Herman Cain has suspended his campaign. What are your thoughts? Who does this help?
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sad but inevitable
now if some women would come foreword about Obama…Oh WAIT!!
The DEATH of America on the back of wicked democRATS
Senate Repeals Bans on Sodomy and Bestiality in the Military
The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to approve a defense authorization bill which included a provision that not only repealed the military ban on sodomy, but also repealed the ban on having sex with animals — or bestiality.
meanwhile the first grifters, the Mooch & king puttz
Obama Plans 17-Day Christmas Vacation in Hawaii
In my opinion, I do not think it benifits any single candidate. The repubs are not done with the flavor of the month club yet.
Personally, the guy I’d like to see get some traction is Santorum, but I guess that’s hoping against hope.
Spook, you are not the only one saying that about Santorum. Iowa is going to be a surprise.
There’s been a lot of speculation, here on this blog and elsewhere, about exactly who is behind the attacks on Cain. Joe Klein laid that to rest recently in an interview with Andrea Mitchell on NBC:
Mitchell: “Do people really think that Newt Gingrich is going to be the nominee?” Really, Joe? Do people really think (gagging) Newt is gonna be the nominee? “Or is this just the latest iteration in the Republican roller coaster ride?”
KLEIN: Newt probably is a more serious contender than Herman Cain was. Cain was clearly just a parking place, and especially after we started to attack Cain; then, you know, Republicans — populist Republicans — decided to support Cain just to send us a message.
Just the latest in the MSM’s smarmy efforts to guide the GOP nomination to the person they think will be easiest to beat.
I heard a radio interview with santorum he is a very impressive man.
He’s not only impressive, he actually a really nice guy. And I have yet to hear him say anything that I substantially disagree with. The only downside I can see is that he lost his last re-election bid to the Senate by 18 points, but that was during the Donk landslide of 2008 where the GOP candidate for PA Governor lost by over 20 points.
It’s impossible to predict this far out, but I suspect the GOP candidate may well be a transitional candidate, who, if elected, will be doing well to just slow the train down. Nationally the GOP has a strong bench of young, charismatic and successful state governors that the Democrat Party has no counterpart to.
Liberals politicians and their drones are scared to death of any conservative black candidate. Especially one so eloquent, experienced and savvy as Cain.
Notice, Cain was not a threat until his surge. Immediately the liberal attack machine went into motion. They latched onto any unsubstantiated accusation they heard and reported them as if the accusations were undoubtedly factual.
They went kicking and screaming when Clinton’s infidelity was revealed, but for Cain there was no waiting for proof.
santorum has always been my first choice, but i always felt he didn’t have a chance to get the nomination. i’ve said that from the very beginning.
but with cain out (who i really, really liked as well,…still do) i think santorum could start to get a little traction. he IS the most conservative in the race. he IS the best choice out of romney, newt, perry, bachman, cain, paul, etc…
and yes, he CAN beat zerobama!
Santorum looks to me to be by far the toughest to run a negative campaign against, plus he comes across as likeable and sincere, and actually has A CONSERVATIVE RECORD. It’s been one of the mysteries of the campaign so far that he hasn’t done better. The moment of truth will be in 30 days in Iowa.
OT, but the fallout from ClimateGate 2 continues unabated — just not in the MSM.
Democrats lynch another black person.
james
they are good at it, they have 200 years experiance.
I’ve seen Santorum speak a couple of times and followed his career for a few years now, and I agree with the others who say they have liked everything about him but felt he would not be able to pull off the nomination, given the high profiles of the other candidates.
We have also discussed the fact that it was unlikely that the early front runners would end up at the top, and we have seen that play out.
Yeah, my support seems to be the kiss of death. My early on favorite was Pawlenty, and he was the first one out. Then Cain caught my fancy, and now he’s gone. I’ve really got no choice but to support Obama at this point.
I’ve really got no choice but to support Obama at this point. – spook
Batten down the hatches, the end of time is surely near.
