Kepler
Cornell Big Red
Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel
Mario Cuomo used to do it every four years and he never ran.
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2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel
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dxmnkd316
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Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel
True. But Christie actually has a chance to win it all.
Even when Cuomo was at the height of his political career, 95% of Americans would say "Who?" and 4% would say "Why is that name familiar?". Not that Christie is known coast to coast, but it's a lot more than Cuomo.
True. But Christie actually has a chance to win it all.
Even when Cuomo was at the height of his political career, 95% of Americans would say "Who?" and 4% would say "Why is that name familiar?". Not that Christie is known coast to coast, but it's a lot more than Cuomo.
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Kepler
Cornell Big Red
Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel
Hard to imagine the Foxies want Christie speaking truth to power in the GOP debates. He might come out against torture or in favor of science, or something nutty like that.
On second thought... just one of the boys.
Seriously. He does recognize what his party's national platform has been based on for the last decade, right?
Hard to imagine the Foxies want Christie speaking truth to power in the GOP debates. He might come out against torture or in favor of science, or something nutty like that.
On second thought... just one of the boys.
Kepler
Cornell Big Red
Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel
Cuomo was actually very well known. All the pundits (even the conservatives, since this was prior to The Era Of Screaming Reactionaries) would regularly wax rhapsodical about his rhetorical gifts.
I think Christie and the rest of the lurkers are just keeping an eye out in the event that something happens in the early primaries that casts the national convention into doubt, like one of the fundies pulls out to an early lead, and then makes some earth-shatteringly mindless statement like they think they're the reincarnation of Catherine the Great (Bachmann) or John the Revelator (Perry).
Cuomo was actually very well known. All the pundits (even the conservatives, since this was prior to The Era Of Screaming Reactionaries) would regularly wax rhapsodical about his rhetorical gifts.
I think Christie and the rest of the lurkers are just keeping an eye out in the event that something happens in the early primaries that casts the national convention into doubt, like one of the fundies pulls out to an early lead, and then makes some earth-shatteringly mindless statement like they think they're the reincarnation of Catherine the Great (Bachmann) or John the Revelator (Perry).
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Florida looking to move its primary up. Ensuing stampede could result...as the RNC is not likely to follow through on threats to punish states.
Nothing is good in extremes...that includes complete decentralization to the states.
Florida looking to move its primary up. Ensuing stampede could result...as the RNC is not likely to follow through on threats to punish states.
Nothing is good in extremes...that includes complete decentralization to the states.
unofan
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Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel
Found this one on fark.
http://news.yahoo.com/senator-blocks-pipeline-safety-bill-principle-070809432.html
Rand Paul is single-handedly blocking an oil/gas pipeline safety bill, even though the industry itself and companies in Kentucky want it passed. His reasoning? He's against all federal regulations.
Found this one on fark.
http://news.yahoo.com/senator-blocks-pipeline-safety-bill-principle-070809432.html
Rand Paul is single-handedly blocking an oil/gas pipeline safety bill, even though the industry itself and companies in Kentucky want it passed. His reasoning? He's against all federal regulations.
bronconick
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Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel
That's what Kentucky gets for voting for Rand Paul. If they didn't expect idealistic unrealistic stands that randomly shoot friend and foe alike in the foot, they shouldn't have voted for a Paul.
That's what Kentucky gets for voting for Rand Paul. If they didn't expect idealistic unrealistic stands that randomly shoot friend and foe alike in the foot, they shouldn't have voted for a Paul.
Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel
This is why I enjoy politics so much. You get what you vote for, and people only realize that when it smacks them in the face. I have no idea why Kentucky voters would elect Republicans as I doubt very many of them take advantage of income tax cuts for the top earners for example. Likewise if anywhere stands to benefit from universal health coverage it would be a poor, unhealthy state like that. However, its their state, and if they want to keep electing nuts like Paul and idiots like McConnell, more power to them.
Regarding Christie, this all seems like an ego trip for him. In reality voting will start most likely in early January for the primaries now that Florida has moved up. Its almost October, which gives Chrstie/Palin/Reagan's corpse/other politician du jour exactly 3 months (interrupted by the holiday season) to raise money, hire staff, garner endorsements, and set up a campaign apparatus in all of these critical early states. In short, even if one of them does decide to get in, its already too late. Perry is a great example of a guy who waited too long. I think he can recover but his path to the nomination is a lot more shaky than it needed to be. To get in now is political suicide. What you see on the GOP side (Romney, Bachman, Perry, etc) is what you get. There isn't going to be a white knight at this point in time IMHO.
