Jesus, what the hell is with all the Eeyore shit that's been going down here over the past day or two?

If it makes you all feel any better, I trawled through some of the left-wing blogs and sites.....alot of them are as ansty and jumpy as those on the right. Plenty of "Fuck how can The One be behind in Rasmussen! He should be 20 points in front! Shit, why are the polls tightening up again! Are we blowing the bounce? Why isn't Romney getting hammered in the polls over (random left-wing talking point)?"

Uber-confident of victory they ain't......

BTW, I assume these videos were supposed to be the October Surprise, yeah?

Probably says something that the Left have rushed to release them now......

my front woke me up. Pee Pee Boner.

So, OSP, is that John "The Cryin' Game" Bohener's little brother or Pee Wee Herman's big brother?

Posted by: Miss Marple at September 18, 2012 06:57 AM (GoIUi)

All I want is a Bush free political future.  Is that asking too fucking much?

Posted by: AussieMarcus at September 18, 2012 07:00 AM (RstsB)

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It sounds to me like the left is making the Romney campaign ads we'd like to be seeing. 

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at September 18, 2012 07:11 AM (9TTOe)

Also known as  a "piss-cock"

Now we know why Obama takes up cell phones at fundraisers.

He figured Mitt would have some operatives there just like his operation.

Good morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

Today is the birthday (1905) of Greta Garbo.  She's not a fave of mine - I like that icy, cool beauty, but Garbo never seems to have anything going on underneath that beauty - but she has certainly entranced movie lovers and fellow stars since first coming over in 1925 with director Mauritz Stiller.  She made nine silent films in America, three of them with John Gilbert, the doomed, alcoholic star who was probably the love of her life.

Always extremely shy, Garbo refused to allow visitors on the set and even ordered black flats put up when she was filming to keep extras and crew from watching her.  She never signed autographs, almost never attended a Hollywood party, refused to answer fan mail and, in general, stayed closed within her tight little world, which led to the association of her with a line from Grand Hotel:  "I want to be alone, I just want to be alone."

In 1927, she was preparing to film Anna Karenina for MGM.  The front office decided that they needed to change the title because they thought such a foreign name might confuse American audiences (!).  Various titles were brainstormed, with Heat finally coming out on top.  When the decision was announced, there was general agreement that it was a fine, catchy title.  But screenwriter Frances Marion shook her head.  "I can just see the billboards now - Greta Garbo in Heat!"

The film ended up with the title Love.

Today is also the anniversary of the premiere (1922) of what has been called "the strangest movie ever made" - Benjamin Christensen's witch-craze semi-documentary Haxan.  Christensen attempted to show - through both his 'documentary' episodes and dramatized sequences of torture, nudity and sexual perversity which caused the film to be censored or banned in several countries - that a combination of superstition and ignorance of mental illnesses led to the hysteria of witch hunts through mediaeval and early modern Europe.

It was re-released in 1968 as Witchcraft Through The Ages, with a jazz accompaniment in place of the original's own score and with narration by William S. Burroughs (opening with Burroughs - in campy Bela Lugosi style - intoning "Witches.  Witches!  WITCHES!").  Both versions are available on the DVD released by the Criterion Collection in 2001.  I highly recommend it for Hallowe'en viewing.

And that's it for today.  Prayers for our beautiful country, strength to R/R and happiness to all of you.

"Mother Jones has released a second video from that Romney fundraiser, in which the candidates says that the Palestinians have "no interest whatsoever in establishing peace, and that the pathway to peace is almost unthinkable to accomplish." "

lol. Doing their peddling for their fav man, Barry.  I'm glad mitt had the presser yesterday, I listened to what he said and what he said at the presser, made sense -- glad he did the presser, and the extended campaign staff of Barry aka the MSM no doubt now have their talking points for this week. Whatever. Let them say what they want, 60+% of the american public know they're in the tank for Barry anyways.

Posted by: MrScribbler at September 18, 2012 07:26 AM (ZgX/g)

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I predict the Top Ten will be far away from any uncomfortable current event.  Probably an automotive theme;  One of the top ten will be a crack about Romney's car elevator, one will be about his cartop dog carrier, one will be a lie about crumbling bridges, and one will be a lie about the GM bailout.  For the sake of diversity, one will be a gratuitous swipe at Mormonism. 

Posted by: Sven10077 at September 18, 2012 07:46 AM (LRFds)

To hell with Fox.  I'm not sure what Ailes' bidness plan is when he signed Shakedown Jackson's non-bastard daughter but they've been sucking major cock for the last couple years.

I honestly don't think the election will be close.

One of two things will happen:

1) Romney makes the election a referrendum on the economy, in which case all the swing states line up behind him and he pinches a couple of surprise gains....300+

2) Obama (and the media) succeed in making Romney unelectable, in which case it will be 2008 revisited minus IA and NC....

Rove is for Rove, he helped Donna Brazille in 2008 to help Barry push Hillary out in 2008.

Never was a fan of Rove and never will be. But I will appauld his efforts on the Crossroads.  His opinions don't mean much, he also has TX as a "lean Repub" in his map. Sometimes he makes sense -- that whiteboard, most times he doesn't

Posted by: Beto at September 18, 2012 07:55 AM (+I8Mq)

Too bad the only instrument they play is the skin flute and bonaphone.

Posted by: VW Zao at September 18, 2012 07:23 AM (vWZa0)

Just make sure they buy the first round.

The thing I would recommend to MT's camp is that they need to now go on the offensive and say, since capable people who want to stay on the govt will not vote for him anyways, however there are many middle class people, some in my family, who are on unemployment, but they rather be working, this is who MR and his camp need to appeal too, and make this explicit in their talking points.

