Feisty, don't they usually announce in their home state? Need to check out the Red State Convention, who sponsors this event?

Sorry, Red- it would be Palin/Perry 2012. She wouldn't have it any other way!

Feisty, don't they usually announce in their home state?

TX must still be cleaning up from his 'come to Jesus' carnival last weekend!

Just amazing.

Nothing substantial, just more bad jokes and laughs about anyone the Right is going to run. But a deaf ear and a blind eye to the current atrocity in the White House.

Just amazing.

Well, have fun, cause that's all you got for the next 15 months. Try to tear down the challenger because you sure can't boast about the incumbent.

Well, have fun, cause that's all you got for the next 15 months.

Oh don't worry I PLAN too!

Try to tear down the challenger because you sure can't boast about the incumbent.

Funny thing - not a one of the RWNJ's here at FR can boast about ANY of the potential challengers.

One might ask why is that? But then again we all know the answer...

You've got a field of Jesus freaks who are crazier than a bunch of sh!t house rats! lol

It's non-stop Obama bashing 24/7...

Let's be honest here for a second - there isn't ONE candidate who has a snow-balls chance in hell of beating him...

Moderates & Independents don't support crazy - no matter how you package it! ;o)

"Just amazing.

Nothing substantial, just more bad jokes and laughs about anyone the Right is going to run. But a deaf ear and a blind eye to the current atrocity in the White House."

Let's see- you have an issue with bad jokes, then call YOUR president an 'atrocity'. Well, ok. Maybe you should call a cop or something?

But really- Get over it, because as long as the GOP keeps trotting out these 'jokes', we're gonna keep it up!

Feisty, the Red State Convention is Aug 12-14 in Charleston SC. It is a gathering of conservative bloggers.

Do you think NJNO and Joanne will be there to pick up some new material??

http://technorati.com/politics/article/rick-perry-nikki-haley-to-speak

This gathering is sponsored by Freedom Works, Heritage Foundation, Fair Tax and Faith & Freedom Coalition, Ralph Reed's group.

So Perry is the Tea party's candidate . Texas will just have to watch it on T.V. or get on the bloggers list.

NorthstarDFL

Feisty, don't they usually announce in their home state? Need to check out the Red State Convention, who sponsors this event?

I know his associations. I bet if we did the Research it would the John Birch scions, David & Fred Koch. John Hagee is one.

Do you think NJNO and Joanne will be there to pick up some new material??

They could certainly use some... that's for sure! lol

The current reruns are growing tiresome...

EPIC FAIL - Narcissist - Leading from behind - BLAH BLAH BLAH...

Not surprising at all WCA.

What are they supposed to talk about - Obama's record? Are you kidding. Would you want to talk about that?

How about the economy in general or the stock market. Npoe, both sucking mightily. Wait, I know the real estate market. Holy crap have you seen how bad it is, then add into the mix the horror that is Fannie and Freddie. Nope, I don't blame the libbies one bit, I wouldn't want to touch those with a 10 foot pole either.

There's always the wars, but gosh, I kinda thought that they were all against those wars. And here Obama goes and starts up another. Hey, you all remember the "days, not weeks" comment. Yeah, me too.

Then there's their favorite topic - taxes and entitlements. Poor libbies, Obama has done gone an pulled the rug clean out from under them on those two issues. Fist he CUT taxes for the rich, which of course is the opposite of what they want. Then he goes off and starts talking about common sacrifice and acknowledges that there will have to be cuts to the sacred cows.

So come on WCA - let 'em have there fun, or in this case their diversion from reality.

They literally got nothing else.

And again Drive By, take a look around you - a mop handle and broom is all it will take to beat Obama. We hit the tipping point on his presidency when the nation's downgrade occurred on his watch.

Might not be "fair" but that's why it's lonely at the top. Or as I like to say = he's the boss applesauce.

Heck even Spider man knows what poor old Obama is just figuring out - "with great powers comes great responsibility.

Fault, maybe, maybe not, we can debate all day long. Responsibility, that's a non issue. Just ask Debbie Downer, she gets it.

[And again Drive By, take a look around you - a mop handle and broom is all it will take to beat Obama.]

You have this unhealthy infatuation with mop handles and brooms with wigs on 'em...kinda creepy doncha think? Besides, your analogy is simplistic, even for you, Schpanky...or are you intentionally dumbing it down so you can understand it?

...conservatism truly is a mental illness...I can't wait for the NIH study on what drives you teabaggers...

