Election Aftermath

[Townsend]

Barbour: GOP needs a 'proctology exam'

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/14/barbour-gop-needs-a-proctology-exam/?hpt=hp_t3

(CNN) – While Republicans continue to soul search after their party's loss in the presidential election, former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour injected a new term Wednesday to describe the GOP's introspection.

"The ground game is really important, and we have to be, I mean we've got to give our political organizational activity a very serious..." he said, taking a pause and looking for the right word. "Proctology exam. We need to look everywhere."

peaking at a conference for the Republican Governors Association in Las Vegas, Barbour said his party needs to not only adapt to demographic changes but also reform its messaging.

"We can catch up in four years doing this," he said. "This isn't rocket science, but it is hard work that we can't wait and start in 2016."

The party needs a "brutally honest assessment of everything we did," he added. "We need to take everything apart and look at all of it."

Like other Republicans in recent days, Barbour stressed the importance of being more inclusive to Latinos, African-Americans and other minorities. Barbour in particular chided the party for its tone on illegal immigration, saying many illegal workers contribute to the economy and comprise an important part of society.

"What are we going to do? Send them home? Send five million people home and then try to figure out how to replace them? We need those people to do those jobs," he said, adding the issue can be resolved "if we'll just follow good economic policy."

"But," he continued, "then we have to follow up with Latinos and show them that we want their vote - not only that we're for good policy, we want their vote. We need to do the same thing with African-Americans."

President Barack Obama overwhelmingly won the Latino vote over Mitt Romney, taking 71% of the group. Among African-Americans, the president won 93%, according to CNN exit polls.

Furthermore, the Republican National Committee has stated it will undergo a major review of the party's performance in 2012.

[guido911]

and yes, your precious "tort" reform - where now, no matter the egregious nature of action, the limit of damages is now what....$350,000?  Carte Blanche!!

Nope. Try again.

[guido911]

Fixed what?  Maybe you don't have any grey hair yet.  You can't appreciate the idea that winning a big election can return your younger appearance?  We all know that isn't the real reason.

It's your turn to be without humor.  

I see you forgot who you responded to. Ten demerits for you.

[Red Arrow]

I see you forgot who you responded to. Ten demerits for you.

Whew!  I thought I might get 15.

[Townsend]

Allen West conceded.

[Hoss]

Allen West conceded.

Wow, that only took two weeks...

[Townsend]

Wow, that only took two weeks...

That's 2 hours in screaming desperation time.

[carltonplace]

Allen West conceded.

Wonder how many people thought they were voting for "Adam" West?

[Townsend]

Republican challenger calls for recount in unresolved House race

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/20/republican-challenger-calls-for-recount-in-unresolved-house-race/?cid=sf_twitter

I guess these guys just can't believe Rove wasn't able to do what they paid him for.

[patric]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A police officer who said he would volunteer to assassinate President Barack Obama has quit.

57-year-old Sam Koivisto retired earlier this month while facing an internal investigation into his comments to other officers after the election.

He told them that if an order came to kill Obama, he "wouldn't mind being the guy."

When questioned by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office integrity unit, he said he also didn't care if a nuclear explosion killed everyone in the Northeastern U.S because they supported Obama.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Stay classy Jacksonville....!!!!!

[Red Arrow]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A police officer who said he would volunteer to assassinate President Barack Obama has quit.

57-year-old Sam Koivisto retired earlier this month while facing an internal investigation into his comments to other officers after the election.

He told them that if an order came to kill Obama, he "wouldn't mind being the guy."

When questioned by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office integrity unit, he said he also didn't care if a nuclear explosion killed everyone in the Northeastern U.S because they supported Obama.

I wonder what the response would have been to a Romney victory.  I watched "The Men Who Built America" edition of the fall of Standard Oil.... and the rise of Teddy Roosevelt after McKinley was shot.  I can see a lot of similarities between the perception of McKinley and Romney.  Who among you would have been willing to pull the trigger?

[Hoss]

I wonder what the response would have been to a Romney victory.  I watched "The Men Who Built America" edition of the fall of Standard Oil.... and the rise of Teddy Roosevelt after McKinley was shot.  I can see a lot of similarities between the perception of McKinley and Romney.  Who among you would have been willing to pull the trigger?

Thankfully...we'll never know.

As a side note:  it never ceases to amaze me.  No matter who the President is, it should NEVER be within reason to talk about assassination of one.

[Red Arrow]

As a side note:  it never ceases to amaze me.  No matter who the President is, it should NEVER be within reason to talk about assassination of one.

Actually you are right on this subject.  After all the hate spewed toward Romney during the campaign and seeing the correlation to McKinley it slipped out.

[RecycleMichael]

The real hate toward Romney came from Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich and even locals like Michael Bates.