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

romney is too risk averse

They can see where they're at, though, and unless they expect the economic numbers to take an appreciable turn downward--just drifting along doesn't seem to be helping them (which surprises me)--they're surely aware that Portman or Pawlenty won't help at all.

or rubio or anyone

Rubio won't help at all either, really (if Alfred's estimation of his rep in FL is any indication)

Eastwood maybe

When is the start of 'official general election season'? It's already August

after the conventions?

I think it started about 12 threads and 30,000 posts ago...Feb. 2011?

Paul Ryan resembles Will Schuester from Glee, and they are both completely hateable horrible douchebags.

Rubio won't help at all either, really (if Alfred's estimation of his rep in FL is any indication)

In 2010 I said "Romney-Rubio" and I think I'll stick with this because, well, just because.

NPR tried to waste my time last night by profiling Condi Rice as a VP pick.

anyone who listens to npr deserves what they get

npr?

suburban listening you know

there's no way it's ryan. he has done nothing in life other than be in congress. i realize after obama that 'experience' doesn't have exactly the same force, but it's still impt residually

this makes me think it will absolutely not be ryan or rubio:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/go-gold-mitt_649299.html

go gold, Mitt!

In northern Virginia near DC I've been deluged for a week with Romney saved the Olympics ads including a couple of winter games athletes thanking Romney. I never even thought those winter games were ever in trouble. Not sure that's gonna win over anyone.

jindal would put the kulturkampf shit into overdrive

http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2012/07/photos-evangelical-curricula-louisiana-tax-dollars

I've never liked Kristi Yamaguchi as a skater, so those Romney ads gave me justification for my dislike.

BREAKING: Romney Picks Patriotic Legendary Gymnast as VP

https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/women/ShannonMiller96Beam200.jpg

nobody thinks John Thune is Romney's pick? from South Dakota, home of some of the most restrictive anti-choice laws in the country; maybe helps in Iowa/Wisconsin

Romney/Roomba '12

attention Mitt Romney if you read this thread, I don't have a million dollars but I will find a way to get it and give it all to you if you do this: when it's time for you to reveal your vp choice at the convention you say "well I gave it a lot of thought and I've decided that my vice president will be...this robot. Hail this robot" and then the curtain goes up and it's 2XL

^^^2nd 2XL reference I've seen in as many days. Peace out, lil' 8 track player, hope you can handle the scrutiny.

added bonus: robots don't pay taxes

and no one can hear them scream

^^^2nd 2XL reference I've seen in as many days

!!!

there's a simulator online, I just spent five minutes playing it...I remember being very charmed by and interested in my friends' 2XLs but wow it gets old fast

Hey politico freaks, what would happen to the nomination if something catastrophic happened to either the President or Romney? Would the RNC basically turn into a hyper-accelerated superprimary? Would Biden be the de facto Presidential candidate or would the DNC have to produce their own superprimary? Just morbidly curious, to my knowledge nothing like that has happened during my lifetime and I wonder how it would be handled.

you're under arrest

Biden would of course become presidnet and it'd be up to the convention to nominate him.

if Romney were to die the RNC would rejoice and nominate Rick Perry.

Unfortunately they're not exactly spoiled for choices...

You could say the same thing about the Democrats, though.

if Romney were to die the RNC would rejoice and nominate Rick Perry.

I can't even wrap my brain around this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAk7Hrf2joU

He's been quiet this cycle, but I don't think you can completely discount him.

Is that zombie reagan?

obama's new line of attack against romney - he doesn't love coal enough

to hell with both of them

I'm not sure if it's the real Zombie Reagan, or if The Onion just hired an actor to play Zombie Reagan.

I have a 2XL story. I bought one at a garage sale when I was about 13 just because I thought it was silly, I guess. But then I was messing around with it and intentionally answering questions wrong or even pushing buttons than were not an answer option and at one point - I kid you not - it said, "You are a little dummy."

Romney may not love coal enough, but he also hates the wind!

there's no way he's going to win Iowa.

I think supporting wind energy flies in the face of 1 of the 2 main planks of his platform - 1. do the bidding of oil companies at all cost and 2. do the bidding of rich people at all cost

half of the population has wisely written obamney off

cmon, gooney, you know where i live.

― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, August 7, 2012 5:00 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh come on, a lot of them have written him off very dumbly

haha wow. have we done this new Priorities USA (Obama superpac) ad?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj70XqOxptU&feature=player_embedded

they should do an ad about a millionaire who got a tax cut & then bought a jetski & the jetski crashed & they died

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F4LtTlktm0

"They just send you your welfare check"--testing the waters.

is mitt capable of making an ad thats not total lies

half of the population has wisely written obamney off

oh come on, a lot of them have written him off very dumbly

uh, it's a "them." Get it?

wocka wocka

is mitt capable of making an ad thats not total lies

It's worse than even that when they start dredging up welfare. I'm surprised it's a Romney ad--both sides tend to farm out their more scurrilous ads to Super Pacs. (Don't think the Democrats have anything as bad as this, though.)

wocka wocka

^ the sound of a liberal's brain trying to convince itself that O is "moving in the right direction"