July 18, 2012
— Ace New ad, pretty good.
The media never stops chattering about Obama's ads. I think that's due to rooting-interest bias -- they want Obama to win, so they focus on those things that make an Obama win more likely.
But this ad seems pretty effective. And "offshoring" is included here, too.
But they never mention Romney's ads.
Semi-related, Kathryn Jean Lopez thinks Romney is becoming more natural, and less programmed by risk-adverse advisers, when stumping.
I have long thought he has been ill-served by certain advisers... trying to protect the candidate from himself rather than let him be himself, completely. (He is actually a competent guy, who represents some fundamental values we used to protect and promote and even try to live, who has demonstrated forward-looking leadership more than a time or two.) And so you have had some random snapshots, without a complete vision. I think it is safe to say Romney has had enough of that. Witness... his pushback after he was booed at the NAACP last week (and the vision thing presented in most of the speech) and yesterday in Pennsylvania. Jim Geraghty provides a good synopsis of the latter in his Morning Jolt this morning. This portion, where he talks about the current administration, hits, I think, at an authentic tone going into the general election that may just be a winning one:
This is very different by the way than the Democratic party of Bill Clinton, that said that the era of big government was over. That reformed welfare — you heard that story by the way — he is trying to take work out of welfare requirement. It is changing the nature of America, changing the nature of what Democrats have fought for and Republicans have fought for.
He folds everything neatly into one of his several big themes-- this one, the "He's transforming America into something unrecognizable" theme. Which is as sound as it is racist.
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Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 18, 2012 08:48 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 18, 2012 08:48 AM (r4wIV)
(1) POTUS or his surrogates raise something of interest to them and only them re: Romney;
(2) Water carriers in the media spend a news cycle harping on this point;
(3) Romney makes a counterargument which is lost to time;
(4) goto (1).
Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at July 18, 2012 08:49 AM (BvTwT)
Posted by: Thunderb at July 18, 2012 08:50 AM (Dnbau)
But not all of that money is spent yet. What we will see is another 1936 FDR money push to projets in swing States.
Posted by: Vic at July 18, 2012 08:50 AM (YdQQY)
We're just a bunch of Cassandras out here on the intertubes--we see the future but our self-important Senators and Representatives won't believe us.
Posted by: RoyalOil at July 18, 2012 08:50 AM (kSaUf)
And a giant foam-rubber cowboy hat, and a Providence sex ad tabloid.
Posted by: eleven at July 18, 2012 08:54 AM (KXm42)
Yo!
Posted by: The Rod Blagojevich Memorial Slush Fund at July 18, 2012 09:53 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Roy at July 18, 2012 09:54 AM (VndSC)
Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at July 18, 2012 09:55 AM (SDkq3)
Is it my imagination, or does Romney's commercial voice-over guy have a mid-western/WI accent?
Intentional choice?
Posted by: Serious Cat at July 18, 2012 09:55 AM (zrpqj)
Sure, it was a combination between that and money shoveled at Democrat-controlled states to allow them to keep their budgets and not cut pensions or union benefits for another year. It was a bailout for leftist policies and public employee unions.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 18, 2012 09:56 AM (r4wIV)
Oh ya, vote for Romney, ya? Dis was paid for by Cheeseheads for Romney, ya?
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 18, 2012 09:57 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Roy at July 18, 2012 09:58 AM (VndSC)
Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 18, 2012 09:58 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Vic at July 18, 2012 09:59 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 18, 2012 09:59 AM (FIYvq)
(2) Water carriers in the media spend a news cycle harping on this point;
(3) Romney makes a counterargument which is lost to time;
(4) goto (1).
(5) Profit.
Posted by: the obama media cum-stained underwear gnomes at July 18, 2012 09:59 AM (vDl/w)
Posted by: toby928© sloganeer at July 18, 2012 10:00 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Jordan at July 18, 2012 10:00 AM (RSG1I)
Posted by: Vic at July 18, 2012 10:00 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 18, 2012 10:02 AM (UZQM8)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 18, 2012 10:02 AM (8y9MW)
Nein. Only ven you use it as toilet papier.
Posted by: the reichsmark at July 18, 2012 10:03 AM (vDl/w)
4 more years of Unicorn farts energy production and Marxist Underpants gnomes economics.
Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon doesnt reread before post at July 18, 2012 10:03 AM (RfvTE)
Posted by: Barry Syrup at July 18, 2012 10:03 AM (mxnUd)
Posted by: toby928© sloganeer at July 18, 2012 10:03 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: alexthechick SMOD. Our only hope. at July 18, 2012 10:04 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Pipe Holder at July 18, 2012 10:05 AM (VTeUD)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 18, 2012 10:05 AM (d0Tfm)
The funny thing is, if you're trying to hit the "undecideds" with a clue bat, this is pretty good. My impression though, if you're going to ask the question "where did all the money go," and then talk about $500 million, you haven't begun to answer the question. That still leaves about $800 bilion unaccounted for. So you leave yourself open to the response being "why are we quibbling over less than 1/10 of 1% of the money?"
Squandering the stimulus money is about more than just Solyndra.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 18, 2012 10:05 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Pipe Holder at July 18, 2012 02:05 PM (VTeUD)
I'm right here!
Posted by: Sandra "Round-Heeled Woman" Fluke at July 18, 2012 10:06 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Justamom at July 18, 2012 10:06 AM (Sptt8)
Where did our children's money go, Obama?
Posted by: toby928© sloganeer at July 18, 2012 02:00 PM (evdj2)
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See... it works like this. I give a metric fuck ton of money to companies like Solyndra, where the CEO is actually a bundler/friend of the administration. Who then.... in turn, give a decent slice of that back to my campaign or to SuperPACS that I hooked the dude up with.
And you stupid bitter clingers are funding that. Pretty clever, no??
Posted by: The President of the United States at July 18, 2012 10:06 AM (C8hzL)
By the way, thanks for the new vacation house and Porsche! See? Very well spent.
Posted by: Obama Bundlers at July 18, 2012 10:06 AM (SY2Kh)
All they have to do is get the word out that they have "approved" some project. FDR pushed it out right into October.
Posted by: Vic at July 18, 2012 10:06 AM (YdQQY)
Teh Joey Biden gets in a fight with the hot dog guy over definition of "lots of mustard".... loses.
Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon doesnt reread before post at July 18, 2012 10:06 AM (RfvTE)
Posted by: Johnnyreb at July 18, 2012 10:07 AM (EGpM4)
Different dynamic, though. First off, there were fewer voters. Second, the news cycle was such that just a couple of weeks were enough to "shift the narrative." I don't think that holds anymore.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 18, 2012 10:08 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2012 10:09 AM (U7Ivf)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 18, 2012 10:09 AM (UZQM8)
Posted by: toby928© pushes the tag at July 18, 2012 10:11 AM (evdj2)
One of you video editting geniuses need to have me star in a Lonely Island Jizz In My Pants parody.
Posted by: Chrissy Prissy at July 18, 2012 10:11 AM (mxnUd)
Posted by: RWC at July 18, 2012 10:11 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: navycopjoe at July 18, 2012 10:11 AM (RFl8c)
KICKOBAMA'SFUCKINASSBACKTOKENYA/2012
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 18, 2012 10:12 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: toby928© pushes the tag at July 18, 2012 10:12 AM (evdj2)
He's got to have some scary in him somewhere - I hope he's really waiting to pull it out still and surprise us all.
"Gimme some sugar, baby.
Hail to the King."
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at July 18, 2012 10:12 AM (Qxdfp)
Posted by: RWC at July 18, 2012 02:11 PM (fWAjv)
Eh? I thought it was posted here at some point. Maybe on Sunday?
Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at July 18, 2012 10:12 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Honey Badger, drinker of mead at July 18, 2012 10:13 AM (GvYeG)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 18, 2012 10:14 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 18, 2012 10:14 AM (j1gX1)
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 18, 2012 10:14 AM (8Diwy)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 18, 2012 10:15 AM (UZQM8)
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at July 18, 2012 10:15 AM (mFxQX)
Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 18, 2012 01:58 PM (8y9MW)
That never gets old. Keep up the good work. 
Posted by: GMB at July 18, 2012 10:15 AM (kPe9l)
Posted by: Justamom at July 18, 2012 10:16 AM (Sptt8)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 18, 2012 10:18 AM (8y9MW)
While Americans might enjoy throwing politically-charged barbs at their neighbors to the north, Canadians now have at least one reason to be smug.
For the first time in recent history, the average Canadian is richer than the average American, according to a report cited in Toronto's Globe and Mail.
And not just by a little. Currently, the average Canadian household is more than $40,000 richer than the average American household. The net worth of the average Canadian household in 2011 was $363,202, compared to around $320,000 for Americans.
Change we can believe in!!!!!
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 18, 2012 10:18 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: president o'bumbles at July 18, 2012 10:18 AM (vDl/w)
Posted by: Lord and King Barrance of the SCOAMF, Slayer of Freedoms at July 18, 2012 10:19 AM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 18, 2012 10:19 AM (8Diwy)
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2012 10:20 AM (U7Ivf)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 18, 2012 10:20 AM (UZQM8)
Michael Vick is thinking about getting a dog. I wonder if the JEF is outsourcing his requirements.
