Romney: I Don't Care About Obama's "Flowery Rhetoric," His Record Is Awful, And He's Always Looking For Scapegoats

Maybe I'm just drinking the Kool-Aid, but I think Romney is becoming a good candidate. Here, his responses are relentlessly disciplined -- this is the exact narrative he's crafted and practiced -- but he does not seem robotic in repeating it. He seems more or less natural.

And as far as natural -- look, he's engaging in a very atypical and unnatural thing. He's on TV all the time, running for President. So he's not going to come off as natural as I do when I scratch my butt and then pick my nose and then wince in disgust at my own sloven stupidity and cry out "Dear Lord, why have you made me thus?!?!"

That's natural. It's also not going to win over married women aged 30-45.

Although some of what I'm talking about, as far as his growing comfort as a candidate, is visible there, I thought he really seemed to turn a corner in his Diane hic Shhawyer interview.

Of course part of this is just a simple fact: People look relatively good when they're winning (or at least not losing). They're comfortable, confident, positive.

Witness Barack Obama, who looked and sounded okay (if you ignore the actual politics) because he was winning, and was treated as a New Messiah by the press corps.

Romney just came off a win -- a tough, grueling win, but a win nevertheless -- so he'd better seem like a Happy Warrior at this point.

We know Romney can look quite bad if you get under his skin, as Perry did, and as Bret Baier did in that interview that made DrewM. decide he just could not palate Romney. (And Romney did come across quite badly there.)

Still, it's good to note that Romney can look good, as long as the wind is at his back. Not much, but that is still something.

One thing I've suggested keeping an eye on -- can Obama actually perform under pressure? How will he hold it together if he's losing?

He doesn't seem like the kind of man with a lot of grit and self-discipline. He doesn't seem like a man who's been tested, and has learned from his testing.

From all we know he seems petulant and entitled and brittle as glass.

So if, a month from now, he's consistently behind by 6 points in media polls (meaning: More like 9 or 10), how is he going to look?

By the way -- Gallup polling doesn't suggest that that's an unreasonable hypothetical. (See top right -- Romney 48, Obama 43.)

We could see a vicious cycle for him -- the more he falls behind, the worse he performs, which causes him to fall behind still more.

Here's hoping, anyway.

Meanwhile, at a photo op for a NASCAR winner, Obama wants you to know that some on his staff are "big racing fans."

Posted by: Ace at 01:32 PM



Comments

1 And not a teleprompter in sight.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 19, 2012 01:33 PM (UOM48)

2 I want to like Romney. I don't want to just vote against Obama. But I'm not entirely there. There's still the chance he'll pick Olympia Snowe or Susan Collins or Scott Brown as his VP. I do want to like him.

Let's hope he keeps this up.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 19, 2012 01:35 PM (i0App)

3 Climate Change is to Blame - news from Memphis, TN

Downtown Memphis business robberies are up 200 percent. Non-residential burglaries are up 366 percent from last year. Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong admits the crime increase and says,"Truth is, the MILD WINTER is to blame"

Posted by: nuclearjim at April 19, 2012 01:35 PM (NaIQb)

4 What's wrong with the chick over Sparky's left shoulder? Scary.

Posted by: Sub Tard at April 19, 2012 01:36 PM (ursbV)

5 His rhetoric hasn't been all that flowery lately.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 19, 2012 01:36 PM (u7dxO)

6 @2

If that supposedly doesn't happen, what then? He's getting better and now in attack mode against Obama only whereas you got Whiny Sweatervest still attacking Romney.

Posted by: Kaitian at April 19, 2012 01:36 PM (et2m1)

7 I think I"m finally coming out of my phobia brought on by the candidacy of Juan McRino and am warming up to my latter day overlord.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 19, 2012 01:36 PM (4atNB)

8 Romney is not McCain, Part 773 ( part of an ongoing, continuing story )

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 19, 2012 01:36 PM (Dll6b)

9 Obama and the Night of the Living Dead --- significant component of Dem voting bloc

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 19, 2012 01:37 PM (Dll6b)

10 So he's not going to come off as natural as I do when I scratch my butt and then pick my nose and then wince in disgust at my own sloven stupidity and cry out "Dear Lord, why have you made me thus?!?!"

That's natural. It's also not going to win over married women aged 30-45.

Well, to be fair, they're not the ones you want. Neither young, nor fully experienced. And the hubbies are still somewhat mobile, hence able to kick your ass.

Posted by: red sweater at April 19, 2012 01:38 PM (Xwgt3)

11 Get 'em Mitt! I'm really starting to warm up to him. PLEASE don't hire any of McAmnesty's former consultants. Avoid those idiots like the plague.

Posted by: Hedgehog at April 19, 2012 01:39 PM (3jGS1)

12 That's natural. It's also not going to win over married women aged 30-45.


Well, neither is scratching your butt and then picking your nose. I mean, you have to wait six to nine months before you get to do that in her presence. Wait, we weren't talking about ace's dates?

Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at April 19, 2012 01:39 PM (RD7QR)

13 @3

I live in Chicago and a mild winter means way more crime and violence... it is kind of a touchy subject, but more or less, certain segments of society tend to settle down in the winter and lose their minds in the summer...

I suspect the police director was doing his best to be politically correct in his statement.

Posted by: E.M. August at April 19, 2012 01:40 PM (zeBNm)

14 Romney's definitely heading in the right direction as far as I'm seeing. I'm with Beckoning @ 2.


Posted by: Theresa at April 19, 2012 01:40 PM (Cf5RM)

15 Romney is such a phoney. The Navy Seals and Special Forces need to rescue America from Mittens before it's too late. Perry/West 2012. America needs BOTH of you NOW!

Posted by: Pragmatic at April 19, 2012 01:40 PM (lTnzg)

16 Once I got over my Perry depression and saw that Romney was going to be the nominee... I like him.

I like what he says.. I like how he always calls Obama a failure and is disciplined. He always pivots to the economy.
He aint McCain.

Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at April 19, 2012 01:40 PM (DGIjM)

17 @15

Right, what bizarro world is that possible?

Posted by: Kaitian at April 19, 2012 01:40 PM (et2m1)

18
Mitt need to wear leather fringe jacket and put a pair of gym socks down his pants like Al Gore

Posted by: Beto at April 19, 2012 01:42 PM (lpWVn)

19 Ace - He's always been a good candidate. That is why he won so many debates, he knows how to stay on message. The legitimate concern was does he have core conservative principles guiding him after he wins.

As I've said for a while now, Obama is unelectable. I've never doubted that Romney would beat him. Same for Santorum or Newt. The question has always been how do we keep him working for the things we want to see after he is elected.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 19, 2012 01:42 PM (FJP6/)

20 I like Romney. I wouldn't want to go to a BBQ at his house. No booze .

But after the unmitigated disaster that Obama has been, we will be blessed if Romney can be elected.


Posted by: Jimbo at April 19, 2012 01:42 PM (O3R/2)

21 This is why the candidates that get into the race late never do well. Spending time "on the stump" really sharpens you up for the general election. It is also why the debates last year were so awful since the candidates were trying to formulate their speeches and themes for the election.

Posted by: MrCaniac at April 19, 2012 01:42 PM (1grxW)

22 He aint McCain.





Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at April 19, 2012 01:40 PM (DGIjM)


amen, Hallelulah ! Amen. So let it be written, so let it be known...

I love the smell of The Obvious in the morning. Smells like.....victory

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 19, 2012 01:42 PM (Dll6b)

23 I want to see Romney dogging Obama about the economy and jobs for the next 6 months.

Posted by: Roy at April 19, 2012 01:43 PM (VndSC)

24 Yeah I actually liked Mitt more after watching the gawker mole tapes, so I guess that worked out well. He's campaigning as a serious guy who wants to stay on track with the issues of jobs and the economy. Thank gawd for Jim Treacher and the moronosphere on these intertubes or he'd be buried by the manure stream media. Uh, that is what MSM stands for right?

Posted by: John H at April 19, 2012 01:43 PM (h3b8U)

25
S.S. Defeat Obama

Welcome aboard, everyone. Glad you could make it.

Posted by: Soothsayer has been waiting for you at April 19, 2012 01:43 PM (G/zuv)

26 @24 What gawker mole tapes?

Posted by: Kaitian at April 19, 2012 01:43 PM (et2m1)

27 The question has always been how do we keep him working for the things we want to see after he is elected.


Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 19, 2012 01:42 PM (FJP6/)

Congressional elections FTW

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 19, 2012 01:43 PM (4atNB)

28 I like Romney. I wouldn't want to go to a BBQ at his house. No booze .

I'll take that slot. Probably nice fare, no dog. I don't drink anyway.

Posted by: red sweater at April 19, 2012 01:43 PM (Xwgt3)

29 Romney needs a St. Crispin's Day speech.


And longbows. Lots and lots of longbows.

Posted by: EC at April 19, 2012 01:43 PM (GQ8sn)

30 You know, most people in America think 'going to the dogs' is a very bad thing. My opponent, Barack Obama, thinks it's a great idea for dinner! Who says voters never have a clear choice!!

Posted by: Mitt 'Don't Forget Willard Was A Vicious Movie Rat' Romney at April 19, 2012 01:43 PM (VMcoS)

31 Romney was on Laura Ingraham last night. He ws pretty good with the response when she asked him how he was going to combat the Joe Cool persona of opponent, because the media was creating a narrative of him being Mr. Square. He replied that he wasn't about to engage in a personality contest because there was so much at stake, the future of this country.

About Obama NASCAR remarks: I just wish one reporter would have asked, OK who are the fans, and then on the outside chance one was identified, please name two tracks.

what a bunch of obvious baloney

Posted by: kallisto at April 19, 2012 01:44 PM (jm/9g)

32 The Indonesian Dog-Eater....vs....The Guy Who Knows How to Create Jobs.

This should be the underlying narrative from now on. .....Because, unlike Barky, Romney knows how to stimulate job creation without spending a fucking dime of our tax dollars.

Posted by: wheatie at April 19, 2012 01:44 PM (+5U+B)

33 So is the Obama comment "some on my staff are NASCAR fans" like the I have a black friend dodge to racism only once removed?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at April 19, 2012 01:44 PM (tf9Ne)

34 15, American needs an enema--and Obama is the 'blockage'

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 19, 2012 01:44 PM (Dll6b)

35 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 19, 2012 01:44 PM (8y9MW)

36
Your ship's captain is Mitt Romney.

And if you need a drink, see Isaac at the bar.

/points both index fingers and smiles

Posted by: Soothsayer has been waiting for you at April 19, 2012 01:44 PM (G/zuv)

37 28
I like Romney. I wouldn't want to go to a BBQ at his house. No booze .

I'll take that slot. Probably nice fare, no dog. I don't drink anyway.


Posted by: red sweater at April 19, 2012 01:43 PM (Xwgt3)

Good food BYOB. I'm there. The LDS folks don't drink but they also don't mind if you do.

