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1 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:35:12pm

I will repeal ObamaChair!

2 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:35:15pm

Mitt walks through shaking everybody's hands. The only black person I see is the Secret Service agent walking behind him.

3 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:35:46pm

Did someone just shout "don't touch me!" at Mitt Romney?

4 Kaessa  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:36:03pm

I really wish I was watching this, and yet at the same time I'm really glad I'm not.

5 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:36:10pm

Mitt looks like he's about to weep.

6 dragonath  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:36:15pm

SUDDENLY Freedom Lover Ron Paul parachutes onto the stage...

7 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:36:23pm

Wondering how many times Mitt will have to say "God" to get the approval of the religious right.

8 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:36:35pm
9 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:36:43pm

re: #5 Charles Johnson

Mitt looks like he's about to weep.

He's gonna pull a Boehner!

10 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:37:11pm
11 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:37:17pm

Invisible Obama must be thick skinned with all the smack that's been talked about him at this convention.

12 Hercules Grytpype-Thynne  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:37:20pm

re: #9 Mocking Jay

He's gonna pull a Boehner!

In front of everybody like that?

13 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:37:27pm

re: #7 freetoken

Wondering how many times Mitt will have to say "God" to get the approval of the religious right.

First he has to say "America" as many times as that gospel "singer" and choir.

Which means he's got about 2,000 "America's" to get through in the next 5 minutes.

14 Petero1818  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:37:35pm

Yes Ryan is well known for his big heart

15 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:38:21pm
16 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:38:21pm

Your "friend" Mitt? Really? How many times did you even meet Ryan before your selection committee dug up his name?

17 Petero1818  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:38:22pm

HE LOVES MAMA

18 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:38:28pm

Awww, Paul Ryan loves his mom! Elect him now!

19 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:38:35pm

"My friend and America's next Grand Inquisitor, Paul Ryan."

20 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:38:52pm

Tonight in a nutshell:

21 RadicalModerate  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:39:01pm

Wow. This thread just popped up a rather ugly dogwhistle ad on the sidebar, from David Horowitz's group.

[Link: www.frontpagemag.net...]

Image: horowitz_ad.JPG

22 bratwurst  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:39:12pm

Oh, reminding us again that young Paul Ryan loves the Rock and/or Roll!

23 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:39:13pm

"ya don't have to vote for me - vote for paul - you actually like him"

24 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:39:16pm

Aw, how cute, he said "iPod." Look at how hip he is!

//

25 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:39:23pm

re: #20 What Would Spalding Gray Do?

Tonight in a nutshell:

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I have a feeling that this is going to be a fun meme. I'm sure the Obama campaign is having a good chuckle over it too.

26 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:39:34pm

The iPod joke wasn't as good as it could have been,

27 jhrhv  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:39:55pm

Mitt built the iPOD

28 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:40:05pm

re: #26 Dark_Falcon

The iPod joke wasn't as good as it could have been,

It's okay. He can just fire whoever wrote that.

29 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:40:05pm

re: #26 Dark_Falcon

Mitt will never play the Improv.

30 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:40:06pm
31 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:40:21pm

re: #21 RadicalModerate

Wow. This thread just popped up a rather ugly dogwhistle ad on the sidebar, from David Horowitz's group.

[Link: www.frontpagemag.net...]

Image: horowitz_ad.JPG

Good catch. That ad is rotten.

32 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:40:21pm

Freedom to build their business with absolutely no help from anyone else ever.

33 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:40:34pm

re: #26 Dark_Falcon

The iPod joke wasn't as good as it could have been,

That's okay. Neither is Romney's campaign.

34 Interesting Times  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:40:39pm
35 RadicalModerate  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:40:53pm

America came together after the last election? Well, everyone except the entire Republican Party, Mitt. There was ZERO "honeymoon" in 2009, and the GOP vowed FROM DAY ONE to destroy the Obama presidency.

36 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:41:01pm

re: #21 RadicalModerate

Wow. This thread just popped up a rather ugly dogwhistle ad on the sidebar, from David Horowitz's group.

[Link: www.frontpagemag.net...]

Image: horowitz_ad.JPG

Typical Horowitz.

37 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:41:12pm

Hahahaha:

38 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:41:12pm

And Mitt plays up to the Florida Cubano bloc.

39 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:41:16pm

Hey look, it's Paul/Ryan's running mate!

heh

the room has already begun to deflate

40 ElCapitanAmerica  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:41:32pm

I can't concentrate, all I can think is of Clint Eastwood rambling to an empty chair!

41 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:41:50pm

Mitt, the debt could have been reduced if taxes were returned to their pre-Bush levels.

42 Petero1818  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:42:07pm

was that a fight?

43 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:42:14pm

re: #35 RadicalModerate

America came together after the last election? Well, everyone except the entire Republican Party, Mitt. There was ZERO "honeymoon" in 2009, and the GOP vowed FROM DAY ONE to destroy the Obama presidency.

Shit wasn't his own running mate part of a Republican congressional group that met the day of the president's inauguration and promised that they'd work their asses off to make him as inefficient and a one term president. Typical Mitt.

44 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:42:17pm

"And we totally denied it to Americans out of partisan spite!"

45 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:42:17pm

And now the plants start cheering "USA".

Make Pavlov proud.

46 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:42:19pm

they're not gonna like mitt unless he's angry and insulting

47 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:42:34pm

re: #41 freetoken

Mitt, the debt could have been reduced if taxes were returned to their pre-Bush levels.

Yes, but all Americans deserve low taxes!

48 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:42:51pm

re: #21 RadicalModerate

Wow. This thread just popped up a rather ugly dogwhistle ad on the sidebar, from David Horowitz's group

They traded in the dogwhistles some time ago, and are now using electric vuvuzelas with Seymour Duncan SH-13 pickups, fed into daisy-chained 100-watt Marshall stacks with Bob Bradshaw's gain modification.

49 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:42:58pm

Yeah, Mitt. Remind us of how many jobs we need to work.

50 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:43:02pm

"You worked harder than ever before...because your boss fired your coworkers and dropped their work on your desk."

51 Petero1818  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:43:31pm

Did he just say relator?

52 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:43:33pm

Got a protestor or two. Ron Paul guys?

53 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:43:41pm

Having Romney tell us about "doing with less" is, well, empty.

54 Interesting Times  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:43:47pm
55 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:44:02pm

re: #53 freetoken

Having Romney tell us about "doing with less" is, well, empty.

Yeah car elevator *cough*.

56 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:44:07pm

"What could you do?"

Well, they voted against the party that did that shit to them, only for it to use its veto power to stop any real progress.

57 RadicalModerate  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:44:10pm

"I wish Obama had succeeded because I wanted America to succeed".

Tell that to your master, Rush Limbaugh.

58 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:44:37pm

"My wife's Cadillacs deserve better!"

59 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:44:40pm

re: #53 freetoken

Having Romney tell us about "doing with less" is, well, empty.

But...but....He's unemployed too! He's just like you guys!

60 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:44:42pm

Gave away to division? You mean the division your party started on DAY ONE?

61 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:44:46pm

re: #55 HappyWarrior

Yeah car elevator *cough*.

*ahem* Rafalca deduction.

62 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:44:48pm

re: #57 RadicalModerate

"I wish Obama had succeeded because I wanted America to succeed".

Tell that to your master, Rush Limbaugh.

Bullshit Mitt, you were running from the minute it was apparent that McCain was dead meat.

63 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:44:59pm

how dare obama not fix bush's recession completely in three years flat! how dare he!

64 Decatur Deb  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:45:06pm

re: #53 freetoken

Having Romney tell us about "doing with less" is, well, empty.

He's going to give up his loser horse. Turn it to glue and sell it. At Staples.

65 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:45:24pm
66 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:45:28pm

"You need to know more about me."

Except my taxes, because "you people" have seen enough.

67 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:45:49pm

"God"!

68 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:45:53pm

He could use another teleprompter.

69 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:46:09pm

re: #65 Lidane

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What did they expect when they invited him? He's a talented actor and director but he's also known for having off the cuff remarks too.

70 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:46:12pm

The Niel Armstrong tribute is well placed.

71 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:46:21pm

God!

DRINK!

72 RadicalModerate  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:46:25pm

Someone needs to tell Mitt Romney that Neil Armstrong was a registered Democrat.

73 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:46:32pm

"You need an AMERICAN" ... hehehehe...

74 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:46:36pm

"You need an American".......red-meat for the Birthers?

75 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:46:41pm

re: #72 RadicalModerate

Someone needs to tell Mitt Romney that Neil Armstrong was a registered Democrat.

He was? I did not know that.

76 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:46:47pm

Hey, Mitt. If America's so great why did your family leave in the first place?

77 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:47:22pm

re: #76 Mocking Jay

Hey, Mitt. If America's so great why did your family leave in the first place?

Why doesn't he keep his money here?

78 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:47:23pm

re: #74 JamesWI

"You need an American".......red-meat for the Birthers?

I'd say so, I've never seen so much emphasis on being an American by any one campaign ever while contrasting the candidate with his opponent.

79 dragonath  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:47:27pm

DETROIT

WOOOOOO

80 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:47:35pm

"He moved to Detroit..."

