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LLStarks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:03 PM
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Republican Presidential Debate on right now
On FNC or their website.

I hope your body can take it.
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:04 PM
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1. Will they
provide crayons and a coloring book?
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sarcasmo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:07 PM
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2. Tax cuts for the rich, and make the poor pay more, debate over.
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emulatorloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:12 PM
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3. Obama is a socialist, we are trying to preserve medicare by killing it
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:13 PM
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4. No Reagan worshipping?
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LLStarks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:15 PM
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5. Libertarians outnumber neoconservatives tonight. Don't expect it. nt
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LLStarks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:16 PM
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6. Pawlenty is an ultra-hawk. nt
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:17 PM
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7. He is?
I don't buy it.
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handmade34 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:17 PM
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8. this is a nightmare
these guys are lunatics!!!! I can't believe what I am hearing...
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Terra Alta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:21 PM
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9. I refuse to watch Faux
besides, Rachel is far more intelligent and attractive than any of those loons anyway.
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brooklynite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:33 PM
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17. Think of it this way...
You'er using their product and not paying for it...
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:26 PM
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10. Let us know if anyone says anything intelligent.
That would be newsworthy.
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W_HAMILTON Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:29 PM
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11. They're pretty fucking stupid.
A few of them can't even figure out how to raise their damn hands when asked.

The few times I've heard Gary Johnson, he seemed reasonable...then one of the first questions he was asked, he responded by saying we needed to eliminate the federal minimum wage, severely restrict unemployment benefits, do away with corporate income taxes, etc. I guess he's another one of those that wants us to return to pre-Great Depression policies. Soooo, he's full of shit, too.
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:39 PM
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27. Well, they are playing to the activist base - the ones who'll vote in priimaries.
In other words, the core stupid. Problem is, the more they pander to gain their vote, the more likely they'll be killing their GE chances when sane people start paying attention to what they've been saying to get the republican vote.
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W_HAMILTON Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:59 PM
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45. True.
But I think they'd be almost as fucking stupid regardless :)
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:20 PM
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62. I think that's why the front runners are avoiding these "debates"
why compete with crazies this early in the cycle? Better to enter late and hope you can avoid going on the record before the convention. It's going to be the strangest republican primary, ever, IMHO.
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:30 PM
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12. Commercials for CSX, Geico, Cymbalta, creditreport.com
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AlabamaLibrul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:32 PM
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16. There's some deeply poetic symbolism in there
between the depression meds and moral bankruptcy of the Republican party.
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nc4bo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:31 PM
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13. Who's the black guy?
Heard him going on with his version of Drill Baby Drill and was through with it.

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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:31 PM
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14. Wallace just asked Santorum a legitimate question
Edited on Thu May-05-11 08:32 PM by Renew Deal
attached to a BS political question.

"Would you be willing to put the country into default to end Obamacare" and ...some other stuff unrelated.

He didn't answer it.
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:32 PM
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15. Santorum wants to kill Medicare to keep us free.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:33 PM
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18. Ron Paul is all for defaulting
Oh boy. lol
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:34 PM
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19. Ron Paul say so what if we default, we've defaulted 3 times already.
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W_HAMILTON Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:34 PM
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20. "Your experts are wrong...
...trust me, I was once the CEO of Godfather's pizza."
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:35 PM
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21. Herman Cain (Godfather's Pizza) says every poor family should get a prebate.
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:36 PM
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22. Pawlenty barges in and says he's not getting any questions.
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W_HAMILTON Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:36 PM
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23. I thought it was Gary Johnson? n/t
n/t
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:39 PM
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26. I was typing. (How do you tell em apart?)
:)
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:37 PM
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24. Pawlenty says something about "preposterous assumptions."
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:38 PM
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25. Gov Johnson (NM) reminds me of David Steinberg.
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:41 PM
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28. Santorum says immigrants need to learn English because his father wouldn't teach him Italian.
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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:42 PM
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29. So far it's all RW idealogy and no how-to whatsoever.
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:43 PM
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30. Gov Johnson still looks, sounds & moves just like David Steinberg.
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:44 PM
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31. Cain says something, gets zero applause.
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:45 PM
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32. Pawlenty says Reagan almost got Qkaddaffi.
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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:46 PM
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33. Are we playing the Reagan drinking game?
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:47 PM
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34. Stick a fork in Pawlenty
As a Minnesotan let me say that it delights me to no end that he seems ineffective, even in this crowd of nutjobs and GOP bottom feeders.

His last turn at bat he lied about his MN record and convinced no one. No applause. Tepid response now to a rambling, unfocused and low impact statement about Gaddafi.
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:48 PM
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35. Santorum beats meekly and loudly around the bush about engaging Pakistan.
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FarLeftFist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:49 PM
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36. This is not at all interesting...
Obama taking down OBL really seems to have put a damper on their enthusiasm. Or are these people just the most uninteresting people on Earth?
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:49 PM
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37. Ron Paul says Israel too dependent on USA. Stop all foreign aid.
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:50 PM
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38. Johnson says he is a "free market guy."
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nc4bo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:50 PM
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39. Thanks everyone for keeping up - my stomach got pains
and lightheadedness was kicking in.

