Symmetry required it: 2012 american general election thread #2

t/s taking out the trash vs. shopping at kmart

same thing haha right folks

I was trying to think of a comeback to say to that statement but then I thought, her name is Bristol, and her mom is Sarah Palin, she's probably suffered more than enough in life.

Her name is BRISTOL

pres browns a stalker http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/10/scott-brown-stalk-pussycat-dolls-video

wut

swing state polls >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> national polls
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, October 8, 2012 4:17 PM (6 hours ago)

it's the second poll with romney ahead. but yeah, the national polls aren't very importart.
― obamana (abanana), Monday, October 8, 2012 4:18 PM (6 hours ago)

I'd have to double-check, but I'm pretty sure Silver has always said that polls at the national and state level move together, though they might not be perfectly in sync--one leads the other, but the idea that this and that state stay static while other states begin to move noticeably doesn't work. This Michigan poll would seem to bear that out:

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/poll-romney-narrows-gap-in-michigan-following-debate

No, I'm not Sullivan saying it's over, not at all. But this may be the equivalent of those few days in 2008 when McCain temporarily caught up. Last time it happened in September, and only lasted a few days.

yeah national polls are conducted more often and by more people so the state polls should lag behind the shifts in the national ones. Basically behind by 4 points in national polls= very bad news. But he was up 5 in gallup's monday poll so who the fuck knows what's going on.

Country really begging for Joe Biden to step in and save the day.

http://votamatic.org/the-polls-are-behaving-just-fine/

xp

The thing I'm having a hard time getting my head around is that a single debate could have such an effect--especially one that, no matter how tepid you thought Obama was (no argument here), didn't involve a gaffe, didn't involve some endlessly repeatable soundbite from Romney, didn't involve much of anything except Romney exceeding very low expectations. Do people have their minds changed that easily?

"Who the fuck knows what's going on"--works for me.

lag00ns link upthread addresses that - its not so much millions of people who changed their minds and more that republicans got pumped up

daveweigel ‏@daveweigel
Compare the conservative base reaction to bad Romney news (SKEWED POLLS!) to lib reaction to Obama's trouble (OMG WE'RE DOOMED)

Except for our two house explainers.

There is a republican "documentary" called "Obama's America" showing at the local megaplex... Gotta love that Citizens United ruling.

Yeah, that'd be Dinesh. we've been over him before.

http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/6446/saving_teens_from_obama%3A_when_bible_study_goes_wrong/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0PeBwzvQds

key moment:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8318/8070173487_233ff5e152_o.png

sexy.

omg

that guy is apparently some kind of millenarian internet preacher/conspiracy theorist who has a small following.

he is also missing a sizable chunk of gray matter, as evidence by his videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Ik2C8S8Fg&feature=plcp

guy is legitimately insane.

ok whatever more LOLs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm8msoKME4w&feature=plcp

There is a republican "documentary" called "Obama's America" showing at the local megaplex... Gotta love that Citizens United ruling.

― blank, Tuesday, October 9, 2012 2:06 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

so...you think political movies should be banned?

daveweigel ‏@daveweigel
Compare the conservative base reaction to bad Romney news (SKEWED POLLS!) to lib reaction to Obama's trouble (OMG WE'RE DOOMED)

― Mordy, Tuesday, October 9, 2012 12:23 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hah i wonder which one of these is more constructive, or maybe neither are, or maybe it doesnt matter

straw man. i don't know anybody saying that obama is doomed.

did you read that sullivan post

why would i do that?

did u read ilx thread of barely concealing doomsaying?

concealed*

Thanks for the av, stevie.

http://imageshack.us/a/img213/3995/screenshot20121009at916.png

no, point me in that direction, jeeves...

haha xp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZxs09eV-Vc

lolz

Mitt Romney declines to participate in Nickelodeon’s ‘Kids Pick the President’ special

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/tv-column/post/mitt-romney-declines-to-participate-in-nickelodeons-kids-pick-the-president-special/2012/10/08/534f210c-119a-11e2-ba83-a7a396e6b2a7_blog.html

The only other presidential candidate to do so in the special's run? John Fucking Kerry.

why would i do that?

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, October 9, 2012 10:07 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha i was actually gonna say, i do not recommend it if you have not, but there are liberals who are in doomsday mode

Typical response to Sully's hysterics (which at least Sullivan posted):

WOULD YOU PLEASE CHILL THE FUCK OUT?!

Nate Silver is on the front page of the Times saying that the trend (job stats up, likability strong) will hold. So for the first time since I can remember - the Bush years maybe? - I closed my Dish tab. I cannot bear the stress of this election. And in particular, now, I cannot bear your wailing about the polls.

does anyone have the How many dead brown civilians equal murdered Big Bird chart, or is MoveOn still working on that?

Can Alfred or someone start General Election #3? This one's getting unwieldly for those of us who don't use bookmarks. Also, we're now into the final jumping-out-of-windows phase.

no, we'll enter that when the EC tie throws it into the House.

Morbs' posts are like the commercial breaks in this program. HEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD! HEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!

How many dead brown civilians equal murdered Big Bird? US general elections 2012 part III

the big bird obama ad is funny but i think they should really leave that kind of snark to the bloggers and youtube whizzes--the message will get out, but they won't appear frivolous by spending people's campaign contributions on LOLsnark ads.

I think it's an interesting strategy, actually, and I'm not sure that it appears frivolous.

lol too frivolous for the sober environment of this elevated dialogue

I really hate the new thread title, is this thread staying open?

Mods...?