The city I'd late say should be allowed to go bankrupt.

81 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:47:42pm

re: #76 Mocking Jay

Hey, Mitt. If America's so great why did your family leave in the first place?

Honestly, that's a really good question.

82 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:47:47pm
83 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:47:59pm

re: #79 dragonath

DETROIT

WOOOOOO

Yeah, how many Republican delegates from Michigan ever step foot in Detroit itself?

84 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:48:04pm

GOD!!

85 Interesting Times  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:48:20pm
86 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:48:31pm

Yeah and he unlike you didn't always blame labor unions whenever things went wrong and he didn't pander to racist assholes unlike you. Mitt will never be the man his father was.

87 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:48:33pm

re: #84 freetoken

GOD!!

You're going to break your exclamation point like that.

88 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:48:33pm
89 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:49:09pm
90 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:49:19pm

By the way, did I hear him mention that the US gov't helped feed his family after they came back from Mexico? Honest question. I just thought I heard him say that.

91 Interesting Times  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:49:33pm
92 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:49:37pm

re: #76 Mocking Jay

Hey, Mitt. If America's so great why did your family leave in the first place?

Because back in the 19th Century, Mormons were persecuted at times.

93 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:50:03pm

re: #90 Mocking Jay

By the way, did I hear him mention that the US gov't helped feed his family after they came back from Mexico? Honest question. I just thought I heard him say that.

Yes, he did say that.

94 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:50:04pm

Wow, five female Republican speakers! Look at all that support!

95 bratwurst  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:50:07pm
96 diamonda2u  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:50:19pm

re: #92 Dark_Falcon
Not wanting to follow the law does not equate to persecution...

97 dragonath  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:50:19pm

A car guy like his dad.

That's one way to put it.

98 Kaessa  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:50:22pm
99 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:50:29pm

re: #93 Dark_Falcon

Yes, he did say that.

Oh. Okay.

We fed that.

100 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:51:06pm

re: #95 bratwurst

Not to mention that troublemaking Italian, Columbus.

101 dragonath  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:51:08pm

I'M THE GODDAM PATERFAMILIAS!

102 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:51:33pm

re: #92 Dark_Falcon

Because back in the 19th Century, Mormons were persecuted at times.

I think the word you're looking for is "prosecuted."

103 jhrhv  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:51:51pm

Do people not talk about policy at these things? Is all just bashing and stories from your youth?

104 Decatur Deb  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:51:51pm

re: #92 Dark_Falcon

Because back in the 19th Century, Mormons were persecuted at times.

In his particular case, were they persecuted by Christians or by anti-polygamist Mormons?

105 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:52:19pm

re: #103 jhrhv

Do people not talk about policy at these things? Is all just bashing and stories from your youth?

When you don't want to tell anybody about your policies, yes.

106 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:52:35pm
107 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:52:54pm

apparently the pollsters have been telling mitt that the gender gap is gonna kill em

108 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:52:59pm

I predict that the mainstream media will absolutely love this speech.

109 RadicalModerate  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:53:13pm

Mormon Chruch.

Diversity.

Choose one.

110 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:53:14pm

re: #96 diamonda2u

Not wanting to follow the law does not equate to persecution...

No, but it was far more than that. Joseph Smith started Mormonism in Illinois, but he was murdered and his followers were forced to flee. That's why they fled to Utah, they were trying to get away from those who hated them.

111 allegro  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:53:20pm

Wow, now I know who Mitt is reminding me of... Pee Wee Herman. His expressions, his speech pattern like he's talking to little kids. Yup. Pee Wee. Where's Pterie and Chairie... oh yeah, Chairie was in the last act.

112 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:53:31pm

Bedrock.

113 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:53:37pm

re: #104 Decatur Deb

In his particular case, were they persecuted by Christians or by anti-polygamist Mormons?

I do not know.

114 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:53:38pm

re: #108 Charles Johnson

I predict that the mainstream media will absolutely love this speech.

I'd say he's doing better than Ryan, but that's because he's only focused on his life so far and not actually tried to venture into anything involving policies or ideas.

115 Mattand  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:53:59pm

re: #111 allegro

Wow, now I know who Mitt is reminding me of... Pee Wee Herman. His expressions, his speech pattern like he's talking to little kids. Yup. Pee Wee. Where's Pterie and Chairie... oh yeah, Chairie was in the last act.

Look out if they play "Tequila."

116 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:54:03pm
117 Petero1818  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:54:16pm

that line didnt work

118 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:54:28pm

Truth:

119 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:54:39pm

Scott Walker is in the front row.

120 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:54:57pm

Romney goes birther in his acceptance speech...asshole.

121 jhrhv  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:55:03pm

I don't think all this bashing makes him appear to be a good statesman.

122 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:55:06pm

all that money hasn't bought him the ability to read a line

123 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:55:10pm
124 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:55:18pm

What Mitt, no "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?"

125 bratwurst  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:55:21pm

re: #110 Dark_Falcon

Joseph Smith started Mormonism in Illinois

While you are educating yourself more about China, you should probably go ahead and educate yourself more about this topic as well.

126 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:55:29pm

re: #108 Charles Johnson

I predict that the mainstream media will absolutely love this speech.

Milquetoast flavor, red tie, grey temples.

Perfect.

127 Mattand  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:55:30pm

Just tuned in here. Should I go back and watch Clint's speech?

128 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:55:32pm

Almost all of his experience is in government.......remind me, what does the resume of your VP look like?

129 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:55:40pm

Yeah he sure knows how America works alright.

130 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:55:50pm

now we've come to mitt's explanation of how he's gonna turn around the united states:

rag on obama

131 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:56:00pm

"Jobs to him are about government."

Like Willard's running mate, who's been in politics since he graduated from college.

132 RadicalModerate  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:56:08pm

Bain Capital.
"In the business of helping other companies".

By looting them and closing them down.

133 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:56:16pm

re: #128 JamesWI

Almost all of his experience is in government.......remind me, what does the resume of your VP look like?

"That's different"

134 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:56:25pm

re: #127 Mattand

Just tuned in here. Should I go back and watch Clint's speech?

YES!

135 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:56:33pm
136 Mattand  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:56:47pm

re: #108 Charles Johnson

I predict that the mainstream media will absolutely love this speech.

I was channel surfing as Mitt was walking to the podium. Blitzer on CNN sounded like he was about to wet himself.

137 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:57:03pm

The reviews will be glowing, to be digested over the holiday weekend.

138 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:57:05pm

Bain Capital is a great American success story......an American success story that loves shipping jobs overseas for profit.

139 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:57:10pm

Is this a fucking resume?

140 Kaessa  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:57:15pm
141 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:57:20pm

re: #138 JamesWI

Bain Capital is a great American success story......an American success story that loves shipping jobs overseas for profit.

But don't talk about it. It's off the table.

142 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:57:28pm

re: #127 Mattand

Just tuned in here. Should I go back and watch Clint's speech?

Just watch this. It's more entertaining:

Youtube Video
143 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:57:37pm

Okay can I just say fuck him for making out having one's career in government as a bad thing. I am really sick of him doing that because both my grandfather and my mother made their careers in the federal government and were able to give my dad and then my family good lives because of their jobs.

144 Mattand  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:58:11pm

re: #142 Lidane

Just watch this. It's more entertaining:

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I'm also gathering your clip makes more sense.

145 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:58:11pm

What do we apologize for, Mitt?

146 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:58:14pm

And what about the shitload of stories that weren't successes for Bain, Mitt?

147 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:58:22pm

Obama hates success because he thinks I should pay more than 14% in taxes!

148 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:58:24pm

The church pension fund bit was fun and funny.

The ding on the Obama campaign with Staples was also nice.

He followed that up by bringing up Bright Horizons and being positive towards Michelle Obama.

149 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:58:35pm

re: #108 Charles Johnson

I predict that the mainstream media will absolutely love this speech.

Goes without saying. The "liberal" NPR news shows "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered" have become almost unlistenable lately, because for some reason it's All Republicans All The Fucking Time now. I mean, every other morning some "Tea Party Favorite" who accidentally became mayor of Netherpoostink, PA (pop. 234) due to a clerical error somehow merits a 15 minute segment on his opinion about "Paul Romney, or Mitt Ryan, or whatever that guy's name is."

Maybe it's just me.

150 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:58:44pm

re: #145 Mocking Jay

What do we apologize for, Mitt?

Well, I'm sorry that we have a chance of having him as our next president. Other than that I don't have a clue what the gasbag is talking about.

151 dragonath  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:59:43pm

BLACK JIMMY CARTER

152 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:59:46pm

JIMMY CARTER!!

153 Petero1818  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:59:52pm

re: #148 Dark_Falcon

The church pension fund bit was fun and funny.

The ding on the Obama campaign with Staples was also nice.

He followed that up by bringing up Bright Horizons and being positive towards Michelle Obama.

And by referring to Steel Dynamic a company whose success is owed in part to government subsidies and ta breaks.

154 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:59:52pm
155 Mattand  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 7:59:52pm

re: #148 Dark_Falcon

The church pension fund bit was fun and funny.

The ding on the Obama campaign with Staples was also nice.

He followed that up by bringing up Bright Horizons and being positive towards Michelle Obama.

