October 04, 2012

58 Million Tuned Into Last Night's Debate, More Than In 2008
— Ace

FNC topped the ratings. It just barely edged CBS and ABC.

Still, cable over broadcast network.

Obviously this means that a goodly number of people saw the debate, and that's a Good Thing.

I'm thinking this: Remember in 2008, how Obama captured the imagination of so many? And so many tuned in because of the unprecedentedness of it all? The drama? The celebrity angle? That it was more than politics, it was a Happening?

I'm wondering if any case could be made that even more people tuning in now is bad for Obama, even ignoring his performance. If you're still sold on Obama, it's not like you haven't seen Obama six thousand times already. You know his schtick. Nothing new coming down the pike.

So why would more tune in now? Surely it's not because more people have jumped on the bandwagon; that is inconceivable. You don't gain supporters with 17% real unemployment.

I don't know if much of a case can be made for that line. But I wonder.

Anyway, whether that slapdash logic works or not -- Obama was surely hoping that not too many people tuned in. Well, that hope was dashed.

Extra bonus: The stakes have been raised, and hence the drama. That means, I hope, that more people than usual will tune into Ryan/Biden.

And I don't want to count chickens before they hatch but... it's plus ten chickens.

A Romney Rally? So speculated.

65 Million? On Twitter, someone said Rush is quoting the 65 million figure, which doesn't include Spanish-language broadcasts or internet viewers.

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1 First!

Posted by: Red Shirt at October 04, 2012 10:10 AM (FIDMq)

2 For the same reason one of my guilty pleasures in infomercials.  People like to watch train wrecks.

Posted by: CUS at October 04, 2012 10:10 AM (84pE9)

3 Plenty of time to watch TV. Waddya got?

Posted by: 17% real unemployment at October 04, 2012 10:10 AM (FcR7P)

4 Then why are my ratings in the hundreds?

Posted by: Joe Scarborough at October 04, 2012 10:10 AM (QKKT0)

5 Just for context's sake:

The 2008 popular vote total was 129,391,711.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 04, 2012 10:10 AM (vY2x+)

6

58 Million, huh?

 

More like 58 Million RACISTS!

Posted by: ME Dyson at October 04, 2012 10:10 AM (4I3Uo)

7 I think an angle that hasn't been covered sufficiently is that a ton of people are JUST tuning into the election. And with those numbers, a lot of people CARE about this election, even if they're just tuning in. Last night was the first REAL look they got at Romney, not filtered through the media. And Romney knocked it out of the park, while the President looked like a failure.

Posted by: DarrenODaly at October 04, 2012 10:11 AM (wDAwT)

8 60 million did not get the memo that debates really dont matter

Posted by: Red Shirt at October 04, 2012 10:11 AM (FIDMq)

9 Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum europe vincendarum.

Posted by: Al at October 04, 2012 10:11 AM (MzQOZ)

10 How dare Mitt Romney not be like John McCain! I think the Left was expecting Obama to not only cruise through the debate, but walk out of the place with an endorsement from Mitt Romney.

Posted by: soothsayer at October 04, 2012 10:11 AM (jUytm)

11 Not only that, but there were quite a few "viewing parties" as well. So good numbers all around!

Posted by: Nukie at October 04, 2012 10:11 AM (OL96w)

12 is.  is.  is.  is.

me=moron

Posted by: CUS at October 04, 2012 10:11 AM (84pE9)

13 I watched the debate last night. I haven't watched a debate since Bush/Dukakis.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 04, 2012 10:12 AM (QF8uk)

14 I think people tuned in hoping to find an acceptable replacement

Posted by: TD at October 04, 2012 10:12 AM (DQMcq)

15

Of those 58 million, at least 9.2 million want the drugs that Obama was on last night.  Man, that looked like some potent-ass choom right there.

Posted by: imp at October 04, 2012 10:12 AM (UaxA0)

16 Does not include Telemundo/Univision per Rush.  How many on the intertubes as well? 

Buehler, anyone?

Posted by: eureka! at October 04, 2012 10:12 AM (cTjRR)

17 "We feel pretty good about the President's performance here tonight" - says LyingLiarWhoLies Stephanie Cutter

See Link

Posted by: laceyunderalls at October 04, 2012 10:13 AM (pLTLS)

18 Wow, what a difference having a sharp candidate makes. Who were the Republican insider geniuses that picked McLame over this guy in 2004, again?

Posted by: sherlock at October 04, 2012 10:13 AM (e9Bls)

19 Lies! All lies. And racism!

Posted by: soothsayer at October 04, 2012 10:13 AM (jUytm)

20

From what I've seen of the obammy supporters and their pre-game trash talk, they were tuning in to see him kick Romney's butt.  They really believed that their god was going to crush that conservative hillbilly with the 10 wives, and they stocked up on the popcorn.

The horror, the horror...

 

Posted by: Uncle Jefe at October 04, 2012 10:13 AM (25KoS)

21 14 I think people tuned in hoping to find an acceptable replacement

Posted by: TD at October 04, 2012 02:12 PM (DQMcq)


No love for me? I would do fine.

Posted by: Half eaten ham sandwich in the fridge at October 04, 2012 10:13 AM (FIDMq)

22 And I don't want to count chickens before they hatch but... it's plus ten chickens. ____________ Wait....what? +10 chickens--what kind of chickens? The choking kind?

Posted by: tasker at October 04, 2012 10:13 AM (r2PLg)

23 The most popular channel was the one that people feel has less spin.  FOX

Posted by: rd does not belive the MFM at October 04, 2012 10:14 AM (9sUlj)

24 58 Million Tuned Into Last Night's Debate, More Than In 2008 That's a cinch to explain. People love shows with zombies. There were two in the cast last night, one on stage and one asking questions.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows poor people don't know how to dress themselves at October 04, 2012 10:14 AM (AZGON)

25 it's plus ten chickens

Thank Jeebus I'm getting some back up here.

Posted by: THE Chicken at October 04, 2012 10:14 AM (KjlbF)

26 Let's hope the interest jacks up the eyeballs for next week's sure-to-be smackdown. There is no way at all that Joe Biden can out-duel Ryan in a one-on-one with no 'prompter. What the R&R ticket will get by the end of next week is two really big weeks of positive gain. Will Zero nuke the Qom installation next Thursday morning, and save Bibi from having to do it himself? Time will tell.

Posted by: The littl shyning man at October 04, 2012 10:15 AM (PH+2B)

27 People tuned in last night to see the two men unfiltered.  Only one of them looked remotely qualified to be president - Mitt Romney.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 04, 2012 10:15 AM (Pixxe)

28

Did anyone catch the Marxist quote at the end of the debate, when Obama was summarizing?

http://tinyurl.com/8sool9j

Posted by: DoverPro at October 04, 2012 10:15 AM (wN82N)

29 25 it's plus ten chickens Thank Jeebus I'm getting some back up here. Posted by: THE Chicken at October 04, 2012 02:14 PM (KjlbF) _______________ LOL! Ya--what the hell? Does anyone speak Ewok? What the hell does he mean?

Posted by: tasker at October 04, 2012 10:15 AM (r2PLg)

30 The Honey Boo Boos tuned in. They are becoming aware of the fact that an election is coming up at some point. And they were just introduced to President Romney and his little debate bitch.

Posted by: Truman North at October 04, 2012 10:15 AM (ChxZn)

31 Biden's brain: It's okay; I'll fix this.

Posted by: soothsayer at October 04, 2012 10:16 AM (jUytm)

32 I didn't tune in last night because I CANNOT stand even 30 sec of the Boy King.  I knew I could get the flavor of what went on by following along at the HQ. 

Also, I engage in magical thinking.  Whenever I watch my team loses, so you can thank me for Romney doing so well.

Posted by: someone at October 04, 2012 10:16 AM (bqjJT)

33

Wow, what a difference having a sharp candidate makes. Who were the Republican insider geniuses that picked McLame over this guy in 2004, again?

Posted by: sherlock at October 04, 2012 02:13 PM (e9Bls)

 

 

The same insiders are the ones that were trashing Mitt Romney these last few weeks. 

 

Posted by: rd does not belive the MFM at October 04, 2012 10:16 AM (9sUlj)

34 I'm looking forward to seeing Jugears try to put a happy face on 300 dead Mexicans at the foreign policy debate.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 04, 2012 10:17 AM (QKKT0)

35 Crap.  I thought they were going to sing.

Posted by: 1 in 58 million at October 04, 2012 10:17 AM (QKKT0)

36 If the VP debate was a football game, the best thing for Biden to do is just run the ball. But Biden won't be able to stop himself from slinging passes down-field. It will be interception after interception.

Posted by: soothsayer at October 04, 2012 10:18 AM (jUytm)

37 I called my wife's non-voting BFF a Honey Boo Boo in private and my wife smacked me! I had to explain what it meant.

Posted by: Truman North at October 04, 2012 10:18 AM (I2LwF)

38

I think a reasonable conclusion is that LOTS of people are REALLY concerned about the state of the country, and are REALLY interested in seeing if the non-Obama candidate might just offer a real alternative.

 

They tuned in to see that, and what they saw was - President Romney, financial turnaround miracle-worker, ready to restore America's glory.  Maybe this really is a game-changer.

 

Posted by: Optimizer at October 04, 2012 10:18 AM (As94z)

39 2008, McCain was uninspiring. I did not watch. 

Obama is the same. Nothing new to see here. Romney is different. And people need a reason to believe that things are going to get better.

Also remember, the digital TV transition occurred in 2009. There is no counting the people that viewed the debates via digital OTA broadcasts, like we did. The number is higher than 58 M.

Posted by: Flounder at October 04, 2012 10:19 AM (Kkt/i)

40 And they are off_ For Obama, words not said in debate spoke the loudest By Samuel P. Jacobs | Reuters – WASHINGTON (Reuters) - During their 90-minute debate on Tuesday night, President Barack Obama talked four minutes longer than Republican challenger Mitt Romney. But when the debate was over, it was what Obama didn't say that defined the evening - and helped make it a good one for Romney. In a debate that largely was a mix of campaign talking points and tedious policy detail, the themes that Obama's campaign have emphasized to drive down Romney's approval ratings did not surface. Obama did not mention Romney's work at Bain Capital, the private equity firm whose role in sending thousands of jobs overseas has been cited by Obama's campaign as it has portrayed Romney as a job-killer.

