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

you're right, and there's the blond-haired black woman too. two black people! MLKs dream come true.

next stop, Youtube or Brooklyn Vegan comments.

the internet!!!

Date Time Person Attraction
29 Aug LIVE NOW Barack Obama President of the United States of America
29 Aug Link Dino Stamatopoulos Starburns, Writer: Mad TV, Late Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien

I know people have all kindsa ~issues~ w/reddit but I think it's awesome that he did an IAmA

!!! from Rolling Stone: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-federal-bailout-that-saved-mitt-romney-20120829

mccain is speaking at the convention, i bet he'll say something like "for four years, we’ve drifted away from our proudest traditions of global leadership"

omg Mitch McConnell attempting to crack jokes is an incredible thing

he just tried one abt bama playing golf and absolutely no one laughed

wow did we do this one yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwFIEprF_9Y&feature=player_embedded

!!! from Rolling Stone: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-federal-bailout-that-saved-mitt-romney-20120829

in a sane world this article would decide the election, but i'm sure it won't convince a single voter. bc romney voters are nihilists.

lol rand paul is v sarcastic

he's giving a lil constitutional primer

also, the point that the article makes is greater than 2 out of 10 on the complexity scale. it takes longer than 10 seconds to explain. no one will listen.

plz make the tennis start

I've been watching tennis all day, yay DirecTV

i do wish obama would attempt to explain how mitt makes money. during a debate or something. that would be amazing to see. if he could somehow explain that mitt's fortune was created by a federal goverment tax loophole, that's not too hard to understand. he owes the government everything!

applause for Mccain lasted about 5 seconds

xpost To be 100% fair, Mitt's fortune was also created by being the son of a really rich guy. Who actually did make his fortune by doing good business and running a company right and all that kind of thing, as far as I can tell.

I mean, the contrast between Mitt and George is just bizarre, such a sad commentary on our nation's moral decline or something. Not that I'd be rushing out the door to vote for George Romney, but sort of amazing that no such person seems to exist today, or any GOP that would actually give him the time of day. Oh well.

He didn't inherit hundreds of millions from George Romney.

he inherited the ability to go to the right schools and meet the right people

Well yeah, I mean, George Romney didn't pass away until Mitt was already well established and very very wealthy, but surely there's some structural advantage there.

excuse me are you trying to say that he didn't build this? I was to assume that he did in fact, build this.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/jan/20/mitt-romney/mitt-romney-says-he-didnt-inherit-money-his-parent/

Didn't realize this - Mitt gave what he did get from Dad to BYU as an endowment. Which I guess is easy to do when you're worth a hundred million dollars and have political aspirations, but still, credit where it's due.

wonder where those stocks he had to sell when he was poor in college came from

glad to hear mccian is still so enthusiastic abt bombing everywhere in the world

giving money to byu doesn't deserve props, byu is a horrible place

based on twitter feed it seems that McCain has been wheeled out to damn the president for not invading Syria and Iran

yeah the taibbi thing is all about the father/son differences.

Mitt had a lot of stock in american motors before his dad died. Inheritance wasn't necessary.

glad to hear mccian is still so enthusiastic abt bombing everywhere in the world

this was hilarious

the dual mccain campaign themes of 'bomb bomb bomb iran' and 'drill baby drill' really worked out for him

don't you guys remember Ann talking about those hardscrabble years when they had to sell stock to get by

wonder where those stocks he had to sell when he was poor in college came from

― lag∞n, Wednesday, August 29, 2012 8:13 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

my whole thing about that is that if we really wanted to, we could drone Syria into oblivion, but it's just abundantly clear that McCain would not be satisfied with less than a gigantic pile of bullet-riddled American soldiers; he doesn't actually care about the cause, he just wants ppl to shoot at our military

xxp obv

the main reason why dont invade syria unlike libya is that syria can actually defend itself.. theyre also allied with china and russia..

ah sorry I missed you being otm lag.

I will find a way to forgive u

I don't think ive every seen a tag team speech like these attorneys general r doin

how can all these politicians be such terrible public speakers idgi

tim pawlenty is going full standup here

'obama takes more vacations than the guy on the bizarre food show' --a real joke that just happened

To be 100% fair, Mitt's fortune was also created by being the son of a really rich guy. Who actually did make his fortune by doing good business and running a company right and all that kind of thing, as far as I can tell.

― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, August 29, 2012 8:04 PM

I mean, the contrast between Mitt and George is just bizarre, such a sad commentary on our nation's moral decline or something. Not that I'd be rushing out the door to vote for George Romney, but sort of amazing that no such person seems to exist today, or any GOP that would actually give him the time of day. Oh well.

― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, August 29, 2012 8:05 PM

It's interesting to contemplate how automotive history, Michigan history, and perhaps American history might have been very different had one George Mason not died unexpectedly young. He was the CEO of American Motors Corp.; had he lived longer, AMC (itself a recent merger of Hudson and Kelvinator/Nash) was about to merge with (also recently-merged) Studebaker-Packard, creating a new company with those four automotive brands, with Packard's James Nance as CEO. Instead, Mason died, his #2 man George Romney took over, and completely changed course as AMC chairman. The Studebaker/Packard merger was axed within a week, as were deals to buy Packard engines and transmissions (Packard itself would be gone within a few years). Then he discontinued their own Hudson and Nash marques, and nearly all of AMC's weight was thrown behind their economical Rambler small car. The Rambler became a major hit, helping AMC grow fast during the late-1950s recession as the other US automakers slumped with their lineups of huge chromed, tail-finned land yachts. This made Romney popular, and his astute business sense helped him be elected governor of Michigan in 1962 - thus eventually providing a boost to his son Mitt.

One has to wonder if Mitt Romney would have been as sucessful in politics, and whether he'd be the '12 Republican presidential candidate, had George Mason lived another ten years....

Someone upthread said Huckabee had been bumped by the hurricane--guess not.

LOL Huckabee is talking about hanging out with Bono.

Much worse: America through the eyes of Bono.

you'd think she wasn't aware it was under Obama that Bin Laden was captured

Condi Rice looks like she'd rather be tried for human rights violation by the Hague than give that speech.

ya she looks hella nervous