Caucus Update: "True Stories" edition
Nov. 29th, 2011 05:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedsitter23Yes, service is resumed normalish. All of the below (likely or not) actually have happened.
Iowans by the millions scream for Sarah Palin - At least some East Iowans like Palin so much that they bought airtime to run an ad asking Our Sarah to run. yes, many of the deadlines have been passed, so that was a nice usage of about $6000.
The EPA wants to regulate dust - Herman Cain (pre-the whole reconsidering his campaign thing) has been running an ad that alleges that Obama wants to regulate cow flatulence and the amount of dust on a farm. I have heard about this ad for a couple of weeks, but had not seen it. This weekend, I was watching Fox news, and it ran on the hour- so there is that mystery solved.
People Paid by Ron Paul say Ron Paul is going to win - RevolutionPAC is a Paul-supporting superpac and have released their poll of 700 likely caucus-goers, and it shows Paul in the lead (Paul 25%, Gingrich 21%, Cain 20%, Romney 15%). To be fair to the Paultards who are sure to complain, although I haven't seen Paul top any poll- this isn't out of the boundaries of what I would expect to see (especially post-Cain schedule). Mitt is slipping in Iowa, and who else is going to be ahead? Newt>
Libya is in Africa now - Who knew?
The Gary Johnson juggernaut begins now - Gary Johnson's primary campaign may be in deep trouble (It's so bad that Jon Huntsman feels sorry for him), but he's already talking third party run. I can't imagine that if you can't win one of the two major party's nominations, that you would be able to win on your own. Still, bless his libertarian heart. Ron Paul says he's not considering a third party run, and Gary has been trying to be the young version of Paul, so there is that. Still, it's likely the person who take's Ron Paul's crown when he finally retires will be Rand Paul, not Johnson.
Buddy Roemer has named his potential Vice Presidential nominee - Buddy Roemer's campaign is in such bad shape that Gary Johnson feels sorry for him. Still, no reason why Roemer can't name the other half of his ticket. Roemer has asked Joe Liebermann to be his running mate (Joe declined). Poor Roemer. It's that kind of bipartisan cooperation we need. Lest we forget, Roemer is the only Republican candidate to embrace Occupy Wall Street. there's something to be said for that. Speaking of which....
Americans love Buddy Roemer - Americans Elect, the third party initiative that plans on nominating the most popular online candidate has (at least last time I looked ) Roemer with an overwhelming lead. The site asks what issues you are passionate about, and the Democrat-turned Republican whose highest priority is education is the most popular choice (Ambassador Dennis Ross and South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy - yeah, I never heard of them either- are running second and third.)
Teenage Willard was a wild man - Willard... errr, Willard Mitt says he did try beer (one beer) and cigarettes (one cigarette) as a teenager. He also admits to liking Angry Birds, the beatles, and the Killers (Brandon Flowers is Mormon). Next up, Willard mitt says he took a swig of coffee, but spit out. He never swallowed.
Conservative Iowans really are meeting together to vote for the anti-Romney - We know that Iowan social conservatives and pastors hate Willard Mitt, but yes, they literally are meeting to discuss their endorsement of the anti-Romney.
The Tea party doesn't love Christine O'Donnell anymore- Christine O'Donnell continues wanting to be a kingmaker, but is having an uphill climb. her golden moment was supposed to be speaking at a Tea Party rally in Central Iowa, before being bumped for Sarah Palin. O'Donnell is making a trip to Iowa to meet with Tea party members here. However, she has made the unforgivable mistake of saying she probably is going to endorse Mitt Romney.
Rick Perry may be a parody - Poor Rick Perry. I think he would be ok to run for President 16, maybe even 12 years from now. However, Americans just aren't going to vote for a post-Dubya Texan right now. Not that I don't love his ads dearly. Perry has followed up his "I'm a doer, not a talker" ad, with a "I'm an outsider steppin' on toes" ad.
The guy who says the sanctity marriage is the most important issue of the campaign may be endorsing the guy who is on wife #3 - Surprisingly, some Conservatives have a problem with this. Still, who wants to jump on the Santorum bandwagon?
