Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

w00t

Got my ankle elevated too.

Good Lookin cast Craig,

matches one of your ties. ;0)

Hey,

I'm having a Red Hot with Chipotle Mustard....how's THAT for a pepcid AC moment.

been in the cookies early?

AT STAKE TONIGHT: Who is the Republcian frontunner? Is that a fancy Republican?

Red Hot with Chipotle Mustard
I love chipotle anything.

KO is hilarious tonight. Poor Oscar.

The Oscar Piece was hilarious!

No Bun KGC....alas, No bun....

RUdy may find a rude awakening if the State Reps vote the way the talk of the town is from the vantage point in which I sit.
His one line add is agreed to be very valid, but other concerns are not being addressed. We will never forget and yes Islamic Radicals are a danger, however it seems Rudy has put all of his effort into this single theme.
He is not addressing Economic, Health, Illegals.... The one track attack will leave him walking in circles at not on the platform

Woops. Bill O is going to get a boost from Obama again after the break.

"He calls the segment, Don't block the shot."

Oh and for those that do not know.... Ping Pong is ref The Florida Vote and Craigs Ref "Rudy Giuliani waits for Florida's Jan. 29 primary to finally affirm his once-solid status as national frontrunner."

May be a failed strategy

Good Point Ping.

We forget the other side is hurting too. Sick and tired of it as well.

Ping
If not Rudy who is looking good

Yes Ping what's it feeling for you?

As a Christian, Huckabee has managed to ring in my ears. If I didn't know about the Koolaid, I may have followed suit with him.

Repost as to carry on from the previous thread.
Love you guys! As a Republican all I want are my taxes cut and the government out the practice of making decisions in my personal life. Not sure if I agree on Bush being annoited in his first presidential election, but that's okay. I'm sre he was probably my guy because I worked for Jeb's administration at that time. Full disclosure, I'm a SAHM with 2 kids and my husband is in the political business.

And a question, What on earth does KO mean by pseudo Republcans?

Okay on Fox to watch the debate now..

and before you ask, yes I do for shit. One of those domestic things I failed in High School.

oops. should be TYPE for shit.

Bush had rove annoint him......

o'reilly's tie looks like snake skin

snake skin got NOTHING on a scorpion......

i guess the main event tonight is watching Romney try to make McCain wish he was back in the camps -- Mitt's gotta win michigan or else?

LOL Jen,

So do I. Anyone including Craig and attest to my spelling and typing deficiency. its OK, you are among friends or should I say birds of a feather.

by the way, this debate is in South Carolina because SC is trying to steal Michigan's thunder -- but i guess these guys will mostly be making plays for Michigan, which votes Tues

Ugly tie....

Mitt will not win Michigan because.......30,000 workers have exited the state in search of jobs (TRUE) and that makes an 8.11 percent unemployment rate to boot.

it's the Lawrence Welk show!

American Idol meets Political snarl?

In honor of "Who's on First?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M

OMG

Virginal ladies in white with violins

yes, Sheila, and as Huckaboo likes to say, Romney reminds workers of the guy who lays them off

I feel like we are listening to Jeapardy!

Jamie! Am watching this! Good God!!!!!!!!!

Home of the Brave.....

LIAR!!!!

Romney hits McCain in first answer

Not going to happen for MItt. Only my party has to start with the Anthem

McCain doesn't take the bait

McCain just hit delusional

There's an old sheriff in town

Your Right. Mccain just said something delusional about Detroit and alternatives.

Detroit has a long way to go.

How much is the war costing each month?

"old sherrif in town" lolol

just remember, Huckabee's eyebrows pop up whenever he's fibbing

Darn Craig....now All I can see are the eye brows!

Don't be messing with my might be guy!!LOL!
I'm a minute or two behind because I had to go out to smoke.

Giuliani just said nothing to me....

Giuliani always says nothing. He just uses different words to do it.

RON PAUL.....Shwing!

Paul is going to turn over our economy to Austria?!?!?

LOL

Thompson -- Gucci tie alert!

I"m sure the "Trophy Wife" picked it out.

i love the so-called cutaway shots, see their faces when they're watching rivals talk.

so far, Romney sticks out -- he looks at opponents as if thinking, "you're not worthy of mowing my lawn."

We always pick out the ties!

I'm sorry but we have a fox-free zone in our house.. can I still join ya in comments?? cos i'm especially good at commenting on things I cant see :) :)

Line of the night so far:

"Without the Second we don't have the First" -- Huckabee

Huckabee the name dropper

but he sounds like a Dem 50% of the time

Craig.. to mow Romney's lawn wouldnt your name have to be Jose or something?