I agree about Santorum – I can’t find much that I disagree with him about, but my concern is – can he beat Obama AND the media? At this point, my sole goal is to win and at at least start to turn the ship around, like Amazona said – a transitional president. And to do that, I think Newt and/or Mittens are our best candidates. Keep in mind, this election will be the dirtiest, most personal and most vicious of them all. The democrats have everything on the line, and are prepared to spend a billion dollars attacking whoever they have to, to win. Newt or Mitt could weather that, and I think Newt would be the best choice to give it back to them.
We have to defeat this liberal/progressive agenda – if Barry gets four more years, we could be F***Ked
Batten down the hatches, the end of time is surely near.
Let me re-phrase it. Within the context of the rest of my comment, it would appear that the best strategy to defeat Obama would be for me to throw my support to him. Better?
I liked it both ways – whichever works
whichever works
Indeed!
sooo spook who do you like for the super bowl? LOL
sooo spook who do you like for the super bowl? LOL
See it worked there too. I was rooting for the Colts at the beginning of the season since the Super Bowl is in Indianapolis. The Colts are, 0 – 11.
And the Republican Comedy Show continues. Priceless.
Huckabee’s probably a little pissed with God right now for telling him to sit this one out.
The Republican Comedy Show would be even more funny if, you know, they weren’t actually running for president of the United States. This is the best the Republicans can do? Seriously?
A month ago Rick Perry was the fair-haired boy. What happened? Oh yeah. We found out that he doesn’t know anything. He just showed up at the debates and thought everyone would love him. Oops.
Herman Cain is not a victim of the media. He is a victim of himself. As bad as all the allegations against him have been, his handling of them has been even worse, and that ultimately did him in. If nothing else, it demonstrated that he has terrible judgement and couldn’t be trusted to be president. Even his supporters had to start jumping ship, if for no other reason than to save face. Basically, he had to opt out much like Palin had to–he wasn’t going to be able to withstand the personal scrutiny.
Then we have Romney. He tried playing by the Palin playbook, which is to avoid the media at all costs. Only speak at debates and controlled public appearances. Avoid the Sunday talk shows. It was working pretty well. Then he submitted to an interview–what was he thinking?–on the friendly turf of Fox News. It was terrible. No wonder no one likes the guy.
And now we have Newt. George Will wrote a withering op-ed piece yesterday, entitled “Romney and Gingrich, from bad to worse,” in which he referred to Gingrich as someone “who would have made a marvelous Marxist.”
Er, wait. A Marxist?! No. It can’t be. And here I thought he had impeccable conservative credentials.
Herman Cain is not a victim of the media. He is a victim of himself. As bad as all the allegations against him have been, his handling of them has been even worse, – watson
Watson, do you even remember 1992? Herman Cain looks like a choir boy compared to Bill Clinton. And let’s not forget how democrats treat woman accusers – when Carville said “It’s amazing what you will find when you drag $100 bill through a trailer park” – remember that Watson. Must be proud to be a democrat.
The fact is that either Newt or Mitt will be a far superior President to the empty suit that currently occupies the White House, that is of course when he is not on vacation.
That’s right watty, only liberals can be victims. We have seen it before with Bill and Hillary, obAMATEUR, Kagen, Hill, etc. etc. But Democrats dragged their accusers through the mud without waiting for the evidence to be sorted out.
Meanwhile, all it takes is an accusation with no evidence against a non-liberal and it is a media free for all against the accused.
annnnd the TROLLS roll in
UNpatriotdaddy
does that mean O will be mad at Allahbabba if he loses?
the end of the FREE vacations for the first GRIFTERS!
How about the comment that Paula Jones was “too ugly to rape”?
As for Rick Perry not having a “Daddy” (sic) to “help him out”—are you implying that Resko was a father figure to Obama?
Lord knows he needed one, once Frank Marshal Davis wasn’t around.
wattle seems to be forgetting the Seven Dwarfs of the 2008 Dem pre-campaign—as well as the fact that Dopey was the one who won.
patriotdad’s rapier wit is again on display
the nitwit’s wit sharp as ever LOL
Or at least half of it.
Rick Perry’s fatal flaw was that he didn’t have a Daddy who could fix things for him politically.
