October 19, 2012

Lifelong Democrat Lee Iacocca Endorses Romney
— Ace

Car guy, too, of course.

Human Events says this might help in Pennsylvania (where he grew up) and Michigan (where he worked, as CEO of Chrysler).

I hope there's an ad. Look, I hate to say such a horrible thing about our current culture, but it doesn't count if it's not on TV.

That's why half-wits like Andrea Mitchell and nerdraging estrogen junkies like Lawrence O'Donnell strut about and preen as if they're important. Because sadly, in our Spectator Culture, they kinda are.

Several days ago the Tennessean newspaper, which had endorsed Democrats since George McGovern (!!!), endorsed Romney.

Does that matter? I mean, it's Tennessee; we know we have that state locked up (and if we didn't, the election would be over anyway).

I think it does. Not directly, though. But it matters because the part says something about the whole.

We have now seen three newspapers -- the Orlando Sentinel, the NY Observer, and the Tennessean -- flip from supporting Obama to supporting Romney.

I've said this before but whenever anyone wants to talk politics with me, one of my first question to them is "What are your friends and coworkers saying?"

It's very easy to get lost in a bubble of your own making if you're only talking to like-minded people. So I like getting that occasional, very anecdotal reality check.

Anecdotal, yes. But still. It's something.

So here's the thing: Being partisans and ideologically-minded, we would naturally hold Obama's failings against him more than your typical voter.

But to what extent is the "Typical Voter" inclined to agree with us and say, "Yes, Obama's failed in his most important duties"?

That to me is the value of the Tennessean's endorsement. And the Sentinel's. And the Observer's. It tells me that even in an environment which is overwhelmingly liberal, people, when they consider this, are inclined to agree: "Yes, Obama's failed in his most important duties."

These surprise endorsements are flipping one way, and not the other.

Even if you doubt the influence of the endorsements, they are in insight into the mindset of Americans. Yes, the media are Americans too. (Technically.) And if even they, in the most Liberal Bubble atmosphere of any occupation outside of the Trial Lawyers' Bar, are flipping to Romney, I think that says something.

If liberal-leaning people are considering Romney-- even endorsing him -- then obviously most true centrists will vote for him. And obviously we will not have what we had in 2008, when the weakest conservative-leaning people actually voted for Obama. Those folks will vote Romney.

Well, maybe not David Frum or David Brooks, but at least maybe Peggy Noonan.

I mostly have conversations with like-minded people, but these endorsements are an indication of conversations between unlike-minded people I didn't participate in. I don't know exactly what their conversations were like, but I have an idea of the basic contours of it -- given that ultimately they endorsed Romney.

I know the most important aspect: They are not merely "disappointed" in Obama. I was disappointed in Prometheus, but I'm still recommending it for the amazing visuals. (Review to follow.)

No, if they were merely disappointed, they would argue we should limp along and see what else this guy can accomplish with another four-year term. Who knows. Maybe this time he'll get luckier, or something.

They're not doing that. They're arguing it's time for a change. They're saying that, based on what they've seen before, they do not want to see another four years of Obama.

They're cutting him from the roster.

There is a comforting thing here: I'm not crazy. And neither are you. We're not, in fact, just wild partisans holding Obama up to impossible standards. It is confirmed that people who actually lean Democratic, and not just lean, but are genuine Democrats have had their fill of Obama and his many failures and his even more numerous excuses, too.

He had his opportunity. He was given every chance. He had a unified all-Democratic government to rubber-stamp whatever he liked.

He failed.

And that is the conversation bubbling around America on this day, 18 days out from the election.

Posted by: Ace at 11:49 AM | Comments (279)
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1 nerdraging estrogen junkies like Lawrence O'Donnell

Tee-hee!

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ braucht ein Bier at October 19, 2012 11:51 AM (/kI1Q)

2 edit

Posted by: Jones in CO at October 19, 2012 11:51 AM (8sCoq)

3 I live in a true-blue city in a swing state on the East Coast. The conversation is about BINDERS! They are, apparently, a big fucking deal. Very sad.

Posted by: wte9 at October 19, 2012 11:52 AM (ZL7LA)

4 Beckel said it's over. Does that mean its REALLY over?

Posted by: Obi Wan Cannoli at October 19, 2012 11:52 AM (f95vc)

5 Lawrence O'Donnell is kinda unimportant.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 19, 2012 11:52 AM (bg/Pg)

6 Lee Iacocca ran Chrysler like TFG ran the United States.

Posted by: EC at October 19, 2012 11:53 AM (GQ8sn)

7 It saddens me to see things like this.

The man that almost singlehandedly created the greatest automobile in American history is a fucking idiot and it pains me to no end.

Posted by: © Sponge at October 19, 2012 11:53 AM (UK9cE)

8 My mom is gonna beat the fuck out of Lawrence O'Donnell

Posted by: Jones in CO at October 19, 2012 11:53 AM (8sCoq)

9 Riding the crest of another high, and beautiful wave....it's like....a....cascade..

Posted by: Obi Wan Cannoli at October 19, 2012 11:53 AM (f95vc)

10 i'm feeling like its bigger than 2010 when everyone was very pissed about Obamacare.

Posted by: kelley in virginia at October 19, 2012 11:53 AM (HNwOT)

11 I recently passed a yard sign that said in bold black letters against a white background: OBAMA FAILED It looked "official", as in printed, cut, and mounted on the wire frame. Has anyone else seen these?

Posted by: weew at October 19, 2012 11:54 AM (ElfHn)

12 Get rid of your televisions. I did 7 years ago. Anything you want can be found online, paid for view, etc. You pick and choose and pay for what you want.

Posted by: Redd at October 19, 2012 11:54 AM (RoEtU)

13 Dang. At first, I thought this was a movie or book review!

Posted by: Tim the Enchanter at October 19, 2012 11:54 AM (izA2D)

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

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 19, 2012 11:55 AM (8y9MW)

15 The new meme: Binders full of moderate-to-lib newspapers endorsing Romney

Posted by: The Q at October 19, 2012 11:55 AM (B/yDO)

16 Like Mia Farrow said in "Rosemary's Baby"


"This isn't a dream !!  This is really happening!!

Posted by: Major _____ de Coverly at October 19, 2012 11:55 AM (Dll6b)

17 Get rid of the loser! Support a winner! Romney!

Posted by: Redd at October 19, 2012 11:55 AM (RoEtU)

18 Romney should do a campaign appearance with him at Lee Iacocca Elementary School in Old Detroit.

Posted by: Officer Alex Murphy at October 19, 2012 11:55 AM (J+jRf)

19 But who will Colin Powell endorse???!?!???!?? #GameChanger

Posted by: Undecided Voter at October 19, 2012 11:55 AM (NWLVJ)

20 Gerg's on suicide watch.

Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 19, 2012 11:56 AM (aHR5E)

21 Lee Iacocca? Was that the guy who shot JFK or the guy who played "The Six Million Dollar Man"? Either way, who cares.

Posted by: Stupid Liberal at October 19, 2012 11:56 AM (LTbLf)

22

 

Lee Iacocca is a sleeper agent for the teabaggers, pretending to be a Democrat his whole life just so he could commit this treasonous act.

 

Oh, and he's racist, too.

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at October 19, 2012 11:56 AM (ggRof)

23 He did orchestrate the first bailout of the auto manufacturers.

From THAT DAY FORWARD, the UNIONS and the automakers KNEW they would never die and have been fucking us ever since.

Posted by: © Sponge at October 19, 2012 11:56 AM (UK9cE)

24 The pendulum, it swings.

Posted by: Soona at October 19, 2012 11:56 AM (3zJEz)

25

I am changing my name to Chrysler

I am heading up to Washington D.C.

I will tell some power broker

What they did for Iacocca

Will be perfectly acceptable to me.

 

I am changing my name to Chrysler

I am headed for that great receiving line

So when they hand a million grand out

I'll be standing with my hand out

Yes sir, I'll get mine

 

Posted by: Where's Dr. Demento when you need him? at October 19, 2012 11:56 AM (NmR1a)

26 Pudding in the front, cannoli in the rear....tapioca?

Posted by: Obi Wan Cannoli at October 19, 2012 11:56 AM (f95vc)

27 Ace, can we get a front page on the fact that State (and therefore Hilary and TFG) knew that Ambassador Stevens didn't have enough security for nearly a full year (starting in November 2011 at the latest) before he was murdered?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 19, 2012 11:56 AM (8y9MW)

28 Prometheus review?? Let me guess: You loved the first half, meh on the second half. The first half of Prometheus was pure science fiction. The stuff that made you indulge in wonder. The second half was mostly gratuitous action and gore and inevitable human folly. B-movie stuff. Overall, I liked it.

Posted by: soothsayer at October 19, 2012 11:56 AM (jUytm)

29

Biggest news out of this - Prometheus review coming. I'll have to carve out a week or so so I can read it.

 

I kid because I love.

Posted by: Jolly Roger at October 19, 2012 11:56 AM (t06LC)

30 Like Clint said "gotta let 'em go"

Posted by: TD, one of the proud 53% at October 19, 2012 11:57 AM (+uFux)

31 OT, but deserving of its own thread: EPA’s illegal human experiments The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been sued in federal court for allegedly conducting illegal experiments on human beings. The case tests whether a government agency can violate the law and the most sacrosanct ethics of scientific research — and get away scot-free. Based on thousands of pages of documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, since 2004 and continuing through the Obama administration, the EPA intentionally has been exposing dozens, if not hundreds, of human subjects to extraordinarily high levels of air pollutants such as diesel exhaust and fine particulate matter, known as PM2.5. The experiments occurred at an EPA facility located on the campus of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Many of the study subjects were health-impaired — suffering from asthma, metabolic syndrome, old age (up to 75 years) or, worse, combinations of those factors. They were all financially needy, since they enrolled in the experiments for compensation of $12 per hour. ... In addition to testing the lethal and cancer-causing PM2.5 and diesel exhaust on frail and needy people, the EPA failed to inform the study subjects that it had determined that those substances were so deadly and toxic. While EPA repeatedly over many years has told the public and Congress that PM2.5 can kill within hours of exposure, the agency only told the study subjects, for example, “You may experience some minor degree of airway irritation, cough or shortness of breath or wheezing. These symptoms typically disappear two to four hours after exposure, but may last longer for particularly sensitive people.” ~~~~~~~~~ Lots more at the site: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/18/epas-illegal-human-experiments/ Via Insty

Posted by: Ed Anger at October 19, 2012 11:58 AM (tOkJB)

32

 

At least y'all aren't talking about that not optimal workplace violence in Libya any more.

