Uncognitive said:

Hagel has apparently raised next to no money (even for his Senate re-election campaign) and the first round of GOP primaries is five months away.

Even if you assume Hagel's criticism of Bush Jr. won't alienate him from the 60% or so of GOP voters who actually still support Shrub, Hagel's going to have to start robbing banks or seducing Mike Bloomberg in order to fund a real campaign.

eightyeighty said:
I kind of agree with graphicsman. And graphicsman, in case haven't read many past SG articles, here's a synopsis of what you've missed. It's also what you can expect from every future article.
America is bad
Republicans are bad.
Conservatives are bad
Religion is bad

Freedom is good, but only if it subscribes to your point of view. All other views will be deemed stupid and/or archaic.
Gay people are good, and should be allowed to murder with impunity.
And George Bush is our finest leader ever. Hehe, Just kidding. Of course he falls under the bad stuff.
There, I said it.

eightyeighty said:
Gay people are good, and should be allowed to murder with impunity.

eightyeighty said:
Freedom is good, but only if it subscribes to your point of view.

FearTheReaper said:

He's already seducing Bloomberg. I think any viable Republican can jump in late and he will receive massive funding very quickly. If he does not enter the race by the end of September, I would say he will not.

But you are probably right.

varukasalt said:
When, exactly, did the conversion from normal, logical space/time to bizarro world take place? I musta been at work or something.

Zarth said:

I, for one, get pretty impatient when conservatives complain (as they so often do) that disagreeing or (heaven forbid!) arguing with them somehow violates their "freedom."

Zarth said:
It's pretty exciting. I'm excited.

FreakPirate said:

Come now. Everyone knows it's not "violating freedom". You're "hurting America". Or maybe "helping the terrorists win".

Uncognitive said:

I am also quite thrilled at the concept of gangs of gay people roaming the streets, killing at will. It's like a bad 70's sci-fi movie, only fabulous.

Uncognitive said:

I am also quite thrilled at the concept of gangs of gay people roaming the streets, killing at will. It's like a bad 70's sci-fi movie, only fabulous.

eightyeighty said:
zarth, do you work? anyway it's how i feel about the articles i read here. which i try not to look at too much anymore, remembering that i joined the site for the girls.
now go ahead and bash me again, but hurry up before your parents come home.

Zarth said:

Silence, you Canadian Rat-Dog Slave! You still worship your God-Queen, and obviously have no comprehension of what True American Freedom(tm) is about!

"The face of the Republican Party in Iowa is the face of a losing party, full of hatred toward immigrants, lust for government subsidies, and the demand that any Republican seeking the office of the presidency acknowledge that he's little more than Jesus Christ's running mate. The pandering from the stage told the story. Mr. Romney promised not a chicken in every pot, but 'a button on every computer' for parents to block obscene material. Anti-immigrant ranter Tom Tancredo nearly brought the house down decrying the fact that Americans sometimes have to 'Press 1' for English. Mr. Huckabee earned his second-place finish in part by making the specious claim that farm subsidies safeguard America's food independence ... Senator Brownback of Kansas, the third-place finisher, declared as he often does in his stump speech: 'All for Jesus. All for Jesus. All for Jesus. All for Jesus.'

"This all may fly in Ames. But it won't in Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and the interior West, all of which will be battlegrounds in this presidential election and for many elections to come. Republicans need to broaden their appeal in this tough environment, and the first step is to turn their sights away from Ames and toward the rest of the nation."