NorthstarDFL

This gathering is sponsored by Freedom Works, Heritage Foundation, Fair Tax and Faith & Freedom Coalition, Ralph Reed's group.

That's not Freedom Works. It is called Free"DUMB"Works.

Perry and Rubio in 2012.

Candidates often go on an announcement tour. In 2007 Obama did announce in Springfield, Ill. Hillary announced via webcast, I think it was filmed in her DC home, and most other Democratic candidates announced in one of the first four primary/caucus states. With most picking Iowa or NH. I don't recall a GOP candidate announcing in their home state in 2007. This year Gingerich and Bachman announced in Iowa (Santorium might have as well) I think Herman Cain was the only GOP candidate to announce in his home state. Huntsman claimed to announce his campaign in NY, but was actually in NJ with the Statute of Liberty some what in the background.

From what I was hearing about Perry last night, the so called christians he had his prayer meeting with think they are the new disciples of God and are receiving new messages from God and are here to take over our government so they can prepare for the rapture.

They have to climb and control 7 mountains, government, media, family, churches, society and can't remember the other two, but when they control all, the rapture is finally going to happen and has been waiting for these guys to get it together.

This church has chosen Perry to be the new president and climb the first mountain. That's why they invited all the 50 governors, because his religious movement is political.

This sounds more like a ridiculous movie plot than a presidential candidate. That's the republicans for you, if the tea party isn't strange enough, look what we have for you next.

Perry and Rubio in 2012.

Bring it on! Dumb and Dumber in 2012 is more like it!

Spanky: Not surprising at all WCA. What are they supposed to talk about

Uh, Spanky, this thread is about Perry entering the race. For the REPUBLICAN nomination. Given that, I would say most of the comments here, excepting yours, are pretty much to the topic...

Actually the Perry's religious group believe that they are prophets and apostles. They put together his event that was held last Saturday. Did anyone watch it??

Very interesting but there is no religion that I know of that support their beliefs. So I am sorry but they are way out there and once it all comes out Perry will not be nominated. No one could handle all that intolerance for almost everything.

Geeez, Spanky, when did the topic police decide to get on your case so much?

They don't seem to mind when Feisty, Navy,Bev, etc, rush to post their pre-written, off topic cut and pastes right away on the First Thoughts thread every day.

As a confirmed believer in Republican ideals, I find it IMPOSSIBLE to support a candidate who aligns himself with religious exclusionists! Perry quite simply is not a true republican.

MEEP! MEEP!

Hey, Feisty- know why the typical Perry supporter won't have sex while standing up?

Because they are afraid it will lead to DANCING!

drive-by-observer

Stay tuned. And I mean T U N E D , as in "I can't belive I drank the whole thing".

How 'bout as in the spirits are calling me?

I think they did the monkey dance when it's monkey time. Monkey Dance was popular in the 60s

Sadly for my country, dbo, any one of those you mentioned would have done a better job than Obama.

The desperation is thick on this board lately. Wait until next Monday, when he makes his next lame statement on the crash- sans throwaway line about the killing of heroes.

Unless he actually takes a pass. Lately, he tanks every time he speaks, and he'll be on vacation, (again!), so he might pass.

Tell me, when a one trick pony's trick stops working, what happens? Cause, all Obama ever had was a golden tongue. Now that's not working, I guess he can go on permanent vacation.

On his own dime for a change.

DBO on a roll!

They gonna teleprompter up at the golf course on Monday?

That ought to be fantastic.

Maybe by then the Wisc. Libbies will have amassed the needed signatures for Walker's recall? You know give all this negative energy they got an outlet.

Sadly for my country

It's MINE all MINE you hear... MINE MINE MINE...

What a greedy old broad...

Speaking of giving 'negative energy an outlet'.

30 day free trials are available from Cialis.

Just a heads up.

no joe, no bo, nj

The desperation is thick on this board lately.

Lately?

Everyday you have the blues.

Drive By

Hey, Feisty- know why the typical Perry supporter won't have sex while standing up?

Because they are afraid it will lead to DANCING!

I dont get it and its not because I am blonde. Maybe its just not funny.

Or.....

Maybe you just don't get it.

Or are week kneed and can't.

Too funny, Drive by

My brother while in college joined a church that did not allow dancing or movies, guess what they were doing instead that kept my brother in that church.

because I am blonde

I knew it - that tells me SO much! lol

PS: I believe the proper spelling is blond...

Feisty,

Its blonde!