So to those who are brave enough to watch and report what you see, I salute you :patriot:
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W_HAMILTON Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:51 PM
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40. Fuck Gary Johnson.
I was eager to hear his answer to the question about whether he favors tariffs. I figured maybe he would support them, since that was mainly what funded our government prior to the institution of the (corporate) income taxes he wants to do away.

But, nope, he said no tariffs either. How the hell does he expect the government to fund itself?
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FarLeftFist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:52 PM
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41. This is really really uninteresting....
I can't imagine any of these people coming close to debating Obama.
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:53 PM
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42. Commercials for BMW, Aleve, Insperity, Kindle, Anti-Obama ad against oil taxes
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:56 PM
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43. Ron Paul forgets how long he's married, beats around bush on marriage.
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W_HAMILTON Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:57 PM
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44. A surprising cheer for Johnson's support of a woman's right to choose. n/t
n/t
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:00 PM
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46. Santorum says he is for strong families, life, liberty, God, America.
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W_HAMILTON Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:02 PM
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47. If you knew the anger that boils in my soul...
...when I hear -- or hell, even SEE -- Rick Santorum....

Using the Declaration of Independence to DEFEND the right to discriminate against gay people by preventing them from getting married?

I want to hit something.
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:03 PM
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48.  zzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzz
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FarLeftFist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:05 PM
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49. NEWSFLASH: This is really really INCREDIBLY uninteresting....
And predictable, and boring, and filled with lies and fairytales. I COULD easily outdebate these guys.
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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:11 PM
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50. Boy, Santorum and Pawlenty are walking their previous statements back so hard
they look like they're moonwalking.
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:12 PM
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51. Ron Paul defends heroin, prostitution and other controversial personal habits as matter of liberty.
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musette_sf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:22 PM
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63. Further confirming that R Paul is a dirty old man.
But look at the bright side: once that 12 year old whose father impregnated her is forced to bear the spawn, she'll have a bright and lucrative future in prostitution.
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musette_sf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 10:35 PM
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78. You're willing to make a depraved non sequitur
to rationalize your (now completely overt) support of R Paul?

The idea of forcing US female minor citizens who are themselves crime victims into involuntary servitude, and supporting their further sexual exploitation, is related to the idea of egregious brutality by law enforcement HOW??

The very fact that you've just asserted that you'd support a person who desires the disenfranchisement of US females from their human, civil, and Constitutional rights, and who thinks that the women thusly forced into second class citizenship should have the "freedom" to allow themselves to be exploited for a short, nasty and brutal "career" that is, for the vast majority, the absolute last resort of poverty-stricken women, speaks volumes.



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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:13 PM
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52. Chris wallace: "I never thought heroin would get applause here in South Carolina."
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:14 PM
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53. Johnson for legalizing pot.
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Autumn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:14 PM
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54. Meeting of the mindless. Wouldn't watch if they paid
me to watch it. Flies fucking would be more interesting.
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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:16 PM
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58. Oh I don't know, it's kind of entertaining.
They could use stylists, though. And better choreography. And Steven Tyler and JLo.
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:15 PM
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55. Cain: US will elect person who "projects the greatest amount of leadership strength."
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MellowDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:16 PM
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56. Some pretty progressive candidates...
at least when it comes to drug legalization. Hell, two want to legalize marijuana.
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:16 PM
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57. Ron Paul: People vote from their bellies.
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:17 PM
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59. Pawlenty: Polls are wrong.
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:18 PM
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60. Santorum: brags about beating Dems, leaves out last election.
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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:19 PM
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61. Hey, Santorum...Osama.bin.Laden. BOO-YA!!!
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:23 PM
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64. Commercials for Trojans, Jim Beam, Las Vegas, Victoria's Secret
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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:24 PM
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66. Yep, they know their audience all right.
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:31 PM
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75. I made that up out of boredom.
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:23 PM
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65. Pawlenty: "I love the Huck."
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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:25 PM
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68. He wouldn;t like him when he's angry.
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:24 PM
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67. Ron Paul on Bachmann: "I don't feel threatened."
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:26 PM
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69. Santorum on Gingrich: "All of us make mistakes."
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:28 PM
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70. Paul: "Economy is a philosophical problem. Bring troops home."
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:28 PM
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71. Cain: "More leadership, less position-shift(?)."
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:29 PM
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72. Pawlenty: "Restore common sense."
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:30 PM
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73. Johnson: "I am not David Steinberg."
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W_HAMILTON Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:31 PM
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74. THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT A BUSINESS.
Man, Gay Johnson has been super disappointing to me. The government is not a business, it does not exist for the same reasons as a business, and it should not be run like a business.

How do you value someone's life in a cost-benefit analysis?
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 09:34 PM
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76. Faux Focus Group: Cain wins, Repub voters jabbering with enthusiasm.
Godfather's Pizza!
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