Meet The Candidates: 2012 GOP Thread

[rbanerjee23]

Saw that Michele Bachmann is claiming that she would bring back $2.00 gasoline and pointed out that gas was $1.79 when Obama took office and is close to $4.00 right now.

Bachmann: I'll bring back $2 gas - Aug. 18, 2011

I don't think she understands how supply and demand works

[GusFrerotte]

Originally Posted by rbanerjee23

Saw that Michele Bachmann is claiming that she would bring back $2.00 gasoline and pointed out that gas was $1.79 when Obama took office and is close to $4.00 right now.

Bachmann: I'll bring back $2 gas - Aug. 18, 2011

I don't think she understands how supply and demand works

Nope, she understands she is increasingly becoming irrelevant and has to say crazy shit to get media attention. The chic has no depth, no real ideas that sets her apart from the other frontrunners. On top of that the GOP needs only one candidate to appeal to the evangelicals.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by rbanerjee23

Saw that Michele Bachmann is claiming that she would bring back $2.00 gasoline and pointed out that gas was $1.79 when Obama took office and is close to $4.00 right now.

Bachmann: I'll bring back $2 gas - Aug. 18, 2011

I don't think she understands how supply and demand works

I'd like to know who was selling $1.79 gas in 2008.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I'd like to know who was selling $1.79 gas in 2008.

Gas Price Historical Price Charts - GasBuddy.com

[rbanerjee23]

Where did I explicitly say Islam was a race? would you like me to clarify and say that Cain is a religious bigot?

[RedskinRat]

Originally Posted by rbanerjee23

Where did I explicitly say Islam was a race? would you like me to clarify and say that Cain is a religious bigot?

Yes, I want you to be explicit because otherwise we see a devaluing of the term 'racist'.

I will agree that there are many candidates that are religiously bigoted, but that's different from being racially bigoted. You chose your religion, you don't chose your race. It's utterly abhorrent for people to claim racism when it nothing of the sort, usually a ploy of hysterical liberals.

[SmootSmack]

I didn't realize Bachmann, Perry, and Cain were the same person. Cain's thoughts don't speak for all the candidates

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I didn't realize Bachmann, Perry, and Cain were the same person. Cain's thoughts don't speak for all the candidates

Well, if you're right of center then you simply must be insane and unelectable so they may as well all be the same.

[wilsowilso]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

Well, if you're right of center then you simply must be insane and unelectable so they may as well all be the same.

That's Far Far Far right of center. Just to be clear.

[rbanerjee23]

Haha, wow didn't know I'd stir up all this trouble -- I'm actually a big supporter of Ron Paul and I think that some of his ideas (not all) are really good. But, you're right if I have a problem against this woman:
Bachmann: "Not All Cultures Are Equal" - YouTube
then I think anyone right of center is a crazy, unelectable neocon.

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by rbanerjee23

Haha, wow didn't know I'd stir up all this trouble -- I'm actually a big supporter of Ron Paul and I think that some of his ideas (not all) are really good. But, you're right if I have a problem against this woman:
Bachmann: "Not All Cultures Are Equal" - YouTube
then I think anyone right of center is a crazy, unelectable neocon.

MB has said some wacky stuff.....however, what in that video is inaccurate? If you think the culture of Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan under the Taliban, or any other Sharia law country is the same as the US or mainstream Europe than I suggest you visit (or even research in detail) one of those places and see how religious minorities and women are treated.

[GusFrerotte]

Paul and Johnson are the only ones that offer a platform that is fundamentally different from what we are getting now under Obama, and what we got with Bush and any other post JFK president. Sadly, they are being all but ignored by the main stream media. Johnson is virtually dead already, and Paul, who finished well ahead of Romney in the Iowa straw poll isn't even considered a contender!!! The elites just want another corporate hack, a puppet on the string that will give them more tax cuts, more war, and more power.

[GusFrerotte]

Perry is the media darling, just like Palin was for a long time. Unless we do expereince a total economic collapse before Nov 2012, Obama is going to be reelected if Perry, ROmney, or Bachmann, is made the GOP nominee. THey just don't offer anything different, and scare the crap out of Dems, most indies, and even a lot of Reps. That isn't a recipe for victory. Perry likes to say he craeted a lot of jobs in TX, but they were Walmart type jobs. Oh boy, I can pay off my college loans working for Walmart or buy a new car!!!!!

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by GusFrerotte

Perry is the media darling, just like Palin was for a long time. Unless we do expereince a total economic collapse before Nov 2012,

You live in the Detroit area, how much worse does it need to get. Obama and the Dems need to hope and pray for a MAJOR economic recovery before Nov 2012 or they're done. Rs could very easily gain control of WH, House, Senate. Elections aren't decided by folks entrenched in their positions (like most of us). They're decided by independents and folks in the center, and Independents are breaking against Obama now, where they were breaking his way in 2008. Most folks don't get down into the "nuts & bolts" of how gov't works. They just know times are tough and Obama is the President.

Perry likes to say he craeted a lot of jobs in TX, but they were Walmart type jobs. Oh boy, I can pay off my college loans working for Walmart or buy a new car!!!!!

Rick Perry And Texas Job Numbers « Political Math

You may want to check your facts on that: "Since the recession started hourly wages in Texas have increased at a 6th fastest pace in the nation."

[wilsowilso]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

Elections aren't decided by folks entrenched in their positions (like most of us). They're decided by independents and folks in the center, and Independents are breaking against Obama now, where they were breaking his way in 2008. Most folks don't get down into the "nuts & bolts" of how gov't works. They just know times are tough and Obama is the President.

Independents aren't mindless drones. They don't just vote for somebody else every other election when times are tough.

This Republican field polls horribly amongst independents.