The honest answer is that you don't go to Junior's then. There are several notable cupcake bakeries in NYC, go to one of them. Or, if you're going to Junior's because of the stuff they do for the community, you suck it up and order a slice of cheesecake, because that's what they and the city are famous for.
Again, this is an issue of competence. These are basic concepts that any decent politician should understand. Which means that either Mittens is incompetent, or he really doesn't care how people view him. Neither is acceptable in a Presidential candidate.
Indeed. You don't shake the baby and kiss someone's hand.
But also I've been looking at the random stuff from Ron Paul supporters have brought up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDChEDnISOw
Is it that they believe the election is literally being taken out of their hands from nefarious forces within the machine and people really are voting for Ron Paul, or what. I asked a friend if he thought RP was gonna consider a third-party run, and it was like it didn't occur to him that he wouldn't get the nomination.
it scared me
IMO it's both. The former isn't proven but hardly unexpected from the Republican establishment. The latter is standard Paultard behavior.
I've no horse in this race, but to me it seems that saying a man shouldn't be president because he doesn't like cheesecake really is a bit of a stretch. Maybe he just didn't fancy a piece of cheesecake right then?
Read my earlier post. The issue isn't "oh my god, he bought a cupcake" it's "if you're a Presidential candidate, and you go to a bakery world renowned for cheesecake in a city world renowned for the same, and you don't buy cheesecake, it shows a fundamental lack of understanding about image, which for a politician should be second nature."
Yea, everyone ragging on him about not getting cheesecake sounds like you'd be more than willing to ignore something like that, or not notice it at all, if it wasn't for the part where you dislike Romney to start with.
If people are basing their votes on what sort of snacks a guy buys, this nation is really fucked.
Yea, everyone ragging on him about not getting cheesecake sounds like you'd be more than willing to ignore something like that, or not notice it at all, if it wasn't for the part where you dislike Romney to start with.
If people are basing their votes on what sort of snacks a guy buys, this nation is really fucked.
This isn't a serious criticism. Though it does reveal some tone deaf behavior behind his decision making. No-one thinks getting a cupcake at Junior's is the only reason why he'd be a bad president.
Yeah again, that's not even the deal. I mean A. It is obviously pure inside baseball, but B. The idea is that if your job is mass appeal, you get people who can tell you these things. If Obama went to court voters in Philly at the most famous cheesesteak place and ordered a grilled cheese I would think he or his campaign manager were pretty silly yeah. It isn't a reason to lose, but it is a dumb thing that was done and is interesting to the horserace aspect. Which is all the primary really has going for it.
Yeah again, that's not even the deal. I mean A. It is obviously pure inside baseball, but B. The idea is that if your job is mass appeal, you get people who can tell you these things. If Obama went to court voters in Philly at the most famous cheesesteak place and ordered a grilled cheese I would think he or his campaign manager were pretty silly yeah. It isn't a reason to lose, but it is a dumb thing that was done and is interesting to the horserace aspect. Which is all the primary really has going for it.
And this is the point in the conversation where I bring up Fox News going after Obama for ordering unconventional sides for his burger in 2009.
Romney has a ton of reasons to never be allowed in the white house, his choice of desert isn't one of them. Though I will say I'd never heard of this cheesecake place before today.
WASHINGTON - Rick Santorum on Sunday defended his assertion that "the Obama Department of Justice seems to favor pornographers over children and families," arguing on CNN's "State of the Union" that the department's insufficient prosecution of the industry proves his point.
"You have to look at the proof that's in the prosecution," he said. "You draw your conclusion."
Santorum said that a strict reading of pornography laws would bar hard-core porn from the Internet.
The administration, he said, has "not put a priority on prosecuting these cases ... putting children at risk as a result of that."
I have literally no idea what the hell he's talking about.
And if Rush Limbaugh said that Obama shouldn't be president because he ate a salad at McDonalds?
I think you should run a Google news search on the words "Arugula" and "Obama" and set the filter to 2008 just to get a glimpse into how close your hypothetical is to actual reality.
In our case, though, we're just kidding around.
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WASHINGTON - Rick Santorum on Sunday defended his assertion that "the Obama Department of Justice seems to favor pornographers over children and families," arguing on CNN's "State of the Union" that the department's insufficient prosecution of the industry proves his point.
"You have to look at the proof that's in the prosecution," he said. "You draw your conclusion."
Santorum said that a strict reading of pornography laws would bar hard-core porn from the Internet.
The administration, he said, has "not put a priority on prosecuting these cases ... putting children at risk as a result of that."
I have literally no idea what the hell he's talking about.
My guess is he's using that as an excuse to talk about how anti-pornography he is.
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Why are they chanting USA?!?
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I think my favorite part is the auditory/visual contrast where on the one hand, he's talking about how there are competing fundamental viewpoints on what makes America is great, and his viewpoint is supposedly the fundamentally right one... but the whole time he's standing in front of a gigantic fucking flag that has completely wrong proportions.
