"A black sheriff?!": The Official Topic of Obama and New Era American Politics

[Phoenix Dark]

haha my mom has been saying for months that she can't wait until a video comes out of Romney talking about Obama/voters behind closed doors.

I'm guessing we'll get plenty of "BUBUBUBUBU GUNS N GOD REV WRIGHT BILL AYERS" this week

[Mandark]

Man, I hope they kept a copy of that Michelle Obama "whitey" video to release.

[Himu]

Oh my god, today is glorious. Romney is done.

[Phoenix Dark]

https://twitter.com/MexicanMitt

[Dickie Dee]

https://twitter.com/MexicanMitt

Mexican Mitt Romneez
@MexicanMitt
El Fake Accounto! I am the Most Mexican Man in The World!© Follow me as I run for Presidente of the United Estates! I AM THE JUAN PERCENT! Ajua!

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

No problem.  This will blow over just in time to get his ass stomped in the first debate.

[brawndolicious]

Also, that video falls into the category of Shit I Won't Post On My Own Facebook Wall Because It Would Immediately Get A Dozen Unironic Likes.

I just created a facebook, I'm gonna test this out.

[Mr. Gundam]

Fuck you, Mitt. Seriously. So glad to know that my financially responsible wife and I are fucking leaches sucking off the teet of hard working business owners.

 

This won't sink him, but good Lord I wish it would.

[Phoenix Dark]

Drudge and others on the right are hailing this as a good thing. There certainly are independent/regular voters who do feel their tax money is being wasted, and that moochers are benefiting, but I can't imagine calling HALF the country moochers is a good thing.

I want to hear Romney's response. I also want to hear Ann's response to hearing people can "grow tired of her" in large doses

[Mr. Gundam]

Yeah, I'm really curious how he'll respond to this. There being a video of it makes it a lot harder for him to ignore.

[Joe Molotov]

His campaign responded to this by saying "something something economy and jobs".

[Yeti]

He'll probably respond the same way he responds to everything. Ignore it and try to deflect to criticizing Obama.

[Human Snorenado]

For whatever reason, even in the last few days of the 2008 election, I was much more nervous about the outcome.  I just don't find Mitt Romney as credible a candidate as a lunatic, bomb happy disabled tortured war veteran, even saddled with a wide eyed lunatic grifter as his running mate like McCain was. 

[AdmiralViscen]

Just ate some food

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

For whatever reason, even in the last few days of the 2008 election, I was much more nervous about the outcome.  I just don't find Mitt Romney as credible a candidate as a lunatic, bomb happy disabled tortured war veteran, even saddled with a wide eyed lunatic grifter as his running mate like McCain was.

That is because Romney is toast, even before this latest goof.

He has to deal with this fuck up and then he has three debates.  I doubt Romney is a total fuckup here but this is one of Obama's strengths.  Then there's just two weeks left to try to spin his way out of the foreign policy debate.  It just can't be done.  At this point, everyone is already desensitized to Obama being called a secret muslin and born in one of them there darkie countries.  Maybe they can bring up Bill Ayers again?

[Boogie]

Okay, one question for Mitt Romney.

Mitt, how in God's name can you go on for hours and hours on end about how America is the greatest country the world has ever seen, if you believe that fully 47% of its population are nothing but lazy, entitled fucks?

Like, seriously? 

The only way it is even possible is if he believes that in every other country on the planet, at least 48% of their populations consist of lazy, entitled fucks.


America:  Greatest Country Ever!!!*

*(But only 53% of you are even worth a damn)

[AdmiralViscen]

Or how about accusing Obama for lying in saying that Romney's tax plan will raise taxes on the middle class, then saying that 47% of the country pays too little in taxes?

[Boogie]

Fuck you, Mitt. Seriously. So glad to know that my financially responsible wife and I are fucking leaches sucking off the teet of hard working business owners.

Of course you're a leech, you're a public employee.

[Great Rumbler]

It really felt like Romney's last chance [barring the total collapse of the European economy], was to make a huge splash at the GOP convention and start gaining ground on Obama then eventually pass him. Instead, the Democratic convention was huge for Obama and has so far helped him to pull away. Everything since then [Romney's Egypt/Libya gaff, this latest episode] are just icing on the cake.

[AdmiralViscen]

It really felt like Romney's last chance [barring the total collapse of the European economy], was to make a huge splash at the GOP convention and start gaining ground on Obama then eventually pass him. Instead, the Democratic convention was huge for Obama and has so far helped him to pull away. Everything since then [Romney's Egypt/Libya gaff, this latest episode] are just icing on the cake.

