1 still an Etch a Sketch

2 Yay, a new thread. I'm so excited.

3 So this Mitt thing is actually going to happen.

4

I think Laura Ingraham remarked this was his best speech yet.

 

No way you were up in time  to hear that.

5 WHAT is on the head of that guy behind his left shoulder???

6 Romney needs to watch videos of Christie's speeches - and practice.

7 I think that guy in the hat brought a stethoscope to the event!?

8 Sigh.  My pyschological move to acceptance weighs heavily on my shoulders.

9 WHAT is on the head of that guy behind his left shoulder???

Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at March 21, 2012 02:43 PM (MyByM)

garrison hat ie Military

10 Romney has invested too much in fire retardant Brylcreem to get his anger up. He does not fear another Obama presidency.

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

12

We cant do better than mitt? Its sad.

mitt is a poor campaigner. His organization is weak politically. He will be defeated in November.

frankly, its our rage that has the attention of the nation. Why should mitt not express that rage to voters. If he doesnt, he loses me.

We are a party built on rage. To deny that is to deny reality.

13 He must begin to speak about Obama.

When he doesnt get enough delegates, in June he will have to begin anew to sell himself.

Everything starts over in June.

14 Cat Blogging?

15 He'll haver a few days to think up his losing speech for LA.

16
Votes for Romney under duress.

The JEF is still a SCoaMF.

Drudge is quoting Rush on this same subject.

Why did I go to Drudge? Beats the shit out of me. Curious I guess. That should take care of that for a good long time.

17 Everything starts over in June.

Like an Etch-a-sketch?

18 Okay, now that I actually played the video for a few seconds, it's clear. Sorry, not really interested in Romney until I have to hold my nose in November.

19

Mitt is "Anyone But Obama".

This November, MITTABO has a chance.

20 Vote for me! I suck but Obama sucks worse! I am your lower vacuum candidate.

21 We cant do better than mitt? Its sad.

****

Yeah, maybe.  I'm just glad we didn't do worse than Obama.

22 Posted by: Blessed STFU, dunce.

23

Our CEO's guilty of embezzlement.

24 And keep saying, "This is unacceptable!," or a similar word. Something with some bite.

Maybe he should stop saying "of course the economy is getting better" first.

Baby steps.

25

Romney says he believes in the American people. Obama thinks were all lazy.

 

26 Well this speech sure beats Santorums whiny one.

27

He should give a tough anti-Obama speech on a subject that everyone can kind of agree on.

 

Perhaps Fast and Furious, the continued funding of UNESCO even after the recognized Palestine, our current spending, Solyndra and other failed investments, or gas prices.

There are other topics, but these would be a good way of appearing to appeal to the right, while actually appealing to most Americans. He could attack Obama, not on a personal level, but on a policy level.

28 The Drudge link about the French shooter says it was the French military that sent him back to France, not the US.

29 No wonder ace has been so quiet today, must've been busy cashing that Romney check. How's Mitt's dick taste you RINO shill?

30

Romney's problem isn't style, it's substance. He himself admitted that he was a "prgoressive Republican". He admitted he didn't really like Reagan, or even the first Bush. He is not a conservative, his family is not conservative, and he doesn't have a conservative bone in his body. He is personally responsible for the abomination known as Obamacare.

 

His entire campaign is based on massive spending and lying about his record. In the general election, Romney won't have a massive spending advantage, and the MFM will constantly be pointing out his lies.

 

Delusions aside, I hope Ace will actually attempt to make a positive case for Romney sometime before he loses in November. I'd be very interested to read it.

31

Posted by: Ben at March 21, 2012 02:48 PM (wuv1c)

can't for the fear of pissing off liberals

32 I tried twice to listen.  Made it to 1:15 the last time.

Boring²

33

Shake Mitt like an Etch-A-Sketch, upload some updated software, and we might actually have us a real candidate here.

34 Aced, need to do a post on SCOTUS and the EPA. This is a BFD. SCOTUS Blog has the details.

35 Romney's problem isn't style, it's substance.
---------------------


No, his problem is his record.  It is pure shit.

36 ESPN is running every anti-Tebow person they can find.

Sweet, sweet justice for the haters.

37 ABO

38 Maybe we should throw in Jeb Bush endorsing Romney so we can get the Bush haters and the Romney haters involved here...

39 [this is the part where I repeat: It all depends on the veep pick.]

40 We don't want "angry". Did Reagan ever do "angry"? Even when he called to "tear down this wall"? No, it was DETERMINATION, forcefully communicated, but not ANGER. Anger turns people off, unless it's in the context of some imminent threat. Most folks don't see political discussions in that light. That said, Romney certainly COULD be more forceful and determined than he is now. A lot less of the "he's a nice guy, but . . . " and a lot more of "he's led us down the wrong path, and we're better than that".

41 o/t:  Just when you think the french "got it going" you see this:  "Man Claiming to be Toulouse Gunman calls FRANCE 24 – Says This Is Just the Beginning (Video) "http://tinyurl.com/42wexmh

42 Yeah. We are angry. We are angry about a lot of crap da Zero and his crab lice have done. Mitt is not angry. Mitt isn't going to set his hair on fire with inflammatory statements like Obama is a socialist. Or, Obama hates his country, or Obama is the welfare President. Etc. So, it worries me that all this shit that makes me fighting man does not seem to bother Mitt. Does that bother anyone else?

43 Watched his speech last night, was decent- much less robotic than some of his past performances.  Took him long enough, but he's finally learning how to come across as comfortable in his own skin.

44 Hundreds of people have actually died because of the SCoaMF Administration.  Millions have had their dreams of a comfortable retirement trashed.

More than a little anger is appropriate.

45 No, his problem is his record. It is pure shit.

Posted by: Vic at March 21, 2012 02:51 PM (YdQQY)

but he is severely conservative and at one time promised to keep the good parts of Obamacare while removing the bad

46 That's true, but there is a usefulness to anger.[i/]

Using anger, or at least faking anger, is one of the best tools a speaker has for engaging an audience.  If you have to have good judgment about when it will work.  When I'm working with a jury its one of my best tricks.

Mittens seems to be scared shitless that he might offend someone.  He needs to get over that.  Given what the SCoaMF has done to this country, anger is in order and will resonate with most people who aren't kool-aid drinking leftards.

Alas, I see to much Juan McCain in Romney for this to happen.

47 39 Maybe we should throw in Jeb Bush endorsing Romney so we can get the Bush haters and the Romney haters involved here...

Posted by: the hobbit fomerly known as Donna at March 21, 2012 02:52 PM (ZHge+)

That's a real rovian move.  This way at the brokered convention when he usurps romney and crushes his dreams, he can say "hey it wasn't me, I even endorsed you, but you gotta go with the will of the party, and I'm patriotic and answer the call of my country".   Romney would be better off having sarah palin usurp him.

48 html fail

49 I hope Ace will actually attempt to make a positive case for Romney sometime before he loses in November.

Romney != Obama

Other than that, I got nothing...

50 [now here's the part where one of you says: Romney is McCain 2008 all over again!]

51 And this "etch-a-sketch" stuff is going absolutely nowhere. Sure, the libs will eat it up. So what, they weren't going to vote for him anyway. Everytime they repeat it, the undecideds and the conservatives are going to be saying, what, etch-a-sketch, what the hell are they talking about? Especially when every Romney (actually not even Romney, some campaign dweeb) "etch-a-sketch" soundbite can be countered with an Obama "57 states" "energy costs will necessarily skyrocket" "Rootherford B. Hayes" sound bite. That's not even bringing in the Biden quotes. That man's actually VP, and not merely some campaign functionary. Romney will do fine. Sure, he's a blow in the wind kind of Republican, but all the winds are blowing in the right direction. (ha-ha)

52 Romney's great Romney's great Romney's great...I'm trying I really am.

53 hmmmmm, curious/tinsley/it's me!!

54 [cue lamentations of Rick Perry......now]

55 I peed.

56 I don't know that he needs to be "angry," in the most common sense of the word.  Perhaps "righteously indignant" might be a better term- though they're really saying the same thing.

I don't want spit flying from his mouth as he rants on about Obama, but I do what him to seem like he's actually upset- that this is more than a "contest" to him: that, in fact, the fate of our Nation really is at stake.  Because if he really believed that (I don't think he does) then he would be more emotional.

57 Posted by: hmmmm at March 21, 2012 02:54 PM (oZfic)

Great new nic, curious.  Clever as hell.

58 They are trying to figure out how many people moved to New Hampshire and the surrounding states while romney was governor of Massachusettes.  There was a caller to talk radio today talking about just that and how it will be used against romney in a general election.  She was saying she is trying to save the world from romney.

59 toby928, I agree with you, but Romney is so insulated from what's going on that he probably doesn't even realize there's anything to be angry about.

60 Waiting for curious to trash Ann Romney's appearance in 3...2...1....

61 Maddog writes: "43 Yeah. We are angry. We are angry about a lot of crap da Zero and his crab lice have done. Mitt is not angry. Mitt isn't going to set his hair on fire with inflammatory statements like Obama is a socialist. Or, Obama hates his country, or Obama is the welfare President.Etc. So, it worries me that all this shit that makes me fighting man does not seem to bother Mitt. Does that bother anyone else?" And you may be 100% right. But YOU will NEVER be elected President, nor will anybody who espouses that hard a line. You know that, right? If we're only willing to elect Maddog, we're going to have Obama-types forever--because the only people voting for Maddog are other Maddogs, and they are NOT enough to carry a Presidential election. I'm not saying that's right, I'm just saying that's how it is.

62 John McCain did use anger to his benefit when he said "I am not George Bush, if you wanted to run against George Bush you should have done it four years ago [2004]". Problem was that it was too late for that.

Also, most of us here on the Right-o-sphere knew it was codswallop. If anything, it was Bush who absorbed McCain's 2000 platform.

63 [standby for joke about dog on car's roof]

64 That's not even bringing in the Biden quotes.

Making Biden radioactive enough that people might question his being one heartbeat away may be easier than campaigning against Obama...

65 hmmmm, is that toilet paper coming out of your pants?

66 Romney is robotic, he has no highs and no lows, he doesn't get angry, he doesn't even get even.  The obamabots are pointing this out every day in every way.  At least Santorum has shown gumption and emotion as have every other republican candidate,except mittens.

67 Romney the poor man's answer to Harold Stassen.  God save us all.  But it is nice to see what Obama would look like in whiteface.

68 [put on your dancing shoes, monkeys. Time to dance!]

69 66 hmmmm, is that toilet paper coming out of your pants?

Posted by: A Helpful Friend at March 21, 2012 03:00 PM (QKKT0)

nope, I use the mirrors in the bathroom, I know you can't stand looking at yourself, so you don't which is why no one tells you about the hanging paper to begin with.

70 [standby for joke about dog on car's roof] Posted by: Soothsayer at March 21, 2012 02:59 PM (jUytm) hey if I had a dog he might want to ride on the roof the way I can blow a car out after a real good meal

71 I also noticed in Romney speech that he's right on the verge of losing his voice.

72

Posted by: Purple Avenger at March 21, 2012 03:00 PM (8UEQa)

 

 

 

 

 

So, you have something against mentally disabled Americans running for POTUS?

