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Subscribe to RSSGREENVILLE, S.C. -- The folks at Tommy's Country Ham House in Greenville are expecting a record crowd Saturday morning, and the mob's not coming for the grits.
In a state famous for its bizarre brand of Republican politics, mere hours after polls open in South Carolina, the primary's two frontrunners are hosting dueling campaign events at the restaurant over breakfast. Same time. Same place.
Call it the Ham House Showdown.
Incredulous reporters first thought there was a mistake. Both Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney scheduled events at Tommy's Country Ham House in Greenville, S.C., at 10:45 a.m. ET Saturday. For Romney, the event will be his final public appearance before results are announced Saturday night.
Not quite a duel at high noon, but close.
The Gingrich campaign put their public schedule on their website roughly an hour before the Romney campaign emailed out theirs to reporters. Now, neither campaign is backing down.
"We have had this event on the books. Our schedule went out first. We are confirmed at our event," Gingrich campaign spokesman, Nathan Naidu, told reporters aboard the USS Yorktown following a Gingrich event. "We are more than happy if Gov. Romney would like to join us at our event and have some ham."
A Romney aide said: "It is pure coincidence the events were scheduled at the same time and we are not changing our schedule."
The Gingrich spokesman added, "We are more than happy to treat Gov. Romney to ham at our event."
Reporters were told that Caroline Vinvick, Gingrich's Greenville regional director, called and woke up the owner of the restaurant, Tommy Stevenson, Friday night. He said none of Romney's people has contacted him about an event. The Gingrich campaign is confirmed for 10:45 a.m. ET, Stevenson reassured Vinvick. Meanwhile, outside Romney's rally Friday night in Greenville, volunteers were overheard telling supporters to head to Tommy's Saturday morning to support Romney.
National media -- seizing on the opportunity for pithy, ham-related headlines and the potential for a political showdown that could rival any from the debate stage this season -- are preparing to flock to the restaurant Saturday morning.
Some may want to bring helmets to prepare for what could be a dangerously packed house. All will bring their appetites.
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I personal would rather vote for common sense chow@!$%# smelling farmer he would be 1000 times smarter and alot less likely to steal from the taxpayers of this country;this party is putting on a stage performance to try to get votes.Its the the same old song and dance they always play.
our National Debt has skyrocketed under obama and dems; where do youthink that money comes from? so who is stealing from the taxpayer? and what did we get for all that? unemployment is STILL higher than it was when bush left office. gosh do lefties even think b4 posting?
thats about 4+trillion since he took office
not one single f--king repuke candidate has put forth any agenda to correct the problems in this country. as far as you neorepuke teapuggers who didn't like my previous post go F__K yourself you the party of no are the reason for the gridlock in Washington. continue to sell your asses to corporate america and the likes of norquist, lumbaugh, bonehead the cry baby, o'connell the biggot, palin the tramp, cantor and the rest of the f--king no good for anyone but the 1%ers repuking teapugger party. I'm a proud american and i won't vote for any of these clowns for the job of even dog catcher
lol angry left-wing fruitcake; i though obama and dems fixed all the problems? you know during the 4 YEARS Dems controlled BOTH chambers of Congress; 2 of those years controlling?
YOU ARENT A PROUD AMERICAN; you are the typical rabid, angry partisan leftnut
look at your idiotic posts for example; you cant say one thing obama has done that has improved the economy; but you do have asinine slurs for all the Republican bogeymen and women that frighten you so much. what a clown
Rufus
The dems had a super majority for only 4 months out of those 4 years to prevent filibustering. When Kennedy died, the gopers became obstructionists and said no the everything and used every trick in the book to stop him.
lmao; thetypical idiotic and pathetic excuses. did Bush EVER have a supermajority for even a day? and why didnt dems filibuster policies they called "DISASTROUS"? r we supposed to belive you were so afraid of being called "obstructionists" by mean ol republicans that you couldnt care about your country? lmao none of the lefts idiotic crybaby excuses add up!
