Politics Who's Gonna Win?

The $300k fine was for ethics violations, I believe, some of which were tax related. It was imposed by the House of Representatives, not the IRS.

 

after all this, the general is going to be boring...isn't it?

 

Thanks for posting that clip.

I believe he has no experience or ability to relate to the average person. It is why he comes off so stiff and fake....he's parroting what he has no knowledge of.

 

This should be Gingrich's theme music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-NlR54PqLw

How great would that be if 200 or so Occupy protestors showed up at one of his events and started playing this as the introduction song before he came on the stage.

 

Doesnt that kind of make someone unelectable though?

If you look at his wikipedia page dedicated him, and just spend 2 mins looking at all the businesses he is involved with, and charities, and businesses connected to the charities...

I mean, if Italy could elect Belusconi (sic) maybe after all it doesnt matter, but surely the biggest issue the US faces is the economic crisis - not whether homosexuals can get married or whatever, and he doesnt seem to be exactly sound on that issue.

 

tonight is the 20th something debate? seriously does anyone remember this many debates before? they must be getting good ratings or something.

 

the "debates" are a news corporation-sponsored exercise in conservative brand triage. they're a fucking joke. i suspect the idea is that if you give this band of idiots, racists and sociopaths enough air time, people will confuse them with something legitimate and that repetition will somehow enable people to put aside the lunacy of what they are saying. problem is, really, that no-one is watching.

 

i do understand that the debates are a joke. apparently enough people are watching though to boost the ratings.

 

actually, i'm a little curious about that. my sense is that the viewership is collapsing at least nationally---this going by the disappearance of the range of twitter people who had been watching and ridiculing to now. the last two have seen a collapse of that. but this is anecdotal. i wonder if ratings are publically available....will try to look around for data not originating with either of the nonsense parties.

 

i beginning to think people are just watching it for the reality tv factor. every week we see the rise and fall of a new candidate as if we are voting for american idol. as fake as the debates seems, its the only time you really get to see the candidates somewhat unfiltered.

 

Na, we're fine with blowjobs in the Oval Office, as long as the economy is doing good.

 

I'm just appreciating how Gingrich is attempting to find political capital in starting a discussion about how low tax rates are for the 1% are.

 

Meanwhile, Romney does his own laundry on the road to show he is everyman...
https://twitter.com/#!/tromney/status/160805009964023808/photo/1

...while Gingrich, the "historian" rewrites the history of his Speakership and his post-Congressional fat paychecks from Freddie.

One more debate this week before we get a month long reprieve.
http://www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com/2012-debate-schedule/2011-2012-primary-debate-schedule/

 

i read some reports this morning that argued the viewership for ritualized conservative brand triage in the form of "debates" is collapsing, but they were at a remove from the data i was hoping to look at. then it occurred to me that this infotainment is proprietary and that no-one likely has much of an interest in not controlling how it is interpreted/made public. ah well. why this idiocy gets national coverage is beyond me--local coverage in the states involved i understand. but national? why is this news at that level?