the most important election of your lifetime: 2012 american general election thread

"I spoke with a number of African-American leaders after the event"

One is a number too though, the loneliest number I believe.

Is there such a thing as milking booing? Because if you look at the NAACP clip above, I swear that's what Romney does. I've seen many politicians get booed, and one common reaction is to speak up quickly and awkwardly in an effort to smooth things over and get back on track. They generally don't stand back and bask in the jeers.

i welcome your hatred, my friend

The 'disrespect' is theoretically an asset for the voters he is trying to nail down/woo. It's not hard to understand.

Today's NRO poll ("Was the NAACP speech a plus or minus for Romney?") should come with its own "Mission Accomplished" banner: 4,000 votes in, 92% plus, 8% minus.

The 'disrespect' is theoretically an asset for the voters he is trying to nail down/woo. It's not hard to understand.

So if I don't agree that means I didn't understand. I see.

no

"When I mentioned I am going to get rid of Obamacare, they weren't happy...That's okay, I want people to know what I stand for, and if I don't stand for what they want, go vote for someone else, that's just fine. But I hope people understand this, your friends who like Obamacare, you remind them of this, if they want more stuff from the government, tell them to go vote for the other guy—more free stuff. But don’t forget nothing is really free."

except his tax-free income

who amongst us does not want free stuff

Romney shoulda stuck with the eagle-humping-pac-man-ghost logo imho

http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg878/scaled.php?tn=0&server=878&filename=zfkufp.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640

thats p sweet

tote bags are NOT free btw

dang

yeah anyone who thinks Romney's NAACP appearance wasn't crafted specifically for the crackers watching via a FOX snippet, or that the response he got will somehow negatively impact him is severely out of touch. imo.

this might be one of the least dumb things he's done yet. racist, sure. but not dumb.

yeah this was an unusually smart play politically

ROMNEV

quick someone start a metal combo called ROMNEV & get some pre-made awesome totes to sell at your shows

the url will just look ironic

"My god...... somebody locked the exits!!"

"Oh shit, oh fuck"

"Hold on, there's always an access stamp in the logs, should ID the person who did it. Evans can you pull it up?"

"two secs.... there."

***BAIN CAPITAL***

***NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE***

lol

specifically for the crackers watching via a FOX snippet

Even if there was some calculation along these lines, it doesn't make it smart. You go with Romney over Rick Perry or Michelle Bachmann and you expect him to win as a rabble rouser?

I'm not convinced it's a great move to win over blue collar independents. If this is convincing for them, aren't they too racist to vote for Obama in the first place?

I know what Tim's trying to say, and I don't think Romney necessarily did what he did yesterday with much enthusiasm. You could read his smile as the jeering starts many different ways--one way, maybe too charitable, is that there's some embarrassment that he has to do something distasteful for such transparently political ends. But I'm convinced that's what's going on. And while I said earlier that it was good that he decided to go, if I'm right, I rescind that--better not to go at all. (From a what's-right standpoint, not politically.) I also again question why Obama is sending Biden.

tbh if given a choice I'd send Biden because Biden is more likely to do something funny

this is but one reason why I'm not President

I will be very surprised if Biden doesn't make a joke about being sent in Obama's place

clemenza, I hope this campaign is over before you turn into Canadian Gabbneb.

Gabbnuck

ha

"If re-elected, you have my promise that I will act swiftly to repeal Obamacare" (flashes big Joe smile).

I did give some grudging respect for opening with "I'm pleased to be on today, even before Vice President Biden, I just hope the Obama campaign doesn't think you're playing favourites"

this whole did romney actually leave bain three years after he said he did story is p interesting

Sullivan's on overdrive: he put up five "The Bain Of This Campaign, Ctd" posts within a couple of hours this afternoon.

how is he going to work Sarah Palin into this

That window from 1999 to 2001 when Romney may or may not have been in charge of Bain just happens to overlap with the birth of Piper Palin (2001). I think it's fairly self-evident where to go from there.

otm

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/07/the-real-scandal-of-romney-and-bain.html

lol mitts freaking out http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/romney-cbs-nbc-abc-interviews-bain.php

obama should have mitt arrested would be an interesting fun thing http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/07/life-imitates-the-simpsons.html

I predict Romney inserts his foot into his mouth at least once

i am genuinely curious how hes gonna explain this ceo but not ceo situation

lols via boing boing

http://boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/banecapital.jpg

holy shit that is way bigger than I thought

I think he'll give slick blah blah blah answers about businessmen/ceos and that the networks won't follow-up with tough questions

Obama is so soft on white-collar crime, he granted amnesty to white-collar criminal Mitt Romney. Vote Roseanne for president.

yeah that will happen, but the odds that Romney will say something that yet again demonstrates how rich/out of touch he is are also pretty high. he can't help himself!

what I dont get is how flat footed romneys response has been about all this shit. hes been attacked about bain stuff in EVER SINGLE ELECTION he's ever participated it. how is this sort of stuff a surprise or how they dont have a solid response for every angle I dont know..

but what do those slick answers consist of exactly, its an interesting question his campaign has made exactly no attempt to answer up to now, clearly as mitts going on 3 tvs theyve come up w/something

a clerical error? a leave of absence? time machines?

'bigwig emeritus'