Now I get the joke and I was right not funny. Footloose

Richard, week kneed? No I am weak kneed, how old are you guys?

No Richard I am not weak kneed. Sometime I get weak in the knees, but that's a good thing.

PS - My bones are not brittle. Seriously, what do you think the average age group is here.

"He looked very presidential..."

Oh, then ok.

Guess I'm gonna switch faster than a Tarryton smoker!

RcTx3

Oh, what an embarrassment of riches you Republican primary voters have before you! George W. Bush 2.0 or a former Massachusetts governor/venture capitalist. Then, there are the assorted other Nuts. Wow, How WILL you choose?

Want some help?

No thanks, Amy. Your help choosing gave us an epic disaster.

We'll pass.

Of the entire Republican's running, the most dangerous and scariest is Rick Perry.

If you get a chance check Google.

"Rick Perry's Army of God"

The radical wing nuts theocratic movement behind Gov. Rick Perry.

So, Perry is odd because he's a Christian, and Romney is "weird" for being a Mormon.

Nice to see religious intolerance is alive and well in liberal land.

Too bad neither belongs to a mainstream church- like the Rev. Wright's.

Amy, talking smack? Really you want to talk about an embarrassment of riches?

Well sure, since Obma's got the economy, stock market, credit rating and the wars all going so terribly well.

Yeah, we sure couldn't look back and ask just what he's doing at this moment to fix any of it. Ain't that right Amy?

Amy?

Oh and job1 - if it was good enough for Jake and Elwood Blues, it's good enough for you and me.

"We are on a mission from god, but we're gonna need a new lighter."

Guess I'm gonna switch faster than a Tarryton smoker!

Sorry, I'd rather fight then switch.

"I don't like tea it gives me a headache."

no joe, no bo, nj

No thanks, Amy. Your help choosing gave us an epic disaster.

We'll pass.

Yea, and corporations are people too. That is one epic disaster you forget.

NOJ NO,

The river Jordan is wide an deep.

Christians come in all types today. Mainstream, side stream, back channels, etc.

Pointing out their religious beliefs and their theologies about church and state is not religious intolerance. It is taking them at their word about their faith which they proclaim everyday to all the voters who will listen. I am just trying to understand what part of the river they walk in.

Pointing out their religious beliefs and their theologies about church and state is not religious intolerance.

Religion has NO place in politics... PERIOD!

The shallow end or more likely they are on shore with the Pharisees.

Well, look who's back. You didn't think the name change worked as well as one of those Groucho glasses, did you?/p>

But, I'll play.

If Christianity or Mormonism is fair game, so does belonging to the church of "I hate Whitey".

I stayed FAAAAR away from that, last time out.

I'm willing to take it on, if you really want to go there.

"Obama has a disconnect with the American people"

You got that right. Add to that he has nothing to run on. Can you just hear Obama on the campaign trail.........." I said I would end the wars" ( but it's Bushs' fault I couldn't), "I said unemployment would fall below 8% if you let me spend 780 billion" ( there were no shovel ready jobs), "I said if you elect me, it will be the END of politics as usual" ( but it's Repubs fault ), "I said we would go after the Wall Street millionaires and billionaires" (but they give millions to my campaign), "I said we would stop exporting all the jobs to China" ( but CEO's like Jeff Immelt are my friends/czars so GE & others are exempt) and "I said I would fix the illegal immigration situation " ( but they are the future Democatic voters so forget it).

"Religion has NO place in politics... PERIOD!"

1000 checks up on that.

"so does belonging to the church of "I hate Whitey".

What do you really know about the UCC, njnb?

NJNBNJ, the reference was to "Army of God". You are the one who opened up the "religion" box. But I agree with Richard, religion has NO place in politics.

I actually agree with both Richard and fielden.

Do, please, spread the word among the restmof the liberals.

Cause, Obama does not need that box opened, again.

They had to go through years of tapes to find that one moment when Reverend Wright made a 10 second statement that got played over and over.

Well these guys with Perry you could make a half-hour tape with stuff worse and never repeat anything.

Some box needs to be opened to show just what kind of beliefs these religious friends of Perry's have.

Now I'm getting confused. I thought God was on HER (Palin's) side. No, wait- Bachamann's. No, wait- Santoriums. NO, wait- Perry's? No, wait.....

It's ok "I still believe in god, but he no longer believes in me."

Mission UK

Besides it makes the libbies happy, and in times like these they need any break from reality they can get.

Wonder if Obama has started coming up with a plan. Oh, wait, golfing. Well a man's got to have his priorities.