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at July 18, 2012 10:22 AM (mFxQX)
Greg Gutfeld was talking about this last night....
The big stadium in NC where Barky will be giving his speech at the DNC convention.....is named "Bank of America Stadium".
The DNC is afraid of the 'optics' of this.
So they are changing the name to...."Panther's Stadium"....for their convention.
Posted by: wheatie at July 18, 2012 10:22 AM (MbB0O)
Posted by: Randy Jackson at July 18, 2012 10:22 AM (8y9MW)
I'd propose strip mining Detroit instead. Good way of recovering the lead deposits left over from all the gangbanger gunfire.
Then selling it to Canada. For $1 and a truckload of Clamato.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 18, 2012 10:23 AM (SY2Kh)
And, if I were in charge over at BofA, I would sue the Democrats.
And I know that works, because it's what Arlington and the Cowboys had to do for the NFL and national media to finally start referring to the city the new Cowboys stadium is in as "Arlington" instead of "Dallas."
Well, Arlington only had to threaten to sue, they didn't actually have to sue, but you get the point.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 18, 2012 10:24 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at July 18, 2012 10:25 AM (Cydud)
Posted by: Chris "Barackus Suckus Maximus" Matthews at July 18, 2012 10:26 AM (5UU+7)
#DoingJustFine
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 18, 2012 10:26 AM (mIoJ0)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 18, 2012 10:26 AM (j1gX1)
The DNC is afraid of the 'optics' of this.
So they are changing the name to...."Panther's Stadium"....for their convention.
Posted by: wheatie at July 18, 2012 02:22 PM (MbB0O)
Wheatie, they can say it, but they can't change it. The logo and name is EVERYWHERE in the stadium.
They can not remove any of it.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at July 18, 2012 10:27 AM (Cydud)
1 trillion in stimulus money and all we got were these stupid Obama T shirts
Posted by: The Jackhole at July 18, 2012 10:28 AM (nTgAI)
@89
AllenG,
I know, right? ....Seems like BofA would have something to say about it.
Since BofA probably paid a ton of money for the naming rights for that stadium.
Oh, and....."Panther's Stadium"...?
I know it's because of the local team there in NC....but, the New Black Panthers will probably love having that stadium named....."Panther's Stadium".
Posted by: wheatie at July 18, 2012 10:29 AM (MbB0O)
Why not? Hollywood does that every time they make a sports movie, and they're very interested in re-electing SCOAMF.
Posted by: Mrs SCOAMF at July 18, 2012 10:30 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: MJ at July 18, 2012 10:34 AM (TR60b)
>>The logo and name is EVERYWHERE in the stadium. They can not remove any of it.
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ummm... yeah. About that.
Posted by: Ivy Leage Chapels and Auditoriums Everywhere at July 18, 2012 10:34 AM (C8hzL)
Posted by: Peggy Joseph at July 18, 2012 10:34 AM (DrWcr)
The Scoamf went to Bank of America and said "you're the bank of America, and I'm the Prezdent of America, which means I'm the Prezdent of you!"
See, now he can change the name of the stadium to anything he wants.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 18, 2012 10:34 AM (TOk1P)
Why not? Hollywood does that every time they make a sports movie, and they're very interested in re-electing SCOAMF.
It's called contract law. The contract does NOT give them the right remove or change and BoA signage.
Even if it did, it would be too expensive and impossible. There are games the 11th and 17th of August and one 16th of Sept.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at July 18, 2012 10:34 AM (Cydud)
Posted by: Golan Globus at July 18, 2012 10:35 AM (/1U3u)
I caught O'Reilly yesterday, and it was very weird.
All they did was harp and harp and harp about Obama's latest stunts, and how they reflect his ideology. They even had a former Obama economic advisor on, asking about how Obama looks at the economy - and he only said he did not want the US economic system "to be the same as the last several years" (he gave a number of years, but I forget if it was just the 3.)
Everything they said ALL pointed to "the President is a socialist, or even a communist", but they would never, ever, spit it right out and SAY IT. I found myself screaming things at the TV, like "And what ideology is someone FOLLOWING, when you believe THAT, Bill?!!"
There was just a HUGE elephant in the room.
Posted by: Optimizer at July 18, 2012 10:36 AM (As94z)
Posted by: Bo and Vick's future dog at July 18, 2012 02:34 PM (vbh31)
No, I like my dog on the bone, more favor.
