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Romney and Santorum as temporary victors. Any predictions or favorite candidates?
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Romney and Santorum as temporary victors. Any predictions or favorite candidates?
I would love Rick to be the one.
Paul... what sort of hatemail message could I say about him? So many choices...
Mitt the Mutt... blended of so many ideological changes, some in less than a few hours. I want his campaign to go the way of the Titanic... great fanfare, invincible ship, sunk and made a footnote in history.
Huntsman... what he still clings to his notion of getting elected?
Bachmann... bout time she dropped out, first one is down.
Periwinkle... fishing for presidency still... his stance on illegals makes me sick.
Newt... well before Rick somehow leaped up he was my choice, 2nd up, but only if Rick dives. Please don't make me hold my nose and choose Newt
I love how the final winner is being decided by a margin of like... 7 votes. Everyone please go out there and poke fun at all your Republican friends in Iowa who didn't vote. Their vote most definitely would have made a difference. ![]()
Honestly it looks a complete disaster. Feels like Obama won already.
Yeah it does.
But remember... Obama is a disaster as well ![]()
Rick Santoroum... he's an extremist social conservative who wants to outlaw contraception. Are you nuts?
And... you really think he'll get that, if elected?
> Justinian I wrote:
> Rick Santoroum... he's an extremist social conservative who wants to outlaw contraception. Are you nuts?
Even if he does get elected wouldn't he have to pass any such legislation through the House and the Senate - either one of whom could block the bill?
Santorum said that fatherhood, faith and family is the answer to americas financial problems lol, he would bankrupt and collapse anything asap haha
Zarf/MedicineMan
I have doubts that he would get such legislation passed unless social conservatives far exceed my expectations in the 2012 elections. However, there is nothing unreasonable about refusing to support someone based on their extremist views. I doubt either of you would criticize someone for refusing to vote for a racist.
Noir,
LMAO. That is similar to Michele Bachmann's statement that social conservatism (banning abortion etc) is fiscal conservatism. Being a fiscal conservative myself, although a social liberal (in US practice ofc), I had one of my longest lolz after hearing that.
This is why I hate US politics. I am starting to support burning the constitution in favor of parliamentary democracy. It's miraculous our Presidential system functioned as long as it did.
> Justinian I wrote:
> Zarf/MedicineMan
I have doubts that he would get such legislation passed unless social conservatives far exceed my expectations in the 2012 elections. However, there is nothing unreasonable about refusing to support someone based on their extremist views. I doubt either of you would criticize someone for refusing to vote for a racist.
But that's an ethical standard against the racist thing... something Justinian would abhor. It's not utilitarian. ![]()
Zarf,
Oh I see then. Well you kind of got me. Although, there are things he can do. He can demand considerable concessions in exchange for signing legislation. Based on their previous behavior, I wouldn't put it past social conservatives to hold the country hostage in order to coerce democrats in to signing socially conservative concessions. They successfully passed legislation to discontinue funding Planned Parenthood. That was bad enough, and they will have much more leverage with the president on their side.
"But remember... Obama is a disaster as well"
True, but he gets away with it. Big successes he had none yet he has a lot of support still. His biggest failure is his economic policy towards the crisis but few rep candidates seem capable to point out the obvious. That is why I think he'll win anyhow.
Rick Santorum should win, it makes the democrats campaign real easy.... Just acknowledge that your only hope to win is Romney.... you know it will be him, and you know that he is the only one who can challenge Obama, the oly one who would make a decent president and the only one who won't ruin you all (well other than Obama.)
please he is a wanker who will explode the budget as well as Bush or Obama and the veterans in GOP will be glad to help him, that is why they are lining up behind him. they WANT to convert the GOP into the Not-Democrat party ---"So what everything sucks, if you don't like Democrats come on in" that way they can screw up anyway they like
they have looked at the last 30 years and they put their finger on where it all went wrong for Republicans:
Republicans promised but refused to deliver
so they hit on the solution
don't promise anything!