Posted by: tasker at October 04, 2012 10:19 AM (r2PLg)

41

 

From the "reality based community  of KosKids:

 

"The problem is noone is going to get this  economy back on track in four years. The Shrub left us in a clusterf**ck and we're screwed for a decade.

 

To think what we could have had with a Gore Presidency. No Iraq war, Social security lockbox and balanced budgets. Sanity."

 

to think indeed, perchance to dream.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2012 10:19 AM (BAS5M)

42 My wife tolerates politics. Her eyes glaze over whenever I try to explain what is going on politically but she knows if the economy doesn't get better her job is toast. Last night she actually wanted to watch the debate. I was shocked. I suspect she came away impressed.

Posted by: Concern Troll at October 04, 2012 10:19 AM (feFL6)

43 DEMOCRAT ENTHUSIASM IS WAY WAY UP!

I TELL YOU!

WAY!

WAY!

UP!

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 10:19 AM (ovpNn)

44 Americans are looking for reasons to vote for Mitt.  For each, there must be a decision to override the cultural onslaught.  Mitt's peformance last night exposed the empty suit.  Now those who make decisions based on the "information" can see what was readily apparent to all of us 4 yrs ago - and they will vote with the conscience, yet again.  That will happen within the confines of their private ballots, don't expect anyone to pulicly admit their mistakes.  Pinning it too them too hard will result in a reaction to the other side. Government-subsidized talking doll advertisments hardest hit ...

Posted by: Joe at October 04, 2012 10:19 AM (R+4RJ)

45

I watched it on Cspan.

 

Cspan had them in a split-screen...the whole time.

It was very revealing.

 

Details I noticed:

• Both candidates had Flag Pins on their lapels...Romney's was bigger, twice the size of Barky's.

• Barky was wearing a suit with noticeably more shoulder-padding, than usual....which camouflaged his small shoulders.

• Romney's head is bigger than Barky's.

 

Do they include the Cspan viewers in the 'ratings numbers'...the numbers for Total Viewers?

 

Posted by: wheatie at October 04, 2012 10:19 AM (l5RhJ)

46 And obama is out there today making jokes about Romney and big bird. He's sooooo cooool

Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 04, 2012 10:20 AM (9+ccr)

47
#34 Cicero
Hey, he reduced the number of potential  illegal immigrants.

Posted by: Marmo at October 04, 2012 10:20 AM (QW+AD)

48 what is the energy sector doing? I would bet they are the engine driving this stock rally. When Romney pinned the JEF on energy policy I was standing up and cheering

Posted by: thunderb a conservative jew at October 04, 2012 10:20 AM (Dnbau)

49 That debate was more riveting than the OJ Simpson police chase that was broadcast live, and far far far more satisfying.

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 10:20 AM (ovpNn)

50 It will be interception after interception.

Which the media will declare touchdowns.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, still kinda bitter about MD Jennings at October 04, 2012 10:20 AM (/kI1Q)

51 The Happening.  Great movie.

Posted by: Mark Wahlberg at October 04, 2012 10:20 AM (/YJYi)

52 I remember the Fla primary debate, where Newton G was the 'frontrunner'. Everybody was saying what a great debater Newt was, and how he'd finish Romney off, etc


Newt was sheared, clipped, and trimmed.   Never recovered

Posted by: Major _____ de Coverly at October 04, 2012 10:21 AM (Dll6b)

53 Slow Joe is looking forward to the swimsuit competition in his debate.

Posted by: Marmo at October 04, 2012 10:21 AM (QW+AD)

54

Joe Biden has a sooper sekret stragedy.  He is going to tank the first debate just like Barack.  That will make Paul Ryan over confident.   And then...

Posted by: rd does not belive the MFM at October 04, 2012 10:21 AM (9sUlj)

55

The same insiders are the ones that were trashing Mitt Romney these last few weeks.

They're also the ones that nominated him.

 

They turned on McCain too.

Posted by: entropy at October 04, 2012 10:21 AM (TULs6)

56 It's good for Romney--people wanted a good non-racist reason to vote against Bams, and they got it. Romney is the real deal and looked the part.

BTW how many people over 18 in the US? That would give us a good percentage of how many voters watched.

Posted by: PJ at October 04, 2012 10:21 AM (DQHjw)

57 I'm actually looking forward to Bob Beckel on the Five today.  He hates Mitt and should deliver the "mean" meme right off the bat.  If Greg Gutfield is there, it will be hilarious.

Posted by: 56 and loving RR at October 04, 2012 10:21 AM (9zugO)

58 I've fallen, and I can't get up!

Posted by: Obama's rancid smirk at October 04, 2012 10:21 AM (Kkt/i)

59 Oh great. You just gave an opening for one of the trolls (Rlb, I think) to come in and tell us all about how Palin drew bigger ratings and crowds, just like he was doing after the Ryan announcement.

I'll just do a preemptive "Fuck off, Troll" right here.

Posted by: RoyalOil at October 04, 2012 10:21 AM (imtbm)

60 We should not be focussed on lame speeches Obama made in 2007 and earlier. Just focus on his performance from 2008 to 2012 and we should do just fine.

Posted by: Random at October 04, 2012 10:21 AM (u8eBQ)

61 ZOMFG! Have you seen the new RNC ad done from the debate footage, with Romney talking and Zero smirking?

Posted by: The littl shyning man at October 04, 2012 10:22 AM (PH+2B)

62 Often there are immediate polls right after a debate-snapshots, so to speak. None this time. I guess the MSM has decided how to screw with the numbers yet?

Posted by: Putin at October 04, 2012 10:22 AM (oSFWF)

63 Yikes,  that photo from  the debate of the Obama kiss at the end.   They  both  look like they are kissing someone else's spouse.

Posted by: Meremortal at October 04, 2012 10:22 AM (1Y+hH)

64 The Happening. Great movie.

Posted by: Mark Wahlberg at October 04, 2012 02:20 PM (/YJYi)



Yeah, too bad nothing actually happened.  Kinda like Obama last night...

Posted by: Major _____ de Coverly at October 04, 2012 10:22 AM (Dll6b)

65 "...the themes that Obama's campaign have emphasized to drive down Romney's approval ratings did not surface." Because even Obama is smart enough to know that shit only works in front of a friendly audience. You can't walk into a debate and spout the same ra-ra shit you say at a campaign rally! But please do, Obama. Please take the advice of your loyal fanatics.

Posted by: soothsayer at October 04, 2012 10:22 AM (jUytm)

66 Have you seen the new RNC ad done from the debate footage, with Romney talking and Zero smirking? Posted by: The littl shyning man at October 04, 2012 02:22 PM (PH+2B) Yeah, it's OK, but nothing to write home about

Posted by: Putin at October 04, 2012 10:22 AM (oSFWF)

67 WTB preference cascade PST!

Posted by: bannor, voting Mittens and the Math Witch at October 04, 2012 10:22 AM (HEa5q)

68 from Breitbart / Big Gov't:

Here are the five biggest--and worst--excuses for Obama's defeat:

5. We won’t know for 2-3 days whether Mitt Romney actually won. The idea here seems to be that the polls will tell us who won, although even CNN’s instant polling of those who had watched the debate had it at 67%-25% in Romney’s favor. This excuse has a purpose: to buy time for so-called “fact-checkers” to attack Romney’s arguments and change the narrative from “Romney won” to “Romney lied.” Speaking of which...

4. Romney lied with a straight face for ninety minutes. This excuse betrays the fact that so many on the left never leave their own media bubble. They believe what they tell each other about Romney and his policies, rather than listening or learning the truth. A good example was Rachel MaddowÂ’s battle with Rudy Giuliani afterwards, in which she insisted Romney lied about a $5 trillion tax cut that he has never, in fact, proposed. Sad.

3. The free-flowing format was bad and let Romney dominate. On the contrary, the format allowed Obama to deploy his favorite defense, the filibuster. It just so happened that Romney didnÂ’t let him get away with it, insisting on the right to reply to repeated distortions of his position. It is ObamaÂ’s fault, not the formatÂ’s, that he didnÂ’t know when to stop talking, letting himself lose focus while the words kept coming out.

2. The moderator, Jim Lehrer, let Romney win. This is the Obama campaign’s official excuse, judging by the post-debate comments of Stephanie “Felon” Cutter, who argued that Lehrer allowed Romney to dominate. Actually, Lehrer was his usual liberal self, and was tougher on Romney than on Obama, interjecting more often with follow-up questions and letting the president use a full four minutes more than his challenger.

1. Obama didnÂ’t show up tonight. This was the lament of Chris Matthews, who suggested--colorfully--that Obama had not tried hard enough to win the debate. The idea, once again--it is always the same when Obama suffers a setback--is that the president needs to fight harder, to be more aggressive. In fact, Obama was often too hostile. What needs to change are the ideas, not the tactics. And itÂ’s too late for that.

Posted by: mallfly at October 04, 2012 10:23 AM (bJm7W)

69 The CNN poll after the debate claims that Romney netted a 17% vote gain. 58M *.17= 9.86M Now you need to figure for 18+ adult, reg, and likely voters so the number is much smaller than that, but Mitt probably switched enough voters in one debate to completely erase Obama's 2008 margin of victory.

Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at October 04, 2012 10:23 AM (ozFTd)

70 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 04, 2012 10:23 AM (nUH8H)

71 This kinda blows the 2008 turnout model bullshit out the water, doesn't it?

Posted by: Emperor Romnatine at October 04, 2012 10:23 AM (UZQM8)

72 The same insiders are the ones that were trashing Mitt Romney these last few weeks.
They're also the ones that nominated him.

They turned on McCain too.

It's how they show how awesomely brilliant they are, or something.  Really, they all would have preferred Huntsman.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 04, 2012 10:23 AM (QKKT0)

73 Another interesting tidbit is that Foxnews viewership was up 2 million over 2008 numbers while MSNBC was only up 800k. CNN was up 1 million. Probably meaningless but it could indicate much greater enthusiasm for the GOP than Dems.

Posted by: Colonel Pooteh at October 04, 2012 10:23 AM (hnfNE)

74 At least those with tunnel vision for the LSM channels were forced to see Romney and Obama as they really are, not what their channel usually tells them.

Posted by: not enough oxygen at October 04, 2012 10:23 AM (LpQbZ)

75 It's also good that Fox  did not win the night. That means all the left leaners watched the debate too and not just the "choir."