I have enjoyed reading posts from the liberals on this blog. I find it rather amusing that they still don’t see that Obama and the Democrats have always used blacks, the downtrodden, and minorities as their personal lawn jockeys. Democrats were always the plantation owners. I guess it is easier for liberals to suck at the government tit and be a government slave than to embrace personal responsibility and freedom from oppression.
Government has never been a solution to anything. Government has always been the problem.
I watched both Newt and Rick tonight on Huckabee. They both have solutions to the crisis in DC.
Project much?
Newt Gingrich disagrees with you when he said “”The greatest leaders in fighting for an integrated America in the 20th century were in the Democratic Party. The fact is it was the liberal wing of the Democratic Party that ended segregation. The fact is that it was Franklin Delano Roosevelt who gave hope to a nation that was in despair and could have slid into dictatorship. And the fact is every Republican has much to learn from studying what the Democrats did right.””
HILARIOUS that Newt and Rick, both government hacks, have the solutions to the crisis in DC, when government has never been the solution, always the problem, but career politicians Newt and Rick are the solution. How does your head not explode?
OT, but it’s not like this thread is exactly on fire. A great exchange on Limbaugh yesterday:
I am sorry I missed that – what a great idea, meanwhile the MSM continues to applaud the “noble” efforts of the occupiers. Speaking of the MSM, or at MSNBC – this why we need to defeat these current crop of distasteful liberals:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2011/12/04/msnbc-mocks-cain-announcement-derisive-laughter-bizarre-charade-fr
Most liberals today are extremely ignorant, infantile and undeserving of any civil response. Let’s destroy this movement in 2012.
Why not call Rush and get a group of people together and Occupy Michael Moore’s house, Russel Simmon’s house, Nancy Pelosi’s house etc? Pick any rich Democrat and Occupy their houses. It will be a grass roots mob….you know like the OWS.
Yeah, Chrissy—but the Right doesn’t DO mobs. The Left owns mobs and thuggery, as well as the filth they leave behind for others to clean up.
Still OT, but A MAJOR OOPS!
Spook
Shhhhhh
the truth matters not to socialists and commies.
In fact it is their enemy.
Mark Levin Would Support Either Bachmann or Santorum If He Were Voting Today
New Iowa Poll Has Gingrich Leading Over Paul Then Romney in 3-Way Race
ya gotta love this guy…. Allen West
“The first thing I got sworn into was the Congressional Black Caucus. Now you talk about being fun–being the only black Republican in the Congressional Black Caucus, but I did kind of get a warm welcome. John Lewis…John Lewis from Atlanta, Georgia–same neighborhood that I grew up in down there…great time. And so I’m walking up behind John Lewis and he really let me feel like this is a family man, because I kept hearing him talk about some guy named Uncle Tom.”
But Congressman Lewis and his old “Uncle Tom” were not the only ones in the line of fire. Rep. Maxine Waters also served as the brunt of West’s jokes — this time about Oreos:
“There was Maxine Waters and I thought, “Man, Maxine Waters must really have a sweet tooth because she kept talking about Oreos. and Double Stuffs at that.”
“So I figured this was gonna be nice. I’ve got a family oriented guy here with John Lewis. I got someone who likes Oreo Cookies with Maxine Waters, but I’ll tell you what, it’s been a good experience being there with the Congressional Black Caucus.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney accuses President Barack Obama of considering America “just another nation.” To other GOP politicians running for the White House, Obama has apologized for the United States and is presiding over the nation’s decline.
Now comes the counteroffensive.
Oh WAIT!!
cluster said, “Watson, do you even remember 1992? Herman Cain looks like a choir boy compared to Bill Clinton. And let’s not forget how democrats treat woman accusers – when Carville said “It’s amazing what you will find when you drag $100 bill through a trailer park” – remember that Watson. Must be proud to be a democrat.”
But I’m not a democrat, cluster, so I don’t feel the need to defend them. Besides, it’s irrelevant to Herman Cain.
tired said, “Meanwhile, all it takes is an accusation with no evidence against a non-liberal and it is a media free for all against the accused.”
