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1. #101
   On February 28th, 2012 at 3:12 pm, tonynoboloney said:

   From Michigan, just finished voting before the kids get home from school. Voting numbers appear to be heavy, much heavier than I’d anticipated. I voted for Santorum but think Romney will win the day.

2. #102
   On February 28th, 2012 at 3:15 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

   On February 28th, 2012 at 1:45 pm, Hangfire said:
   OT:

   {WARNING: Monitor may be permanently damaged if you are eating or drinking while viewing link}

   Another Hawaii first!

   Look on the brightside, at least they will never suffer from that dreaded Hawaiian disease Lackanooki.

3. #103
   On February 28th, 2012 at 3:16 pm, sonerai32645 said:

   I was 1A for about a month. Do not make any excuses for mittens. I wonder how many wars he will get the US involved with if he wins in November.

4. #104
   On February 28th, 2012 at 3:17 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

   On February 28th, 2012 at 3:11 pm, kwrxxx said:
   Mitt Romney is our last hope to save the Republic from the liberals that have created trillions in bad debt.

   Er no, that would be Ron Paul, Mitt will only slow the pace at best. Next!

5. #105
   On February 28th, 2012 at 3:27 pm, FirstSkirt said:

   I want a Presidential candidate who is gonna talk about this kind of crap:

   http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/28/guantanamo-detainees-get-new-750g-soccer-field/print

   $750K for soccer field for terrorists??? When is enough enough?

6. #106
   On February 28th, 2012 at 3:28 pm, hawkeye54 said:

   I wonder how many wars he will get the US involved with if he wins in November.

   Meh. We are likely to be involved in a few conflicts, or wars, regardless of who wins in November. In fact, if Obama wins and draws down our military enough, someone will want to take advantage of our weakness somewhere in the world. Might even be within our own borders.

7. #107
   On February 28th, 2012 at 3:28 pm, Hangfire said:

   On February 28th, 2012 at 3:15 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

   Look on the brightside, at least they will never suffer from that dreaded Hawaiian disease Lackanooki.

   True. And the picture gives new meaning to the old recruiting commercials “The Marine Corps is looking for a few good men.”

8. #108
   On February 28th, 2012 at 3:30 pm, Hangfire said:

   On February 28th, 2012 at 3:27 pm, FirstSkirt said:

   $750K for soccer field for terrorists??? When is enough enough?

   I’m in favor if the terrorists are buried up to their necks, and the guards get to try and kick a goal.

9. #109
   On February 28th, 2012 at 3:31 pm, hawkeye54 said:

   $750K for soccer field for terrorists??? When is enough enough?

   I think an invitation for “Team Guantanamo” to compete for the World Cup, and another 250K for uniforms and travel expenses, just might be it.

10. #110
    On February 28th, 2012 at 3:32 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Turnout in MI is reportedly very low. That speaks volumes about GOP voter apathy and what to expect in November.

    The GOP establishment has succeeded in extinguishing all of the grassroots excitement from the Tea Party. Oh well, they know what’s best and for them, losing to Obama is preferable to loosening their grip on the party to allow conservatives to have a say.

11. #111
    On February 28th, 2012 at 3:41 pm, Hangfire said:

    On February 28th, 2012 at 3:32 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    That speaks volumes about GOP voter apathy and what to expect in November.

    A lot of people have simply given up.

    Perhaps Atreyu and his Luck-Dragon can drive away the Nothing…..

12. #112
    On February 28th, 2012 at 3:43 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    Hangfire & Hawkeye54: I’ve got an idea…let’s arrange a soccer meet where the “fans” get to rush on the field and kill the players.

    Anyway, the reason voters, who are watching Romney and Santorum duke it out, are sitting out primaries is because neither of these guys talk about stuff like wasted spending.

13. #113
    On February 28th, 2012 at 3:47 pm, Misscheryl said:

    Romney reminds me of a spoiled rich boy and Santorum reminds me of a blue collar whiner….I’ve got no control over who becomes the republican nominee, but I’ll vote for my dog against Obama. One thing is certain, Obama has proven to me that the office of the president of the United States of American isn’t all that much of a big deal anymore when just any old body can sit in the oval office. I’m just as concerned, in fact more so with who is in the majority of the senate and congress.