I also love that he goes on about why his grandfather emigrated here in the early 20th century and how it had nothing to do with government-sponsored healthcare. That nice and all, Rick, but my ancestors emigrated here early in the 18th century to get away from your ancestors.
WASHINGTON - Rick Santorum on Sunday defended his assertion that "the Obama Department of Justice seems to favor pornographers over children and families," arguing on CNN's "State of the Union" that the department's insufficient prosecution of the industry proves his point.
"You have to look at the proof that's in the prosecution," he said. "You draw your conclusion."
Santorum said that a strict reading of pornography laws would bar hard-core porn from the Internet.
The administration, he said, has "not put a priority on prosecuting these cases ... putting children at risk as a result of that."
I have literally no idea what the hell he's talking about.
Wait, so all of a sudden, the big scary Federal government that shouldn't be reaching over Americans suddenly needs to prosecute the porn industry for... uh, what? Existing?
WASHINGTON - Rick Santorum on Sunday defended his assertion that "the Obama Department of Justice seems to favor pornographers over children and families," arguing on CNN's "State of the Union" that the department's insufficient prosecution of the industry proves his point.
"You have to look at the proof that's in the prosecution," he said. "You draw your conclusion."
Santorum said that a strict reading of pornography laws would bar hard-core porn from the Internet.
The administration, he said, has "not put a priority on prosecuting these cases ... putting children at risk as a result of that."
I have literally no idea what the hell he's talking about.
Wait, so all of a sudden, the big scary Federal government that shouldn't be reaching over Americans suddenly needs to prosecute the porn industry for... uh, what? Existing?
WASHINGTON - Rick Santorum on Sunday defended his assertion that "the Obama Department of Justice seems to favor pornographers over children and families," arguing on CNN's "State of the Union" that the department's insufficient prosecution of the industry proves his point.
"You have to look at the proof that's in the prosecution," he said. "You draw your conclusion."
Santorum said that a strict reading of pornography laws would bar hard-core porn from the Internet.
The administration, he said, has "not put a priority on prosecuting these cases ... putting children at risk as a result of that."
I have literally no idea what the hell he's talking about.
Wait, so all of a sudden, the big scary Federal government that shouldn't be reaching over Americans suddenly needs to prosecute the porn industry for... uh, what? Existing?
Exactly. I have no idea what he thinks the porn industry needs to be persecuted for.
WASHINGTON - Rick Santorum on Sunday defended his assertion that "the Obama Department of Justice seems to favor pornographers over children and families," arguing on CNN's "State of the Union" that the department's insufficient prosecution of the industry proves his point.
"You have to look at the proof that's in the prosecution," he said. "You draw your conclusion."
Santorum said that a strict reading of pornography laws would bar hard-core porn from the Internet.
The administration, he said, has "not put a priority on prosecuting these cases ... putting children at risk as a result of that."
I have literally no idea what the hell he's talking about.
Wait, so all of a sudden, the big scary Federal government that shouldn't be reaching over Americans suddenly needs to prosecute the porn industry for... uh, what? Existing?
Exactly. I have no idea what he thinks the porn industry needs to be persecuted for.
For making... porn obvs.
How dare they video a man and a woman copulating out of wedlock! Worse yet performing unnatural sex acts like fellatio or sodomy!
So we get stiff once in a while. So we have a little fun. What’s wrong with that? This is a free country, isn’t it? I can take my panda any place I want to. And if I wanna buy it a drink, that’s my business.
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WASHINGTON - Rick Santorum on Sunday defended his assertion that "the Obama Department of Justice seems to favor pornographers over children and families," arguing on CNN's "State of the Union" that the department's insufficient prosecution of the industry proves his point.
"You have to look at the proof that's in the prosecution," he said. "You draw your conclusion."
Santorum said that a strict reading of pornography laws would bar hard-core porn from the Internet.
The administration, he said, has "not put a priority on prosecuting these cases ... putting children at risk as a result of that."
I have literally no idea what the hell he's talking about.
Wait, so all of a sudden, the big scary Federal government that shouldn't be reaching over Americans suddenly needs to prosecute the porn industry for... uh, what? Existing?
Exactly. I have no idea what he thinks the porn industry needs to be persecuted for.
For making... porn obvs.
How dare they video a man and a woman copulating out of wedlock! Worse yet performing unnatural sex acts like fellatio or sodomy!
DISGUSTING!
But like, does Santorum not realize that this is a legal activity? Also, is a state issue? The number of things wrong here, just, blegh.
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The thing is, it's like a completely transparent made-up issue. It's not as though legislation was proposed to allow billboard advertising of porn, or advertising during daytime television of porn.
