18 Dec 07 Why Ron Paul will not win the Republican nomination

Two words: Howard Dean.

Everyone is going nuts over Ron Paul raising $6 million over the Internet. Based on this they are now pegging him as a viable candidate. Sorry, but no. They thought the same thing about Howard Dean and his campaign went belly-up faster than a county fair goldfish.

Dean and his campaign manager, Joe Trippi, revolutionized Internet campaigning. They were the first to use blogs and Internet donations to raise money, which they did in abundance. However Dean’s campaign proved one indisputable fact about online campaigning: Internet support does not translate into votes.

People think that Dean’s campaign went downhill after his “scream heard around the world.” This is wrong, his campaign was doomed long before that. He was relying too much on his online support. Here’s the thing, people that sit around on the Internet all day for the most part, aren’t exactly the quickest to get up and go cast a vote. The assumption is that if you gave money online, you did your part. Let the rest of the supporters handle the voting part. This is why raising a lot of money doesn’t equate to real support and this is why Ron Paul raising $6 million does not mean he has a good chance of winning the Republican nomination. It just means his main support base is online and will most likely not get off of their butts when it is time to cast a primary vote.

So let’s stop pretending Paul has a chance, despite what the ‘Ron Paul Revolution’ will have you believe.

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19 Sep 07 Fred Thompson Should Stick to TV.

Presidential hopeful Fred Thompson recently did a whirlwind tour through Florida, mostly visiting the elderly in places like The Villages. While here he stopped for a chat with Gov. Crist and dropped this gem:

On oil drilling, Thompson said he was surprised to learn that reserves may exist in the Everglades. “But maybe that’s one of the things I need to learn while I’m down here,” said Thompson, seated next to Crist in the Governor’s Office.

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Thompson, who said he visited nine Florida cities during last week’s barnstorming tour, also sought to clarify what many environmentalists see as an overly eager approach to oil drilling.

“Everybody needs a seat at the table,” he said. “There are competing interests in this country. But nobody wants to see $100 [a barrel] oil, either. We have to do what’s reasonable and makes sense. I’m not . . . going to take this, that or the other off the table.”

Thompson also said, “Florida is a very important state to me.”

This man should not be president.

Apparently he thinks the best way to combat rising oil prices is…TO DRILL FOR MORE OIL! Hey Aqua-Velva Man, I have an idea, how about we stop relying on oil so much. Just a thought you know, considering we’re not only sucking the life out of the planet but putting ourselves in compromising positions with terrorist countries. I know things like bio-diesel, solar, wind and other alternative energy sources might sound scary to your Ronald Reagan/John Wayne-sense of politicking, but considering our current situation it may not be a bad idea. That’s the idea you shouldn’t take off of the table, not drilling in for oil in the already threatened Everglades.

Crist’s repsonse: “I really prefer that we not do that,” Crist quickly added.

He may not be perfect, but at least Crist is looking out for his state.

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18 Sep 07 Chickenhawks: The Next Generation

Max Blumenthal has huge balls!

Watch this video and laugh at the sheer hypocrisy of the next generation of Cheneys, Delays and Bushes. Honestly, the fact that these kids believe their own bullshit is amazing. Their brains are so clean they sparkle.

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15 Sep 07 Hitchens on Craig.

So Many Men’s Rooms, So Little Time

Thus, without overthinking it or attempting too much by way of amateur psychiatry, I think it’s safe to assume that many tearoom traders have a need, which they only imperfectly understand, to get caught. And this may be truest of all of those who are armored with “the breastplate of righteousness.” Next time you hear some particularly moralizing speech, set your watch. You won’t have to wait long before the man who made it is found, crouched awkwardly yet ecstatically while the cistern drips and the roar of the flush maddens him like wine.

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I may disagree with Hitchens on a great many things, but more often than not the guy is not only bullseye accurate but witty as hell. Check it.

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27 Jul 07 GOP YouTube Might Not Happen.

• New York Times - Petition Urges Republicans to Take Part in YouTube Debate
• Washington Post
• New York Daily News - Snowman’s chance for a GOP debate

Seems the Grand Ole Party (though I’m starting to think that ‘P’ stands for something else, zing!) is a little afraid of what the general public wants to ask them. Now I will say they did pick some softball questions from some clearly Democratic supporters for the other debate, and it would be unfair to not let the GOP’s supporters ask their own softball questions, but this is just lame. Have some balls Republicans. If you stand by what you and your party do so strongly then man-up and deal with the real questions Americans with webcams want to know.

Honestly, you aren’t helping your case in any way fellas. Of course naturally the right-wing pundits will compare this to the Democrats not participating in the FOX debates, which is totally unfair. That was a total ambush and everyone knows it. Even GOP supporters are telling their candidates to participate to give them a chance to speak directly to them.

What gives?

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