Typical republican, name calling is their best asset. No facts to back anything up.
i have no facts? lol that would be you genius. i can prove it; did republicans filibuster obama's stimulus bill? its a yes or no question. i mean since you want to blame eveything on "obstruction" by repubs. was the filibuster enough to stop obamacare from becoming law?
you cant even answer the question. if obstruction by repubs who have been the MINORITY PARTY for all of obamas time is what has prevented obama from being more successful then why didnt dems who had A MAJORITY OF BOTH CHAMBERS OF CONGRESS FOR ALL OF BUSH'S LAST 2 YEARS obstruct all those policies you morons insist led us into this mess?
larry look at all the 1%ers that support the socialist oboma oprah, gates, soros buffett
rufus3 you are so correct
so are you; the 1%-ers that support obama arent taking a hit in their wallets; they always find a way to hide their money. obama's divisive class warfare rhetoric only serves his own partisan purposes; cuz Dems have and will continue to spend more than they take in no matter how much they take from the rich or talk about "fairness" it wont balance the budget; it is only to help Dems get elected; as America suffers under dems who keep CREATING more poor people to "help"
and can't forget the hollywood commies
oboma shot down the keystone pipeline that would have created thousands of jobs
You need to get your facts straight. Those couple of thousand jobs would go away after the pipeline was laid. The peanut butter consistency of crap inching through the pipeline is 17 times more corrosive than crude oil. It has already had multiple leaks in the pipes they already put down. Do you really think it is worth it to endanger our water systems and lakes and farm land just to benefit the oil companies. Man you need to educate yourself and realize who the GOP is supporting.
wait until oboma does away with the tax cuts and prices will skyrocket and peoples taxes are raised
honestly; why cant i get a leftard to answer this? if it all boiled down to filibusters and "obstructionism" by repubs and thats why obama has failed then why didnt dems filibuster republican and bush policies? we all know its a FACT that not only did Dems NOT filibuster or obstruct policies they INSIST were "disastrous" but they CONTINUED them AFTER BUSH WAS LONG GONE.
idiots and hypocrites
and not only did they continue these policies after bush was gone; dems continued the policies with control of all 3 branches of the governing process; the House, Senate and the White House. and their idiiotic excuse was they didnt have a filibuster-proof majority so ab out 70 members of the Tea Party that the Left likes to call stupid and ignorant; were able to bully and strong-arm the 240 or so democrats in congress. what a bunch of pathetic left-wing losers.
thats why we are in this mess
and obomacare is joke the dems pushed it thru without reading it first according comrade polosei
i like ham: jon paul/warren buffet in 2012 - that is kind of funny...
still waiting on the zombie apokolypse
January 2009: US auto industry is near collapse.
January 2012: GM is #1 in auto sales.
Dec 2008: 524,000 jobs lost.
December 2011: 212,000 jobs gained
22 straight months of job growth.
2.1 million jobs created between January 2009 and the present.
Stock market as of January 20th 2009: 7,949.09
Stock Market as of January 20th 2012: 12,623.98
October 2011 turned out to be the best month the market had in 37 years.
Combat troops in Iraq as of January 20th, 2009: 144,000
Combat troops in Iraq as of January 20th, 2012: 0
September 2007: "All US combat forces will be out of Iraq by December 31st, 2011."-President George W. Bush..."Great leadership, good plan for an orderly withdrawal, exactly how it should be done."
October 2011: "All US combat forces will be out of Iraq by December 31st, 2011."-President Barack Obama..."Terrible leadership, he ignores the Generals, campaign stunt."
2001-2009 "We will hunt the terrorists down wherever they may be and bring them to justice."-President George W. Bush..."Strong leader, making us all safer, strong willed."
2009-Present Actually hunting the terrorists down wherever they may be and bringing them to justice.-President Barack Obama..."Complete lack of leadership, alienating our "allies", disrespecting the sovereignty of other nations."
"He can't handle the pressure that comes with being Commander In Chief." Except for that time when he was in a tux and tails on stage getting roasted by Seth Myers, and doing a 20 minute standup set himself (by the way, he OWNED Trump that night), the same night he gave the go order on what was probably the best Special Forces operation we've ever had. If it had gone wrong he would've been finished.