Wake me when he gets to the part about any policy he'd implement as Pres.

156 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:00:06pm

Yeah, George W Bush could look back in 2004 and say we were a lot better off than we were when he was first elected.

Seriously......Fuck you.

157 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:00:37pm

Would somebody like to note that Steve Jobs was fired because he was running Apple into the ground?

158 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:00:44pm

Yeah Jimmy Carter, a man who's been out of office for 31 years. Sheesh even the Dems stopped talking about Herbert Hoover by the early 60's. Talking about beating a dead horse.

159 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:00:46pm

i can't remember an acceptance speech so full of negativity and insults

160 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:00:55pm
161 RadicalModerate  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:01:08pm

This is some serious revisionist bull**** regarding the 2008 economic crash.

162 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:01:10pm

re: #143 HappyWarrior

Ummmm...
Hasn't Mitt been trying to get a gov. job for the past eight years or so?

163 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:01:35pm
164 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:01:44pm

Will he put out any proposals?

165 Mattand  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:01:50pm

re: #162 OhNoZombies!

Ummmm...
Hasn't Mitt been trying to get a gov. job for the past eight years or so?

Also, doesn't being in the military count as a government job?

166 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:01:52pm

"Lots of jobs. Lots of jobs that pay minimum wage!"

167 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:02:00pm

Obama's crushed the middle-class......so I'm going to.......raise taxes on the middle-class so I can have a tax cut!

168 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:02:06pm

Turn that corner where you say "give up on this President, America", without saying "You're a bunch of quitters, America."

169 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:02:14pm

re: #162 OhNoZombies!

Ummmm...
Hasn't Mitt been trying to get a gov. job for the past eight years or so?

Pfft. Details. He's a rich white Republican. Government jobs are only a bad thing for Democrats.

170 Petero1818  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:02:14pm

Well to be fair Mitt, they are strangers to you. Not your brother or neighbor.

171 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:02:28pm

who was it who was president when all the trouble started?

I FORGETTED!!!

172 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:02:36pm

tricorn!!

173 wheat-dogg  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:02:36pm

re: #27 jhrhv

Mitt built the iPOD

in China

174 allegro  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:02:49pm

Oh yeah, Obama has crushed the middle class. I swear, I don't know whose lies are more obnoxious, him or Ryan. This is revolting.

175 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:02:49pm

Obama's going to send jobs to China!

Hey, no fair! That's MY job!

176 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:03:01pm

This speech is flat.

177 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:03:04pm

Not created jobs...except those 2.4 million created in over 2 years of growth, but let's not talk about those.

178 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:03:08pm

re: #162 OhNoZombies!

Ummmm...
Hasn't Mitt been trying to get a gov. job for the past eight years or so?

Well the past eleven if you include his successful attempt at the governor's mansion in Massachusetts and then you can go back to 1994 when Teddy Kennedy beat him when he ran for Senate. Yeah, Mitt likes to spit on people who have been successful in government because he's been rejected when he's ran more often than he's been accepted. Cheap shot asshole. Would he make that dig at a lifetime soldier like Eisenhower?

179 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:03:13pm

i thought we were about to transition to the uplifting part about the future

180 RadicalModerate  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:03:25pm

re: #157 Targetpractice

Would somebody like to note that Steve Jobs was fired because he was running Apple into the ground?

Two words for Mitt Romney.

John Sculley.

181 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:03:30pm

Let me say this now, just in case this asshole wins in November.

Fuck you, Mitt.

182 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:03:30pm

re: #173 wheatdogg

in China

In a cave! With a box of spare parts!

//

183 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:03:39pm

Shorter RNC:

184 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:03:39pm

Some good theme music for the GOP from Detroit's own Electric Six.. jk..

Youtube Video
185 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:03:49pm

re: #176 Amory Blaine

This speech is flat.

The crowd wants blood, while Mitt want's 15 second sound bites for the bland TV news hosts.

186 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:03:50pm

Wasn't Reagan a lot more positive than this?

187 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:04:00pm

I have a plan to create 12 million jobs, I just won't tell you what it is.

188 Petero1818  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:04:06pm

12 million jobs hooray.

189 dragonath  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:04:10pm

Drill baby drill!

190 RadicalModerate  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:04:13pm

A plan to create twelve million new jobs.

IN CHINA!

191 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:04:21pm

re: #186 Mocking Jay

Wasn't Reagan a lot more positive than this?

If I'm not mistaken, that was part of his appeal. Not a fan of Reagan's but Mitt is no Reagan.

192 calochortus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:04:22pm

re: #187 JamesWI

I have a plan to create 12 million jobs, I just won't tell you what it is.

Foreign jobs?

193 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:04:23pm

I have a plan...that I can't reveal until after the election. Sorry, but that's the way it's gotta be.

194 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:04:24pm

Lies about energy... they want to hear those.

195 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:04:26pm

We'll be energy independent by using up all of our limited resources!

196 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:04:33pm

re: #186 Mocking Jay

Wasn't Reagan a lot more positive than this?

Yes. By a mile.

197 calochortus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:04:50pm

re: #190 RadicalModerate

You beat me to it!

198 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:05:05pm

re: #186 Mocking Jay

Wasn't Reagan a lot more positive than this?

Reagan was a myth speaker. Romney is a myth.

199 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:05:07pm
200 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:05:10pm

12 million jobs doing what Mitt?

201 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:05:11pm

re: #186 Mocking Jay

Wasn't Reagan a lot more positive than this?

Shit, Kerry was more positive than this.

202 dragonath  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:05:13pm

When nations cheat in trade WE NUKE EM!

203 CuriousLurker  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:05:14pm

What a prick. That's basically it: Elect me, the NotObama.

Okay, let's hear the plan.... No? Just some vague bullshit? Drill, baby drill?

204 Big Joe  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:05:20pm

platitudes

205 jhrhv  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:05:22pm

I think this is why people call politicians empty suits.

206 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:05:35pm

re: #200 Mich-again

12 million jobs doing what Mitt?

Working at Staples for minimum wage and no benefits.

207 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:05:52pm

And this is what Republicans accept as a plan? Pipe dreams and bullshit.

208 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:06:13pm

re: #207 darthstar

And this is what Republicans accept as a plan? Pipe dreams and bullshit.

You're new to politics, aren't you?

//

209 RadicalModerate  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:06:20pm

What destroyed Greece, and a great deal of the European economy?
What was that word again?

Oh yeah.

Austerity.

And Romney wants to copy it.

210 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:06:23pm

So, to create 12 million jobs:

Drill everywhere
School vouchers
Free trade
"Cut deficit" (with no details on how)
Get rid of safety regulations.
Get rid of health care.

Yeah, that sounds like a good plan.

211 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:06:31pm

re: #186 Mocking Jay

Wasn't Reagan a lot more positive than this?

Satan is more positive than this.

212 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:06:33pm
213 allegro  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:06:33pm

How about we replace Obamacare with Romneycare? Oh yeah, can't talk about that.

214 danarchy  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:06:53pm

re: #191 HappyWarrior

If I'm not mistaken, that was part of his appeal. Not a fan of Reagan's but Mitt is no Reagan.

Yeah, say what you want about reagan, but the man could give a speach like nobodys business.

215 Petero1818  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:07:02pm

Coming to the end. He is throwing in one liners on platform.

216 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:07:07pm

GOD!!

217 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:07:10pm

Check socon boxes.

218 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:07:11pm

Yeah, freedom of religion is under attack by Obama.....

219 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:07:21pm

Sorry, I just had a sneezing fit due to my allergy to bullshit.

220 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:07:26pm

Since when was freedom of religion under attack?

221 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:07:45pm

Global warming joke...asshole.

222 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:07:52pm

I promise to help you. Fuck the planet, who cares about that shit?

223 bratwurst  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:07:52pm

The rise of the oceans a GREAT laugh line...nothing more funny than that!

224 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:07:54pm

re: #220 darthstar

Since when was freedom of religion under attack?

Since Christians couldn't dictate how America will run anymore.

225 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:08:06pm
226 calochortus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:08:11pm

re: #220 darthstar

Since when was freedom of religion under attack?

For Christians or Muslims?

227 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:08:21pm

re: #221 darthstar

Global warming joke...asshole.

Was it combined with a lame cheap shot at Al Gore? Or did he not do that because his dead horse quota was full when he attacked Carter.

228 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:08:23pm

APOLOGY TOUR!!

229 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:08:25pm

"Apology tour"

230 dragonath  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:08:27pm

Nothing gets the crowd going like an environmental joke.

231 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:08:30pm

"My promise is to help you and your family. Fuck the planet."

(Wild cheers.)

232 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:08:33pm

And no health care so when they need medical treatment the ones who still have health insurance have to pay more to cover the costs. Until eventually only one person in the country will be left with health insurance and their policy will cost $2 trillion a year. Test the logic with the extreme example..

233 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:08:45pm

re: #187 JamesWI

I have a plan to create 12 million jobs, I just won't tell you what it is.

Insert Ghost of Ross Perot Campaign Past saying, "one person working part-time for six months doesn't constitute creating a job."

234 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:08:50pm

America has freed other countries from dictators.....and put other dictators in their place!

