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

only pure Bamstanning is kosher here, clem

lost souls the both of you

Megan Amram ‏@meganamram

I wouldn't be surprised one bit if it turns out that Mitt Romney is one of those inflatable tube guys from car dealerships

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My screensaver yesterday:

http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t427/sayhey1/barack.jpg

Today:

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/7105/obama0304kc9.png

Will the prodigal son find his way back home? Stay tuned!

truthmonk.com

haha the only people who have taken over Michigan are the Devos family

American Bamstan

would kinda love it if Obama started to rock a hipster beard tbrr

the romney response ad looks like it was made in windows movie maker in about 2 hours.

The Romney response ad is only objectionable, really, because it comes from Romney. Anyone here want to claim Obama as tireless scourge of the ruling class?

dig in?

http://www.scribd.com/doc/78582788/McCain-2008-Oppo-File

nevermind. that's old news. moving on.

Click on the Romney ad I posted earlier today; pretty funny.

late to the game here, but just read that Bloomberg article on Romney @ Bain ... so basically, his specialty was the "bust out."

which is an appropriate skill if he was seeking to replace Tony Soprano, i suppose ... but not so much for running a country.

yeah, the president runs the country

0.001% RUNS HIM

u never fail to say nothing, u know.

it's kind of impressive really

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2012/07/why-wont-romney-release-more-tax-returns.html?mbid=gnep&google_editors_picks=true

cassidy must really be getting tired of this story, the poor guy

yah. that write-up is basically "it's probably one of these four things, and who the fuck cares?"

its prob all of them is my vote, also romney is just v arrogant which is mentioned but not given its own number

plus his hair looks like really long extruded blackheads, which i guess goes without saying

lol that is a fantastically gross image, cheers

secret actual reason is his handwriting is really sloppy and he knows how hard you guys will judge him if you find out. tax returns look like a sloppy shopping list. makes him feel so sad to think about it

"We're accused, by the way - in our party - of being the party of the rich," Romney said. "And it's an awful moniker, because that's just not true. We're the party of people who want to get rich. And we're also the party of people who want to care to help people from getting poor. We want to help the poor.
"We also want to make sure people don't have to become poor," Romney said. "And we know what it takes to keep people from becoming poor."

blessed echos of Quayle

And we're also the party of people who want to care to help people from getting poor.

lol when he tries to talk abt helping people he can barely get the words out

"we don't quite care yet, but we really want to"

"we know what it takes to keep people from becoming poor."

money?

i think money is a metaphor for status, not resources

what abt actual money

Heather C. McGhee ‏@hmcghee

Harry Reid: "17 angry old white men will wake up [in Nov] and realize they've just bought the country". Amen! Public financing now!

wow

what is actual money? like dollar bills?

"Everybody needs money! That's why they call it money!"

Iatee's strategy for Romney, somewhat facetiously:

http://www.tnr.com/blog/plank/105065/mitt-romney-crybaby-capitalist

lol when he tries to talk abt helping people he can barely get the words out

No one is doubting that Obama's the more skillful liar.

i was thinking this morning that obama has made an economic critique of corporations + bain-style capitalism the cornerstone of his reelection platform. even if he is lying about everything he says, having the POTUS talk about this stuff is not nothing

possible zizek-style breakdown: talking about predatory economics instead of doing something about them just satisfies the urge for reform w/out committing to actual reform (regulatory + legal action) V. talking about predatory economics, even with the absence of meaningful action, still has a broad distilled effect throughout the culture + society. idk which is the right reading, but i suspect the second one is more important than it seems. it is at least a little heartening that obama feels like the country is annoyed enough with wall st that this critique will resonate.

Serious questions: what would the effect be if he were to lose?

Romney?

Obama 2012: Not Nothing

He talked about it in '08, then did essentially nothing about it, so where the fuck does that leave us? The rationalizations never end. xxp

what would the effect be if he were to lose?

Liberals finally march against Obama policies, as implemented by Romney.

what is actual money? like dollar bills?

― Mordy, Tuesday, July 17, 2012 9:32 AM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you know money you can use it to buy things, if youre poor and you get some youre not poor anymore

what would the effect be if he were to lose?

Liberals finally march against Obama policies, as implemented by Romney.
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius)

give Morbs the otm he deserves here haters you know it is the right thing to do even if liberals marching will have the same effect on govt as liberals not marching

what is/was occupy ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? conservatives marching ??????????????????????????

iirc they were too lazy to march, mostly sat around in tents

liberals!

Liberals will probably, for reasons of solidarity or just effectiveness, march against the non-Obama Romney policies first, and save the Obama ones until after their will has been felt on those.

liberals dont march, we prance

hoping all that liberal marching will keep death's door from closing on Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

easy solution: ruth bader ginsborg