Most wanted terrorists as of January 20th, 2009: Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, Abu Ayyub al Masri, Sayeed al-Masri, Fazul Abdullah Muhammed, Umar Patek, Younis al-Mauretani, Abdul Ghani Baradar.
Most wanted terrorists as of January 20th, 2012: Osama bin Laden (DEAD), Anwar al-Awlaki (DEAD), Atiyah Abd al-Rahman (DEAD), Abu Ayyub al Masri (DEAD), Sayeed al-Masri (DEAD), Fazul Abdullah Muhammed (DEAD), Umar Patek (CAPTURED), Younis al-Mauretani (CAPTURED), Abdul Ghani Baradar (CAPTURED).
Before Libya: "Why isn't he doing anything? He has no clue how to handle this. He can't lead."
During Libya: "Why the hell is he involving us in another Middle Eastern war that we can't afford? He has no clue how to handle this. Oh my God, did he really just hand off the lead to NATO and the French? He's weak and a terrible leader."
After Libya: Moammar Gadhafi dead. Oppressive regime gone. Minimal cost. Number of US troops KIA or MIA, 0, number of US military assets damaged or destroyed, 0. "Terrible job! He couldn't have possibly handled it any worse. This just shows what a terrible leader he is".
"He always acts like he is smarter than everyone else around him." It's not like he holds degrees from not one, but two Ivy League schools or anything.
All done after walking in on day one and being knee deep in the biggest pile of crap since Lincoln took office, and with the "help" of a Congress that collectively (and I mean all 535 of them. Democrat, Republican and Independent) have proven to be about as useful as tits on a bull.
Yeah, this President has been an unmitigated disaster. Complete. Failure.
In 2008 a guy from a very liberal state, with an unusual name, a father that was born in another country, that holds a degree from Harvard Law school, has religious ties that make a large segment of the country uncomfortable, is the author of a controversial healthcare reform plan, and wasn't the "guy" within his own party ran for President. Hannity, Beck, Limbaugh and Coulters heads almost exploded.
In 2012 a guy from a very liberal state, with an unusual name, a father that was born in another country, that holds a degree from Harvard Law school, has religious ties that make a large segment of the country uncomfortable, is the author of a controversial healthcare reform plan, and wasn't the "guy" within his own party ran for President. Why haven't Hannity, Beck, Limbaugh and Coulters heads exploded?
lol i love the way the loser left spams boards with prepaid leftnut garbage spoon-fed to them straight from the latest loser lefty think tank. these idiots cant be taken seriously. couldnt get past the first few lines. GM is #1? hard not to be with all that CORPORATE WELFARE dems gave them
didnt keith olbermans head actually explode and had to be surgically reconstructed? lots of people have Ivy league degrees; bushis one. what is the point of the 100-line rants loser lefties make?
What part of his post is spam?
the left has to hope people are too ignorant to notice the BS in their long-winded posts. we left iraq on the bush timetable; and iraq is falling apart already. you want to give obama credit for that? ok! lol
He promised to bring the troops home and he did. o you have a proble with that?
dems were firmly in congtrol of a majority of the law-making process; a majority of the government for ALL of the time the economy was crashing; all ot theime you mention above; and had been for about 2 years. bush wa a lame duck by anybody's measure; but ESPECIALLy by the very libs who still cant admit they were in charge when everything turned south
but then again this is what you get from leftnuts that cant think for themselves; spoon-fed propaganda
What policies caused the housing crash? When were they enacted?
I'm guessing you didn't read the part that acknowledged the Iraq timetable. But hey, I'm a fair guy. I have the numbers and facts to support everything in my post. Feel free to produce any facts you may have that proves what I listed isn't true. Or are you content to just hang out here and throw around insults like a 3rd grader?
i already backed up what i posted; please stop crying and whining like a 3rd grader
And really, the lame duck excuse won't work. Was President Bush a lame duck when he cut everyones taxes and then started 2 wars that anyone who paid any attention in high school civics/government classes knows are supposed to be paid with tax money?
"..a 3rd grader.." All I did was ask you a question. You seem to be the one throwing around insults.
the iraq war started in 2003; what is your idiotic rant about lame duck about?