Posted by: Hedgehog at April 19, 2012 01:45 PM (3jGS1)

38
#23 - "I want to see Romney dogging Obama about the economy and jobs for the next 6 months"

I see what you did there

Posted by: DaveinNC at April 19, 2012 01:45 PM (boNGU)

39 Meanwhile, at a photo op for a NASCAR winner, Obama wants you to know that some on his staff are "big racing fans."



And all on his campaign staff are big Dave Matthews fans.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 19, 2012 01:45 PM (SY2Kh)

40 I am married but 48, so not in that 30-45 year old demographic, but most of my friends are, and even the Liberal ones are finding Obama to be a whiny, thin skinned petulant little bitch. That doesn't play well with them, especially with no positive record to back him up.


Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 19, 2012 01:46 PM (SsG4J)

41 And all on his campaign staff are big Dave Matthews fans.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 19, 2012 01:45 PM (SY2Kh)

All except for the poor "quarterback" back in Chicago.

Posted by: Hedgehog at April 19, 2012 01:46 PM (3jGS1)

42 Right, what bizarro world is that possible? Posted by: Kaitian

Don't bother. Cockmatic is a troll/froll.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 19, 2012 01:46 PM (Ck8hC)

43 I'm with you, Ace. I believe.

And that's scary.

Posted by: PJ at April 19, 2012 01:46 PM (DQHjw)

44 "That's natural. It's also not going to win over married women aged 30-45."

Part of the "charm" of BO and the attraction he has with women is he's good looking and has brains but also, he treats his wife as a friend and mentor and shows he has a good marriage. Or, at least that's what a lot of the women seeing him see. Romney, if he does the same thing with Ann will level the playing field. I think part of romney's problem with women stems from the fact that they know he's faithful and loyal as a dog to his wife. So, even though he's just as good looking and intelligent as BO, they know they haven't got a chance with him so they can't vote for him cause they have a crush on him, like they can for BO. If he could find a way to turn that around, he'd be golden but then again, he'd lose the old married lady crowd. It's tough.

Posted by: dally, who does not enjoy paying so much tax at April 19, 2012 01:47 PM (oZfic)

45 And longbows. Lots and lots of longbows.

Perry would’ve used a crossbow.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 19, 2012 01:47 PM (QF8uk)

46 I just want to let the American people know that my wife Ann won't make what Americans eat her pet issue, and I won't eat their pets! Who says voters never have a clear choice!

Posted by: Mitt 'Don't Forget Willard Was A Vicious Movie Rat' Romney at April 19, 2012 01:47 PM (VMcoS)

47 Let's hope his rhetoric will not have any more mention of amnesty and the Dream Act.

Posted by: Vic at April 19, 2012 01:47 PM (YdQQY)

48 and even the Liberal ones are finding Obama to be a whiny, thin skinned petulant little bitch

I've said it before: the Democrats seem dead set on doing in just a matter of weeks what Mitt Romney couldn't in 6 years- convince me to vote for Mitt Romney.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 19, 2012 01:48 PM (8y9MW)

49 God, I hope this dog thing goes on for *ages*. And will Gail Collins still harp on Seamus in her columns over the next several months?

Posted by: GuyfromNH at April 19, 2012 01:48 PM (YOe1f)

50
"One thing I've suggested keeping an eye on -- can Obama actually perform under pressure? How will he hold it together if he's losing?"

If the past two weeks are any indication, The DogEater isn't handling anything very well.

IMO, he already thinks he's losing. So do I.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at April 19, 2012 01:48 PM (d0Tfm)

51 >>>How will he hold it together if he's losing?

Well according to recent history when he gets behind on an issue, he always gets snippy, condescending, and preachy, and the absolute worst for him, he has an unquenchable desire to appear publicly, often, to condescend, snipe, and preach at people who are in disagreement with him.

As historical polls show, if he has a lead, once he falls behind on an issue, he stays behind; if he starts out behind, he climbs well, but when he goes from gaining to losing ground he turns into a petulant child.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Troll Hunter! at April 19, 2012 01:48 PM (0q2P7)

52 Ann Romney makes voting for Mitt more palatable to me. He does seem to be getting better in this process and notably, showing he and his team can go on the offense. Quoting Marcus Arelius, Republicans on the offensive reminds me of: "You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish... it was so fragile." Poof! That's how desperate I feel for the R's to go on the offense. But we are seeing fragments coming from the Romney camp. I hope it keeps up. Albiet, I wholeheartedly admit that it sickens me when Mitt keeps trotting out the "Obama is a nice guy, but...." crap. He. Is. Not. A. Nice. Guy.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2012 01:48 PM (tfw18)

53 I am married but 48, so not in that 30-45 year old
demographic, but most of my friends are, and even the Liberal ones are
finding Obama to be a whiny, thin skinned petulant little bitch. That
doesn't play well with them, especially with no positive record to back
him up.




Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 19, 2012 01:46 PM (SsG4J)

Where have your friends been for the past 3-1/2 years??

Posted by: Hedgehog at April 19, 2012 01:49 PM (3jGS1)

54 Keep in mind that Obama's really only had one competitive race in his career (vs. Bobby Rush) and he got smoked in that one. Every other election he's been other unopposed or faced hapless candidates in hopeless circumstances.

Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at April 19, 2012 01:49 PM (JxMoP)

55 Might want to pick your nose first, then scratch your butt.

Posted by: Sheryl 'stinky-britches' Crow at April 19, 2012 01:49 PM (hJkaT)

56 #26 I guess they were the fox mole tapes officially, but gawker was the judas broker of record. I found out that Mitt owns horses and seems to be careful with campaign money. Neither of these things was shocking or off putting for me and I thought Mitt carried himself well and left me with a more positive view of him than I had before.

Posted by: John H at April 19, 2012 01:49 PM (h3b8U)

57 the old married lady crowd. It's tough.


Posted by: dally, who does not enjoy paying so much tax at April 19, 2012 01:47 PM (oZfic)


You get dumber every day. Beyond dumb; cosmic dumb; beyond stupidity

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 19, 2012 01:49 PM (Dll6b)

58 Perry would’ve used a crossbow.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 19, 2012 01:47 PM (QF8uk)

Alas, Perry gave up and went home.

Posted by: EC at April 19, 2012 01:49 PM (GQ8sn)

59 >>Meanwhile, at a photo op for a NASCAR winner, Obama wants you to know that some on his staff are "big racing fans."

Has he hired any black campaign staff yet?

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at April 19, 2012 01:50 PM (/kI1Q)

60 We could see a vicious cycle for him -- the more he falls behind, the
worse he performs, which causes him to fall behind still more.
-----
*fap, fap, fap*

Posted by: Methos, doing his part to win over married women aged 30-45 at April 19, 2012 01:50 PM (6LvlL)

61 Oh, he's got the old lady married crowd well locked up, no worries about that. I am firmly in is camp, though my dream ticket was definitely Perry/West.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 19, 2012 01:50 PM (SsG4J)

62 I'm going to explode from all the popcorn and pudding after Romney gets under Obama's thin skin and exposes his nastiness and petulance. I expect the debates will be quite entertaining, assuming Scoamf decides to join one.

Posted by: Roy at April 19, 2012 01:50 PM (VndSC)

63 Romney knows that Hussein is not a nice buy, Lady in Black, but he needs to say that.


You know why........

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 19, 2012 01:50 PM (Dll6b)

64 >>>Meanwhile, at a photo op for a NASCAR winner, Obama wants you to know that some on his staff are "big racing fans."

Where's Raykon to tell us being a racing fan is for teh stupid?

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Troll Hunter! at April 19, 2012 01:50 PM (0q2P7)

65 nice Guy

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 19, 2012 01:51 PM (Dll6b)

66 @56 Oh the Fox News one. Something surprising to me was that Bill O'Reilly actually takes a dump? Who knew!

Posted by: Kaitian at April 19, 2012 01:51 PM (et2m1)

67 My US History teacher said that as soon as women got the vote they went out and voted for Warren Harding.

They are still pulling that shit.

Posted by: Jimbo at April 19, 2012 01:51 PM (O3R/2)

68 Meanwhile, at a photo op for a NASCAR winner, Obama wants you to know that some on his staff are "big racing fans."


What the fuck is that supposed to mean?

Posted by: EC at April 19, 2012 01:51 PM (GQ8sn)

69 It's a beautiful day here, the sky is a beautiful
shade of light blue with dark blue interspersed with just a dash of
fluffy white clouds. Looks like a picture, in fact, thanks to you, I'm
going to go out and take one right now. And the sun is shining, but not
too hot and not too cold, just right.

Posted by: dally, who does not enjoy paying so much tax at April 19, 2012 01:39 PM (oZfic


I thought you were going out for a walk?

Posted by: Bo the Dog at April 19, 2012 01:51 PM (UOM48)

70 61
Oh, he's got the old lady married crowd well locked up, no worries about
that. I am firmly in is camp, though my dream ticket was definitely
Perry/West.


Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 19, 2012 01:50 PM (SsG4J)

How are you with the butt-scratch/nose-pick thing?

Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at April 19, 2012 01:52 PM (RD7QR)

71 Right, what bizarro world is that possible? Posted by: KaitianDon't bother. Cockmatic is a troll/froll.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 19, 2012 01:46 PM (Ck8hC)
To: weft cut-loop
I'm sure that Mittens would approve of your language! Perry/West 2012 Amereica needs them both now!

Posted by: Pragmatic at April 19, 2012 01:52 PM (lTnzg)

72 And longbows. Lots and lots of longbows.



>>>Perry would’ve used a crossbow.

Except their are three steps to loading a crossbow.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Troll Hunter! at April 19, 2012 01:52 PM (0q2P7)

73 I thought you were going out for a walk?




Posted by: Bo the Dog at April 19, 2012 01:51 PM (UOM4

In traffic.

Posted by: Hedgehog at April 19, 2012 01:52 PM (3jGS1)

74 Where have your friends been for the past 3-1/2 years??


Posted by: Hedgehog at April 19, 2012 01:49 PM (3jGS1)

Took awhile for the Kool-Aid to wear off for the Liberal ones! But it has.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 19, 2012 01:52 PM (SsG4J)

75 What the fuck is that supposed to mean?
Probably that you're a racist.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 19, 2012 01:52 PM (8y9MW)

76 You know how when you were kid and you had been crying and then like 20 minutes later you suddenly chocked and sniffled at the same time and it was like the last gasp of your tantrum?

That's where I am at with Romney. He is no McCain, this guy is lifelong bigtime ambitious and tenacious and as well documented more then willing to change course if a plan isn't working. Hes got his blindspots, but the media would invent or exploit any human behavior of him anyway, so him being more prone to them wont change much.

Biggest change is this whole army of breitbarts now who are willing to dig up the bodies and confront the left. It will be a good year for us if only because both our leader and base are motivated and aggressive.

Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 19, 2012 01:52 PM (RfvTE)

77 Really, we have to put up with that idiot because she/he services Ace? Has he seen Misery? or read the book?

Posted by: Dagny, Warrior Queen at April 19, 2012 01:52 PM (4yXmp)

78 Kaitian: Something surprising to me was that Bill O'Reilly actually takes a dump? Who knew!

Hah, not a person alive that hasn't thought O'Reilly wasn't full of it at some point.

Posted by: John H at April 19, 2012 01:52 PM (h3b8U)

79 >>Witness Barack Obama, who looked and sounded okay (if you ignore the actual politics) because he was winning, and was treated as a New Messiah by the press corps.

Yes and no.

He likes the adoration of crowds and so can sound good during a speech.

But even during the 2008 campaign, he was bitching about bitter clingers, and after the election he was sneering "I won".

