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Don’t Say You Weren’t Warned (Open Thread)

by Tom Levenson|  March 5, 201212:35 pm| 109 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, Romney of the Uncanny Valley

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Your eyeballs will bleed if you watch this (via TPM):

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Yup.  That really is Mitt Romney reciting the words to the Davy Crockett TV theme song.

We are doomed.

Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn

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  1. 1.

    Poopyman

    March 5, 2012 at 12:38 pm

    I only thank Cthulhu that he didn’t try to sing it.

  2. 2.

    Baud

    March 5, 2012 at 12:38 pm

    Shit. Now Obama has no choice but to sing the theme of Rawhide.

  3. 3.

    Soonergrunt

    March 5, 2012 at 12:40 pm

    I didn’t think I would ever see him do anything worse than 2008’s Who Let The Dogs Out.
    I stand corrected.
    And horrified.

  4. 4.

    taylormattd

    March 5, 2012 at 12:40 pm

    I wrote this a couple of posts below, but it seems more appropriate here in an open thread, so I’ll repost:

    So what the hell is wrong with the site? It keeps loading in a mobile version when I’m on my desktop. And yes, I have clicked the dumb little “visit our desktop site” link below. I can refresh and get the desktop that way. But when I go to leave a comment here, right back at the mobile site.

  5. 5.

    Poopyman

    March 5, 2012 at 12:41 pm

    @Baud: … Which will prompt Rih to sing the theme song from “F Troop”.

  6. 6.

    Tom Levenson

    March 5, 2012 at 12:41 pm

    @Baud: You asked for it.

  7. 7.

    deep

    March 5, 2012 at 12:42 pm

    T͍̫ͯǫ̫͙̤̗̻̖͎̭̘ͭ̈̑̆ ̯͉̻͖͇͙̬͐͑i̷̝͈͐ͦn̳͎̜̳̗̻͔ͬ̌̌̀͠v̸̇͂̅̑̓͋̎́҉̺̦̱̜̰o̴̫̐̑̂̆̾k̩̺̖̖̮̙̅ͫ̅ͦ͊e̟͎̮̬̰̣͇͍ͨ̈ͩ ͑ͧ̓ͫͤ̚҉̶̯̩͕͜t̋̀̽̅ͮͩ̿̄͠͏̶̰̤h̸͕͉̦̉͛ͩͭ͝e̶͚̯̩̮̎͘ ̪͔͆ḫ̦͔͖͉̪͋͐ͤi͔̭̼̺̻͂̕͝ͅv̍̏̈́̏ͭͧͯ̄҉̯̦͕̖̗̝͎̣͢ȩ̴̘̤̙ͥͥ̉̍ͨ́̚-͓̮̫̣ͨͧ̇͌ͬ͒́m̴̴̠̬̗̬̹̑ͭ̈́͠i̯̟̳̖̓͒̉͌̌͒̋̀͝n͓͕͍͕̥̣̘̪̐̉d̴̴̪̙̥ͭ̄͋ͤ̋̑͐͑ ̸̨͉͎͇͙̗̰͗ͥ̃͌͛͋͋́ͅrͪ̑̂͌̊̆̎͏̨̖̩̯͠ȅ̅̆̊̂̀͟ͅp͙͑ͨ͂̄͑̀r̊̌̒ͤ̃̒ͮ̃̑͏̯͈͎̯̪͕̖e̶͈̼͓͔̗͍̾͛̉͑͛͐̏ͧͅs̩̝̭͔̜ͦ̇̄͗͑ͤȇ̷̂̈́͏̬͇̜n̤̣͍̞ͨ̃̊̊͒̌ͩͫ̕ţ̯̺̲̂̃͌̍̓̐̆͘ḯ̤̲͉̝ͩ̈́̋ͣ̄͐̅͢n̼͎̰̺̜̺̼̰̤͑̉ͮḡ̨ͪͨ͠҉̥͖̜̫ ̗̜̙̠̞͉̼̹̆̑̅̆̒ͨ̀͜c͎͖ͩ̆̈͐́h̸̶̝̬͎̲ͨͬ̔̍̾͂̓a̡̲̻͇̠̠͓̼ͦ̽̐̈͒͟ò̟͍͎̚s͎̬̺ͩͩ͛ͮͫͦ͐͞.̰̜̗̜̼ͬ̏̌̓̇́
    ̸̷͓͕͊͛̂́I̼͓͛ͥͮ̏̾ͧ̈́ͅn̥͓͙̩̠̏̊͌͒v̖͕̻̓̌͞o̰̬̲͇͖ͬ͊̆̿́͜ķ̬̹̠̙̖͇̗̫̇ͫ̔̎͒̒ỉ̞̘́͠nͯͫͧ̃̈́̽̕҉̮̪̩͙̺͈̤̙ͅg̓̃̚҉͍̱̱͔͕̟̺̗ ̢̦̂ͪ͂t͇̞̻͙̄̓ͨ̌ͤͩh̶̟̪̘͇͚͓͇̅͞ę̗͍̟ͫ̏͋́̋̚͢ ̶̛̣̻͍͈̗̥̹̯̫̈́̅̅̏ͧ̾͞f̨̪͎̙̘̼̭̼ͬ̀͒́ͣ̂ͣe̢͍͕̣̹̗̭̖̽ͫͮ͐̅͆̅ͨe̛̮̲̫͉͉̹̾̌̿͞ĺ̺̪͇̮̞̞̙̆̐ͥ͒ͬ͐̿̚̕ị̺͈̞̋͂̾̋ͤ̚͝n͔͓̘̺̟͉͖͖̊̃͊̈́ͪ͗ͧͥg̴̴̤̳̻̞̟͇͍̲͇̈́ ̨͓̺͓̰͙̃͋̅ͯ͝ö͚̯̝͈̗͈̗́̌̂ͧͧ̐͆̈́ͅf̣̥̯̥̄ͦ̀́̕ ̴̞̪̮̘̮͙͙͋̑ͣͨͅc̨̩͙͍̣̆͆̿͝h̥̲ͬ͢ā̠̠͙̙͌̓͡ͅọ̞̠̗̭͚̙̭̝̑̓̊̿̎̋ͮ͂̊͡ś̗̻͉̱̤̏̊͆.̩̭̣̎̚͡
    ̟̤̲̤̳͍͒͋͘W̨̩̩͇̒i̷̢̤̘̓̈́̄ͨ͛ͪt͚͚͔͚͎̹͈͚̑ͯ͌ͨh̟̩̺̰̙̒ͮ̀͋́̐ ̴̦̜̩̀̔ỏ̷̗̗̦͖̖̞͙ͬ͗u͔̰̟͙̖͕ͬ͠͠t̡̹͚͚̯̦̺̋͂̒ͭ̎͌̾ͪ̈́́ ̡͕̣̙̫̾̉ͪ̔̄̓͆ͩ́̚o̟͔̽ͥ̽̇͐r̷̩̘̖̈́͐ͣͭͬͪͬ͡d̡̯̺̞̥͎͓̉̈́̍̇e̴̗̦̹͎̎ͥͩ̅͊̕͠r̙̣̩̮̺ͮͩ̂̉̾̋ͬ.͒ͨͧ͏͉̦̙̦̥̖̀
    ̡̱̜̣̰̩̞̟͑̂͡T̫̣̝̙͓̥͈̿̈́͒ͭͤͧ̅̓ͅȟ͓̻͎̑̐͑͟ȩ͉ͫ̑̌̓̊̋̅̊̕͜ ̛̣̲́ͬ̾̑͒ͧ͜N̵̡̟̱̠̪̫̳̠̺̜ͪͧ͆ͫ̚̕e̙̯̫̥̻̩͈ͫ̌͛̎̍̐̇̈́̋͜z̨͖̥̬͔̙̜͚ͤ̍p̥̻̭̙̋̄̍͠e͂ͣ̌͢͏̫̤̝̝͈̖r̷̨̖̩̜̄͂͊͊̊ͪͬ̃ͅḑ̖̮̂̋̇̾̓ͩͣi̶͍̤͍̦͓̊ͪ̈ͥǎ̱̻͖̃͊̉͊ͨ́̍n̡̹̯̬̠͇̝͖̘͍͐̋͑̓͟ ͔͔̙̬̖͓̥̠͐̂h͈̩̪̝̥̰̰͖́ͤͬ̈́̓́͝į̨̹̻̙̹̐ͫͦ̆ͪ̿v̫̳̌̊͐̒͐͡e͚̜̤̳͎̗͑͞-̸̸̲͊͗m̷̙̼͓̭̾̚ĩ̡̫͙̩̱̘ͅn̡͍̣̈́ͯ͑͠ď͋̌͟͏͙̙͔̞ ͈̘̣̲̮̪̤̭͆̈́͐͝͞ȯ̷̢̪͓̜̣̪̠f̛͍̖͙͓̣̦͉̺͚̔ͯ ̯̞̻͔̲̯̖̫̒̓ͧ̎̈́ͭ̽c̴̦̟̝͕̻̮̳̱͇̐̆ͯ̃ḧ̓ͭ҉̝̹̝͕͖̗̟ä̶̧̯͇̗ͭỏ̷͔̤ͯ̇̃̃ͬ̚s̜͖̹͚͎̙̠̹̀̊̀̎̿͟.̡̯͔͓͍̐̓̐͆ͤ̚͢͝ ̓̐̂̇ͭ̃҉̪̯̫̯̺̹Z͔̙̘̠͈ͬ̈̿̽̂̆̆͆̕͟ǟ͔͈͕̣̝̻̆͊̂ͪ̒͡l̠̗͔̈́̉͊̑̑ͩ̑͢͜g̴͚̪͒̄͒̿̈͒̌̓o̺̺͓̫͉̻͎̜̾̎͛́͂.̢̨̹̗͍̱̗̝̜̗͐̋ͨ͜ ̸̰̤̥͇̠̲͖͊ͯ̍̐̅͂͠
    ̲͙͉̈́͛͊̔̊́͝H̒ͫͭ̓ͭ͆͏̧̫͉͔̠̥̘̖e̷̶̼ͮ̔ͣͮ̏̑̀͗ ͇͔͕͕͙̳̠̑̓͟w̋̇̉̉ͤͅh̝̤͎̟̹̹͉̺͗́͑̀ͅo͎͙̝͑̂ͩ̅͢͡ͅ ̵̼͖̓͌̈́͋ͤ͒̌͛̅W͓̌̓͛̔ͧa͈̻͉̙̥͔̼̲̐̈͆ì̶̝͍̎ͥ̓̐̒̓̅̕͝t̜̗̘̻͚̥ͫͪ̈ͮͩ͂̀̓̓̕s̵̝̼̱̍́ͪ̒̂ͦͬͨ ̨̻͎͔̟̘̗̙̦ͤͫ́͋̒̌͐͞ͅB̳͉̺̬̩͙̀̅̋͟͜ẽ̷͙̮͙̲͉̘̮̉͛̎̑͊͠h͉̱͚͊͐̿͘͡͝i̥̭̤͙̗̔̃͋̇̃́ǹ̢̢̻̖͈̰̮̫͔ͩ̇ͬḓ̢̘͌ͬ̋̆͋͝ ̴̢̤̱̟͖͉͉̂ͩ͘T̗͍̫̱̎ͭ͒̉͌̿̕h̸͇̦̜̦̀̿ͅȅ̜̻̘̭͎̝͍̈́̽͂ͬͮͪ́́͝ͅ ̢̣͍ͭ́̋̃́̚͝W̯͖͎͒ͤ͑̀̅̽̒a̶̷͎͚͖͙̦̜͙̣̤̎̾̓̈ͫ̈́̕l͕͍͙ͥ͐̑̐l̵͎̝̽̿ͩ̄ͤ͛͐.̢͓̟̠͇̹̤̜̱ͩͬ̎ͮ̐̈̂́
    ͙̼̰̌ͥ̀̚͠Z̨̮̖͓̤ͯͭ̅̋̉A̸̞̟̮̤̜̩͖͔̐ͮͣL̴̰̮̀ͧ̒ͅǴ̸̾̇̈́̈́҉͙̟̹͈̠̫ͅO͑̇͆͝҉̱̪͎̥͇̤ͅ!ͣ̑͂͊ͣͩ̂ͬ̕҉̺̟͇

