Mitt Romney and the Orgy-Hosting Equity Trader Tycoon

Starting to get weird now
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David Corn of Mother Jones revealed tonight on the Rachel Maddow show that the already-infamous Mitt Romney “47%” video was recorded at a fund-raising event at the Hamptons home of equity trader Marc Leder.

Leder has been in the news before, and Mitt Romney’s religious right sponsors may not be pleased to find out about the other kinds of activities that take place at Leder’s mansion: Marc Leder Ends His Weekly Bashes in the Hamptons With Naked Guests Cavorting in the Pool and Peforming Public Sex Acts.

It was as if the Playboy Mansion met the East End at a wild party at private-equity titan Marc Leder’s Bridgehampton estate, where guests cavorted nude in the pool and performed sex acts, scantily dressed Russians danced on platforms and men twirled lit torches to a booming techno beat.

The divorced Sun Capital Partners honcho rented a sprawling beachfront mansion on Surf Side Road for $500,000 for the month of July. Leder’s weekly Friday and Saturday night parties have become the talk of the Hamptons — and he ended them in style last weekend with his wildest bash yet.

Oh yeah. This campaign is getting deep now.

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256 comments
1 wrenchwench  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:35:29pm

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2 Targetpractice  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:35:39pm

Family Values!

3 erik_t  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:39:01pm

Well, they finally managed to humanized Mitt Romney. So there's that.

4 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:39:56pm

Sweet! So what is the secret password to get into the Orgy? Tax cuts? Playmates?

5 Lidane  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:40:02pm
6 dragonath  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:40:31pm

Romney: "I'll never convince myself to take responsibility for my campaign"

7 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:41:49pm

This should be interesting considering the right seriously believes in guilt by association.

Half of their arguments use it as evidence.

8 Interesting Times  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:43:09pm

re: #4 Digital Display

Sweet! So what is the secret password to get into the Orgy? Tax cuts? Playmates?

9 nines09  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:43:46pm

He said he was religious. He just didn't mention Bacchus.

10 Killgore Trout  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:43:57pm

Nudity? Booze? Fun? Outrage!

11 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:44:41pm

re: #1 wrenchwench

Image: marcleber05171.jpg

Rich Hamptons Party

12 DisturbedEma  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:45:16pm

It burns. . .it freezes. . .

13 simoom  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:45:18pm

Neil Gaiman has posted a letter from one of the actresses, that he personally knows, who was involved in "Innocence of the Muslims". Nakoula Basseley Nakoula seems to have recklessly misled the cast, stripping them of the opportunity to offer informed consent. IANAL, but it seems to me doing so must be illegal:

[Link: journal.neilgaiman.com...]

...

My character Hilary was a young girl who is sold (against her own free will) by her parents to a tribe leader known as GEORGE. She is one of his (most likely, the youngest) brides in the movie.

The film was about a comet falling into a desert and different tribes in ancient Egypt fighting to acquire it for they deemed that the comet possessed some supernatural powers.

The movie that we were doing in Duarte was called “Desert Warrior” and it was a fictional adventure drama. The character GEORGE was a leader of one of those tribes fighting for the comet.

There was no mention EVER by anyone of MUHAMMAD and no mention of religion during the entire time I was on the set. I am hundred percent certain nobody in the cast and nobody in the US artistic side of the crew knew what was really planned for this “Desert Warrior”.

The atmosphere at the set was as friendly as possible. We all knew that we were doing an adventure drama for a very low budget financing. The director Alan Roberts even had plans that with this low budget product he would be able to get some more money to make a good quality version (by shooting it in the real desert and having better product in every category) of the “Desert Warrior”.

I had interactions with the man known as Sam Bassil on the set. He was very amiable, respectful, soft-spoken, always making sure that the filming was running smoothly and everyone was satisfied. He even told me the premiere of the movie was going to happen sometime soon and I would get a good amount of tickets to invite my friends and family.

...

It's worth noting Nakoula appears to have been using an alias while deceiving the cast, another parole violation?

14 jvic  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:45:22pm

Note to Mitt: an exotic technology called "Google" might be relevant to your campaign. Consider requiring your key staff, including the people who schedule your appearances, to be familiar with it.

15 Killgore Trout  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:45:24pm

Boobs!

16 Mattand  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:45:48pm

As funny as this is, I'm actually not caring that much about it. There is the usual "only conservatives support family values" mantra being Wile E. Coyote'd by the GOP. Again. Other than that though, meh.

I'm guessing these shindigs common knowledge throughout the Hamptoms?

17 jaunte  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:46:10pm

GOP Foot-Shootin' Party, September 17.

18 Charles Johnson  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:46:13pm

Imagine, if you will, the right wing's reaction if an Obama fund-raiser took place at a mansion that also hosts wild orgies.

19 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:46:15pm

re: #10 Killgore Trout

Nudity? Booze? Fun? Outrage!

It will be to the religious right.

20 DisturbedEma  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:46:30pm

re: #16 Mattand

It aint titties and beer. . .just saying. . .

21 Belafon  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:46:41pm

The right will claim that what a person does in the privacy of their rented mansion is no business of the public, and irony will die, be revived, and die again.

22 Interesting Times  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:46:41pm
23 DisturbedEma  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:47:06pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

Amen

24 palomino  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:47:37pm

re: #10 Killgore Trout

Nudity? Booze? Fun? Outrage!

Really? There wouldn't be any outrage if Obama attended a fundraiser at the Playboy Mansion?

For the party of values voters, the folks who claim religion-based moral superiority, it should be kind of an outrage.

25 Decatur Deb  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:47:42pm

re: #15 Killgore Trout

Boobs!

Many boobs. And rumour of breasts.

26 Killgore Trout  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:47:59pm

re: #16 Mattand

As funny as this is, I'm actually not caring that much about it. There is the usual "only conservatives support family values" mantra being Wile E. Coyote'd by the GOP. Again. Other than that though, meh.

I'm guessing these shindigs common knowledge throughout the Hamptoms?

Yeah, The story that Mitt held a fundraiser at a place where people were once reported to have fun doesn't seem much to me either. Mitt probably had fun a couple times himself and I don't care about that either.

