October 05, 2012
— Ace
@benhowe notes the silly stunt by the babbling, incoherent old man Clint Eastwood seems to have... resonated in the public consciousness precisely as he intended it to.
Almost as if a celebrated story-teller and "movie tradesman" knew something about visuals and metaphor and narrative or something!
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Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2012 01:38 PM (2b4yb)
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If they win, they're going to dismantle everything we've accomplished together over the past three and a half years, and turn back the clock to the same failed policies that got us into this mess in the first place.
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Dude! If you're waiting on me, you are in SERIOUS trouble.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 05, 2012 01:39 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: wheatie at October 05, 2012 01:40 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: fluffy at October 05, 2012 01:40 PM (4pSIn)
....an empty chair is useful, and performs its job when I need it to.
Posted by: Naj at October 05, 2012 01:40 PM (tAHf5)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 05, 2012 01:41 PM (dx2ze)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at October 05, 2012 01:41 PM (YmPwQ)
It's a little to the left of Pravda,
Posted by: Dr Spank at October 05, 2012 01:41 PM (0muQ0)
Posted by: rukiddingme? at October 05, 2012 01:41 PM (MbeEN)
Posted by: Vic at October 05, 2012 01:42 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 05, 2012 01:42 PM (r4wIV)
Undoubtedly, just as he did back then, he'll have to come out in a couple of days and claim that he meant it as a commentary on the unhinged, baseless fears of the wingnuts, not as a pertinent comment on the Boy King Barry O.
Posted by: DelD at October 05, 2012 01:43 PM (TYYff)
Posted by: CUS at October 05, 2012 01:43 PM (84pE9)
Posted by: GREG! at October 05, 2012 01:43 PM (0muQ0)
Posted by: JEM at October 05, 2012 01:44 PM (o+SC1)
http://www.newyorker.com/online/covers/slideshow_blittcovers#slide=1
Posted by: DelD at October 05, 2012 01:44 PM (TYYff)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 05, 2012 01:45 PM (aHR5E)
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You know who else? Hey Monica. Get in here.
Posted by: Mr Bill Clinton at October 05, 2012 01:45 PM (84pE9)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 05, 2012 01:45 PM (8sCoq)
Ace: ..."Almost as if a celebrated story-teller and "movie tradesman" knew something about visuals and metaphor and narrative or something!"
Yeah, Ace....the brilliance of Clint's performance, earned him an even bigger place in our history books.
I was amazed at the time...at how many on our side, didn't 'get' what he had just done.
Posted by: wheatie at October 05, 2012 01:45 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: © Sponge at October 05, 2012 01:45 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: Maureen Dowdy at October 05, 2012 01:46 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 05, 2012 01:46 PM (dx2ze)
Posted by: Elaine Benes at October 05, 2012 01:46 PM (B/yDO)
Posted by: JEM at October 05, 2012 01:47 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Yip at October 05, 2012 01:47 PM (Mrdk1)
Here's Artist Barry Blitti on the previous cover, with the fist bump.
I think the idea that the Obamas are branded as unpatriotic [let alone as terrorists] in certain sectors is preposterous. It seemed to me that depicting the concept would show it as the fear-mongering ridiculousness that it is.
Posted by: DelD at October 05, 2012 01:47 PM (TYYff)
Posted by: GuyfromNH at October 05, 2012 01:47 PM (kbOju)
Posted by: Charles Blowjob at October 05, 2012 01:47 PM (B/yDO)
Posted by: Dang© at October 05, 2012 01:48 PM (R18D0)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 05, 2012 01:48 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 05, 2012 01:48 PM (lTVJy)
Somewhat relatedly, and it may have been mentioned by others, but it's abundantly clear that the rumors that Obama absolutely hates Romney on a personal level are true. I think the reason why he looked down so much at the debate was because his handlers told him that if he gets angry, don't scowl or stare at Romney - just look down.
I think he is furious that he was humiliated by Romney at the debates, and can hardly control his rage, precisely because Romney has opened Obama up to ridicule - even by the left.
Posted by: angler at October 05, 2012 01:48 PM (SwjAj)
Posted by: Get off'a mah lawn at October 05, 2012 01:48 PM (9UEu0)
Posted by: OceanusRex at October 05, 2012 01:49 PM (yAI5q)
Posted by: lowandslow at October 05, 2012 01:49 PM (GZitp)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 05, 2012 01:49 PM (8sCoq)
Being a flaming Eeyore gets you more attention.
Ain't that right, Drew?
