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Full Battle Rattle posted:Herman Cain got votes, didn't he? Not many, but it wasn't like goose eggs across the board or anything. Yes Amelia Bedelia even Thaddeus McCotter got a few votes at Ames.
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Full Battle Rattle posted:Herman Cain got votes, didn't he? Not many, but it wasn't like goose eggs across the board or anything. Some of them might have been people trying to vote for Colbert. At least he got the all-important Conservative Brony vote.
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Your lack of acknowledgement of Alan Keyes' delegates gathered in 2000 and 1996 is disappointing.
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De Nomolos posted:Your lack of acknowledgement of Alan Keyes' delegates gathered in 2000 and 1996 is disappointing. Oh wow, I had forgotten about him, and that's my bad. I heard about him in CCD because he was against abortion. As a child, I didn't see anything abhorrent about his campaign, but then again I was like nine so I was probably pretty dumb.
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I am very interested to see Carson's and West's numbers next time around. Chances are the democrats will be running a white woman, so there's no need for a republican black friend.
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The big question mark with Carson is he a drop out before Iowa grifter, or a hang in through Super Tuesday grifter? Depends on how good his agent is and how long he holds out for an optimal media deal.
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Also, keep in mind that they will probably scrap the Ames Straw Poll this cycle, which has traditionally been a winnowing event.
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Joementum posted:Also, keep in mind that they will probably scrap the Ames Straw Poll this cycle, which has traditionally been a winnowing event. But what will those busloads of Ron Paul supporters do now? 
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katlington posted:I am very interested to see Carson's and West's numbers next time around. Chances are the democrats will be running a white woman, so there's no need for a republican black friend. Surgeon vs War Criminal
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Surgeon vs War Criminal Your powers combined... Black Mengele: in theaters spring 2016.
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I am dreaming of a Rand Paul vs Ted Cruz brawl in 2016 where they both try to out-right each other.
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skaboomizzy posted:I am dreaming of a Rand Paul vs Ted Cruz brawl in 2016 where they both try to out-right each other. ...and its Billionaire Brucie winning from behind....
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I've read that the national GOP kind of wants primaries to be less of a mess, but have they done much to try to make that happen? Keeping the ego trippers and book tour candidates out of it might help cut down the nonsense and keep things from getting dragged out by no-hopers who appeal to the base.
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Chantilly Say posted:I've read that the national GOP kind of wants primaries to be less of a mess, but have they done much to try to make that happen? Keeping the ego trippers and book tour candidates out of it might help cut down the nonsense and keep things from getting dragged out by no-hopers who appeal to the base. They are going to severely control the primary debate moderators and questions. This is one of the things Romney blamed for losing.
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Chantilly Say posted:I've read that the national GOP kind of wants primaries to be less of a mess, but have they done much to try to make that happen? Keeping the ego trippers and book tour candidates out of it might help cut down the nonsense and keep things from getting dragged out by no-hopers who appeal to the base. I forget the details, but IIRC a lot of delegate assignment rules were revised to prevent a repeat performance by the Ron Paul Rules Lawyer Brigade. Shear Modulus fucked around with this message at 08:40 on Aug 5, 2014 |
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Chantilly Say posted:I've read that the national GOP kind of wants primaries to be less of a mess, but have they done much to try to make that happen? Keeping the ego trippers and book tour candidates out of it might help cut down the nonsense and keep things from getting dragged out by no-hopers who appeal to the base. They're supposed to be cutting down on the number of debates by penalizing delegate counts from people who go to "non-sanctioned" ones like the Values Voter debate, as if that's gonna be a deterrent to the book tour crowd. e: also the more open ones like CNN or whoever's part of the liberal media conspiracy these days e2: god, two competing sets of debates would be the best thing ever, especially if everyone but whoever the establishment pick is just ignores the RNC Alec Bald Snatch fucked around with this message at 09:36 on Aug 5, 2014 |
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Oh GodThe New York Times - no, really - posted:“Let’s say Ron Paul is Nirvana,” said Kennedy, the television personality and former MTV host, by way of explaining the sort of politician who excites libertarians like herself. “Like, the coolest, most amazing thing to come along in years, and the songs are nebulous but somehow meaningful, and the lead singer kills himself to preserve the band’s legacy.
