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Subscribe to RSSWith just over two weeks until the Iowa caucuses, GOP contenders are making the final push for votes. NBC's Mike Viqueira reports.
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Despite not spending much time or resources in the first-in-the-nation caucus state, Mitt Romney won the endorsement Saturday of Iowa’s largest newspaper, The Des Moines Register.
“Sobriety, wisdom and judgment ... those are qualities Mitt Romney said he looks for in a leader. Those are qualities Romney himself has demonstrated in his career in business, public service and government,” the newspaper said in an editorial Saturday night, just 17 days before the caucuses. “Those qualities help the former Massachusetts governor stand out as the most qualified Republican candidate competing in the Iowa caucuses.”
The Register, which was publishig its endorsement in Sunday’s paper, says its goal with a caucus endorsement “is to provide a perspective for Iowans beyond what they read in regular news coverage and see in debates.”
Read the full endorsement in the Des Moines Register
The former Massachusetts governor did not win this endorsement last cycle. Rather, the Register endorsed John McCain. McCain, who lost the Iowa caucuses to Mike Huckabee, went on to be the eventual nominee.
“We did not endorse him [Romney] then [2008 caucus], but this is a different field, and he has matured as a candidate,” the editorial board wrote. “Rebuilding the economy is the nation’s top priority, and Romney makes the best case among the Republicans that he could do that.”
The Register’s editorial board has been endorsing candidates since 1988 – and three of the four Republicans -- Bob Dole, George W. Bush, McCain -- it has endorsed over the past 24 years have gone on to be the Republican nominee. Only one, Bush, was elected president.
Romney is trailing Newt Gingrich in the Hawkeye State, polls suggest.
According to the Dec. 4 NBC News-Marist poll among likely caucus goers in Iowa, Gingrich was polling at 28 percent, and Romney and Ron Paul were tied with 19 percent (after reallocating Herman Cain supporters to their second-choice candidate).
Gingrich won the endorsement of New Hampshire’s largest newspaper, the Union Leader, just three weeks ago.
Romney, who has been criticized for his frequent absence in Iowa, was last in the state Friday but it is not known when he will return here.
The Iowa caucus takes place on Jan. 3, and this endorsement likely will raise expectations for Romney's performance there. But some political watchers were unimpressed.
A caucus veteran in the state told NBC News: "This endorsement could not be more meaningless. There is a reason they [the Register] lost their debate this year: Iowans simply do not care."
Related story: South Carolina embraces Romney, but will it vote for him?
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Really?!?!? The Des Moines Register?!?! Wow! Now there's an influential newspaper I read every single day!
Oh, wait a minute, I've never read the Des Moines Register . . . and why should I even care who some editorial of some obscure newspaper has endorsed? They are people just presenting their opinion. They have no special powers, they are people, just like me, and their opinion counts as much as the next person.
I know, let's go get 5 random people off the street, call them some kind of name, like 'The Committee to Endorse the Next President of the United States', and have them endorse someone. It would mean just as much to me as the Des Moines Register's endorsement.
What I don't get is how two of the least populous states get to carry so much political power.
Scott-1352085
What do you care? I don't think they will effect your vote for BO anyway so what difference does it make to you?? Sorry that you don't have an alternative?
Having said that, I do have admiration for how Iowa determines it's political districts. It is the fairest method, and every state should adopt it.
http://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/Central/Guides/redist.pdf
http://archive.fairvote.org/reports/monopoly/redist.html
You don't need to care what the Register does. It is the largest Iowa paper and supposedly has the biggest influence in Iowa. It is also firmly in the the liberal column, which is the most important piece of information you need to know. Thus, it's endorsement of Romney says that he is the most liberal of repubs. It also indicates that Romney is the most likely to be beaten by Obama. What the article doesn't address is the Register's endorsement of Obama over Romney.
The 'Home Stretch', at last.
Either Romney or Gingrich would be a good alternative to the dismal failure we currently have in the White House.
