Who the hell does he think he’s kidding?
I mean, really. Is there ANYBODY out there who honestly thinks that Rmoney and the right wing* would ever work with Democrats in any meaningful way that isn’t “shut your liberal piehole and do what you’re told”?
I know I’m not the smartest guy around. Hell, with me on the front page and the recent departure of Tim F, the FP IQ just dropped about seven points. But even I can see that this is a desperation flail.
It’s time to hit them harder. If the situation were reversed, they’d be going after our candidate hammer and tongs and even running ads to tie congressional candidates to him. That’s what we should be doing all over the country.
I was gratified to see that you all put us over $50K in a around two and half hours earlier. Give more. You don’t need that 2nd Double Mocha Half-Caf Latte With Cinnamon anyway. I’m in for some more. Let’s see if we can’t top $51K by midnight, Pacific time tonight.
*Rmoney And The Right Wing sounds like an 80’s band gone horribly wrong, doesn’t it? Open Thread, also too.
UPDATE: H/T to commenter BD of MN, the first ship has abandoned the sinking rat. Tim Pawlenty has resigned as co-chairman of the Rmoney campaign and become the bagman for the banksters.
The Snarxist Formerly Known As Kryptik
Trying to keep the well primed on the whole ‘Obama is the most divisive preznit EVARS!’ meme. Pure BS, but you never know who will fall for it.
The Other Chuck
Actually, he’s right, we are coming together even now. United in hatred of Mitt Romney.
PsiFighter37
In response to the pizza thread that I missed earlier:
-Grimaldi’s – awesome pie. If you can wait a while in line at Brooklyn Heights, you have to do it.
-Di Fara’s – if you’re willing to venture out into Brooklyn (and not just across the river) – this is the best single slice I’ve had in NY. It’s arguably too expensive ($5), but damn, it is so freakin’ fresh. Basil on top, not too much olive oil, and awesome flavor.
There have been some new places that have opened up recently. Disappointed in Forcella, but a fan of Nicoletta (Michael White’s East Village joint). For an under-the-radar thin crust, I’m a fan of Vezzo in Murray Hill. Naples 45 in Midtown is also a pretty tight joint.
So many pizza places I haven’t tried yet in NYC, but I figure I have plenty of time…
BD of MN
Perhaps this was covered in the 300+ post previous open thread, but I didn’t make it that far in. Anyways, our man now formerly of MN, T-Paw, got his wingnut welfare gig and has abandoned the Rmoney mothership…
Chris
Soldiers on parade have gone entire lifetimes without approaching Ovenmitt’s mastery of the About Face. The man is some kind of wizard.
PsiFighter37
Oh, and back on-topic…polls for today:
WI +7 (PPP) – that’s right, PollObserver – I hope you’re busy weeping in your jammies and sucking on your thumb reading that result
WI +5 (Marist)
CO +5 (Marist)
IA +8 (Marist)
Bringing it home, baby. 47 days to go.
dmsilev
There was an editorial cartoon recently, probably headlining an open thread here, showing Mitt Romney rolling out his new campaign posters, after the fashion of the iconic ‘Hope’ poster…
Also, too, we discussed this story a bit this morning but it bears repeating for the sheer hilarity of it:
ruemara
Well, not much cash, so I contribute cat pics. Takkun is feeling very landed gentry in his new cat perch, while Kage, like all the blahs, is 53% moocher and 47% looter when he is gone. When he’s not being a 1% cat, Takkun is giving Yoga lessons at the Y.
Soonergrunt
@ruemara: Very nice!
lamh35
Been following BuzzFeed all day. This Obama “gaffe” is a manufactured fantasy of the BuzzFeed crew. Ben Smith literally said “is this gaffe worse than Joe the Plumber”…really Ben…really. And no less than 2 hours later Romney using it on the stump. But hey low and behold Romney said exactly the same thing in ’08 and it’s on video: http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/when-mitt-romney-said-you-couldnt-change-washingt
When pointed out about it the BuzzFeed crew at first were like, but it’s ’07 now after much pushback they find the video.