BIG MOMENT -- romney's abortion co-pay in health plan is major buzz in evangelical world right now

crap now I am looking at everyone's eyebrows

reagan running again??

Was that the truth or some spin? Was it the courts decision in Mass?

The head moves. The hair stays put

I don't think Thompson is up on everything.....

up on chopping huckabee, though.....lol

Thompson's last stand -- has to take out Huck tonight to get the social cons

Fred is awake

Go Huck.

"Weekend at Ronnie's"

This is the damndest thing I've ever seen. I'd choke up except I'd be considered a weak sister....

Any one of the Democratic candidates could chew up and spit out any one of these clowns.

Irony alert! Huckabee sounded like Reagan in defending Thompson's attack on his faithfulness to Reagan. I've not yet seen anyone get the best of Huckabee -- Dems, careful what you wish for

Here comes 9/11

Where's my party!

Yep Yep Yep. Its a reagan night again. They don't know how to fight this and so "Defend Thyself in the Name of Reagan".

Not sure if he is my guy yet, but I did tell girlfriends a year ago the guy to watch would be Huckabee...

so paul gets the crazy question?

Huckabee is going to be a fight worth watching Craig.

man, that's blatant.....

"Weekend at Ronnie's"

Sturg very funny.

so far Ron Paul!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ron Paul is great! He is stingly truthful.

Paul is the Republican Kucinich. Marginalized and minimized.

Yes, Dr Paul.....but WHAT ABOUT REAGAN???

Back from dinner...late comment...How southern were those lovely singers???

Bald Faced truth for the Republican Party

I say Round One to Huckabee for beating back Thompson's assault with a single laugh line

Fox just ran a Giuliani ad on the tax cut

HW

Every one was a former Texas High School Cheerleader.

Jen,

Who are you leaning toward?

Did any of you see KO's remake of Giuliani's ad?

ok...i'll bite...are you serious, Jamie?

LOLOL Huckabee.....

We southern women are proud of any cheerleader heritage we can claim, so it wouldn't surprise me at all to hear that they announced such a connection....

Just realized this is from Myrtle Beach. Why don't they just get a Caycee reading on the election and save all the money.

Because he moved to Va Beach long ago.

darn, mom was serving cake, missed thompson's laugh line. what was it?

HW No, just a comment on all that tall blond perkiness

wasnt cayce va. beach?

Fish,

Yes, but there are all sorts of things named after Cayce all over Myrtle Beach as well. Heavy influence of the seer.

Out of a not particularly attractive field I probably will go for Huckabee. Disregard all the religous stuff, because honestly I only make it to church on Christmas Eve, But early on he hit on stuff that would impact family and I liked that.

oh McCain......arrogants and BS because most people don't know what the Navy Would Do.

did not know that.......the things you learn.....

I missed thompson's laugh line too.....anyone catch it?

40 virgins was the Thompson laugh line

I missed it, too...we're not much help, huh, Craig?

Brit...Mr. Rude.

about passively Paul wasnt referring to the other candidates but to FOX

Romney....too rude

oh my god, this is sad. paul obviously losing his hearing. and Romney makes fun of him!!!! bad move

How did they come to let Paul in this "debate"?

Spin Spin Mr Flip Flopper

I think Romney just really cost himself with that achmodinnyjad jab at Paul.....

Romney failed to listen to Jesus' messages about kindness...as did many of these other fine Christians.

mccain and lindsay were having great fun calling democrats surrender monkeys last night.....

My Friends,

Obviously he didn't watch KO tonight.

Major Kong is speaking.

Romney's smarty pants line there reminded me of Obama's sneer to Hillary, "You're likable enough."

This is why McCain forever lost my vote.

Ronnie's back again.

nice to know the pentagon generals will be running things for McCain if elected.........

Okay, I'm totally discouraged. As a mother my concern is necessisarily the security of Iraq but the security and protection of my boys when they go to the bus stop. I blame it on the media for ony asking questions that are decisive by party.

LOLOLOO

Another McCain smart ass remark.

mccain is such a troll.....

RON PAUL!!!!!

god he's a nitwit

i don't get it, what do romney and mccain think they get out of beating up on paul

cheap shots and possible sound bites
didn't rudy get a lot of play when he attacked Paul for speaking rationally about 9/11

If one-liners can get you elected prez, Thompson's the man.

