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You are here: Home / Past Elections / Election 2012 / Devil’s haircut in my mind

Devil’s haircut in my mind

by DougJ|  June 14, 20129:38 pm| 70 Comments

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What a bunch of fucking douches. Not surprised their Dear Leader violated a gay classmate for laughs, back in the day.

But, hey, both sides do it.

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  1. 1.

    OzoneR

    June 14, 2012 at 9:39 pm

    Had Obama used the bully pulpit, Rick Gorka would be a progressive.

  2. 2.

    Spaghetti Lee

    June 14, 2012 at 9:41 pm

    Damn, where are all those principled conservative leaders who want to get serious about the economy? I heard on the news they’re supposed to be here any minute now.

  3. 3.

    CW in LA

    June 14, 2012 at 9:43 pm

    It’s part of their new slogan, Romney ’12: He really is that big a prick!

  4. 4.

    Baud

    June 14, 2012 at 9:43 pm

    Obama supporters weren’t jeering. They were worried that there may have been a dog strapped to the top of the bus.

  5. 5.

    Yutsano

    June 14, 2012 at 9:45 pm

    @Baud: Win.

  6. 6.

    Spaghetti Lee

    June 14, 2012 at 9:45 pm

    Hell, let ’em keep doing it. As long as Obama supporters keep their cool, there’s no way these clowns can’t look stupid doing this. “What did Romney do today?” “Oh, he paid a bus full of supporters to drive to an Obama rally and honk the horn at them.” Yeah, I don’t think even Halperin can spin that as a wise move on Mitt’s part.

  7. 7.

    Hunter Gathers

    June 14, 2012 at 9:46 pm

    Obama is much better man than myself. If my dead mother was being dragged through the mud to further a gutless coward’s political career, I would have tracked down Donald Trump a long time ago and ripped his lungs out. Then I would have tracked down Romney and shoved Trump’s lungs up his ass. On national television. And I’d walk into prison with my head held high.

    Like I said, President Obama is a much better man than myself.

  8. 8.

    Ben Cisco

    June 14, 2012 at 9:46 pm

    I’d call ’em a bunch of clowns, except that that would be disrespectful – to actual clowns.

  9. 9.

    4tehlulz

    June 14, 2012 at 9:47 pm

    I wonder if the Secret Service is keeping an eye on these buses.

  10. 10.

    jl

    June 14, 2012 at 9:51 pm

    I get from the link that Gourka is a Romney flack. Izzat right?

    Who is Wintour, and what does his tweet mean? Is it some kind of joke, or just some inside snark that comes off as random nonsense to rubes like me?

    Please help me out here, this is more intertubes stuff that goes over my head.

  11. 11.

    Hunter Gathers

    June 14, 2012 at 9:55 pm

    @jl:

    Who is Wintour

    A fashion designer who raises money for Obama. When pressed on Romney’s Trump bullshit, Mittens’ hacks brought her up. Evidently, being a fashion designer is the same as being King Of The Birthers. Remind me to go around insinuating that Mitt Romney’s dead mother was a liar and criminal.

  12. 12.

    Yutsano

    June 14, 2012 at 9:57 pm

    @jl: Wintour is the editor-in-chief of a fashion magazine. But she’s not a designer so why she is designing the scarf is beyond me.

  13. 13.

    dr. bloor

    June 14, 2012 at 9:58 pm

    Apparently when your campaign is being backed by multibillionaires, you have money to piss away on all manner of shit.

    Did he buy that bus from Palin?

  14. 14.

    Egg Berry

    June 14, 2012 at 9:58 pm

    I like the suggestion from an LGF poster, that Air Force 1 do a 500 ft flyover at a Romney event. I’d attend a Romney event to see that.

  15. 15.

    Jeffro

    June 14, 2012 at 10:00 pm

    Wait until Mitt tries the tough guy talk himself once or twice (whether on the campaign trail or in the first debate…I can almost guarantee he won’t try it in the 2nd or 3rd debates…)

    Those Mitt = bully stories didn’t get out there early for no reason…

  16. 16.

    fraught

    June 14, 2012 at 10:10 pm

    Anna Wintour,of course, is the editor of Vouge. She is co -hosting a party for O tonight at SJP ‘s house on Charles St. Very chic. 40K a plate. Meryl will be there. The neighbors are freaking. Do you know how narrow those streets in the village are. Not made for motorcades. SjP’s house just doubled in value.

  17. 17.

    HRA

    June 14, 2012 at 10:12 pm

    I read another comment earlier today that said “seriously, you would do this to someone who has drones?”

  18. 18.

    gbear

    June 14, 2012 at 10:12 pm

    @dr. bloor:

    Did he buy that bus from Palin?

    Ted Nugent offered his tour bus but the Romneys were too grossed out by all the stains.

