[Hullo, Comrade.
Paraphrasing Blaise Pascal, I am writing you a long post because I lack the time to make it short. I am also NOT taking the time to carefully craft sentences or wrestle them into an organized composition. More like, TRANSCRIBING NOTES.
Why BOTHER, y'know? Making no money is one thing. Being steamrolled over is another thing. But being steamrolled over WHILE making no money SUCKS. Welcome to The Resistance.
Do you see our presidential debates over there, or do you see only clips of THE GOOD, & THE BAD & THE UGLY?
In any case, here are my takeaways, along with the grammatical and syntactical errors that are SPACE SAVERS in the Twitterverse . . .]
Santorum evaded question about his preposterous assertion that America does not need an Executive/Manager by reiterating that America needs a Leader. Hmmm. HITLER was a leader, need I say more?
Yes, I do. One has only to look to Wall Street to know that some Management is GOOD/strong/effective/visionary/responsible, some is BAD/strong/effective/visionary/reckless, some is AVERAGE/mediocre/uninspired/undistinguished.
MANAGEMENT MATTERS. Management matters a lot.
Santorum does an irritating ME! MY TURN! OVER HERE! thing that reminds me of the self-appointed Smarty Pants who waved their hands to be chosen to give answers. Those kids were NEVER as smart as they thought and ALWAYS less well-liked than they wanted to be. Perchance, are you familiar with the term TUCKER?
I like Santorum less and less, AND he signed the outrageous Personhood Pledge, which would confer all the “rights & protections” of Law from the moment of conception. Even Mississippi ILLITERATES didn’t pass that crapola.
For me, it is a deal-breaker.
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Mitt Romney + Jon Huntsman = Mutual Admiration Society.
OVER. THE. TOP., how polite and complimentary they were to each other. My SOMETHING’S COOKING antennae are up.
I am reminded of the 2008 Iowa Caucuses, when an elderly gentleman & Romney supporter staying in the same hotel beamed and gushed about the Second Coming. You don’t buy into it and I don’t buy into it, but the truth is that Christians and Mormons both think THEIR faith is supreme.
Rick Perry was “in before me”, speaking the words faster than I could write them: Ron Paul challenging Rick Santorum on earmarks is HYPOCRITICAL. Classic Pot calling the Kettle black stuff.
WORSE, when Ron Paul was asked about his attack(s) on Santorum, Paul trivialized Character/Corruption by saying, “BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS SPENDING…blah, blah”
I beg to differ, completely. Character & Corruption are not only more important than spending, deficit character and surplus corruption are directly related TO spending.
(Unless he is terrific Controlled Opposition) Ron Paul doesn’t GET or doesn’t wanna BELIEVE that there are icky people who behave badly.
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If Moderators would have lists of accomplishments & facts, Politicians who are NOTORIOUS for dissembling, equivocating, embellishing, evading, exaggerating, fabricating and lying would not be able to do so much SPINNING IN CIRCLES.
You are surely acquainted with the term CIRCULAR FIRING SQUAD.
All the dirt they’re slinging will come back to bite SOMEONE in the ass in the General Election. They are ADDING ammo to Obama’s arsenal.
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Rick Perry is not even smart enough to capitalize on the question of why someone who has actually SERVED in Military makes a better Commander-in-Chief.
By contrast, REFORMED WHORE Newt Gingrich pandered right TO New Hampshire, proposing to build coupla Veterans facilities IN New Hampshire.
I always concede Newt Gingrich’s intelligence. Thing is, smart without Character is a helluva lot worse than Stupid without Character.
Newt Gingrich sez he’s MATURED . . . code for I’VE OUTGROWN ADULTERY. Maybe so, but look no further than his vast girth, reminiscent of Ted Kennedy, to know that there is NOTHING disciplined about Gingrich and that he most certainly has NOT changed the habit of INDULGING HIMSELF.
His moral outrage would be LAUGHABLE, if any of this were funny.
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Ron Paul’s dismissal of the bigoted Newsletters falls under my NICE TRY umbrella. Abdicating oversight while allowing people to trade on his name keeps the COMPETENT MANAGEMENT issue alive.
He segued nicely to the truth that our legal system and incarceration rates broadcast racism. But between you me and the lamppost, I don’t think he gives one flying fuck about race-based injustice. I think it’s “just” an argument that supports what he DOES care about.
(Unless he is terrific Controlled Opposition) Ron Paul is a such a good man, he cannot CONCEIVE of evil in others. Not in Iranians. Not in Supporters who fly Confederate flags. And some DO.
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Although neither Mitt Romney nor Jon Huntsman (the temperate Mormons) signed the MAD AS A HATTER Personhood Pledge, I only learned last night that every person on that stage would REVERSE Roe vs. Wade.