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 05, 2012 01:49 PM (vY2x+)
Posted by: Drew in MO at October 05, 2012 01:50 PM (ZgvAc)
Posted by: The Q at October 05, 2012 01:50 PM (B/yDO)
Posted by: Nate Silvercock at October 05, 2012 01:51 PM (ECYvo)
Posted by: Jim Scrummy at October 05, 2012 01:51 PM (y12hg)
Posted by: Empty Chair at October 05, 2012 01:51 PM (qZXps)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 05, 2012 01:51 PM (WhJf8)
Posted by: angler
When I was watching the debate, I really think when Barely could muster the courage to look in Mitt's direction, he was looking above him. Up in the cheap seats or at the ceiling across the room. He was trying to make it look like he was looking at Mitt but he couldn't even fake it. Very strange.
Posted by: Dang© at October 05, 2012 01:52 PM (R18D0)
Posted by: JK Rowling at October 05, 2012 01:52 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: Truman North at October 05, 2012 01:52 PM (pkmQ8)
Posted by: Jim Scrummy at October 05, 2012 05:51 PM (y12hg)
it is read by tens of people
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 05, 2012 01:52 PM (8sCoq)
Mitt stomped a puddle in him, and then walked it dry. The destruction was complete.
Kratos needs to be here to remind us that gods die. Especially the petulant, all too human ones.
Posted by: Invictus at October 05, 2012 01:52 PM (OQpzc)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at October 05, 2012 01:53 PM (6zgse)
Posted by: MSM at October 05, 2012 01:53 PM (PNDql)
Posted by: Redd at October 05, 2012 01:53 PM (guxHP)
The first-ever NYer cover.
I bet the cover is worth more than the ad I purchased.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 05, 2012 01:53 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: pray for peace at October 05, 2012 01:53 PM (oZfic)
That's the one thing no politician can survive.
Posted by: JEM at October 05, 2012 01:53 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: PAgirlinNC at October 05, 2012 01:54 PM (B5JGC)
64 The New Yorker is just something people put on their coffee table so other people think they're intellectual.
I'm thinking that *this* particular issue, won't be getting that sort of treatment.
Probably a lot of subscribers will say..."Gosh, my last issue of the New Yorker must've gotten lost in the mail".
Posted by: wheatie at October 05, 2012 01:54 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 05, 2012 01:54 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: O'Bumbles at October 05, 2012 01:55 PM (ndlFj)
He wouldn't be so mean if that was a white chair.
Posted by: Chris Matthews at October 05, 2012 01:55 PM (wAQA5)
Posted by: Dobby at October 05, 2012 01:55 PM (62yHA)
Who knew the New Yorker had its finger on the pulse of the nation?
Gee, that's two covers in four years that got it right (the other cover being the fist-bumping terrorist Obamas).
Posted by: Boots at October 05, 2012 01:55 PM (neKzn)
http://tinyurl.com/9qeea6m
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 05, 2012 01:55 PM (8sCoq)
It wasn't until the next morning when I watched it again that I began to understand the genius of it - and the hilarity of it.
Posted by: angler at October 05, 2012 01:55 PM (SwjAj)
I'm sure the article will criticize Romney, tho, for "balance."
I also noted in the debate that Obama nodded his head as Romney was reciting his facts (against him) and smiling at Romney's jokes! Like he was the student!
Posted by: PJ at October 05, 2012 01:56 PM (DQHjw)
didn't mitt call him boy in the debate
when he was refering to his own boys telling tall tales
did you see o's face it was similar to his reaction to Ryan at the
health summit
Posted by: vizzy at October 05, 2012 01:56 PM (GmfkE)
[ s] strike [ /s ]
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Yeah, I know. I just thought that those little buttony thingies might actually--WORK.
Posted by: CUS at October 05, 2012 01:56 PM (84pE9)
That's only a gallon and a half of gas. Think of it that way.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 05, 2012 01:56 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2012 01:56 PM (d0Dmj)
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 05, 2012 01:56 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: El Lobo at October 05, 2012 01:57 PM (+I8Mq)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at October 05, 2012 01:57 PM (6zgse)
Posted by: editing at October 05, 2012 01:57 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Chipperoo at October 05, 2012 01:57 PM (6c62F)
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IMO, this and other jabs at His Majesty by the left are meant to do one thing. Get him so angry that he will attempt to eviscerate Romney at the next debate. That's what they want him to do and they're disappointed he didn't do that Wednesday. They're poking him and trying to get him so riled up that he comes out swinging. Mark my words, he will be one nasty, lying sumbitch next debate.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 05, 2012 01:57 PM (lTVJy)
Posted by: Toure,Emory dropout extraodinaire at October 05, 2012 01:58 PM (vjyZP)
Yeah, it's real. FuffHo has a post up (no linky for Zsa Zsa).
The artist is gonna have a tough time taking this quote back, though.
"This image seemed like a proper response to the first Presidential debate," Blitt told the New Yorker's Culture Desk. "But IÂ’m not sure I realized how hard it is to caricature furniture."
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 05, 2012 01:58 PM (TIIx5)
Would have been equally appropriate to have Michelle sitting in the wreckage of a broken chair.