Voters made a HUGE mistake picking Obama over Hillary in 2008 - She was FAR better qualified. Obama's biggest actual accomplishment was to get a few people to register to vote in Chicago and sue to force Citibank to make house loans to unqualified poor people.
Ok--the headline--"key endorsement" and it turns out to be an old school print newspaper with a subscription rate of The Des Moines Register-
Circulation
116,876 Daily
204,926 Sunday
Not a bad regional newspaper, but how many times has the endorsement of any newspaper changed your vote, especially now, when we have live everything?
Time to give up Newt!
ROY WILSON: So nice of you to sing the praises of Hillary now. After spending 8 years of incessant personal attacks on both of the Clintons while Bill was in office, I find it incredibly moving that you now have something good to say about her. How touching.
hillarys a power mad monster.id have actually voted for mccain.after listening to Romney talk about insisting on fair trade practices with china i hope hes the candidate.we need a president that has a set.i dont think Gingrich is electable.i know id never vote for someone so morally bankrupt.and while ron paul is probably the best choice realistically he will never be nominated.good vice presidental choice
I go to Des Moines ofton, & I will never spend a penny on that paper again. If they support a flip flopper what will that say about their other story's?
Witchrunner,
You think Romney is more likely to be beaten by President Obama than Michelle Bachmann? Or Rick Santorum?
Dont you just love these headlines. Do they really think that we are that stupid. no moe Alex Moe!
Ron Paul is the best candidate over-all. He too wants fair trade, and he wants an end to the "War on Terror." Here he is on Leno.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMUZIVYuluc&feature=player_embedded
Don't tell anyone but Jay Leno is pro Ron Paul.
Why are libs so damned concerned with the GOP primaries? Every article on the subject elicits a wave of comments from libs on this site, almost all of them attacking whoever is the subject of the article. Why? Do they think we actually care what they think?
not all libs like obama.i dont.if the republicans field a candidate thats better id vote for him
No more Bankster-Globalist NWO puppets in OUR White House.
Ron Paul 2012!!
I am from Iowa and that is no endorsement
The Des Moines Register, Big deal.
A newspaper is not a person. Period! Such an endorsement is one person---the editor. I am neither for, nor against Romney, but if one looks at an endorsement realistically, it means squat. Or, it should to a rational person.
One newspaper equals one person---the editor.
btone: Absolutely! The fact is that the libs let everyone know who they fear most. For 4 years they feared Palin. Why else would they expend so much energy to tear her and her family down? She was not a candidate for anything. I, for one do not have a short memory. The libs in the media and politics spent the entire 2008 primary criticizing everyone but McCain. Why? Because McCain was an easy target for his constant "reaching across the isle." Thus, he was the most liberal of the repubs. As soon as he got the nomination he was suddenly no longer the savoir of the repubs, he became an evil repub. The same will happen campaign year. Whoever the libs support and endorse in the the repub primary is the one who they think are easiest to beat in the general election. It's really no more difficult than that. The Register is a lib paper. Thus, they want the most lib to win. That is Obama. They will come out and support Obama in the general election. End of story.
The fact is that the more liberal the repub nominee is the more likely Obama is to win. Obama can't run on his record. He and the libs don't even pretend that he can. Their only hope is to be able to tear down his opponent. There best bet is Romney because they figure it is hard for Romney to convince people that he is different from Obama if Obama got Obamacare from Romneycare.
The reason any of the repubs are better than Obama is that we know what Obama will do. At least with even the most liberal repub there is a chance that he will sign repub legislation. A chance is certainly better than no chance.
If course, one could vote for Obama with the idea of there is nothing he can do because it is still Bush's fault. Heck, that's still the only argument Obama is making now. Pretty sad. But, unfortunately I have to admit that it is enough for libs to vote for him. The reason repubs are more likely to vote against their guy is that repubs are more likely to be the ones demanding results. Libs are satisfied with intent and results are irrelevant. Need proof? Then consider that Obama has produced no results, unless you like a stagnant economy and high unemployment. With 1/2 of Americans now classified as poor or low income, and all the unemployed and so many more dependent on government, is it any surprise that Obama considers his policies a success? It's what he had in mind when he took over, and he has succeeded!