Posted by: Mama AJ at April 19, 2012 01:53 PM (XdlcF)

80 I like how he laughed at the silver spoon thing. I also thought his answer to that was great. Just really great.

"Obama attacks people, not problems" is just the pithiest take down of the entier alinsky play book ever.

Posted by: elizabethe is eying the koolaid at April 19, 2012 01:53 PM (MKkyt)

81 My friends, Walter Mondale won the Democratic primary with 'Where's the beef???', but lost the election in a landslide. So I'm not gonna ask, 'WHO'S pet is the 'beef??', but you know we're all thinking it. Who would name his dog 'Waygu' anyhow?? Who says voters never get a clear choice??

Posted by: Mitt 'Don't Forget Willard Was A Vicious Movie Rat' Romney at April 19, 2012 01:53 PM (VMcoS)

82 How are you with the butt-scratch/nose-pick thing?


Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at April 19, 2012 01:52 PM (RD7QR)

Butt scratching doesn't bother me a bit. Nose picking is a deal breaker, though.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 19, 2012 01:53 PM (SsG4J)

83 becoming more enamored with mitt by the day.....of course i'm comparing him to the scoamf so what else can you expect......abo

Posted by: phoenixgirl at work at April 19, 2012 01:54 PM (vsjwN)

84 . . . .to vote for and support Romney or Obama is to be a sell-outto America. . . .Perry/West 2012 Real mean for real problems.

Posted by: Pragmatic at April 19, 2012 01:54 PM (lTnzg)

85 in the 1920s and 1930s, in Britain and America, there is data that women voted more Conservative / Republican than men. The main problem is that there is no nationwide political polling data until the 1950s


'scientifically', there is no way to know for sure that women voted more 'right' than men from the 20s to the 50s. It's local polls and anecdotal evidence

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 19, 2012 01:54 PM (Dll6b)

86 I want to believe, but let's not forget that Barry's hit men have been researching Mitt for a year. They will have some surprises in October, like Gore's Bush DUI, which shows up two weeks before the election. Maybe six or eight illegitimate childern in France that Mitt fathered on mission trip?

I expect we will need a big lead before we find out that, dog gone it, Mitt is an underwear wearing cult member that robs widows and orphans.

"And here is widow Fawn Lebowitz. Your husband died in a kilt accident at the plant Bain company bought and failed to install safety equipment?"

Wait a fucking minute, Fawn, your the dead one.

We need to burn the boats and take no prisoner, they certainly are not going to.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at April 19, 2012 01:55 PM (hXJOG)

87 That would have been perfect if he had only said Obama is looking for scapebitches instead of scapegoats.

Posted by: Voluble at April 19, 2012 01:55 PM (c8WV/)

88 What do Average Joe and cocks have in common?

Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at April 19, 2012 01:55 PM (VMcoS)

89 So which is better long bows or cross bows?

Posted by: long island at April 19, 2012 01:55 PM (kzp9t)

90 Posted by: Pragmatic at April 19, 2012 01:52 PM (lTnzg)


Go back to Hot Air. They won't meet their retard quota this week without you.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 19, 2012 01:56 PM (SY2Kh)

91 263
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 19, 2012 01:06 PM (Bdr7

hey
cranky pants II, part of the agreement when I give them the link to the
blog is that they are expressly forbidden to defend me, they can post if
they want about anything else, but they are forbidden to defend me.




Posted by: dally, who does not enjoy paying so much tax at April 19, 2012 01:21 PM (oZfic


The mystery is solved why we don't hear from curious' friends defending her here. They are forbidden,

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 19, 2012 01:56 PM (UOM48)

92 curious is it's own birth control.....and spouse repeller.......

Posted by: phoenixgirl at work at April 19, 2012 01:56 PM (vsjwN)

93 >>>What do Average Joe and cocks have in common?

They're both cocks?

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Troll Hunter! at April 19, 2012 01:56 PM (0q2P7)

94 I wasn't a Romney supporter at all but as this has all unfolded Im now squarely behind him and actually kind of excited. He's going to break Obama. Also what I'm want to happen is that he takes his knowledge ofturning failuresinto success to the fed. Gut, cut and streamline.

Posted by: Bosk at April 19, 2012 01:56 PM (n2K+4)

95 I'm climbing on board the Romney bandwagon. I mean it should be so easy to knock the SCOAMF out of office based upon his record that even McStoopid could do it, but apparently none of the other R's have even the hint of skill to do it, but Romney is doing just that, hitting the softballs out of the park.

Posted by: dogfish at April 19, 2012 01:56 PM (N2yhW)

96 >>>What do Average Joe and cocks have in common?In some circles, both are used as butt-scratchers.

Posted by: Roy at April 19, 2012 01:57 PM (VndSC)

97 Oh, he's got the old lady married crowd well locked up, no worries about that. I am firmly in is camp, though my dream ticket was definitely Perry/West.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 19, 2012 01:50 PM (SsG4J)

you know old married ladies?

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2012 01:57 PM (Z9EHQ)

98 4
What's wrong with the chick over Sparky's left shoulder? Scary.

Posted by: Sub Tard at April 19, 2012 01:36 PM (ursbV)

That my blow up doll, she cute, yes?

Posted by: Korean White House Chef at April 19, 2012 01:57 PM (hXJOG)

99 jane

their paws can't type

Posted by: phoenixgirl at work at April 19, 2012 01:57 PM (vsjwN)

100 I don't know if it was just me but, damn if there wasn't a strong ugly undercurrent of nastiness there, like the "but aren't you tooooo rich to relate?" shit.


Posted by: jimmuy at April 19, 2012 01:57 PM (kSaUf)

101 Gee, I got married at 22. So that really fucks up the demographic where married women are "old". What a fucking retard.

Posted by: Dagny, Warrior Queen at April 19, 2012 01:58 PM (4yXmp)

102 @about the koolaid ones

One of my huffpo-level informed cousin who facebook unfriended me in 09 when I was discussing how the stimulus was going to fail, just sent me a friend request last week. No apology or whatever but still a big step.


I responded with a nice message about, that I would love to have her as a friend but that I would be talking a lot about politics with my other friends and I understand those are high stress topics so no hard feeling whatever she decided.
Some people were really blindsided by how much they were being manipulated. Like Ace has talked at length, it might feel good to rub it in their face but they are facing a crisis acknowledging their judgement might not be reliable.

Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 19, 2012 01:58 PM (RfvTE)

103
Ace, this election was always supposed to be a referendum about Obama's record as president. That we're finally hearing attacks on Obama is the seemingly discordant note.

It's been a savage primary with nothing but blue -on-blue fire. Add to that, that the last presidential election was completely ball-less in that BOTH candidates agreed that Obama would be a good choice as president.

This is how it's SUPPOSED to be.What you're feeling now is what we all felt when Perry came out of the gate swinging at Obama. If Romney keeps banging away at Obama, we win this.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 19, 2012 01:58 PM (Bdr7Q)

104 I don't understand the attraction some women find in SCOAMF. He is way too metrosexual. Plus, the whole Marxist, goofy, skinny, thin-skinned, pissy, dog-eating thing.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 19, 2012 01:58 PM (UOM48)

105 72.....Except their are three steps to loading a crossbow.

Not funny. ....Not even close.

A lot of us Perry supporters are trying to put our lack of enthusiasm for Romney behind us.....and concentrate on how to defeat Barky, with the candidate who has been forced on us.

Snarky remarks about Rick Perry are not helpful. .....I can still come up with a lot of snark against Romney. Would you like to hear some of that?

Posted by: wheatie at April 19, 2012 01:58 PM (+5U+B)

106 I love how he turned the silver spoon thing into an 'attack on my dad.' Brilliant. Mitt grew up with means, but he was not silver spooned. Think about this. If Mitt was the silver spoon rich guy, how come he had to problem solve how to take his dog on a family vacation in one car that involved very long drive. A rich guy flies. Dog in cargo. Luxury rental car when you arrive.

If I recall, we got a second private jet trip for Obama's dog to get to Martha's Vineyard.

Posted by: Kevin at April 19, 2012 01:59 PM (N7YRZ)

107 Holy cow, that woman in yellow over Obama's left shoulder in that first video has the thickest neck I have ever seen on a woman.

Posted by: somebody else, not me at April 19, 2012 01:59 PM (nZvGM)

108 Romney is very crafty in how he turned the "silver spoon" attack on him into an attack on his dad. Very well done. But the money line is, "When I'm president I'll put a stop to these attacks on fellow Americans and start attacking our problems."

Posted by: Warden at April 19, 2012 01:59 PM (KulgD)

109 I still wish all these progs would tell us what finally got through that caused them to question Obama. Because a missle hailstorm of warnings didn't get through, so what tiny thing finally crept into their consciousness almost 1500 days later?

Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 19, 2012 01:59 PM (RfvTE)

110 Meanwhile, at a photo op for a NASCAR winner, Obama wants you to know that some on his staff are "big racing fans."


What the fuck is that supposed to mean?


Posted by: EC at April 19, 2012 01:51 PM (GQ8sn)
---
They like the wrecks.

Posted by: Methos at April 19, 2012 01:59 PM (6LvlL)

111 If Romney keeps banging away at Obama, we win this.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 19, 2012 01:58 PM (Bdr7Q)

Amen and pass the amunition

Posted by: nevergiveup at April 19, 2012 01:59 PM (i6RpT)

112 What do Average Joe and cocks have in common?

His mouth.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 19, 2012 02:00 PM (8y9MW)

113 the scoamf charm only works with hipster& elitist's

Posted by: phoenixgirl at work at April 19, 2012 02:00 PM (vsjwN)

114 Nope, people aren't gonna vote for Romney after I paint him as an out-of-touch magnate that really doesn't respect them. Even if I have to get out of one of my jumbo jets and mingle with those mush-brained nose-fingering cretins that blight this sorry land to get my message out! I think I'm worth it!

Posted by: President Barack Obama, The People's President For The People at April 19, 2012 02:00 PM (VMcoS)

115 "I'm not going to apologize for my Dad's success.."

F-ing right.

I hate talk of "privilege." Someone along the line had to work to succeed, and they handed that success down. That’s what you’re supposed to f-ing do. I don’t envy them. I don’t begrudge them. I know that’s at least ONE family I won’t have to clothe, feed and shelter. Unlike Obama’s base.

Posted by: CJ at April 19, 2012 02:00 PM (9KqcB)

116 at this point in 1980, Reagan was behind Carter in the polls. There were far fewer polls, and no internet, etc


They MFM tried to portray Reagan as a Crazy Old Conservative, but he had a record as gov of Cali for eight years------------and RAN A GOOD CAMPAIGN


good campaigns win elections, BTW ask Bill Clinton or Ronald Reagan


bad campaigns lose elections ----ask Dukakis or Dole or Kerry or Ford



Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 19, 2012 02:00 PM (Dll6b)

117 Iwant to believe, but let's not forget that Barry's hit men have been researching Mitt for a year.


They've been researching for at least four years and the Democrat party has probably been gathering info longer than that. Maybe I am too optimistic but I find it difficult to believe that a guy who's been around as long as Mittens would have many skeletons in the closet, especially given the nature of the last two primaries.

Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at April 19, 2012 02:00 PM (JxMoP)

118 I'd like Romney better if he did go all terminator.

Y'all are nuts. Perry would wouldn't be an archer, but he'd use them effectively after promoting that all good citizens learn the longbow.

Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front at April 19, 2012 02:01 PM (NVu2l)

119 I am not inclined to think the behavior of obama and axelrod is that of men that have a stash of opposition research on romney. it was silly to lead with the whole romney dog story to begin with. if they had something good to counter the dog eater story with, besides romney's wife being engaged in sex trafficking children or being a lazy stay at home mom, they would have fired it off.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2012 02:01 PM (Z9EHQ)

120
Rick Perry is a good man and would make a fine president, but he woulda sucked as a national candidate. We were lucky to dodge that bullet.

If elections weren't necessary, Rick Perry would be near the top of my list for presidents. But...

Posted by: Soothsayer has been waiting for you at April 19, 2012 02:01 PM (G/zuv)

121 110
Meanwhile, at a photo op for a NASCAR winner, Obama wants you to know that some on his staff are "big racing fans."



Like his hipster campaign staff in Chicago? Over half of them probably don't even own cars.


Jeebus.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 19, 2012 02:01 PM (UOM48)

122 .I can still come up with a lot of snark against Romney. Would you like to hear some of that?

Posted by: wheatie at April 19, 2012 01:58 PM (+5U+B)


no

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 19, 2012 02:02 PM (Dll6b)

123 109
I still wish all these progs would tell us what finally got through that
caused them to question Obama. Because a missle hailstorm of warnings
didn't get through, so what tiny thing finally crept into their
consciousness almost 1500 days later?


Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 19, 2012 01:59 PM (RfvTE)

$4 gas. Having to drop $40 to fill your tank has a way of getting your attention.

Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at April 19, 2012 02:02 PM (RD7QR)

124 you know old married ladies?

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2012 01:57 PM (Z9EHQ)

LOL! I AM an old married lady! I thrive on it. There is nothing better in life. And I still get butterflies in my stomach when my paunchy old butt scratching husband walks through the door!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 19, 2012 02:03 PM (SsG4J)

125 I heard that Romney said Obama is a nice guy, but in over his head.
That is the PERFECT attitude for Romney to take against jepos. You aren't offending zero's supporters who may be having second thoughts.
Leave the dog jokes and vicious attacks to us foot soldiers.

Posted by: real joe at April 19, 2012 02:03 PM (B+j5V)

126 Meanwhile, at a photo op for a NASCAR winner, Obama wants you to know that some on his staff are "big racing fans."



Like his hipster campaign staff in Chicago? Over half of them probably don't even own cars.


Jeebus.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 19, 2012 02:01 PM (UOM4

I believe that was an error. he did not say "racing", he said "race". they are big race fans.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2012 02:03 PM (Z9EHQ)

127 Romney, at his best, is a statesman. Bush wasn't what the libs pretended he was, but he wasn't a statesman. The libs pretended Obama was one, but many have seen that he's nothing but a petulant retard.

Romney looks like those guys on the dollar bills, and if he keeps his message consistent and focused, we will win.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at April 19, 2012 02:03 PM (WF7PX)

128 @118 You still want whiny prissypants Sweatervest these days?

Posted by: Kaitian at April 19, 2012 02:03 PM (et2m1)

129 Obama is like a black Johnny Depp.


Posted by: Jimbo at April 19, 2012 02:03 PM (O3R/2)

130 So that EoJ won't feel typecast- Yes, exactly.

Posted by: wheatie at April 19, 2012 01:58 PM (+5U+B)
Sorry, I disagree. It was funny. That was a screw-up of epic proportions, and he'll probably be hearing about it forever.

It's not that kind of snark that annoys me, but some (polynikes, for instance) who seem to go out of their way to be insufferable about the whole thing.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 19, 2012 02:03 PM (8y9MW)

131 And Good Lord, that woman in the yellow dress looking over Barky's shoulder would give a clown nightmares!

Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at April 19, 2012 02:04 PM (VMcoS)

132 Is collins the woman (?) who was on the letterman show last night? I just caught a few minutes of her ragging on the dog and turned it off. The gal from Hunger Games was cute and funny and I would've liked to hear her for the hour.

Posted by: jilda at April 19, 2012 02:04 PM (X5RhF)

133 Romney = McCain - Marxist false Demi-God Non-Bush Opponent.

yawn



Romney - he'll also build them their damn fence.

Posted by: reality check at April 19, 2012 02:04 PM (Zw/H7)

134 $4 gas. Having to drop $40 to fill your tank has a way of getting your attention.>>

And if you need to fill your pickup it grabs your attention like a bear trap snapping on your balls.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at April 19, 2012 02:05 PM (tf9Ne)

135 Think about this. If Mitt was the silver spoon rich
guy, how come he had to problem solve how to take his dog on a family
vacation in one car that involved very long drive. A rich guy flies.
Dog in cargo. Luxury rental car when you arrive.



If I recall, we got a second private jet trip for Obama's dog to get to Martha's Vineyard.

Posted by: Kevin at April 19, 2012 01:59 PM (N7YRZ)


Kevin, you are BRILLIANT! You need to send this up the chain. We need to learn how to get in touch with people who can bring it to a larger audience.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 19, 2012 02:05 PM (SsG4J)

136
Look at Barry surrounding himself with white people.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Bunny at April 19, 2012 02:05 PM (tcSZb)

137 And I still get butterflies in my stomach when my paunchy old butt scratching husband walks through the door!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 19, 2012 02:03 PM (SsG4J)

There is something really nice about knowing someone will still think you are awesome, even if you need a slightly bigger belt than last year. Not that I'd know that myself, you understand.

Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front at April 19, 2012 02:05 PM (NVu2l)

138 Some of my staff are big racing fans, but I'm sure as hell not, Bubba.

Posted by: eleven at April 19, 2012 02:05 PM (KXm42)

139 John F'n Kerry who served in Vietnam has a net worth of ~$200 million. All of which he married or inherited. Did this stupid drunken scrunt Shawyer ever ask him if he was "too rich?" Fuck her. At least Mitt earned his money at Bain.

Posted by: Hedgehog at April 19, 2012 02:05 PM (3jGS1)

140 132 Is collins the woman (?) who was on the letterman show last night? I just caught a few minutes of her ragging on the dog and turned it off. The gal from Hunger Games was cute and funny and I would've liked to hear her for the hour.
Posted by: jilda at April 19, 2012 02:04 PM (X5RhF)

I no longer watch letterman. I do think he is funny but he is so overtly political, and anti-bush, global warming believer, and pro obama I refuse to watch.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2012 02:06 PM (Z9EHQ)

141 So which is better long bows or cross bows?
Posted by: long island at April 19, 2012 01:55 PM (kzp9t)

The main problem is that to be proficient and strong enough to make the longbow the really bitchin' weapon that it is (armor piercing, rapid fire, highly accurate) you have to train your men from basically birth.

Henry VIII's ship, the Mary Rose, sunk in the 16th cent, and they recovered it in 1970s, 80s. It was full of skeletons of men whose shoulder bones were fused together from a lifetime of pulling longbows.

You could train any last minute conscript in basic crossbow proficiency in a couple of days, even if they did take longer to re load and didn't shoot as far or fast. (today's crossbows are totally different, I think, I don't know anything about modern warfare).

hmmm... maybe I should post this on the mummy thread.

Posted by: elizabethe is eying the koolaid at April 19, 2012 02:06 PM (MKkyt)

142 and Ace, about the Kool -Aid ?

yeah pretty much, dude.

Posted by: reality check at April 19, 2012 02:06 PM (Zw/H7)

143 I still wish all these progs would tell us what finally got through that

caused them to question Obama.

He didn't close Gitmo, and BambiCare was just a big favor to Big Insurance. Among other things they were promised. To them, he's a closet conservative and a tool of the Right. Seriously.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at April 19, 2012 02:06 PM (WF7PX)

144 Those 2 minutes from Romney were better than anything McCain said during the entire 2008 campaign.

Posted by: MoeRon at April 19, 2012 02:06 PM (yWDpP)

145 104
I don't understand the attraction some women find in SCOAMF. He is way
too metrosexual. Plus, the whole Marxist, goofy, skinny, thin-skinned,
pissy, dog-eating thing.

This x 1000. What also miffs me is that...yeah, I'm a woman, but I do tend to be of the belief that most women have a pretty good intuition. Kind of like when an animal senses a human isn't quite "right." My intuition told me years ago that Obama was an arrogant, thin-skinned, petulant liar. I look at him and listen to how he acts and what he says and my creep factor goes off the charts.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2012 02:06 PM (tfw18)

146
130So that EoJ won't feel typecast- Yes, exactly.<<<

Validation. Fuck. YES!

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 19, 2012 02:06 PM (Bdr7Q)

147 also, loading a crossbow will be very difficult if you're zapped out on percocet

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 19, 2012 02:06 PM (Dll6b)

148 @joncelli

I bet that is a big part of it, we underestimate how many lefties really believed high gas prices were because of "Halliburton etc.."

Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 19, 2012 02:06 PM (RfvTE)

149 That women in yellow is a sleestak. Run!

Posted by: dogfish at April 19, 2012 02:07 PM (N2yhW)

150 A Democratic member of Congress who has a history of calling for civility in politics promoted a filthy message of derision from one hate-filled Twitter user.

Rep. Keith Ellison (D., Minn.) took to the social networking website yesterday to pose a question: “ ‘… even if you have a child two years of age, you need to go to work’ Who said it?”

The heavily edited quote comes from Mitt Romney, who discussed the right of women with children to work at a January campaign event.

“I wanted to increase the work requirement,” Romney said at the event, according to MSNBC. “I said, for instance, that even if you have a child two years of age, you need to go to work. And people said, ‘Well that’s heartless,’ and I said ‘No, no, I’m willing to spend more giving daycare to allow those parents to go back to work. It’ll cost the state more providing that daycare, but I want the individuals to have the dignity of work.’ ”

In responding to Ellison’s question, one responder compared Romney to a feminine hygiene product: “A heartless douchebag who doesn’t like animals or small children. At least that’s what I’ve heard.”



Ellison, a vociferous proponent of civil discourse, subsequently promoted the message despite said calls for civil discourse.

Ellison, for instance, spoke at length about the need greater civility in politics during an event in February 2011. The congressman has also implored citizens from across the nation to sign a tolerance pledge.

He also counts himself as an ally of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, a Jewish advocacy group that has urged members of Congress and political commentators to sign a civility pledge—a document that sparked outrage from critics who claimed the organization was trying to stifle robust discussion.

UPDATE: Rep. Keith Ellison has distanced himself from a Twitter user who referred to Mitt Romney as a “douche bag.”

Ellison had promoted that comment as recently as this morning, but apparently in response a Free Beacon report on the matter, the congressman has deleted his association with the message.

Hey ellison, we know how you really feel.

Posted by: nevergiveup at April 19, 2012 02:07 PM (i6RpT)

151 Romeny versus The Bogobama Monster! Thrills! Chills! And Enough Grecian Formula to Float an Aircraft Carrier!

Posted by: Insomniac at April 19, 2012 02:07 PM (v+QvA)

152 I believe that was an error. he did not say "racing", he said "race". they are big race fans.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2012 02:03 PM (Z9EHQ)

Racing to the buffet is not the same as loving Nascar. Pretenders.

