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Half-baked Republican Presidential Fruitcakes (and fellow confections)

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    #182
    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    robindch wrote: »
    New Gingrich, the man who pledged not to run any negative ads, runs a negative ad about Mitt Romney, showing him speaking French, no less.

    I find is pretty shocking that the fact he speaks French is actually being held against him.
    A new low in American politics. Let's celebrate ignorance.


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    #183
    daithi1970
    Registered Users Posts: 515 ✭✭✭daithi1970


    ..it reminds me of the "whatcha readin' for?" line that Bill Hicks used in one of his routines..he would have had a field day with this buch of morons...


    daithi


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    #184
    goose2005
    Registered Users Posts: 4,798 ✭✭✭goose2005


    Nick Clegg got the same treatment from some of the British press:
    the mail wrote:
    Despite his Anglo-Saxon name, Nick Clegg is by blood the least British leader of a British political party, the son of a Dutch mother and a half-Russian merchant banker father.

    wait till they hear that William of Orange was a gay Dutchman.


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    #185
    goose2005
    Registered Users Posts: 4,798 ✭✭✭goose2005


    Nick Clegg got the same treatment from some of the British press:
    the mail wrote:
    Despite his Anglo-Saxon name, Nick Clegg is by blood the least British leader of a British political party, the son of a Dutch mother and a half-Russian merchant banker father.

    wait till they hear that William of Orange was a gay Dutchman.


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    #186
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Anyone remember Freedom Fries? :pac:


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    #187
    Sarky
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    That was probably my favourite part of the whole "how much can America embarrass itself in front of the grown ups" debacle.


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    #188
    irishh_bob
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    Beruthiel wrote: »
    I find is pretty shocking that the fact he speaks French is actually being held against him.
    A new low in American politics. Let's celebrate ignorance.

    ever been to france , they have a remarkabley low percentage of people who can speak english compared to thier neighbours in germany , netherlands etc , not being able to speak english is often seen as a badge of honour in la france


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    #189
    amacachi
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    irishh_bob wrote: »
    ever been to france , they have a remarkabley low percentage of people who can speak english compared to thier neighbours in germany , netherlands etc , not being able to speak english is often seen as a badge of honour in la france

    They just say they can't speak English.


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    #190
    The Mad Hatter
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    irishh_bob wrote: »
    ever been to france , they have a remarkabley low percentage of people who can speak english compared to thier neighbours in germany , netherlands etc , not being able to speak english is often seen as a badge of honour in la france

    36% of France speaks English, which puts them ahead of a sizeable chunk of Europe, per capita.

    In any case, can you seriously imagine a French leader's ability to speak a second language (which is really what this is about) being used against him in a smear campaign?


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    #191
    sponsoredwalk
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    I really hope Newt Gingrich stays in the race for a while yet, who knows to
    what depths he'll sink to?


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    #192
    irishh_bob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,700 ✭✭✭irishh_bob


    The Mad Hatter wrote: »
    36% of France speaks English, which puts them ahead of a sizeable chunk of Europe, per capita.

    In any case, can you seriously imagine a French leader's ability to speak a second language (which is really what this is about) being used against him in a smear campaign?

    sarkozy cant speak english or at least not well


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    #193
    CiaranMT
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    irishh_bob wrote: »
    ever been to france , they have a remarkabley low percentage of people who can speak english compared to thier neighbours in germany , netherlands etc , not being able to speak english is often seen as a badge of honour in la france
    irishh_bob wrote: »
    sarkozy cant speak english or at least not well

    What's your point?


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    #194
    qrrgprgua
    Registered Users Posts: 786 ✭✭✭qrrgprgua


    irishh_bob wrote: »
    sarkozy cant speak english or at least not well

    Sarkozy speaks both English and German fluently/// Also he knows Hungarian (he says he dosen't but his father did teach him)


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    #195
    goose2005
    Registered Users Posts: 4,798 ✭✭✭goose2005


    irishh_bob wrote: »
    ever been to france , they have a remarkabley low percentage of people who can speak english compared to thier neighbours in germany , netherlands etc , not being able to speak english is often seen as a badge of honour in la france

    Not really. Some of the elite academics get sniffy about overuse of English words in French, but in general English is seen as trendy.


