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He’s Always Watching You, America

by Zandar|  October 17, 20123:01 pm| 159 Comments

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Josh Romney sees into your soul and he has found it wanting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AND NOW IT’S TOO LATE FOR YOU HE HAS YOUR SOOOOOOOOOOOUL.

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  1. 1.

    RinaX

    October 17, 2012 at 3:02 pm

    I hate you.

  2. 2.

    Lawrence

    October 17, 2012 at 3:04 pm

    Who invited Ron Burgundy to the debate, and why is he so angry?

  3. 3.

    Joshua Norton

    October 17, 2012 at 3:05 pm

    Oh dear. The call is coming from inside the house!

  4. 4.

    Keith

    October 17, 2012 at 3:06 pm

    “Do not dare enter the Neutral Zone, or you will perish.”

  5. 5.

    Rosalita

    October 17, 2012 at 3:07 pm

    Looks like a Vulcan

  6. 6.

    Robin G.

    October 17, 2012 at 3:07 pm

    GAH.

  7. 7.

    Enhanced Mooching Techniques

    October 17, 2012 at 3:07 pm

    That has to be the classic manger trying to brow beat an employee with out getting dragged off to HR look. Only problem for Josh is Obama is the president and doesn’t have to worry about Josh giving him a crappy job review.

  8. 8.

    Yutsano

    October 17, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    That Joshua, he has a lean and hungry look about him.

  9. 9.

    zombie rotten mcdonald

    October 17, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    Looks like he’s trying to make Obama’s head explode, like in Scanners.

  10. 10.

    shortstop

    October 17, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    I love this so much, and not just for crazyass Josh. Ann is looking at Obama like he’s something stuck to the dog’s behind. How do you be a candidate’s wife for 20 years and still be completely unable to hide your emotions? Guess there are some basic human skills money can’t buy.

  11. 11.

    Soonergrunt

    October 17, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    His nose is off-angle. Anybody else notice that?

  12. 12.

    gocart mozart

    October 17, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    @Keith:
    Yes, he is a Romulan, er Romneylan?

  13. 13.

    Politically Lost

    October 17, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    He’s in the ultimate zone.

  14. 14.

    shortstop

    October 17, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    @Yutsano: Yelping with laughter.

  15. 15.

    comrade scott's agenda of rage

    October 17, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    Does anybody know what the Rmoney boys do for a living? Do any of them have a day job? Or a facsimile of a day job?

  16. 16.

    aimai

    October 17, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    Can someone please post just the clip of Obama telling Romney off for Libya comments? I can’t find it and I won’t get a chance to watch the whole debate until tonight. People on another thread said Obama showed his “This is my drone face” look to Romney and I really want to see it.

    aimai

  17. 17.

    Count Ulster

    October 17, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    Stepford Bro.

  18. 18.

    Bruce S

    October 17, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    Ann Romney looked VERY unhappy with her Mitt right after the debate – dreams disappearing at the hands of this guy who couldn’t have even been ordained in her awesome church just a few short decades ago.

    Didn’t look to me like the families did that handshaking and greeting thing after the debate – bad blood!

  19. 19.

    Yutsano

    October 17, 2012 at 3:11 pm

    @Rosalita: Romulans and Vulcans are related. A Vulcan would be completely unemotional and young Josh certainly is anything but that.

  20. 20.

    ...now I try to be amused

    October 17, 2012 at 3:11 pm

    You sure his name isn’t spelled Joshh? The Romneys have that trailing double-consonant thing going, like Mitt and Tagg.

    Heyyy, I think I see a baseball theme here. Where are Batt and Balll and Hitt and Outt?

  21. 21.

    dmsilev

    October 17, 2012 at 3:11 pm

    Takes after his mother, does he?

  22. 22.

    RinaX

    October 17, 2012 at 3:12 pm

    @comrade scott’s agenda of rage:

    That’s what I was wondering. What do these mofo’s do all day?

  23. 23.

    shortstop

    October 17, 2012 at 3:12 pm

    @Bruce S: She was clearly deeply pissed off, but I think it’s at Mitt having to go through so much and be insulted so profoundly for a job he should just have been handed.

  24. 24.

    Poopyman

    October 17, 2012 at 3:12 pm

    I’m getting kind of an “American Psycho” vibe.

    And then there’s Josh ….

  25. 25.

    Zandar

    October 17, 2012 at 3:12 pm

    @comrade scott’s agenda of rage:

    Josh is a doctor. He specializes in SOULECTOMIES. Of your IMMORTAL SOUL.