27 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:48:06pm

re: #10 Killgore Trout

Nudity? Booze? Fun? Outrage!

It really depends on what music you are playing.. Music can be a deal breaker during a boozy nude party..
/

28 erik_t  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:48:23pm

re: #10 Killgore Trout

Nudity? Booze? Fun? Outrage!

I'll throw my own campaign! With blackjack! And hookers!

You know what? Forget the campaign!

29 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:48:30pm

re: #24 palomino

Really? There wouldn't be any outrage if Obama attended a fundraiser at the Playboy Mansion?

For the party of values voters, the folks who claim religion-based moral superiority, it should be kind of an outrage.

troll a rama

30 nines09  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:48:47pm

"That's an odd pattern on that armoire. Just what is that pray tell?" Vomit. The vodka just ate into the finish. Quite interesting,no?

31 Killgore Trout  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:49:15pm

re: #27 Digital Display

It really depends on what music you are playing.. Music can be a deal breaker during a boozy nude party..
/

Although I am unoutraged I am disturbed by the references to techno.

32 Interesting Times  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:50:01pm

Lulz:

33 Mattand  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:50:37pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

Imagine, if you will, the right wing's reaction if an Obama fund-raiser took place at a mansion that also hosts wild orgies.

Yeah, I know. A lot my "eh" comes from the fact that most "normals", AKA people who don't follow this stuff, will most likely never hear about this story.

It's good to keep this around as a check on the whole "libruls are amoral heathens" bullshit, but other than that, I don't see this going anywhere.

34 Lidane  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:51:13pm

re: #19 Slimy Sam

It will be to the religious right.

Didn't Mittens promise them that he'd prosecute porn? I can't imagine they'd be thrilled that he's doing fundraisers at an orgy house.

35 deadletterboy  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:51:46pm

How many derp moments are we allowing Mitt?

36 Killgore Trout  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:52:09pm

re: #33 Mattand

Yeah, I know. A lot my "eh" comes from the fact that most "normals", AKA people who don't follow this stuff, will most likely never hear about this story.

It's good to keep around as a check on the whole "libruls are amoral heathens" bullshit, but other than that, I don't see this going anywhere.

It's not all that different to the outrage over an early Obama event at Bill Ayers home. In the end, it's not important but this is what drives the outrageous outrages.

37 Decatur Deb  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:52:27pm

re: #33 Mattand

Yeah, I know. A lot my "eh" comes from the fact that most "normals", AKA people who don't follow this stuff, will most likely never hear about this story.

It's good to keep around as a check on the whole "libruls are amoral heathens" bullshit, but other than that, I don't see this going anywhere.

Don't give a damn who and how Mitt's buddies screw. There are much better reasons to drive a stake through their party.

38 diamonda2u  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:52:44pm

re: #3 erik_t

Well, they finally managed to humanized Mitt Romney. So there's that.

Bonus!

39 Killgore Trout  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:52:59pm

re: #28 erik_t

I'll throw my own campaign! With blackjack! And hookers!

You know what? Forget the campaign!

+1 for Futurama

40 diamonda2u  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:53:18pm

re: #34 Lidane

Didn't Mittens promise them that he'd prosecute porn? I can't imagine they'd be thrilled that he's doing fundraisers at an orgy house.

I see a commercial!!

41 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:53:53pm

re: #26 Killgore Trout

Yeah, The story that Mitt held a fundraiser at a place where people were once reported to have fun doesn't seem much to me either. Mitt probably had fun a couple times himself and I don't care about that either.

The moral busy body socons will most certainly care.

42 Killgore Trout  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:54:29pm

re: #41 Varek Raith

The moral busy body socons will most certainly care.

I don't think they will.

43 Mich-again  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:54:33pm

Toga! Toga! Toga!

44 Gus  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:54:57pm

re: #1 wrenchwench

Image: marcleber05171.jpg

This one is more on topic.

45 Mr. Crankypants  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:54:58pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

Imagine, if you will, the right wing's reaction if an Obama fund-raiser took place at a mansion that also hosts wild orgies.

IOKIYAR

46 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:55:17pm

re: #42 Killgore Trout

I don't think they will.

Oh yea, IOKIYAAR.

47 freetoken  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:55:29pm

From the 2012 Republican Platform:

In the Preamble:

[...] The principles written in the Constitution are secured by the character of the American people. President George Washington said in his first inaugural address: “The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained.” Values matter. Character counts.

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan understand these great truths. [...]

Remember: Values Matter.

48 dragonath  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:56:15pm

Romney would make an awesome president of Delta Tau Chi.

49 Kragar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:56:23pm
It was as if the Playboy Mansion met the East End at a wild party at private-equity titan Marc Leder’s Bridgehampton estate, where guests cavorted nude in the pool and performed sex acts, scantily dressed Russians danced on platforms and men twirled lit torches to a booming techno beat.

Man, this should have been the RNC theme for this year.

50 diamonda2u  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:56:24pm

re: #47 freetoken

From the 2012 Republican Platform:

In the Preamble:

Remember: Values Matter.

Just do you orgies in private and don't' get caught...it's all good

Values Voters 2012!

51 Mich-again  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:56:27pm

re: #4 Digital Display

Sweet! So what is the secret password to get into the Orgy? Tax cuts? Playmates?

Stimulus package..

52 erik_t  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:56:37pm

re: #48 dragonath

Romney would make an awesome president of Delta Tau Chi.

Strict hair length policy.

53 Mattand  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:56:42pm

re: #37 Decatur Deb

Don't give a damn who and how Mitt's buddies screw. There are much better reasons to drive a stake through their party.

That's kinda what I was trying to say. To me what's important is that there's a multi-millionaire who wants to run the free world refusing to reveal how'd he run the US. And he's aligning himself with a party that has no problem with becoming a Christian Taliban.

54 deadletterboy  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:57:24pm

new hashtag for these stories: #unmittigatedstupidity

55 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:57:29pm

Fun fun fun on the Autobahn...

56 Targetpractice  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:57:29pm

re: #48 dragonath

Romney would make an awesome president of Delta Tau Chi.