You know, the same "bitter clinging Americans" Barry loves looking down on, these same people are down on their lives, they want to work, they don't want dependency, MR's camp can use this whole thing to their advantage.

Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at September 18, 2012 08:00 AM (ACkhT)

Yes Rove is very good at seperating the swells from their hard earned jack and using it to produce very good ads.  Other than that he's the pudgy turd who gave us the compassionate conservatism song and dance that blurred the differences between the donks and Repukes and was the architect for the disasters of 2006 and 2008.  He's the antithesis of the Tea Party who will eventually shove that whiteboard up his fat ass.

>>He was portrayed as Simon Legree after that comment as well.

Why would Romney be portrayed as that Duran Duran dude?

@89

But isn't the whole point of Romney's campaign to target the swing voters, Indies, and soft Dems? He's not campaigning for the base....the base is turning out for him anyway. Is there one conservative in the US who isn't sitting on their front verandah with baseball bats waiting for Obama to pop his head up?

It's natural that the base might be pissed off about Romney not going in harder and tearing strips of Obama, but this isn't  supposed to be a campaign for the base.

80 It seems as though conservatives and Republicans are upset because Romney insulted Reagan tax credits and Republican tax credits that allow for this 47%.   See the Daily Caller today.

Seriously,  does anyone in the conservative media want him to win?  I think Republicans/conservatives would rather have four years to wait for their next Reagan rather than defeat Barack Obama. Good luck with that.

Welcome to Day 5 of the Gubmit/Media Blackout of the atrocities in Libya.

Posted by: AussieMarcus at September 18, 2012 08:11 AM (RstsB)

Ryan was the bone which Romney tossed to the base; similar to Palin in 2008 although with more experience.  Not bad, really...

Posted by: Vic at September 18, 2012 08:02 AM (YdQQY)

I think a lot of Republicans believe that, but most are scared to say it on the record. Without him and W, an environment in which a Barky O'bama could be elected does not come into existence (or at least, not nearly as soon), IMHO. "Compassionate conservatism" will be the death of this nation, if anything is, not the leftwingers who've always been working on destroying the country.

Could the Romney camp have orchestrated this?

Tea leaf:  Gallup finds last week that over half the country thinks the government does too much.

This is liek the Medicare setup--bring it on.

Posted by: Mo the girl at September 18, 2012 08:13 AM (Rn/ZH)

Who are you referring to that doesn't want him to win?  I was initially very much against Romney and, while he still wouldn't be my ideal candidate, he's the only choice against the JEF and I have to vote for him.  Since I came to grips with that he's looked a lot better.  I see a lot of enthusiasm building for him.  But that doesn't mean that people can't differ on the effectiveness of his message.

Andrew Sullivan, the same one who switched to being left-wing like a decade ago, and still posts "Palin isn't the mother of her kids!" conspiracy rants years after the fact? That guy?

I'm not sure you should be worried about losing him

Plus political pundits are just weathervanes. Romney gets a lead, and they'll all be telling you how they knew he'd win all along.

Posted by: Miss Marple at September 18, 2012 08:20 AM (GoIUi)

That's a large part of it, yes, but he had lots of other problems of his own, not related to Rove's advice...like thinking the federal government should do something about every single problem; being far too loyal to old friends (cronies) who didn't deserve the loyalty (like the one he tried to put on the SC) and mostly spending too damn much of other people's money. I think that W is a really good human being, but he was a pretty horrid president, especially in his second term.

Posted by: Sven10077 at September 18, 2012 08:25 AM (LRFds)

You left out that bitch Nicole Wallace.  Fuck every one of those turds you mentioned (except maybe Jeb if he keeps his fucking mouth shut and gives up all plans of running for president) because every damn one of them deserves a painful death.  I don't take a single one of them seriously.

Wait...@chucktodd just said, "economic optimism is at an all time high"? Really?

Rasmussen Consumer Index:
Full month recent history

Aug-12

83.0

Jul-12

84.7

Jun-12

84.8

May-12

91.5

Apr-12

88.6

Mar-12

90.8

Feb-12

87.9

Jan-12

85.4

Posted by: davidinvirginia at September 18, 2012 08:31 AM (qEkGZ)

the second term only went to shit once the dems got control of the house and senate.

But keep believeing the meme that it was bushes fault.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at September 18, 2012 08:07 AM (VLifP)

Word.

Mother Jones also secretly replaced Mitt's regular coffee with Folger's Crystals and videotaped the results

So if I'm reading this right, Gallup has two big (O+7 av) days to be washed out of their tracking poll in the next couple of days.

Could be tied by the end of the week....

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka muhammad hussein jihadi Peace Loving soetero blame bush wright at September 18, 2012 08:36 AM (ovpNn)

I tend to try to work with things as they actually happened, instead of how I wished they had happened. Try it sometime.

Heh, the meme that Romney themselves leaked the "gaffe" to the media, and that this helps him, is spreading on conservative sites.

I don't know if it's true or not, but it will definitely fuck with the media's heads a bit. Will they release the next "gaffe" or tie themselves in knots working out whether it will harm Romney or not?

Posted by: davidinvirginia at September 18, 2012 08:41 AM (qEkGZ)

Well then, you might want to start blaming carter if you want to work with things as they actually happened.

He gave us the community reinvestment act...look it up if you dont know who to blame for the housing crisis.

He also supported Khomeini and the ouster of the Shah...look that up too if you dont know what that led to, but here is a hint (BOOM inc.)

I was no fan of bush, never even voted republican during his term, but I am not going to suck the democrat dick and spit out their Bushes Fault Jizz.