235 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:08:54pm

Justin Bateman - American Psycho
Why does Mitt remind me of him when he speaks?
(not the killing part)

236 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:09:19pm
237 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:09:20pm

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you your 2012 GOP campaign: Empty promises and swipes at the guy who's had the thankless job for the last 4 years.

238 RadicalModerate  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:09:20pm

Now comes the John Birch Society portion of the Romney speech.

239 Tigger2  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:09:21pm

Romney is lying as much as Ryan did not a quality I want in a President.

240 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:09:22pm

Wow. Givin' Obama some Osama credit!

241 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:09:25pm

Where are we again?

USA. USA. USA. USA.

Ohh yeah.

242 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:09:28pm

Now we need to go to war with Iran!

243 CuriousLurker  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:09:39pm

He's the male version of Sarah Palin. Vindictive prick.

244 dragonath  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:09:39pm

WHAT ABOUT POLAND?!!

245 danarchy  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:09:48pm

re: #235 OhNoZombies!

Justin Bateman - American Psycho
Why does Mitt remind me of him when he speaks?
(not the killing part)

You mean Christian Bale?

246 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:09:50pm

Is this the point by point wingnut memo?

247 wheat-dogg  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:10:02pm

re: #182 Targetpractice

In a cave! With a box of spare parts!

//

using 18-to 23-year-old farm girls as assistants!
/

248 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:10:08pm

War with Russia too! Yay! Standing O!

249 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:10:12pm

Cold War 2.0

250 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:10:17pm

Is he going to start a war with Russia?

251 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:10:23pm

re: #245 danarchy

You mean Christian Bale?

Means the character the Bale played. I think it's Patrick Bateman tho.

252 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:10:29pm

re: #231 Charles Johnson

"My promise is to help you and your family. Fuck the planet."

(Wild cheers.)

So don't worry all you future generations of Americans. God will step in and fix global warming which isn't even happening but if it was it wouldn't be our fault.

253 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:10:32pm

re: #235 OhNoZombies!

Justin Patrick Bateman - American Psycho
Why does Mitt remind me of him when he speaks?
(not the killing part)

FTFY

254 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:10:32pm

re: #250 Mocking Jay

Is he going to start a war with Russia?

Shit, who isn't he looking to start wars with?

255 CuriousLurker  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:10:54pm

And we'll bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran...

256 RadicalModerate  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:11:11pm

Good grief.

Romney really does want to take us back to 1952, including restarting the Cold War.

257 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:11:14pm

re: #254 Targetpractice

Shit, who isn't he looking to start wars with?

Israel.

I would've said Britain, but then the Olympics happened...

258 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:11:15pm

Giants leading Houston 8-4 in the top of the 9th.

259 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:11:20pm

For a guy who loves war this much, he sure was in a hell of a hurry to get out of service when he was of age. Yeah, I went there especially because he and his surrogates question the president's patriotism.

260 Petero1818  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:11:23pm

NO the America we want is at war with Russia, Iran, and welches on its debts to other nations.

261 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:11:29pm

Schools lagging behind the rest of the world.

Gee.....I wonder why that is......

262 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:11:54pm

Mitt Headroom seems kind of plastic.

263 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:12:03pm

This guy makes me miss Bush and McCain 2.0.

264 Decatur Deb  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:12:04pm

re: #250 Mocking Jay

Is he going to start a war with Russia?

Not right away. He'll start with Abyssinia.

265 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:12:11pm

I don't think this speech will help or hurt him.

266 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:12:12pm

Sorry, but a very stressful day at work had me in wound up pretty tight. That means I'm exhausted now, The speech is still going on, but I'm not. Good Night, all.

267 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:12:13pm

re: #256 RadicalModerate

Good grief.

Romney really does want to take us back to 1952, including restarting the Cold War.

That's because the GOP has no fucking idea how to function in a post-Cold War world. When the Soviet Union collapsed, so did all their ideas.

268 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:12:17pm

I've seen porn with more substance than this speech.

269 CuriousLurker  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:12:19pm

LMAO, riiiight, because the wingnuts aren't resentful.

270 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:12:21pm

i glad to hear mitt condemn bush and the republican congress for borrowing so much money from china and for degrading the public school system

that's who he meant, right?

271 Petero1818  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:12:21pm

re: #261 JamesWI

Schools lagging behind the rest of the world.

Gee.....I wonder why that is......

Not sure, but they place first in the ability to recite scripture.

272 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:12:45pm

re: #266 Dark_Falcon

Sorry, but a very stressful day at work had me in wound up pretty tight. That means I'm exhausted now, The speech is still going on, but I'm not. Good Night, all.

Man, Mitt Romney's even putting DF to sleep!

273 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:12:52pm

re: #245 danarchy

:) Yep. He knew all of the right things to say, but there was no sincerity.
I mean Patrick Bateman...oops.

274 allegro  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:13:06pm

I just hit the mute button. Wow, it's like I stopped stabbing my ears with ice picks. Such a relief. I'll leave the rest to y'all. My tolerance has been exceeded.

275 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:13:06pm
276 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:13:12pm
277 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:13:31pm

Will care for the poor and the sick......except for giving them any health care or welfare.

278 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:13:34pm

holy fuckin' shit how many times has he mentioned or referenced god??

279 JRCMYP  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:13:35pm

Care for the poor and the sick? I thought the poor could take care of themselves, Mitt?

280 dragonath  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:13:45pm

Every sentence Romney says sounds like there's an ellipsis at the end of it.

281 wheat-dogg  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:13:50pm

re: #275 Lidane

Was that the bowing to the Japanese guy tour?

282 Destro  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:14:00pm

Romney just said, yea fuck the earth! Fuck the earth! fuck the earth!!! USA! USA! USA!

Chants of USA! USA! USA! Waiting for Sgt Slaughter to enter the ring and to fight the Iron Shiek?!!

Romney just promised war against Iran and Russia?

283 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:14:00pm

This speech should be titled "The Cure for Insomnia."

284 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:14:04pm

well if mitt does get elected we'll remember the 12 million jobs he promised, and also the promise that we'll be energy independent by 2020

285 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:14:06pm

re: #275 Lidane

[Embedded content]

Yeah, one keeps on hearing about this apology tour. If anything Obama's been more of a hawk than Bush was and to boot damn better at it too. Of course, he doesn't act like a pompous asshole like Mitt would and that makes Mitt sad.

286 JRCMYP  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:14:07pm

Thank g-d it's over. Gak.

287 dragonath  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:14:07pm

WE'RE CHEERING BECAUSE IT'S OVER!!

288 CuriousLurker  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:14:09pm

re: #274 allegro

Yep, he's giving them the red meat the crave. God, guns, and war. Hate Obama.

289 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:14:39pm

Well, he spent the last 10 minutes going down the reactionary right points one by one.

I'll give him credit for one thing: he didn't mention "Food Stamps".

290 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:14:48pm

re: #265 Amory Blaine

I don't think this speech will help or hurt him.

Right now, probably not. But when people see Obama's speech, which won't be coming from an angry birther robot, the comparison should be stark.

291 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:14:48pm

James Brown, bitch!

292 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:14:54pm
293 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:15:10pm

So, I must have zoned out, because I didn't hear one single frakin' proposal or idea.

294 jhrhv  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:15:16pm

Is Apollo Creed coming out? Maybe he can take on Putin.
/

295 dragonath  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:15:21pm

Well that was forgettable.

296 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:15:25pm

ok - mitt has gone and took his best shot

if he don't lead in the polls next week, he is done and did

297 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:15:43pm

re: #295 dragonath

Well that was forgettable.

I'm not sure you could have written a more generic convention speech.

298 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:15:43pm

re: #278 Mocking Jay

holy fuckin' shit how many times has he mentioned or referenced god??

Theocracy Now!

299 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:15:57pm
300 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:16:03pm

Al Sharpton is not liking the appropriation of James Brown for the Republican convention.

301 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:16:16pm

re: #289 freetoken

Well, he spent the last 10 minutes going down the reactionary right points one by one.

I'll give him credit for one thing: he didn't mention "Food Stamps".

He was going over time.

302 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:16:23pm

2.5 minutes. That's all I could take. Romney is just awful.
New personal record for me.

303 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:16:31pm
304 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:16:41pm

re: #300 JamesWI

Al Sharpton is not liking the appropriation of James Brown for the Republican convention.

I think Sharpton used to work for him. Brown this is.

305 danarchy  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:16:46pm

re: #284 engineer cat

well if mitt does get elected we'll remember the 12 million jobs he promised, and also the promise that we'll be energy independent by 2020

The 12 million jobs thing is masterful. That's the predicted job growth over the next 4 years regardless. So if it happens he would get to claim credit.

306 RadicalModerate  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:16:49pm

Next week, the adults take the stage.

307 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:16:51pm

Is that it?

Can Eastwood come back out now?

308 Petero1818  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:16:53pm

re: #293 Targetpractice

So, I must have zoned out, because I didn't hear one single frakin' proposal or idea.

Well he proposed 12M jobs, a war with Iran, a war or at least a cold war with Russia and a plan to buy a shit load of Canadian oil.

309 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:17:15pm

re: #306 RadicalModerate

Next week, the adults take the stage.