Posted by: Uncle Milty at October 05, 2012 01:58 PM (8J5Ck)
Posted by: Empty Chair at October 05, 2012 01:59 PM (qZXps)
He's their guy and he looked like a schmuck after they'd sold this super-intellect image of the man-child.
Why, he almost make them look like schmucks. Hmm.
(The only way the left keep the word, "almost" in that sentence above is to pounce on Obama and join in the fun.)
Posted by: Dang© at October 05, 2012 01:59 PM (R18D0)
Posted by: Redd at October 05, 2012 05:53 PM (guxHP)
.................... As the Kraut said, that was Obama's A game. He didn't screw up, he just found someone who refused to bend a knee. And that was, truly, the best he can do on a level playing field.
Posted by: Invictus at October 05, 2012 01:59 PM (OQpzc)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 05, 2012 02:00 PM (vY2x+)
Posted by: Clint at October 05, 2012 02:00 PM (Xv7f/)
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 05, 2012 02:00 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: Drew in MO at October 05, 2012 02:00 PM (ZgvAc)
113 No Mr. Chair. I expect you to die.
*giggle snort*
Nice....in keeping with the Bond anniversary.
Posted by: wheatie at October 05, 2012 02:01 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: Tin man at October 05, 2012 02:01 PM (85x54)
Posted by: wheatie at October 05, 2012 05:45 PM (l5RhJ)
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The Empty Chair has even more legs than "you didn't build that", although the latter is still in play.
Yeah, it was funny reading so many of the comments deriding Clint's schtick. I'm looking at you, Drew (among others).
Never doubt the Clint.
Posted by: Soona at October 05, 2012 02:01 PM (lpkBf)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 05, 2012 02:01 PM (piMMO)
And what's amazing is that this wasn't some pre-planned, well-thought-out idea that Clint had worked on. He claims he came up with it as he was waiting backstage. It really speaks to the value of instinct.
Posted by: angler at October 05, 2012 02:01 PM (SwjAj)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, unbanned, ready to get this done at October 05, 2012 02:01 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 05, 2012 02:01 PM (ovpNn)
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I noticed that, too. I thought he was on drugs. If you watched his facial expressions, he'd get this total shit eating grin on his face, and blink his eyes very slowly. It was bizarre. Both Mr. Black and I got the strong desire to hit him in the face with a wet, manure-filled sock.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 05, 2012 02:01 PM (lTVJy)
Posted by: Dang© at October 05, 2012 02:01 PM (R18D0)
Passed a woman holding up a "Redistribute Obama" sign on a street corner on the way to work this morning. After passing through the intersection I noticed she had placed an empty chair on the corner across the street. It had a big 0 taped to it, lest anyone miss the reference.
Posted by: rockhead at October 05, 2012 02:01 PM (jtTKf)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 05, 2012 02:02 PM (ovpNn)
Next presidential debate they'll be playing up the "debates don't matter and they're boring so you really shouldn't even bother watching" meme for all it's worth.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at October 05, 2012 02:02 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: tasker at October 05, 2012 02:02 PM (r2PLg)
I don't know if that's true. The one thing the Left can't have is for its ideology to be made to look foolish, especially in comparison to anything emanating from the GOP. The fact that Romney made Obama (and, by extension, the entire Leftist worldview) look foolish makes Obama expendable.
Posted by: BS Inc. at October 05, 2012 02:02 PM (P2Ufm)
When I read the "New Yorker Culture Desk" I envisioned a bunch of Petri dishes.
I don't know why.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 05, 2012 02:02 PM (lOmbq)
Posted by: Scholastic Ineptitude Testers at October 05, 2012 02:02 PM (feFL6)
Posted by: PAgirlinNC at October 05, 2012 02:02 PM (B5JGC)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 05, 2012 02:03 PM (PHb2k)
Posted by: jakeman at October 05, 2012 02:03 PM (96M6e)
http://tinyurl.com/99jjhee
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 05, 2012 02:03 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Dave in Texas at October 05, 2012 02:03 PM (WvXvd)
Posted by: The littl shyning man at October 05, 2012 02:03 PM (PH+2B)
.Posted by: soothsayer at October 05, 2012 02:04 PM (g8WYH)
Posted by: Pecan Scandi at October 05, 2012 02:04 PM (yvSVk)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, unbanned, ready to get this done at October 05, 2012 02:04 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: PJ at October 05, 2012 05:56 PM (DQHjw)
There was one point when Romney was defending his tax plan after Obama misrepresented it and at the very end you can hear Obama say meekly, "ok".
Mike Gallagher kept playing the tape of in earlier in the week.
Posted by: Tami at October 05, 2012 02:05 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 05, 2012 02:05 PM (8sCoq)
Put me in a foul mood.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at October 05, 2012 02:05 PM (8JpQH)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 05, 2012 02:05 PM (dx2ze)
Posted by: soothsayer at October 05, 2012 02:05 PM (+7i2c)
Posted by: soothsayer at October 05, 2012 06:04 PM (g8WYH)
They don't have to tranquilize him. The pithing took care of that.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2012 02:06 PM (2b4yb)
They might secretly slip Biden a mickey before the debate. He cannot to be trusted.