Romneycare was established while he was a governor. That was in the best interest of his state. Are people in MA complaining about the care that was established? I am not a fan of all of Obamacare, although there are some parts to it that make sense.
About McCain....As soon as he put Palin as his running mate, he sunk himself.
Yeah, ignore the man behind the curtain. Go Gingrich! or is it just Grinch? Yeah!
Ladies and gentlemen check CSPAN.com for the interview the Register had with Mitt Romney and the other candidates to find out why we ought to care.
Now the fact that you probably won't bother to sit through the entire hour proves
the incompetence of certain electorates who either choose to remain ignorant or
misinformed as a result of an unwillingness to seek out the reality of certain
candidates, their substance, or lack thereof. The Des Moines Register, albeit
just a conglomeration of "simple people," (not just the
editor) have taken far more care to effectively evaluate each candidate and
make a decision as to who they believe is most deserving of not votes, not the
approval of you or I, but the ultimate position of leadership that is the
Presidency. If you truly wish to rail against this or any other endorsement, do
yourself and the country a favor and look beyond the media, look beyond your
own opinions, move past your apathy, and do some research. You're smart enough
to read the news, prove you're smart enough not to hand the reigns of the
country over to someone undeserving.
Yes the decision of the Des Moines register is opinion.
But it represents an opinion that is far more deliberate, wise, and informed than
many of ours, whether it be for Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, or
President Obama himself.
Ron Paul is actually to old to go into the office of President. He'll be 77 at the time he would take office, that's 7 yrs older than Reagan who was nearing the end of his 2nd term at that age and at that time was showing signs of Alzheimer. The office of the Presidency is stressful enough for anyone (look how much the past Presidents age), but certainly too stressful for someone Ron Paul's age. Although some elderly are quick witted into their 80's, I for one would not chance the most important position in this country to someone in their late 70's.
Strange!
I was wondering the same thing about the repubs & the Democratic primary back in 2008...
What's that old saying?
What goes around... comes around...
Because we have a vested interest in who is elected. Listening to the electorate is something that Washington needs to learn to do.
Open primary states will be where the action is. Why would anyone who has a choice vote in the dem primary with only 1 candidate? Sorry repubs, but because no one is challenging Obama (a shame really), you won't be alone in choosing your candidate.
Romney who - what?
Romney doesn't get it. Neither does the media owners.
ABG - anybody but Gingrich. I mean come on...
Are you saying you would rather have OBAMA TO STAY IN OFFICE.
The operative word here for Romney is "Snags". Meanwhile, Newt continues to "root". Selling books and entertaining "crooks". McConnell's lower lip is quivering. Boehner is weeping while not delivering. Even the bulls are embarrassed by the republican manure mutation's.
The DesMoines Register is a typical liberal mainstream newspaper. It is a tool for democrats and does not speak for conservatives or republicans.
I would love to see the entire nominating system change for both parties. Unimportant states like Iowa and New Hampshire that are mostly rural and 99% White should not play such a large role in either party's nomination process.
I don't care if USA today or every newspaper endorses him....What will that mean that 5,000 newspaper employees might vote for him....That just proves they are mean rich people or dumb mean people...
same paper endorsed hillary 4 years ago yesterday, though they did say that obama was smart. did not mean that much to her in the end. may not mean that much to mitt in the end either.
Wow!. Who knew how difficult it is to decide between the lesser of weevils!
Of course, Iowa is the mainstay of our nation. Everyone looks to Iowa for leadership. Hmm, uh, where is Iowa again? What have they ever done? Don't recall reading much about them in the history books.
Matthew, Houston, TX
sw philly
rrobeson
Those had to be the top three dumbest posts of the day on any subject. FYI, nobody cares about the Houston Chronicle in NYC or the Philly Inquirer in Boston and rrobeson nobody GAS what you think about anything you small minded idiot from who knows where.
REb are you still mad about losing the war ? Having to work your cotton fields yourself sucks dont it ?