  26. 26.

    Sloegin

    October 17, 2012 at 3:12 pm

    The eyebeams! They aren’t working!

  27. 27.

    gocart mozart

    October 17, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    @aimai:
    here’s the transcript aimai:

    MS. CROWLEY: Governor, if you want to reply just quickly to this, please.

    MR. ROMNEY: Yeah, I — I certainly do. I certainly do. I — I think it’s interesting the president just said something which is that on the day after the attack, he went in the Rose Garden and said that this was an act of terror. You said in the Rose Garden the day after the attack it was an act of terror. It was not a spontaneous demonstration.

    PRESIDENT OBAMA: Please proceed.

    MR. ROMNEY: Is that what you’re saying?

    PRESIDENT OBAMA: Please proceed, Governor.

    MR. ROMNEY: I — I — I want to make sure we get that for the record, because it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in Benghazi an act of terror.

    PRESIDENT OBAMA: Get the transcript.

    MS. CROWLEY: It — he did in fact, sir.

    So let me — let me call it an act of terrorism — (inaudible) —

    PRESIDENT OBAMA: Can you say that a little louder, Candy? (Laughter, applause.)

    MS. CROWLEY: He did call it an act of terror.

  28. 28.

    flukebucket

    October 17, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    @gocart mozart:

    LOL! By God he does look like Spock when it was time for the Vulcan to breed.

  29. 29.

    Chris

    October 17, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    I’m struggling not to crack up in the middle of class! Nice Zandar!

  30. 30.

    Joseph Nobles

    October 17, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    I get Martin Landau in “North by Northwest” from this.

  31. 31.

    Chris

    October 17, 2012 at 3:15 pm

    @Rosalita:

    Too mad. Try Romulan.

  32. 32.

    Splitting Image

    October 17, 2012 at 3:15 pm

    Which of Mitt’s sons is that? Damien?

  33. 33.

    Violet

    October 17, 2012 at 3:15 pm

    @comrade scott’s agenda of rage: The blonde one who looks like he doesn’t belong is a doctor. The others are “real estate investors” or some such.

  34. 34.

    Rosalita

    October 17, 2012 at 3:15 pm

    @Yutsano: yeah, I realized I got my alien life forms mixed up…

  35. 35.

    Bubblegum Tate

    October 17, 2012 at 3:15 pm

    @Count Ulster:

    Stepford Bro.

    Amazing. The Internets are all yours today.

  36. 36.

    shortstop

    October 17, 2012 at 3:16 pm

    @aimai: Here’s the whole Libya segment. Drone Face occurs in the last minute, starting around 5:30.

  37. 37.

    shortstop

    October 17, 2012 at 3:17 pm

    @Joseph Nobles: OMG, that’s good.

  38. 38.

    gocart mozart

    October 17, 2012 at 3:17 pm

    Double post deleted

  39. 39.

    zombie rotten mcdonald

    October 17, 2012 at 3:17 pm

    @Poopyman:

    I dunno, Patrick Bateman seemed much more cheerful.

  40. 40.

    schrodinger's cat

    October 17, 2012 at 3:17 pm

    Why does Ann have a piece of upholstery from the remnant bin on her shoulder?

  41. 41.

    Forum Transmitted Disease

    October 17, 2012 at 3:17 pm

    He’s having flashbacks to being forced to eat after his father is done consuming whatever he wants.

    I think this pic ends whatever budding political career he may or may not have been considering.

  42. 42.

    Redshift

    October 17, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    @aimai: Here’s the video, courtesy of the Guardian.

  43. 43.

    Violet

    October 17, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    @schrodinger’s cat: I was wondering the same thing. Does this woman have a stylist? She looks terribly dressed here.

  44. 44.

    Anatoliĭ Lъudьvigovich Bzyp (formerly Horrendo Slapp, Jimperson Zibb, Duncan Dönitz, Otto Graf von Pfmidtnöchtler-Pízsmőgy, Mumphrey, et al.)

    October 17, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    That guy in the seat ahead of him looks like an older, fatter Jon Stewart.

  45. 45.

    Bruce S

    October 17, 2012 at 3:19 pm

    @shortstop:

    Mitt cannot fail – he can only be failed!

    Probably some staffers heads will roll at the hands of Madame Annetoinette. Or Josh will just make them burst into flames with his Deadly Laser Eyes. Because, you know, they got their talking points for Willard from FOX NEWS!!!!! And he fell off the Epistemic Closure cliff in front of tens of millions.