73

Does anyone know why Romney wants to be prezi'dentin'

 

I have no idea why he wants to be president

 

He also seems to spend his way to victory carpet bombing the otherside with adds while conviently saying whatever he deems necessary

 

So to summerize, we have a candidate who will say anything to get elected and is trying to buy the presidency by outspending everyone elxe 6 or 8 to 1.

 

fabulous

 

74 >ESPN is running every anti-Tebow person they can find.

Sweet, sweet justice for the haters.

Posted by: cherry at March 21, 2012 02:52 PM (OhYCU)

If he could, Merrill Hoge would happily drive a wooden stake thru Tebow's heart

75

Romney has proven two things:

1. Romney doesn't feel it.

2. If he doesn't feel it, he can't sell it.

He could pretend to be angry and show emotion, but it wouldn't be real, and the inauthenticity would be readily apparent to anyone who saw it.

76 Someone said he cleaned up the dog and put it back on top of the car.  His account says the dog ran away.

77 Did Noot remind everyone last night how good of a debater he is?

78 > Does anyone know why Romney wants to be prezi'dentin'



those cool jackets you get to wear at Camp David

79 Superficial emotion and the people who are swayed by it are the useful idiots.

80 40
[this is the part where I repeat: It all depends on the veep pick.]

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 21, 2012 02:53 PM (jUytm)

**

Only Alan West can save us.

*

And he's black ya know!  A++

 

81 I don't use toilet paper. I use a litter box.

82 And this "etch-a-sketch" stuff is going absolutely nowhere.
Posted by: Boston12GS at March 21, 2012 02:56 PM (kJHCT)

True! It's not like one flip-flop hurt me. Why 10 or 12 won't do Mitt any harm at all.

83 What we need is to hire actresses to faint while Romney speaks.

84 So you're saying Mitt should shake the Etch-a-Sketch and redraw himself as someone with passion, emotion and anger?  He's a good liar, but he isn't that good of an actor.

85 >Only Alan West can save us.
*
And he's black ya know! A++

Posted by: dananjcon at March 21, 2012 03:04 PM (8ieXv)

but is he BLACK black?  Not, like, part-black?

86 AllenG writes: "57 I don't know that he needs to be "angry," in the most common sense of the word. Perhaps "righteously indignant" might be a better term- though they're really saying the same thing." I don't think it is the same thing. Read what Maddog writes. I'm not at all saying his anger isn't justified, but it IS spittle-at-the-mouth rage. And I totally get that. Really, I do. But unless you're one of the people who ALREADY get that, seeing someone spitting mad isn't going to convince you to vote for them, it's going to make you wonder if they're unstable. Because YOU'RE not spitting mad, by definition--or you'd already be in the Maddog camp, right? Clearly, Romney needs to put more power into his statements, to convey that they really DO matter, that they affect the very vitality of the nation and the American experiment (clearly still going on), and that he will FIGHT for the win. He has not done enough of that, and I think some of the Maddog type demands for more anger are a reflection of that. But we want the public to the non-Obama to be offering a reasoned, not fanatical, solution to the Obama problem. Americans are not, and never have been, comfortable with fanatics. They got conned into the current one.

87 Just in case you forgot that Santorum is a radical, the Washington Post tells us:

"By [2007], Santorum had come to embrace a version of Catholicism far removed from the one he knew in the early 1970s, when church rituals were relaxing, when Catholic kids were being taught to see moral complexity, and when Santorum, a young teenager then, developed a rapport with a freewheeling Franciscan priest who spoke of Catholicism in terms of moral shades of gray."

Give me that old time moral shades of gray religion!

88 Yes he wants to be president cause he's done everything else (in his small mind) and now he wants to run the free world like it's part of a venture capital firm.

It might be nice if someone told him to stop trashing his opponents.  Oh wait he can't then he'd have to talk about himself and he wouldn't know what to say.

89 Making Biden radioactive enough that people might question his being one heartbeat away may be easier than campaigning against Obama... Posted by: Purple Avenger at March 21, 2012 03:00 PM (8UEQa) ------------------------------------------------ You DO realize that my IQ is way higher than yours, right?

90 And this "etch-a-sketch" stuff is going absolutely nowhere.
Posted by: Boston12GS at March 21, 2012 02:56 PM (kJHCT)

Do you, or do you not, understand that there is a world of difference- both in how the MFM will play them, and the reality of the quotes- between misstatements like '57 States' and 'Inhalator,' and admitting on National TV that your entire strategy has been "Lie to them?"

91 disagree on the "anger" bit; it is a cheap, short term thrill.  romney should , and does, sound strong and competent, as an adult should.  adults don't lose temper, and majority of people get tired of perpetual anger, just like they get tired of fanaticism.

92 82 I don't use toilet paper. I use a litter box.

Posted by: hmmmmmm at March 21, 2012 03:04 PM (ggRof)

hahahahhahahahh

93 Vision, Competency and Drive should be Romney's selling points as a candidate.

94 Gawd, "it" really is retarded.

95 I'm sick of politics and economic doom. Can't we go back to rings around the earth? So much cooler. Let the naysayers nayyyyyy! Earth rings are here to stay!

96 another thing you need to remember about Mitt is his Mormon upbringing. The guy is terminally square and there's no changing that. But that's fine with me. We've had a 'president' that dances on the 'Ellen' show and we're seeing how that has worked out.

97 But we want the public to the non-Obama to be offering a reasoned, not fanatical, solution to the Obama problem. Americans are not, and never have been, comfortable with fanatics. They got conned into the current one.

Posted by: Boston12GS at March 21, 2012 03:05 PM (kJHCT)

 

 

So you want to offer a reasoned solution to a bunch of shitheads who fall ass over teakettle for a line of lame assed horse shit. Gee, sounds like a plan, a losing plan.

98 Romney can't convincingly sell conservative instincts that aren't there.

It would be like SCOAMF pretending to love all things American including all of her citizens when he's spent the past 3 years demonstrating just the opposite.

99

WHAT is on the head of that guy behind his left shoulder???<<<<

 

It's called a "C*nt Cap."

100 I hope he thanked the Academy.

101 I hate to break it to you folks, but Reagan is dead, and Ron Paul is not going to be elected President, at least not this time. I see that many of you have a visceral hatred of Romney. I can only hope it's at least a little less than your visceral hatred of Obama. If not, you're going to get another four years of Obama, and a critical marxist theory run Supreme Court for the next several decades. Good luck recovering from that. I'm not a Romney fan--Perry was my guy. I've lived under Romney when he was Governor of Massachusetts. The only thing worse than him as governor has been THE OBAMA-LIKE LIBERAL WHO TOOK OVER AFTER HIM. If wishes were horses, we'd all ride. (And thank God the ravenous spittle can't come at me through the screen. :-) "

102 Posted by: Jones in CO at March 21, 2012 03:08 PM (8sCoq)

hey he's boring as hell.  but since the only people who seem to care to vote are between the ages of 45 to 64, he fits right in, they're boring too!  So that's a plus.

103 Tebow/ Manning 2012

104

I don't really care if Mittens never had an emotion in anything he said. I'd even prefer that.  But that shouldn't take away from him recognizing and acknowledging that the US is being destroyed - intentionally so - by the left and their Indonesian.  Of course, the problem is that Mittens doesn't see things this way.

 

A correct cardboard Mittens would be perfectly fine with me.  He doesn't have to foam at the mouth to explain that Barky should be impeached, but we all know that Mittens DOESN'T think that barky has done anything impeachable ...  As if.

105

another issue with Romney is he doesn't seem to be Comander in Chief Material.

anyone think Romney would have the stones to bomb Iran?

 

I think Romney has the same level of exposure to the Military as Obamster, unless I;m missing something

 

106 I will vote for Romney. One of the unfortunate consequences of Obama's winning the 2008 election is that it emboldened left wing dolts like Sandra F**k, entertainment industry 'tards, Occupy Deadbeats, and Lifetime Welfare types. These people are coming out in all their socialistic glory. Listening to this socialist crap is harshing my buzz. I want them to watch Obama lose in '12 to put them in their place, so they have to go skulking back to their commie dens. That last thread about my not being pro-woman put me in a baaad mood.

107 another thing you need to remember about Mitt is his Mormon upbringing. The guy is terminally square and there's no changing that. But that's fine with me. We've had a 'president' that dances on the 'Ellen' show and we're seeing how that has worked out.

Posted by: Jones in CO at March 21, 2012 03:08 PM (8sCoq)

Barry is about as hip a his mom jeans

108 Tom Cruise just shot a car and IT BLEW UP

109 Maddog writes: "So you want to offer a reasoned solution to a bunch of shitheads who fall ass over teakettle for a line of lame assed horse shit. Gee, sounds like a plan, a losing plan." Fair enough. What's YOUR plan? Zombie Reagan? Really?

110

I'm sure everyone else has noted this, but it's fine to be a Happy Warrior as long as there's some indication that he's a warrior. That's what's missing.

 

 

111 104 Posted by: Jones in CO at March 21, 2012 03:08 PM (8sCoq)

hey he's boring as hell. but since the only people who seem to care to vote are between the ages of 45 to 64, he fits right in, they're boring too! So that's a plus.

Posted by: hmmmm at March 21, 2012 03:10 PM (oZfic)

Says the chubby girl sitting all alone with her multitude of cats in her closet-sized apartment.

112

Posted by: ontherocks at March 21, 2012 03:08 PM (ZJCDy)

 

on your comment to me the other day. 

113 >Barry is about as hip a his mom jeans

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 21, 2012 03:10 PM (1Jaio)

Didn't say he was hip. Actually, he's a dick.

114 >>another thing you need to remember about Mitt is his
Mormon upbringing. The guy is terminally square and there's no changing
that.

This is the first time I have heard having multiple women as being ternimally square!!11!1!

115 I think Romney has the same level of exposure to the Military as Obamster, unless I;m missing something Posted by: jake at March 21, 2012 03:10 PM (W6iIX) Romney is not a commie bastard who hates America and thinks we are evil. Enough said

116 slublog needs to make us a Romney in Braveheart Blue-Face pshop.

117 Says the chubby girl sitting all alone with her multitude of cats in her closet-sized apartment.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 21, 2012 03:11 PM (UOM4

hey that's your myth jane.  I often wonder if you are a writer, you craft such good scenarios...not

And for someone who is a size 24, you would hate me, I'm a 2.

118

I know Romney does not believe in displays of emotion

 

Thing about Romney is, like Bush 41, he's really bad at doing the emotion thing. Like Bush, all he has is the breathy, false energy thing.

 

And keep in mind, Reagan rarely displayed emotion. Or used his hands. He relied on the strength of his words. Maybe as you say the voters/customers demand it now. I guess a little sense of disgust, impatience woudn't hurt... 

119 Fair enough. What's YOUR plan? Zombie Reagan? Really?

Posted by: Boston12GS at March 21, 2012 03:11 PM (kJHCT)

 

 

I got no plan. Only a prayer.