Seems more fit for Omega Theta Pi.

57 Mocking Jay  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:57:33pm

I haven't been following the news much today. Did the Whitey tape finally come out?

58 moderatelyradicalliberal  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:57:33pm

I don't really care, but this should be a reminder to all of the "values voter" types that they don't run the party, the rich libertarian assholes do. The SoCons are just the rubes they con into voting Republican so that they can get their deregulation and tax cuts.

59 Killgore Trout  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:57:35pm

Obama lives in a house where Willie Nelson once smoked pot.
/True story

60 Decatur Deb  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:57:41pm

re: #53 Mattand

Was agreeing.

61 nines09  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:57:45pm

re: #51 Mich-again

Stimulus package..

My package is stimulated?

62 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:57:50pm

re: #35 deadletterboy

You've been away. Welcome back.

63 Mr. Crankypants  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:58:25pm

got to go write some code so I know enough to get a job...later all.

64 deadletterboy  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:58:50pm

re: #62 We're All Welfare Queens Now

Thanks. Been a bit of preparation for a move to Chicago.

65 Charles Johnson  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:58:57pm

Mitt Romney just spent the last four years pandering to a constituency that would be absolutely horrified at this, but yeah, sure ... this is really nothing. Just another fake outrage.

66 aagcobb  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:59:13pm

re: #59 Killgore Trout

Obama lives in a house where Willie Nelson once smoked pot.
/True story

Willie smoked pot in the White House? Very cool! Did Bill inhale?

67 Mattand  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:59:26pm

re: #60 Decatur Deb

Was agreeing.

I got that. Great minds, etc., etc.

68 Kragar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:59:47pm

Man, I was going to save this for the Dead Thread, but this thread seems to need it:

Youtube Video

Man, its nice to have a bass box on the PC now.

69 Gus  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:59:48pm

Be interesting to know how many abortions some of the party goers have had.

70 Killgore Trout  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 6:59:53pm

re: #66 aagcobb

Willie smoked pot in the White House? Very cool! Did Bill inhale?

I think it was the Reagan years.

71 jaunte  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:00:29pm

In a Romney Believer, Private Equity’s Risks and Rewards

It was through private equity that one Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, amassed his wealth — and, it turns out, it was through private equity that Mr. Romney first met Mr. Leder. A couple of months after the blowout in Bridgehampton, Mr. Leder was host for a fund-raiser at his Boca Raton home for Mr. Romney’s campaign. But the connection goes back even further. Years ago, a visit to Mr. Romney’s investment firm inspired Mr. Leder to get into private equity in the first place. Mr. Romney was an early investor in some of the deals done by Mr. Leder’s investment company, Sun Capital, which today oversees about $8 billion in equity.
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]

72 Killgore Trout  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:00:49pm

re: #66 aagcobb

Willie smoked pot in the White House? Very cool! Did Bill inhale?

Yes, Bill did inhale.

73 jvic  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:00:52pm

While the impact of this news can be exaggerated, Obama's opponents will have to be more careful about how they invoke Tony Rezko.

74 abolitionist  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:02:11pm

re: #59 Killgore Trout

Obama lives in a house where Willie Nelson once smoked pot.
/True story

You lost me at once.

75 Gus  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:02:38pm

Image: DIRTY_phppTuaTL.jpg

76 Decatur Deb  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:03:13pm

re: #65 Charles Johnson

Mitt Romney just spent the last four years pandering to a constituency that would be absolutely horrified at this, but yeah, sure ... this is really nothing. Just another fake outrage.

Not a good thing if he loses for the wrong reason. It's his ideology that needs repudiation. If he fades over something like this, the socons and plutocrats both get a walk.

77 diamonda2u  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:03:47pm

Supposedly RMoney is holding a press conference about video tonight...but there are conflicting reports if it will be live...chicken$hit

78 Mattand  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:04:27pm

re: #65 Charles Johnson

Mitt Romney just spent the last four years pandering to a constituency that would be absolutely horrified at this, but yeah, sure ... this is really nothing. Just another fake outrage.

I don't think it's a fake outrage at all. It's worth noting, given the whole Family Values crap the GOP wears like a diaper on a Louisiana senator. For me, personally, I feel there's more pertinent stuff to point out about Romney.

79 Charles Johnson  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:04:45pm

re: #77 diamonda2u

Supposedly RMoney is holding a press conference about video tonight...but there are conflicting reports if it will be live...chicken$hit

Right, remember though -- this is just another fake outrage. That Romney may have to hold a special press conference to address.

80 Kragar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:04:50pm

re: #77 diamonda2u

Supposedly RMoney is holding a press conference about video tonight...but there are conflicting reports if it will be live...chicken$hit

They're shopping around for reporters they can trust.

81 Targetpractice  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:04:58pm

re: #77 diamonda2u

Supposedly RMoney is holding a press conference about video tonight...but there are conflicting reports if it will be live...chicken$hit

Odds that he says he'll not be taking questions?

82 Mocking Jay  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:05:09pm

"My job is not to worry about those people."

83 Kragar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:05:24pm

re: #79 Charles Johnson

Right, remember though -- this is just another fake outrage. That Romney mayhave to hold a special press conference to address.

So, is this a distraction or were those not the words Mitt would have used?

84 diamonda2u  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:05:34pm

No, he is doing it local..

Romney says his argument wasn't "elegantly stated" but suggests he stands by the jist of his message in the video

From one person twittering from OC

85 Mattand  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:05:38pm

re: #77 diamonda2u

re: #79 Charles Johnson

LOL. Maybe I spoke too soon!

86 Mocking Jay  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:05:59pm

In New Campaign Strategy, Romney to Have Mouth Wired Shut Until November

Read more [Link: www.newyorker.com...]

87 engineer cat  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:06:33pm

47% of americans are not helping with my heartburn

88 Targetpractice  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:06:34pm

re: #84 diamonda2u

No, he is doing it local..

Romney says his argument wasn't "elegantly stated" but suggests he stands by the jist of his message in the video

From one person twittering from OC

He's gonna double down? Fuck me, we're gonna get to watch live political seppuku tonight.