You wrote that. Or did you forget? Maybe you did, because judging by your spelling and grammar you certainly didn't proofread it.
And again, you have yet to provide one article, one website, one report that would disprove anything I put in my original post. And you haven't done it, because you can't do it. Hell, just to prove a point I pulled a couple of those facts above from Fox News and The Drudge Report.
South Carolina was the first state to leave the union following the election of Lincoln. After the vote, a state legislator said " South Carolina is too small to be a republic and too large to be an insane asylum." If the teatards are actually stupid enough to vote for Newt, I would have to say the second half of that statement not true.
another idiot who thinks obama deserves reelection? or just a hate-filled left-wing loser? we report; you decide
Hey Refus -- if the teatards are dumb enough to nominate Newt -- Obama will be reelected in a landslide. Clinton kicked his ass all over the nation in the 90s and Obama will repeat this time around. The biggest favor you could do for Obama is to nominate Newt. Rasmussen, the most right wing poll among all the major pooling organizations shows Obama beating Newt by 9% and Fox has Obama up by 14%. So do the Democrats a huge favor --- vote for Newt.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/president_obama_vs_republican_candidates.html
clinton signed over 70% of newts Contract with America into law
LOL!! Another Fox yapping point. tell us about that 70% Rufus. Be specific. Point out what parts of the "Contract with America" Clinton into law.
maobama simply cant touch newts record of success and working with the other side of the aisle
Record of success? Newt? The same Newt that was totally humiliated when Bill Clinton called his bluff? The same Newt that impeached a President for banging an intern while was at the same time, banging an intern? The same Newt who was such a loose cannon that his own party showed him the door without thinking twice?
clinton signed over 70% of newts Contract with America into law. thanks 4 playing though
Ok, I'll play devils advocate. I'll concede that President Clinton signed off on 70%. Now if thats the case, and Newt was such a raging success and full of sunshine and rainbows, why on earth was his own party so eager to ship him out of town and forget he existed?
obama's hard-left base wants to ship him out of town and fgorget he exists. they are suing him for continuing the bush war on terror program almost intact from what it was under bush. i see no point to your endless attempts to wiggle out of the stupidity you already posted. newt is a better man than obama even on a bad day
they showed him the door without thinnking? did you respond to your own question genius?
Long on insults, short on facts. Again. Instead of just admitting you have no supporting facts on any of the fiction you've posted and owning up to it you went the schoolyard route.
bama's hard-left base wants to ship him out of town and fgorget he exists
You didn't answer the question Rufus --- If Newt was such a raging success and full of sunshine and rainbows, why on earth was his own party so eager to ship him out of town and forget he existed? And -- the vote wasn't even close. So -- do you have an answer or are you just running your yap???
Listen to all the smucks GOP & Newt Its all about the Wealthy getting richer and the middle class getting poorer.....They don't want to help out the poor, I do mean the poor not the lazy good for nothings...Who are the one's that leach off the taxpayer.They: are the Wealthy that get welfare both for themselves or for the Corps. So really All party are at fault...But it seems that the Wealthy get away with it like the Corzine.(.Democrat )...They steal billions and the few poor steals a few thousands. So what does the GOP want to do is Screw the MIddle Class to get even with the few. As I say its the me me me and F everyone else.... The failures of the Republicans party trying to take away SS and Medicare so they can give their wealthy Blackmailers more money...To hell with the Poor and Needy. Let them freeze in the winter and stave the Old and Babies,let them die from bad water, do away with the EPA and thats what you'll have, just like all you Teabaggers want...You make me sick with your Me Me Me altitude. It just a matter of time before the masses raise up against you . Greedy and you all call yourself Christains. What a laugh: Your no better than all the Muslims you all hate. Wake up America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WAKE UP
it's schmucks; schmuck. and the poor are getting poorer under obama and dems. the rich are getting richer too now more than they did under repubs. all your idiotic left-wing brainwashing excuses soon-fed to you by your messiah obama and his cronies any makes sense if you arent attached to reality; or think someone you call "brilliant" should have endless excuses to make the "change" he promised. what losers
is there a leftard alive that can make an argument that isnt a bunch of stupid BS? what is this rant above? who hates Muslims? we hate Muslims that car bomb women and children and fly planes into buildings idiot. so what do you mean we are "no better than them'? it sounds like YOU are the bigot here
No one goes in that gross place in this town except rednecks and old farts. Its a joke! Carcinoginic crap food..yes it is fitting that the two old farts would sguare off in a ham house. Wow how far down the ladder does that ridiculous GOP slide??? Nut Getrich and Willard(the rat)Romney. Ps: I have never read the Book of Mormon, in that book does it say its ok to lie, cheat, and steal? Think about it all you faux Christians ....Romney doesn't believe the Bible is the Word of God....is that ok for you?