Posted by: Jack Bauer's Dad at September 18, 2012 08:40 AM (VuZKK)

The funny thing is that those "flags" are stitched together in little local shops that cater to the Flag-Burning industry.  If we were really devious, we'd have rolls and rolls of chemically-infused red white and blue fabric falling off the backs of trucks in Karachi, Kabul Tripoli and Cairo.

@130  "#122 Almost all of Bush's later failings were a result of the erosion of his popularity due to not answering back to charges of lying about the Iraq War. Once the dems got the whip hand and could get away with threats to defund the war effort, he pretty much had to compromise with them in order to get the funding needed.

 

Karl Rove said that this was his advice and mistake. He put it in his book. And once I read that, I lost almost all respect for his opinion."

Yup.  Bush, on Rove's counsel, turned the other cheek over and over again to show what a swell guy he was, but what did that get him?  Hell, what did it get us?

Pussyfooting around in the Sandbox for over a decade  at the cost of thousands of casualties because of our unwillingness to offend anyone.

 Explosive growth in the FedGov  and our debt because we had to "compromise" (read "capitulate) with the socialists.

The  election  to POTUS of a man whose  it is goal in life  to undo all of what Western Civ and the American Experimant have given us.

No.  Mitt needs to own this so-called gaffe, not apologize for it in the least, and double the fuck down on it.  It's time to grow up as a nation and hear the truth.

Posted by: HeatherRadish� at September 18, 2012 08:46 AM (/kI1Q)

I did a really nice job of peeling out all the returns and condencing and spacing it nicely before hitting return....but most of them jumped back in like a bunch of undocumented immigrants on the back of a turnip truck after it crossed the border.

Posted by: She turned me into a Newt! at September 18, 2012 08:41 AM (mxnUd)

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Yeah, he could have been more subtle.

That Romney certainly is a thoughtful, well spoken fellow,  if you're smart enough to follow him.

If he has a fault, it's that he doesn't inject enough ahhs and umms for slower people to have time to absorb.

Falls Church Va can't be any more left leaning than Waterford, Va.

3 Romney signs in the whole town, and those people will be cut from the heard very soon.   Lord, it is a depressing place...  but the rich people who live there thank you simpletons for the Federal Tax largesse  presented to them every year.

Posted by: Master Skeptic at September 18, 2012 08:55 AM (Ec4KY)

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And he lacks that charming whistle-thingy which causes one to perk up and pay attention.

Posted by: Romneylosesbig at September 18, 2012 08:57 AM (Jk+oU)

Your concern is noted.  

Now fuck off.

@201

Give the guy credit, at least he's not making some lame arse attempt at pretending to be a conservative.......

Gabe, be careful in Chicago!   If anyone finds out your a Moron, you're liable to get shot.

...

Well, okay, this is Chicago, so there's a better than average chance you'll get shot anyway.   But nevertheless,    stay safe!   And kick a fat union teacher in the stomach while you're there!

Rasmussen with Romney stable over the weekend is good news!

Let's hope it nudges up as Saturday and Sunday get washed out of the poll.....

Romney can speak the truth all he wants, I hate him.

Baracka Obama? Mmmmm mmmm mmmmm

188 No. Mitt needs to own this so-called gaffe, not apologize for it in the
least, and double the fuck down on it. It's time to grow up as a nation
and hear the truth.

So tired of apologies. The MSM including Fox News analysts want that. Karl Rove wants that. But I think most conservatives and even indies are looking for someone to have some b*lls.

Posted by: 66chevelle at September 18, 2012 08:58 AM (QjSgY)

He also needs to turn his head form side to side more and then pause so the cameras can get a really good profile shot of his good side, both of them, for the commemorative coins.

If only we had a video that illustrates Obama's opinion  of and allegiance to the Palestinians.  

Where would we find a video like that?

Posted by: AussieMarcus at September 18, 2012 09:03 AM (RstsB)

I was watching ras this weekend to see if we would have the usual dem weekend bump that put Odipshit up by 1 or 2 come monday / tuesday...and i am pretty stoked that this week it didnt happen.

>>So can we party like it's 1979?

Yes.

Axes are for amateurs.

Say hello to my little friend. . .

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at September 18, 2012 08:58 AM (4df7R)

*snort*

Love this site.

Well AllenG? Anything you'd like to say? Anywhere you'd like to direct us this morning? Perhaps someplace that we don't know exists.

@217

Yep, like I've  said, if Obama really thought he was up by 5%, he'd be hammering NC, Indiana, and the McCain states.

He's not doing anything of the sort....he's conceding states he currently holds!  He's been bunkered down trying to defend states he won by double digit margins last time.....That sure as hell isn't the behaviour of someone who thinks he's got it "in the bag".

Sven, it happened at Brevard Community College in Florida.

http://www.campusreform.org/blog/?ID=4364

Definitely a sign of desperation.   And in a swing state no less.

Posted by: Sven10077 at September 18, 2012 09:05 AM (LRFds)

Sharon Sweet apparently has a criminal history too.  You can look up her mug shot on the internet ... in 2001 she was arrested for trafficking in stolen goods. and there is another report for arrested for assault with intent to commit felony in june of this year.  Now this may not be THE Sharon E. Sweet, but if google is good enough for that crack ABC investigative reporter Mr. ObamaCockSucker Ross, then its good enough for me.

BTW, I did check Sharon Sweek Florida Tea Party and came up empty.

Now she is teaching math in community college and pressuring kids to sign a blood oath to obama.

