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[Presidential Election Thread] All Hail the Liberty Rooster.

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    Gosling wrote: »
    Capfalcon wrote: »
    Oh god, I just looked at this picture, and I think I just fell asleep.

    Seriously, that is the blandest picture that ever blanded a blan... zzz....zzzzzzzzz.....

    He was born to be the guy standing next to the guy.”

    And really, doesn't that just say it all?

    I think my favorite part is "Portman’s seeming inability to overshadow the vanilla Romney gives him a rare qualification — and potentially a leg up over the rest of the field."

    Implying that being more boring than Mitt Romney is a fucking achievement.

  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    Hacksaw wrote: »
    Sane being a relative term. I think Thanatos put it best when I asked him:

    "Do I think Huntsman is the best of the lot? If by that you mean, 'Do I think he'd be the one to burn the country to the ground in the slowest fashion?' Then yes, I think he's the best of the lot."
    I cannot recall whether or not I said this, but it sure sounds like something I'd say, and I certainly endorse the sentiment.

  • AManFromEarthAManFromEarth Let's get to twerk! The King in the SwampRegistered User regular
    Thanatos wrote: »
    Gosling wrote: »
    Capfalcon wrote: »
    Oh god, I just looked at this picture, and I think I just fell asleep.

    Seriously, that is the blandest picture that ever blanded a blan... zzz....zzzzzzzzz.....

    He was born to be the guy standing next to the guy.”

    And really, doesn't that just say it all?

    I think my favorite part is "Portman’s seeming inability to overshadow the vanilla Romney gives him a rare qualification — and potentially a leg up over the rest of the field."

    Implying that being more boring than Mitt Romney is a fucking achievement.

    Honestly, to be more boring than Mitt Romney is a pretty big achievement. Ironically that gives you a thing of interest, which makes you less boring than Mitt Romney.

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  • Gandalf_the_CrazedGandalf_the_Crazed Vigilo ConfidoRegistered User regular
    Thanatos wrote: »
    Gosling wrote: »
    Capfalcon wrote: »
    Oh god, I just looked at this picture, and I think I just fell asleep.

    Seriously, that is the blandest picture that ever blanded a blan... zzz....zzzzzzzzz.....

    He was born to be the guy standing next to the guy.”

    And really, doesn't that just say it all?

    I think my favorite part is "Portman’s seeming inability to overshadow the vanilla Romney gives him a rare qualification — and potentially a leg up over the rest of the field."

    Implying that being more boring than Mitt Romney is a fucking achievement.

    Honestly, to be more boring than Mitt Romney is a pretty big achievement. Ironically that gives you a thing of interest, which makes you less boring than Mitt Romney.

    So what you're saying is that Portman is a human "divide by zero" meme.

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  • Boring7Boring7 Registered User regular
    Hacksaw wrote: »
    Radioactive scorpion '12.

    "A guaranteed 8 year half life!"

    Well I can respect its work in cancer treatment research.

  • AtomikaAtomika Live fast and get fucked or whatever Registered User regular
    Thanatos wrote: »
    Gosling wrote: »
    Capfalcon wrote: »
    Oh god, I just looked at this picture, and I think I just fell asleep.

    Seriously, that is the blandest picture that ever blanded a blan... zzz....zzzzzzzzz.....

    He was born to be the guy standing next to the guy.”

    And really, doesn't that just say it all?

    I think my favorite part is "Portman’s seeming inability to overshadow the vanilla Romney gives him a rare qualification — and potentially a leg up over the rest of the field."

    Implying that being more boring than Mitt Romney is a fucking achievement.

    I think what they might be saying is that this milquetoast motherfucker offers something to the ticket no other high-profile option can at this point: no reason to actively vote against him.

  • Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    Thanatos wrote: »
    Gosling wrote: »
    Capfalcon wrote: »
    Oh god, I just looked at this picture, and I think I just fell asleep.

    Seriously, that is the blandest picture that ever blanded a blan... zzz....zzzzzzzzz.....

    He was born to be the guy standing next to the guy.”

    And really, doesn't that just say it all?

    I think my favorite part is "Portman’s seeming inability to overshadow the vanilla Romney gives him a rare qualification — and potentially a leg up over the rest of the field."

    Implying that being more boring than Mitt Romney is a fucking achievement.

    I think what they might be saying is that this milquetoast motherfucker offers something to the ticket no other high-profile option can at this point: no reason to actively vote against him.

    The downside is that Portman doesn't energize any voting blocs Romney can't. This will also piss of the Tea Party/evangelicals who would want someone they like on the ticket.

