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Started by Valmy, November 09, 2011, 09:56:34 PM

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KRonn

Perry should have had this down cold. The third agency was energy, I'm sure. The energy dept had a lot of say in the Gulf cleanup which affected Texas, so if Perry had issues with how that dept handled things it should have been a no brainer for him to discuss.


crazy canuck

That was so, um, what was that word, um, you know, um, funny.

Malthus

WTF? Surely in a country as vast as America, the Republicans can dig up *some* candidates with brains?  :huh:
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Valmy

Quote from: Malthus on November 10, 2011, 12:28:13 PM
WTF? Surely in a country as vast as America, the Republicans can dig up *some* candidates with brains?  :huh:

Everybody with brains knows running for President is a horrible idea.
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Sheilbh

Quote from: Malthus on November 10, 2011, 12:28:13 PM
WTF? Surely in a country as vast as America, the Republicans can dig up *some* candidates with brains?  :huh:
Seriously.  I feel sorry for Perry and this makes me warm to him on a personal level, but sweet Jesus this was meant to be the conservative saviour from Romney :blink:

I can't understand how the Republican have managed to do this.  They've got a winnable Presidential election and the only people competing for it are either hugely unloved/unloveable (Romney, Huntsman, possibly Gingrich) or make Mike Gravel look like a sensible, grounded, disciplined candidate.

Also Texas.  WTF?
Let's bomb Russia!

Habbaku

Quote from: Sheilbh on November 10, 2011, 12:35:36 PM
I can't understand how the Republican have managed to do this.  They've got a winnable Presidential election and the only people competing for it are either hugely unloved/unloveable (Romney, Huntsman, possibly Gingrich) or make Mike Gravel look like a sensible, grounded, disciplined candidate.

This reminds me a lot of the 2004 election, actually.
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Valmy

Quote from: Sheilbh on November 10, 2011, 12:35:36 PM
Also Texas.  WTF?

We are a one party state.  Perry was just one of dudes swept into office along with George W Bush in the 1994 red storm.  Bush ran for President so he became Governor and the Republican machine has crushed any conservative who has tried to oppose him.  Ergo even though he is generally regarded as an incompetent and corrupt we are powerless to get rid of him.  I am just amazed the National Republicans didn't know it.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

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Valmy

Quote from: The Minsky Moment on November 10, 2011, 12:54:50 PM
Texas governors don't have a lot of power.

Yep.  That is the other thing.  People keep wanting to give Perry credit for Texas' successes which is sorta like giving the George VI credit for winning WWII.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

garbon

Quote from: Habsburg on November 09, 2011, 10:30:06 PM
Cain's "Princess Nancy" comment poor judgment, but consider the source.

Never poor judgment to blast Pelosi.
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garbon

Quote from: Habbaku on November 10, 2011, 12:38:50 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on November 10, 2011, 12:35:36 PM
I can't understand how the Republican have managed to do this.  They've got a winnable Presidential election and the only people competing for it are either hugely unloved/unloveable (Romney, Huntsman, possibly Gingrich) or make Mike Gravel look like a sensible, grounded, disciplined candidate.

This reminds me a lot of the 2004 election, actually.

Kerry was better than beige! :angry:
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Razgovory

Quote from: Malthus on November 10, 2011, 12:28:13 PM
WTF? Surely in a country as vast as America, the Republicans can dig up *some* candidates with brains?  :huh:

I don't think the GOP is overly interested in brains.
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Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Admiral Yi

Finally heard a clip of this on NPR.  Boy o boy Perry sounds like an idjit.

Jaron

John Huntsman will set this nation right.
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