89 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:06:55pm

re: #64 deadletterboy

Thanks. Been a bit of preparation for a move to Chicago.

lucky!

90 Mocking Jay  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:07:07pm

I've never heard President Obama talk about the rich with the contempt that Romney spits out for the bottom half.

91 diamonda2u  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:07:28pm

re: #88 Targetpractice

He's gonna double down? Fuck me, we're gonna get to watch live political seppuku tonight.

I think Halperin pegged him... he should apologize but he can't...he is up to his eyeballs in the Freak Show and without them (even with them I think) he loses

92 Kragar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:07:39pm

re: #84 diamonda2u

No, he is doing it local..

Romney says his argument wasn't "elegantly stated" but suggests he stands by the jist of his message in the video

From one person twittering from OC

So he really is going to go with "Those aren't the words I would have used"?

Jesus H Christ on a rubber fucking crutch.

93 diamonda2u  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:08:12pm

re: #92 Kragar

So he really is going to go with "Those aren't the words I would have used"?

Jesus H Christ on a rubber fucking crutch.

That's what a report out of Orange County is saying

94 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:08:14pm

re: #92 Kragar

So he really is going to go with "Those aren't the words I would have used"?

Jesus H Christ on a rubber fucking crutch.

And the mage goes down!

95 engineer cat  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:08:23pm

re: #90 Mocking Jay

I've never heard President Obama talk about the rich with the contempt that Romney spits out for the bottom half.

one mitigating factor would be that obama tends to always specify that he himself is a member of them rich when bringing up the subject

96 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:08:52pm

re: #65 Charles Johnson

Mitt Romney just spent the last four years pandering to a constituency that would be absolutely horrified at this, but yeah, sure ... this is really nothing. Just another fake outrage.

Money talks, actual social life doesn't.

Party ON!

97 aagcobb  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:08:57pm

re: #91 diamonda2u

I think Halperin pegged him... he should apologize but he can't...he is up to his eyeballs in the Freak Show and without them (even with them I think) he loses

Now we'll lock in the 53%; landslide Romney!

98 DobermanBoston  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:08:58pm

First Newt's polyamory, and now orgies? What kind of party is this, anyway?

99 Gus  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:09:14pm

Thoughts.

Family values.
Gay marriage.
The sanctity of marriage.
Abortion.
Pornography.
Infidelity.
Contraception.
Semen.
Vaginas.
Constitutional amendment defining marriage.
Roe v. Wade
Hypocrisy.

100 bratwurst  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:09:16pm

Heaven knows IT IS NOT HUMANLY POSSIBLE to point something unusual out without being OUTRAGEOUSLY OUTRAGED about it.

101 Kragar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:09:35pm

re: #98 DobermanBoston

First Newt's polyamory, and now orgies? What kind of party is this, anyway?

Fucking hippies... WAIT A FUCKING MINUTE!

102 diamonda2u  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:09:50pm

Ha, apparently the $hit walked away after making his statement and 3 questions

103 darthstar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:09:51pm

Orgy? Maybe I should consider voting for him after all...

104 Charles Johnson  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:09:56pm

David Corn and Mother Jones are using the Breitbart technique here. More revelations coming tomorrow.

Ironic, don't ya think?

105 freetoken  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:10:02pm

re: #65 Charles Johnson

The connection with the "47%" video comments runs deep. Namely, self-infatuated hedonists who don't really have an interest in the lives of most people of this country, only in how much money they can make to buy/rent bigger party grounds, are the funders behind candidate Romney.

The religious right in this country are amazingly, stubbornly, dense about all of this. When the deep pocket backers of their candidates are casino owners, when the media mogul who sells them mindless TV is also the biggest publisher of naked women in the UK, they (the RR) still cling on to them as the "moral" leaders.

It is totally absurd.

Which supports my notion that the creationist really are mentally ill.

106 Mocking Jay  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:10:04pm

The Wrath of Carter!!!

107 Decatur Deb  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:10:26pm

re: #98 DobermanBoston

First Newt's polyamory, and now orgies? What kind of party is this, anyway?

Better party than mine--all I get is the St. Columba's Steel Drum Band.

108 aagcobb  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:10:31pm

re: #103 darthstar

Orgy? Maybe I should consider voting for him after all...

Unless you have a billion dollars or you're a hot chick, you're not invited.

109 erik_t  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:10:52pm

re: #79 Charles Johnson

Right, remember though -- this is just another fake outrage. That Romney may have to hold a special press conference to address.

Well, I think it should be fake outrage, because I don't think anyone should care about what goes on in someone else's adult (consensual, etc.) life.

But I also hate hypocrisy something fierce.

110 Gus  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:11:08pm

re: #106 Mocking Jay

The Wrath of Carter!!!

[Embedded content]

Burn!

111 diamonda2u  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:11:19pm

Holly Bailey ‏@hollybdc

Romney walks away when asked if they are "core convictions" and what he believes. Just three q's

112 darthstar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:11:37pm

re: #104 Charles Johnson

David Corn and Mother Jones are using the Breitbart technique here. More revelations coming tomorrow.

Ironic, don't ya think?

Can't let it all out in one day...stuff will get buried in the avalanche.

113 engineer cat  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:11:46pm

Romney: Senior staffers 'work extraordinarily well together'

what you say when everybody who works for you has tooth marks on their butt

114 Mocking Jay  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:12:12pm
115 Kragar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:12:13pm

re: #104 Charles Johnson

David Corn and Mother Jones are using the Breitbart technique here. More revelations coming tomorrow.

Ironic, don't ya think?

You can't eat a pig like that all at once.

116 Mattand  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:12:41pm

re: #98 DobermanBoston

First Newt's polyamory, and now orgies? What kind of party is this, anyway?

The kind of party where you perform degrading acts with this guy, and then pray to Jesus the next morning how you'll never do it again.

Until the weekend, at any rate.

117 Targetpractice  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:12:42pm

re: #111 diamonda2u

Holly Bailey ‏@hollybdc

Romney walks away when asked if they are "core convictions" and what he believes. Just three q's

"Yes, it's true...this man has no dick."

