What's new
By:
USCHO Fan Forum

This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

  • The USCHO Fan Forum has migrated to a new plaform, xenForo. Most of the function of the forum should work in familiar ways. Please note that you can switch between light and dark modes by clicking on the gear icon in the upper right of the main menu bar. We are hoping that this new platform will prove to be faster and more reliable. Please feel free to explore its features.

2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel

Status
Not open for further replies.
Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel

I watched the debate. seeing how the GOP candidate is most likely our next president. really liking Herman Cain. being a Michigan girl, having a Dad who drove American Motors cars, I also like Romney alot. Newt isn't going to win but he is the best attack dog any party could ask for. Perry - not warming up to this guy at all.
Santorum, Huntsman, Johnson, Bachman, Paul!! - hit the road so the debates can be streamlined!!
 
Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel

Romney is the guy. Tonights debate confirmed what the polls are saying. If Romney wins, the GOP have the edge...otherwise the economy will need to vanish before one of these other guys/ladies win.
 
Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel

Cheer executions? Check.
Cheer for sick people to die? Check.
Boo soldiers serving in Iraq? Check.

<iframe src="http://videos.mediaite.com/embed/player/?layout=&playlist_cid=&media_type=video&content=NGJNXW3PJXZ5TG47&read_more=1&widget_type_cid=svp" width="420" height="421" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe>

Classy!
 
Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel

Can't say I'm surprised. GOP supportes were once a bit more of coalition, but now its becoming like a cult. This is no different than the end of the campaign McCain-Palin events which were turning into Klan rallies. Its a bunch of bitter, angry people all bent that life has passed them by, so they embrace fundamentalist policies to compensate. The more I see these debates, the better I feel about Obama's re-election. Romney is going to get smoked down South during Super Tuesday, while in a general election Perry can count on winning the McCain states and not much else.
 
Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel

huskyfan said:
really liking Herman Cain.
Click to expand...
Ah yes. Nothing like a guy who claims freedom of religion means a town can vote to ban mosques and who would have a hard time having a non-christian (or jew, I suppose) on his staff.

Santorum, Huntsman, Johnson, Bachman, Paul!! - hit the road so the debates can be streamlined!!
Click to expand...

I saw where Huntsmann and Paul have actually picked up 6 points each in New Hampshire...I'd love to see Huntsmann emerge as the dark horse candidate. Johnson even more so, but there's no chance of that. Only two candidates I'd vote for, unless Romney gets the nomination and picks one of them as his VP.
 
Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel

Rover said:
in a general election Perry can count on winning the McCain states and not much else.
Click to expand...

Indiana, Virginia and North Carolina are all, IMHO, going to fall the other way this time around. Indiana might as well be Kentucky and the other two states will swoon for that accent. I don't get it either, but twangers stick together.

The bigger thing about the next general election is the shoe will be on the other foot re: playing defense on the cruddy economy. If every state swings just 5% from last time, I suspect the GOP would be close to winning back the White House. Add in there's a small EV shift to the GOP states and the possibility that the GOP will be playing EV footsie in states like PA, and Obama's best bet might be a Perry nomination and then some combination of gaffes and extreme policy positions.

In a perfect world, the other candidates obliterate each other in a fireball and Huntsman wins the nomination and moves the Republican Party back towards sanity, but right now the choice of nominees is either Perry and all that implies, or Romney and a completely open field for the Banksters.
 
Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel

How is a purveyor of porn being "classless" newsworthy? Maybe tomorrow's lead can be about how dogs hate the fire department because they pee on hydrants. He could create and market a movie where lookalikes of Perry and Bachmann go at it and it's not worthy of batting an eye.
 
Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel

ScoobyDoo said:
You're funny. Flynt has been doing this for years. It's not longer news.
Click to expand...

This different from when he did it back in the 90's with the hypocrites that went after Clinton because...um...it just is. This is much, much, much worse.

I see Republicans are trying to divert attention from booing a guy in the US Army though. Good luck with that. It happened live on Fox "News" so it's going to be kinda hard to explain away. I'm sure they'll try, but diverting attention first is a good strategery.
 
Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel

Priceless said:
I see Republicans are trying to divert attention from booing a guy in the US Army though. Good luck with that. It happened live on Fox "News" so it's going to be kinda hard to explain away. I'm sure they'll try, but diverting attention first is a good strategery.
Click to expand...

Link? I missed that one.
 
Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel

Liberal whining

Last night, Stephen Hill, who is serving in the Army in Iraq, had the courage to come out as gay to a national audience and ask the Republican presidential candidates about how they’d handle troops like him. The audience responded to his question with boos, and Rick Santorum said he’d reinstate Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (a promise he doubled down on later in the evening).

The big question today, even among conservatives, is: Why did none of the candidates stand up for the soldier? Here are some of today’s reactions to the offensive moment:

- Former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer: “Booing a soldier serving our nation is uncalled for. If I were on stage, I would make that point.”
- The Hill’s Ballot Box: “None of the Republican candidates responded to the audience’s reaction.”
- Christian Post: “Santorum, who has never served in the armed forces, did not address the boos, but explained his position by saying ‘sexual activity has absolutely no place in the military.’”
- National Review: “Whatever you think of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” or homosexuality, Hill is risking his life on behalf of his country. It is troubling, and revealing, that Santorum’s answer entirely defined Hill as a gay man first and as a soldier second, if at all.”
- GOProud: “Tonight, Rick Santorum disrespected our brave men and women in uniform, and he owes Stephen Hill, the gay soldier who asked him the question about Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal, an immediate apology. That brave gay soldier is doing something Rick Santorum has never done – put his life on the line to defend our freedoms and our way of life. It is telling that Rick Santorum is so blinded by his anti-gay bigotry that he couldn’t even bring himself to thank that gay soldier for his service.”
Click to expand...
 
Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel

Bob Gray said:
As usual, you're ringing condemnation for political antics. You're so consistent.
Click to expand...

Larry Flynt? Seriously? So the purveyor of trashy porn does something trashy, and you expect anyone to care?

Next you're going to tell me that the WBC has protested a funeral somewhere. Or that Al Sharpton is race baiting everyone. Or that Lucy got into wacky hijinx again trying to get into Ricky's show.
 
Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel

unofan said:
Larry Flynt? Seriously? So the purveyor of trashy porn does something trashy, and you expect anyone to care?

Next you're going to tell me that the WBC has protested a funeral somewhere. Or that Al Sharpton is race baiting everyone. Or that Lucy got into wacky hijinx again trying to get into Ricky's show.
Click to expand...
So you endorse what he did? Or is it just ok because he goes after people you don't like? Neither is a very flattering choice.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top