tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post4112303441881264410..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: STOP ASSUMING JEB BUSH IS THE GOP FRONT-RUNNERSteve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-3375399504082807622015-02-02T12:58:34.269-05:002015-02-02T12:58:34.269-05:00It's a basement blogging Brit, auntie, just......It's a basement blogging Brit, auntie, just... snort derisively.<br /><br />Recall it was the the Brits that started the scalping, the taking of a pelt for bounty.<br /><br />Barbarians.Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594307610015584119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-17187791980836817072015-02-02T11:29:48.931-05:002015-02-02T11:29:48.931-05:00I keep telling you,
Yes. Pointlessly.<i>I keep telling you, </i><br /><br />Yes. Pointlessly.Glennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681336164718681936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-81888495823328530402015-02-02T11:27:48.769-05:002015-02-02T11:27:48.769-05:00'HillBilly' will fold as more and more of ... <i>'HillBilly' will fold as more and more of her history reaches daylight and 'Fauxcahontas' will run for the Dems - and lose!</i><br /><br />The namecalling certainly lends your argument as much intellectual authority as it deserves. Glennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681336164718681936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-72959982146684212632015-02-01T22:26:37.227-05:002015-02-01T22:26:37.227-05:00Walker doesn't have the money, the looks or th...Walker doesn't have the money, the looks or the charisma to be the nominee, let alone President. If Christie avoids indictment, it's his to lose. Otherwise it's Jeb. OdinofAzgardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18193792034272929997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-17071611296169009942015-02-01T17:53:08.257-05:002015-02-01T17:53:08.257-05:00I move that February be declared a national "...I move that February be declared a national "likely Republican presidential candidate story-free" month.Ken_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11709548046018362581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-88994106172370674822015-02-01T16:53:23.491-05:002015-02-01T16:53:23.491-05:00Jeb's gonna be the nominee. And he's gonna...Jeb's gonna be the nominee. And he's gonna lose.<br /><br />Walker will not be the nominee. He might very well be Jeb's VP candidate, though. Why? Because he's got all the right positions and the right nasty attitude to be the VP/enforcer, but he's got beady little eyes, a weird wet-looking mouth, and I don't know how tall he is, but he looks like a short guy. He looks like a loser, in other words. And in this country, guys who look like him don't get elected President. Period.Phil Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041604069121995890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-79654312792244102702015-02-01T13:29:15.617-05:002015-02-01T13:29:15.617-05:00AND, speaking of "accomplishment", it wo...AND, speaking of "accomplishment", it would behoove to recall that while George W Bush may well go down to history as The Worst President Ever, the Cheney Adminstration <i> accomplished</i> everything it set out to.Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594307610015584119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-73811065998530203922015-02-01T13:13:22.591-05:002015-02-01T13:13:22.591-05:00As early as 2010 the mainstream corporate media wa...As early as 2010 the mainstream corporate media was referring to Willard, much as it now refers to Jeb and Jeb in a dress, as the "presumptive candidate." The choice has been made, we have no say in it. At best we get to eat the bread, the rest is just a circus.Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594307610015584119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-89118086512318769512015-02-01T12:22:12.013-05:002015-02-01T12:22:12.013-05:00I'd like to point out that this continued refe...I'd like to point out that this continued reference to Walker "winning an Obama state" is a bit deceptive. IIRC the Governor's race is run concurrently with the midterms--not the presidential race--and so Walker was always able to squeak in with right wing/older/whiter voters when the Obama coalition, as we know, was asleep at the midterm switch.aimaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956073425680585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-88711437874493186832015-02-01T12:20:05.404-05:002015-02-01T12:20:05.404-05:00I agree with stevem and rickstersherpa--Walker is ...I agree with stevem and rickstersherpa--Walker is really very Nixonian and the key to the people who like him is this notion that government workers and other people should be punished--that the presiident's job is do to things *to* people not with or for them. If he has the koch money behind him I think he'll get the nomination, in the end, because the rest of the field is weak. Whether that means he can or will beat the democrat in the race, whoever that is, is not clear to me. aimaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956073425680585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-28260096305507151422015-02-01T12:05:45.636-05:002015-02-01T12:05:45.636-05:00Walker I think captures the "Orthogonian"...Walker I think captures the "Orthogonian" spirit of resentment, particularly white working class resentment, then any politician since Nixon. I think Steve M. and Peter Beinart capture his appeal these voters as their champion, "the one who will take back control from the Federal government and "big-government special interests" (elite white hippies, college professors, public employee and industrial unions, blacks, and browns) and give it back to "hard-working" (white) taxpayers. He also has access to a lot of money with the Koch network and certainly has shown his ability to go to edge of the law or beyond to award his plutocrat backers. The problem for Walker, as for Nixon, is disciplining and hiding his mean, sociopathic streak. His taunts about Hilary's age and sex are likely to turn off older women white voters who did not particularly like Obama since the 2008 campaign, but have a soft spot for Hilary. Also, if the economy keeps getting better, the economic pressures that feed it decline. Hopefully, we will luck out and not get Scott Walker as President. rickstersherpa@msn.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14489905720399087036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-66150190154676608462015-02-01T11:21:02.889-05:002015-02-01T11:21:02.889-05:00Hey, Duff, your name-calling is childish and conde...Hey, Duff, your name-calling is childish and condescending, but thanks for your worthless prediction. buried inside of your screed.Dark Avengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220642215040873632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-48248372855124676912015-02-01T10:21:20.514-05:002015-02-01T10:21:20.514-05:00I keep telling you, or if not you then one of the ...I keep telling you, or if not you then one of the other Leftie blogs, that Walker will be the GOP candidate, 'HillBilly' will fold as more and more of her history reaches daylight and 'Fauxcahontas' will run for the Dems - and lose!<br /><br />(My legal representatives have asked me to make clear that I am not responsible for any betting losses incurred by following my forecasts!)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-73027455975359561112015-02-01T10:15:08.382-05:002015-02-01T10:15:08.382-05:00There will probably be lots of front runners, just...<i>There will probably be lots of front runners, just like 2012, some will seem like the perfect candidate for the tbaggers, just like 2012. But Bush will be the nominee, just like Romney was in 2012, despite what the baggers want.</i><br /><br />The difference between this year and 2012 is that the alternatives to Romney in 2012 who won favor from the voters were all laughable: Trump, Bachmann, Cain, and then Gingrich and Santorum. If Perry had avoided beclowning himself, if Huntsman had found some favor with voters, if Mitch Daniels or Haley Barbour had run and done well, 2012 would not have been a relative cakewalk for Romney. My point isn't just that Walker is the front-runner in Iowa; it's that this time the Iowa front-runner isn't a wacko bird, at least as far as the establishmentarians are concerned. That means he'll be taken seriously if he wins Iowa, much more so than Santorum in 2012 or Huckabee in 2008.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-58981903892523679522015-02-01T10:13:40.074-05:002015-02-01T10:13:40.074-05:00Follow the money. The Koch money.Follow the money. The Koch money.Danphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06368147966029831819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-82662759112181073972015-02-01T09:19:16.434-05:002015-02-01T09:19:16.434-05:00Dear WI,
WFT!
No, I mean, seriously, WTF!!!
How c...Dear WI,<br />WFT!<br />No, I mean, seriously, WTF!!!<br /><br />How can you as a state, with your proud liberal heritage, poop out scoundrels like Joe McCarthy and Scott Wanker (sic) every few decades?<br /><br />I look at him, and I see what Hanna Arendt meant when she wrote her most famous line:<br />"The banality of evil."<br /><br />Let's hope he's too busy fighting off corruption charges, to run.<br /><br />Of course, if the Fed's charge him, that will further endear him to the base.<br />Wanker can then give his version of Nixon's "Checker's" speech and talk about how he and his wife wear good cloth coats which were bought at Kohls.<br />Oy...<br />Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-3740783564391359372015-02-01T09:14:30.154-05:002015-02-01T09:14:30.154-05:00Iowa doesn't chose the GOP nominee. It will w...Iowa doesn't chose the GOP nominee. It will winnow some but not pick the nominee. There will probably be lots of front runners, just like 2012, some will seem like the perfect candidate for the tbaggers, just like 2012. But Bush will be the nominee, just like Romney was in 2012, despite what the baggers want. Therefore, the truth is that Jeb is the true front runner -- regardless what the polls say now or in the interim.mlbxxxxxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05931351723996391533noreply@blogger.com