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

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/state-dept-uses-childrens-rhyme-deny-report-hillary-clinton-said-no_650142.html

spox vs winger journo funneys

hahahah:

In the same email chain, National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor adds, "Happening now in Dan’s cubicle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjoMQJf5vKI.";

The reference and link might be to Dan Pfeiffer, the White House communications director, who was cc'ed on the email exchange. Or, perhaps, Vietor is referring to me.

UPDATE: Vietor emails: "By the way, I was definitely referring to your cubicle."

LOL

That email reads more like free verse than children's rhyme, amirite?

yeah thatd be horribly formed kids' rhyme

this won't really impact anything but it is funny

― Shameful Dead Half Choogle (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, August 17, 2012 1:21 PM

I could see this story having some legs, actually. Direct contradictions in words in the letters with his basic M.O., two instances of recorded interviews where he said he never did it, and all on one of their big bogeyman issues - the dreaded stimulus.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/17/mitt-romney-tax-returns-voter-fraud-theory

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/assets_c/2012/08/Paul%20Ryan%20and%20mom-cropped-proto-custom_28.jpg

lol

I read that as "Protect & Strengthen Mitt"

That photo shouts COUNTRY CLUB REPUBLICANS so loudly I have to wear ear protection.

who's the lady?

goddamn they're going so hard on this medicare thing

The medicare thing may lose them this election this time around, but it plays well into their 'long game' that looks to dismantle every social benefit provided by government (other than those that benefit the rich, of course).

its really quite shameless

who's the lady?

― a bag of andy capp's hot fries (stevie), Saturday, August 18, 2012 1:37 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

his mom

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/17/mitt-romney-tax-returns-voter-fraud-theory

― lag∞n, Saturday, 18 August 2012 16:50 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is fascinating & is making me get my inner all the president's men on btw

Many (many, many, many, many, many) theories have been advanced to explain why Romney keeps refusing to produce any returns prior to 2010, ranging from "voters might learn he's wealthy" (which voters already know) to "he underpaid his church tithe" (doubtful).

None of them is really satisfactory, because none of them posits Romney concealing any facts more harmful than the blowback he is getting for not producing more returns.

The 20-100 million dollar IRA. Investments in blocker corporations.

re: Romney's reason for not disclosing taxes being voter fraud - kinda love that one, it's nice 'n' left-field. Also takes the "you just don't like rich people!" counter off the table

This is so good:

http://romneywhiteboard.tumblr.com/

http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t427/sayhey1/whiteboard.png http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t427/sayhey1/boardwhite.png

nice long advertisement the nytimes just ran on ryan:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/18/us/politics/ryan-has-ear-of-washingtons-conservative-establishment.html

wtf is the point of "journalism" like this??

If you're a political reporter you quite likely believe Ryan is an intellectual.

true

people talk shit about the media and journalism but it's important to remember that a lot of these people are trying as hard as they can

bless their hearts

True. They all have bosses and owners to deal with, and the ones who get advanced are the ones who fall into line the most easily and naturally. It's hard to be subversive in journalism without supprt from above.

beat sweetener

love that most theories about why mitt's hiding his tax returns could be true without contradicting each other. Tithes like crazy, doesn't pay taxes, invests in evil AND mailed from California.

new theory: he also draws little penises around the edges

ya its prob all true, and dont forget abt swiss bank account amnesty

Santorum on one of the CNN talk shows this morning. lol what a worm that guy is

dumb too

blah people

never forget

i miss santorum for real

haha i had forgotten abt that!

but i shouldnt have

it was the high point of the campaign season imo

lol yes it was vv good, blah people, lol

tbf i am racist against blah people, why dont they lift themselves up by their bootstraps and get more compelling

http://i.imgur.com/imQG7.png

right on queue

that fn race card trumps all, never play it, so unfair

Like most blah people, Mitt Romney only pays a 13% tax rate.

when blah people happened i feel like goole/aero/other people commented that santorum really has a lot to say about race and has to hold himself back and that seems true.

"Did he play the race card?" host Jim Acosta asked.

"There's no -- you know, y'all? I mean, y'all is y'all."

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/santorum-biden-played-race-card-said-yall

like he fancies himself a deep thinker about race matters.

"There's no -- you know, y'all? I mean, y'all is y'all." << i feel like this is definitely a post i have made on ilx before

neither santorum nor joe the biden should be saying y'all

ya santorum fancies himself a deep thinker abt a lot of stuff which is p lol because hes so dumb

also just a still of his fuckin face makes me laugh; can't say the same for romney unforch

why can't biden say y'all? i say y'all even though i'm not a southerner! it's a good gender-neutral pronoun!