I like that Biden's been so out-and-out disdainful/incredulous, because it gives Obama room to be a 'good cop', with extra zingers. That tumbleweed sound emanating from "independent" trolls eg. my mom was also quite nice today. IMO, independents don't generate right-wing talking points.
― ella fingerblast hurls forever (suzy), Friday, 12 October 2012 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
Does anyone here actually desperately want him to lose? I thought the Morbius end of the discussion was on some"They're both as bad as each other!" shit.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 12 October 2012 22:29 (eleven years ago) link
was just about to say the same thing.
― Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Friday, 12 October 2012 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
i srsly doubt that a single non-lurking ilxor is sincerely rooting for romney to win.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 12 October 2012 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe "desperately"'s an overstatement. But I don't think Morbius's indifference to Obama/Romney translates to indifference over who wins--he can speak for himself, but I think he'd get much more enjoyment out of a Romney win because of the fallout on the other side.
― clemenza, Friday, 12 October 2012 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
Morbz wants Romney to win because he wants things to get so bad America has some collective "scales falling from the eyes" moment
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 12 October 2012 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
no, too stoopid a fucking country for that
― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 13 October 2012 00:32 (eleven years ago) link
i think there's truth that obama, as a black man, couldn't do the things biden did last night without america losing its shit
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 13 October 2012 00:58 (eleven years ago) link
yep, though very few people could do what biden did last night. biden's rep as a guy who says inappropriate things and has gaffes and speaks his mind (or whatever the rep is) actually plays to his favor in debates because hey, it's just joe being joe. i don't think anyone expected (or expects) obama to do what biden did last night, they just expect him to not look like he just got in a terrible argument with his wife that involved the smashing of a wedding photo against a wall, and to speak up and make a few good points every once in a while.
― Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Saturday, 13 October 2012 01:01 (eleven years ago) link
Yes. He's got four days to figure out some workable middle ground.
I agree with somebody I read who said the town-hall format will be tough for Obama, or at least tough if you need to push back some. That's where you're supposed to do what Clinton did (so well) in '92, remember questioner's names and get all Oprah when necessary. The first debate was where he had the freedom to play completely to the camera (audience present, but instructed not to react) and be a little more aggressive. Town halls are different.
― clemenza, Saturday, 13 October 2012 01:14 (eleven years ago) link
Of course Obama will do well next debate, just like Biden "won" last night. That's been his "narrative" since 2007: after listless performances, he gets even.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 13 October 2012 01:18 (eleven years ago) link
biden's rep as a guy who says inappropriate things and has gaffes and speaks his mind (or whatever the rep is) actually plays to his favor in debates because hey, it's just joe being joe.
ya this is key & i think it applies in general at this point. i wonder if one of the reasons he was picked is because he essentially has carte blanche to say any old shit and everyone just goes "ahh, that joe!"
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 13 October 2012 01:20 (eleven years ago) link
If we stop watching cable news or reading Nate Silver, it's still amazing how well how predictable this race has been. Obama and Romney are now neck in neck -- same as it ever was in July and August. Obama stank in the first debate, his veep picked up the slack, and will likely rally next time. The horserace part of this shit is so godddamn stupid that it corrupts everyone who follows -- and I don't exclude myself.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 13 October 2012 01:22 (eleven years ago) link
it's still amazing how well how predictable this race has been
Could not disagree more with this. I was surprised by Romney's level of ineptitude as a candidate, surprised when Obama began to pull away (without any major changes in economic conditions), and right now I'm baffled by this latest turn of events. I'm surprised by things all the time. You and iatee are not.
