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The Thurston Mittens the 3rd Veep Megathread

Started by CountDeMoney, July 06, 2012, 05:37:42 AM

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garbon

Quote from: Martinus on July 06, 2012, 10:05:19 AM
Quote from: garbon on July 06, 2012, 10:03:55 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 06, 2012, 09:33:32 AM
So either someone more "hip" like Christie

:blink:

By Republican standards. :P

I thought he has been making centrist noises on stuff like pot or gay rights?

I should have known you have your own definitions for English terms.
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CountDeMoney

Quote from: Martinus on July 06, 2012, 10:05:19 AM
I thought he has been making centrist noises on stuff like pot or gay rights?

Don't know about gay, but certainly not pot.

garbon

Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 06, 2012, 10:09:52 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 06, 2012, 10:05:19 AM
I thought he has been making centrist noises on stuff like pot or gay rights?

Don't know about gay, but certainly not pot.

Also Christie vetoed a gay marriage bill. :D
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Faeelin

Why wouldn't Christie have had a shot? He's way more charismatic than Romney, and comes off as unabashedly conservative. He isn't, and has been able to work with Democrats in NJ, but as a successful GOP politician from a blue state he's done very well.

CountDeMoney

Quote from: Faeelin on July 06, 2012, 10:28:07 AM
Why wouldn't Christie have had a shot? He's way more charismatic than Romney, and comes off as unabashedly conservative. He isn't, and has been able to work with Democrats in NJ, but as a successful GOP politician from a blue state he's done very well.

Does the GOP really need another ticket where the Veep outshone the POTUS candidate?

garbon

Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 06, 2012, 10:37:00 AM
Quote from: Faeelin on July 06, 2012, 10:28:07 AM
Why wouldn't Christie have had a shot? He's way more charismatic than Romney, and comes off as unabashedly conservative. He isn't, and has been able to work with Democrats in NJ, but as a successful GOP politician from a blue state he's done very well.

Does the GOP really need another ticket where the Veep outshone the POTUS candidate?

We were talking about my contention about the presidency. I think.
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DGuller

Quote from: Faeelin on July 06, 2012, 10:28:07 AM
Why wouldn't Christie have had a shot?
Because a successful Northeastern Republican simply cannot win a Republican primary.  Mitt Romney had to reinvent himself completely to get through, and only after Republican voters gave everyone from Gingrich to Crazy Cat Lady a temporary lead in the nomination race first.
QuoteHe's way more charismatic than Romney, and comes off as unabashedly conservative. He isn't, and has been able to work with Democrats in NJ, but as a successful GOP politician from a blue state he's done very well.
I'm sure all that would come out in the primaries, and he would be slammed for it.  For New Jersey, Christie is clearly a conservative, but you don't have to scratch the surface a lot to see a somewhat reasonable man by national standards.

Habbaku

Quote from: DGuller on July 06, 2012, 11:00:39 AM
Because a successful Northeastern Republican simply cannot win a Republican primary.  Mitt Romney...

So, they can't, but they can.   :huh:
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DGuller

Quote from: Habbaku on July 06, 2012, 11:38:35 AM
Quote from: DGuller on July 06, 2012, 11:00:39 AM
Because a successful Northeastern Republican simply cannot win a Republican primary.  Mitt Romney...

So, they can't, but they can.   :huh:
There are a couple of Mitt Romneys out there.  The one that won the latest primary was not the one that was a Northeastern Republican politician.  Christie can't disassociate himself from new Jersey the way Mitt disassociated himself from Massachusetts.

dps

Quote from: Habbaku on July 06, 2012, 11:38:35 AM
Quote from: DGuller on July 06, 2012, 11:00:39 AM
Because a successful Northeastern Republican simply cannot win a Republican primary.  Mitt Romney...

So, they can't, but they can.   :huh:

You have to excuse him.  Like a lot of people, if reality doesn't conform to his preconcieved notions, he has to try to redefine reality, instead of reconsidering his preconceptions.

Barrister

Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 06, 2012, 09:00:53 AM
Quote from: garbon on July 06, 2012, 08:42:30 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 06, 2012, 06:27:19 AM
They may have no choice but to play it safe with another boring white guy, but not one that can show up Mittens in the personality department.  The Veep'll have to be even duller.

I don't know - given how meh everyone is it'd be nice to have some invigorating in the wings.

Has the Mittens campaign ever given you a single reason to see anything invigorating in it at all?  Anywhere?  So why start now?

Mittens?  Who?

Is Antti Miettinen suddenly running for office? :huh:
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Eddie Teach

Quote from: dps on July 06, 2012, 10:19:16 PM
You have to excuse him.  Like a lot of people, if reality doesn't conform to his preconcieved notions, he has to try to redefine reality, instead of reconsidering his preconceptions.

The reality is that Candidate Romney had to distance himself a lot from Governor Romney.
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Razgovory

Quote from: dps on July 06, 2012, 10:19:16 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on July 06, 2012, 11:38:35 AM
Quote from: DGuller on July 06, 2012, 11:00:39 AM
Because a successful Northeastern Republican simply cannot win a Republican primary.  Mitt Romney...

So, they can't, but they can.   :huh:

You have to excuse him.  Like a lot of people, if reality doesn't conform to his preconcieved notions, he has to try to redefine reality, instead of reconsidering his preconceptions.

Oi!  You're stealing my bit!
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dps

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on July 06, 2012, 11:00:23 PM
Quote from: dps on July 06, 2012, 10:19:16 PM
You have to excuse him.  Like a lot of people, if reality doesn't conform to his preconcieved notions, he has to try to redefine reality, instead of reconsidering his preconceptions.

The reality is that Candidate Romney had to distance himself a lot from Governor Romney.

I wouldn't argue against that statement, but it's not as broad as what DGuller was claiming.