A Vicodin to mellow him out a little.
Posted by: soothsayer at October 05, 2012 06:05 PM (+7i2c)
Nah ,he'd slobber on himself even more...
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 05, 2012 02:06 PM (9+ccr)
They might secretly slip Biden a mickey before the debate. He cannot to be trusted.
He seemed extra calm during the Veep debate 4 years ago.
Posted by: fluffy at October 05, 2012 02:07 PM (4pSIn)
GNASHING OF TEETH PULLING OF HAIR AND GENERAL WAILING
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 05, 2012 06:01 PM (ovpNn)
Ah yes. The Lamentations of the Women.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 05, 2012 02:07 PM (TIIx5)
Posted by: Tami at October 05, 2012 02:07 PM (X6akg)
They can just spike it in the botox injection for his forehead.
Posted by: angler at October 05, 2012 02:07 PM (SwjAj)
Posted by: mpfs at October 05, 2012 02:07 PM (3xbS0)
Posted by: pat at October 05, 2012 02:07 PM (UFxap)
I don't know if that's true. The one thing the Left can't have is for its ideology to be made to look foolish, especially in comparison to anything emanating from the GOP. The fact that Romney made Obama (and, by extension, the entire Leftist worldview) look foolish makes Obama expendable.
Thus, Chrissie Matthew's aneurysm.
Posted by: rockhead at October 05, 2012 02:07 PM (jtTKf)
A Vicodin to mellow him out a little.
A simple severing of the frontal lobe has the same effect and is more cost effective over a normal life expectancy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 05, 2012 02:08 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: soothsayer at October 05, 2012 02:08 PM (SljXf)
Posted by: thunderb a conservative jew at October 05, 2012 02:08 PM (Dnbau)
All of this is gonna cause Bracky to turn into al gore aggressy in the next debate.
which will be awesome, because he can't help it, his ego is too fragile, he is too arrogant, I think he will go off the deep end. And I will laugh.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 05, 2012 02:08 PM (PHb2k)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 05, 2012 02:08 PM (DuH+r)
Posted by: Chelsey at October 05, 2012 02:08 PM (EuW9O)
Posted by: tasker at October 05, 2012 02:09 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Please stop pinning my eyes open! at October 05, 2012 02:09 PM (UxKxm)
I'll admit: as I was watching Clint live, I was petrified. I thought, at the time, it was a disaster with one or two okay lines. That was because I expected a standard convention speech and I had no idea where he was coming from or where he was going. I went to bed that night thinking that it was a disaster.
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What's even funnier is imagining the guffaws in the SCOAMT's little circle when Clint performed this. I bet they ain't fuckin' laughing now.
Posted by: Soona at October 05, 2012 02:09 PM (lpkBf)
Only if there's a lobe to begin with.
Posted by: angler at October 05, 2012 02:09 PM (SwjAj)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 05, 2012 06:08 PM (QKKT0)
They've apparently already tried that.
Posted by: Tami at October 05, 2012 02:09 PM (X6akg)
That was a sight to behold! I can't wait till election night when Chrissy realizes Barry lost! Better have the paramedics handy...
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 05, 2012 02:09 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: cajun carrot at October 05, 2012 02:09 PM (3jgI1)
Posted by: wheatie at October 05, 2012 05:45 PM (l5RhJ)
It wasn't the chair bit that anyone didn't 'get'. It was that Eastwood stammered and stumbled a bit through an unpolished, ad-lib delivery.
When I watched it live, I was honestly worried that Clint would completely fall apart. The audience liked it though, and that's all that really matters. Plus we got an empty chair joke out of it.
I'd have preferred that he wrote himself a quick script to rehearse beforehand, but that's just me I guess.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at October 05, 2012 02:09 PM (SY2Kh)
daughter's history teacher told her today that Romney's plan would cause a trillion dollar deficit.
Empty chair at the head of the class
Hey, that's hundreds of billions less than Bambi's, so that's a good thing. Right?
Posted by: rockhead at October 05, 2012 02:09 PM (jtTKf)
Posted by: sTevo at October 05, 2012 02:10 PM (VMcEw)
He seemed extra calm during the Veep debate 4 years ago."
He was flirting with Palin.
Posted by: pat at October 05, 2012 02:10 PM (UFxap)
Name of magazine.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 05, 2012 02:10 PM (wR+pz)
the shocking part? People pay $6 for the New Yorker.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 05, 2012 06:03 PM (PHb2k)
I'd pay $6 for THIS issue.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 05, 2012 02:10 PM (TIIx5)
"Okay, I'll take his call in a minute."
"Uh, he's not on the phone, he's standing right here, and he's carrying an axe."
