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“You have maybe two weeks to Stop Worrying and Start Loving Romney”

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Posted by    Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 12:22pm

So suggests Randall Hoven:

I can’t say he’s wrong.  I can say that it will be a disaster for our general election chances if the primaries are over so soon, before the bubble of Romney’s electability is fully probed in the conservative media.

Andy McCarthy joins a growing chorus of people who do not necessarily...

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It’s a zany, zany world

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Posted by    Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 8:49pm

Links I’ve collected today but could not squeeze in:

  • Obama not happy with the alleged Israeli hit on the Iranian nuke scientist, via Arutz Sheva and Commentary.  In other news, Bibi is quite happy with the U.S. hit on Osama and other al-qaeda types.
  • Conservatives remain the largest group in the U.S. (Conservatives...
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New Hampshire Primary Tweets of the Night

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Posted by    Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 10:18pm

Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary.  While the results are not final as of this writing, it looks like he comes in at 37-38%, with about the same total number of votes as in 2008.

Here are the tweets of the night, bitter and otherwise.

Tora Tora Tora Tweet:

Reality Sucks Tweet:

Good Enough...

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If you are not on Twitter, you need to be

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Posted by    Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 9:54am

Mitt Romney made a statement yesterday about “firing” people who provide him with services which has been taken out of context.  He was talking about health insurance companies, and made the point that he likes to be able to make choices.

I was aware that Rick Perry’s campaign was seeking to take...

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“Pious Baloney” is the word

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Posted by    Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 10:49am

The line of the Meet The Press debate this morning.

It started out with a typical Romney speech about not being a career policitian, a Santorum attack on that statement, a Romney response, and a Newt follow up:

It is the word:

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Pigs Fly New Hampshire Debate Tweets of the Night

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Posted by    Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 11:09pm

One of the biggest applause lines of the night was when Newt Gingrich, responding to a long (and embarrassing for the moderators) line of questions trying to pin candidates down on gay marriage, contraception and gay adoption, responded as follows:

Newt’s response engendered praise even from two of the people who have...

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Iowa Caucuses Tweets of the Night

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Posted by    Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 11:41pm

The election was close going down to the wire between Santorum and Romney, with no winner declared as of this writing, with both in the 24% range.  Paul was at about 21%, Newt at 13%, Perry at 10%, and Bachmann at 5%.  (Results not final)

The big news is th...

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Inevitable Iowa Caucuses Tweet of the Morning

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Posted by    Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 8:15am

It’s the narrative and perception.

From Jeff Emanuel:

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Alan Colmes mocks how Rick Santorum mourned dead child

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Posted by    Monday, January 2, 2012 at 2:47pm

This is lighting up Twitter.  Colmes also uses the incident in a blog post today, linking to this 2005 WaPo article:

In his Senate office, on a shelf next to an autographed baseball, Sen. Rick Santorum keeps a framed photo of his son Gabriel Michael, the fourth of his seven children. Named for two...

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Worst Tweet of the Year

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Posted by    Saturday, December 31, 2011 at 7:00am

The Best Bumper Sticker of the Year, Worst Bumper Sticker of the Year and Best Tweet of the Year competitions have left me on the verge of blogger burnout, but I soldier on, because that’s just the way I am.  And the internet never stops.

The Worst Tweet of the Year competition w...

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Best Tweet of the Year

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Posted by    Friday, December 30, 2011 at 7:00am

The Best Tweet of the Year competition was really, really tough. There were so many great tweets arising out of the Occupy Wall Street protests that it could have been its own category.  Not surprisingly, Obama also was a hot topic.

I excluded from consideration tweets regarding the Republican primary candidates; since...

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Christmas Tweet of the Day

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Posted by    Sunday, December 25, 2011 at 6:26pm

I’m not promising to be this easy all the time, but I do try to accomodate the hopes and prayers of the huddled masses, whenever possible.

So yes, Leslie, there is a Santa Claus:

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Accepting Nominations

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Posted by    Friday, December 23, 2011 at 9:30am

Best and Worst Tweets of the Year, preferably ones featured at LI (use Twitter tag to search) but open to other suggestions.

Best and Worst Bumper Sticker Photos of the Year, limited to those featured at LI (use Bumper Stickers tag to search).

Post in comments by December 26.  (Include link to post in comment)

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Death of Dear Leader Tweet of the Day

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Posted by    Monday, December 19, 2011 at 1:47pm

From @TobyHarnden:

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Occupy “movement” Tweet of the Day

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Posted by    Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 12:30pm

I didn’t see this in the Time Person of the Year story, but then again, I didn’t read it.

From John Hawkins:

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