Symmetry required it: 2012 american general election thread #2

Ha, that reminds me of something one of the old warehouse guys used to say at M&H: "I'm too old a cat to be fucked by a kitten like you."

― Irwin Dante's Towering Inferno (WmC), Monday, 10 September 2012 04:12 (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

need to know more about "the warehouse" in this scenario

Ha -- nothing unusual. Grocery wholesaler/distributor. The shirt-and-tie sales guys from the front office, we in the ad department, and the warehouse grunts all shared one break room, so there was more socioeconomic crossover and contact than just about any other job I can think of. In a lot of ways it was the best place I ever worked, even though it was just above minimum wage for me. The "too old a cat" was one of the warehouse guys, and was Tammy Wynette's ex-brother-in-law -- he never had a good word to say about her.

This is from a few weeks ago. When asked if he himself put the words "division, anger, and hate" in a speech he had given, he replies, "Well, of course. The words I use in speeches are words that I craft...or put in there...or agree with."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/15/1120367/-Mitt-Romney-denies-being-unhinged-accuses-president-of-fueling-hatred-based-on-ethnicity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua3-wqNICdM

'why is this is hard'

'can i go back to congress now'

meanwhile, from the parallel universe:

http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2012/09/09/obamas-supermarket-scanner-moment/

wtf

http://i.imgur.com/W0Fja.png

dialing an iphone for the first time is tricky! still, he should be tried for war crimes.

Obama: Wrong with touch screens, wrong for America.

srsly, blackberry? i mean

I was sort of hoping that wasn't a picture in the background of that GWB shot, but instead a little window that Laura Bush was photobombing through

it's a lawyer thing

xp

I love how the story shifts from the ridiculous "supermarket scanner" comparison (oh yeah, nothing's going to suggest a disconnect between Obama and the average American than HIS DIFFICULTY USING A TOUCH SCREEN - "lol, that adult is bad at tech my KID uses! Pathetic!") to the more appropriate, if still negligible, irony re McCain and e-mail.

The federal government has had employees using blackberrys for years. Obama has been using one for quite awhile.

remember all those stories abt how they were gonna take his blackberry away and he was sad

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/biden-and-the-bikers/?src=un&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjson8.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Fpolitics%2Findex.jsonp

The photo above of Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was taken by an Associated Press photographer in Ohio. It is not, as one might reasonably assume, an edited image to go with an article in The Onion.

It is not clear whether Mr. Biden is getting closer to his fictional beer-swilling, chest-baring, bar-fight-starting alter ego dreamed up by the satirical newspaper, or whether images of the real man that seem to reinforce his Joe Everyman character are just getting more popular.

"The New York Times is not sure whether Biden is becoming more like his narrative or we are selectively reporting things that fit his narrative."

The problem is that the US nuclear arsenal is all powered by an iPhone app that only the president has, so when the bombs start falling, we're basically screwed because he can't "dial it in".

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nbd just get sasha n malia to show him how

Looks like Romney now insists (and has always said so, he insists again) he likes a couple things about the Affordable Care Act.

ya he seems to be saying that hes gonna keep the part where if you have insurance then you have insurance

that's good of him

I think I'll vote for him.

the proposals, such as they are, romney has put out on healthcare:

http://www.samefacts.com/2012/09/affordable-care-act/gov-romneys-health-reform-ruffle/

yes well

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/316401/romney-pollster-dont-get-too-worked-about-latest-polling-katrina-trinko

In a new memo, Romney pollster Neil Newhouse argues that “the key numbers in this election are the 43 straight months of 8 percent or higher unemployment, the 23 million Americans struggling to find work, and the 47 million Americans who are on food stamps,” and that any convention bounce will be temporary.

“Don’t get too worked up about the latest polling,” Newhouse wrote. “While some voters will feel a bit of a sugar-high from the conventions, the basic structure of the race has not changed significantly. The reality of the Obama economy will reassert itself as the ultimate downfall of the Obama Presidency, and Mitt Romney will win this race.”

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Why does anyone report on what a pollster hired by a campaign has to say? Seriously, it might as well be his own mother. "Mitt Romney's mother says that her son will most certainly win the election."

He said she said: "but Obama's sister in law said that Romney doesn't have a chance, pointing to her familial connection to the president as evidence, since she couldn't really say otherwise"

do not trust the data that historically correlates to the final result. trust this other data that i just made up and only correlates to my feverish hallucinating mind.

The outcome of this race will ultimately be determined in favor of Governor Romney because he has the better leadership skills, the better record, and the better vision for where he wants to take the country. These advantages are being fueled by the commitment and determination of volunteers and voters to change direction and move our country on a path toward economic growth and job creation. In short, the combination of having the superior candidate, being in a margin-of-error race with an incumbent President, having a cash advantage, and having an unprecedented grassroots effort and a winning message on the economy ensure that Americans will make a change in leadership in Washington on November 6. of a bunch of unscientific stuff.

I still vividly remember seeing the news the morning of election day 1992, and some senior Bush lackey in a clip saying, "We had four polls yesterday and this morning, and they all show us winning." As if polling the campaign bus counted.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/09/10/do-15-of-ohio-republicans-think-romney-killed-bin-laden-probably-not/

mitt romney is the only mormon to hit at least nine home runs from both sides of the plate while stealing 23 bases and paying no income taxes in a single season. cooperstown beckons

http://wonkette.com/483713/mitt-romney-takes-four-different-positions-on-pre-existing-conditions-in-twelve-hours

i was hoping for a timeline like this

He hit for the cycle!

Don't think four foul balls actually counts.

similarly,

http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2012/09/romney-exaggerates-meager-comments-on-afghanistan-135000.html?hp=l5_b1

"I went to the American Legion and spoke with our veterans there, and described my policy as it relates to Afghanistan and other foreign policy and our military. I've been to Afghanistan, and the members of our troops know of my commitment to Afghanistan and to the effort that's going on there. I have some differences on policy with the president. I happen to think those are more important than what word I mention in each speech.”

...

Here's precisely what Romney said to the Legion on Afghanistan: "Of course, we are still at war in Afghanistan. We still have uniformed men and women in conflict, risking their lives just as you once did. How deeply we appreciate their sacrifice. We salute them. We honor them. We respect and love them."

Romney's military policy as it relates to Afghanistan would not have been allowed before the repeal of DADT

I apologize, that was terrible and unfunnny

lol dan

More on the Biden pic:

http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/azstarnet.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/15/b15dbd5d-f048-5645-a5ed-8cd4796a0791/504d2e06d5055.preview-620.jpg

When Biden entered the diner, he approached three diners seated at a counter and asked if he they'd lend him one of their motorcycles, according to the pool report.

"Can I borrow one of your bikes? They don't let me ride anymore," Biden said.

"Probably not," Jeff Cook, one of the diners, said.

The vice president responded laughing, "Probably not."

Then added, "How 'bout one of your women? Heh heh!"

I think Joe Biden is writing the Joe Biden Onion pieces.

and who's the guy to Biden's right?

for all of us teetering on the edge of the pit and everything, this election is serving up the yuks

^^it is, but I still miss Sarah

she's the poet of our heart

The bursts of our stars

The you to our betchas.

http://image.blingee.com/images15/content/output/000/000/000/44c/290430150_2077555.gif