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Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi on his latest article surrounding the battle for the 2012 Republication nomination for president.
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Every -- -- sell magazine.
As got a whole -- article it's a sellers to what is funny.
About the four people running for.
Presence in a Republican.
-- stock plummet.
Registered domain.
The martian and mister Dick -- statement it's written which one is which which is stupid spending and so central -- Central America don't have plummeted as should Gingrich -- and -- dummy Isis.
Dummy grade yet felt that when you don't afterward yet sort of -- -- -- -- Nevada.
Yeah I know I went to South Carolina and kind of expecting that this is going to be Mitt Romney's coronation and instead he he just completely imploded and and then -- picked up the slack and then of course I -- up the article.
That you know and Newt Gingrich -- surged into the lead.
And by the time that issue of Rolling Stone comes out -- -- front runners twice already now that's so crazy this.
This Republican campaign is it's you know it's literally like in a minute to minute basis stated it is it's like a game hot potato well when Romney was -- New Hampshire and one mountain.
All it really had to do is to put together for exactly.
Eleven that's right yeah -- just said the good out of South Carolina and like literally they -- put out a cardboard cutout up women just kind of had a moved it back and forth like this.
And beautiful inside -- -- -- -- had to do is not make a mistake.
And -- he couldn't do it he completely fell apart he kept saying that to dumbest things over and over again.
I think beginning with -- -- you reference where.
You know he was talking about how much money he made in and he said -- -- -- of course I did make a small amount of income of real income.
Apart from my hedge fund.
Speculative stuff ready to speaking season you know -- the small amount turns out to be you know -- 380000 dollars or whatever it is.
And new -- that's -- -- -- lot about.
But the guide though you know it which is that.
He -- he has been an inability.
To sympathizer.
Or to connect with people who are in a situation different from himself if you ask him.
Or doesn't appear to -- -- complex satellite to -- button.
But it says dumb stuff and -- -- -- -- -- -- I mean -- this.
This problem is if you as you say it will what do you think about people who are for closure or -- our.
You know having a hard time would have a job his mind instantly goes through these people are attacking me for being rich like he doesn't even take them that the second.
To think about what it looks like from other people's point of view and and that's come across the united people are looking -- -- -- this guy is a rich -- basically who was not able to look at things from my point of view and it's pretty hard to vote for somebody is like that has probably not.
Evil scum now -- debt ratios.
Well predicted and grits.
And Gingrich is amusing definitely number but I mean that's -- them.
Just a fat old crook that's an if if if if you have basically and that the really the funny thing was when he.
When he won in South Carolina I mean that the output this my PC you you would have thought it was Caesar returning after slaughtering the -- -- -- he came back.
And it was literally like you could see -- laurels on his head.
The party they're -- -- it that is people through in the Hilton and and it there was like a Super Bowl festivities.
You know -- -- People were come raging drunk you know within within ten minutes after the they announced that it was it was hilarious that was -- the exact opposite of what you would expect from Romney.
Somebody's out of the general was a lubricant holders I read somewhere that.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- FF SF.
That's really gonna -- -- critical of -- and it originally thought of that rob nabors number of amount drivers -- so magazines some dental and are they articles and well met -- writer.
Yeah yeah actually -- it's entitled the market yet anyway I think on a cover of the reports from Blake Shelton enough.
Those are the tripled from -- marvelous talent -- What do you remember about that derivative -- headline is that we had a we had used the word -- -- so many times to described Newt Gingrich that we had a problem coming up with an adjective form in the sub head and we.
It took us -- well I think we eventually came up with flatulence it.
-- -- -- -- -- -- Another offended just killed.
Rhonda -- when -- -- And I think.
Some people knew what he meant.
But that reveal that he had of fundamental.
Lack of understand in about something fundamental to Europe.
To have to people's wipes in this country.
That was funny -- bought a word about portable because they have a safety net right well they I don't want separate what I have -- people I mean it but he didn't get that -- just.
Oh yeah and then and then of course he starts talking about you know the people he our he is concerned and are people who are in the middle class were struggling new and you says Kama.
People who are looking for jobs and can't find them the implication being that the very poor are looking for jobs.
And -- again this is talks about.
You know of the business person's point of UB he sees the thing entirely as you know and Adam Smith academic exercise where literate or I think kind of deserved to be pour all the way I don't thanked the president listens and I'm better -- -- anymore archived.
But the implied have come -- people that Mitt Romney as a result of alleged pretentious -- Yeah I know that I think he he's -- the at the very least it is able to suit perceives.
That is posted.
Give lip service that are absolutely there doesn't have self awareness to do that -- president and -- -- from them and they can sing like -- current reports -- effectiveness.
Knowing that to half of the people who voted -- -- more.
Have no idea what -- -- that have no should be allowed to vote but rental rate -- -- opposite ends up.
But what would greatly influence them.
As a -- did you say like all right grandma -- same amount member one Clinton -- Play into the saxophone on.
And he was a -- the world solvable the -- pot heads on -- and wanna know what above what was that not polite about it so yeah I ran into -- -- -- -- -- I voted for him because he reminds me of my cousin and are your monthly median mean if anybody -- -- -- me I am not gonna vote for.
You know.
You.
And but.
Little but a lot of people are literally if this is persons familiar to me in some -- if -- he'd be uses words that I use a lot that's good enough I mean they really don't go much farther than.
So the Republicans probably.
Wind up -- -- -- probably I mean look Santorum -- saying he's raising a million dollars a day now.
And it's it's entirely possible and -- nick at the seat -- conference is going on right now.
A little wary you know exempt foreign comes out with you know de facto endorsement of the conservative wing of the party and -- -- -- making the whole live raising a whole lot of money then it suddenly becomes a contest of minutes with at least gonna go down -- the wire I think at this point puzzles and Gaza and from.
-- -- -- All old woman raped by -- -- and impregnated.
-- -- -- I think rating agencies is definitely set us that a lot of things and in the -- -- comparing homosexuality to bestiality and pedophilia and all this -- is going to be.
Fodder for the general election if -- ever ever gets that far but but still he's not as.
Or impulsive or proud -- -- -- -- going oh no are you kidding I mean you have during the debate in in Charleston.
When Romney was completely falling apart in -- was do you blow beating as usual and Santorum was looking like Mother Teresa up there on stage it was unbelievable I mean you've been had than you know the normally quite hostile press.
Cheering form -- one point and it does seem like a normal human being compared to Houston but I was scared you're Ralph ours almost everyone else's Ron Paul.
Yeah you know I mean I don't agree with Ron Paul but everything that I I think -- honest you know and I think he has some very interesting ideas -- I think.
That is his problem is that this campaign system that we.
Is really designed to produce candidates who fall within a certain range of acceptable opinions and you can -- Pretty much define that as is Dennis Kucinich on one side and Ron -- on the other side.
If you have anything it's kind of falls out of the box you know abolishing the Federal Reserve setting up -- department of peace.
You're just they're gonna be bullied relentlessly by by everybody and especially the press and you know how I watched Ron Paul and in South Carolina every time unit reporters got -- -- doing -- in the -- ask him as.
Which of the other three candidates would you -- You know which is the real candidates basically -- -- -- support to.
And voters pick up -- becomes like the background of of all the press reports about Ron Paul that this is this -- not a real candidate.
He's sort of a novelty and therefore people shouldn't vote forum in.
I you know I think if you look at the polls he actually does better against Obama -- all of them.
And it had to had a race so.
-- it -- it it's strange that he is he's been he's been sort of cast aside the way yes.