14. #114
    On February 28th, 2012 at 3:53 pm, Paratus said:

    Ok “team terrorist” it is.

    Do they get like vacations in the Bahamas do get away from their grueling schedule at Gitmo?

15. #115
    On February 28th, 2012 at 3:57 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Anyway, the reason voters, who are watching Romney and Santorum duke it out, are sitting out primaries is because neither of these guys talk about stuff like wasted spending.

    Yup, the failure of conveying that message, and the voters simply have grown weary of the lengthy campaign trail, infighting and inept candidate miscues, to this point and are indifferent to whoever might win.

16. #116
    On February 28th, 2012 at 4:20 pm, Straight_Talk_Luigi said:

    Turnout in MI is reportedly very low. That speaks volumes about GOP voter apathy and what to expect in November.

    I don’t think so, Phil. Once the nominee is chosen, you’ll see all the focus shift to Obama, and he won’t be able to hide behind the mainstream media.

    The GOP establishment has succeeded in extinguishing all of the grassroots excitement from the Tea Party. Oh well, they know what’s best and for them, losing to Obama is preferable to loosening their grip on the party to allow conservatives to have a say.

    Have they?

    You might want to look at what’s brewing against Orrin Hatch and Dick Lugar.

17. #117
    On February 28th, 2012 at 4:21 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    G’mork: Because people have begun to lose their hopes and forget their dreams. So the Nothing grows stronger.
    Atreyu: What is the Nothing?
    G’mork: It’s the emptiness that’s left. It’s like a despair, destroying this world. And I have been trying to help it.
    Atreyu: But why?
    G’mork: Because people who have no hopes are easy to control; and whoever has the control… has the power!
    Atreyu: Who are you, really?
    G’mork: I am the servant of the power behind the Nothing. I was sent to kill the only one who could have stopped the Nothing. I lost him in the Swamps of Sadness. His name… was Atreyu.
    [the ground shakes again and Atreyu is knocked down. He grabs a knife shaped piece of broken stone and stands up, ready to fight]
    Atreyu: If we’re about to die anyway, I’d rather die fighting! Come for me, G’mork! *I* am Atreyu!

18. #118
    On February 28th, 2012 at 4:22 pm, max said:

    Santorum will not be able to beat Obama.
    That’s fairly certain… the Dhimmicraps are champing at the bit to set him up as a loony religious whacko who wants to put chastoty belts on women.
    Mitt has a damn good chance of eradicating the current filth from the White House.

19. #119
    On February 28th, 2012 at 4:24 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On February 28th, 2012 at 3:41 pm, Hangfire said:
    Perhaps Atreyu and his Luck-Dragon can drive away the Nothing…..

    This GOP cluster has been ‘The Neverending Story’.

20. #120
    On February 28th, 2012 at 4:26 pm, RedDog said:

    The Left mocks, ridicules and laughs thinking Santorum will be a pushover. That would be wrong. I encourage them to continue promoting him as a weak horse. They really do not understand the intensity of the Obama revulsion in America. They really are becoming victims of their own propaganda campaign.

21. #121
    On February 28th, 2012 at 4:28 pm, RedDog said:

    Any Republican nominee will win the White House.

22. #122
    On February 28th, 2012 at 4:29 pm, Hangfire said:

    On February 28th, 2012 at 4:24 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    This GOP cluster …….

    π • r² jerk.

23. #123
    On February 28th, 2012 at 4:30 pm, txvet2 said:

    According to a Michigan Republican State Committee (MRSC) member, Romney backers in statewide Republican leadership roles, including the governor and attorney general, pushed for an open Michigan primary. These open primary rules allow voters to vote in either party’s primary without declaring any party affiliation.

    Looks like Romney’s CHICKENS!!! Have come HOME!!! To ROOST!!!

24. #124
    On February 28th, 2012 at 4:30 pm, Misscheryl said:

    4:28 pm, RedDog said:

    Any Republican nominee will win the White House.

    I agree.

25. #125
    On February 28th, 2012 at 4:31 pm, Misscheryl said:

    11:21 am, GladzKravtz said:

    Sick of it all, I’m flip-flopping back to Newt.

    LMAO – me too.