  8. 8.

    MattF

    March 5, 2012 at 12:43 pm

    Gives new meaning to the word ‘slut’.

  9. 9.

    The Dangerman

    March 5, 2012 at 12:44 pm

    Only 8 more months of this shit (looks at calendar and sobs quietly).

    ETA: Coulda been worse; he coulda sung RockyTop.

  10. 10.

    Chris

    March 5, 2012 at 12:45 pm

    Considering Davy Crockett’s record as a politician, I suspect he’d be nauseated at the thought of being claimed by any modern conservative.

  11. 11.

    merrinc

    March 5, 2012 at 12:47 pm

    @The Dangerman:

    ETA: Coulda been worse; he coulda sung RockyTop.

    OMG, I hadn’t thought about that song for years and now it’s in my head. Damn you!

  12. 12.

    Librarian

    March 5, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    Letterman is going to have a field day with this. Maybe he’ll run this backwards too.

  13. 13.

    Yutsano

    March 5, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    That. Was. Terrible. If I hadn’t already called in sick to work I would have had to after that. And he was getting zero reaction…AND KEEPS ON GOING. Romneytron3000 is failing at his upgrades.

  14. 14.

    rikyrah

    March 5, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    ok, that was funny.

  15. 15.

    c u n d gulag

    March 5, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    What’s next on Mitt’s hit parade?

    The theme song from “Daniel Boone?

    “Daniel Boone was a man,
    Yes, a big man!
    With an eye like an eagle
    And as tall as a mountain was he!

    Daniel Boone was a man,
    Yes, a big man!
    He was brave, he was fearless
    And as tough as a mighty oak tree!”

    Followed by – “The Battle of New Orleans?”

  16. 16.

    Mike in NC

    March 5, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    How about changing the National Anthem to the theme from “Gilligan’s Island”?

  17. 17.

    Suffern ACE

    March 5, 2012 at 12:50 pm

    Tennessee Stud would have made me consider voting for him.

  18. 18.

    wasabi gasp

    March 5, 2012 at 12:50 pm

    Small varmints know him by his coonskin cap.

  19. 19.

    Shinobi

    March 5, 2012 at 12:50 pm

    Mind cleansing, game of thrones 2 trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VVkr9oYsIbo

  20. 20.

    Dave

    March 5, 2012 at 12:50 pm

    The sad thing is that Mitt thought he WAS singing it…

  21. 21.

    c u n d gulag

    March 5, 2012 at 12:51 pm

    @c u n d gulag:
    Oh, and I bet you could have landed a 747 on Daniel Boone’s shoulders.

    Chris Matthews is getting a thrill up his leg just thinking about that.

  22. 22.

    Poopyman

    March 5, 2012 at 12:51 pm

    @Chris: Make a note that tomorrow is the anniversary of the storming of the Alamo and Crockett’s death in 1836.

  23. 23.

    harlana

    March 5, 2012 at 12:52 pm

    darn, will have to wait till i get home to watch. or maybe not. but he is , after all, the Resurrection of Ward Cleaver.

  24. 24.

    celticdragonchick

    March 5, 2012 at 12:52 pm

    Nope. Not gonna watch it. I have played enough games from the Cthulhu mythos to know that all paths lead to insanity…but there is no reason to actually hasten the process!

  25. 25.

    Phylllis

    March 5, 2012 at 12:53 pm

    @merrinc: I live with a Tennessee Vol fan. It haunts my dreams.

