Saw on MSNBC that Romney won NH, with Paul and Huntsman trailing. Little Ricky and Newt nosedived, and Perry got 1%. Romney is starting to take on the air of invulnerability, and I expect a hiccup in SC but then for the sheep to fall in line the rest of the way. Watched the coverage at MSNBC long enough to hear John Sununu call Obama a “completely incompetent President who wrecked the economy, and the four hosts of our “left-leaning” MSNBC said nothing. Way to go, Larry O’D, Big head Ed, Chrissy, and Rachel. I will say it is nice seeing older Republicans like Sununu spew bullshit, as it reinforces the notion in this new Democrat that there never really were respectable Republicans, it’s just some myth I’ve latched on to as a coping mechanism for my own stupidity.
BTW- just wtf is Larry O’Donnell trying to accomplish with those hipster specs? Christ, he looks like such a douchebag I wouldn’t be surprised to see him writing at Reason.
Villago Delenda Est
Sununu is a total fucktard.
But you knew that.
JGabriel
Damn, this isnt’t even close:
Dog On Car taking a wide lead out of the starting gate with That Dog Is Not The Federal Government’s Responsibility in second place, and Dog Stew rounding out the top three.
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Veritas
Romney is now the nominee! Now, the REAL fun begins.
Brian R.
Romney’s wife is sweet, but their sons creep me the fuck out. That one kid has a disturbing gum-to-tooth ratio and the dead-eyed stare of a zombie.
The Populist
I have to wonder if TPTB at MSNBC is telling their personalities not to argue with the “guests” on election / primary programming?
I remember once that Olbermann was arguing with a republican during one of these election broadcasts and rumor has it he was told never to do that again.
MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson
Rick Perry got 1%? How symbolically appropriate.
Does anyone else wonder whether his handlers have invested in some sort of electronic leash – because if ever there was a candidate born to bound up to voters and sniff their crotches while slobbering joyfully, it was Ricky Texas.
Brian R.
@Veritas:
Thank God.
I was worried Republicans might give Huntsman a second look, but now that they’ve rallied around Corporate Romneybot 2.0, President Obama’s going to win this one in a walk.
Odie Hugh Manatee
Those screaming and spurting sounds you hear are coming from Redstate where they are moaning, crying and slashing their wrists at the thought that the best of the best in their candidate field are Romney and Paul.
Their nightmare scenario has arrived.
I love it!
scav
Why did Perry fly out of TX again after IA?
and the Inevitable has broken above 25%? Victory! The brilliance of that halo is too much for my mortal eyes to take.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
I wonder if Willard has to pay for helicopters for Sununu and Christie.
That is pretty sad that nobody challenged Sununu. Even the Fox b-listers would’ve been all over a Dem making the same or a similar point about Bush. They can’t possibly be afraid of losing a despised relic like Sununu as a guest/source.
Hill Dweller
Why does the Romney camp believe having his sons standing around helps optics?
maye
Will conservative christians in the south (and elsewhere), whose pastors are telling them mormonism is a cult, stay home in November? Or will beating Obama trump religion? And if they stay home, will states with large AA populations (like Georgia) swing to the Ds? Inquiring minds want to know.
Veritas
Mitt Romney is the first non-incumbent in history to win both IA and NH.
How do you like them apples?
General Stuck
While we wizards were arguing over the shape of our own navels, Obama was building an under the radar electoral machine that will dwarf 2008. This is a full service presnit. Mitt will whine, but it won’t matter.
Brian R.
“We want to restore this country to the founding principles that made this country great, like the idea that corporations are people!”
How does Romney — the champion of European-style austerity economics — keep insisting that it’s Obama how’s mimicking Europe? Is he stupid, or cynical, or both? Both, right?
MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson
@Hill Dweller:
Doubles the enthusiasm in the crowd instantly.
amk
I predicted single digit margin for willard in the earlier NH thread. Still stand by it.
hildebrand
Big Ed suggested folks sit out the 2010 election, which somewhat dampens any credibility he might have. Matthews will find himself with Celestine V in the Vestibule of Hell.
dmsilev
Well, since all it took was roughly two days of criticism by his primary opponents to get the Romney campaign complaining/whining about being treated badly, I’m somehow not quaking in my boots at the thought of the campaign to come.