Reality has become a fantasy in the dem world.

It is a damn shame that the party of Kennedy has become the party of "I don't know what I am doing" Obama.

Not God haters. Just haters of the GOTP who think Jesus would be a Republican. Sorry, Jesus didn't have anything to do with worldly things like politics. He came to save us from our sins.

It's ok "I still believe in god, but he no longer believes in me."

Mission UK

Fail. God didn't stop believing in us or loving us. We are the ones who are constantly turning away from God. He is always there to pick us up when we fail. Check it out sometime.

Sorry you feel that way Spanky.

Oh Schpanky, all you need is to believe in yourself...but we all know it's much, much too hard for even you to accomplish...right?

Whyizzit we can sense the desperation in your posts lately...still answering questions pointed to you with a question...bringing out your "broomstick with a wig" friend more frequently (which, by the way, is just creepy)...attacking anyone who happens to disagree with you...denigrating women and disabled veterans...and making cryptic comments about some "stalker". Well, flatulence will get you nowhere.

Maybe you just hate the fact that you've become nothing more than a second rate troll?

Let's just go with that, OK?

...or maybe you just have too many teabags stapled to your forehead...

Kirby, they have all those Obama successes! Surely you've seen the list that gets printed here frequently?

He got a dog, that's one campaign promise filled. He rammed HCR down the throat of an unwilling electorate. He ramped up spending, and created jobs- in China. He showcases the fact that he failed third grade math by consistently referring to people earning $250,000 a year as "millionaires and billionaires". Unemployment and debt WAAAAY up, GDP WAAAAY down.

Foreign policy? Pffft.

Well, maybe he could talk about his Nobel prize. Maybe not- it's kind of embarrassing. Operation Gunwalker? Nope. The billions he gave his donors?

Nah.

Oh, well, WTF.

When facism comes to America is will be wrapped in a flag & carrying a cross --Upton Sinclair

So true.

njnb,

Did you ever take the time to look at how those tax cuts have not created any new jobs over the last ten years? Like GW and friends said they would. So what happened? And no copping out with the it's Obama's fault BS.

Gotta be careful there Feisty. Remember that old Upton was a true blue socialist. Just like so many of the dems currently in office.

Kirby bringing out the scary propaganda words. Propaganda words are for scaring children.

To ask the greedy, stingy republicans to act like this is their country too instead of belonging to Norquist and the rich is not socialism.

In a real debt crisis the republicans if they loved American, would raise taxes. That's assuming that there are any republicans that love America anymore.

I am tired of hearing about the poor rich people can't afford any more, we are trying to steal all their hard work from them while people have no homes or food.

Maybe we should go back to the tax rate our founding fathers thought was fair of 90%. Now you probably think the founding fathers were socialist too.

So American says bringing out the scary propaganda words and then proceeds to say "greed, stingy republicans".

Do you ever even read your own stuff? Don't be such a tool.

Greedy and stingy are not propaganda words they are descriptive words. Socialism is a word being used to scare people like you. Just who have you been listening to that use the socialism word? Words like socialism and fascism conjure whole beliefs by just the word alone.

Out of my whole post that was the only part you could respond to.

Come on defend the American hater Norquist and his republican followers. Explain how pledging yourself to Norquist before America is Patriotic.

Norquist wants to starve the beast (our government by not raising taxes) until it is small enough to drag into the bathroom and drown in the bathtub. Totally forgetting that the American people will under the government while he is drowning it.

Bev, I would like to add a few words to respond to Spankey's statement. If you Tea Partiers would actually read the constitution of the USA, you would know that it is the responsibility of the Congress to enact laws, control the spending and to present the Budget/plans. They all swore under oath to represent all of the people, not just a few. They did not do their duty because John Boehner pushed through a plan that he knew would not be passed in the Senate, therefore, he did not act in good faith. No President, past, present or future has any authority to spend money, not one dime. If there is an emercency, the President can request funds but, it must be voted on by both Houses in the Congress. Also, for any member of Congress to sign a pledge for Grover Norquist should be considered treason and they should be forced to resign.

That over 65 isn't refering to your IQ, is it?

He sure makes a dive for the envelope marked "Federal Aid" LOL

Agreed. Also a political animal. Nothing wrong with that unless you use him to try to make a political point.

Then, he, like anyone else, is fair game.

probably is, but it is still higher than yours' and Gov Perry's!

LMAO - you owe me a new keyboard... ;o)))