  26. 26.

    Chris

    March 5, 2012 at 12:54 pm

    @Poopyman:

    I actually knew that once, but totally forgot.

    You remembered the Alamo, PM! Good work, bro!

  27. 27.

    Donald G

    March 5, 2012 at 12:54 pm

    And to close the Fess Parker gap, Kentucky counters with the Daniel Boone theme:

    Daniel Boone was a man…
    Yes, a big man.
    And he fought for America
    To make all Americans free

  28. 28.

    The Dangerman

    March 5, 2012 at 12:54 pm

    @c u n d gulag:

    What’s next on Mitt’s hit parade?

    Does he ever campaign at the YMCA? That could lead to all sorts of hilarity (perhaps dressing up as the Construction Worker).

  29. 29.

    Yevgraf

    March 5, 2012 at 12:55 pm

    More stupid shit for the happily declining demographic of old white fucktards.

    How many voters were even alive when that show was on?

  30. 30.

    Merp

    March 5, 2012 at 12:55 pm

    !geography-specific ingratiation sub-routine

    get($location)

    if $location = “Michigan” OR “Massachusetts” THEN
    let a=rnd$noun
    let b=rnd$adjective
    speak “This is my home. I love it here. The “;a;” are the right ” ;b; “.”
    end if

    If $location = else THEN
    get sub_routine($songs)
    get sublist($lyrics)

    if $location=$lyric THEN
    speak $lyric
    end if

    end if

  31. 31.

    Donald G

    March 5, 2012 at 12:56 pm

    @c u n d gulag:

    What’s next on Mitt’s hit parade?
    __
    The theme song from “Daniel Boone?

    Apparently, great minds think alike.

  32. 32.

    Yevgraf

    March 5, 2012 at 12:57 pm

    @Donald G:

    Daniel Boone was a man…
    Yes, a big man.
    And he fought for America
    To make all Americans free

    Actually, Boone was a wastrel and a drifter who couldn’t figure out how to live among other people and keep his bills paid.

    In other words, he was the archetypal conservatard.

  33. 33.

    amk

    March 5, 2012 at 12:58 pm

    gawd. what a phony pol. How the fuck he got elected as a govnor beats me.

    But then we had dubya… twice.

  34. 34.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 5, 2012 at 1:00 pm

    @Yutsano:

    I called in sick today too.

    And I agree with you.

  35. 35.

    Applejinx

    March 5, 2012 at 1:01 pm

    What the heck is a Nezperdian hive-mind of chaos?

  36. 36.

    scav

    March 5, 2012 at 1:02 pm

    And he managed to work in another tree reference along with the wooden delivery. We could almost do a forest hit parade pretty soon. TIMM-BBEEERRRRRRR!

  37. 37.

    oklahomo

    March 5, 2012 at 1:03 pm

    @deep: Hive mind indeed, my first thought when I was watching that was OH DEAR GOD INGLIP HAS BEEN SUMMONED.

  38. 38.

    Donald G

    March 5, 2012 at 1:05 pm

    @Yevgraf:

    Actually, Boone was a wastrel and a drifter who couldn’t figure out how to live among other people and keep his bills paid.
    __
    In other words, he was the archetypal conservatard.

    Yeah, but I was quoting the theme to the latter years of the TV show, the fictionalized mythical version played by Fess Parker, who also played a fictionalized mythical Disneyfied version of Davy Crockett.

    Blame Hollywood, not me for whitewashing Boone.

  39. 39.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 5, 2012 at 1:05 pm

    @deep:

    Nobody else has commented, so I may be the only one here who doesn’t know, but . . . What the hell IS that?!

  40. 40.

    tamied

    March 5, 2012 at 1:05 pm

    I think he should add the theme from the Beverly Hillbillies to his awesome repertoire!

  41. 41.

    deep

    March 5, 2012 at 1:05 pm

    It would make the whole election cycle more entertaining, that’s fer sure.

  42. 42.

    scav

    March 5, 2012 at 1:06 pm

    @oklahomo: well, summon them if you wish, I’m personally hoping for the Ents to come after Mitt in his Tower of Bain.

  43. 43.

    harlana

    March 5, 2012 at 1:07 pm

    a href=”#comment-3090073″>The Dangerman:

    Only 8 more months of this shit (looks at calendar and sobs quietly).

    you know, we could all look away. but then there’s that whole “train wreck” phenomenon.

  44. 44.

    Soonergrunt

    March 5, 2012 at 1:07 pm

    @Merp: lol
    Sample output test:
    (Michigan)
    “This is my home. I love it here. The car are the right odor.”
    (California)
    “I wish they all could be California girls.” ELSE “Come and listen to my story ’bout a man named Jed…”

  45. 45.

    dr. luba

    March 5, 2012 at 1:08 pm

    WHy does Mitt make me think of Shatner? Especially when he sings or declaims?

  46. 46.

    BenA

    March 5, 2012 at 1:08 pm

    @Suffern ACE:
    Hehehe… now I’ve got the Tennessee Stud running through my head… songs you heard a lot as a child probably end up making the best ear worms.

  47. 47.

    deep

    March 5, 2012 at 1:08 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    It’s a silly Intenet meme started by 4chan (I think) a couple years ago. Zalgo is supposed to be a kind of Lovecraftian “elder God” or somesuch and a lot of comics were edited to play off this absurd idea.

    http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/zalgo

    ETA: I just saw Tom trying to summon Cthulu there, so I figured I’d add my 2cents

  48. 48.

    c u n d gulag

    March 5, 2012 at 1:09 pm

    @The Dangerman:
    No, it’ll be the Indian.

    He hasn’t yet pandered for the Native American vote.

    Maybe he’ll include “In the Navy” when he does his “Village People” medley?

  49. 49.

    samara morgan

    March 5, 2012 at 1:09 pm

    no we are not doomed.
    Behold! the Great Soggoth of the Pit of Iani has lost yet another advertiser.

    WASHINGTON — AOL, the parent company of The Huffington Post, has become the eighth advertiser to pull its money from Rush Limbaugh’s syndicated radio program since he called Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke, who spoke out in favor of contraception coverage, a “slut” and a “prostitute” last week, according to a high-level Huffington Post source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, but with a distinctly Greek accent.

    Ia! Ia! shub-niggerath! the black goat of a thousand young!

  50. 50.

    oklahomo

    March 5, 2012 at 1:10 pm

    @scav: “Wait a minute, this can’t be Michigan, those trees aren’t the right height!”

  51. 51.

    Donald G

    March 5, 2012 at 1:11 pm

    @tamied:

    I think he should add the theme from the Beverly Hillbillies to his awesome repertoire!

    Although the surrealism of this campaign is like something out of “Green Acres”.

  52. 52.

    janetplanet

    March 5, 2012 at 1:11 pm

    Does Mitt think he’s king of the wild frontier? If frontier means ‘companies he can rape and pillage’, I guess he is.

  53. 53.

    Watson

    March 5, 2012 at 1:12 pm

    There is no way in hell I am going to click on that link. Can’t stand to see that clown say or do anything. Cannot even stand to watch the massive Romney FAIL videos of which there is no shortage.

  54. 54.

    gogol's wife

    March 5, 2012 at 1:13 pm

    @scav:

    Yes, when he got to the part about the tree he seemed particularly pseudo-animated.

  55. 55.

    Comrade Mary

    March 5, 2012 at 1:13 pm

    If I’m going to listen to the singing of an old guy with limited range, I know who I choose.

  56. 56.

    Suffern ACE

    March 5, 2012 at 1:15 pm

    @Donald G: Romney does come off as Mr. Haney without the charm.

  57. 57.

    Donald G

    March 5, 2012 at 1:16 pm

    @harlana:

    you know, we could all look away. but then there’s that whole “train wreck” phenomenon.

    I’m afraid that I missed that episode of “Petticoat Junction”.

    Okay, I’ll stop now.

