There weren't complaints after the last debate, but if Romney had performed weakly there sure would've been. That's what makes this strategy win-win for the GOP: win a fair debate or lose an unfair one.
― pretty even gender split (Eazy), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
http://m.gawker.com/5950583/the-ryan+biden-debate-lets-talk-powerpoints-vs-im-gonna-fuck-you-up-chief
Deep down, probably all of us secretly wish that The Onion's version of Vice President Joe Biden were real. Perhaps it's all those gaffes talking—the combined weight of decades of gives-no-fuck moments leading to the suspicion that maybe this is a dude who would be willing to race you for the vice presidency because, face it, your IROC-Z is bullshit. The idea that any iteration of that dude might show up is what makes tomorrow night's vice presidential debate so potentially exciting.
― Fiendish Doctor Wu (kingfish), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
I really don't understand the thinking behind picking "Mobutu Sese Seko" as your nom de plume
― www.toilet-guru.com (silby), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 22:36 (eleven years ago) link
Is this foreign policy, or just whatever comes up? The Libyan Embassy stories today are bad.
― clemenza, Thursday, 11 October 2012 00:23 (eleven years ago) link
Just another day in Obama's repulsive foreign policy in the Middle East.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 October 2012 00:37 (eleven years ago) link
This isn't aiming drones at American citizens or killing bystanders in Pakistan; this looks like rank incompetence motivated by a need to avoid American "footprints" in North Africa. But Americans aren't listening anyway.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 October 2012 00:39 (eleven years ago) link
Incompetence that gets an ambassador killed vs. incompetence that gets thousands of soldiers and several times that in civilians killed.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 October 2012 01:38 (eleven years ago) link
I think Ryan came off surprisingly well, but Biden more than held his own, for an old guy. It was almost as if Ryan felt constrained by his future prospects, you know? Like, he didn't even rise to Biden's bait when Joe brought up that high speed rail thing. If there were two more debates I imagine Ryan would have been more aggressive, but I have to give this one to Biden. Whether it gives a bump to Obama is another matter.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, October 10, 2012 4:50 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Wait, what, are you posting from the future?
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 11 October 2012 05:34 (eleven years ago) link
we should just script this thing already - there's time
― Raymond Cummings, Wednesday, October 10, 2012 1:48 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― pretty even gender split (Eazy), Thursday, 11 October 2012 05:57 (eleven years ago) link
biden killed. some of the homophobic jabs were a bit odd and i know it won't play well with the democratic base but, hey. according to twitter, biden had jeff ross sit in on a few writing sessions. not sure which lines were directly from him, though. didn't even know ross was a democrat-- he did visit occupy l.a. though, right? best line of the night was the twisted sister/ayn rand/abortion thing.
― dylannn, Thursday, 11 October 2012 05:59 (eleven years ago) link
uncomfortable close ups of ryan's facial expressions during the debate remixed with badalamenti score creeping people out.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 11 October 2012 06:11 (eleven years ago) link
biden had an obvious erection on the walkup to the podium. nothing to be ashamed of.
― dylannn, Thursday, 11 October 2012 06:12 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, just seeing if anyone was paying attention (Also: yes)
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 October 2012 12:05 (eleven years ago) link
I've got an uneasy feeling about this, too. If Biden does well, I don't think it'll mean much; if he doesn't, I can see where that could become a big deal. (If Ryan were to have a disastrous night, that would probably be a story.)
― clemenza, Thursday, 11 October 2012 12:21 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.splicetoday.com/politics-and-media/when-keeping-it-relatable-goes-wrong-for-national-politicians
― Raymond Cummings, Thursday, 11 October 2012 12:45 (eleven years ago) link
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 11 October 2012 03:11 (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hahahahahahaha
― *buffs lens* (schlump), Thursday, 11 October 2012 14:13 (eleven years ago) link
i am gonna watch this w/a keyboard organ
Keep an eye out for JOLTIN Joe's knockout punch
― Raymond Cummings, Thursday, 11 October 2012 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
What was Palin really saying in that "My pussy's so hot" gif?
Because I hope Ryan says the same thing.
― pplains, Thursday, 11 October 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
hahahaha
― WmC, Thursday, 11 October 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
She was saying "my pussy's so hot," iirc.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 October 2012 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
So anyway
http://gawker.com/5950879/paul-ryan-has-already-lost-the-debate-based-on-these-workout-photos
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 October 2012 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/565042_10151859586687137_830724633_n.jpg
― scott seward, Thursday, 11 October 2012 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
Did Ayn Rand do body crunches with a backwards baseball cap?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 October 2012 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
those pictures are amazing
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Thursday, 11 October 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
Did Ayn Rand do body crunches
in a manner of speaking, if you know her biography
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 October 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
I am in disbelief over them being from last year, they are so 90s.
― controversial cabaret roommate (Nicole), Thursday, 11 October 2012 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
There's gotta be an iphone pic of his penis floating around out there. Maybe him and Anthony Wiener jousting or something.
― pplains, Thursday, 11 October 2012 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
Hope you all enjoyed that mental image as much as I did!
― pplains, Thursday, 11 October 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
"We have crossed swords, not shields."