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at October 19, 2012 11:58 AM (ggRof)

33 @12: Wrong answer. Breitbart understood that conservatism was doomed if it didn't attempt to interface with the popular culture. Ace clearly understands that as well.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 19, 2012 11:58 AM (rPA5/)

34 OK, I just read though the post. Movie review later.

Posted by: Tim the Enchanter at October 19, 2012 11:58 AM (izA2D)

35 Actually, next time I should read the article before commenting as I should KNOW that sometimes the SNARK in Ace is overpowering.

Posted by: © Sponge at October 19, 2012 11:58 AM (UK9cE)

36 Democrats, rejecting suicide. Is there anything Romney can't do?

Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at October 19, 2012 11:59 AM (+I8Mq)

37 they are touting some salt lake city paper endorsing obama as a sign of things to come on that romnesia twitter feed. Can we counter "romnesia" with "OBAMABOTCHED"?

Posted by: What do you do all day if you don't watch tv, anne? at October 19, 2012 11:59 AM (oZfic)

38 by 1996, Chrysler was in the black. Very black. As in 0 debt, and flush with billions in cash. That's why Daimler Benz snatched them up.

Posted by: soothsayer at October 19, 2012 11:59 AM (jUytm)

39 Either that or I should stop having those 5 beer lunches.

Posted by: © Sponge at October 19, 2012 11:59 AM (UK9cE)

40 Screw the polls.  The empirical evidence on the ground (all these libs endorsing Romney) is very telling.

Posted by: Bill Mitchell at October 19, 2012 12:00 PM (hlUJY)

41 Per Salena Zito, Paul Ryan is coming to western PA this weekend.

Posted by: rockmom at October 19, 2012 12:00 PM (NYnoe)

42 Andrew Sullivan is back on suicide watch.

Posted by: Roy at October 19, 2012 12:00 PM (VndSC)

43 All of the markets shit the bed today.

Posted by: Ed Anger at October 19, 2012 12:00 PM (tOkJB)

44

28 The first half of Prometheus was pure science fiction. The stuff that made you indulge in wonder.

 

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Indeed. Like "I wonder why someone's first thought on a new world would be 'let me take this stuffy helmet off'".



 

Posted by: Anachronda at October 19, 2012 12:00 PM (NmR1a)

45 "We have now seen three newspapers -- the Orlando Sentinel, the NY Observer, and the Tennessean -- flip from supporting Obama to supporting Romney."

Greg and other members of the Reality Based Community demand an immediate investigation into the Koch Brother's part in this nefarious scheme to buy the election. Oliver Willis will speak up as soon as he finishes lunch. Moo.

Posted by: mallfly at October 19, 2012 12:00 PM (bJm7W)

46 39 Either that or I should stop having those 5 beer lunches. Posted by: © Sponge at October 19, 2012 03:59 PM (UK9cE) ah, you drank to each of Mitt's five sons!

Posted by: What do you do all day if you don't watch tv, anne? at October 19, 2012 12:00 PM (oZfic)

47 The first half of Prometheus was pure science fiction. The stuff that made you indulge in wonder.

The second half was mostly gratuitous action and gore and inevitable human folly. B-movie stuff.

Overall, I liked it.

I had high hopes, but I did not like it.

There were lots of inconsistencies that were never properly addressed.

Posted by: EC at October 19, 2012 12:00 PM (GQ8sn)

48 >>>Let me guess: You loved the first half, meh on the second half. The first half of Prometheus was pure science fiction. The stuff that made you indulge in wonder. The second half was mostly gratuitous action and gore and inevitable human folly. B-movie stuff. Wait a minute, dick. Have you seen the review already? Yes, that's the exact review. Is this everyone's opinion?

Posted by: ace at October 19, 2012 12:01 PM (LCRYB)

49 Prometheus got 'stupid' as soon as they stepped foot on the planet. But before that...

Posted by: soothsayer at October 19, 2012 12:01 PM (jUytm)

50 (oZfic) if you are such a fan of Ann Roimney, why do you spell her name wrong?

Posted by: phoenixgirl, what did huma abedin know at October 19, 2012 12:01 PM (j1z2L)

51 From THAT DAY FORWARD, the UNIONS and the automakers KNEW they would never die and have been fucking us ever since.

Too big to fail means too big. A forcible split into five pieces after breaking every farking contract (including union contracts and especially executive pension plans) and then bail out the slices if you have to keep the jobs.

The "Too big to fail" companies will steer a lot farther towards the lower-risk-taking side when the execs have skin in the game and can actually lose something.

Posted by: Al at October 19, 2012 12:01 PM (MzQOZ)

52

The second half was mostly gratuitous action and gore and inevitable human folly. B-movie stuff.

 

Folly....perfect word choice.  You hit the nail on the head.  That's what makes a movie boring for me... when they overdo the folly and make the characters just seem too stupid to live.

 

Am I talking about Movies or TFG voters?  Where am I?

Posted by: eleven at October 19, 2012 12:01 PM (fsLdt)

53 Ace, don't you toy with me!

Posted by: soothsayer at October 19, 2012 12:02 PM (jUytm)

54

36 they are touting some salt lake city paper endorsing obama as a sign of things to come on that romnesia twitter feed.

 

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Let me guess. The Salt Lake Tribune. Also known as The Anti-Deseret News.


 

Posted by: Anachronda at October 19, 2012 12:02 PM (NmR1a)

55 Tenther, Yes, of course, but there are a lot of documents.

Posted by: ace at October 19, 2012 12:02 PM (LCRYB)

56 None of you can see me, but right now I'm lying naked in a pile of three-ring binders to mock you teabaggers and your candidate. Take THAT Romney!!!

Posted by: Stupid Liberal at October 19, 2012 12:02 PM (LTbLf)

57 I smell cat piss.

Posted by: © Sponge at October 19, 2012 12:02 PM (UK9cE)

58 When somebody's not gettin' the job done, it's time to let 'em go...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at October 19, 2012 12:02 PM (wtvvX)

59 Wait a minute, dick. Have you seen the review already?

Yes, that's the exact review. Is this everyone's opinion?

Posted by: ace at October 19, 2012 04:01 PM (LCRYB)


I call shenanigans, Ace.  That CAN'T be the exact review.  It didn't take me a fortnight to read it.

Posted by: eastvalleyphx says fuck islam at October 19, 2012 12:02 PM (/N+g9)

60 Per Salena Zito, Paul Ryan is coming to western PA this weekend.

Posted by: rockmom at October 19, 2012 04:00 PM (NYnoe)


Yes! Go big, dammit!

Posted by: davidinvirginia at October 19, 2012 12:02 PM (qEkGZ)

61 OT/ just got back from the store and the headline is still that ridiculous romnesia. No word about Libya...

Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna at October 19, 2012 12:03 PM (9+ccr)

62 Well now I'm NOT going to post my review, you dicks. Smartypants weisenheimers.

Posted by: ace at October 19, 2012 12:03 PM (LCRYB)

63 Romney at the Al Smith yada yada............ok I will say it the 'R' word Reaganesque

Posted by: *required field at October 19, 2012 12:03 PM (L0pQa)

64 Yes, of course, but there are a lot of documents.

There are.  But you get that much just 8 pages in.

I'm still going through them.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 19, 2012 12:03 PM (8y9MW)

65 What about the Cleveland Plain-Dealer? In 2008 when they endorsed Obama, they warned him against abusing his majority. I want to know how honest the CPD was.

Posted by: perdogg at October 19, 2012 12:03 PM (oSdsj)

66 nerdraging estrogen junkies like Lawrence O'Donnell

Fuck you, Mr. Ace o' Spades. I do shooters of pure testosterone when I'm not injecting it directly into my fist shaped cock.

Posted by: Larry O'Donnell at October 19, 2012 12:03 PM (BuSM8)

67 There were lots of inconsistencies that were never properly addressed. a.k.a. huge holes

Posted by: soothsayer at October 19, 2012 12:04 PM (jUytm)

68 62 Well now I'm NOT going to post my review, you dicks.

Smartypants weisenheimers.

Posted by: ace at October 19, 2012 04:03 PM (LCRYB)

The hamsters rejoice!

Posted by: Red Shirt at October 19, 2012 12:04 PM (FIDMq)

69

Jan 2009  --  Jan 2013

 

Fraud Follies.

Posted by: eleven at October 19, 2012 12:04 PM (fsLdt)

70 @30 ack.   sorry TD, didn't see you beat me to it...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at October 19, 2012 12:04 PM (wtvvX)

71 Well now I'm NOT going to post my review, you dicks.

Smartypants weisenheimers.

Posted by: ace at October 19, 2012 04:03 PM (LCRYB)




WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!

I'm taking my ball and I'm going home!!!



Posted by: © Sponge at October 19, 2012 12:04 PM (UK9cE)

72 Prometheus got 'stupid' as soon as they stepped foot on the planet. But before that...

Why did the "security" have flamethrowers?  Who uses flamethrowers anymore?  Were they expecting to engage in close-range combat with the engineers and hope they were flammable?

When I first saw the gun the security guy had, I thought it was some kind of laser.  Only later one when Vickers torches the boyfriend did I find out.  And the other guys had pistols.  That doesn't make sense.  You bring your heaviest guns to prepare for any contingency, but Weyland brings flamethrowers?  What if the engineers were robots?  What good are flamethrowers against robots?

Posted by: EC at October 19, 2012 12:04 PM (GQ8sn)

73 youse guys are a buncha assholes.

Posted by: ace at October 19, 2012 12:05 PM (LCRYB)

74 Genuine democrats support Romney? No shit you say

Posted by: Navycopjoe at October 19, 2012 12:05 PM (WnvXh)

75 Paul Ryan wil campaign in PA this weekend. Romney is expanding the map.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at October 19, 2012 12:05 PM (i0vBR)

76

Change the meaning .