  58. 58.

    scav

    March 5, 2012 at 1:17 pm

    @oklahomo: Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore, the trees are wrong. SomeeeWHERE! Qver The Bluebird, grinding noise Where. The. Wind. Comes Screeching Down. The. grinding noise Midwest. Farmers. Daughters. . . handlers scrambling for Cntr-Alt-Del and/or plug and/or mute-button

  59. 59.

    harlana

    March 5, 2012 at 1:17 pm

    @Donald G: good one!

  60. 60.

    The Ancient Randonneur

    March 5, 2012 at 1:17 pm

    FSM take me now. This is what came to mind when I watched the video:

    And suddenly its day again
    The sun is in the east
    Even though the day is done
    Two suns in the sunset

    Two Suns in the Sunsets, Pink Floyd

    And THIS guy is the SERIOUS candidate the Republican establishment favors to win the nomination? I’m starting to miss the good old days of the Former POW and the former Half-Term Governor.

  61. 61.

    Poopyman

    March 5, 2012 at 1:18 pm

    @Donald G: Green Acres was far more entertaining, although I’ll admit that Chris Matthews does bear a resemblance to Sam Drucker.

    (And Rih to Eb, but we’ll let it go at that.)

    (ETA: I see this meme has legs. This is not going to end well.)

  62. 62.

    bemused

    March 5, 2012 at 1:18 pm

    The Mitt family gatherings must be a barrel of laughs.

  63. 63.

    harlana

    March 5, 2012 at 1:18 pm

    it would be awesome to see him tackle “Oklahoma”

  64. 64.

    cmorenc

    March 5, 2012 at 1:19 pm

    Thank goodness Chihuahua isn’t a US State with a GOP primary, or Mitt would be attempting to do Chihuahua-dog impressions in an attempt to pander to the natives. Yo! Ameeegos!

  65. 65.

    Donald G

    March 5, 2012 at 1:20 pm

    @Suffern ACE:

    Romney does come off as Mr. Haney without the charm.

    I was mentally casting Newt as Mr Haney. Mitt as Oliver Wendell Douglas, with Arianna Huffington as Lisa Douglas, and Santorum as perhaps Hank Kimball.

  66. 66.

    wasabi gasp

    March 5, 2012 at 1:22 pm

    Like a hot tortilla, he’s gonna wrap up the Hispanic vote with Chico and the Man.

  67. 67.

    samara morgan

    March 5, 2012 at 1:22 pm

    as a young child growing up in a conservative household, we had a toy cassette player with some conservative sanctioned music on it that was extremely wierd in retrospect, like “eating goober peas” (a huge favorite) and “bonnie blue flag” (hurrah! hurrah! for southern rights hurrah!).
    one tune was the ballad of davy crockett, and we always used to sing “kilt him a bar when he was only three” at the top of our lungs.
    im bettin’ Romneys kids had the same tape.
    that is where he is gettin’ his material.

  68. 68.

    Donald G

    March 5, 2012 at 1:23 pm

    @cmorenc:

    Thank goodness Chihuahua isn’t a US State with a GOP primary, or Mitt would be attempting to do Chihuahua-dog impressions in an attempt to pander to the natives. Yo! Ameeegos!

    Mitt in Chihuahua: “Yo quiero Taco Bell!”

  69. 69.

    Mnemosyne

    March 5, 2012 at 1:24 pm

    I know it seems funny now, but you guys aren’t going to be laughing when the MittBot has a fatal error and goes all Westworld on us.

  70. 70.

    Brachiator

    March 5, 2012 at 1:29 pm

    That really is Mitt Romney reciting the words to the Davy Crockett TV theme song.

    so, lemme see, Mitts dips into 1950s popular culture to prove that he is a man of the people.

    Too funny.

    ETA: Mnemosyne. Great Westworld reference.

  71. 71.

    MonkeyBoy

    March 5, 2012 at 1:31 pm

    If Romney gave a speech in West Virginia he would come out in favor of sex between close family members if an adviser told him that that practice was favored there.

  72. 72.

    samara morgan

    March 5, 2012 at 1:32 pm

    @Brachiator:

    Mitts dips into 1950s popular culture to prove that he is a man of the people.

    that is the last time the conservative demographic was culturally relevant.

  73. 73.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 5, 2012 at 1:32 pm

    @deep:

    Thanks. I sort of thought it had something to do with Tom’s quote, but Cthulhu is a meme with which I am insufficiently familiar.

  74. 74.

    Marcellus Shale, Public Dick

    March 5, 2012 at 1:33 pm

    when romney really wants to connect to the base.

    you’re the reason our kids are ugly, conway twitty, loretta lynn

  75. 75.

    Origuy

    March 5, 2012 at 1:35 pm

    @samara morgan: I was thinking that you were mistaken, that the “bonnie blue flag” was referring to the Scottish Saltire. Then I looked it up. OMG, they had you singing that thing in the 20th century?

    I did like the Union version composed in response.

    We do not want your cotton, We do not want your slaves, But rather than divide the land, We’ll fill your Southern graves. With Lincoln for our chieftain, We wear our country’s stars, And rally round the brave old flag That bears the stripes and stars.

  76. 76.

    c u n d gulag

    March 5, 2012 at 1:37 pm

    @harlana:
    Breitbart’s been singing “Poor Jud Is Dead” in Hell for a few days now.

    And I don’t think that’s going to help his situation out at all.

  77. 77.

    chopper

    March 5, 2012 at 1:38 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    what’s the matter? all he said was

