United States Presidential Election, 2012

[Red Barchetta]

Hey Scarecrow, I'm curious - do you, at all, like any of the four remaining candidates (or any of the previous major candidates)?

 

[Toad Eightyfive]

Hey Scarecrow, I'm curious - do you, at all, like any of the four remaining candidates (or any of the previous major candidates)?

I kinda liked Bachmann.

Not because I like her policies, but because she would be easy pickings for Obama.

 

[Dr. Javelin]

Hey Scarecrow, I'm curious - do you, at all, like any of the four remaining candidates (or any of the previous major candidates)?

I kinda liked Bachmann.

Not because I like her policies, but because she would be easy pickings for Obama.

Thanks, Scarecrow, for giving us a helpful reason on why you liked a candidate for a reason other than promoting your own party's interests.

 

[Toad Eightyfive]

Hey Scarecrow, I'm curious - do you, at all, like any of the four remaining candidates (or any of the previous major candidates)?

I kinda liked Bachmann.

Not because I like her policies, but because she would be easy pickings for Obama.

Thanks, Scarecrow, for giving us a helpful reason on why you liked a candidate for a reason other than promoting your own party's interests.

Owait, Red said Scarecrow.

Sorry to intrude.

 

[Scarecrow von Steuben]

Hey Scarecrow, I'm curious - do you, at all, like any of the four remaining candidates (or any of the previous major candidates)?

Ron Paul. Without a doubt. The man has integrity. I don't agree with him on everything but he's sure as hell no hypocrite (as Romney is) or bigot (as Santorum is). I don't know a ton about him, but it seems that he is a reasonable, decent man who is more intelligent and fair-minded than any of the other current candidates. His ideas for policies aren't perfect, but there are good ideas in there that are certainly worth discussing. A race between him and Obama would be one worth watching.





Unfortunately, he's too liberal for most conservatives and too conservative for most liberals. He's not going to get the nomination.

 

[Dr. Javelin]

Ron Paul would not disappoint me as president, I'll admit.

His ideas of a pseudo-isolationist state are different, and it would be interesting to see how they would affect the nation.

 

[ralphfan]

You know what the best type of isolation is? Juche.

Works so well for North Korea.

 

[Baby Simones]

What about that new guy who's running?

Ya know "Vote Kony 2012"

....

 

[Dr. Javelin]

Refusing to form alliances is pretty similar to isolationism. Look at Switzerland, they have trade and stuff but no alliances, which is what I was talking about.

hey wait i have an idea

we all vote for Ron Paul because liberals don't have major problems with him and conservatives don't either.

 

[ralphfan]

I do.

 

[Mario4Ever]

Romney won Illinois. Whoop-dee-do.

 

[Post-Damage Invincibility]

Romney won Illinois. Whoop-dee-do.

Whoop-dee-do indeed. It means nothing. Obama will win IL in the General Election easier than you can say, "That's Mama Luigi to you, Mario!". Rick Santorum will win Louisiana, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Kentucky, Texas, South Dakota, Montana and Nebraska, most of which are winner-take-all, which will either tie him or bolster him ahead with the current front-runner, Mitt Romney.

 

[Red Barchetta]

Romney won Illinois. Whoop-dee-do.

Whoop-dee-do indeed. It means nothing. Obama will win IL in the General Election easier than you can say, "That's Mama Luigi to you, Mario!". Rick Santorum will win Louisiana, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Kentucky, Texas, South Dakota, Montana and Nebraska, most of which are winner-take-all, which will either tie him or bolster him ahead with the current front-runner, Mitt Romney.

The only ones that might be iffy are West Virginia and Montana - they both seem to be in Romney territory, but it's possible... I've seen Santorum supporters on his Facebook page that are from West Virginia. I agree with the others though - the next three contests, Louisiana, Missouri (even though they had a non-binding primary back in February, they're voting in a caucus now), and Wisconsin will all go to Santorum, no doubt.

 

[Scarecrow von Steuben]

Romney won Illinois. Whoop-dee-do.

Whoop-dee-do indeed. It means nothing. Obama will win IL in the General Election easier than you can say, "That's Mama Luigi to you, Mario!". Rick Santorum will win Louisiana, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Kentucky, Texas, South Dakota, Montana and Nebraska, most of which are winner-take-all, which will either tie him or bolster him ahead with the current front-runner, Mitt Romney.

The only ones that might be iffy are West Virginia and Montana - they both seem to be in Romney territory, but it's possible... I've seen Santorum supporters on his Facebook page that are from West Virginia. I agree with the others though - the next three contests, Louisiana, Missouri (even though they had a non-binding primary back in February, they're voting in a caucus now), and Wisconsin will all go to Santorum, no doubt.

Santorum has a facebook page, and supporters on it? I'd have thought the average Santorum supporter would be too scared of the satanic box that them un-american librull youngsters are callin' a com-pew-turrr.

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[Red Barchetta]

Romney won Illinois. Whoop-dee-do.