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 October 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
There's absolutely a Ryan dickpic somewhere out there. Dude's a body-obsessed egomaniac. I'll bet he jerks off in front of a mirror.
― Old Lunch, Thursday, 11 October 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
This is really that one guy from "The State", right?
http://timethemoment.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/time_paulryan_20111205_04021.jpg
― pplains, Thursday, 11 October 2012 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
They look like promo photos for a terrible, terrible sitcom.
― Tom Hardy & the Batbreakers (Phil D.), Thursday, 11 October 2012 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
The GOP moving from Dick Cheney to sexy Paul Palin's was completely unexpected.
― pplains, Thursday, 11 October 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
Paul Ryan's new sitcom, Working it Out
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 11 October 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
Speaking of sitcoms:
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/3751_10151438103293368_650751246_n.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 October 2012 15:58 (eleven years ago) link
omg
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Thursday, 11 October 2012 15:58 (eleven years ago) link
Here he is playing in the woods.
http://www.yourprops.com/movieprops/default/yp_504a453a4fe5d9.40596297/Tom-Dobbs-Robin-Williams-Hat.jpg
― pplains, Thursday, 11 October 2012 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
What Ezra Klein learned about Paul Ryan.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 October 2012 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
I expect this debate to be mostly inconsequential but also pretty hilarious
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 11 October 2012 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
The chances that Ryan, by looking good and sounding smart, can help his ticket are much higher than the chances that Biden will bring Obama a single vote.This debate only works against Romney-Ryan if Biden scores direct hits against Romney (hits against Ryan don't count for much), or if Ryan spouts off on policy in such a way that it scares people on a personal level (such as Social Security privatization) and it was so plainspoken that it can't be spun away or denied later.
― Aimless, Thursday, 11 October 2012 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
if Ryan spouts more blatant lies like he did at the convention and Romney did at the last debate, it will not be good for them. I dunno if Biden will be quick enough to catch/exploit them but who knows
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 11 October 2012 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
It's true that politicians sometimes have their favorite little facts that illustrate their point, and it turns out to be some urban myth. Ryan may not have had all these beaten out of him by his handlers, yet.
― Aimless, Thursday, 11 October 2012 17:15 (eleven years ago) link
curious whether Ryan will take the same tack as Romney and run away from or obfuscate their most unpopular & controversial campaign positions, or let it all hang out
― dmr, Thursday, 11 October 2012 17:16 (eleven years ago) link
*zip* "Here ya go."
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 October 2012 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
whoa there
― dmr, Thursday, 11 October 2012 17:19 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 11 October 2012 17:20 (eleven years ago) link
Ryan's instinct is to let it all hang out and trust that he can outargue you, bcz he is a true believer and a smart guy. This is a common Achillean Heel of many smart people (as I know from personal experience).
― Aimless, Thursday, 11 October 2012 17:20 (eleven years ago) link
Surely he's hamstrung by the Romney plans versus his own in that regard
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Thursday, 11 October 2012 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
Figured it out -- Ryan was saying "Don't touch my junk" in that photo.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 October 2012 17:22 (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, October 13, 2012 9:39 AM (10 hours ago)
― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Saturday, October 13, 2012 9:39 AM (10 hours ago)
Political parties in "look over that way while we whitewash the past" non-shocker. See also: John McCain and Keating Five, opposing the MLK holiday in AZ, etc. etc.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 15 October 2012 02:22 (eleven years ago) link
i get kind of furious at the whitewashing of george h. w. bush's rep. the guy was about as involved in iran-contra as anyone, and he gets to be the 'sensible' foreign policy pres.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 15 October 2012 02:30 (eleven years ago) link
yeah but he hated broccoli!
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 October 2012 02:45 (eleven years ago) link
George Bush was heavily involved in Iran-Contra, stigmatized an entire campaign based on racial politics, helped plummet the economy into a recession, succeeded in nominating Clarence Thomas to the –
http://www.corbisimages.com/images/Corbis-IH055332.jpg?size=67&uid=588acb60-23e7-4932-b50f-2e7583ee76b8http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01384/Bush_Snr_and_Pups_1384851i.jpg
– haha, ok. loved that guy. "Not gonna do it!" let's go get a beer.
― pplains, Monday, 15 October 2012 04:09 (eleven years ago) link
I'm pretty sure somone could, just to make a point, dig up some great pics of a fun-loving Martin Bormann froliciking with schnauzers, but what would that prove?
― Aimless, Monday, 15 October 2012 04:20 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/exvan.jpg
― pplains, Monday, 15 October 2012 04:31 (eleven years ago) link
But in order to invoke Godwin's Law, someone has to mention Nazis... oh, wait. nvm.
― Aimless, Monday, 15 October 2012 04:34 (eleven years ago) link
lol remember
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:27 (four years ago) link
http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/clip4_biden_ryan_unemployment.gif
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:30 (four years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:31 (four years ago) link
i do indeed remember a man who was in greater possession of his mental faculties eight years ago.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:31 (four years ago) link
Eddie Munster?
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:33 (four years ago) link
The greatest public service Biden ever performed was treating Ryan like a cum rag
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:33 (four years ago) link
pwnanism
― Pizza is Really Yummy for Me (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:37 (four years ago) link
MALARKEY
― que pasa picasso (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 21:17 (four years ago) link