the most important election of your lifetime: 2012 american general election thread

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I loled

There's nothing like getting a "Clooney and me" email from Barack.

oh, dip. that email was rough. this sort of thing happens in every national campaign ever, but I prefer my bernie sanders emails. grayson emails jumped the shark a while ago.

i kinda feel bad i've deleted all my campaign emails. four years of those subject lines would make some kind of found poem.

the clooney business is ridiculous.

why? what's he gonna run on, his record?

this is how I imagine my date with clooney & obama:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://cdn.fd.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hunter-cusack-depp-and-a-blow-up-doll.jpg&imgrefurl=http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2011/03/awesome-picture-hunter-thompson-john-cusack-johnny-depp-a-blow-up-doll&usg=__NFqsIh4yjpv-HExiiO2sMLhdMyE=&h=393&w=525&sz=37&hl=en&start=1&sig2=DM2wqwFfcWOxVqNBGTZy2Q&zoom=1&tbnid=7vkRE5pNPzhbnM:&tbnh=99&tbnw=132&ei=BwCXT_TjM-Xm2QWo8-DgDQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhunter%2Bthompson%2Bcusack%2Bdepp%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disz:m%26tbm%3Disch&itbs=1

just some cool dudes talking retail politics

http://cdn.fd.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hunter-cusack-depp-and-a-blow-up-doll.jpg

whats john cusack doing in that convertible

holding the legs

keeping charlie sheen company

why? what's he gonna run on, his record?

I dunno -- I liked Out of Sight.

Interesting round-up of how engaged--disengaged, more accurately--ex-presidents have been in elections over the years (in light of Clinton's sudden prominence):

http://www.salon.com/2012/04/30/bill_clinton_to_the_rescue/singleton/

Roosevelt's post-presidential life after 1912 was a menace but I suppose it's possible to think he would have made a decent president in 1920 (when he was all but guaranteed the nomination again).

a shame Billy Blythe didn't keep eating bbq

If things had turned out differently, would liked to have seen Kennedy in '68 and Nixon in '76 mixing it up from the wings (being so voraciously political, can't imagine that either could have kept away). Especially if Nixon still would have been the nominee in '68, which seems highly unlikely if Kennedy had lived to serve two terms.

Well I'm sold:

http://jezebel.com/5906640/ann-romney-awkwardly-describes-mitt-as-wild--crazy-man-just-waiting-to-come-out

Shame I can't vote in an American election because what I really like to do is vote crazy people into powerful positions.

brian beutler on why everything is so stupid: it's close

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/05/obama-romney-moms-sluts-dogs-women-voters.php

quite a url

standard right-wing response to Obama campaign's use of "forward" as a campaign slogan:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2012/apr/30/new-obama-slogan-has-long-ties-marxism-socialism/

x-post-- great closing bit there:

“[C]ynical minds might wonder if there is a strategic outsourcing of the below-the-belt attacks to surrogates not officially affiliated with the campaign,” wrote National Review’s Jim Geraghty. “Of course, if the Democrats want to make this race about which candidate is closer to a polygamist ancestor … we can play that game.”

Note his use of "we" and obvious message in the last sentence, after first referring to the campaigns in the beginning.

Obama campaign uses letter "O," long popular with fascists

lol

In fact, in Ann's eyes, not only is Mitt "like another son" to her

This is creepy.

Dressing room following the interview:

http://assets.rollingstone.com/assets/images/story/boardwalk-empire-recap-oedipus-wrecks-20111205/1000x306/main.jpg

Conservatives fucktards make it clear that openly gay staff member on Romney campaign is unacceptable, even if his job is as a foreign policy advisor:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/exclusive-richard-grenell-hounded-from-romney-campaign-by-anti-gay-conservatives/2012/05/01/gIQAccGcuT_blog.html

He resigned, as a result.

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh

You know, I kinda secretly hope this makes John Bolton go ballistic, as Grenell was one of his proteges. I'd love to see said fucktards try and paint HIM as a liberal commie whatever.

