Wow, that was quick.
Watching Hardball yesterday, you would have thought winning the corndog eating championship was no big deal. Chris Matthews practically anointed Rick Perry the GOP nominee.
Before she disappears completely, a note about her appearance on the Sunday Shows, and particularly her assertion that being a tax lawyer is proof of her intelligence and drive, and gives her some special insight into leadership.
Yeah yeah, we get it. Helping corporate clients avoid tax liabilities is the story of your life, Congresswoman. Moving on.
Honestly, Republicans, we've all be unemployed for two years or know someone who has, and you want to talk about deregulation. Sigh.
I won't lift a finger to help Pon Raul (intentional typo), whose anti-abortion speech this past weekend transcended all reality and actually confessed to being accessory to murder of a crying baby. But he's got a legitimate beef about coming in second and being completely ignored by everybody.
I'm also disappointed but not surprised that no one has mentioned that the GOP race begins in one of the white-est places on the entire planet outside of Scandinavia.* It's a circling the wagons mentality in denial that their party is demographically doomed.
*Norway, with its horrible horrible "immigrant problem," is, by latest count, 94% Nordic. Iowa is 91% White.
91% white and just loaded with bigots and racists and that's a fact!
ReplyDeleteIn defense of Iowa....same sex marriage is legal! At least until the bigots and racists succeed in turning back the clock.
ReplyDeleteTweety almost shit himself over his new BFF Rick Perry whose vapid smile,thick hair,and cowboy boots turned Matthews into a blubbering middle school girl.
ReplyDeleteTo zencomix - as a native son of Iowa I was a bit harsh but it's hard to think of the good guys when the crazy's continually have the floor.
ReplyDeletei think tweety has his own corndog for Perry
ReplyDeleteThat's OK, One Fly, I understand.
ReplyDeleteWell, if Rick Perry is going to be the candidate, then someone is going to have to ask Politico and others to stop dredging up those gay rumors. Pass the popcorn please.
ReplyDeleteAnd I don't like her and think she's a nut, but whatshername worked for the IRS, as I recall. I've noticed lately that the media are posting the most unflattering photos of her. Now she's a nutjob, but she's an attractive woman, so they are obviously spending some time looking for the photos, which suggests that the word has come down that her run needs to be nipped in the bud now.
Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, West Virginia and Iowa are the (non-hispanic) whitest places in America. I love 'em all. Incredibly beautiful places with wonderful, tolerant people.
ReplyDelete28% of people everywhere in America are just crazy. But being a 28 percenter in Iowa gets you a lot more attention than most other places.
Yikes, I missed that Paul speech. He's sensible when it comes to war, but a crackpot on most everything else.
ReplyDeleteAs I understand it, the Iowa Straw Poll is designed to be a money-maker for the Iowa parties (in this case the Republican party). Bachmann won first place by purchasing 6,000 $30 voting forms and giving them out (with a return of 4,nnn votes for her). Paul won second place by purchasing (the rental of?) a $31,000 tent in the high-exposure district. He has a fair number of followers that he's accumulated thru all the years he's run, but he doesn't wear his religion on his sleeve and this is the year of the Dominionists for the GOP.
ReplyDeleteI'm starting to wonder if Bachmann is a planned decoy, a paid, wittless, unwitting distraction. John Wayne and Elvis goofs will stick in my head. Follow the Rollin$.
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