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Election 2012: Go Outside, Turn Around Three Times, and Spit

AManFromEarthAManFromEarth Let's get to twerk!The King in the SwampRegistered User regular
edited September 2012 in Debate and/or Discourse
The DNC continues, the PA forum's comment on proceedings so far:

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Thursday Night: Obama bin Biden
Sunday Morning: Willard Romney on Meet the Press after a week of preparation

Then it's the long, slow slog to debatoberfest.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited September 2012
    Don't forget Romney will be on Meet The Press. Which apparently meant he had to take a week off to prepare.

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    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • AManFromEarthAManFromEarth Let's get to twerk! The King in the SwampRegistered User regular
    Right!

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Schweitzer tomorrow, too.

    The idea that your vote is a moral statement about you or who you vote for is some backwards ass libertarian nonsense. Your vote is about society. Vote to protect the vulnerable.
  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    "They knew what the weather was going to be MONTHS ago." -- Charles Krauthammer on tomorrow's #DNC2012 venue change

    The idea that your vote is a moral statement about you or who you vote for is some backwards ass libertarian nonsense. Your vote is about society. Vote to protect the vulnerable.
  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    New York! Shut the fuck up!

    The idea that your vote is a moral statement about you or who you vote for is some backwards ass libertarian nonsense. Your vote is about society. Vote to protect the vulnerable.
  • BagginsesBagginses __BANNED USERS regular
    NC delegate thinks he's announcing a horse race.

  • TomantaTomanta Registered User regular
    Romney is just respecting the convention process by not campaigning, unlike Obama.

    Or more likely he's getting a software update for Meet the Press, including new phrasing for "Sure, I have a plan for that but I'm not going to tell you."

  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    "They knew what the weather was going to be MONTHS ago." -- Charles Krauthammer on tomorrow's #DNC2012 venue change

    Well at least Krauthammer keeps his consistency.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

    pleasepaypreacher.net
  • ahavaahava Call me Ahava ~~She/Her~~ Move to New ZealandRegistered User regular
    man. New York just kept going and going.

  • South hostSouth host I obey without question Registered User regular
    Bagginses wrote: »
    NC delegate thinks he's announcing a horse race.

    Which is clearly wrong. He should have been trying to start a NASCAR race.

    Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
  • AthenorAthenor Battle Hardened Optimist The Skies of HiigaraRegistered User regular
    Looking through twitter... Is the Republican party honestly buying Twitter hashtags?

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  • Captain UltraCaptain Ultra low resolution pictures of birds Registered User regular
    Some of these speakers have really nice voices. I remember really liking the guy who did American Somoa. also the Kentucky and North Carolina.

  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular

    Van Hollen, who is playing Ryan in debate preparations with Vice President Joe Biden, added: “Congressman Ryan, America is literally in your debt.”

    Missed this part of the speech, but oh SNAP!

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

    pleasepaypreacher.net
  • BagginsesBagginses __BANNED USERS regular
    Regret missing Maine. No real connection, but Mainers are always entertaining.

  • AstaerethAstaereth In the belly of the beastRegistered User regular
    edited September 2012
    That Clinton speech was fucking fantastic. Also Warren and Fluke. Is anybody else speaking after the roll call is over or is that it for the night?

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  • BagginsesBagginses __BANNED USERS regular
    And Craig Robertson's beaver!


    What?

  • archivistkitsunearchivistkitsune Registered User regular
    I didn't get to see all of Clinton's speech but I did enjoy it. I love how he went after the Republicans on all their bullshit.

    I don't know how out of whack 538's stuff is right now with the conventions and trying to factor in for the bounces, but Obama's prospects have gone up again. After tonight, I'm wondering if flipping more than NC will be possible for Obama.

  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    "They knew what the weather was going to be MONTHS ago." -- Charles Krauthammer on tomorrow's #DNC2012 venue change

    Wait, what? This after the RNC convention in the path of a hurricane? I don't even need to look up where the DNC is to know that whatever weather sprung up there was far, far less of a "yeah, we knew that was coming for the past week" than the RNC bit.

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  • ShadowenShadowen Snores in the morning LoserdomRegistered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    "They knew what the weather was going to be MONTHS ago." -- Charles Krauthammer on tomorrow's #DNC2012 venue change

    Well at least Krauthammer keeps his consistency.

    His consistent insane dumbfuckery?

  • DracomicronDracomicron Registered User regular
    edited September 2012
    I remember canvassing in 2008. Most people in the neighborhood really didn't want to talk politics by that point (pretty sick of it by October). That usually changed when I mentioned the date and time of the Big Dog's speech at the Minneapolis Convention Center. They were like, "Wait, Clinton is speaking here?"

    I saw his speech then, and it was a masterwork that had hundreds of people standing on an uncomfortable hard concrete floor for 45 minutes after waiting for 3 hours for him to actually take the stage. And we loved it.

    His speech tonight murdered that speech, married its wife, and adopted its children to raise as its own.

    Dracomicron on
  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Bagginses wrote: »
    And Craig Robertson's beaver!


    What?

    Beavers. Michelle's brother, Craig Robinson, is the head coach of the Oregon State basketball team. Oregon State's mascot is the Beaver.

