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WHY? Why, Tom? Why do you refuse to run for the Senate when you have already served in the House and as governor of Pennsylvania and even the First Dauphin of the Terrorism Rainbow? Because, says Tom, this was “a difficult personal decision.” Well, that clears it up! [MSNBC]
9:30 AM
on Fri May 8 2009
By
Sara K. Smith
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BOTOX also.
And the Homeland Security Advisory System keeps ticking…when will they kill that thing?!
That’s code for “I’d rather not have to support the loonies on the Right in my campaign speeches.”
A “personal political decision?” WTF? I can smell the fear. No wait, actually that’s my son needing a diaper change.
Tee hee hee, knock his block off. Remember that one scene from Killer Klowns from Outer Space? Comedy gold.
StephanieInCA: What do you mean? Those are Ridge lines.
Ha, ha! Another possible part of this “personal decision” might be that he’s already trailing Toomey in the polls among Republicans something like 43-35. For such a popular former governor, that’s pretty bad. I don’t imagine a pro-choice moderate like Ridge would want his political future decided by the Republican primary voters, either.
Your career as an elected official is over, Tom! You were the last Republican I ever voted for, back in 1994, and you’re likely the last one I ever will vote for. Have a nice life in Maryland. Try the crabs!
Like any politician they must weigh the closet full of skeletons against the power of the position. The more the power, the deeper people dig. We KNOW he is a gambling fool…what else is lurking in that closet. If one were to go by the inverse rule of piety, I would say there is some pretty freaky stuff in that closet.
I thought there was going to be video of that kids’ RockEmSockEm boxing game from the 70’s. I am so disappointed.
Tom will be too busy with the plastic sheets and duct tape out in Colorado.
Larry McAwful: He might like the Horseshoe Crab…marinated with sour grapes.
He’s trailing an avocado in the polls.
The Republican party keeps shooting itself in the foot and when someone says, “Hey, man. You just shot yourself in the foot. You better be careful”, they respond by saying, “Fuck you! I’ll blow my whole goddamn leg off if I feel like it!”
They told him before he runs, he would have to take off his shoes, his belt, any sweaters or jackets, take his laptop out of his bag and open it, take any objects out of his pockets, place everything one-item-per-tub… He just said “F*** this, I’ll just drive next time - whatever happened to personal dignity?” Then the GOP said “I’m sorry sir, we have to ask you to step over here for some personal swabbing and more intrusive inspections…”
I can’t even imagine the nonsense one would have to utter, hour by hour, to win a Repub statewide endorsement in PA, then defend in general election. Ridge’s sanity destruction alert system must have been flashing red.
Did Charleton Heston run for President of the Dirty Apes? Senator? Hell no, he just found a little hottie to bang and a couple of perfectly legal assault rifles and rode off up the beach. Tom Ridge is just like Charleton Heston except he’s color coded, and Maria Theresa Peterson should be damn glad she wasn’t on Hardball last night or otherwise she her skinny ass would have ended up spending the rest of her life writing about Toms “grande chalupa” as they fled us dirty apes to breed a super Republican race in secret behind the local Injun casino (like the Palins).
I’ll be explaining this in greater detail throughout the afternoon as my meds kick in…more later.
WadISay: You got that right. Pandering to a bunch of regressive Hannity fans was probably more than he could stomach, and I don’t see Ridge as the type that would have any enthusiasm for running around the state barking about Muslin/Socialism.
However, I do expect Mitt Romney to establish residency in PA in 3,2,1…
Ridge’s career in Repub politics is obviously over. His rainbow alert system is obviously part of the Gay Agenda.
Larry McAwful: AfghanVet: What? You guys haven’t seen the video of Tom Ridge and Neal Horsley at the big livestock auction a couple of years ago?
Tom Ridge is a fraidy cat poopy face. Also, people whose heads are shaped like anvils should not be allowed to hold public office. Neanderthals can’t speak or reason properly.
hobospacejunkie: I knew Neanderthals sir, and Tom Ridge is no Neanderthal.
How right wing do you need to be to win the Republican primary in PA? I’m thinking A. Hitler might have a bit of trouble getting the nod from this lot.
hobospacejunkie: You don’t know how much that hurts my feelings, you racist bastard.
the other day, slush mouth actually had slobber on his chin for like 5 minutes before the camera cut away and someone squeegied him off. i couldn’t stop staring, or shuddering.
I don’t get it. What’s not fun about having to quit your million dollar job and be part of the minority totally unhinged republican party in the Senate? That is if you won a primary race against a wingnut and the general election against a ~democrat~. I guess Ridge might actually be reasonable and smarter then most in the GOP.
And besides, given the similarity of Tom Ridge’s and Arlen Specter’s stances on most, I don’t know, EVERYTHING, it wouldn’t be much of a contest - I think people in Philly and Pittsburgh would just vote for the democrat out of spite.
Lascauxcaveman: You’re a wee bit sensitive about your long dead cousins. Maybe if your ancestors hadn’t, I don’t know, committed genocide, we’d still have a few Neanderthals around to laugh at & put in zoos.
Gay. I knew it.
hobospacejunkie: You’re right, I didn’t think this thing through. My gramps always said those ‘thals were real dumbshits and got what was coming to them.
Also, calling you an evolutionist bastard would have have been funnier than “racist bastard,” in context. But y’know, some of us comment for quantity, rather than quality.
This reply being a case in point.
Lascauxcaveman: And this one.