The GOP Convention MegaMittensThread!

[derspiess]

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?

Same way Mitt did, I would guess.

[Eddie Teach]

Same way Mitt did, I would guess.

I'm not sure how likely it is to have the entire field of opposition commit seppuku in mass twice in a row. Could happen, I suppose.

[Gups]

Same way Mitt did, I would guess.

By pretending not to be moderate or sensible?

[derspiess]

Same way Mitt did, I would guess.

By pretending not to be moderate or sensible?

[CountDeMoney]

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

Peanuts in an ocean of peanuts; sorry but that argument wont float, just like it doesnt float with eliminating the couple million a year the government gives to PBS.
The fiscal conservative argument only works with real dollar issues, not with partisan peanuts.

[Valmy]

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

Courageously cutting all the programs they oppose anyway!  What courageous deficit warriors they are

[merithyn]

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

You're deliberately ignoring the fact that the whole reason for that slash was to eliminate abortion in those two states. It wasn't about cutting funds. It was about cutting availability.

[merithyn]

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

Peanuts in an ocean of peanuts; sorry but that argument wont float, just like it doesnt float with eliminating the couple million a year the government gives to PBS.
The fiscal conservative argument only works with real dollar issues, not with partisan peanuts.

This is why I you.

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

Courageously cutting all the programs they oppose anyway!  What courageous deficit warriors they are

And you.

It's also why I get so frustrated with the Republican Party. Yes, we need to cut spending, but for fuck's sake, cut it where it counts and not just where the social conservatives have issues. It's complete bullshit, and everyone knows it, yet it continues.

And before you go there, derspiess, I'm no more enamoured of the Democrats when it comes to this stuff, too. Their idea of a good slash is cutting military. That's it. They got nothing else. Damn one-trick ponies, the lot of them.

[Faeelin]

That doesn't seem accurate. Obama proposed huge spending cuts last year as part of his bargain to raise the debt level last year, and the GOP walked because it would have entailed a tax hike.

[derspiess]

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

You're deliberately ignoring the fact that the whole reason for that slash was to eliminate abortion in those two states. It wasn't about cutting funds. It was about cutting availability.

Fine with me.  I'm against any federal funds for abortion, budget crunch or no.

[Valmy]

Fine with me.  I'm against any federal funds for abortion, budget crunch or no.

Ok you are confusing me here.  I thought we were talking about the policies of the Texas State government here.  In any case I hope in their paranoia they can see the public policy benefit of trying to help poor women in the Rio Grande Valley with family planning just without any abortion.

[Razgovory]

So I missed much of this.  What are the "Hard truths" that Mitt Romney is going to tell?  That the GOP base is going to have to suck it up and the only realistic way they can balance the budget is to raise taxes and that we are all in this together?  Or is closer to, we can balance the budget by cutting services to people you don't like already.

[merithyn]

Fine with me.  I'm against any federal funds for abortion, budget crunch or no.

I was under the impression that federal funds do NOT pay for abortions. What was cut was the funding to the clinic - you know, the part that actually takes care of women's health and provides affordable birth control to help limit abortions in the first place? - which resulted in culling the clinics entirely.

Valmy, yes, it's about Texas state government that's supported, funded, and steamrolled by the GOP. If Romney is elected, expect to see this happening across the nation.

[crazy canuck]

fyi, here is a Canadian take on the voter ID rules in some States.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/08/29/voting-reforms.html

[CountDeMoney]

Fine with me.  I'm against any federal funds for abortion, budget crunch or no.

Well, we don't do that anyway, so you should be happy as a clam.  Here, have a whore pill.