CPAC – The Invasion of the “Loons?”
Well, the CPAC straw poll results are in, and guess who’s going on the hay ride?
I’ll give you a hint. Remember how Sarah Palin just said, in Arkansas that the Tea Party crowd “have to pick a party?”
Well, take a typical Tea Partier, remove the racism, and the ignorance, and the psychopathology, and the bad spelling. Leave in the fiscal conservatism, the constitution, and right to life, and what do you have?
The winner of this year’s CPAC straw poll!
Presenting their analysis on the results is the conservative blog “Race for 2012″
(drum roll please….. and no it’s not Palin. Remember, I said REMOVE the ignorance.)
Here’s [sic] the numbers: Ron Paul wins almost a third of the vote, crushing the establishment candidates. There were 2,395 people who cast ballots — over six hundred more than last year. (snip)
Ron Paul – 31%
Mitt Romney – 22%
Sarah Palin – 7%
Tim Pawlenty – 6%
Mike Pence – 5%
Newt Gingrich -4%
Mike Huckabee – 4%
Mitch Daniels – 2%
Rick Santorum – 2%
John Thune – 2%
Haley Barbour – 1%
Other – 5%
Undecided – 6%Ron Paul has ended Mitt Romney’s three-year run as conservatives’ favorite for president, taking 31 percent of the vote in the Conservative Political Action Conference’s annual straw poll.
Results of this year’s poll were announced just as the crowd prepared for the conference’s keynote speaker, Fox News host Glenn Beck.
Yes, Republican Congressman Ron Paul has just knocked Captain Hair-do off the block. And it wasn’t a squeaker – he got pounded. And Sarah Palin, whose showing last year was 11% has seen her support drop by a little more than 36%. It appears as though the Tea Partiers have indeed made their “choice” of party, but with the choice did NOT come their desire for Palin to hold office. Verrrry interesting.
But back to the analysis:
53% think we need a better field; 46% are fine with it. A majority here — people like me! — want more choices.
This means nothing, obviously. Ron Paul’s cult will follow him to the ends of the Earth.
But yes, we have been invaded by loons.
The big loser is Sarah Palin. The poll was almost 2/3 male, and Palin is more popular among men. Imagine if the poll was 50/50 — yeesh. Her absence this weekend was glaring.
So, let me get this straight. The people that paid good green money to come and bask in the glow of Glenn Beck – they’ve got it together. But the Ron Paul supporters? They’re loons. Got it.
And it would appear as though the “big loser” is in part responsible for the “invasion of the loons.” Yeesh, indeed.
Of course, Palin herself was nowhere to be seen at CPAC. She’s never been there to my knowledge. She’s been half-committing and completely committing for years now, but always finds a way to back out – usually at the last minute. Last year her giggly fan-base at Team Sarah were all a-flutter, cashing in their frequent flier miles, looking for deals on hotel rooms, and setting up carpools from hundreds of miles away, just to see Palin as the keynote speaker. Palin denied ever committing, leaving fans, and organizers slack-jawed and scrambling to find her replacement.
Undoubtedly eyebrows are raising across the GOP establishment, or as Palin would call them “the machine.” Apparently “the machine” has been recalibrated, and the …. Paul-bots (?) are celebrating. They will sleep tonight with visions of sugarplums and the demise of the Federal Reserve dancing in their overactive little heads.
bEST COMMENT from Immoral Minority’s post on this:
Anonymous said…
So the following losers are not just losers, they are super losers – two time losers… They lost to the Wasilla Hill Bily who only had 7% of a brain… one is so confused, his name is Undecided
Sarah Palin – 7%
Tim Pawlenty – 6%
Mike Pence – 5%
Newt Gingrich -4%
Mike Huckabee – 4%
Mitch Daniels – 2%
Rick Santorum – 2%
John Thune – 2%
Haley Barbour – 1%
Other – 5%
Undecided – 6%
2:26 PM
Going…going…gone !
I just hope that Jeb Bush isn’t going to be the savior of this mess. Although I am glad to see that Mitt Romney had wasted so much of his own money on his bid the last time. It still doesn’t atone for what he did to the family dog, however.