You want cake? With icing? Better get a job

[Great Rumbler]

We should be talking about what Romney said about Chinese factories just as much, really:

When I was back in my private equity days, we went to China to buy a factory there. It employed about 20,000 people. And they were almost all young women between the ages of about 18 and 22 or 23. They were saving for potentially becoming married. And they work in these huge factories, they made various small appliances. And as we were walking through this facility, seeing them work, the number of hours they worked per day, the pittance they earned, living in dormitories with little bathrooms at the end of maybe 10 rooms. And the rooms, they had 12 girls per room, three bunk beds on top of each other. You’ve seen, you’ve seen them? And around this factory was a fence, a huge fence with barbed wire and guard towers. And we said gosh, I can’t believe that you, you know, keep these girls in. And they said, no, no, no. This is to keep other people from coming in. Because people want so badly to work in this factory that we have to keep them out.

This, coupled with the other quote, give a pretty good picture of how Mittens feels about the "average worker."

[Phoenix Dark]

He just gave a press conference and doubled down. I can't believe this

Romney says his argument wasn't "elegantly stated" but suggests he stands by the jist of his message in the video

https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/247879716554551296

[Van Cruncheon]

i expect the right-wing machine to spin up OBAMA LOVES MUSLIMS BECAUSE HE ARRESTED BRAVE MOVIE DIRECTOR AND SILENCED FREE SPEECH, HOW COME OBAMA IS OKAY WITH GOOD AMERICAN CHRISTIANS BEING MOCKED BUT NOT EVIL FOREIGN MUSLIMS? IS IT BECAUSE HE IS A MUSLIM BLAH BLAH ARAB SPRING IS COVER FOR HIS ANTI-ISRAEL POLICIES <voice tries to shush speaker, reminds him that the neocon blather is for AFTER the election>

[Howard Alan Treesong]

He just gave a press conference and doubled down. I can't believe this

Romney says his argument wasn't "elegantly stated" but suggests he stands by the jist of his message in the video

https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/247879716554551296

He doubled down? So we're up to 94%, then?

[Phoenix Dark]

video of the presser soon

The funniest thing about this? It was leaked to David Corn by...Jimmy Carter's grandson.

[AdmiralViscen]

the video is amazing

he looks like he shit himself

[Howard Alan Treesong]

video of the presser soon

The funniest thing about this? It was leaked to David Corn by...Jimmy Carter's grandson.

CARTER'S REVENGE

[Human Snorenado]

video of the presser soon

The funniest thing about this? It was leaked to David Corn by...Jimmy Carter's grandson.

Oh shit, confirmed?  Hope he enjoys his 15 pieces of silver.

[Barry Egan]

"I did good!"

none of this stuff matters in terms of voter turnout, but it's amusing nonetheless. 

[Barry Egan]

[Human Snorenado]

Keep fucking that chicken, Mittens.

[Phoenix Dark]

[Howard Alan Treesong]

That man has the eyes of a man who knows he will never be President.

[Barry Egan]

That man has the eyes of a man who knows he will never be President.

"I've made a huge mistake"

[Phoenix Dark]

yup

[Mr. Gundam]

That man has the eyes of a man who knows he will never be President.

(Image removed from quote.)
"I've made a huge mistake"

He seriously looks like he shit himself, and the shit is still in his underwear.

[Himu]

Never become president, or never should have ate that mexican burrito this afternoon?

[Phoenix Dark]

[Positive Touch]

 

[Himu]

Is that by Obama's campaign?

[Phoenix Dark]

Yup. The Chicago campaign office must be having a blast right now

[Himu]

[TakingBackSunday]

"If the moon were made of ribs, would you eat it?  Only if ya have a job!"

[TakingBackSunday]

what's that fox football gif from PD?

[Great Rumbler]

"Romney doubles-down on double-downing, creates vortex that swallows the entire Eastern Seaboard."

[Phoenix Dark]

what's that fox football gif from PD?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

[close]

[Human Snorenado]

Honestly, Obama has to be the luckiest motherfucker ever in politics.  His 2004 Senate opponent turns out to be a swinger, which is a no-no for Republicans, so Alan Keyes gets offered up as a sacrifice.  Then in 2008, he has to beat Hillary, but she shits the bed early and can't beat his groundgame.  That's his biggest test.  Then, McCain makes every possible wrong move- picks a lunatic snow bunny grifter as his running mate, suspends his campaign, etc.  Now, he gets Romney.  And Romney has done just about everything he can to fuck up his chances short of getting caught with a hooker or dumping a dismembered child corpse in a dumpster or whatever.  Really amazing, to be honest.