I live in NYC. What a stupid jerk you are. Those are my initials. What a real dufus.
What is your name then if that is your initials ?
Who cares, REB? Your opinion of my comments mean nothing to me. As far as I can tell, from your posts, you are an idiot, delusional, and . . . well . . . just plain stupid.
And you really shouldn't care if I think that about you, fool.
Matthew, Houston, TX
I don't care at all what you think.
Really? Then why did you decide to attack me directly, and not comment on the article?
Sounds to me like you do care. Do you care, REB? Go ahead, you can admit it, be a ma. . . oh, wait, you aren't a man, are you? You're just a little boy pretending to be a grown up. That explains your complete naivete, and adolescent remarks.
Matthew, Houston, TX
Really Matt are you awake at 3:24 am in Houston trolling the boards for more of your BS to spread. You need some serious help and a different lifestyle!!
Please think about it.
You're stupid... No you're stupid... no, you're the stupid one... you're stupid, idiot... I think you are a moron... yeah... and you are infantile... see how stupid you are? I'm not stupid, you're the stupid idiot. Stupid, stupid, STUPID!
Do you hear how you sound? Pretty stupid I'd say!
It's read by people in Des Moines, and that's all that matters.
How many people in Des Moines ? And how many read ? And how many read that paper ? And how many will vote for Romney because they " Endorsed " him ? the answer is about three
Republicans who read ? That is a novel change of events.
The Des Moines Register
Obama's really in trouble with this endorsement. NOT
The only endorsements the GOP base care about are the ones from Limbaugh, Hannity, Coulter, Ailes, Murdoch, etc. You know, the ones that damage brain cells!
Thanks
phinephancy-4252115
I read your stuff yesterday about how much you hated the snowbirds and your suggestion that they be "open season". Please don't bring your sorry ass to NYC anytime of the year to enjoy our Broadway, Central Park, etc. etc. etc. etc. Your Florida is a one trick pony - nice weather some of the time.
REb from NYC ? I sure wish you would put that name on your trucker hat and walk around the bronx
You really are a tool aren't you. Just trying to put people down that don't agree with your bull@!$%#.
Why in the world would I want to go to NYC? It's cold, dirty, and smelly. Maybe that's why we aren't real fond of the folks that come to Florida - ya'all resemble the place you live!
phinephancy-4252115
Showed your true colors. Lots of class - all second and third but lots of it ya'all.
You do know that we laugh and make fun of your kind, right? And, honey, I have more class in my little finger than you have in your whold body. New Yorkers, funniest people in the world.
Typical republican hipocryte = it is only classy what they say and insults are only okay if they say them...HAHAHAHHAHAHAA
REB you do know there is a time line here and it shows how you started calling everybody idiots and stuff right?
@sw philly
It's a sad, sad thing to watch a Rebagger try and talk about class. Funniest part of his rant, I was responding to a snowbird from MICHIGAN!!!!! Lmao!!!
I know Phine,most things about them are sad, or funny, to watch and listen to ,and read about
phinephancy-4252115 & sw philly
Please get a room. The way you two act to anyone that doesn't agree with you is disgraceful.
New Yorkers are some of the greatest people in the world. Without Disney World you got nothing but a drive to it unless you live in Orlando.
Now I really know how unintelligent you are if you think the only thing we have is Mouse World. Poor, poor little man. Feel sorry for your two remaining brain cells.
If it is so great how come the Giants and the Jets don't play there ?
@sw philly
Ooooo. Score!!!! Best comeback of the night.
Said the tool from New York, as he then proceeded to try and put down everyone who didn't agree with him.
Hypocritical much, REB?
P.S. That was a great comeback, sw philly.
As I said. Get a room. It'll be cleaner.
sw philly - Met Life Stadium is larger than Yankee Stadium or Citifield.
phinephancy-4252115 - Yeah you have Sea world, and a beer garden in Tampa and Jai alai in Miami - big deal.
Matthew, Houston, TX - no I don't think so.
