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Title: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Joe Molotov on August 11, 2012, 12:12:31 AM
There can be only one.
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Human Snorenado on August 11, 2012, 12:13:59 AM
I voted T-Paw, I'm hoping Paul Ryan.  If there's a God and he's not a Republican, it will be Sarah Palin again.
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Joe Molotov on August 11, 2012, 12:18:27 AM
I think Herman Cain has a better shot at this point.
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Post by: brawndolicious on August 11, 2012, 12:19:59 AM
I still feel like it's Giuliani.
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Human Snorenado on August 11, 2012, 12:20:20 AM
I still feel like it's Giuliani.

He wasn't even vetted.
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Post by: Robo on August 11, 2012, 12:24:32 AM
I bet it's M.Bison.  Gotta good feeling.
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Joe Molotov on August 11, 2012, 12:28:57 AM
I bet it's M.Bison.  Gotta good feeling.

The day M. Bison entered the Oval Office was the worst day of your life. But for me, it was a Tuesday.
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 11, 2012, 12:31:21 AM
this guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5kgnE1Xvec
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Joe Molotov on August 11, 2012, 12:34:57 AM
Some grannies are getting starved tonight!
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: brawndolicious on August 11, 2012, 12:39:42 AM
I still feel like it's Giuliani.

He wasn't even vetted.

I guess..

If it is fucking Paul Ryan though, I will be fucking ecstatic. I think I'm gonna stay up for the next 9 hours waiting for the results. Seriously, the proposed Medicare cuts will practically guarantee that Florida is out of Romney's hands. What is Romney going to campaign on for the next 3 months?
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 11, 2012, 12:42:28 AM
how out of touch do you need to be to pick paul ryan? I guess I know now
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Human Snorenado on August 11, 2012, 12:49:11 AM
how out of touch do you need to be to pick paul ryan? I guess I know now

The same level of out of touch you need to be to announce your VP on the weekend of the Olympics' closing ceremony and PGA championship. 
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Post by: Oblivion on August 11, 2012, 01:50:00 AM
Obama's response to the Ryan news is gonna be a video that just consists of him laughing uncontrollably for twenty minutes straight.
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Human Snorenado on August 11, 2012, 02:25:32 AM
Apparently it really is gonna be Ryan... his wikipedia page has had a billion edits in the past couple of hours, which is a dead giveaway.

I'm kind of stunned by this.  I can't really believe Romney wanted him, this had to be forced on him.  Maybe party insiders know Romney is toast no matter what but want to excite the base to get out and have a chance to vote for the dead eyed Granny killing Randroid to help the downticket races?  Not sure.  Baffling, really.
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: brawndolicious on August 11, 2012, 02:36:55 AM
No I think Romney actually wants this. I think he's honestly scared that registered Republicans will stay home even though he's running against their biggest fear (Obama). With Ryan on the ticket, he can at least get the base to go to the booths in November and say that it's not his fault he lost by a landslide, it's due to all the independents/democrats.
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Human Snorenado on August 11, 2012, 02:40:42 AM
Except that Romney isn't stupid; his entire political career, he has run as whatever he thought people wanted in order to win, then threw a shit ton of money at it to guarantee victory.  He has to know that while Obama is unpopular and the economy sucks, the country is becoming more socially liberal (gay marriage and weed legalization are both now polling with a majority in favor of if I remember correctly) and that hitching his horse to a platform that is going to make Rick Santorum happy isn't a winning proposition, even in this shitty year.  Really, he was undone by all of the knives in the primary fight, and what I think will end up having killed him is Obama successfully painting him as Thurston Howell III.

edit:  fuck, I just realized I was arguing with someone so out of it they thought Giuliani had a chance of being VP.  Please forget that I ever responded.
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: brawndolicious on August 11, 2012, 02:48:00 AM
You have to admit Guiliani would be a better choice.

But if Romney is not stupid, then he knows how unrealistic his chances are without events outside of his control playing against Obama. At this point, I think he's trying to lose gracefully with one massive unfloppable flip.
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Trurl on August 11, 2012, 03:29:30 AM
Watching Mitt Romney run for president is like watching a man who has everything waste his life.
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 11, 2012, 03:40:28 AM
Let's not forget just a couple months ago, Portman and Pawlenty were the front runners. Pawlenty became the clear favorite over the last two weeks. Then the WSJ and other conservative outlets started demanding for Ryan, while some GOP insiders ran scared due to his budget.