120 I think Romney has the same level of exposure to the Military as Obamster, unless I;m missing something Posted by: jake at March 21, 2012 03:10 PM (W6iIX) ------------------------------------------------- Mittens is detached and patrician. He doesn't have a care in the world really. $250 million in overseas accounts will do that to a guy. I DO think that he would be fine as C and C though. At least he doesn't disdain the military and the country like JEF does.

121 >This is the first time I have heard having multiple women as being ternimally square!!11!1!

Posted by: sTevo at March 21, 2012 03:12 PM (9spqX)

Wow. That's hilarious. You could be an MSNBC intern.

122 ESPN now spreading a rumor that Tebow 'preferred' Jacksonville

123 "So you want to offer a reasoned solution to a bunch of shitheads who fall ass over teakettle for a line of lame assed horse shit. Gee, sounds like a plan, a losing plan."

Those 52% weren't reached by anger from the Left and sure as hell can't be reached by anger from the Right.

A campaign on anger and fear has been tried before: it was Breckenridge's platform in 1860. Spoiler alert: he didn't win the general.

124 >>Tebow/ Manning 2012

Tebow's not eligible for another 10 years or so.

Manning/Dungy 2012!

125 disagree on the "anger" bit; it is a cheap, short term thrill. romney should , and does, sound strong and competent, as an adult should. adults don't lose temper, and majority of people get tired of perpetual anger, just like they get tired of fanaticism. Posted by: runner

I think you misread what Ace wrote. Anger is a powerful emotion that can be used as energy. It's only a problem if you lose control of it.

Think of how many athletes out there use it to great advantage.

In this case, Ace is correct that a bulk of the animus toward Romney by the base is because he's not willing to demonstrate viscerally that the election matters greatly and that the country is headed for a cliff.

126

Before I catch up with the comments...

 

I think Romney could win over some of us more reluctant supporters if he were to do that.  It's not just that we want him to identify some policy positions we would like, we'd also like somebody who simply "champions" our side! 

 

I would argue that the case against the "angry" candidate is overplayed, precisely because Romney doesn't have the same history as some of those alleged too-angry guys: i.e. Goldwater, Nixon and to the extent  they were forced away from it, Dole and McCain. 

 

An easy case could be made as to how each of those guys either won or lost, not because of voter perception of them being angry guys, but because of other more obvious factors. 

 

Romney's problem right now is that he's demonstrated that he'll go after opponents in his party, so it would be a welcome sight to see him turn that on Obama and the Dems. 

127 March 21, 2012 2:48pm 36 Comments WH: Ryan 'aggressively and deliberately ignorant' byJoel Gehrke Commentary Staff Writer Follow on Twitter: White House Press Secretary Jay Carney didn't pull any punches in his attack on Paul Ryan's budget, as he declared that supporters of the budget -- and by extension, Ryan himself -- are "aggressively and deliberately ignorant" about the need for green energy and other programs slated for cuts. "You have to be aggressively and deliberately ignorant of the world economy not to know and understand that clean energy technologies are going to play a huge role in the 21st century," Carney said after decrying the clean energy spending cuts in Ryan's plan. "You have to have severely diminished capacity to understand what drives economic growth in industrialized countries in this century if you do not understand that education is the key that unlocks the door to prosperity," he added. Carney concluded that "the budget proposed by Chairman Ryan and supported overwhelmingly already by Republicans suggests that those problems" -- aggressive ignorance and diminished comprehension -- "exist in the minds of the supporters of that plan." Well at this point if we call obama and his supports dumb corrupt commie cock suckers I think we are cleared to do that

128 At least we won't see a President Romney jetting around the country partying, tying up traffic for silly "date nights," hosting rappers and socialist douchebag "celebrities" in the WH and generally acting like nouveux riche trash.

So yeah, I can get behind a "square" president.

129 AllenG writes: "Do you, or do you not, understand that there is a world of difference- both in how the MFM will play them, and the reality of the quotes- between misstatements like '57 States' and 'Inhalator,' and admitting on National TV that your entire strategy has been "Lie to them?"" I still claim the etch-a-sketch is going nowhere, it won't have legs. I offer a bet to you, AllenG, that the phrase won't get a single mention in any televised MSM news broadcast in the 14 days immediately preceding the election. Winner gets their choice of adult beverage (or winner's choice of substitute), at the losers expense, not to exceed $10. You game?

130 This seems like one of the better speeches from Romney.  I actually believed him through most of it.

He's taken some cues from Rick Perry, actually.  It's about time.

131

Anger is a powerful emotion that can be used as energy. It's only a problem if you lose control of it.

This.

Byaaah!

132 Reagan rarely displayed emotion. Or used his hands.

That's because of the Dupuytren's contracture.

133 ESPN now spreading a rumor that Tebow 'preferred' Jacksonville Posted by: cherry at March 21, 2012 03:14 PM (OhYCU) Yeah so? Probably true, he went to school down there. But he had no "No Trade" clause and apparently Jacksonville didn't really want him

134 Just a minute ago from Romney hack Jen Rubin on Twitter-

"@daveweigel because conservatives are morons"

Boy, Team Mitt must really think they have it wrapped up and they can finally stop pretending.

135 Romney's problem right now is that he's demonstrated that he'll go after opponents in his party, so it would bea welcome sight to see him turn that on Obama and the Dems.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 21, 2012 03:14 PM (TOk1P)

 

No way Romney levels the attack ads at Obama the same way he did against his fellow Republicans.

 

136

As a Perry supporter (federalism, of the non-libertarian variety), I still feel that Romney is a souless bastard who has no core conservative convictions, and will fail to reign in the growth of gov't or spending in any meaningful manner.

However, I have resigned to vote for him over Obama - once he stated that (the statist) Santorum was not "conservative" enough to be his VP.

137 Meanie Mitt tied a dog to his car! My daddy would never do that to Bo! Thx for my spring break! LOL!

138 >>Those 52% weren't reached by anger from the Left

More than half of them WERE the Hate Left.

139 Romney is not a commie bastard who hates America and thinks we are evil. Enough said

Posted by: nevergiveup at March 21, 2012 03:12 PM (eCnLg)

 

Yeah.  That's good enough to have to vote for him in the general.  That's about it, though.  It would be nice if Mittens ever acknowledged why people HAVE to vote for him in the general ... that would go a long way to him understanding what is actually at stake in this nation.

140 Mitt Romney: Powered by Skynet

141 but is he BLACK black? Not, like, part-black?

Posted by: Jones in CO at March 21, 2012 03:05 PM (8sCoq)

*

Exactly! You have mastered the liberal's thought process.

 

142 A correct cardboard Mittens would be perfectly fine with me. He doesn't have to foam at the mouth to explain that Barky should be impeached, but we all know that Mittens DOESN'T think that barky has done anything impeachable ... As if.

Know why he's not going around screeching that Obama should be impeached?

Because politically it would be an incredibly stupid thing do to.  And he's not stupid, no matter how much you'd prefer him as a candidate if he was.

143 wet cuff-loop writes: "I think you misread what Ace wrote. Anger is a powerful emotion that can be used as energy. It's only a problem if you lose control of it. Think of how many athletes out there use it to great advantage. " Who was the last major league or serious college athlete elected President? Ford? Sorry, I don't buy it. The American electorate doesn't want "anger" from it's President. Although I'd be willing to hear who was the last President who won election on the platform of "anger". Anyone? Bueller? Anyone?

144 In this case, Ace is correct that a bulk of the animus toward Romney by the base is because he's not willing to demonstrate viscerally that the election matters greatly and that the country is headed for a cliff.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 21, 2012 03:14 PM (WdKsY)

 

Romney does not see it that way.  Who here thinks Romney thinks the country is going over a cliff?

145 _{He needs to improve if he's going to really win the primary, as opposed to gimping over the finish line, spent.}

He will.

_{And he'll need to improve to defeat a sitting president.}

He won't.

146

"@daveweigel because conservatives are morons"

 

 

Those dick polishers sure know how to win over the base.

147

Posted by: jake at March 21, 2012 03:03 PM (W6iIX)

because he is next in line

148 According to YES-- There is a hang up in the Tebow to the Jets deal and it may fall thru--something to do with Tebow's contract?

149 Romney will win the nomination and be President.  What he won't have is any support when his administration gets into it's inevitable scandal.

150 Ah, Howard Dean. That's actually a good point. He was an asset to his party - in 2006. OUTRAEG plays well in the "x modulo 4 = 2" election years.

In the divisible-by-four years, we need not to frighten the horses.

151 Romney will win the nomination and be President. What he won't have is any support when his administration gets into it's inevitable scandal. Posted by: toby928© at March 21, 2012 03:18 PM (GTbGH) Ya mean when his second wife and family show up?

152 >>"You have to be aggressively and deliberately ignorant of the world economy not to know and understand that clean energy technologies are going to play a huge role in the 21st century,"

How many coal-fired plantsChina bringing online every month?

If the WH keeps that up, Uncle Hu isn't going to lend us any more money.

153 120, Reagan often displayed emotion.  It was not over the top yelling or crying or anything like that.  It was calm determination.  He was a good actor.  When he want to show passion or urgency or anything, he could convey it well.  Romney is not a gifted orator.  And he comes across as two dimensional.  Reagan had good speeches, but the delivery was better than the words.  Romney just doesn't have the gift.

154 <<I think Romney has the same level of exposure to the Military as Obamster, unless I;m missing something>>

IIRC military service can be done instead of doing the evangelizing for the Mormon church. So at least he grew up around people that hold our military in high regard.

155 O/T: Wisconsin unions harassing pro-Walker high school kids.  Do they know anything other than thuggery?

156

"I hate to break it to you folks, but Reagan is dead, and Ron Paul is not going to be elected President, at least not this time."

 

It actually seems like the Romney guys are in bed with Ron Paul. The Romney-Paul pact reminds me of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact... and we're Poland.  

157 By the way, AllenG, love how you're almost invariably first with the SCOAMF. Solid work, there.

158 What's this? Reagan is dead?

159 >>>Boy, Team Mitt must really think they have it wrapped up and they can finally stop pretending.

Oh, so now some bitch you hate on Twitter has been inducted onto "Team Mitt" for the purposes of continuing to feed your inarticulate rage?  Look, Jen Rubin is a hack.  But what she says doesn't reflect on Mitt Romney any more than your idiocy should be held against Newt Gingrich.

160

Have to wait til I get home to view entire clip, but the bites that Rush played at lunch sounded promising. I liked that he reiterated "the genius of America", hopefully that will become a campaign slogan. At the MI victory speech he also spoke of "restoring America" so maybe his speechwriters are working out a theme, if so, it's about time. The man looks presidential, indie female voters will be drawn to him like bees to honey.

161 "And for someone who is a size 24, you would hate me, I'm a 2." Posted by: hmmmm Wow, size 2, there's something to brag about. Not implying that you're shallow or anything.

162 oh dear, someone is butthurt

163 Although I'd be willing to hear who was the last President who won election on the platform of "anger". Anyone? Bueller? Anyone? Posted by: Boston12GS

And now you misread what I wrote. I didn't say he needs a 'platform of anger' so don't bother with the strawman, sparky.