Posted by: JEM at October 05, 2012 02:10 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Invictus at October 05, 2012 02:10 PM (OQpzc)
Posted by: William Munny at October 05, 2012 02:11 PM (BAnPT)
Empty chair at the head of the class
Posted by: thunderb a conservative jew at October 05, 2012 06:08 PM (Dnbau)
1) I would be at the school asking the teacher to prove that to me....and show your work.
2) Is she unaware of her boyfriend's deficits?
Posted by: Tami at October 05, 2012 02:11 PM (X6akg)
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Dumb fuck teacher. We already have that.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 05, 2012 02:11 PM (lTVJy)
which will be awesome, because he can't help it, his ego is too fragile, he is too arrogant, I think he will go off the deep end. And I will laugh.
I can just see Mitt standing there with a patient smile as Obama sprays spittle all over the stage like a pissed off teenage girl.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 05, 2012 02:11 PM (QKKT0)
168 Can someone please prop open Carl Cameron's eyes open.! I am so sick of looking at his squinty face.
Campaign Carl's mask has come off, in recent weeks.
He's been openly sneering at Romney, and openly flashing his high beams at Barky.
I think some others have noticed this...and complained...because they don't seem to be giving him as much air time in the last few days.
Posted by: wheatie at October 05, 2012 02:12 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: Buzzhead Zeke at October 05, 2012 02:12 PM (PHb2k)
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That's where you need ace's 'no, please go on' gambit. Barky goes on a rant, Ronmey leans back, arms folded and when Barky finishes, Mitt slams him with the line.
Posted by: CUS at October 05, 2012 02:12 PM (84pE9)
Posted by: Invictus at October 05, 2012 06:10 PM (OQpzc)
Hey! Who you calling stupid? Not our fault the State is standing on the abyss...
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 05, 2012 02:12 PM (9+ccr)
Something I don't understand because I don't think it's true, but we are always hearing about how Barky is so "likeable", he's the guy that people "like", his "favorability" ratings are always so high.
Well, if enough lefties push him hard enough, he might just come outta the gate at the next debate breathing fire like that photoshop of AlGore.
Hahaha, if he really does start shouting like he's unhinged, and doing the little middle finger nose scratch he used on Hillary! that will destroy the whole "he's so nice" meme.
Posted by: Boots at October 05, 2012 02:12 PM (neKzn)
Posted by: Evilpens at October 05, 2012 02:12 PM (ck76k)
reciting his facts (against him) and smiling at Romney's jokes! Like he
was the student!
There was another tell. At one point, there was a loud noise offstage while Romney was speaking. Romney paused only momentarily, but continued. Obama looked around for awhile, grinned widely and tried to engage Lehrer in the "joke". This was the hallmark of the beta male who knew he was being humiliated. The alpha male just powered through. It was clear as crystal.
Posted by: pep at October 05, 2012 02:12 PM (6TB1Z)
I'd say the fucker is a genus.
Da huh
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 05, 2012 02:12 PM (wR+pz)
The funniest ones are the ones that have reader-submitted captions.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 05, 2012 02:13 PM (DuH+r)
Posted by: The American People you obviously despise at October 05, 2012 02:13 PM (2/Rin)
which will be awesome, because he can't help it, his ego is too fragile, he is too arrogant, I think he will go off the deep end. And I will laugh.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 05, 2012 06:08 PM (PHb2k)
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I'd almost bet my next paycheck that he'll be coming out with his southern negro accent and preacher cadence. What a hoot.
Posted by: Soona at October 05, 2012 02:14 PM (lpkBf)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 05, 2012 02:14 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: cajun carrot at October 05, 2012 02:14 PM (3jgI1)
Posted by: Dang© at October 05, 2012 05:52 PM (R18D0)
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That's the old Marilyn Monroe trick. Lauren Bacall related that MM would look at the other actor's forehead while delivering lines. She never looked at her counterpart's eyes.
Posted by: kallisto at October 05, 2012 02:14 PM (jm/9g)
Posted by: rich evil republican bastard at October 05, 2012 02:15 PM (5LbPH)
Posted by: Yip at October 05, 2012 02:15 PM (Mrdk1)
Carl Cameron is a sniveling little twerp. He's the one Steve Schmidt used to discredit Sarah Palin during the 2008 campaign remember.
Anytime that geeky little dweeb shows up on FNC everybody ought to just punch the off button. He's even more annoying than Shep and Geraldo combined.
Posted by: Boots at October 05, 2012 02:15 PM (neKzn)
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 05, 2012 02:15 PM (BAnPT)
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Nope. Expose of Barky's credit card frauds next shoe to drop.
Posted by: CUS at October 05, 2012 02:15 PM (84pE9)
He's got the gift of gab and he's a shameless liar who realizes it doesn't matter what you say, it's how you say it.