118 Mocking Jay  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:13:30pm
119 darthstar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:13:49pm
120 Charles Johnson  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:14:14pm

re: #109 erik_t

Well, I think it should be fake outrage, because I don't think anyone should care about what goes on in someone else's adult (consensual, etc.) life.

But I also hate hypocrisy something fierce.

Agree, but here we have a candidate who is picturing himself as the uber-moral savior of family values - who holds a fund-raising event at the home of a debased hedonist.

There's something wonderful about it.

121 Mocking Jay  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:14:22pm

I never let myself entertain the thought that this election could result in a landslide.

That stopped now.

122 Kragar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:14:31pm

Every Romney Staffer is now thinking back to every private meeting they've had and how well they trusted the other attendees there.

123 diamonda2u  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:15:10pm

News outlets waiting for video of Romney quick "presser"

124 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:15:10pm

re: #120 Charles Johnson

Agree, but here we have a candidate who is picturing himself as the uber-moral savior of family values - who hold a fund-raising event at the home of a debased hedonist.

There's something wonderful about it.

Irony can be satisfying.

125 Kragar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:15:12pm

re: #111 diamonda2u

Holly Bailey ‏@hollybdc

Romney walks away when asked if they are "core convictions" and what he believes. Just three q's

Mitt has plenty of core convictions. Its just that they change daily.

126 Gus  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:15:32pm

LEDER, MARC J. MR.
BOCA RATON, FL 33496
SUN CAPITAL ADVISORS

ROMNEY VICTORY INC
05/15/2012 63300.00 12952484644

Total Joint Fundraising: 63300.00

Recipient of Joint Fundraiser Contributions

These are the Final Recipients of Joint Fundraising Contributions

LEDER, MARC J. MR.
BOCA RATON, FL 33496
SUN CAPITAL ADVISORS

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
05/15/2012 30800.00 12971371665

Recipient Total: 30800.00

127 Mocking Jay  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:15:38pm

re: #122 Kragar

Every Romney Staffer is now thinking back to every private meeting they've had and how well they trusted the other attendees there.

I think we're about to move past long-knives and into pistols-at-dawn.

128 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:15:45pm

re: #121 Mocking Jay

I never let myself entertain the thought that this election could result in a landslide.

That stopped now.

ROMNEY IS A LIBERAL PLANT!11!!

129 darthstar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:16:12pm

re: #120 Charles Johnson

Agree, but here we have a candidate who is picturing himself as the uber-moral savior of family values - who holds a fund-raising event at the home of a debased hedonist.

There's something wonderful about it.

Just don't say 'debased hedonist' like it's a bad thing.

130 Mocking Jay  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:16:29pm

re: #129 darthstar

Just don't say 'debased hedonist' like it's a bad thing.

Yeah, some of us might take it personally....

131 engineer cat  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:16:38pm

top of google news:

Leaked videos show Romney dismissing Obama supporters as entitled 'victims'
Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎



LOS ANGELES - Mitt Romney was dealt a new distraction when a video surfaced Monday that shows him dismissing President Obama's supporters as “victims” who take no responsibility for their livelihoods and who think they are entitled to government ...
Related Mitt Romney »
Mitt Romney secret video reveals views on Obama votersBBC News
Romney: Nearly half 'believe they are victims'Boston.com
Highly Cited:Inside the campaign: How Mitt Romney stumbledPolitico

132 diamonda2u  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:16:42pm

re: #128 Varek Raith

ROMNEY IS A LIBERAL PLANT!11!!

That opening SNL skit had it right (the new Obama is not great but ok)... Obama's best weapon is Mitt Romney

133 Targetpractice  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:17:03pm

re: #131 engineer cat

top of google news:

Leaked videos show Romney dismissing Obama supporters as entitled 'victims'
Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎


LOS ANGELES - Mitt Romney was dealt a new distraction when a video surfaced Monday that shows him dismissing President Obama's supporters as “victims” who take no responsibility for their livelihoods and who think they are entitled to government ...
Related Mitt Romney »
Mitt Romney secret video reveals views on Obama votersBBC News
Romney: Nearly half 'believe they are victims'Boston.com
Highly Cited:Inside the campaign: How Mitt Romney stumbledPolitico

Fake Outrage!

134 Mocking Jay  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:18:09pm

Everyone in the bubble is safe.

135 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:18:12pm

I honestly did not think the 2012 election would end up looking so....
One sided.

136 Gus  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:18:19pm

Image: Leder-Boca-Raton-Home.jpg

137 darthstar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:18:35pm

Lawrence about to show tape of Mitt Romney speaking to supporters in California. California? What the fuck is he doing here? Trying to win this state? Ha! Oh, that's right...we've got a bunch of rich stupid people here.

138 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:18:46pm

re: #136 Gus

Image: Leder-Boca-Raton-Home.jpg

Blech, McMansions.

139 Decatur Deb  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:18:48pm

re: #120 Charles Johnson

Agree, but here we have a candidate who is picturing himself as the uber-moral savior of family values - who holds a fund-raising event at the home of a debased hedonist.

There's something wonderful about it.

Will allow myself enough evil joy to visit Freep and see what the godly folk there hold.

140 jaunte  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:18:58pm

re: #131 engineer cat

LOS ANGELES - Mitt Romney was dealt a new distraction

Self-dealing!

141 darthstar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:19:11pm

re: #136 Gus

Image: Leder-Boca-Raton-Home.jpg

I'm guessing his neighbor is in film.

142 diamonda2u  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:19:30pm

re: #137 darthstar

Lawrence about to show tape of Mitt Romney speaking to supporters in California. California? What the fuck is he doing here? Trying to win this state? Ha! Oh, that's right...we've got a bunch of rich stupid people here.

Maybe another orgy fest fundraiser...

143 aagcobb  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:19:34pm

re: #139 Decatur Deb

Will allow myself enough evil joy to visit Freep and see what the godly folk there hold.

I bet there is nothing about Leder.

144 Targetpractice  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:19:37pm

re: #135 Varek Raith

I honestly did not think the 2012 election would end up looking so....
One sided.