  46. 46.

    schrodinger's cat

    October 17, 2012 at 3:21 pm

    @Anatoliĭ Lъudьvigovich Bzyp (formerly Horrendo Slapp, Jimperson Zibb, Duncan Dönitz, Otto Graf von Pfmidtnöchtler-Pízsmőgy, Mumphrey, et al.): I thought so too.

  47. 47.

    gocart mozart

    October 17, 2012 at 3:21 pm

    The binders full of women, It’s a COOKBOOK ! !

  48. 48.

    BobbyMac

    October 17, 2012 at 3:21 pm

    Does he look almost identical to a young Martin Landau, or am I crazy?

  49. 49.

    Jay in Oregon

    October 17, 2012 at 3:21 pm

    @shortstop:
    Fun fact; if you append “#t=XXXs” (where “XXX” is a number) you can get the YouTube video to start playing XXX seconds in, instead of the beginning.

    So to go to the point you are referring to, you can do:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTnYq_EXTSo#t=330s

    Right-clicking and select “Copy video URL at current time” does the same thing.

  50. 50.

    schrodinger's cat

    October 17, 2012 at 3:21 pm

    @Violet: Well at least she didn’t wear the leather ensemble that she did on Leno.

  51. 51.

    shortstop

    October 17, 2012 at 3:23 pm

    @Violet: It may be super girly-girl, not to mention catty, of me to note that Ann and Michelle were wearing the same shade of fuchsia last night, and the upstart descendant of slaves who’s trying to brainwash our children into liking vegetables wore it about a thousand percent better.

  52. 52.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    October 17, 2012 at 3:23 pm

    @Anatoliĭ Lъudьvigovich Bzyp (formerly Horrendo Slapp, Jimperson Zibb, Duncan Dönitz, Otto Graf von Pfmidtnöchtler-Pízsmőgy, Mumphrey, et al.): and is that Dennis Miller in disguise to Obama’s left?

  53. 53.

    Joe Miller

    October 17, 2012 at 3:23 pm

    @aimai: Here you go: http://romneytheliar.blogspot.com/2012/10/romney-liar-getting-crushed-on-his.html

  54. 54.

    kooks

    October 17, 2012 at 3:23 pm

    @aimai: Here’s the clip where Obama calls Romney’s Libya attack offensive –
    http://youtu.be/SbX3-XraoeQ

    He also talks about greeting the caskets at Andrews, it was a pretty powerful moment for Obama

  55. 55.

    Tonal Crow

    October 17, 2012 at 3:24 pm

    “My Gawwwwd! He’s about to cast MY PRECIOUS into the Fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

  56. 56.

    Violet

    October 17, 2012 at 3:24 pm

    @schrodinger’s cat: I only saw the top bit of that, but it was awful. Heard the shoes were wildly inappropriate.

  57. 57.

    nanute

    October 17, 2012 at 3:24 pm

    @aimai:
    Aiami,
    Hope this helps: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2012/10/16/debate2-obama-on-libya-attack.cnn

  58. 58.

    comrade scott's agenda of rage

    October 17, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    @Violet:

    The others are “real estate investors” or some such.

    Meaning they play Monopoly and given what they know of their father, they’re playing with other people’s money.

    In other words, like their father, they’ve never really had a job.

  59. 59.

    cckids

    October 17, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    He looks like a demon extra from Buffy.

  60. 60.

    schrodinger's cat

    October 17, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    @shortstop: Yes she did, although I must say that I am not a fan of head to toe, Pepto pink for anyone.

  61. 61.

    PurpleGirl

    October 17, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    @Soonergrunt: Yea, I did. It’s crooked. Looks like maybe it was broken and not reset correctly.

  62. 62.

    BobbyMac

    October 17, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    @BobbyMac: Specifically:http://www.hitchcockwiki.com/blog/stuff/desk2l.jpg

  63. 63.

    shortstop

    October 17, 2012 at 3:26 pm

    @Jay in Oregon: Uh huh, I know. I thought she might want to watch the whole segment, ’cause it’s filled with Romfail.

  64. 64.

    Violet

    October 17, 2012 at 3:26 pm

    @shortstop: I noticed they wore the same color as well. Michelle looked awesome, as usual. Ann looked…frumpy, I guess? I’m not quite sure how she looks so bad since she’s attractive and has tons of money.

  65. 65.

    schrodinger's cat

    October 17, 2012 at 3:29 pm

    @Violet: Shoes had black lace and were ugly.