26. #126
    On February 28th, 2012 at 4:36 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Go Ron Paul! (flinch)

27. #127
    On February 28th, 2012 at 4:38 pm, Hangfire said:

    On February 28th, 2012 at 4:36 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Go Ron Paul! (flinch)

    “And…. it’s Rogue Cheddar by a nose, followed by Pasadena Phil to place, and Hiraghm to show……..”

28. #128
    On February 28th, 2012 at 4:40 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    Whatever happened to Gene Ric (R)?
    I miss him.

29. #129
    On February 28th, 2012 at 4:45 pm, RedDog said:

    There needs to be three or four new Conservative television networks to offset the acknowledged bias of the current Liberal alphabets. I bet there would be a lot of investors competing for those spots.

30. #130
    On February 28th, 2012 at 4:47 pm, RedDog said:

    I would vote for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson right now.

31. #131
    On February 28th, 2012 at 4:51 pm, Hangfire said:

    On February 28th, 2012 at 4:47 pm, RedDog said:

    I would vote for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson right now.

    Hell, I’d vote for Dwayne Hickman or Arte Johnson right now.

32. #132
    On February 28th, 2012 at 4:52 pm, Green eyed Lady said:

    Michelle said:
    Guess who pushed for Michigan’s open primary? Hint: Rhymes with “snit” and “fit”
    Answer: Mitwit

    ***
    Pam Bondi Admits It: Romney Will Push Romneycare
    http://www.markamerica.com/2012/02/28/pam-bondi-admits-it-romney-will-push-romneycare/

33. #133
    On February 28th, 2012 at 4:59 pm, Gull said:

    Seeking cross-over votes is fine!

    Selling your principles & campaign to Obama operatives (i.e., robocaller & union/dem operative joe disano or to an email blitz by Huff-Puff) is something totally different.

    We know that Obama only fears Romney and will do anything to stop Mitt’s campaign, but even libs working for Obama (i.e., Michael Moore & Huff-Puff) call this sham to support Santorum “Operation Hilarity.”

34. #134
    On February 28th, 2012 at 5:14 pm, DirkDiggler said:

    Max…..

    If you are worried about how the Dems will portray Rick’s religion, you better pray Romney doesn’t win. Dems have to be VERY careful how they attack a Catholic, but most people don’t know Mormon theology—a very good excuse to delve into it, btw.

    Mormons don’t believe Jesus is God–not in the sense that the rest of Christendom does……They’re beliefs–until very recently–about blacks will stoke exactly the type of “enthusiasm” that Obama has been straining to generate among blacks…..”Mitt, why won’t you trash Mormons who take multiple wives? You mean thats OK, but gays don’t have a Constitutional right to marry?”……

    Mitt fans who try to suggest Rick will have a religion propblem are treading up a very slippery slope.

35. #135
    On February 28th, 2012 at 5:15 pm, thejim said:

    On February 28th, 2012 at 3:32 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Turnout in MI is reportedly very low. That speaks volumes about GOP voter apathy and what to expect in November.

    Don’t give up just yet, all 8 of the MI Republicans are riding together to the polls. One of them had a van.

36. #136
    On February 28th, 2012 at 5:25 pm, babiesgrandma said:

    I’d vote for “The Rent’s Too Daxx High Party” candidate, Jimmy McMillan, against Oblamo.

37. #137
    On February 28th, 2012 at 5:35 pm, gmatt2003 said:

    CNN story linked to Drudge calls Santorum a “hypocrite” because Santorum said he didn’t like open primaries back in January, and now he’s going after Democrat votes.

    He’s not being hypocritical – he’s dealing with the fact that MI has an open primary. I don’t agree with open primaries either, like here in Wisconsin, but a candidate has to deal with reality.

38. #138
    On February 28th, 2012 at 5:51 pm, OK_Loyalist said:

    On February 28th, 2012 at 5:35 pm, gmatt2003 said:

    Matt Drudge has a thing for Mittens, not the first time his bias has been shown.

39. #139
    On February 28th, 2012 at 6:00 pm, mlnicosia said:

    Talk about biassed MM is kissing Santorums butt. If that preacher gets the gop nod then kiss this country good-bye because Obama will destroy him. I certainly would never vote for Santorum and most idependents would swing to Obama. You religious zealots are spoilers nothing more. I am fed up with the so called Tea Party – just a bunch of christian radicals it turns out.

