A hilarious quote of the day over at Kevin Baker’s place
Given how the GOP field has been winnowed, this has really just been a race to determine the form Gozer the Traveler takes.
So this just means the giant Sloar is off the table and means is we’re looking between the moving Torb and the Staypuff Marshmellow man.
-- Jack
If you don’t get the reference… I’m not sure we can remain friends. Sorry.
For those of you who do get the reference, that joke has actually changed my mind about voting for (*shudder*) Romney. You see, I can’t fight the Moving Torb. The Torb has too many worshipers and comes from a dimension totally not grounded in our reality. But the StayPuft Marshmallow Man? While backed by an inter-dimensional force, the SPMM is clearly a construct of our reality, composed of sugar, corn syrup, water, gelatin that has been softened in hot water, dextrose, vanilla flavorings, and sometimes coloring, whipped to a spongy consistency, and his followers are less than enthusiastic about supporting him.
In short, I can beat the StayPuft Marshmallow man or at least slow him down. Not so much with the Large and Moving Torb.
Hopping off the analogy train, what I’m saying is that either way we go, the occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave come the early days of 2013 is not going to be a friend to liberty. Obama’s agenda is that of putting America into ruin so that a larger, more intrusive government can take hold thus bringing the Marxist dream to fruition.
Romney, while still a big government liberal with an R by his name, is not a committed Marxist. His attacks on our freedom will be easier to battle for several reasons. One, they won’t be economic attacks, at least not ones on the scale of Obamacare. I will give Romney credit that he at least understands economics from a perspective outside of college theory. Two, just like we’ve kept Obama at bay in regards to firearms, we can do the same with Mittens. Heck, we did it with Fumbletongue before Obama.
I don’t like Romney. I don’t trust him and find his Big Government leanings just as abhorrent, but I find him less of a threat (still a threat, mind you) than Obama and crew. Kevin’s comment of “Supreme Court Justice Eric Holder” is also a scary thought and a way that Romney would do considerably less damage than Dear Reader.
Just like I didn’t care for Santorum, I would have preferred him over Romney because his social issues would have been easier to battle. Well, thinking about it, the issues Romney brings to the table are easier to fight than Obama’s. Add into the fact that I have two beautiful daughters, I’m not ready to help crash the system to get it over with because I’d be pulling it down on their heads.
And if all that fails? Screw it, we can cross the streams.
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Second, he's gonna need to Keep the House and try to get the Senate if he plans on calling forth Zool. Remember, it takes BOTH the Keymaster and the Gatekeeper to open the Doorway.
Third, I really think the RKBA is going to be a Low Priority for him, in all seriousness. He's a Businessman, so he'll be trying to get the Economy back on Track, all the while looking over his Shoulder at all those WONDERFUL Foreign Policy Messes Obama has generated while Occupying 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. I don't expect Romney to try and bring back the Assault Rifle Ban, the Hi-Cap Mag Ban, etc. But I don't expect Him to roll back all the Anti-Gun Laws/Rules/Regs/ Policies that are on the books, either. I think he'll just be Neutral.
But if Romney loses, then all bets are off.
Watched that the other night. I'd forgotten just how many terrific lines are in that movie.
What you're facing is a problem that all politically aware people face. We know what the issues are, we know what our stances on them is, and we know that no one comes even CLOSE to what we believe.
Remember, you're an individual. Just like everybody else.
The solution is either a) Suck it up, vote for the Least Objectionable Candidate and work in your little corner of the world to change things (which you're doing with Florida Carry) or b) sit things out until we get a candidate that matches more with what we like, which will never come until the culture is changed in the direction.
Remember, without Zuul and Vinz Clortho to prepare things, there is no Gozer.
We need to be the Zuul we have been waiting for.
Obama's background, culture, people, and world-view are (A) Chicago Political Machine coupled with (B) racism/victim entitlement.
Romney's background, culture, people, and world-view are (A) Mormon coupled with (B) successful big business.
While there are certainly outliers in every large group (e.g. Harry Reid), I'll put my trust in a Mormon business leader over a Chicago lawyerist every single time. The vast, vast majority of Romney's people are solid, Constitutionally-grounded, gun-totin' folks. My smartest cousin describes Utah as an "armed camp".
Romney himself may not be exactly representative of those folks, but I'll wager my [whatever] that he'll be a whoooole helluva lot better than Obama.
It is what it is.
I'll put my trust in a Mormon business leader over a Chicago lawyerist every single time.
Wow. That observation changes my whole perspective of this election, thanks. (Though I would have characterized Obama as a "Chicago Pol"...)
Just like Obama has to wear Kevlar 24/7, because there're a LOT of Right Wing NutJobs out there.
Sure, it's easy to stand up for the Constitution when a Democrat is trampling it, but when it's a Republican? We don't have many Neville Longbottoms in Congress.
PS Don't forget in the next 4 years there will probably be several Supreme Court Justices retiring. Who would you prefer selecting them.
I was gonna say "Coolidge", but Harlan Stone was a big ol' New Dealer. Harding and Taft didn't do so bad. How 'bout we use a Ouija board and let them pick?
Panamared says:
on 4/12/2012 1:18:47 PM
"PS Don't forget in the next 4 years there will probably be several Supreme Court Justices retiring. Who would you prefer selecting them."
Panamared...Panamared...Panamared,
You might want to give up on that quaint notion that Obama will not be appointing any more SCJotUS.....
You need to be thinking the 4-5 months.....
I have said this before, and it depresses me to no end.
You will know the exact instant that Obama's internal polling has gone tits-up, in the weeks after the R's nominate their guy Ruth "nappy" Ginsburg will retire.
And it makes me sick.....
If the Chicago thugs really want to jam it to the SCotUS, look for Breyer to start collecting a pension......
That will be 4 Obama social engineers appointed to the SCotUS.
Who is more likely to head the warnings against overreaching government?
Who is more likely to accept the actions of a more conservative Legislature?
I will vote for anyone except Obama and keep working to fix what our current president has done.
"First, Romney has to get Legally Elected (and wear Kevlar 24/7. There's a LOT of Left Wing NutJobs out there!)"
Just like Obama has to wear Kevlar 24/7, because there're a LOT of Right Wing NutJobs out there.
Tam,
I've heard Obama has a layer of Biden between his kevlar underoos and his awesome man-boobs. I understand that this provides more protection than 2 trauma plates would in the mall of America food court.
Of course that might not stop an 88 magnum. It shoots through schools.
"His attacks on our freedom will be easier to battle for several reasons. One, they won’t be economic attacks, at least not ones on the scale of Obamacare. I will give Romney credit that he at least understands economics from a perspective outside of college theory. Two, just like we’ve kept Obama at bay in regards to firearms, we can do the same with Mittens. Heck, we did it with Fumbletongue before Obama."
Not so fast--if he has the support of the Stupid party, just because it enrages the Evil party, he can do pretty much what he wants, which is...
Well, we don't really know, since he's never actually spoken his mind without consulting a poll or campaign handler. He's an even bigger enigma than was Barry at this point in HIS campaign.
Santorum's dangerous edge lay in the fact that he might support many pro-Gun platforms and thereby make him harder to fight on other levels.