  66. 66.

    shortstop

    October 17, 2012 at 3:29 pm

    @schrodinger’s cat: I don’t think it was really Pepto pink, which is more like this than this. I don’t/can’t wear pink of any shade unless it has a lot of orange in it, though, so WTF do I know?

  67. 67.

    Shawn

    October 17, 2012 at 3:29 pm

    Looks like one of the weeping angels from Doctor Who.

  68. 68.

    DonkeyKong

    October 17, 2012 at 3:30 pm

    My iphone has the same expression when it’s charging.

  69. 69.

    The Other Chuck

    October 17, 2012 at 3:30 pm

    @Shawn: KEEP CALM AND DON’T BLINK

  70. 70.

    cckids

    October 17, 2012 at 3:30 pm

    @Violet:

    Does this woman have a stylist? She looks terribly dressed here.

    There was an article in the Times about her stylist, I’d never heard of him; he did some work for Nancy Reagan & I believe Laura Bush as well. Got in some nasty, snarky shots at Michelle for wearing “discount” clothing from J. Crew, said it would fall apart immediately. He came across as an aging, wannabe stylist to the stars. Definitely second or third tier forever.

  71. 71.

    schrodinger's cat

    October 17, 2012 at 3:31 pm

    @shortstop: It looked like a blinding shade of neon pink on my TV.

  72. 72.

    schrodinger's cat

    October 17, 2012 at 3:32 pm

    @cckids: He is not her stylist, He is the designer, who makes the clothes that she wears, like those 50’s house wife shirt dresses that she likes.

  73. 73.

    Violet

    October 17, 2012 at 3:33 pm

    @schrodinger’s cat: Ohhhh….wow…that is one ugly outfit. Who the hell let her go on TV wearing that?

  74. 74.

    shortstop

    October 17, 2012 at 3:34 pm

    @Violet: She dresses like some old Chicago ladies I know who’ve filled their Rogers Park high-rise apartments with foil wallpaper and metallic throw pillows. A less moneyed Ann would be wearing appliqued sweaters.

    @schrodinger’s cat: It was. Pepto doesn’t come in that color around here…;)

  75. 75.

    Lurking Canadian

    October 17, 2012 at 3:34 pm

    Maybe if real estate doesn’t work out, this dude can get a gig on Grimm as some kind of human/gargoyle hybrid.

  76. 76.

    bemused

    October 17, 2012 at 3:34 pm

    @cckids:

    Well, there you go. She’s filthy rich enough to find and hire an excellent stylist but she chooses someone who thinks the old, dowdy first lady look is the bee’s knees.

  77. 77.

    elmo

    October 17, 2012 at 3:34 pm

    @BobbyMac:

    I do see the superficial resemblance you’re talking about in the features, but mein Gott no, he doesn’t actually look like Landau in the aggregate. Landau radiated warmth and charm, even in Mission Impossible and Space 1999.

  78. 78.

    PurpleGirl

    October 17, 2012 at 3:34 pm

    @Violet: She doesn’t have a stylist… if she does, she needs a new one with style.

    She doesn’t seem to have created a personal style for herself. She seems to dress on the principle of “I like the color and design”. Maybe she goes to too many different stores and just buys what she sees and like.

    Yes, the shawl (or whatever it is) does look like a remnant. Or as my mother might have called it — Eastern European Bedspread.

  79. 79.

    eemom

    October 17, 2012 at 3:35 pm

    @gocart mozart:

    The binders full of women, It’s a COOKBOOK ! !

    oh my God, that is funny.

    Y’all are killing me here. Talk about NSFW.

  80. 80.

    Chris

    October 17, 2012 at 3:35 pm

    @kooks:

    Shorter Obama: “THIS IS MY WAR FACE. THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT BUT THIS ONE IS MINE.”

    So good.

  81. 81.

    Zandar

    October 17, 2012 at 3:36 pm

    YOUR SOOOOOOOOOOUL!

    *waves arms*

  82. 82.

    schrodinger's cat

    October 17, 2012 at 3:37 pm

    @Violet:She is an MGM, Mormon Mom gone mod.

  83. 83.

    dr. bloor

    October 17, 2012 at 3:38 pm

    @PurpleGirl: Mitt must have taken him to a cut-rate emergency room.

  84. 84.

    Steve Crickmore

    October 17, 2012 at 3:38 pm

    So glad to find out Balloon Juice commentators don’t judge others by their appearance, as our more superficial opponents are wont to.