40. #140
    On February 28th, 2012 at 6:05 pm, stuckinIL4now said:

    On February 28th, 2012 at 3:32 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Turnout in MI is reportedly very low.

    What? You mean all the Dims turning out for OpChaos Hilarity didn’t push the numbers through the roof?

41. #141
    On February 28th, 2012 at 6:10 pm, live to tell said:

    My little Mitt-ercup has the sweetest smile
    Dear little Mitt-ercup, won’t you stay awhile
    Come with me where moonbeams paint the sky
    And you and I might linger in the sweet by and by, oh…

    Apologies of course to Randy Newman.

42. #142
    On February 28th, 2012 at 6:14 pm, Jvette said:

    You won’t get rid of Obama and his influence if you keep electing Big Government politicians like Mitt, Santorum, Newt et al.

    First of all, Ron Paul will NEVER receive the nomination and a vote for him third party is a guaranteed victory for Obama and the same as baring our necks so he can finish the job.

    We saw what happened in 2010 with the influence of the Tea Party. But, that movement has to be a long term commitment from people because this juggernaut is not going to be turned around in one or two elections.

    We MUST defeat Obama just to give our country a fighting chance and in conjunction with his defeat, we must locally and on a statewide level elect true conservatives, both fiscal and moral.

    This country is on life support, another four years of Obama and we will have pulled the plug.

43. #143
    On February 28th, 2012 at 6:19 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    This country is on life support, another four years of Obama and we will have pulled the plug.

    And turned out the lights. Doubt we’d survive the first year of his second term.

44. #144
    On February 28th, 2012 at 6:33 pm, ChapBix said:

    #50. On February 28th, 2012 at 12:59 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    They never explain how Reagan managed to win twice with a conservative message, though.

    Conservatism works every time it’s tried. Its just not tried enough.

    Abstinence also works every time it is tried. Its just not tried enough.

45. #145
    On February 28th, 2012 at 6:40 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    They never explain how Reagan managed to win twice with a conservative message, though.
    Conservatism works every time it’s tried. Its just not tried enough.

    His personality and message resonated with most of the public and he could handle the mud thrown his way, despite the fact he really wasn’t wanted by the GOP establishment.

46. #146
    On February 28th, 2012 at 6:41 pm, ChapBix said:

    #139. On February 28th, 2012 at 6:00 pm, mlnicosia said:

    Talk about biassed MM is kissing Santorums butt. If that preacher gets the gop nod then kiss this country good-bye because Obama will destroy him. I certainly would never vote for Santorum and most idependents would swing to Obama. You religious zealots are spoilers nothing more. I am fed up with the so called Tea Party – just a bunch of christian radicals it turns out.

    My, my! Isn’t someone having a temper tantrum today! Not all independents are cut out of the same cloth as you, mlnicosia. Increasingly, folks that are social conservatives are identifying themselves as independents. It’s no longer the monolithic block it has long been portrayed as. Further, an independent that would run screaming to Big Daddy Obama over an opposing candidate’s social views or positions clearly is not thinking straight.

47. #147
    On February 28th, 2012 at 6:46 pm, gmatt2003 said:

    re: #130/ RedDog – I’d vote for a rock over Obama.

48. #148
    On February 28th, 2012 at 6:46 pm, ChapBix said:

    #135. On February 28th, 2012 at 5:15 pm, thejim said:

    On February 28th, 2012 at 3:32 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Turnout in MI is reportedly very low. That speaks volumes about GOP voter apathy and what to expect in November.

    Don’t give up just yet, all 8 of the MI Republicans are riding together to the polls. One of them had a van.

    A 15-passenger van?

49. #149
    On February 28th, 2012 at 6:57 pm, gmatt2003 said:

    MI is in such terrible shape the GOP will take it this year

50. #150
    On February 28th, 2012 at 6:59 pm, gmatt2003 said:

    As it will the nation

51. #151
    On February 28th, 2012 at 7:02 pm, Hiraghm said:

    I’m disappointed.

    While leftists, who are most often Democrats, cannot recognize that there is a difference between “technically legal” and “morally ethical”… I would expect a candidate whose greatest strides have been made in the “values” arena to know the difference.

    While a candidate may be expected to “pull out all stops” to win, it does make one wonder how sincere he is in his morality rhetoric when he would exhort the very people we are trying to eliminate from power (and my personal preference, from the nation) to help him win the election.