Thanks guys and gal ;) ........I thought the troll was gone but here he is again...I don't mind feeding him,we have extra food around the holidays....You never know who will stop by.
That's the problem, REB, you don't think.
Reb, again I say, you have no clue what the real Florida has. I really do feel sorry for you. Pitiful. (sigh)
@Matthew
RWNJ = Hypocrite. And Reb is the perfect example. (And he is a bit unintelligent and boring)
Matthew, Houston, TX - obviously not about the same things you do.
phinephancy-4252115 - My kids live in Florida so I visit rather frequently. You have no idea from what you speak.
In your opinion what is the real Florida??
@sw philly
I would recommend hiding the fudge from the trolls. They might get a sugar high! (And a tummy ache!)
Sure I do! If your kids only know the tourist traps then shame on them! We have so many wonderful natural areas, state and national parks, I go could on and on. And shame on you if all you do is what all you typical New Yorkers do, go to the tourist traps!
You find history in St. Augustine and Olustee. The Everglade and the Keys. Caves in the panhandle. Want me to continue. Ocala national forest, the spring rivers. Need more?
That's it? That's all you got? LMAO!
phinephancy-4252115
You find great history in New York City, the first capital of the US plus Central Park and the zoo, the greatest art and natural history museums in the country, the Hayden Planetarium along with Broadway and off Broadway shows and the Opera and Lincoln Center, Times Square, Greenwich Village. I could go on but that's enough. Plus I don't have to drive to any of them.
Well it's getting close to an hours worth of sparing with you LWNJs and it's no fun fighting against half wits who don't know when they've lost.
Matthew, Houston, TX - read the above sentence. I believe that says it all.
Yes, you did lose. Keep those 2 remaining brain cells active REB.
And have a nice evening a happy holiday to you and yours (See even a LWNJ can be nice)
phinephancy-4252115
PS - I'm sure you can visit and access all of your places in a few minutes just like I can - right???
REB
For me and Mr. phinephancy, driving is part of the fun. Different strokes for different folks.
phinephancy-4252115
We finally agree. That's what makes the world go around. Have a nice evening.
I've been to Des Moines and its not exactly impressive. Its really a nothing town in a nothing state. Ho-hum.
I hear they grow good corn.
Hitobito, I guess you don't care too much about eating. Most of the corn and a great deal of soybeans, and pork, that are produced in this country, come from Iowa, Ill, Neb. I'd say this "no nothing state" contributes a great deal to this country. In the future THINK before you type.
When I lived in Iowa that was toilet paper. Never unbiased news.
Des Moines fox register
All right Mitt. You are on your way to our White House. Nice job.
ABO 2012
It is the black house till Jan 2017
Get used to it hater
Obama did one good thing and that was keeping the Clintons out of the White House. But Obama should have the ethics to say he is sorry that his party backed subprime including freddie and fannie. He should say sorry for his party not stopping Bin Laden in 98, 99 and 2000. Read: August 7th 1998 , and realize that the democrats destroyed America. True hate is in certain parts of Detroit, Chicago, NY, DC, LA, and other major cities in the US. I can't walk in those cities at night. Talk about discrimination.
See fear is what breeds hate" True hate is in certain parts of Detroit, Chicago, NY, DC, LA, and other major cities in the US. I can't walk in those cities at night. Talk about discrimination." I have no problems strolling anywhere I want.....But I do not hate therefore I am not afraid,and I am not afraid therefore I do not hate...
Phil your racial bias is leaking through you need to call a plumber or better yet a psycotherapist....
And I guess you are saying it is Clintons fault for 9/11 since you righties always like to talk about GWB keeping us safe...Not only do you have problems with your racial bias you seem to be delusional..
too many damn dumb ni..gg...ers on this board
A hard core republican bigot? so cliche, I can't even believe you are real. Probably an Obama supporter trying to make republicans look bad. Don't need to try so hard, they look bad all on their own most of the time. Such racist words really show ignorance. Do you claim to be a Christian? Would Jesus use the N word? I'm guessing not.
And of course ther was allways Rush Limpballs on WHO fox radio
I do hope you were able to move!
