So we hit the debt limit...

[Razgovory]

I'd actually like to me Yi sometime.  I wouldn't even make him touch my feet.  Yi seems like a good enough type.

[grumbler]

I'd actually like to me Yi sometime.

I'd like to see you me Yi.

Yi is a great guy.  The DC cabal has collapsed in his absence.

[Neil]

4:1 I'll have to think about.

I'd go with those odds if I were you, as the conventional wisdom makes it look like the Republicans are intent on flying beyond their Fail-Safe points for the sake of kicking out the President at all costs at a solid 3:1.

It sounds like you're saying the opposite.  If there is more than 20% that Republicans force a default, then Yi shouldn't take my bet.

I just don't give a shit anymore.  This place is broken.  Enjoy the first four years of Batshit Bachmann.

I'm going to give you so much shit when I'm enjoying the the pleasures of a centrist, stable Canada, while you guys are melting down and you've elected a president that is not only a woman, but a mental defective.

[DGuller]

4:1 I'll have to think about.

My quote is good until the end of today, given the volatility of the situation.  

[derspiess]

I just don't give a shit anymore.  This place is broken.  Enjoy the first four years of Batshit Bachmann.

[Razgovory]

Even you wouldn't want someone is insane.

[grumbler]

Even you wouldn't want someone is insane.

No, but I bet he hopes more people like Money decide that they don't give a shit any more.  The more Democrats stay home, the more Republicans get elected.  I'm thinking Spicey doesn't rate Bachman's chances as worth considering.

[The Minsky Moment]

I'm thinking Spicey doesn't rate Bachman's chances as worth considering.

Dangerous.  Romney has established before his abilities for fumbling away primaries.  Oral Roberts Law's most notorious grad could easily draw big protest/statement votes in the earlier primaries and start piling up delegates as Romney implodes.  It's not obvious to me that there is anyone in the field with the muscle to push her aside if Romney stalls.

[MadImmortalMan]

Bachmann is running first in Iowa and has the best net approval ratings in the field at 65%.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/07/11/bachmann_moves_into_the_lead_in_iowa.html

So uh...Not insignificant.

[derspiess]

No, but I bet he hopes more people like Money decide that they don't give a shit any more.

Correct. 

The more Democrats stay home, the more Republicans get elected.

Yessir.
 

I'm thinking Spicey doesn't rate Bachman's chances as worth considering.

Yep.  She's got momentum right now but I don't see her maintaining it.  And as I mentioned before, I don't want her as the GOP candidate.

Having said that, it'd be some great entertainment value seeing Seedy's reaction if she did well in some primaries or won the nom or even won the general election.  And it goes without saying that I'd rather have her than Obama as Prez.

[grumbler]

[ And it goes without saying that I'd rather have her than Obama as Prez.

Wow.   

That's kinda scary.  You seem so normal most of the time.  Obama's not a brilliant president, but he's certainly the best president we've had since first-term Reagan, and Bachman would make Dubya look like Lincoln. Why it "goes without saying" that you want an even more dysfunctional country than we now have mystifies me.  I guess some people are simply willing to cut off their noses to spite their faces.

I haven't decided if I would rather than a President Romney than a President Obama, but I definitely have decided about "President Bachman!" 

[DGuller]

Not that surprising.  Wanting to destroy the country to save it has been a mainstream Republican position for some time now.

[derspiess]

Wow.  

That's kinda scary.  You seem so normal most of the time. 

Oh, come on.  You guys know how far to the right I am.

Obama's not a brilliant president, but he's certainly the best president we've had since first-term Reagan,

I think he's the worst we've had since Carter.  I never thought we'd have a president that would make me miss Clinton this much.

and Bachman would make Dubya look like Lincoln. Why it "goes without saying" that you want an even more dysfunctional country than we now have mystifies me.

It should mystify you-- because I didn't say it.  I don't fear a Bachmann presidency like you guys do.  She's not my first choice, nor is she my second, third, etc.  But I agree with her politically a lot more than I do Obama.

I guess some people are simply willing to cut off their noses to spite their faces.

I haven't decided if I would rather than a President Romney than a President Obama, but I definitely have decided about "President Bachman!" 

Romney's my guy for now.  I'd prefer someone else, maybe Pawlenty, but you gotta play the percentages for the general election.

[mongers]

[ And it goes without saying that I'd rather have her than Obama as Prez.

Wow.   

That's kinda scary.  You seem so normal most of the time.  Obama's not a brilliant president, but he's certainly the best president we've had since first-term Reagan, and Bachman would make Dubya look like Lincoln. Why it "goes without saying" that you want an even more dysfunctional country than we now have mystifies me.  I guess some people are simply willing to cut off their noses to spite their faces.

.....

This bears repeating.

Wow, just Wow.

[Neil]

Yeah.  I'm also shocked at the idea that Obama was better than Clinton or Bush I.