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Campaign '92. Remember Paul Tsongas?
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Just perhaps Rick Santorum should be raped a few times, have a basketball inserted rectally & then made to pass it... You know, just so he can talk from experience vs where the basketball would be coming from. It seems that there is a point that being so pro-religion can push you across the line into being pro-devil.
Click through to see the frightening interview.If you care about your country, your daughters, wives and the women in this country,... more
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A panel discussion on the issues and candidates for the 1952 election.
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2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney carries some heavy baggage. From the millions stashed in the Cayman Islands, Swiss bank accounts and elsewhere...2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney carries some heavy baggage. From... more
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Grassroots-Made Video: Ron Paul’s 2002 Predictions All Come True http://ronpaulflix.com/?p=4048
What, are you afraid of real change?Grassroots-Made Video: Ron Paul’s 2002 Predictions All Come True... more
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CSPAN Callers After Ron Paul Speech
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James Williams of Matagorda County, Texas recounts a touching true story. Living in a still prejudice Texas In 1972, his wife had a complication with her pregnancy. No doctors would care for her or deliver their bi-racial child. In fact one of the hospital nurses called the police on James.
Dr. Ron Paul was notified and took her in, delivering their stillborn baby. Because of the compassion of Dr. Ron Paul, the Williams’ never received a hospital bill for the delivery.
Ron Paul views every human being as an unique individual, afforded the rights endowed by our creator and codified in the Bill of Rights.James Williams of Matagorda County, Texas recounts a touching true story. Living in a... more
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New York -- Just days after turning in his Republican membership card and secret decoder ring, real estate developer Donald Trump has launched his own personal political party.
“It’s called the Trumpets, because I’m a guy who likes to toot his own horn,” Trump told a crowd of reporters at a hastily arranged press briefing. “Plus, Trumpets is a play on my name. So it shows how clever I am and that I have a sense of humor -- a man of the people. I think the voters will like that.”
Only weeks ago, Trump offered to host a debate featuring all of the Republican presidential hopefuls. But most declined his invitation, citing dentist appointments, IRS audits and “a good chance of rain” on the scheduled date.
Trump was further stung by Republican Party leaders and analysts who described his planned event as a circus or a sideshow.
“I thought my choice of Gary Busey as moderator was a good one,” he said. “But they didn’t want a host who was smarter than their candidates.
“The Republicans wouldn’t let me play in their game, so now I’m starting my own,” the Donald declared.
Trump stopped just short of announcing his third-party candidacy, however. “I’m not saying I’m running, people,” he said. “But If I were a presidential candidate, you’d see a campaign that achieves the highest ratings in the history of politics.”
Trump explained that he would hire the staff of his reality TV show, The Apprentice, to run his campaign. “As far as I’m concerned I’m already the boss and everyone else is my apprentice. So I would go to China and tell them: ‘You’re fired. From now on Americans are making the iPhones.’
“And I would go to Europe and tell that ugly German broad to start bailing or else you’re outta here.”
Asked to outline his domestic policy, Trump says he favors what he calls The Universal Plan. “It addresses all the issues: the deficit, immigration, unemployment, with one simple law,” Trump said. “Anyone who is not making at least $40,000 a year will be fired. We want to reserve America for paying customers.”New York -- Just days after turning in his Republican membership card and secret... more
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Gingrich, as well as Texas Gov. Rick Perry, did not meet the state's requirement of 10,000 signatures and, therefore, did not qualify for the ballot, the Virginia GOP said via Twitter.
Meanwhile, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul did qualify.
Virginia requires candidates to submit petitions with 10,000 signatures from registered Virginia voters. Additionally, 400 signatures must come from voters in each of the state's eleven congressional districts. Virginia holds its Republican primary on March 6.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/24/politics/gop-virginia-primary/index.html?hpt=hp_t1Gingrich, as well as Texas Gov. Rick Perry, did not meet the state's requirement... more
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What passes for presidential "controversy" these days
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What passes for presidential "controversy" these days...
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Atlanta - Beleaguered presidential hopeful Herman Cain returned to his suburban Georgia home to ask his wife the loaded question: “Should I continue to run even though they’re saying that I cheated on you, honey?”
Gloria Cain responded with a loaded shotgun, which she pointed at the candidate’s manly region, declaring: “You’d better start running right now or you’re going to be short one ballot to stuff in the box.”
Herman Cain barely made it out of the house, as a warning shot was fired over his head.
“This is a demonstration of my commitment to a woman’s right to bear firearms,” he told reporters, who had gathered around the Cain residence. “As you can see, I practice what I preach, no matter how dangerous it might get.”
The reporters pressed Cain on the question of whether or not he would remain in the presidential race, given his wife’s hostility to the situation. “It’s either that or going back to making pizza, and for the life of me I can’t remember the recipe.”
The candidate suddenly changed the subject, announcing that his next book would be a murder mystery, “set right here in suburban Atlanta.”
“Its main character is a soft-hearted businessman who likes to help out big-breasted women, but his wife is a - Can I say the B word?”
At that point, the impromptu press conference was cut short by additional warning shots from Mrs. Cain’s pump action Remington.
Asked how many rounds his wife’s shotgun held, Cain replied “9! 9! 9!” as he alternated between ducking and continuing his run for the presidential nomination.Atlanta - Beleaguered presidential hopeful Herman Cain returned to his suburban... more
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Washington, DC - Americans are betting that they can select a better president by chance than by choice. The presidential elections, which were scheduled for next November, have been replaced by the nation’s first Presidential Lottery.
The new rules are simple. “Voters” can buy as many Presidential Lottery tickets as they can afford. Then on “Election Day.” a random drawing will be conducted, with the holder of the winning ticket named President of the United States.
