Comments on: More 2012 Myths

By: AST

AST — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:08:03 +0000

I’m not sure that Sarah Palin is interested in running for President, although everybody seems to assume that she’s like every other politician.

I think that Romney, Huckabee and Pawlenty are definitely going to run, but there could be someone out there that nobody’s really looked at yet. If there is, though, he/she’d better be organizing now.

I think that Huckabee would be divisive and that Romney would be opposed by the evangelicals in the party because Huckabee’s church has campaigned for 20 years claiming that Mormons aren’t Christians. Also, Romney supported the current health care scheme in Massachusetts which is prominent evidence that Obamacare will be a disaster. He might be able to distinguish his ideas from how MA-care has been run, but it’s a deep hole to climb out of. That being said, I don’t know of anyone else who has demonstrated the ability to reverse financial disasters that he has, but I’ll be surprised if he’s the candidate.

By: Northern Light

Northern Light — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:29:18 +0000

It seems to me that people start predicting the next presidential contest the moment the current one has ended.

Of course from that vantage point, the contenders are usually people who were featured in the previous contest.

Did Dan Quayle ever run in a primary? How about Sgt. Shriver? Both of them were considered contenders after they had failed to be elected Vice-President (Actually, I think Shriver did run in 1976, but he was in single digits).

Of course it’s meat for a political junkie to consider elections so far off in the future, but it’s really silly and meaningless and the smarter junkies know it.

The correct time to start making serious specualtion is just before the Iowa caucuses. I remember in 2008 I had made my predictions just before Iowa and I was pretty sure that Hillary Clinton had what it took to defeat Mitt Romney. The only difference between me and thousands of other political junkies is I have the honesty to remember my past predictions.

By: johnpeter

johnpeter — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:12:48 +0000

Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, and Mitt Romney have all led trial heats

By: Paul -Indiana

Paul -Indiana — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:18:11 +0000

#12. BTW, sir, that’s Mr. Fawltey to you.

By: Roark

Roark — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:35:17 +0000

Romney is the worst possible GOP candidate. That hack gave MA his own state version of socialized medicine Romneycare. Also, during the last Presidential election Romney sounded like a fluffy piece of RINO garbage. If Obamacare becomes law and Romney were to be he next President, do you really think this pompous fake would repeal it??? Not a chance in hell. Romney IS the problem with the GOP; left leaning, spineless BSer’s. The USA needs real men of fortitude who can defend liberty unapologetically. Men like MIKE PENCE or BOB BARR.

By: Adam Graham

Adam Graham — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:16:19 +0000

In answer to the most pressing question on this thread, Karate Kid II was where Kreese made his statement.

By: myth buster

myth buster — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:11:53 +0000

I think we should ban Super Tuesday. No more than two contests per week, except in the territories. This allows campaigns time to build grassroots efforts on the ground, which takes the emphasis off of money and places it on the candidate and organization, where it belongs. Party insiders are right to fear a long primary, but not for the reason they tell us- a long primary doesn’t hurt the party’s chances in the general election as long as the contest is civil, but it does strip the power of party insiders who want to anoint the next candidate so they can retain their own power. If anything, a long primary keeps media attention on your candidates for months instead of settling into a summer lull. Most people don’t even pay attention until after the Olympics anyway, so who cares? Even if everybody spent like Mitt Romney, the coffers still will be refilled come September. It’s more important to have a good candidate than to avoid a crazy primary, even if it means a brokered convention.

By: Войска ПВО

Войска ПВО — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:59:51 +0000

3. urbanleftbehind writes:

“Was the John Kreese reference actually from Karate Kid I or was it in the part of KK II..”

Actually, it was reference made by my wife (of Japanese descent) to the famous member of Monty Python and actor who played Basil Fawltey in Fawlty Towers.

By: AF_Vet

AF_Vet — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:39:20 +0000

“Please God let it be Sarah Palin.

So we can crush her and the GOP.”

Keep dreaming…the way Obambi and the Dems are going, Capt. Kangaroo would win in a landslide.

By: sharonsj

sharonsj — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:13:42 +0000

Gee, I thought you meant 2012 the end of the Mayan calendar and possibly the end of the world as we know it. Funny how it may happen thanks to the depression, the tanking stock market, the outsourcing of jobs, wacko birthers, lack of health care, tent cities, devaluation of the dollar, choking debt, inflation, and–with any luck–revolution.