He's like a Talky Democrat doll, you speak into its ear and then squeeze its tummy and it says whatever you told it in a perfectly convincing voice.
It could be the Gettysburg Address, the McDonald's breakfast menu, or the script from the third fuck-scene from Carwash Cuties #21, he'll deliver it like he believes every word.
Posted by: JEM at October 05, 2012 02:15 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: TheThinMan at October 05, 2012 02:16 PM (pm/oS)
On one side you've got an old, botoxed, hair-plugged, meandering, bombastic imbecile with horse-teeth-like dental implants.
On the other, you've got a fit, young, blue-eyed guy with a lot of energy who, incidentally, knows more about economic policy than anyone else in the room.
It will be an absolute bloodbath. Much worse than Romney's recent smackdown of O.
Posted by: angler at October 05, 2012 02:17 PM (SwjAj)
a) the Al Gore one (unique to him because he is an expert climatologist)
b) Obama wasn't prepared for the LIEEEEEEES
c) Obama was "too professorial" (what's the opposite of a backhanded compliment)
d) Obama is a master of strategery and will come roaring back in the next two
e) Lehrer is a secret Rethuglican
am i missing anything?
f) Bo at his debate prep book
Posted by: Jim Scrummy at October 05, 2012 02:17 PM (y12hg)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at October 05, 2012 02:17 PM (a4CUi)
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 05, 2012 06:12 PM (9+ccr)
............... ...............I left Cali for Texas 11 years ago when I accepted that the commie judges wouldn't let the people of California save themselves.
Posted by: Invictus at October 05, 2012 02:17 PM (OQpzc)
187....It wasn't the chair bit that anyone didn't 'get'. It was that Eastwood stammered and stumbled a bit through an unpolished, ad-lib delivery.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at October 05, 2012 06:09 PM (SY2Kh)
But the stammering and stumbling was part of the act...part of the 'schtick'.
It was an amalgam of a classic comedy device that has been used by commedians at 'Celebrity Roasts'...and in standup comedy routines...for decades.
Your biggest clue...should've been at the end, when Clint stepped back from the podium...smiled...and bowed.
That is also a classic move, that the true Artists have done after a great performance.
Posted by: wheatie at October 05, 2012 02:18 PM (l5RhJ)
Dude, you are wrong. NY signed.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2012 02:18 PM (2b4yb)
Something I don't understand because I don't think it's true, but we are always hearing about how Barky is so "likeable", he's the guy that people "like", his "favorability" ratings are always so high.
Admittedly, I move in a small circle, but TFG wouldn't last three seconds where I hang out.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 05, 2012 02:19 PM (lOmbq)
Posted by: Empty Chair at October 05, 2012 02:19 PM (qZXps)
Posted by: Max Power at October 05, 2012 02:19 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 05, 2012 02:19 PM (tOkJB)
It's goofy schtick. And we've heard it before.
The New Yorker nailed his ass to the wall last week. Click the link and tell me that is not Biden in clamshell packaging and dangling from the discount rack at Woolworths.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 05, 2012 02:19 PM (vY2x+)
Posted by: cajun carrot at October 05, 2012 02:19 PM (3jgI1)
Medved thinks Biden will simply ignore Ryan and rave and rant about how Romney is the distillation of pure evil. He certainly can't engage Ryan and match wits, so I think that's probably correct.
Posted by: pep at October 05, 2012 02:20 PM (6TB1Z)
...
A real mothball licker wearing the hand-me-down camel overcoat "mantel of MFM authority".
HOW MANY TIMES did he "break the news" that Fred Thompson had quit months beforehand? Broken record of negative wish casting against "First Principles" GOP platform.
Carl Cameron's just pissed that campaign suspender John McCain's not on the ticket again. This time Obama's the Loser, and the truth hurts Carl's feelings.
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 05, 2012 02:20 PM (BAnPT)
Lefties will LOVE this cover, because they think Obama failed to show up to the debate on Wednesday. They will hope this stings him into showing some fight next time.
But DelD @#28 is correct: this was intended by the artist to mock the Right by showing how they underestimated the power of this fully-operational battle President.
Posted by: stuiec at October 05, 2012 02:23 PM (Di3Im)
Posted by: New Yorker Guy with a Monocle at October 05, 2012 02:23 PM (XvHmy)
Timing.
Today's "multitask" and attention deficit mentality public has no patience for anything but the high speed chase.
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 05, 2012 02:24 PM (BAnPT)
2. Most unusual decor (and very cool) I ever saw was a 1920's mansion with a bathroom which had New Yorker covers from the 1950's used as wallpaper above the black and white tile.
3. This cover will send Obama into a frenzy. I agree he will come out in angry, arrogant black preacher mode at the town hall. Epic fail.
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 05, 2012 02:25 PM (GoIUi)
Posted by: TheThinMan at October 05, 2012 02:25 PM (jZ8D/)
"Medved thinks Biden will simply ignore Ryan and rave and rant about how Romney is the distillation of pure evil. He certainly can't engage Ryan and match wits, so I think that's probably correct."