Totally manufactrued BS and they were getting told about it on twitter.
j
Democrats run “Open Threads”.
Republiscum uses “Open Threats”
http://news.yahoo.com/austin-homeowner-hangs-empty-chair-effigy-anti-obama-190100436.html
Or something like that.Suffern Ace
@dmsilev: Basically dear, you get one chance to give that speech without much interference from talking heads. And that is at your convention. You blew it by talking about how people would feel about having you president…basically better than they do under Obama and you will make us feel strong. In the secret speech, you tell donors that your economic plan is just confidence faeries. We in the opposition isn’t all that scared.
Linda Featheringill
@ruemara:
Very nice family!
Not Sure
More like a 70s band trying to play 80s music. Yes, for example. ELO for another (I heart progressive rock). Any offering by the Rolling Stones after Emotional Rescue. Genesis after they’ve given up on trying to sound like Peter Gabriel was still in the band. Sound going in totally the wrong direction. Though it’s a shame about Bonzo, it’s sort of a good thing Led Zeppelin went out at the top of their game. Let’s remember them as they were in 1979 – totally kick ass. I’d hate to think what the 1986 version would sound like. Anyway, that’s R-Money in a nutshell, like Mick Jagger trying to do gangsta rap.
Cermet
I gave here AND directly to the President of all Americans. Now is the time to use money to win this thing and keep that asswipe scalia an angry, bitter, piece of shit eating dumbass only able to write the losing opinion.
lumpkin
Also, too – elect Mitt and there won’t be any more riots in the middle east and the economy will magically take off. I don’t know if a chicken will show up in every pot every night, but I’m kind of expecting it at this point (well maybe beef wellington instead every other night or so).
I think that ingrown toenail that bugs the shit out of me will also go away. Oh, Happy day – November 6, 2012.
The Other Chuck
It’s CEO Syndrome: it’s my Magical Perfect Presence that makes everything work. The sun simply doesn’t rise until I get up.
Kind of refreshing to see it laid out so plainly in all its ridiculous emptiness.
Azmtdog
Arizona is gonna rid themselves of one GOP Senator! Dr. Richard Carmona has a good lead over that nut case Jeff Flake!
ThatLeftTurnInABQ
@lamh35:
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Joe the Plumber? You mean the Joe the Plumber who helped get McCain elected in 2008? That Joe the Plumber? Oh, wait..
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There’s plumber and then there’s dumber. I guess Ben Smith is the dumber part of that pairing.
les
Well, he may have something–repubs will never work with dems under a dem preznident, but some dems will roll over with repubs under Romney; so this may be the most truthful thing he’s said in the campaign so far.
srv
There are plenty of Democrats that will be happy to work with Mittens and do as they are told.
Schlemizel
Given that most goopers hate the Marquis he may have a valid point. Naturally they will hate him less if he won (pasta forfend!) but the majority would still not really like him. In that way he would bring Dems & GOP together.
cyntax
Looks like I’m going all in with the DCCC at this point. Gotta make that down ticket thing work for Obama’s second term.
General Stuck
The wingnuts are so hyper reactionary right now, and desperate for a theme to pound, almost anything that Obama says they are latching onto, without thinking through, as the magic meme that will deliver victory.
Today it is, among other things, Obama saying DC can’t be changed from within. Hello, wingnut, everyone knows this, and thanks for taking the bait to pave the way for a valuable discussion on filibuster abuse, and rank obstruction in all its forms the nutters have slung at Obama.
Tonal Crow
Romney equals bullshit. He bullshits in the morning, he bullshits at noon. He bullshits all the day and all the night. He couldn’t care less what he says as long as he thinks it’ll convince someone to support him.
