Comments on: The GOPs worst nightmare. https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/04/the-gops-worst-nightmare/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:07:28 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/04/the-gops-worst-nightmare/#comment-21408 ER Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:23:14 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27405#comment-21408 But he''s tough, he's smart, he's honest and he has immense experience. He's cultivated a bumbling and helpless persona, but he's still on his feet, and Washington is littered with the graves of his political opponents. You saw him take Ryan apart, the quintessential tough conservative bullyboy. Against a real man, the little pansy never had a chance. But he”s tough, he’s smart, he’s honest and he has immense experience. He’s cultivated a bumbling and helpless persona, but he’s still on his feet, and Washington is littered with the graves of his political opponents. You saw him take Ryan apart, the quintessential tough conservative bullyboy. Against a real man, the little pansy never had a chance.

]]> By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/04/the-gops-worst-nightmare/#comment-21402 alcaray Wed, 05 Dec 2012 06:59:34 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27405#comment-21402 But in the current environment, he brings a lot of ammunition for his enemies. The conservatives will do their very best to discredit (read "spend hundreds of millions of dollars") whoever the nominee is as an idiot, a liar, and the worst disaster that capitalism has ever faced. It is probably better to start with some governor that doesn't have a Washington background. But in the current environment, he brings a lot of ammunition for his enemies. The conservatives will do their very best to discredit (read “spend hundreds of millions of dollars”) whoever the nominee is as an idiot, a liar, and the worst disaster that capitalism has ever faced. It is probably better to start with some governor that doesn’t have a Washington background.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/04/the-gops-worst-nightmare/#comment-21399 ER Wed, 05 Dec 2012 06:44:31 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27405#comment-21399 2016 is 4 years away. I think they're both too old. 2016 is 4 years away. I think they’re both too old.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/04/the-gops-worst-nightmare/#comment-21396 TB Wed, 05 Dec 2012 06:08:09 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27405#comment-21396 By the way, what the heck happened to Joe Biden? By the way, what the heck happened to Joe Biden?

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/04/the-gops-worst-nightmare/#comment-21383 bowser Wed, 05 Dec 2012 03:29:20 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27405#comment-21383 Is it a crime in the United States to have an accomplished spouse? And another. Should an accomplished spouse share their success with their less distinguished mates? Maybe another. Is Oral Roberts University the equivalent of Harvard or Yale? Is it a crime in the United States to have an accomplished spouse? And another.

Should an accomplished spouse share their success with their less distinguished mates?

Maybe another. Is Oral Roberts University the equivalent of Harvard or Yale?

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/04/the-gops-worst-nightmare/#comment-21375 bowser Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:25:11 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27405#comment-21375 How can you forget and ignore that? She couldn't handle the governorship of a small, relatively well-off state like Alaska? How can you forget and ignore that? She couldn’t handle the governorship of a small, relatively well-off state like Alaska?

]]> By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/04/the-gops-worst-nightmare/#comment-21373 alcaray Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:34:24 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27405#comment-21373 Not much of a governor for not very long. Not much of a governor for not very long.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/04/the-gops-worst-nightmare/#comment-21370 ER Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:40:52 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27405#comment-21370 Bachmann's an ass. Palin has a nice ass. That sums up their total qualifications for higher office. You're an intelligent guy, Tom. Why do you tolerate such fools in your party? Bachmann’s an ass. Palin has a nice ass. That sums up their total qualifications for higher office. You’re an intelligent guy, Tom. Why do you tolerate such fools in your party?

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/04/the-gops-worst-nightmare/#comment-21368 TB Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:20:52 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27405#comment-21368 <p>Bonus question:</p> Which of these four women got where they were by marrying a rising political figure and hanging on to his coattails until he became President? Answer: the ones who are touted as feminist ideals. Bonus question:

Which of these four women got where they were by marrying a rising political figure and hanging on to his coattails until he became President?

Answer: the ones who are touted as feminist ideals.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/04/the-gops-worst-nightmare/#comment-21366 TB Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:17:27 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27405#comment-21366 <p>What, between a former governor and Michelle Obama?</p> It didn't take me too many elections to realize that the Democratic idea of being "qualified" for vice-president was amazingly flexible. Turns out the only real qualification in their eyes is "Democrat." Bachmann won her seat again in the last election, by the way. What, between a former governor and Michelle Obama?

It didn’t take me too many elections to realize that the Democratic idea of being “qualified” for vice-president was amazingly flexible.

Turns out the only real qualification in their eyes is “Democrat.”

Bachmann won her seat again in the last election, by the way.

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