McCain and Romney are bullies.......they like bullying helpless people

oops, not neccesarily

Craig its looking like a Gore Moment, don't you think? Its going to backfire on them I think.

The love of the gung ho jingoistic my country right or wrong flag waving hulks running the war from their lazy boy recliners.

picking on the little guy is what Republicans seem to excel at

Yes, Jamie, while young Americans that you and I love are in Iraq being ground into hamburger.

mah-dair-na-tee.........ooh, that's gonna cost him.....

wow, now Huckabee is piling on Paul. i am missing something here. they see a tactical benefit to doin this that i am not understanding. all they're doing is giving him more air time.

jesus, huck.....we defended kuwait.....how would anyone think we would let israel be "annihilated"

And more power to him for having the cajones to stand up and tell his truth to all of us.

I was talking about Paul.

Round Two to Ron Paul -- he might be Mr. Magoo, but gosh darn he's lovable

maybe they've all decided together they gotta dump paul......

I think the whole point is the Trail of Money the middle east brings and that is all.

Then of course, all Evengelicals or Chistians have a long standing relationship with Israel for obvious reasons.

Craig,

They seem to feel they are endearing themselves to all the koolaid drinkers among the party faithful, but they are really making the young Paul followers very, very angry.

I think the Paul Pile is seen as a chance to be a real republican as a opposed to a libertarian and therefore insane republican.

Isn't SC the home of the country club republican and the McCain supporter who called Clinton a bitch

Craig...This is gonna' sound starstruck, but it's great to be getting your thoughts as the debate happens.

I think my picture/sound are a little off from what's on tv. I'm streming this on the internet 'cuz my tv's in another room.

YOu see Jennbe? I am horrible in the typing/spelling arena!

this is about the 4th or so GOP debate that i keep forgetting Giuliani is on the stage -- such an amazing change from last spring when all eyes were on him

probably the other candidates induced fox to dump paul from the previous one and it backfired on them.....so now they gotta whack him themselves

Sturgeone,

They had dumped Paul from the debate, but were forced to take him in again because of all the bad press and internet frenzy.

the most fun I've had is realizing that Craig got excited about cake.. :)

kgc.....yes the old bitch in McCain's ad was good old south caroline

Errrr

Wasn't the Congress all Republican control until the last election? He want's us to elect even more Democrats?

Jamie.....well, there you have it......

why thanks harborw, much prefer debate watch with you guys than going to them live with all the blowhards and group thinkers

ok.. so here we are .. a group of mostly lefties.. and it sure is fun to poke fun (cos it's so easy) but who do ya think Reprobates think is winning? Huckster?

bad press and internet frenzy
and finishing a head of Fred in NH got Paul back in the debates. I think Fred got less votes then write ins

Craig, Guiiani is democrat in Republican clothing.

Giuliani is a mussolini in GOP clothing.....

If you think Giuliani is a Democrat you must think actual democrats are communists

some of you might not like his content, but McCain's war chatter is good for him in these GOP primaries, his background and steadfast war support really does set him apart from the rest of the party's field

Huckabee's got a pretty good sense of humour and he looks like Kevin Spacey.. hey..he might win the whole shootin match

Okay Huck, you go! Florida went from 31st to 14th today!

You're welcome, Craig...If you'll just break body parts more often, you can hang with us all the time.... ;-))

If I were a Republican it would probably be Huckabee unless I had actually read about some of his practices rather than listening to his prose.

agreed, craig.. about mccain.. but in a general election, when most of the country wants out..

Doesn't SC have a lot of military (retired etc)
but isn't the evangelical the bulk of the SC vote

KCG, you may be right on with that, JK!

SC also has Blackwater...or is that NC?

kgc....i dont know breakdown but evangelical and military are well represented here......oh.....and rednecks.

laughin at sturge.. man you make me laugh :)

Low flying stump speech

when McCain says he has "the greatest admiration and respect for you" he's about to gut you with a butter knife

anyone see any polls coming outta florida? is rudy doing as well as pundits think? (course, ya'd have to believe the polls first)

pretty sure blackwater is NC.....fayetteville?

hahahaaaaaaa craig

WEll time for Beddy Bye.

Night all!

That's what I'm talking about with Huck!!! The press gets it wrong every time!

Sounds likely, sturg...probably up closer to Camp LeJeune....

last Fla poll I saw had Rudy 4th, that was yesterday or the day before

Can think of few people I'd enjoy seeing gutted more than Ruday Giuliani.

paul slashes.......