    At best, it indicates he’s not above insincere pandering, and at worst, suggests he considers voters to be stupid enough to actually vote in a primary for a candidate he should think will beat their candidate in the general election…

52. #152
    On February 28th, 2012 at 7:11 pm, Hiraghm said:

    “Religious zealots”… “Christian radicals”… I have to wonder how many American soldiers we “Christian radicals” murdered because some other soldiers had the gall to burn already-defaced Bibles?

    Oh, that’s right… “Piss Christ” gets a few nasty editorials, and Christians are “radicals”.

    A farmhouse of Christian fundamentalists, who never harmed anyone until they were beset by their own government, are burned alive and it’s the Christians we have to fear.

    It’s all that praying while the lions ate them that give Christians such a bad reputation for being intolerant and “radical”, no doubt.

    Meanwhile, atheists have been responsible for more innocent deaths in history than any other religious viewpoint, followed by Islam. But, we have to pander to these two murderous constituencies, otherwise we, too, are “Christian radicals”.

    (And to counter the inevitable nonsensical arguments sure to come, the Crusades, an attempt to protect pilgrims from Moslems, were nearly a millenium ago. The Inquisition was likewise half a millenium ago.

    But, what the heck, it was a whole 10 years ago this month that Daniel Pearl lost his head to Islam. It was a whole 107 odd years ago that the communist atheists in Russia began their murderous rule, and about 67 years ago that the Chinese atheists followed their shining example.

    But, Christians who pray and are vocally opposed to the progressive agenda… they’re “radicals”.

53. #153
    On February 28th, 2012 at 7:26 pm, Confutus said:

    Michigan Democrats can vote in the Republican primary on Tuesday,” the narrator says in a copy of the automated call to Democratic voters that was initially obtained by Talking Points Memo. “Why is it so important? (Mitt) Romney supported the bailout for his Wall Street billionaire buddies, but opposed the auto bailout. That was a slap in the face to every Michigan worker. And we’re not going to let Romney get away with it.”

    Michelle, you blasted Gingrich for resorting to class-warfare tactics. Is Santorum exempt? It also smells of hypocrisy for Santorum to imply that he supports “hard working Democratic men and women” and Romney does not, considering that Santorum also opposed the bailout.

    Oddly enough, there were also calls from the Democratic side urging Democrats to get out and vote for Santorum in order to weaken Romney and the Republican party.

    I know that politics makes strange bedfellows, but finding you and DailyKos on the same side is… disconcerting.

54. #154
    On February 28th, 2012 at 8:10 pm, conservative hispanic said:

    Hangfire #67:

    Thanks for ruining my evening.

    How far we’ve fallen.

55. #155
    On February 28th, 2012 at 8:20 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

    Looking forward to seeing reports from AZ and MI tonight. In chatting with my conservative friends most did early voting and all of them voted for Santorium not Romney. AZ has a high Mormon population and am guessing they as a lot voted for Romney. The exit polls will of course not reflect the mail in ballots. Going to be a fun night.

    Remember ANY of the GOP candidates can beat Obama!

56. #156
    On February 28th, 2012 at 8:20 pm, Hiraghm said:

    On February 28th, 2012 at 2:30 pm, Hangfire said:

    On February 28th, 2012 at 2:27 pm, Dexter Alarius said:
    Unfortunately, I think it would be near impossible to put that genie back in the bottle.

    Roger that. Now, more than ever, I’m glad I’m out.

    I don’t get it. We’re always praising our men and women in the military. How’s this worse than a female marine kissing her husband?

57. #157
    On February 28th, 2012 at 8:21 pm, Jvette said:

    #139. On February 28th, 2012 at 6:00 pm, mlnicosia said:

    Talk about biassed MM is kissing Santorums butt. If that preacher gets the gop nod then kiss this country good-bye because Obama will destroy him. I certainly would never vote for Santorum and most idependents would swing to Obama. You religious zealots are spoilers nothing more. I am fed up with the so called Tea Party – just a bunch of christian radicals it turns out.

    Oh please. The gains in “independent registrations” has come from disaffected Republican CONSERVATIVES who are fed up with communism lite or
    libertarians who when faced with the possibility of another four years of this disaster of a president will realize that presidential power is more dangerous to the fiscal health of this country than to its morality.