Please consider using “bullshit” at least once in every thread in which you discuss Romney, so that search engines begin to associate the terms.
chopper
Lol, it’s like I’m watching Comity Central.
danielx
Right. My observation is that the Republican base would rather share a sleeping bag with a rabid weasel than see their elected representatives work with Democrats for any reason whatsoever. After thirty years of priming by Limbaugh, Hannity, Coulter and the rest of the collective mighty Wurlitzer, they regard Democrats as morally defective at best and outright traitors at worst, and perverted traitors at that. One more tactical fuckup by Mittens – Republicans in general and the 27% in particular not only are not interested in being brought together with Democrats, they’re totally opposed to it. To paraphrase an old racist joke, if they saw a known Democrat in the swimming pool they’d drain it and start over.
Bring Republicans and Democrats together? Good luck with explaining that to folks like Brother Chair Lyncher down in Austin, for example. Might as well wear a Sherman button to a Georgia picnic.
Hill Dweller
@General Stuck: It also led to people posting video clips of Willard saying the exact same thing.
Willard’s campaign has always been reactionary, but it looks more like desperation now.
Original Lee
Talked to a friend in PA today who is now terrified her vote for Obama will not be counted or somehow invalidated. All the emphasis lately has been on making sure people have proper photo ID, which she does have. But she got done with a round of radiation treatment for her breast cancer about a month ago, and her hair is coming in all white and fine, where before she had very curly dark hair, and she’s lost a ton of weight. In a nutshell, she doesn’t look the same as the photo on her ID any more, and she thinks she’ll get turned away at the polls. Anybody know if the photo has to match the person?
JPL
@Original Lee: Wow, She doesn’t need that anguish. Kay might be able to help you answer that question but hopefully she doesn’t need to. Her email is on the top right of the site.
Let your friend know, that she is being sent virtual hugs.
Heliopause
Well, yeah, they would. You really need to google up the legislative history of the Bush years because you seem to have forgotten it. Many of the most odious bills passed in those years had significant Dem support.
Southern Beale
Anyone know if this Mitt Romney-in-brownface thing for Univision was photoshopped? I can’t believe this. I really can’t. Everyone says it’s even more obvious on the video but I’m too lazy to look it up.
Cain
@Original Lee:
tell her to call the Obama campaign.
JoyfulA
@ruemara: Can’t decide which I want more! Beautiful.
bemused
Oh man. MItt saying he knows how to change Washington, he can change Washington sure reminds me of McCain. McCain said I know how to get bin Laden, I’ll get him, my friend” or some bravado like that. Yeah right. Both are just as believable.
mclaren
You can see why the Republican talking points are failing. They’re recycling the old long-debunked scams and cons of the year 2000. This is the con job the drunk-driving C student from Texas pulled, and it worked — but now the electorate is wise to it.
They need to come up with some creative original new scams if they’re going to successfully con this electorate. Alas, the Repubs have run through so many scams and so many con jobs in the last 30 years that there don’t seem to be any effective confidence games left to pull on the electorate. They could try “lowering taxes will increase revenue!” but the senile sociopath Reagan tried that con job and now everyone is on to it. They could try the “thousand points of light” con job, but Bush Sr. tried that one and now everyone’s wise to it. They could try the “compassionate conservative” con job, but the drunk-driving C student from Texas used that one and it’s worn out. Or the Republicans could try “If you elect the Democrats, the terrorists win!” con job, but McCain and his cheerleader sidekick tried that one in 2008 and it’s been used up.
The Republicans need a really inventive con to win this election. Perhaps “If you elect a Democrat, a dragon will eat the sun!” Or possibly “If the Democrats win this year, the universe will collapse!”
Right now, the Republicans find themselves in the position of a guy running a three-card monte operation whose audience realizes that the dollar bill isn’t under any of the cards.
lacp
@Not Sure: Rmoney and his Right Wing Bling?
Original Lee
@JPL: Good idea. I’ll pass on the hugs – they’ll be appreciated.
g
Well, he was so inclusive and welcoming to his Republican primary opponents, so it just makes sense!