    The idea that your vote is a moral statement about you or who you vote for is some backwards ass libertarian nonsense. Your vote is about society. Vote to protect the vulnerable.
  • MortiousMortious The Nightmare Begins Move to New ZealandRegistered User regular
    Oops, we moved threads. Anyway.
    The radio on the way home just described the Republican platform as "emphasising self-help"

    Move to New Zealand
    It’s not a very important country most of the time
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  • KetBraKetBra Dressed Ridiculously Registered User regular
    If you want to know what a complete Republican partisan hack is thinking at any moment, just ask Krauthammer.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Shadowen wrote: »
    Preacher wrote: »
    "They knew what the weather was going to be MONTHS ago." -- Charles Krauthammer on tomorrow's #DNC2012 venue change

    Well at least Krauthammer keeps his consistency.

    His consistent insane dumbfuckery?

    Being wrong about literally everything. I mean just this past weekend alone heading into pax it was supposed to rain, and instead it was sunny and nice all weekend. Literaly every model we have that deals with probability comes from trying to predict the weather, and how impossible that actually is.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

    pleasepaypreacher.net
  • AthenorAthenor Battle Hardened Optimist The Skies of HiigaraRegistered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »

    Van Hollen, who is playing Ryan in debate preparations with Vice President Joe Biden, added: “Congressman Ryan, America is literally in your debt.”

    Missed this part of the speech, but oh SNAP!

    I heard someone say that line tonight and went DAMN.

    He/Him | "We who believe in freedom cannot rest." - Dr. Johnetta Cole, 7/22/2024
  • MarathonMarathon Registered User regular
    Athenor wrote: »
    Preacher wrote: »

    Van Hollen, who is playing Ryan in debate preparations with Vice President Joe Biden, added: “Congressman Ryan, America is literally in your debt.”

    Missed this part of the speech, but oh SNAP!

    I heard someone say that line tonight and went DAMN.
    Jeez, ice cold

  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    I guess he's friends with Ryan, I wonder how much longer that will last.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

    pleasepaypreacher.net
  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited September 2012
    Bagginses wrote: »
    And Craig Robertson's beaver!


    What?

    Beavers. Michelle's brother, Craig Robinson, is the head coach of the Oregon State basketball team. Oregon State's mascot is the Beaver.

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    :?:

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  • ahavaahava Call me Ahava ~~She/Her~~ Move to New ZealandRegistered User regular
    the speaker from Rhode island was absolutely on fire.

    And good for him!

  • Captain UltraCaptain Ultra low resolution pictures of birds Registered User regular
    ok, Tennesse that's enough.

  • AManFromEarthAManFromEarth Let's get to twerk! The King in the SwampRegistered User regular
    "They knew what the weather was going to be MONTHS ago." -- Charles Krauthammer on tomorrow's #DNC2012 venue change

    Hahaha,

    Fucking clouds, how do they work?

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    "They knew what the weather was going to be MONTHS ago." -- Charles Krauthammer on tomorrow's #DNC2012 venue change

    Hahaha,

    Fucking clouds, how do they work?

    It should be remembered that they blame him for the drought. Again, misinterpreted the phrase "Magic Negro."

    The idea that your vote is a moral statement about you or who you vote for is some backwards ass libertarian nonsense. Your vote is about society. Vote to protect the vulnerable.
  • MazzyxMazzyx Comedy Gold Registered User regular
    The bump from this speech will probably show up on Friday. But so far inTrade is up 1.2% today for Obama winning. Which is a pretty nice jump in a single day.

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Woo Pat Leahy! Vermont has my favorite pair of Senators.

    The idea that your vote is a moral statement about you or who you vote for is some backwards ass libertarian nonsense. Your vote is about society. Vote to protect the vulnerable.
  • Captain UltraCaptain Ultra low resolution pictures of birds Registered User regular
    Hey, that guy was in the Dark Knight!

  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    God the GOP's hatred of women and Sandra Fluke is sickening. I mean I expected it, but still just absolutely embarrasing how dismissive they are of women, and then insulting by having Ann Romney come out and go "Come on ladies vote mitt."

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

    pleasepaypreacher.net
  • SubhumanSubhuman Overlord BaltimoreRegistered User regular
    Haven't heard any of the speeches yet... I've read that there has been some good ones.

    "Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence"- Napoleon Bonaparte
  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    Hey, that guy was in the Dark Knight!

    He was in TDKR too (board member of Wayne Enterprises)

  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    edited September 2012
    So uh, someone with more info than me; what the hell has been going on with the 538 Nov6 numbers the last week or so? Not only did Romney get zero bounce from the RNC (not terribly surprising) the numbers for both electoral votes and %chance to win have been going nuts in Obamas favor, swinging far more in a short period than they have so far this election cycle. I know we're closing in on the real deal, but the swing feels really off the charts and I'm having a hard time seeing why.

    I mean, after Clintons speech tonight, I would have expected a hell of a bump with early next weeks polls; but they're not based on the DNC...and it seems like they're just gonna go more wonky. Even the popular vote % has moved a (for popular vote spreads) a pretty healthy amount. EDIT: Just read the Sept 4 article, makes a bit more sense but still seems like unusually high numbers. EDIT EDIT: And the nowcast numbers are swinging for Romney, which I imagine are more indicative of his RNC bounce and not on real election results.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Silver's model accounts for a convention bump, when Romney didn't get one from the RNC it screwed up the model.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

    pleasepaypreacher.net
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