GOP Primary Megathread!

[garbon]

Well Clinton getting caught in his extra-marital affairs and Bush with his inability to speak in English help set a new paradigm on how we should treat our presidents.

[Fate]

What's wrong with Santorum's daughter?

Has a genetic disorder, Trisomy 18;  came down with a bout of pneumonia over the weekend apparently.

He didn't abort that shit? Jesus fucking christ. Mamma Palin keeping her Down's syndrome baby is one thing, but the average life span for a kid with Trisomy 18 is ~2 weeks.

[Caliga]

You're shocked that Santorum didn't go in for an abortion?

[Fate]

You're shocked that Santorum didn't go in for an abortion?

Yes, I'm shocked that someone could be so cruel to another human being, let alone their own daughter.

[Caliga]

But Jeebus doesn't like abortions.

[Jacob]

Speaking of the Republican war on women, I'd like American lawtalkers to tell me if there's anything to this:

Apparently Oklahoma is passing a fetus personhood bill today, similar to the one Missouri passed in 1986 but with one crucial difference. The Missouri bill had a bit about "subject to the Constitution of the United States, and decisional interpretations thereof by the United States Supreme Court," while the Oklahoma one does not.

This apparently leaves the Oklahoma bill open to lawsuits, the intention of which is to work its way up the chain and eventually put it before the Supreme Court, setting the stage for overturning Roe v Wade. Is that realistic? Likely? If so why or why not?

http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/04/10/oklahoma-legislature-poised-to-pass-personhood-bill

[DGuller]

Aren't they jumping the gun?  Aren't they short of a vote, or do they know something about Kennedy others don't?

[CountDeMoney]

What's wrong with Santorum's daughter?

Has a genetic disorder, Trisomy 18;  came down with a bout of pneumonia over the weekend apparently.

He didn't abort that shit? Jesus fucking christ. Mamma Palin keeping her Down's syndrome baby is one thing, but the average life span for a kid with Trisomy 18 is ~2 weeks.

It's Gawd's Will.

Hey, at least he's not going to have to carry an extra kid on his auto insurance.

[Habbaku]

I think Santorum should be forced to carry his campaign to term.

[DGuller]

I think Santorum should be forced to carry his campaign to term.

I guess you're not for abortions even in cases of mental defect?

[MadImmortalMan]

Speaking of the Republican war on women, I'd like American lawtalkers to tell me if there's anything to this:

Apparently Oklahoma is passing a fetus personhood bill today, similar to the one Missouri passed in 1986 but with one crucial difference. The Missouri bill had a bit about "subject to the Constitution of the United States, and decisional interpretations thereof by the United States Supreme Court," while the Oklahoma one does not.

This apparently leaves the Oklahoma bill open to lawsuits, the intention of which is to work its way up the chain and eventually put it before the Supreme Court, setting the stage for overturning Roe v Wade. Is that realistic? Likely? If so why or why not?

http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/04/10/oklahoma-legislature-poised-to-pass-personhood-bill

Seems pretty short-sighted, as in bad strategy. I would not put money on the court overturning it with the current sitting members.

[Viking]

It's Gawd's Will.

Hey, at least he's not going to have to carry an extra kid on his auto insurance.

Well, he is using he kid as a reason not to donate to charity.

[CountDeMoney]

I think Santorum should be forced to carry his campaign to term.

I guess you're not for abortions even in cases of mental defect?

lulz on both counts.

[Eddie Teach]

Well Clinton getting caught in his extra-marital affairs and Bush with his inability to speak in English help set a new paradigm on how we should treat our presidents.

Not really their fault. Clinton had a much snoopier press and even special investigators whereas earlier Presidential philanderers just had to avoid PDAs. And Bush was mangling the English language long before he was elected, so voters knew what they were getting.

[garbon]

Well Clinton getting caught in his extra-marital affairs and Bush with his inability to speak in English help set a new paradigm on how we should treat our presidents.

Not really their fault. Clinton had a much snoopier press and even special investigators whereas earlier Presidential philanderers just had to avoid PDAs. And Bush was mangling the English language long before he was elected, so voters knew what they were getting.

Clinton should have recognized that the times were different. Bush could have taken lessons a la King's Speech.