I said that he needs to show some emotion, show somehow that things are in bad shape and getting worse under the Obama administration. This is going to involve some righteous indignation (sound familiar?).

164

Oh for fucks sake,the guy is worth a quarter of a Billion dollars people. He hasn't got a fucking care in the world.If he loses he can always try again in 2016, 2020,whatever. Wake the fuck up. He wont FIX SHIT, even if he wins. Wealth like his makes a man mentally lazy,no matter how many pretty words he can pay a staff to write for use before a crowd.

 I need a beer , and Bacon, and more beer,with Bacon.

165

Romney wasn't my first choice either but holy shit on a shingle we have to get rid of the indonesian imbecile.  At least Romney understands how businesses operate and what harm can come from the idiotic laws that are passed.  He knows that Government is the problem.  Hopefully he'll act on that. 

 

I'd crawl naked over broken glass while getting rubbing alcohol poured all over me to vote against the SCOAMF.

166 You're just jealous because I have a deluxe apartment in the sky, a skinny waist, and need a container ship of birth control every month cuz i'm so hot.

167 curious, you ignorant twit.  I'm not a size 24.  And I'm quite happy with myself, as is my sweet husband.

Your nasty comments about Ann Romney last night were over the top.  Now grab your rosary and get crackin'.

168 I need a beer , and Bacon, and more beer,with Bacon. Posted by: Rich K at March 21, 2012 03:24 PM (X4l3T) Now that's something we can base a campaign on I say!

169 Eat me.

170 I'd crawl naked over broken glass while getting rubbing alcohol poured all over me to vote against the SCOAMF. Posted by: Hedgehog at March 21, 2012 03:24 PM (3jGS1) Yeah keep going....sounds like fun?

171 I can't believe how many of you actually read the comments in the threads. I don't even read half the shit I type.

172 Beer, in a can made out of crisp bacon.

173 >Romney's problem right now is that he's demonstrated that he'll go after opponents in his party,



when running for the nomination- in either party- you go after your opponents- and NEWS FLASH they will be members of your party

174

How do I overcome this overwhelming sense of  "meh"?

 

I will vote ABO, of course.....but beyond that, it's like "meh" we're getting the guy that has been forced on us by shitty primary rules, too many dumbass debates....and the one that the media picked for us.

175 "More than half of them WERE the Hate Left."

And the Right wouldn't be able to reach that more-than-half-of-more-than-half (.52 squared is, what, 27%?) if we sent them all free hookers every Kwanzaa and Valtrex every spring. It wouldn't matter how angry Romney got or how nicely Scott Brown asked. They're lost to the Right.

This is how it works:
- turd sandwiches for us. Sorry, guys, we're voting Team Red whatever.  As long as the party and Romney don't go out of the way to insult us, like McCain did half the time, we at least can promise ourselves to brush our teeth after voting.
- dismiss the Left calmly, with the occasional reference to how unseemly their Free Stuff!1 addiction is. They're going to be taking their own sandwiches from their own candidates.
- don't scare the soccer moms with massive ugly fist-pumping displays.

Romney can do this.

176

He doesn't need anger, he needs passion. The two are not the same.

 

I was never a Mittens supporter but I can make a positive case for him: he's positively not Obama.

177 Dear Penthouse Forum, I never thought I'd be a Romney voter, but--

178

"At least Romney understands how businesses operate and what harm can come from the idiotic laws that are passed. He knows that Government is the problem."

 

But what did he do in Taxachoochoosits to make it better for business.

 

I know alot of good businessmen who would be crappy Presidents, Like Romney is going to be.

 

Either Romney is checking off his 'bucket list' or trying to win one for his old man who flamed out at the presidentin back in the 1960's

179 I still claim the etch-a-sketch is going nowhere, it won't have legs. I offer a bet to you, AllenG, that the phrase won't get a single mention in any televised MSM news broadcast in the 14 days immediately preceding the election. Winner gets their choice of adult beverage (or winner's choice of substitute), at the losers expense, not to exceed $10.

It'd be a little hard for the winner to collect- since we don't actually know eachother.  And I'm not that sure of my own precognitive abilities.  That said- I don't think it would need to be "mention[ed] in any televised MSM news broadcast in the 14 days immediately preceding the election."  The damage could be done long before that.

Indeed, the problem with this- over and above John F'n Kerry's "I was for it before I was against it" is that Kerry's was "just" a flip-flop.  He'd held one position, then he changed his mind.  This is saying that Romney's team was lying to voters.  That the entirety of his campaign was "say whatever it takes in the Primary, and then run a completely different set of messages in the General."

Unlike Democrats, Republicans still don't like getting lied to.  If it gets any significant play in the beginning of the campaign, it will completely turn off any in the middle, or those less-tuned-in Republicans, and they'll never listen to him again.

180

>>Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 21, 2012 03:11 PM (iOOXO)

Your comment style reminds me of the famous Potter Stewart quote when asked to define a certain form of contested free speech.

IOW unmistakeable.

181 btw, Ace shoulda titled that last post about Sandra Flute as: Sandra Fluke: I'm Runnin' For Orifice!

182 i see awful changed it's name...and is bashing romney again.......

183 "You have to have severely diminished capacity to understand what drives economic growth in industrialized countries in this century"

From the people that killed economic growth. We have coffee house leftest fucking children running the show. Unbelievable.

184 Because an orifice is like a hole, you see. A bodily opening. /raises eyebrows

185 Man, these comment box potholes are RI-dick-uluss.

186 i wonder if curious was able to read the hunger games and say the rosary at the same time........

187 Look

it's either one of the guys running- Noot Mitt or Rick- or it's 4 more years of Obama

I just wanna beat Obama

I'm sorry we don't have the perfect candidate. We have these guys. We have these guys because when it came time to declare for President, these were the guys that stood up. No one else did. It's one of these guys or Obama.

188 Sandra Fluke: I'm Runnin' For Orifice! You're welcome.

189 189

You forgot the rimshot.

190 "You have to have severely diminished capacity"


This??  From Carney ??  About Paul Ryan ?????

That takes the cake.

191 jake are you curious' dumber , younger brother?

192 "You cannot ask a country to boot out the current occupant of the Oval Office if his performance is merely worth some tut-tutting and laugh lines. To justify such a large change, the CEO of America, Inc. has to be guilty of real incompetence and malfeasance."
Yeah you can. Look the president of the United States can do a halfass job and still be fired, he doesn't have to be evil and completely incompetent to justify firing. He's bad at the job, time for someone else. That's all it takes, and all it HAS taken in the past.

193 YAY! -- It's BEER thirty!

194 "I'd crawl naked over broken glass while getting rubbing alcohol poured all over me to vote against the SCOAMF. " Hey! save the smutty stuff for the ONT.

195 190 Man, these comment box potholes are RI-dick-uluss.

Posted by: ontherocks at March 21, 2012 03:29 PM (ZJCDy)

*

I think they are free-dick-ulous.

196 Shouldn't that be "Sandra Fluke: I'm Runnin' For Orifice?" Posted by: nickless at March 21, 2012 03:10 PM Don't you ever do this again.

197 i wonder if it was saying the rosary while it bashed mrs. romney........

198 Paul Ryan could rent out half his brain cells to the underprivileged and still have 8 times as many left as that Carney guy and his little boss too.

199 I had to look up parvenu.  Great word, Ace.   Perfectly describes Barry O.

200 This?? From Carney ?? About Paul Ryan ?????

Yep.  From the mouthpiece of Bongmaster Barry.

Irony, just like silvery, only rust colored.

201

You forgot the rimshot.

 

Not the Sandra Fluke we know. 

202 Ranginess writes: "155 120, Reagan often displayed emotion. It was not over the top yelling or crying or anything like that. It was calm determination. He was a good actor. When he want to show passion or urgency or anything, he could convey it well. Romney is not a gifted orator. And he comes across as two dimensional. Reagan had good speeches, but the delivery was better than the words. Romney just doesn't have the gift." I think you hit it straight on. I was lucky enough to hear a Reagan speech in person, back in the mid-1980s when I was in college. It wasn't a speech on anything very important--probably some mid-term vote, I mostly recall him talking about the local polls. But he made is sound compelling, nevertheless. Can Romney do that? Apparently not. Can I do it. No. Can you do it (the "royal" you), mostly no. We can't hang our hat on that standard. Who is going to do the least damage to the Constitutional America most of us grew up loving? Romney or Obama? Sure, Romney might get suckered by the liberals now and then and do something stupid. But does ANYBODY believe he has America's demise as his goal? I think not. For Obama, it's his MISSION. Like rescuing the woman was the mission in Act of Valor, "fundamentally restructuring America" is Obama's mission, his goal in life, what will allow him, in his own mind, to live a fully complete and glorified life. It would be nice if we could bring back Reagan to fight him, but we can't. What we are going to have to fight him is Romney. For all the complaints I've heard for months from Conservatives complaining about Romney attacking other Republicans in the primary, it's remarkable that they can't help themselves from attacking Romney himself, when they're candidates are clearly lost. Yeah, that's how the founding fathers would have done things. Why, look at all the times they simply dug their heels in and refused to compromise, even though it meant losing a nation. Good thing they all drew a line in the sand and said, no more, I'd sooner lose the country than compromise with your sorry, non-Reagan ass. Oh, wait, they didn't refuse to compromise, did they. Even though many of them HATED each other, some to such a degree that the killed each other in duels. No, they didn't refuse to compromise, in the best long-term interests of the nation, because they weren't stupid.

203

More of looking into the futureÂ…

 

“Timing?  ThatÂ’s what made this Ace guy so big?” I was struggling to make conversation but also oddly curious at his admiration. 

 

Rasmus cocked his head slightly and adjusted his top hat.  He had found the hat years before when a franchise chimney sweep company went bankrupt after fireplaces were outlawed due to global warming fears.  He seemed almost regal sitting there among the discarded condoms and Val-U-Rite bottles that littered what used to be the famous AoSHQ.

 

“People thought Mohammed Ali had timing, but that was nuthin compared to Ace” Rasmus reminisced. “I remember when he would keep ‘em waiting all morning, just to build the suspense, then BANG, six posts in a row.  It was a damn beautiful piece of work”.  Rasmus was just getting wound up, so I simply nodded in agreement.  “All the others paced their posts, but AceÂ… hell, he knew better.  Now, most of ‘em is down here with me while Ace is uptown with beautiful people.”

 

“All because he was independent with his timing and didnÂ’t follow the crowd?”  By now I was a bit skeptical.  “DidnÂ’t the writing, the cobloggers or anything else help him achieve his success?”

 

Rasmus smiled and gave a slight shake of his head in disbelief that anyone couldnÂ’t see the truth when laid out before them.  “Boy, all you need is timing.”

204 65 Making Biden radioactive enough that people might question his being one heartbeat away may be easier than campaigning against Obama...


