2012 republican presidential nominee IV: NEEDS MORE BOOING

I couldn't find the clip I really wanted, where Linus says "I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It's not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love." Kudlow: "I never thought he was such a bad little conservative. He's not bad at all, really. Maybe he just needs a little love."

Did I miss something? Is there an Etch a Sketch running for President now?

whoa so Tebow drew #KONY on Romney's Etch-A-Sketch?

i had my students do an in-class exercise yesterday and one of them filled part of it with all kinds of stuff like KILL KONY.

the exercise was related to ethics, but still.

turnout is up?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/republican-primary-turnout-rebounds-is-up-overall/2012/03/23/gIQAOeCNWS_blog.html

comparing a state contest in 08 to that same state contest in '12 may not make much sense: the schedule was different, and by this point in '08 huckabee was already gone and it was basically over (iirc)

a better measure would probably be to add up everybody who turned out by this date in '08 and compare the running totals? idk

Santorum gets Louisiana...he's got momentum (...)

Hopefully Mitt and Newt will drop out now so he can prevent this from happening:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBMgCo-Wgs4

omg lol.

red baby in a pan

haha wow

gas pump suicide dont do it

http://i40.tinypic.com/2amich.jpghttp://i11.tinypic.com/53ucxtl.gif

lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8-aqyUQoFA

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/at-elite-gridiron-club-dinner-the-jokes-on-mitt-romney/2012/03/25/gIQAv5VLZS_blog.html?hpid=z9

it seemed to be Rick Perry’s night to throw those bombs:

“Yes, I would say stuff like ‘Solyndra is a country,’ or ‘The voting age is 21,’ ” the governor acknowledged. “Mitt would say things like, his wife drives a couple of Cadillacs, or his pals own NASCAR teams. My problem was saying stuff that wasn’t right. Mitt’s problem is saying stuff that is.”

Oooh! “You know, it was weird standing next to him at the debates. I kept waiting for him to say, ‘Pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon?’”

Something occurred to me tonight. I really miss Bruno Kirby.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/03/21/us/21santorum5/21santorum5-blog480.jpg

"Sir, in my heart, I know I'm funny. "

stress beginning to get to Santorum

I love that Santorum is now wielding a physical Etch-A-Sketch in his speeches; it's like some Garry Trudeau floating waffle shit.

I hope he starts talking to it.

some Garry Trudeau floating waffle shit.

haaa otm

I hope he starts talking to it.

― pplains, Monday, March 26, 2012 9:44 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

or rather, has the etch-a-sketch respond to questions rather than himself.

I could see him turning out like this except with the etch a sketch:

http://www.mamapop.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/mel-gibson-beaver.jpg

Obama lost in Romneyville:

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

Not sure which is funnier: that Obama would step into this within days of the Etch-a-Sketch thing, or that Romney's calling Obama's comments "very, very troubling."

eh this is not a big deal imho

Romney absolutely desperate to have Obama mention him by name tho lol

holy shit obama politicking with important foreign relationship motherfucking russia? i hope to god he's giving all kinds of explanations every day to them bc that's his job.

"I will transmit this information to Vladimir."

^^^Russian guy talking like Romney...I don't think this is a big deal either, and yes, he's pragmatically doing his job. I just think it's funny that he'd get caught on mike saying virtually the same thing Romney's guy said last week. I suspect Santorum will use this in the next few days to morph Romney and Obama together even more.

i just think the admission that medvedev has to relay anything of import to putin is hilarious.

"mr president, there are nuclear missiles headed toward moscow. they will arrive in three minutes."

"i will transmit this information to vladimir."

transmitting live from medvedev

medvedev, president of the russian fanclub for vladimir

vladimir, this is medvedev!
what is it, my son
vladimir, i have an important transmittal from u.s. head of state "barack obama"!
tell me the information
he says that he will have more flexibility after the election!
very interesting, i have never thought of that

this is the kinda thing that's a big, big, big deal to people who already hate obama but it's not gonna affect the marginal voter

yeah obama's comment to that effect might have appeared condescending

who knows what these heads of state talk about in private moments though

i often wonder about such things

sometimes they bitch about how much they hate bibi

yeah i loved that

I would guess they are almost always less interesting than you would expect

nachos, 9 diamond whores, Tebow

The Russian Nachos were beautifully done and super tasty. It had a tiny bit of spiciness which boosted the flavor of the fish eggs on the sashimi.

Much better when you cut out the middlemen.

http://clclt.com/imager/drstrange/b/original/2342709/50a6/drstrange.jpg

(Have at it, Z S.)

mitt romney mitt romney's campaign staff just wrote this editorial for foreign policy magazine on obama's medvedev "gaffe":

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/03/27/bowing_to_the_kremlin

It is not an accident that Mr. Medvedev is now busy attacking me. The Russians clearly prefer to do business with the current incumbent of the White House.

This is understandable. The Russians have seen Romney lay waste to Rick Perry and Herman Cain. They want no part of that.

i think it's fair to say that "the russians" couldn't give half a shit about mitt romney

Sad that a major presidential candidate gets pwned in the press by a regime that's currently enabling the slaughter in Syria, but I guess every day in this campaign is sad.

hahah omg this fn guy

http://i.imgur.com/vmLe5.jpg

During an appearance at a Wisconsin bowling alley the former senator heroically intervened when a male member of a group of college Republicans nearly made the life altering mistake of rolling a neon pink bowling ball down the lane. "Friends don't let friends use pink balls," Santorum declared.

Santorum was all over pink balls in Wisconsin this week...

omg Cantor pic

the quote really puts it over the top

This thread needs a makeover.

1) Turn it into a comedy poll. (Officially, that is--unofficially, it always has been.)
2) Get the Rolling Stones into it somehow.
3) Make it more in the style of a Lincoln-Douglas debate.