― clemenza, Saturday, 13 October 2012 01:26 (eleven years ago) link
well, no, I WAS surprised at how well Obama was polling from the end of August through most of September. I figured it couldn't last because Romney would at some point get the convention bump he didn't get.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 13 October 2012 01:27 (eleven years ago) link
btw because of the, well, precarious nature of Florida right now I'm probably going to follow Chomsky's advice.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 13 October 2012 01:29 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN608oCEqqM
― clemenza, Saturday, 13 October 2012 01:42 (eleven years ago) link
I'm surprised when there's something surprising that happens. obama pulled away w/ a good convention bounce and romney had a a good debate from a historical pov but on the whole things are where models were predicting they would be at this point w/ slow positive economic growth. almost nothing else surprising has happened and the polls barely moved for months and in a lot of ways this is about as boring as a close election could get. but if romney pulls ahead I'll be surprised and if obama gets back to where he was I'd be surprised.
― iatee, Saturday, 13 October 2012 01:47 (eleven years ago) link
at what point was Dole dead in the water? i feel like there's almost always still a lot of suspense and "it can go either way" talk 3-4 weeks before the election.
― some dude, Saturday, 13 October 2012 01:52 (eleven years ago) link
Nate Silver wasn't around then so nobody knows
― www.toilet-guru.com (silby), Saturday, 13 October 2012 01:52 (eleven years ago) link
Dole was dead in the water in '95.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 13 October 2012 01:52 (eleven years ago) link
That and Reagan in '84 were the two least surprising elections of my lifetime.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 13 October 2012 01:53 (eleven years ago) link
http://library.law.columbia.edu/urlmirror/CLR/100CLR524/ptpreselec.html
― iatee, Saturday, 13 October 2012 01:56 (eleven years ago) link
Everyone on twitter seems to be freaking out what do you guys think, did Obama blow this hugely or is this nbd- A Concerned Canadian― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Wednesday, October 3, 2012 10:53 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
nbd― iatee, Wednesday, October 3, 2012 10:53 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark
From there to "I'm surprised when there's something surprising that happens" doesn't quite connect to me.
― clemenza, Saturday, 13 October 2012 01:56 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i was gonna say, clinton and reagan's re-elections seem like the only ones in the last few decades the ball was still in the air pretty close to the end. things weren't too suspenseful by election day on '08 but people were still so bewildered that we were actually going to have a black president that everyone was on the edge of their seats anyway. (xpost)
― some dude, Saturday, 13 October 2012 01:58 (eleven years ago) link
I still don't think obama blew it hugely, it just pumped up conservatives - the extent that it did was def on the higher end of what people expected possible, but like I said, I don't think that's something that can happen more than once
― iatee, Saturday, 13 October 2012 01:59 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i was gonna say, clinton and reagan's re-elections seem like the only ones in the last few decades the ball was still in the air pretty close to the end.
wait am I reading this correctly?
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 13 October 2012 02:01 (eleven years ago) link
er "wasn't" not "was" sorry
― some dude, Saturday, 13 October 2012 02:02 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think the reason for Romney's big comeback is mainly that he "won" the debate. I think it's more the way that he redefined himself and laid out his agenda in greater detail, aiming straight for the center of the political spectrum. That Obama was stiff and seemed disconnected was just the gravy. Up to the week of the debate, the Romney agenda had been strangely hazy, so the Obama campaign had been able to paint him in the most negative light. His main accomplishment in the debate was not "beating" Obama but redefining himself. At that moment, he suddenly started running the kind of competent, centrist campaign that everyone had been expecting him to run since he clinched the nomination, but that for whatever reason, he had been strangely unwilling or unready to do up till then.
― o. nate, Saturday, 13 October 2012 02:07 (eleven years ago) link
haha it's all good, ship -- I know shit about sports so I thought, "Oh, so THAT's what 'the ball in the air' means..."
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 13 October 2012 02:07 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― some dude, Saturday, 13 October 2012 02:14 (eleven years ago) link
i have to say i'm a bit surprised, i figured it would barely make any difference. but there may be a lot of people out there who don't like Obama but didn't trust Romney, and Romney may have given them enough moderate bullshit to seem like someone they could vote for.