Oh how confusing it must be for the CPAC crowd. It’s the tea-baggers vs the Paultards and the repubs need some love from one of those groups. They have to decide who to get in bed with. Ewwww!!
BTW, whatever happened to the fundies??? They were the repubs’ main squeeze for the longest time.
As always, conservatives impress with their total lack of diversity. I think it’s pretty clear what they mean by taking ‘our’ country back. Even poor Bobby Jindal got aced off the list. One ignorant–and therefore non-threatening–woman and a whole gaggle of middle aged, rich white men. Will they never learn?
Hey….the Goodhair name is already taken by our Texas Governor Goodhair, Rick Perry! (Courtesy of Molly Iving, IIRC.)
Ha! OK, I took off the “good” part. Don’t want to incur the wrath of Molly!
AKM
Somehow Sarah is going to take credit for Ron Paul’s new standing.
Yeah…. just like Mickey7 said…
What happened to Bobby ( Mr. Rogers ) Jindal..?
He was the ONE who was chosen just a year ago to go out there front-and-center to show America what a bad President we had and put him in place.
‘Hopey Changey Jindal ‘…. ” Whaaattt Happened..?”
Also too, …Wanda Sykes was on Bill Maher last night and I would expect her Show tonight to do a little Follow-up with the Family Guy episode.
And on last night show Wanda announced that Bill would be appearing on Her Show in the near future as well. Probably within 2 or 3 weeks.
In case anyone missed it, the Crabby Old Fart columnist at the WashPo (Richard Cohen) had a good op-ed on Palin a couple of days ago. Sorry if this has already been posted, I just read it today:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/15/AR2010021502856.html?waporef=obinsite
nswfm Says:
” I just hope that Jeb Bush isn’t going to be the savior of this mess.”
*shudder* I felt a great disturbance in the force. Perish the thought.
Ron Paul and Romney are the most popular choices for CPAC?
That’s pathetic. As are their featured spokes-haters, and the rest of the stragglers (waving to $P and Newt) also, too. What a crazy-making world they live in.
(ptui ptui ptui …)
I’m so thankful that Our President is Our President.
*raising a glass of dry white slightly fruity Italian wine*
L’chaim and Shalom.
To Life and Peace.
“All truth passes through three stages.
First, it is ridiculed.
Second, it is violently opposed.
Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.”
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
Sorry to predict this, but I DO think Jeb Bush will ride in on his white horse to “save” the Party. I also predict he will put Liz Cheney on the ticket to obtain the young/female vote.
That’s right, Bush/Cheney all over again.
Gives me nightmares.
That 7 % for SP has got to smart a little LOL
I think Evan Bayh or Pawlenty will be the ticket for GOP in 2012. By that time Palin will be facing corruption charges for misappropriation of the Alaska Fund Trust, and will be selling off some of that property. She is DOOMED !!!!!!!
I predict a Fox Network split within 1 month. (You heard it here first)
http://www.teutonic13.wordpress.com
That 7 % for SP has got to smart a little LOL
I think Evan Bayh or Pawlenty will be the ticket for GOP in 2012. By that time Palin will be facing corruption charges for misappropriation of the Alaska Fund Trust, and will be selling off some of that property. She is DOOMED !!!!!!!
I predict a Fox Network split within 1 month. (You heard it here first)
Ron Paul? The Republicans treated him like their crazy uncle during the ’08 campaign – excluding him from debates and not letting him speak at conventions (even Michigan’s after he won that state’s primary), ridiculing him for his non-interventionist stance on foreign policy and his opposition to American Empire building, and lambasted him for his views on Israel – he believes we are doing Israel no favor by supporting them, and that we are not acting in our own interest either. After all that, they wanted us all to believe they WERE Ron Paul as soon as Obama was elected, and that somehow the same morons who cut taxes and increased spending were now magically the patron saints of fiscal responsibility – precisely the thing Paul attacked them for NOT being during the campaign. He was a better fit with the Libertarian party I think, but it will be interesting to see how the Republicans deal with him now that they’ve tried to claim so much of his platform as their own. Also note, the Teabags are working to unseat him in the Texas primaries.