Assuming, of course, that he wins South Carolina.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
Like sugar free, decaffeinated white bread, there is no stopping the pasty white loaf that is Mittens from rising!
General Stuck
Christ, Mitt is so full of it in this canned speech, nothing but floaters.
dmsilev
@General Stuck: According to, I think, the NY Times, the Obama campaign had more field offices in New Hampshire than the entire GOP field combined. Building the organization.
Dennis G.
Well, the real hot race is to see if Buddy Roemer gets more votes than Rick Perry. The excitement is almost too much…
Brian R.
@Veritas:
Al Gore won both in 2000. You’re not very bright, are you?
And no, he was not the incumbent president.
Calouste
@Veritas:
You mean the 2012 GOP primary is the first one in history with only one viable candidate?
Hill Dweller
Romney is using a teleprompter? Shock. Horror.
After the rambling, nonsensical mess he spewed after the Iowa ‘win’, I can’t blame the staff for chaining to the prompter.
Will Romney crack 40%?
Veritas
@dmsilev
Good luck with your “organization”, the new election integrity laws should be enough to take care of that!
MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson
If Romney can only rustle up 35% in his most recent “home” state, that’s pretty damn unimpressive. Makes you really wonder what he’s going to pull in SC.
Odie Hugh Manatee
It looks like it’s going to end up being the Magical Unity Pony against the Man with the Magic Underwear this fall.
It should be a battle of epic magical proportions!
Veritas
@Brian R.
I’m talking about Republicans.
scav
@Veritas: well if true, no doubt it will comfort him in the long dreary years to come. We’ve got a lot of footnote aficionados in an early thread who will enjoy running across his name every so often.
Svensker
@Veritas:
And which incumbent Repub was running?
Baud
@dmsilev: I think the same is true for Iowa. The fact is, the Republican primary is the best advertisement the Obama campaign could have.
Veritas
What a great speech. The fire is already raining down on Obambi and his failed economic record.
MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson
@Veritas:
Son, you are a living example of why people with more toes than IQ points should avoid using computers. Quit while you are humiliated.
ChrisNYC
It’s amazing that he could not come up with one idea of his own for this speech. He’s worked hard for this presumably and it’s all retread TP rhetoric and soshulism. Ugh. Guy really does have no core. So frighteningly “I’ll say whatever you want me to.”
dmsilev
@Brian R.: So did John Kerry. With rather wider margins in Iowa and (so far) NH.
Edit: wider margins than what the Rombot is apparently capable of, I mean.
Brian R.
@Veritas:
Was I supposed to read your mind? If you’re genuinely excited about a Romney candidacy, it’s probably a scary place.
Baud
There used to be sane Republicans, but the last respectable one was probably Ike.
DCLaw1
I hope this Veritas person is getting paid to leave those comments, because otherwise it’s kind of a sad spectacle.
BO_Bill
We can observe that the Obama Administration is pleased by the news of the Romney win. The theory is that Obama will deflect any criticism of his unpopular health care plan by pointing out that his simply mirrors the plan Romney established while governor. Now, those who ask bold questions in an effort to ascertain Truth, must wonder: how do we know that Romney is the opponent that the Obama Administration wants?
The answer can be found by viewing the behavior of the Obama Administration staff. In a celebration observed in Chicago just today, 14 people were shot. It is a good thing that Democrats possess very bad marksmanship skills, or else somebody might eventually lose an eye.
Veritas
@ Brian R.
I’m utterly thrilled at the prospect of nominating the candidate most likely to defeat Obambi.
I’m already imagining the concession speech, the tears from supporters, the cries of racism, the threats to leave the country…
scav
@DCLaw1: well, he tried stuffing envelopes but kept getting paper cuts on his tongue. So he read a different telephone pole and came up with this gig.
JGabriel
Hair Force One* still in the lead, with That Dog Is Not The Federal Governmentās Responsibility still in second, and Dog Stew still in third.
Wants A Dog and Man On Dog are making a close race of it for fourth place.
Shoots Dogs With Lasers losing badly to Others to close out the field.
