Comments on: Groundhog Day comes to Iowa http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/groundhog-day-comes-to-iowa/ \"...a somewhat popular blogger\" Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:41:46 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: VonZeppelin http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/groundhog-day-comes-to-iowa/#comment-1249 VonZeppelin Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:23:10 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/groundhog-day-comes-to-iowa/#comment-1249 <p>And those Weekly Standard guys know imperialism when they see it.</p> And those Weekly Standard guys know imperialism when they see it.

]]> By: MBouffant http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/groundhog-day-comes-to-iowa/#comment-1242 MBouffant Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:30:01 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/groundhog-day-comes-to-iowa/#comment-1242 <p>Saw some dipstick from the Weekly Standard w/ too many teeth on the tube who referred to Ms. Washburn as “that imperious moderator.”</p> Saw some dipstick from the Weekly Standard w/ too many teeth on the tube who referred to Ms. Washburn as “that imperious moderator.”

]]> By: Phoenix Woman http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/groundhog-day-comes-to-iowa/#comment-1211 Phoenix Woman Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:15:08 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/groundhog-day-comes-to-iowa/#comment-1211 <p>Dean Barnett is silly, but Car Wash (as they call her in Iowa media circles) is indeed a heavy-handed dingbat. Before the debate started, she announced that questions on Iraq and immigration were off-limits. Of course, these are the two topics of most interest to the GOP primary audience, especially the Ron Paul and Tom Tancredo fans.</p> Dean Barnett is silly, but Car Wash (as they call her in Iowa media circles) is indeed a heavy-handed dingbat. Before the debate started, she announced that questions on Iraq and immigration were off-limits. Of course, these are the two topics of most interest to the GOP primary audience, especially the Ron Paul and Tom Tancredo fans.

]]> By: isit2009yet http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/groundhog-day-comes-to-iowa/#comment-1208 isit2009yet Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:49:07 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/groundhog-day-comes-to-iowa/#comment-1208 <p>Yeah, but that Alan Keyes really ruled, didn’t he?</p> Yeah, but that Alan Keyes really ruled, didn’t he?

]]> By: Crosstimbers http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/groundhog-day-comes-to-iowa/#comment-1207 Crosstimbers Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:56:27 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/groundhog-day-comes-to-iowa/#comment-1207 <p>I think she should have sent him to the principal’s office right then.</p> I think she should have sent him to the principal’s office right then.

]]> By: TomHilton http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/groundhog-day-comes-to-iowa/#comment-1183 TomHilton Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:00:40 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/groundhog-day-comes-to-iowa/#comment-1183 <p>Other shorter Dean Barnett: “There’s not really anything to say for the losers on the stage, so instead I’ll trash the moderator.”</p> <p>I do find it interesting, though, that even Dean Barnett realizes Alan Keyes is crazy.</p> Other shorter Dean Barnett: “There’s not really anything to say for the losers on the stage, so instead I’ll trash the moderator.”

I do find it interesting, though, that even Dean Barnett realizes Alan Keyes is crazy.

]]> By: VonZeppelin http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/groundhog-day-comes-to-iowa/#comment-1181 VonZeppelin Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:58:14 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/groundhog-day-comes-to-iowa/#comment-1181 <blockquote><p><em>But Fred Thompson had a big moment when he took on that moderator, and refused to play by her idiotic rules. That moment, and his overall performance, may well reignite his campaign.</em></p></blockquote> <p>Yep. Old Fred was really <em>en fuego</em> at this debate, standing up to a moderator from Iowa. It’s like when he was that admiral guy in <em>Hunt for Red October</em> and his task force faced down the whole Soviet fleet and won the day for democracy. Watch out, Osama! This guy has a pulse after all.</p>

But Fred Thompson had a big moment when he took on that moderator, and refused to play by her idiotic rules. That moment, and his overall performance, may well reignite his campaign.

Yep. Old Fred was really en fuego at this debate, standing up to a moderator from Iowa. It’s like when he was that admiral guy in Hunt for Red October and his task force faced down the whole Soviet fleet and won the day for democracy. Watch out, Osama! This guy has a pulse after all.

]]> By: Cliff105 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/groundhog-day-comes-to-iowa/#comment-1180 Cliff105 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:51:25 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/groundhog-day-comes-to-iowa/#comment-1180 <p>It’s the Reagan legacy of public tough-guys run by their wives.</p> It’s the Reagan legacy of public tough-guys run by their wives.

]]> By: TeddySanFran http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/groundhog-day-comes-to-iowa/#comment-1171 TeddySanFran Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:26:00 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/groundhog-day-comes-to-iowa/#comment-1171 <p>PS “And Fred Thompson is a he-man for taking on that boring lady moderator”</p> PS “And Fred Thompson is a he-man for taking on that boring lady moderator”

]]> By: captphealy http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/groundhog-day-comes-to-iowa/#comment-1165 captphealy Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:16:19 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2007/12/13/groundhog-day-comes-to-iowa/#comment-1165 <p>When I read your “shorter” version, I felt sure you were exaggerating. I was wrong, and I apologize.</p> When I read your “shorter” version, I felt sure you were exaggerating. I was wrong, and I apologize.

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