More popcorn, please.
Interesting viewpoint on the Bush/Cheney ticket- but I think the names will defeat the ticket- Americans hate the name Bush- and revile the name Cheney-
Lori 12- You scare the —–out of me with that prediction!
Oh my yes, I support Ron Paul. Did you know his wife, Ru, is black?
Why, yes indeed!
Not sure who is crazier- Ron Paul or Ross 4 Boss Perot…
Yikes, Lori in Los Angeles! I dare not imagine such a scary thing!!
(ptui ptui ptui again against the evil eye those names conjure up*
I’ll put my Hope in teutonic13′s idea about their names defeating them. Yeah. That’s a real possibility, also, too, because so many eyes still watch and so many ears still listen and so many memories are preserved on the inter-tubes and … whew. Much better.
*passing the popcorn to Desert Mudpup*
@ Lori in Los Angeles #12: I’m speechless. Your prediction touched a raw nerve.
@ JCos #17: It took me a moment but thanks for the belly laugh!
Thanks for the comic relief! I can almost hear the “Call of the LOONS ~ in the Wild.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiXjCifQn0w
That third LOON sounded strangely like the voice of Sayrah!
Random thought, as my Littlebird would say…
I ponder the phrase “straw poll” and burst into a rousing chorus from Oz (feel free to sing along), “…if they only had a brain…”
Oy vey!
So that crowd chanted “Run, Dick, Run” when the former VP arrived, but he didn’t get one vote? Didn’t anyone think to put him on the list? Has he finally become so unimportant that he is lumped in with “others?” Or, maybe the lesson is that whatever the crowd chants today will be forgotten tomorrow.
I think that the 2012 nominee is not even on the radar,or its Romney. Pawlenty does not impress or inspire anyone,Paylin,Thune,etc are also rans,Huckabee has too much baggage.
If I were still a Republican,I would be interested in Huntsman,but now that he is an ambassader that won’t happen soon.
The crazies at the rahrahsarah site want Palin/Bachman. Oh how I hope they get together and run!!! Late night comedy shows would be so good!!
DH always mutes $P…$he’s such a screecher! He just won’t tolerate her.
Cynamen Winter, nice link. With my eyes closed, I heard songs of the humpback whales, which were always effective for clearing a room in college, as was the soundtrack from the Wizard of Oz, also, too, you betcha, and bringing us back to straw and brains…
Earlybirds needed room-clearing skills in my college days…TurnTable days, don’t you know?!
Yeah, buddy… we got us some happy Birchers now…. wipe them noses, pull up them overalls, pour some more pig feed in that wheelbarrow and get ready fur that bbq …got us a hoe down to go to… celebrating in Lake Jackson texas tonight…
Anyone ever been to Lake Jackson texas?? I have..don’t waste your time, money or a life experience….
The funny thing about these particular loons, anybody notice that Bobby “The Savior of the Resluglican Party” Jindal, Governor of the great sunken state of Louisiana is nowhere to be found here?? He’s not even on the ballot but Ricky “Man-on-Dog” Santorum is?? Hummmmm……
@ Lori in Los Angeles #12:
YIKES!!
I wouldn’t put it past them to dump another Bush/Cheney on us. Many see those as the “good ole” days. Is it poor nutrition? How come so many live in la-la land? Even with well documented history we are doomed to repeat it. These people need much prayer, me thinks. We got our work cut out for us.
and SWWWN is supposed to be coming the Kentucky to campaign for Ron Paul’s son, Rand, who is running for US Senate here….
eeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwww
After CPAC, I think it seems clear that Sarah is on the sidelines. And after the last week, I think she is significantly diminished…
Our problems are far bigger than Sarah, frankly. For the time being, the Republicans have the wind at their back. CPAC helped that. There is energy on their side. We have a lot of work to do to regain the initiative.