I think their ace (no pun intended) in the hole is to run Hillary as the Veep. They'll wait until Romney picks Rubio, and the bounce settles, then dramatically switch to Hillary. The press will dutifully report on it for weeks.

205

Posted by: polynikes at March 21, 2012 03:30 PM (VhNgo)

 

nope, you calling me a moron though?

206 my parents and grandparents are boring, all the candidates are boring  most of you guys are boring.
old people should just shut up. being old is creepy.

what's that movie where all people over thirty get killed, logans run?

207 By the way, AllenG, love how you're almost invariably first with the SCOAMF. Solid work, there.

I can but try.

208 Ryan should challenge that pindick Carney to come on down to the HoR and have a televised discussion about "green Economy jobs"  I'd pay to see that.

209 I'm sorry we don't have the perfect candidate. We have these guys. We have these guys because when it came time to declare for President, these were the guys that stood up. No one else did. It's one of these guys or Obama.

Posted by: Jones in CO at March 21, 2012 03:29 PM (8sCoq)

 

 

Its the same kind of frustration as wanting badly to win the Indy 500 and having your sponsor roll a Ford Pinto with bald tires and fuzzy dice hanging from the rearview out for your competition rig.

210 192

I'll take any of 'em. I'll take an ashtray full of toenail clippings.

It's getting the Senate back and having both sides of the house and putting whoever wins' feet to the fire that's going to make the difference. One dude ain't gonna change shit.

211 It'll be a close election. Like 2 or 3 thousand hanging chads.

Bet your savings on that.

212 They'll wait until Romney picks Rubio, and the bounce settles, then dramatically switch to Hillary. I believe this has a 85% probability of occurring exactly as you predict.

213 Abo
ABo
ABO

214 Romney does not see it that way. Who here thinks Romney thinks the country is going over a cliff?Posted by: jake

I realize you're looking for some validation in rejecting him but to be honest you don't know one way or other either. Hey, no one's asking you to like him.

That's kind of Ace's point; he's not giving us much emotionally to let us know how deep the convictions.

I wager he does simply because of his experience in biz. You can't get to the CEO level without looking at a few hundred balance sheets.

$15 trillion in debt. Yea, not a good bottom line.

215 willow, you just pegged curious.

*golf clap*

216

Both Reagan and Clinton "ran on" being aware of voter anger.  Both beat incumbent Presidents who seemed out of touch with said voters.

 

Not a coincidence. 

 

Did Reagan display anger?  Sure, but he was nice about it.  Clinton however, went right at Bush Sr. jugular, and whether you want to credit him for it or not, Perot's campaign was pure anger at Bush.  Between them  he and Clinton garnered something like 62% of the vote. 

217 This is going to be very interesting. Romney is not going to directly attack Obama's character and leave all of that to the SuperPACs. He is hoping to get the benefit of appearing moderate yet having all of the 'red meat' arguments out there. Obama is going to assail Romney's character in a direct way. They are going for the 'no core', and they are pretty confident it will stick. They are planning to hammer that narrative, and they are just waiting for Romney to come to the center in the general. It still looks about 60/40 to 50/50 to me. Romney's strategy could very well work, but it is going to be difficult. He is such an easy target, and I think the longer primary has made his strategy harder and Obama's easier.

218 OT:  I am nuts today.  I'm ready to quit my job and walk away.  I've had enough of incompetent administrators who can't get their shit together, can't make a fucking decision and when they do its on a whim.  God Almighty, please save me from stupid people.

219 I'm honestly surprised that Ranginess, insensitive troll as he's been in other threads, has shown up here with some cogent and on-topic comments. Are we converting this guy? Not necessarily to the Right, but at least to not being wrong?

220 I will vote ABO, of course.....but beyond that, it's like "meh" we're getting the guy that has been forced on us by shitty primary rules, too many dumbass debates....and the one that the media picked for us.

Enough with the ridiculous "The media / establishment picked our candidate" nonsense.

We're supposed to believe that those who voted for Romney in the primaries were brainwashed by the media / establishment complex?  But you were too darned savvy to fall for their unspecified mind tricks, unlike all those other dumb rubes?

If the MSM could pick our nominee, it would be someone like Bachmann, Newt or Santorum who could be relied upon to make frequent gaffes and stir up controversy by saying something stupid.  Not a boring, white-bread, disciplined candidate like Romney.

221 >It'll be a close election. Like 2 or 3 thousand hanging chads.



or zombies. Trust me, the dead will rise on election day

odd that they're always Democrats

222 Isn't it Random?

223 I want to make certain people walk the plank right now.

224 224 OT: I am nuts today. I'm ready to quit my job and walk away. I've had enough of incompetent administrators who can't get their shit together, can't make a fucking decision and when they do its on a whim. God Almighty, please save me from stupid people.

Posted by: mpfs at March 21, 2012 03:35 PM (iYbLN)

Better stay away from this thread, then.  Cat Piss is here.

225 Better stay away from this thread, then. Cat Piss is here.

Posted by: Jane D'oh


Thank Jane.  hugs

F.M.L.

226 I've seen the polling on Hillary as VP. It would consolidate female voters to Democrats in a way that would make the election go from 50/50 to 90/10 Obama. Don't think there is a good chance it will happen, but it would be disastrous for Republicans.

227

If Romney's emotion chip isn't working, his people need to start selling the super precise Ice Man thing. Totally competent, relentless.

 

That's his only hope for being awesome.

228 > God Almighty, please save me from stupid people.

Posted by: mpfs at March 21, 2012 03:35 PM (iYbLN) 

Sorry. We're surrounded.

229 Has anyone here ever met Mitt Romney in person?  I'd be interested in any personal impressions you might have of him.

Someone must have run across him at some point.  What did you think of him?

230 Boulder, there was a time when  Dems ran for office as conservatives.

or they just lied, as  Obama and reducing deficits. 'line by line'
i actually don't know if there are conservative dems any longer.

231 poor catpiss....it has to check to see if it has toilet paper stuck in its pants......what a sad life......

232

Posted by: mpfs at March 21, 2012 03:36 PM (iYbLN)

 

 

 

Just think about the nutering you handed the Volt driver this morning. That should calm your nerves and lighten yer mood

233 You all are just mad that I am every bit as pretty as I come across in this comments section.

234 Someone for the love of Gawd post a cute kitteh/puppeh picture.

235 >>It would consolidate female voters to Democrats in a way that would make the election go from 50/50 to 90/10 Obama.

No way. Conservative women don't vote on genitalia, and we're more than 10% of women.

236 209 I agree. They're dumping Biden.

237 his people need to start selling the super precise Ice Man thing. Totally competent, relentless.




Maybe so. Play to your strengths.

238 >>You all are just mad that I am every bit as pretty as I come across in this comments section.

Well yes, yes, that's true.

(Zero is a number!)

239 mama winger my fil met him back when mitt was a teen ager.....he said he was very polite

240 Expressed as odds of winning. Obama will be around 90%. Certainly not 90/10 female split in vote. Unclear on my part.

241

178 -

 

Thanks genius, way to miss my point. 

242 Hillary is not as hated as she once was. Ever since she lost to Obama, people hate her a lot less.

243 Uhm, yeah... Something like his 2008 C-PAC speech? I thought that was kinda awesome. WTF *happend* to you, dude? Really? Didn't want to weigh in on the Health-Care debate when it was *happening*? Oh, yeah. 2012.... You became weird, and now I don't trust you. Sure, I'll support you. But you are a first class jerk if you don't care to understand why that should never have passed. Idiot

244 AllenG writes: "Indeed, the problem with this- over and above John F'n Kerry's "I was for it before I was against it" is that Kerry's was "just" a flip-flop. He'd held one position, then he changed his mind. This is saying that Romney's team was lying to voters. That the entirety of his campaign was "say whatever it takes in the Primary, and then run a completely different set of messages in the General." I disagree, in large part because it was KERRY who made the statement you reference, but it was NOT Romney who made the etch-a-sketch statement. In any case, regarding the bet, of course we do not know each other personally. But I have no doubt, based on your posts, that you would make good if you lost, and I assure you I would do the same. If men of good spirit can not trust each other to even that degree, the cause is lost, no? Perhaps my constraints on the bet were too narrow, in limiting it to one week before the election. Do you have a counter proposal? Two weeks? Six weeks? Certainly, we heard the Kerry "I voted for it before I voted against it" all the way right up to the election, as I recall. If it hasn't come across, I'm a great admirer of your posts.

245 mpfs, sorry you're working a job where they are inefficient while you have to watch.
still it's a job don't quit,good jobs are rare!

morphine drip.
still wanting smod, but morphine drip for the interim.

246 224 OT: I am nuts today. I'm ready to quit my job and walk away. I've had enough of incompetent administrators who can't get their shit together, can't make a fucking decision and when they do its on a whim. God Almighty, please save me from stupid people. Posted by: mpfs Ever have a boss who was a newly divorced, man-hating drunk? It's not pretty.

247 I agree. They're dumping Biden. Posted by: nerdygirl at March 21, 2012 03:39 PM (paVpO) You think they can make the case that the problem was BIDEN...?

248 191 i wonder if curious was able to read the hunger games and say the rosary at the same time........

Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 21, 2012 03:29 PM (h8UT+)

Haven't read the hunger games, I was giving my observations of my friends all reading it in the bar off their ipad, although one did have that amazon thing ..

this went on for weeks....

249 RAAAAAAAAIIIIDDD???!!!!!

250 240 Someone for the love of Gawd post a cute kitteh/puppeh picture.

Posted by: mpfs at March 21, 2012 03:39 PM (iYbLN)

I send D'oh Boy a cute lolcat pic nearly everyday.  He's trained to hurt bad guys in a dozen different ways, but he still loves a cute kitteh.

251 Okay , that's one from phoenixgirl.  Polite.  I've checked polite on my list.

(trying to get myself motivated here.  Not finding it an easy task.  But I will be a good soldier and do my duty.)


Next?  Anyone else?

252 Posted by: Jeff B. supports SMOD/Coldcuts '12 at March 21, 2012 03:22 PM (LfpSr)

Whatever Jeff.

If we all work together we can make this the best election EVER!

253 you have a new explanation for every post you make you are so pathetic......looking in the mirror wishing you looked like megan kelly....poor thing........

254 i'm so pretty, so darn pretty, can't you see it's true?

is this like ," it's so hard to be humble , when i'm perfect in evvverry way?"

255 Oops. I meant "Ever have a boss who is an incompetent, newly divorced, man-hating drunk?" Who constantly comes back from meetings saying, "They won't listen to me because I'm a woman." Even though half the other people at the meeting are women.

256 Ever have a boss who was a newly divorced, man-hating drunk? It's not pretty. Posted by: nerdygirl

You've got me beat with that one.

257 230 224
OT: I am nuts today. I'm ready to quit my job and walk away. I've had
enough of incompetent administrators who can't get their shit together,
can't make a fucking decision and when they do its on a whim. God
Almighty, please save me from stupid people.


Posted by: mpfs at March 21, 2012 03:35 PM (iYbLN)

Considering that most of my friends were called into their boss' office, given a perfunctory raise and told they were lucky to have a job...