  19. 19.

    geg6

    June 14, 2012 at 10:17 pm

    @Hunter Gathers:

    She’s editor-in-chief at Vogue, the high fashion magazine, and an Obama supporter. Don’t know why she’d be designing a scarf since that isn’t what she does.

  20. 20.

    Villago Delenda Est

    June 14, 2012 at 10:19 pm

    @Spaghetti Lee:

    Yeah, I don’t think even Halperin can spin that as a wise move on Mitt’s part.

    I don’t think you appreciate just how craven the slime mold that is Halperin is.

  21. 21.

    jl

    June 14, 2012 at 10:23 pm

    @geg6:

    Wikipedia says Wintour is the Devil Wear’s Prada bosslady.

    ZINGER!

    The Romney team will give snotty entitled frat rats a bad name, at this rate.

    Edit: thanks for the inside inside baseball political scoop on Wintour how that cleverly works to make Gouka’s or whoever’s tweet to look random to most people, probably.

    Maybe I am so out of it and square, most people would get it. But I get the impression that the Romney folks are so into their own brilliance they don’t stop to think whether the average person will get their nastiness. IMHO, for politics, it important that the nasty crud is understood and works. Not sure the Romney forces understand that.

  22. 22.

    brantl

    June 14, 2012 at 10:23 pm

    Holy shit, the whole RMoney campaign is run by teen-aged dicks that never grew up. RMoney picks them all in his own image.

  23. 23.

    Linnaeus

    June 14, 2012 at 10:28 pm

    I made the mistake of doing what I always try not to do, which is read the comments on the linked article. “Yeah, we need to get dirty like the dumycrats do!” Because Republican campaign tactics are usually run according to Marquess of Queensbury rules….

  24. 24.

    arguingwithsignposts

    June 14, 2012 at 10:28 pm

    @brantl:

    Holy shit, the whole RMoney campaign GOP is run by teen-aged dicks that never grew up. RMoney picks them all in his own image.

    FTFY

  25. 25.

    jl

    June 14, 2012 at 10:32 pm

    I worry that by the end of the campaign that we won’t have anything to compare the Romney campaign to.

    If I say they are like vicious frat rats who are into date rape, midget tossing and drunken vandalism and racism, I’ll get yelled at that I am being unfair to frat rats.

    So far, I’ve gotten grief on this blog for using hyenas, weasels, rats, vipers,… what will be left?

    Edit: Ah, I forgot sleazy scheming leverage buyout tycoons and too big to fail bankers. That’ll work.

    Edit: and pathological liars.

  26. 26.

    amk

    June 14, 2012 at 10:34 pm

    @Linnaeus:

    dumycrats

    Fucking wingnuts can’t get even their insults right.

  27. 27.

    danielx

    June 14, 2012 at 10:34 pm

    Is it my imagination, or has this day included a particularly rich vein of Republican dickishness, especially in regard to women?

    How any self-respecting woman could contemplate voting for a Republican at this point – any Republican – is beyond me. Couple years back I was conversing with a well-to-do lesbian acquaintance who indicated that she was voting Republican because “Republicans would make people get their own insurance or do without”, and she thought that was all just fine, because people who didn’t have insurance should have chosen a career path that would provide them with insurance.

    Leaving aside the insanity of her position, I was all “Why do you want to vote for these assholes? THEY WANT TO SHOVEL YOU AND YOUR PARTNER INTO AN OVEN!”

    It all went downhill from there….

  28. 28.

    Valdivia

    June 14, 2012 at 10:39 pm

    The worst part is that the Village eats it up.
    And apparently having a campaign run on juvenile pranks is how Romney projects to the wingnuts he is tough enough to bring Obama down. Josh at TPM told me so.

  29. 29.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    June 14, 2012 at 10:41 pm

    I’m really surprised and disappointed at this move by the Rmoney campaign. I figured that they would do this while throwing water balloons filled with piss and hanging their asses out of the bus windows. Rmoney’s supporters are going to be disappointed at their passing up this chance.

    More proof that Rmoney is a faux Republican, as are his supporters.

  30. 30.

    David Koch

    June 14, 2012 at 10:46 pm

    @Valdivia: Nothing projects strength like a whoopee cushion and a can of silly string.

  31. 31.

    jl

    June 14, 2012 at 10:48 pm

    ” they would do this while throwing water balloons filled with piss and hanging their asses out of the bus windows. ”

    Now, that might work. Village would hate it, but would run the clips over and over again, and reluctantly conclude it may be good news for Republicans. And it would show some rudiments of creativity and imagination, at least to the level of drunken frat rats.

    Romney is worse, and his team comes up with more of what very lame incompetent Middle School student politicians’ would think of for dirty tricks.