This is why I enjoy politics so much. You get what you vote for, and people only realize that when it smacks them in the face. I have no idea why Kentucky voters would elect Republicans as I doubt very many of them take advantage of income tax cuts for the top earners for example. Likewise if anywhere stands to benefit from universal health coverage it would be a poor, unhealthy state like that. However, its their state, and if they want to keep electing nuts like Paul and idiots like McConnell, more power to them.
Regarding Christie, this all seems like an ego trip for him. In reality voting will start most likely in early January for the primaries now that Florida has moved up. Its almost October, which gives Chrstie/Palin/Reagan's corpse/other politician du jour exactly 3 months (interrupted by the holiday season) to raise money, hire staff, garner endorsements, and set up a campaign apparatus in all of these critical early states. In short, even if one of them does decide to get in, its already too late. Perry is a great example of a guy who waited too long. I think he can recover but his path to the nomination is a lot more shaky than it needed to be. To get in now is political suicide. What you see on the GOP side (Romney, Bachman, Perry, etc) is what you get. There isn't going to be a white knight at this point in time IMHO.
ScoobyDoo
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Kepler
Cornell Big Red
Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel
But if you can't beat a sack of doorknobs like Jim Bunning, I don't know what to tell you. It shouldn't have even come to Paul inheriting that seat.
It probably says more about the quality of the recent crop of Kentucky Dem candidates than anything else. Their governors have pretty much been permanently Dem and the State House is 60% Dem.
But if you can't beat a sack of doorknobs like Jim Bunning, I don't know what to tell you.
It shouldn't have even come to Paul inheriting that seat.
ScoobyDoo
NPC
Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel
Gotta love good old Mitch. He can't keep his junior Senator in line so he punts.
McConnell is at the heart of what is wrong with government today. He's a liar and a snake.
It probably says more about the quality of the recent crop of Kentucky Dem candidates than anything else. Their governors have pretty much been permanently Dem and the State House is 60% Dem.
But if you can't beat a sack of doorknobs like Jim Bunning, I don't know what to tell you.
Gotta love good old Mitch. He can't keep his junior Senator in line so he punts.
McConnell is at the heart of what is wrong with government today. He's a liar and a snake.
Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel
Which is nothing new in the Senate. I seem to recall a lot of Southern (D) Senators blocking any Civil Rights legislation until LBJ (who knew where all the skeletons were) got them (reluctantly) to go along.
Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel
And Harry and Nancy are heading for Mt. Rushmore. Please. Give it a rest.
And Harry and Nancy are heading for Mt. Rushmore. Please. Give it a rest.
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There was that famous picture of Johnson "discussing" something with a Democratic senator (Robert Russell?) and had him bent backwards over the desk in the oval.
There was that famous picture of Johnson "discussing" something with a Democratic senator (Robert Russell?) and had him bent backwards over the desk in the oval.
Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel
You're delusional. McConnel is the leader of the opposition party. Opposition parties are SUPPOSED to oppose. Except in Scoobyland, where they meekly go along with the program. Bosh. How dare anybody step in the way of Hope and Change and say "no." You mean Nancy "we have to pass the bill to know what's in it?" You talkin' about that lightweight, ignorant libtard? You can have her. She's a real jewel, all right.
You're delusional. McConnel is the leader of the opposition party. Opposition parties are SUPPOSED to oppose. Except in Scoobyland, where they meekly go along with the program. Bosh. How dare anybody step in the way of Hope and Change and say "no." You mean Nancy "we have to pass the bill to know what's in it?" You talkin' about that lightweight, ignorant libtard? You can have her. She's a real jewel, all right.
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Foxton
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Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel
How do you actually function in day to day life?
Considering your usual level of derp, this is actually way up there. McConnel is not part of the "opposition" party, his party is merely the minority. We could save a whole lot of money and fire the minority and just have their votes automatically be no if they were the "opposition" party.
How do you actually function in day to day life?
Rimbaud
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Re: 2012 Elections Part I: All Politics is Yokel
By name dropping and telling stories about things that happened to him 40 years ago.
By name dropping and telling stories about things that happened to him 40 years ago.
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