Ugh, this is just the fucking Howard Stern shit all over again. HEY, IF YOU DON'T LIKE TO WATCH OR LISTEN TO SOMETHING, DON'T WATCH OR LISTEN. Jesus jumped up Christ.
It's a negative ad. "Obama likes porn and doesn't care about children." The only thing shocking is how ridiculously transparent Santorum is about going negative. I've seen internet flame wars that were more measured and reasonable than this. It's getting to the point where people holding the Obama-as-Hitler signs are stepping back and going "dude, did you really think that one through?"
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But like, does Santorum not realize that this is a legal activity? Also, is a state issue? The number of things wrong here, just, blegh.
Republicans are currently abandoning the 'state issues!' doctrine when it comes to religious mandate. It has to be at the Federal level. All Americans must be converted to Christianity, and it starts by forcing Americans to live by Christian standards. I really resent this fucking rhetoric. Why can't this guy just drop dead?
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It's a negative ad. "Obama likes porn and doesn't care about children." The only thing shocking is how ridiculously transparent Santorum is about going negative. I've seen internet flame wars that were more measured and reasonable than this. It's getting to the point where people holding the Obama-as-Hitler signs are stepping back and going "dude, did you really think that one through?"
It's pretty much on the level of, "Obama doesn't prosecute people for saying swear words. Therefore, Obama is FOR swear words!"
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Just ignore the fact that SCOTUS has repeatedly held Congress' efforts to ban Internet porn as unconstitutional.
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IMO it's both. The former isn't proven but hardly unexpected from the Republican establishment. The latter is standard Paultard behavior.
Read my earlier post. The issue isn't "oh my god, he bought a cupcake" it's "if you're a Presidential candidate, and you go to a bakery world renowned for cheesecake in a city world renowned for the same, and you don't buy cheesecake, it shows a fundamental lack of understanding about image, which for a politician should be second nature."
Huh?
The cupcake thing is small and meaningless and will be forgotten in a week.
If people are basing their votes on what sort of snacks a guy buys, this nation is really fucked.
He already did do something like that.
How quickly we forget the furor and outrage that Obama used Dijon mustard on his hotdog. People seriously argued this meant he was an elitist.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/08/obama-mustard-attack-beco_n_199953.html
I mean, Romney has a serious image control problem, but take a chill.
This isn't a serious criticism. Though it does reveal some tone deaf behavior behind his decision making. No-one thinks getting a cupcake at Junior's is the only reason why he'd be a bad president.
Furthermore, McDonalds is not world-reknown for their excellent hamburgers.
And this is the point in the conversation where I bring up Fox News going after Obama for ordering unconventional sides for his burger in 2009.
Romney has a ton of reasons to never be allowed in the white house, his choice of desert isn't one of them. Though I will say I'd never heard of this cheesecake place before today.
First off, Obama doesn't have an issue with appearing out of touch, while Romney does. So there's an aspect of "STOP DIGGING!" here.
Second, McDonalds has been pushing their salads for years.
In of itself, yes. But it's one more piece of evidence that Romney is utterly out of touch.
I have literally no idea what the hell he's talking about.
I think you should run a Google news search on the words "Arugula" and "Obama" and set the filter to 2008 just to get a glimpse into how close your hypothetical is to actual reality.
In our case, though, we're just kidding around.
Children, porn, children!
Porn, children, porn!
Sex, children, porn!
Abortion pills, children, porn!
Abortion, Sex, Porn.
For the children!
Guy is a genius, really.
My guess is he's using that as an excuse to talk about how anti-pornography he is.
They think suppressing other people's rights is patriotic.
USA USA USA USA
That guy was the literal embodiment of a long-haired hippie!!
Nah, Santorum just listens and doesn't fire his competent advisors. Romney could learn from him.
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Let 'em eat fucking pineapples!
Wait, so all of a sudden, the big scary Federal government that shouldn't be reaching over Americans suddenly needs to prosecute the porn industry for... uh, what? Existing?
Pretty much.
Exactly. I have no idea what he thinks the porn industry needs to be persecuted for.
For making... porn obvs.
How dare they video a man and a woman copulating out of wedlock! Worse yet performing unnatural sex acts like fellatio or sodomy!
DISGUSTING!
But like, does Santorum not realize that this is a legal activity? Also, is a state issue? The number of things wrong here, just, blegh.
Ugh, this is just the fucking Howard Stern shit all over again. HEY, IF YOU DON'T LIKE TO WATCH OR LISTEN TO SOMETHING, DON'T WATCH OR LISTEN. Jesus jumped up Christ.
Republicans are currently abandoning the 'state issues!' doctrine when it comes to religious mandate. It has to be at the Federal level. All Americans must be converted to Christianity, and it starts by forcing Americans to live by Christian standards. I really resent this fucking rhetoric. Why can't this guy just drop dead?
It's pretty much on the level of, "Obama doesn't prosecute people for saying swear words. Therefore, Obama is FOR swear words!"
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