The adults.

And Joe Biden.

(I kid because I care.)

310 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:17:27pm

re: #308 Petero1818

Well he proposed 12M jobs, a war with Iran, a war or at least a cold war with Russia and a plan to buy a shit load of Canadian oil.

So he just read off the points from the party platform, one by one?

311 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:17:31pm
312 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:17:31pm

re: #293 Targetpractice

So, I must have zoned out, because I didn't hear one single frakin' proposal or idea.

Step 1 - Drill Baby Drill, repeal Obamacare, deregulate corporations!

Step 2 - ?????

Step 3 - 12 million jobs!

313 Decatur Deb  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:17:34pm

This convention will restore enthusiasm to the jaded base. Our base.

314 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:17:48pm

The sad thing is there are going to be a bit of people out there who re: #309 Mocking Jay

The adults.

And Joe Biden.

(I kid because I care.)

Joe Biden and the Adults, instant band name!

315 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:17:50pm

I found Romney's speech to be unremarkable. Meat the last few minutes to the atavist right wing, but for the most part just white bread smarm.

This could be him taking the "high ground", while Ryan and Christie are going to be the attack dogs the next 10 weeks.

316 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:18:06pm

i'm sure the independents and swing voters will be convinced to vote for mitt by how well he dumped on obama

317 dragonath  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:18:07pm

Pretty gutsy of Eastwood to go up there on drugs. It was like something Hunter S. would have written.

318 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:18:11pm

re: #309 Mocking Jay

The adults.

And Joe Biden.

(I kid because I care.)

Biden's speech will be a big fuckin' deal. ;)

319 danarchy  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:18:12pm

re: #296 engineer cat

ok - mitt has gone and took his best shot

if he don't lead in the polls next week, he is done and did

Elections have turned on single debate soundbites, wouldn't get too comfortable.

320 CuriousLurker  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:18:18pm

Thank God that's over. I'm out. Late, lizards.

321 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:18:26pm

I just found that to be a total downer of a speech.

322 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:18:27pm

re: #320 CuriousLurker

GOD!!

323 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:19:36pm

Ross Douthat proves his idiocy yet again:

324 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:19:37pm

Mitt may be more of a downer than Ron Paul. Okay, not really because listening to Ron Paul talk is just depressing but Mitt isn't much better.

325 Petero1818  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:19:41pm

Alex Castallano just said the speech was "good enough".

326 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:20:01pm

So Charles, we get hazard pay for sitting through that speech, right?

/

327 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:20:12pm
328 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:20:23pm

re: #323 Lidane

Ross Douthat proves his idiocy yet again:

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Probably because he didn't say a damned thing of substance.

329 allegro  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:20:24pm

re: #315 freetoken

I found Romney's speech to be unremarkable. Meat the last few minutes to the atavist right wing, but for the most part just white bread smarm.

This could be him taking the "high ground", while Ryan and Christie are going to be the attack dogs the next 10 weeks.

You call that the high ground? I'm at sea level and looking down... waaaay down.

330 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:20:44pm

re: #274 allegro

I just hit the mute button. Wow, it's like I stopped stabbing my ears with ice picks. Such a relief. I'll leave the rest to y'all. My tolerance has been exceeded.

My husband was flipping channels earlier, and discovered Romney's speech was being broadcast with dubbing in Spanish. He thought that might be tolerable, since he doesn't speak any Spanish. He lost interest after a minute, though.

331 Decatur Deb  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:20:45pm

re: #325 Petero1818

Alex Castallano just said the speech was "good enough".

Good Enough 2012

332 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:20:53pm

That was weak sauce.

333 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:21:03pm

re: #329 allegro

You call that the high ground? I'm at sea level and looking down... waaaay down.

Mitt's not looking at sea levels.

334 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:21:13pm

Can we hear him singing "America the Beautiful?" I see him mouthing it and I wanna hear!

335 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:21:31pm

re: #288 CuriousLurker

Yep, he's giving them the red meat the crave. God, guns, and war. Hate Obama.

Wait, now they like war AGAIN?

Will these people make their damn minds up?

336 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:21:34pm

Tomorrow's Headline: "Romney Meets Low Expectations, Impresses Absolutely No One."

337 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:22:22pm

re: #305 danarchy

The 12 million jobs thing is masterful. That's the predicted job growth over the next 4 years regardless. So if it happens he would get to claim credit.

but that would be 250 000 jobs a month (somebody check my arithmetic), and we've been doing an average of less than 100 000 for the past four years

338 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:22:33pm

re: #336 Targetpractice

Look... it wasn't a bad speech. It's pretty much what everybody expected.

It's just not a memorable speech, and at this point Romney really needs one of those.

339 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:22:43pm

The AP reported that "backstage, stern-faced Romney aides winced at times as Eastwood's remarks stretched on."

340 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:23:14pm

The only thing people will remember from tonight is Clint Eastwood and invisible Obama.

341 bratwurst  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:23:18pm
342 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:23:28pm

re: #339 JamesWI

The AP reported that "backstage, stern-faced Romney aides winced at times as Eastwood's remarks stretched on."

I guess Mitt thought he was getting the same Eastwood from Dirty Harry and didn't realize the movie came out 40 years ago.

343 Big Joe  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:23:29pm

They really needed Palin to be there.

//

344 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:23:40pm

re: #339 JamesWI

The AP reported that "backstage, stern-faced Romney aides winced at times as Eastwood's remarks stretched on."

"...and Eastwood glared back at them," is what I want to read at the end of that sentence.

345 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:23:46pm

re: #338 freetoken

Look... it wasn't a bad speech. It's pretty much what everybody expected.

It's just not a memorable speech, and at this point Romney really needs one of those.

Not a bad speech, just composed of enough boilerplate to build a battleship.

346 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:23:53pm
Reporters took to Twitter to fact-check the more substantial of Eastwood's remarks, including his statistics about unemployment. "Clint Eastwood was inaccurate.There are 12.8 million unemployed, not 23 million. BLS [Bureau of Labor Statistics] says there are 23 mllion UNDERremployed," New York Times reporter Steven Greenhouse tweeted.

A number that Rubio and Romney both repeated as 23 million unemployed.

347 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:24:09pm

mitt never pivoted toward the center after the primaries

this was his best effort to pander to the wingnuts

348 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:24:10pm

re: #305 danarchy

The 12 million jobs thing is masterful. That's the predicted job growth over the next 4 years regardless. So if it happens he would get to claim credit.

Scott Walkers strategy.

349 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:24:13pm

re: #343 Big Joe

They really needed Palin to be there.

//

You joke, but she certainly would have lit up the crowd.

350 allegro  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:24:13pm

His speech did inspire me to reach all the way over to the table and hit the mute button on the remote. That's something.

351 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:24:44pm

Yikes' that's pretty bad if you're doubling the unemployment figures.

352 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:24:49pm

Did he just mash all of his stump speeches together ? I missed a lot.

353 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:25:14pm

re: #305 danarchy

Citizenry's innumeracy is a politicians best friend.

354 Decatur Deb  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:25:43pm

re: #351 HappyWarrior

Yikes' that's pretty bad if you're doubling the unemployment figures.

That's a common estimate of the 'real' unemployment on rwnj sites.

355 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:26:34pm

re: #354 Decatur Deb

And the "underemployed" includes lots of Staples employees.


But let's not mention that.

356 Kragar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:26:39pm

Oh darn, I apparently missed the whole speech...

357 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:26:41pm

re: #319 danarchy

Elections have turned on single debate soundbites, wouldn't get too comfortable.

maybe, but mitt has never lead in the head to head poll averages all year, and he's getting killed in the electoral college, and i don't recall anybody ever coming back from that

but let's see if the convention puts him ahead

358 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:27:54pm

re: #356 Kragar

Oh darn, I apparently missed the whole speech...

I'll summarize it for ya: Mitt tried and failed to be anything other than bland.

359 Decatur Deb  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:28:00pm

re: #357 engineer cat

maybe, but mitt has never lead in the head to head poll averages all year, and he's getting killed in the electoral college, and i don't recall anybody ever coming back from that

but let's see if the convention puts him ahead

Per Nate Silver, he's in real trouble if he doesn't jump a bit ahead at least temporarily.

360 danarchy  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:28:06pm

re: #337 engineer cat

but that would be 250 000 jobs a month (somebody check my arithmetic), and we've been doing an average of less than 100 000 for the past four years

Moody's released a report earlier this month saying there would likely be 12 million new jobs by 2016 regardless of who was president. Even the CBO estimates if nothing is done about the "fiscal cliff" and we dip back into recession there will be 9.3million new jobs by 2016

361 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:29:21pm

re: #356 Kragar

Oh darn, I apparently missed the whole speech...

You really have to watch the Eastwood comedy segment.

362 dragonath  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:31:02pm

Boehner's gonna cry.

363 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:31:06pm

I'm just glad it's over. Will Invisible Obama be coming with Mitt to stump though?

364 bratwurst  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:31:16pm
365 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:31:18pm
366 Destro  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:32:26pm

I like to thank Clint Eastwood for sabotaging Romney's speech.

367 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:32:52pm
368 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:32:56pm

re: #365 jaunte

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How exactly do they measure when they're doing something like that?

