John Adams

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More insulated than other elected positions. Perfectly so? Of course not.

This is a side debate but keeping the judiciary at least somewhat insulated from the political process is a pretty damn good idea.

I'm not sure it's a joke, but you can't change the supremes without changing the Presidency and Congress.

I'll let Rick's own campaign website do the talking. "When activist judges took it upon themselves to redefine marriage, and with it the underpinnings of the traditional American family and our First Amendment right to Freedom of Religion, Rick spearheaded the debate in favor of Federal Marriage Amendment in 2004. Rick successfully fought even members of his own Party and had the amendment brought to the Senate floor for public debate in two successive Congresses. Even though he knew he would be labeled a bigot or worse by members of the liberal elite, Rick Santorum understood this issue was far too important to the future of our society not to be debated before the American public." That's a guy with his finger on the pulse of what matters.

Because I don't like Santorum or his campaign to amend the Constitution (twice) to ban gay marriage or all his other social nonsense, I'm blind? You're the one testing out his bandwagon. Enjoy the ride.

Yes, I stand up for reason as a way of making decisions. I didn't say anything that you quoted. He got trounced in his own state. Not just a loss but an 17 point pummeling--one of the worst incumbent Senate losses of all time. Safe to say his own state didn't care much for him. Santorum is an awful candidate. You know who else says a lot of the right things: Gingrich. Whatever DiN is saying on the topic does not interest me since he's a fake poster.

Jeep Wrangler won for top off road SUV. Pretty narrow field. Not many cars can climb a boulder and fjord a stream.

And the people of Pennsylvania.

I appreciate you answering for me. I don't think Romney is overtly religious when he expresses his views and I appreciate that. Santorum is the exact opposite. Many Christians have a problem with Romney's Mormonism. It's going to be a lingering issue for him, along with his inability to connect to the everyman. You're right that this election was ripe for the picking and the Republicans delivered up a batch of weak candidates. Huckabee or Bush would have won. Despite all the love Christie gets from the northeast (I love the guy), I'm not sure he would have won the primary.

I don't see anyone beating Obama. Sorry to you and Jim: I didn't realize so many guys here wore sweater vests. Santorum would win the christian right for sure but independents would not vote for an earmark-loving social-issues activist. Not saying he wouldn't' get some independents to vote for him because he at least talks a good game with his economic plan, but Romney has a much better chance of winning independents than Santorum. And then there's the vest.

My friends who like rooster in their ass all agree: Rick Santorum is a self-hating homosexual or the only heterosexual man wearing a sweater vest.

Sorry that you can't differentiate an attack on someone for pork spending, losing by 18%, wardrobe choice, and a name that googles as ass jizz from a DiN post. A sweater vest means: (1) bad mothereffer* or (2) I need more rooster in my ass. There's no middle ground. *Alex P. Keaton could kick Chuck Lidell's ass.

Wow, I didn't realize we had any Santorum supporters here. Good luck with him. I am a Romney guy thus far but this primary is a disaster.

A guy whose name you google and come up with hits for ass jizz is still competing with Romney. Romeny will still win the nomination running away but no one wants him. And before people start saying Republicans are voting for Santorum based on conservative principles, Santorum lost his senate seat by 18% and is reknowned for his pork and earmarks. Not to mention, isn't it about time to lose the sweater vest Mr. Rogers?

There was a lot of heat in 2008 with the economy so you had a jittery electorate looking for change. If there is no rock-n-roll market and unemployment keeps dropping, you won't get that momentum looking to change. It just won't happen. McCain also made a disastrous pick for VP. Romney is not going to go maverick with that selection like McCain did. He's going to try to get Rubio to help with Florida. I forgot your narcissism for a minute. Thanks for the reminder. I made the prediction. You want to throw stones at it but won't make your own. I lead: You follow. No treat for you today but maybe tomorrow if you stop stepping on the leash.

Not surprising that you like Spidertwilight.

Dolt. He was incompetent in 2008 and won. I put my prediction out there. Make yours.

I dunno man. He's not a likeable everyman sort of guy, and that matters. Not that Obama is, but Obama has been doing his schtick with late night shows, signing Al Green, drinking a beer, playing hoops, etc. for a few years now. It's phony as balls but most people buy into it. Romney is a handsome stiff. Listen: I agree that shouldn't matter but it mattered that George Bush has a sort of honky-tonk appeal, and Clinton clearly had appeal in spades. Mitt is at a bit of a remove and that will play into the poulist message Obama is pitching. Again, I think Obama is positioned to spank Mitt, unless the economy tanks in the next 6 months.

Thanks for engaging in the debate but that's not my point. My point is that those points above are simple and convincing to most Americans. Just to point it out, on the issue of the debt, here's the easy Obama response, "The debt commission recommended raising taxes and cutting spending...which party drew refused to do one of those things?" And when I say he hasn't started campaigning, I'll believe that you know what I mean but in case you don't, here's what I mean: He hasn't started touring the country speechifying on the above points. And he hasn't even begun to attack Romney. Despite that, he still is leading in almost all the polls. Jesus Christ people, Mitt had trouble vanquishing Newt Gingrich and he's an unmitigated disaster!

His populist message. And who's running against him? A gazillionairre. Do you think that won't work? Here's a bullet point message campaign that will win the American people. With ease. Economy 1. I got handed a piece of sh#t economy from Bush. 2. IT got a little worse at first, even worse than we'd hoped. 3. We are finally starting to turn this ship around...let me finish that. 4. Housing will pick up soon as we get rid of a backlog of supply...that's when the economy will really start kicking. 5. Mitt hates poor people. 6. Mitt is rich. Wars 1. We got handed two stupid and useless wars that were costing us billions and also lost lives. 2. We are mostly out of one and getting out of the other. 3. You're welcome. Healthcare 1. You want to beat me up on healthcare? Good luck with that Mitt Mass. Healthcare Romney. Debt 1. I asked a comission to come up with a plan. 2. They put forth a plan. 3. There were other plans too. 4. The Republicans shot them down. 5. No one seems to care about the debt right now. Social Issues 1. We're not much different except on abortion and that's not the hot button it once was. (unspoken but will hurt) 2. Mitt wears magic underwear and believes a guy talked to god in a magic hat, as opposed to my zombie worship.

Obama is winning in almost every poll and he hasn't started campaigning. Romney can't fire up anyone to care. All,anyone cares about is the economy and it's doing better. Not because of Obama, but no one will vote for change if signs point up. Should be an easy win. Maybe even Reagan Mondale blowout Landslide. Yes Magox, almost every poll has Obama ahead, many within each of their margins of error. Guess we'll see. We all know you have a bone for Mitt.

In other news, Liberace was gay. Or just never met the right woman.

I like Ron Paul because he's crazy enough to actually change things. I don't agree with all his changes but I do think if he were elected (not happening, I know), he'd shake things up for better and worse. But Secretary of Treasury Ron Paul and Chairman of the Fed Ron Paul...that would be bad indeed. Romney is going to lose to Obama in a landslide but if he were to pull a rabbit out of his ass and win, he has enough sense not to appoint Ron Paul treasury secretary. Paul is a big picture idea guy--he would never be a candidate for those positions. He'd have no idea what to do. What's he going to do as Fed Chairman? Walk in on day 1 and turn off the lights? Yeah, that would be good for the world economy.

Stop. Stop. STOP STOP STOP FEEDING THIS TROLL