  • chocoboliciouschocobolicious Registered User regular
    I think the must noticeable thing about mittens is that for every single positive thing his campaign has done or said, you can go back and find him saying something or doing something that is literally the exact opposite.

    I don't even mean, like, sometimes. Or most of the time. I mean like 100%

    His whole platform seems like an elaborate troll. I am just not entirely sure who he is trolling.

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    The New York Times' public editor asks if we really know Barack Obama.

    Self-righteousness is incompatible with coalition building.
  • KruiteKruite Registered User regular
    He's trolling everyone, because he's going to redistribute our assets to himself and his staff and then bankrupt the country.

  • VeritasVRVeritasVR Registered User regular
    The New York Times' public editor asks if we really know Barack Obama.

    It's okay guys, he just confused Barack Obama with this leader.

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    Seriously duder?

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    Let 'em eat fucking pineapples!
  • Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    Kruite wrote: »
    He's trolling everyone, because he's going to redistribute our assets to himself into his robot endoskeleton and his staff and then bankrupt the country fire everyone.

  • KruiteKruite Registered User regular
    Kruite wrote: »
    He's trolling everyone, because he's going to redistribute our assets to himself into his robot endoskeleton and his staff and then bankrupt the country fire everyone.

    He's going to save us by firing us so we have the opportunity to pull ourselves up from our bootstraps. (He took our boots too so we have to pull ourselves up from our hobbit feet hairs)

  • MillMill Registered User regular
    Kruite wrote: »
    He's trolling everyone, because he's going to redistribute our assets to himself into his robot endoskeleton and his staff and then bankrupt the country fire everyone.

    Then baptize against our wills into the Mormon Church, only applies if you aren't part of the church already.

    I'm wondering if Romney might succeed in what the GOP considers possible, actually taking the crazy vote for granted and finding out that there are things even they won't vote for. I really don't think anyone should write off the teapers/fundies as a 100% given republican vote. Sure they won't ever vote for team Obama but they can always stay home or vote for some crazy third party guy.

  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    I think what they might be saying is that this milquetoast motherfucker offers something to the ticket no other high-profile option can at this point: no reason to actively vote against him.
    The downside is that Portman doesn't energize any voting blocs Romney can't. This will also piss of the Tea Party/evangelicals who would want someone they like on the ticket.

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    seriously it's getting creepy

  • TaramoorTaramoor Storyteller Registered User regular
    So it looks like that Secret Service thing is starting to stick.

    http://www.courant.com/news/breaking/la-pn-lieberman-to-call-hearings-on-secret-service-sex-scandal-20120422,0,4121896.story

    Our last Democratic Administration fell because he stuck his dick where he shouldn't have.

    Is it possible that this one will fall because some jackass in the Treasury Department did the same thing?

  • Boring7Boring7 Registered User regular
    KalTorak wrote: »
    I think what they might be saying is that this milquetoast motherfucker offers something to the ticket no other high-profile option can at this point: no reason to actively vote against him.
    The downside is that Portman doesn't energize any voting blocs Romney can't. This will also piss of the Tea Party/evangelicals who would want someone they like on the ticket.

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    seriously it's getting creepy

    Very creepy.

    This makes me think of how, in the comic, he crumpled under investigation and had to be tossed away. Which further makes me think of how the last Republican whose most remarkable quality was how unremarkable he was was Mark Sanford. You know, the guy who had an affair with a brazilian woman that still managed to be boring.

  • Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    Boring7 wrote: »
    KalTorak wrote: »
    I think what they might be saying is that this milquetoast motherfucker offers something to the ticket no other high-profile option can at this point: no reason to actively vote against him.
    The downside is that Portman doesn't energize any voting blocs Romney can't. This will also piss of the Tea Party/evangelicals who would want someone they like on the ticket.

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    seriously it's getting creepy

    Very creepy.

    This makes me think of how, in the comic, he crumpled under investigation and had to be tossed away. Which further makes me think of how the last Republican whose most remarkable quality was how unremarkable he was was Mark Sanford. You know, the guy who had an affair with a brazilian woman that still managed to be boring.

    That was only the tip of the iceberg for Sanford. That incident revealed him to be a member in The Family, that helped cover everything up.

  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Taramoor wrote: »
    So it looks like that Secret Service thing is starting to stick.

    http://www.courant.com/news/breaking/la-pn-lieberman-to-call-hearings-on-secret-service-sex-scandal-20120422,0,4121896.story

    Our last Democratic Administration fell because he stuck his dick where he shouldn't have.

    Is it possible that this one will fall because some jackass in the Treasury Department did the same thing?