Carl...I'm sorry, but what an ass!!!

The Florida polls are up and down, the majority have rudy still in the lead.

Florida Republican Poll as of 1/7

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/fl/florida_republican_primary-260.html

great jumping jesus........paul SCORES

4th? after all that campaigning, money, time, tea with old (and I mean OLD!) ladies? 4th?

McCain strong in Round 3, but not sure any clear winner

this is the weirdest political season I've ever seen.. here we have a wide open rep race and NO excitement..

here's the one that is completely different

January 09, 2008
POLL: Datamar Florida Primary

A new Datamar automated survey of likely primary voters in Florida (conducted 1/5 through 1/7) finds:

Among 541 likely Democratic primary voters, Sen. Hillary Clinton leads Sen. Barack Obama (40% to 28%) in a statewide primary; former Sen. JOhn Edwards trails at 19%.
Among 481 likely Republican primary voters, former Gov. Mike Huckabee runs at 24%, former Gov. Mitt Romney at 20%, Sen. John McCain at 18%, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani at 16%, former Sen. Fred Thompson at 9%.
All other candidates receive less than five percent each. The margin of sampling error is 4.2% for likely Democratic primary voters and 4.5% for likely Republican primary voters.
http://www.pollster.com/blogs/poll_datamar_florida_primary_1.php

Paul is driving independents to democrats?

hardly.. more like all the war talk...

Immigration round -- here's where McCain should ask for a bathroom break

this is the deportation round

is it time for the 92 election subtitle? "It's the economy stupid"??? dollar's sinking faster than the Titanic, job numbers way down and those are wait staff jobs, housing foreclosures, no healthcare.. and when ya have it, it's expensive.. the euro's soaring, the british pound is now worth $2 US, and our dollar's worth more than yours now, believe me, it's not because our economic policies are all that much better..

I wonder if any of these guys are wired.......sounds like someone tipped romney off about attacking.....maybe he just hipped himself....

Geez...Everything starts and/or ends with a one-liner for Thompson.

sturg...the little angel on Romney's right shoulder finally clubbed the little devil on his left into silence....

yes, harborwoman, think thompson must have hired some of those out-of-work writers guilders

Thompson's a personable guy, a fairly good actor (altho he kinda plays himself), can deliver a line, but Presidential material?

Ron Paul is not the compassionate libertarian

moroni?

tylenol......that sounded like a description of reagan also

mea culpa, I was looking at a National poll, not a Florida poll

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

well my yellow-dog Democratic Mom just said that Huckabee is the only one who makes her want to listen (altho his last answer "didn't make a lot of sense")

I know this is age-ist, but i wouldnt want a 71 year old going into the whitehouse.. hell the presidency ages 'em 10 years.. can he afford that?

Bad question to Rudy, it's obvious he was trying to lower the crome right in NYC

well, that's a wrap. who won?

god bless yellow dog democrats.........

But Reagan always looked like he really wanted to be president.. Thompson looks like he really wants a nap or a scotch

who won the car? did you see that showroom vehicle just now? think it should go to Ron Paul for taking the most hits

oops again. crime rate

Jenn...It's nice to get a Republican perspective. Thanks!

paul consistently scored touchdowns

Sturgeone

Moroni was the name of the angel that delivered the tablets for The Book of Mormon to Joseph Smith.

Every Mormon temple has a gold Moroni on the pinacle.

well shine my shotgun, fred thompson won the fox focus group

"who makes her want to listen"
kind of says it all..

thanks for the party

According to the lunz meters it was a big night for Fred

I'm thinking the night...overall... goes to Huckabee.

Katherine Graham Cracker:

that's the poll I saw, Datamar, thanks

sorry my link unformatted everything

lookie there, Fred's writers deserve a raise

Gag me!!! Fred Thompson!?!

BTW

Who does Toby like on the Democratic side of the equation?

Frank's group is way off! When will someone invite me to be in a focus group.

Thompson just entertained 'em

well...I'm off to hang out with the kid for awhile before watching Ugly Betty...It was fun, guys!

yeah HW.. leave 'em laughin when ya go (my idol joni mitchell)

Jamie, didn't take her long to answer: "HILLARY, we need a woman president." (and she says hello)

I just knew there was a reason I love your mother!!!

Hurray for Toby!!