 

Romnesia is a newly created country free from socialist dictates that take from the productive and give to the non productive.  It has a booming economy staffed by freedom loving workers who thrive to better themselves and take responsibilty for their actions. 

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2012 12:05 PM (m2CN7)

77 @62: Ace- thank you.

Posted by: Tim the Enchanter at October 19, 2012 12:05 PM (izA2D)

78 Cogent main blog post.  But it actually understates how liberal the liberal media is.  You can't even compare it to the trial lawyers.  The latter is a collection of lock step Democrats, sure, but it's not all that liberal of a cadre outside of the liberal states on the coasts.  The most ruthless plaintiff's junk lawsuit attorneys are Zell Miller types from the South and the Midwest.  They're more conservative than not.  But they're f'n greedy pigs.  As far as the newspaper endorsement thing goes, even stopped clocks perfectly are correct 2x per day and even heroin addicts have moments of full clarity.  Let's not give too much credit or credence to a few liberals seemingly entering the orbit of Planet Reality.  That said, however, it's beyond doubt that Romney will obtain a lot more crossover votes from Democrats than vice-versa. 

Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at October 19, 2012 12:05 PM (pmsMR)

79 I'm gonna kick his ass.

Posted by: Lawrence O'Donnell at October 19, 2012 12:05 PM (wAQA5)

80 Mitt and Paul will be at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Golden CO 10/21

http://tinyurl.com/999km4c

Posted by: Jones in CO at October 19, 2012 12:06 PM (8sCoq)

81 You had me till Peggy Noonan. She just had an article today sadly confirming that Obama just had a bad debate. That the debates are hurting him. She wants to hold him and tell him everything will be okay. And if he loses, it's okay, it was just because of a couple bad debates.

Posted by: Dr. Slotkin at October 19, 2012 12:06 PM (1crPI)

82 I still wanna see your review. You're verbose, Ace, but it's worth it. (And I'm not really sure I know what verbose means.)

Posted by: soothsayer at October 19, 2012 12:06 PM (jUytm)

83 I'm gonna lick his ass.

Posted by: Barney Frank at October 19, 2012 12:06 PM (LTbLf)

84

OT just saw this on twitter ... per Denver post ... over 25,000 voting by mail votes cast in CO so far, GOP ~2300 ahead of DEM total.

Posted by: Honey Badger at October 19, 2012 12:06 PM (GvYeG)

85

ah, you drank to each of Mitt's five sons!

 

 

My wife and I had a drinking game during the debate, taking a drink every time Obama said "folks." Now that I'm back out of the alcoholic coma, I suspect my wife cheated and stopped taking her drinks partway through.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at October 19, 2012 12:06 PM (U+DUu)

86

"It is confirmed that people who actually lean Democratic, and not just lean, but are genuine Democrats have had their fill of Obama and his many failures and his even more numerous excuses, too."

 

This.  And they said Clint Eastwood was crazy and/or senile.  Turns out Clint was right on the money.  Our employee isn't cutting it, time to part ways.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - I'm Back in Slacks! at October 19, 2012 12:06 PM (hLRSq)

87

They're cutting him from the roster

 

Now it's time for the easiest part of any coach's job.  The cuts.

Posted by: Homer Simpson at October 19, 2012 12:06 PM (Gt8ei)

88 We're reversing African history here.

We're currently in Obamawe and hope to go back to Romnesia.

Posted by: The Q at October 19, 2012 12:07 PM (B/yDO)

89 Ace, make sure to tell us if you saw the film or Blu-Ray version with the deleted footage.  Not that it makes the story more intelligible.

Posted by: EC at October 19, 2012 12:07 PM (GQ8sn)

90

Just re-post your review of The Wicker Man. 

 

That'll teach 'em to F with you.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2012 12:07 PM (m2CN7)

91 Well now I'm NOT going to post my review, you dicks.

Smartypants weisenheimers.

Posted by: ace at October 19, 2012 04:03 PM (LCRYB)

 

Just admit it.  You accidentally ordered a 3GB external hard drive instead of a 4GB, and you don't have room to save a copy of the review.

Posted by: Draft-dodger Lawrence O'Donnell Who Dodged the Draft at October 19, 2012 12:07 PM (ggRof)

92

Well now I'm NOT going to post my review, you dicks.

Smartypants weisenheimers.

 

Post the movie review or I shoot this dog.------------->{dog}

Posted by: eleven at October 19, 2012 12:08 PM (fsLdt)

93 Jamie Dupree ‏@jamiedupree Ryan will be outside Pittsburgh in Moon Township, PA; Obama has led in almost every Keystone State poll this year

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at October 19, 2012 12:08 PM (i0vBR)

94 There is a Hispanic guy and a black woman at my work that flipped from Obama and are now voting Romney

Posted by: Mr pink at October 19, 2012 12:08 PM (QcTX0)

95 Once Draft Dodging Lawrence O'Donnell, the Draft Dodger who Dodged the Draft, gets embarassed by Tagg, he's gonna pick on a politician's kid who's more of a fair fight.

Willow Palin, come on down!

Posted by: The Q at October 19, 2012 12:08 PM (B/yDO)

96 What's in the bag? A shark?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 19, 2012 12:08 PM (bg/Pg)

97 I have lots of questions for Promotheus, but the one single puzzling thing about the movie is: Why was that giant alien so pissed? Seriously, why all the anger, Mr Crankypants who just woke up?

Posted by: soothsayer at October 19, 2012 12:08 PM (jUytm)

98 A well respected Democrat... I think the traditional Democrats want obama out so bad, that is how barry goes down.

Posted by: 18 days at October 19, 2012 12:09 PM (LpQbZ)

99

Yes, that's the exact review. Is this everyone's opinion?

 

Posted by: ace at October 19, 2012 04:01 PM (LCRYB)

 

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Yeah, Ace....that's my opinion as well .

 

I'd still love to read your review...it'd be interesting to hear your thoughts on what the best parts were.

I loved the visuals.

But there were anachronisms...such as the higher level of technology displayed, than the tech levels in the first movie...which was supposed to have happened later.

 

Posted by: wheatie at October 19, 2012 12:09 PM (ipkPX)

100 72 I liked prometheus but I agree, the entire "security" concept ... was well ... not optimal.

Posted by: Honey Badger at October 19, 2012 12:09 PM (GvYeG)

101 I'm a lifelong Democrat and still a registered one (a DINO) and I knew back in the primaries before 2008 that Obama was never someone I would vote for and so I did not. Finding out everything I could about Obama put me on the road to conservatism.

Posted by: AgainAustennovels at October 19, 2012 12:09 PM (u1lkY)

102 99: "...that is how barry goes down."

Tell me more.

Posted by: Barney Frank at October 19, 2012 12:10 PM (LTbLf)

103 youse guys are a buncha assholes.

Posted by: ace at October 19, 2012 04:05 PM (LCRYB)



You brought this shit on yourself.

If your blog sucked, you wouldn't have this problem, now would ya?

Posted by: © Sponge at October 19, 2012 12:10 PM (UK9cE)

104 The real question on everybodies mind is whether that insufferable imbecile Ann "shootyergooinmefacenuttboy" Althouse will vote for Romney. Prolly not, cause she is an insufferable imbecile, after all....... She needs nutted on again Ace.

Posted by: maddogg at October 19, 2012 12:10 PM (OlN4e)

105 ‏@NolteNC
CNN Poll showing Romney up 1-- 49-48% is all post-second debate.

SUCK IT, GERG

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 19, 2012 12:10 PM (qrpxS)

106 Didn't the same thing happen with the debate focus groups? All the undecided voters had voted for Obama in 2008, because nobody who voted for McCain in 2008 is undecided now.

Posted by: Whoever this is, it's definitely not Michael at October 19, 2012 12:10 PM (JVCVF)

107 81 Sorry, thought you were correcting me! They will be in CO on Tuesday the 23rd, not Saturday.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at October 19, 2012 12:10 PM (i0vBR)

108 Iacocca has always been a pretty straight shooter even though he is a Donk.  It is beyond me how any intelligent, informed person can support the train wreck that is the Obama administration.  But I believe that this evidence that the preference, she is cascading!

Posted by: WalrusRex at October 19, 2012 12:10 PM (XUKZU)

109 Willow Palin, come on down!

Posted by: The Q at October 19, 2012 04:08 PM (B/yDO)


Willow would have him crying inside of 5 minutes.

Posted by: davidinvirginia at October 19, 2012 12:11 PM (qEkGZ)

110  Well now I'm NOT going to post my review, you dicks.

Smartypants weisenheimers.

Posted by: ace at October 19, 2012 04:03 PM (LCRYB)

 

 

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

 

 

I feel that I should be thanking you, sooth.

Posted by: Soona at October 19, 2012 12:11 PM (3zJEz)

111 Is this a thing?

Posted by: The Mega Independent at October 19, 2012 12:11 PM (p2zEJ)

112

Posted by: AgainAustennovels at October 19, 2012 04:09 PM (u1lkY)

 

Welcome to the real world. 

 

Seriously, glad to have you. 

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2012 12:11 PM (m2CN7)

113 Post the movie review or I shoot this dog.------------->{dog}

I'll bring the fish sauce!

Posted by: Barry Soetero, Indonesian Prince at October 19, 2012 12:11 PM (/kI1Q)

114 98 Why was that giant alien so pissed? ```````````````````````````````` Did you see the intro? They held him out as chief retard in the first 2 minutes of the film.

Posted by: Stu P. at October 19, 2012 12:11 PM (3ziXJ)

115 My brother in-law's very large Catholic family in the Philly suburbs all voted for Obama. But since the HSS mandate many of them have been heard to utter unkind things about the President. Perhaps they will flip. =)

Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 19, 2012 12:11 PM (rBgOT)

116 Why was that giant alien so pissed?
Seriously, why all the anger, Mr Crankypants who just woke up?

He was part of the crowd that wanted to destroy the earth I suppose.  But we don't find out why.  He was kept in stasis, so he either didn't know what happened to his teammates (running for their lives) or he made it in and was the only survivor.

The ones at the beginning could be thought of as "Prometheus".  They stole the goo and seeded life on earth, like stealing fire from the gods to give to man.  Their ship looked different too.  They may be two different factions of the same race.  Again, we won't find out until Ridley and those fuckers who wrote Lost get together again to write #2 and #3.