Re: $40 fillups. I spent $94 to fill my tank yesterday. Several people at the pumps just nodded when the saw me weep openly.

Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front at April 19, 2012 02:08 PM (NVu2l)

153 You should look up Romney conversations when he was in Israel talking to them about their fence.

There is a lot that can be said about him but he loves things that work.

Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 19, 2012 02:08 PM (RfvTE)

154 149 That women in yellow is a sleestak. Run!
Posted by: dogfish at April 19, 2012 02:07 PM (N2yhW)

On second look I think she's just an *inflatable* sleestak. So crisis averted.

Posted by: Mætenloch at April 19, 2012 02:08 PM (+B3Nr)

155 Again, Obama's candidacy is based on the idea that the old order must be overturned. It isn't just that Romney is rich so he is out of touch, but he is total white bread and successful and doesn't that just figure? If you are black or brown and had a single mother or spent some time in "the system" you aren't going to be a bazillionaire like Romney, you are just going to have to be in some public sector union in order to get yours.

Posted by: blaster at April 19, 2012 02:09 PM (7vSU0)

156 Romney win, mean I fired. No like.

What I do with all these puppies from the shelter?

Posted by: Korean White House Chef at April 19, 2012 02:09 PM (hXJOG)

157 Not that I'd know that myself, you understand.

Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front at April 19, 2012 02:05 PM (NVu2l)

I absolutely understand. You haven't gained a pound since high school. I AM Not Worthy, and merely worship from afar.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 19, 2012 02:09 PM (SsG4J)

158 Paying the same amount for a tank of gas as I paid for my electric bill sure as hell got my attention.

Posted by: eleven at April 19, 2012 02:09 PM (KXm42)

159 Nascar Fans? Oh really?

Posted by: dananjcon at April 19, 2012 02:09 PM (eavT+)

160 Re: $40 fillups. I spent $94 to fill my tank yesterday. Several people at the pumps just nodded when the saw me weep openly.

They really should put bionic lips on gas pumps so you at least get kissed afterwards...........

Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at April 19, 2012 02:09 PM (VMcoS)

161 We need to learn how to get in touch with people who can bring it to a larger audience.

Yes. Well, more specifically, they need to be better about responding when we do get in touch with them. Twitter, FB, whatever- when someone sends them an idea, they should acknowledge it: even if their acknowledgement is "we appreciate your effort, but we're not going to use this at this time."

The big problem is that communicating with them is like yelling down a hole- you don't know if there's anyone there, or if they're listening if they are.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 19, 2012 02:09 PM (8y9MW)

162 yeah pretty much, dude.Posted by: reality check

Hey, it's Reality! Wow, thanks for keepin' it real. We'd be lost with out your guardianship of dah troof!

Woot! Yay! Ding-ding!

You tell 'em Reality. Tell 'em to don't be frontin'! Like a dawg!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 19, 2012 02:10 PM (Ck8hC)

163 To Barry's credit, he has a black guy standing behind him in that shot. I wonder if it's Loren Reedy, the receptionist/gofer from his Chicago campaign headquarters?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 19, 2012 02:10 PM (UOM48)

164 "Rubio Slip: "If I Do A Good Job As Vice President'" http://tinyurl.com/bvjsxlc
I was hoping for West or a woman like susannah martinez.

Posted by: dally, who does not enjoy paying so much tax at April 19, 2012 02:10 PM (oZfic)

165 Is that a blow-up doll in the yellow outfit behind the SCOAMF?

Posted by: Ian S. at April 19, 2012 02:10 PM (tqwMN)

166 "Maybe six or eight illegitimate childern in France that Mitt fathered on mission trip?"You can dig for 1000 years and you won't saddle Romney with that kind of trash.

Posted by: jilda at April 19, 2012 02:11 PM (X5RhF)

167 Yeah, I noticed the Grecian Formula thing with Mitt


I met his father when George was running for the R nom in Nov 1967 ---I am that old


George was about the same age then as Mitt now, but his hair was Total White. Either Grecian Formula wasn't around then, or it was not acceptable back then for a man to darken his hair. ---Both, maybe

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 19, 2012 02:11 PM (Dll6b)

168 >>
I don't understand the attraction some women find in SCOAMF.

Same reason tween girls "loved" Davy Jones, Donnie Osmond, Joey McIntyre, Justin Timberlake, Justin Bieber? Neuter and non-threatening.

And the whole "hormonal birth control fucks up women's perception of men" thing. (SCIENCE!)

Anecdotally, the progg womyn of my acquaintance have no fathers, or bad fathers, so I'm not surprised that they have fucked up perceptions of what makes a man a good man.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at April 19, 2012 02:11 PM (/kI1Q)

169 @153

I think you are right. I also think the NYC Joos have had enough of jug ears. The super pac secret donations are going to be getting a lot of money from them and their Israel supporters.

Let's not forget, we could be at war in October with Iran. How is that going to play out? Israel has to act before the election.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at April 19, 2012 02:11 PM (hXJOG)

170 Better to be borne with a silver spoon in your mouth than a bone though your nose.

Posted by: Dr Spank at April 19, 2012 02:12 PM (Sh42X)

171 hmm well I'm not gonna lie - really happy if it's Rubio

Posted by: BlackOrchid at April 19, 2012 02:13 PM (SB0V2)

172 I don't plan to vote for him. Now I suppose he could turn it around, and show that he'll spend at least half as much energy undoing Obama stuff as he will spend throwing conservatives under the bus and running them out of politics. That could at least get me interested.

Posted by: The Reticulator at April 19, 2012 02:13 PM (oEQQf)

173 McCain did not have a Baraka Record of Failure to attack. There's that...........

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 19, 2012 02:13 PM (Dll6b)

174 I don't understand the attraction some women find in SCOAMF. He is way

too metrosexual.


For what it's worth, my friends are all here in southern CA, where metrosexuality is king. And they liked that he was black. And they're mostly teachers and nurses, so there's a union issue.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 19, 2012 02:13 PM (SsG4J)

175
So he's not going to come off as natural as I do when I scratch my butt and then pick my nose and then wince in disgust at my own sloven stupidity and cry out "Dear Lord, why have you made me thus?!?!"

That's natural. It's also not going to win over married women aged 30-45.

Try eating your boogers. Attracts women like flies.

Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at April 19, 2012 02:14 PM (7+pP9)

176
It must be Rubio. It's the only winning ticket.


Posted by: Soothsayer has been waiting for you at April 19, 2012 02:14 PM (G/zuv)

177 What I do with all these puppies from the shelter?


Posted by: Korean White House Chef at April 19, 2012 02:09 PM (hXJOG)
---
I'll take those to go, I guess.

Posted by: Barry the Magnificent at April 19, 2012 02:14 PM (6LvlL)

178 If I was Israel I would rather wait for a chance with Romney? Although post reelection Barak wont feel any need to back Israel.... but, I don't think that's whats being said.

Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 19, 2012 02:14 PM (RfvTE)

179 oh so your mitch mcdonnell (sp) rumour was WRONG!!!! and it's mcconnell idiot

Posted by: phoenixgirl at work at April 19, 2012 02:15 PM (vsjwN)

180 172
I don't plan to vote for him. Now I suppose he could turn it around, and
show that he'll spend at least half as much energy undoing Obama stuff
as he will spend throwing conservatives under the bus and running them
out of politics. That could at least get me interested.


Posted by: The Reticulator at April 19, 2012 02:13 PM (oEQQf)

You sound concerned.

Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at April 19, 2012 02:15 PM (RD7QR)

181 Attracts women like flies.

Why would he want fly-like women?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 19, 2012 02:15 PM (8y9MW)

182 Drudge has a headline up about the $1000 handshake you can get with zero at a fundraiser. I have to say I think the secret service found a much better way to spend $1000 than shaking his limp sweaty hand.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2012 02:15 PM (Z9EHQ)

183 rumour? ---Canadian??

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 19, 2012 02:15 PM (Dll6b)

184 Just want to point that I told you all that Romney would be a good general election candidate. He's the ANTI-McCain, not McCain Redux. Guy's a fuckin' knife-fighter, but always with a smile.

It's been a very good first week rollout for the Mittster.

Posted by: Jeff B. at April 19, 2012 02:15 PM (irCrF)

185 I so want to see John Bolton as Sec. of State in Romney's administration.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 19, 2012 02:16 PM (UOM48)

186

"Just
like the order for the president, my chops came on a square white
plate. It was more than an order. It was a mountain of food, with those
rib bones protruding alongside a 4-inch slab of Iowa cornbread
casserole.

"There
was enough food on that plate to feed a family of four. The chops were
nuzzled in a bacon braised warm cabbage slaw with caramelized onions.
This was a breakthrough from the way I usually get my pork chops, from a
kitchen stove frying pan.

"I was raving hungry and ready to eat. I couldn't wait to dig into those chops.

"Trust me: They were smackin' good!"
http://tinyurl.com/42x4csh

Is this why the EPA is involved in pig gate?

Posted by: dally, who does not enjoy paying so much tax at April 19, 2012 02:16 PM (oZfic)

187 >>>Snarky remarks about Rick Perry are not helpful. .....I can still come
up with a lot of snark against Romney. Would you like to hear some of
that?

Sorry dude. Not really trying to flame. I thought it was funny. I hate Romney too, and was pulling for Perry after Foster Mom freebased Tardisil. People who know me can vouch I'm definitely not a Romneybot.

Hey I'm just trying to cope but if it's too soon...


Posted by: MikeTheMoose Troll Hunter! at April 19, 2012 02:16 PM (0q2P7)

188 "Maybe six or eight illegitimate childern in France
that Mitt fathered on mission trip?"You can dig for 1000 years and you
won't saddle Romney with that kind of trash.

Posted by: jilda at April 19, 2012 02:11 PM (X5RhF)
---
There are solutions even if we don't find any.


Posted by: Dan Rather at April 19, 2012 02:16 PM (6LvlL)

189
I'm a woman, but I do tend to be of the belief that most women have a pretty good intuition. Kind of like when an animal senses a human isn't quite "right." My intuition told me years ago that Obama was an arrogant, thin-skinned, petulant liar.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2012 02:06 PM (tfw1

The operative word here is "woman" - the females who vote for candidates like Obama are still little girls with "Daddy" issues, looking for someone who will kiss all of their problems away and make things better.

They don't know HOW Daddy makes things better; all they know is that the perfect Daddy would do what their Daddy never did. And they don't have to worry their pretty little heads about how the sausage gets made (SYWM).

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at April 19, 2012 02:16 PM (0xqzf)

190 130.....Sorry, I disagree. It was funny. That was a screw-up of epic proportions, and he'll probably be hearing about it forever.

It was a screw up that made him seem more human. .....Who hasn't lost their train of thought at least once in their lives? ....And it could've have been spun that way, if he became the nominee.

Whereas....Romney's screw ups...."Nothing to get angry about"...."I can't have illegals working for me, I'm running for President"....."I enjoy firing people"....the Etch-a-Sketch candidate.

.....These are things we're going to be hearing about forever too, AllenG. And these things do not make Romney seem 'more human' or like a 'regular guy' that voters can relate to.