Nobody forced him to quit, tired. He quit for two reasons. One, he bungled his response to the allegations so badly that even his faithful supporters lost faith. Why is it so hard for you to see that? And two, he ultimately decided he was unwilling to go through continued scrutiny, which was inevitable. We’ll probably never know the truth, but I suspect that, like Palin, he realized that continued scrutiny was going to reflect poorly on himself. Utlimately, his ego got him.
waspstingredoo
bull crap, he was set upon by the commie press and donkRAT party of perverts, liars and cheats to totally destroy him and send a message to any blacks …stray from the politburo and plantation and we will loose the dogs upon you and lynch you in the press.
You don’t think Romney had any thing to do with it?
Anyway, this was a guy who didn’t know China was a nuclear power AND was clueless about Libya. What total and utter joke of a candidate.
What total and utter joke of a candidate.
No worse than the total and utter joke of a President we currently have.
Neo, this is just another one of your conspiracy theory fantasies. Even if he was “set upon,” no one forced him to tell one story, then another, then another, in an ever-changing explanation of his side of the story. That right there was damning enough.
But to hear you tell it, those “perverts, liars and cheats” are so smart that they cooked up false harassment claims and settlements years ago because, by God, they knew Cain would be running for president one day, and he would need to be stopped. I don’t know which is funnier–your crazy theories or the fact that you actually believe them.
Besides, it’s irrelevant to Herman Cain.
How so? It’s actually a great comparison. Both men were in their first campaign for President, and both men had numerous allegations of inappropriate behavior towards women (of course Clinton was actually accused of rape). HOWEVER, the media treated Cain’s accusers quite a bit differently than they did Clinton’s – would you agree to that?
And you’re not a democrat???? Really. Are they too right wing for you?
cluster, it’s irrelevant first because Clinton isn’t running in 2012, and what you’re talking about happened 20 years ago. In case you haven’t noticed, the media landscape is completely different from what it was back then. There was no Fox News back then, for example, let alone the Internet. It’s a vastly different world, for sure. My main point, which I seem to have to repeat over and over, is that Cain and his staff badly mishandled these allegations. Maybe the Clinton team didn’t. That’s why it’s primarily Cain’s own fault.
cluster said, “And you’re not a democrat???? Really. Are they too right wing for you?”
I have never been a Democrat. I was a registered Republican for 30 years. But for the entirety of my adult life, every Republican administration increased the federal deficit to record levels, which finally convinced me that they are not fiscally responsible despite what they claim. And then when GWB got us into a war in Iraq, after waging the invasion successfully and claiming “mission accomplished,” it became painfully obvious that he had no plan or even a clue as to what to do now. That, plus the fact that we went to war for dubious reasons at best, caused me to hand in my card. I simply could not vote for the man after that, and I wasn’t willing to give the Republicans another chance in 2008. That’s how bad they messed up in my mind. I’m happily registered no party affiliation.
“….like PALIN..”
You guys never give up, do you? You develop some wild-eyed hatred for someone and invent a litany of imagined and hoped-for evilness you then apply to whoever is your target du jour, and then you act as if your fetid feverswamp fantasies are real.
And I guess we are supposed to overlook the fact that none of your spite and malice has anything to do with actual POLITICS but is just evidence of your sick pathological need to tear down your betters.
Well, you and your kind can just keep sniffing around looking for (or inventing) scandal and drama, and the adults will focus on the best way to run the country. And if you ever have anything to add to THAT discussion, feel free to break ranks with the rest of your Pseudo-Liberal hatemongering bigots and chime in.
For a change.
No, Amy. The similarity between Palin and Cain that I was pointing out is that both ultimately could not stand the heat. They both have too much baggage that would be dredged up in a presidential campaign. That’s just the way things are in the 21st century. You can whine about it and blame the “Pseudo-Liberals,” but that won’t change anything except maybe make you feel superior. And of course, you ignore the daily bashing by the right wing media as though it doesn’t exist.