Iowans by the millions scream for Sarah Palin - At least some East Iowans like Palin so much that they bought airtime to run an ad asking Our Sarah to run. yes, many of the deadlines have been passed, so that was a nice usage of about $6000.
The EPA wants to regulate dust - Herman Cain (pre-the whole reconsidering his campaign thing) has been running an ad that alleges that Obama wants to regulate cow flatulence and the amount of dust on a farm. I have heard about this ad for a couple of weeks, but had not seen it. This weekend, I was watching Fox news, and it ran on the hour- so there is that mystery solved.
People Paid by Ron Paul say Ron Paul is going to win - RevolutionPAC is a Paul-supporting superpac and have released their poll of 700 likely caucus-goers, and it shows Paul in the lead (Paul 25%, Gingrich 21%, Cain 20%, Romney 15%). To be fair to the Paultards who are sure to complain, although I haven't seen Paul top any poll- this isn't out of the boundaries of what I would expect to see (especially post-Cain schedule). Mitt is slipping in Iowa, and who else is going to be ahead? Newt>
Libya is in Africa now - Who knew?
The Gary Johnson juggernaut begins now - Gary Johnson's primary campaign may be in deep trouble (It's so bad that Jon Huntsman feels sorry for him), but he's already talking third party run. I can't imagine that if you can't win one of the two major party's nominations, that you would be able to win on your own. Still, bless his libertarian heart. Ron Paul says he's not considering a third party run, and Gary has been trying to be the young version of Paul, so there is that. Still, it's likely the person who take's Ron Paul's crown when he finally retires will be Rand Paul, not Johnson.
Buddy Roemer has named his potential Vice Presidential nominee - Buddy Roemer's campaign is in such bad shape that Gary Johnson feels sorry for him. Still, no reason why Roemer can't name the other half of his ticket. Roemer has asked Joe Liebermann to be his running mate (Joe declined). Poor Roemer. It's that kind of bipartisan cooperation we need. Lest we forget, Roemer is the only Republican candidate to embrace Occupy Wall Street. there's something to be said for that. Speaking of which....
Americans love Buddy Roemer - Americans Elect, the third party initiative that plans on nominating the most popular online candidate has (at least last time I looked ) Roemer with an overwhelming lead. The site asks what issues you are passionate about, and the Democrat-turned Republican whose highest priority is education is the most popular choice (Ambassador Dennis Ross and South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy - yeah, I never heard of them either- are running second and third.)
Teenage Willard was a wild man - Willard... errr, Willard Mitt says he did try beer (one beer) and cigarettes (one cigarette) as a teenager. He also admits to liking Angry Birds, the beatles, and the Killers (Brandon Flowers is Mormon). Next up, Willard mitt says he took a swig of coffee, but spit out. He never swallowed.
Conservative Iowans really are meeting together to vote for the anti-Romney - We know that Iowan social conservatives and pastors hate Willard Mitt, but yes, they literally are meeting to discuss their endorsement of the anti-Romney.
The Tea party doesn't love Christine O'Donnell anymore- Christine O'Donnell continues wanting to be a kingmaker, but is having an uphill climb. her golden moment was supposed to be speaking at a Tea Party rally in Central Iowa, before being bumped for Sarah Palin. O'Donnell is making a trip to Iowa to meet with Tea party members here. However, she has made the unforgivable mistake of saying she probably is going to endorse Mitt Romney.
Rick Perry may be a parody - Poor Rick Perry. I think he would be ok to run for President 16, maybe even 12 years from now. However, Americans just aren't going to vote for a post-Dubya Texan right now. Not that I don't love his ads dearly. Perry has followed up his "I'm a doer, not a talker" ad, with a "I'm an outsider steppin' on toes" ad.
The guy who says the sanctity marriage is the most important issue of the campaign may be endorsing the guy who is on wife #3 - Surprisingly, some Conservatives have a problem with this. Still, who wants to jump on the Santorum bandwagon?