No newspaper endorsement is that important. No one reads newspapers any more. Especially in Iowa.
It won't matter who wins the nomination. The Republicans will keep submitting to the will of the rich/"job creators"/"1%" if they get power, Obama will continue to submit to the Republicans for "compromise", and the legislature will continue to bicker over this and that while this country goes down the crapper. I say tax the rich, fix education on the state level so that the next generation will have leaders who will actually DO SOMETHING, and use the constantly depleting oil reserves to make plastic for the solar panels and wind turbines for when black gold goes dry. Then we shall start looking at presidential runs and who has more charisma or who shows the truest "American Values".
Yep Phiney we grew great corn out there. was well fertilized
LOL I won't ask what was used as fertilizer!!!
The Register could endorse Santa Clause or Easter Bunny. Doesn't really matter. It's people who decide. Oh wait, The Register are "people too my friend".
Yes Phine I moved back where I grew up and guess what Daniels is an Idiot so where do yo go?
Alas, I have Rick Scott for another year. But things are looking up, he is the worst governor in the nation, and the state hates him!!
The American People woke up and spoke in November 2010 and they will speak again in November 2012. The Liberals only got a Shellacking in November 2010 and let us hope and pray they are crushed in November 2012.
Dear President Obama. They are sending a politican to jail in Chicago and they need a replacement crook to fill his shoes.
Carl...run to Vegas and bet everything on it....especially your computer....FOMOFO-O !!!!
Yes Carl
We have woke up and the GOP will be OUT in 2012
You do realize most people don't vote during midterm elections and its a great time to get the villages to grab their pitch forks and attack the castle. Unfortunately your little Fredricksburg charge into the bomb creater has turned into a trap and the soldiers are getting trampled on and shot up by those on the rim. Sorry, probably a little too much history for you. Let me dumb it down for you.....
Your little midterm tidal wave hit a cliff and the backwash is still carying out the refuse it brought in. Nice JOBS BILL - oh sorry Obama created that and got Obstructed. Way to get us out of Iraq - oops sorry Obama did it. Nice job on Osama - damn did Obama do that too? Way to take out a Sh*t load of terrorists in a few yea....oh yeah, nevermind.
By the way, nice 20s style characature, teabagger.
Yup, Carl. They suuuuure did.
And now we've woken up and realized that what we did in 2010 wasn't a bad dream. The people will most certainly be fixing the wrongs in 2012. We will have the White House and I believe a filibuster proof majority in the Senate and will take back the House such that the people's business will finally happen. People want to live. People HAVE to live and support their families and have good jobs, with decent pay. There are so many ways to accomplish this if the Teabaggers just STFU and go away.
As an aside, I went to college in Iowa. There are, thankfully, a good number of rather liberal democrats living there still now. They HATE their governor and I believe that they will show up at the polls in large numbers in November, if not to vote out the governor since he isn't on the ballot, but to show him that his days are numbered.
Thew Register is nothing but something lost. When I moved there it was a link to the world. Then some ass decided it was the way to live. I decide how I vote not a damned paper. You people have forgot how to think and reason. that wasn't the way it was when IN OVED THER IN THE 80"Sb i
Rummy or Nuke--no significant difference. Either will loose in the 2012 national election. They are the type of greedy old party members always proffered by the unRepubilcans. People do not want more of the same old elephants. They are nothing new, offer no real choice and certainly not leader enough to walk a dog.
Time for a constitutional amendment requiring "none of the above" as a vote option, disqualifying all listed candidates from running for that office.
Mormons look after Mormons. Other people get the left overs. Religion is relevant only because it gives an insight to a politicians intelligence. Religion once taught that the world was flat and the sun rotated around the earth. Either politicians believe or they say they believe to get the christian vote.
Yep it is like the one politician in Spartacus where he tells his junior Roman senator that personally he doesn't believe in the gods, but publicly makes sacrifices to them to look good for the rubes that make up the mob.
True that politicians may say that they are Christian in order to get a vote. Romney probably did not lie about that though.
