tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post7505116840024949339..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Balance That Ticket!Jonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-64940779215140459612012-08-09T22:07:37.198-05:002012-08-09T22:07:37.198-05:00Condi Rice would actually fit that. Actually she&...Condi Rice would actually fit that. Actually she's older than I might have thought. And pro-choice. But that'd be quite a VP debate.Xenocrypthttp://xenocrypt.dailykos.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-61398829984886150422012-08-09T17:22:20.308-05:002012-08-09T17:22:20.308-05:00Not location; Romney goes the president one better...<i>Not location; Romney goes the president one better, with at least three home states (Michigan, Massachusetts, and while it's a stretch, Utah)</i><br /><br />But note which region is not represented here.<br /><br />Romney has been tacking hard right all year and, still, has yet to convince conservatives that he's anything other than a wishy-washy moderate. He'll continue to do that by choosing a fire-breathing right-winger from the South as his VP.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15913245096162048743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-6046692080810147072012-08-09T16:52:09.420-05:002012-08-09T16:52:09.420-05:00Balance is very important, and Mitt knows it. Evid...Balance is very important, and Mitt knows it. Evidence? Every single name on the shortlist is a human being. The perfect complement. <br /><br />But I'm hoping that Mitt goes outside the box by hiring a Ronald Reagan impersonator and claiming that it's Ronald Reagan. "But Reagan is dead!" says the liberal media. "Don't you wish, Com-symps! The liberal media claimed he was dead so they could put socialist GHW Bush in the White House and his son could betray conservatism by governing as a conservative. He's as alive as you and me." (A song comes to mind)<br /><br />The fact-check sites investigate, but can't find conclusive proof that Reagan is dead. Yes, Romney has referred to "the late Ronald Reagan," but you can't believe anything he says. California refuses to release the long-form death certificate, and Peggy Noonan refuses to have the body exhumed. The fact that the alleged impersonator has on at least two occasions said in front of credible witnesses, "I'm getting sick of this; just give me my check and I'm out of here," is suggestive, but reports from the '80's confirm that Ronald Reagan said the same thing at the end of nearly every cabinet meeting.<br /><br />We rate the claim that Ronald Reagan is dead as half-true, and the claim that he is alive as half-false.Geoff Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17117921607237662932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-17168293954461309822012-08-09T16:22:57.135-05:002012-08-09T16:22:57.135-05:00Guess we are going to have to go with Pawlenty to ...Guess we are going to have to go with Pawlenty to balance the ticket then! He was raised a Catholic but later became born again once he got married. He's a bit thin in the foreign affairs and national security departments, but he was involved as governor with the GOP Minnesota Secretary of State sending out warnings that poll locations would be beset with "homicide bombers" (hey remember that term?) on election day in 2004! That counts? Right?<br /><br />http://thuginpastels.com/2012/07/18/whats-in-a-name-mark-ritchie-and-that-which-we-call-amendments/longwalkdownlyndalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13173899547449318257noreply@blogger.com