  32. 32.

    RossInDetroit

    June 14, 2012 at 10:49 pm

    Maybe they weren’t honking at the Obama supporters. Maybe they were helping a wayward cat get home. Were sprinklers involved?

  33. 33.

    Hypatia's Momma

    June 14, 2012 at 10:49 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est:
    >:C
    Please don’t disparage the peaceful and hard-working slime molds, who are known for their altruistic behaviour during times of severe resource shortage.

  34. 34.

    Chris

    June 14, 2012 at 10:49 pm

    @Linnaeus:

    I made the mistake of doing what I always try not to do, which is read the comments on the linked article. “Yeah, we need to get dirty like the dumycrats do!” Because Republican campaign tactics are usually run according to Marquess of Queensbury rules….

    One of the big reasons for their obsession on “Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals” is that they get to wave it around as a book of dirty, subversive, evil tricks that all Democrats play by… because if all Democrats play like that, then obviously the Republicans have license, in fact, have no choice (to their very great regret) but to play like that too.

    The “it’s always projection” rule is true: it’s largely about self-justification.

  35. 35.

    David Koch

    June 14, 2012 at 10:55 pm

    Romney personally called the White House and asked if they had Prince Albert in a can.

    What strength.

  36. 36.

    4tehlulz

    June 14, 2012 at 10:55 pm

    Will Mittens try to give the president a wedgie during the first debate?

  37. 37.

    Valdivia

    June 14, 2012 at 10:56 pm

    @David Koch:

    so glad you gave that example because that is the level we are working with right now.

  38. 38.

    magurakurin

    June 14, 2012 at 10:57 pm

    @Valdivia:

    Josh at TPM told me so.

    I kind of hope that Josh is doing that so Obama supporters don’t get cocky and he is hoping he can scare them straight into voting and donating. I hope that’s what he is doing…

    Personally, until Nate Silver tells me that Obama is likely to lose Virgina, I’m remaining fairly confident(while donating and voting) that Rmoney is going to lose even if just by a handful of EV’s.

  39. 39.

    Valdivia

    June 14, 2012 at 10:58 pm

    @magurakurin:

    I don’t think he is. He called the Romney tactics smart politics. It’s been a long time that TPM is anything but a get the clicks kind of site. Long way away from the good investigative stuff they used to do.

  40. 40.

    Ben Franklin

    June 14, 2012 at 10:59 pm

    @Hunter Gathers:

    Like I said, President Obama is a much better man than myself.

    Better than I, as well. Therein, lies the rub.

  41. 41.

    Roger Moore

    June 14, 2012 at 11:02 pm

    @jl:

    Edit: and pathological liars.

    You’re overestimating Romney’s lying skills. Real pathological liars are smooth and give off body language that suggests they believe what they’re saying.

    I think the correct thing to compare Romney to is a robot on a crime spree.

  42. 42.

    jl

    June 14, 2012 at 11:05 pm

    @Valdivia:

    Sadly you may be correct, though I am not sure. Marshall has said in the past that he thinks ‘bitch slap’ politics works.

    After today’s news in GOP misogyny and antidemocratic thuggery, I don’t even like the term.

    US voters might like superficial shows of strength, but they also don’t like classless mean jackassery. Romney’s team may have trouble understanding the difference.

  43. 43.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    June 14, 2012 at 11:06 pm

    @jl:

    Raw sewage? Hold it… nope, the bacteria that consume raw sewage says that it’s what keeps them alive, so that’s out.

  44. 44.

    Ben Franklin

    June 14, 2012 at 11:08 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    You are suggesting McBain has a conscience?

    I think that’s a lot like muscles and grey cells. Use it or lose it.

  45. 45.

    CW in LA

    June 14, 2012 at 11:08 pm

    @Roger Moore: Dangit, if this were wonkette we could all upfist that comment.

  46. 46.

    Belafon (formerly anonevent)

    June 14, 2012 at 11:10 pm

    @Chris: Excellent point, and I’ll have to remember that. The entire purpose of projection is so that they can have some third-grade justification for their actions. “But, Mom, Barry was doing it.” “Was he?” “Well, no, but he could have, so I had to do it.”

    For the party of supposed parental discipline, they certainly didn’t get punished enough.

  47. 47.

    jl

    June 14, 2012 at 11:12 pm

    ” compare Romney to is a robot on a crime spree. ”

    Romney’s stump speeches remind me of a really hopelessly untalented and arrogant comedian who thinks a routine consists of telling lame inside jokes that most of the audience doesn’t get.

    He thinks he just has to work on his wooden delivery a little. After a lame joke bombs he looks around with this slightly irritated gaze that telegraphs “People told me you people would get that one, if you know what’s good for you.”

  48. 48.