wow the loser left just hates everybody and everything it seems!
"faux" christian leftard? what is a "real" Christain? ohne like obama that attends a racist and bigoted church for 20 YEARS?
T-man
Apparently you just hate everything. I just did a search of reviews for Tommy's and all the reviews gave it high ratings with great food and friendly staff.
One has to believe you live on your welfare card and foodstamps, neither of which they take. Get a job and earn some cash and then maybe you can go also.
Some people on this board are prove John Stuart Mill was right when he said
'Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives'
Rufus, do you have a job or are you on welfare?
ASK your mother ok?
My mother is dead.
thats too bad. well at least she doesnt have to see you embarrass yourself here on message boards
How am I embarrassing myself? You still didn't answer my question.
u r embarrassing yourself; not me
So Rufus, you can't answer simple questions. Thanks for playing.
even simple things confuse you; it's not my job to give you a brain stem
They'll spar from 10:45 'til noon then the show down: they will face off, grimacing and sputtering and spittin'. They'll reach for thier big guns, find the stirngs that they have tied to them, pull and whoops: only pee shooters.
Here is another little tidbit for all you Evangelicals in SC....Nut Getrich left your religion and turned to the Catholic church. Hmmm and that church is having a bit of a problem keeping their priests away from little boys and covering all that up. But the main reason he turned to Catholicism was because he could go to a priest confess his sins and get absolution from a man by doing some Hail Marys or whatever. He either doesnt think God would forgive him as vocally as a priest, or his mindset is it is easier to ask forgiveness for sin than to avoid sin. This man is a train wreck of dishonesty. So you people keep putting religion in politics but you don't seem to mind your politicians not measuring up to your standards......hypocrites
what kind of conmplete idiot thinks you have to be a christian to be a conservative? is it thekind of idiot that cant stick to facts; like the fact that newt has a much better record of success than the current inept loser in the White House? so does Romney?
Please tell us Newt's record of success and Romney's.
Oh wait, Romney introduced universal health care in Mass. I forgot.
lol and it's not working there either; but romney admitted his mistake; when will obama?
Actually Rufus, I live in Massachusetts and its working pretty well. 98% have health coverage.
obama anounced his candidacy to his close friends a few years ago; like the one that plotted to bomb soldiers returning from war, and their wives and children. then he financed his house in part with a deal with a convicted felon and all-around scumbag named rezko
Why are these Hams wasting the public's time and money. These Tea Baggers has no chance in beating Our Commander in Chief President Bartrack Obama. Clinton and Obama are the best twio Presidents we've had since Kennedy. So let brace ourselves for Obama re-election in 2012 and Hillary in 2016. In fact Hillary is more qualified today than any these Tea Baggers running this year. None of them have foreign experience. Just so jhappen Obama is much smarter then all them put together.
it would help if you want to be a lemming idolizing the loser obama if you could actually spell his name right
And it would certainly help if you intend on insulting complete strangers on an internet comment board that you used correct spelling, grammar and punctuation. Hell, you don't even have to do it. The little icon up there with the abc over the checkmark, if you click on it it will do all the work for you.
MAY THE BIGGEST PIG WIN!
no more calls please; we have a winner; his name is lobozoid!
golf stop rating your own posts; have some shame!!! geesh
A couple Republican "boors" at the Ham House. Only in the land of Limbaugh! lol