Brownback...the nightmare continues

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  • CorporateWhore
    CorporateWhore Posts: 1,890
    hailhailkc wrote:
    I bet Brownback drops out before this election even gets serious. He doesn't stand a chance. I doubt he would even carry his home state. I don't know if I would even vote for him...and I live in Kansas.
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  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    Milhouse VanHouten wrote:
    He'll keep the frontrunners honest, hitting them from their own right flank. Make sure they don't stray too far from the conservative base in an attempt to court undecideds and independents.

    Or dishonest, pushing them to pander to a base they wouldn't necessarily target. If nothing else, he may introduce some drama or at least interest into the process. I'm a spectator with the major party primaries anyway, since I vote 3rd party. So the more drama the better for me.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • Milhouse VanHouten
    Milhouse VanHouten Posts: 755
    jeffbr wrote:
    Or dishonest, pushing them to pander to a base they wouldn't necessarily target. If nothing else, he may introduce some drama or at least interest into the process. I'm a spectator with the major party primaries anyway, since I vote 3rd party. So the more drama the better for me.

    eventually, brownback will be brought back to earth by the realization he's wasted time and a million or so dollars trying to become the reverend of america.
    "Of course it hurts. You're getting fucked by an elephant."
  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    Milhouse VanHouten wrote:
    eventually, brownback will be brought back to earth by the realization he's wasted time and a million or so dollars trying to become the reverend of america.

    LOL, that's the truth. Running a campaign, no matter how far off-base, is a very expensive proposition.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • Milhouse VanHouten
    Milhouse VanHouten Posts: 755
    jeffbr wrote:
    LOL, that's the truth. Running a campaign, no matter how far off-base, is a very expensive proposition.

    Yeah. Hey, this is America, the land of opportunity, where everyone has the same chance to participate in their government. Any Average Joe with conviction and ambition can do it... as long as they have a war chest of millions and millions of dollars and a network of fundraisers, activists, pollsters, party officials, press spokespeople, etc...

    Shit.
    "Of course it hurts. You're getting fucked by an elephant."
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Milhouse VanHouten wrote:
    Yeah. Hey, this is America, the land of opportunity, where everyone has the same chance to participate in their government. Any Average Joe with conviction and ambition can do it... as long as they have a war chest of millions and millions of dollars and a network of fundraisers, activists, pollsters, party officials, press spokespeople, etc...

    Shit.

    Yeah... I think it was on Hardball, but they were saying that to basically have a shot in '08, a candidate is going to have to spent at least $100 million.... $100 million to get a job that pays $400,000... What a colossal waste of money, but I guess that will give them the training that they need to be able to waste a lot more money when they get in office.
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