(*h/t Al Giordano)
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MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson
@Veritas:
Yes, I imagine Ron Paul and his rabble will be quite a sight to see.
Spaghetti Lee
Inevitable? This was supposed to be his crowning moment of ascension, and he barely got 1/3 of the vote. What if he loses SC and FL? Is that possible?
As for MSNBC, maybe no one really cares about Sununu enough to bother? I sure don’t.
priscianusjr
@Veritas:
JGabriel
@scav:
Because Perry thinks he can do better than last place in SC.
Edited To Add: And because it’s other people’s money. May as well take the free vacation if for no other reason.
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Judas Escargot
@Veritas:
Attention, Citizens: Your Federal Pain Card(tm) shall be issued no later than Jan 31, 2013.
CaliCat
I can’t watch any more of the primary coverage on MSNBC. Watching the so-called liberal hosts straining themselves to be impartial while acting all congenial and academic is making me nauseous as hell. I’m not sure why I’m having such an adverse reaction to it but I am.
Cacti
I’m still waiting for Royalty Check to answer how Willard is going to win with 23% of the Hispanic vote nationally.
SiubhanDuinne
@Veritas:
So very sorry, I totally missed where you said that.
Oh wait, you never said that.
lamh35
I never thought I’d say this, but I’m rooting for Newton to go full fuckin’ nuclear on Romney’s ass. I can’t even stand Newt, but my gawd somebody needs to take Romney down a peg. Shit, I guess I’m gonna have to wait til the debates with POTUS cause this media ain’t planning on calling Romney out for any of his damn lies.
Fuck it…go Newt…go Newt.
JGabriel
@Veritas:
Maybe. Best wait for SC to confirm that in 11 days. Romney coould still crash and burn. If he gets through SC, though, he’ll pretty much have it wrapped up, barring the minor but always possible outbreak of a major scandal.
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Jewish Steel
@Veritas: Yo, V. Why won’t Romney release his tax returns?
JGabriel
@Veritas:
Did Dog On Car quote America the Beautiful again?
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Svensker
@DCLaw1:
It’s funny, I’ve heard two Repuhs on TV repeat the “historic first non-incumbent to win in IA and NH” data point. These guys are just pathetic.
Amir Khalid
With only 29% of the votes counted, NYT is already calling it for Mitt? Things can still change a lot. Shouldn’t they wait until he’s all but mathematically certain of victory?
SenyoDave
@BO_Bill: Ordinarily I ignore brain-dead trolls like you. But the idea that you think shootings, which include a 14 year-old, are funny is pretty fucking repulsive.
You seem like the sort of person who would laugh at natural disaters. Did you have a celebration after the Haiti earthquake or Japan’s tsunami? Or do you confine your glee to shootings and other man-made tragedies?
Brian R.
@Veritas:
Yes, he’s the most likely to defeat the president in the same way that I’m the most likely member of my family to walk on the surface of the sun. Good luck with that.
By the way, it’s adorable that you call him Obambi. I guess the Badass Motherfucker Who Killed Bin Laden, Crushed Al Qaeda, and Toppled Khaddafi Without a Shot is just too long to say.
DCLaw1
@Svensker: But it’s such a thrilling factoid!
Andrew M
I’m sure this is typical of every state, but check out the exit poll information at CNN
69 percent of voters are 45 and over? 56 percent over the age of 50? This doesn’t strike me as a party poised for long-term growth. Also, 37 percent reported income of over $100K. Clearly the Republicans are poised as the defenders of working and middle class families!
Hill Dweller
Sharpton absolutely destroyed Romney’s “envy” nonsense.
The Obama campaign is going to turn that ‘envy’ talking point into an anchor for Romney.
Raven
why do you people talk to this punk?
MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson
@Andrew M:
It’s GOP Deficit Voting. Cutting back on voters now is the best way to grow the base for the future.
JGabriel
@Raven:
Comedy. Easy target.
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Mnemosyne
@DCLaw1:
Veritas is a spoof troll. Set phasers to ignore in the hopes that its creator can come up with something more consistently funny.
I knew for sure it was a spoof when it kept insisting that a “major” and a “college course” are, like, totally the same thing through multiple comments.
dmsilev
@Brian R.:
His full name, according to the GOP, is Obambi the Chicago Thug.