It has been grand folks. 4:00 a.m. comes early around here. Have a nice rest of your evening.

nite jamie

I've looked over the comments.. Rudy's not mentioned much.. did he talk at all?

i've watched a lot of focus groups and always think there's a peer pressure factor that takes over and distorts what individuals really think

like juries, maybe?

yes sturg, i guess focus groups would make more sense if we elected presidents with a jury system instead of the secret individual ballot

well, i suppose WE might be considered a democratic focus group... and we never agree on anything

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/31/AR2007123102211.html

that McCain New Year's eve story is caca

there's a few i wish would find themselves in front of a jury for sure.......

makes me wonder if the jury system would produce dramatically different results..or perhaps quite similar?

alrighty then, gonna hobble away now. enjoyed our debate party

you know Craig, I followed a bunch the focus groups back in 2004 and 2000 and they seemed pretty accurate, maybe because they agreed with me but tonight's just does not ring true.

and i'm gettin ready for Stewart and Colbert.. enjoy the night, everyone..

Fox is ringing the bell.....

they all focused on calling ron paul "loser" though.....got REAL focused on that......

sturg very funny
republicans are a mystery to me

So we are watching this next installment of the focus group, and my husband recognizes one of the guys from our wedding party in there!!! He actually thought THompson won but was still voting for McCain. Small world. Wayneoh, my husband went to school in Charleston before he came to Florida. Okay off to bed now

Sorry I missed the whole thing. Slept through it. Good to read the party notes here.

tt

Well spoke to soon! Just finished watching all the post debate coverage, and the focus group wasn't too far off on many things. frank asked "what do republicans need to do to win the election?" answer one- don't act like a democrat, another answer- stop apologizing for being a Republican. One other observation from me, stop letting Alan Colmbes ask questions because he seems to be pandering to his following.

Gotta love the internet! Craig, too bad about needing that cast, and the color isn't a wonderful color of blue either.

tt

Was it the brownies, or did somewhere in the middle of debate Ron Paul slip on a pair of tights, a cape, and shirt with a big "P" on the front?

They kept shootin' at him, but not of the bullets had any effect....

Sheila -- "Good Lookin cast Craig,"

Kind of surprised y'all didn't say anything about Craig's toes. Seemed like the other night, the ladies were all comparing the softness of each of the candidate's hands.

not = none...

Went to the same typing school as JennBe...

CBS hourly radio news led with Ron Paul dissing Thompson for the virgin comment...Ron Paul said with no WMD or any real agenda , people are just looking for excuses to bomb Iran.

It worked for LBJ in 1964 when it was alleged that two little fishing boats fired upon a big bad US Naval ship. Some place called The Gulf of Tonkin.

I was all set to watch the thing, and then when I saw the Red Wings were on TV...I forgot all about it.

So I clicked back and forth between the Pistons and Wings games, and the msnbc special about the madman who transformed a 21 month old boy into a girl . Horrible outcome --- both twins committed suicide .
That was the saddest thing I watched since the torture at Abu Ghraib...what's that, John McCain?

Oh, ABU GHRAIB. Read up on it, it's really very interesting. That is if your little ass-kissing buddy-general Petraeus hasn't burned all the records.

The last time I set out to protest a republican appearance, armed sheriff's deputies had set up checkpoints on all the roads leading to the farm where Cheney sat on a bale of hay and talked up Bush and himself. I mean I couldn't get anywhere near that farm without Republican Party credentials.

This thing might be over for McCain by the time our OH primary rolls around in March. If not, and McCain comes here ,I 'll be there protesting for peace and an exit from Iraq.
McCain hates protesters. And I hate McCain. But Craig, you're right...playing big in the South, I know, I know....

Dex: isn't that funny that the NSA report on the Gulf of Tonkin (no)incident was released at the same time as this latest Persian Gulf (no)incident

the ACLU wants folks to wear orange today to protest Guantanamo. The only orange stuff I have is a tie(it's ghastly I love it) and a dog vest so people don't mistake Boo for moose.

Markos is asking the Kossacks to vote for Romney in the Michigan primary. I understand his reasoning I suppose but I don't think it's a good idea.

JennBe you're on the map

Huckabee may never see the inside of the White House, but he's going to create havac along the way.

I think more Republicans are thinking more along his lines of "What Would Jesus Do" than the rest of all the "With Us or Against Us People".

JON STEWART.....I think he's not impressed with Tweety either. ;0)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/10/stewart-vs-matthews-roun_n_80941.html

Gosh Tweety is getting called on the carpet. I'd like to swat him for getting up the Eire of Jamie, Patsi, and KGC too. Its been hell!

http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/the_antichris_matthews_vote.php

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