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

They're busily fact-checking Ryan's speech on CNN, so that's encouraging.

But, just for Alfred, David Gergen says that the fact-checking is fine, but first of all "This is a speech about big ideas."

that's an incredibly funny quote. "about"

You made me double-check to make sure I had them right myself--is it because they say Led Zeppelin I and Zoso?

Yeah, pretty much. Or the eggheads who think they're on top of their game by calling the fourth album Runes.

ya that video is incredible

― lag∞n, Wednesday, August 29, 2012 4:03 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

late to the grand ol party but

he has sad eyes

― lag∞n, Wednesday, August 29, 2012 7:36 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

dude this killed me for some reason

let us contemplate the secret sadness of our young leader

doing both infomercials in this thread, huh? tsk tsk, gone are the days...

his eyes were kinda freaking me out, the contrast of blue on pink, i dont think someone w/those eyes can be president

i am now of the opinion that ryan will be the 2016 republican nominee tho

am i wrong in thinking it's weird romney didn't do a "THAT JUST HAPPENED" walk out and wave after Ryan's speech? Seems like not showing up to associate yourself with a potential voter-stirring moment undercuts momentum a bit

they just keeping him on ice, waiting to uncork

maybe they were worried he'd make that "why are you talking about yourself and occasionally pretending you're talking about me" face he gave christie

I agree about 2016...if Romney loses. Maybe Republicans loved him so much last night that many will stay home in November so they can get him in there four years earlier.

maybe they were worried he'd make that "why are you talking about yourself and occasionally pretending you're talking about me" face he gave christie

― da croupier, Thursday, August 30, 2012 9:03 AM (7 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

checking his calendar 'yes the year does seem to be 2012 do you see paul do you'

there was an article somewhere about how this is the last year demographically the republicans can run on an old white guy serving apple pie, but between condi, rubio, christie and ryan it does seem they're ready for it at least on the national level.

morbs is otm we used to have separate convention threads. however four years of FAILED POLICY have left us with just the one

we used to build things in this country

I suggested a separate Republican convention thread a few days ago, but everyone was caught up in Akin. No point now, obviously.

there's the possible benefit of people watching less of the convention without a separate thread - if we were clowning on a full-on convention thread, I'd probably tune in & stay tuned for laffs & then feel horrible at the end of the night. as it is I watch about three minutes of one speech, go "Jesus what an asshole," and then flip over to the SVU rerun or whatever. Or listen to reggae instead, which is what I did last night. I have to say, if we had a "classic reggae vs. the GOP" thread, reggae would get my vote easy

Maybe one of you guys could start a new political thread tomorrow, though--I went to check back on something last night, and this thing is getting difficult to load in its entirety. (There's already a thread for the Democratic convention.)

CCR vs. classic reggae vs. the GOP...

there was an article somewhere about how this is the last year demographically the republicans can run on an old white guy serving apple pie, but between condi, rubio, christie and ryan it does seem they're ready for it at least on the national level.

― da croupier, Thursday, August 30, 2012 9:09 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ryans apocalyptic rhetoric will be perfect for the demographically doomed phase of the republican party

i mean if youre gonna lose it might as well be in an epic battle between good and evil

he sounds so much like a college republican/objectivist. so smug and earnest. "these issues...(dramatic pause)...are important." i can just see him proudly introducing a guest lecturer and then getting into a fight with a classmate about how he doesn't understand why people obsess about what's against them instead of making the most out of what they have.

hard to believe he's in his 40s

otm, a college republican/objectivist is exactly what he is

the oversized suits certainly help make him look like a dude with an internship

its really weird that no one has put him in clothes that fit yet, what a particularly poor look for someone who already seems too young

maybe he thinks it make him look less skinny idk

http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/intel/2012/08/30/29_PizzaP.o.jpg/a_560x375.jpg

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/30/paul-ryans-speech-in-three-words/

That's really pointed criticism on points two and three--amazed that Fox would put that up.

holy shit

how'd they let that one through?

Paul Ryan should run for something with Rand Paul, just for maximum lols and confusion.

Someone at Fox is gonna lose a job.

The over/under on how many hours before Sally Kohn is no longer a FOX News contributor is 36. I'm taking the under.

https://twitter.com/sallykohn/status/241173766137327617

Basically what I was thinking, except it was "How long will this piece stay up?" It's 10:06 now--down by noon, I'd say. (On the other hand, it'll get lots of attention and lots of views, which they'll welcome.)

"See, we really are fair and balanced! In other news, due to her schedule and other conflicts, Sally Kohn will no longer be a contributor with FOX News."

I didn't know Fox had hired their own Rachel Maddow. Interesting.

this is the last year demographically the republicans can run on an old white guy serving apple pie

This is like thinking that it's the last year rank 'n file Dems will make like mynah birds going "BRAAAAK!! The Supreme Court! BRAAAK!" as a shit-sandwich antidote, as if Dem senators didn't have to confirm assholes like Thomas and Scalia.

Morbius/Mynah Bird 2016

chill out guys fox is crazy but like... shep smith has been working there for years

this chick didnt "slip in" she wrote an op ed

update fox news got hacked

Pretty sure she hacked foxnews.com and posted a manifesto from the liberal agenda without anyone knowing about it.

http://www.foxnews.com/archive/author/sally-kohn/index.html

foxnews.com engineers frantically pulling wires and tapping their shift keys rapidly, hoping it will soon disappear.

We were promised jet packs and a new demographically-necessitated political paradigm

fox noodz twitter hacked