4Bonnie: NeoCortex42: It would do nothing but hurt the ticket with independents/moderates.

Any knucklehead calling themselves an independent/moderate that still votes for Republicans is neither, IMO. GOP is serving up nothing but nutters willing to pacify the far right supposedly Christian fringe of the party while simultaneously trying to appease the supposedly fiscal conservative flakes who want any tax anywhere lowered to nothing. Look what happened when Huntsman and Johnson got in to the race. Nothing. That's what. Republicans don't want moderates. Why the fark would a moderate even be on the fence about this? Every freaking debate so far has been a purity test.

I agree, they have pretty much gone off the deep end. I consider myself a moderate and don't just vote along party lines. I used to be somewhat conservative-leaning, but over the past few years the middle line has moved wildly. I haven't changed my opinion on most things, but my parents now consider me a radical liberal. The tea party really is destroying the Republican party from within. It would probably be better if the tea party just officially broke off into it's own party and the Republicans as a whole were allowed to leave the fringes a bit.

A true centrist will always vote left wing. Why? Because most right wing views will always be represented well enough via donations/bribes to whoever is in power, so voting in representatives to support such views means they will dominate the political sphere, as if both sides are voted in equally enough left wing representatives will always be able to be bought in so the majority of laws will be based on what the right wing wants.

"Outed"? This wasn't a secret. That goof ball has been openly funding since Iowa.

Guntram Shatterhand: Zerochance: DamnYankees: Is no one else really disturbed by what has happened since Citizens United, in terms of we now have candidates essentially bankrolled by individual plutocrats, running as puppets with absolutely no hiding that fact? This is so beyond farked up.

It is farked up. I absolutely agree. The only upside is that so far, it has backfired for Republicans. With a constant, unlimited influx of cash, Santorum and Gingrich are free to stick around all the way, all but guaranteeing a brokered convention.

Not to mention those plutocrats are now being identified by the press, so we can see exactly who wants these lunatics in charge. For Santorum, it's right out of a stereotype: an old white guy with too much money and not enough brains, dressing up like a cowboy, playacting what he thought adults were like when he was growing up.

It does offer an interesting look into what the Republican Party will be for the next ten or so years: a bunch of sad men holding onto a past that, thanks to their fear, makes them look incredibly fruity or mentally disabled. We are no longer dealing with people who have a value system, we are dealing with people who don't want to die and become irrelevant and have enough money to drag their heels all the way to their graves.

One argument I've heard that I really agree with is that this is why the debates are important, as many as there have been: because they sort of bring democracy back into the election. Perry is a good example; he came bearing lots of cash and hype behind him, but obviously, he absolutely farking imploded from sheer idiocy. It is an effective way to offset at least a little bit the overwhelming influence of these Super PACs

This shiat just writes itself. In Santorum.

Oh come on, Foster, Friess my balls just one more time. Then I'll pull all my money out of your fund for touting that farked up jesus freak! Ride e cowboy!

DamnYankees: Is no one else really disturbed by what has happened since Citizens United, in terms of we now have candidates essentially bankrolled by individual plutocrats, running as puppets with absolutely no hiding that fact? This is so beyond farked up.


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edmo: /abortion and tax cuts, since you asked

You forgot "teh gheys are icky", but I suppose they overlap nicely with the anti-abortion demographic.

SpectroBoy: edmo: /abortion and tax cuts, since you asked

You forgot "teh gheys are icky", but I suppose they overlap nicely with the anti-abortion demographic.

I don't think anyone believes the homophobic crowd is really gonna vote for Santorum.

Santorum's sugar daddies outed

Oh. They're just naming a guy. That kind of outing.

Sometimes headlines promise more entertainment than they deliver, y'know?

Let me a guess: an overweight bigoted piece of shiat asshole who dresses like a cowboy?

*clicks link*

Gee, that was tough.

stanhapsburg: "(...) Rick Santorum's ace in the hole".

Really?

I know, right? It smells like a deuce.

NeoCortex42: edmo: The Republicans need to make a career decision here. They can go with their dream guy who fits both planks of their platform and can get the hard right votes.

Or they can go with the electable guy that independents would vote for.

So do they want the White House or not?

/abortion and tax cuts, since you asked

This is what I really can't understand about the Republican party right now. They automatically have the hard right votes come November as long as they nominate anybody that is not Obama. Why try catering to the hard right when it hurts their chances in the general election?

Voter turnout and mobilizing that base. See the 2010 tea party successes.

In case anyone was looking for further reasons to be annoyed by the old white guy in the "signature" white cowboy hat a quick trip to wiki reveals...

Friess has also donated $100,000 to Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker to help defeat the Democrats' recall effort in 2011. In addition, he has reportedly donated more than $3 million to the conservative commentator Tucker Carlson's The Daily Caller website.[7] At one of the semiannual, private seminars held by the Koch brothers in June 2011, Friess was recognized for his donation exceeding $1 million to the Kochs' political activities.[10]

He loves Scott Walker, is Sugar daddy to both Santorum and Tucker Carlson and has given over a million to the Koch-heads.
That's like a quadrifecta of GOP dickishness.

DamnYankees: Is no one else really disturbed by what has happened since Citizens United, in terms of we now have candidates essentially bankrolled by individual plutocrats, running as puppets with absolutely no hiding that fact? This is so beyond farked up.

yeah the game has changed. the boot is coming down. will they push it far enough to get a real push back? the magic 8 ball says ..

Bag of Hammers: Lemmie guess, old white guy in a cowboy hat

George Carlin's thoughts on make-believe cowboys (new window).

Semi-Sane: Santorum is a moral sanctimonious Christian man of strong faith opinions he thinks are more special then yours. It is unlikely that campaign contributions will cause him to abandon the moral high groundhigh horse.

DamnYankees: Is no one else really disturbed by what has happened since Citizens United, in terms of we now have candidates essentially bankrolled by individual plutocrats, running as puppets with absolutely no hiding that fact? This is so beyond farked up.

Actually, I'm OK with it.

brantgoose: Apparently Santorum's biggest contributor is Slim Pickins.

Not to be confused with T. Boone Pickens, his older, smarter brother*.

*It's a fact! (Not a real fact.)



Not amused.

So if you Super PAC it, you get a bigger Santorum?