2012 Republican Presidential Candidate Race

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Bachmann: Obama 'waving tar baby in the air' with oil crackdown

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) blasted President Obama following his proposed "crackdown" on firms found to be manipulating the oil market, saying he is "waving a tar baby in the air" as a distraction from high gas prices.

"This is just about waving a tar baby in the air and saying that something else is a problem," Bachmann said in an interview Wednesday with The Shark Tank, a conservative news organization that covers Florida politics. "I have never seen a more irresponsible president who is infantile in the way that he continually blames everyone else for his failure to first diagnose the problem and second to address the problem. It's always everyone else's fault."

Huh

[Cleverness]

There's not even "paper"work to file anymore: you can do it online for free afaik.

For the average person sure. But for a politician running for President who was a former businessman with a shitton of investments + fees from speeches + etc etc it's not as clear cut as talking a W2 and plugging shit in.

[Demosthenes11]

Bachmann: Obama 'waving tar baby in the air' with oil crackdown



Huh

I think I figured out what she meant.

She meant she's retarded.

[BaneTheBrawler]

Bachmann

Well there's your problem.

[kuronosan]

What a fucking retard.

[Ragnus]

Exemplar of republican rhetoric right here.

[Blarg]

I bet that baby would look just like him, the racist.

[Mazmaz]

What does tar baby even mean? Am I missing an analogy?

[Ksandra]

sad part is some dumbfuck democrats will apologize to bachmann, making them the bigger retards.

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What does tar baby even mean? Am I missing an analogy?

Read the article.

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What does tar baby even mean? Am I missing an analogy?

Sounds like a better investment than a real baby

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TRENDING: Huntsman compares GOP to Communist Party of China
Posted by
CNN Producer Gabriella Schwarz

(CNN) – Former GOP White House contender Jon Huntsman on Monday explained the comparison he made between the Republican Party and Communist Party of China the night before as "waxing philosophical" on the state of politics.

On Sunday night Huntsman equated being disinvited by the Republican Party from a Florida fundraiser in March after he floated the idea of a third party to "what they do in China on party matters if you talk off script," according to political blog BuzzFeed.

On Monday the former Utah governor, who served as U.S. ambassador to China under President Barack Obama, blamed blogs for taking a sentence out of context, but repeated the sentiment.

"Last night I said, you know if you're not on script and you get knocked out of an event like that the party's supposed to be big tent, you're supposed to bring in all ideas and I said, I thought for a moment about what they do in China if you're off script. The party, they knock you out," Huntsman said on MSNBC. "We shouldn't be doing that here. We should be accommodating all voices."

He also called on the Republican Party to provide bold solutions to the American people, adding that a failure to do so could result in an "alternative voice or a separate angle of attack that's going to knock it down," an apparent reference to a third party.

Huntsman suspended his presidential bid in January after a third place finish in the New Hampshire primary and endorsed frontrunner Mitt Romney for the nomination.

"This is a time to go big and go bold and go visionary," Huntsman said. "The people of this country are waiting for it and the world is waiting for it too, we have a huge opening."

Romney must have paid off Huntsman's campaign debts for that endorsement.

[archibaldcrane]

It was either Romney or nobody - he wasn't going to endorse a conservative obviously.

[Milkster]

http://www.ijreview.com/2012/04/4100...-constitution/

[kuronosan]

Lol

[Ragnus]

I think the only one that holds water was the "No Due Process" claim. Hell, I think there was a time in this country where a President that stood up to a stalled Congress would be lauded as a strong leader. =/

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/24/us...eculation.html

CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Senator Marco Rubio of Florida looked on respectfully Monday afternoon as Mitt Romney addressed a group of reporters in a suburb of Philadelphia. He clasped his hands behind his back, rested them on his hips and folded them in front of him. He nodded almost imperceptibly at the appropriate times and, later, clapped along with the crowd.

As Mr. Rubio campaigned with him on Monday, standing at his side quietly as Mr. Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, fielded questions on illegal immigration, he also became the latest member of the up-and-coming Republican establishment to try out as a potential vice-presidential candidate with the party’s likely nominee.