Posted by: EC at October 19, 2012 12:12 PM (GQ8sn)

117 No. This is a thing.

Posted by: Anthony Wiener at October 19, 2012 12:12 PM (p2zEJ)

118

87....And they said Clint Eastwood was crazy and/or senile. Turns out Clint was right on the money. Our employee isn't cutting it, time to part ways.

 

Barky made a lame joke about Clint Eastwood last night.

I thought it bombed.

 

The audience was like...."Eh, uh, okay, heh heh".

Posted by: wheatie at October 19, 2012 12:12 PM (ipkPX)

119 I'm not crazy. And neither are you.

Well, let's not make any assumptions.

Posted by: joncelli at October 19, 2012 12:13 PM (RD7QR)

120 "I hope there's an ad. Look, I hate to say such a horrible thing about our current culture, but it doesn't count if it's not on TV."

Not new.

And yes, it's horrible, and yes, it's a very poor prospect for the future of the Republic that such important questions get settled by video-addled ignoramuses.

There was a point late in the Reagan years when Bill Buckley wrote a column about SDI. He pointed out that there was a huge and important debate to be had over whether a ballistic missile defense would work, or could work, or would be affordable, or would be vulnerable to Soviet countermeasures, or would alter the strategic calculus vis-a-vis the Soviets in destabilizing ways.

Buckley, of course, was an SDI proponent, and he deftly shot down (if you'll pardon the pun) various anti-SDI arguments.

But one thing he specifically noted with dismay was that polls of the ordinary American citizen in the street showed that a clear majority of them believed that _America had already built and deployed such a system_, when in reality it was still entirely notional.

Bill B said in his dry way that this was not a good portent for the country. It was not.

Posted by: torquewrench at October 19, 2012 12:13 PM (ymG7s)

121 >>>105 The real question on everybodies mind is whether that insufferable imbecile Ann "shootyergooinmefacenuttboy" Althouse will vote for Romney. Prolly not, cause she is an insufferable imbecile, after all.......She needs nutted on again Ace. I read her every day. Of course she won't say outright, but from the tone of her posts the last couple months, I would almost bet money that she won't vote for 0bama again.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 19, 2012 12:14 PM (bg/Pg)

122 Why was that giant alien so pissed?
Seriously, why all the anger, Mr Crankypants who just woke up?

Posted by: soothsayer at October 19, 2012 04:08 PM (jUytm)

 

 

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He was Frank Marshall Davis' other child?

Posted by: Soona at October 19, 2012 12:14 PM (3zJEz)

123 I *like* Ace's movie reviews.  You don't do enough of them, man.  I may have to see Promoetheus just so I can read the review. 

Posted by: Lance McCormick at October 19, 2012 12:14 PM (zgHLA)

124 My favorite part of Prometheus was when Brain Dennehy stood up and said, "I am Prometheus!  And I have the anecdote right here!"  And then Charles Durning says, "Don't you mean, antidote?" and then throws the flesh tunneling worm into his sock drawer.  The audience really freaked out when that happened.

Posted by: Dang© at October 19, 2012 12:14 PM (R18D0)

125 >Sorry, thought you were correcting me! They will be in CO on Tuesday the 23rd, not Saturday.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at October 19, 2012 04:10 PM (i0vBR)


ok I got the date wrong but still...



LLLLLLLLLLLLLET'S GET READY TO ROMNEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY,.............

Posted by: Jones in CO at October 19, 2012 12:14 PM (8sCoq)

126 Wait a minute. Are you saying that the giant alien at the very beginning is the same sleeping giant alien on the planet? They all looked alike to me.

Posted by: soothsayer at October 19, 2012 12:15 PM (jUytm)

127 My brother in-law's very large Catholic family in the Philly suburbs all voted for Obama. But since the HSS mandate many of them have been heard to utter unkind things about the President.

Perhaps they will flip. =)

Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 19, 2012 04:11 PM (rBgOT)


Or, at least just not go vote at all rather than vote for Barky this time. I think that's what will happen with a lot of Dems, too. They'll just sit this one out.

Posted by: davidinvirginia at October 19, 2012 12:15 PM (qEkGZ)

128 I still fear that the rabbit puller in chief may yank a couple of bunnies out of a hat. I smell a cybersecurity executive order and also there  seems to be a whiff of  a heads-on-spears retaliation for the Lybia murders. Woe is me if the big finger really does get around to pointing at Iran for last weeks and last months DOS attacks against a truck load of banks, and the magician steps up and issues a fatwah on that, or even worse if he trots out a press conference about the destruction of 20+ bad guys id'd as the trigger pullers in Benghazi. Woe.

Posted by: and irresolute at October 19, 2012 12:15 PM (DBH1h)

129 Oh yeah.  SPOILERS in my above post.

Posted by: Dang© at October 19, 2012 12:15 PM (R18D0)

130

I'm not crazy. And neither are you.

Well, let's not make any assumptions.

 

I think Ace clicked on Alex's Calming Manatee website.

Posted by: eleven at October 19, 2012 12:15 PM (fsLdt)

131 I'm still waiting for someone to explain to me why "the tailor" was terrified of Brody, in Homeland.

Posted by: Redd at October 19, 2012 12:16 PM (RoEtU)

132 Prometheus?! I would punch my own mother for another Plinkett review.

Posted by: Lawrence of A labia at October 19, 2012 12:16 PM (I88Jc)

133 101 72 I liked prometheus but I agree, the entire "security" concept ... was well ... not optimal.

Posted by: Honey Badger at October 19, 2012 04:09 PM (GvYeG)

The security firm that was hired to plan for Weyland Industries in Prometheus was the same firm hired by State for planning in Libya.

 

True story.

Posted by: Jolly Roger at October 19, 2012 12:16 PM (t06LC)

134 Finding out everything I could about Obama put me on the road to conservatism.

Posted by: AgainAustennovels at October 19, 2012 04:09 PM (u1lkY)

Welcome.  So long as you aren't a moonbat I'm happy.  Nothing wrong with moderate and voting for Mitt.  I'm in the Greg Gutfeld camp: I learned to hate leftists in college.  Always been a moderate libertarian(ish) Republican.  But the Ron Paul School of Foreign Policy drives me nuts. 

I'm not a neocon, I'm JACKSONIAN dammit!  

Posted by: Beagle at October 19, 2012 12:16 PM (sOtz/)

135 The giant alien at the beginning turned into inter-galactic sludge ...

Posted by: Honey Badger at October 19, 2012 12:16 PM (GvYeG)

136 127 Wait a minute. Are you saying that the giant alien at the very beginning is the same sleeping giant alien on the planet? They all looked alike to me. _______________ Speciesist! Or something.

Posted by: Dante at October 19, 2012 12:17 PM (NWLVJ)

137 From the way things are shaping up I may forgo my usual "have a beer, read an ebook, fall asleep and see what happened, later." I may just stay up for the election returns. It's been ten years since I did that. It really is looking like a Tsunami is forming up.

Posted by: backhoe at October 19, 2012 12:17 PM (ULH4o)

138 Though they may be Dugongs.

Posted by: eleven at October 19, 2012 12:17 PM (fsLdt)

139 Wait a minute.

Are you saying that the giant alien at the very beginning is the same sleeping giant alien on the planet?

They all looked alike to me.


No, that guy at the start dies remember?  He drinks that goo and starts dissolving.

There is some sort of wiki on Ridley's thoughts about the backstory to the Engineer race and it goes into religion and specifically mentions Jesus Christ as an ambassador from the alien race.  It's pretty fucked up and convoluted so I can't accept that as a premise for this film.  There's a better explanation and I really don't want to wait another 5-10 years for the complete answer.

Posted by: EC at October 19, 2012 12:17 PM (GQ8sn)

140 How about this for a campaign slogan:

Vote for Romney -- win a date with Lee Iacocca!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 19, 2012 12:18 PM (BDU/a)

141 Obamnesia:  Forgetting what the price of gas was in 2008.

Posted by: WalrusRex at October 19, 2012 12:18 PM (XUKZU)

142 The giant alien at the beginning turned into inter-galactic sludge ... exactly er, I thought his body 'dispersed' and spread 'life' on Earth??

Posted by: soothsayer at October 19, 2012 12:18 PM (jUytm)

143 I have a Ripley Power Loader action figure. It's up in my room.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 19, 2012 12:18 PM (bg/Pg)

144 Barky made a lame joke about Clint Eastwood last night. I thought it bombed. The audience was like...."Eh, uh, okay, heh heh". Posted by: wheatie at October 19, 2012 04:12 PM (ipkPX) It could have been a good joke. Everyone take a chair before Clint Eastwood starts yelling at them. Trouble is, it just reminded everyone about how Eastwood was right. Now if Romney would have done that joke...

Posted by: Dr. Slotkin at October 19, 2012 12:18 PM (1crPI)

145 So none of this explains why the alien who woke up was so pissed. Mad because they woke him up? And why was David such a dick?

Posted by: Honey Badger at October 19, 2012 12:19 PM (GvYeG)

146

 

You know, Ace, that you would have a lot more readers if you just gave them a little tough love like I do.

Posted by: Charles "Tiny" Johnson at October 19, 2012 12:19 PM (ggRof)

147 yeah, EC, now I remember

Posted by: soothsayer at October 19, 2012 12:19 PM (jUytm)

148 I'm not crazy. And neither are you.

---

So you're hearing the voices too.

Posted by: WalrusRex at October 19, 2012 12:20 PM (XUKZU)

149 Romnesia? Obamination..

Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna at October 19, 2012 12:20 PM (9+ccr)

150

 

zomg! Iacocca is an alien?!?!?!?!

Posted by: What do you do all day if you don't watch tv, catpiss troll? at October 19, 2012 12:20 PM (ggRof)

151 I'm not so keen on an Iacocca ad, as it would open up opportunities for liberals to say, "See! See! Even the righties' beloved Ronald Reagan bailed out Detroit when he had to in order to save jobs!"

Very hard to counter that.

But if such an ad were to be cut, it would absolutely have to center on the fact that the Reagan-era bailout of Chrysler was very different from the Obama-era bailout of Chrysler and GM.