Cognitive dissonance is a sad, sad disease.
Amir Khalid
@Brian R.:
Every time Veritas refers to Obambi, let’s remind him how the classic cartoon turns out: Bambi defeats all his rivals to become king of the forest.
Hill Dweller
@Svensker:
They’re sheep.
When I used to read a lot more blogs, you could always tell when one of the talk radio buffoons disseminated the most recent talking point, because it would spread like wildfire in the comments sections.
Midnight Marauder
I enjoy reading all these Veritas comments, knowing full well the Obama campaign team is going to CRUSH these cowardly, traitorous, bigotry enabling incompetents in just a few months.
Straight up CRUSH them.
Veritas
@Midnight Marauder
I see someone doesn’t realize what a game-changer the election integrity laws and the Citizens United decisions are.
Hill Dweller
Inflation? Did Ron Paul really just say inflation is a problem? He is an economics illiterate.
Triassic Sands
I’m listening to Ron Paul right now and the guy is an idiot.
Second place in New Hampshire might be important if Romney were third. But a third in Iowa followed by a distant second to Zopilote Romney in NH is good for nothing.
Paul is acting like his second place showing is a huge win for his insane views on the Fed and other issues, but it’s nothing of the kind. He is a distant fourth in SC polling and even further back in Florida. He’s a non-factor and I don’t see the lunatic mainstream of the GOP paying any attention to him or his whacked-out ideology. They’ve got their own insane platform; they don’t need or want his.
magurakurin
Wow. Only 36% and Paul gets 25! Romney is in real trouble if this is the best he can do. Paul isn’t going to go away, he’ll keep sniping well after SC and probably to the end. Hell he should he got 1/4 of the vote in NH. I’d wager that at least two of the other Four Horsemen will be gone after SC. Super Tuesday could end up with only four left. Romney is going to stagger into the convention the nominee but he will be badly damaged.
Mitt has to be the weakest GOP candidate in history. I don’t see how Romney gets more electoral votes than McCain. A lot of states need to turn red for Romney to get 270.
amk
twitterdom
With 23% of the vote counted, Romney is on track to get about 65K votes. That’s 10K FEWER than he got coming in second in 2008 in NH.
Veritas
Wow. According to Politico, Obambi is only getting 80% of the vote in the Democrat Primary despite being basically unopposed.
Cacti
@amk:
VICTORY!
rikyrah
TELL IT.
Schlemizel
@Veritas:
Also Willard didn’t win Iowa – try to keep up
Cassidy
@Veritas: Oh. Thanks for the clarification. Don’t think anyone here gives a shit.
dww44
@maye: Oh, How I wish. But the chances of Republicans staying home here in Georgia or anywhere else just ain’t gonna happen. Not in my life experiences from the last 30 years. Remember, the GOP always always takes the long view and are nigh unto invincible in these parts. But I do hold out hope that there is a bit of credibility and possiblity that we might go blue.
BTW, my newly minted young GOP congressperson, who sent us a letter talking about his first year accomplishments, including his balanced budget amendment proposal, also sent an email today inviting us to visit him in his office 25 miles down the road in the smaller, but more friendly to him neighboring county to seek his help in applying for Veteran’s benefits. (Too many AA’s in this city). I forwarded to my Viet Nam vet spouse and his reply was “is he a veteran?”. Nope.
dogwood
I want Mitt to sew this up fast. The only way he can stay in the news and get fluffed is if there is some primary or caucus going on. And the best way to get the president’s campaign going is to end this circus. It’s hard for Dems. to get much traction right now because Mittens still has opponents on his side. And the what will Newt do angle is pretty interesting right now. I want the contrast to be between Mitt and the President instead of Mitt and Newt asap.
MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson
@Veritas:
Could you skip the small talk and get to the big Evil Villain moment a bit sooner? Tell us all about the sea bass and lasers and how the secret base in the volcano in Japan is going to be a game-changer.
Oh, and could you laugh menacingly as well? I always enjoy that scene.
gocart mozart
@Veritas:
No non-incumbant who has won NH has gone on to win the presidency in 24 years!
