I am beginning to become scared that Romney/Ryan will win. Can smart people please post here and say reassuring things to convince me that he won't?

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"super 8 film wasn't introduced until 1965, before that it was 8mm. the Kenyan flag shown in the video wasn't introduced until 1963... so next time make up a better story and get a better production designer... or at least do better research, this took all of 5 minutes for me to find"

lol

also that baby is HUGE

gave me an idea for halloween costume: obama's birth video

So I guess the only thing to do now is trainspot for unexpected endorsements

nah bro, allred surprise

also there will be some sort of backwards B thing

Hey, what was Trump's October surprise?

he offered 5 million to obama to release his college records

also there will be some sort of backwards B thing

They're going to do an "O" this time, less problematic.

I would like to see that Obama video tbh, could make me sentimental

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30d0jnZhWG0

I love that it's just a cell phone video.

Hmmm, Allred thing sounds like a bust to me. I think if it does anything it's less for "sketchy behavior" than for reminding the world once again that Romney is the kind of guy who pals around with super-multi-mullionaires and in fact is one himself. But that's not exactly news.

Dunham video->Hannity/Rush calling her names->Backlash->Gal power

Probably, yeah. We can hope.

this video is like specifically designed to get rush et al pissed at dunham and create a backlash against the same old pricks telling women what their sex lives should be like imo

That book advance makes even more sense now that everyone in red states will know who she is by the weekend.

You might think the US is a fat society, but in Kenya they are born big and then they become light.

eventually they become airborne and disappear into the atmosphere

this video is like specifically designed to get rush et al pissed at dunham and create a backlash against the same old pricks telling women what their sex lives should be like imo

― Clay, Friday, October 26, 2012 12:16 AM (13 hours ago)

campaign trolling

omg the Obama birth video. kid comes out, holds his head upright, makes eye contact with everybody in the room. I really really really want somebody to assert that that thing's legit

kid comes out, holds his head upright, makes eye contact with everybody in the room, shakes hands, asks for votes and support

kisses self

brushes placenta off his shoulder

Expected effect: http://m.gawker.com/5955268/gop-accuses-obama-of-ties-to-satan-over-lena-dunham-ad

Not to derail the conversation from license plates, but this via my wife's friend...
I went through the citizenship ceremony.
When you are approved at the interview you are told to wait for notice of the ceremony to be held two or three months later.
The ceremony has the air of a celebration. Mine was in a local theater with something like 200 new citizens there with families and friends attending. A judge presides, who in my case was originally from Mexico and had his own story to tell. There was a class of children on the stage who sang songs and read essays about being American. The video of the president welcoming us was played. Everyone had to stand and pledge allegiance. The judge asked if anybody wanted to speak, someone going out into the audience with a microphone. He'd ask where they were from, how long the process had taken, etc. Hearing this is where it gets really touching. For many of these people this was a huge deal. A lot of very happy people in the room.
You receive a packet containing things like the voter registration form, booklets about the US and being a citizen, and a flag. On your exit you are given your naturalization certificate and it's all done.

lol @ #Satan

ugh @ Romney son appearance on 30 Rock. I hate when shows "address" politics by making both sides of an issue/election look like idiots

you must really hate the debates then

BOOOOOOOOM SO TOPICAL

these debates sucked! Biden was sort of entertaining.

would've been a lot better with a drunk obama or something

so i keep getting panicky emails that barry's been outraised by mittsy by $45 million in the final stretch. ouch

God dammit me too.

money doesn't matter at this point

you mean like 'in this economy'
you mean like cute american children playing w stacks of devalued dollars on the street

As in, "I'm working on an answer song to Randy Newman."

hey i know brad plumer!

and, Senator, you are no...oh wait

I tried phone-banking yesterday and remembered why I hated it so much. Spiked my anxiety levels. I'm far better as a tech support and logistics guy or even a canvasser than being on the telephonic front line.

"That's got to be troubling for Romney," McDonald said. "Election Day would have to be a Republican parade for Romney to win (Iowa)"

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-29/democrats-hold-early-voting-advantage-over-republicans

I don't think early voting stats matter all that much tbh.

well they matter in that people whove already voted cant change their mind, so if youre behind when early voting starts then its harder for you to come back than it would be w/o early voting

i early voted today btw

so thats one vote for obma sry mitt romney

also if youve voted then that eliminates the chance you wont vote

yeah it doesn't mean 'obama wins iowa' but it's a signal of gotv strength

is there any reason to suspect early vote would be non-representative or skewed democrat in iowa?

seems to be the case but i wonder why

In Colorado, Florida, Iowa and North Carolina, Obama banked so many early votes in 2008 that he won those states even though he ran behind in each in votes cast on Election Day itself, according to voting data compiled by the Associated Press.

democrats just trying harder to get people to vote early prob

dems pushed early voting harder + just a bigger gotv machine + obv more enthusiasm last time xp