Solyndra...President Obama supported the uprising, correct?...I just want to make sure we're talking about the same thing.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 01:40 (twelve years ago) link
didn't somebody make sure Rick Perry passed his vocabulary test over this shit already?
http://m.jumpstart.com/JumpstartNew/uploadedFiles/sne/pdf-screenshots/test-your-word-power-iii.jpg
― www.myislamicdream.com (step hen faps), Tuesday, 13 December 2011 01:44 (twelve years ago) link
i see now that schlump has already said what i said, about the weird smiley passive-aggressiveness
my suspicion is that these guys have it drilled into them to always smile no matter what, so 9 out of every 10 still photos and live camera angles will show the candidate appearing "positive" etc
i have no doubt this is based on real research and is probably "good" advice ultimately but man it leads to some weird moments
― his venerable escutcheon, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 10:16 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/12/13/michael-tomasky-could-obama-be-headed-for-a-landslide.html
I guess it depends on what you mean by landslide--a landslide like 1980 and 1964, or a landslide like 1996 and 2008?--but this seems highly improbable even if things were going well right now. Aren't there enough electoral votes locked in for the Republicans that a classic landslide would be impossible no matter who the nominee were? And again, 8-9% unemployment producing a landslide...huh? Even if Gingrich were to get the nomination, I think Obama would win a relatively close general; if it's Romney, I think either Obama wins a very close general, or Romney wins going away.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
The only thing that might bring back sanity and civility is the destruction of the current GOP. If Republicans wake up next Nov. 7 to see that their extremist-obstructionist posture of the last four years has only reelected a president who started the year below 50 percent (as he will) and whom they should have been able to beat, then they might finally return to earth.
I bet he said this in October '08.
― Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
i used to really love tomasky, he has been kinda unfocused at newsweek so far i think, & he wrote a pro-sibelius post last week re: plan B etc.
but re 'could the GOP be heading for disaster'?, i do sorta think that especially if they nominate gingrich, the huge disconnect between party infighting/base satisfaction, with the basic beer-test, tv-friendly, kennedy-vs-nixon appeal of a candidate could be exposed, and they could just bomb. idk how many people are vaguely in between but who the fuck is going to vote for gingrich in a GE unless they love him.
― Never translate German (schlump), Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
Or hate Obama...which surely covers many of the states that are solidly Republican. Gingrich or no Gingrich, I don't think "Texans for Obama" is going to happen.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
this video is worth 1000 words. but i've still reprinted 22 of those words below.
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/12/romney-2002-moderate-progressive-not-partisan-Worcester
I think people recognize that I'm not a partisan Republican—that I'm someone who is moderate, and that my views are progressive.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
better embed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMcjJEXt9To&feature=player_embedded
i used to like tomasky too until i realized he basically just writes the same columns as everybody else
― his venerable escutcheon, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
sheesh I'd never seen that clip
― iatee, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
this race is gonna get so lol
― his venerable escutcheon, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:37 (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink
idk. i like him as a writer, i don't know whether it's just that i thought he was particularly suited to the informality of blogging, over the more necessarily fully-formed-premise-based nature of his NW columns. just hasn't grabbed me yet. & the plan b thing.
― Never translate German (schlump), Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
Oppo research! Please get that clip to Newt a.s.a.p.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
I heard the clip of the gay vet telling the media hordes he knows Mittens is a fake by looking into his eyes, which frankly is BS. I'm sure he would've been impressed 4 years ago by Bam's lyin' eyes.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't think that clip was so awesome-awful either.
― Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
In a sane world, not at all; boasting of your moderation is the kiss of death in terms of the nomination.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
I think alfred was talking about the gay-vet clip
― iatee, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
yes
― Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
Mittens comes off decently; he answered the question without her eyes crossing, as Bachmann did when that kid programmed by lesbian parents questioned her.
― Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
*HIS eyes crossing, heh
Oops--I meant the one just above.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
without her eyes crossing, as Bachmann did when that kid programmed by lesbian parents questioned her.
her eyes weren't crossing. they were summoning a righeous blast of hellfire from the lord.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
and now for a funny little story about Mittens' dad:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jR1D9gmHyL8/TuepsEKfc2I/AAAAAAAAAO4/I9LGdawDEbU/s1600/GroganRomneyNYT.jpg
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
Man, bring back the days when Republican presidential candidates actively campaigned in San Francisco.
― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
"articulation is a key identifier of intelligence (esp to me)."
?? i don't get this, its an identifier of a certain kind of intelligence but certainly a very limited one
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/12/un-newtening.html
:/
― iatee, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
that poll detail is terrific. his boom was so fast it didn't even happen
― slandblox goole, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
Trump debate off; my condolences to you all.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
If they give up on Newt before he even has a chance to engineer a spectacular flame-out, I will be very angry. (Honest to god--what do these people want!?)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
was honestly hoping Newt would get to spout a few more totally insane things before shrinking back into ignominy
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
newt will always spout totally insane things; you may just have to work harder to hear about them
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
Back to point #2 on a list I posted of reasons why I wanted Newt to win: the sheer boredom of an Obama-Romney campaign.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
boredom with a fraudulent choice helps the 99%, not that you in the Great White North need care.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
We don't have rich and poor people here--just a Tim Horton's on every corner.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
canada just backed out of kyoto! the circus headed north too i guess
― slandblox goole, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
man and just after Gingrich secured the coveted Giuliani endorsement
xp
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
This staple remover has emerged as the newest Republican frontrunner. It's fiercely anti-mandate, a proven job creator, and (surprisingly) has just received Rick Perry's endorsement.
http://www.mozenamedical.com/images/25-716.jpg
― clemenza, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
No it ain't not.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 13 December 2011 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
very sad to see the gingrich boomlet dying out.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 14 December 2011 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
RIP Newt, we'll always have the first week of December, 2011
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
f---g a.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
so, it's romney?
PROGRESSIVE ROMNEY?
FLIP/FLOP MITT/ROM?
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
George Will column on Gingrich sure is ... something
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
ron paul picked up a key gay-beardo-limey endorsement today
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
ron paul boomlet next.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
why did newtmania die? did america remember who he is?
― big popppa hoy, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
If there's any un-Newtening, it's marginal (margarine/shortening, etc.). That poll had fewer than 300 respondents, and is probably worthless.
― C.K. Dexter Holland, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
relentless drumbeat of negativity from pundits/press probably didn't help but who knows
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
seems pretty clear the GOP "establishment" made the call to flex some media muscle against li'l Newtie