369 Destro  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:33:49pm

re: #95 bratwurst

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Once and for all, Jesus was an American per the Mormons.

370 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:33:58pm

If you watch "American Psycho" along with the Chris Nolan/Christian Bale Batman films, consider this:

Patrick Bateman and Bruce Wayne are actually the same guy.

But one of them exists only in the mind of the other, just like Jack and Tyler in "Fight Club".

First, let's assume Patrick Bateman is real. The events of "American Psycho" probably took place only in Patrick Bateman's mind. If you imagine that the entire Batman universe is also a fantasy of Patrick Bateman's, an entirely new range of possible interpretations appears.

Now, assume Bruce Wayne is real. Consider his chosen life. He's a multi-billionaire by inheritance. The corporation that bears his name and supplies his for-all-practical-purposes limitless income is run by responsible people who knew his father. He has no real responsibilities in life. What he does have is unimaginable loads of anger and guilt. He could have anything. He really COULD live the life of a drunken, Russian model-screwing, spontaneously hotel-buying prima donna, but the only thing he's really driven to do is to break the bones of those he considers deserving of it. He is motivated purely by rage which he rationalizes as a longing for justice. He is literally a terrorist, but his targets are generally criminals. Clearly, this is a deeply disturbed and irrational person. If you consider that "American Psycho" is simply something Bruce Wayne dreamed one night, and couple that with the fact that he fakes having a "perfect" life of billionaire debauchery -- that he has no interest at all in those pleasures -- as a cover for acting out his nocturnal psychopathy, then the Batman films become more interesting.

OH, NEVER MIND. The Willard Mechanism bored the shit out of me and I sorta just got to typin'.

371 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:34:13pm
372 Destro  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:35:12pm

The empty chair on stage symbolized the black man at the GOP convention.

373 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:35:37pm

re: #366 Destro

I like to thank Clint Eastwood for sabotaging Romney's speech.

Call me strange, but I liked Clint's little performance.

I think it was more masterful than some are giving him credit.

374 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:35:41pm

re: #360 danarchy

Moody's released a report earlier this month saying there would likely be 12 million new jobs by 2016 regardless of who was president. Even the CBO estimates if nothing is done about the "fiscal cliff" and we dip back into recession there will be 9.3million new jobs by 2016

well that would be really nice but it leaves me wondering when this 250 000 jobs per month that we would need is supposed to start.

take a look at this chart of monthly job growth/loss over the past four years:

[Link: www.barackobama.com...]

375 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:36:38pm

Oh Clint...
I just watched him on the youtube. His age really showed.
Kind of pitiful.

376 wheat-dogg  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:36:47pm

re: #373 freetoken

Call me strange, but I liked Clint's little performance.

I think it was more masterful than some are giving him credit.

What if he was playing the GOP for fools, like Colbert does?

377 dragonath  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:36:48pm

I love how everybody talking about how their families got ahead, you know, back when America's tax structure was (gasp) ...more progressive!

378 Gus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:36:50pm

WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

379 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:36:55pm

re: #372 Destro

Fundamentally, what Clint demonstrated well is that a Hollywood superstar can easily trump a boring politician in stealing a show.

380 Obdicut  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:37:31pm

re: #378 Gus

WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What is it good for?

381 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:37:37pm

re: #376 wheatdogg

What if he was playing the GOP for fools, like Colbert does?

Was Eastwood punking the convention?

382 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:37:37pm

re: #379 freetoken

Fundamentally, what Clint demonstrated well is that a Hollywood superstar can easily trump a boring politician in stealing a show.

Think what he demonstrated well is that actors look a lot better when you can just edit out their screw-ups.

383 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:37:48pm

Talking heads going on about how human it was for Romney to have a family, and stories about them.

384 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:37:57pm
385 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:38:08pm

re: #382 Targetpractice

Think what he demonstrated well is that actors look a lot better when you can just edit out their screw-ups.

Or when someone else is writing their words for them.

386 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:38:26pm

re: #383 jaunte

Mitt has powerful baby juice - he got himself 5 sons.

387 Gus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:38:38pm

Well. The good news is that this convention is over.

388 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:38:40pm

If I had to sum up the evening in a single word, it would be: weak.

389 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:38:48pm

re: #384 Lidane

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As I said, for a guy who did everything to get out of military service, Romney seems way too comfortable with sending other people to war.

390 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:38:59pm

re: #388 Charles Johnson

If I had to sum up the evening in a single word, it would be: weak.

I'd go with "bland."

391 Gus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:39:02pm

re: #388 Charles Johnson

If I had to sum up the evening in a single word, it would be: weak.

Meh Romney

392 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:39:15pm

re: #390 Targetpractice

milquetoast

393 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:39:19pm

re: #386 freetoken

I sense... somewhere... the use of birth control.

394 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:39:25pm

re: #389 HappyWarrior

As I said, for a guy who did everything to get out of military service, Romney seems way too comfortable with sending other people to war.

Typical right wing chickenhawk.

395 Interesting Times  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:39:28pm
396 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:39:45pm

Obama and the Democrats would really have to try hard to put on a convention that isn't at least ten times better than that trainwreck.

397 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:39:58pm

Who ever put the High Plains Drifter on the schedule right before Romneybot wasn't thinking.

398 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:40:00pm

Invisible Obama killed.

399 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:40:10pm

re: #393 jaunte

It was Mrs. Romney's magic vagina, which fought off all the little girl spermatozoa.

400 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:40:35pm
401 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:40:38pm

re: #388 Charles Johnson

If I had to sum up the evening in a single word, it would be: weak.

Weak tea.

402 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:40:50pm

Ooopps... I wrote the "v" word - sorry Charles.

403 Kragar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:40:57pm

re: #380 Obdicut

What is it good for?

Seizure of resources.

404 Gus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:41:02pm

re: #393 jaunte

I sense... somewhere... the use of birth control.

Imagine Clint Eastwood? Well, we already know that Clint essentially forced Sondra Locke to have two abortions and tubal ligation.

Family values!

405 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:41:28pm

re: #400 Lidane

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And this is why Obama won't make Romney into a punchline like Landon, McGovern, or Mondale.

406 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:41:34pm

re: #398 jaunte

Invisible Obama killed.

Invisible Obama is the greatest thing ever. There's no going back now.

The only thing better would be if the POTUS walked out on stage for his acceptance speech and sat in a chair first. Haha.

407 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:41:40pm

re: #403 Kragar

Seizure of resources.

That actually fits, in place of "absolutely nothing".....sound it out in your head.

408 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:42:14pm

re: #392 freetoken

milquetoast

Forgettable.

409 Destro  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:42:15pm

re: #370 What Would Spalding Gray Do?

As a life long comic book aficionado and connoisseur Batman and Bruce Wayne were born at at time when America was really fucked up.

In the Great Depression there was no first responders or 911 and there were fewer cops around. Lots of criminals and gangs on every street corner - really rough slum conditions in cities and politicians and cops all corrupt and on the take.

So as a reader from the 30s you can see why someone like Bruce Wayne would adopt a masked crime fighting persona.

After WW2 we had low crime so Batman became camp. Then became grim and gritty again when we went through the 70s and 80s crime waves.

But with NYC crime rates at an all time low I don't think in the modern era someone would invent a Batman and make him sane.

410 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:42:28pm

If Romney doesn't get a boost in the over weekend polling, I do expect Ryan (and some others, maybe Christie) to up the attack language.

411 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:42:32pm

After that boring show the GOP is second-guessing all the people who prayed that Hurricane Isaac would steer away from Tampa.

412 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:43:00pm
413 Destro  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:43:34pm

re: #380 Obdicut

WAR! What is it good for?

12 million jobs?

414 dragonath  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:43:37pm

I like John Cole's take on the Eastwood bit:

Did this really happen or did I hallucinate the whole thing? Is this what an acid flashback feels like? I almost feel obligated to put on the Grateful Dead’s Blues for Allah and go into the bathroom and stare at my face in the mirror for ten minutes while the four different cigarettes I lit in different rooms all burn out.

415 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:43:43pm

re: #412 Lidane

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He left out the "Liberal plant" in front of Brit Hume's name.

416 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:44:02pm

re: #408 Targetpractice

Forgettable.

tedious
wearisome
humdrum

And do you know why? Because if they gave the crowd what they really wanted to hear, then the public image of birthers and birchers would stick.

417 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:44:08pm
418 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:44:17pm

You know it's getting bad if Fox can't even spin for you. But Mitt will get 40% and maybe more of the vote at least anyhow because of pure Obama hatred.

419 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:44:36pm

Romney's plan to create 12 million jobs - go to war with Iran and Russia. That should free up millions of jobs from the people who don't come back.

420 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:45:04pm

Bain Capital can not help the GOP with their bankruptcy of ideas.

421 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:45:25pm

re: #416 freetoken

tedious
wearisome
humdrum

And do you know why? Because if they gave the crowd what they really wanted to hear, then the public image of birthers and birchers would stick.

If he gave the crowd what they'd really wanted to hear, he'd lose to Obama by a landslide. Tonight was basically him trying to convince us that empty promises and hatred of Obama are enough reason to support him.