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    #196
    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    irishh_bob wrote: »
    ever been to france , they have a remarkabley low percentage of people who can speak english compared to thier neighbours in germany , netherlands etc , not being able to speak english is often seen as a badge of honour in la france

    My husband is French, he has perfect English.
    All his French friends also have fantastic English and though I can speak a smattering of French, we converse in English because they have such a great grasp of the English language.
    Even his mother has attempted to learn English.
    His French cousin now lives in Boston, so he and his 75 year old mother have perfect English.
    My sister lives in France, so I have been going to France on a yearly basis for 15 years now and most of the people I encounter always make an attempt to talk to me in English so they can practice.

    The French as a nation, do not want to loose their language. I understand that. It's who they are and why should they have to?
    That does not mean they do not speak other languages, from my personal experience, an awful lot of them do.


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    #197
    sponsoredwalk
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2afIxOqRJcA



    In a 2007 interview, Romney essentially laughed off the concern of Fox
    News' Chris Wallace, who asked, "what were you thinking?" But Maddow
    thought the story could be very dangerous for the GOP frontrunner as he
    tries to sew up his party's nomination and defeat President Obama.

    She [Maddow] noted that there are now anti-Romney websites purporting
    to be from dogs popping up all over the place, and that the new verb "to
    Romney" (meaning "to defecate in terror") is making its way into the lexicon.
    link


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    #198
    robindch
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,399 Mod ✭✭✭✭robindch


    Meanwhile, in Soviet Russia:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdBF56ahgLw


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    #199
    Delirium
    Moderators Posts: 51,713 ✭✭✭✭Delirium


    See this attack video?



    more on the story about the video here

    If you can read this, you're too close!



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    #200
    fitz0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,753 ✭✭✭fitz0


    Well if they can make something out of Romney speaking French, Huntsman had no chance whatsoever. He seems to have been the most reasonable candidate imo. Pity reasonable doesn't mean electable in the states.

    Colbert's Super PAC put out their first ad recently.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW0JTcYeKXg


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    #201
    amacachi
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    Jesus yous are all miles behind. :pac:


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    #202
    MrPudding
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    Pah, who needs a supreme court?

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/19/newt-gingrich-ignore-supreme-court-president

    MrP


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    #203
    Genghiz Cohen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    [RE: Abortion]
    "China[...] is destined for the ash heap of history unless it changes it's values"

    Isn't that the country that owns like 10% (3rd largest stake) of the USA?


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    #204
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,226 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    Beruthiel wrote: »
    I find is pretty shocking that the fact he speaks French is actually being held against him.
    A new low in American politics. Let's celebrate ignorance.

    It's hardly surprising. American Europhobia is alive and well, but crucially, it seems to go relatively unchallenged.

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

    CMod: Entertainment



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    #205
    robindch
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,399 Mod ✭✭✭✭robindch


    And then there were four:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16635833


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    #206
    gawker
    Registered Users Posts: 285 ✭✭gawker


    Both Perry and Bachmann have now dropped out, despite both saying God had told them to run. This.... doesn't... make sense!


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    #207
    Sarky
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    I like how they only labelled Santorum as "Christian conservative", as if the others weren't also batsh*t crazy regarding religion.


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    #208
    amacachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,316 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    I hope Colbert runs, would be most likely to cost Obama votes and make it all interesting.


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    #209
    robindch
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,399 Mod ✭✭✭✭robindch


    amacachi wrote: »
    I hope Colbert runs, would be most likely to cost Obama votes and make it all interesting.
    That's what happened when the Ross Perot -- anybody remember him? -- ran in 1992 and took enough votes from Bush the Elder to allow Clinton to win the election.

    PR ftw!


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    #210
    Galvasean
    Registered Users Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    gawker wrote: »
    Both Perry and Bachmann have now dropped out, despite both saying God had told them to run. This.... doesn't... make sense!

    God told them to run so that the intense scrutiny and competition would make the eventual winner stronger.


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    #211
    robindch
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,399 Mod ✭✭✭✭robindch


    Galvasean wrote: »
    [...] competition would make the eventual winner stronger.
    Bbbbbbbbut that's evolution -- in the Republican Party? :eek:


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