The GOP Convention MegaMittensThread!

[derspiess]

Because it is not like Obama is going to get some sort of personal rights prize.

Compared to the legislative initiatives state and Congressional Republicans have been pushing regarding abortion and contraception for the last 2 years, you're really going to go there?

I want to hear about the contraception ones.

[CountDeMoney]

I want to hear about the contraception ones.

Blunt Amendment.

[Eddie Teach]

Nah...I think, after four years of Obama, should he win, despite the enragement that it would ignite within the Teabaggers, the GOP will correct itself for Jeb Bush.

Jeb Bush will be their man in 2016.  I think by then the Paul Ryan/Eric Cantor/Bob McDonald flavors will have run their course.

He'll still be W's brother.

[CountDeMoney]

He'll still be W's brother.

They're apples and oranges.  Relatively moderate and sensible apples, and pretty fucking stupid oranges.

[merithyn]

Are my rights worth a balanced budget?  Not that he would actually balance the budget.  But Hans will be around telling us why in fact it doesn't matter if the budget is balanced because it is less of a deficit by percentage of the economy than what Greece runs.

What are you thinking of specifically Meri?  Reproductive rights sort of stuff?  Because it is not like Obama is going to get some sort of personal rights prize.

I'm thinking reproductive rights, immigration rights, equal rights for gay marriage, the right to medical care, etc. I may be a fiscal conservative, but I'm about as liberal as they come on the social side of things. Paul Ryan would turn this country upside down given half a chance and a well-stacked House and Senate.

Though, I am struggling to find anywhere that Obama has done poorly on any of those. He's moving at a snail's pace on some, yes, but I actually think that's the better way to go about it. Better to guide and lead than to push and shove, imo. I know that as a country we'll get there, but it will not be an overnight thing, and I respect Obama's approach.

[Eddie Teach]

He'll still be W's brother.

They're apples and oranges.  Relatively moderate and sensible apples, and pretty fucking stupid oranges.

I just think some voters will find a Clinton vs Bush race unsettling. And he won't have nearly as easy a time as Hilary securing the nomination.

BTW, as Jeb is from Florida, he should probably be the oranges.

[CountDeMoney]

I just think some voters will find a Clinton vs Bush race unsettling. And he won't have nearly as easy a time as Hilary securing the nomination.

BTW, as Jeb is from Florida, he should probably be the oranges.

I dunno about Clinton, man.  If Chelsea gets knocked up between now and 2014, she's out.  She wants to be a grandmother.

Now, if my man O'Malley throws his hat in the ring, look the fuck out.

[Ed Anger]

Mayor Nutter of Philadelphia.   

[derspiess]

I want to hear about the contraception ones.

Blunt Amendment.

That's all you've got?  I was expecting to hear about evil GOPers making contraception illegal & whatnot.

[Eddie Teach]

That's all you've got?  I was expecting to hear about evil GOPers making contraception illegal & whatnot.

Well, yeah, how else are you gonna keep up the supply of babies for rich people to eat? 

[CountDeMoney]

That's all you've got?  I was expecting to hear about evil GOPers making contraception illegal & whatnot.

Nah, slashing funding for women's health in Texas and New Jersey, along with candidates like Santorum getting enough support, and Mittens promising to eliminate Title X is more than enough to mention.

[derspiess]

That's all you've got?  I was expecting to hear about evil GOPers making contraception illegal & whatnot.

Nah, slashing funding for women's health in Texas and New Jersey, along with candidates like Santorum getting enough support, and Mittens promising to eliminate Title X is more than enough to mention.

Reducing government spending of money we don't have?  The monsters!!

[Gups]

He'll still be W's brother.

They're apples and oranges.  Relatively moderate and sensible apples, and pretty fucking stupid oranges.

And moderate, sensible Jeb is supposed to win GOP primaries how?

[merithyn]

Reducing government spending of money we don't have?  The monsters!!

Slashing money from women's health while wanting to spend it on bail outs and invading Syria. 

Yeah, I've got a small problem with that. Especially since the Virginia and Texas things are small change and intended entirely to shut down abortion in their states. Don't play, derspiess. You know as well as I do that cutting that kind of funding is a drop in the bucket compared to dozens of other options out there, and they only serve one purpose: taking away the rights of women to decide for themselves how to live their lives.

[derspiess]

Reducing government spending of money we don't have?  The monsters!!

Slashing money from women's health while wanting to spend it on bail outs and invading Syria. 

I'm against the latter two.

Yeah, I've got a small problem with that. Especially since the Virginia and Texas things are small change and intended entirely to shut down abortion in their states. Don't play, derspiess. You know as well as I do that cutting that kind of funding is a drop in the bucket compared to dozens of other options out there, and they only serve one purpose: taking away the rights of women to decide for themselves how to live their lives.

Women can (and should) decide how to live their lives without cash from the gubmint.