If her mug shot doesnt tell you all about who she is, check out her teacher reviews at the Brevard County Community College....the kids for the most part hate her guts and rate her overly low on all metrics..,

http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=1034158&page=1

Posted by: The Robot Devil at September 18, 2012 09:13 AM (136wp)

And also less likely to catch some    exotic disease born   f rom a steady diet of hobojerky    and liberal tears.

Where you going, AllenG?   Democratic headquarters sporting a "Bloggers for Romney" t-shirt?

(You do have a blog, right?)

The Air Force is 65 years old today.

But many of the buildings at Barksdale are older, which surprised me at first.

>>The dedication of Barksdale Field Feb. 2, 1933 , marked the culmination of a concerted community action. As early as 1924 the citizens of Shreveport became interested in hosting a military flying field. In 1926 Shreveport citizens learned that the 3rd Attack Wing stationed at Fort Crocket , Texas , would be enlarged by 500 percent and would require at least 20,000 acres to support aerial gunnery and a bombing range. In February 1928, a delegation of prominent Shreveport citizens hired a young crop duster, an Air Corps captain named Harold Ross Harris, to fly over the local area and find a suitable site for an airfield.

he simply stated the fact that ~47% of the people are addicted to government and see themselves as victim (and thus "owed" something).

I was unaware that was particularly controversial.

According    to    the regressives and their media conspirators, it's controversial to say that     more and more people going on food stamps, welfare, or disability is a BAD thing.       Somehow it's supposed to be construed as a GOOD thing.    So anytime someone actually mentions how many people use these government handouts, it's immediately controversial.

Doesn't mean it ain't the truth. 

Got that, MFM?   Facts. Don't. LIE.  

"ACLU Forces City To Ban Father/Daughter Dances"

I didn't even need to click on the story to know why.

Oh fuck THAT.  

This country is insane.   100% insane.

>>"ACLU Forces City To Ban Father/Daughter Dances"

Nobody puts Bebe in a corner!

Posted by: Beagle at September 18, 2012 09:18 AM (sOtz/)

Really?   Sweet!   Just let me finish this game in Madden 2013, then I'll get right on that.

Also- on that note, I'm going to take my life in my own hands later today. Really. Pray for my safety type "take my life in my own hands."

Driving the Southeast Expressway, AllenG?  Remember, in Boston, using your directional is as good as dropping your pants and telling Bubba you're squeakhole's lubed and ready.

In all seriousness, good luck.

See y'all later.  Work calls.

Oh yeah, our loyalty-oath-pushing fascist Juco associate professor.

Come to Florida for the mild Winters and stay for the hilariously tragic insanity.  

Posted by: Zombie Swayze at September 18, 2012 09:21 AM (0cb+d)

THAT IS FUCKING RACIST AGAINST MUSLIMS!

Oh wait i thought you said they were banning Father/Old Enough to be my Daughter dances.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at September 18, 2012 09:16 AM (da5Wo)

But they're are okay with a film maker taken into custody

Driving the Southeast Expressway, AllenG? Remember, in Boston, using your directional is as good as dropping your pants and telling Bubba your     squeakhole's lubed and ready.

Likewise, NOT using your directional will cause angry Bostonians and other Massholes to curse and bitch at you like you're     the son of Satan    come to earth to    separate them from their Dunkin' Donuts morning cup of coffee.

Posted by: Sven10077 at September 18, 2012 09:21 AM (LRFds)

Sure, you talk a good talk, but last week you limped over the line with barely over 1000 posts. 

How are we to expect you to break the Democrat stranglehold on the country with anemic results like that? 

Step it up. 

Unless you make it to 50000 posts per week, you'll just be another limp dick internet tough guy.

Posted by: Romneylosesbig at September 18, 2012 08:57 AM (Jk+oU)

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka muhammad hussein jihadi Peace Loving soetero blame bush wright at September 18, 2012 09:24 AM (ovpNn)

See, I    was going to say the same thing, but for a different reason.   I thought the headline read     "ACLU Forces City To      Ban     Father/Young Enough    To Be My Daughter Pederasty Orgies   and Cliterectomy Carnivals."     

I mean, come    ON.    Could     you BE more culturally insensitive towards    filthy Jihadists than that?  I think not!

Posted by: Bart who lurks with SMOD 2012, master of his domain at September 18, 2012 09:24 AM (he2LC)

True enough.   But that in no way excuses the ACLU for forcing a city to BAN them. 

Hurt feelings    and low attendance are not valid reasons for cancelling a tradition.   Particularly not when only one stupid single mom is complaining.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Please? at September 18, 2012 09:28 AM (VtjlW)

WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!?

I have two little girls, 5 and 2, and I hold their hands everywhere we go. Because, FUCKING SAFETY.

Dammit AtC. I'm redlining the new meter over here now.

Posted by: Sven10077 at September 18, 2012 09:29 AM (LRFds)

I dont understand

I dont see any button that says zero skew.  its late and i am getting brain mushey...give me the If Obama had a retarded son it would look a lot like barack obama version.

To be kind, there are a lot of daughters that have nothing to do with their fathers, if they even know them. In some schools, the father/daughter dance would be mostly empty.

Those daughters dance, too. 

Just for the other fathers, at the local stripclub.  It's all good.

What's even better is that the article makes it impossible to tell if the city is banning Father/Daughter dances entirely or only school dances. It appears to be only school dances but, really, you have to get that by implication from the article.

They use the idiotic Title IX argument, as if that has anything to do with anything.   If we're going to use Title IX for everything above and beyond athletics, then you'll have to ban Math Team, Chess Club, A/V Club, etc, for being predominantly male-dominated, and Chorus    and Drama Club for being predominantly female-dominated.  

BTW, I'd love the ACLU to try and ban father/daughter wedding dances.   That would be FUN. 