Posted by: PJ at October 04, 2012 10:23 AM (DQHjw)

76 Emperor Romnatine damn you sock.

Posted by: cajun carrot at October 04, 2012 10:24 AM (UZQM8)

77 These idiots are actually scratching their heads today wondering why Obama didn't zing Mitt Romney by calling him Romneyhood. Obama is a dumb shit, but he ain't that dumb.

Posted by: soothsayer at October 04, 2012 10:24 AM (jUytm)

78 Because even Obama is smart enough to know that shit only works in front of a friendly audience. You can't walk into a debate and spout the same ra-ra shit you say at a campaign rally! But please do, Obama. Please take the advice of your loyal fanatics. Posted by: soothsayer at October 04, 2012 02:22 PM (jUytm) __________________ Well what's sickening about it is you can see they took their direct orders from Axelrod there.

Posted by: tasker at October 04, 2012 10:24 AM (r2PLg)

79 I've been trying to keep myself from thinking this for a while, because it's difficult to separate what I think from the emotion of it, but despite all the carping, all the scolding, all the advice about what Romney should and shouldn't be doing, about why he ran all Summer and into the Fall as Nice Guy Generic Republican -------> He has a plan. A plan to win.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at October 04, 2012 10:24 AM (xVSu4)

80 I'm gonna be honest folks. After last night, and luxuriating all day today, the balls, well, they're just swimming in pudding. Could someone send over Kate Upton STAT to clean this up?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 04, 2012 10:24 AM (da5Wo)

81 Luntz's Dunces swung; swung big, they did.  Nuff said...


( Luntz says they never done swung so much before, not never )

Posted by: Major _____ de Coverly at October 04, 2012 10:24 AM (Dll6b)

82 My mom, who hates Obama, was telling me her theory that Obama tanked his own first debate to set up the narrative that he's getting stronger, and to lull Romney and the GOP into complacency. She's taking my don't be overconfident philosophy a little too seriously. As Sigmund Freud once said, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and sometimes an ass-whoopin is a beat down by a bigger, stronger man!" I might have added that last bit, but I'm sure that's what he meant.

Posted by: Random at October 04, 2012 10:24 AM (u8eBQ)

83 Hopefully the audience shrinks for the next debates. No, seriously. A real estate agent explained it to me once. When people come back to look at your 'for sale' house a second time, they aren't looking for a reason to buy it. They're looking for reasons not to. Good thing that Romney rocked night one.

Posted by: Concern Troll at October 04, 2012 10:25 AM (feFL6)

84 Posted by: tasker at October 04, 2012 02:19 PM (r2PLg)

WRT Romney's time at Bain.

Bring it.  It is the same trap as the 47% comment.  Mitt has a ready answer for that one too.

He started a company from scratch and was successful.  Very, very successful.  Obama does NOT want to go there on the same stage.

Posted by: CUS at October 04, 2012 10:25 AM (84pE9)

85 So, I was wondering, after Obama's loss in the first debate does Biden try to go for some knock-out line or do they try and keep him locked down? I can just imagine Biden thinking this is his moment to step up, then buries them deeper.

Posted by: Crom at October 04, 2012 10:25 AM (1WKq7)

86 a few of Greg Gutfeld's tweets from last night: I bet at this point, Romney's garbageman is voting for him. Romney is killing it. Killing it. Seriously, this is a terrible wedding anniversary. Wow, a businessman talking business. No wonder Obama looks like a tourist reading a map.

Posted by: not enough oxygen at October 04, 2012 10:25 AM (LpQbZ)

87 Watched teh debate live streaming on CSPAN and loved the split screen. We could watch the reactions as they happened. Clear Obama did not take the debate seriously in my opinion.

Posted by: eoow at October 04, 2012 10:26 AM (VM5DP)

88 If Biden has any awareness of reality, he will have explosive diarhhea from now until October 11.

Posted by: LASue at October 04, 2012 10:26 AM (wAhNv)

89 I like Rush's theory that Obama couldn't mention 47% or Bain because Romney efficiently vanquished every strawman version of himself that Obama offered up, and they had to save *something* for the rest of the campaign.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2012 10:26 AM (B/VB5)

90 "It's how they show how awesomely brilliant they are, or something. Really, they all would have preferred Huntsman.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 04, 2012 02:23 PM (QKKT0) "

 

Given what happens to Barry's Ambassadors, Huntsman's lucky to be alive.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 04, 2012 10:26 AM (TpXEI)

91 When does Ryan debate Dumbo  No.  2?

Posted by: Meremortal at October 04, 2012 10:26 AM (1Y+hH)

92

Ryan shouldn't be overconfident in debate prep.

Go back to the Bork hearings, and Biden's other hatchet jobs in the Senate.  This tool will literally say anything.  Anything his commie handlers tell him to say, he will.  I expect him to come out slashing against Ryan personally, and Romney even more so, since he won't be on stage to defend/rebut.  Don't underestimate a desperate zero who's about to get his ass kicked out on the street.

Posted by: rickinstl at October 04, 2012 10:27 AM (0AEWQ)

93 Romney Rally? It ain't no joke, after the election the market is gonna fucking spike hard... everyone glad that shit head is out. Of course shit head is gonna say that the market was just turning around because of his policies, the tards will eat it up and will say the only reason the economy is good under Romney is because of Obama. Then the inflation will hit, then the boomers will start leaving this realm in droves and shit will really hit the fan.

Posted by: cajun carrot at October 04, 2012 10:27 AM (UZQM8)

94 53 Slow Joe is looking forward to the swimsuit competition in his debate.

Posted by: Marmo at October 04, 2012 02:21 PM (QW+AD)

 

 

So are all of the 'ronettes.  IYKWIMAITTYD

Posted by: Roy at October 04, 2012 10:27 AM (VndSC)

95

Last time, Obama's election was virtually a fait accompli, and no matter how much the media tries to make it seem that way again this year, this viewership rating proves that it is far, FAR from won.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/b][/i][/u] at October 04, 2012 10:27 AM (4df7R)

96 Ah, Oct 11, got it.

Posted by: Meremortal at October 04, 2012 10:27 AM (1Y+hH)

97 I am sure viewership was up. I mean McCain was pretty much unwatchable

Posted by: Putin at October 04, 2012 10:27 AM (oSFWF)

98 Yep, Romney's toast. Yep. Look, if I don't post something I don't get paid. Give me a break already.

Posted by: Gerglosesbig at October 04, 2012 10:27 AM (aHR5E)

Posted by: HtP at October 04, 2012 10:28 AM (jx2j9)

100 Biden will tell some flat-out whoppers. Palin never caught them on 2008 cuz she didn't KNOW they were lies. Ryan won't have that problem.

Posted by: Nukie at October 04, 2012 10:28 AM (eDr4W)

101 Major coup. In a way, it was great that the convention was a bust, as far as viewership, since the Mitt that spoke their was somewhat meh. Last night, Mitt was terrific. And I hope they bring up the 47% tape and Bain. You just know that Mitt is totally prepared for that and is itching to hurl a rhetorical grenade back at TFG

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2012 10:28 AM (+tqYo)

102 No wonder Obama looks like a tourist reading a map. Heh. While Romney was debating and looking presidential, Obama looked like he was trying build a piece of IKEA furniture.

Posted by: soothsayer at October 04, 2012 10:28 AM (jUytm)

103 So, Spielberg did a pretty bad job of casting and scripting, eh? John Kerry as stand-in debater for rehearsals. Obama cast in lead role. Who wrote that script? Where was Simon Cowell?

Posted by: bad movie at October 04, 2012 10:29 AM (LpQbZ)

104 83 Hopefully the audience shrinks for the next debates. No, seriously

Jugears will spend more time preparing for the next one too.

Posted by: slatz at October 04, 2012 10:29 AM (mE0Rl)

105 91 When does Ryan debate Dumbo No. 2?

Posted by: Meremortal at October 04, 2012 02:26 PM (1Y+hH)



That bloodbath will be next Thursday.

Posted by: Tami at October 04, 2012 10:29 AM (X6akg)

106 89 I like Rush's theory that Obama couldn't mention 47% or Bain because Romney efficiently vanquished every strawman version of himself that Obama offered up, and they had to save *something* for the rest of the campaign.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2012 02:26 PM (B/VB5)


Plus if given a chance to explain, the lie dies right there.

Posted by: Red Shirt at October 04, 2012 10:29 AM (FIDMq)

107 One thing for sure.  The rest of the "moderators" will try to pick up all the slack they can.  They will be completely hostile to Mitt.  They now have been tasked to do the work al-obama can't.  You can count on this.  It's now up to them to try to swing the next debates to al-obama.

Posted by: Havedash at October 04, 2012 10:29 AM (F0WNa)

108 60-million (or there about) hoping to hear a reason to vote 1) for Romney and/or 2) against The Teleprompter.

Sounds like they got the two-fer.

Posted by: docj at October 04, 2012 10:29 AM (Xgd4J)

109 I watched the debate on foxnews.com streaming video.  The post-debate show was absolutely horrible.  I was hoping they'd stream Bret and Megyn, but no such luck.  The counter at the bottom of the viewer said 565 viewers.  After about 10 minutes of some lady saying, "the broadcast networks are saying it's an Obama win" and badgering everyone else into saying it was at least a tie, I turned off the computer and on the TV and caught the real Foxnews anchors. 

Posted by: Dax at October 04, 2012 10:29 AM (wUl8r)

110 I think a lot of people were tuning again because they know (if they aren't Obamabots) that the country is headed in the wrong direction and they want to see after all the spin against Mitt if he's an acceptable alternative. Without the constant media spin and demonization of Romney Both men showed who they really are.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2012 10:30 AM (66Ung)

111 That bloodbath will be next Thursday.

Posted by: Tami

 

..and  Paul Ryan is a Career.

Posted by: Roy at October 04, 2012 10:30 AM (VndSC)

112 Oh--the Bain Sign.

powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/10/two-ads-a-sign-and-a-t-shirt.php

Go ahead Obumbles.  Make his day.

Posted by: CUS at October 04, 2012 10:30 AM (84pE9)

113 Ryan's not going to have any problem with Biden. First --Ryan has been in the trenches--Congress he knows everything they have been up to first hand. Second--he has done the media rounds, and taken all the adverse media questions. It's going to be like a fast tracking field grade officer going up against a retired general from the Cold War--

Posted by: tasker at October 04, 2012 10:30 AM (r2PLg)

114 T'anks  Tami.

Posted by: Meremortal at October 04, 2012 10:31 AM (1Y+hH)

115 Biden is incapable of telling the truth, to wit: my family were coalminers. I have never plagiarized. I have never cheated. I played college football. I have a brain.

