I am beginning to become scared that Romney/Ryan will win. Can smart people please post here and say reassuring things to convince me that he won't?

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I'm sure they snuck Barack in there amidst the 4000 people to make him official.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 October 2012 20:50 (eleven years ago) link

heh-heh

dell (del), Thursday, 25 October 2012 20:51 (eleven years ago) link

uh oh

http://www.vice.com/read/is-this-obamas-kenyan-birth-video

vice has a video of obama's kenyan birth!

reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 26 October 2012 00:00 (eleven years ago) link

first comment
"super 8 film wasn't introduced until 1965, before that it was 8mm. the Kenyan flag shown in the video wasn't introduced until 1963... so next time make up a better story and get a better production designer... or at least do better research, this took all of 5 minutes for me to find"

Fetchboy, Friday, 26 October 2012 00:03 (eleven years ago) link

lol

reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 26 October 2012 00:06 (eleven years ago) link

also that baby is HUGE

max, Friday, 26 October 2012 00:16 (eleven years ago) link

gave me an idea for halloween costume: obama's birth video

乒乓, Friday, 26 October 2012 00:18 (eleven years ago) link

So I guess the only thing to do now is trainspot for unexpected endorsements

Raymond Cummings, Friday, 26 October 2012 01:02 (eleven years ago) link

nah bro, allred surprise

Matt Armstrong, Friday, 26 October 2012 01:04 (eleven years ago) link

also there will be some sort of backwards B thing

Matt Armstrong, Friday, 26 October 2012 01:04 (eleven years ago) link

Hey, what was Trump's October surprise?

Raymond Cummings, Friday, 26 October 2012 01:05 (eleven years ago) link

he offered 5 million to obama to release his college records

Matt Armstrong, Friday, 26 October 2012 01:07 (eleven years ago) link

also there will be some sort of backwards B thing

They're going to do an "O" this time, less problematic.

nickn, Friday, 26 October 2012 01:10 (eleven years ago) link

I would like to see that Obama video tbh, could make me sentimental

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30d0jnZhWG0

I love that it's just a cell phone video.

Elvis Telecom, Friday, 26 October 2012 01:34 (eleven years ago) link

Hmmm, Allred thing sounds like a bust to me. I think if it does anything it's less for "sketchy behavior" than for reminding the world once again that Romney is the kind of guy who pals around with super-multi-mullionaires and in fact is one himself. But that's not exactly news.

Doctor Casino, Friday, 26 October 2012 03:33 (eleven years ago) link

Dunham video->Hannity/Rush calling her names->Backlash->Gal power

pretty even gender split (Eazy), Friday, 26 October 2012 04:00 (eleven years ago) link

Probably, yeah. We can hope.

Raymond Cummings, Friday, 26 October 2012 04:02 (eleven years ago) link

this video is like specifically designed to get rush et al pissed at dunham and create a backlash against the same old pricks telling women what their sex lives should be like imo

Clay, Friday, 26 October 2012 04:16 (eleven years ago) link

That book advance makes even more sense now that everyone in red states will know who she is by the weekend.

pretty even gender split (Eazy), Friday, 26 October 2012 04:18 (eleven years ago) link

You might think the US is a fat society, but in Kenya they are born big and then they become light.

*triumphant sauce horns* (crüt), Friday, 26 October 2012 04:23 (eleven years ago) link

eventually they become airborne and disappear into the atmosphere

space dokken (Edward III), Friday, 26 October 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link

this video is like specifically designed to get rush et al pissed at dunham and create a backlash against the same old pricks telling women what their sex lives should be like imo

