GOP Primary Megathread!

[grumbler]

The whole controversy was artificial from teh start.  The Democrats get to whip up the base on some weird fake battle about Republicans wanting to enslave women or control their reproductive rights ala abortion whilst the Christians and libertarians freak out about big gubbermint telling businesses what to do.  The stuff I see from both on Facebook is just scary.   not funny, or sad, but outright scary.

It was totally made up, true, but not by the Democrats.  These religious-affiliated organizations had for years been providing contraceptives as part of their medical plans, without a peep.  The law was changed to require medical plans to provide contraception without a co-pay, and that is when the religious right decided to pretend that they never had, and never would, supply contraceptives because it somehow violated their "religious freedoms."

Its a pretty feeble retcon, but then all retcons tend to be feeble.  It appears to be a retcon that has been successful, though; no one on the right seems to remember that we have not always been at war with Eastasia.

[Neil]

Watch out.  He's going to med school at the same university Martinus got his law degree.

Fate or derspiess?

Probably Fate.  Unless derspeiss went to med school.

[Darth Wagtaros]

The whole controversy was artificial from teh start.  The Democrats get to whip up the base on some weird fake battle about Republicans wanting to enslave women or control their reproductive rights ala abortion whilst the Christians and libertarians freak out about big gubbermint telling businesses what to do.  The stuff I see from both on Facebook is just scary.   not funny, or sad, but outright scary.

It was totally made up, true, but not by the Democrats.  These religious-affiliated organizations had for years been providing contraceptives as part of their medical plans, without a peep.  The law was changed to require medical plans to provide contraception without a co-pay, and that is when the religious right decided to pretend that they never had, and never would, supply contraceptives because it somehow violated their "religious freedoms."

Its a pretty feeble retcon, but then all retcons tend to be feeble.  It appears to be a retcon that has been successful, though; no one on the right seems to remember that we have not always been at war with Eastasia.

In a world of sound bytes and retro-editing speeches this is not surprising.

[derspiess]

Watch out.  He's going to med school at the same university Martinus got his law degree.

Fate or derspiess?

Probably Fate.  Unless derspeiss went to med school.

Only to see my cousin graduate.

[Habbaku]

Santorum just said the V22 Osprey was a vital program in fighting the War on Terror.   

[Admiral Yi]

Was he talking to a room full of folks who build Ospreys?

[Ideologue]

We're still trying to build the Osprey?

Like, I think they're as neat an idea as the next guy, but when the only tangible benefit of the program is inspiring this



I think you may have to concede that the V-Rocs have won.

[Neil]

Didn't we already lose the War on Terror?

[Tonitrus]

Air Superiority Bomber?  Isn't that almost a contradiction in terms?

[Neil]

Air Superiority Bomber?  Isn't that almost a contradiction in terms?

Maybe it bombs other planes.  It's Ideologues ideas taken to their logical extremes.

[citizen k]

Didn't we already lose the War on Terror?

America lost the War on Terror when the Patriot Act was passed.

[Ideologue]

Air Superiority Bomber?  Isn't that almost a contradiction in terms?

Maybe it bombs other planes.  It's Ideologues ideas taken to their logical extremes.

[Phillip V]

Santorum failed to put away Romney at the debate, and reviews say that Santorum had a disappointing performance. The momentum seems to favor Romney winning both Arizona and Michigan. These are primaries, not caucuses, so it is less likely that Santorum will pull an upset like he did in low-populated Colorado and Minnesota.

[Sheilbh]

Rick Perry was spinning for Gingrich last night.  Of one Romney-Santorum exchange he said 'you could see them getting smaller.  They got literally, not figuratively, literally smaller.'

[Phillip V]

Very funny exchange last night between Paul and Santorum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjN0gGb46jI