Or two, even. I always joke that our first son would come out pickled, not that my wife drank THAT much, but a glass a night, maybe more, maybe less.

He is extremely healthy and smart, and that is not just my opinion, but that of caregivers, friends, and random people on that street who can't help but take notice of him.

Our second son, just as much

On second thought, maybe pregnant women shouldn't breath so much.

Get a grip

Then, in stage two, Operation Phantom Blunder, we'll give all the bullets to the Marines, and all the guns to the Army, thus diversifyig our forces. The Army guys can throw the bullets at insurgents, while the Marines beat the Taliban over the head with their guns.

At least, not in Iowa. But he has played this up pleanty in otherstates like California and Florida, and in the unlikely event that he wins the nomination, you can be sure that the people in Iowa (and Idaho and others) would hear about from Republican TV ads against him.

This has less to do with an assumption about intelligence, and more to do with the pervasive pandering that candidates can get away with, preaching this to these people, that to those people, and a lazy media that fails to connect the dots

...For separation of Church and State

I am intrigued by the way he has positioned himself and his popularity. I've been reading his website recently, and I think the the left supports him at their peril.

His scheme for across the board lower taxes and government reduction is completely urealistic, and I think would ultimately benefit the wealthy (a true republican idea) and further enable big business to take over and exploit and pollute the US. Similarly, his position on property rights, I think, is a veiled guise for dangerous lack of oversight

He wants the US out of the UN and the UN dissolved. This would be a foreign policy nightmare

He is a rabid anti-abortionist - This is a dealbreaker, for me.

What is interesting is that he is so extreme on several issues, both left and right, I would think that he would poison the well on both sides. Instead, people on both sides are obviously willing to overlook certain hot button issues in favor of others. I think that is interesting given that in past elections, someone like him would not have gotten much traction, I think

Who is donating to Ron Paul? Just social conservatives? That doesn't explain 5.1 mil. He is a strange creature.

Don't smoke

To fine tune what I said above, Smokers damage their children, thus the tax on them. The less people smoke, the less tax generated, but also the less kids will be affected.

We probably should tax big macs and cokes just like we tax cigs. Or rather, we should repeal the tax breaks that so many of these big buisinesses get, which allow them to produce this shit so cheaply, which in turn, costs us all when it comes to caring for these people. This is not a tax on specific people, it's a tax on products. Yes, it affects the poor disproportionally, but probably in the same ratio that they are targeted and exploited by the "free market".

A relevant aside - See the movie "The yes men" - There is a very funny bit where they have a presentation to a high school showing how we could feed the poor with their own waste - More and more this is not just and analogy

Soylent green is people

I could not help thinking about Howard Dean when I read these words by the poster above. A populist with passion, who should have been president (although he's been doing a fine job as DNC chair, despite anything you might here from Rahm nd his ilk). How different things might have been.

Why did his bid fail? Not from lack of popular support, but rather from a combination of a screwed up primary system and a lack of party support, a party that failed to recognize the changing tide in America.

Do you think it's a coincidence that this feel-good piece of drivel is coming out now?

Look, something shiny!

I wonder who wrote that book for her

...about the Iraqi guard

Ya mean wars cost actual money? I mean, a few (thousand) dead soldiers is okay, but really, money?

of McCain winning the nomination.

"this nation was founded primarily on Christian principles "

I am really tired of this drum being beaten. And I have no doubt that it is true. I am a commited atheist, but certain ideas are universal, like all people being equal, in the eyes of god or whoever.

Our nations founders would not have recognized these christians

Like father like daughter

Who didn't owe anybody anything? Who didn't reach out and use every available contact to improve their position in an upcoming election? Who didn't shamelessly use their family to promote their image?

Neither did I

Because GQ, that bastion of political analysis, might have brought down her whole campaign

...He would spend the rest of his Presidency gobbling up this Nations stratigic reserve of fried chicken and watermelon"

Getting by on charm. Now, that is the pot calling the kettle black.

Reid was going to keep introducing legislation to end the war over and over to embarass the Republicans - I missed most of the piece (yelling 3 year old) - Anyone else hear this?

I don't know where my fingers are this am

He gets another chance to becaose the logest serving (R) Senator

You mean, Sadamm is coming back? Or does ordinary life mean more of the same civil war that's been happening for the last 5 years?