They won't even promise to repeal Obamacare, in fact the Republican House funded it and will fund it again, and they are already saying that if they don't have the White House , the House, and 60 votes in the Senate they can't touch it. And if the public doesn't give them that dictatorial power immediately then they can never repeal it ever. There is no point to a professional association of career politicians that just wants to defeat Democrats, and they can't hold it togetehr. They already failed in 2005-2006.
Lets just suspend the constitution and elect David Petraeus to be our absolute monarch. It's not like the constitution matters anymore anyway.
> The Yell wrote:
> They won't even promise to repeal Obamacare, in fact the Republican House funded it and will fund it again, and they are already saying that if they don't have the White House , the House, and 60 votes in the Senate they can't touch it. And if the public doesn't give them that dictatorial power immediately then they can never repeal it ever. There is no point to a professional association of career politicians that just wants to defeat Democrats, and they can't hold it togetehr. They already failed in 2005-2006.
So... how are they supposed to legally repeal the law if not by the legally required amount of votes to actually repeal the law?
They can defund it. Pass no funding.
This would make it a problem for the States, but the various positions would never get funding. Aka they would never get filled except by extremists floating on their own money.
And budgets require... the President, majority of the House, and 60 votes in the Senate to pass! The GOP tried to assert its ideal funding already with the budget debates, despite having only a majority in the House... to no avail. Regardless, you still need this crazy thing called a democratic majority... something TheYell doesn't seem to like when it doesn't fit his motives.
"Rick Santorum should win, it makes the democrats campaign real easy...."
Even as a left winger you must be completely disappointed in Obama. Obamacare is another word for "pharmacy industry sells a lot of stuff you don't need on behalf of the taxpayers". By accident some things really help the people, but it doesn't justify the waste. Just take a look at what gets payed back and what not and you'll find its not helping the poor much.
He did not keep any of his promises. But he sure as hell did help a small elite that [tsk tsk, LP...] up some of America's greatest companies. The most incompetent managers on the face of the earth still earn many bonuses with taxpayers money because he "saved" their companies. In a normal game, they would go down.
>>And budgets require... the President, majority of the House, and 60 votes in the Senate to pass! The GOP tried to assert its ideal funding already with the budget debates, despite having only a majority in the House... to no avail. Regardless, you still need this crazy thing called a democratic majority... something TheYell doesn't seem to like when it doesn't fit his motives.<<
Wrong.
The House had the power to refuse to pass ANY budget except the one it likes. Nobody else can even start with a budget. If the Senate votes it down or refuses to vote they can change a , to a ; and send it back as a different bill. They shoulda done that forever til global markets forced the Senate and Obama to cave on it.
It was the HOUSE, not the SENATE, who has the leverage in funding bills. And they caved. Boehner went behind closed doors, came out with a surrender, and ordered all good loyal Republicans to and i quote the man here "GET YOUR ASS IN LINE" and they did. It happens every time and it's pathetic. It's pathetic and unforgiveable because that same discipline would deliver absolute victory--if they had the wisdom to go for it.
And if the Dems call your bluff?
What bluff?
You mean, if they sit it out? Wait them out longer.
You mean something else? Please explain.
I mean, if when the GOP says "we're not going to pass anything until we get what we want," the Dems say "Okay. Bring on the government shutdown." It's all fine and dandy until hard deadlines, like the budget, start to come through. The GOP tried this tactic in the 90's... and was framed as the organization responsible for the government shutdown, taking the political capital hit from bad PR associated with the shutdown. It would be framed exactly as it was in the 90's... one branch of government trying to hold the rest of the government hostage until they get whatever they want.
In addition, the sheer implication of the move would mean you wouldn't get your way. Any party which, while controlling the Senate and Presidency, caved in to the people controlling the House, would easily have little to no credibility among their voters. It would almost be impossible, then, for the Dems to actually agree to those demands, simply because doing so would mean the party is incapable of utilizing the power it possesses to achieve its ends... utter ineptness. The result... the Dems wouldn't just bend over and die, because such a concession would be a massive show of weakness... so they just won't agree to it.
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