Posted by: LASue at October 04, 2012 10:31 AM (wAhNv)

116 Palin never caught them on 2008 cuz she didn't KNOW they were lies. Ryan won't have that problem. Posted by: Nukie at October 04, 2012 02:28 PM (eDr4W) As much as I like Sarah Palin, she just doesn't have the tools to handle a lair like Biden, we'll see if Ryan smack Biden with Fact-Fu

Posted by: The Robot Devil at October 04, 2012 10:31 AM (136wp)

117 http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/10/two-ads-a-sign-and-a-t-shirt.php

Try, try again.

Posted by: CUS at October 04, 2012 10:31 AM (84pE9)

118 Hopefully the audience shrinks for the next debates. No, seriously.

A real estate agent explained it to me once. When people come back to look at your 'for sale' house a second time, they aren't looking for a reason to buy it. They're looking for reasons not to.

I'm not sure how true that is. In 2008 the debates went from 52.4 million viewers for the first to 63 million for the 2nd. Maybe those people were looking for a reason to vote against Obama but the increased viewership didn't seem to hurt him.

Posted by: Colonel Pooteh at October 04, 2012 10:31 AM (hnfNE)

119 Beck's GloatFest http://www.therightscoop.com/open-thread-glenn-beck-reacts-to-last-nights-debate/

Posted by: bad movie at October 04, 2012 10:31 AM (LpQbZ)

120 I don't think Ryan/Biden will be a blowout. Biden is more experienced and has a better work ethic when it comes to preparation.

Posted by: slatz at October 04, 2012 10:31 AM (mE0Rl)

121

#92.

 

Biden is much more of a pitbull than Obama.  Doesn't care much if what he says is true as long as he says it with conviction.

"They gonna put you'al back in chains!!!!!!"

 

 

Posted by: Wisrich at October 04, 2012 10:31 AM (hdpay)

122 LOL from Hillbuzz "Michelle Obama (dressed up like Grimace from McDonald land) stormed the stage when the debate was done and angrily dragged her husband offstage as quickly as possible, upset with his poor performance. 

Posted by: Long Island at October 04, 2012 10:31 AM (kzp9t)

123 99 http://tinyurl.com/9x54afq Posted by: HtP at October 04, 2012 02:28 PM (jx2j9) That is a smirk of a man who is thinking, "You don't know the half of it."

Posted by: cajun carrot at October 04, 2012 10:31 AM (UZQM8)

124

I'm going with a new nic in honor of the new Terminator version of the Rom-bot. 

This will be a crushing victory from commanding heights.  Obama's going to get all wee-wee'd up and come out spazzing the next debate.  Fast & Furious and the Bengazi embassy are going to throw him off his stride, and instead of filibustering, Obama will be a giant ball of sputtering, prissy hysterics.   His medication dose is not going to be adjusted correctly by then, and BO might well come off the rails.

Well, done Mormon. Mitt  Mitt's constant, religiously-imposed sobriety is paying off big.  Much to my surprise.  It actually made him more relaxede and human out there, instead of wooden.


Posted by: tod von oben at October 04, 2012 10:31 AM (UaxA0)

125

Why do you think Obama agreed to 3 debates?  I wonder if he is second guessing this, too.

Posted by: Bitter, Clingy and Buried in PA at October 04, 2012 10:32 AM (encrR)

126 I like Rush's theory that Obama couldn't mention 47% or Bain because Romney efficiently vanquished every strawman version of himself that Obama offered up, and they had to save *something* for the rest of the campaign.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2012 02:26 PM (B/VB5)



Iowahawk said it like this:  “It doesnÂ’t occur to bubble-dwellers that Obama avoided RomneyÂ’s Â’47%Â’ comment because it was a winner with normal human beings.”

Posted by: huerfano at October 04, 2012 10:32 AM (bAGA/)

127 120 I don't think Ryan/Biden will be a blowout. Biden is more experienced and has a better work ethic when it comes to preparation.

Posted by: slatz at October 04, 2012 02:31 PM (mE0Rl

 

His   only  problem will be   that  he has to talk.

Posted by: Roy at October 04, 2012 10:32 AM (VndSC)

128 Posted by: slatz I don't remember you being such a funny fuck.

Posted by: soothsayer at October 04, 2012 10:33 AM (jUytm)

129 Perhaps Obama didn't do the necessary debate prep because subconsciously, he knows that Presidentin' is HARD, and he'd rather be a celebrity like his hero Bill Clinton.  He can lose re-election, blame everyone else around him for the failure, and hop into the limo and go partying.

Posted by: Dax at October 04, 2012 10:33 AM (wUl8r)

130 You can add a few million more viewers based on the youtube hits as well.

Posted by: Obama at October 04, 2012 10:33 AM (cqZXM)

131

The same insiders are the ones that were trashing Mitt Romney these last few weeks.

They're also the ones that nominated him.



They turned on McCain too.

It's how they show how awesomely brilliant they are, or something. Really, they all would have preferred Huntsman.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 04, 2012 02:23 PM (QKKT0)

 

 

They do not want a Republican to win.  The winner might affect their cushy little job.  They would rather snipe and snark.  Cynicism is the easiest position to take, and you are never wrong.  Winners are leaders and take sometimes controversial positions.  It is better for them to be cynical snarky losers.

 

 

 

 

Posted by: rd does not belive the MFM at October 04, 2012 10:33 AM (9sUlj)

132 It time to put me in the  yard  again....

Posted by: The Chair at October 04, 2012 10:33 AM (1Y+hH)

133

Maybe the debates are now the equivalent of gladiator games.

 

/you gonna finish those fried peacock noses?

Posted by: uterus cannon at October 04, 2012 10:33 AM (3ZtZW)

134 Oops.  Damn sock.

Posted by: CDR M at October 04, 2012 10:33 AM (Mv/2X)

135 [Dons eeyore hat]

It's too early for the mutual dick sucking. You know the expectations for the VP debate are rock-bottom now so if Slow Joe gets anything resembling a zinger in the MSM will declare him a winner. Plus there are two more presidential debates and plenty of time for a macaca moment. So, let's put down the schlongs and concentrate.

[doffs eeyore hat]

Posted by: joncelli at October 04, 2012 10:34 AM (RD7QR)

136 The preference cascade won't be obvious til after the election, but the market is forward-looking.  A commenter last night predicted a market bump - prescient, I should've bought ...

Posted by: Joe at October 04, 2012 10:34 AM (R+4RJ)

137

99 http://tinyurl.com/9x54afq

 

---------

 

That's the 'Smirk' Ad.

Thanks...I hadn't seen that yet....I love it!

 

Fuckin Youtube.

It says...304 Views.

But then, there are '1,811 Likes, 147 dislikes'....and 817 Comments.

Which indicates that there have been a helluva lot more Views, than 304.

 

Posted by: wheatie at October 04, 2012 10:34 AM (l5RhJ)

138 Couple of observations today about the debates.

Went by the RR HQ here in Roanoke again today to try to get a yard sign. They are out, again. Cars were streaming into the parking lot the whole time I was there trying to pick up signs. The kid at the HQ said they got some in the other day, and people poured in this morning to pick them up.

While at lunch, I saw a friend of my sister who was eating lunch with her husband. I talked to them for a while and her husband said that yesterday he was voting against Obama, now he is voting for Romney.


Romney made the sale last night. The election is over.

Posted by: MrCaniac at October 04, 2012 10:34 AM (Zd/NW)

139 I'm still chuckling at some of the lefties notion that Biden will right the good ship Obama next week at the VP debate al la Cheney in 2004.

Um, ok?

Do they really think Biden is as good as Cheney?

Oh, they do?

Excellent.

Posted by: RoyalOil at October 04, 2012 10:34 AM (imtbm)

140 I don't think Ryan/Biden will be a blowout. Biden is more experienced and has a better work ethic when it comes to preparation.Posted by: slatz

HAHAHAHAH!

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 04, 2012 10:34 AM (vY2x+)

141 Cogent blog post.  Two points:  (1) it's not a Romney "rally."  That implies   Romney was behind.  He wasn't.  Never was.  Those recent media polls were   propaganda specifically designed to depress Romney's fundraising, affect the   early voting and ultimate to suppress conservative turnout.  (2) more people   tuned in this year than in '08 because simply put the stakes are a lot higher.  In   '08 we were having a crisis.  In '12 we've been having a crisis, for four   consecutive years!

Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at October 04, 2012 10:35 AM (pmsMR)

142 Shit, just realized I missed Ghost Hunters last night.

Posted by: Serious Cat at October 04, 2012 10:35 AM (gznAu)

143 Naaa--- Ryan v. Biden? It's BOOM! Time.

Posted by: tasker at October 04, 2012 10:35 AM (r2PLg)

144 Is ace reading?? He should put this up via Kevin Eder on twitter




Posted by: laceyunderalls at October 04, 2012 10:35 AM (pLTLS)

145 You know the expectations for the VP debate are rock-bottom now

Our expectations of Biden's performance is rock-bottom. But the Leftists honestly think he'll kick Ryan's ass.

The fuckers are pyromaniacs in a field of strawmen. And facts are their Kryptonite.

Posted by: Al at October 04, 2012 10:36 AM (MzQOZ)

146 Cable:
FNC: 10,421,380 total viewers, 2,932,907 adults 25-54
CNN: 6,045,109 total viewers, 2,368,589 adults 25-54

MSNBC: 4,710,511 total viewers, 1,852,629 adults 25-54

ha ha ha ha... FAUX NEWS!!! nearly had the ratings of CNN and MSNBC combined

Posted by: Hollowpoint at October 04, 2012 10:36 AM (SY2Kh)

147

I don't think Ryan/Biden will be a blowout. Biden is more experienced and has a better work ethic when it comes to preparation.Posted by: slatz

---- -  -  - -  - -    - - - -   - - -  -  - -    - - - - -  - - - -  -  -  -  -  - -  - - -  - - - - -  -

Riiight.

 

*Rubs hands together gleefully*

 

Posted by: The Chair at October 04, 2012 10:37 AM (1Y+hH)

148 @146 Well, CNN and MSNBC are splitting the same audience...