The Reagan-era bailout meant that Chrysler eventually really did pay back every penny. And, Chrysler actually paid federal taxes afterward.

Whereas under the Obama-era bailout, the taxpayers are still $25B in the hole on stuff that's supposed to be paid back (and never will be), that there were further loans given out to Government Motors that are not supposed to be paid back, and most damningly, GM is NOT PAYING TAXES after its bailout. Obama allowed them to take their pre-bankruptcy losses and carry them forward (this is unprecedented).


Posted by: torquewrench at October 19, 2012 12:20 PM (ymG7s)

152 The first half of Prometheus was pure science fiction. The stuff that made you indulge in wonder.

The second half was mostly gratuitous action and gore and inevitable human folly. B-movie stuff.

Wait a minute, dick. Have you seen the review already?

Yes, that's the exact review. Is this everyone's opinion?

Posted by: ace at October 19, 2012 04:01 PM (LCRYB)


Well we expected yours would be considerably longer.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2012 12:21 PM (z1N6a)

153 I have a Ripley Power Loader action figure.
It's up in my room. Posted by: Dr. Varno


I'd like to come up and see it some time.

Posted by: The guy from the comic book store who smells like Snausages™ at October 19, 2012 12:21 PM (R18D0)

154 I'd rather have "Romnesia" than "Obamgenital warts"

Posted by: Jolly Roger at October 19, 2012 12:21 PM (t06LC)

155 127 "They all looked alike to me."

RAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCIIISSSTTTTT!!!

Posted by: The Q at October 19, 2012 12:21 PM (B/yDO)

156 I'm still waiting for someone to explain to me why "the tailor" was terrified of Brody, in Homeland.

Posted by: Redd at October 19, 2012 04:16 PM (RoEtU)

 

Pretty sure he thought the best way to clean up a loose end was murder and not a safe house.  Jihadis tend to be really cavalier about killing off loose ends.  BAM!  Another shahid for Allah.  These are people who use five year olds for suicide bombings.  Baby bombs have been proposed, a twisted variation on the surgically-implanted bomb and butt bomb.  

 

Posted by: Beagle at October 19, 2012 12:21 PM (sOtz/)

157 Okay, I'm reading this Benghazi doc dump, and it's making me ill.

To have left Ambassador Stevens with so little security goes so far beyond the pale...

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 19, 2012 12:22 PM (8y9MW)

158 Nothing about how Richie Rich boy "Tagg" ran away from my man Lawrence's ballsy dare?

My enlightened side has ALL the real men and real women who LOOK like women!

Posted by: greg at October 19, 2012 12:22 PM (/Aauo)

159 So none of this explains why the alien who woke up was so pissed. Mad because they woke him up? And why was David such a dick?

Exactly.  There is no rational explanation for the alien to start rampaging like he found out he came in dead last in his alien fantasy football league.

And David was a dick on orders from Weyland.  Weyland thought the black goo was the fountain of youth and wanted it tested on a "volunteer" to see what would happen.

Which begs the question:  why does the black goo have different effects?  At the beginning, the alien that drinks it dissolves, and the boyfriend does too to some extent.  Fifield, the geologist who fell face first into the goo just ends up being mutated by it.  What the fuck is going on?

Posted by: EC at October 19, 2012 12:22 PM (GQ8sn)

160 I have lots of questions for Promotheus, but the one single puzzling thing about the movie is:

Why was that giant alien so pissed?
Seriously, why all the anger, Mr Crankypants who just woke up?

Posted by: soothsayer at October 19, 2012 04:08 PM (jUytm)


Did they have a cup of coffee ready for him?  I don't think so.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2012 12:22 PM (z1N6a)

161 Romnesia? Isn't that a central European country that borders Hungary and Bulgaria? Of course it is. After all, I'm a geopolitical expert, according to the mainstream media.

Posted by: Joe Biden at October 19, 2012 12:22 PM (LTbLf)

162 O/T

I believe there must be 500 Mexicans in my neighborhood with leaf blowers.

The damn noise is about to wear me out.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 19, 2012 12:22 PM (wR+pz)

163 The only hopeful and awe-inspiring thing about the movie?

Just insult Charlize Theron once and she's DTF

Posted by: The Q at October 19, 2012 12:23 PM (B/yDO)

164 My mom drove a Chrysler Prometheus when I was in high school.

Posted by: Dang© at October 19, 2012 12:23 PM (R18D0)

165 I'm very happy that many liberals have woken up.  I'm still not seeing it in my corner of the world.  Very liberal workplace where folks thinks Rs will cut science funding and put our jobs at risk.   Denver Post liberal paper has endorsed Obummer again.   Liberal democrat that has a part lease on a horse told me in 2011 that she and her friends would not vote for Barry again but she is finding rationales to do just that now.   I'll try to shift her to voting for Gary Johnson,  she really is more libertarian than Obot but its disheartening that someone who clearly realized the economy was a mess etc a year ago is now buying the Barry excuses.  

Posted by: PaleRider at October 19, 2012 12:23 PM (dkExz)

166 Iococca is pretty big. But what about the coveted Buttafuco vote? While were on once but not current media figures with absurd last names

Posted by: Jolly Roger at October 19, 2012 12:23 PM (t06LC)

167 I still fear that the rabbit puller in chief may yank a couple of bunnies out of a hat.

---

I'm not very worried.  that guy in that second debate focus group (on CNN I think) hit the nail on the head.  He thought that Obama lied to get his vote in 2008 and is still lying now.  The 'Bamster has no credibility and the MBM has no credibility.  Just because the 'Bamster makes so outrageous claim and the MBM runs with it, doesn't mean that the people will follow.  They know that they have been lied to before.

Posted by: WalrusRex at October 19, 2012 12:23 PM (XUKZU)

168 Yeah, but Obama has a 70% chance of winning!  That would be in our newsroom.

Posted by: Nate Silver at October 19, 2012 12:24 PM (wR+pz)

169 165 "My mom drove a Chrysler Prometheus when I was in high school."

The alien goo was soft Corinthian.

Posted by: The Q at October 19, 2012 12:24 PM (B/yDO)

170 btw, for a movie of that scale on budget and effects, you'd think old man Weyland wouldn't look like "old man Fonzerelli" on an episode of Happy Days. The make up on that actor was awful. Why didn't they just use, you know, An Old Man actor??

Posted by: soothsayer at October 19, 2012 12:24 PM (jUytm)

171 81   Mitt and Paul will be at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Golden CO 10/21

http://tinyurl.com/999km4c
*
*
Damn, I remember that place.  I saw Steve Miller Band there, my first summer in CO.  I wish I could be there!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 19, 2012 12:24 PM (BDU/a)

172

You wanna take a swing at someone who called your dad a liar?

Whoa, calmn down, Malia.  You're gonna be busy.  And please don't get your Mom involved.

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2012 12:24 PM (wAQA5)

173 "They all looked alike to me."

---

Don't park anywhere that they can have access to your hubcaps.

Posted by: WalrusRex at October 19, 2012 12:25 PM (XUKZU)

174 "What are you pervs doing in my room?  And where are my fucking pajamas?  What did you do to me while I was sleepin'.  Huh?  Fags?  You are so fucking dead!"

Posted by: The Giant Alien at October 19, 2012 12:26 PM (R18D0)

175 We  have  beefed  up  security  at  our  consulate  in  Romnesia.  Let's  hear  Chris  Stevens  complain  about  that!

Posted by: Grimacing Joe Biden at October 19, 2012 12:26 PM (OiC7K)

176 162 Romnesia? Isn't that a central European country that borders Hungary and Bulgaria? Of course it is. After all, I'm a geopolitical expert, according to the mainstream media.

Posted by: Joe Biden at October 19, 2012 04:22 PM (LTbLf)

 

No Joe, every one knows that Romnesia is a former french colony in equitorial africa famous for its gorillas and guerillas. In fact, its near Baracks home county of Kenya, which is why he probably brought it up.

Posted by: Jolly Roger at October 19, 2012 12:26 PM (t06LC)

177 160 I agree ... the plot was, at times ... not optimum.

Posted by: Honey Badger at October 19, 2012 12:26 PM (GvYeG)

178

152 "See! See! Even the righties' beloved Ronald Reagan bailed out Detroit when he had to in order to save jobs!"

 

-----------

 

I was under the impression we bailed out Chrysler to save the M-1 tank, but I do readily admit that I wasn't paying a lot of attention at the time.



 

Posted by: Anachronda at October 19, 2012 12:26 PM (xGZ+b)

179 He failed. Indeed. One might even suggest that he is a miserable failure.

Posted by: toby928© for TB at October 19, 2012 12:27 PM (QupBk)

180 >>>Iococca is pretty big. But what about the coveted Buttafuco vote? While were on once but not current media figures with absurd last names Ay-ay-AYYYY. Be nice. Be *nice.*

Posted by: Italian Stereotype Guy at October 19, 2012 12:27 PM (LCRYB)

181 From what I understand, Charlize wasn't barefoot even once in the whole movie.

Four thumbs down.

Posted by: Heel & Arch Fanciers, Inc. at October 19, 2012 12:27 PM (BDU/a)

182 as was pointed out on hot gas... Romnesia is our 57th state.

Posted by: Dr. Slotkin at October 19, 2012 12:27 PM (1crPI)

183 Mitt and Paul will be at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Golden CO 10/21

Dang.  Wish I wasn't a 4 hour drive away.  The site said 23 unless my glasses are really getting bad.

Posted by: Infidel at October 19, 2012 12:27 PM (O/fK8)

184

Denver Post endorses Obama.

 

Not a surprise.

Posted by: Meremortal spits at October 19, 2012 12:27 PM (1Y+hH)

185

Can a Gung-Ho Space Iguana party in this joint too? 

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Posted by: Grig at October 19, 2012 12:28 PM (BsG1N)

186 Help fund Obama's going away party

http://tinyurl.com/9yjolpz

Posted by: Jones in CO at October 19, 2012 12:29 PM (8sCoq)

187 Romnesia: A profound desire to forget the previous four years.

Posted by: Grig at October 19, 2012 12:29 PM (BsG1N)

188 160 Exactly. There is no rational explanation for the alien to start rampaging like he found out he came in dead last in his alien fantasy football league.   Well, he *is* an alien, so his thought processes would be, you now, alien.
Which begs the question: why does the black goo have different effects? At the beginning, the alien that drinks it dissolves, and the boyfriend does too to some extent. Fifield, the geologist who fell face first into the goo just ends up being mutated by it. What the fuck is going on?   Because David didn't read the user's manual?
 