Romney caved to the far right, plain and simple. He'll secure the base, they'll love him for this pick...but now he has to run on Ryan's budget. This is no longer a race of Romney basically saying "lol Obama sucks, vote for me." He's been given a position to stand on and I'm not sure it's the best.
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 11, 2012, 03:44:57 AM
You have to admit Guiliani would be a better choice.

But if Romney is not stupid, then he knows how unrealistic his chances are without events outside of his control playing against Obama. At this point, I think he's trying to lose gracefully with one massive unfloppable flip.

Pro choice, doesn't hate gay people. Would never work in a million years
Title: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 11, 2012, 03:47:28 AM
If it is indeed Paul Ryan then it's going to be the most attractive candidacy in a very, very long time. I'm ready to write some hot RomRy* fan fiction.

*(Still working on it)
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Barry Egan on August 11, 2012, 06:47:25 AM
I can't believe he's unveiling this early.  What the fuck is going on with this campaign.  I mean really.  What in the fuck.
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Barry Egan on August 11, 2012, 06:50:19 AM
Wait.  He's going with Paul Ryan.

Wait.


My brain is dead.
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 11, 2012, 07:10:19 AM
lulz
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Human Snorenado on August 11, 2012, 08:13:56 AM
Paul Ryan's Medicare plan:

(http://www.balloon-juice.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Coupons4Codgers.jpg)
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Human Snorenado on August 11, 2012, 10:06:28 AM
(http://www.balloon-juice.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Screen-Shot-2012-08-11-at-9.05.36-AM.png)

Looks like Halperin is gonna need a change of undies.  Mark, the mask is slipping again dearie.
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Post by: Oblivion on August 11, 2012, 04:46:00 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAWbuYMWsvE
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Oblivion on August 11, 2012, 04:55:12 PM
Quote
another mistake: Romney just teed up ad featuring his arm around Ryan saying "every now and then I make a mistake"
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Joe Molotov on August 11, 2012, 05:59:36 PM
Team Obama is masturbating furiously.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWyk-Mr6cfc
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Oblivion on August 11, 2012, 06:04:05 PM
Absolutely brutal. Gonna be hilarious to see Mittens' (and Ryan's too, probably) excuse(s) for backtracking.
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Robo on August 11, 2012, 07:00:35 PM
Should've went with M.Bison.
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Himu on August 11, 2012, 07:06:52 PM
Should've went with M.Bison.

.
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Oblivion on August 11, 2012, 07:13:24 PM
Should've went with M.Bison.

LOL. And piss off the Tea Party even further? It's bad enough that they're tolerating one moderate already.
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Himu on August 11, 2012, 07:15:52 PM
Would M. Bison make have to wear those fancy military clothes that he, Cammy and her sisters wear?
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on August 11, 2012, 07:40:55 PM
Inauguration day is a Sunday actually
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Joe Molotov on August 11, 2012, 11:07:14 PM
Absolutely brutal. Gonna be hilarious to see Mittens' (and Ryan's too, probably) excuse(s) for backtracking.

Ryan's already thrown Ayn Rand under the bus; he's no stranger to backtracking.
Title: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Huff on August 11, 2012, 11:12:53 PM
I don't really get too much into politics, but isn't backtracking and scapegoating former associates pretty standard? Like Obama and his crazy old church preacher?

Feel free to correct me
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Post by: brawndolicious on August 11, 2012, 11:59:42 PM
Absolutely brutal. Gonna be hilarious to see Mittens' (and Ryan's too, probably) excuse(s) for backtracking.

Ryan's already thrown Ayn Rand under the bus; he's no stranger to backtracking.

Hasn't he always objected to Ayn's atheistic beliefs? Regardless, he calls her his reason for going into politics.
Title: Re: Romney VP pick coming tomorrow, get hype!
Post by: Oblivion on August 12, 2012, 12:38:48 AM
Absolutely brutal. Gonna be hilarious to see Mittens' (and Ryan's too, probably) excuse(s) for backtracking.

Ryan's already thrown Ayn Rand under the bus; he's no stranger to backtracking.

Well, technically he through her Godlessness under the bus. He still has no problem with her economic ideology.