UNLIMITED GOP 2012 PRIMARY CANDIDATE THREAD

[The Good Reverend Roger]

You may have a point.  20 of them would royally the entire House of Representatives.

I have to buy a flat cap, now.

[BadBeast]

  . . . . . . and Scargill! (i know, to make up for Kinnock being Welsh)

[The Good Reverend Roger]

  . . . . . . and Scargill! (i know, to make up for Kinnock being Welsh)

Wossat?

[BadBeast]

  . . . . . . and Scargill! (i know, to make up for Kinnock being Welsh)

Wossat?

Nothing. Honest. . .

[Don Coyote]

The English truly are a strange people. I didn't understand any of that other than something about insects, dogs and hats.

[Cain]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Yorkshire

People from Yorkshire, traditionally, have very low tolerance for bullshit.  Combine with the stubborness of a mule, and the sort of down-to-earthness that would look like a parody coming from anywhere else, they're the kind of people that take no prisoners in a high-bullshit environment (like politics).

My English half of the family are from Yorkshire, so I may be a bit biased.

Plus flatcaps and whippets are awesome.  In my ideal world, all of England would be like Yorkshire (especially when it comes to the food, ferret-legging and sword dancing).

[Don Coyote]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Yorkshire

People from Yorkshire, traditionally, have very low tolerance for bullshit.  Combine with the stubborness of a mule, and the sort of down-to-earthness that would look like a parody coming from anywhere else, they're the kind of people that take no prisoners in a high-bullshit environment (like politics).

My English half of the family are from Yorkshire, so I may be a bit biased.

Plus flatcaps and whippets are awesome.  In my ideal world, all of England would be like Yorkshire (especially when it comes to the food, ferret-legging and sword dancing).

They would ruint our politics.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Im guessing that ferret legging is exactly what i think it is- a bunch of insane englishmen get together and put angry ferrets in their trousers for an absurd test of endurance.

Twid
heard tell of an irish sport involving grabbing each other by the lapels and kicking each other in the shins with steel toed boots until someone surrenders

[Don Coyote]

Im guessing that ferret legging is exactly what i think it is- a bunch of insane englishmen get together and put angry ferrets in their trousers for an absurd test of endurance.

Twid
heard tell of an irish sport involving grabbing each other by the lapels and kicking each other in the shins with steel toed boots until someone surrenders

Ahhh purring and ferret legging. The weird ways you islanders find to test your mettle.

And the world needs more flatcaps. I love mine.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Lol coyote- what ever happened to just drinking your balls off?

Oh wait. Were talking about britain and ireland.... Thats not a test of endurance so much as an average wednesday night.

[East Coast Hustle]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Yorkshire

People from Yorkshire, traditionally, have very low tolerance for bullshit.  Combine with the stubborness of a mule, and the sort of down-to-earthness that would look like a parody coming from anywhere else, they're the kind of people that take no prisoners in a high-bullshit environment (like politics).

My English half of the family are from Yorkshire, so I may be a bit biased.

Plus flatcaps and whippets are awesome.  In my ideal world, all of England would be like Yorkshire (especially when it comes to the food, ferret-legging and sword dancing).

So, basically it's England's Maine?

[AFK]

Sounds like it. 

Also, I'm calling this, and if someone already did, well, fuck you!

Romney/Christie 2012. 

Christie was recently interviewed and said he wouldn't rule out a VP run.

So it's going to be Mitt and the Fat man vs. The Smiler and Some-Clever-Nickname-for-Biden-I-Can't-Think-of-right-now. 

[Cain]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Yorkshire

People from Yorkshire, traditionally, have very low tolerance for bullshit.  Combine with the stubborness of a mule, and the sort of down-to-earthness that would look like a parody coming from anywhere else, they're the kind of people that take no prisoners in a high-bullshit environment (like politics).

My English half of the family are from Yorkshire, so I may be a bit biased.

Plus flatcaps and whippets are awesome.  In my ideal world, all of England would be like Yorkshire (especially when it comes to the food, ferret-legging and sword dancing).

So, basically it's England's Maine?

Very much so.  Also a bit like Texas or New York, in that people from Yorkshire tend to identify with Yorkshire well before they identify as being English or whatever.  Of course, that is a sentiment I can get behind anyway, not being keen to identify as English myself.

[East Coast Hustle]

Sounds like it. 

Also, I'm calling this, and if someone already did, well, fuck you!

Romney/Christie 2012. 

Christie was recently interviewed and said he wouldn't rule out a VP run.

So it's going to be Mitt and the Fat man vs. The Smiler and Some-Clever-Nickname-for-Biden-I-Can't-Think-of-right-now. 

I dunno, I think Romney might pick a VP from the pool of religious-right wingnuts in an attempt to placate that side of the party.

[AFK]

I don't think he needs to do that though.  Once he is in the general, he's golden and needs, I think, to win the middle.  I think the right's hatred for Obama will be enough to get them into the voting booth.  They aren't going to be thrilled at having to vote for Romney, but they want to get that Evil Socialist out of office like there is no tomorrow.  Plus, Christie has that tough-guy, no-nonsense persona that I think Conservatives will be drawn to.