  85. 85.

    cckids

    October 17, 2012 at 3:39 pm

    @cckids: Here’s the article, if anyone cares: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/fashion/the-dresser-behind-ann-romney.html

  86. 86.

    shortstop

    October 17, 2012 at 3:39 pm

    It’s not bad enough that y’all are libeling a good man, a decent man, a family man you should feel lucky has agreed to lead this nation and bring us back to good times, but now you’re attacking his children. I thought liberals were all about protecting the children. Hypocrites! What have those boys ever done to you except selflessly give up military service so they could serve America by helping their dad run for president?

  87. 87.

    Superking

    October 17, 2012 at 3:40 pm

    Tagg! You’re it!

  88. 88.

    Jay in Oregon

    October 17, 2012 at 3:40 pm

    @gocart mozart:
    “To Serve Women”?

  89. 89.

    shortstop

    October 17, 2012 at 3:40 pm

    @schrodinger’s cat: Gasp! There are more of them?!

  90. 90.

    cckids

    October 17, 2012 at 3:40 pm

    @schrodinger’s cat: Yes, I had the terms wrong. She’d probably look better if she just let him or someone dress her, at least she’d have a “look”.

  91. 91.

    schrodinger's cat

    October 17, 2012 at 3:40 pm

    @Steve Crickmore: BJ is a refuge for vicious jackals and has never been a bastion of civility, shall I get you a fainting couch?

  92. 92.

    Jay in Oregon

    October 17, 2012 at 3:42 pm

    @Steve Crickmore:
    No one is saying Josh Romney is ugly.

    We can’t help it if the ugliness in Josh Romney’s soul manifests in his facial expressions.

  93. 93.

    cckids

    October 17, 2012 at 3:43 pm

    @Steve Crickmore: We aren’t judging her by her clothing, we are judging the clothing itself. And it’s kinda hideous.

    Not that that is a clue to character; I know several people who dress like the dog’s dinner who are wonderful human beings. Ann Romney is not one of them.

  94. 94.

    West of the Rockies (formerly Frank W.)

    October 17, 2012 at 3:43 pm

    They all just look like privileged, self-satisfied, snugly-sheltered WASPS to me. (Is Wasp still an acceptable term? And, yes, I know that as Mormons, they sure ain’t WASPS.)

    “The rich are different from you and me….”

  95. 95.

    LittlePig

    October 17, 2012 at 3:43 pm

    @Joseph Nobles: Oh yeah. The likeness is uncanny.

    Was Mr. Landau a house guest about -insert Josh age – ago?

  96. 96.

    Chris

    October 17, 2012 at 3:44 pm

    @shortstop:

    It’s not bad enough that y’all are libeling a good man, a decent man, a family man you should feel lucky has agreed to lead this nation and bring us back to good times

    If Romney loses, I’m considering writing one of those generic “we regret to inform you you’re not hired” corporate letters and signing it “Sincerely, The People You Like Being Able To Fire.” Possibly to send to his campaign, post on Facebook, troll right-wing blogs with, or whatever.

  97. 97.

    Violet

    October 17, 2012 at 3:44 pm

    @Steve Crickmore: I don’t really care what Ann Romney wears, but everyone is judged by their appearance to a certain extent. Part of it is just biological–“are you one of us”– and unfortunately it’s just part of being human.

    People know Ann Romney has money. She’s in a very prominent position. So people wonder why she dresses so poorly. It’s clear her clothes are expensive, but they’re poorly chosen for her or by her. She could project a stronger image if she dressed differently.

  98. 98.

    cckids

    October 17, 2012 at 3:45 pm

    @Chris: Do it. Facebook it far & wide.

  99. 99.

    CW in LA

    October 17, 2012 at 3:47 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: I was thinking the love child of Dennis M. and Mahmoud Ahmedinejad.

  100. 100.

    Sly

    October 17, 2012 at 3:47 pm

    Josh just wants his tranya.

  101. 101.

    schrodinger's cat

    October 17, 2012 at 3:49 pm

    @shortstop: Well there are a lot of (internet) famous Mormon fashion bloggers, most of them are much younger than Ann though, they seem to think throwing together a lot of designer brands and pancake make-up is OMG fashun.

    an example

    and another one

  102. 102.

    Forum Transmitted Disease

    October 17, 2012 at 3:51 pm

    So glad to find out Balloon Juice commentators don’t judge others by their appearance, as our more superficial opponents are wont to.

    @Steve Crickmore: Shut the fuck up, you hideous loser. I’m willing to bet that it’s impossible to distinguish between your cheeks and your testicles.