Posted by: Anachronda at October 19, 2012 12:29 PM (xGZ+b)

189 Yes, that's the exact review. Is this everyone's opinion? The opening scene was intriguing.

Posted by: toby928© for TB at October 19, 2012 12:29 PM (QupBk)

190 That's Romnesia, Sweden.

Posted by: MSM from Die Hard at October 19, 2012 12:30 PM (sOtz/)

191 Troll pre-alert: Obama up 0.1% in RCP average right now! Ready the left wing gloat machine!

Posted by: DOOM, Ed.D at October 19, 2012 12:30 PM (rqCsd)

192 Just one excerpt, that kind of gives the tone.  This is from an "Annual Crime Evaluation Questionnaire"

The primary cause for an increasing crime rate is the political instability and lack of police and security officials after 8-months of civil war. Only 60% of the police have returned to duty and must rely on the various heavily armed militias for support in carrying out their duties. The militias control the neighborhoods and streets during the day time, but particularly at night, when most police are hesitant to come out of the stations to confront more heavily armed militias or criminal gangs.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 19, 2012 12:30 PM (8y9MW)

193 38
by 1996, Chrysler was in the black. Very black.

As in 0 debt, and flush with billions in cash.

That's why Daimler Benz snatched them up.

Posted by: soothsayer at October 19, 2012 03:59 PM (jUytm)


That always puzzled me. Did D-B intend to ransack Chrysler and then walk away? If so, they succeeded.

Posted by: joncelli at October 19, 2012 12:30 PM (RD7QR)

194 Damn, I remember that place. I saw Steve Miller Band there, my first summer in CO. I wish I could be there!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 19, 2012 04:24 PM (BDU/a)

 

 

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I remember listening to a Mozart piano concert there when I was a child with my  family on vacation.  I miss my family. 

Posted by: Soona at October 19, 2012 12:30 PM (3zJEz)

195 The man that almost singlehandedly created the greatest automobile in American history is a fucking idiot and it pains me to no end.
Posted by: © Sponge at October 19, 2012 03:53 PM

Hold on there, Skippy. Ol' Lido didn't singlehandedly create anything, particularly the Ford Mustang. What he created was a good legend, with himself as the star. Yes, he was terrific at management and at prodding a team toward a goal, but a lot of other people -- market researchers, engineers, designers and advertising people -- did the hard work while Iacocca presented himself as Mr Mustang. Everybody roots for a hero.

He deserves some credit, but not as much as he has always told people he did.

And he's not a fucking idiot, either. He just knows who the Most Important Person in the Universe is. Hint: that would be Lido Iacocca.

Posted by: MrScribbler, banned at TepidAir at October 19, 2012 12:31 PM (ZgX/g)

196 From the sidebar, I'm not at all sure that Christina Aguilera is a pop tart.  I'm thinking more of a high bran, unsweetened oatmeal with nuts breakfast cereal.

Posted by: WalrusRex at October 19, 2012 12:31 PM (XUKZU)

197 Did D-B intend to ransack Chrysler and then walk away? Evidently a pillage and dump.

Posted by: soothsayer at October 19, 2012 12:32 PM (jUytm)

198 Latino comedian Paul Rodriguez, working for Romney

http://tinyurl.com/97vfbqz

Posted by: Jones in CO at October 19, 2012 12:32 PM (8sCoq)

199 My favorite scene in Prometheus was when Denise Richards' character blew up the alien with a stick of dynamite and escaped back to Earth with the little survivor girl.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at October 19, 2012 12:33 PM (SY2Kh)

200 I have a Ripley Power Loader action figure.

It's up in my room.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 19, 2012 04:18 PM (bg/Pg)


Ace has a rubber fuck-doll that he calls "Ripley". 


It's up in his room

Posted by: eastvalleyphx says fuck islam at October 19, 2012 12:33 PM (/N+g9)

201 The #Romnesia has backfired #Obamnesia is way easier to make fun of with all Obama's forgotten in the last 4 years.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 19, 2012 12:33 PM (tf9Ne)

202 Bring back the K Car !   What a piece of crap.  

Posted by: The Jackhole at October 19, 2012 12:33 PM (nTgAI)

203 Lee Iacocca is just an evil rich white guy.

Posted by: Barky McFucknut at October 19, 2012 12:34 PM (BVkEs)

204 27 Ace, can we get a front page on the fact that State (and therefore Hilary and TFG) knew that Ambassador Stevens didn't have enough security for nearly a full year (starting in November 2011 at the latest) before he was murdered? Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 19, 2012 03:56 PM (8y9MW) _______________ I actually edited some of this-- 3 Oct 2011 Gunfight near mission property 14 Oct 2011 Armed Robbery of ORE staff 28 )ct 2011 Diplomatic vehicle stolen. 30 OCt 2011 Attempted Robbery of Embassy Warehouse 03 Nov 2011 Attempted car jacking of LES (locally employed staff) US Embassy 15 Nov 2011 Office of International NGO strafed 21 Nov 2011 inter militia fighting at Pal City Complex- Houses EU mission, UN offices, Canadian ambassador's residence, German mission. 27 Nov 2011 vandalism of vehicle at US embassy 28 Nov 2011 happens again. 02 Dec 2011 EU staff member carjacked. 13 Dec 2011 gunfight at Aman bank used by US embassy. 18 Dec 2011 Break in and theft from LES vehicle at the US embassy 21 Dec 2011 possible break in attempt at US embassy annex 29 DEC 2011 Burglary at NGO Office 7Jan 2012 French businessman murdered. 10 Jan 2012 Embassy LES vehicle break in, and theft.

Posted by: tasker at October 19, 2012 12:34 PM (r2PLg)

205

Thinking about it, the Obama campaign is burning on millions of media dollars and employs a lot of 'creative' people and the best thing they can come up with is "Romnesia". Fuck.

The Rom part doesn't blend nicely into the root association word "amnesia." It comes off as forced, and well, lame. That and binders is the best they can do.

Posted by: Jolly Roger at October 19, 2012 12:34 PM (t06LC)

206 Latino comedian Paul Rodriguez, working for Romney>>

Obama pissed him off early on by not letting the almond farmers have water. Some snail darter type BS.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 19, 2012 12:35 PM (tf9Ne)

207 177: "No Joe, every one knows that Romnesia is a former french colony in equitorial africa famous for its gorillas and guerillas. In fact, its near Baracks home county of Kenya, which is why he probably brought it up."

Ahhh. I like gorillas ... and bananas. Speaking of bananas, I like the "Banana Boat" song by Harry Belafonte. Or was it Barry Manilow that sang that? Whatever, the song literally is the greatest piece of music ever made. Well, that and the theme song for "Mr. Belvedere." Let me tell ya, that Bob Uecker was literally the greatest actor ever on that show. Well, him and that guy who played Oscar Goldman in "The Six Million Dollar Man." Speaking of six million dollars, did you know that Mitt Romney's rich?

Posted by: Joe Biden at October 19, 2012 12:35 PM (LTbLf)

208 OK Morons, I need some advice.  I live in a really nice neighborhood and no one but damn democrat  lawyer, ever puts signs in their yard. It is considered somewhat tacky.

I am thinking of just putting an empty chair in my yard.   Now is that too subtle?


Do you think people will figure it out or  should I stick a No bama sticker on it?

Posted by: Billy Bob, the 1% at October 19, 2012 12:35 PM (wR+pz)

209 es, that's the exact review. Is this everyone's opinion? Posted by: ace at October 19, 2012 04:01 PM (LCRYB) My opinion is that the random, unlikely decision making of the characters and the constant bizarre personality shifts they portray on screen renders the entire affair a massive pile of pure shit.

Posted by: Charlie at October 19, 2012 12:35 PM (q177U)

210 136 The giant alien at the beginning turned into inter-galactic sludge ...

Posted by: Honey Badger at October 19, 2012 04:16 PM (GvYeG)

 

Didn't realize Obama was in the movie.  He does a passable inter-galactic sluge.

Posted by: Ammo Dump at October 19, 2012 12:35 PM (YYyqq)

211 Evidently a pillage and dump.
Posted by: soothsayer


That reminds me.  Golden Corral® is now serving breakfast.  Anyone been?

Posted by: Dang© at October 19, 2012 12:35 PM (R18D0)

212 To have left Ambassador Stevens with so little security goes so far beyond the pale...

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 19, 2012 04:22 PM (8y9MW)


and They actually knew Him and was a Employee.

imagine how much they think we are worth ?

Posted by: willow at October 19, 2012 12:35 PM (hX8cq)

213 In fact a 'friend'?


Posted by: willow at October 19, 2012 12:36 PM (hX8cq)

214 203 Bring back the K Car ! What a piece of crap.

Posted by: The Jackhole at October 19, 2012 04:33 PM (nTgAI)

K Car convertible, crap with style.

Posted by: Red Shirt at October 19, 2012 12:36 PM (FIDMq)

215 Good lord, I go and walk the dog and come back to you goofballs arguing over the thought process and mood swings of movie aliens?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2012 12:37 PM (TMB3S)

216 Page 10, item 10E of that doc drop:

10. Professionalism of Police
E. Are unprofessional, ill-trained, grenerally intep, susceptible to bribery if initiated by others, and unresponsive to alarms and investigation of incidents in Post official neighborhoods.

The Libyan civil war has left the Ministry of Interior and urban police forces under strength, outgunned, and unmotivated to respond to even the most basic crimes.

I seriously feel ill.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 19, 2012 12:37 PM (8y9MW)

217 so Iacocca was in a alien movie as an alien?

Posted by: willow at October 19, 2012 12:37 PM (hX8cq)

218 Who the fuck is charlie? Why did my sig say charlie? woah...

Posted by: Max Power at October 19, 2012 12:37 PM (q177U)

219 No Golden Corrals up here. What's it like, a Sizzler with a buffet for old people?

Posted by: soothsayer at October 19, 2012 12:37 PM (jUytm)

220

@209

Use the sticker. Otherwise it looks like youre trying to unload furniture on any takers.