I suspect this will be a hard debate for Ryan. I mean really, how will he control himself from saying in a terse voice "Mr. Vice President, my cat sh*ts things smarter than you on a daily basis?"
Think about it. Not rolling your eyes and treating Biden like the Village Idiot will be hard. And he can't do that, because he will be branded a Mean Repubican.
Posted by: shibumi at October 05, 2012 02:25 PM (z63Tr)
Posted by: runner at October 05, 2012 02:25 PM (WR5xI)
Dude I taught history, read it.
On the morning of July 2, 1776 the New York Delegates wrote the newly elected Provincial Congress in NYC for instructions as the vote for independence was eminent. The NY Provincial Congress had adjourned due to the British Fleet's arrival off Sandy Hook. Their letter was held until the NY Provincial Congress reconvened in White Plains. Congress opened that morning with both Robert Morris and John Dickinson deliberately “abstaining” on the vote for independence by not attending the session. ............. All 12 colonies, except for NY whose delegates were not empowered to vote, adopted the July 2, 1776 resolution, introduced by Richard Henry Lee and John Adams, declaring independence from Great Britain
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 05, 2012 02:25 PM (wR+pz)
205...There was another tell. At one point, there was a loud noise offstage while Romney was speaking. Romney paused only momentarily, but continued. Obama looked around for awhile, grinned widely and tried to engage Lehrer in the "joke". This was the hallmark of the beta male who knew he was being humiliated. The alpha male just powered through. It was clear as crystal.
---------
We noticed that at our house, too.
Mitt didn't flinch.
Barky was grasping at anything, at that point, to change the subject....so he used that 'noise' as much as he could, to try to interrupt what Mitt was saying.
Posted by: wheatie at October 05, 2012 02:25 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: Greg at October 05, 2012 02:26 PM (wKkyv)
Seriously, this is also damning of the old guard republican types who freaked out for real when the lefty commentators pretended to...
Posted by: Tocquevillian at October 05, 2012 02:26 PM (iuY0Y)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 05, 2012 02:27 PM (piMMO)
Yeah, a lot of people couldn't grok that. Its the kind of thing your buddy would do sitting by you at the bar stool trying to get a word in edgewise while talking to Cliff Claven. It was brilliant.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 05, 2012 02:28 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: uterus cannon at October 05, 2012 02:29 PM (RLTt1)
Obama team using MFM constructed argument to whine about SCOAMT's limp dick debate performance: “We spent $100's of millions for the past year painting Romney as an asshole. Since the asshole we spent all that money constructing didn't show up at the debate and a super human debating machine showed up in his place, obviously Romney is lying. Obviously.”
Posted by: HtP at October 05, 2012 02:29 PM (jx2j9)
Though I think it will sell.
Get one signed with Mitt and Eastwood.
Posted by: Temper Tantrum at October 05, 2012 02:30 PM (AWmfW)
***
You betcha!
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 05, 2012 02:30 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: TheThinMan at October 05, 2012 02:30 PM (Qzz2p)
Posted by: TheThinMan at October 05, 2012 02:32 PM (Qzz2p)
Posted by: Empty Chair at October 05, 2012 02:32 PM (qZXps)
Posted by: Dang© at October 05, 2012 05:52 PM (R18D0)
___
That's the old Marilyn Monroe trick. Lauren Bacall related that MM would look at the other actor's forehead while delivering lines. She never looked at her counterpart's eyes.
Posted by: kallisto at October 05, 2012 06:14 PM (jm/9g)
Speaking of which.....
Bogie, Bacall and Marilyn's Rack of Doom
http://tinyurl.com/8g8czcr
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 05, 2012 02:33 PM (TIIx5)
Posted by: steevy at October 05, 2012 02:34 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Greg at October 05, 2012 06:26 PM (wKkyv)
................. Fraud is not momemtum. Run on that. I dare ya.
Posted by: Invictus at October 05, 2012 02:34 PM (OQpzc)
Posted by: MrX at October 05, 2012 02:35 PM (PxmNZ)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at October 05, 2012 06:02 PM (SY2Kh)
I don't think so. The left thinks Choom will do fine in next debate, which is a town hall meeting which will have plenty of Dem plants posing as "undecideds." Their fear is that it won't draw the audience the first debate did.
As far as Gary Johnson goes, I think he'll take more votes from JEF than from Mitt. I know a couple of yutes who are completely disenchanted with Obama, but they can't bring themselves to vote for the terrible, racist, anti-abortion, anti-birth control, anti-choom, anti-fun GOP. They're voting Johnson. There goes 2 2008 bambi voters.Posted by: Donna V. at October 05, 2012 02:38 PM (dcIHW)
***
How to Marry A Millionaire: Bacall, Monroe, and Betty Grable
One of my favorites.