    If Obama wins it will be by hook and by crook not because Santorum is a faithful Catholic and unafraid of speaking of that faith.

58. #158
    On February 28th, 2012 at 8:27 pm, Hiraghm said:

    On February 28th, 2012 at 8:10 pm, conservative hispanic said:

    Hangfire #67:

    Thanks for ruining my evening.

    How far we’ve fallen.

    Can’t have Falstaff and have him thin. While I’m opposed to homosexuals in the military, I’m also opposed to females in the military. I would *love* explanations as to why the issues aren’t the same (because I could use a good belly laugh).

    Yes, we’ve fallen far and fast, but this is only one of the results of the actual problem.

    I blame white, heterosexual male protestants. All of these changes came about because those evil, bigoted men who once upon a time ran the country decided being liked was more important than standing up for what was right, no matter how they were vilified.

59. #159
    On February 28th, 2012 at 8:32 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    On February 28th, 2012 at 7:26 pm, Confutus said:

    That line of argument goes nowhere. To argue that Santorum is not the perfect conservative candidate and so we have to go with the most liberal establishment alternatives is absurd.

    We are being forced to pick a candidate from among nothing but highly imperfect choices including Santorum. To argue that someone is a hypocrite for selecting one horribly imperfect candidate over another horribly imperfect candidate based on your own hobby horse issue is disingenuous.

    The argument in favor of Santorum over Rombama and BJ Gingrich is that he at least has some core principles (social issues e.g.) while they have NONE. They have consistently proven themselves to be polymorphic chameleons who will say anything to further themselves another inch. Pick any issue and you can put together a video showing them arguing passionately for both sides of that issue at one time or another. It just doesn’t matter what they say and I am certainly not going to be swayed by whatever is the last thing that comes out of their mouths. And that goes for all of the candidates. I made up my mind a long time ago.

60. #160
    On February 28th, 2012 at 8:42 pm, Hiraghm said:

    conservative hispanic:

    An example of what I mean. During her run for VP, Ferraro literally laughed at the suggestion that women would be put in combat if the feminists were allowed to make the “advances” they wanted back in 1984. Yet, here we are.

    Stay with me on this.

    We don’t like the way our schools have become indoctrination centers, right?

    1960s – 1970s, feminazis fight a rhetorical campaign to get women into the workforce, with the romantic notion of females’ desire to pursue careers.

    1980s – economy adjusts to increase in available workers, and now to pay the bills, both husband and wife have to work.

    This requires somewhere to store the offspring while Mom pursues her career flipping burgers at McDonald’s.

    So, initiatives to stick kids in school for a longer school day, a longer school year, to start them earlier and earlier, gain traction, and are popular among desperate parents who don’t want to have to afford daycare.

    Because both parents are now breadwinners, it’s inconvenient to serve children breakfast and even sometimes supper, so again, measures to give schools more time with children are popular.

    Meanwhile, Mom and Dad are now so busy trying to pay the bills (we’ll be generous and assume that’s the case most of the time, and disregard the possibility that they’re just lazy and self-centered), that they don’t have the energy or time to instill proper virtues into their children, who are already learning their “morality” from leftist daycare, or, increasingly often, school.

    So, you start out with a campaign to make white heterosexual male protestants feel bad because young single women don’t have opportunities to pursue professional careers,and end up with married women having to flip burgers while the state has free reign and influence to brainwish their kids.

    Whereas if those old heterosexual white male protestants had just stuck to their guns and accepted being unpopular (like, say, a father sometimes has to do), we wouldn’t have a country on the verge of either a communist state or a French-style Terror.

    Further… nah, nevermind, that’s enough political incorrectness for one comment. Just suffice to say, the issue of a homosexual marine kissing his “husband” has its seeds in earlier decades of WASP males wanting to be liked and accepting leftist nonsense.

    But, yes, some of my thinking on this is related to T.R. FehrenBach’s thinking in “This Kind of War”, wherein similar “reasonable” leftist arguments were used to emasculate our military prior to Korea.

61. #161
    On February 28th, 2012 at 8:47 pm, Hiraghm said:

    Suddenly, at the end of World War II, society embraced the generals. And here it ruined them.