  103. 103.

    PurpleGirl

    October 17, 2012 at 3:54 pm

    @Violet: People know Ann Romney has money. She’s in a very prominent position. So people wonder why she dresses so poorly. It’s clear her clothes are expensive, but they’re poorly chosen for her or by her. She could project a stronger image if she dressed differently.

    Exactly. You hit it on the head.

  104. 104.

    Citizen_X

    October 17, 2012 at 4:02 pm

    @Steve Crickmore:

    So glad to find out Balloon Juice commentators don’t judge others by their appearance, as our more superficial opponents are wont to.

    Are you kidding? If the look on that guy’s face doesn’t set off klanging alarm bells in your head, then 40 million years of primate evolution have gone to waste.

  105. 105.

    gogol's wife

    October 17, 2012 at 4:03 pm

    @BobbyMac:

    I love that picture. He’s about to pour that whiskey down Cary Grant’s throat and then send him out behind the wheel of a car down a winding mountain road. But Cary survives!

  106. 106.

    Citizen_X

    October 17, 2012 at 4:04 pm

    @zombie rotten mcdonald:

    Patrick Bateman seemed much more cheerful.

    He’s thinking, I can’t believe he got ecruuuu…

  107. 107.

    Highway Rob

    October 17, 2012 at 4:06 pm

    This must be the first time anyone, ever, has accused a Romney of having anything to do with soul. Don Cornelius is spinning in his grave.

  108. 108.

    Ben Cisco

    October 17, 2012 at 4:08 pm

    Got here late, just wanted to say:

    I approve of this post.

  109. 109.

    retr2327

    October 17, 2012 at 4:09 pm

    Amazed no one’s said it yet: if he stole my soul, that gives him one more than his father has.

  110. 110.

    MaryRC

    October 17, 2012 at 4:12 pm

    @schrodinger’s cat: I’m sorry I followed the link to the interview with the designer … so depressing when you come across this kind of stupidity. Of course he’s not going to say that he’ll vote Democratic when his major client is Ann Romney. But saying this about Romney …

    [Romney’s] not someone who’s just giving us B.S. and telling us what he thinks we want to hear. Yeah, this abortion issue offends me. However, I don’t really think that’s him in his heart, and it may be just the Christian right pushing him, but once he gets in, he’ll be the man he is and true to himself.

    Whatever that may be.

  111. 111.

    shortstop

    October 17, 2012 at 4:14 pm

    @schrodinger’s cat: I had no idea this was going on. This has been instructive.

    OT, now I keep thinking of Jeff Tweedy singing “One percenters…don’t know nothin’….about my soul….ABOUT MY SOUL.”

  112. 112.

    kindness

    October 17, 2012 at 4:21 pm

    My soul, eh? No offense to anyone out there but if that dude wants to play with my soul he’s never going to be able to go back into the Temple again. He will never again be able to look at an Elder and proclaim his innocence and faith.

    And that’s just from the banned fluids he’d pick up from me let alone the psychadelic moments from my past I would certainly push down his gullet of a brain. That man will be putty in my energy.

  113. 113.

    Steve Crickmore

    October 17, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    Sorry to spoil on the fun and satire. I suppose I do seem like a kill joy. More seriously ..(well some people really do take these type of photos seriously), there are several photos such as this, of Hillary Clinton, Queen Elizabeth, etc. which dwell on ridiculous lizard conspiracy theories. All are the consequence of the red eye or iris effect of the camera, which, in this photo, is even more pronounced with the bearded gentleman sitting the front row.

  114. 114.

    Hal

    October 17, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    @Keith:

    “Do not dare enter the Neutral Zone, or you will perish.”

    Ha, total Romulan. Must be here on an extended survey mission with his Android Mittbot.

    Also, was Michelle Obama there? I realized I haven’t heard anything about her reaction to the debate. Maybe Anne’s you people face distracted from that.

  115. 115.

    Matthew Reid Krell

    October 17, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    Careful; an image of a Weeping Angel will become a Weeping Angel itself.

  116. 116.

    aimai

    October 17, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    @kooks:

    Holy SHIT! Do you mean to tell me that Romney had the nerve to continue with his canned Fox news attack after Obama recounted meeting the bodies at Andrews Airforce Base? I’d seen the second half of the clip but not the first. If I’d been Romney I’d have vomited in my shoes after the first half. I can’t believe he pursued that line of attack. Nauseating.

