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I don't think hindsight was a factor. He never got more than 47% of the vote.

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Daniels worked in W's administration, but also in Reagan's, so the two gigs might cancel each other out in terms of wingnut luv.

(Though I still have problems rationalizing why the right hates W so much when they were behind him 100% while he was in office.)

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<blockquote>"Palin"... an uncommon last name held by no one of any real importance.</blockquote>

Ahem. Aren't you forgetting the world's foremost travelog host, comedic actor, and singing lumberjack/Inquisitor?

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Counselor, that's bud libel.

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<blockquote>I think all these Repubs just want to go for the low-hanging fruit now.</blockquote>

...and then force the fruits back into the closet.

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I think there's an informal prerequisite for a governor or former governor to successfully running for president was that you had to be popular in your own state. Examples: Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush. Non-examples: Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, and Tim Pawlenty.

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his little puffy-out chest makes him look like a puffin.

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Even the folks on redstate.com liked the speech. Except they don't think Obama meant it -- they want deeds, not words, to show he's reining in the violent rhetoric from the left. Also, one poster is miffed that people are <strike>blaming</strike> looking at Sarah Palin. They also don't like that there was a T-shirt ("at taxpayer expense" supposedly) which involved a logo.

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Why don't conservatives want an all homosexual army. Seems like that would kill two birds* with one stone: get 'em out of the mainstream society, and into a death-causing wars. _______________________ * idiomatic expression; I do not advocate killing birds. Except breaded chickens.

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Very nice, very nice..

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<blockquote>without even leaving their farted-out office chair in their mom's basement. </blockquote> Ewwwww! I was eating dinner....thanks for that lovely mindimage.

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Did Newell leave the ban hammer when he left?

Just wondering...

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He really started out as moderate when he first became governor of Minnesota. He has to keep ratcheting up his right wing nuttiness in order to keep up with the rest of the pack.

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i noticed he kept playing the fear card. Americans are scared of... *fill in the blank*.

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I can't understand you. Could you type slower? Thanks in advance.

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And then, when the microphone was safely off and the staffers had left the building, Pawlenty looked at Fischer and their eyes locked, the world seeming to stand still. Both men felt a sudden wave of desire.

That is, the desire for the other one to be more attractive and less squirrelly.

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