    They had lived their lives in semibitter alienation from their own culture (What’s the matter, Colonel; can’t you make it on the outside?) but now they were sought after, offered jobs in business, government, on college campuses.

    Humanly, the generals liked the acclaim. Humanly, they wanted it to continue. And when, as usual after all our wars, there came a great civilian clamor to change all the things in the army the civilians hadn’t liked, humanly, the generals could not find it in their hearts to tell the public to go to hell.

    In 1945, somehow confusing the plumbers with the men who pulled the chain, the public demanded that the Army be changed to conform with decent, liberal society. from “Proud Legions”

62. #162
    On February 28th, 2012 at 9:09 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:

    What’s the point of having a political party if the opposition has a hand in nominating your party’s candidate?

    Let’s change the rulz in the Repub party – a one time $100 membership fee and a $10 poll fee. Want to be a card carrying republican – pony up $100 and they’ll send one to you. Want to vote in the primary? Show your card and pony up $10 at the polls. All the money goes to the the chosen nominee in the general election.

63. #163
    On February 28th, 2012 at 9:16 pm, txvet2 said:

    On February 28th, 2012 at 9:09 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:

    I seem to recall that poll taxes are illegal. Other than that, it’s easier just to go to closed primaries, and we can’t even get them to do that. It is, however, simple justice that Romney was the big proponent of open primaries and now it looks like he may be the guy screwed by them.

64. #164
    On February 28th, 2012 at 9:38 pm, conservative hispanic said:

    Hiraghm:

    I’m not sure I get all of your points, but I’ll tell you this: I just saw “Act of Valor” on Saturday. Do you think a woman can do what SEALs do? Please! About 80-90% of the men that apply don’t make it. Physiologically speaking, they don’t have the upper body strenght to do what these guys must do on a regular basis. I’m 290 pounds. Who do you think has a better chance of dragging my fat ass out of danger: the 200 pound man or the 130 pound woman?

    I remember reading that in the 50s women could stay home to take care of the kids because the taxes were low enough that the man’s salary was enough (most of the time) to take care of the family. Right now, taxes are so high that sometimes almost all the salary of one spouse has to go just to pay the government (federal, state, county and city). Add all the social changes in the culture and VOILA! this country is in a downward spiral from which we may not recover.

    And you’re right: it’s all the fault of those EVIL white, heterosexual, Christian males.

65. #165
    On February 28th, 2012 at 9:42 pm, Hangfire said:

    On February 28th, 2012 at 8:20 pm, Hiraghm said:
    How’s this worse than a female marine kissing her husband?

    A female Marine kissing her husband doesn’t make me want to spew chunks.

    When I joined the Navy, there were many women (WAVES) who served. They were mostly clerical and medical ratings, and not allowed to serve aboard ships.

    *That* to me is an acceptable compromise.

66. #166
    On February 28th, 2012 at 10:12 pm, Confutus said:

    To argue that someone is a hypocrite for selecting one horribly imperfect candidate over another horribly imperfect candidate based on your own hobby horse issue is disingenuous.

    I didn’t say that Michelle was hypocritical. It was Santorum, and if he hadn’t implied that his position on the auto bailout was the opposite of Romney’s, I wouldn’t have called it hypocrisy.

    The argument in favor of Santorum over Rombama and BJ Gingrich is that he at least has some core principles (social issues e.g.) while they have NONE.

    I beg to differ. Romney’s prospects for re-election in Massachussets were poor because he wasn’t nearly liberal enough, as he had demonstrated by repeatedly vetoing provisions passed by the Democrat-dominated legislature even when he knew they would be overridden. I don’t call that lack of principle or chameleon like behavior.

67. #167
    On February 29th, 2012 at 5:58 am, Danceswithdachshunds said:

    txvet2 said:

    On February 28th, 2012 at 9:09 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:

    I seem to recall that poll taxes are illegal.

    Yes, in government elections but the government has ZERO authority on how candidates are nominated within any political party itself. That was the core issue in throwing out campaign financing laws.

68. #168
    On February 29th, 2012 at 9:11 am, happyscrapper said:

    On February 28th, 2012 at 6:46 pm, gmatt2003 said:
    re: #130/ RedDog – I’d vote for a rock over Obama.

    I’d vote for ILMC over Obama!!

