Comments on: The 2008 Presidential Primaries Begin: Will Candidates Be Forced to Try Principle in the Desperate Search for Popularity? http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/03/the-2008-presidential-primaries-begin-will-candidates-be-force-to-try-principle-in-the-desperate-search-for-popularity/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:48:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: deeply worried http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/03/the-2008-presidential-primaries-begin-will-candidates-be-force-to-try-principle-in-the-desperate-search-for-popularity/#comment-5461 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:35:43 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/03/the-2008-presidential-primaries-begin-will-candidates-be-force-to-try-principle-in-the-desperate-search-for-popularity/#comment-5461 And I was raised in Urbana and remember how hilly Iowa seemed in comparison to my home county. There was also a Corn Palace out there somewhere before 1959 but it may have fallen down or been eaten. I saw it through the window of our Olds as we headed west on vacation!

My logical powers aren’t what they should be, but the connection of corn and human sacrifice you make seems a bit tenuous! Or does it? I admit that each time I indulge in a corn fritter, I have dreams of at least 3 sitting Justices suddenly having attacks of conscience, sacrificing their careers and resigning to go hunt ducks or something, making room for more humane minds.

]]> By: jonathanturley http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/03/the-2008-presidential-primaries-begin-will-candidates-be-force-to-try-principle-in-the-desperate-search-for-popularity/#comment-5459 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:09:29 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/03/the-2008-presidential-primaries-begin-will-candidates-be-force-to-try-principle-in-the-desperate-search-for-popularity/#comment-5459 I was raised in Chicago. Iowans were always a bit scary for us growing up. There was that whole rumor about Chicagoans straying into the state and being sacrificed to the Corn King. As kids we were told that if we didn’t eat our vegetables, it was a one-way ticket to Iowa during the spring harvest festival. Now you may laugh but many ancient people raising corn dabbled in human sacrifice, including the Aztecs. I will keep our corrupt members and lobbyists thank you, before I see an maize alter built on the steps of the Supreme Court. We have enough problems. In case you still want to embrace Iowan control, I advice that you look at this picture from last year’s Davenport County Fair.

]]> By: deeply worried http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/03/the-2008-presidential-primaries-begin-will-candidates-be-force-to-try-principle-in-the-desperate-search-for-popularity/#comment-5437 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:48:26 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/03/the-2008-presidential-primaries-begin-will-candidates-be-force-to-try-principle-in-the-desperate-search-for-popularity/#comment-5437 To counter the rampant cynicism of the Beltway, wouldn’t it be fun to give the same Iowans who gave us Barack and Mike last night, a chance to run this place themselves? Clean out the place and fill it with Iowans. We might be very happily surprised with the results.

]]> By: deeply worried http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/03/the-2008-presidential-primaries-begin-will-candidates-be-force-to-try-principle-in-the-desperate-search-for-popularity/#comment-5433 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:56:57 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/03/the-2008-presidential-primaries-begin-will-candidates-be-force-to-try-principle-in-the-desperate-search-for-popularity/#comment-5433 That’s the tragedy of American politics, we elect ourselves, and we, sorry to say, are not very bright.

And becoming less so all the time. Just consider the debased quality of the punditry.

Professor Turley is one of the few national voices countering the abysmal tide.

]]> By: jonathanturley http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/03/the-2008-presidential-primaries-begin-will-candidates-be-force-to-try-principle-in-the-desperate-search-for-popularity/#comment-5366 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:34:16 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/03/the-2008-presidential-primaries-begin-will-candidates-be-force-to-try-principle-in-the-desperate-search-for-popularity/#comment-5366 Randron:

The problem for many is that the consistent logic of past election has replicated the same dishonesty in politics that is strangling this country. Cynics in both parties are routinely proven correct: when the time comes, we forget all of the double-dealing and dishonesty to “pick a winner.” We ultimately get the government that we deserve.

]]> By: randron http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/03/the-2008-presidential-primaries-begin-will-candidates-be-force-to-try-principle-in-the-desperate-search-for-popularity/#comment-5363 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:47:39 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/03/the-2008-presidential-primaries-begin-will-candidates-be-force-to-try-principle-in-the-desperate-search-for-popularity/#comment-5363 Jonathan:

While I understand your cynicism, I respectfully disagree with your premise that people are looking for a third party alternative. No one I know is waiting with baited breath for a Ron Paul or Michael Bloomberg to run in 2008. One thing history teaches us is that, usually, when a third party comes on the scene, we end up with the “worst of THREE evils!” Surely, you would agree that America cannot afford four or eight more years of an authoritarian, Constitution shredding, pluto-theocrat!

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