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FearTheReaper

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

AUG 12, 2007 11:26 PM



The big news from this weekend’s Iowa straw poll was how little the voting public thinks of the current crop of Republican candidates. Ten thousand fewer Republicans cast votes for this group of candidates than they did for the 2000 candidates. “None of the above” is consistently winning in Republican polls. The reason is simple: Every Republican candidate has some horrible quality that makes them unelectable to the base.

Rudy Giuliani won’t win the nomination because he is pro-abortion and has an ugly marital history. He is twice divorced, once marrying a cousin and another time living through a nasty public separation while Mayor of New York.


27% of Republican voters see Giuliani as politically conservative, while 68% say moderate or liberal.


There is no way Giuliani will win a Republican nomination with the current state of religious lunacy that has a hold over the party. Sorry, loser, you’re out.

Fred Thompson is the newest of the candidates who has absolutely no chance. Freddy also has a problem with his abortion loving past. He was a lobbyist for a pro-choice group, which may actually be worse than being ideologically against abortion.


22% have an unfavorable view of Thompson.


Watch that number shoot up when he actually joins the race and Republicans get a look at his abortion record. Sorry, actor boy, you’re gone.

Mitt Romney is such a poor candidate for the Republican ticket that it is astounding. He has spent loads of money and is only polling in third place.


31% of Republican Voters have an unfavorable opinion of him.


Why? He’s a Mormon. Game over.

John McCain is old and shockingly pathetic. He attached himself to Bush’s surge and took a walk through the streets of Iraq surrounded by helicopters and soldiers. That was the day his campaign ended.


Within his own party, McCain is viewed favorably 54% and unfavorably by 40%.


He is also considered to be a "moderate" turncoat by many Republicans. Good night, grandpa.

An August 5th Rasmussen poll has Giuliani on top. (None of the above was not given as an option)

Giuliani 25%
Thompson 24%
Romney 14%
McCain 11%
Mike Huckabee 3%
Sam Brownback 2%
Ron Paul, Duncan Hunter, Tom Tancredo are just tiny blips of nothingness.

Republicans need a viable candidate to step in and take over this mess or the masses are going to vote for No One to face the Democratic opponent.

graphicsman77

graphicsman77

Pasadena, MD
June 2007

AUG 13, 2007 09:09 AM

This article shows just how little understanding you have of the Iowa Straw Poll, or the Republicans in general. I'm amazed at how a community that prides itself on tolerance and acceptance, can be so jaded and intolerant of others political views....quite to the point of ridicule. That is unacceptible, and I think you need to consider an apology to those of us who happen to be Republicans. Our money spends just as easily as anyone else's. I don't think that we paid our membership dues to come here and have our views disparaged daily by individuals who have the faintest notion of what they speak.

Frankly, I think you'd be better served monitoring your own side of the aisle, and covering the lightweights in the Democratic race. mad

graphicsman77

graphicsman77

Pasadena, MD
June 2007

AUG 13, 2007 09:11 AM

Oh and by the way, Mitt Romney one the fucking straw poll....how you can right an article and not once mention the ACTUAL RESULTS only further demonstrates the fact the you are a moron with a keyboard. mad

Zarth

zarth

Seattle, WA
December 2004

AUG 13, 2007 09:18 AM

graphicsman77 said:
I don't think that we paid our membership dues to come here and have our views disparaged daily by individuals who have the faintest notion of what they speak.


It's four dollars a month, dude. How much justice do you think that buys? Especially taking the naked women into account, which is where most of your hard-earned four dollars is going. After that, overhead, and a few other features, you only have about 1.7¢ left over for justice.

Get over it, big spender.

FearTheReaper

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

AUG 13, 2007 09:24 AM

graphicsman77 said:
This article shows just how little understanding you have of the Iowa Straw Poll, or the Republicans in general. I'm amazed at how a community that prides itself on tolerance and acceptance, can be so jaded and intolerant of others political views....quite to the point of ridicule. That is unacceptible, and I think you need to consider an apology to those of us who happen to be Republicans. Our money spends just as easily as anyone else's. I don't think that we paid our membership dues to come here and have our views disparaged daily by individuals who have the faintest notion of what they speak.

Frankly, I think you'd be better served monitoring your own side of the aisle, and covering the lightweights in the Democratic race. mad



I'm not a Democrat. And fuck off.

BlastProcessing

BlastProcessing

USA
OLD SKOOL

AUG 13, 2007 09:28 AM

graphicsman77 said:
Oh and by the way, Mitt Romney one (sic) the fucking straw poll....how you can right (sic) an article and not once mention the ACTUAL RESULTS only further demonstrates the fact the you are a moron with a keyboard.* mad



*massive irony bolded for effect

MessyJessy

MessyJessy

Fort Myers, FL
August 2005

AUG 13, 2007 09:29 AM

graphicsman77 said:
how you can right an article



I have no idea...

