Is The GOP Race Over?

The Onion wrote: Rick Santorum Relieved No One Has Asked Him About Interracial Marriage Yet LAFAYETTE, LA—Saying his campaign has "really dodged a bullet so far," Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum told reporters today that, much to his relief, no one has asked his opinion on interracial marriage. "No question about it, what I’d have to say about the topic would absolutely terrify anyone with a conscience," said Santorum, adding that his longstanding and carefully thought-through views on whether two individuals of different races should be allowed to marry would put him so far out of the mainstream that it’d be "hilarious how insane [he]’d sound." "The truth is, if anyone decided to ask me flat out if I approve of marriages between black men and white women, for example, the flood gates would open and the bile I would spew would sink this campaign in 10 seconds tops." As of press time, reports of Santorum’s mere reference to his incendiary views had caused his favorability ratings in Alabama and Mississippi to skyrocket.

 ^ I know, I can't stand Santorum's politics but I'd rather hang out with him, Newt's just a pain

Newt never had any chance. Staying around solely to be a thorn in Romney's side and is living in a fantasy world.
Why would anyone vote for him when you got another real conservative in Santorum that's actually likable? (we all hate him for being a loon of course but we're 20 people on the internet). It's honestly appalling he's had ANY success.

That article is kind of silly Slart, because I'd say proportional voting is a good thing. I win with 36% you get 35% but I win 50 delegates and 0 for you? Seems pretty unfair. That one guy said it "5 states chose the Presidency"
Proportional is the right way to go, this mess is happening because people are actually voting out of principle
They're saying "f**k Romney. We hate this guy" and actually putting their ideology forward. Only 22% of voters in AL or MS said Santorum would beat Obama yet he won? Seems like a lot of people don't even care that he'd lose to Obama.

manofmystery wrote: I find it really hard to believe that people, outside of PA, are being fooled by Frothy but then I remember the ignorance of the average voter.  Santo really has no redeeming qualities.

Uh yeaaaah, it does seem quite evident that people outside PA are going for it.
You are indeed forgetting what many people want out there.
Also let's not be dicks, just because it's not our opinion shouldn't invalidate it. I think it's awesome people are choosing to vote with what they want, and not just who's been established as the frontrunner.

The GOP deep down knows they're doomed anyway, few I've talked to have any enthusiasm at the moment. I'd wager many feel the same. Especially Romney being a Democrat...might as well vote with your ideals. The problem is Rick's ideals are horrifying and terrible of course but that's what we got.

It cracks me up to no end people I knew who laughed at Romney now "support" him and try their best not to vomit when talking about it.

When I point it "Obamacare" is a large "Romneycare" yet he talks about repealing "Obamacare" they just don't respond I love this utter disrepair the GOP is in.


Edited by JJLehto - March 14 2012 at 08:27

"The best kind of political cartoon...one that makes absolutely no sense"

(Quote and drawing done personally by a friend of mine)

JJLehto wrote: "The best kind of political cartoon...one that makes absolutely no sense" (Quote and drawing done personally by a friend of mine)

Now that's a good one.

I attended a town hall for congressional candidate Evan Feinberg earlier and it was just mindboggling.  He nearly echoed Ron Paul on everything while a room full of republicans nodded, applauded, then even took to the mic during the Q&A period and sounded like Paul themselves (INCLUDING THE NEED TO GET RID OF THOSE WHO VOTE AWAY LIBERTIES AND FOR NDAA) with their questions yet..... when the doors open they funnel out and snap right back into "it doesn't matter who it is as long as we get rid of Obama" and "you know, I like Santorum" (Feinberg, btw, pointed to Santorum's feeble debate defense of his vote for No Child Left Behind as an example of what's wrong with politics during his remarks).  Don't know whether I should feel slightly uplifted that the rank and file seem to be coming around on some key issues but right now I'm just frustrated and tired.  Hopefully Evan gets past Tim Murphy in the primary and can join Justin Amash, in trying to fill the Paul void, in the House this fall. 

The T wrote: The media is starting the show of shoving the supposed increase in new jobs added and lower unemployment numbers down our throat. No analysis is ever made of how the numbers and statistics are obtained and what do they really mean, but the headlines remain. And with the economy argument lost to the GOP, we can be sure very soon that Obama is going to be our Leader for a long time. Unless Santorum's religious crusaders succeed in kicking this new Saladin out of Holy Land...

Well, when a republican is president and the trot out improving unemployment numbers, the numbers really don't reflect the real unemployment rate, but when a democrat is president, they are totally accurate.

^Calm down MoM. You have to understand. Santorum hasn't realized we're in 2012...

Why not? It was Santorum who said we do not have a right to privacy...even in the bedroom.
Also that, naturally, Boston (being a beacon of liberalism) was the hot spot for the Catholic Priest abuse scandal (for the holy trifecta of insult!)
After that, can anything he says really surprise us?


Awww Teo you're no fun. I think that is easily identifiable as Ron Paul, and he's high fiving Bowser, what's not to like?


Edited by JJLehto - March 15 2012 at 18:08