As for the “adults” focusing on the best way to run the country, you have got to be joking. Palin, Trump, Cain, West, Bachmann, Romney, Gingrich? This is the best you “adults” have to offer? A Republican senate leader who proclaim that his singular goal is to make Obama a one-term president? Who filibusters and obstructs virtually all work by that body? Where is that in the constitution, Amy? Is that the way you imagine that the founding fathers proposed that the senate work?
Perhaps in an honest moment of reflection you will admit to yourself that the Republican field is a disaster. I mean, they revel in being ill-informed, uneducated, and poorly read, as though those are badges of honor. That’s adult-like? If so, I think it’s time for the adults to retire and turn things over to the kids, because you’re doing a dreadful job.
Time for a change, indeed.
wattle, until you Pseudo Liberals come forth with a coherent political philosophy for how best to run the country, you can’t possibly be seen as anything more than petty snipers fueled by negative emotion instead of rational thought, and steered by unsubstantiated vicious gossip.
I call you ‘Psuedo Liberals’ because while you support and defend Liberals, their agendas and policies, you show not the slightest comprehension (or interest) in the underlying ideology of those agendas or policies.
I suppose it could be that you really do understand and agree with the dogma of the Far Left, but understand that when baldly stated it is so unpalatable to the vast majority of Americans that admitting to it will guarantee its defeat, and therefore you just play coy, ducking and dodging the question.
But it is just as likely or more so that you simply don’t know, and don’t care, being far more attracted by the idea that if you clothe your irrational hatreds and bigotries in fake political garb they will be less obvious clues to a sick pathology which thrives on hatred and spite.
All of your blather here is the same—-blah blah blah about this person or that person, this event or that event, this scandal or that piece of vicious gossip. You clearly have a shallow mind which is drawn to a simple-minded sound bite such as “…a singular goal ….. to make Obama a one-term president..” which seems to impress you so deeply, yet not enough for you to bother to understand it.
Come back with an explanation of why you support Obama and the Far Left, with an analysis of the ideology of the Left, with its record of successes and failures when its ideology has been implemented, and make a rational and coherent argument for it being the governing philosophy of our country.
Or stick with your foolish talking points and your spewing of gossip and scandal and personal attacks, which so far seem to make up your entire political identity.
BTW, wattle, it did not go unnoticed that your ‘response’ continues your record of ducking and dodging questions about your political beliefs regarding the best way to govern the country.
I said: …the adults will focus on the best way to run the country. And if you ever have anything to add to THAT discussion, feel free to break ranks with the rest of your Pseudo-Liberal hatemongering bigots and chime in.
And you didn’t have a single thing to say about “the best way to run the country”, falling back on your same old same old whining and personal attacks. You just keep digging yourself deeper and deeper into the sandbox, or should I say ‘litter box’ as it is full of mental excrement.
It’s just sad that The Onion nailed this one: ““Rumors Of Extramarital Affair End Campaign Of Presidential Candidate Who Didn’t Know China Has Nuclear Weapons”
Awwwww, sooooo sad, sad sad sad sad sad, whimpers the unctuous handwringing Pseudo-Liberal, while gleefully rolling in the remains of a destroyed reputation.
Nice of you to admit, though, that your standards for judging a political candidate remain so low—-snicker snicker tee hee hee chortle the bottom feeders, sooo eager to gloat over the misfortunes and misstatements of others. What a charming illustration of what seems to impress such as you.
freakzo and his kind make me think of lurking vultures, ravenous for some dying flesh upon which to feast and celebrate. He must be so proud……..
I would like to see the headline:
President Obama still searching for “Intercontinental Railroad”
Maybe he thought he would need an intercontinental railroad to get to that 58th state……..
This is priceless. The following is watson’s biography on his migration from republican to an independent. .