    No, but Joe Lieberman is still a self-righteous asshole who is very interested in where cocks are being placed.

    Self-righteousness is incompatible with coalition building.
  • ClevingerClevinger Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    I really don't understand how this Secret Service scandal is supposed to reflect badly on Obama. Like, at all.

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited April 2012
    “From what we know about what happened in Cartagena, they were not acting like Secret Service agents,” said Lieberman (I-Conn.). “They were acting like a bunch of college students away on spring weekend.”

    What the fuck kind of college did he go to?

    And why the hell didn't I apply?

    Hacksaw on
  • Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    Hacksaw wrote: »
    “From what we know about what happened in Cartagena, they were not acting like Secret Service agents,” said Lieberman (I-Conn.). “They were acting like a bunch of college students away on spring weekend.”

    What the fuck kind of college did he go to?

    And why the hell didn't I apply?

    :lol:

  • Boring7Boring7 Registered User regular
    Taramoor wrote: »
    So it looks like that Secret Service thing is starting to stick.

    http://www.courant.com/news/breaking/la-pn-lieberman-to-call-hearings-on-secret-service-sex-scandal-20120422,0,4121896.story

    Our last Democratic Administration fell because he stuck his dick where he shouldn't have.

    Is it possible that this one will fall because some jackass in the Treasury Department did the same thing?

    No, but Joe Lieberman is still a self-righteous asshole who is very interested in where cocks are being placed.

    I'm curious if they have any reason to believe it will work. I don't exactly have my finger on the pulse of crazy-stupid voters and their ADD so I don't know if the secret service hooker kerfluffle will somehow, some way, be, "bad news...for Obama." Because if it doesn't, they are just pounding the hell out of that poor chicken.

  • AManFromEarthAManFromEarth Let's get to twerk! The King in the SwampRegistered User regular
    Didn't Obama immediately send the Secret Service agents home and then fire them after saying how mad he was?

    I guess he used his muslim powers to confuse their righteous christian penises.

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  • TheBlackWindTheBlackWind Registered User regular
    Yeah, there's no way that sticks.

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  • Mad King GeorgeMad King George Registered User regular
    Hacksaw wrote: »
    “From what we know about what happened in Cartagena, they were not acting like Secret Service agents,” said Lieberman (I-Conn.). “They were acting like a bunch of college students away on spring weekend.”

    What the fuck kind of college did he go to?

    And why the hell didn't I apply?

    One where "Spring Break" was two days long and came after a Friday.

  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Hacksaw wrote: »
    “From what we know about what happened in Cartagena, they were not acting like Secret Service agents,” said Lieberman (I-Conn.). “They were acting like a bunch of Senators on a junket”

    What the fuck kind of college did he go to?

    And why the hell didn't I apply?

    I fixed Joe's quote for accuracy, cynicism.

    Self-righteousness is incompatible with coalition building.
  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    Hacksaw wrote: »
    “From what we know about what happened in Cartagena, they were not acting like Secret Service agents,” said Lieberman (I-Conn.). “They were acting like a bunch of Senators on a junket”

    What the fuck kind of college did he go to?

    And why the hell didn't I apply?

    I fixed Joe's quote for accuracy, cynicism.

    Senators would have had more expensive prostitutes and kinkier tastes.

    It's all on the public dime after all.

  • Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    Taramoor wrote: »
    So it looks like that Secret Service thing is starting to stick.

    http://www.courant.com/news/breaking/la-pn-lieberman-to-call-hearings-on-secret-service-sex-scandal-20120422,0,4121896.story

    Our last Democratic Administration fell because he stuck his dick where he shouldn't have.

    Is it possible that this one will fall because some jackass in the Treasury Department did the same thing?

    No, but Joe Lieberman is still a self-righteous self serving asshole who is very interested in where cocks are being placed.

    Lieberman hasn't got a righteous bone in his body.

  • Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    Taramoor wrote: »
    So it looks like that Secret Service thing is starting to stick.

    http://www.courant.com/news/breaking/la-pn-lieberman-to-call-hearings-on-secret-service-sex-scandal-20120422,0,4121896.story

    Our last Democratic Administration fell because he stuck his dick where he shouldn't have.

    Is it possible that this one will fall because some jackass in the Treasury Department did the same thing?

    No, but Joe Lieberman is still a self-righteous self serving asshole who is very interested in where cocks are being placed.

    Lieberman hasn't got a righteous bone in his body.

    Self-righteous people are rarely actually righteous. They just believe they themselves are. Which... he does.

    Fair enough.

