Originally Posted by hrp01

Ritchie the enforcer...no my friend,you are dreaming...buggy you are absolutely right...

Brilliant post. You are so full of original ideas. You don't have to defend my good friend Buggy, as he knows how I mean my remarks to him.

Why don't you try using what's left of your brain and think about what throwing meaningless epithets suggests about your own relevance to anything said here.

Originally Posted by buggyone

Check out the people who voted for President Obama AND will vote for him again. They are 90%+ African-Americans, most Hispanics, most Democrats, most under 35 year olds, most college-educated people, most people out of a job, most people who are not in the upper-middle class, so this does not a great number to vote Republican.

Add in the factor that a neo-facist Tea Party favored Republican extremist will drive away the moderate Republican vote either to the Democrat side or just to stay at home - and you have a perfect win for President Obama again.

:1 rotfl::

Originally Posted by RichieLion

Brilliant post. You are so full of original ideas. You don't have to defend my good friend Buggy, as he knows how I mean my remarks to him.

Why don't you try using what's left of your brain and think about what throwing meaningless epithets suggests about your own relevance to anything said here.

Don't cha just love Saturday Nights. LOL

Ah,the enforcer and friend are out tonight without your google...Whatsa matter you don't like the fact that someone stands up to you two...You guys make me laugh every day...Gives me another thing to be thankful for..What are you gonna whine about when we kick you butts in the next election?

Originally Posted by hrp01

Ah,the enforcer and friend are out tonight without your google...Whatsa matter you don't like the fact that someone stands up to you two...You guys make me laugh every day...Gives me another thing to be thankful for..What are you gonna whine about when we kick you butts in the next election?

There he goes again, addressing posters and not adding to the topic. You are so predictable, and that is good for us.

I think Governor Christie would shake things up and ante the fun and stimulate the debate.

Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna

Yeah, they will. But the extremists will be historically wrong.

John Adams was no slouch as a POTUS, and he was kinda tubby, often pictured with a double chin and a protruding gut.

William Howard Taft was such a lardass that he regularly got stuck in one of the White House bathtubs and had to be helped out.

Then there was Teddy Roosevelt. Teddy was pretty fit and tough, but a lightweight he was not.

So Christie would be in good company as far as his avoirdupois is concerned.

As far as your endorsement is concerned, Richie, c'mon get on the bandwagon with me. I'll endorse Christie in a nanosecond. He's light years better and more electable than all but one of the current GOP candidates.

How long do the think it would take Christie to stick a flamethrower in an appropriate place in some of the word-parsing, negative, obstructionist, unproductive members of Congress?

Let's not forget how critical media driven image is. Folks voted for Adams and Taft before superficial image was everything. I'd speculate most citizens had never seen a full-body image of either before they voted. Teddy was a Rough Rider, so it was ok that he got a little pudgy. The tailored suits made up for it. The fact that people so quickly mention Christie's physical size is testimony to the horrible fact that superficial image is now almost everything. For most of our lifetimes, perhaps we could say the major reason R's and D's have been elected was simply because they 'looked good'. Once the favorable media image is broadcast, the money rolls in. Those who pay real attention to what the candidates believe in are becoming scarce as hens' teeth. (my mother's old saying, meaning: 'really rare', or 'an honest politician').

Originally Posted by ijusluvit

Let's not forget how critical media driven image is. Folks voted for Adams and Taft before superficial image was everything. I'd speculate most citizens had never seen a full-body image of either before they voted. Teddy was a Rough Rider, so it was ok that he got a little pudgy. The tailored suits made up for it. The fact that people so quickly mention Christie's physical size is testimony to the horrible fact that superficial image is now almost everything. For most of our lifetimes, perhaps we could say the major reason R's and D's have been elected was simply because they 'looked good'. Once the favorable media image is broadcast, the money rolls in. Those who pay real attention to what the candidates believe in are becoming scarce as hens' teeth. (my mother's old saying, meaning: 'really rare', or 'an honest politician').

For once I have to agree with you. Back in Lincoln's day the newspapers were brutal. He was described in certain papers as resembling a monkey.