Sorry, AllenG. ....I tried not to go there. .....But kicking sand on Perry will probably always get my dander up, since he was treated so badly by Romney supporters.


Posted by: wheatie at April 19, 2012 02:16 PM (+5U+B)

191 I don't know about Romney, he certainly is no Nor Laup!

Posted by: Penfold at April 19, 2012 02:17 PM (1PeEC)

192 He doesn't seem like the kind of man with a lot of grit and self-discipline.


That may be the understatement of the century.

Posted by: alexthechick at April 19, 2012 02:17 PM (VtjlW)

193
Just want to point that

Yeah- this is what most of us don't want to see. Why can't you just feel superior silently?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 19, 2012 02:17 PM (8y9MW)

194 If Romney keeps banging away at Obama, we win this.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 19, 2012 01:58 PM (Bdr7Q)



I thought that was Reggie Love's job

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 19, 2012 02:17 PM (1Jaio)

195 For everyone that was looking for Not Romney (including me) we ended up with Not McCain. That's pretty good. I like the fact that it seems that he didn't just run for the nomination to keep the conservatives away, but he ran for the nomination so he can spend time kicking Obama in the butt. The others were just in his way of what he sees as an easy win and maybe his last chance for the top job. Say what you will about his policies, but he's showing a hunger that McCain never did. Almost makes you think McCain ran just to interfere so SCOAMF could give the USA its historic moment.

Go Mitt!

Posted by: Minuteman at April 19, 2012 02:18 PM (oGs2k)

196 Is this why the EPA is involved in pig gate?

Posted by: dally, who does not enjoy paying so much tax at April 19, 2012 02:16 PM (oZfic)


are you distressed by hemorrhoids ??? Do they distract you???


Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 19, 2012 02:18 PM (Dll6b)

197
btw, if Ron Paul throws his support behind Romney, it would tip the scales.

I know a lot of you hate to admit it, but Ron Paul's endorsement would be a big boon to Romney.



Posted by: Soothsayer has been waiting for you at April 19, 2012 02:18 PM (G/zuv)

198 It was more than an order. It was a mountain of food, with those rib bones protruding alongside a 4-inch slab of Iowa cornbread casserole. "There was enough food on that plate to feed a family of four. The chops were nuzzled in a bacon braised warm cabbage slaw with caramelized onions. This was a breakthrough from the way I usually get my pork chops, from a kitchen stove frying pan.


Also known as Moochelle's mid-morning snack.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 19, 2012 02:18 PM (v+QvA)

199 If you live near a large metro area, Obama looks IDENTICAL to every sandjockey cab driver lined up at the airport. He is indistinguishable from those guys, probably even lines up on Friday to take his shoes off and stick his butt in the air. Attractive? Enough to make the skin crawl. I didn't get it and I still don't---he's not even a good androgynous figure because he's not pretty either--just scrawny.

Posted by: Dagny, Warrior Queen at April 19, 2012 02:18 PM (4yXmp)

200 160 They really should put bionic lips on gas pumps so you at least get kissed afterwards...........

-------

Or a robot arm for a reacharound?

Posted by: Anachronda at April 19, 2012 02:18 PM (NmR1a)

201 so did obama quit reggie or did reggie quit obama?

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2012 02:18 PM (Z9EHQ)

202 191
I don't know about Romney, he certainly is no Nor Laup!


Posted by: Penfold at April 19, 2012 02:17 PM (1PeEC)

You haven't seen his stash of silver dimes...

Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at April 19, 2012 02:19 PM (RD7QR)

203 But kicking sand on Perry will probably always get my dander up, since he was treated so badly by Romney supporters.

I guess I can see that. I respectfully disagree, but I can see it.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 19, 2012 02:19 PM (8y9MW)

204 Look for obama to use all his surrogates to attack Romney while he, obama, tries to pretend his is taking the high road? obama wouldn't know the high road if it hit him in the face

Posted by: nevergiveup at April 19, 2012 02:19 PM (i6RpT)

205 * It's also not going to win over married women aged 30-45.*

Oh, I dunno, Ace. You can be very winsome peering at your own boogers like that.

Posted by: Fortunata at April 19, 2012 02:19 PM (90H1N)

206 Wait! I've got it! It's ghey men on TV who decide what's hip! There you go, it was never that women found him attractive, ghey men did! Then they sold it, like skinny jeans, as hip!

Epiphany

Posted by: Dagny, Warrior Queen at April 19, 2012 02:20 PM (4yXmp)

207 I have to say I think the secret service found a much better way to spend $1000 than shaking his limp sweaty hand.Posted by: yankeefifth

I'm sure he squeezes above his weight.
< floppy wrist motion >

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 19, 2012 02:20 PM (Ck8hC)

208 women liked barack the way your mom likes the not-so-cute sidekick guy in every movie. She's already married so what does she care, and he's non-threatening (i.e. non-sexual) choice for her daughter.

Posted by: elizabethe is eying the koolaid at April 19, 2012 02:20 PM (MKkyt)

209 Scapegoats are kind of gamey and dry. I much prefer a nice labrador retriever, sauteed with some chard and arugula, and then served over a bed of orzo.

Posted by: Barack Obama at April 19, 2012 02:20 PM (XxAYS)

210 This is what I saw from Romney in the debates, or what I thought I saw: The man just stone-cold brings it during the attack. He's completely comfortable in the attack. He's not mad, he's not half-assed making a jokey face. He just fuckin' brings it .... like that fluid-metal Terminator ... ish

Posted by: Canoedad at April 19, 2012 02:20 PM (A3zgF)

211 Posted by: Dagny, Warrior Queen at April 19, 2012 02:18 PM (4yXmp)

girl I nearly blew coffee all over my monitor there, and not for the funny.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2012 02:20 PM (Z9EHQ)

212 There you go, it was never that women found him attractive, ghey men did

Sadly, you may be on to something there.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 19, 2012 02:21 PM (8y9MW)

213 Dagny, that sounds about right. Ghey men who forgot their glasses, maybe

cos I seriously usually have a little bit of a thing for Black men, and this guy . . . uhhhhh . . . no freaking way.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at April 19, 2012 02:21 PM (SB0V2)

214 172 I don't plan to vote for him. Now I suppose he could turn it around, and show that he'll spend at least half as much energy undoing Obama stuff as he will spend throwing conservatives under the bus and running them out of politics. That could at least get me interested.
Posted by: The Reticulator at April 19, 2012 02:13 PM (oEQQf)
**
****
I too share your concern but I am also concerned that your your concern is based in dipshit-foolery and that is deeply disconcerting.

Posted by: dananjcon at April 19, 2012 02:21 PM (eavT+)

215 Romney thinks that it might be a good idea to come up with a “Republican DREAM Act"


Republican. DREAM. Act.

Infuriating the base, giving American jobs to illegal foreigners and legalizing lawbreakers

What could go wrong?

Posted by: reality check at April 19, 2012 02:21 PM (Zw/H7)

216 Epiphany



Posted by: Dagny, Warrior Queen at April 19, 2012 02:20 PM (4yXmp)


Try watching "Million Dollar Listing" on the Bravo Channel. There's a Swedish-immigrant gheyBroker who obviously copies Don Draper from Mad Men---hair, clothes, everything except Heterosexuality. ---Plaid sport coat, even

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at April 19, 2012 02:22 PM (Dll6b)

217
Also: it looks like Sarkozy is about to get shitcanned by the Frogs.

This could actually help Romney. France will become so nasty, so socialist, so anti-American, it will drag down Obama's campaign.

Posted by: Soothsayer has been waiting for you at April 19, 2012 02:22 PM (G/zuv)

218 What could go wrong?

Lots of things. Some things could go right, too. So I'll withhold judgement.

As opposed to Marco Rubio's DREAM Act (go hit Drew's place for details) which is basically just amnesty, all over again.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 19, 2012 02:23 PM (8y9MW)

219 Same reason tween girls "loved" Davy Jones, Donnie Osmond, Joey
McIntyre, Justin Timberlake, Justin Bieber? Neuter and non-threatening.

Ahhh, now. I have to take umbrage to the Davy Jones reference. I thought he was an absolute, little British doll. He had that fun, adorable Dudley Moore kind of attraction. I just wanted to squeeze the adorableness out of him.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2012 02:23 PM (tfw18)

220 Anecdotally, the progg womyn of my acquaintance have
no fathers, or bad fathers, so I'm not surprised that they have fucked
up perceptions of what makes a man a good man.


Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at April 19, 2012 02:11 PM (/kI1Q)

Also a great point. Most of my friends parents were divorced and while their fathers weren't bad, they were not a constant presence. More of an entity to be manipulated, frankly and to bring them presents.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 19, 2012 02:23 PM (SsG4J)

221 Dagny: HeatherRadish @168 explained it perfectly.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 19, 2012 02:23 PM (tqwMN)

222 The reason all the libs jumping ship now didn't take warnings back then is because they really do think we are racist and so did not allow themselves to hear anything that we said.

My sister literally said to my husband in a pre-election conversation about how Obama would be a failure as a president: "that's such a terrible thought to have out there, I don't even let myself think that way."

Posted by: elizabethe is eying the koolaid at April 19, 2012 02:23 PM (MKkyt)

223 I just wanted to squeeze the adorableness out of him.

Yes, but did you want him to bang you like EoJ on a bog mummy?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 19, 2012 02:24 PM (8y9MW)

224 Also: it looks like Sarkozy is about to get shitcanned by the Frogs.

This could actually help Romney. France will become so nasty, so socialist, so anti-American, it will drag down Obama's campaign.
Posted by: Soothsayer has been waiting for you at April 19, 2012 02:22 PM (G/zuv)

you know it was coiming sooner or later. you cannot expect people to be working 35 hour work weeks for twenty or thirty years without it coming back at you eventually.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2012 02:24 PM (Z9EHQ)

225 we agreed on $800 and you give me $47 ?????????? ---Yankee pendejo !!!

Posted by: outraged Columbian hooker at April 19, 2012 02:24 PM (Dll6b)

226 George was about the same age then as Mitt now, but his hair was Total
White. Either Grecian Formula wasn't around then, or it was not
acceptable back then for a man to darken his hair. ---Both, maybe

I think he's going for the Reed Richards look.

I'm a Stage 5 (acceptance) Romney supporter.

I don't want to be buddies with him, but I'd be very happy if he were my boss.

That is, of course, if he has a board of directors (the House) to keep him in line.

Posted by: AmishDude at April 19, 2012 02:25 PM (T0NGe)

227 "that's such a terrible thought to have out there, I don't even let myself think that way."

I know he couldn't, but did you slap her?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 19, 2012 02:25 PM (8y9MW)

228 Didn't Davey Jones Just die, girl?

Posted by: Dagny, Warrior Queen at April 19, 2012 02:26 PM (4yXmp)

229 @217

Yeah, the French are mad at Sarkozy because of his rubbing elbows with the rich and famous. So what's the answer? Why, it's socialism! That flushing sound you here is the French swirling the toilet (bidet?).

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2012 02:26 PM (tfw18)

230 Posted by: reality check at April 19, 2012 02:21 PM (Zw/H7)

---
When the financial system collapses and further government borrowing becomes impossible, who do you want in the White House-the anti-American commie whose life ambition is the destruction of this country, or the guy who has some familiarity with the free market having been a part of it?