[Mandark]

In all fairness, look at the shower of shit that was Romney's competition in the primaries.

[Phoenix Dark]

well the next installment I personally think is very important.

https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer

more bombs at 6AM.

Remember when Brietbart.com was hyping their Obama vetting series which would destroy Obama's campaign? Then they released a dud that had already seen. Whoops

[Dickie Dee]

well the next installment I personally think is very important.

https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer

more bombs at 6AM.

Remember when Brietbart.com was hyping their Obama vetting series which would destroy Obama's campaign? Then they released a dud that had already seen. Whoops

I was just about to go to bed

[Trurl]

Even the way Obama acquired his seat in the Illinois Senate was pretty lucky. 

[Oblivion]

I'm actually pleasantly surprised at the amount of lols we're getting from Romney, considering he was supposed to be the "competent" one.

Though I still would have preferred Bachmann, Santorum, Newt, hell ANYONE else from the primary for comedy alone.

[Phoenix Dark]

finally got around to reading the Michael Lewis piece in Vanity Fair. I saw Glenn Greenwald complaining about it on twitter a week ago but didn't look into it; I'll get his two cents later. Anyway, I thought it was fascinating. It's quite a glowing piece which I suppose could raise suspicion (after all you don't spend 8 months with the president and then release a scathing piece on him) but what I find interesting is how much of it seems to reinforce what most people say about Obama and how he operates: pragmatic, thoughtful, and lonely.

One of the things that struck out most to me, especially in light of the Libya situation right now, was this. In this part it describes a US pilot who crash landed in Libya during the bombing last year, and how he happened to be discovered by anti-Qaddafi fighters; initially they thought he was American, then French before finally managing to confirm he was American

On the drive to Benghazi, Bubaker sensed that Stark was both shocked and wary. At any rate, as much as Bubaker might have wanted to know more about why America was dropping bombs on Libya, Stark would not tell him. And so Bubaker put on some 80s music and changed the subject to something other than war. The first song that came on was Diana Ross and Lionel Richie singing “Endless Love.” “You know what,” said Bubaker. “This song reminds me of my second marriage.” They talked the rest of the way, says Bubaker, “and we didn’t mention anything of any military action.” He drove the “American pilot” back to the hotel and instructed the militia to surround the place. Even in Libya they understood the fickle nature of American public opinion. “I told them, ‘We have an American pilot here. If he gets caught or killed it’s the end of the mission. Make sure he is safe and sound.’” Bubaker then called his friend, the former staffer in the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, now removed to Washington, D.C.

It took a few hours for someone to come and fetch Stark. As he waited with Bubaker inside the hotel, word spread of this French pilot who had saved their lives. When they’d arrived at the hotel a man had handed Tyler Stark a rose, which the American found both strange and touching. Now women from across the city came with flowers to the front of the hotel. When Stark entered a room full of people they stood up and gave him a round of applause. “I’m not sure what I was expecting in Libya,” he says, “but I was not expecting a round of applause.”

Bubaker found doctors to treat Stark’s leg and one of the doctors had Skype on his iPod. Stark tried to call his base, but he couldn’t remember the country code for Britain, so he called the most useful phone number he could remember, his parents’.

At some point Bubaker turned to him and asked, “Do you know why you are in Libya?”

“I just have my orders,” said Stark.

“He didn’t know why he’d been sent,” says Bubaker. “So I showed him some video. Of kids being killed.”

2b tax dollars to save a million lives, no US casualties. I didn't support the intervention at the time but I can't deny the results were good. The right's anger over it is quite hilarious: to me, this is the definition of a conservative approach to a foreign policy mission.

[Oblivion]

Scott Brown: I'm Going to Vote Against Raising Taxes by Voting to Raise Taxes

If the Dems can't win against shitheads like Brown, with the ammo they give them, they don't deserve to win.

[Joe Molotov]

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yup

This is his "Sorry kids, Rafalca broke her leg and we're gonna have to put her down" face.

[Joe Molotov]

The sad/funny part of this whole 47% business, is that there's a good chunk of that 47% that are Mitt Romney's biggest supporters.

[Brehvolution]

Since Mitt pays a smaller % than I do, that makes him a moocher too.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Carter'd confirmed: http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/09/james-carter-iv-helped-spread-secret-romney-video.html

THAT'S WHAT YOU GET

[Barry Egan]

[Mr. Gundam]

Like I said over at GAF, they left off part of the Olympic Peninsula on Washington state in that picture.