2012 republican presidential nominee IV: NEEDS MORE BOOING

Did I miss something? Is there an Etch a Sketch running for President now?

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 24 March 2012 16:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

whoa so Tebow drew #KONY on Romney's Etch-A-Sketch?

i had my students do an in-class exercise yesterday and one of them filled part of it with all kinds of stuff like KILL KONY.

the exercise was related to ethics, but still.

― j., Saturday, 24 March 2012 16:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

turnout is up?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/republican-primary-turnout-rebounds-is-up-overall/2012/03/23/gIQAOeCNWS_blog.html

― goole, Saturday, 24 March 2012 20:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

comparing a state contest in 08 to that same state contest in '12 may not make much sense: the schedule was different, and by this point in '08 huckabee was already gone and it was basically over (iirc)

a better measure would probably be to add up everybody who turned out by this date in '08 and compare the running totals? idk

― goole, Saturday, 24 March 2012 20:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

Santorum gets Louisiana...he's got momentum (...)

Hopefully Mitt and Newt will drop out now so he can prevent this from happening:

― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Sunday, 25 March 2012 01:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

omg lol.

― tempestuous alaskan nites! (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 25 March 2012 13:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

red baby in a pan

― dayo, Sunday, 25 March 2012 13:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

haha wow

― lag∞n, Sunday, 25 March 2012 13:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

gas pump suicide dont do it

― lag∞n, Sunday, 25 March 2012 13:53 (1 year ago) Permalink

― Hungry4Games (crüt), Sunday, 25 March 2012 14:07 (1 year ago) Permalink

lol

― caek, Sunday, 25 March 2012 19:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 25 March 2012 20:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/at-elite-gridiron-club-dinner-the-jokes-on-mitt-romney/2012/03/25/gIQAv5VLZS_blog.html?hpid=z9

it seemed to be Rick Perry’s night to throw those bombs:

“Yes, I would say stuff like ‘Solyndra is a country,’ or ‘The voting age is 21,’ ” the governor acknowledged. “Mitt would say things like, his wife drives a couple of Cadillacs, or his pals own NASCAR teams. My problem was saying stuff that wasn’t right. Mitt’s problem is saying stuff that is.”

Oooh! “You know, it was weird standing next to him at the debates. I kept waiting for him to say, ‘Pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon?’”

― curmudgeon, Monday, 26 March 2012 03:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

Something occurred to me tonight. I really miss Bruno Kirby.

"Sir, in my heart, I know I'm funny. "

― pplains, Monday, 26 March 2012 03:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

stress beginning to get to Santorum

― tempestuous alaskan nites! (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 26 March 2012 14:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

I love that Santorum is now wielding a physical Etch-A-Sketch in his speeches; it's like some Garry Trudeau floating waffle shit.

― Hungry4Games (crüt), Monday, 26 March 2012 14:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

I hope he starts talking to it.

― pplains, Monday, 26 March 2012 14:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

some Garry Trudeau floating waffle shit.

haaa otm

― goole, Monday, 26 March 2012 14:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

I hope he starts talking to it.

― pplains, Monday, March 26, 2012 9:44 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

or rather, has the etch-a-sketch respond to questions rather than himself.

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 26 March 2012 19:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

I could see him turning out like this except with the etch a sketch:

― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Monday, 26 March 2012 19:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

Obama lost in Romneyville:

Not sure which is funnier: that Obama would step into this within days of the Etch-a-Sketch thing, or that Romney's calling Obama's comments "very, very troubling."

― clemenza, Monday, 26 March 2012 22:15 (1 year ago) Permalink

eh this is not a big deal imho

― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 26 March 2012 22:17 (1 year ago) Permalink

Romney absolutely desperate to have Obama mention him by name tho lol

― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 26 March 2012 22:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

holy shit obama politicking with important foreign relationship motherfucking russia? i hope to god he's giving all kinds of explanations every day to them bc that's his job.

― Mordy, Monday, 26 March 2012 22:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

"I will transmit this information to Vladimir."

