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

Now I know what punk rock republicans look like

http://i.imgur.com/jfIH4.jpg

its almost like these people are encouraged to be as strange as possible idgi

udgi because u hate america

that's actually Daniel Day-Lewis doin some method acting

tru xp

First time I've seen older brother Peter Romney--looks much more like George than Mitt does.

They look so stupid right now. After each state announces its delegates, a woman at the podium repeats it--except she just calls out Romney's total, ignoring Paul's. For the states where Paul has fewer delegates, it's weird, but sort of shrug-worthy. But they just announced Nevada, where Paul had the most delegates, and the woman only announced Romney's.

So surreal that this is going down just as another hurricane barrels toward New Orleans. I know voters are generally oblivious and/or stupid, but ... surely they get it, right?

BBC website has described Romney's confirmation as being 'crowned' and 'anointed' so far. Just thought it was odd, that's all.

did they give him a crown

Don't know, I haven't been watching. Hope so - then Palin pours sacred oils all over his head. Maybe drifting into stripclub territory again.

would tip

BBC website has described Romney's confirmation as being 'crowned' and 'anointed' so far. Just thought it was odd, that's all.

nyt has used 'anoint'.

"And adding insult to injury he actually attacks success," Priebus said of Obama. "This president looks down on American free enterprise. As Speaker Boehner just said, the president said, 'If you've got a business, you didn't build that.' Yeah, we do build it, right? That makes me think, that makes me think that Barack Obama has a problem with the American Dream."

Priebus said Republicans represent "the party that believes in the American Dream and wants all our children to have a chance to succeed."

he's black too

keep hearing this theme that the republicans are going to "save america". from what, exactly? is there something going on that I don't know about in the godless liberal zone?

i have an editor who likes to sub in 'amassed' : /

save america from godless liberals obvs

hmmm, not sure how i feel about that.

uhhhh, you did get that piece of mail last night, didn't you? the one that just looked like another unsolicited credit card application? it contains instructions on where to claim your UN-supplied weapons when the liberal revolution begins - thursday evening, as our enemy mitt romney accepts the evil republican revolution.

i've been practicing my flying jump kicks ALL NIGHT

okay i def don't intend to make a habit of watching FNC coverage of this convention but - krauthammer live on o'reilly now just stated that the surprise endorsement of romney would be seamus the dog who would say that trip he took on the roof of romney's car was the ride of his life.
totally deadpan

so who do y'all think? Trump? Palin? Clint Eastwood?

brett favre (having fun)

Could be Eastwood; won't be Trump. Weeks ago I would have said no chance on Palin, but if they're adopting this every-last-white-vote strategy, who knows?

the old guy from pawn stars

Reagan hologram

Ruling out Todd Akin, Jon Huntsman, Joe the Plumber, Mitt's tax lawyer, George W.

But don't count out Todd Rundgren, Clay Aiken, Jon Arbuckle, Joe Piscopo, Mitt's fax machine, or George Wendt.

^^^ would watch this convention btw

i'd watch this convention if chucky and jaws were doing commentary

someone more talented than i, can you write up some rnc commentary in the voice of jon gruden for me? i am watching with the sound off and they all look so angry - i'd like to know what THIS GUY is talking about though

If Todd sings "Hello It's Me" or "We Gotta Get You a Woman," I'd watch him address a convention of rabid squirrels.

John Kasich just attacked Joe Biden's golf game--possible issue in November.

we raped it

oh actually nevermind, here's chris matthews to handle that right now:

"this guy is a great salesman... this guy Kasich looks like a regular person!"

Jon Kasich and Bono are bros btw

butthurt businessmen night

this isn't on the networks!

I think they come on for an hour at 10:00. If you want to watch now, you can go to CNN--where they mostly talk through the speeches, and (obviously) cut in with hurricane coverage--or to PBS, where they air the speeches and talk between (and, the big attraction, David Brooks...).

you guys are so weird that you want to watch this

like you probably read all the comics, just for the pain

I hope for something memorable, something incendiary like Buchanan's speech in '92, or bizarre like Palin's, or creepy like Guiliani last time. I know things are extremely choreographed, but you never know. I would have loved watching conventions in the '64-'72 period.

Watching the PBS News Hour crew try to reason with the senator from Wyoming is depressing exercise

a depressing....

one man, this song

"the constitution's on our side if we keep believin' in blood, sweat and freedom"

watching the youtube livestream btw

goddam Santorum is so incredibly unlikeable

there's some schmuck from new mexico talking about how his business is surviving more on state govt. contracts than federal govt. contracts. I builts it!

i'm an american not a bump in the road

Sully:

9.20 pm. Apologies for the late start. The car taking me back from the Colbert Report got completely lost and I had to get out and walk. Anyway, I'm back here and all I am hearing are minority voices. A Latino businessman is up now and complaining that the stimulus didn't create a windfall.

The fuck:

David Shuster
‏@DavidShuster
GOP attendee ejected for throwing nuts at African American CNN camera woman + saying "This is how we feed animals."

waht