“We were all set to hold elections as usual, until we saw who was running,” said Roger Flanter, Chancellor of the Electoral College. “The candidates all seem to have memory disorders and learning issues. They shouldn’t be in the White House; they belong at the short end of a Dr. Phil segment.”
The idea of gambling to select the next president ironically came from the financial sector, which bet big on the housing bubble and left the middle class to clean up the mess after it burst.
“Those Wall Street boys really know how to rig a game,” Flanter said. “They work better than loaded dice on a tilted craps table.”
Flanter is making sure his group comes out on top by charging a dollar for each presidential election lottery ticket. “The big corporations, labor unions and other special interests are going to want to buy millions, if not billions of tickets,” he said. “Meanwhile, we’re going to avoid all the expenses connected with conducting an actual national election. You can take that chad and shove it. ”
The changes are reflected in a new name for the US Board of Elections, which is now called the US Bored with Elections. The oversight panel also has a new slogan: “The Presidential Lottery: All you need is a dollar and an unreasonable demand.”
To publicize the new system, the Electoral College is soliciting testimonial endorsements from citizens in all parts of America. Here’s a sampling of the initial results:
-- Mrs. Flory Butterfield in Waco, Texas says she’s going to take Air Force One on a four-year global excursion if she wins the presidency. “I’ll be like Bill Clinton,” she said, “but without the cigar.”
-- Billitt Zacher of Columbus, Ohio plans to reinstate the death penalty on the federal level. “I have a few scores I need to settle,” he said.
-- An L. Blankfein, who works in the busy canyons of lower Manhattan, would “putter around the White House, perhaps fixing little odds and ends. Then I’d order up a massive nuclear missile strike. I want to try out as many ways to destroy a country as I can.”
Tickets for the Presidential Lottery go on sale next month. The winner will be notified by mail, if the U.S. Postal Service lasts that long.Washington, DC - Americans are betting that they can select a better president by... more
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Texas governor Rick Perry is so prone to brain freeze that he has been advised to wear an insulated hat at all times. He almost sunk his campaign at the Republican presidential debate last week, when he couldn’t remember one of his own policy points.
His treatment at the Reagan Clinic will consist of prying his eyelids open so they can’t be closed and forcing him to watch every campaign speech he has ever made, over and over again.Texas governor Rick Perry is so prone to brain freeze that he has been advised to wear... more
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Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry's campaign is facing meltdown after one of the most humiliating debate performances in recent US political history.
His chances of securing the Republican nomination slipped after one painful minute in which he could not recall the name of a government department he is planning to kill off.
Perry reeled off two of the three departments he wants to axe, but could not remember the third. Some Perry supporters declared his campaign over and suggested he head back to Texas to focus on his job as governor.
Perry, conscious of the damage he has done to his chances, came out to face the media in the spin-room immediately afterwards rather than leaving it, as is normal, to his press staff. "I'm sure glad I had my boots on because I sure stepped in it out there," he said.
The Republican presidential debate in Rochester, Michigan, had been predicted to be dominated by the sexual allegations against one of his rivals, Herman Cain. Instead Cain escaped unscathed and all the focus was on Perry's gaffe.
Perry's moment of embarrassment came when he was asked about one of the main planks of his policy for cutting federal spending, the elimination of three departments.
"It's three agencies of government when I get there that are gone: commerce, education, and the uh ... what's the third one, there? Let's see." He went on to say: "The third one. I can't." He made it worse by adding: "Oops."
Fifteen minutes later he attempted to undo the damage, saying: "By the way that was the department of energy I was reaching for a while ago." But it was too late.
Although he has millions of dollars in campaign funds accumulated it will be hard for him to recover. A Perry donor sent a tweet to the Washington Post: "Perry campaign is over. Time to go home."
Larry Sabato, profesor of politics at the University of Virginia, tweeted too almost immediately on seeing Perry stumble. "To my memory Perry's forgetfulness is the most devastating moment of any modern primary."
Perry's brain freeze, reminiscent of some of the awkwardness associated with George Bush, was shown live on television nationwide and will be shown repeatedly over the next few days.
He was already struggling in the polls, having dropped from frontrunner status to single-digit figures. He alienated many Republicans when he described as heartless anyone who did not agree with his relatively liberal approach to the children of illegal immigrants.
He had been talking before this debate about pulling out of future ones, an acknowledgment that he is a poor performer.
Cain, asked afterwards if Perry was finished, was charitable. "I would not say that. The American people can be very forgiving," he told NBC, which hosted the debate.
Cain acknowledged the last 10 days had been rough as he faced allegations from four women of sexual harassment. Although the debate bad been billed as primarily about economics, one of the journalists on the panel asked him about the allegations.
The mainly Republican audience booed the journalist for raising the issue and applauded Cain when he complained of being tried in the court of public opinion.
There were further boos from the audience when the journalist asked Mitt Romney, the former government of Massachusetts, about the allegations. He sidestepped the question, to applause from the audience.
Romney gave another confident, calm performance that will have cemented his frontrunner status. With Cain facing the sex allegations and Perry's campaign in deep trouble Romney's chances of securing the nomination increased on Wednesday night.
Although there is resistance to him among rightwingers, he is doing much better and is more relaxed than he was in 2008 when he lost out in the race for the nomination to John McCain.
The former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is at present in third place in the polls and could face scrutiny over his role as a consultant to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the organisations that provided the mortgages to those with poor credit ratings, precipitating the economic slump.
The organisations hired consultants and lobbyists to avoid federal regulation.
During the debate Gingrich claimed he had warned Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac against giving out such mortgages. He received $300,000 in 2006 for his consultancy role.
The other candidates on the stage failed to make any significant impression.Video at the Link
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