Which Republican do you presently prefer for 2012?

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Which one do you prefer?

Newt Gingrich	5%	[ 2 ]
Mitt Romney	2%	[ 1 ]
Rick Perry	0%	[ 0 ]
Michele Bachmann	2%	[ 1 ]
Ron Paul	37%	[ 15 ]
Rick Santorum	0%	[ 0 ]
Jon Huntsman	7%	[ 3 ]
Elmer Fudd	2%	[ 1 ]
Inuyasha	22%	[ 9 ]
Other (specify)	2%	[ 1 ]
Just show the results	20%	[ 8 ]

Total votes : 41

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17 Dec 2011, 4:06 am

pandabear wrote:

The "Left" is most upset with President Obama. He is much too conservative.

I don't know if I'd say "most" upset, thought they're clearly unhappy with Obama. I can respect Raptor's search criteria; finding the most noxious left-wingers and picking whoever makes them craziest. I use a similar technique with movie reviews, I have certain critics who reliably pan my favorite movies, so their ire is the surest endorsement a movie can carry for me.

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17 Dec 2011, 4:27 am

I'd be pretty upset if any of them won. I'll also be upset if Obama wins.

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17 Dec 2011, 4:46 am

DaBuddha wrote:

I'd be pretty upset if any of them won. I'll also be upset if Obama wins.

You are bound to be upset, then.

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17 Dec 2011, 10:04 am

All right. Who is the joker who threw a vote at Gingrich?

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17 Dec 2011, 6:19 pm

^^^ :oops: I like zany...

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17 Dec 2011, 7:48 pm

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Now, that would seriously be hilarious if Ron Paul got the nomination!
Just how many right wing conservatives would drop dead from strokes or heart failure?

Surely you meant corporatists. Ron Paul is the most conservative candidate.

Speaking of which, I wonder who is financing him? Newt Gingrich made millions upon millions as a corporatist, and he will support any industry that pays him enough. When he wins (which is unavoidable, now that Rupert Murdoch and the Koch Brothers are behind him), he is going to turn the government into a personal money-making machine. Corporations will finance his victory, and win big in the end.

From where is Ron Paul getting his cash, if no-one is going to cash in in the unlikely event that he is elected?

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17 Dec 2011, 8:49 pm

pandabear wrote:

Burzum wrote:

Kraichgauer wrote:

Now, that would seriously be hilarious if Ron Paul got the nomination!
Just how many right wing conservatives would drop dead from strokes or heart failure?

Surely you meant corporatists. Ron Paul is the most conservative candidate.

If Gingrich indeed achieves the presidency, perhaps it would be just that sucking off the government's teat of his that would get him impeached, and get him exactly what he deserves - - a nice term in prison.

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17 Dec 2011, 8:58 pm

If Gingrich becomes president, he might be the last one that we ever have

that man wants to be a dictator

just look at his position on the courts

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17 Dec 2011, 9:49 pm

For what it's worth, and it is possible that people in Iowa still read newspapers,

http://news.yahoo.com/key-iowa-paper-ba ... 29692.html

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The main newspaper in Iowa, the Des Moines Register, Saturday endorsed Mitt Romney in the Republican presidential race...The newspaper said Romney stands out in the field of Republican candidates...

"Mitt Romney is making his second bid for Iowans' support after an unsuccessful run in 2008. We did not endorse him then, but this is a different field, and he has matured as a candidate. Rebuilding the economy is the nation's top priority, and Romney makes the best case among the Republicans that he could do that."

In an editorial entitled "Mitt Romney is the best to lead" the newspaper said the former Massachusetts governor possessed the qualities of wisdom, sobriety and judgment. "Those are qualities Mitt Romney said he looks for in a leader. Those are qualities Romney himself has demonstrated in his career in business, public service and government," the editorial said. "Those qualities help the former Massachusetts governor stand out as the most qualified Republican candidate competing in the Iowa caucuses."

...public opinion polls have shown that support for the latest front-runner in Iowa, former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich, seemed to be fading as Romney's firmed.

A Rasmussen poll showed Romney with a slight lead over Gingrich in Iowa. Two other polls show Ron Paul, a libertarian Republican congressman, moving into second place behind Gingrich in Iowa and gunning for an upset that would almost certainly help Romney by stopping Gingrich's rise.

The Des Moines Register made a few comments about the other top candidates that it did not choose.

"He stands out especially among candidates now in the top tier: Newt Gingrich is an undisciplined partisan who would alienate, not unite, if he reverts to mean-spirited attacks on display as House speaker.

"Ron Paul's libertarian ideology would lead to economic chaos and isolationism, neither of which this nation can afford."

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17 Dec 2011, 9:56 pm

last time they endorsed John McCain so keep that in mind when considering their credibility

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17 Dec 2011, 10:30 pm

Hey Jacoby, you seen CNN and Chris Wallace claiming that even if Ron Paul wins in Iowa that Gingritch or Romney, whichever comes in second, will still have actually have "won"? It's pretty galling.

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18 Dec 2011, 12:19 am

Dox47 wrote:

Hey Jacoby, you seen CNN and Chris Wallace claiming that even if Ron Paul wins in Iowa that Gingritch or Romney, whichever comes in second, will still have actually have "won"? It's pretty galling.

It's a new trend. Winners come in second or third...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGykVPZtzUI[/youtube]

...unless it's Ron Paul.

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18 Dec 2011, 3:47 am

Dox47 wrote:

Hey Jacoby, you seen CNN and Chris Wallace claiming that even if Ron Paul wins in Iowa that Gingritch or Romney, whichever comes in second, will still have actually have "won"? It's pretty galling.

I saw Chris Wallace say something along those lines before the debate the other day. Following this election as Ron Paul supporter, I've developed quite a dislike for Fox News as amusing as that may sound to some of the longer tenured posters on here. FNC's blantant electioneering on the behalf of establishment of the GOP has obvious and shameless. FNC might hold Obama and the Democrat's feet to the fire on certain issues that need attention that his allies in the media won't hold him accountable for but that is the end of their journalistic integrity. 'And that's on top their endless unbearable war propaganda. That's not a compliment to rest of media either, FNC's bias coverage is by no means unique.

They may try to say that Iowa is irrelevant if Ron Paul wins but what will really prove to be irrelevant is Old Media. People are waking up and not falling for their BS anymore.

I know we have some Cenk Uygur fans on here

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeF4sDjEbqo[/youtube]

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18 Dec 2011, 6:57 am

Well out of those I guess Ron Paul is the best option, but I would like him more if he was not a republican.....because as a rule politicians who support the Democratic Party or Republican party tend to be nothing more than corporate puppets.

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18 Dec 2011, 8:17 am

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If Ron Paul runs (doubtful that he will be nominated) he will be shredded in the general election.

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18 Dec 2011, 9:52 am

Jacoby wrote:

last time they endorsed John McCain so keep that in mind when considering their credibility

John McCain did win the nomination.

So, I guess that the Wrong Planet poll shouldn't count either, because Ron Paul has more supporters than anyone else. If we discount the Ron Paul votes as spurious, then our clear winner is Inuyasha.

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