Symmetry required it: 2012 american general election thread #2

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

God has authorized you

a little more, shall we say, daringly fascist!

Only youuuuuuuuuuuu
Can be my po-orn star
Oh-only youuuuuuuuuuu
can do butt stuff

"butt stuff" is the worst phrase

well second worst, right after "moistly queefing lickspittle"

"shuddering mewling quim"

Mr. Butt Stuff
Who do you think you are?

"Juddering" is the worst word.

later on, the note gets a little, shall we say, spicier!

"Your quarters will have one monitored entrance and exit. Nightly strip shows via webcam are the standard and it is non-negotiable."

"There will also be grapes."

P.S. I completely hate my body. xoxoxo

God has authorized you and you only as my partner for intimacy

my next ok cupid message

HAHA, this thread has taken a bizarre detour since I last checked it!

guys, I won't have you discuss juddering and queer lickspittle in Florida without mentioning Mark Foley.

That is one messed-up looking district.

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

but we will no go on and excerpt all the embarrassing stuff because of our nature

Well yeah

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

(some of it is really dull)

Signed, Smoove B

Figured that was better than just throwing out Smoove B zingers

Which, hey, could work for Romney tomorrow

Well I...huh?

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/81931.html?hp=r6

mitt oughta get himself introduced by earnest byner next

Well, I’m just throwing it out there. I mean it’s the way the media might analyze this. I’m just trying to prepare you for what might come of this. It’s the way they connect the dots,” he said, laughing, according to the transcript. “I know it sounds ridiculous.”

that's odd. it's like for a brief moment a semi-rational part of rush's brain emerged and challenged the whole premise of his argument, and then the quote above is where he defended himself against that tiny rational part of himself, out loud.

if you're at a cocktail party that quote is usually followed with something like "I may have had too many, ha ha!" and then you politely listen and smile along with whatever anyone else says directly after that, hoping that it's on a totally different topic

the Balloon Juice folks destroyed Conor Friedersdorf last week for his Obama indictment.

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― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 October 2012

the embarrassing no-mark at balloon juice called him a "republican operative" with a "sudden raging stiffy for jill stein" who would prefer that johnson's name not be mentioned in public. friedersdorf of course endorsed johnson in the very piece that got him so upset.

uh oh, #drudgetape!

he's not an operative for republicans, he's a blogger who went for easy page views

xp

Thanks, Joe!

http://www.mercurynews.com/presidentelect/ci_21680497/biden-blasts-romney-tax-plans-during-stop-nc

(I know--one-day story.)

i am not a political operative but i feel like REMEMBER THIS GUY reverendwright.jpg siren.gif reflects in-party despair over romney more than it says anything about the democrats

he's been writing about those issues for some time.

ya the atlantic does this stuff all the time

balloon juice is a fuckin joke but it's funny when they get endorsed by very serious ppl like brad "gizza job" delong http://delong.tumblr.com/post/32569882411/curse-your-sudden-but-inevitable-betrayal-please

delong is aight but he does go for a lot of that pop-internet-democrat shit

he uploaded a big hobsbawm book review yesterday that was really interesting fyi

ugh, fuck a delong

the 'all libertarians are closet GOP operatives' meme is an extremely stupid one

er, "posted". i said uploaded cos it was hueg and from 97 or something, lol

xp well, most libertarians lean right, it's not 100% stupid.

http://youtu.be/LFTTZ9E_e2Y

a little late to the party with this

fucked that up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFTTZ9E_e2Y

he uploaded a big hobsbawm book review yesterday that was really interesting fyi

― goole, Tuesday, October 2, 2012 6:45 PM (5 minutes ago) B

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