Seriously, it's become "Death by a Thousand Gaffes."

145 darthstar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:20:10pm
146 Kragar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:20:15pm

In RPG speak, Mitt was playing D20 rules, took the free 10 on a skill check and still managed to roll a 1.

147 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:20:37pm

re: #146 Kragar

In RPG speak, Mitt was playing D20 rules, took the free 10 on a skill check and still managed to roll a 1.

Multiple times no less!

148 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:20:47pm

re: #122 Kragar

Every Romney Staffer is now thinking back to every private meeting they've had and how well they trusted the other attendees there.

New media, FUCK YEAH! No curtains anymore mo fo's.

149 Mattand  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:21:17pm

re: #146 Kragar

In RPG speak, Mitt was playing D20 rules, took the free 10 on a skill check and still managed to roll a 1.

NERRRRDDDDDD!!!!!

(looks at D&D books on shelves)

Oh...

150 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:21:19pm

re: #144 Targetpractice

Seriously, it's become "Death by a Thousand Gaffes."

I'm starting to seriously doubt probability at this point.
/

151 darthstar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:21:24pm
152 Mocking Jay  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:21:51pm

Whoa. Listen to him stumble over those words.

153 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:21:59pm

re: #130 Mocking Jay

Yeah, some of us might take it personally....

Why can't we all just get along?

154 diamonda2u  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:22:04pm

Mitt is such a goober, a rich, snotty, arrogant, self - righteous goober...

155 darthstar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:22:05pm

Oh, god...Mitt looks like a kid in the principal's office who got caught flooding the bathroom in this news conference. Smell the fear!

156 Mocking Jay  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:22:16pm

Holy crap, listen to how desperate this man sounds...

157 darthstar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:22:22pm

re: #155 darthstar

Oh, god...Mitt looks like a kid in the principal's office who got caught flooding the bathroom in this news conference. Smell the fear!

Full disclosure - this happened to me in the sixth grade.

158 Kragar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:22:27pm

re: #147 Varek Raith

Multiple times no less!

At a tarot card reader, Mitt asks about his campaign and flips over all Grim Reaper cards

"But there is only supposed to be one in the deck..."

159 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:22:40pm

Rolls a one yet again.

160 darthstar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:22:50pm

12 million new jobs...those are already projected.

161 Mocking Jay  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:22:51pm

Dude! You can't fix this by giving us your stump speech again!

162 Mocking Jay  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:23:07pm

This is fucking sad and pathetic.

163 erik_t  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:23:13pm

re: #155 darthstar

Oh, god...Mitt looks like a kid in the principal's office who got caught flooding the bathroom in this news conference. Smell the fear!

There's a bathroom in the news conference?

Kinky.

164 diamonda2u  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:23:27pm

re: #152 Mocking Jay

Whoa. Listen to him stumble over those words.

He sounds like Sarah Palin, sorta

And by the way...off the cuff? Is the "I would be better if I was Latino" off the cuff to? What an IDIOT!

165 Targetpractice  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:23:28pm

re: #146 Kragar

In RPG speak, Mitt was playing D20 rules, took the free 10 on a skill check and still managed to roll a 1.

He's the n00b in the pro server who can't score a frag to save his life, but never stops talking trash.

166 Mocking Jay  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:23:32pm

wow

167 darthstar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:23:33pm

We do have the question - what will you do about the Obama supporters? Lying asshole.

168 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:23:57pm

Speech check epic fail.
-3 to Reputation with American People.

169 Kragar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:24:04pm

re: #159 Varek Raith

Rolls a one yet again.

"Roll 3d6"
"I got a 1"
"Wha...."

170 blueraven  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:24:04pm

Mitt Romney responding moments ago to his fund raiser statement...taking questions. On Fox now.

171 JamesWI  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:24:21pm

re: #134 Mocking Jay

Everyone in the bubble is safe.

[Embedded content]

If you go on to FoxNews.com, you also won't see any mention of the story until you scroll down near the bottom of the page. The headline? "Obama campaign seizes on Romney 'victims' video." See, the problem isn't Romney's statements, it's Obama's campaign and their dirty politics!!!!

172 darthstar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:24:47pm

re: #170 blueraven

Mitt Romney responding moments ago to his fund raiser statement...taking questions. On Fox now.

I hope Fox doesn't think this will help him.

173 Kragar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:25:00pm

re: #165 Targetpractice

He's the n00b in the pro server who can't score a frag to save his life, but never stops talking trash.

Mitt opens his Press Conference with "ALL RIGHT, LETS DO THIS! LEEEEROY..."

174 darthstar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:25:30pm

Mitt leaves the stage after three questions so he can go cry in his milk.

175 Charles Johnson  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:25:32pm
176 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:25:37pm

Yep, probability is now complete BS.
Romney destroyed it with his performance this past week.

177 blueraven  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:25:39pm

OMG that was painful. A presser and he didnt say anything!

178 Killgore Trout  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:25:58pm

re: #104 Charles Johnson

David Corn and Mother Jones are using the Breitbart technique here. More revelations coming tomorrow.

Ironic, don't ya think?

I've come to expect it.

179 darthstar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:26:03pm

re: #175 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

retweeted.

180 Charles Johnson  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:26:05pm

He walked out. Oh man. This is a serious melt-down going on here.

181 Mocking Jay  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:26:14pm

re: #177 blueraven

OMG that was painful. A presser and he didnt say anything!

Hey, you're right. What the hell was the point of that?

182 Targetpractice  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:26:27pm

re: #180 Charles Johnson

He walked out. Oh man. This is a serious melt-down going on here.

I hope he doesn't think he can pull that shit during the debates.

183 JamesWI  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:26:39pm

LOL.....He doesn't talk about the "process" of the election because he's too busy talking about policies......

Wait what?

184 darthstar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:26:42pm

re: #177 blueraven

OMG that was painful. A presser and he didnt say anything!

He says more during sex. (direct quote from Ann)

185 Decatur Deb  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:26:48pm

re: #143 aagcobb

I bet there is nothing about Leder.