I bet there are ten people who would be happy to have your job in a heartbeat....

hey maybe those administrators are trying to get you to quit so they don't have to worry about unemployment insurance...

258 curious namedrops her kewl friends at the trendy bar again; DRINK

259 >Has anyone here ever met Mitt Romney in person? I'd be interested in any personal impressions you might have of him.


Quang Tri province, 1967. We were in the fight of our lives- zips in the wire, about to be overrun-  1LT Romney charged the enemy with a 60 on a jungle sling and a Ka Bar clenched in his teeth... when it was over, I crawled out of the bomb crater where I had taken cover and looked over the battlefield... Romney was slicing an ear off an NVA cadre... he looked at me, a look of calm on his face, and commented that it was 'a lovely day'.

260 You want to talk about coming across as angry, put Hillary out there. She's a fucking shrew. Along with the fact she gave up all pretense to care about her appearance midway through last election, I don't see how she would be an asset to any campaign.

261 *sigh*  as if mpfs hasn't suffered enough today^^^

262 All my friends go to cool bars and read shit on their iPads.  It's so cool.  I'm cool too.

263 260 i'm so pretty, so darn pretty, can't you see it's true?

is this like ," it's so hard to be humble , when i'm perfect in evvverry way?"

Posted by: willow at March 21, 2012 03:44 PM (TomZ9)

Megan McCain is that you?  Is that you Megan?

264

Haven't read the hunger games, I was giving my observations of my friends all reading it in the bar off their ipad, although one did have that amazon thing ..this went on for weeks....

Posted by: hmmmm at March 21, 2012 03:42 PM (oZfic)

 

Let's see, read a book, or listen to a babbling fuckwit stalker skank that can't shut up.  Decisions decisions.

265 Someone for the love of Gawd post a cute kitteh/puppeh picture.
Posted by: mpfs at March 21, 2012 03:39 PM



Would you like to see my Golden Retriever?  Of course you would.

http://bit.ly/GDfouX

266 I don't particularly expect Romneyto "fix shit".  Obama is so, so fuckign bad that I will accept a merely "bad" President over this horror show. We can work on Mitt once he's in...we obviously have no problem hounding our own side.

267 268 All my friends go to cool bars and read shit on their iPads. It's so cool. I'm cool too.

Posted by: hmmmm at March 21, 2012 03:46 PM (QKKT0)

not me...

268 I meant "Ever have a boss who is an incompetent, newly divorced, man-hating drunk?" No. Not divorced.

269 If you guys need an expert on any subject, call me. You post about it, I know about it. Anything you can do, I can do better. I can do anything better than you.

270

226.......If the MSM could pick our nominee, it would be someone like Bachmann, Newt or Santorum who could be relied upon to make frequent gaffes and stir up controversy by saying something stupid. Not a boring, white-bread, disciplined candidate like Romney.

 

All of the candidates have made 'gaffes', Hollowpoint. .....But Romney's gaffes are being stockpiled, and saved for when he becomes the nominee.

 

He is also the candidate who is the embodiment of the narrative that team Barky has worked the hardest to establish: "the evil rich 1%-ers".

 

I'm not saying that the MSM wouldn't have a field day with Santorum, Newt or Paul.....but Romney has enjoyed some noticeably favorable treatment, throughout the primary process.

271
Posted by: mpfs at March 21, 2012 03:35 PM (iYbLN)

Considering that most of my friends were called into their boss' office, given a perfunctory raise and told they were lucky to have a job...

I bet there are ten people who would be happy to have your job in a heartbeat....

hey maybe those administrators are trying to get you to quit so they don't have to worry about unemployment insurance...

Posted by: hmmmm at March 21, 2012 03:44 PM (oZfic)

You really are the nastiest bitch on the internet.  Someone comes here having a bad day and you pile on.  Jeebus.

272 hmmmmmmm would Padre Pio approve of your condescending judgemental posts?

273 irony.

274 I like cats because they can't fire me. Like all of my previous employers. They got mad when they found out my references were all from my cats. What a bunch of grumpykins!

275 Don't get the fuss over "etch-a-sketch".

Obviously, those who dislike Romney will seize on it to reassert the usual anti-Romney memes. In that sense it's an unfortunate metaphor.

But to me it just sounds like uncontroversial statement about the transition from a primary to a general campaign. Of course you're starting over, it's a new game: a new type of game (a two man game, a two party game), a new playing field (cleared of the previous players and the previous games' scorecards), a new opponent (who's now your only opponent), a new audience. It's a new chapter: and a new set of MSM narratives begin (which will require a corresponding set of counternarratives to counteract the MFM).

Of course in that sense things are "reset". The dominant themes and memes that came up in McCain vs. his 2008 primary opponents, or Obama vs. Hillary, faded away into irrelevance when the match was McCain vs. Obama.

Those who take the "reset" to mean a reset of policy and ideology and platform, are obviously choosing the most damaging interpretation to Romney. What a surprise. But to me the more plausible, obvious interpretation is: it's a reset in terms of political strategy and tactics. E.g. media strategy, TV appearances, speeches, interviews, tones and themes and memes and motifs. The general election involves a new (now the only) opponent-- Obama-- who will be launching the specifically anti-Romney Obama/ Dem/ MSM attacks and Obama 2012 WTF memes and narratives. Obviously Romney will have to tailor his defenses and offenses to fight a new team in a new game! What's controversial about that?

Those using this occasion to repeat the same tired "Romney's a liar/ panderer/ inauthentic/ " memes would seize any pretext to do so.

276 >Thanks genius, way to miss my point.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 21, 2012 03:41 PM (TOk1P)

You said what you said, Einstein

277 Quang Tri province, 1967. We were in the fight of our lives- zips in the wire, about to be overrun- 1LT Romney charged the enemy with a 60 on a jungle sling and a Ka Bar clenched in his teeth... when it was over, I crawled out of the bomb crater where I had taken cover and looked over the battlefield... Romney was slicing an ear off an NVA cadre... he looked at me, a look of calm on his face, and commented that it was 'a lovely day'.

Posted by: SGT Rock at March 21, 2012 03:45 PM (8sCoq)

 

that is some SMart Military Blogging right there!

278 272 Haven't read the hunger games, I was giving my observations of my friends all reading it in the bar off their ipad, although one did have that amazon thing ..this went on for weeks....
Posted by: hmmmm at March 21, 2012 03:42 PM (oZfic)

Let's see, read a book, or listen to a babbling fuckwit stalker skank that can't shut up. Decisions decisions.

Posted by: buzzion at March 21, 2012 03:46 PM (GULKT)

cranky pants!  how are you?  You haven't been around much lately, except on all your other computers with all their separate IP's but I haven't been around much either tooo busy...I envy you being independently wealthy, not having to work and not being a house wife...lucky you....

279 hmmmmmm, do you like gladiator movies??????????? 

280 Quang Tri province, 1967. We were in the fight of our lives- zips in the wire, about to be overrun- 1LT Romney charged the enemy with a 60 on a jungle sling and a Ka Bar clenched in his teeth... when it was over, I crawled out of the bomb crater where I had taken cover and looked over the battlefield... Romney was slicing an ear off an NVA cadre... he looked at me, a look of calm on his face, and commented that it was 'a lovely day'.
Posted by: SGT Rock at March 21, 2012 03:45 PM






Okay, good ear slicer.  Check. 

Next?

281 *sigh* as if mpfs hasn't suffered enough today^^^
Posted by: Jane D'oh


LOL


My boss is one of those people who has to be the most important person in the room.  She wants to be everyone's friend therefore nothing every gets accomplished because she wants to be the "nice" person.  You get things done by kicking ass once and a while.  Double schedules herself on the calendar and then we clean up the mess. Has multiple windows open on her computer and wonders why it crashes all. the. time.  Anything electronic she touches just goes KABOOM!  I swear she has been hit by lightening some time in her life.  I lnow I'm being erratic today but she has my blood pressure skyrocketing today. 

282 280 I like cats because they can't fire me. Like all of my previous employers. They got mad when they found out my references were all from my cats. What a bunch of grumpykins!

Posted by: hmmmmmm at March 21, 2012 03:48 PM (ggRof)

Not me...but here's a clue...I can't be fired...lol

283 Quang Tri, eh?   I Corps was hot; very hot. 

284 >Posted by: mpfs at March 21, 2012 03:50 PM (iYbLN)\

perspective
I got a layoff notice last week

285

mpfs

Cute Kitty link at my nic.

286 " a freewheeling Franciscan priest who spoke of Catholicism in terms of moral shades of gray." Give me that old time moral shades of gray religion! Posted by: WalrusRex at March 21, 2012 03:05 PM (Hx5uv) ----------------- The problem isn't acknowledging that moral shades of gray exist, the problem is the leftist conceit that everything is the same moral shade of gray.

287

Not me...but here's a clue...I can't be fired...lol

Posted by: hmmmm at March 21, 2012 03:50 PM (oZfic)

 

Because that's what happens when the only reason you have a job is because of your daddy.

288 I read a little bit about the Hunger Games. .....It's got characters named Katpiss and Peta? ....wtf? ....Is it some kind of liberal shit to replace the Twighlight shit?

289 daddy won't fire his little disappointment......that would be too embarrassing to explain to his sooooper dooper rich friends that have sooper dooper successful kids who went to good schools because they chose to be vaccinated......it's hard when your child can't get into a school of choice because they are afraid of needles.......

290 290 >Posted by: mpfs at March 21, 2012 03:50 PM (iYbLN)\

perspective
I got a layoff notice last week

Posted by: Jones in CO at March 21, 2012 03:51 PM (8sCoq)

If I were she, as she seems to have an easy job, I'd calm down and think about what unemployment would be like, that should snap her out of it.  Plus she'd have to eventually go to COBRA unless she doesn't get insurance and has a hubby to fall back on.

291 SCREAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

Thank you for listening.

292 I can't be fired because I run my own business. I'm like The Wolf. People pay me to clean up messes. Mostly pet dander.

293 Romney is our candidate, I've accepted that. I've set my hope on taking both houses of Congress to act as a check on Obama's second term.

294 Wait. Can I be fired from welfare? They don't count the money I get from turning tricks as income, do they?

295 "Hunger Games" is pretty intensely libertarian, from what I've read of it.

296 296

Easy job?  Are you fucking kidding?

297 I don't know about you guys, but I'm ready for an adult to be president.

298

282 -

 

I did.  The point is, Romney has a reputation for going after opponents in his own party.  What he doesn't have, is any indication he will do it to the Dems. 

 

He has run against them as well, and generally has fared poorly when he has.  He needs to SHOW that he can go after Obama.  Or lose.  His choice. 

299 295 daddy won't fire his little disappointment......that would be too embarrassing to explain to his sooooper dooper rich friends that have sooper dooper successful kids who went to good schools because they chose to be vaccinated......it's hard when your child can't get into a school of choice because they are afraid of needles.......

Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 21, 2012 03:53 PM (h8UT+)

What is it like to be this stupid.  There is no daddy involved, no daddy's company.  Now think about it, who can't be fired?   But then again, you've got no brain so that will be hard for you.