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at September 18, 2012 09:29 AM (4df7R) 

Sure you can

they were banning Father/Old Enough to be my 6 year old Daughter wedding dance and the follow up wait till she is 9 for a good time after party.

Posted by: Brother Cavil presents at September 18, 2012 09:33 AM (GBXon)

Oh the videos are a surprise alright,  just not the way they are expecting.

They somehow still think 47 > 53 but then math was never their strong suit.

Posted by: The Robot Devil at September 18, 2012 09:34 AM (136wp)

@271

"...I guess I have to avoid political talk altogther."

That's the plan for all of us.  

Posted by: jakeman at September 18, 2012 09:35 AM (96M6e)

Bastiches wouldn't sell me a warranty. Some bullshit about the condition of previous purchases....

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka muhammad hussein jihadi Peace Loving soetero blame bush wright

Like Rachel Maddow's

Posted by: BCochran1981 at September 18, 2012 09:31 AM (da5Wo)

*BREATHING DEEPLY*

My father.  Would utterly.   And totally.   100%.   Destroy.   Anyone.   Who tried.   To report him.   For holding my hand.   When I was a child.

O.

M.

G.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Please? at September 18, 2012 09:37 AM (VtjlW)

I totally get that. But I refuse to do it. I hug my kids. I kiss them. I hug/high five/play with my friends' kids. I refuse to allow these dickwipes to fuck with my life. And may God have mercy on anyone that tries to say something about me and my kids. Because I won't.

Not that petroleum is going anywhere any time soon.  I'm not stupid like that.  I remember when we were going to run out of oil by every round number date in the late 20th Century.   But with so much oil there people will fight for it. 

Oh yeah I forgot the real reason there is no Mideast peace: some Jews build apartments and condos where they aren't supposed to.  No, really, that's the main obstacle to peace not only in the region but the entire world. 

Do I get an A now?

301 Fuck Obama

preferably with someone elses dick    an extra large pineapple. 

FIFY

Posted by: Reggie Love at September 18, 2012 09:43 AM (136wp)

Heart be still, can I?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 18, 2012 09:38 AM (2Sy1S)

You can also point out the Romney has given more money to charity than all of the people in Obama's administration has put together.   

Posted by: Sven10077 at September 18, 2012 09:43 AM (LRFds)

Ah thanks now i understand.

Hey Romneylosesbig.   What's with the changing hash tags?   Afraid of being banned?   Why would we ban you?   You're our daily dose of comedy!

(Though no one will beat ergie for sheer humor value)

Daily Caller:

>>Internal Department of Justice emails obtained by The Daily Caller show Attorney General Eric HolderÂ’s communications staff has collaborated with the left-wing advocacy group Media Matters for America in an attempt to quell news stories about scandals plaguing Holder and AmericaÂ’s top law enforcement agency

I couldn't think of a better leak for Romney to have than this.  You want to shine a light on Romney's foreign policy and have him set the differences between him and Obama right now?  Game.Fucking.On.

Posted by: Mama AJ at September 18, 2012 09:48 AM (SUKHu)

Like Holder would need to take action on this. His pals in the MFM wouldn't report on Fast & Furious or anything like it even if their lives depended on it

Posted by: Romneylosesbig at September 18, 2012 09:45 AM (HgJZ+)

I'll give Obama Virginia and give Romney Florida and Ohio.  You still think Obama wins? Florida just elected a conservative Senator and Governor and is going to elect another Republican Senator.  Florida is Romney's.  Ohio made a come back under Republican leadership. Ohio is going to Romney.  Virginia's Republican Governor will help Romney come out on top in Virginia. 

You're whistling past the grave yard punk.  

The problem is seemingly intelligent people (Math teachers   and engineers)  

I'll give you the engineers, but Math teachers?   Sorry, no dice.   Unless you're talking mathematicians who teach advanced math at a postsecondary level;    otherwise,     no.   Teachers are, in my experience, among the stupidest people I've ever met.  Not all of them, but more than    you'd expect for their profession.

I say "more often than you'd expect" for those who've never had to deal with an "Education" major in college.   If you've had that special pleasure, you realize that finding ANY intelligent teachers is a     bit like hitting the jackpot.

So let me get this straight

Palestine isn't interested in peace = gaffe

Jerusalem isn't the capital of Israel = NBD

"ACLU Forces City To Ban Father/Daughter Dances"

Coming soon...

"ACLU defends Muslim/Child-Bride Weddings"

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Please? at September 18, 2012 09:54 AM (VtjlW)

Ah, you're right!   I'd forgotten Spurwing Plover!

Conceded, your eminence.  *bow*

General Eric HolderÂ’s communications staff has collaborated with the left-wing advocacy group Media Matters for America in an attempt to quell news stories about scandals plaguing Holder and AmericaÂ’s top law enforcement agency

Who didn't know this?  

Seriously, the damning aspect of this administration is the complete abandonment of the 'Form' of government.  

This is the only route I've found to 'get to' dyed in the wool liberals namely, by pointing out the avarice for the formalities of government shown by the Obama Admin. 

 The exemptions, the executive orders the end-around of the courts - the list is long.

Posted by: 66chevelle at September 18, 2012 09:55 AM (QjSgY)

Pretty sure they're already doing that.   If not them, then their compatriots in other countries are.

Florida is going to be close unless events do something unforseen.  Not a lock for either.  

No more polls unless it's the stripper kind.  