Posted by: JDTAY at October 04, 2012 10:37 AM (a0nis)

149 Obama will be a giant ball of sputtering, prissy hysterics. His medication dose is not going to be adjusted correctly by then, and BO might well come off the rails. Posted by: tod von oben at October 04, 2012 02:31 PM (UaxA0) The next one is going to be the Townhall I think. Expect absolute fuckery from Obama and the Dems. They know how to plant and they know how to work a crowd. There will be some serious bullshit in round 2. After last night the Dems must know they got to go all in on the Townhall because in the FP debate Obama is going to get raped like he did last night. All he's got for the FP debate is "I got Bin Laden." Who is the moderator for that one?

Posted by: cajun carrot at October 04, 2012 10:37 AM (UZQM8)

150 The '08 Election was a foregone conclusion, the only ones watching were the Obama cultists and us die-hards ...

Posted by: Joe at October 04, 2012 10:37 AM (R+4RJ)

151 Anybody have some shoddy chairs to get rid of?  Put em by your neighbors obama yard sign

Posted by: Red Shirt at October 04, 2012 10:37 AM (FIDMq)

152

Speaking of Spanish language television, how has Obama been handling the foreign policy with our neighbor to the south, Mexico?  I mean other than launching an operation that intentionally supplyied high-powered weapons to the drug cartels so they could be found at the scenes of mass murders.  And not bothering to inform the Mexican government that he was going to be doing so.

Which brings us to our relationship with our neighbors to the north.  Do we count that cancellation of the Keystone Pipeline among Obama's foreign policy brilliancies or not?  Not that it's working out all the bad for Canada, since China (for now) is happy to buy all that oil that I guess America doesn't need.

Posted by: OCBill at October 04, 2012 10:37 AM (YJvVE)

153 Here's the theme music for-- Ryan v. Biden- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbO9RUMTfvA Here comes the BOOM! You really don't want it like that!

Posted by: tasker at October 04, 2012 10:38 AM (r2PLg)

154 Hector been around today?????

Posted by: Honey Badger at October 04, 2012 10:39 AM (GvYeG)

155 So, let's put down the schlongs and concentrate.

[doffs eeyore hat]

There's plenty of time for that next week.

But now?  It's gloatin' time!

Posted by: Hollowpoint at October 04, 2012 10:39 AM (SY2Kh)

156 @139: I know libs right now today who think that Biden is the smartest foreign policy expert ever to have lived, and that he's just brilliant all around really.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2012 10:39 AM (B/VB5)

157 Maybe the debates are now the equivalent of gladiator games.

Can we put the VP candidates in singlets a la American Gladiators?

(The Assault Course has crossbows. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_Gladiators_events)

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 04, 2012 10:39 AM (/kI1Q)

158 All Romney did was repeat Bush lies. Like presdent obama says we cant go back to the old ways that got us this mess in the furst place. We must be economic patriots and everybody contribute the fare share to help the cuntry at large. iI's so simple, yet all you simpleton's can't figure it out ???????????

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at October 04, 2012 10:40 AM (48wze)

159 LOL from Hillbuzz "Michelle Obama (dressed up like Grimace from McDonald land) stormed the stage when the debate was done and angrily dragged her husband offstage as quickly as possible, upset with his poor performance. Posted by: Long Island at October 04, 2012 02:31 PM (kzp9t) -----------------------------------------------------------GRIMACE! That's it. I have been trying to put my finger on it all day. Mooch looked like Grimace.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 04, 2012 10:40 AM (jucos)

160 at the end of the next debate, Mitt should say "We are all dumber after listening to your answers, and may God have mercy on your soul".

Posted by: elliot m at October 04, 2012 10:40 AM (zPich)

161 Where's Rex da Wonder God?  He was bringing the doom pretty heavy last week.

Posted by: Adam at October 04, 2012 10:41 AM (/YJYi)

162 I know libs right now today who think that Biden is the smartest foreign policy expert ever to have lived, and that he's just brilliant all around really. Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2012 02:39 PM (B/VB5) They must've missed the foreign briefcase moment... where Biden sold out O to avoid the whole FP fiasco that's been shitting down their neck for over 2 months now.

Posted by: cajun carrot at October 04, 2012 10:41 AM (UZQM8)

163 65 Million? On Twitter, someone said Rush is quoting the 65 million figure, which doesn't include Spanish-language broadcasts or internet viewers.

Normally I would doubt that the totality of Mitt's domination last night would translate quite the same through an interpreter, but thanks to Barry's absolutely abhorrent body language and his girlish posture behind the podium I think it probably did in this case.

Is it possible that the World's Greatest Orator never took a single speech class in high school?  Eye contact, posture... this is 101-level stuff.  I honestly believe I could have done better than him with zero prep. 

Posted by: Killface at October 04, 2012 10:41 AM (R8kIj)

164 I don't think Ryan/Biden will be a blowout. Biden is more experienced and has a better work ethic when it comes to preparation.Posted by: slatz

Biden's fast-ball, if it can be called that, is clocking in the low-80's on a good day and he's been fielding nothing but a steady diet of softballs from Barry's rump-swab brigades since Ofail put him on the ticket (over 4-years ago).

Ryan cut his teeth in what used to be a deep-blue state (WI) and has been doing the hostile media circuit for the last 2-years defending (quite deftly) the GOP budget since he became Chair of that committee in Jan 2011.

Yeah, I like Ryan's chances to turn Slo Joe into a muttering pile of drooling mush within 35-minutes, "Moderator" slant be damned.

Posted by: docj at October 04, 2012 10:41 AM (Xgd4J)

165 The real Obama showed up last night.

Posted by: Craig Poe at October 04, 2012 10:41 AM (BVkEs)

166

 

Obama:  Swede Johanson,  in the barracks

 

Romney:  Gunny Sgt. Highway

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2012 10:41 AM (BAS5M)

167 poll trolls weeping in soiled panties, mewling quim

Posted by: thunderb a conservative jew at October 04, 2012 10:42 AM (Dnbau)

168 NEW YORK, October 3, 2012 – The recently re-appointed UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, has issued a document calling for governments to criminalise organised opposition to abortion by non-governmental groups such as pro-life lobbyists or even family members. The UN Human Rights Council published its “technical guidance” to address maternal mortality and morbidity in July, to “assist policymakers in improving women’s health and rights.” The document starts from the abortion industry’s assertion that the best way to reduce maternal mortality is to introduce legalised abortion and reduce legal and other restrictions on abortion. Under the “rights-based” approach to women’s health care, the document says, states are “obliged” to use “maximum available resources” to “protect against interference with sexual and reproductive health rights by third parties by enforcing appropriate laws, policies, regulations and guidelines.” “There is a strong presumption against any retrogressive measures in relation to sexual and reproductive health,” the document continues. Why do all liberals hate babies?

Posted by: Putin at October 04, 2012 10:42 AM (oSFWF)

169 @159, I worry for anyone that cannot see what a buffoon this man is and always has been.  I still believe Obama picked him only because he was least likely to be a threat or viable replacement.

Posted by: Joe at October 04, 2012 10:42 AM (R+4RJ)

170 O's debate team basically picked John Kerry to stand in for Mitt because they look alike, right?  Kerry looks a little like Mitt... like the Dollar Tree knockoff version.  They really don't have a clue, do they?

Posted by: not the mama at October 04, 2012 10:43 AM (kzCIn)

171

120 -

 

Experience and work ethic are overrated. 

 

 

Posted by: Roman P and Woody A at October 04, 2012 10:43 AM (TOk1P)

172 At least 50% of Ryan's debate prep should be spent on strategies to get Biden off-message and off-script.

Biden would be lucky to get through the debate without accidentally endorsing Romney.  Or pooping himself.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at October 04, 2012 10:43 AM (SY2Kh)

173 OOdles watched?
heh.
heh heh heh
BWAHAHAHAHAH!

Now the bar has been set. Hopefully to see the veep debate as well. As far as the new tone after this debate, so Axel turf wants cover. Go ahead media, give it to him! DO IT! I DARE YOU! Make it obvious after a handy shellacking you have to debate FOR Obama. Attack Romney openly in the debates. Make him into a sympathetic underdog, whom after proving himself a credible threat to your king, is attacked by you. GO AHEAD, AFTER HE'S ALREADY PROVEN HE'S COMPETENT AND HAS THE ANSWERS, MAKE HIM SYMPATHETIC TOO!!!! The nice side effect of washing almost all of your remaining credibility down the drain will be just icing on the cake. DO IT!!!

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Regular! With Full Stomping Power! at October 04, 2012 10:43 AM (0q2P7)

174 What  about  that  gas  boom?  Oil  production  is  up  on  my  watch!

Posted by: Barry OLiar at October 04, 2012 10:43 AM (wIgpo)

175 Gasoline station owners in the Los Angeles area including Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST) are beginning to shut pumps because of supply shortages that have driven wholesale fuel prices to record highs. VIA Bloomberg... Is it really 1979? If America goes through gaslines again in this day and age, Obama is not only toast but will be the joke of every party in DC for at least Fore More! years.

Posted by: cajun carrot at October 04, 2012 10:44 AM (UZQM8)

176 I know libs right now today who think that Biden is the smartest foreign policy expert ever to have lived, and that he's just brilliant all around really.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2012 02:39 PM (B/VB5)



I like pie.

Posted by: Joe Biden, original thinker at October 04, 2012 10:44 AM (bAGA/)

177 Biden/Ryan will NOT be the kind of floor-mopping that last night's event was.

Biden is a more natural speaker.  He's also shameless.  He'll say anything if he thinks it sounds good at the moment, helpful, harmful, truthful, or outright lie.

So you'll see Biden slinging an hour of avuncular bafflegab, and he'll sound just fine and the press will go away calling it a draw (at worst), and it'll be a week before any of them bother to figure out that it was mostly bullshit.

Posted by: JEM at October 04, 2012 10:44 AM (o+SC1)

178 Is it possible that the World's Greatest Orator never took a single speech class in high school? Why, sure he did. AA'd and A+++++!!! eleventybillion!!!111!!!!!