Posted by: Methos at April 19, 2012 02:26 PM (6LvlL)

231 That is, of course, if he has a board of directors (the House) to keep him in line.


Posted by: AmishDude at April 19, 2012 02:25 PM (T0NGe)


Three words: House. of. Representatives.

Posted by: SantaRosaStan ( not a Columbian hooker ) at April 19, 2012 02:27 PM (Dll6b)

232 >>an absolute, little British doll

As I said, non-threatening

At least Davy liked girls.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at April 19, 2012 02:27 PM (/kI1Q)

233
Nood post.

Posted by: Soothsayer has been waiting for you at April 19, 2012 02:28 PM (G/zuv)

234 222
The reason all the libs jumping ship now didn't take warnings back then
is because they really do think we are racist and so did not allow
themselves to hear anything that we said.



My sister literally said to my husband in a pre-election
conversation about how Obama would be a failure as a president: "that's
such a terrible thought to have out there, I don't even let myself think
that way."

Posted by: elizabethe is eying the koolaid at April 19, 2012 02:23 PM (MKkyt)

The element of being associated with a historic phenomenon can't be ignored. I know a couple that came back from living in a foreign country for the express purpose of helping out with Bambi's campaign, because "first black president." That was it. They were uninterested in his actual positions. Hopefully a lot of people are thinking "okay, we got that done, now we can let him go."

Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at April 19, 2012 02:28 PM (RD7QR)

235 Yeah, the French are mad at Sarkozy because of his rubbing elbows with the rich and famous. So what's the answer? Why, it's socialism! That flushing sound you here is the French swirling the toilet (bidet?).
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2012 02:26 PM (tfw1

I have heard that one of the few things france does well is bullying. instead of shoving kids head in toilets they use a biden, oops, I mean bidet .

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2012 02:28 PM (Z9EHQ)

236 Also: it looks like Sarkozy is about to get shitcanned by the Frogs.

This
could actually help Romney. France will become so nasty, so socialist,
so anti-American, it will drag down Obama's campaign.


Posted by: Soothsayer has been waiting for you at April 19, 2012 02:22 PM (G/zuv)
---
So long, cruel world!

Posted by: Any hope of salvaging the Euro at April 19, 2012 02:28 PM (6LvlL)

237 Here's what I find strange, all the progg men are little. They appear to not have had a meal in years and are sorta wan looking. The little boys too. I don't understand why they all look so, uh, frail? Are the progg females making them eat a lot of soy? I don't understand how they LOOK progg.

Posted by: Dagny, Warrior Queen at April 19, 2012 02:29 PM (4yXmp)

238 Yes. Well, more specifically, they need to be better about responding
when we do get in touch with them. Twitter, FB, whatever- when someone
sends them an idea, they should acknowledge it


I am not sure they even see half the stuff on Twitter. I think I follow less than 500 people and I cannot keep up. And if they get half the Farmville crap on FB that I used to get from my Friends, I doubt they see much there, either.


Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 19, 2012 02:29 PM (SsG4J)

239 Posted by: MikeTheMoose Troll Hunter! at April 19, 2012 02:16 PM (0q2P7)

I laughed at the Perry joke and I was all in for Perry until he dropped out. I think Perry would have laughed at it, too.

On the other hand, the phrase "I told you xxxtruth about Romney I should have seen long agoxxxx" does not incline me nicely towards Romney supporters -- and they are beside the point. I don't believe anyone ever thought Romney wouldn't be a good candidate, or even that he will be a crappy president. I am concerned that he won't be a conservative enough president. Only time will tell on that regard.

Posted by: elizabethe is eying the koolaid at April 19, 2012 02:29 PM (MKkyt)

240 Glad to see Romney is going on the offensive instead of opting for the McCain Doormat Strategy.

Posted by: Peregrine Took, Hobbit S.O.B. at April 19, 2012 02:30 PM (64S5N)

241 Romney was not my first pick (as if I can vote), and I still have doubts about his innate conservatism, but goshdarnit if my confidence in him isn't increasing daily. I don't think he'll be another McSuperDuperLame.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at April 19, 2012 02:31 PM (21lBC)

242 I've hardly if ever attacked the other candidates contrary to Allen G's assertion. When I did comment on the other candidates it was only as a counter punch to some Romney hate comment. Allen G is just pissed he supporter a Truther for Governor.

Posted by: polynikes at April 19, 2012 02:32 PM (GXomX)

243 I find it interesting that liberals, progressives, are inclined to change their votes at all or second guess zero. Do they not understand that if they are going to achieve their fundamentally changed America it is going to hard and unpleasant and everything that has transpired so far is only the beginning. what has happened so far to dissuade them from staying their course? either they were unaware of the requirements for the course they chose or they are severely lacking in staying power.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2012 02:33 PM (Z9EHQ)

244 Mitt should turn every question back to the economy:
"...about those soldiers with the dead Taliban hand, it was a bad thing like the dead hand of the Obama's big government ways strangling the life out of the US economy..."
"...I don't want to talk about Obama eating dog sometime in the past, I want to talk about how average American's may find themselves eating dog food if Obama is re-elected..."
"...I'm not worried about the Secret Service as much as I am abouthow it is that we have a President who sets an example of extravegance on the Taxpayer's dime when the country has no money..."
"...Fast and Furious was a terrible thing, but it show the Fast and Furious pattern of this President in how he killed the economy with a Fast and Furious stimulus bill that didn't stimulate and a Fast and Furious Health Bill thatprovides less health care, on balance, than before it passed..."
"...sure, I'll admit Obama's a nice enough guy. But he's a nice guy that's ruined the economy..."

Posted by: Minuteman at April 19, 2012 02:33 PM (oGs2k)

245 Heather, don't get me wrong. Even at my Davy adoration around age 12 or 13, I still knew I didn't like sissy-pants kind of men. I want a guy that's got that hunter-gatherer ruggedness (there's a primal attraction buried deep within my DNA, I suppose), the large forearms, muscular, can handle a firearm, doesn't cower and kowtow, doesn't buff their fingernails. Still....Davy was cute. Marsha thought so!

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2012 02:33 PM (tfw18)

246 >>>They appear to not have had a meal in years and are sorta wan looking.

Veganism will do that to you. Soy is loaded with Estrogen.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Troll Hunter! at April 19, 2012 02:33 PM (0q2P7)

247 Predict the SCOAMF will go off the rails sometime in September. He won't be able to help it. He will be ranting at the oil paintings of dead presidents in the WH.

Posted by: mpfs at April 19, 2012 02:34 PM (iYbLN)

248 . I don't think he'll be another McSuperDuperLame.
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at April 19, 2012 02:31 PM (21lBC)
I agree.
He'dhave to take a PhD in Stupid to get to that level

Posted by: TexasJew at April 19, 2012 02:34 PM (aljFw)

249 They were uninterested in his actual positions. Hopefully a lot of people are thinking "okay, we got that done, now we can let him go."
Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at April 19, 2012 02:28 PM (RD7QR)

I absolutely believe this. I used to be a raging liberal and there was some residual part of me that was totally on fire with the "first black president" idea -- there was such a sense of "this will right an ancient wrong" about the whole thing.

Posted by: elizabethe is eying the koolaid at April 19, 2012 02:35 PM (MKkyt)

250 For all of those who said she had paid help and just sat around and ate bon bons. This is from an article in deseret news this morning.
While the Romneys are worth as much as $250 million, her sincerity is sometimes disarming.
She offers cookies she baked from her Welsh grandmother's recipe to reporters on the campaign bus. Aides say she has never used a paid nanny or cleaning service to help raise children or maintain multiple homes. And she jokes about cleaning dirty bathrooms, cooking for a huge family and her own health struggles.

Posted by: jilda at April 19, 2012 02:36 PM (X5RhF)

251 @104:
It's because he's a fun shopping buddy!
http://tinyurl.com/dxehdyx

Posted by: kallisto at April 19, 2012 02:37 PM (jm/9g)

252 I'd definitely vote for him if he's justkickMcCain's old worthless ass a dozen times as a bit of payback.

Posted by: TexasJew at April 19, 2012 02:37 PM (aljFw)

253 Yeah, the French are mad at Sarkozy because of his rubbing elbows with
the rich and famous. So what's the answer? Why, it's socialism!

Yeah, well as DSK proved, the richest people in France are socialist politicians.

Really, that just sounds like an excuse. He's just been around too long and is a little abrasive. He reminds me a bit of Guiliani. You like the guy, but he can get to be too much.

Posted by: AmishDude at April 19, 2012 02:39 PM (T0NGe)

254 Jesus, whats wrong with the chick in yellow behind Obama? She fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down. She also has a weird neck.

Posted by: jewells45 at April 19, 2012 02:39 PM (l/N7H)

255 Romney is, if nothing else, a hands-on business man, who knows the nuts and bolts of managing an enterprise. If he sets his mind to righting the economic ship, I would say he is more qualified than most candidates.

Whether he can do that without succumbing to the dark side in other areas is open to question. He must not be allowed to compromise our countries values to obtain economic success. Especially if it means installing liberal judges or giving in to liberal bureaucracies.

Posted by: Jay Bee at April 19, 2012 02:40 PM (Xwgt3)

256 I'm less concerned with whether or not he's a good candidate as with whether or not he will be a good President.

On the other hand, if you can't get elected it doesn't matter how good a President you would have been.

Posted by: Socratease at April 19, 2012 02:43 PM (vaIln)

257 I think I recognizedthat woman in yellowfrom the album cover of Sgt. Pepper's..

Posted by: TexasJew at April 19, 2012 02:43 PM (aljFw)

258 >>>Yeah, the French are mad at Sarkozy because of his rubbing elbows with

the rich and famous. So what's the answer? Why, it's socialism!

I've been waiting for years for France to take the ultimate plunge. So we have a good example of the destination on the road which is Eurozone soft socialism.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Troll Hunter! at April 19, 2012 02:44 PM (0q2P7)

259 I always thought some women liked Obama because he was a)famous and b)tall. Is that close?

Posted by: tad blatherton at April 19, 2012 02:45 PM (QDs2s)

260 We'll call this election Winston Churchill's revenge.
Little Obama will be Churchill's bitch.

Posted by: TexasJew at April 19, 2012 02:45 PM (aljFw)

261 Romney has an MBA and a JD from Harvard. Rarely mentioned by MSM. Must be because Oblamer pales in comparison.

Posted by: 'Pales' is not racist at April 19, 2012 02:45 PM (c3mby)

262 249.....I used to be a raging liberal and there was some residual part of me that was totally on fire with the "first black president" idea -- there was such a sense of "this will right an ancient wrong" about the whole thing.

The thing is.....Barky's roots are still in Africa. There would have been an element of righteousness in seeing a decendant of slaves here, become the President. ....But that is simply not the case with BHO.

Barky preyed on people's desire to see the 'first black president'.....just like he preys on anything and everything else. .....Bottom line is, he is a predator.

Posted by: wheatie at April 19, 2012 02:47 PM (+5U+B)

263 Meanwhile, at a photo op for a NASCAR winner, Obama wants you to know that some on his staff are "big racing fans."
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Sure they are. They're all honkys, after all!

Posted by: Y-not at April 19, 2012 02:47 PM (5H6zj)

264 >>>a hands-on business man, who knows the nuts and bolts of managing an enterprise.

