Symmetry required it: 2012 american general election thread #2

It reminds me of that Lincoln quote:

"He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I ever met."

― The windiest militant trash (Michael White), Tuesday, October 2, 2012 11:13 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That's an awesome quote.

"Between the two choices that are presented, there is I think some significant differences," he said. "If I were a person in a swing state, I’d vote against Romney-Ryan, which means voting for Obama because there is no other choice. I happen to be in a non-swing state, so I can either not vote or - as a probably will - vote for [Green Party candidate] Jill Stein."

noam chomsky stole that idea from me, as i am the only one who has ever thought of that

Would Jill Stein actually make a good president

Jill Stein as a politician would presumably be eaten alive as president, under the present circumstances. But, under any circumstances where a green party candidate could actually win the presidency, there would be more than enough political support in congress for Jill Stein to have some success. You cannot jump to the end of that road in one leap.

The major task for the green party is to build up local support for filling local offices, like city councils, creating a reservoir of experienced candidates who can climb the ladder into state government.

i thought that friedersdorf piece was fine except for the gary johnson endorsement. voting for incumbent obama means being at least kinda OK with some pretty horrible things, in a way that voting for candidate obama -- or for that matter candidates gore and kerry -- didn't.

http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/files/screen_shot_2012-10-02_at_10.png

Jill Stein as a politician would presumably be eaten alive as president, under the present circumstances. But, under any circumstances where a green party candidate could actually win the presidency, there would be more than enough political support in congress for Jill Stein to have some success. You cannot jump to the end of that road in one leap.

under any circumstances where a green party candidate could win the presidency, a greenpartyish democrat would be in an even better position to win the presidency. that or 'the democratic party' would disappear and everyone would get a new colored name tag.

can I get a yellow one

By the way, Rachel Maddow had a segment last night reporting that GOP voter registration efforts are zilch now in five of the ten or so swing states because the only firm they'd contracted to do it was the one now under investigation.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/09/30/3027663/republicans-play-defense-over.html

meanwhile the congressman in the district west of mine – one of the biggest dickbags in a state full of dickbags – is 10 points behind one of the most shameless political careerists in our county.

The GOP prepares for 2014.

I like the idea of a Jill Stien presidency

Why? What is she like?

In terms of strategy, it would probably be a hundred times easier to capture the dem party apparatus and leverage it than to build the green party up to a national level. So, I largely agree with iatee on that.

The one advantage of having a green party at all is to give a small, but clear voice to the radical perspective in US politics. The green party, as currently constituted, cannot be about winning elections for any electorate larger than about 1000 voters. So, it is much like the libertarian party in that respect.

according to her website she is going to provide full employment for everyone in america and also somehow change our voting system into proportional representation

xp

that sounds pretty swete

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mitt at chipotle today in denver. guy on the right wins.

hero

trump's sustained birtherism is such an amazing gift

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jt-Fqf6s1s

Pure, concentrated wingnuttery. Right wing meme after right wing meme. Smugness combined with vapidity and ignorance. Birtherism. Racism. (Pay special attention to the woman at 3:00.)

"Strangle him!"

"Abomination."

"Islamist Marxist socialist . . . idiot."

"Go back to Kenya."

"Let's do target practice."

"Is that your Muslim communist buddy?"

I would happily lock all these people in a room and gas them to death, and enjoy a scrumptious root beer float afterwards.

i can't watch shit like that. can't do it.

but, gas them? jesus man

Gas them to sleep and draw dicks on their foreheads?

I mean, I really hate these fucking people.

Woman at 3:00 would be genuinely incredulous at being called a racist.

Gotta remember they crucify themselves pretty effectively. Thus:

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-case-against-obama-according-to-romney-rally-goers/

The dupes of these lies are such an easy target, because they are dupes. I'd prefer to see The American Conservative track these lies to their sources and expose the much worse people who originate the lies, not the eejits who believe them.

is there a dumber/less clever slogan than "NOBAMA"?

I DON'T THINK SOBAMA

“public intellectual” Dinesh D’Souza.

haha.

also, GOP Congressional Candidate Posts Photo of Gun on Facebook, Captions it ‘Welcome to Tennessee Mr. Obama’

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/180xqnmpa31jbjpg/original.jpg

Are the clueless attempts at swagger and repping for your tribe so important that these folks feel the need to flash their sidearm like a sixteen-year-old kid in the first reel who gets his by the third?

YOLOBAMA

"NOBAMA, YESGATORS" iirc

NOMNEY, tbh.

he “didn’t wear a flag on his lapel till he had to.”

I can't stop laughing at this one.

I guess the answer to NOBAMA is MO'BAMA?

The first nobama bumper stickers showed up in summer 08, right?

MO'BAMA vs MO'ESHA

like a sixteen-year-old kid in the first reel who gets his by the third?

^^ beautiful

OBANAH

MITT ROM-NOM-NOMNEY

OBANAH?

he “didn’t wear a flag on his lapel till he had to”

some underling in the media outrage machine is bursting his buttons with pride, thinking "I invented that meme!"

MAMA SAY MAMA SAH MA OBAMA

COME MISTAH ROMNEY-MAN, DEBATE THAT OBAMA

CO video pretty boring tbh

brig that cutout to a Romney rally in Montgomery, Alabama

Karl Rove's pals sure have a lot of money to spend

Politico just reported that today, Karl Rove’s Crossroads group will launch “their biggest paid media push of 2012”—$16 million into ten Presidential and Senate battlegrounds

Meanwhile, in Florida:

A letter handwritten by [Allen] West and addressed to his wife during his tour as Army lieutenant colonel in Iraq in 2003 could provide an insight.

The missive, exclusively obtained by Gossip Extra, shows in details about how West feels about, and what he wants to do with, Dr. Angela West, his wife and a doctor in education who sits as a trustee on the board of Florida Atlantic University.

Gossip Extra has chosen to withhold publication of the letter because of its nature.

But in it Allen West, who wrote it days before he became entangled in an incident of torture that cost him his military career, shows himself to be a romantic at times, telling Angela: “I miss you and cannot wait to see you.”

He humbly tells her that, although he doesn’t compare physically to the male models of the movie Soul Food, he will always do his best to always be “a clean cut, healthy and affectionate man!”

At other times, the Christian conservative tea party candidate – who’s running for a district that stretches along the coast from Palm Beach Gardens to Fort Pierce – gets a little more, shall we say, daring!

The congressman proceeds tells his wife he expects certain intimate acts upon his return that will be “the standard and it is non-negotiable.”

He tells her: “From now on, you will wear two-piece swim suits when on vacations.”

Then: “Angela, I need to know, are you committed to being my porn star?

“I do not want to hear ‘no’ or ‘we’ll see about that.’ I want my fantasies to be with you. God has authorized you and you only as my partner for intimacy and that is what I want.”

Sad to think some poor dude got tortured because Allen West's wife told him "No butt stuff."

Dude, its florida, what did you expect?

butt stuff, apparently