    deep – March 5, 2012 | 12:42 pm · Link

    T͍̫ͯǫ̫͙̤̗̻̖͎̭̘ͭ̈̑̆ ̯͉̻͖͇͙̬͐͑i̷̝͈͐ͦn̳͎̜̳̗̻͔ͬ̌̌̀͠v̸̇͂̅̑̓͋̎́҉̺̦̱̜̰o̴̫̐̑̂̆̾k̩̺̖̖̮̙̅ͫ̅ͦ͊e̟͎̮̬̰̣͇͍ͨ̈ͩ ͑ͧ̓ͫͤ̚҉̶̯̩͕͜t̋̀̽̅ͮͩ̿̄͠͏̶̰̤h̸͕͉̦̉͛ͩͭ͝e̶͚̯̩̮̎͘ ̪͔͆ḫ̦͔͖͉̪͋͐ͤi͔̭̼̺̻͂̕͝ͅv̍̏̈́̏ͭͧͯ̄҉̯̦͕̖̗̝͎̣͢ȩ̴̘̤̙ͥͥ̉̍ͨ́̚-͓̮̫̣ͨͧ̇͌ͬ͒́m̴̴̠̬̗̬̹̑ͭ̈́͠i̯̟̳̖̓͒̉͌̌͒̋̀͝n͓͕͍͕̥̣̘̪̐̉d̴̴̪̙̥ͭ̄͋ͤ̋̑͐͑ ̸̨͉͎͇͙̗̰͗ͥ̃͌͛͋͋́ͅrͪ̑̂͌̊̆̎͏̨̖̩̯͠ȅ̅̆̊̂̀͟ͅp͙͑ͨ͂̄͑̀r̊̌̒ͤ̃̒ͮ̃̑͏̯͈͎̯̪͕̖e̶͈̼͓͔̗͍̾͛̉͑͛͐̏ͧͅs̩̝̭͔̜ͦ̇̄͗͑ͤȇ̷̂̈́͏̬͇̜n̤̣͍̞ͨ̃̊̊͒̌ͩͫ̕ţ̯̺̲̂̃͌̍̓̐̆͘ḯ̤̲͉̝ͩ̈́̋ͣ̄͐̅͢n̼͎̰̺̜̺̼̰̤͑̉ͮḡ̨ͪͨ͠҉̥͖̜̫ ̗̜̙̠̞͉̼̹̆̑̅̆̒ͨ̀͜c͎͖ͩ̆̈͐́h̸̶̝̬͎̲ͨͬ̔̍̾͂̓a̡̲̻͇̠̠͓̼ͦ̽̐̈͒͟ò̟͍͎̚s͎̬̺ͩͩ͛ͮͫͦ͐͞.̰̜̗̜̼ͬ̏̌̓̇́
    ̸̷͓͕͊͛̂́I̼͓͛ͥͮ̏̾ͧ̈́ͅn̥͓͙̩̠̏̊͌͒v̖͕̻̓̌͞o̰̬̲͇͖ͬ͊̆̿́͜ķ̬̹̠̙̖͇̗̫̇ͫ̔̎͒̒ỉ̞̘́͠nͯͫͧ̃̈́̽̕҉̮̪̩͙̺͈̤̙ͅg̓̃̚҉͍̱̱͔͕̟̺̗ ̢̦̂ͪ͂t͇̞̻͙̄̓ͨ̌ͤͩh̶̟̪̘͇͚͓͇̅͞ę̗͍̟ͫ̏͋́̋̚͢ ̶̛̣̻͍͈̗̥̹̯̫̈́̅̅̏ͧ̾͞f̨̪͎̙̘̼̭̼ͬ̀͒́ͣ̂ͣe̢͍͕̣̹̗̭̖̽ͫͮ͐̅͆̅ͨe̛̮̲̫͉͉̹̾̌̿͞ĺ̺̪͇̮̞̞̙̆̐ͥ͒ͬ͐̿̚̕ị̺͈̞̋͂̾̋ͤ̚͝n͔͓̘̺̟͉͖͖̊̃͊̈́ͪ͗ͧͥg̴̴̤̳̻̞̟͇͍̲͇̈́ ̨͓̺͓̰͙̃͋̅ͯ͝ö͚̯̝͈̗͈̗́̌̂ͧͧ̐͆̈́ͅf̣̥̯̥̄ͦ̀́̕ ̴̞̪̮̘̮͙͙͋̑ͣͨͅc̨̩͙͍̣̆͆̿͝h̥̲ͬ͢ā̠̠͙̙͌̓͡ͅọ̞̠̗̭͚̙̭̝̑̓̊̿̎̋ͮ͂̊͡ś̗̻͉̱̤̏̊͆.̩̭̣̎̚͡
    ̟̤̲̤̳͍͒͋͘W̨̩̩͇̒i̷̢̤̘̓̈́̄ͨ͛ͪt͚͚͔͚͎̹͈͚̑ͯ͌ͨh̟̩̺̰̙̒ͮ̀͋́̐ ̴̦̜̩̀̔ỏ̷̗̗̦͖̖̞͙ͬ͗u͔̰̟͙̖͕ͬ͠͠t̡̹͚͚̯̦̺̋͂̒ͭ̎͌̾ͪ̈́́ ̡͕̣̙̫̾̉ͪ̔̄̓͆ͩ́̚o̟͔̽ͥ̽̇͐r̷̩̘̖̈́͐ͣͭͬͪͬ͡d̡̯̺̞̥͎͓̉̈́̍̇e̴̗̦̹͎̎ͥͩ̅͊̕͠r̙̣̩̮̺ͮͩ̂̉̾̋ͬ.͒ͨͧ͏͉̦̙̦̥̖̀
    ̡̱̜̣̰̩̞̟͑̂͡T̫̣̝̙͓̥͈̿̈́͒ͭͤͧ̅̓ͅȟ͓̻͎̑̐͑͟ȩ͉ͫ̑̌̓̊̋̅̊̕͜ ̛̣̲́ͬ̾̑͒ͧ͜N̵̡̟̱̠̪̫̳̠̺̜ͪͧ͆ͫ̚̕e̙̯̫̥̻̩͈ͫ̌͛̎̍̐̇̈́̋͜z̨͖̥̬͔̙̜͚ͤ̍p̥̻̭̙̋̄̍͠e͂ͣ̌͢͏̫̤̝̝͈̖r̷̨̖̩̜̄͂͊͊̊ͪͬ̃ͅḑ̖̮̂̋̇̾̓ͩͣi̶͍̤͍̦͓̊ͪ̈ͥǎ̱̻͖̃͊̉͊ͨ́̍n̡̹̯̬̠͇̝͖̘͍͐̋͑̓͟ ͔͔̙̬̖͓̥̠͐̂h͈̩̪̝̥̰̰͖́ͤͬ̈́̓́͝į̨̹̻̙̹̐ͫͦ̆ͪ̿v̫̳̌̊͐̒͐͡e͚̜̤̳͎̗͑͞-̸̸̲͊͗m̷̙̼͓̭̾̚ĩ̡̫͙̩̱̘ͅn̡͍̣̈́ͯ͑͠ď͋̌͟͏͙̙͔̞ ͈̘̣̲̮̪̤̭͆̈́͐͝͞ȯ̷̢̪͓̜̣̪̠f̛͍̖͙͓̣̦͉̺͚̔ͯ ̯̞̻͔̲̯̖̫̒̓ͧ̎̈́ͭ̽c̴̦̟̝͕̻̮̳̱͇̐̆ͯ̃ḧ̓ͭ҉̝̹̝͕͖̗̟ä̶̧̯͇̗ͭỏ̷͔̤ͯ̇̃̃ͬ̚s̜͖̹͚͎̙̠̹̀̊̀̎̿͟.̡̯͔͓͍̐̓̐͆ͤ̚͢͝ ̓̐̂̇ͭ̃҉̪̯̫̯̺̹Z͔̙̘̠͈ͬ̈̿̽̂̆̆͆̕͟ǟ͔͈͕̣̝̻̆͊̂ͪ̒͡l̠̗͔̈́̉͊̑̑ͩ̑͢͜g̴͚̪͒̄͒̿̈͒̌̓o̺̺͓̫͉̻͎̜̾̎͛́͂.̢̨̹̗͍̱̗̝̜̗͐̋ͨ͜ ̸̰̤̥͇̠̲͖͊ͯ̍̐̅͂͠
    ̲͙͉̈́͛͊̔̊́͝H̒ͫͭ̓ͭ͆͏̧̫͉͔̠̥̘̖e̷̶̼ͮ̔ͣͮ̏̑̀͗ ͇͔͕͕͙̳̠̑̓͟w̋̇̉̉ͤͅh̝̤͎̟̹̹͉̺͗́͑̀ͅo͎͙̝͑̂ͩ̅͢͡ͅ ̵̼͖̓͌̈́͋ͤ͒̌͛̅W͓̌̓͛̔ͧa͈̻͉̙̥͔̼̲̐̈͆ì̶̝͍̎ͥ̓̐̒̓̅̕͝t̜̗̘̻͚̥ͫͪ̈ͮͩ͂̀̓̓̕s̵̝̼̱̍́ͪ̒̂ͦͬͨ ̨̻͎͔̟̘̗̙̦ͤͫ́͋̒̌͐͞ͅB̳͉̺̬̩͙̀̅̋͟͜ẽ̷͙̮͙̲͉̘̮̉͛̎̑͊͠h͉̱͚͊͐̿͘͡͝i̥̭̤͙̗̔̃͋̇̃́ǹ̢̢̻̖͈̰̮̫͔ͩ̇ͬḓ̢̘͌ͬ̋̆͋͝ ̴̢̤̱̟͖͉͉̂ͩ͘T̗͍̫̱̎ͭ͒̉͌̿̕h̸͇̦̜̦̀̿ͅȅ̜̻̘̭͎̝͍̈́̽͂ͬͮͪ́́͝ͅ ̢̣͍ͭ́̋̃́̚͝W̯͖͎͒ͤ͑̀̅̽̒a̶̷͎͚͖͙̦̜͙̣̤̎̾̓̈ͫ̈́̕l͕͍͙ͥ͐̑̐l̵͎̝̽̿ͩ̄ͤ͛͐.̢͓̟̠͇̹̤̜̱ͩͬ̎ͮ̐̈̂́
    ͙̼̰̌ͥ̀̚͠Z̨̮̖͓̤ͯͭ̅̋̉A̸̞̟̮̤̜̩͖͔̐ͮͣL̴̰̮̀ͧ̒ͅǴ̸̾̇̈́̈́҉͙̟̹͈̠̫ͅO͑̇͆͝҉̱̪͎̥͇̤ͅ!ͣ̑͂͊ͣͩ̂ͬ̕҉̺̟͇

  78. 78.

    scav

    March 5, 2012 at 1:40 pm

    @chopper: Where’s the soap for you, young chopper.

