2012 republican presidential nominee IV: NEEDS MORE BOOING

if anything I think romney's 'overrated' as a candidate even in the spheres we are talking about. there is a lot of evidence that he is an unusually bad campaigner.

luckily we have romneys unusually bad campaigning to make it interesting

Which raises the question: What kind of nominee will he be?

At the moment, I'm going to put my money on "a stronger one than seems apparent right now,"

republican washington is in a state of despair, this all seems too contextual

Stronger than he looks - he'd almost have to be?

Romney vs. Biden - that's what we should all start focussing on.

"liberals are unhappy, the economy is in the toilet, obama is toast!!"

"you know, he does have certain strengths..."

"conservatives are unhappy, the economy is getting better, romney is toast!!"

"you know, he..."

Romney vs. Biden - that's what we should all start focussing on.

― Aimless, Wednesday, March 7, 2012 12:55 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

naw bidens not the guy, romney neither

Come September and October, I predict that Biden and Romney will be elbowing one another for most-exuberantly-delivered-gaffe space on the ilx 2012 elections thread. Why wait til then?

oh i thought u were talking abt the 2016 race

they r both great 4 gaffs its true

http://arizonamun.org/mundi/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/MittRomneyIowa-300x221.jpg

VS.

http://chicagoagainstobama.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/joe_biden.jpg?w=370&h=278

i played this at summer camp:

http://libcom.org/files/imagecache/article/images/library/Class%20Struggle%20board%20game.jpg

Us deluded Obama zealots prefer Class Warfare.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7pv7sO5Gng

"...maybe the first time since we had Ronald Reagan." Completely ellides the Bush dynasty.

Meanwhile in Alabama:

"I got no use for Obama, and it's not because of the color of his skin," said Leldon Thomas, a retired truck repairman chewing tobacco outside the Wal-Mart that locals blame for siphoning business from the long-established stores along Oneonta's ramshackle main street. "It's his socialist government and all the money he's throwing away."

Around here, Obama, who is Christian, is seen by many as Muslim, and not everyone believes he was born in Hawaii. "It's not that he's black," said Don Tielking, who has been cutting hair at the local barber shop for more than 40 years. "It's that he's not an American citizen."

For Tielking, who took a seat in his barber's chair to chat during a lull between customers, the problem with Romney is his Mormon faith, although he would gladly overlook it if he had to pick between him and Obama.

"Christ is the head of my church, and his was some Smith guy who claimed to be a latter-day prophet," said Tielking, referring to Joseph Smith Jr., the 19th century founder of the Latter-day Saints movement. "I'm not prejudiced against a Mormon. It's just some of their beliefs that I'm against."

Etc. etc.

pretty bummed i missed the board games/ccg segment of the thread today

Prussian Blue still going, huh?

"I got no use for Obama, and it's not because of the color of his skin," said Leldon Thomas, a retired truck repairman chewing tobacco outside the Wal-Mart that locals blame for siphoning business from the long-established stores along Oneonta's ramshackle main street. "It's his socialist government and all the money he's throwing away."

o_<

see that's one of those felicitous stylistic touches of which good reporting is made.

It's not that Obama is black, it's that I don't like his policies. Also, he's black.

I've got lots of friends who are black. I have no problem with them. And I'd have no problem with Obama, if he were one of the good ones.

Oh, Alabama.

alabamanatin forever

I want to make sure you understand it's not because he's black, because when you hear how nonsensical my reasons for not liking him are, you might conclude it is because he's black. Which would be wrong, like I'm telling you.

If I had a problem with black people, then I would not have considered voting for Herman Cain had all the white candidates dropped out.

Romney: Poppy Bush II?

IT'S NOT THAT HE'S MORMON

As the editorial documents well, H.W./Romney parallels are all over the place. The big one that's missing for Romney is a Reagan in the background providing cover.

Grits, ladies and gentlemen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=G6Xzs93ucDQ

Meantime, Nelson laugh!

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/73807.html

Mitt Romney’s money machine is sending a message to the Washington establishment: Help.

GOP operatives thought it would cost Romney around $50 million to secure the nomination, but coming off a bruising few months and with a slog still ahead, some say it could cost much closer to $75 million.

Romney has put out a rallying cry to his supporters in Congress, asking them to kick in cash and get their best donors on board, too. He asked the 80 Republican lawmakers who have endorsed him to raise $10,000 each for a fundraiser at the end of the month in Washington. By law, they can personally contribute $2,000 from their reelection committees; the rest would need to come from their supporters.

mitt mitt mitt whatre we gonna do w/u

you think it wd be cheaper to lean on the santorum & gingrich money people and tell them to lay off? i don't get this world tho

"we don't all have to waste our money here to figure out what we already know, do we?"

Actually, I don't see why Romney simply didn't fire Santorum and Gingrich weeks ago. He's that good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=G6Xzs93ucDQ

love this guy

Is that where he's talking about how much he likes to eat cereal? I saw that on CNN yesterday--what an endlessly entertaining guy.

great headline on CNN today: "Napping Newt Forgot Why He Was At Event"

hope fred willard gets to play mitt in the biopic

wha happened?: mitt romney and the road to 2012

Somehow this endless process never stops bringing the lolz

great headline on CNN today: "Napping Newt Forgot Why He Was At Event"

― the late great, Friday, March 9, 2012 11:17 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i'm kinda thinking about donating to newt's campaign, hell just keep it rolling into 2013, 2014, this is too much fun to stop

Because you wanted to know:

The former gov’s campaign posted a list of “what Mitt listens to on the road” through Spotify on Facebook on Friday. Here’s the 19 song playlist:

“I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow” by The Soggy Bottom Boys

“Read my Mind” by The Killers

“December, 1963 [Oh, What a Night]" by Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons

“Ring of Fire”

“Somebody Told Me” by the Killers

“The MTA (The Boston Subway Song)” by The Kingston Trio

“Good Vibrations” by The Beach Boys

“Desperado” by Clint Black

“Crying” by Roy Orbison

“Only You” by Commodores

“Runaway” by Del Shannon

“It’s Your Love” by Tim McGraw

“As Good as I Once Was” by Toby Keith

“Born Free” by Kid Rock

“Over the Rainbow” by Willie Nelson

“Stardust”

“In Dreams” by Roy Orbison

“Somebody Like You” by Keith Urban

“All-American Girl” by Carrie Underwood

"I was watching Blue Velvet and I got thinking about Roy Orbison..."

Also LOL Killers.

i believe that Romney likes the Killers

ha I wonder if the killers thing is mormonism related? it has to be right

for sure. what's the guy's name? brandon flowers?

"No you idiot I said I liked Wayland Flowers and Madame!"

Killers are from Las Vegas, so maybe.