Untrue it is to say that religion gives an insight to their intelligence... Just because they may have taught that the world was flat (400 years ago when everyone thought that). Much of the technology we use today was indeed invented by Christians, not to mention that people with religion also proved that the world was not flat. So your post seems to have a bit of bigotry in it.
Dude there were civilizations 10,000 years ago that knew the world was round....And some of the zealots(southern baptists) still don't know it is...So stop it
to Ghost I'll tell you what's flat -- the Democrat Party (yes, the whole party). The Libs could sure use a pick me up, and Christianity just might be the answer, but they are so closed-minded. Hey Libs, this is the Sabbath...Sunday. I'll bet very few ofyou went to church. I will bet, however, that an overwhelming percentage of Conservatives went to church today. Any takers? And it will be Christianity, in support of the Holy Land and Israel, that wins this election big-time. JEsus loves America and will guide the voters.
Bertrand Russell
Almost 20 years ago a pile of garbage entered the White House. Subprime Bill. Can't declare war Bill. Recieved the peace dividend, lived off it, then lost it Bill. What would a playboy gov. know about subprime, bank laws, derivatives, and of course national security. A sick ego destroyed America and the 21st century. August 7th 1998 A Day in Infamy. The day that war was totally and completly on. usa1998.com What a mistake! What a complete and terrible mistake. Peoples ego's are flat out evil.
Bush the Elder squandered the so called peace dividend when he tricked Saddam into thinking there would be no consequences in invading Kuwait. He also squandered it, by not disbanding NATO as he implied to the Soviets, once they dispanded the Warsaw Pact. Everything Bubbadid he could do so because of both Reagan and Bush the Elder.
Click on Chris Wallace vs. Bill Clinton. Democrats are proud of his mindless debate skills. To bad he lies through the entire clip. We could'nt go into Afgan in 98 or 2000, give me a break. During this time the country is talking about cigars and DNA on a blue dress. Only Slick Willie the mindless pathetic slick willie. People in his home state who voted for him called him slick willie. Saddam went into Kuwait just weeks after the Kuwait envoy told Saddam that loans to Iraq are not open for disscusion. Thats when he went forward. By the way Kuwait paid for the war. Then Bin Laden declared war in 98. 9/11 was hatched after Clinton bombed Iraq for the third time. 9/11 was all about Iraq. A worthless pile of garbage destroyed America. A democrat economist called the Financial Crisis "the Clinton Bubble"
Phil it is pill time....
You can't have it both ways with your subprime crap....Either you want government regulations or you don't....now you are blaming it on clinton because he didn't regulate Wall street ( Which you are blaming on Freddie mac )
And you don't have to go to war to be a good pres....
take the meds
If Mitty's and Newty's were titty's and boobies then every day would be Christmas...John Boner
...Clever. Unethical, perverted, immature, but clever nontheless.
I resemble that .........
Really don't have a choice But hope it's someone that taxes these eX's that get multi million dollar bonuses when their bank fails and our tax money bails them out. Bank of America amd all the Republican stockholders This ones for you
Spoken just like a loser who makes minimum wage and wants hand outs. I am sure you voted, and will vote for Obama. The worst mistake ever made electing a president. But, he keeps or gas tanks full and no house payments............what a group of losers. If we could only destroy all the wealthy folks and their businesses, you broke losers would become the new wealthy, then you could hate yourselves.
Bank America has no Democrat stockholders? Warren Buffett owns a sizable chunk of the stock - Some one should tell him he's really a Republican......
This is a 'no big deal' moment. Iowa caucuses are heavily weighted by the fundie social conservatives who have their knickers in a bunch over fetuses, gays and not showing enough fealty to their Jesus. It's a very nice, but very rural state where the electorate overall skews more conservative so it is not wonder Mitt the Mormon is trailing there, and newly repentant Newt, and rapturous Michelle will likely do better. Ron Paul will also do well, and would be a credible candidate were it not for his sociopathic belief in a market ideology which most of America is already suffering from; It's just he would allow the screws to turn even tighter to make sure the so-called 'free market' would destroy what is left of us.
