Archive for 'Election' Category

Romney said WHAT about Insurance? This one will make you angry. (video)

Sometimes someone says something so bizarre… so disconnected from reality… that it makes you stop dead in your tracks and shout “WHAT???” Such was the case Tuesday as NBC’s Andrea Mitchell chased after GOP front-runner Mitt Romney the day of the New Hampshire Primary to ask him about his “I like to fire people” gaffe. Romney’s response [...]

Santorum? Really? Nope, I guess not. NH primary will reveal what we’ve all known.

[PopUpFad=GROUP=widget:RANDOM=NO:SESSION=NO] Tuesday will be the first “race that counts” of the 2012 Election… one in which actual delegates are awarded to each candidate. And the first to 1144, “wins”. So every primary for the next six months is a big deal. And the closer the race, the longer it will take for any delegate to [...]

BREAKING: Santorum and Romney tie for first. Some observations on last nights’ bizarre Iowa Caucus

[PopUpFad=GROUP=widget:RANDOM=NO:SESSION=NO] Last night marked the end of the first “official” Presidential contest of 2012. And when the smoke cleared, Rick Santorum… who didn’t break out of the single digits one month ago, eked out a 34 vote victory to beat Mitt Romney in the final moments of the Iowa Caucus (a statistical tie of less [...]

Why the economy is so bad. And why Obama should be trusted to fix it.

Happy New Year. I hope all my readers had a safe and happy holiday. A friend of mine asked me recently about my “Lists” of reasons not to vote for any of the Republican candidates for president, wondering if perhaps “someone other than Obama might do a better job” at fixing the economy? The big [...]

Mugsy’s predictions for 2012: “The apocalypse never comes when you want it” Edition (UPDATED)

[PopUpFad=GROUP=widget:RANDOM=NO:SESSION=NO] Where to start? Every year since 2006 I’ve dug deep into my toy-chest, pulled out the turban from my “Ancient Secrets Magic Kit”, rubbed my lucky penny for good luck, and concocted my annual “Predictions for the coming year”. And by the end of that year, I always expect to find I did really poorly… but [...]

The List II: Santorum, Huntsman, and The Rest.

This week raps up our review of the remaining “also-rans” in the GOP primary… the candidates that have never polled out of the single digits and never will: former Senator Rick ”Don’t Google My Name” Santorum of PA (Oops! Shortly after posting this op/ed, Santorum became the last “Not-Romney” standing to finally break out of the single-digits into the Top Tier [...]

The List II: The Strange Case of Dr. Ron Paul.

It is extremely difficult to summarize the very complex platform of Texas Rep. Dr. Ron Paul without getting too deep into the weeds as to why he’s often a clueless… even dangerous… presidential candidate that no one should ever seriously consider voting for. The Texas Libertarian is extremely popular among young voters (mostly Conservative & [...]

The List II: Rick Perry

Dumb. No other word better sums up Texas Governor and “George W Bush wannabe” Gov. Rick “Good Hair” Perry. Not just ANY kind of dumb, but that special kind of Palin-dumb found only amongst rural Evangelical governors from oil-producing states. This is a man that threatened Texas might secede from the union if Congress passed “ObamaCare”. And the reason [...]

The List II: Michele Bachmann

Everybody knows someone like Michele Bachmann. The “Tall Tale” teller, the “Everyone’s out to get you” paranoid, or the Bible-thumper that throws a screaming hissy-fit if you dare challenge their beliefs. But how many of us know all-three rolled into one? Long-time readers know I can’t refer to Michele Bachmann without the obligatory “BSC*” suffix after [...]

The List II: Newt Gingrich

This weeks “List” tackles former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. I’ve made no secret of my distaste for the former Speaker over the years. In fact, among all the GOP candidates, I don’t think I have a more visceral dislike of anyone more than “Professor“ Newt Gingrich. Even BSC* Michele Bachmann and Rick ”Don’t Google My Name” Santorum, who [...]

The List II: Mitt Romney

(Attention: With Ron Paul’s pseudo-concession of the race to Romney [May 14th], I have moved this List to its own page linked on the Toolbar above. For the latest updates, please view that version instead. – Mugsy) Welcome to our first installment of “The List II”: An archive of links to comments, stated policies/agendas, misconduct, hypocrisy [...]

“The List” is returning: Mugsy’s Master List of Reasons to NOT Vote for Each GOP Candidate, all December long.

Back in October of 2010, I posted “The List”: A list of 101 Reasons Why the GOP Should Not Be Allowed to Regain Control. “The List” was very popular, and (I’d like to think) played a part in preventing over a half-dozen of the most radical teanut ideologues from winning their respective races (Angle, Miller, Fiorina, [...]