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2011-12-04 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Fred 2011-12-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 God riddance.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2011-12-04 00:21|| 2011-12-04 00:21|| Front Page Top

#2 A man's got to make a choice between his sex drive and a career in politics. On it's own, my first WestPac was worth any seat in the state legislature.

I wonder if historians will note the decline of America started when we eliminated horndogs from seeking public office.

Posted by Penguin 2011-12-04 01:19|| 2011-12-04 01:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Let's see...
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Ford
Bush
Clinton
Bush
BO

They were all dogs.
Somewhere in there was ~~Carter~~.
He doesn't count.

Posted by Fat Bob Sinatra7613 2011-12-04 01:46|| 2011-12-04 01:46|| Front Page Top

#4 A man's got to make a choice between his sex drive and a career in politics.

Only if he doesn't has a -D after his name. If he has the holy -D he gets a free pass. (Edwards, Clinton, and who know how many others...)

Odd how the Media knew Edwards was boinking someone on the side while his wife was 'battling cancer'.... but didn't mention a thing - not a single fuc*ing word.

Posted by CrazyFool 2011-12-04 02:12|| 2011-12-04 02:12|| Front Page Top

#5 The key is that the Dems want to continue the myth that the Republicans are racists. With Cain as the face of the Republican party, it threatened that little plantation the Dems formed with the cooperation of the NAACP, SNCC, and Core. Of course the propaganda of the left that the Republicans are a lily white party would be hard to support with Cain in the fray...

The Dems were out to get him, they got him, most of the dirt, will, in the long run be proven to be false but the damage is done. Once you've been accused, no matter how many times it is proven false, the press will always slip it in there somewhere to keep the controvery alive.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2011-12-04 02:29|| 2011-12-04 02:29|| Front Page Top

#6 The Dems were out to get him, they got him, most of the dirt, will, in the long run be proven to be false but the damage is done.

It should read:
The Dems helped by (the vile scum of the inhuman gutter-press)* were out to get him ...

*Vicki Woods

Posted by Willy 2011-12-04 03:49|| 2011-12-04 03:49|| Front Page Top

#7 Cain lost me on the foreign policy front. I think the sexual harassment claims were most likely a trick to knock him out of the race. In effect he did us all a favor by taking that bullet before the tactic or a variant of it was used on someone else.

I don't think Cain expected to get as far as he did in the race. I hope he sold a lot of books in the process.

Posted by rjschwarz 2011-12-04 08:12|| 2011-12-04 08:12|| Front Page Top

#8 He'd make a good VP.

The people I work with liked his message. Most are used to some level of playing around.

I don't think it would have made difference in the general election. Most vote 1 or 2 issues if they even think at all.

The number one is almost always the wallet.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2011-12-04 09:33|| 2011-12-04 09:33|| Front Page Top

#9 I would have gone all in for Cain. He was never my candidate, but he was always good enough, and his campaign would have had some interesting implications for the black vote.

I'm hesitant on Gingrich. I like him better than Romney and Obama (two guys who use many of the same advisors), but he has his own issues. Now that he's the front runner, everyone is going to be digging into his record, and not all of it is good. We'll see.

Romney is a dead end. He might be better than Obama, but that's not a realistic choice. McCain would have been better than Obama too, but neither of them can motivate enough Republican voters to go to the polls.

If Perry gets a second look, I think he'll run away with the whole thing. Romney *still* worries more about Perry than any of the others. Let's hope this fickle season settles down and the best man wins, because Perry is the best man running. He's not perfect, but by far the best of the bunch.

Posted by Iblis 2011-12-04 18:29|| 2011-12-04 18:29|| Front Page Top

#10 HMMMM, HMMMM, the "Mandingo factor/effect" prevails???

Agree wid #8 - Hermie can still be a VPOTUS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-12-04 18:29|| 2011-12-04 18:29|| Front Page Top

#11 Joe, I don't think that's the real problem with Cain.

IMO the real problem is that he didn't appear to take the race / office seriously enough to be prepared on key strategic, military and diplomatic questions.

Posted by lotp 2011-12-04 19:22|| 2011-12-04 19:22|| Front Page Top

#12 Perry has absolutely nothing going for him but his real-world record. In other words, he's in deep do-do.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-12-04 20:11|| 2011-12-04 20:11|| Front Page Top

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