And the work is real. The states are in very serious financial straits. WIth all the jobs we created, we still have a net job loss of what – 8 million? – from the current recession. Health care is hanging by a thread – though the public option is showing some signs of life.
We have to get back to a position of controlling the narrative. The Republicans have managed to frustrate our agenda with no real power on their side. Are we really going to let them force us to fail so they can take back control? Really??
Possible reasons for $P not doing better in the straw poll:
1. “ACORN thugs” stuffed the ballot box
2. Carly Fiorina’s Demon Sheep ate some of $P’s straw votes
So the combination of “other” and “undecided” beat Sarah Palin by a beak (loon). And probably the members of “other” haven’t up and quit their jobs during the last year, giving them another leg (web-footed) up.
“Other” and “undecided” look to be a very good team. Hope they dive in to the fray with a will and leave Sarah Palin in the dust (or small pond).
Sarah probably didn’t attend because she wanted to deliver her speech seated in a chair on the stage doing her Sharon Stone imitation.
Bush/Cheney 2012? Dear God. I already know I won’t sleep tonight.
While I’m lying awake in a cold sweat I’ll distract myself with
Paul/Kucinich 2012.
And then I’ll try to imagine whose heads would actually explode.
Rob@29 – you’re right on by saying the Republicans have captured the narrative, as they usually do.
It’s amazing how much Obama has accomplished this year. We’ve got to get it out there. And the DCCC and DNC and DSCC have to say, say, say again, in ads the point about the Republicans as the Party of No. It can’t be stressed enough.
As much as I hate to agree with Lori in L.A., I, too, believe that Jeb will appear to save the day. This is based partly on what my sister, who used to live in FL would say about him.
There is no way America would want a Bush Trifecta, hopefully.
This is a wee bit off topic, but in the event that Sarah tries to jump on through that door in spite of her abysmal (no)showing at CPAC:
Did anyone see this on Frank Schaeffer’s site last week? http://frank-schaeffer.blogspot.com/2010/02/sarah-palins-bible-v-sarah-palins.html
Bush and Cheney ? I smell a rat—–Her old man has been dreaming this one up. If I remember, he also pushed to get Geo in office, and then got himself in the VP slot and ran things for 8 years. Can’t run again, so will push his daughter in so he can run things on the sideline.
OMG——We must start ordering the seeds to plant our Victory Garden NOW!
Over at Huffington Post, Shannyn Moore proves Palin family gets federally funded Native Health Care…. while she tried to scare everyone about death panels.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shannyn-moore/granny-palin-overcomes-he_b_470297.html
lacy…you just ruined my sleep for the night. And I’m feeling queasy.
There was an article in “Texas Monthly” recently speculating that Rick Governor Forever Perry may run in 2012 (Sarah’s buddy who rents a home at approxmately $10,000. per month because the gov mansion burned). Palin/Perry-just your typical Joe and Jane Six-Pack.
Lori in Los Angeles–
You actually made me fall over laughing after my blood pressure shot through the roof in fright. But I believe fear of another Bush planet this soon will hold Jeb back for a while.
And I can’t believe any woman who has experienced the Palin syndrome would vote for a ticket with Liz “the fascist warmonger” Cheney just because she has a va jj. At least–I don’t think so. . . . . . .
Odd that queen Sarah doesn’t attend. They had posters of her, and that skinny guy with the big Adam’s apple. (Ann Coulter)
I think this is a positive development. Ron Paul is far from a social or religious extremist. His philosophy is more live and let live. RP is way too old for another run, but I think his popularity represents a positive shift in what conservatism means to people.
Of course 54% of the CPAC voters were between 18 and 25, so that probably explains the blowout. Young conservatives are not in any hurry to get behind a Romney or a Jindal (or a Palin). They are looking for somebody with new ideas, and whatever else you think of RP … the guy is unique.
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@Mickey7 #5
Problem there is Michael Steele isn’t working out so well.
Rachel Maddow showed a couple of CPAC video clips yesterday:
1) Pawlenty talking about “borrowing a page” (aka exploiting a painful personal situation) from Tiger Woods’s wife’s playbook by “taking a nine-iron to big government” accompanied by a swinging motion and a sloppy grin…..