This reinforces the argument that Major Players WANT Obama to sit there and finish his peas. THE BUCK STSOPS HERE: Scapegoat in Chief. Not to say Obama hasn’t made beau coups errors, ‘cuz he HAS, but he INHERITED buncha crap, too. If Republicans forfeit the election by nominating someone likely to lose the General, it speaks volumes about the Recovery timeline.
Reproductive “Rights” (which could only be concocted by PATRIARCHS & SEXISTS) imply reciprocating Reproductive Responsibilities. This line of thinking logically extrapolates to collecting DNA of all men, and issuing LICENSES to fornicate.
FUCK: FORNICATING UNDER CONSENT of KING.
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You cannot IMAGINE how much time they spent on Gay Marriage. got red herrings? Fuggeddabout Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, did you see how ODDLY Jordan Van der Sloot was behaving in court?
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Within a rant about CHRISTIANITY BASHING but otherwise outta left field, Newt Gingrich cited the importance of Adoptive Services. It ain’t pretty but it’s true: BABIES ARE AN EMERGING MARKET.
Rick Perry also cited “this Administration’s WAR ON RELIGION”.
Get those dervishes whirling, eh?
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Only Jon Huntsman, Ron Paul and Gary Johnson are unambiguous about GETTING OUT OF AFGHANISTAN.
But I’m getting an uneasy feeling about Huntsman . . . and the Council on Foreign Relations.
It’s his turn to SURGE, but I like him better at Vice President than President, or Secretary of State.
Ron Paul Die Hards are fiercely opposed to anything less than the Presidency, which strikes me as damn ironic case of both COLLECTIVISM and PERSONALITIES OVER PRINCIPLES. If another Republican “takes” the White House, seems to me Ron Paul is the obvious replacement for Geithner at Treasury or Bernanke at The Fed. Monetary Policy is his strong suit, NOT Management…as discussed ad nauseam in the context of the infamous Newsletters.
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Newt Gingrich, who sez Ron Paul has a habit of saying things that are inaccurate and false, also said that “Iran began decaying 24 hours after our departure.
D’ya reckon he wants to SEND TROOPS BACK TO IRAQ…like Rick Perry does?
I say White Collars reverted to decadence 24 hours after we passed TARP, how d’ya like THEM apples?
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I don’t buy Ron Paul’s LET EVERYONE BE. & EVERYONE WILL LET US BE simplicity, but I don’t buy Santorum’s HYSTERIA about Radical Islam.
Santorum’s claim that Iranians LOVE US is surely not born out by MY experience. He says they admire us ‘cuz we STAND UP FOR THE TRUTH. Good one. The degree of Denial (best case) or Dishonesty (worst case) is incredible.
Rick Santorum also sez that AMERICA DOES NOT HAVE CLASSES.
‘Scuse me…for a second, I thought he said America does not have Classes.
(The next morning, Rick Santorum will say that POVERTY IS NOT A DISABILITY.
Can we agree that Poverty is a HANDICAP. Or have we contorted our way into calling Poor People LUCKY for having an inside track on heaven?)
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Mitt Romney confirmed but then glossed over that INFRASTRUCTURE is a proper venue for Government spending, instead waxing on about the superiority of free markets over socialism. ’Cuz…y’know…we’ve never heard THAT before. Did John Edwards ever ONCE speak without mentioning Mill Towns?
U.S. infrastructure is in EMBARRASSING disrepair, but also DANGEROUS disrepair. Recall New Orleans levees. Infrastructure is Jobs Creation AND it is shovel-ready AND it is necessary. Whatcha call a no-brainer.
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Huntsman repeatedly calls for elimination of all Loopholes, Deductions, Corporate Welfare. Romney waxed about ANTI SOCIALISM when the question was put to him, but he did NOT echo Huntsman’s call to close what amount to MEANS-BASED TAX ADVANTAGES.
Gingrich would abolish the “Death Tax.” In other words, he would allow Robber Barons to keep every last dime. Some Christian.
Me, I say EXTRAORDINARY TAXES ON EXTRAORDINARY ESTATES. While I agree with Winston Churchill that there are is no good tax, I also hold that taxes fall among NECESSARY EVILS. Who could it POSSIBLY be easier/righter/fairer to tax than unfathomably rich DEAD people?
By what rationale does a stroke of luck at birth “entitle” Trust Fund Brats to begin the game of Life with hundreds of millions or even BILLIONS of dollars?
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Romney has several times cited CHINA’S unfair practices, INCLUDING predatory pricing and currency manipulation.
got Predatory Lending and a contrived interest rate?
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It seems like American Rank & File should decide which outcome Big Money most DOESN’T want, and do THAT.
I know it SEEMS like The Establishment most marginalizes Ron Paul, but perhaps they doth protest too much.
The only candidate they totally blackballed is Gary Johnson…who bailed on the Grand Old Party and will seek the Libertarian nomination which, importantly, has ballot access in all 50 states.
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[THE MORNING AFTER follows anon. Cheers.]