No sign they're aware of it. This is the best comment on presser, crystaline in it's childlike innocence ignorance:

"Let’s hope he’s just taking advantage of the free LSM coverage."

186 Kragar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:27:00pm

Mitt's campaign dealing with today...

Youtube Video
187 diamonda2u  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:27:05pm

re: #182 Targetpractice

I hope he doesn't think he can pull that shit during the debates.

Oh please, please...i hope he does... Kiss

188 Mocking Jay  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:27:05pm

Every Republican running for the House or Senate just shit their pants.

189 Sionainn  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:27:09pm

If someone finds a link to it, please put it up. Thanks!

190 JamesWI  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:27:14pm

Greta Van Susteran hasn't seen the videos......shocking!

191 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:27:16pm

INES Level 7.

192 darthstar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:27:19pm

re: #182 Targetpractice

I hope he doesn't think he can pull that shit during the debates.

I hope he does.

193 prairiefire  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:27:25pm

re: #170 blueraven

Mitt Romney responding moments ago to his fund raiser statement...taking questions. On Fox now.

A desperate man! Glub, Glub, Glub.

194 erik_t  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:27:44pm

re: #48 (‘Muslims Dragging Stevens’ thread) SpaceJesus

I don't know if Romney could make himself look much worse

re: #49 (‘Muslims Dragging Stevens’ thread) Kragar

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!

Prescient.

195 darthstar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:28:42pm
196 Kragar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:28:43pm

re: #194 erik_t

re: #49 (‘Muslims Dragging Stevens’ thread) Kragar

Prescient.

Youtube Video
197 Targetpractice  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:28:59pm

re: #192 darthstar

I hope he does.

I don't. I wanna see Obama make his knuckles bleed.

/too obscure?

198 Mr. Crankypants  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:29:21pm

just watched the mitt romney presser on his statment. I have never seen so much flopsweat in one place. I'm surprised he didn't have to paddle off the stage.

199 darthstar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:29:38pm

re: #188 Mocking Jay

Every Republican running for the House or Senate just shit their pants.

Hey Mitt...Oklahoma just called. They said, "Stay the fuck away!"

200 Kragar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:29:38pm

re: #197 Targetpractice

I don't. I wanna see Obama make his knuckles bleed.

/too obscure?

Sweep the leg.

201 Gus  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:29:40pm

re: #198 PT Barnum

just watched the mitt romney presser on his statment. I have never seen so much flopsweat in one place. I'm surprised he didn't have to paddle off the stage.

Was he blinking?

202 darthstar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:30:22pm

re: #197 Targetpractice

I don't. I wanna see Obama make his knuckles bleed.

/too obscure?

It'll be a TKO in the first round as Romney takes a dive and begs for people to protect him from the angry black man attacking him.

203 Charles Johnson  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:30:28pm

I don't think I've ever seen Romney look so flustered. It's like a bomb went off in his head.

204 Targetpractice  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:30:38pm

re: #201 Gus

Was he blinking?

In morse code. Translated, it was "I'm so fucked."

205 darthstar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:30:43pm

re: #201 Gus

Was he blinking?

Robots don't blink. Don't you watch Futurama?

206 Majacita  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:31:05pm

Is it posted anywhere yet? We don't have commercial TV and this is killing me. Maybe I should get cable until after the elections?

207 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:31:21pm

Yikes.
That was painful to watch.

208 Kragar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:31:33pm

Romney: Remarks In Secret Footage Were ‘Off The Cuff’

And that makes them acceptable?

Eat a bag of dicks, Mitt. How do you like that off the cuff?

209 Mattand  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:31:34pm

re: #203 Charles Johnson

I don't think I've ever seen Romney look so flustered. It's like a bomb went off in his head.

Maybe IT forgot to wear a static strap when they were working on the logic board earlier.

210 dragonath  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:31:36pm

Wow, that bad huh?

211 darthstar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:31:40pm
212 Mr. Crankypants  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:31:51pm

re: #201 Gus

Was he blinking?

I think he might have been blinking back tears. He should have just conceded the election and saved himself a lot of money.

My hope is that this takes the downticket races with it, and we start getting some reasonable policy enacted.

213 aagcobb  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:31:57pm

Kudos to the Broncos. Down 20-0, they went for the TD at the end of the half instead of just settling for the FG.

214 Targetpractice  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:32:02pm

re: #207 Varek Raith

Yikes.
That was painful to watch.

Imagine how his campaign staff feels. Right about now, I'm sure most of them going "Was that contract really binding?"

215 Mocking Jay  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:32:14pm

re: #203 Charles Johnson

I don't think I've ever seen Romney look so flustered. It's like a bomb went off in his head.

Part of me wonders if, right before that presser, he just had his first scotch...

216 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:32:15pm

re: #208 Kragar

Romney: Remarks In Secret Footage Were ‘Off The Cuff’

And that makes them acceptable?

Eat a bag of dicks, Mitt. How do you like that off the cuff?

"My remarks about destroying the earth were off the cuff"
-Me

217 MittDoesNotCompute  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:32:32pm

re: #8 Interesting Times

[Embedded content]

I dunno...about one of the few things poor/poorish people can do that doesn't cost much is fuck.

218 darthstar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:32:54pm
219 erik_t  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:32:54pm

re: #213 aagcobb

Kudos to the Broncos. Down 20-0, they went for the TD at the end of the half instead of just settling for the FG.

Play to win. None of that half-assed respectable-loss bullshit.

220 diamonda2u  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:32:57pm

re: #203 Charles Johnson

I don't think I've ever seen Romney look so flustered. It's like a bomb went off in his head.

And what's funny, all of ROmney's misteps are of his own making... Obama doesn't have to do anything, Mitt does it all to himself

221 erik_t  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:33:19pm

re: #215 Mocking Jay

Part of me wonders if, right before that presser, he just had his first scotch...

Should have started sooner. Doesn't he know robots are booze-powered?!

222 MittDoesNotCompute  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:33:24pm

re: #49 Kragar

Man, this should have been the RNC theme for this year.

It would've been much, much, more interesting.

223 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:33:32pm

re: #213 aagcobb

Kudos to the Broncos. Down 20-0, they went for the TD at the end of the half instead of just settling for the FG.