422 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:45:39pm

Hahaha:

423 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:45:41pm

re: #370 What Would Spalding Gray Do?

Ok. I could buy that.
I just thought Patrick was an allegory for the darker side of American culture.
The difference to me was that Bruce Wayne was able to choose his path, Bateman had no choice. He was what he was.

424 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:46:16pm

re: #422 Lidane

Hahaha:

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Cocaine is a helluva drug -- Rick James

425 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:46:33pm

re: #418 HappyWarrior

At least half, I'd wager, of the votes Romney will get will be due to old folks just voting a pure ticket, (R), without noticing all the candidates on the ballot.

Yes, really.

The share of the populace that pays close attention to this stuff is small.

426 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:46:51pm

Eastwood's going to be the next big internet meme. Perhaps that's not so bad for the RNC given that it detracts from the fact that both their presidential and vice presidential nominee lied their asses off.

427 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:47:13pm

Tonight was supposed to be Mitt telling us why we should vote for him. And all he could do was tell us why we shouldn't vote for Obama.

428 Interesting Times  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:47:39pm
429 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:47:52pm

re: #427 Targetpractice

Tonight was supposed to be Mitt telling us why we should vote for him. And all he could do was tell us why we shouldn't vote for Obama.

And all anyone will be talking about is Clint Eastwood talking to an empty chair.

430 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:47:54pm

re: #427 Targetpractice

Tonight was supposed to be Mitt telling us why we should vote for him. And all he could do was tell us why we shouldn't vote for Obama.

He did say we "need an American."

431 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:48:02pm

re: #425 freetoken

At least half, I'd wager, of the votes Romney will get will be due to old folks just voting a pure ticket, (R), without noticing all the candidates on the ballot.

Yes, really.

The share of the populace that pays close attention to this stuff is small.

I can believe that unfortunately.

432 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:48:17pm

More people can tell you who Kim Kardashian is dating than who is Romney's running mate, I'd bet.

433 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:48:31pm

re: #429 Lidane

And all anyone will be talking about is Clint Eastwood talking to an empty chair.

And making us wonder if he's lapsing into senility.

434 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:48:31pm

They should consider making a Hunger Games movie with really really old people in the game.

435 Kragar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:48:35pm

re: #427 Targetpractice

Tonight was supposed to be Mitt telling us why we should vote for him. And all he could do was tell us why we shouldn't vote for Obama.

Hate! Hate! Hate!
An emotion as pure as it is deep!
Hate! Hate! Hate!
Let it flow, let it run free!
- Inspirational Verse, Imperial Hymnal Vol. IV

436 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:48:50pm

re: #427 Targetpractice

Tonight was supposed to be Mitt telling us why we should vote for him. And all he could do was tell us why we shouldn't vote for Obama.

"Mitt Romney spoke tonight? All I remember is Clint Eastwood acting crazy." - Average voters.

Romney's speech was just about the least memorable part of his own convention.

437 aagcobb  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:48:56pm

re: #427 Targetpractice

Tonight was supposed to be Mitt telling us why we should vote for him. And all he could do was tell us why we shouldn't vote for Obama.

He's hoping that will get him enough votes added to his Obama hating base to squeak him through to victory. Because nobody is voting for Mitt Romney.

438 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:49:19pm

re: #434 Mich-again

They should consider making a Hunger Games movie with really really old people in the game.

Isn't that just "The Expendables"?

439 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:49:28pm

re: #435 Kragar

Hate! Hate! Hate!
An emotion as pure as it is deep!
Hate! Hate! Hate!
Let it flow, let it run free!
- Inspirational Verse, Imperial Hymnal Vol. IV

"Let the hate flow through you."
- Emperor Palpatine

440 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:49:35pm

re: #438 JamesWI

Isn't that just "The Expendables"?

HA!

441 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:49:54pm

re: #436 JamesWI

"Mitt Romney spoke tonight? All I remember is Clint Eastwood acting crazy." - Average voters.


"Eastwooding"

442 Kragar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:49:57pm

re: #439 Targetpractice

"Let the hate flow through you."
- Emperor Palpatine

Palpatine was a bitch, don't bring his weak ass into this.

443 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:50:02pm

re: #434 Mich-again

They should consider making a Hunger Games movie with really really old people in the game.

Wasn't that called The Expendables 2?

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444 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:50:03pm

Eastwood's chair moment has the potential to be as memorable as when Pat Buchanan went all crazy culture warrior at the 1992 RNC. The difference was George H.W Bush was at least presidential.

445 Destro  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:50:14pm

re: #423 OhNoZombies!

Ok. I could buy that.
I just thought Patrick was an allegory for the darker side of American culture.
The difference to me was that Bruce Wayne was able to choose his path, Bateman had no choice. He was what he was.

Batman/Bruce Wayne lives in a world where Patrick Bateman's are a dime a dozen.

Batman lives in a fictional uber violent crime ridden world called Gotham City.

Patrick Bateman/American Psycho lived in the Reagan era New York.

Same thing. sorry.

446 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:50:49pm

I am wondering how the Romney staff is reacting in private to the Eastwood speech. Who's f*ing idea was this?

447 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:51:00pm

re: #442 Kragar

Palpatine was a bitch, don't bring his weak ass into this.

"I find your lack of faith disturbing."

448 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:51:39pm

re: #446 Mich-again

I am wondering how the Romney staff is reacting in private to the Eastwood speech. Who's f*ing idea was this?

Don't know, but my guess is they're gonna be looking for a new job come end of day tomorrow.

449 Destro  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:52:20pm

re: #446 Mich-again

I am wondering how the Romney staff is reacting in private to the Eastwood speech. Who's f*ing idea was this?

The Eastwood speech was designed to scare the Iranians and Russians on just how crazy the GOP is?

450 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:52:27pm

re: #446 Mich-again

I am wondering how the Romney staff is reacting in private to the Eastwood speech. Who's f*ing idea was this?

If his staff aren't a bunch of rank amateurs, they're pissed. Eastwood talking to an empty chair is going to be the only thing most people remember from this convention.

451 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:52:48pm

re: #442 Kragar

Palpatine was a bitch, don't bring his weak ass into this.

Thah POWAH of the DARK SAH YEEEED!

452 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:52:59pm

re: #446 Mich-again

I am wondering how the Romney staff is reacting in private to the Eastwood speech. Who's f*ing idea was this?

You know it wouldn't shock me if it was Mitt's. I've heard reports that his family overruled the advisers on the Ryan pick. But yeah I wonder what they were thinking going with Eastwood. A guy who is well known to off the cuff so to speak. Saw a link that Gus posted today when it was speculated to be him from a few years back where Clint mourned the fact that we don't have ethnic jokes anymore.

453 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:53:22pm

re: #446 Mich-again

I am wondering how the Romney staff is reacting in private to the Eastwood speech. Who's f*ing idea was this?

Hell, even Kerry knew not to put Michael Moore on stage in primetime.

The Romney campaign - worse than Kerry/Edwards. That level of suckage is almost admirable.

454 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:53:43pm

Hahaha. Mitt's staff is going to be furious now:

#Eastwooding

455 Mocking Jay  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:54:15pm

rassumfrassumbluescreeno'death...

456 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:54:15pm

re: #450 Lidane

If his staff aren't a bunch of rank amateurs, they're pissed. Eastwood talking to an empty chair is going to be the only thing most people remember from this convention.

If they weren't rank amateurs, they'd have cleared his speech first instead of letting him engage in improv on live TV.

457 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:55:02pm

re: #445 Destro

Same town, different guy.
Batman would have put Bateman in Arkham Asylam.
Sorry.

458 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:55:13pm

I can't wait for the tell all book from the Romney adviser who is "shocked" that Mitt turned out to be such incompetent buffoon.

459 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:55:18pm

re: #456 Targetpractice

If they weren't rank amateurs, they'd have cleared his speech first instead of letting him engage in improv on live TV.

But it was Clint Eastwood! Dirty Harry wouldn't completely destroy and overshadow Mitt's moment, would he?

Oh. Wait. Never mind.

460 Destro  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:56:18pm

re: #457 OhNoZombies!

Same town, different guy.
Batman would have put Bateman in Arkham Asylam.
Sorry.

yup. You have to live in a Gotham like world for a Batman like character to seem sane.

461 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:58:31pm

Mitt would do more for his chances if he would just send a tweet to Kim, telling her that if elected he would support her right to get a star on the Walk:

Hollywood Walk of Fame Spokeswoman: Kim Kardashian is Ineligible for a Star

If Mitt would simply do that, he'd double the number of under-30 votes he'd get otherwise.

462 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:58:41pm
463 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:58:44pm

At least the empty seat didn't tell any lies. It should win some kind of an award.

464 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 8:59:43pm

re: #461 freetoken

Mitt would do more for his chances if he would just send a tweet to Kim, telling her that if elected he would support her right to get a star on the Walk:

Hollywood Walk of Fame Spokeswoman: Kim Kardashian is Ineligible for a Star

If Mitt would simply do that, he'd double the number of under-30 votes he'd get otherwise.

Getting peed on and tweeting pictures of your butt isn't enough to get a Star? What is this world coming to???