Whoop-dee-do indeed. It means nothing. Obama will win IL in the General Election easier than you can say, "That's Mama Luigi to you, Mario!". Rick Santorum will win Louisiana, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Kentucky, Texas, South Dakota, Montana and Nebraska, most of which are winner-take-all, which will either tie him or bolster him ahead with the current front-runner, Mitt Romney.

The only ones that might be iffy are West Virginia and Montana - they both seem to be in Romney territory, but it's possible... I've seen Santorum supporters on his Facebook page that are from West Virginia. I agree with the others though - the next three contests, Louisiana, Missouri (even though they had a non-binding primary back in February, they're voting in a caucus now), and Wisconsin will all go to Santorum, no doubt.

Santorum has a facebook page, and supporters on it? I'd have thought the average Santorum supporter would be too scared of the satanic box that them un-american librull youngsters are callin' a com-pew-turrr.

As far as I know, Santorum's Facebook page is the only one that lets you leave comments on anything he posts, and about half of the comments are highly supportive, and the other half are highly negative (I'm sure you'd like a lot of the negative ones, Scarecrow).

In other news, Jeb Bush endorsed Romney, so that's another "Who-the-fuck-will-that-guy-endorse?" name off the list.

 

[Toad Eightyfive]

Pennsylvania,

As a person who lives there, I sincerely doubt that Santorum would take PA unless he placed a TV spot every 3 minutes.

 

[Mario4Ever]

Speaking of Romney, his Secret Service codename is apparently "Javelin." Is he among us?

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/top-secret-service-codenames/story?id=15962814#.T2pDdcWrIWc

 

[Red Barchetta]

Pennsylvania,

As a person who lives there, I sincerely doubt that Santorum would take PA unless he placed a TV spot every 3 minutes.

What makes you say that (being a resident of PA myself)?

 

[Toad Eightyfive]

Pennsylvania,

As a person who lives there, I sincerely doubt that Santorum would take PA unless he placed a TV spot every 3 minutes.

What makes you say that (being a resident of PA myself)?

Maybe you live in a more conservative section of PA, but most everyone I've talked to in my area thinks Santorum's a nut. Most support Romney or Paul.

 

[Red Barchetta]

Pennsylvania,

As a person who lives there, I sincerely doubt that Santorum would take PA unless he placed a TV spot every 3 minutes.

What makes you say that (being a resident of PA myself)?

Maybe you live in a more conservative section of PA, but most everyone I've talked to in my area thinks Santorum's a nut. Most support Romney or Paul.

I live in central PA so probably... I've seen Ron Paul signs all the way up in Erie, though, so...

 

[Scarecrow von Steuben]

Speaking of Romney, his Secret Service codename is apparently "Javelin." Is he among us?

I KNEW IT

 

[Dr. Javelin]

Speaking of Romney, his Secret Service codename is apparently "Javelin." Is he among us?

I KNEW IT

Uh oh

guess I might as well roleclaim

I'm Mitt Romney, the stupidly rich politician. I have the power to appear Republican, but unknown to the voters I'm secretly moderate. As a career politician, everyone believes that I am the most electable candidate for some reason and therefore I do well in every primary. I have boatloads of cash that I use to bombard whatever candidate opposes me with negative ads, which usually decreases their rank. I also always win the 1% of Americans, i.e. voters who make more than $100,000 a year because I'm One of Them. Being super rich, I control the rich, elitist portion of the Republican party while my rivals Santorum and Gingrich fight over the conservative half.

 

[Mario4Ever]

Speaking of Romney, his Secret Service codename is apparently "Javelin." Is he among us?

I KNEW IT

Uh oh

guess I might as well roleclaim

I'm Mitt Romney, the stupidly rich politician. I have the power to appear Republican, but unknown to the voters I'm secretly moderate. As a career politician, everyone believes that I am the most electable candidate for some reason and therefore I do well in every primary. I have boatloads of cash that I use to bombard whatever candidate opposes me with negative ads, which usually decreases their rank. I also always win the 1% of Americans, i.e. voters who make more than $100,000 a year because I'm One of Them. Being super rich, I control the rich, elitist portion of the Republican party while my rivals Santorum and Gingrich fight over the conservative half.

lol, that's a nice one, Mitt.

 

[Lario]

Whatever happened to Rick Perry? Suddenly there's Rick Santorum everywhere.

Spoiler

I'd vote for him just to make people mad, but now I'm too young.

 

[Red Barchetta]

Whatever happened to Rick Perry? Suddenly there's Rick Santorum everywhere.

Spoiler

I'd vote for him just to make people mad, but now I'm too young.

Perry dropped out after finishing 5th in Iowa and last in New Hampshire, and because he was polling horribly in South Carolina and in national polls (even Jon Huntsman, Jr. was finishing in front of him in polls).


MAJOR UPDATE: Rick Santorum is projected to win the state of Louisiana. Missouri finishes voting today and it's more than likely that it'll also go to Santorum. Next up is Maryland, Wisconsin, and Washington D.C., all on April 3rd.