Ms. Monroe had comedic chops for which she was never really given credit.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 05, 2012 02:38 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Fradgan at October 05, 2012 02:43 PM (ex+u8)
Posted by: HtP at October 05, 2012 02:43 PM (jx2j9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2012 02:44 PM (66Ung)
Posted by: HtP at October 05, 2012 02:46 PM (jx2j9)
Here is a link to the first signed Declaration of Independence. Or, more precisely, the first copy that listed the signers.
As you can see, there are four New York signers.
http://is.gd/I7z4Pl
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2012 02:49 PM (2b4yb)
Posted by: Filthy Scandi Snowbilly at October 05, 2012 02:50 PM (0F5W1)
Posted by: Ziggy at the complaints department at October 05, 2012 02:51 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 05, 2012 06:25 PM (GoIUi)
Mr Whipple and the Iranian rodent must be buying every copy that the JEF might happen to see to keep the thin skinned Indonesian from completely losing his shit.
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at October 05, 2012 02:53 PM (yTa3R)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at October 05, 2012 02:54 PM (a4CUi)
Posted by: TANSTAAFL at October 05, 2012 03:01 PM (ex95t)
"I sort of hope Obama goes into a none stop angry rant with his scowl and full tilt socialism while he pounds the podium. "
I don't think he'll go full tilt socialism - look at how hard he tried to pretend he was for the free enterprise system during the first debate. But his need to look more assertive and energtic might very well go overboard into angry contempt - and that would be great. JEF would look like a toddler having a hissy fit and Romney would stay on an even keel and continue to look more Presidential than the prez.
Posted by: Donna V. at October 05, 2012 03:08 PM (dcIHW)
Posted by: Donna V. at October 05, 2012 03:16 PM (dcIHW)
My theory: he came face to face with a competent, kind FATHER FIGURE. He's emotionally a teenager--aren't all leftists?--and angry and disturbed about his weird absent father; all he can do is be snarky about alpha males and punish all those mean people out there who make him feel so bad! Waaaa. He needs a therapist, not a re-election.
Posted by: PJ at October 05, 2012 03:35 PM (DQHjw)
Posted by: Boomer Redneque knows Mohammad was a goat-fucking kiddie-raper at October 05, 2012 03:36 PM (eQnzo)
After the fact, they showed up.
Simply put, they were chicken shit and only came aboard after they had no other option.
EVERY state around them signed.
They did not. Why?
They were PUSSIES. Nothing has changed, they still are.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 05, 2012 03:59 PM (wR+pz)
On the other, you've got a fit, young, blue-eyed guy with a lot of energy who, incidentally, knows more about economic policy than anyone else in the room.
It will be an absolute bloodbath. Much worse than Romney's recent smackdown of O.
Posted by: angler at October 05, 2012 06:17 PM (SwjAj)
This may be the best description of Old Joe I have every read. I love the "horse teeth like dental implants" the best.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, unbanned, ready to get this done at October 05, 2012 04:35 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: pep at October 05, 2012 06:12 PM (6TB1Z)
Romney is, for sure, an alpha wolf. I think Barry is more of an omega in the pack, who are known for being the jester, as he always seems to be auditioning for a late night comedy gig.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, unbanned, ready to get this done at October 05, 2012 04:42 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Tuna at October 05, 2012 04:43 PM (M/TDA)
Bogie, Bacall and Marilyn's Rack of Doom
http://tinyurl.com/8g8czcr
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 05, 2012 06:33 PM (TIIx5)
thanks for this.
Posted by: Jim Bouton at October 05, 2012 05:30 PM (xatoT)
Bogie, Bacall and Marilyn's Rack of Doom
http://tinyurl.com/8g8czcr
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 05, 2012 06:33 PM (TIIx5)
thanks for this.
Posted by: Jim Bouton at October 05, 2012 05:49 PM (xatoT)
Posted by: JewishOdysseus at October 05, 2012 06:18 PM (WCzJ6)
Posted by: wankette at October 05, 2012 06:18 PM (qNhTJ)
People will tune in as eagerly as they would to an NFL final.
Americans haven't seen a real debate on TV for years, because the anchors always turn any discussion into a one-sided declamation of lefty ideas or the debaters are equally bad (see BO and John McCain), or an ad break cuts in.
Mitt didn't just school Obama, he schooled America in how exciting fact-based discussions can be.
Posted by: No Mo O-stamma at October 06, 2012 02:34 AM (1e/T5)
Nah, it's just a sad attempt at forcing a meme by some hack at that right-wing hate rag the New Y...
Dammit, I can't finish that sentence. My keyboard is threatening to go all "Star Trek control panel" (you know, where three centuries have made the Federation forget about circuit breakers) on me if I use it to type something so "pants on head" retarded.
Posted by: Nohbody at October 07, 2012 10:35 AM (CtuSZ)
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