Journal damn_registrars's Journal: The Teflon Candidate Sits Out The Rest of the Race 21
Teflon Tim Pawlenty has said he doesn't want to be Romney's VP.
I expect this is because his handlers were smart enough to realize that Romney will not win in 2012. And since Teflon Tim wants to be president, he may be better off not running as VP on a losing ticket, where he could be blamed for the loss. By waiting it out he can try to run for president again in 2016, when there will also be the benefit of no incumbent.
I expect this is because his handlers were smart enough to realize that Romney will not win in 2012. And since Teflon Tim wants to be president, he may be better off not running as VP on a losing ticket, where he could be blamed for the loss. By waiting it out he can try to run for president again in 2016, when there will also be the benefit of no incumbent.
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I heard* that the Republicans have their eye on "Jeb" Bush for 2016, and that they were essentially waiting out the 2012 election; this hypothesis has the benefit of explaining Romney.
* I can't remember the source.
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I heard* that the Republicans have their eye on "Jeb" Bush for 2016, and that they were essentially waiting out the 2012 election; this hypothesis has the benefit of explaining Romney.
That may be. I do recall hearing a while ago that Jeb gave an interview where he stated he now regrets having not run in this cycle.
The biggest problem with the hypothesis of the GOP intentionally waiting this one out though is that it means they would actually consider this to be either a race they can't win, or a race that isn't worth winning. And I'm not sure what the advantage would be for them to do that, as losing this presidential race could be damaging to their brand in 2014 mid-terms and 201
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Having Obama in office is what gets the Republican base all riled up and heading to the polls.
I don't think it has to be Obama specifically. They were just as excited when it was Clinton, and just as excited to push out the democrats from congress when Bush was in office. They seem plenty happy to find any way to push down anyone who doesn't fit their preferred mold.
Besides, they need him to solidify all this Unitary Executive bullshit they made up to excuse Bush. Next time they won't have to make up excuses, they can just say "but Obama!"
It almost seems as though the GOP pushed the whole works so far to the right that Obama felt the need to become more conservative than Reagan ever was, just in order to keep up.
(Speaking of which, where the hell is Pudge anyway? I was looking forward to him explaining how it's different when Obama does it!)
He does still have his own blog [pudge.net], where apparently he's
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Romney wins handily, approaching 330 Electoral Votes.
Barack Obama, the stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure, is gone Jan 2013, and since Obama's already taken the crown from Jimmy Carter as the Worst President Ever, he'll become a pain on our asses on an international stage and challenge Carter for the title of Worst Ex-President Ever.
Shame, too. Bill Clinton has actually been a pretty good ex-Pres. Got that chick out of North Korea, seems content to take pictures with Porn stars, doesn't meddle.
That is a decent impersonation of the fake conservative who used to hang out on slashdot under the moniker of railgunner. The only problem of course is that now slashdot is in the middle of a ron paul infestation which makes some of the nonsense you just posted look almost rational.
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Which means it's highly likely that you posted it, since you're a known AC troll and sock-puppeteer.
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Because of that prediction I made with a friend before I posted here, I just won a $5 bet with someone.
I'll use to proceeds to pay for part of a sandwich. When I eat lunch today - very similar to the way I consistently eat your breakfast - I'll think of you. For about half a second, anyway.
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Everyone knows you're not Red, and that (faking my own death aside) I am.
What we also know, is that for whatever reason, you both want me sexually and at the same time want to be me. Which is weird, but hey - you're weird.
Tell ya what. I've grown really tired of this. $10 and I'll give you the passwords to both this account and red4man. They're all yours. Just email me at foreverredforeman a
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Quite likely you are hoping I would email you from an email address that traces back to my actual identity so you could know my name. Not happening. You're a crappy excuse for a troll, and not a decent identity thief either.
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I already know your name; it's Squeak Scolari. [youtube.com]
Cause you're a little bitch.
Quite likely you are hoping I would email you
No, I was hoping you'd post logged in for once, and make it extremely obvious the AC posts were yours as well.
Do you ever get the feeling that I'm always a few steps ahead of you? If not... you probably should. Now go fetch the ball, bitch.
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Quite likely you are hoping I would email you
No, I was hoping you'd post logged in for once, and make it extremely obvious the AC posts were yours as well.
That shows no such thing. I get a notice on my slashdot front page whenever someone posts a comment on my journal entries. I didn't care about you and the AC bickering about nonsense until you dropped you most recent drivel.
Do you ever get the feeling that I'm always a few steps ahead of you?
No. I get the feeling that you are a bad imitation of the trolls we used to have here. Maybe you're finally getting tired of being such a disgrace to the term troll? Probably not, I suppose...
If not... you probably should
Only if I had set out to be a terrible excuse for a troll. Being as that was not my goa
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Slashcode's time limit, no?
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