How do you like them apples?
pragmatism
R.c gets too meta for me when I find myself wondering if it’s more pathetic to gloat over the results of the 2nd intra squad scrimmage out of many or gloat about rigging the game.
Triassic Sands
New Hampshire is a big win for Rick Perry. After Iowa, Perry said he was going to pray for guidance about what to do next. Obviously, staying in the race was the right thing to do. Perry is just short of 1% at the moment, proving that NH will be the ideal launching pad for a huge loss in SC.
There’s no one in this pack of losers that can challenge the Zopilote for the nomination. We’ve got to hope that Gingrich doesn’t let the inevitability of a Romney win keep him from spending every dime he has to savage the big phony. The real purpose of the other candidates from here on out is simple — do as much damage to Romney as possible.
Sasha
Careful, John. Soon you’ll be declaring that Reagan was at best a mediocre President, but more likely a fool whose policies are ultimately responsible for the GOP-driven state we’re currently in.
Mike in NC
If I have just one more bite of pie tonight I’m afraid I just might explode.
Emma
@Amir Khalid: Yeah. Never could understand why the idiot would think it’s an insult. Oh wait. Idiot. Never mind.
magurakurin
@Triassic Sands: lol. “The Zopilote” I love it! Fuckin’ hilarious.
best primary for jokes ever? I think so.
waynski
John Sununu was clearly hammered and actually I think they worked him over pretty well. The Atvs ain’t purfect.
Lojasmo
@Veritas:
I think John Kerry holds that record. How did that turn out?
Cassidy
Reagan was at best a mediocre President, but more likely a fool whose policies are ultimately responsible for the GOP-driven state weāre currently in.
Schlemizel
so spaketh Nate:
Can’t ya just smell the mitt-mentum? Makes me think the liar that calls itself truth might be one of the sister wives kids earning a little on the side from uncle-daddy Willard to try and generate some excitement.
pseudonymous in nc
@The Populist:
I imagine that there’s a gentleman’s agreement during the primary that each candidate’s designated sockpuppet gets equal time and equal treatment, otherwise sockpuppets will not be provided on future occasion because WAAAAH THAT’S UNFAIR.
GOOOOOOOOLD! Fucker is pissed off because the 2012 race meant he couldn’t be a dwarf in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit.
Lojasmo
@Veritas:
Words mean things, dipshit.
pseudonymous in nc
@JGabriel:
And the BBQ at Maurice’s House Of Segregation And Dubious Mustard Sauce is free.
Lojasmo
@Amir Khalid:
I said it here first, brah.
g
I’m listening to Romney say, (paraphrased) “This nation needs to come together in a non-divisive way to solve all those problems inflicted on us by that no-good black SOB in office who will end the American way of life.”
Shut the fuck up, Willard.
dogwood
Don’t pick on Veritas; he’s a great spoof troll. He’s got the Romney ethos down pat. Obambi is perfect. It’s dated and corny just like Mitt. He could spice things up a bit if he’d do his impression of Romney’s “Who let the Dogs Out” I think if someone had some time and talent he could splice together footage of Mitt telling the dog on car story with footage of him singing “Who Let the Dogs Out” to some African American teens. He also uses the term “bling, bling” in that clip. I think it would be youtube sensation. It could become Mitt’s “Yes, We Can.”
Brian R.
@dmsilev:
He’s also the Do Nothing President Who Is Radically Transforming America and, my favorite, the Guy Who’s In The Pocket of Wall Street and Pushing a Soshalist Agenda.
I guess it’s easy to hold two contradictory thoughts in your head if you’re too dumb to understand either of them.
amk
I wonder how willard would fare if ron paul isn’t the spoilsport pulling in the 20 to 25% of the base.
gocart mozart
g
@Veritas: “How do you like them apples?”
Those non-existent apples.
Schlemizel
so hermano Herman has 70 votes & sister batshit has twice that many
WTF? It really is a party of morans
pk
@DCLaw1:
My theory is that Veritas is a teenage girl/guy with a serious crush on Romney. Nothing else explains the devotion. I bet not even Romney’s wife speaks about him the way Veritas does.
Gin & Tonic
If America is the greatest nation ever in the history of mankind, why does it need to be rebuilt?