Posted by: Blamestream® Media at October 04, 2012 10:44 AM (o6M9y)

179 Better work ethic?  Huh?  Work isn't just gladhanding everyone.  C'mon Joe, Stand up and let everyone see you.

Posted by: Bart who lurks with SMOD 2012, master of his domain at October 04, 2012 10:44 AM (he2LC)

180 Somewhere Joe Biden is lying in the fetal position, anticipating his debate with Paul Ryan, and soiling himself.

Posted by: Craig Poe at October 04, 2012 10:45 AM (BVkEs)

181

We must be economic patriots and everybody contribute the fare share to help the cuntry at large.

Mary, Mitt Romney donated over $4 million to charity last year. Did YOU dontate $4 million to charity in 2011?

Posted by: fluffy at October 04, 2012 10:45 AM (3SvjA)

182 167 poll trolls weeping in soiled panties, mewling quim

Posted by: thunderb a conservative jew at October 04, 2012 02:42 PM (Dnbau)






Where's AtC?  I found a pic that encapsulates Romney in last night's debate.....



http://tinyurl.com/8f7s623

Posted by: Tami at October 04, 2012 10:45 AM (X6akg)

183 Except for one small feeble attempt to buttress the SCOAMT's performance last night, my FB page has been especially quiet today.

Posted by: Soona at October 04, 2012 10:45 AM (FlsxS)

184

You know what I'd love?   If Ryan were to walk out on stage for the VP debate to the tune of "Gangnam Style."

 

"Oppa Gangnam style..."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/b][/i][/u] at October 04, 2012 10:45 AM (4df7R)

185

@165 YEP!  They got to see the real Mitt, and the real Obama ... hopefully more will watch on intertubes as well, since no part of it is bad for us ...

Turnaround artist looking pretty good right now ...

Posted by: Joe at October 04, 2012 10:46 AM (R+4RJ)

186 Did Gerggles show up last night?

Posted by: laceyunderalls at October 04, 2012 10:46 AM (pLTLS)

187 They picked Kerry because someone had the idea that Kerry knew how Mitt Romney thinks. John Kerry, who made his money by marrying widows with a trust fund, never made a dime in the private sector, never had a real job, but he knows how Mitt Romney thinks.

Posted by: soothsayer at October 04, 2012 10:46 AM (jUytm)

188 Gasoline station owners in the Los Angeles area including Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST) are beginning to shut pumps because of supply shortages that have driven wholesale fuel prices to record highs.
---
First regulation to get rid of?  The stupid regionalization of gasoline blends.  Now you have one refinery slacking for whatever reason, they cannot just ship gasoline from another region.  CA is boned.

Posted by: CUS at October 04, 2012 10:47 AM (84pE9)

189 O's debate team basically picked John Kerry to stand in for Mitt because they look alike, right? Kerry looks a little like Mitt... like the Dollar Tree knockoff version. They really don't have a clue, do they?

Posted by: not the mama at October 04, 2012 02:43 PM (kzCIn)

 

I figured it was because they're both from Massachusetts (at least politically), and so Kerry would, for some unknown reason, have some idea of what Romney is like in a debate.   I don't know WHY that would be, but these are regressives we're talking    about; not the brightest fish in the tree.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/b][/i][/u] at October 04, 2012 10:47 AM (4df7R)

190 As good as Romney's performance was last night, I for one was not a bit surprised. Still, I won't really know how to feel about this until Drew "I hate Romney with the heat of a million suns" M weighs in with his deep insight. To quote a famous moron, smell the glove Drew.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2012 10:47 AM (9otrl)

191 27, you saw the first response, those Medicare arrests. If Obama was worried about last night, those perp walks would have happened on Tuesday.

Posted by: Jean at October 04, 2012 10:47 AM (OfinX)

192 I am still smiling today from Mitt's debate. I will probably have to be shot with a tranquilizer dart on November 7th if we win this thing.

I believe.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, unbanned, ready to get this done at October 04, 2012 10:47 AM (baL2B)

193 My lib 'friends' on FB are trying to figure out what happened. A couple went so far as to say that the JEF was stoned. "Look at his eyes" they said.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 04, 2012 10:47 AM (jucos)

194

John Kerry, who made his money by marrying widows with a trust fund, never made a dime in the private sector, never had a real job, but he knows how Mitt Romney thinks.

John Forbes Kerry, creme de la creme: Rich 'n' thick.

Posted by: fluffy at October 04, 2012 10:47 AM (3SvjA)

195

>>>They picked Kerry because someone had the idea that Kerry knew how Mitt Romney thinks.

 

I figured it had something to do with tax evasion.   And   Geithner was busy.

 

Posted by: Roy at October 04, 2012 10:48 AM (VndSC)

196 Did anyone else get the near-Vinny comment by Romney that "everything he just said about my plan is...inaccurate."  I LOLed.  One of many very clever turns by Romney.  Anyone who knows the movie had to have gotten the reference. 

Posted by: rockmom at October 04, 2012 10:48 AM (aBlZ1)

197 John Kerry, who made his money by marrying widows with a trust fund, never made a dime in the private sector, never had a real job, but he knows how Mitt Romney thinks.

They probably figured "eh, you meet one Masshole, you've met them all."  Which I guess I would normally agree with.

Posted by: Killface at October 04, 2012 10:48 AM (R8kIj)

198 185 You know what I'd love? If Ryan were to walk out on stage for the VP debate to the tune of "Gangnam Style."

"Oppa Gangnam style..."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at October 04, 2012 02:45 PM (4df7R)


....sexy laaaaaaady......

Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 04, 2012 10:48 AM (da5Wo)

199 Posted by: Barry OLiar at October 04, 2012 02:43 PM (wIgpo) Posted by: cajun carrot at October 04, 2012 02:44 PM (UZQM Wow, creepy coincidence or Omen? Even Romney agrees what is really going to tank Obama is the gas prices, its just a matter of time.

Posted by: cajun carrot at October 04, 2012 10:48 AM (UZQM8)

200

Surprise! The New York Times says Obama lost because he was...too nice.

 

"Some of the weaknesses in the presidentÂ’s performance were simply part of his approach to debates, which is to shy away from highly personal confrontations."

 

Which is to say, his rise in politics relied on personal attacks (leaking the sealed divorce papers of his GOP Senate opponent, etc.) but he doesn't have the balls to do it himself.

Posted by: CJ at October 04, 2012 10:48 AM (9KqcB)

201 -
What is best in life:

Crush my enemies, drive them before me.
and hear the lamentation of the Matthews.
_

Posted by: Paul Ryan at October 04, 2012 10:48 AM (RuUvx)

202
Joe Biden:  13 year old girl

Paul Ryan:  Roman Polanski

Posted by: EC at October 04, 2012 10:48 AM (GQ8sn)

203 Is it true that Corky is playing Biden during Ryan's debate prep?

Posted by: Craig Poe at October 04, 2012 10:49 AM (BVkEs)

204 @169 - they can start with Morocco then, right?

http://www.sfgate.com /news/article/Abortion-rights-yacht-sails-around-Moroccan-port-3918734.php


Posted by: JEM at October 04, 2012 10:49 AM (o+SC1)

205

not the brightest fish in the tree.

Stolen.

Posted by: fluffy at October 04, 2012 10:49 AM (3SvjA)

206 You know what I'd love? If Ryan were to walk out on stage for the VP debate to the tune of "Gangnam Style."



"Oppa Gangnam style..."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at October 04, 2012 02:45 PM (4df7R)
....sexy laaaaaaady......


I still do not get Gangnam Style. 

Posted by: EC at October 04, 2012 10:49 AM (GQ8sn)

207 We should not be too hard on the MFM, especially the WH correspondents.  I'm sure they get the shivers imagining a Mormon presidency vs the SCOAMF feting them at least weekly with booze and food that the dumb prole taxpayers funded.  

Posted by: PaleRider at October 04, 2012 10:49 AM (dkExz)

208 The real reason that Romney was better prepared than Obama- besides having the facts and math on his side- is that Conservatives have a much better understanding of Liberal positions than Liberals have of Conservative positions.

So Mitt Romney was preparing against thing Obama was really probably going to say.

Obama, on the other hand, believes the caricature they've built of Romney is the real thing- so he prepared against that.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 04, 2012 10:49 AM (nUH8H)

209 ....sexy laaaaaaady......

Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 04, 2012 02:48 PM (da5Wo)

 

HEE.

 

Then he could strip off his shirt and start riding an invisible pony across the stage.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/b][/i][/u] at October 04, 2012 10:49 AM (4df7R)

210 "I think that IÂ’m a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And IÂ’ll tell you right now that IÂ’m gonna think IÂ’m a better political director than my political director."

Hubris.

Posted by: not the mama at October 04, 2012 10:49 AM (kzCIn)

211 CUS I havenever understood how they can pass the commerce clause

Posted by: Jean at October 04, 2012 10:49 AM (OfinX)

212 Forgive the off-topic, but there is supposed to be a major event here in Amman tomorrow.  And estimated 20,000 Muslim Brotherhood members marching for the overthrow of the king, and an estimated 200,000 Jordanians counter-marching, with the police and military operating under the unspoken guideline that if that 200,000 wants to kick the crap out of the Muslim Brotherhood, the authorities will not intervene.  Foreigners have been told to stay home, and even prepare for evacuation.  We'll see what happens.

Posted by: MikeinAmman at October 04, 2012 10:49 AM (Ik19s)

213  I worry for anyone that cannot see what a buffoon this man is and always has been. I still believe Obama picked him only because he was least likely to be a threat or viable replacement.

Posted by: Joe at October 04, 2012 02:42 PM (R+4RJ)

 

 

----------------------------------------------------

 

Biden was Baraka's bullet shield.

Posted by: Soona at October 04, 2012 10:50 AM (FlsxS)

214 Mary, Mitt Romney donated over $4 million to charity last year. Did YOU dontate $4 million to charity in 2011? Posted by: fluffy at October 04, 2012 02:45 PM (3SvjA) Wait, mary is serious troll or just fucking around? Cause her comments are so dumb the sarcasm was seeping through my screen.

Posted by: cajun carrot at October 04, 2012 10:50 AM (UZQM8)

215 I still do not get Gangnam Style.


What don't you get?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 04, 2012 10:50 AM (da5Wo)

216 It also helps that TFG is a scoamt and as dumb as a paper-weight in the space station.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 04, 2012 10:50 AM (nUH8H)

217 Biden's also shameless. He'll say anything if he thinks it sounds good at the moment, helpful, harmful, truthful, or outright lie. Exactly. Which is why it'll turn more into an 'argument' instead of a debate. Biden will just lie and Paul Ryan will spend the night trying to refute everything Biden says, but will be rushed. Ryan will have no time to make his own points. So, yeah, the debate might come down to a draw.