>>>And If I was Romney, I'd push the dependency message

Both the 47% video and the Palestinian videos are the same theme:  Dependency/victimhood.  What Romney needs to sell is why we don't want that in America.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 18, 2012 09:57 AM (2Sy1S)

The kids who had that particular math teacher were LUCKY.   And the parents and students know it, as evidenced by the fact that they seek him/her out for tutoring instead of going to their current teacher for assistance.    Good on them!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 18, 2012 09:57 AM (2Sy1S)

Willing stupidity is stupidity none the less.

I don't look forward to the day when my daughters no longer want to hold my hand.  Nothing more heart warming than to have your child's tiny hand reach for the warmth, love and safety of Daddy's man-beast paw.  If someone accused me of molesting any child, especially my own, I guarantee they will be coughing shattered, bloody Chiclets onto the ground while I put  my boots to work  on their ribs.

Do. Not.  EVER.

>>*waves hand regally* It's fine, ergie is a close runner up.

All Trolls Are Average Joe.

...and it's de rigeur to go topless.

@348:  "I just watched the Israeli/Palestinian one on HotAir. It was three minutes of Romney speaking coherently and realistically on the problems of a two state solution. I have no idea how the left could possibly think they could make hay with it."

They can make hay of it because they *know* that very few people will take the time to watch the videos beyond the 5 second out-of-context bytes and the misleading headline reports.  All they have to do is *say* it's a BIG GAFFE and the mentally-challenged among us will take their word for it.  They know their audience and exactly what it takes to lead them on.

"Can anyone name one personal act of kindness Barack Obama has done?"

Damn.  A minute and I'm blank.  Choom jokes notwithstanding.    

Posted by: Redd at September 18, 2012 10:03 AM (Z8Qnh)

Chicago Educated?

Posted by: Baldy at September 18, 2012 09:57 AM (opS9C)

I can say that in terms of the Palestine angle, I work near Copley Square in Boston and there are always these Pro-Palestine rallies that pop up that I'm forced to walk through to get to the train.  I just look at these people and am always amazed by them because it seems like they genuinely believe that they are fighting for a postion a majority of Americans hold -- and they're a group that finds solidarity with Liberals.  I just can never get over how delusional their worldview is.

"Can anyone name one personal act of kindness Barack Obama has done?"

He's become a living memorial to  Harrison J. Bounel?  That's all  I got.

Posted by: 66chevelle at September 18, 2012 09:55 AM (QjSgY)

Let me know when they get to stoning Sandy Fluke for whoring around

Posted by: Roy at September 18, 2012 09:59 AM (VndSC)

I forget who I was listening to    on the radio the other day who made this point, but the FDR/JFK democrats out there who still vote Democrat are doing it for the wrong reasons.   FDR's social security and LBJ's Medicare were created with the (flawed) understanding that American citizens WOULD PAY INTO THEM.       It was supposed to be that Americans would contribute to these programs, and then when the time came for them to need them, they'd be there.   It's a hopelessly pie-in-the-sky socialist message -- "Everyone contributes for the   betterment of everyone else" -- but the point was that everyone contributes.

The Democratic party of today has completely voided that message.   It's gone from being "everyone works hard and that shared work contributes to the health and welfare of us all"    to    "poor people are poor because rich people take all the money, so rich people need to    spread their wealth around."     There's nothing in there about "a fair shake for the every man."         Instead of rewarding hard work,   today's Democratic party seek to demonize it.      It's pure class warfare,    and     a complete 180 from what those     FDR/JFK democrats originally voted for.      

If nothing else, I'm hoping a    few of those voters   (the ones I call the Ma and Pa Kettle Democrats) will hear this    snippet from Romney and say to themselves,  "Well... yeah.      He's got a point."      And maybe they'll still vote for Obama, but maybe they won't.   Because   they'll actually be THINKING for a change.

The Ma and Pa Kettles are the only portion of the Democratic voting block that allows them to retain a thread of legitimacy.        The Dems have created a party almost entirely comprised of radical, fringe movements.   By their very nature they exist on the edges of the mainstream and intersect only briefly.   There is far more in common between the Ma and Pa Kettles and your average Tea Partier than there is between Code Pink and the New Black Panthers.      Strip    the Ma and Pa Kettle      voters away and    the Democratic party will collapse under the weight of    it's competing interest groups. 

I was just saying here this week how the GOP needs to embrace the Makers v. Takers dynamic, because that is what American elections are about anymore.

I wouldn't have advised that this narrative be launched via a secretly-taped video. This kind of stuff needs to start between elections, not during them. It may not help now, but it will help in future elections.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at September 18, 2012 10:17 AM (SWyjX)

I'm afraid I wouldn't even use it to line a bird cage.  Birds have standards.

Mullah TurnsHeadAndReadsPrompter should be having his breakfast humus right about now with a nice cup of turkish java...wonder if he is reading the Intelligence report or People Magazine....

Highlights for Children.

Posted by: WalrusRex at September 18, 2012 10:17 AM (Hx5uv)

As long as he explains why they voted for obama the first time and will do so again against their own self interests, he should be fine.

Lot's of talk about free speech these days. What's the oppostite of free speech?

From Reason.com:

From a recent issue of The New York Times, in an article detailing how California has been leading the way on implementing Obamacare, especially when it comes to setting up the law's health-care exchange through which individuals will be able to shop for coverage:

Hollywood, an industry whose major players have been supportive of President Obama and his agenda, will be tapped. Plans are being discussed to pitch a reality television show about “the trials and tribulations of families living without medical coverage,”according to the Ogilvy plan. The exchange will also seek to have prime-time television shows, like “Modern Family,” “Grey’s Anatomy”and Univision telenovelas, weave the health care law into their plots.

“I’d like to see 10 of the major TV shows, or telenovelas, have people talking about ‘that health insurance thing,’ ” said Peter V. Lee, the exchange’s executive director. “There are good story lines here.”