  79. 79.

    Mnemosyne

    March 5, 2012 at 1:42 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    You can read the original HP Lovecraft story online, if you’re sufficiently curious. Short version, there are horrifying Elder Gods who were banished from Earth who are constantly trying to get back. If you watched Angel at all, the whole Jasmine storyline was a Lovecraft tribute.

  80. 80.

    RD

    March 5, 2012 at 1:42 pm

    Breaking: Rush is thrilled with an uptick in gun sales.

    This should be good.

  81. 81.

    Ken

    March 5, 2012 at 1:43 pm

    @samara morgan: That’s Shub-Niggurath, the Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young. And “ia” is properly “Iä”.

    (kids today mutter mutter ignorance mutter mutter no respect for traditions mutter mutter…)

  82. 82.

    staci

    March 5, 2012 at 1:49 pm

    When he comes to Illinois, he had better not be caught singing “Sweet Home Chicago” downstate. They’ll run his ass out on a rail down there. LOL

  83. 83.

    RD

    March 5, 2012 at 1:51 pm

    @samara morgan:

    we always used to sing “kilt him a bar when he was only three” at the top of our lungs

    LOL. It could have been worse.

  84. 84.

    Observerinvancouver

    March 5, 2012 at 1:59 pm

    You’d think he’d get a clue from Pres. Obama who just sings a few bars (in public) so that he doesn’t get tiresome.

  85. 85.

    wrb

    March 5, 2012 at 1:59 pm

    @samara morgan:

    Eating Goober Peas was standard folk repertoire (covered by Burl Ives, Johnny Cash etc., Bonnie Blue too partisan.

    Bob Dylan has said something to the effect that “American music was forged by the Civil War.”

    From great loss came intense feeling and creation.

    BF: When you think back to the Civil War, one thing you forget is that no battles, except Gettysburg, were fought in the North.
    __
    BD: Yeah. That’s what probably makes the Southern part of the country so different.
    __
    BF: There is a certain sensibility, but I’m not sure how that connects?
    __
    BD: It must be the Southern air. It’s filled with rambling ghosts and disturbed spirits. They’re all screaming and forlorning. It’s like they are caught in some weird web – some purgatory between heaven and hell and they can’t rest. They can’t live, and they can’t die. It’s like they were cut off in their prime, wanting to tell somebody something. It’s all over the place. There are war fields everywhere ? a lot of times even in people’s backyards.
    __
    BF: Have you felt them?
    __
    BD: Oh sure. You’d be surprised. I was in Elvis’s hometown – Tupelo. And I was trying to feel what Elvis would have felt back when he was growing up.
    __
    BF: Did you feel all the music Elvis must have heard?
    __
    BD:No, but I’ll tell you what I did feel. I felt the ghosts from the bloody battle that Sherman fought against Forrest and drove him out. There’s an eeriness to the town. A sadness that lingers. Elvis must have felt it too.
    __
    http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/04/07-3
    __
    A lady I used to work with went with her boyfried to Clemson, SC and came back and told me it felt weird to be there and why? I said, it was all the Civil War ghosts wandering around. She had this lofty nose in the air attitude about the south so I said it was mostly the dead Yankees trying to get back to New Jersey.

  86. 86.

    Maxwel

    March 5, 2012 at 2:01 pm

    No Tom, he’s doomed.

  87. 87.

    Scotty

    March 5, 2012 at 2:06 pm

    Perfect juxtaposition for a campaign commercial…

    On March 5th President Obama met with Israeli leaders to deal with potential threats from Iran….

    and Mitt Romney sang the theme to the 50+ year old Davy Crockett TV show.

  88. 88.

    pk

    March 5, 2012 at 2:09 pm

    Is there something wrong with me that I was not completely repelled by it? I thought it was funny (not endearing, but funny).

  89. 89.

    deep

    March 5, 2012 at 2:13 pm

    Oh, right I forgot to mention, you can make your own fucked-up text using the zalgo text generator:

    http://www.eeemo.net/

    Ĩ̸̡̜͖̬̿̈́͌ͧ̈́̌͆â̡̞̲̒̐̿͐ͣ!̳̫̱̤̞̍̑ͮ ̢̬͙͎͈̼ͮͮͯͪI̸̧̼͈̲̘̼̤͍̝ͦ͛͋̓͒͋̑ͦ͟a̙̰̘͎̫͂͊ͦ͆́!̐̌͐̂͐̒͏̸͕̜̟̫͓̝̹͡ ͔̼̥̮̰̻͔̈́ͩͮ̒̃̓̽͊͌̀͠ṣ̦̦̍̓̕͡h̸̳̭̤̪͈̽̄ͣ̅̈͝ͅư͉̰̯̥͖͂̋̃ͭ͝͝b͕̤̬̖̠͗̓ͩ̈̄ͧ͊͟͠-̧͈̤̖̈̒̃͗ͬ̊̓ͣn̤̘͍̰͆̇̓̀̕ȉ͚̺̰̗͓̟̗͂͐ͫ̈́g̶͙̯̜̻̹̀ͮ̚͡ͅg͛ͨ҉̣e͗̇̎̌̀̚͏͉̼̺̬͙̟̩r̵͇̼̹̅͒̾͢ą̴̘̳̮̜̉̇̀͑̃ͨ͌̚t̴̙͔̦͛̐̈͗ͨ̉ͫͪͯ́h͚͙̗͐͂ͦͨ̀!̟̥̖́̈̎̊̎̓́͟ ̨̮̖̌ͤ̑̇̔͟͞t̰͂̽̇̾͜h̩̰͍̙̪̜͔̉ͤ́ͨe̮̘͙̥̭ͪͨ̄͊ͦͣ̐͂ ̃͘͏̸̲̜̜ḃ̷̼̙̼̱͎̅ͮ̕l̺̹̝̱̳̘͇ͦ͒̿̎ͥͅa̴̛̗̘̱͈ͫͨ̆̀͢c̸̨̣̜̻͂ͨͨ̔ͪͪ̕k̨̮̺͓̜̺̹̱͍ͭͧ̎̎ ̵͕̣̟̹͕̽̅̔̿͒̅g̘̬̖̏ͬ̑̐́͜͠ǫ̤͙̘̣̺̱͙̈́͛͊́͡a̰̔́̑t͎̭̭̤̻̺̺̃̍ͣͅ ̾̅͌̀͂̈҉͕͕͈̮͕̹ͅť̶̸̜͎͔͈̓h̫͕̟̟̰̀ͭ̿̐̑̓ͩͭͣe̵̠͉͖̖͍̞̽̔ͪ̑ͦ̓̾͒ ̨̬̪͚̻͋ͬ̄̓̀̏w̵̡̭̝ͫ̏̇ͅo̵̻̙͔͇̼̼̙̎ō͍͓͂͑̑͐͢ͅd͓̩̞͍̻͇͂̌̇s̞̟̫ͨ̑ͬͨ̄ͧ̚̕͘͞ ͈̺̓͂̅ẘ̷̸̤ͨ̔̉̈́͊̚i͑ͦ̂̃̅͢͢͏̦ͅt̵͇͚̽͊ͭ͋͞͞h̉ͭͭͫͬ҉͈̜̹̘̟͓̫͍̺ ̴͍̦̳͎̺͇͈̿̄ͯă̛̖̩͕̗͕̏ͪ̀̚͡ ̡̝̝̠ͫ̄̌̉̅ͪ͌̿͜t̰̽ͦ̊̌̂̈́͋̿͢͞h̒̔͛ͤ͛̄̑͏̷͚̱̞̟͙͞o͍̜̪͑̐̈́̆̍͟͠ù̖̮̼̙͕͚̊ͦ̅ș̻̭͈̹̫̏͝a̋͗̍҉̵̱͉͎͔͎̲̞n̘̻̫̭͖̹̰̩̻͐̿ḏ̷̤͔̀͠ ̖̭̲͎͌͛̓̌̅̒͛ͮͪ͜͡y̻̪͚ͩͤ̅̈ǫ̙̟̳̗͒̽́̔͆u̸̬̩̥͓͎̫̦͚͋̽̃̃͛̂͒n̸̳̰̗͓̦̱̜͐̈́ͣͭ͟͞g̴̛̜̮͖͍̱̳ͮ̒ͩ͜ͅ!̩͙̮͓̬͈͕̞̽̿͛͐ͣ͋̏ͮ
    ̴̡̭̘͖̭̯̖̯͎̯̂̚Ȋ̠͔̘̺͕̣̩̱ͪ̈́ͬ̆͠ͅa̢̖̻͚̼̥͔̹͙̓̄̈́ͨ!̭̗͎̜̻͕̯̍̃͝ ̧͖̻̎͆̊ͧÎ̛̱̣̱̒͐ą̬̫͇̘̻͖̻̲̆̎ͫ̉!̦͔̝̗͓̭͓͓̀̏͝͡ ̼̮̗͍ͦ͢͝s͚̜̼̰̮̬͆̃ͨ͗͌ͬͫ̚͢͟h̖͉ͧͩ̀̒̌ͮ͌̑̌ṷ̢̲̯͔̘͗ͨ͌̍̅ͤ͢b̵̢͖͓̽̄̾̀̃͗ͧ̌-̆̔̔͊̉̇̆҉̯̰̱͚̜̦̠̟͞n̓͒ͮͩ̑̔͋̽҉̶҉̟̲ȉ̶̢͇͉ͦ̀g̨̜̥̘̩̫̋̂ͧ͑̽ͪg͔ͧ̊ͫ̓ͧͮę͉̩̲̳͈ͮ̇͊̈̈́ͣ́͢͠r̴̞̰̗̗͎̞͛̌ͪͦ͋͡a̧͖̺͌̋̉͆ͨͦͤ̀t̢̡̬͓̬̲̬ͮͯ͂̍̾ͤͦ̕ḧ͈̩̈͜!̶̡̟͓̅̽̚ ̰̗͎̹͍̰͙̥̺ͥͮͪ̾ͥ̔ͣ̽ͩ͘t̵̨͍͇͕̼̻̠͖̣̐ͬ̍́ͫ̽͝h̲͇̫̝̺͔̠ͪ̏͛̄́͐̈͌͠e̛̪̭͍̮̺͖̰ͫ̇ͣ̏̍͑̄͑̊͘ͅ ̢͇̰̗̟̹͉̈ͣb̙̤̗͇̳̋ͤ̍̿͋̀̀l̝͍͖̤̈̐ͦà͇̼͚̪͈̪̋̃̓̾̓ͮ͜c̸̹̫͙̜͎̓̐̍̾͆͐k̷̶͖̗̫̪ͩ̔ͨ͆ͬͯ͝ ̳̩̘̬̪̹̲̪͎͐̀͞g̛̘̮̟̩͇̮̉o͙͍ͤ͑̃ͪ̍̑ͤ͢a͚̬ͬ̇̓t̶̹̣̪͈̮ͬ̍̾ͮ̽͗ ̙̣̣͙̠̟̞̥̘̑ͫͫͣ̅t̴̢͚̠̭̳̝̪͉͑͑̒͆͒͊̎̊̚͞h̷̬̺͎̱̼͍͍̾ͩ͑̅̍ͭ̌͢ͅȩ̟̰͙̫̪ͩ̅̓ͭͪͨ͟ ̏ͧ̂̋̽̔ͤ̇̎҉̼̞̺̙w̲̩͔̘͙̲͓͑̄͟ͅo̹̤̥͛͡o̶̗̓ͩ̑ͣ̒̔͂͋̊͠ḏ̴̷͍̘͕̟̗̩̈́ͯ͘s̨̡̜̥̳̳͇͚͐̓ͤ̆ͫ̎̿ͨ ̈̈̎̍͒͋ͧ̆҉̣̼ẁ̜̺̬͈͓̊̓ͦ̕į͕̫̤͓̫͊͊͑̕t̙̖̠ͤ͡h̴̡̻͙̔͑̑̏ͭ̐̄̀ ̺̯͍̬̲͈̎ͅa̍͏̶̷̣ ̢͖͔̜̦̘̙̌͗̊̇̃̊̋t̷̡̬͓̟̙ͭ͂̓̆h̳̜͓̹̪̳̱̾̋́̔ͦ͌͢ͅͅo̵̤̥͇̻̗̫͇͈̗ͬu̽ͥ̚̚҉̕҉̬̻̖̪͈s̉͐̎͠҉̗͔̥͚a͔̯͚̯͍͕̜̻͂ͪͬ͜n͉̣̱̹͒ͥ͘ͅd͔̤̬̺̫̍ͪ̍̓͆̾̈́̀ ͧ̌ͧ́ͬ͌҉̷̣͍̰̜̞̙ŷ̵̨̤̹̙̒̾ͫͧ̾ͪ̿o̡̬̗͕̔ͦͪ͐͛͒͋̌̇ṳ̥͓̾ͫ̾ͧ̾ͦn̶̨̝̻͔̰̞ͩ̆͑̏͒͐͐̚g̢̫͉̱͈͗̅ͩ̆̊̉̆̈!̸͈͚̞̖̣̯̒̎̚̚͝͠
    ͖̮̳̻̳̣̮ͥ́̌ͦ̕͜I͇̼̜̙̬̱̣͔̐ͨ̇ͤ͗̓̎͘a̡̖̲̯͚̬͎̦͇̎!̮̱͙͈̺ͨͭͦ̎̆̚͜ ̜̣͇̠͔̯ͭ͟͡ͅḬ̵̷̸̱̖͈̝͆̔ͣͦ̑a̵̶̡͈͉̥̠ͨ͌͌!̰̥͈̬̘̘̤̝ͣͮͦͪ́͝ͅ ̺͈̓ͨ̀ͩ̚͞s̸̡͇̪͈ͪ͑ͧ̃̓͌͠ḩ̣̻͙̟̦̌ͤ̓ͩ͠ụ͓͛͐b̶̭̮̖̮̪̦ͭ̔̾̅̀͗̀̀ͅ-̐ͬ̆̾̐͢҉̺̹̞̲ṋ͕͇͛̅̍̌̎ͨ͂i̵̞͑͞g̢͇͕͔̭̞͉͊̓́̋͒ͥ̑̚ǵ̨̼̻̮͈̣̝͉̞͗ͯ̍͒e̠͎̬͔̟͕̝͒̆̈́̽ͨ͐̒͗͘͝ͅr̶̜̠̘̹̥͖͉ͭ̆ͫ̅͐ͩa̠̖̲̦̓̅ͪ̓̑̽t̢̳̦̣̒ͥ͊̒̚͠h̴͚̬̺̼̪ͦ̊͆̂ͩ͑̄͠!ͦ̅͗̄͏͕͎͕͘͟ ̵̲̩̎͌͛tͫ̓͛͆͂̈͏̢̼͇̘̻͠h̢̫̹̥̣͙̝̭͎̒̅̓͜͝e̻̊́́ͦ ͔̻̺̘̦͑͆̇̐̀b̝͖̖̫̙̯̜͐̍̾͗̀͠ͅͅl̠̼̱͙͓̣͆ͬ͛̉̃́͘ͅͅa̴̳͇͕͔̯̪̩ͩ͂ͬ͌͗̚ͅc̜̹̓̃̄͌̉͗k̩̜͋̈̂̅̔ͭͪͪ̀̚͟ ̴̗̫̦͔̹̣̝͈͐̑̓͂ͭg̘͇͉̤̲͔̳̜̓̅̒ͪ͊̕͢͠o̹̪̊̽̎̀͑ͫ̈́ḁ̧̤̲͎̤̖̤̂̽ͦ̔̌͒̃̈̂̕t̬̬̪͚͗ͤͮͫ ̻̜̱ͩ̒̇̈̅̚ͅt̸̬̋ͤͬ̿̐̀h̞͍̘̼̙̙͐̿̃ͯͥ̊ͬ͌̌͝ͅë҉̲̭ ͉͚̝̣͉̋̎̾̇̆w̛̯̪̱̳͕̩̭͓̉̆͝o͈̫̻̻̟̝ͮ̃̑́͐͡o͈͈͔̳̼͕̞͗ͥ̕d̢̹͖̯̯̥ͯͣ̎̄͊ͥͫ́ś̥͕͖̺ͣ̋́͢͞ͅ ̷ͯ̀ͩͬͫ̈́͑̆̒҉̖̙̻̳̣̰͖w̸̡̻͚͈̥̤͍͎͋̆͡ȋ̡̗̳̤͔͎̗̃̉ͨͬ͟t̸̴̰̪͕͓̪̙͑̈́̄̇͑ͩh̷̪̺̠̭̩̻̆ͦͪ ̣͈͍͙̟̞͕̍̀ͅa͓͍̖͕̚ ͉̺͈̤́̋̑ͣ̄t͉̼̖͕̬̱͑͆̄̓͐͐̚͜h̷̨̭̤͚͍͔̿͋̌͋̚oͮͤͫ̌͂͡҉̨͓̩͙̫̞̞ṷ̵̲̞̜̀̿̈́sͪ̾͗̇ͯ̄͛̊́͏̼̭̹̠̖̭͉a͛ͨ̊̈҉͍̘̻͙̳͕͡n̷̨̘̱͕̱ͪ̎͐͒d̴͉͍̙̰̭̓ͩ̊̒̓ͪ̄͘͝ ̈̒̐͂ͫ̓̓͏̩y̼̗̝̬̦͆͜͜ǫ̶͖̭͓̅̏ͫ̂̆ͤ̽̃ͨu̩̱͚̻ͮ̐͐͂ͭ̔͢͢ͅn̅̏҉̶̬͇͕̗͕̰̣͖͝g̱͇̰̮̙̳͇ͮ̇̑͛̀̚͘!̸̩͇͎̟͎̠̓͗̇̂͆ͭ́