FearTheReaper

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

AUG 13, 2007 09:31 AM

MessyJessy said:

graphicsman77 said:
how you can right an article



I have no idea...



You actually missed this:

graphicsman77 said:
Oh and by the way, Mitt Romney one the fucking straw poll....how you can right an article



MessyJessy

MessyJessy

Fort Myers, FL
August 2005

AUG 13, 2007 09:31 AM

BlastProcessing said:

graphicsman77 said:
Oh and by the way, Mitt Romney one (sic) the fucking straw poll....how you can right (sic) an article and not once mention the ACTUAL RESULTS only further demonstrates the fact the you are a moron with a keyboard.* mad



*massive irony bolded for effect



MessyJessy

MessyJessy

Fort Myers, FL
August 2005

AUG 13, 2007 09:34 AM

FearTheReaper said:

MessyJessy said:

graphicsman77 said:
how you can right an article



I have no idea...



You actually missed this:

graphicsman77 said:
Oh and by the way, Mitt Romney one the fucking straw poll....how you can right an article





I thought it would be more humorous to focus all effort on the one joke...

Keri

Keri

SUICIDEGIRL

Virginia, USA

AUG 13, 2007 09:37 AM

Oh jeez haha

Uncognitive

Uncognitive

Brooklyn, NY
May 2003

AUG 13, 2007 09:41 AM

graphicsman77 said:
This article shows just how little understanding you have of the Iowa Straw Poll, or the Republicans in general. I'm amazed at how a community that prides itself on tolerance and acceptance, can be so jaded and intolerant of others political views....quite to the point of ridicule. That is unacceptible, and I think you need to consider an apology to those of us who happen to be Republicans. Our money spends just as easily as anyone else's. I don't think that we paid our membership dues to come here and have our views disparaged daily by individuals who have the faintest notion of what they speak.

Frankly, I think you'd be better served monitoring your own side of the aisle, and covering the lightweights in the Democratic race. mad



From the SG News FAQ:

"The news is submitted by random fuckbags like you and me. For the most part we're not career journalists, just interested onlookers. Editors do strive for a certain degree of quality in news postings, but if you feel your point of view or area of interest is being overlooked, the best thing to do is submit some news yourself!

We are not a reputable, objective news source. Walter Cronkite, Edward R. Murrow and other fat senior citizens who think of news as objective would/do hate the SG Newswire. We are part gossip rag, part talk radio, part daily show, part djs (spinning you the newspaper stories instead of songs). Other sites report; we mangle, spin, pontificate upon, slant and direct you to the stuff on the web we think worthy of your notice, whether for humor's sake, or because it's important.

We report, you decide!"



I always revel in the pure, uncut irony that is a Republican lecturing fucking anyone about "tolerance and acceptance".

thefreak

thefreak

NEWSWIRE

Gardner, MA

AUG 13, 2007 09:49 AM



-TM

bean

bean

STAFF

Los Angeles, CA

AUG 13, 2007 09:55 AM

graphicsman77 said:
Oh and by the way, Mitt Romney one the fucking straw poll....how you can right an article and not once mention the ACTUAL RESULTS only further demonstrates the fact the you are a moron with a keyboard. mad


The article was about how shitty the Republican candidates are, and it mentioned the straw poll. It was not about the straw poll, and thus the results of the straw poll aren't essential to the story, especially since most people who don't have "Romney" in their name don't consider that poll all that relevant anyway since the other Republican candidates didn't show up.

alpha22

alpha22

Scottsdale, AZ
May 2005

AUG 13, 2007 10:01 AM


Skywisdom

Skywisdom

Portland, OR
December 2005

AUG 13, 2007 10:01 AM

FearTheReaper said:

graphicsman77 said:

Frankly, I think you'd be better served monitoring your own side of the aisle, and covering the lightweights in the Democratic race. mad



I'm not a Democrat. And fuck off.



Uh, FTR, don't you know it doesn't work like that? If you disagree with Republicans, it means you are a Democrat. Which is why you haven't written any Fuck Clinton or Fuck Al Gore articles. Or any other Democrats. Ever. *Cough*

bean

bean

STAFF

Los Angeles, CA

AUG 13, 2007 10:07 AM

alpha22 said:


Finally, we get to the root of what you're really trying to say.

mahogany

mahogany

I'm lost
May 2005

AUG 13, 2007 10:10 AM

Alright, now that graphicsman has been skooled enuf, I have a question for FTR.

Any ideas about the viable candidate to step in and take over the mess?