  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Taramoor wrote: »
    So it looks like that Secret Service thing is starting to stick.

    http://www.courant.com/news/breaking/la-pn-lieberman-to-call-hearings-on-secret-service-sex-scandal-20120422,0,4121896.story

    Our last Democratic Administration fell because he stuck his dick where he shouldn't have.

    Is it possible that this one will fall because some jackass in the Treasury Department did the same thing?

    No, but Joe Lieberman is still a self-righteous self serving asshole who is very interested in where cocks are being placed.

    Lieberman hasn't got a righteous bone in his body.

    Self-righteous people are rarely actually righteous. They just believe they themselves are. Which... he does.

    Self-righteousness is incompatible with coalition building.
  • YougottawannaYougottawanna Registered User regular
    Once upon a time, like maybe ten years ago, I actually had a tiny bit of admiration for Joe Lieberman. Such a shameful memory to have. What was I thinking?

  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    shryke wrote: »
    Hacksaw wrote: »
    “From what we know about what happened in Cartagena, they were not acting like Secret Service agents,” said Lieberman (I-Conn.). “They were acting like a bunch of Senators on a junket”

    What the fuck kind of college did he go to?

    And why the hell didn't I apply?

    I fixed Joe's quote for accuracy, cynicism.

    Senators would have had more expensive prostitutes and kinkier tastes.

    It's all on the public dime after all.

    I almost included "in Thailand" would that have implied what you're looking for?

    Self-righteousness is incompatible with coalition building.
  • Fartacus_the_MightyFartacus_the_Mighty Brought to you by the letter A.Registered User regular
    If the Republicans aren't already jumping on this story, then it's not going to stick at all. Unless the investigation turns up a presidential email telling the guys to "make sure and pick a hot one", the time for anti-Obama fury on the issue is pretty much over. I mean, the network news (I watched CBS and NBC) spent more time talking about how George Zimmerman is getting out of jail than they did about the scandal.

  • Gigazombie CybermageGigazombie Cybermage Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/21/christian-conservatives-mitt-romney_n_1442992.html?ref=politics

    It seems people are starting to back Romney, despite not liking him. Like I've already predicted, they'll come out in force on election day. And with how whiny liberals have been, I predict they'll stay home again, like in 2010. I think Obama will lose. They just hate him too much, and they've even gotten some so-called independents with them. One idiot even called him a muslim in the article. They'll reward the Republicans for their corruption just like they rewarded them in 2010. They even have ammunition for 2016, I mean, it was Obama's fault that the country went to shit after 2012 right? It was his socialist muslim policies!

    Mark my words, Americans are stupid enough to fall for this shit.

  • AManFromEarthAManFromEarth Let's get to twerk! The King in the SwampRegistered User regular
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/21/christian-conservatives-mitt-romney_n_1442992.html?ref=politics

    It seems people are starting to back Romney, despite not liking him. Like I've already predicted, they'll come out in force on election day. And with how whiny liberals have been, I predict they'll stay home again, like in 2010. I think Obama will lose. They just hate him too much, and they've even gotten some so-called independents with them. One idiot even called him a muslim in the article. They'll reward the Republicans for their corruption just like they rewarded them in 2010. They even have ammunition for 2016, I mean, it was Obama's fault that the country went to shit after 2012 right? It was his socialist muslim policies!

    Mark my words, Americans are stupid enough to fall for this shit.

    That's why Obama's consistently ahead in the Florida polls, right?

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  • Gigazombie CybermageGigazombie Cybermage Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    We haven't seen all the crap the Super PACs are gonna unleash yet. I have a feeling it's going to get messy. I read that Obama's has a huge deficit of large donors, and is relying on more small donors for his campaign.

  • AManFromEarthAManFromEarth Let's get to twerk! The King in the SwampRegistered User regular
    We haven't seen all the crap the Super PACs are gonna unleash yet. I have a feeling it's going to get messy. I read that Obama's has a huge deficit of large donors, and is relying on more small donors for his campaign.

    His whole campaign is built on small donors, though. He also is raising a lot more money than Romney. He's just raising less than in 2008. It will be a worry, yes, but things are not as dire as the media would have us believe. After all, no ones going to watch if it isn't ZOMG THE CLOSEST AND MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION EVAAAR

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    Just like the last time he won?

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  • MuddBuddMuddBudd Registered User regular
    We haven't seen all the crap the Super PACs are gonna unleash yet. I have a feeling it's going to get messy. I read that Obama's has a huge deficit of large donors, and is relying on more small donors for his campaign.

    I am very worried at what that much money is going to do to campaigns.

    There's no plan, there's no race to be run
    The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
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