Posted by: Jolly Roger at October 19, 2012 12:37 PM (t06LC)

221 It's great that Romney got the Iacocca endorsement but until Octomom and Jared from Subway make their announcements I'm still on the fence.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at October 19, 2012 12:37 PM (+lsX1)

222

; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal">98
I have lots of questions for Promotheus, but the one single puzzling thing about the movie is:

Why was that giant alien so pissed?
Seriously, why all the anger, Mr Crankypants who just woke up?

Posted by: soothsayer

; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal">I liked it also, but if I was planning an eleventy trillion light year journey I would take some trail mix to have something to snack on, you know, in case I got hungry.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at October 19, 2012 12:38 PM (Rrc6j)

223 206 Thinking about it, the Obama campaign is burning on millions of media dollars and employs a lot of 'creative' people and the best thing they can come up with is "Romnesia". Fuck. The Rom part doesn't blend nicely into the root association word "amnesia." It comes off as forced, and well, lame. That and binders is the best they can do. _________________ Ha, phonetically it's indistinguishable from Rahmnesia.

Posted by: Dante at October 19, 2012 12:38 PM (NWLVJ)

224 Talk about a failed policy, here is the Taliban with a lesson in how to not do things:

"Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The Pakistani Taliban sought to silence the teenage education activist Malala Yousufzai by shooting her in the head. They're also trying to stifle the widespread criticism of the attack in the news media by threatening journalists in Pakistan."

The whole idea of terrorism is to terrorize your audience; therefore you want publicity so that your audience will know about your terrorism.  But not this time.  This was such a clusterfuck that the Taliban don't want any publicity.  Just don't mention our blood thirsty, pro-ignorance act of terror against a fourteen year old girl.

Posted by: WalrusRex at October 19, 2012 12:39 PM (XUKZU)

225 Allen in other words, they already knew Libyans were not allies of ours and actually toxic , c'mon they aligned themselves with Al Queda as their choice of allies.


Posted by: willow at October 19, 2012 12:39 PM (hX8cq)

226 224 206 Thinking about it, the Obama campaign is burning on millions of media dollars and employs a lot of 'creative' people and the best thing they can come up with is "Romnesia". Fuck.
The Rom part doesn't blend nicely into the root association word "amnesia." It comes off as forced, and well, lame. That and binders is the best they can do.

  Stupid thing still is the lead story from yahoo

Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna at October 19, 2012 12:39 PM (9+ccr)

227

Anyone else been watching that show...'Last Resort'?

 

It's an ABC show, which I just discovered in the OnDemand replays...since I don't ever watch ABC.

 

It's about a plot to go to War with Pakistan.

There is a highup conspiracy...within the administration...to nuke Pakistan.

Which they do.

 

But the nuclear Sub that was first ordered to fire on Pakistan, balked...and requested clarification.

Now, the Sub and it's crew are branded as 'traitors'...and are surrounded by Destroyers with an order to kill them.

 

Since Barky has hated Pakistan...for some reason...I thought it was interesting that there would be a tv-show made about a 'rogue conspiracy' playing out...to wipe out Pakistan.

 

Posted by: wheatie at October 19, 2012 12:40 PM (ipkPX)

228 That reminds me. Golden Corral® is now serving breakfast. Anyone been?

Posted by: Dang© at October 19, 2012 04:35 PM (R18D0)

I have driven by one numerous times, but never ventured in and no clue what they serve

Posted by: Red Shirt at October 19, 2012 12:40 PM (FIDMq)

229

Prometheus Honest Movie Review.

Enjoy, it's hilarious.  

Posted by: Beagle at October 19, 2012 12:40 PM (sOtz/)

230 Heren is an interesting comment from Ambassador Stevens in an e-mail: [...]they are clearly jockeying for position in a game that involves public relations and private intimidation ( Comment: A surprising number of contacts here dismiss many of the recent incidents- particularly the bombs that were reported discovered and disarmed--as have been engineered by the various security forces to discredit their rivals, to improve their own standing, and to seize prime real estate. End comment.)

Posted by: tasker at October 19, 2012 12:40 PM (r2PLg)

231 I am thinking of just putting an empty chair in my yard. Now is that too subtle?

Have a daughter or minion tour the neighborhood on a "chair drive". That is - donate a chair to charity by just picking one and putting it in your yard near the front. With a straight face.

Posted by: Al at October 19, 2012 12:40 PM (MzQOZ)

232 and the little clues at the beginning, such as the captain's Christmas tree, made you think it would have significance later in the film... nope. It's like someone wrote the first half of the movie, then another person finished writing the movie.

Posted by: soothsayer at October 19, 2012 12:40 PM (jUytm)

233 arguing over the thought process and mood swings of movie aliens?

---

Please, members of the celluloid immigrant community.

Posted by: WalrusRex at October 19, 2012 12:41 PM (XUKZU)

234 I'm glad you fellers can explain Prometheus.  I couldn't follow a gol-danged thing going on in the movie.  Except you gotta play Alpha Dude to bang the  hot chick on the space ship.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 19, 2012 12:41 PM (BAS5M)

235  It's great that Romney got the Iacocca endorsement but until Octomom and Jared from Subway make their announcements I'm still on the fence.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at October 19, 2012 04:37 PM (+lsX1)

 

 

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

 

 

I'm waiting for Kate Upton's endorsement.  Or maybe I'm just waiting for another Kate Upton link.  I'll have to think about this. 

Posted by: Soona at October 19, 2012 12:41 PM (3zJEz)

236

@227

Damn. Its like the media went full slutty cheerleader hanging onto every little word the star quarterback said  as if it were poetry no matter how fucking stupid it is

Posted by: Jolly Roger at October 19, 2012 12:41 PM (t06LC)

237 Prometheus Honest Movie Review. Enjoy, it's hilarious. Posted by: Beagle at October 19, 2012 04:40 PM (sOtz/) See, you almost made me like a movie I hated seeing. Huh.

Posted by: Max Power at October 19, 2012 12:42 PM (q177U)

238 217 Page 10, item 10E of that doc drop: 10. Professionalism of Police E. Are unprofessional, ill-trained, grenerally intep, susceptible to bribery if initiated by others, and unresponsive to alarms and investigation of incidents in Post official neighborhoods. The Libyan civil war has left the Ministry of Interior and urban police forces under strength, outgunned, and unmotivated to respond to even the most basic crimes. I seriously feel ill. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 19, 2012 04:37 PM (8y9MW) __________________ Same here. Haven't hit that part yet.

Posted by: tasker at October 19, 2012 12:42 PM (r2PLg)

239 No Golden Corrals up here.

What's it like, a Sizzler with a buffet for old people? Posted by: soothsayer



Imagine an all-you-can-eat assisted living cafeteria with hordes of morbidly obese diners pretending it tastes "really good." *blrp - splash*

Be sure and wear you comfy sweats.

Posted by: Dang© at October 19, 2012 12:42 PM (R18D0)

240 edit-- (Comment: A surprising number of contacts here dismiss many of the recent incidents- particularly the bombs that were ^reportedly^ discovered and disarmed--as have been engineered by the various security forces to discredit their rivals, to improve their own standing, and to seize prime real estate. End comment.)

Posted by: tasker at October 19, 2012 12:43 PM (r2PLg)

241 No Golden Corrals up here.


 They picked the perfect name, because if you've ever been in one it looks like a bunch of starving cattle stampeding to get their cud...

Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna at October 19, 2012 12:44 PM (9+ccr)

242 That reminds me. Golden Corral® is now serving breakfast. Anyone been?

Their "free insulin shot with every purchase of a bottomless cotton candy bucket" promo should be a big hit. If you go for breakfast make sure to try the maple glazed choco-bacon breakfast sundae - it's got chunks of real peanuts in it so you know it's healthy.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at October 19, 2012 12:45 PM (+lsX1)

243 That always puzzled me. Did D-B intend to ransack Chrysler and then walk away? If so, they succeeded.
Posted by: joncelli at October 19, 2012 04:30 PM

It wasn't that simple. D-B management wanted to move into the US market in a big way, and the cheapest "in" was to buy an existing company. They tried Ford, and got the cold shoulder. The headman at Chrysler looked at how much money he, personally, could net from selling the company and agreed without insisting on safeguards to keep Chrysler from losing any shred of independence.

That said, Chrysler did benefit from the acquisition by D-B, getting a lot of good engineering without laying out a lot of money (the Mercedes E-Class and Chrysler 300 shared a lot of unseen hardware).

In the end, D-B was having its own troubles and not getting much cash in from Chrysler operations. When Cerberus (a venture-capital group) offered a shitload of cash for Chrysler, D-B agreed.

But then, Cerberus didn't know shit about running a car company -- especially one with an absurdly high debt load -- and was going to have to go BK. Enter Choom Boy (with our money) and Fiat, which got the company for peanuts. Like GM, Chrysler remains on thin ice.

Posted by: MrScribbler, banned at TepidAir at October 19, 2012 12:46 PM (ZgX/g)

244 Otherwise it looks like youre trying to unload furniture on any takers. In a sense, we are. But perhaps that's too meta.

Posted by: toby928© for TB at October 19, 2012 12:46 PM (QupBk)

245 They picked the perfect name, because if you've ever been in one it looks like a bunch of starving cattle stampeding to get their cud...

Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna at October 19, 2012 04:44 PM (9+ccr)

 

 

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

 

 

Their dinner rolls are excellent, though. 

Posted by: Soona at October 19, 2012 12:47 PM (3zJEz)

246 Hold on, folks. The last months of the epic failure that was the Obama presidency will be very ugly. Be prepared.

Posted by: Bystander at October 19, 2012 12:48 PM (/sohm)

247 192 Troll pre-alert: Obama up 0.1% in RCP average right now! Ready the left wing gloat machine!

Posted by: DOOM, Ed.D at October 19, 2012 04:30 PM (rqCsd)

Well, when half or more of the polls usually in the RCP average are assuming turnout advantages for Democrats of D+7 or higher (which was the advantage the Dems. held in 200 , the calculated RCP average will almost always point to an Obama lead. I don't think many voters or analysts on the Right think that Romney will likely win the election if the turnout is D+7 or higher on Election Day, as it would require record-breaking turnout by Independents.