The Republican candidates always seem terrible and unelectable to me. I distinctly recall thinking that nobody in his/her right mind was going to vote for our currently selected shitbag. To make things worse, I did this twice. My mind is clearly not calibrated to Republican elect-ability.

Whaddya think FTR, who's the dark horse?

alpha22

alpha22

Scottsdale, AZ
May 2005

AUG 13, 2007 10:13 AM

bean said:

alpha22 said:


Finally, we get to the root of what you're really trying to say.



Thats true, If you don't have anything nice to say, Don't say anything at all.

Zarth

zarth

Seattle, WA
December 2004

AUG 13, 2007 10:14 AM

alpha22 said:

bean said:

alpha22 said:


Finally, we get to the root of what you're really trying to say.



Thats true, If you don't have anything nice to say, Don't say anything at all.



ericwine

ericwine

Charlotte Hall, MD
January 2007

AUG 13, 2007 10:15 AM

mahogany said:The Republican candidates always seem terrible and unelectable to me. I distinctly recall thinking that nobody in his/her right mind was going to vote for our currently selected shitbag. To make things worse, I did this twice. My mind is clearly not calibrated to Republican elect-ability.



biggrin
I've had a similar line of thinking myself. Then again, the Democrats don't have a good track record for nominating non-shitbags, either, which may account for GWB being a two term president. *sigh*

Whaddya think FTR, who's the dark horse?



I wonder if he's still holding out for Chuck Hagel...

Zarth

zarth

Seattle, WA
December 2004

AUG 13, 2007 10:26 AM

ericwine said:I've had a similar line of thinking myself. Then again, the Democrats don't have a good track record for nominating non-shitbags, either, which accounts for GWB being a two term president. *sigh*


Fixed.

Other than Clinton, the Democrats haven't advanced a genuinely electable candidate since . . . FDR, really. Unless you count Kennedy, which is debatable.

graphicsman77

graphicsman77

Pasadena, MD
June 2007

AUG 13, 2007 10:40 AM

Skywisdom said:

FearTheReaper said:

graphicsman77 said:

Frankly, I think you'd be better served monitoring your own side of the aisle, and covering the lightweights in the Democratic race. mad



I'm not a Democrat. And fuck off.



Uh, FTR, don't you know it doesn't work like that? If you disagree with Republicans, it means you are a Democrat. Which is why you haven't written any Fuck Clinton or Fuck Al Gore articles. Or any other Democrats. Ever. *Cough*



Fuck Off? That's the best you can do? (aside from all those who chose to mock my grammar) Thanks to the member who posted the News FAQ. Maybe I will just post my own news stories then. In the meantime, check this out before you get too sure about Hillary's prospects.

Clinton a Drag? http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070812/D8QVK9501.html

ericwine

ericwine

Charlotte Hall, MD
January 2007

AUG 13, 2007 10:43 AM

Zarth said:

ericwine said:I've had a similar line of thinking myself. Then again, the Democrats don't have a good track record for nominating non-shitbags, either, which accounts for GWB being a two term president. *sigh*


Fixed.

Other than Clinton, the Democrats haven't advanced a genuinely electable candidate since . . . FDR, really. Unless you count Kennedy, which is debatable.



That's a good assessment, including Kennedy, considering the controversy surrounding his election and his poor standing in the polls in the weeks before his assassination.
It doesn't appear they're going to be any different this time, either. If they win, it'll be like Carter, who won because the GOP fucked up.
It would be nice if either side could advance someone worth two shits, but all I can see is the flaws, maybe because the incumbent and his predecessor were so disappointing.

DhD_No_Pants

DhD_No_Pants

Katy, TX
May 2006

AUG 13, 2007 10:43 AM

graphicsman77 said:

Skywisdom said:

FearTheReaper said:

graphicsman77 said:

Frankly, I think you'd be better served monitoring your own side of the aisle, and covering the lightweights in the Democratic race. mad



I'm not a Democrat. And fuck off.



Uh, FTR, don't you know it doesn't work like that? If you disagree with Republicans, it means you are a Democrat. Which is why you haven't written any Fuck Clinton or Fuck Al Gore articles. Or any other Democrats. Ever. *Cough*



then maybe we could see him WRITE the article about how the Democrats fear that Hillary Clinton could be a drag on the entire Democratic party? If he's not a Democrat, and I don't doubt that he isn't, he is at the least bigotted towards a particular point of view. I do find it striking that the majority of commentors felt compelled to comment on my grammatical errors rather than the substance of what I said. And, I don't need to see any Fuck Clinton articles or Fuck Al Gore articles. I do find it interesting that someone who is clearly not a conservative is so quick to comment on conservatives. A conservative would never be allowed to get away with the same tactic in reverse.



He generally bashes all parties and their candidates with equal glee.

True story.

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