69. #169
    On February 29th, 2012 at 9:15 am, conservative hispanic said:

    happyscrapper:

    Please tell me you’re joking. If forced to choose between those two, I’d kill myself. Less painful.

70. #170
    On February 29th, 2012 at 9:29 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On February 28th, 2012 at 4:47 pm, RedDog said:
    I would vote for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson right now.

    Yes! I vote for the ‘People’s Eyebrow’!

71. #171
    On February 29th, 2012 at 9:40 am, happyscrapper said:

    Off topic, but have you heard about the IRS intimidation of the Tea Party? Check it out. This is very very serious, and CANNOT be allowed to continue! It is so completely against everything this country stands for! The marxists are ramping up.

72. #172
    On February 29th, 2012 at 10:02 am, happyscrapper said:

    http://biggovernment.com/cowens/2012/02/27/is-the-irs-attempting-to-intimidate-local-tea-parties/

73. #173
    On February 29th, 2012 at 5:08 pm, Hiraghm said:

    On February 28th, 2012 at 9:42 pm, Hangfire said:

    On February 28th, 2012 at 8:20 pm, Hiraghm said:
    How’s this worse than a female marine kissing her husband?

    A female Marine kissing her husband doesn’t make me want to spew chunks.

    When I joined the Navy, there were many women (WAVES) who served. They were mostly clerical and medical ratings, and not allowed to serve aboard ships.

    *That* to me is an acceptable compromise.

    To me, also. But, “G.I. Jane” and the inevitably increasing combat role females will play even in the marine corps makes me want to blow chunks almost (not quite) as much as the notion of a homosexual marine kissing another member of the same sex.

    I’d be very much in favor of WACs and WAVES serving stateside to do clerical and other chores that don’t put them at risk, and thereby free up able-bodied males to serve in combat.

    Of course, I still can’t figure out why we have civilian security agencies guarding our military posts, either…

74. #174
    On February 29th, 2012 at 9:50 pm, Papa Louie said:

    If Romney can’t put away Santorum and can’t handle a run-of-the-mill robocall, how is he going to handle Team Obama’s Chicago goons and the Democrat deacons of truly dirty tricks?

    It looks like Romney handled it just fine, Michelle.

    But I find it interesting that you forgot to mention anything at all about Santorum appealing to union democrats in his robocalls. Don’t you think that’s significant? Santorum has been known to support unions and vote against right-to-work laws in the past. Since when is being pro big labor a conservative trait? It makes me wonder how Santorum can align himself with big unions like SEIU and still reduce the size of government.

    But that’s just me. Everyone else seems to be more concerned with how a Catholic like Santorum can stop a Catholic like Pelosi from forcing Catholics to provide morning after pills to rape victims. That’s important from a religious freedom perspective, but it won’t mean a thing if we can’t stop Obama and his union friends from destroying fundamentally transforming this country. Putting another union-friendly president in office just doesn’t seem to be the answer to me. Right now, with the ballooning size and cost of government, I’d prefer someone who likes to be able to fire people.

75. #175
    On February 29th, 2012 at 11:12 pm, OK_Loyalist said:

    On February 29th, 2012 at 9:50 pm, Papa Louie said:

    But I find it interesting that you forgot to mention anything at all about Santorum appealing to union democrats in his robocalls. Don’t you think that’s significant? Santorum has been known to support unions and vote against right-to-work laws in the past. Since when is being pro big labor a conservative trait? It makes me wonder how Santorum can align himself with big unions like SEIU and still reduce the size of government.

    While I see your concerns regarding public sector unions, I would like to remind you that Ronald Wilson Reagan was once a union leader and courted big unions as well, they are/were called Reagan Democrats.

    Public sectors unions weren’t real happy with him after he canned all the air traffic controllers though.

76. #176
    On March 1st, 2012 at 10:45 pm, Confutus said:

    The AFSCME (That’s the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees) is trying to do the same thing in Ohio in a bigger way that Democrats tried in Michigan, that is, get Democrats to cross over and vote for Santorum, in a Republican Primary, when they fully intend to vote for Obama in the fall.

    So, are Romey’s objectiosn to this this whining, or a legitimate protest of abuse of the electoral system?

    That Santorum in his desperation to win Michigan actually invited this suggests that he is a fool or a tool. In either case, he certainly must not be either the Republican nominee or President.