2) Some callous jerk who introduced the anti-tax guy, Grover Norquist, by saying that when he first heard the news about the Austin suicide plane crash he thought Norquist was the guy who flew the plane into the IRS building…..SAID AS A JOKE! Like Rachel said, the building was still smoking and the dead IRS worker hadn’t even been buried yet…..and they were laughing at this joke at CPAC.
Loons? No. These people are vultures who are perched in the branches waiting for our country to die so they can pick the bones.
#JCos
http://tinyurl.com/yhz7ra5
Phoebe @ # 34 said:
It’s amazing how much Obama has accomplished this year. We’ve got to get it out there. And the DCCC and DNC and DSCC have to say, say, say again, in ads the point about the Republicans as the Party of No. It can’t be stressed enough.
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You took the words out of my mouth. President Obama HAS accomplished a lot in just a short 14 months in office, and every single thing he has accomplished has been done totally on his own, absolutely NO HELP AT ALL from the Republicans !
Imagine what President Obama could accomplish if Republicans would cooperate with him, even just a little ?
He could turn the country around entirely !
But the “Party of NO” keeps saying NO, and hoping that the country fails.
You’re right Phoebe, that fact cannot be stressed enough in future campaign ads.
Actually her 2009 straw poll number was 13%. as seen here http://www.cpac.org/strawpoll/2-09_CPAC_Straw_Poll.ppt and http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/28/romney-wins-cpac-poll-pal_n_170787.html
And Sarah Palin, whose showing last year was 13% has seen her support drop by a little more than 46%.
BigSlick Says:
February 21st, 2010 at 12:18 AM
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*****yes yes
The fact is that they don’t have any good choices.
Teutonic @ 13: How will Bayh run as the Gop candidate? He is retiring as a DEM. Do you predict he will change parties?
I’m probably in the minority here, but Romney doesn’t scare me. He’s presidential, and has a lot of business experience, which the country could use. Compared to the others I think he’s way ahead. For the life of me, I can’t see what the big deal was last election about his being Mormon. Makes me think of when Kennedy was elected, the rumor was that the Pope was going to take over the country! Another Bush/Cheney – now that’s scary!
Please don’t use loons on this thread to denote the idiocy of either CPAC or the Teabaggers. Loons are one of the great Canadian icons. I love loons.
I take my canoe out every evening to watch and listen to loons. Loons are faithful, incredible parents, and hard-working. Loons carry their young like precious treasures, and protect them from all threats. Loons mate for life. Loons are faithful. Loons are wonderful. When I go out fishing early in the morning, I follow the loons, who are following the bait-fish, which is where the bit lake trout and pike are. Sit in the edge of a lake and learn to identify the different cries of the loon. Please, Mudflats, respect the loon. (And the loonie; our dollar (the loonie) is gaining strength against your greenback even as I speak). Find another image, please, to show the insanity of your political parties!
12 – Lori in Los Angeles says…(Jeb Bush and Liz Cheney)
Lori, I agree with you that we WILL be seeing more of those two. They show up just enough to keep their names and faces familiar. Results of the CPAC poll will be bandied about on the talk shows for the next week or so, then we’ll see these two poping up all over the place. I don’t think Jeb will be put up for President, either by himself or others. I don’t think he has a broad base of support – look how most of the Repubs are pretending W. never existed. Liz, on the other hand, is this year’s replacement for Palin. Whether Dick Cheney is really respected and popular with the base, or if the Repubs are simply afraid of the power he wields and they don’t dare offend him – who knows? Sarah was last year’s *darling*, and might still be this year’s, had she learned when to keep her mouth shut instead of picking fights with those way out of her league.
Ron Paul does have a fairly large (and growing) group of followers. Some of his ideas have some merit, if not totally as he proposes, at least with some modification. It seems his ‘bots are not as loud and ill-informed as the teabagger, and I see his movement growing quietly, the MSM not paying much attention except to scoff at him as they did last year, then he’ll suddenly be front and center of the news. He made it so much further during the ’08 campaign than anyone could have imagined.