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 26 March 2012 23:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

^^^Russian guy talking like Romney...I don't think this is a big deal either, and yes, he's pragmatically doing his job. I just think it's funny that he'd get caught on mike saying virtually the same thing Romney's guy said last week. I suspect Santorum will use this in the next few days to morph Romney and Obama together even more.

― clemenza, Monday, 26 March 2012 23:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

i just think the admission that medvedev has to relay anything of import to putin is hilarious.

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 26 March 2012 23:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

"mr president, there are nuclear missiles headed toward moscow. they will arrive in three minutes."

"i will transmit this information to vladimir."

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 26 March 2012 23:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

transmitting live from medvedev

― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 26 March 2012 23:50 (1 year ago) Permalink

medvedev, president of the russian fanclub for vladimir

― 1986 tallest hair contest (Z S), Monday, 26 March 2012 23:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

vladimir, this is medvedev!
what is it, my son
vladimir, i have an important transmittal from u.s. head of state "barack obama"!
tell me the information
he says that he will have more flexibility after the election!
very interesting, i have never thought of that

― 1986 tallest hair contest (Z S), Monday, 26 March 2012 23:56 (1 year ago) Permalink

this is the kinda thing that's a big, big, big deal to people who already hate obama but it's not gonna affect the marginal voter

― iatee, Monday, 26 March 2012 23:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

yeah obama's comment to that effect might have appeared condescending

who knows what these heads of state talk about in private moments though

i often wonder about such things

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 26 March 2012 23:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

sometimes they bitch about how much they hate bibi

― Mordy, Monday, 26 March 2012 23:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

yeah i loved that

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 00:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

I would guess they are almost always less interesting than you would expect

― iatee, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 00:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

nachos, 9 diamond whores, Tebow

― Euler, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 00:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

The Russian Nachos were beautifully done and super tasty. It had a tiny bit of spiciness which boosted the flavor of the fish eggs on the sashimi.

― Euler, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 00:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

Much better when you cut out the middlemen.

(Have at it, Z S.)

― clemenza, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 00:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

mitt romney mitt romney's campaign staff just wrote this editorial for foreign policy magazine on obama's medvedev "gaffe":

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/03/27/bowing_to_the_kremlin

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 00:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

It is not an accident that Mr. Medvedev is now busy attacking me. The Russians clearly prefer to do business with the current incumbent of the White House.

This is understandable. The Russians have seen Romney lay waste to Rick Perry and Herman Cain. They want no part of that.

― clemenza, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 00:17 (1 year ago) Permalink

i think it's fair to say that "the russians" couldn't give half a shit about mitt romney

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 01:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

Sad that a major presidential candidate gets pwned in the press by a regime that's currently enabling the slaughter in Syria, but I guess every day in this campaign is sad.

― timellison, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 01:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

hahah omg this fn guy

― lag∞n, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 14:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

During an appearance at a Wisconsin bowling alley the former senator heroically intervened when a male member of a group of college Republicans nearly made the life altering mistake of rolling a neon pink bowling ball down the lane. "Friends don't let friends use pink balls," Santorum declared.

― pplains, Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:14 (1 year ago) Permalink

Santorum was all over pink balls in Wisconsin this week...

― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

omg Cantor pic

― You big bully, why are you hitting that little bully? (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:17 (1 year ago) Permalink

the quote really puts it over the top

― lag∞n, Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

This thread needs a makeover.

1) Turn it into a comedy poll. (Officially, that is--unofficially, it always has been.)
2) Get the Rolling Stones into it somehow.
3) Make it more in the style of a Lincoln-Douglas debate.

― clemenza, Saturday, 31 March 2012 16:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

Recommended to iatee:

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/26/models-based-on-fundamentals-have-failed-at-predicting-presidential-elections/#more-29633

(Follow-up to some back-and-forth we once had as to whether the economy was always the most important issue in an election.)

― clemenza, Saturday, 31 March 2012 17:58 (1 year ago) Permalink