Ehhh. I would say based on his record, he is good at the finance side of business. Understanding what part of what you are doing is making money and what parts aren't. Good when you need a turnaround of a dying business, not good for growing a business. Actually growing an enterprise requires someone with an eye for new things, not just getting rid of old things that don't work.

However, right now, getting rid of expensive socialist sh*t we can't afford is exactly what the US needs; In the near term at least. In the long term we have to grow in a different direction. I don't see Romney as being the President that can set that new conservative direction of growth.

That's the best I think we can expect of him, tearing down costly liberalism, not growing conservatism.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Troll Hunter! at April 19, 2012 02:50 PM (0q2P7)

265 "I no longer watch letterman. I do think he is funny but he is so overtly political, and anti-bush, global warming believer, and pro obama I refuse to watch."
Ditto. Seems these leftists just can't stop themselves from making everything about liberal politics.

Posted by: RM at April 19, 2012 02:50 PM (TRsME)

266 Remember when conservatives all shut down Juan McCain's nasty little congressional ploy to achieve amnesty by blowing up the phone banks?


Good times. Good times.


Now we vote for amnesty candidates. Because Santorum offended the homos or something and Perry sounds like W , and Newt right wing social engineered his own ass out of contention.

SMOD 2012 - Because every other alternative is worse.

Posted by: reality check at April 19, 2012 02:50 PM (Zw/H7)

267 "McCain did not have a Baraka Record of Failure to attack. There's that...........


Posted by: SantaRosaStan"

McCain could have had that and STILL wouldn't have touched it. That numbnuts wouldn't have dared...

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at April 19, 2012 02:51 PM (6YhqB)

268 OK, can someone give that woman in yellow her face back? That's gonna haunt my dreams for years to come.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at April 19, 2012 02:52 PM (6YhqB)

269 I think Romney's practiced, case-studied, poll-crafted, politically studied, and meticulously demographically shaped delivery and actions are going to wear pretty thin after time, though. I fear the man won't take risks.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 19, 2012 02:55 PM (r4wIV)

270
@44 he treats his wife as a friend and mentor and shows he has a good marriage. Or, at least that's what a lot of the women seeing him see.



What did they see in Clinton then? Good marriage? Sure.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 19, 2012 02:55 PM (l5eR8)

271 @255
--Romney-- is, if nothing else, a hands-on business man, who knows the nuts
and bolts of managing an enterprise. If he sets his mind to righting the
economic ship, I would say he is more qualified than most candidates.



You could substitute an entire cadre of liberal business men for Romney in the above statement starting with "Soros".


Posted by: reality check at April 19, 2012 02:55 PM (Zw/H7)

272
I think part of romney's problem with women stems from the fact that they know he's faithful and loyal as a dog to his wife. So, even though he's just as good looking and intelligent as BO, they know they haven't got a chance with him so they can't vote for him cause they have a crush on him, like they can for BO.



Argument for repealing the 19th Amendment, Exhibit A.

We tried it, but it didn't work out, so we're gonna get rid of it.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 19, 2012 02:57 PM (l5eR8)

273 Good ideas, Minuteman.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 19, 2012 02:57 PM (P7hip)

274 I think Romney's practiced, case-studied, poll-crafted, politically
studied, and meticulously demographically shaped delivery and actions
are going to wear pretty thin after time, though. I fear the man won't
take risks.

He's off to a good start. Hell...a great start. I'm willing to give him a chance.

Posted by: eleven at April 19, 2012 02:59 PM (KXm42)

275 He hits back. Bush would never do that. It was maddening.

Posted by: eleven at April 19, 2012 03:00 PM (KXm42)

276 $1000 to get a picture of you shaking Obama's hand? Pretty soon that's going to be $500, $100, and then $3 for a chance to shake Obama's hand.

Posted by: Kaitian at April 19, 2012 03:00 PM (et2m1)

277 Those who talked about or wondered what skeletons Romney has in his closet or what kind of "October Surprise" they'll pull: McCain's 200+ page opposition research on Romney is out there, you can find it on the internet. Everything they'll use against Romney is in there, no doubt about it. McCain was a shitty candidate, but he's an even shittier Republican--the only thing he is good at is attacking Republicans, he got all the dirt there was to be had on Romney.

Posted by: jimmuy at April 19, 2012 03:01 PM (kSaUf)

278 Listen, I am a devoted Palin supporter. If Romney can go through the summer kicking Obama in the ass and preventing him from building up any kind of lead, than he deserves to go into the fall with our support. That will tell me that he knows how to fight the Democrats: constant, relentless attack.

That said, Romney's problem is that he is NOT a natural as Palin is, so his delivery and presentation are going to get old. People are going to feel they are in the presence of their town funeral director after awhile.

Reagan he ain't. Inevitably, you'll get the Turn to the Left, too, so there's that.

Posted by: section9 at April 19, 2012 03:03 PM (CUoon)

279 That's just what I'm sayin'. I never strapped Bo on top of Air Force One or that other private plane he flys in.Not once . . . never.

Posted by: President Obama at April 19, 2012 03:04 PM (qwK3S)

280 "What I do with all these puppies from the shelter?"

Strap 'em on top of the car and drive them back where you got them....

Posted by: Mitt at April 19, 2012 03:08 PM (cjcCc)

281 I find it ironic that the Obama team criticizes Romney for "picking on a child" for eating dog, while at the same time Obama is slamming a newborn baby for supposedly "having a silver spoon" in his mouth.

Posted by: S Daniel at April 19, 2012 03:09 PM (BVkEs)

282 Obama's October Surprise: Mitt Romney once looked at another girls ass in 1984.

Posted by: S Daniel at April 19, 2012 03:12 PM (BVkEs)

283 SantaRosaStan,

I started watching that, by accident, a month ago, and now I watch it whenever it's on demand.

The three dudes on it are all douchey in one way or another, but I can't stop looking at the million-dollar apartments.

Posted by: ace at April 19, 2012 03:19 PM (nj1bB)

284 15 Romney is such a phoney. The Navy Seals and Special Forces need to rescue America from Mittens before it's too late. Perry/West 2012. America needs BOTH of you NOW!
Posted by: Pragmatic at April 19, 2012 01:40 PM (lTnzg)

Pragmatic: I don't think that word means what you think it means.

Posted by: RomneyBot since 2007 at April 19, 2012 03:20 PM (BB0/w)

285
So now Obama has the backing and support of inflatable sex dolls?
The one in yellow, over his left shoulder.
Funniest damn thing I've seen in a long time.

Posted by: Trialdog at April 19, 2012 03:23 PM (oSKxc)

286 have another sip

Posted by: John Appleseed at April 19, 2012 03:27 PM (E4UVc)

287 The woman in yellow is really Arnold Schwarzenegger in disguise.

Get your ass to Mars.

Posted by: grognard, SMOD-Squad at April 19, 2012 03:33 PM (NS2Mo)

288 Living in southwest Georgia means I am overlapped by two media markets for campaign commercials for the primary season, Georgia and Florida. The primary season was relatively short but let me tell you people who missed the "ad war". It was brutal! I can not wait until the Romney machine goes into full throat cutting attack mode because if it is anything like we saw down here it will be fabulous.

Posted by: weird flunky at April 19, 2012 03:35 PM (X+nFp)

289 You know what would be great? Having Romney re-enact the opening speech from "Patton". Just "search & replace" every reference to "Germans" with "Progressives" and every reference to "Hitler" with "Obarky".

(I'll be in my bunk.)

Posted by: Boston12GS at April 19, 2012 03:59 PM (kJHCT)

290 Meanwhile, at a photo op for a NASCAR winner, Obama wants you to know that some on his staff are "big racing fans."

Hey, some of my best friends are black.

Posted by: Bewildered White 1970s Guy at April 19, 2012 04:10 PM (NL15p)

291 ______________________________

Ace,

I just watched the entire Bret Baier / Mitt Romney interview again in its entirety. This was obviously not a great interview for Romney. However, my assessment now is the same as it was then:
Claims that Romney came off terribly in the interview are extremely overblown.

There is one brief exchange with Baier when Romney becomes particularly flustered, and that's when he's being taken to task regarding the Massachusetts Health Care Mandate. For many conservatives, Romney was seen as trying to double-talk his way around the mandate issue. I don't agree with that assessment at all, but I can appreciate how other conservatives have formed that opinion. But regardless of substantive disagreements, it is a stretch to say that Romney looked "bad" at even that lowest point in the interview. Again, a bit flustered is more accurate.

Remember that not only was RomneyCare a very touchy issue for conservatives (as it should have been) - but that everyone felt strongly that their candidate was the real conservative. - Not this damn Rhino-Romney with his God awful RomneyCare! Way back then, Santorum was my guy. - But I was okay with Romney even then.

So when Romney bobbles the ball a bit on the key argument against him: anti-Romney sentiment combined with the intense scrutiny that accompanies any frontrunner induced the perception of a major fumble.

But think about. Were any of his GOP rivals able to take a soundbite from that interview and spin it into a TV spot? No, they weren't. And yet if Romney had come off genuinely badly in that interview, they certainly would have.

It was simply a period of hyper-sensitivity among conservatives when Romney was (quite appropriately) under the microscope.




Posted by: _Dave_ at April 19, 2012 04:28 PM (2amQY)

292 Why again is Romney such a weak nominee?

I mean, I get that he's more moderate than my ideal, but just finding someone that could actually get obama out of the White House is such an incredible victory in of itself for Conservatism.

Posted by: JackHandy at April 19, 2012 04:33 PM (0kf1G)

293 Remember when conservatives took people to task, just four years ago,for swooning over a candidate's rhetoric, concludingthathe wasfurther to the right thanhis actualrecord suggested? Now, instead of moderates convincing themselves that the stealth radical is one of their own, we have conservatives convincing themselves that the managerial progressive is one of their own. I hope they're right but I have no real reason to jump on the bandwagon.

Posted by: Lawrence at April 19, 2012 05:13 PM (dX1XT)

294 I am a little concerned about October surprises and other mayhem the O campaign is going to throw at us, not to mention election fraud.

But I hope the righty PACs and Romney have some surprises too. My secret wish is that someone gets ahold of O's transcripts or other suppressed documents that reveal him to be a liar or way out of the American mainstream. And if our side doesn't have anything like that, I really wish someone would fake a set of transcripts and release them. Let Barky have to deny their accuracy and explain why he doesn't just release his records to clear up the matter.

Hey, a girl can dream...


Posted by: Mayday at April 19, 2012 06:04 PM (orrLR)

295 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at April 19, 2012 06:16 PM (7W3wI)

296 32 The Indonesian Dog-Eater....vs....The Guy Who Knows How to Create Jobs.

This should be the underlying narrative from now on. .....Because, unlike Barky, Romney knows how to stimulate job creation without spending a fucking dime of our tax dollars.
Posted by: wheatie at April 19, 2012 01:44 PM (+5U+B)

Bammy doesn't know how to do it WITH spending our tax dollars, either.

Posted by: RomneyBot since 2007 at April 19, 2012 07:30 PM (BB0/w)

297 That is useful information and its quite easy to come a croper if you are not vigilant.

Posted by: Crystal Gardens ibooks at April 21, 2012 07:03 AM (tgLUM)






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