IMO, if RCP wanted to provide a valuable look at the polls, they should use the same methodology used by researchers when the conduct a meta-analysis (i.e., combine data from multiple different sources and studies and analyze it) then provide the results under different turnout assumptions.

Posted by: Slappy at October 19, 2012 12:48 PM (LTbLf)

248 Who the fuck is charlie? Why did my sig say charlie? woah...

Posted by: Max Power at October 19, 2012 04:37 PM (q177U)



Obviously, somebody Wienered your Twitter account.

Posted by: © Sponge at October 19, 2012 12:48 PM (UK9cE)

249 But not Althouse.

Posted by: The littl shyning man at October 19, 2012 12:49 PM (PH+2B)

250 I thought about doing some clandestine operations and stashing a few busted lawn chairs next to the Obama signs on the main drag thru town

Posted by: Red Shirt at October 19, 2012 12:49 PM (FIDMq)

251 And remember: if you can find a better presidential candidate, buy him.

Posted by: Lee Iacocca at October 19, 2012 12:49 PM (boNGU)

252

We're not, in fact, just wild partisans holding Obama up to impossible standards. It is confirmed that people who actually lean Democratic, and not just lean, but are genuine Democrats have had their fill of Obama

___

Buzz Bissinger endorsed Romney right after the first debate and then all hell unleashed on him. How many high profile switchers are there who just don't want the hassle of going public?

Posted by: kallisto at October 19, 2012 12:50 PM (jm/9g)

253 Their dinner rolls are excellent, though. Posted by: Soona at October 19, 2012 04:47 PM

I lived near one during my Texas days, but seeing the people going in -- morbidly obese and fatter -- kept me from actually trying one. Well, that and the ad on teevee for their "Chocolate Fountain."

But I did try Sonic for the first time while in TX. Yum.

Posted by: MrScribbler, banned at TepidAir at October 19, 2012 12:51 PM (ZgX/g)

254

Prometheus Movie Review.

 

I give this movie, as I do all movies, two thumbs up...my ass.

Posted by: Roger Ebert at October 19, 2012 12:51 PM (YYyqq)

255 Goddamn emoticons. Every freakin' time I type the number "8" followed by a closing parenthesis I'm looking at some smiling asshole emoticon graphic wearing sunglasses.

Posted by: Slappy at October 19, 2012 12:52 PM (LTbLf)

256 Harry Reid on FNC.  Why doesn't someone stop this monster from buggering and strangling little boys.

Posted by: Soona at October 19, 2012 12:52 PM (3zJEz)

257

"He had his opportunity. He was given every chance. He had a unified all-Democratic government to rubber-stamp whatever he liked."

That what happens when an amateur is elected President. He could've even raised taxes on the super-rich. Why aren't any of the lemmings in the media asking that question? Clinton didn't waste that opportunity. He raised taxes on the rich in 1993. Of course, he was a four term governor or Arkansas.

Posted by: Wendy at October 19, 2012 12:52 PM (KydDZ)

258 For some reason the idea of a chocolate fountain repulses me.

Posted by: eleven at October 19, 2012 12:53 PM (fsLdt)

259 255: "...two thumbs up...my ass."

Oooooohhhhhhh!!! While only two?!?

Posted by: Barney Frank at October 19, 2012 12:53 PM (LTbLf)

260

8(

Posted by: eleven at October 19, 2012 12:53 PM (fsLdt)

261 Buzz Bissinger endorsed Romney right after the first debate and then all hell unleashed on him. How many high profile switchers are there who just don't want the hassle of going public?

Posted by: kallisto at October 19, 2012 04:50 PM (jm/9g)

 

 

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

 

 

I think we could follow this phenomenon right on down to the lowliest dem voter.

Posted by: Soona at October 19, 2012 12:54 PM (3zJEz)

262 While=Why ... I screwed that one up.

Posted by: Barney Frank at October 19, 2012 12:54 PM (LTbLf)

263 The chocolate fountain isn't super healthy, but the free cotton candy is 100% fat free so if you have health problems you can just get that.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at October 19, 2012 12:57 PM (+lsX1)

264 The chocolate fountain isn't super healthy, but the free cotton candy is 100% fat free so if you have health problems you can just get that.
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head

I made my own Chocolate Wonderfall® in the bathroom when I got home.

Posted by: Dang© at October 19, 2012 01:06 PM (R18D0)

265 8 followed by - )? I was wondering how ya did that. Thanks

Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 19, 2012 01:13 PM (GX2fm)

266 You know, if I knew how to make more of those things I would be able to do a better job of communicating to you morons just lucky you've been to have me around these last 5+ years. It's so hard to dial my exquisite intellect down to your level.

Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 19, 2012 01:18 PM (JCIjD)

267 "I hope there's an ad. Look, I hate to say such a horrible thing about our current culture, but it doesn't count if it's not on TV." Ace is a smart guy (stop laughing), but is this really so? I may just be a premature curmudgeon, but I don't watch tv. At all. Sports don't count, that's a manrule. Carry on.

Posted by: doc at October 19, 2012 01:21 PM (AV7xO)

268 P.S. I'll bet my lunch money Ohio goes for Mitt. However, PA is like fool's gold for repubs anymore. No matter how great the gotv effort, the dem machine in Philly can top it (oh hey, look at all these uncounted ballots we found in the trunks of election officials' cars!)

Posted by: doc at October 19, 2012 01:24 PM (AV7xO)

269 I just got a robocall inviting me to a Ryan event at the Pittsburgh Airport on Saturday.  I think that means the Repubs think PA is in play.

Posted by: dmhbeaver at October 19, 2012 01:26 PM (itHUj)

270 Here's the thing. Obama isn't just a Democrat. He's a PROGRESSIVE. He's as far Left a politician as we've ever had as a president or for that matter as a Senator. The fact that even some Democrats are exhausted by Obama's immeasurable failure is indicative of a constituency that was never as far coocoonuts as The Democrat Party, as a whole, appeared. The Democrats were kidnapped by The New Party (IOW, Communists) and the Liberal Yet Not-Communists went along for the ride. Well, the ride is over and they know it. Furthermore, they're nauseous for the effort.

Americans still detest Communists and Obama is a Communist as are numerous actors in his Administration. Fortunately we may just miss the killing blow and boot these hostile enemies (and they are enemies) out of power. Hopefully we'll step up our game and purge their idiocracy from our politics for a few generations as we try to rebuild.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at October 19, 2012 01:56 PM (eHIJJ)

271 When it matters this much, you've got to make SOME sort of effort everywhere, win, lose or draw.

Re Prometheus:

Supposedly what pissed the big alien off was David asking the alien to give Weyland eternal life. The aliens don't dig that shit - it's heresy to them.

As for the theory of the aliens wanting to wipe humanity out for murdering Christ, this completely misses the fact that (positing your belief in such things), Christ set things up to happen the way they did (even though He had doubts the night before). You don't even have to be a believer to understand enough theology to comprehend that.

They could have done some stuff better, true, and they left a lot of stuff unanswered - but for me, that's half the fun.

Posted by: perturbed at October 19, 2012 02:19 PM (j0ZKo)

272 he gave us the k-car and now this! what a merican

Posted by: coldwarrior at October 19, 2012 02:19 PM (fpL1+)

273 Re. the Tennessean endorsement: oh yeah, Ace, it's significant. We're talking about a surprisingly liberal rag, that paper. We used to have another (Nashville Banner), in the afternoon and on Saturday, that was a bit more "centered" (that is, they weren't unabashed libs 24/7) - alas, no more.

Tennessee may have helped Clinton win twice but at least we knew better than to vote for "our" very own Al Gore in 2000. We went for W again in 2004, knew better than to vote for Obama in 2008, and we damn sure know better this time around.

Also, remember, Davidson county (Nashville) is where a lot of Obama's votes are going to come from.

This endorsement may not be a Biden-level BFD, but it does emphasize that change is in the wind.

And it's like icing on a cake.

A cake that Christina Hendrix is about to jump out of.

Or, if you'd prefer and were so inclined, it's like icing on a "Happy Diablo III, Ryan" cake.

That Christina Hendrix is about to jump out of ... lol ...

Posted by: Bill in TN at October 19, 2012 02:50 PM (dLzB5)

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

Posted by: steevy at October 19, 2012 02:54 PM (Ts9tU)

275 Actually I suspect Brooks and Frum will end up voting for Romney, because they will A) Convince themselves he's a moderate Republican, they're moderate Republicans and its okay B) See enough people moving to that bandwagon that it won't be perceived as racist to vote for the guy

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 19, 2012 04:20 PM (r4wIV)

276 What steevy said times a bazillion.

Posted by: Firing the SCOAMF in November at October 19, 2012 04:22 PM (lqX+S)

277 Late-night anecdote:

I was talking to a film producer I know (indie, Democrat; natch), and she was complaining bitterly about her health insurance company (hey, I hate mine, too); she said her doctor is a supporter of Obamacare, etc.

She doesn't know I'm an apostate Democrat.

So I said, in mildly regretful tones, "Well, yeah, they all Suck, but I don't have any hopes of Obamacare: just think about this, Deb -- the insurance companies ENDORSED it. That means they're getting a sweetheart deal from the Obama Administration some kind of way. And we won't even be able to fire them any more."

She didn't even try to argue the point: "Yeah, I know. They fought Hillarycare, but they have some kind of deal with Obamacare," she admitted with disgust.

New York City. Movie biz liberal. On BEEE-Oh's "signature legislation."

"Stop B-O Now": http://tinyurl.com/9b7ng5e

Posted by: beverly at October 19, 2012 11:42 PM (JYwNg)

278 Reagan had nothing to do with the Chrysler bailout, if I remember correctly. The bill was signed by Carter in 1979. I can't believe the history morons let that pass!

Posted by: Nuncle at October 20, 2012 10:26 AM (f+zvk)

279 If Romney wins FL, NC, VA, OH, CO, and IA (Ceteris paribus plus ignoring MN,WI, NH, MI and PA, and NV) he will be at 281.

Posted by: perdogg at October 20, 2012 12:51 PM (Ttf/I)

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