― JoeStork, Saturday, 13 October 2012 02:30 (eleven years ago) link
i know things about sports and i'm not sure what that metaphor means
― la goonies (k3vin k.), Saturday, 13 October 2012 02:45 (eleven years ago) link
guys can we please not examine too closely whether the random phrase i used is an actual thing people say or whether i used it correctly
― some dude, Saturday, 13 October 2012 02:49 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.theonion.com/articles/eloquent-biden-brings-entire-audience-to-tears-in,29887/
i know this has been posted elsewhere but i'm posting it AGAIN because it's a true thing of beauty
― Raymond Cummings, Saturday, 13 October 2012 02:50 (eleven years ago) link
Joe Biden being this wacky off-the-cuff sort of figure is still a little strange to me since my first memory of him was a stiff dropping out of the primaries because his canned speeches were plagiarized.
― pplains, Saturday, 13 October 2012 02:55 (eleven years ago) link
i don't think anyone expected (or expects) obama to do what biden did last night, they just expect him to not look like he just got in a terrible argument with his wife that involved the smashing of a wedding photo against a wall, and to speak up and make a few good points every once in a while.
seriously awed by the poetry of this analysis
― *buffs lens* (schlump), Saturday, 13 October 2012 03:41 (eleven years ago) link
― pplains, Friday, October 12, 2012 10:55 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^^^ this
also, i have a hard time reconciling his "populist" schtick when i remember how he was MasterCard's go-to guy when he was still in the Senate.
― spicy bacon, bitch! (Eisbaer), Saturday, 13 October 2012 04:43 (eleven years ago) link
though i still greatly enjoyed watching Biden mop the floor with Ryan.
― spicy bacon, bitch! (Eisbaer), Saturday, 13 October 2012 04:44 (eleven years ago) link
Hasselbeck h. ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIS_Building_2000 attackOn the evening of 20 September 2000 the building was attacked by unapprehended forces using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile, causing superficial damage.[6] British Police recovered the discarded launcher at Spring Gardens park in Vauxhall, as well as finding remains of the missile which had exploded against an eighth floor window.[7]_How the fuck have I never heard about this?
_2000 attack
On the evening of 20 September 2000 the building was attacked by unapprehended forces using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile, causing superficial damage.[6] British Police recovered the discarded launcher at Spring Gardens park in Vauxhall, as well as finding remains of the missile which had exploded against an eighth floor window.[7]
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How the fuck have I never heard about this?
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 13 October 2012 09:01 (eleven years ago) link
Oh god guys. Zing disaster sry
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 13 October 2012 09:02 (eleven years ago) link
liberals totally Etch-a-Sketch when it comes to Biden's past horrors.
― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 13 October 2012 14:39 (eleven years ago) link
Horrors! Just in time for Halloween. I'm going as Biden during the Clarence Thomas hearing.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 13 October 2012 15:12 (eleven years ago) link
i'm going as 09 biden advising obama against a surge and in favor of immediate troop drawdown from afghanistan that way when women ignore me it'll be in character.
― balls, Saturday, 13 October 2012 22:01 (eleven years ago) link
I'm going as Jim Lehrer. To make it look good I'm wearing real pancake makeup.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 13 October 2012 22:12 (eleven years ago) link
I'm going as Jim Lehrer with an actual pancake on my head, in honor of Dan Lacey.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 13 October 2012 22:13 (eleven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/charlesdavis84/status/256910514184130560
― zvookster, Sunday, 14 October 2012 00:40 (eleven years ago) link
― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Saturday, October 13, 2012 9:39 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i don't think you're using the metaphor correctly, but i do know what you mean. because it's the same thing you mean in every single post you make to ILE.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 14 October 2012 00:47 (eleven years ago) link
it would only be redundant if the thread had any sustained chat at all about how biden implied he didn't vote for war on a credit card or about the consequences of his albright-like gusto for crippling sanctions or about his being proven a remarkable liar and plagiarist and so on
― zvookster, Sunday, 14 October 2012 01:14 (eleven years ago) link
plagiarist thing is just lol, nobody writes their speeches anyway
― iatee, Sunday, 14 October 2012 01:24 (eleven years ago) link