Between this and the coming blasphemy laws, I feel just great about our freedoms.

"Please don’t believe the “news” coming from the Democrat Cheer leaders in the media when they report on polls.

The Romney Ryan campaign is not in disarray. Mitt Romney is not short on money; but Obama is. Romney has people like the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adelson ready to spend “whatever” is necessary to win. Obama burned through $120 million attacking Romney. Has anyone even heard the word Bain lately? How about “tax returns” “he’s a felon” or “off shore bank accounts” – not one of those words and phrases laid a glove on Romney – and Obama can’t get that $120 million back.

Here are the facts:

Barack Obama is not winning any group he didnÂ’t win in 2008; he is not doing better with any group he did win in 2008; not Jews; not young voters; not Hispanics; not Blacks and not women.

Even CNNÂ’s latest streaming pile of shit poll found Republican enthusiasm 6 points higher than Democrat enthusiasm. It found that Independent voters favor Romney by 14 points and this agreed with Carville and GreenbergÂ’s Democracy Corps survey.

For the first time ever Black ministers are telling their people to stay home on Election Day. A May poll in North Carolina – yes PPP – found 20% of Blacks ready to vote for Romney over Obama’s Gay marriage position. A Georgia Gallup poll in May found the same 20% of Blacks ready to vote for Romney. A late August poll in Michigan found 23% of Blacks would vote for Romney and an unreported NAACP poll in Florida found 23% of Sunshine State Blacks lining up behind Romney.

Catholic support is at 27% exactly half of what it was in 2008. No Democrat has ever won the presidency while losing the Catholic vote and Obama isnÂ’t even close.

As per Rasmussen, Republican registration has grown just since June and is now at its historic high. At 37.6% it is 4.3% higher than the Democrat registration which is less than one point above its lowest point ever.

For prospective, the spread in registration was 1.3 points just before the 2010 election. The spread is more than three times larger now.

Can anyone of our “conservative” heroes please stand up and say these things?"

Posted by: sickinmass at September 18, 2012 09:53 AM (CFi9O)

Just thought I'd repost in case Romneylosesbig missed it.  

Attention, Romneylosesbig....your suppository prescription is ready in the Pharmacy... your suppository prescription is ready in the Pharmacy... 

Posted by: kawfytawk at September 18, 2012 10:21 AM (JWLqy)

I have seen pictures of Catshit Couric Drunk and Dancing slutty.

Why she hasn't OverDosed by now on something or jumped out of a window accidentally or walked infront of a speeding bus as she rushes back to her corner office with her starbucks double mocha frappuccino causing her internals to liquify from the impact and come squirting out of her ass....as the paparazi snaps shots of her twiching in a pubble of her own feces to later sell to perezhilton.com and TMZ...i will never know....another one of lifes great mysteries

Posted by: LC LaWedgie at September 18, 2012 10:21 AM (PcoXF)

Wow, they really said that?  Did they actually talk to anyone in the military? I remember my buddy who was in the Marines used to talk about how stupid and counterproductive it was that he had to send money back to pay taxes since it was just going right back to where it came from.

399 The Ma and Pa Kettles are the only portion of the Democratic voting block that allows them to retain a thread of legitimacy. The Dems have created a party almost entirely comprised of radical, fringe movements. By their very nature they exist on the edges of the mainstream and intersect only briefly

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This.  Dennis Prager talks about this demographic of the democratic party all the time, the people who think that FDR is still alive and running the party.

I have elderly relatives who fall into this group.  They cannot be reasoned with, but you know what is getting their attention?  Zero interest on their savings.  They are spending down their savings and getting NOTHING in the way of a return.  The QE3 that TFG has implemented to get reelected is not playing well with these relatives.  Between that  and the stealth destruction of medicare, they ought to start feeling like the elderly eskimos that were put out on an iceberg and left to die. 

Posted by: sickinmass at September 18, 2012 09:53 AM (CFi9O)

Are you the blogger 'Coach is Right'?  If not, you really should attribute your posts to him.

http://tinyurl.com/9xv95b4

"Romney classified this 47 percent as those Americans who pay no federal income tax, though fact-checkers quickly noted that in roughly half of those cases, the people are senior citizens on fixed incomes

This is a key liberal talking point. The "though" is a tell, suggesting it undermines the general premise without demonstrating it. TIP: "Retirees" who paid taxes all of their lives are somewhat different than the rest of the tax-free Democrat base. Yes, the portion of the 47% who paid taxes their whole lives and are now retired living on a pension are potential, even likely, Romney voters who could possibly be insulted by his statement. If they were retarded.

I'm ready to believe a lot of things, but I can't believe that 20 percent of blacks, anywhere and for any reason, will vote for Romney.

I denounce myself,.

Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at September 18, 2012 10:31 AM (YmPwQ)

If he divorced Anne and Married Oprah...I would take that bet.

Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at September 18, 2012 10:31 AM (YmPwQ)

I can't see them voting for Romney, either.   But I CAN see them sitting at home and NOT voting for Obama.

Over at Jihad Watch is Egypt charges seven US-resident Egyptians with insulting Islam and the prophet. 

"Will Obama hand them over?"  

 Our new 'secret prisons' will be for sending blaphemers to the Middle East.      

The GOP will never realize that they are fighting on multiple fronts and or they just don't really want to win.

They realize it. They need help. Who do you spread the notion of "income inequality" that is at the heart of Obama's campaign? Democrats? No. It was liberal writers and academics and activists. Same for the "99% v. 1%."

