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

[Phoenix Dark]

Just think, in no time you'll be taking her to the station for her first year at Hogwarts

[MrAngryFace]

i'd smang lady bamz, no doubt

that woulda been a good dem convention sign

[Mandark]

i'd smang lady bamz, no doubt

that woulda been a good dem convention sign

"We'd remove him from the floor, but he's actually a big donation bundler for us..."

[Human Snorenado]

Deval Patrick's speech was really, really good.  Best of the night imo, even better than FLOTUS.

[Joe Molotov]

I missed Zombie Ted Kennedy annihilating Romney last night:

[Human Snorenado]

Yeah, that shit was the ether.  From what I can tell, the whole convention (aside from FLOTUS) is going to be the Democratic party apparently saccing up and deciding to fight back.  Wonder how the inevitable Republican cries of "no fair, they're hitting back!" to the impartial and unbiased press are going to be received.

[Great Rumbler]

By February 1, 2009, less than two weeks after he was sworn in, the number of jobs had dropped precipitously to 132,837,000. Using that figure, the economy’s added just over 408,000 jobs during Obama’s presidency.

Using a different metric that excludes only public sector jobs — which have taken a significant hit in the last three and a half years, notwithstanding Republican claims that the government’s grown rapidly under Obama — he crossed into positive territory earlier this year.

According to BLS, the private sector employed 110,985,000 people in January 2009. The private sector hit bottom in February 2010 with 106,773,000 employees. By July 2012, that number had grown to 111,317,000.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/gop-obama-hasnt-created-a-single-net-job.php?ref=fpa

[Mandark]

Welp, time to cull the ol' Facebook.

[Joe Molotov]

Welp, time to cull the ol' Facebook.

Rise from your grave, 2009 chain email!

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/firstlady.asp

[Yeti]

please post that snopes article before the culling

[Mandark]

First thing I did was Google for the Snopes page.  I am, if nothing else, a predictable liberal nerd.

To clarify, the OP is on my friends list, the openly racist commenter is someone I don't know.  It's the comment rather than the chain email bs (which I'm pretty inured to at this point) which bothers me.  Giving my FB friend the benefit of the doubt I'll wait a day and see if he says anything or removes the comment, but I'd be pretty surprised if he did.  Sigh.

[Himu]

smh.

[Great Rumbler]

So how long before Republicans start harping on those stupid Secret Service buses again?

[Joe Molotov]

please post that snopes article before the culling

No, just post "Why do you hate job creators?"

[Great Rumbler]

Republicans apparently love Bill Clinton now:

“Bill Clinton was a different kind of Democrat than Barack Obama,” Ryan told CNN in an interview that will air Wednesday. “Bill Clinton gave us welfare reform. Bill Clinton worked with the Republicans to cut spending. Bill Clinton did not play the kind of political games that President Obama’s playing.”

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/romney-obama-clinton-dncc-convention-speech.php?ref=fpb

[Phoenix Dark]

https://twitter.com/SteveDeaceShow/status/243502099160236032

 

[Trurl]

Child killing and homosexuality are definitely big parts of the convention, but I mostly support the Democrat Party as an expression of my class envy.

[Mr. Gundam]

  Bill 

[Joe Molotov]

Republicans apparently love Bill Clinton now:

Oh yeah, man. He became the best president since Ronald Reagan since they decided they don't want to talk about Bush anymore.

[Mr. Gundam]

Clinton has mentioned Bush more in this speech than they did in Tampa.

[Positive Touch]

slick willy taking the surgical knife to these republicans and dismembering them on stage

[Mr. Gundam]

Huh? Too busy jerking it to that awesome speech.

[Phoenix Dark]

Clinton just took folks to the woodshed

I can't wait to hear the tv media complain about there being too much policy, and too long.

[Mr. Gundam]

You don't fuck with Slick Willy. Holy shit. 45 minutes on policy, and it was brilliant.

[Mr. Gundam]

Kinda want to know what they're saying on Fox News.

Kinda.

[Great Rumbler]

Bill

[Beezy]

TRILL CLINTON THE GOD

using this from now on

[Himu]

the first black president

lbj who?!

[Joe Molotov]

Whether you're a democrat or a republican, I think you have to agree that things were pretty damn good during the Clinton years, especially in retrospect.

[Great Rumbler]

The 90's were awesome, the post-Clinton years have just been a big pile of suck.

[Oblivion]

Whether you're a democrat or a republican, I think you have to agree that things were pretty damn good during the Clinton years, especially in retrospect.

I'd rather take a thousand 9/11s and economic crashes than re-live the idea of a President cheating on his wife.

Say what you will about GWB, but at least he was faithful.

[Himu]

[Phoenix Dark]

Whether you're a democrat or a republican, I think you have to agree that things were pretty damn good during the Clinton years, especially in retrospect.

best rap decade, great gaming decade, great porn decade, great film decade...everything was pretty solid except pop music and fashion.

