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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
"It doesn't matter because they just make stuff up anyway," Gingrich said.
Well, that's the Republican thought process on elections in a nutshell-truth doesn't matter because whether you're lying your teeth or not, whether you're being the most unelectable asshole or not, your opponent is going to treat you as though you are, and therefore you're unelectable. Though really, that's something that's more true from the Republican side of the aisle than the Dems (not that the dems don't have a few examples of outright B Sery)
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Eh, I'd like to see him stay in a bit longer so he keeps hurting/distracting Romney. His misogynistic/jingoistic/homophobic/racist/etc drivel is (sadly) going to be spread anyway, by himself or someone else, regardless of when he drops out. Even if Romney doesn't hit 1144 Santorum still won't win the convention.
Another think tank bites the dust.
Newt's Health Care think tank has filed for bankruptcy.
I almost feel bad for Gingrich...
Here's what I think will probably happen regarding the SCOTUS Healthcare case. The individual mandate will be struck down by the usual 5-4 vote. However, the court will rule the mandate is severable and uphold the rest of the law.
As harmful as killing the mandate would be, it doesn't change the fact that many parts of the law are clearly able to stay in place without it (insurance agencies cannot deny coverage for pre-existing conditions, people can stay on parents' health care until 26, etc).
the requiring coverage for the people with preconditions is actually predicated upon the mandate, as the mandate was meant to lower premiums and keep people on insurance. Otherwise, people are going to only get insurance when they get sick.
Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen FryWell, that does offer one way out of this mess. The arch-con judges go for striking the whole thing down, Kennedy wants to sever the mandate, and the liberal judges want to keep it. That impasse might end in the law's favor.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"So, in other election news, Kathy Nikolaus, the woman responsible for the Waukesha county election stuff, and more specifically responsible for a great many fuckups over the decades (posting results very late, always miraculously in favor of the conservative candidate when one is involved), and even more specifically responsible for the Prosser election which swung the election by 7,000 votes, has stepped aside
for the upcoming recall elections in order to restore voter confidence.
She's known for having the election results on her personal computer, not on the network for the rest of the state.
She came into the news more recently when she failed to post the waukesha county republican primary results until the day after the primary.
Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen FryDon't let the door hit you on the way out Kathy. Actually, do.
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.Sadly, she's still around. She hasn't resigned, just stepped aside.
Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen FryI don't know, but right now the deputy chief, the person below Nikolaus, is in charge.
Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen Fry

By which you mean "won by a landslide"? There was somewhat of a drop-off in his third-term election but that was going from winning damn near every state to winning most states, and this was despite breaking tradition by getting elected to a third term. I mean this is a president who regularly gets third place after Washington and Lincoln on lists of greatest U.S. Presidents. An amendment exists because of his popularity with voters.
I don't think comparing Obama to FDR is something the Republicans want to do.
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