The GOP doesn't have the media and academia on its side to launch and sell these narratives, nor does it have nearly the same number of activists as foot soldiers/union tools.

All we have is the truth and the web. It's a race to see if we can catch up before the demographic/political landscape pushes politics beyond our reach.

@428 Redd

Yeah, when the first words out of the special prosecuter were "this has nothing to do with politics," it had everything to do with politics.  

That formulation just makes the Takers defensive. They're slaves to whatever the gov't has in store for them. They only think they're Taking their fair share.

But we're not after them. We're after the shrinking number of Americans who aren't wealthy, but aren't dependent on government and still see the value in personal responsibility.

>>>"Can anyone name one personal act of kindness Barack Obama has done?"

He didn't bogart the joint with his choom gang. They really appreciated that.

A politician tells the truth - leftwing liars go nuts.

but of course...

Posted by: kawfytawk at September 18, 2012 10:39 AM (JWLqy)

Oh, that is BULLSHIT.  Does he have the name of the person who told him that?  Because odds are that person's told other seniors the same thing, and a lot of them may buy it.  That needs to be nipped in the bud RIGHT NOW.

Posted by: kawfytawk at September 18, 2012 10:39 AM (JWLqy)

I would be in their faces so fast they wouldn't know what hit them.  Outrageous!

I can't see them voting for Romney, either. But I CAN see them sitting at home and NOT voting for Obama

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Oh yeah, absolutely. The SSM "Evolution" didn't go over well in the 'hood.

Another anecdote:: Every Friday, a group of black Israelites (yes, they claim to be the real Jews, and wear funny robes with Mogen Davids on the front, and have a giant painting of Black Jesus propped up against a table) set up shop in front of my office building. They have a bullhorn and generally spew pseudo-religiousnonsense and the occasional comedy piece. As well as some downright hateful anti-white and anti-gay stuff. Anyway, since the "evolution", they haven't stopped railing against the "half-white" Obama, tool of the sodomites.

Posted by: TD at September 18, 2012 10:39 AM (+uFux)

You have that wrong.

It's the Bitter Voters who cling to religion and guns.

Low Info Voters cling to the false Hope that someone else will come along and Change their lives for them.

Posted by: Beagle at September 18, 2012 10:36 AM (sOtz/)

No, we have drones here for that now.  Obama can just send the video to the Mullah Blasphemy Star Chamber.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at September 18, 2012 10:42 AM (jucos)

Well...not THIS dog, but there have been other dogs that are...shall we say...no longer around.

Wait, didn't the NY Times report last year that Obama has given up on the working clase white vote?

Why, yes they did.

http://tinyurl.com/9c7w75t

The sound of crickets was deafening.

No the problem with the GOP and message is they all have to be like Gingrich and just smack the living hell at them and say what they want to say and not answer the MSM's bullshit questions.

Don't answer the media's questions. Check. That's a great plan.

Posted by: kawfytawk at September 18, 2012 10:48 AM (JWLqy)

I'm going to guess what they'll tell you.....

You:  Ok, who here told my father he was too old to vote?

Them:  What?  No one told him that.  Honey, you father sometimes imagines things.  You know he's getting on in years......

I guarandamntee it.

Can anyone name one personal act of kindness Barack Obama has done? Not speeches or government programs: some personal act.

Fucker won't even share the royalties on my book.

Posted by: kawfytawk at September 18, 2012 10:55 AM (JWLqy)

You absolutely should!      It's insulting and outrageous.    And I agree with HeatherRadish - check with your    local    election office to make sure no one's on record requesting    an absentee ballot for him. 

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 18, 2012 10:59 AM (oihrP)

...uck?

Posted by: kawfytawk at September 18, 2012 11:05 AM (JWLqy)

As they should be! 

Posted by: Miss Marple at September 18, 2012 11:06 AM (GoIUi)

They were doing that here in NH during the 2010 elections, too. 

Although its projection is for this winter to be generally cold and dry, snow is in the forecast for the second half of December for the Atlantic Corridor from Richmond, Va., to Boston.

"The snowiest periods will be in mid-December, just before Christmas, and in mid- to late February," says the Region 2 Forecast.

These specifics are even given:

Dec. 15-20: "Rain and snow, then sunny, cold." Dec. 21-25: "Periods of rain and snow, turning cold." Dec. 26-29: "Snow showers, cold."

Heck, snow is even mentioned around Election Day (Nov. 6) and right after Thanksgiving (Nov. 22). It's "rain to snow, then sunny, cold" for Nov. 6 to 14, and "wet snow, cold" for Nov. 23 to 25.

First they came for the rich,
and I didnÂ’t speak out because I wasnÂ’t rich.

Then they came for the racists,
and I didnÂ’t speak out because I didnÂ’t think I was a racist.

Then they came for the 1st Amemdment,
and I didnÂ’t speak out because I didnÂ’t need 1st Amemdment that day.

Then they came for me,
and there was no one left who could speak for me.

Drude has an interesting link about an upcoming debate between Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly.

This clown just can't ever decide which profession he wants to have. As my mother always said, "Inside or outside. Make up your mind."

Which clown?  You've got to be more specific.

Ok, so yesterday's video has the potential to be damaging. I can admit that. I still think he mostly told the truth in them and it's a point he can win on.

But today's videos? I mean can someone help me out here and explain the supposed bad in them? I can't see it? It's all gold here.

From my favorinte election model so far (and Nate Silver had nothing to do with this):

Election prediction models “suggest that presidential elections are about big things and the stewardship of the national economy,” Bickers said. “It’s not about gaffes, political commercials or day-to-day campaign tactics. I find that heartening for our democracy.”

http://tinyurl.com/9tw6hmm