― Clay, Friday, October 26, 2012 12:16 AM (13 hours ago)

campaign trolling

space dokken (Edward III), Friday, 26 October 2012 17:25 (eleven years ago) link

omg the Obama birth video. kid comes out, holds his head upright, makes eye contact with everybody in the room. I really really really want somebody to assert that that thing's legit

kid comes out, holds his head upright, makes eye contact with everybody in the room, shakes hands, asks for votes and support

space dokken (Edward III), Friday, 26 October 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link

kisses self

space dokken (Edward III), Friday, 26 October 2012 17:39 (eleven years ago) link

brushes placenta off his shoulder

WilliamC, Friday, 26 October 2012 17:44 (eleven years ago) link

Not to derail the conversation from license plates, but this via my wife's friend...
I went through the citizenship ceremony.
When you are approved at the interview you are told to wait for notice of the ceremony to be held two or three months later.
The ceremony has the air of a celebration. Mine was in a local theater with something like 200 new citizens there with families and friends attending. A judge presides, who in my case was originally from Mexico and had his own story to tell. There was a class of children on the stage who sang songs and read essays about being American. The video of the president welcoming us was played. Everyone had to stand and pledge allegiance. The judge asked if anybody wanted to speak, someone going out into the audience with a microphone. He'd ask where they were from, how long the process had taken, etc. Hearing this is where it gets really touching. For many of these people this was a huge deal. A lot of very happy people in the room.
You receive a packet containing things like the voter registration form, booklets about the US and being a citizen, and a flag. On your exit you are given your naturalization certificate and it's all done.

fit and working again, Friday, 26 October 2012 18:28 (eleven years ago) link

lol @ #Satan

*triumphant sauce horns* (crüt), Friday, 26 October 2012 18:29 (eleven years ago) link

ugh @ Romney son appearance on 30 Rock. I hate when shows "address" politics by making both sides of an issue/election look like idiots

Force Boxman (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 26 October 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link

you must really hate the debates then

in norbit (n/a), Friday, 26 October 2012 21:23 (eleven years ago) link

BOOOOOOOOM SO TOPICAL

in norbit (n/a), Friday, 26 October 2012 21:23 (eleven years ago) link

these debates sucked! Biden was sort of entertaining.

Force Boxman (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 26 October 2012 21:23 (eleven years ago) link

would've been a lot better with a drunk obama or something

Spectrum, Friday, 26 October 2012 21:25 (eleven years ago) link

so i keep getting panicky emails that barry's been outraised by mittsy by $45 million in the final stretch. ouch

reggie (qualmsley), Sunday, 28 October 2012 23:23 (eleven years ago) link

God dammit me too.

Jeff, Sunday, 28 October 2012 23:25 (eleven years ago) link

money doesn't matter at this point

iatee, Sunday, 28 October 2012 23:35 (eleven years ago) link

you mean like 'in this economy'
you mean like cute american children playing w stacks of devalued dollars on the street

*buffs lens* (schlump), Monday, 29 October 2012 02:10 (eleven years ago) link

As in, "I'm working on an answer song to Randy Newman."

clemenza, Monday, 29 October 2012 02:24 (eleven years ago) link

hey i know brad plumer!

well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Monday, 29 October 2012 15:35 (eleven years ago) link

and, Senator, you are no...oh wait

the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 29 October 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link

I tried phone-banking yesterday and remembered why I hated it so much. Spiked my anxiety levels. I'm far better as a tech support and logistics guy or even a canvasser than being on the telephonic front line.

the max in the high castle (kingfish), Monday, 29 October 2012 16:40 (eleven years ago) link

"That's got to be troubling for Romney," McDonald said. "Election Day would have to be a Republican parade for Romney to win (Iowa)"

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-29/democrats-hold-early-voting-advantage-over-republicans

reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link

I don't think early voting stats matter all that much tbh.

Gukbe, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:13 (eleven years ago) link

well they matter in that people whove already voted cant change their mind, so if youre behind when early voting starts then its harder for you to come back than it would be w/o early voting

lag∞n, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:29 (eleven years ago) link

i early voted today btw

lag∞n, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:29 (eleven years ago) link

so thats one vote for obma sry mitt romney

lag∞n, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:29 (eleven years ago) link

also if youve voted then that eliminates the chance you wont vote

lag∞n, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:43 (eleven years ago) link

yeah it doesn't mean 'obama wins iowa' but it's a signal of gotv strength

iatee, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:44 (eleven years ago) link

is there any reason to suspect early vote would be non-representative or skewed democrat in iowa?

flopson, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:49 (eleven years ago) link


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