Posted by: soothsayer at October 04, 2012 10:50 AM (jUytm)

218 nope. the silence of the trolls

Posted by: thunderb a conservative jew at October 04, 2012 10:51 AM (Dnbau)

219 Ryan: Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini Biden: Duk Koo Kim

Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 04, 2012 10:51 AM (jucos)

220 Then he could strip off his shirt and start riding an invisible pony across the stage.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at October 04, 2012 02:49 PM (4df7R)



Yeah, but then Biden would prob strip his off. You really want that?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 04, 2012 10:51 AM (da5Wo)

221 Posted by: MikeinAmman at October 04, 2012 02:49

So...

Shit Status: Pending Realitude?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 04, 2012 10:51 AM (nUH8H)

222 I still do not get Gangnam Style. Posted by: EC at October 04, 2012 02:49 PM (GQ8sn) _______________ Little known fact about Psy--the guy who does that song-- went and served his time in the DMZ. A lot of Korean boy toys get waivers. He went in the middle of his singing career came back after doing his tour and --now this. World wide.

Posted by: tasker at October 04, 2012 10:51 AM (r2PLg)

223

Is it possible that the World's Greatest Orator never took a single speech class in high school?

Clearly, he did Original Oratory, never L-D, C-X, or Extemp ... he can only perform a set piece.  Obviously not a quick or deep thinker ...

Posted by: Joe at October 04, 2012 10:52 AM (R+4RJ)

224
http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=pXJ4Dk33cCQ&feature= player_embedded#!

Biden isn't really all that bad. 


Posted by: tod von oben at October 04, 2012 10:52 AM (UaxA0)

225 Yeah, but then Biden would prob strip his off. You really want that?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 04, 2012 02:51 PM (da5Wo)

 

Oh, sure.  Tread on my dreams why don't you.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/b][/i][/u] at October 04, 2012 10:52 AM (4df7R)

226 Biden is a more natural speaker. He's also shameless. He'll say anything if he thinks it sounds good at the moment, helpful, harmful, truthful, or outright lie.

Posted by: JEM


Biden's also an asshole.  He'll probably actually get in a zinger or two.

Posted by: Dang© at October 04, 2012 10:52 AM (R18D0)

227 Yes--I do feel the need to go shoot myself for knowing that.

Posted by: tasker at October 04, 2012 10:53 AM (r2PLg)

228 What don't you get?

How Gangnam Style is a "thing".

I understand that Gangnam province in South Korea is sort of wealthy area, kind of like Orange County, and that Psy is flexing the opulence and such.  I don't know.  I guess I don't see the popularity.

Youngins.....

Posted by: EC at October 04, 2012 10:53 AM (GQ8sn)

229 Forgive the off-topic, but there is supposed to be a major event here in Amman tomorrow. And estimated 20,000 Muslim Brotherhood members marching for the overthrow of the king, and an estimated 200,000 Jordanians counter-marching, with the police and military operating under the unspoken guideline that if that 200,000 wants to kick the crap out of the Muslim Brotherhood, the authorities will not intervene. Foreigners have been told to stay home, and even prepare for evacuation. We'll see what happens. Posted by: MikeinAmman at October 04, 2012 02:49 PM (Ik19s) didn't the JEF tell us these are little countries and we have nothing to fear from them? Seriously Mike, if you are there, prayers to you. Be safe.

Posted by: thunderb a conservative jew at October 04, 2012 10:53 AM (Dnbau)

230 185 You know what I'd love? If Ryan were to walk out on stage for the VP debate to the tune of "Gangnam Style."

"Oppa Gangnam style..."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at October 04, 2012 02:45 PM (4df7R)


I think they should turn the VP debate into a wet T-shirt contest.  This would make good background music.

Posted by: not the mama at October 04, 2012 10:53 AM (kzCIn)

231 Little known fact about Psy--the guy who does that song--

went and served his time in the DMZ.

A lot of Korean boy toys get waivers.

He went in the middle of his singing career came back after doing his tour and --now this.

World wide.

Posted by: tasker at October 04, 2012 02:51 PM (r2PLg)

 

I don't know how many of them get waivers.   Most of my favorite kpop and k-actors end up taking their 2-3 years out of the spotlight to serve.   Of course, in what respect they serve is another matter.  I don't know how many of them are out there on the front lines with a gun.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/b][/i][/u] at October 04, 2012 10:53 AM (4df7R)

232 Little known fact about Psy--the guy who does that song--

went and served his time in the DMZ.

A lot of Korean boy toys get waivers.

He went in the middle of his singing career came back after doing his tour and --now this.




Respect.

* thumps chest *

Posted by: EC at October 04, 2012 10:54 AM (GQ8sn)

233

>>> I guess I don't see the popularity.

 

don't try - e.g. Honey Boo Boo.

Posted by: Roy at October 04, 2012 10:54 AM (VndSC)

234

#179 Exactly.  My only hope is that Biden cannot resist the urge to pat Ryan on the head and make him look like a little boy.  He was restrained against Sarah Palin because he was so concered about looking sexist against her.  He won't feel the need for any restraint against Ryan.

 

Ryan wins IMO if he can say one thing:  Tim Geithner came before my Committee in Congress, and said, "We don't have a plan.  We just don't like your plan."  It's the truth, and it's devastating.  Very few voters know it happened. 

Posted by: rockmom at October 04, 2012 10:54 AM (aBlZ1)

235 ...fare share to help the cuntry at large...

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at October 04, 2012 02:40 PM (48wze)

What is this, Glenn Quagmire's bus trip?

Posted by: Killface at October 04, 2012 10:55 AM (R8kIj)

236 Most of my favorite kpop and k-actors

You like K-pop?

Posted by: EC at October 04, 2012 10:55 AM (GQ8sn)

237

213 Debka mentioned sometime back there would soon be a MB showdown in Jordan.

Posted by: Honey Badger at October 04, 2012 10:55 AM (GvYeG)

238

213,

Prayers for safety headed your way.

Posted by: Dax at October 04, 2012 10:55 AM (wUl8r)

239 I still do not get Gangnam Style. Posted by: EC at October 04, 2012 02:49 PM (GQ8sn) 1. Go look at the video on You Tube. It is hilarious. 2. Read the lyrics on lyrics.com. Says stuff like, "I don't have big biceps but I have big brains" and how he is a tiger after working at his office job all day. Could be a moron anthem for some

Posted by: thunderb a conservative jew at October 04, 2012 10:55 AM (Dnbau)

240 Oh, sure. Tread on my dreams why don't you.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at October 04, 2012 02:52 PM (4df7R)



Well, you're just all emotional and irrational anyway. I figure this will give you more time to convince your intellectually inferior sisters to vote Romney.




Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 04, 2012 10:55 AM (da5Wo)

241

Biden suffers from chronic loggoreah.     He'll    babble and meander and forget what point he's trying to make.   Then it'll be time for Ryan's response, which will be crisp, clear and to the point.

 

Advantage: Ryan.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/b][/i][/u] at October 04, 2012 10:56 AM (4df7R)

242 my girls love kpop...and have for like 4 yrs now....i don't allow it in the car....it makes my ears bleed....

Posted by: phoenixgirl, what did huma abedin know at October 04, 2012 10:57 AM (j1z2L)

243

Ryan: Luke Skywalker

Biden: The Death Star

Posted by: Honey Badger at October 04, 2012 10:57 AM (GvYeG)

244 @194 - Maybe he stopped by one of our many lovely mmj outlets on the way to DU.  Should be noted that DU is a "rich kid" (private,. United Methodist) school noted mainly for accepting lots of east coast kids that want to ski but couldn't make CU, but have families that can write big checks.  Oh, and hockey and hotel management.  Not a lot of the "underpriveleged" able to afford DU.

Posted by: Joe at October 04, 2012 10:58 AM (R+4RJ)

245 You like K-pop?

Posted by: EC at October 04, 2012 02:55 PM (GQ8sn)

 

Yes.  Yes I do.     In case my flailing about it in one of the ONT's earlier this week didn't prove it.  *cackle*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/b][/i][/u] at October 04, 2012 10:58 AM (4df7R)

246 How Gangnam Style is a "thing".

I understand that Gangnam province in South Korea is sort of wealthy area, kind of like Orange County, and that Psy is flexing the opulence and such. I don't know. I guess I don't see the popularity.

Youngins.....

Posted by: EC at October 04, 2012 02:53 PM (GQ8sn)


I don't think many people outside South Korea think about the social geography of Gangnam at all. To most people outside South Korea, Gangnam Style is about the singer and how he behaves in the video, not the region. It's just a fun song and video. 

Posted by: not the mama at October 04, 2012 10:58 AM (kzCIn)

247 Go look at the video on You Tube. It is hilarious.

Yeah, I saw it.  Nice eye candy.  And yes, he looks hilarious like he's at a rodeo or something.


Read the lyrics on lyrics.com.


My Korean, sadly, has diminished over the years and I can barely understand conversational, much less reading it.

Posted by: EC at October 04, 2012 10:58 AM (GQ8sn)

248 65 million is half of the voters in the 2008 election.

There is no way this number is good for Obama, regardless of their reasoning.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 04, 2012 10:58 AM (N87Ah)

249 How Gangnam Style is a "thing".

I understand that Gangnam province in South Korea is sort of wealthy area, kind of like Orange County, and that Psy is flexing the opulence and such. I don't know. I guess I don't see the popularity.

Youngins.....

Posted by: EC at October 04, 2012 02:53 PM (GQ8sn)



Eh, not really any different than "Beverly Hills" by Weezer

Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 04, 2012 10:58 AM (da5Wo)

250

Well, you're just all emotional and irrational anyway. I figure this will give you more time to convince your intellectually inferior sisters to vote Romney.

 

lol!

 

brb, lookin' for Ashley    Wilkes.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/b][/i][/u] at October 04, 2012 10:58 AM (4df7R)

251 My Korean, sadly, has diminished over the years and I can barely understand conversational, much less reading it. Posted by: EC at October 04, 2012 02:58 PM (GQ8sn) engrish translation, silly

Posted by: thunderb a conservative jew at October 04, 2012 10:59 AM (Dnbau)

252 Eh, not really any different than "Beverly Hills" by Weezer

That's where I want to beeee!