The replacement refs suck.

224 Mr. Crankypants  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:33:44pm

re: #217 Gert Fröbe

I dunno...about one of the few things poor/poorish people can do that doesn't cost much is fuck.

Only if they can avoid the resulting progeny. Raising a kid is way way way more expensive. Probably the main reason that the right is so dead set against birth control. Those people aren't paying for having a good time.

225 Targetpractice  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:33:55pm

Would it be in bad taste to send the Romney campaign a fruit basket to thank them for making such a mockery of their own party?

226 bratwurst  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:33:59pm
227 MittDoesNotCompute  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:34:16pm

re: #66 aagcobb

Willie smoked pot in the White House? Very cool! Did Bill inhale?

Bill got shotgunned by Willie.

///

228 Mattand  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:34:22pm

re: #220 diamonda2u

And what's funny, all of ROmney's misteps are of his own making... Obama doesn't have to do anything, Mitt does it all to himself

As someone said earlier, it's making this weekend's SNL cold open look eerily prescient.

229 Mattand  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:34:55pm

re: #223 Varek Raith

The replacement refs suck.

They were a nightmare in the Eagles/Ravens game.

230 Kragar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:35:07pm

Hmm, I figured Fischer would be enraged, but he's avoiding the issue for now:

231 JamesWI  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:35:08pm

Posted shortly after Fox finished showing Romney's presser:

LOL

232 blueraven  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:35:36pm

If this is how he handles a personal campaign crisis, that man should be no where near the White House. Ever!

233 Mattand  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:35:37pm

re: #225 Targetpractice

Would it be in bad taste to send the Romney campaign a fruit basket to thank them for making such a mockery of their own party?

Send a bunch of banana peels.

234 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:35:40pm

re: #230 Kragar

Hmm, I figured Fischer would be enraged, but he's avoiding the issue for now:

[Embedded content]

WTF.

235 jaunte  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:35:41pm

re: #215 Mocking Jay

Part of me wonders if, right before that presser, he just had his first scotch...

He's probably been smacking himself in the head.

236 jvic  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:35:45pm

Poland was never dominated by the Soviet Union.

237 JamesWI  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:36:18pm

lulz

238 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:36:22pm

re: #236 jvic

Poland was never dominated by the Soviet Union.

Those were the stripp...
Oh, you meant countries!
///

239 Mich-again  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:36:28pm

What makes Mitt think that the 47% are Democrats. He doesn't know much about rural America where a lot of white people are on public assistance and fully on board with the far right as well.

240 aagcobb  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:36:56pm

re: #237 JamesWI

[Embedded content]

lulz

Ignore the man behind the curtain!

241 Kragar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:37:02pm

re: #237 JamesWI

[Embedded content]

lulz

DISTRACTIONS!!!

242 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:37:09pm

re: #237 JamesWI

[Embedded content]

lulz

So is a presidential campaign in full meltdown.
Sorry Dana.
:P

243 goddamnedfrank  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:38:08pm

It's no wonder why Romney thought he could get away with this. We've seen it demonstrated here, conservatives fundamentally misunderstanding the basic structure of the tax system they've paid into their entire adult lives. Many of the Republicans who spread the 47% bullshit don't realize that they're in it. They don't understand that the number includes everyone who's end of year tax burden gets wiped out due to things like the per child tax credit, mortgage interest credit, or capital losses. They believe unbelievable lies such as that entering a new tax bracket means taking home less money.

Basically modern conservatives fall into two broad categories, the fundamentally stupid and those elite 1%ers who's sole voting concern is their own financial self interest.

244 MittDoesNotCompute  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:38:44pm

re: #230 Kragar

Hmm, I figured Fischer would be enraged, but he's avoiding the issue for now:

[Embedded content]

What a fucking shithead, talking shit and spreading rumors about someone who can not defend themselves.

Fischer, you are a sanctimonious prick.

245 Majacita  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:39:22pm

re: #231 JamesWI

How does CNN justify paying him and how does he justify taking their money?

246 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:39:35pm

re: #234 Varek Raith

WTF.

They LOVE gay rape. It makes them men.

247 goddamnedfrank  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:40:04pm

re: #220 diamonda2u

And what's funny, all of ROmney's misteps are of his own making... Obama doesn't have to do anything, Mitt does it all to himself

Obama's campaign also saves money during times like this, because their best strategy is to get out of the way and let Romney keep digging.

248 diamonda2u  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:41:31pm

Best tweet so far tonight...

Robert Asselin ‏@rasselin66

4 years ago John McCain thought Sarah Palin was a better running mate than Mitt Romney. You have to admire his political instincts.


ROFL

249 diamonda2u  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:42:03pm

Wow, Lawrence is brutal on Mitt and the Latino commit about Mexico...salm dunk!!!

250 Kragar  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:44:03pm

re: #246 We're All Welfare Queens Now

They LOVE gay rape. It makes them men.

It reminds them of football practice.

251 DisturbedEma  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:57:40pm

re: #225 Targetpractice

Look you can believe Mr. Pecker

My name is Peck

Or you can believe that something of Biblical proportions is headiing our way
(paraphrased Ghostbusters)

252 DisturbedEma  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:58:25pm

re: #248 diamonda2u

Don't get me started. . .

253 Lidane  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 7:58:42pm

re: #122 Kragar

Every Romney Staffer is now thinking back to every private meeting they've had and how well they trusted the other attendees there.

Every Romney staffer is also quietly trolling through LinkedIn and sending out job applications so they can try and salvage their careers.

254 Lidane  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 8:03:07pm

re: #182 Targetpractice

I hope he doesn't think he can pull that shit during the debates.

Are you kidding? I want him to start tossing out bets to Barack Obama. "50k says you're lying about my health care plan! Another 15k to prove that I'm right about my taxes!"

It would be awesome.

255 wheat-dogg  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 8:10:17pm

re: #237 JamesWI

Oh, look! Something shiny!

256 Kronocide  Mon, Sep 17, 2012 8:59:11pm

What a week Romney is having. Totally shocked.


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