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Fri Dec 23, 2011, 02:03 AM

 

GOP Catastrophe in Virginia - Several Prez nominee hopefuls fail to make primary ballot.

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/dec/22/bachmann-huntsman-santorum-not-on-va-primary-ballo-ar-1563033/

Bachmann, Huntsman and Santorum are out, Gingrich and Perry may have squeaked by but could be tripped up if enough of their signatures are invalidated (You need 10,000 valid signatures, it's suggested you get at least 15,000 to be sure, Gingrich and Perry both are in the 11,000's.

Schadenfreude, I gots it! ROFLMAO

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Reply GOP Catastrophe in Virginia - Several Prez nominee hopefuls fail to make primary ballot. (Original post)
stevenleser Dec 2011 OP
tabatha Dec 2011 #1
onestepforward Dec 2011 #15
stevenleser Dec 2011 #19
CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2011 #2
Old and In the Way Dec 2011 #3
Speck Tater Dec 2011 #4
LiberalAndProud Dec 2011 #5
jberryhill Dec 2011 #9
LiberalAndProud Dec 2011 #11
eppur_se_muova Dec 2011 #6
Historic NY Dec 2011 #7
Renew Deal Dec 2011 #8
SixthSense Dec 2011 #10
Renew Deal Dec 2011 #12
ohheckyeah Dec 2011 #14
Renew Deal Dec 2011 #16
ohheckyeah Dec 2011 #18
Snarkoleptic Dec 2011 #13
On the Road Dec 2011 #17

Response to stevenleser (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 02:04 AM

1. Wish that list had included Perry.

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Response to tabatha (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 01:24 AM

15. Your wish has been granted!

He failed to qualify

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Response to onestepforward (Reply #15)

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 02:36 PM

19. Gingrich also failed! It's Romney vs Paul in Virginia! Oh this is too good to be true (but it is!)nt

 

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Response to stevenleser (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 02:10 AM

2. Sweet news indeed! May they all be tripped up! n/t

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Response to stevenleser (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 02:12 AM

3. Wow....that's a pretty low bar. I'm not surprised about Huntsman, but Bachman and Santorum

I'd have thought could get enough. Wonder if they're getting the message?

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Response to stevenleser (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 02:15 AM

4. What if they gave a primary and nobody ran. ;-). nt

 

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Response to stevenleser (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 02:20 AM

5. Oh come on!

They're not even trying. Which ones are we supposed to be taking seriously, really? Because it's clear that few of them are truly serious. Shills, every one of them, except for Romney.

Yea, I'm stupid enough to believe it's incompetence, or that there aren't 15,000 voters to sign for them. Ri-i-ght. and I'm the Easter Bunny.

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Response to LiberalAndProud (Reply #5)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 02:43 AM

9. I know it's early

 


But can I get some Lindt chocolates this year, instead of the Nestlé and Hershey crap?

And some peeps for the microwave.

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Response to jberryhill (Reply #9)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 04:44 AM

11. Thank you for contacting me regarding your Easter candy preferences.

If you should receive a large basket of black licorice on Easter day, that would be from me. If supplies are limited, or if you particularly enjoy black licorice, horehound lozenges may be substituted without prior notification.

In addition, Lindt chocolates are not listed as a slave-free product on my Fair Trade list, so my answer would be, "Sorry, no." Please forward any further inquiries to PeterCottonTail@CandyRotsYourTeeth.org.

Thank you for your continued patronage.

Yours truly,
The Easter Bunny

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Response to stevenleser (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 02:20 AM

6. The Romney / Paul Debates should be classic ! nt

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Response to stevenleser (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 02:22 AM

7. They apparently never expected to get that far..losers

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Response to stevenleser (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 02:24 AM

8. The petition laws are ridiculous

NY has the same type of law. I think it's meant to protect the powerful from competition.

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Response to Renew Deal (Reply #8)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 02:54 AM

10. not this one

 

10,000 people in Virginia is 0.12% of the population - not an onerous barrier, especially given the number of people who will sign anything on a clipboard handed to them.

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Response to SixthSense (Reply #10)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 11:44 AM

12. It's probably 10,000 registered republicans.

And each candidate probably needs to be the first to get a signature from the voter. Why can't it be 5,000 signatures or 2,500 signatures? It's intentional. In NY it's 15K signatures distributed through most of the congressional districts. McCain sued NY state over this in 2000 and won.

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Response to Renew Deal (Reply #12)

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 12:39 AM

14. We don't register by party

in Virginia. Nowhere does our registration indicate a party.

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Response to ohheckyeah (Reply #14)

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 01:27 AM

16. OK, so are all primaries open there?

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Response to Renew Deal (Reply #16)

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 01:14 PM

18. Yes, they are. n/t

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Response to stevenleser (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 12:36 AM

13. Watching their lame attempts to get the grass roots mobilized

is like watching a tortoise screwing an army helmet.

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Response to stevenleser (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 01:45 AM

17. Well, This Certainly Gives Credence to Some of the Charges That, Um,

certain campaigns are being run as PR stunts, and that the candidates do not have a real political organization.

Looks like Virginians might be forced to vote of Romney after all.

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