Primary Clusterfuck 2012

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Nate Silver explains Illinois to New York.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Alabama and Mississippi primaries tonight.

Time for the SHOE IN OF THE WEEK!!

Let the record reflect:

I'm picking Mitt, Santo, Paul, Gingrinch.

[CBStew]

Let the record reflect:

I'm picking Mitt, Santo, Paul, Gingrinch.

Let the record reflect that I am picking the lint out of my belly button.

[Wheezer]

First I was irritated that they misspelled "bellwether," but now I'm terribly excited to watch this Sun-Times graphic update:

[Wheezer]

This Romney speech seems to be targeted at a mean audience IQ of about 80.

[Eli]

First I was irritated that they misspelled "bellwether," but now I'm terribly excited to watch this Sun-Times graphic update:

You misspelled "returns" in your search box, so you're even.

[Gilgamesh]

First I was irritated that they misspelled "bellwether," but now I'm terribly excited to watch this Sun-Times graphic update:

You misspelled "returns" in your search box, so you're even.

Finally, Huey has company.

[Slaky]

This Romney speech seems to be targeted at a mean audience IQ of about 80.

FREEDOM.

[morpheus]

This Romney speech seems to be targeted at a mean audience IQ of about 80.

Which makes it different than other political speeches, on all sides... how?

[Internet Apex]

This Romney speech seems to be targeted at a mean audience IQ of about 80.

Which makes it different than other political speeches, on all sides... how?

It lacked zazz. When I'm listening to a man I want to prey upon my insecurities in order to consolidate and cling desperately to power, I want to be entertained. Needs more college hoop.

[Gilgamesh]

This Romney speech seems to be targeted at a mean audience IQ of about 80.

What was the speech's Fleisch-Kinkaid score?

[morpheus]

This Romney speech seems to be targeted at a mean audience IQ of about 80.

What was the speech's Fleisch-Kinkaid score?

55 (9th Grade), or 59 (11th grade).  At least, that's what I got using Google's Intertubes to find the speech and two readability index calculators.

[Gilgamesh]

Alabama and Mississippi primaries tonight.

Time for the SHOE IN OF THE WEEK!!

Let the record reflect:

I'm picking Mitt, Santo, Paul, Gingrinch.

Let's get this out of the way for Illinois...



Ok...Louisiana Republican primary today.



1. Santo(rum)
2. Romney
3. Avocado
4. Ron Paul
5. FORMER LOUISIANA GOVERNOR BUDDY ROEMER!!

[J. Walter Weatherman]

The further Gingrich's dwindling campaign budget dries up, the more he'll be forced to scorch the earth with even crazier stark raving lunacy to get any attention at all...

http://nationaljournal.com/2012-presidential-campaign/gingrich-calls-obama-comments-on-trayvon-martin-shooting-disgraceful--20120323

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich harshly criticized President Obama for commenting on Trayvon Martin's race as he extended condolences to the 17-year-old shooting victim's parents on Friday. Obama said, "If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon," a remark that Gingrich said he found "disgraceful" and "appalling."

"What the president said, in a sense, is disgraceful," Gingrich said on Sean Hannity's radio show. "It's not a question of who that young man looked like. Any young American of any ethnic background should be safe, period. We should all be horrified no matter what the ethnic background.

"Is the president suggesting that if it had been a white who had been shot, that would be OK because it didn't look like him? That's just nonsense dividing this country up. It is a tragedy this young man was shot. It would have been a tragedy if he had been Puerto Rican or Cuban,  or if he had been white, or if he had been Asian-American, or if he'd been a Native American. At some point, we ought to talk about being Americans. When things go wrong to an American, it is sad for all Americans. Trying to turn it into a racial issue is fundamentally wrong. I really find it appalling."

Yes, Newt. I believe that's a fair reading.

[Slaky]

The further Gingrich's dwindling campaign budget dries up, the more he'll be forced to scorch the earth with even crazier stark raving lunacy to get any attention at all...

http://nationaljournal.com/2012-presidential-campaign/gingrich-calls-obama-comments-on-trayvon-martin-shooting-disgraceful--20120323

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich harshly criticized President Obama for commenting on Trayvon Martin's race as he extended condolences to the 17-year-old shooting victim's parents on Friday. Obama said, "If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon," a remark that Gingrich said he found "disgraceful" and "appalling."

"What the president said, in a sense, is disgraceful," Gingrich said on Sean Hannity's radio show. "It's not a question of who that young man looked like. Any young American of any ethnic background should be safe, period. We should all be horrified no matter what the ethnic background.

"Is the president suggesting that if it had been a white who had been shot, that would be OK because it didn't look like him? That's just nonsense dividing this country up. It is a tragedy this young man was shot. It would have been a tragedy if he had been Puerto Rican or Cuban,  or if he had been white, or if he had been Asian-American, or if he'd been a Native American. At some point, we ought to talk about being Americans. When things go wrong to an American, it is sad for all Americans. Trying to turn it into a racial issue is fundamentally wrong. I really find it appalling."

Yes, Newt. I believe that's a fair reading.

I assumed one of those morons would use this and any comments the President made as a soapbox for the election.

Shameful.