    …does it sound funny for me to say thanks to everyone who posted the longer clip for me?

    aimai

  117. 117.

    daniel thomas macinnes

    October 17, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    SPOOOOOCK!!!!

  118. 118.

    LanceThruster

    October 17, 2012 at 4:32 pm

    Mrs. Spawn and Spawn Jr. are truly the stuff of nightmares.

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    JCT

    October 17, 2012 at 4:32 pm

    @Splitting Image: Yup — I got “The Omen” vibe from that pic as well. Music and all…..

  120. 120.

    mere mortal

    October 17, 2012 at 4:33 pm

    @Joseph Nobles:

    Yup, a spitting image of this still (the one on the bottom left):

    http://movieactors.com/actors/martinlandau.htm

    Which, if I recall, was just after Leonard and Vandamm had decided to drop Eve out of an airplane, that’s the look he gave her as she came down the stairs.

    Struck me immediately.

  121. 121.

    here4tehbeer

    October 17, 2012 at 4:36 pm

    American Beauty: Ricky Fitts.

  122. 122.

    1badbaba3

    October 17, 2012 at 4:41 pm

    @schrodinger’s cat: She’s trying way too hard with that outfit. I believe Stacy and Clinton would say dressing too young ages one terribly.

    Um, er, that’s what I’ve heard when my wife has it on. Yeah, yeah, I don’t watch, myself.

  123. 123.

    Linus

    October 17, 2012 at 4:42 pm

    DAMIEN (Remember Omen?)

  124. 124.

    1badbaba3

    October 17, 2012 at 4:48 pm

    @Zandar: (In best stern Queen Ann voice) STOP IT! You’re scaring the children.

  125. 125.

    LAC

    October 17, 2012 at 4:53 pm

    Ahhhhooos….DAMIMUS!!!!

    Jaysus, dude, what’s with the eye fucking with the Manson lamps? And her majesty just looked like there was a miscount of the silverware.

  126. 126.

    Patricia Kayden

    October 17, 2012 at 4:55 pm

    This post is hilarious! But no, Zandar, he doesn’t have my soul. I’m stronger than that.

    Mrs. Romney doesn’t looked too pleased, does she? Overall, a very bad night for The Bots.

  127. 127.

    LanceThruster

    October 17, 2012 at 4:55 pm

    Almost all the people in that audience shot remind me of the claymation figures Eastern block productions shown by Jean Marsh for KQED’s International Festival of Animation.

    All seem to have features tweaked as if for caricatures.

    Nothing against any of them as we all look like we look…but they do comes across as quite severe on the whole.

  128. 128.

    Patricia Kayden

    October 17, 2012 at 4:56 pm

    @Hal: Michelle was there and I saw her greeting attendees at the conclusion of the debate. Beautiful as usual.

  129. 129.

    schrodinger's cat

    October 17, 2012 at 4:59 pm

    @1badbaba3: Love Stacy and Clinton, don’t have cable so haven’t seen them recently. WNTW is one of TLC’s better offering, no shame in admitting to seeing it, its not like Honey Boo Boo or that show with elebenty kids. BTW if you get an opportunity you should watch the original British WNTW with Triny and Susannah.

  130. 130.

    GxB

    October 17, 2012 at 5:03 pm

    As diabolical as Joshh looks here, twenty bucks says what’s actually going through his mind at that moment is Gary Glitter’s Rock and Roll

    Bah-naaah nah nah-na-nah!

    – HEY!! –

    Nah Nah-nah!

  131. 131.

    JWL

    October 17, 2012 at 5:06 pm

    It’s probably been noted up-thread, but he also looks like a Vulcan.

    Recall that Spock was able to impose his will over an individual via a mind control technique from a certain distance away.

    Which explains why a secret service agent backstage was heard muttering over and over again, “Praise Allah”.

  132. 132.

    Elizabelle

    October 17, 2012 at 5:07 pm

    Josh does look like a Vulcan.

    And he does not like seeing his dad get pantsed on national TV.

  133. 133.

    MTiffany

    October 17, 2012 at 5:08 pm

    And that, ladies and gentleman, is the face the second coming of George W Bush has chosen to wear.

    It’s not too late to dodge that bullet — vote for Obama.

  134. 134.

    cmm

    October 17, 2012 at 5:08 pm

    That face does an amazing job of looking angry and petulant at the saame time. It is very…Joffrey.

  135. 135.