I have never been a Democrat. I was a registered Republican for 30 years. But for the entirety of my adult life, every Republican administration increased the federal deficit to record levels, which finally convinced me that they are not fiscally responsible despite what they claim. And then when GWB got us into a war in Iraq, after waging the invasion successfully and claiming “mission accomplished,” it became painfully obvious that he had no plan or even a clue as to what to do now. That, plus the fact that we went to war for dubious reasons at best, caused me to hand in my card. I simply could not vote for the man after that, and I wasn’t willing to give the Republicans another chance in 2008. That’s how bad they messed up in my mind. I’m happily registered no party affiliation. – watson
Who knew that watsom was such a budget hawk? Good thing he supports Obamacare, a bill which will finally bring fiscal sanity to America!! The delusion watson suffers from could be at an advanced stage. .
And it just keeps getting better from watson – here’s more from our self professed previous republican:
A Republican senate leader who proclaim that his singular goal is to make Obama a one-term president? Who filibusters and obstructs virtually all work by that body? Where is that in the constitution, Amy? Is that the way you imagine that the founding fathers proposed that the senate work? – Watson
Just a couple of things to correct you here on watty – the senate is controlled by the democrats, and Obama had two solid years where he was able to push through every piece of legislation he desired, until the voting public changed that dynamic. But maybe you could tell us how the House and Senate are suppose to be a rubber stamp for the president.
And there’s more:
Perhaps in an honest moment of reflection you will admit to yourself that the Republican field is a disaster. I mean, they revel in being ill-informed, uneducated, and poorly read, as though those are badges of honor. – Watson
How quickly the GOP has fallen since Watson has withdrawn his support. Thanks for the laughs watson, just know that I will never let you live this one down.
watsonagain
good dope?
or just a plain dope?
Let’s all be glad wattle is not a doctor. His incessant blather about the “….singular goal ….. to make Obama a one-term president…” creates an image of him assisting an ER doctor whose “singular goal” is to stop life-threatening bleeding.
“But Doctor” bleats wattle, “her arm is broken. We should get an ortho guy in here right now!”
“No” responds the smart doctor, “if we don’t stop the bleeding the broken arm won’t matter.”
wattle: “But her clothes are a mess!” “We need to get them off her and get them washed, STAT!”
“Let’s just keep her alive first, OK?”
wattle: “But….but….her nail polish is chipped. We need a manicurist and we need one NOW!”
“My SINGULAR GOAL at this moment is to stop the bleeding so the patient is still alive to worry about dirty clothes and chipped nails and even a broken arm. She has a lot of serious injuries that will need attention but right now, if the bleeding is not stopped, none of them will matter.”
Leave it to wattle to obsess about whatever is simple-minded enough for him to think he understands it, and be oblivious to the big picture. He truly does not understand that if Obama continues in the presidency, in a second term in which there is no political fallout for pursuing his radical agenda for “fundamentally transforming” this nation, our Constitutional rule of law will be so damaged it might never be recovered.
“ill-informed”? You mean like not knowing how many states are in the United States? Or how to pronounce “corpsman”?
“uneducated”? Who in the field is “uneducated”? Or are you just fawning over the assumed superiority of the Ivy League, which in spite of its snob appeal has managed to produce people who,for example, don’t know how many states are in the United States or how to pronounce “corpsman”?
“poorly read”? Where do you get that? How do you know what they read, and who is the arbiter of the quality of what they read?
You really are a nasty little piece of work, aren’t you? You not only invent lies about people, you then gloat over the imagined faults and defects you have falsely assigned.
“My SINGULAR GOAL at this moment is to stop the bleeding so the patient is still alive to worry about dirty clothes and chipped nails and even a broken arm. She has a lot of serious injuries that will need attention but right now, if the bleeding is not stopped, none of them will matter.”
This also reminds me of GMB – here’s GMB’s comments in the same operating room –
“But doctor, if she can’t perform the Swan Ballet to perfection, then is it really worth saving her life?”
Let’s see—wattle fled the wascawwy wepubwicans because they were not “fiscally responsible” and now supports the party that has tripled our national debt in just over two years.
Yep, that about sums up the cognitive disconnect that IS wattle.
Oh my bad – I mistook wallace for watson – and I was so hoping to speak with another fiscal conservative. But let’s not discount wallace’s knee pad defense of Obama – anyone that accuses this president of being a big spender is just a liar!!!!