Posted by: EC at October 04, 2012 11:00 AM (GQ8sn)

253 Hell, if all I had to do was read stuff off a teleprompter and never be held accountable for a single thing I say ... I'd be the Emporer of the Federation.

Posted by: Honey Badger at October 04, 2012 11:00 AM (GvYeG)

254 There is a photo going around of Romney gathering his notes from the podium and Mooch and Barry looking for an exit off stage. Mooch has her normal lady-like stance with a big-ol scary frown on her anniversary (man, did Barry make y'all barf last night when he started his gig with that Hallmark moment?). Barry looks his typical self: bewildered and smiling, like a half-wit in a fugue state. Our wicked overlord, Romney, has a smile on his face as he collects his notes (which had real notes on them, I'll bet, and not doodles or "I hate Mitt Romney" written in the margins.

The line I wrote down from Paul Ryan's speech at the RNC would be appropriate under the photo of the dejected Obama's (for you photoshop experts):

"Borrowed...Spent & Wasted"

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, unbanned, ready to get this done at October 04, 2012 11:00 AM (baL2B)

255 yea but Beverly Hills by Weezer is a slacker anthem Gangnam Style is about a smart hard working bookish guy who is trying to convince a good looking gal to go out with him

Posted by: thunderb a conservative jew at October 04, 2012 11:01 AM (Dnbau)

256

Wait, mary is serious troll or just fucking around? Cause her comments are so dumb the sarcasm was seeping through my screen.

Mary is a sock-troll. I just wanted to get that out there, asking lefties just why they didn't give $4 mil to charity.

Posted by: fluffy at October 04, 2012 11:02 AM (3SvjA)

257 yea, no troll traffic today, isn't that wonderful!

Posted by: thunderb a conservative jew at October 04, 2012 11:03 AM (Dnbau)

258

I'm laughing at some of you worried about the  Ryan/Biden debate.  Y'all were making somewhat the same projections  leading up to last night's debate.

 

When the facts are on your side, you win.  People know when the truth bell has been rung, especially after the dismal performance of the WH crew the last four years.

 

Plus, Ryan is just fucking smarter than Biden.  Al Greene is fucking smarter than Biden.

 

 

Posted by: Soona at October 04, 2012 11:03 AM (FlsxS)

259 yea, no troll traffic today, isn't that wonderful!

It's like "A Day Without Mexicans" on the freeways.

Posted by: EC at October 04, 2012 11:04 AM (GQ8sn)

260 The drinking game word for the VP debate is "buried", arrange a ride, your going to get smashed.

Posted by: Jean at October 04, 2012 11:04 AM (ICwOo)

261 I'm always struck by people who think that Mitt Romney did so well in the debate last night.  If you dominate a debate, you didn't do that.  Someone else did that for you.  Could Mitt Romney have even GOTTEN TO THE DEBATE if government hadn't built the road to the university auditorium?  Think about it.

Posted by: B-Rock at October 04, 2012 11:04 AM (R8kIj)

262 240 I still do not get Gangnam Style.
Posted by: EC at October 04, 2012 02:49 PM (GQ8sn)

1. Go look at the video on You Tube. It is hilarious.

2. Read the lyrics on lyrics.com. Says stuff like, "I don't have big biceps but I have big brains" and how he is a tiger after working at his office job all day. Could be a moron anthem for some

Posted by: thunderb a conservative jew at October 04, 2012 02:55 PM (Dnbau)

 

Check out this version.

 

Gorilla - Gangnam Style Featuring Ricky Martin

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QBDW5aqcAk

Posted by: buzzion - Free Kratos at October 04, 2012 11:06 AM (GULKT)

263

Expectations are so low for Biden that he might actually do well....at least the media will spin it as a Biden win. 

 

Ryan should just start   working  math   problems  during the debate.   Biden couldn't figure out   2+2. 

Posted by: Mo the Girl at October 04, 2012 11:07 AM (/1iUO)

264 Last night was the reason why the primary fight was good for the GOP. They fought and scrapped the whole 6+ months to just get enough delegates for the nomination. Now Romney has a 60 day campaign that he is in essence going 1 on 1 with Bambi, and after seeing Bambi play hoops, my golden retriever could take Bambi 1on1.

Posted by: MrCaniac at October 04, 2012 11:07 AM (Zd/NW)

265 Two newd posts!

Posted by: EC at October 04, 2012 11:08 AM (GQ8sn)

266

@209 Allen G - dead on accurate - it's obvious he is completely married to his ideology, hates Rs with a passion, and cannot even conceive of the arguments against his "assertions" - like he never got passed soph level poli sci and no econ at all ...

The cult of the left are true believers, any who do not go along clearly have something wrong with them, and, are lying by their mere existance ...

The future does not belong to those who stand in the way of progress, such as he defines it ...

Posted by: Joe at October 04, 2012 11:13 AM (R+4RJ)

267 Fox News topped the ratings.

We helped.

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 04, 2012 11:15 AM (BAnPT)

268 218 Biden will just lie and Paul Ryan will spend the night trying to refute everything Biden says, but will be rushed. Being a congressman, Ryan is quite familiar with debating shameless liberals as well as the concept of proper time management. As long as he is as concise and accurate as possible, he should be fine.

Posted by: Miss80sBaby at October 04, 2012 11:17 AM (YjDyJ)

269 188
They picked Kerry because someone had the idea that Kerry knew how Mitt Romney thinks.

John Kerry, who made his money by marrying widows with a trust fund, never made a dime in the private sector, never had a real job, but he knows how Mitt Romney thinks.

Posted by: soothsayer at October 04, 2012 02:46 PM (jUytm)


Because the Democrat party and its operatives are racist.

Kerry like Romney is rich.

And since these cocksuckers prey on segregating and dividing and characiturizing every group to its simplistic variables...

The Rich like the Blacks the hispanics the jews the fill in the blank are all the same and you cant tell the difference between one or another of them.

If Obama was debating a Gigalo, then Kerry would have been a well thought out and reasonable pick.

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 11:17 AM (ovpNn)

270

"Remember in 2008, how Obama captured the imagination of so many? And so many tuned in because of the unprecedentedness of it all?"

 

Too bad Juan McLame didn't "tune in".  OTOH, he might have turned out nearly as bad as Obama.  We might now be facing an election where OUR guy was unelectable, but that truth would be all over the media.

Posted by: sherlock at October 04, 2012 11:18 AM (Dxb1S)

271 264 Expectations are so low for Biden that he might actually do well....at least the media will spin it as a Biden win. They will call it a tie as long as Biden restricts his number of gaffes to 5. But calling it a tie will not make it so unless Ryan fumbles.

Posted by: Miss80sBaby at October 04, 2012 11:19 AM (YjDyJ)

272

"They fought and scrapped the whole 6+ months to just get enough delegates for the nomination."

 

Ghoul that I am, I tuned into MSNBC after the debacle and heard several mentions of how the Republicans "scrapped" and were "rowdy" during their primaries, like that was a terrible thing.  Same crap coming out of NPR this morning - noting that since the crowd was supposed to be silent, "it wasn't at all like the Republican primaries".

 

Bet more than a few Donks are wishing they could have had a scrappy primary instead of a naked-emperor coronation.

Posted by: sherlock at October 04, 2012 11:26 AM (Dxb1S)

273 271 "Remember in 2008, how Obama captured the imagination of so many? And so many tuned in because of the unprecedentedness of it all?"

Too bad Juan McLame didn't "tune in". OTOH, he might have turned out nearly as bad as Obama. Wemight now be facing an election where OUR guy was unelectable, but that truth would be all over the media.

Posted by: sherlock at October 04, 2012 03:18 PM (Dxb1S)


Look, Lets be honest.  THe last four years have been an unmitigated Disaster.


However...if McLameass had won, it wouldnt have been a phenomenol last 4 years cause that mother fucker was Obama Lite, and right now we would be staring down the double barrels of the prospect of President Hillary Cankles in 3 months.


While Obama has cause significant damage to the country, the disaster that has been his presidency may just be what the country needed to put itself back on the right path...much like Carter led to Reagan, and yes even thought i never cared for Mitt much, last night convinced me that this man could be the next reagan.

I rewatched the speech last night and at points i was working and just listening and there were moments where it almost sounded like the Gipper talking.

Hold his feet to the fire and we may make him a great president.

But I now believe Ann when she says This man will not fail.  WHat he did last night was a masterclass performance.

One way or another on Nov 6 America will get exactly what she deserves.


Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 11:29 AM (ovpNn)

274 I love the smell of a preference cascade in the morning...

Posted by: VekTor at October 04, 2012 11:36 AM (N7DZ0)

275 After 3.5 years of TFG its nice to have a positive day Drinks on me

Posted by: Doug at October 04, 2012 11:46 AM (GSfWX)

276 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 12:20 PM (6o4Fb)

277 Obama: The Gimp

Romney: The Box the Gimp was in

Posted by: Zed's Dead at October 04, 2012 12:49 PM (PryWG)

278 CUS, I'm outside L.A. and my gas today was $4.21. Last week it was $4.01.

Next week, who knows?


Posted by: PJ at October 04, 2012 01:12 PM (DQHjw)

279

Ryan vs. Biden.

That will be like watching someone hunt a dairy cow with a high powered rifle.

"Slow Joe" takes on a grown up version of Eddie Munster--assuming Eddie graduated college, learned how to balance national budgets, and mastered that martial art the name of which I can never remember, but it's the one where every encounter ends with somebody getting his arm broken. You know. That Eddie.

Posted by: -Shawn- at October 04, 2012 01:13 PM (a5k9p)

280 The counter-explanation would be that many Obama supporters tuned in because the hype the past few weeks has made them believe Obama would decisively beat up on a helpless Romney. I'd obviously prefer your explanation, but I don't really know that right reason for the ratings spike.

Posted by: TheBombDiggity at October 04, 2012 01:15 PM (VNUrE)

281 On my short drive to work this morning, an Obama/Biden sign was conspicuously missing from a yard that's had it there for the last month.  (I observed the sign sitting against a wall ... in the garage!)  Obamabots are NOT happy about last night.

Posted by: Restless at October 04, 2012 01:54 PM (VhUVr)

282 what about those of us who watched the debate on c-span ?  i've been told that the ratings-gatherers do not count c-span viewers.

Posted by: el polacko at October 04, 2012 05:50 PM (vV3Ka)

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