465 Kragar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:00:01pm

re: #461 freetoken

Mitt would do more for his chances if he would just send a tweet to Kim, telling her that if elected he would support her right to get a star on the Walk:

Hollywood Walk of Fame Spokeswoman: Kim Kardashian is Ineligible for a Star

If Mitt would simply do that, he'd double the number of under-30 votes he'd get otherwise.

The whole needing to have an actual talent thing is a real pain in the ass sometimes.

466 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:00:50pm

re: #461 freetoken

Mitt would do more for his chances if he would just send a tweet to Kim, telling her that if elected he would support her right to get a star on the Walk:

Hollywood Walk of Fame Spokeswoman: Kim Kardashian is Ineligible for a Star

If Mitt would simply do that, he'd double the number of under-30 votes he'd get otherwise.

Well I particularly enjoyed her in that one movie or was that her song I really enjoyed or was that her sterling performance in a TV show?

467 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:02:17pm

re: #466 HappyWarrior

Well I particularly enjoyed her in that one movie or was that her song I really enjoyed or was that her sterling performance in a TV show?

Wasn't that Paris Hilton?

/no idea

468 Kragar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:02:50pm

re: #466 HappyWarrior

Well I particularly enjoyed her in that one movie or was that her song I really enjoyed or was that her sterling performance in a TV show?

That porno tape of hers?

469 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:02:54pm
470 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:03:05pm

re: #460 Destro

I suppose I see Bateman a real.
Batman, not so much. He reminds me of mythology.

471 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:03:35pm
472 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:04:03pm
473 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:05:02pm

Alice in Chains .. Angry Chair

Youtube Video
474 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:05:04pm

re: #468 Kragar

That porno tape of hers?

Oscar winning material right there.

475 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:05:18pm
476 Interesting Times  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:05:43pm
477 Kragar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:05:50pm

Seems appropriate for tonight

"I'M ON CRACK"

Youtube Video
478 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:06:07pm

OK. Clint Eastwood is really old so I think it's time to ask the obvious question: Did he know the chair was empty? Or did he really think Obama was sitting in the chair?

Inquiring minds want to know.

479 Mich-again  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:06:37pm

re: #478 moderatelyradicalliberal

OK. Clint Eastwood is really old so I think it's time to ask the obvious question: Did he know the chair was empty? Or did he really think Obama was sitting in the chair?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Get. Off. My. Lawn..

480 Interesting Times  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:08:07pm
481 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:08:22pm

re: #479 Mich-again

Get. Off. My. Lawn..

LOL! They may as well have had a fake cloud hanging from the ceiling and had him yell at it.

482 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:08:34pm
483 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:09:29pm

re: #482 Lidane

[Embedded content]

In other words, "Dude, you looked like an old fool up there."

484 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:10:18pm

re: #470 OhNoZombies!

I suppose I see Bateman a real.
Batman, not so much. He reminds me of mythology.

I see Bateman as--dated. Batman is timeless.

485 Kragar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:10:40pm
Youtube Video

I ain't happy but, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag

486 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:11:11pm

re: #484 SanFranciscoZionist

I see Bateman as--dated. Batman is timeless.

Bateman was withering social commentary on the 80's. Batman is the goddamn Batman.

487 gwangung  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:11:36pm

The ironic thing about Eastwood is this may BENEFIT Republicans. Otherwise, all they'd be talking about is the content of their policies.

Which would you rather have?

488 Kragar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:12:14pm

re: #487 gwangung

The ironic thing about Eastwood is this may BENEFIT Republicans. Otherwise, all they'd be talking about is the content of their policies.

Which would you rather have?

LOOK! A HUGE DISTRACTING THING!

489 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:12:28pm

Look at what Eastwood criticized:

War in Afghanistan
Gitmo

This was a bone to the Paulians... or, Eastwood really was punking the convention.

490 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:12:34pm

re: #484 SanFranciscoZionist

I see Bateman as--dated. Batman is timeless.

Bateman's dated? Take Mitt Romney, add homicidal tendencies.....voila! Bateman.

Plus Romney probably still listens to lame shit like Huey Lewis and the News.

491 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:12:37pm

re: #487 gwangung

The ironic thing about Eastwood is this may BENEFIT Republicans. Otherwise, all they'd be talking about is the content of their policies.

Which would you rather have?

I think Mitt would rather have people talking about him instead of people talking about Clint Eastwood yelling at an empty chair.

492 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:12:47pm

re: #484 SanFranciscoZionist

re: #486 Lidane

Yes and yes.

493 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:13:13pm

re: #490 JamesWI

Bateman's dated? Take Mitt Romney, add homicidal tendencies.....voila! Bateman.

Plus Romney probably still listens to lame shit like Huey Lewis and the News.

I thought Mitt was Gordon Gekko.

494 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:13:29pm

re: #491 Lidane

I think Mitt would rather have people talking about him instead of people talking about Clint Eastwood yelling at an empty chair.

Sorry. Clint and his chair are far, far more interesting.

495 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:14:08pm

re: #489 freetoken

Look at what Eastwood criticized:

War in Afghanistan
Gitmo

This was a bone to the Paulians... or, Eastwood really was punking the convention.

That's what strikes me as odd about why he spoke. Plus his apparently moderate to liberal positions on social issues and I still remember the attacks the right wingers in the media gave him after the Detroit ad. Who knows. To me this is akin to what Buchanan's 1992 crazy was. Something I don't think I'm ever going to really understand.

496 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:14:23pm

re: #481 moderatelyradicalliberal

Image: eastwoodingsons.jpg

497 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:15:11pm
498 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:15:27pm

re: #496 jaunte

Image: eastwoodingsons.jpg

Oh god, I hope Clint as Grandpa Simpson becomes another meme.

499 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:15:33pm

re: #491 Lidane

I think Mitt would rather have people talking about him instead of people talking about Clint Eastwood yelling at an empty chair.

I think they're screwed either way. It was either "Old Actor Yells At Clouds" or "Gordon Gekko Wannabe Pretends to Be Ronald Reagan."

500 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:15:36pm
501 freetoken  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:15:49pm

re: #494 SanFranciscoZionist

Sorry. Clint and his chair are far, far more interesting.

It stuck me as something an idiosyncratic Scandinavian film director might put into an art film.

502 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:16:33pm

re: #494 SanFranciscoZionist

Sorry. Clint and his chair are far, far more interesting.

503 Destro  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:16:44pm

re: #470 OhNoZombies!

I suppose I see Bateman a real.
Batman, not so much. He reminds me of mythology.

In 1930s America, Batman was wish fulfillment. As was Superman, by the way. One of the creators of Superman had a father that was shot to death by a criminal so you can see why making a bullet proof Moses like hero was a kid's wish fulfillment.

504 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:16:55pm

Yeah Clint and his chair are going to be a gag for a while.

505 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:16:59pm
506 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:17:34pm

re: #499 Targetpractice

I think they're screwed either way. It was either "Old Actor Yells At Clouds" or "Gordon Gekko Wannabe Pretends to Be Ronald Reagan."

If Twitter and Instagram are anything to go by, Old Actor Yells At Clouds is winning.

507 gwangung  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:17:42pm

re: #491 Lidane

I think Mitt would rather have people talking about him instead of people talking about Clint Eastwood yelling at an empty chair.

No doubt...but I'm thinking that woulda hurt them MORE than Clint's rambling....

508 darthstar  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:17:48pm
509 Gus  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:17:58pm
510 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:18:00pm

re: #501 freetoken

It stuck me as something an idiosyncratic Scandinavian film director might put into an art film.

See? The Republicans are already more progressive. Using this kind of esoteric performance art in their convention. It's practically European.

511 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:18:06pm

re: #493 SanFranciscoZionist

I thought Mitt was Gordon Gekko.

But couldn't you see him getting pissy if someone had a better business card than him?
Mitt's an 80's zombie.

512 Targetpractice  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:18:44pm

re: #509 Gus

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Think it was more "GOP wins argument only when they're facing down an inanimate object."

513 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:18:47pm

re: #496 jaunte

Image: eastwoodingsons.jpg

LOL!

514 Lidane  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:18:50pm
515 JamesWI  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:19:03pm

re: #505 jaunte

[Embedded content]

That's a pretty lame Eastwood imitation. Hell, I've done better.

516 jaunte  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:19:31pm

re: #515 JamesWI

Location, location, location.

517 Destro  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:20:34pm

re: #489 freetoken

Look at what Eastwood criticized:

War in Afghanistan
Gitmo

This was a bone to the Paulians... or, Eastwood really was punking the convention.

Clint Eastwood mentioned the troops and their overseas duty more so than Romney did who avoided the subject other than to threaten war on Iran and Russia and maybe China.

518 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:20:46pm

I don't mean to sound crass but is there any chance that Eastwood's growing senile in his advancing age? I mean he makes that one ad that we saw during the Super Bowl that praised the recovery of the auto industry but here he is supporting a candidate who wrote a large op-ed suggesting that Detroit should be let to fail. Plus as already said, he's apparently pretty liberal on the same social issues that Romney has moved to the far right on. Don't know what they were thinking when they asked him to give a surprise speech at the RNC but I guarantee that it's not turning the way any of them wanted it to be.

519 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:21:56pm

re: #503 Destro

Preachin' to the choir, my friend.


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