The GOP's base will make absolutely sure they have a candidate that is both ideologically pure and wholly unelectable. At every election cycle the right moves ever closer to residing in a mental home and the moderates give in ever more in a feeble attempt to maintain what is left of America isn't completely ruined by their insane policies. Conservatives won thirty years ago and have spent three decades dragging us through their experiment. We now see the results and we may never recover. A (so-far) mild economic depression, no middle class growth or mobility, half the country close to poverty, income redistribution to the top, low wage jobs, disinvestment in education, energy and our infrastructure, transference of our civic power to corporate interests and a your on your own social net that cheers unfortunate circumstances while demonizing groups of citizens they don't like, and naked attempts to place fundamentalist christian beliefs to replace secular civil laws forcing those who don't share their worldview to suffer needlessly.
Sorry GOP. Field these losers all you want. Obama is not doing a great job, but at least he isn't advocating the destruction of our country for the sake of tax cuts and religious dogma masquerading as policy.
What JP said.........
Dude, the free market is nothing more than the will of the people in economic terms. We are suffering from a free market that has been totally hijacked by Wall St banksters and their corporate hacks, which have bought off our political class off lock, stock, and barrel. You follow the money and the truth is there for all to see. Greed plays a central role, but a lot of the current mess was orchestrated by the rising corporate/government synthesis going on before our very eyes in how Congress deregulated the banks, and also forced them to give loans to folks that otherwise should have been turned down. These actions allowed the current scam to happen. How else do you explain how Congress gave the banks and other $16 trillion dollars? As for Paul allowing the screews to get tighter, I hate to say it but the screws are going to tighten either way. We are too far gone in debt. We can have the Fed keep inflating the money and creating a hyperinflationary disaster or stop the presses now and have maybe half a decade of really bad times, compared to 2-3 decades worth.
Obama is going to go for the payroll tax cut as long as the oil pipeline isn't part of the bill. Also, Obama's cabinet is brought to you compliments of Goldman Sach's, so whatever the banksters want Obama will give it to them. The only GOP hope to win the White House back in 2012 is Ron Paul. He appeals to many indpeendents, military folks sick of being deployed to hellholes, libertarians, Reagan Democrats, and the anti war crowd. The rest will only have tea party folks and the ever diminishing religious right to back them in the general election.
Long gone are the days when the blacksmith who yearned to represent his people trotted off to Washington to provide for the greater good of his community. He would do his best and then return to his home and his family leaving another man to do his best for the community.
Now, elected officials stay there for life because people just keep reelecting them out of sheer lazyiness and lack of interest.
I believe there should be term limits for both the Senate and the House. One term. If you get elected you go and do your very best for your state and for our country and you go home leaving it for the next person.
Libertarianism is truly one of the more sociopathic ideologies of the far right economic spectrum, and if you want to be honest, thirty years of 'supply-side' trickle-down economic policy is just a mild form of that ideal.
We've now seen what an unmitigated catastrophe it has meant for most middle-class Americans.
Central to this ideology, Ron Paul is loathe to place reasonable restraints on the less savory aspects of business self-interest and narrow bandwidth of social concern. Given that the power and money are already concentrated at the top, I could not imagine Ron Paul and his merry Ayn Rand fan club removing what little is left that protects us from their tender mercies. Not to mention his overt and naked social conservative bona fides which seems to add salt to the already gashed wound.
Ron Paul is unfortunately another GOP president candidate running partially on a platform that actively seeks to deny certain Americans the benefits of secular legal civil marriage and control over the lives of child bearing women. Absent his wacky economic theories, the entire GOP field should be invalidated since they openly state an ideal to inject themselves into the personal lives of certain American citizens they don't like.
The GOP and its platform is certainly a fetid stew of contradictions, bigotries and whacked-out ideologies. Sorry, but I'll take moderation, rationality and reason as my basis for governance.
And I'm usually the long winded one. Amen!!! And if you choose to believe in a God, then he gave you a brain. Use it.