Symmetry required it: 2012 american general election thread #2

The idiots on the Morning Joe tv thing with Joe Scarborough are back in "teleprompter" mode--saying Obama did lousy in the debate because he didn't have his teleprompter. They never discuss the substance or veracity of anything Romney said, they just love that he was on the attack.

Yeah, I saw that - they need to move the fuck on.

http://m.gawker.com/5949208/obamas-debate-what-the-fuck-did-you-expect

why is gawker running stupid jeremiads about a meaningless debate?

On the job # conspiracy thing, lol and all, but this is totally one of those things that lefty blogs would be saying in the reverse case. (And righties would be all TINFOIL HAT LIBS.)

i think we've done a better job consigning our conspiracy theorists to kos diaries.

Jack Welch shoulda died in prison, preferably sliced stem to stern

another roundup of BLS truthers

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/10/meet-the-unemployment-rate-truthers.html

Damn post got eaten. Anyhow I like the gawker bit b/c it brings in talking about dem party bullshit and reiterates that you can't debates the way the president tried to

dem party is doing fine. they're one of only two parties that consistently vie for leadership in a world superpower, and not only are they currently the party in power at the white house, but they're about to stay that party for four more years.

and do absolutely nothing

they do plenty, just mostly not stuff you like

Josh Marshall ‏@joshtpm
Shorter Right Wing: Where's the Jobs Certificate?

Say what you will, though, the Republicans are great at playing the refs and always have been, because if you squawk enough, you normalize a narrative that everyone knows is bullshit: CNBC's First Question To Labor Secretary Solis: How Do You Respond To Accusation That Jobs Numbers Are "Fixed"?

That took less than half a day to accomplish.

Jay Cost ‏@JayCostTWS
Prediction: next month unemployment ticks down to 7.7%, just south of when O took office.

Jay Cost ‏@JayCostTWS
You think this stuff doesn't happen? You're living in a fantasy land. Presidential politics is PURE HARDBALL.

Fed bureaucrats are PURE HARDBALL

the jobless rate is BS no matter whose watch

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CIlu-DSZgow/TVXXO2cxE9I/AAAAAAAAAKE/zsMTHyNs7OY/s1600/mr-sunshine+%25281%2529.jpg

so, like, why don't the fed/ pres just FIX IT EVERY MONTH??

fuck me

the unemployment rate is zero again, have a nice day

Oliver Willis ‏@owillis
john mccain, jobs truther: "I wouldn't put anything past ths administration."

its funny how these people dont realize theyre just giving more publicity to the jobs #s

"Republicans in furious disbelief over positive job report" is indeed a funny message to send

http://i.imgur.com/1IhhD.jpg

A+

bitch got a dancing horse

tbf owning a dancing horse is p cool

If you're a bunnyman.

Mitt really does look like he says "nigger" all the time

They all probably shout it instead of saying "Jenga!"

wait is shouting "Jenga" part of Jenga? When do you shout it? It's been a long time since I played Jenga.

you shout it at the players when they take their turn to try to mess up their concentration and force a loss

what, really?

i always thought it was a whimsical thing people said when the blocks fell down. like, you look at each other with a goofy smirk and just say "Jeeeeeengaaaa..." like you're on a mid-80s sitcom

jengaaaa! jengaaaa! jenga-jenga jing jing jing.

^^ you say it like you're part of a novelty singing group on Major Bowes' Amateur Hour.

i think part of the magic of jenga is that everyone's got their own concept of what it means. is it a scare tactic, a remorseful sigh, a comfort, a strategy, a way of life? are we all "inside" jenga, in a way?

you knock the tower over on purpose yell jenga and storm out of the room crying is how i thought it worked

poor lyin' romney boys have to play jenga, no word games like balderdash or apples to apples cuz that fosters lyin'

lol

http://a57.foxnews.com/www.foxnews.com/images/root_images/0/0/surge_20121005_142130.jpg

COUNTRY
          MITT

Is that Glenn Beck in the shades back there?

In conclusion, old white people love Mitt Romney.

SUUUUUUUURRRGE

someone add an arrow

pointing to Mittcrotch

looks like he's coming ever closer to human contact

THESE OLD WHITE PEOPLE LOVE THEM SOME MITT

I got an uncontrollable surge
I wanna tell you all about it
An uncontrollable surge
It makes me scream and shout it

yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah YEAH!

http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr352/photocliches/seenoevil-2.jpg

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/10/why-world-warcraft-enjoying-political-moment/57610/

http://cdn.theatlanticwire.com/img/upload/2012/10/04/rendered/1dd391bd545104fe84d3ee56e849d224_400x218.jpg

honestly people who waste their time w/ shit like that deserve at least as much.

gfy