Mr. Rubio, whose appearance in Pennsylvania with Mr. Romney set off a new series of vice-presidential ripples, stayed relentlessly on message: “I’m not talking about that process anymore,” Mr. Rubio said when asked if he believed that, as a first-term senator, he was experienced enough to be Mr. Romney’s “No. 2, a heartbeat away.”

Last week, Mr. Rubio rolled out plans for a compromise version of the Dream Act, the Congressional legislation that would offer illegal immigrants brought into the country as children a pathway to citizenship by earning a college degree or serving in the military. Mr. Rubio’s compromise would grant a nonimmigration visa to young illegal immigrants who have graduated from high school and have no criminal record. Once the visas are secured, they would be able to work, get an education and decide on their own whether to begin the standard process to become citizens. Mr. Romney has said he would veto much of the Dream Act.

But when asked about Mr. Rubio’s proposal, Mr. Romney said that it “has many features to commend it” and was “something we’re studying.”

And in part of an effort to win over young voters in the general election, Mr. Romney also was careful to say that, unlike House Republicans, he supports a temporary extension of a low interest rate on federal student loans, which President Obama also favors.

Though Mr. Romney carefully noted that “the process for selecting a vice-presidential running mate is just beginning,” Mr. Rubio did seem to be one of a series of potential running mates who have campaigned with Mr. Romney in recent weeks. These men and women — including Senator Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, Gov. Nikki R. Haley of South Carolina and Senator John Thune of South Dakota — have helped him stump in early primary states, but their presence has also given Mr. Romney the chance to learn who is perpetually late, who might overshadow him, who relates well to him and who, of course, is a great campaigner.

Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia flew on a small chartered plane in South Carolina with Mr. Romney; Ms. Haley barnstormed around her home state with Mr. Romney, as well, clocking many hours of rallies — and face time.

Senator Rob Portman of Ohio campaigned with Mr. Romney during his state’s primary, and hosted a small dinner with members of the news media and several Romney staff members.

Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, meanwhile, introduced Mr. Romney to Culver’s for butter burgers and chocolate malts, and exhibited all of the telltale signs of a “bromance”; the two laughed and riffed off each other so frequently that Mr. Romney joked about having to deny that Mr. Ryan was one of his sons.

Though Mr. Romney and Mr. Rubio did not share notable personal chemistry and or the easy banter of longtime friends, they did spend some time together on Monday. They met at the airport, and rode and chatted on Mr. Romney’s bus.

Mr. Rubio said little as he stood alongside Mr. Romney during a brief, six-question news conference during a joint appearance, but Mr. Rubio often took the microphone after Mr. Romney, frequently echoing the candidate’s answers.

When he talked about his own life story, as the son of two Cuban immigrants whose parents’ hard work allowed him to experience the American dream and become a senator, he seemed to underline Mr. Romney’s campaign themes of economic opportunity and American exceptionalism.

“I had the privilege and the honor of being born in the single greatest society in all of human history,” Mr. Rubio said. “This is who we’ve been, this is who we are, and this is what we must remain, but we will not if Barack Obama is president another four years.”

If Mr. Romney was looking ahead to November, he also had a few moments to reminisce. When a French television reporter asked Mr. Romney for a favorite recollection of France, where he lived as a Mormon missionary, Mr. Romney said his “best memories” were with his wife, Ann.

He recollected “the last vacation we had there, walking around the city of Paris, and walking not just in the Champs-Élysées, but also over to the Jardin of Luxembourg and around the city,” and called it “one of the most magnificent cities in the world.”

“I look forward to occasional vacations again in such a beautiful place,” he said.

Possible Rubio running mate despite Romney shooting down the DREAM Act. It's probably just the article's opinionated hinting but watch for a possible Romney/Ryan ticket also.

[Dantrag]

Rubio won't do anything for Hispanic vote. He's Cuban. He'd be cheered on if he was republican(for standing up to congress).

[Caiyuo]

The Tea Party was fucking crazy for Rubio so it seems smart to choose someone like him to court the republicans who are iffy about Romney.

[Milkster]

http://news.yahoo.com/why-jon-huntsm...mmunists-.html

[archibaldcrane]

Rubio won't do anything for Hispanic vote. He's Cuban. He'd be cheered on if he was republican(for standing up to congress).

Florida may very well be all it takes this year.