Gin & Tonic
@pseudonymous in nc: I’ve (unfortunately) been to Columbia a whole lot of times, so I can’t help wondering how many people got that.
pseudonymous in nc
@Gin & Tonic: That’s your paranoid style at work.
jefft452
@Baud:
āā¦but the last respectable one was probably Ike.ā
Lowell Weicker
hildebrand
@pk: Why do I always envision The Handmaid’s Tale if forced to think of the Romneys having marital relations?
pseudonymous in nc
@Gin & Tonic: Don’t the cablenews pundits do OBs and vox pops from Maurice’s every four years? Anyway, the backstory on that Boss Hogg-a-like and his pig enterprise is worth a read.
magurakurin
@pk: More like he is a teenage guy(s) with a seriously large bong and steady supply of weed coupled with a major lack of imagination to find something better to do than troll on the internet.
That, or they are just getting paid to post.
Chances of them being a real person who possesses the thoughts and feelings expressed in the postings is slim to none in my mind.
But the jokes are pretty good in response….
Schlemizel
Not sure if I read this here, I have cruised a bunch of blogs tonight. Sorry if it is a duplicate but its too good not to share.
Willard is on track to get about the same number of votes in NH as he did four years ago . . . while finishing second to McCain! Forget the two years he worked the state to finish second, he put in 4 additional years & a bundle of money to get no improvement! In four years my guess is he met a hell of a lot of NH and totally unimpressed most of them.
OT – I always envied NH & Vermont – what other two states are 69’ing?
Sapient
@Brian R.:
Brian R, will you marry me? Assuming it would be legal in one of our states.
Obama has got this election down! [Knock, knock, knock on the nearest wooden piece of furniture.]
Sapient
@Brian R.:
Brian R, will you marry me? Assuming it would be legal in one of our states.
Obama has got this election down! [Knock, knock, knock on the nearest wooden piece of furniture.]
Gin & Tonic
@pseudonymous in nc: Sure, I know about Maurice’s history. Hate to admit it, though, but I like the ‘q, too, at least once in a while. I like NC ‘q, too, at different times, of course. I think the world is big enough for both mustard and vinegar.
Gin & Tonic
@Schlemizel: I don’t know about 69’ing, but it looks to me like California is humping Nevada pretty hard.
gogol's wife
@Midnight Marauder:
God I hope you’re right. My husband keeps saying that. I just can’t let myself believe it. He thinks it’s going to be a long several months as he has to repeat it to me about 10 times a day (conservative estimate).
Mike in NC
@Gin & Tonic:
We visited Columbia SC a few years ago to adopt a kitten. That place must have more cops per capita than any city outside of North Korea. You couldn’t pay me to go back there.
General Sherman had the right idea…
MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson
@Mike in NC:
You know, there were those who called Sherman a closet Republican back in the day…
gaz
You know what’s great about all this?
Veritas will finally get a much needed lesson in the laws of diminishing returns:
Citizens United opens the floodgates for massive amounts of campaign cash.
But none of this erases the fact that Romney has the charisma of roadkill, and the more he speaks the more he alienates the voters (except Veritas of course).
Romney is about to SERIOUSLY test the efficacy of the Citizens United decision, and the effectiveness of the 1%’s attempted subversion of our democracy.
If he bombs this – the Koch brothers will be crying in their beers.
As far as test of the CU effect on elections, they couldn’t do much worse, as far as a candidate / guinea pig than Romney.
Water is wet. The sun sets in the west. Romney will lose to Obama.
Veritas – I don’t really care what you have to say about this. I’ll see you in 2013.
Schlemizel
@Gin & Tonic:
what an inflamed asshole that guy is. I don’t like the vinegar/mustard sauce. Mustard/honey is nice on pork but I’m more a fan of dead cow so its tomato/brown sugar for me.
Either way I wouldn’t eat this guys stuff if it were given to me for free.
Brian R.
@Sapient:
Flattered as hell, but I’m afraid Mrs. Brian would kill me first.
slightly-peeved
So what exactly is Mitt’s campaign going to do with all this money? Have they actually worked out a reason why someone would want to vote for him? It’s tough enough to advertise a bad product, but if unemployment drops below 8% the Republicans will have to advertise a product that does nothing at all. Apart from ‘fixing’ the economy, what else have they got to run on?