It is surprising that McCain was not on the list at all. I figured that his name would have been put up simply as a courtesy for all his years as a Senator, war hero, etc., etc. I think it is an indication that he is washed up with that crowd.
Tigerwine @50 – I think fear of *Mitt is a Mormon* issue during the last campaign was probably stronger that if would have been in other years, because if followed so soon after the Feds raided the compound in Texas and took all those children from their parents. Granted, it was a splinter group of the Mormons, but the connection was still there and I think it scared many off. Beck is a Mormon and that group strongly believes they will have one of their own in the POTUS chair, so I think we’ll see Beck start promoting Romney, now that he knows Palin’s star is fading. When someone like Beck actually recognizes her empty-headed-ness (is that a valid phrase?), you know that more of the average folks will begin to see it. With the followers that Beck, O’Reilly, and Limbaugh have, they could bring Sarah down faster than any of the other personal issues dogging her. Hmmmmmm – should we start writing those guys and encouraging them to drop Sarah?
President Obama gave me a wonderful woman on the Supreme Court and is ending the discrimination against gays in the military. There is much more, but these two things are VERY important to me.
Great Granny @53 Beck and Limbaugh you are spot on with – there is no hope for them, but, as you bring out, they do have large followings You know, in these crazy days O’Reilly is sounding more and more sane. And I do believe he has no respect for SP.
Never thought about the connection with the Texas raid and the fact that Romney is a Mormon. Hmmm. Makes me hope that I’m not equated with SP’s brand of Christianity.
Ron Paul supporters are not all warm and fuzzy,some of them are just as crazy as palins followers.Loading up their homes with guns for when the tanks start rolling down our streets!!! LOL I really had to laugh at that one.We all might need protection of our own from some of these( LOONS)
Romney is just to slick for me and Huckabee is a loser for sure.The republicans will have to do better than Bush and Cheney,she is indeed a war monger and IMO people are sick of war and want an end to it.
JCos @#17:
Not Fair!!! You gave no warning! Snortsnortsnort, I almost choked on my own laughter! “Ru Paul is Ron Paul’s wife…” awesome mischief!
I think that RuPaul would give a delighted snort as well!
AKM: I agree, the bird loon could not, in any way, be related to CPAC.
I would rather suggest that the origin of the “loons” to whom you are referring are the lunatics who come out for the full moon, or “luna, lune”…
After all that is from which this term for insane persons derives.
As for Jeb Bush coming out for 2012:
I have had a bet riding since he “retired”, that he would sit out 2008 because of this brother’s ratings, but would roar back into action for 2012.
I am quite sure I will not be the one paying for that fancy dinner.
Be aware that this man is very dangerous. He seems calm and sensible. Beneath that surface he is an intelligent, highly motivated doctrinaire in the field of education policy and separation o church ad state who has the inside track via the Bush family involvement in textbook publishing. Furthermore, he is bilingual, married to a Latina.
Research his appointments during his tenure and see his ideology.
His involvement in the 2000 election farce should require no reminders.
The mere thought of Bush and Cheney make me ill.
Re#47: Imagine what Obama could accomplish if he wasn’t a pansy and could keep his own party in line. Here’s what should have happened: during the healthcare debate he should have called the Democratic caucus into a private meeting and let be known that if they opposed him that they’d lose ALL funding for their re-election, or that he’d actively work to find a primary opponent that wouldn’t stab him in the back. Instead he let his chance pass by and now we see that the GOP, wrong-headed though they are, are the only ones in DC with any cojones.
geez… I always get excited when thinking about losing that separation
“of” church “and” state… sorry.
from the diagonal@57, typos notwithstanding your last paragraph is spot on.
I think Jeb’s going to be the next generation puppetmaster pulling the strings rather than run himself though I do not wish to see you have to pay for that dinner!
Jeb Bush Jr. (did we know there was a Jr.?) is now the most vocal supporter of Marco Rubio for the Fla. senate seat. Isn’t that sweet? Sticking up for his Godbrother like that.
