Iowa Caucus running thread

[Inky_Wretch]

Santorum is a real gem.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/The-Santorum-that-America-doesnt-know.html

 

[Bob Cook]

Santorum is a real gem.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/The-Santorum-that-America-doesnt-know.html

Eventually the Santorum will hit the fan, just like it has for all these other pretenders to the alleged Romney throne.

 

[Azrael]

Man on dog.

 

[Azrael]

And also:

www.theroot.com/santorum-denies-black-people-lives-welfare-remark

 

[LongTimeListener]

And also:

www.theroot.com/santorum-denies-black-people-lives-welfare-remark

That is a pretty damn hilarious explanation if you read it -- he was saying another word and then changed it to "blah" but people think they heard "black."

I agree, though, I am not a fan of blah people either. It's why I was glad the Bulls, Spurs and Lakers signed Dennis Rodman.

 

[rmanfredi]

I'm even less of a fan of blah blah blah people:

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Santorum is a real gem.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/The-Santorum-that-America-doesnt-know.html

Eventually the Santorum will hit the fan, just like it has for all these other pretenders to the alleged Romney throne.

And that doesn't even mention the induced abortion his wife had in order to save her life.

 

[Starman]

Although I am sure Starman, being so intelligent and all, would find such musings jejune, I thought the rest of you might enjoy this link re: Ayn Rand and the financing of government:

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/04/taxes_and_government

I find this passage to be particularly powerful:

Some economists are fond of saying that "economics is not a morality play", but like it or not, our attitudes toward taxation are inevitably laden with moral assumptions. It doesn't help to ignore or casually dismiss them. It seems to me the quality and utility of our public discourse might improve were we to do a better job of making these assumptions explicit, and of seriously and respectfully considering whether our ideological opposites, be they socialists or "Atlas Shrugged" fans, might have one or two worthwhile points.

Very nice, if you want to dismiss the entire "moral" position that there is any such thing as any degree of any shared responsibility whatsoever for the welfare of any member of society.

Ayn Rand = infantilism encapsulated. Her entire philosophy boils down to "keep your hands off my money." The world would have been much much better off if somebody had pumped a bullet into her dome in about 1930.

And it must always be noted in any discussion of Ayn Rand that the shriveled old shrew ended up her life as a pathetic feeble cancer patient sucking off the same warm sweet government tit she spent her whole life trying to rip everybody else away from.

Strange and surprising all the billionaires who idolized her so much didn't offer to pick up all her bills.

 

[Stitch]

And also:

www.theroot.com/santorum-denies-black-people-lives-welfare-remark

That is a pretty damn hilarious explanation if you read it -- he was saying another word and then changed it to "blah" but people think they heard "black."

I agree, though, I am not a fan of blah people either. It's why I was glad the Bulls, Spurs and Lakers signed Dennis Rodman.

Hey, Santorum has done good work helping black colleges.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Oops. Copy editors forked up the Iowa caucuses, too. Santorum wins due to typo (maybe):

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/01/05/398999/iowa-caucus-voter-counter-says-santorum-won-claims-typo-gave-romney-20-extra-votes/?mobile=nc

 

[Beaker]

Santorum is a real gem.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/The-Santorum-that-America-doesnt-know.html

Eventually the Santorum will hit the fan, just like it has for all these other pretenders to the alleged Romney throne.

He is one crazy, smarmy sonofabitch.

 

[TigerVols]

I heard Barney Frank in an interview last night say that "the only thing about getting older that I enjoy -- is being able to say more often, 'I told you so.'"

It's amazing how much eight votes can make a difference in the coverage. I woke up to headlines this morning about how Romney won. I thought that the big story would be how Santorum was the real winner, particularly as it is not winner-take-all. But by eight votes, Mitt salvaged the headlines. And maybe the nomination in the process.

I'm sure the GOP machine employed the veteran vote counters from Florida circa 2000 and Ohio circa 2004!

Well, as Mr. Frank would say, "I told you so."

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-iowa-caucuses-result-in-doubt-20120105,0,585240.storyhttp://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-iowa-caucuses-result-in-doubt-20120105,0,585240.story