Symmetry required it: 2012 american general election thread #2

He acted like what someone with a shred of dignity would do. He certainly didn't go off on an inspiring speech about his party's delusional base and the danger it was inciting. Instead, he just quietly took the mic, and mumbled "no, no. That's not true."

My itchy point is that I'd like to see what Romney would do. "Ha Ha, what's that? He's a MORMON? Ha Ha, no you wouldn't have said THAT. No, you can sit down now. Terrific."

Seconding schlump as to the amnesia concerning McCain--he'd let that stuff go on for weeks without saying anything.

As tcote noted on Twitter, Romney's starting to age visibly here:

http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d0ac778b131c351b1c0f6a70670053ba.jpg

http://s4.hubimg.com/u/3176755_f520.jpg

thanks to all the moon talk i've been picturing mitt and paul as rocky and winky from the MST3k Manhunt In Space.

A+

Paul Ryan singing "Sleepy little felon..."

idk man, that was obviously a terrible outerwear colour for mitt but there's something weird about him, i saw a pic of that event before & it struck me that i don't think i would be able to narrow mitt down to a twenty-year age range if i hadn't seen him before. he looks so box-fresh that it's like age isn't a thing. he could be 45 or 66.

Something about that photo, like his forehead is aging at a different rate than his cheeks and chin.

http://i.minus.com/iSPBsiQ2cVjgu.gif

Moving right along...

kitten mittons romney!

Though Romney’s public events typically offer a safe cast of state and local politicians as opening acts, the campaign sprinkled in some celebrity appearances. Country music star Lee Greenwood performed as supporters waited through intermittent rain bursts. And U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentuckian with a fervent Tea Party following, made the trip up from Cincinnati with Ryan, who began his day there on the bus tour’s warm-up set.

This campaign is taking off the gloves.

Country music star Lee Greenwood performed

Boy that guy sure has ridden the gravy train all these years.

“We simply can’t have a setup where the teachers unions can contribute tens of millions of dollars to the campaigns of politicians and then those politicians, when elected, stand across from them at the bargaining table, supposedly to represent the interests of the kids. I think it’s a mistake. I think we’ve got to get the money out of the teachers unions going into campaigns. It’s the wrong way for us to go. We’ve got to separate that."

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/25/romney-suggests-teachers-unions-should-be-prohibited-from-campaign-donations/

this fucking guy

Money = speech except when I don't like where the money is coming from then money = bribery.

I cannot even fathom why he would start bringing up campaign finance reform at this point. Unless he's such a myopic idiot that he doesn't even realize that that's what he's doing.

“Jeb Bush stood up to the teachers unions in Florida and that made a difference,” Romney said.

Indeed, only 7 states now have lower high school graduation rates than Florida!

he doesn't even realize that that's what he's doing

Legally, he doesn't, right? ;) Those Super PACs are just so totally anonymous and independent. Someone should tell Romney what they're spending on his behalf, stat.

Current summing up of everything:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/assets_c/2012/09/9-26-12-colbert-sg-cropped-proto-custom_28.jpg

have gone from seeing Mitt playing a variation on Fred Willard's persona to him getting in a taxi w/ Travis Bickle driving.

"Why, that's very clever... * checks ID badge * ..."Morbius!"

"What's the one thing that most bothers you about tax-exempt offshore accounts, Travis?"

In fairness, the obvious counterpoint (about high finance funding politicians, who then sit across the table from them to protect the public) is not exactly available to Obama.

http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d0ac778b131c351b1c0f6a70670053ba.jpg

wtf kind of watch is that. a 12 and then 30-60-90 second demarcations? Is he often worried about what second it is?

12, 03, 06, 09

okay but still

shakey, the watch has the HOURS on it, not the seconds. surely like most analogue watches??

symmetry required it

"from that day on, other posters started calling him Shakey Mo Dyscalculia"

lmbo shakey have you ever seen a clock before

hahaha Shakey wtf

http://www.clker.com/cliparts/6/7/0/b/119498901189173912analog_clock_jonathan_di_01.svg.hi.png

Z1 E0 GO 60? What the hell kind of watch is that?

what's with the extra zeroes

here's a couple more 0_0

hahaha

fyi looking up "analog watch" on Google will eventually lead you to this

http://youtu.be/eF9iAwBXFVU

dying

Shakey favors bell-tower clocks that strike at "RIP", then he emerges as a moving statue with a hammer.

Z1 E0 GO 60?

Maybe he's a Bow Wow Wow fan.

http://www.musicchartheaven.com/compilations/bowowc30.jpg

Except in hexadecimal or something.

in order to go all the way up to Z it would have to be hexaicosimal

Oh shit.

isn't that a coffee bar

sell it, mitt!

"Small businesses most typically pay taxes at the individual tax rate. And so our individual income taxes are the ones I want to reform. Make them simpler. I want to bring the rates down. By the way, don't be expecting a huge cut in taxes because I'm also going to lower deductions and exemptions. But by bringing rates down we will be able to let small businesses keep more of their money so they can hire more people."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/26/romney-ohio-taxes_n_1915949.html

On that hilarious claim that Obama skips intelligence briefings.

The airplane window thing is killing me. What a weird guy.

its was a joke, no

i sorta suspect his romney cheer thing was meant as a joke, too, but it just plays terribly for a would-be alpha guy.