Posted by: injuin Blackfoot Barry, the one who eats dogs at July 18, 2012 10:36 AM (Cydud)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 18, 2012 10:36 AM (UZQM8)
Sigh.......
Posted by: GM bond holders at July 18, 2012 10:36 AM (X6akg)
He's good at covering things up. Remember when Barry went to Georgetown and they covered up the Christian symbols
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 18, 2012 10:36 AM (1Jaio)
Given BoA's hardon for illegal aliens and bailouts and whatnot, I just don't see them bitching if someone tapes a poster of Ear Leader's face over one of their signs.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at July 18, 2012 10:38 AM (ZKzrr)
Former SEAL Team Six Commander is launching an Anti-Obama Campaign. The story is on drudge
Posted by: robtr at July 18, 2012 10:38 AM (MtwBb)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 18, 2012 10:38 AM (UZQM8)
Posted by: A Turd in the Toilet Bowl at July 18, 2012 10:39 AM (48wze)
Sorry, I didn't do that right, let me try again.
Those RACISTS americans refuse to invest in America because they are racity racy racists!!!11
How was that?Posted by: cajun carrot at July 18, 2012 10:39 AM (UZQM8)
The fact is, Obama was in charge, and he can't even claim he delegated that mess (or those messes) so he could place his focus on creating a success out of some other mess.
Romney may have left Bain in the hands of others, but he went off to pulse someone's ass out of the fire and turn a pending failure into an unqualified success. (Apart from the made-in_Burma uniforms!)
Posted by: Jay Bee at July 18, 2012 10:42 AM (Xwgt3)
Posted by: bo VII at July 18, 2012 10:44 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 18, 2012 10:45 AM (j1gX1)
I think Romney has done a masterful job in setting up Obama on the tax return thing. Regardless of what the whimpy fuckers at NRO think.
Romney already promised to release his 2010 taxes. He will wait awhile and then release them. Obama will whine about it wanting more and Romney will say jesus christ I just gave you my taxes what the fuck else do you want?
Posted by: robtr at July 18, 2012 10:45 AM (MtwBb)
76 And not just by a little. Currently, the
average Canadian household is more
than $40,000 richer than the average American
household. The net worth
of the average Canadian household in 2011 was
$363,202, compared to around
$320,000 for Americans.
Is that net of per capita national, state and local debt including unfunded liabilities?
Posted by: Dirks Strewn at July 18, 2012 10:50 AM (VLifP)
Posted by: The BelleArabs at July 18, 2012 10:50 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Soona at July 18, 2012 10:52 AM (7HziE)
They just need to cover up the ones in the prepared camera lines.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 18, 2012 10:57 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Devil Worm at July 18, 2012 11:01 AM (uAcgi)
Former SEAL Team Six Commander is launching an Anti-Obama Campaign. The story is on drudge
Posted by: robtr at July 18, 2012 02:38 PM (MtwBb)
And we hear about Obama being "Swiftboated" in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
Posted by: Randy M at July 18, 2012 11:19 AM (vI8R6)
Posted by: Brother Cavil presents at July 18, 2012 11:19 AM (GBXon)
KJL's opinion on what shaving cream and razor to use would be of more interest to me. And better informed, with that Magnum PI she has going on.
These "republicans" are the ones that ostrasized their own Derbyshire for speaking the blasphemous truth in his The Talk, no? In an earlier thread I read about how the limp wrist rhino's were out, there was talk of full body contact with the opposition? Then I think that These are Not the Republicans you are looking for.
Posted by: Obi Wan, keeping it G monies real an shit at July 18, 2012 11:59 AM (x60m8)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 18, 2012 12:04 PM (9eDbm)
I was actually disappointed in the ad. Any politician could cherry-pick those kinds of claims, and thery didn't come close to adding up to even 1% of the total amount.
The way I see what really happened is orders of magnitudes worse, and I would love to see him called on it. When I once saw what the breakdown of the spending was planned to be - beforehand - I noticed that only 5% of it would provide even a temporary boost to the economy. It was all just throwing money into the coffers of non-productive liberal allies, except that 5% which was destined to be hung up wfrom bureacracy.
A LOT went to college programs, for example. Are more students being college-educated now, and if so, is it helping? Probably what happened is that the liberal re-education camps just upped the price, and charged more to get the federal money.
To summarize, it was the largest heist - by far - in human history. $0.8T is an UNIMAGINABLE amount of money. Solyndra was outrageous, and a part of this, but it was just the snowflake on the tip of the iceberg.
Posted by: Optimizer at July 18, 2012 01:53 PM (As94z)
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