300 225, don't count on it.  We disagree on issue positions, but I'm a rational, reasonable person.  And I can see Romney's flaws.  But he's not entirely flawed.  The key to the election is how the American people feel about Obama.  Right now, more approve of his job performance than disapprove.  And the economy is improving slowly.  And Romney isn't the kind of guy who is going to turn a lot of people with  his charisma.  I think that points to an Obama reelection, but there are a lot of variables here.

301 291

Now that's art right there.

302 Curious - I used to think you were annoying but you occasionally made some good points so I was not particularly bothered by your posts.  Now I see that you are just mean and  also quite wicked.  I wish to have nothing further to do with you. 



That is all.

303

Hillary as VP wonÂ’t win the election.  People just donÂ’t vote for VP.  It would be like McCain/Palin, in that no matter how popular she was, she just couldnÂ’t drag that piece of moderate dead meat over the finish line.

 

If Obama is the democrat candidate, he will lose in a landslide.  Every piece of historical data points to a Carter-like loss.  If Hillary is the candidate, it will be tight.

 

WeÂ’ll see after the republican convention.  TheyÂ’ll give the polling (the real polling, not the bullshit you see in the papers) a few weeks to settle and if Obama is trailing by 8 or 10 points, his ego will either let him continue or heÂ’ll take the money and run.

304 I like you, mpfs. There, that should make you feel better.

305 I don't know about you guys, but I'm ready for an adult to be president.

Posted by: Warden at March 21, 2012 03:54 PM (AHl6j)

but there are no adults running

306 268, mine play Angry Birds

307 303 I don't know about you guys, but I'm ready for an adult to be president.

Posted by: Warden at March 21, 2012 03:54 PM (AHl6j)

Then you want Paul, Santorum or Gingrich.  romney is a good administrator but he's going to lose cause he thinks BO isn't such a bad president, just like mcshame.  He sent his son all over hawaii to say it too..

308 i'm voting Roseanne Barr for president in November...

309 The problem isn't acknowledging that moral shades of gray exist, the problem is the leftist conceit that everything is the same moral shade of gray.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at March 21, 2012 03:51 PM





I love that.  I shall steal it and use it again at my earliest convenience.

310 @304

peace yo

311 I up my bid to 3000 shiny nickles.

312

The only variable is that SCOAMF is going to lose the election. He is going to lose. He is done.

313 Tebow to the NYJ is the buzz? Yikes. Diehard Pats fan, Jets loather, Tebow defender. I'm torn all asunder....

314 just beat obama

315 Now think about it, who can't be fired?





Curious is a Supreme Court Justice!

316 >Tebow to the NYJ is the buzz?


talk about a lamb thrown in to the lion's den

317

[The key to the election is how the American people feel about Obama. Right now, more approve of his job performance than disapprove.

]

Yeah?

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 26% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -14

318 319 Tebow to the NYJ is the buzz? Yikes. Diehard Pats fan, Jets loather, Tebow defender. I'm torn all asunder....

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 21, 2012 03:58 PM (hiMsy)

aw sorry, I'm so thrilled I could burst!  New York is gonna love Tebow and Tebow is gonna love New York!

319 I'm so thrilled I could burst!




I wish you would.

320 wow, where is everyone?  Anti romney, santorum, paul, gingrich threads used to be waaay longer?  Maybe ace should have an anti palin thread, we are due for one.

321 yes....i am brainless......that is right.....i'm also megan mccain....i found out today from you i'm also megan kelly......oh didn't you tell me i was a secretary? but then how can i be a house frau? i was an evangelical then you decided i was catholic......am i blond? old? fat? please tell me.....i don't have a brain........i'm too stupid.....boy you are a good representation of a "follower of Padre Pio" ....i'm sure he'd approve.....

322 Romney needs to look at Reagan's 1980 playbook

' are you better off now than you were 4 years ago?'

and when Golfpants starts talking about 'green' energy, a well-placed 'there you go again' would be nice

323 New Yorkers are going to mock Tebow.  I feel for him.  And I hope he never runs into curious.

324

What has Hillary done recently to affect the election so powerfully? Her time as Secretary of State has been inconsquential at best...and as big a farce as her boss' term at worst.

  And I still don't think she'd be happy as second banana (I denounce myself).

325 Dammit I can't find my anal beads! I wanted to say my rosary while cleaning out the litter boxes.

326 tebow needs a nose plug....the stink of catpiss curious is strong!!!!!!!

327 327 yes....i am brainless......that is right.....i'm also megan mccain....i found out today from you i'm also megan kelly......oh didn't you tell me i was a secretary? but then how can i be a house frau? i was an evangelical then you decided i was catholic......am i blond? old? fat? please tell me.....i don't have a brain........i'm too stupid.....boy you are a good representation of a "follower of Padre Pio" ....i'm sure he'd approve.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 21, 2012 04:02 PM (h8UT+)

wow what a fine representation of your psychosis in print for all to examine.....

328 what school didn't you go to because you refused the vaccination?

329 332 tebow needs a nose plug....the stink of catpiss curious is strong!!!!!!!

Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 21, 2012 04:03 PM (h8UT+)

He's a nice guy.  He'll do fine here.  New Yorkers will treat him respectfully. 

330 323, the Real Clear Politics polling average of approval/disapproval has Obama at higher approval than disappoval.  Even at Rasmussen (which historically has had the highest Republican house effect of any of the majors polls) has Obama down only two points.  You point to the strong approve vs. strong disapprove, but in overall approval vs. disapproval, Rasmussen has him down 2 points and pretty much everyone else has him up.

331 who are the people that coined the phrase "cult of healthcare"?

332 334 what school didn't you go to because you refused the vaccination?

Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 21, 2012 04:03 PM (h8UT+)

What high school did you drop out of?

333 BurtTC writes: "I did. The point is, Romney has a reputation for going after opponents in his own party. What he doesn't have, is any indication he will do it to the Dems. He has run against them as well, and generally has fared poorly when he has. He needs to SHOW that he can go after Obama. Or lose. His choice." What campaign has he run poorly in? His Senate run against Kennedy? Who else dared run against Kennedy? Nobody! I'd say that shows guts. His run for President last time around? Who were all those other great Republican candidates who did better than him? McCain? Again, no Romney fan--Perry was my guy--but a lot of these shots against Romney are lame. He ran against Kennedy and lost, he ran for the Presidency in a historic Democrat-winning year, and lost (side-stepped by "it's my turn" McCain"). He ran for Governor, and won. I don't ever recall him running for re-election and losing by 18 points (Santorum). Or limiting his entire political career to non-executive positions that never demand one be the person who makes THE decision (Gingrich and Paul). Shees, even with Obama as the opponent, some alleged Republicans will still sh*t all over our nominee. Great, guys, that'll move things forward.

334 Not Me!

335 The Romney-hate in here is hysterical (both in the sense of being funny and in the sense of exhibiting psychoneurotic hysteria). What are you going to do when the also-rans are finally shown the door? Talk up Obama? http://romneybot.blogspot.com/

336 lol, i'm a high school drop out.....that's news right there........

337 I dropped out of elementary school cuz I hate needles. Yet I let hundreds of guys a day put their thing in me. Go figure!

338 Posted by: BK at March 21, 2012 04:06 PM (P73hq)

They are not going to vote for president.  IF they do vote they will vote down ticket only, state and local races.  Some just will stay home.  The republican party has had that happen before, so it won't surprise them.

339 Out in the real world, where they don't get polled, they see no jobs. They see forclosed homes. They see high prices at the grocery store and the gas station. They see friends and family suffering. They know that the sunshime pumpers are full of shit. They see all of this and they are waiting to vote. And, they will vote. Of course, the SCOAMF will still get 41-42% of the vote from his core. That isn't going to be enough this time. He has lost a hell of a lot more support than you even realize. Where has he gained? In what group has he made inroads? He hasn't. America is going to make a correction. Pack his fucking bags.

340 I'm not saying that the MSM wouldn't have a field day with Santorum, Newt or Paul.....but Romney has enjoyed some noticeablyfavorable treatment, throughout the primary process.

How so?  I keep seeing this repeated, but never with any examples.

Or is this one of those "I perceive it that way because it fits the narrative" sort of things?

341 343 I dropped out of elementary school cuz I hate needles. Yet I let hundreds of guys a day put their thing in me. Go figure!

Posted by: hmmmmmm at March 21, 2012 04:09 PM (ggRof)

not me.....wow I am soooo popular today...

342 Heh. Like Obama is stupid enough to make Hillary VP. He'd need a food taster and a body double.

343 Drudge had a headline about romney being briefed by the president.  But it takes you back to the drudge main page, so is it true or not?

Wouldn't surprise me, how will BO get elected if he actually has to face a Santorum or a Gingrich or a Paul or Sarah Palin or Jeb Bush or any other no vetted by the press and dems republican?

344

point

That's right, troll. Because that is the number that matters. It's all about passion and motivation. Strong approves and strong disapproves VOTE.

So, fuck off. Your boy is going to lose. Big.

345

I don't know how much he really believes all that stuff, but it almost doesn't matter. It's great stuff, he can really appeal to the public with it, and he's doing better with his delivery. There are questions about him, but nobody believes he's really any sort of extremist, and we really, really need to get that f-ing Fabian Socialist away from any level of power.

 

We never watch these speeches, but we happened to catch the beginning of this one, and couldn't turn away from it.

346 Can anyone give me some free condoms? My welfare ran out and Sandra my pimp won't let me keep any of the money. She says she needs it to pay for her birth control.

347 >>But then again, you've got no brain so that will be hard for you.

Posted by: hmmmm at March 21, 2012 03:55 PM (oZfic)

I'm thinking that you need something that would be hard for you, but that just ain't gonna happen No. 2.

348 Oooh ooh!  And he needs to announce ahead the he is going to give A Major Speech!  On Race Relations, Gender Identity, and Me!  And stage it at the Berlin Wall or something.  And then . . . then . . .  then . . . Hope!  And Change!!11!! 

How in the he11 did that work for Obummer?

349 fuck Romney and the horse he rode in on

350

350, moderates and independents decide elections.  And they aren't going to be in the strong approve or strong disapprove group.  They are going to vote for the guy they like the most.

And it seems like many of your conservative brethren on this site don't agree that Obama is likely to lose.  You're not exactly putting up a strong opponent.  And if anyone thinks that Obama will lose regardless of his opponent, they haven't been following American politics for very long.

351 Thanks morons.  You're the best! 

352 ok, what are the libs/dems babbling about now?  What is the white horse prophecy?  And what does mittens have to do with it?

353 353 >>But then again, you've got no brain so that will be hard for you.


Posted by: hmmmm at March 21, 2012 03:55 PM (oZfic)


I'm thinking that you need something that would be hard for you, but that just ain't gonna happen No. 2.

Posted by: ontherocks at March 21, 2012 04:18 PM (ZJCDy)

why don't you explain your comment to the entire class, it's lost on all of us...

354 I don't know anything about white horses. I am a white whore, though.

355 "They are going to vote for the guy they like the most." per Ranginess in 356.