    Jebediah

    June 14, 2012 at 11:13 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    I think the correct thing to compare Romney to is a robot on a crime spree.

    He’s Bender!

  49. 49.

    Cacti

    June 14, 2012 at 11:16 pm

    @4tehlulz:

    Will Mittens try to give the president a wedgie during the first debate

    Yeah right.

    Barack’s the guy that used to go door to door on the south side of Chicago.

    Romney’s the sweatered prep school douche who couldn’t even take on the class “sissy” without 4 helpers.

  50. 50.

    Hypatia's Momma

    June 14, 2012 at 11:16 pm

    @Jebediah:
    No, Bender is actually funny.

  51. 51.

    Roger Moore

    June 14, 2012 at 11:17 pm

    @Ben Franklin:

    You are suggesting McBain has a conscience?

    No. I think he’s actually bothering to think about what he’s saying. He acts like he has a bunch of different lies memorized, and he’s trying hard to remember which one he’s supposed to be telling today and all the details. Your real pathological liar will just go up their and start talking without a care. Romney is a continual liar, but he lacks art.

  52. 52.

    jimmiraybob

    June 14, 2012 at 11:19 pm

    I believe that Romney also earlier fessed up to sending hecklers to an Obama appearance. Something about sauce for the goose and something something gander.

    Petty and juvenile do come to mind. Just what we need in a fearless leader.

  53. 53.

    Roger Moore

    June 14, 2012 at 11:19 pm

    @Jebediah:

    He’s Bender!

    He’s Bender’s more primitive and less convincingly human predecessor.

  54. 54.

    amk

    June 14, 2012 at 11:19 pm

    @jl: His crowd seems to react only to the usual buzzwords like obamacare, one term thingy etc. Anything outside of those, they’re totally out of their comfort zone and react with stony silence.

  55. 55.

    Ben Franklin

    June 14, 2012 at 11:22 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    Incompetent psychopath? 8 >)

  56. 56.

    Mnemosyne

    June 14, 2012 at 11:41 pm

    @Jebediah:

    He wishes.

  57. 57.

    trollhattan

    June 14, 2012 at 11:51 pm

    @4tehlulz:

    Somebody in an earlier thread linked to a video collection of Chet (Bill Paxton) being a dick in “Weird Science” and all I could think of was “that’s Willard!” Except for the cigar, natch.

    Will Mittens try to give the president a wedgie during the first debate?

  58. 58.

    James E Powell

    June 15, 2012 at 12:21 am

    I don’t know that it was a smart campaign move in the sense that it is too silly and too inconsequential to matter. But I do know that one problem Romney has with his base is that they are not yet sure that he hates Obama as much as they do. They need to know that. Stunts like that impress them. They show disrespect, disdain, hatred. And it gives them permission to show theirs.

  59. 59.

    Jay

    June 15, 2012 at 12:56 am

    For fun, the Romney folks also like to cup their butts, fart, then smell their hands.

    Really mature.

  60. 60.

    myiq2xu

    June 15, 2012 at 3:44 am

    @Baud:

    They were hungry?

  61. 61.

    gocart mozart

    June 15, 2012 at 3:49 am

    I think the correct thing to compare Romney to is a robot on a crime spree.

    Ima gonna steal that and you can’t stop me.

  62. 62.

    Anne Laurie

    June 15, 2012 at 4:37 am

    @4tehlulz:

    Will Mittens try to give the president a wedgie during the first debate?

    Willard would prefer not to have people thinking about underwear, for fear of the gentiles’ rude curiosity concerning “temple garments”.

  63. 63.

    joes527

    June 15, 2012 at 6:02 am

    I was flipping through the channels and saw this story on faux, so I paused to see where they would take it. The obama team is planning to campaign in all the places where Mitt-bus is planning to stop, so you see, both sides do it.

  64. 64.

    LAC

    June 15, 2012 at 6:36 am

    So that is what flabby, balding, conservative white guys are doing for fun… instead of having sex. What a turn on…

  65. 65.

    bob h

    June 15, 2012 at 6:45 am

    Perhaps the Secret Service can be sent out to deal with the bus next time?

  66. 66.

    Joey Maloney

    June 15, 2012 at 7:17 am

    @Roger Moore: Romney as Bender?

  67. 67.

    redshirt

    June 15, 2012 at 9:24 am

    Needs moar mooning.

  68. 68.

    LOLer

    June 15, 2012 at 2:17 pm

    Maybe you all need to have a sense of humor and next time when you are all up in arms about a fun joke like this we will call you the WAAAAAAMBULANCE. We will call it when you’re crying after election day.

  69. 69.

    Nathanael

    June 15, 2012 at 8:55 pm

    Given that Romney walked a blind man into a door and laughed, I really have low expectations of him. He seems to be a bully through and through.

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