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

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

The car taking me back from the Colbert Report

I winced when I read that on his site.

Newt gingrich just named every non-white republican ever

List had about 7 people on it

Yeah, that was funny--especially Gwen Ifill's deadpan follow-up.

List had about 7 people on it
--Moodles

Did Alan Keyes get a shoutout?

They should pull a Mormon and re-brand people as Republicans post-death.

they've been doing to MLK for a while now

doing it to

god this fucking guy:

10.19 pm. She really is a Mormon: she's so excited. This whole thing is just fabulous. And she wants to talk about love. The presentation is so far extremely effective. She really is a performer of real talent - and the GOP is betting corectly: she is by far the best way to soften Romney's image. And she is so well-spoken, with a Julie Andrews style and a Sarah Palin wink.

our boy Sully

italics around "excited" and "love" but still

HAHAHA tepid applause at the mention of George Romney

god this fucking guy:

/10.19 pm. She really is a Mormon: she's so excited. This whole thing is just fabulous. And she wants to talk about love. The presentation is so far extremely effective. She really is a performer of real talent - and the GOP is betting corectly: she is by far the best way to soften Romney's image. And she is so well-spoken, with a Julie Andrews style and a Sarah Palin wink./

our boy Sully
--a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)

Too bad nobody is watching

Kathryn Jean Lopez ‏@kathrynlopez

This #AnnRomney speech is a wee bit the schooling of the Sandra Fluke Obama cheerleading squad

this is a "real marriage" eh?

The whole "23 years old with a baby, and a husband in business school" story is a little glossed over, what with an extremely rich stepfather in the wings.

(Father-in-law, I mean.)

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pareene shut this guy up nicely (albeit while giving him a larger platform). but he's from my hometown and so thoroughly a douche . . .

i should probably stop reading twitter/following politics huh

Well, I hope Christie goes off, else I may second-guess my evening's entertainment.

goes off to get a hamburger?

"and the G.I. Bill"--crowd starts to cheer, quickly stops itself!

lol @ dude with the hat made out of yuengling boxes, you are a star

Ryan Miner ‏@RyanRMiner
What war on women? Ann Romney is the epitome of a woman. #GOP2012

Ryan Miner ‏@RyanRMiner
I want to marry a woman just like Ann Romney.
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*scratches head* An actual MittBot?

That almost pained look of confusion fixed on Romney's face is just so weird. Christie's doing a good job, and Mitt looks miserable.

Ryan Miner ‏@RyanRMiner
Ted Cruz went to Princeton and Harvard Law School. The real deal. #GOP2012

is this a chris christie 'vote for me in 2016' speech, effectively?

yeah mitt did not look appreciative

There isn't a single interesting line or original intonation in this stupid speech.

He's doing what he's supposed to, and he's not saying idiotic things about Obama. I'm not sure what you were expecting.

anyone else notice how ann romney applauds by scratching her palm?

xp lol i guess

Expecting a good performance...? This is like someone working hard for an Oscar nomination.

christie generally comes off as disgusted with people imo

kind of an awkward catchphrase at the end there

"second american century" for this you will need: 1. strong military. 2. unwavering values. 3. Unmatched work ethnic. Also I am the truthteller, this is the new era of truthtelling. Also the democrats want the status quo and we are the true revolutionaries. But in barking.

I don't know, I thought he was fine. And yes, in talking all about what he'd done back home (no idea how true any of that was), he did seem to be looking after his own future prospects as much as Romney's.

What a bunch of fluff. F'n Chuck Todd of NBC liked it

This look:

http://media.winnipegfreepress.com/images/280*217/WX108-820_2012_111136_high.jpg

Romney had it the whole way through Christie's speech. It was like he was suddenly having second thoughts about running.