Nah.  We vote for the guy we dislike the least.  And distrust the least.  And disbelieve the least.

That's what he needs to aim for, and he's doing OK at it. 

Wish I could remember the quote, something about a guy seeing an opponent getting ready to shoot himself in the foot, and he leaps up and says, "Here, let me help you hold that gun aimed steady!"  That's all Romney needs to do to win.

356
,,,the animus toward Romney by the base is because he's not willing to demonstrate viscerally that the election matters greatly...
Posted by: jake




In some sense, it really doesn't matter to him.  If he loses, he's still filthy rich, famous enough to merit a 10 point question on the AP American History test, and -- as a moderate Republican, he'll get all the media time he wants to bitch about the party every time it inches right.

He'll be our Carter -- in more ways than one.

357 "TEAM WORK:  Obama HQ briefs romney's press corps?"  http://tinyurl.com/7rxprqq (via drudge)

358 360 I don't know anything about white horses. I am a white whore, though.

Posted by: hmmmmmm at March 21, 2012 04:35 PM (ggRof)

not me, lot of assumptions in there though

359 Why do you like negative attention curious?

360 This is why the president has turned to hollywood for the rest of the money, Wall street split it between their two top contenders, romney or the president, as soros said either one would be fine with them:  http://tinyurl.com/828g9en

361 Posted by: Medication, what curious forgot to take at March 21, 2012 04:41 PM (mbrLW)

my generation doesn't take medications, it's the older generation that counts very heavily on them.

362 You seem like a lonely mid twenty yr old maid shouldn't you be trying to find a husband. Why are you hanging around all of us old people?

363 350, moderates and independents decide elections. And they aren't going to be in the strong approve or strong disapprove group. They are going to vote for the guy they like the most.
And it seems like many of your conservative brethren on this site don't agree that Obama is likely to lose. You're not exactly putting up a strong opponent. And if anyone thinks that Obama will lose regardless of his opponent, they haven't been following American politics for very long.

Posted by: Ranginess at March 21, 2012 04:23 PM (1d6WV)

In other words, never underestimate the stupidity of the American People. 

Don't worry, we'll be sure to remember the stupidity of you and your ilk for a long time to come, because we won't have any fucking choice as we claw ourselves out of the miasma you assholes put us in.

You are the enemy of freedom, you son of a bitch.  You and everyone who thinks like you.

364 I see my prescriptions for anti-psychotic/hallucinogenic medications more as suggestions, really.

365

Why have none of Romney's sons served in the military?

 

No, I don't think Romney is CIC material (neither was/is Obama).

 

Perry/West 2012  America needs cojones NOW!

366 369, I provide a simple piece of analysis which is neither partisan nor aggressive nor offensive and you blow up, calling me an enemy of freedom and a son of a bitch?  Are you channeling the anger you wish Romney felt?  Are you off your meds?  Please put down your gun and take your medication.  It's going to be ok.

367 Pragmatic writes: "371 Why have none of Romney's sons served in the military? " You mean like Reagan did? Or his sons? Really?

368 370 I see my prescriptions for anti-psychotic/hallucinogenic medications more as suggestions, really.

Posted by: hmmmmmm at March 21, 2012 04:53 PM (ggRof)

These are getting funnier.  Hey it's a slower day today, you are giving us all a good solid laugh, keep up the good work..

369 368 You seem like a lonely mid twenty yr old maid shouldn't you be trying to find a husband. Why are you hanging around all of us old people?

Posted by: Medication, what curious forgot to take at March 21, 2012 04:47 PM (mbrLW)

thanks for this one.  It was a slow day until these....

I actually posted this one so you might see it come along....

370 Granted, Reagan did his service time in Hollywood making movies (and credit to him). Is that what you had in mind in terms of "military service"? Reagan was a great leader despite never having been in mind of an enemy's bullet (until the left tried to assassinate him, of course). Military service provides a definite presumption of faith to country. Lack of military service does NOT do the opposite. Lots of us couldn't do military service, it doesn't mean we don't love our country. And, by the way, it's not like 0.0% of veterans voted for Obama.

371 Do mormons serve in the military?  I thought they send their kids on religious missions and that is considered their service.

372 Famous Mormons in the Military  http://tinyurl.com/82rlxwg

they do serve, it's quite a list.

373

339 -

 

You're not paying attention.  Either that  or you want to deliberately jump to the conclusion that I'm attacking your candidate so you can make some other point.

 

What I have been led to believe is that Romney's campaign agaisnt Kennedy was so tepid, he was selling himself as pretty much a Dem Lite alternative, and he lost badly.  Now, maybe that's just Massholia, and he wouldn't do that nationally, but I am suggesting to anyone who wants to see Romney BEAT Barack Obama, he better find a way to convince the American people that Barack Obama needs to be BEATEN, and not just that Mitt Romney is a nice guy who is competent. 

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

375 BurtTC writes: "379 339 - You're not paying attention. Either that or you want to deliberately jump to the conclusion that I'm attacking your candidate so you can make some other point. What I have been led to believe is that Romney's campaign agaisnt Kennedy was so tepid, he was selling himself as pretty much a Dem Lite alternative, and he lost badly. " Where do you think he was running for Senator? Texas? Alaska? He was running in MA, the bluest of blue states, to unseat Kennedy. Who else was a running to unseat Kennedy? Were you? No, nobody was. And how was he to defeat Kennedy? By running as a Texas or Alaskan conservative? Really? How about a reality check. Sure, he lost running against Kennedy--everyone who EVER ran against Kennedy lost. But he won running for Governor, as an industrialist, in a hard-core Blue state. I don't know about you, but I give him credit for that win. And as Governor, he had executive responsibilities that neither Santorum, nor Gingrich, nor Paul have EVER had. Again, Perry was my guy. But why you people keep pissing all over Romney is beyond me. Do you WANT Obama? Do you really THINK Reagan is going to rise from the grave? Or Paul for that matter? What do you think your options are REALLY going to be come November?

376 For the person who thought California would save mittens: 
"Explaining CaliforniaÂ’s Open Primary"  http://tinyurl.com/7xgduog

377 oh wow a friend just told me that he thinks that's the plan all along, to have all the dems in cali vote for romney so they don't have to deal with paul, santorum, gingrich, palin or bush.  maybe who really knows.

378 BurtTC writes: "339 - You're not paying attention. Either that or you want to deliberately jump to the conclusion that I'm attacking your candidate so you can make some other point. What I have been led to believe is that Romney's campaign agaisnt Kennedy was so tepid, he was selling himself as pretty much a Dem Lite alternative, and he lost badly. Now, maybe that's just Massholia, and he wouldn't do that nationally, but I am suggesting to anyone who wants to see Romney BEAT Barack Obama, he better find a way to convince the American people that Barack Obama needs to be BEATEN, and not just that Mitt Romney is a nice guy who is competent." You aren't saying anything new at all, you're just repeating your earlier post, to which I already posted a reply. Which makes me think your a bot. But that's OK. If that's all you've got, that's all you've got.

379 Ah, never mind, BurtTC, got mixed up on the sequence of posts. My bad. It's a shame there's not discrete "reply" function per message on this otherwise excellent blog.

380 ITA, Ace. I generally don't watch Mitt's speeches, but I watched last night since I'm an IL voter & he was giving it just a few minutes away from where I live (it's weird for IL to get such a level of attention). I am not a Mitt fan but I found it a VERY good speech and a surprisingly good speech. HOWEVER, all I could say was, "if he REALLY means it". GOP voters were burned four years ago by McCain. He kept telling us to "fight, fight, FIGHT" and all he did was roll-over! Here was a war hero, a hot Irish temper (I'm Irish), and we got milquetoast and him saying that Obama would make a "good POTUS". Mitt is so bland to begin with that he REALLY has to show some FIRE in the belly, some FIGHT. Voters, well the BASE anyway, know that Obama is a Marx-loving COMMIE. We can't treat this like any other election. This is the one trult "unprecedented" thing about Obama: he's undermining the Constitution and EVERYTHING America stands for. He hates America, he hates Israel, he hates Capitalism. We need a candidate who shows he gets it. Like Perry.

381 386 ITA, Ace. I generally don't watchMitt's speeches,butI watched last night since I'm an IL voter he was giving it just a few minutes away from where I live (it's weird for IL to get such a level of attention). I am not a Mitt fan but I found it a VERY good speech and a surprisingly good speech. HOWEVER, all I could say was, "if he REALLY means it". GOP voters were burned four years ago by McCain. He kept telling us to "fight, fight, FIGHT" and all he did was roll-over! Here was a war hero, a hot Irish temper (I'm Irish), and we got milquetoast and him saying that Obama would make a "good POTUS". Mitt is so bland to begin with that he REALLY has to show some FIRE in the belly, some FIGHT. Voters, well the BASE anyway, know that Obama is a Marx-loving COMMIE. We can't treat this like any other election. This is the one trult "unprecedented" thing about Obama: he's undermining the Constitution and EVERYTHING America stands for. Hehates America, he hates Israel, he hates Capitalism. We need a candidate who shows he gets it. Like Perry.

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at March 21, 2012 06:43 PM (KL49F)

"We need a candidate who shows he gets it. Like Perry."

The more sure it becomes that there will be a brokered convention, the more posts like this one will come to fruition.  A brokered convention if romney "fails to get a thousand" as per newt today on hannity, gives the republican party an opportunity to re coup, to re assess to have a conversation with the nation, rather than just die which it surely will if romney gets the nomination and loses, which is a distinct possibility as BO is the sitting president and romney has all the charisma of well, an etch a sketch.  Romney also likes the president, has said more than once that BO is a nice guy and as the father of obamacare, they share the obamnycare bond.  Romney can spend his fortune devastating the republican field for his friend, BO and then, at the last minute, endorse BO, in a similar way that mcshame endorsed him.  What could the republicans do?  It would be over for them again.  But, this time, the republican party would take more of a hit, the idea of a third party with new blood and new faces would become a reality.

Thosd pushing the meme of santorum wanting to control your sex life instead of realizing that Santorum sees the destruction of the family, are hurting the country to position their guy mittens.  Those pushing the meme that women would never vote for newt and that he's got crazy ideas and can't win, are hurting the nation.  Yes, Ron Paul has some off the wall foreign policy ideas, but some sound dollar ideas, but you all go ahead and poison the water for him and the rest to make sure you position your boy romney, cause in your small minds he's the only electable one.  Hope it doesn't come back and bite you in the butt.  Although, the way most of you behave, unthinking, I'll be laughing while you gnash your teeth and cry your crocodile tears.

382 Oh and for the person who thought that saying I had a child out of wedlock or some such nonsense and they thought it was a horrible insult, sure showed your true colors....judgmental bigot ...I got it right, didn't I? 

why not have a look at bristol's blog post, it's good, it's very good, to the point actually:  "Mr. President, When Should I Expect Your Call?"  http://tinyurl.com/6m4zvu3

383 I liked the speech. The only problem I have is that it was given by Ned Flanders. I want Patton! I want him to be as pissed off as me. Everything you said is correct, Ace.