Trill Clinton

[Himu]

90's fashion was mostly fine outside of the early years, and even back then we had flat tops and shit. FLAT TOPS WILL NEVER DIE. Pop music in the 90's was great too until the late 90's.

[Oblivion]

Come on, Himu! Focus!

[Himu]

I'm just mad you think getting a blow job from a woman who's not your wife is a BAD THING.

[recursivelyenumerable]

90's fashion was mostly fine outside of the early years, and even back then we had flat tops and shit. FLAT TOPS WILL NEVER DIE. Pop music in the 90's was great too until the late 90's.

and 90s graphic design?

[Great Rumbler]

90's fashion was mostly fine outside of the early years, and even back then we had flat tops and shit. FLAT TOPS WILL NEVER DIE. Pop music in the 90's was great too until the late 90's.

and 90s graphic design?

[Himu]

90's graphic design was amazing.

http://inspiredology.com/graphic-design-through-the-decades-the-%E2%80%9990s/

[Himu]

90's fashion was mostly fine outside of the early years, and even back then we had flat tops and shit. FLAT TOPS WILL NEVER DIE. Pop music in the 90's was great too until the late 90's.

and 90s graphic design?

(Image removed from quote.)

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[Joe Molotov]

90's also had all the best animated gifs:

http://www.11points.com/Web-Tech/11_Best_Old_School_Animated_GIFs

[AdmiralViscen]

Link to speech

[AdmiralViscen]

That was a good ass speech.

Does anyone have data on the ratings per night of both conventions?

[Brehvolution]

https://twitter.com/SteveDeaceShow/status/243502099160236032

 

I'd take that over fascism and fairy tales.

[Barry Egan]

That was a good ass speech.

Does anyone have data on the ratings per night of both conventions?

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/msnbc-wins-night-one-from-the-dnc_b144366

22 million watched the 10pm hour on the commercial broadcast and cable networks last night. In comparison, night one of the RNC a week ago was watched by 20.5 million, mostly on Fox News Channel, which averaged 5.15 million viewers in primetime.

[Human Snorenado]

Who cares about your archaic media ratings?  Michelle Obama DOUBLED Romney's twitter trending stats after her speech the other night, go ahead and call it now.

[Broseidon]

BILL

[Joe Molotov]

I was just told that Clinton intentionally torpedoed Obama's 2012 campaign last night to the clear the way for Hillary to run in 2016. Thoughts?

[Great Rumbler]

But...Hillary would be able to run in 2016 anyway...

[Himu]

Michelle Obama DOUBLED Romney's twitter trending stats after her speech the other night, go ahead and call it now.

Data on this?

[Mandark]

http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/05/usa-campaign-media-idINL2E8K5JR720120905

First result I got for Google News searching "Michelle Obama twitter".  C'mon now.

[Himu]

Doh. I forgot about google news.

[Mupepe]

I'd forgotten how much charisma Clinton has.  He just commands attention.  Hopefully this sways some people.  I was surprised to see him tackle so much policy and be so plain spoken about it.  I loved it. 

[Joe Molotov]

I was also told today that Clinton was too scared to tackle any social issues like abortion and gay marriage in his speach.

[recursivelyenumerable]

lol @ the associated press

CLINTON: "Their campaign pollster said, 'We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers.' Now that is true. I couldn't have said it better myself — I just hope you remember that every time you see the ad."

THE FACTS: Clinton, who famously finger-wagged a denial on national television about his sexual relationship with intern Monica Lewinsky and was subsequently impeached in the House on a perjury charge, has had his own uncomfortable moments over telling the truth. "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky," Clinton told television viewers. Later, after he was forced to testify to a grand jury, Clinton said his statements were "legally accurate" but also allowed that he "misled people, including even my wife."

[Dickie Dee]

lol @ the associated press

CLINTON: "Their campaign pollster said, 'We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers.' Now that is true. I couldn't have said it better myself — I just hope you remember that every time you see the ad."

THE FACTS: Clinton, who famously finger-wagged a denial on national television about his sexual relationship with intern Monica Lewinsky and was subsequently impeached in the House on a perjury charge, has had his own uncomfortable moments over telling the truth. "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky," Clinton told television viewers. Later, after he was forced to testify to a grand jury, Clinton said his statements were "legally accurate" but also allowed that he "misled people, including even my wife."

AP: We're not going to let our fact checking be dictated by fact checkers

[Joe Molotov]

So,  saying "both sides do it" is now what passes for fact-checking?

[Phoenix Dark]

My former governor Jennifer Granholm is giving the most ridiculously hype speech I've ever heard. She's either drunk or just VERY hyper right now

waiting for video, you have to see this

[Positive Touch]

splice it with the howard dean speech and youve got a winner

[Brehvolution]

You have to wonder if Eastwood's invisible Obama stunt was a troll to the GOP because the Obama they talk about doesn't exist.