Thatgaljill
I love NPR, it’s my primary source of news and information (followed by Balloon Juice, and a glance through the headlines of the SJ Mercury News, NYT, HuffPo and MSNBC), but for the love of peanut butter cups, could someone PLEASE PLEASE tell them that exactly one ONE state has cast its ballots, and the other 48 might just not be buying into this elevation.
*sheesh*
The prophet Nostradumbass
Heh, found this amusing comment from back in January 2008:
Guess who?
Odie Hugh Manatee
Whatever are the wingers going to do? I heard that Romney used a TELEPROMPTER tonight! Good grief, a presidential candidate so stupid that he has to have his words fed to him!! Just like the teleprompter addicted commieislamofascistBLACK!! current occupant of the White House!
What a dark day for the right. ;)
joe73112
@Brian R.: its not his fault! LOL
grandpa john
@dww44: One thing, This is the first time they will be called out to vote for a Mormon. I still think that here in the bible belt, that can make a difference.
Xenos
@amk:
Would that 25% in NH who voted for Paul even show up if Paul was not in it?
Tractarian
You guys know Veritas is DougJ, right?
Nutella
David Corn has an interesting take on the Gingrich revenge story:
The prophet Nostradumbass
@Tractarian: I’m not saying you’re wrong, but what makes you think so?
gaz
@Tractarian: I don’t know about everyone else here, but half the time I assume as much.
Either way I don’t care, as Veritas is such a convincing clone – if not a real winger – that it’s a distinction with little difference.
I’ll respond every once in awhile. Consider it a hedge.
And either way, when responding to these clowns (or faux clowns), it’s not so much about them. Just sayin’
Tractarian
@The prophet Nostradumbass:
Before he became a BJ front-pager, DougJ was merely the King of Spoofs. And Veritas has a very similar spoofing style. It’s all about being as wingnutty as you can, without going overboard and making it obvious.
It’s an art, really.
Tractarian
@gaz:
Good point! After all, if he’s not a real troll, there’s nothing wrong with feeding him a little bit, is there?
Evolving Deep Southerner (tense changed for accuracy)
@Raven: Which punk you talking about?
RalfW
Oh thank g-d for this idiot. I actually laughed out loud. Out loud, dammit! Funniest thing in the whole thread.
RalfW
@Andrew M:
This nate Silver info is excellent:
(emphasis added)
Odie Hugh Manatee
Cruising the winger sites has been like walking past a conservative sandwich shop with large plate glass windows in the front. Gazing through the front, I’ve been watching people sitting at tables and munching on their Mitt sandwiches, telling each other “This sandwich isn’t that bad” while wearing sickly smiles on their faces, chunks of Mitt stuck in the spaces between their teeth.
@Tractarian:
As I have called him, DougJ, Professor of Spoof. I love to watch him suck people into his web of deceit. He’s caught me a couple of times but I usually catch on quickly as DougJ has a certain style to his spoof.
The guy is good, no doubt about it.
Mike in NC
@Tractarian:
No shit. Yeah, pretty fucking obvious to anyone with a pulse. Been there and done that.
gaz
@Tractarian: BJ has always kept a few well fed trolls around for comic relief.
Or haven’t you noticed?
Mike D.
@dogwood: This.
Jebediah
@Veritas:
It’ll be your loss, applesauce.
Certified Mutant Enemy
@Shit for Brains:
Essentially a tie in Iowa and only managed < 40% in a state bordering the state he was governor of…
Triassic Sands
Romney is almost up to 40%, which makes this the biggest win in the history of the universe.
Somewhere way back in the rear view mirror is that crazy old man Paul, who believes that getting 15% has clinched his own personal victory for “liberty.” Yep, if Paul hadn’t run this campaign liberty would have died, but spewing a bunch of libertarian nonsense is a bigger win than WWII. It’s good he’s no longer practicing medicine — who wants a delusional doctor?
Cheap Jim
I thought DougJ was a spoof.
uptown
That line might backfire big time if the economy keeps picking up, and/or the left runs ads reminding us what happened the last time the GOP grifters took (literally) the Presidency.