Texas Poll Shock: Cain Ahead of Perry

Wow, how quickly the mighty have fallen!  Keep in mind Perry has been governor of Texas for going on twenty years now...

Also, though, this is before the Cain sexual harassment charges became public (Clarence Thomas, anyone??)....

Must Watch: Madoff's Wife and Son Last Night on 60 Minutes (Video)

This is nothing short of a modern Shakespearean drama.  Utterly amazing and fascinating....covers the gamut of human emotions: tragedy, greed, love, sorrow...deceit.   Arguably the story of our lifetime....

Ripper Political Update 10.25.11

• in other news, an 87 year old Indiana man has been busted with 278 pounds of cocaine...
• top on GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum's agenda: criminalize sodomy.
• Perry to Romney:  Release your tax returns, Mitt--

Ripper Daily Political Report: October 21, 2011

• Senator Marco Rubio of Florida: Cuban/American, liar.
• Al Gore, Apple board member, speaks about Steve Jobs...
• Herman Cain's making a ton of dough running for president, by the way....did he ever even ponder the possibility of winning?  Probably not.
• regarding foreclosures in Nevada, GOP front runner Mitt Romney appears guilty of saying what he actually thinks, initially ....bad idea.
• introducing the 'Romney Rule' on taxes...Dems smell blood here--
• despite what you've heard....big swinging hedge fund managers are still President Obama's top source for campaign cash...

Ripper Political Update 10.20.11

• Slate:  Has the GOP become the "Back to the Future" party??
• Osama? Check.  Quadaffi?  Check.  If a Republican, Obama would be on Mt. Rushmore by now...
• alas...some words of wisdom from Pat Buchanan on race harmony in America...Pat Buchanan: remember him?
• New York Times Gadaffi obit...
• are Herman Cain's 15 minutes of fame coming to an end?

Ripper's Political Update for Wednesday October 19, 2011

• the crux and hypothesis of the Obama political machine's campaign against presumed GOP nominee Mitt Romney--which is emerging in real time, is that he has no core and therefore cannot be trusted.  The Obama campaign will spend close to $1 billion between now and next November driving this single theme home.
• you probably didn't see it, but last night's Republican presidential debate got pretty heated and ugly...especially between Perry (Tea Party) and Romney (Country Club Republican)...
• this video has nothing at all to do with politics.  But it is totally fucking incredible.
• excellent, succinct piece on the similarities between Occupy Wall Street and The Tea Party movements...

RIPPER UNITED STATES POLITICAL UPDATE 10/16/11

• Is Mitt Romney just too much of a robotic unlikable stiff to be ever elected president??
• one of the tightest, most brutal Senate campaigns of the upcoming election cycle will be in Virginia between George 'Macaca' Allen, and Tim Kaine
• does it matter that potential future president Herman Cain appears to be utterly clueless on foreign policy?
• Oh no he didn't....Newt calls Romney a...gasp...Rockefeller Republican

Ripper U.S. Political Update: Oct 14, 2011

• How bad will Mitt Romney's problem with Evangelicals be in the general election??
• more and more evidence points to the fact that the GOP simply does not like their current crop of presidential candidates...
• don't be fooled by the peachy-keen name of the US Chamber of Commerce.  It has evolved into an extreme right wing group, and Yahoo just joined the growing list of companies who dropped their membership..
• does anyone else find it creepy that the audience in all these GOP debates, continually cheer the notion of Americans being put to death by capital punishment??

Ripper American Political Update: Oct. 13, 2011

• shockingly, the issue of legalized abortion is still an issue in the US Congress...it will be in the Presidential contest too--
• Occupy Wall Streeters remind you of the Tea Partiers??  Don't tell that to the Tea Partiers...you see they own the American protest movement.
• YouTube: the next POTUS??
• Keep an eye on Obama's number one political guy David Axelrod's Tweets...he's Obama's Karl Rove
• Hulk Hogan no longer an Obama supporter.
• Florida lawmaker: let's re-introduce firing squads...
• Despite his seemingly nightmarish political problems, Obama is still vastly more popular than George W. Bush
• Rush Limbaugh:  Mitt Romney is not a conservative.

Ripper Political Update: October 12, 2011

• although President Obama's approval ratings are down, let's keep in mind the approval ratings of Congress is even much lower
• do you happen to think that President "You Lie!" Obama is treated more disrespectfully than previous presidents?   Join the club...
• the very pronounced implosion of the once piping hot Rick Perry for President campaign continued unabated in last night's GOP debate.
• on the alleged Iran / DC assasination plot
• Newt in last night's debate: let's jail Democratic Congressional leaders
• girthy New Jersey Governor Chris Christie: future POTUS?
• Captain Obvious Rick Perry, "Debating is not one of my strong points..."
• More Anthony Weiner revelations...reminder to anyone and everyone, what you write in the Internet is permanent--
• Is the GOP rooting for the economy to fail??
• Ladies and Gentlemen, enjoy the "Cain Train" before it inevitably and spectacularly derails
• By the way, does Herman Cain remind anyone else like Eddie Murphy in the classic SNL skit, "White Like Me?"....dead ringer, if you ask me.

Cain: The Godfather's years - Omaha.com

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Perry Goes Hard at Romney

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Florida State Rep. Wants To End State Ban On ‘Dwarf-Tossing’ To Increase Employment Opportunities For Little People | ThinkProgress

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Facebook status feud results in Texas man's arrest - Boston.com

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Billionaire Bet: Warren Buffett Challenges Rupert Murdoch To Release His Tax Returns | ThinkProgress

Romney Can’t Bring Himself To Condemn Jeering Of Gay Soldier | ThinkProgress

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Perry's Drudge problem - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com

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Hank Williams Jr. -- My Obama Comment Was 'Misunderstood' | TMZ.com:

Goodbye Rick Perry

Boy, that was quick, wasn't it?

Just another example of the Twitterization/Facebookization of American society these days.  Fads like Perry come and go quickly.  Whoosh...

First came the laughably awful foreign policy answer he gave at the most recent GOP debate (see story below...)

And now we get news that for years he was a card carrying member of the Niggerhead Ranch in Texas...

Charming.

Goodbye, Rick...we barely knew you--