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Filuwaúrdjan
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« on: February 25, 2012, 08:21:35 PM »
This is reality.

I mean, like, wtf? Srsly, this is messed up.

It's a good idea to reflect on the strangeness of the whole situation.
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« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2012, 08:31:12 PM »
I blame Politico.
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« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2012, 08:36:45 PM »

He won't get away with that.
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« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2012, 08:56:48 PM »
CONGRATS PHIL!
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« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2012, 09:00:20 PM »
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« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2012, 10:01:47 PM »
Sometimes it's important to step back and think, what?
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« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2012, 10:03:04 PM »
Rick Santorum is a serious candidate for the Republican nomination.

Which means, by extension, that the Republican Party is a serious candidate for obliteration.
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« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2012, 10:03:43 PM »

Well?
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« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2012, 10:21:27 PM »
Why shouldn't he be?  For those who think he shouldn't be considered a serious candidate, name an issue on which he is out of sync with the core Republican position.  For better or worse, Rick embodies the current Republican Party best of the four remaining candidates.
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« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2012, 10:34:31 PM »
Quote from: True Federalist on February 25, 2012, 10:21:27 PM
Why shouldn't he be?  For those who think he shouldn't be considered a serious candidate, name an issue on which he is out of sync with the core Republican position.  For better or worse, Rick embodies the current Republican Party best of the four remaining candidates.

Perhaps the Tea Party, evangelical, socially conservative, right wing base, but I doubt very much Santorum has great appeal to independents, moderates, and potential cross over Democrats.
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« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2012, 10:41:31 PM »

That's my line!
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« Reply #11 on: February 25, 2012, 11:00:23 PM »
Quote from: Comrade Sibboleth on February 25, 2012, 08:21:35 PM
This is reality.

I mean, like, wtf? Srsly, this is messed up.

It's a good idea to reflect on the strangeness of the whole situation.

This is what happens when all of the top tier choices decide not to run.  You end up with a bunch candidates who would otherwise be afterthoughts.  That's the story of 2012.  Jeb, Christie, Daniels, Thune, Ryan, and Pence all said no.

I read a piece by Conrad Black today and he lamented this very thing.  In a year when so much is wrong with the country (unemployment, energy, economy), all who chose to run were the clowns.  Compare that to 1968 when this country was a mess and Humphrey, Nixon, and Reagan, all big names, did run.  It's a shame for the debate and the country.
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« Reply #12 on: February 25, 2012, 11:19:56 PM »
Aimlessly wandering by and whistling
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« Reply #13 on: February 26, 2012, 01:44:56 AM »
There really isn't that much wrong with Santorum relative to the others, except his political positions if you disagree with them.
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« Reply #14 on: February 26, 2012, 01:48:08 AM »
In the last 6 years or so our politics have deteriorated pretty seriously. Few things surprise me anymore.
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« Reply #15 on: February 26, 2012, 01:55:42 AM »
Quote from: SANTORUM:  NO WELFARE FOR BLACKS ER I MEAN FOR BLAHS on February 25, 2012, 10:34:31 PM
Quote from: True Federalist on February 25, 2012, 10:21:27 PM
Why shouldn't he be?  For those who think he shouldn't be considered a serious candidate, name an issue on which he is out of sync with the core Republican position.  For better or worse, Rick embodies the current Republican Party best of the four remaining candidates.

Perhaps the Tea Party, evangelical, socially conservative, right wing base, but I doubt very much Santorum has great appeal to independents, moderates, and potential cross over Democrats.

Of course not, if he did he would not be appealing to the GOP base.  Seriously, though this really does show how completely insane the entire Republican Party is.
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« Reply #16 on: February 26, 2012, 01:59:19 AM »
an Al-started thread in the 2012 board assumes automatic importance.  even if the content is as banal as can be generated.
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« Reply #17 on: February 26, 2012, 02:03:18 AM »
Quote from: Mad Marokai, PPT on February 26, 2012, 01:48:08 AM
In the last 6 years or so our politics have deteriorated pretty seriously. Few things surprise me anymore.

^^^^

This
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« Reply #18 on: February 26, 2012, 02:13:38 AM »
Quote from: © Boss Tweed on February 26, 2012, 01:59:19 AM
an Al-started thread in the 2012 board assumes automatic importance.  even if the content is as banal as can be generated.

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=138412.0

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=145194.0
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« Reply #19 on: February 26, 2012, 02:24:52 AM »
Quote from: Mad Marokai, PPT on February 26, 2012, 01:48:08 AM
In the last 6 years or so our politics have deteriorated pretty seriously. Few things surprise me anymore.

^^^

I mean, at least the actions of the Bush administration had some internal logic, and could to a certain extent be predicted...
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« Reply #20 on: February 26, 2012, 02:26:39 AM »
Quote from: SANTORUM:  NO WELFARE FOR BLACKS ER I MEAN FOR BLAHS on February 25, 2012, 10:34:31 PM
Perhaps the Tea Party, evangelical, socially conservative, right wing base, but I doubt very much Santorum has great appeal to independents, moderates, and potential cross over Democrats.

Well if thats what you want in a candidate welcome to the Paulite side Smiley
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« Reply #21 on: February 26, 2012, 05:11:18 AM »
« Edited: February 27, 2012, 04:42:55 AM by Mr. Morden »
Santorum's rise is only a symptom of how irrational the Republicans have become.
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« Reply #22 on: February 26, 2012, 09:35:56 AM »
Quote from: SANTORUM:  NO WELFARE FOR BLACKS ER I MEAN FOR BLAHS on February 25, 2012, 10:03:04 PM
Rick Santorum is a serious candidate for the Republican nomination.

Which means, by extension, that the Republican Party is a serious candidate for obliteration.

If he's a nominee, you'll still vote for him in November.
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« Reply #23 on: February 26, 2012, 02:14:26 PM »
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Seriously, this is an endorsement. Well said. Sure democrats disagree with him, isn't that the point?
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« Reply #24 on: February 26, 2012, 04:59:58 PM »

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