That said, the fact that Grenell was indeed said protege says whatever you need to know about him on top of the asshole tweets and etc.

when bad things happen to bad people

just makes reveals the assholery of everyone involved so kinda a net win imho

makes

I know there's hypocrisy on all sides here, but I thought Sullivan's thing on the Bin Laden ad this morning was very good--and really tough on McCain.

http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/05/the-bin-laden-freakout.html?tw_p=twt

I have mixed feelings on the ad. I think it's situation where you'll get grief from some directions for running it, and would have gotten grief from other directions if you hadn't run it, or run something similar.

I understand its political impulses and the Dems no doubt feel gratified that they can be as neanderthal as the GOP.

Internecine battle over Grenell.

I suppose Haley Barbour forgot to include the no-homo caveat.

o_0

http://blog.reidreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/boss_haley.jpg

Exit, Pursued by Elephant

lol I had to remind myself that this post wasn't about Haley Barbour.

This f'n guy:

http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/fischer/120427

not only is that a terrible bigot, but he can't even figure out how to link to articles correctly.

lol at his html:

ABC's has a feature piece today with this title: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/romney-appt-of-gay-aide-signals-new-attitude/";>"</a><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/romney-appt-of-gay-aide-signals-new-attitude/";>Mitt</a> <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/romney-appt-of-gay-aide-signals-new-attitude/";>Romney</a><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/romney-appt-of-gay-aide-signals-new-attitude/";>'</a><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/romney-appt-of-gay-aide-signals-new-attitude/";>s</a> <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/romney-appt-of-gay-aide-signals-new-attitude/";>Appointment</a> <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/romney-appt-of-gay-aide-signals-new-attitude/";>of</a> <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/romney-appt-of-gay-aide-signals-new-attitude/";>Gay</a> <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/romney-appt-of-gay-aide-signals-new-attitude/";>Aide</a> <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/romney-appt-of-gay-aide-signals-new-attitude/";>Richard</a> <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/romney-appt-of-gay-aide-signals-new-attitude/";>Grenell</a> <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/romney-appt-of-gay-aide-signals-new-attitude/";>Signals</a> <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/romney-appt-of-gay-aide-signals-new-attitude/";>New</a> <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/romney-appt-of-gay-aide-signals-new-attitude/";>Attitude</a><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/romney-appt-of-gay-aide-signals-new-attitude/";>.</a><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/romney-appt-of-gay-aide-signals-new-attitude/";>"</a> New attitude about what, pray tell?<br><br>

it comes out looking like this:

ABC's has a feature piece today with this title: "Mitt Romney's Appointment of Gay Aide Richard Grenell Signals New Attitude." New attitude about what, pray tell?

all of his links are like that, and it's apparently his fault, because none of the other pieces (of shit) on http://www.renewamerica.com seem to have the same problem.

oh fuck, i did not mean to make the text extend way to the right like that. can a mod just delete that post, since no one cares about bryan fischer's horrifically stupid HTML in the first place?

"The homosexual agenda represents the single-greatest threat to religious liberty and freedom of association in America today."

the inversion of rhetoric here never fails to amaze me

I can vaguely understand the religious liberty part but only if it, itself, negates the freedom of association part

it's just classic "what about my freedom to oppress people" nonsense

read this bit today, seemed relevant

...Others, due to fear, “become perceived threats.” And if they’re not threatening enough on their own, then we’ll just have to make them seem more threatening — pretend that they’re Satanic baby-killing monsters intent on destroying American families and outlawing religion.

That’s what evangelical tribalism looks like in practice. It’s driven by fear of the Other. Not because those others are different from us, but because we’re frighteningly indistinguishable from them. Thus the need for totemic tribal symbols and “stances.” And thus the need to confront everyone, everywhere and demand that they declare which side they’re on.

Also, a certain ilx alum's take on Romney's aide quitting

Huh, I never knew that Pareene himself was here - who was he?

Motorcycle hero
Bebebebebebebe he's lookin so cute
Sneakin round round round in a blue jumpsuit

I can vaguely understand the religious liberty part but only if it, itself, negates the freedom of association part

Nah, that's bullshit.

Huh, I never knew that Pareene himself was here - who was he?

a_p/ghost rider

Oh hey remember this guy:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/02/perry-says-god-forgives-people-for-oops-moments/

but not for sodomy!