The Senior Jeb Bush’s hands were all over Marco Rubio’s picks for the Florida Tax and Budget Reform Commission a couple years back. And what did his picks come up with and champion as Tax and Budget Reform? Taking a hatchet to the idea of separation of church and state so we could begin to funnel state money into church-sponsored schools and faith-based charitable programs.
The move was calculated – the Tax and Budget Reform Commission is convened every 10 (or was it 20?) years and has the power to put measures directly on the ballot for Floridians to vote for (or against). Jeb tried to get similar stuff passed while Gov., and either the legislature blocked it or some got challenged by the state supreme court and was ruled unconstitutional. So Jeb, through Marco Rubio, decided to do an end run around the legislative process for his pet education policies, all while co-opting the TBRC and effectively making it impossible for them to do the actual job they were convened for – reforming our tax policies and coming up with excellent new budget suggestions.
So I have no doubt that, if elected (and let’s hope this stays a big IF), Marco Rubio would be in there from Day One sponsoring educational reform measures that would seek to do same – and the Bush family and the corporate sponsors of their foundations would be the benefactors of that legislation.
The actual young people of Florida? Not so much. Unless they are already going to The Right Kind of Schools.
Reelcanajun: I’m with you on the loons, and wish I could come with you on one of your morning canoe trips. (I’m no lily-dipper!) Along with all you say, loonsare BEAUTIFUL. There is an Alaskan Native story that tells of how Raven and Loon were once both pure white, got tired of always being mistaken for snowbanks, so agreed to design each other’s new plumage. Raven did a wonderful design for Loon (because he was Raven and could!), but Loon, lacking Raven’s innate flair, just gave him the all-over basic black design. Hearing loons cry at first light on a misty morning is one of the best sounds on earth.
Loving all that nature has to offer, loons are a part of our great inheritance. I hear different sounds in the morning, but I envy your being able to hear the cry through the mist off the lake. When the woods around me were clear-cut for development, Canada geese would land on the roof and peck at my bedroom window. I found it immensely consoling and fascinating.
terpsichore @ #60: thank you for your agreements… Jeb truly is dangerous…
and we need to let people know about him.
Mag the Mick and MinNJ: as I told AKM, the winged loon has nothing to do with the “loon” abbreviation of lunatic… be it the old description of an insane person, or the more recent description of members of CPAC!
Can’t help but laugh to see Rick Santorum’s name on that list… he lost his Senate seat to a guy whose sole attribute continues to be his father’s name. He’s also a tax scofflaw and an arrogant misogynist. After looking at all those names I have to wonder if those grumpy old poops who call themselves conservatives haven’t hit the bottom of the barrel.
Does no one go into the Tree House anymore??
I miss getting picked on.
I think our dear President Obama ought to take a few lessons from Franklin Roosevelt.
Roosevelt was dignified, YET he didn’t let anyone give him any shi+.
He told them what needed to be done, and he did it.
Barack needs to take charge, and tell them what he’s going to do. Basically we are at war. And he has a job to do. ‘Nuf said.
Getting 7% must have been a real bummer for the great star of her own running soap opera. I can almost feel the punch in the stomach she must have experienced. There isn’t any way she can dispute the figures, can’t tweet away the facts this time. How is she going to parse this so that she is the real winner?
“I would have won hands down if I would have been there. also.”
But, she can take heart that at least she beat “undecided” by 1 point.
All those puff pieces that her handlers paid writers to pen for her the previous week didn’t seem to sway the CPACers. Who woulda thunk it?
*ahem*
Excuse me, did you actually say “remove the racism” *and* “the psychopathology”? With Ron Paul?
Must…resist…urge…to…laugh…ah, screw it.
BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahahahahaha……..
*pant*wheeze*
*ahem*
The man openly hobnobs with white supremacists. He denies evolutionary biology. He believes in New World Order conspiracy theories. He’s a *kook*.
Rick Santorum, hah!!! Thats funny, he couldn’t win in either of his own home states, Pennsylvania or Virginia.