  90. 90.

    jayackroyd

    March 5, 2012 at 2:28 pm

    @Baud:

    There is only one version of Rawhide in the canon.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEPBEsqxgXI

  91. 91.

    samara morgan

    March 5, 2012 at 2:30 pm

    @Ken: i make deep obeiance to a true Lovecraftian scholar.
    a thousand pardons.

    @wrb: hahaha!
    i remember the Ballad of the Alamo was on the tape too…..

    in the sand he drew a line
    with his mighty saber
    out of one hundred eighty nine
    not a man crossed that line!

    conservatism and lost causes…..correlation or causation?

  92. 92.

    MazeDancer

    March 5, 2012 at 2:33 pm

    Mitt didn’t attempt The King. Or Cash. Or anyone in the country pantheon. Or Sam and Dave. Or Timberlake. Or – heaven forbid – St. Otis of Redding. Any one of which would have handed TN to Santo. Except all of those would have had some actual connection to the state’s musical history. Great music is pretty much the only reason to go to red, red, red, red Tennessee, so completely strange he chose Davy.

  93. 93.

    flukebucket

    March 5, 2012 at 2:33 pm

    @samara morgan:

    Ahhh yes. The days of my youth.

  94. 94.

    MarkJ

    March 5, 2012 at 2:34 pm

    Has anyone else noticed that Willard Romney has the same number of syllables as Davey Crocket. We could perhapse start making up lyrics about Willard to the tune of Davey Crocket.

    Raised in a mansion in Bloom-a-field Hills,
    Never had a worry ’bout how to pay bills,
    Davey taught him ’bout bears vicariously,
    Started laying workers off at age thirty!
    Willard, Willard Romney! King of Cranbrook Aca-dem-ee!

  95. 95.

    samara morgan

    March 5, 2012 at 2:38 pm

    @jayackroyd: awesome.
    the Dead Kennedys and Mojo Nixon.
    the aristocracy of punk.
    one of my older brothers gifted me his punk collection for my birthday a few years ago.
    17000 songs.

  96. 96.

    pseudonymous in nc

    March 5, 2012 at 2:43 pm

    He really is [email protected]MarkJ:

    Willard, Willard Romney! King of Cranbrook Aca-dem-ee!

    “King of the lev’raged deal”, surely?

    (And he is really, really weird.)

  97. 97.

    samara morgan

    March 5, 2012 at 2:47 pm

    @flukebucket: wow…..
    maybe that is why conservative candidates can use C&W for campaign rallies.
    C&W is confederate music redux.

  98. 98.

    RD

    March 5, 2012 at 2:50 pm

    @samara morgan:

    Naked Raygun – Rat Patrol.

  99. 99.

    Lojasmo

    March 5, 2012 at 2:51 pm

    @Yutsano:

    Do you make a habit of licking elevator buttons? I haven’t taken a sick day in four years.

  100. 100.

    samara morgan

    March 5, 2012 at 2:52 pm

    well….i do kinda liek Gretchen Wilson.
    always good advice.
    dont drive your truck when you’re all jacked up

  101. 101.

    Nicole

    March 5, 2012 at 2:54 pm

    Willard, if you’d ever actually heard the song, you’d know it’s pronounced, “bar.”

  102. 102.

    samara morgan

    March 5, 2012 at 2:57 pm

    @RD: haha, its in the collection.
    i mean……..i kinda get 80s hairband nostalgia…all those movies….but punk….now there was a genre.

  103. 103.

    Cacti

    March 5, 2012 at 3:10 pm

    Mitt is an old man trying to pass himself off as a late middle-aged man.

    Unfortunately for him, every time he reaches for a nostalgia reference, he reveals himself as the 65 year old he actually is.

  104. 104.

    Anoniminous

    March 5, 2012 at 3:22 pm

    The Romney_Bot 2012 (Rev. 784(c) – Contains Music Module) has sliffed his squib.

  105. 105.

    twiffer

    March 5, 2012 at 5:05 pm

    all davy crockett references invariably lead me here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QxeSfn1ME4

  106. 106.

    Cheryl from Maryland

    March 5, 2012 at 6:23 pm

    God, Mitt is an old fuddy duddy.

  107. 107.

    TrueBlueMajority

    March 5, 2012 at 6:48 pm

    Apparently he got tired of America the Beautiful. And not a moment too soon. Wake me when he starts reciting lyrics from Book of Mormon…

    i believe that Satan has a hold of you
    i believe that the Lord God has sent me here
    and I believe that in 1978 God changed his mind about black people!

  108. 108.

    Mnemosyne

    March 5, 2012 at 8:12 pm

    @Lojasmo:

    I think our Yutsy is prone to back problems (or was it hip problems? something needed surgery, anyway), so that may be it. But it is cold and flu season here on the West Coast — half my office has been down with some kind of plague and the other half still has the lingering cough.

    I blame the people with kids. Goddamned walking germ factories.

  109. 109.

    Tripod

    March 5, 2012 at 8:12 pm

    No problem. We’ll just load the 50%+1 code onto the Mittbot and… what the fuck is PC LOAD LETTER?!?!?!??

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