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FMguru posted:Oh God So wait, is she saying Ron Paul should kill himself? (Or that Cobain killed himself to "preserve the band's legacy," and not that he was depressed and addicted to heroin?)
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O-oh my gosh  has she paid attention to music since the days she was a VJ?
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SedanChair posted:O-oh my gosh From the sounds of it, she didn't pay attention to music even when she was a VJ.
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If we pretend that this makes any sense at all, Rand would be Foo Fighters, not Pearl Jam.
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Joementum posted:If we pretend that this makes any sense at all, Rand would be Foo Fighters, not Pearl Jam. There's an HIV denialism joke in here somewhere, but I can't make it work no matter how I try.
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Ted Cruz would be Prince. He does whatever he wants and somehow gets away with it and you're surprised when you learn that he's from a cold, white place up North.
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Joementum posted:Ted Cruz would be Prince. What the mother loving gently caress dude.
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SedanChair posted:What the mother loving gently caress dude. Seriously. How dare you tar Prince like that, even as a joke!
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Kalman posted:Seriously. How dare you tar Prince like that, even as a joke! On the other hand, imagining Cruz singing Pussy Control is loving hilarious.
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That's the way to appeal to the millennial youth of today - compare politicians to bands that were hot 20 years ago. Now, which one is the Allman Brothers and which one was Little Feat again? Mario Rubio is the Flying Burrito Brother, of course...
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Ted Cruz is King Crimson and Rand Paul is Yes circa Tales of the Topographic Ocean and that makes Chris Christie...Marillion? Help me out here.
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They're all Nickelback. Every last one.
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Having Roger Dean do all of the GOP's campaign posters and logos for 2016 would be a pretty cool move, actually.
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A Winner is Jew posted:On the other hand, imagining Cruz singing Pussy Control is loving hilarious. I would have gone with Controversy.
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FMguru posted:Ted Cruz is King Crimson Ted Cruz would make a better GG Allin.
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That Kennedy quote is from this week's NYT cover article about Libertarianism as the hot new thing that the Kidz can't get enough of: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/magazine/has-the-libertarian-moment-finally-arrived.html?_r=1 I can't bring myself to read it. It goes on forever. I've been hearing about how Libertarianism is the way and the light for The Youth Of Today since the mid-1980s. Kennedy takes up the first third of the article. She was on MTV 20 years ago and is currently host of a half-hour show on the Fox Business Network (a cable network that often posts a 0.0 rating and has viewership that falls below 1000 at certain times of the day). I'll be reading this article again in the mid 2020s, arguing that as Hillary Clinton's second term winds down young people are looking for something different, and the mummified remain of Nick Gillespie will explain how Libertarianism is "cool" now and I will finally embrace sweet sweet death. e: The article's author compares Nick Gillespie to Lou Reed. e2: I know this is drifting far afield from anything having to do with the 2016 race, but please indulge me this one quote: quote:Arrayed before Gillespie were several boxes of exotically flavored Pop-Tarts that he had purchased at the Lancaster grocery store. He held them up as evidence that individualism was flourishing and choices were in abundance or, as he put it, “The libertarian moment is now.” FMguru fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Aug 7, 2014 |
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SedanChair posted:What the mother loving gently caress dude. To be fair, one of them is an insane religious whackjob with god-like megalomaniac delusions, and the other one is also Ted Cruz.
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Only one of themFAUXTON posted:They're all Nickelback. Every last one. Only one candidate has been inflicted upon the US by the cold Canadians like Nickleback.
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What I want to know is what is an "exotic" pop-tart? Isn't the weirdest flavor they make, like, wildberry? You can get frosted AND unfrosted strawberry pop-tarts! Hail libertarianism!
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A decade ago Virginia Postrel wrote an article praising the selection of toilet brushes at her local Target as proof that Americans are Libertarians at heart. I am not joking, not one little bit.
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We have so many choices of pop-tarts now that the only choice left to add is whether you want to spend a quarter less on a box that a food inspector didn't look at. Just kidding, a food inspector won't have looked at any of them.
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Dr.Zeppelin posted:We have so many choices of pop-tarts now that the only choice left to add is whether you want to spend a quarter less on a box that a food inspector didn't look at. Just kidding, a food inspector won't have looked at any of them. Food inspectors generally only inspect food.
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