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Something I've noted several times is that, while most of us agree it's important to be informed about Canadian politics and to be an engaged citizen, the fact is that Canadian politics are generally pretty boring (this can be a good thing, IMO). The Americans, on the other hand, have turned the dysfunction of their political system into an entertainment industry (although it appears Harper, et al., are determined to reduce the Canadian system to the same level).

So I thought I'd start a thread for discussion of the Reality TV show they call American Politics.

I'll start with this posting I saw on another forum, with respect to the Republican's policies on women's health care, especially with regard to contraception and abortion:
After years and years and years of specifically targeting homophobes, racists, bigots, religious zealots, anti-intellectuals and sociopaths why should we be at all shocked that the GOP picked up a ****load of misogynists along the way?
 
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Merci, mon ami. Do I detect a French accent???? What are your thoughts about the French elections????

La Marseillaise Casablanca - YouTube
It all depends on whether Marine Le Pen and her followers want to replace Sarkozy or to elect him as a bastion against Hollande--and I don't know how they're thinking about it.
 
#223 ·
It all depends on whether Marine Le Pen and her followers want to replace Sarkozy or to elect him as a bastion against Hollande--and I don't know how they're thinking about it.
We shall see, mon ami. Now, back to the US ......................
 
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More grist for the rumor mill???

(CNN) – One-time Mitt Romney rival Rudy Giuliani endorsed the all-but-certain Republican presidential nominee for president on Monday. And the former New York City mayor downplayed any chance he would be considered a running mate on the GOP ticket.

Giuliani made his endorsement in an appearance on Fox News, saying that Romney's "got the resume and background for the job."

The former mayor and 2008 GOP presidential candidate said he met with Romney last week.

"I had a very good breakfast with him. We had a very long talk," Giuliani said. "Of course we've talked a number of times. This was a really good long talk."

As for being considered a running mate to the former Massachusetts governor, Giuliani said "I'm not on the list for running mate. I'm sure of that."

But Giuliani then went on to say: "But I would help him in any way that I could, anything I can do."
 
#226 ·
This just in from the Washington Post --

"Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is expected to suspend his presidential campaign within the next week, according to a Republican operative familiar with the decision.

The candidate had already been signaling that the end was near, telling supporters in North Carolina that he would reassess his candidacy while continuing his tour of the state.

“Over the next few days we're going to look realistically at where we're at,” Gingrich said in a speech in Concord Tuesday night. He said he would assess the race “as somebody who's a unifier and somebody who's realistic.” "
 
#228 ·
Ron Paul and Mitt Romney to the finish line...
In this race, I'm pulling for Ron Paul. He is far more honorable a person than MR. As an American citizen I am allowed to send him a contribution ( you can't ). Just to put my money where my mouth is, I sent Pres. Obama a contribution, just like in 2008, and I also sent Ron Paul $10 to help his campaign in New York State. Consider that my gesture to good Dr.G./Macfury relations ................... sort of like the US/Russia Nuclear Arms Agreements of years gone by.

Paix, mon ami.
 
#229 ·
Macfury, an interesting bit of info re Rubio's maternal grandfather. The story appears in a forthcoming and unauthorized biography of the senator by Manuel Roig-Franzia of the Washington Post.

"Rubio was born to Cuban exiles in Miami in 1971, and so he's automatically a U.S. citizen. But, according to excerpts from the book, which is due out in June, his grandfather, Pedro Victor Garcia, entered the United States without a visa in 1962 and spent the next few years in legal limbo while pleading for leniency from U.S. immigration officials. Finally, Garcia was ordered to leave the United States."


Why Marco Rubio can't save the GOP - CNN.com
 
#231 ·
Macfury, an interesting bit of info re Rubio's maternal grandfather. The story appears in a forthcoming and unauthorized biography of the senator by Manuel Roig-Franzia of the Washington Post.

"Rubio was born to Cuban exiles in Miami in 1971, and so he's automatically a U.S. citizen. But, according to excerpts from the book, which is due out in June, his grandfather, Pedro Victor Garcia, entered the United States without a visa in 1962 and spent the next few years in legal limbo while pleading for leniency from U.S. immigration officials. Finally, Garcia was ordered to leave the United States."


Why Marco Rubio can't save the GOP - CNN.com
I don't see this as particularly relevant--at least in my assessment of what Rubio brings to the ticket. I see Rubio as a solid fiscal conservative and enough of a social conservative to placate TEA Party voters. I hadn't though of his appeal as primarily Hispanic.
 
#232 ·
I don't see this as particularly relevant--at least in my assessment of what Rubio brings to the ticket. I see Rubio as a solid fiscal conservative and enough of a social conservative to placate TEA Party voters. I hadn't though of his appeal as primarily Hispanic.
I would tend to agree, Macfury. Still, it might prove difficult if they take a hard line on illegal immigrants. I would not want to see this as an issue. I am just passing on the item. If he was a VP pick, the lines would be drawn even clearer between Pres. Obama and VP Biden, and Romney and Rubio. We shall see.
 
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Obama opens....

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Kimmel closes...

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Let's hope that Pres. Obama is able to do this "gig" for the next four years. We shall see.
 
#239 ·
agreed.

i'm not sure what would be more painful to watch. Watching Romney run the US further into the ground, or watching Romney trying to be funny at the correspondents dinner.

**shudder**
Well, i-rui, I would rather see Romney trying to be funny than him trying to run the country with the Tea Party and social conservatives calling the shots for him. I would rather see Pres. Obama re-elected and have him get the US back on track. We shall see.
 
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So much for a Ron Paul third-party bid.

(CNN) – Former GOP presidential candidate Gary Johnson won and accepted the presidential nomination of the Libertarian Party on Saturday, which his campaign said earns him a spot on November ballots in all 50 states.

Johnson, a former governor of New Mexico and business owner, won the nomination with more than 70% of the vote at the party convention in Las Vegas. He entered the Libertarian primary race after dropping his 2012 Republican bid in late December.
 
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