    DonkeyKong

    October 17, 2012 at 5:25 pm

    Needz moar Toccata and Fugue in D minor.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVJD3dL4diY

  136. 136.

    chuckieboy

    October 17, 2012 at 5:26 pm

    Here is an idea that will outdraw all of the debates and provide some most needed laughter to everyone who is exhausted from all this bullshit. Michelle and ann in a no holds barred street fight. I would pay to see Michelle take ann’s lily white fat loose ass to the woodpile.

  137. 137.

    sharl

    October 17, 2012 at 5:30 pm

    @LanceThruster: I loved that series! The animations were – no surprise – somewhat uneven in quality, but I consider even that something of a positive attribute. Lots of entertainment and education to be had there, and sometimes these two qualities were found in the same work.

    I need to check on DVD availability of those old shows.

  138. 138.

    CAfan

    October 17, 2012 at 5:52 pm

    Zander, Thanx for the pic of sour-faced Ann R.
    I’d noticed that shot last night. Wondered how to find it again to check that she looked as angry as I thought.

    Do you think that both spouses wearing pink was part of the debate rules? Could the debate commission be that idiotic?

  139. 139.

    Sammy

    October 17, 2012 at 5:52 pm

    @RinaX: Is Josh the son who took the illegal pages of notes from Mitt after the first debate? You know, those pages that Mitt tried to put in his right pocket the in his left before his son took them from him?

  140. 140.

    DonkeyKong

    October 17, 2012 at 6:08 pm

    “The heads. You’re looking at the heads. I, uh – sometimes he goes too far, you know – he’s the first one to admit it!”

  141. 141.

    LanceThruster

    October 17, 2012 at 6:21 pm

    @DonkeyKong:

    Hey, man, you don’t talk to the Willard Mechanism. You listen to him. The man’s enlarged my mind. He’s a poet warrior in the classic sense. I mean sometimes he’ll… uh… well, you’ll say “hello” to him, right? And he’ll just walk right by you. He won’t even notice you. And suddenly he’ll grab you, and he’ll throw you in a corner, and he’ll say, “Do you know that ‘if’ is the middle word in life? If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you”… I mean I’m… no, I can’t… I’m a little man, I’m a little man, he’s… he’s a great man! I should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across floors of silent seas…

  142. 142.

    LanceThruster

    October 17, 2012 at 6:37 pm

    @sharl:

    Me too. I loved the creativity of productions with little to no words to make them truly universal.

  143. 143.

    Visceral

    October 17, 2012 at 6:44 pm

    @Soonergrunt:

    His nose is off-angle. Anybody else notice that?

    Don’t worry; I’m sure they sued the breeder for that.

  144. 144.

    Dream On

    October 17, 2012 at 6:46 pm

    Bela’s not dead. Poor Bela.

    I think the Unmentionable Offspring looks very Hammer Film-worthy.

  145. 145.

    CitizenScientist

    October 17, 2012 at 7:28 pm

    @Shawn: Yes it does Shawn. You can’t look away or they’ll get you!

  146. 146.

    Tehanu

    October 17, 2012 at 7:31 pm

    @Splitting Image:
    Reminds me more of Principal Poop. “Those eyes! Weird!”

  147. 147.

    Jamey

    October 17, 2012 at 8:02 pm

    It’s this dude!

  148. 148.

    Brantl

    October 17, 2012 at 8:03 pm

    @Rosalita: Looks like a Vulcan with hemhorroids and fire-breathing diarrhea.

  149. 149.

    Brantl

    October 17, 2012 at 8:03 pm

    @Rosalita: Looks like a Vulcan with hemhorroids and fire-breathing diarrhea.

  150. 150.

    nellcote

    October 17, 2012 at 8:10 pm

    The pink outfits were a nod to breast cancer awareness month. The Prez was wearing a pink rubber bracelet.

  151. 151.

    PaulW

    October 17, 2012 at 8:32 pm

    IT’S THE DREAD PIRATE ROBERTS AND HE’S COME FOR OUR SOULS!

  152. 152.

    SiubhanDuinne

    October 17, 2012 at 8:40 pm

    @…now I try to be amused:

    Buntt, Balkk, Moundd, Astroturff.

  153. 153.

    g

    October 17, 2012 at 8:44 pm

    @Poopyman: No shit. He’s Patrick Bateman in the flesh.

  154. 154.

    Larkspur

    October 17, 2012 at 8:55 pm

    @Steve Crickmore: Steve, if I were a public person whose photo was always being taken, I’d have about a zillion opportunities to make fun of myself. It’s just a thing. You get a lot of photos taken, a certain percentage of them are going to be weird. I’m usually highly sensitive to wanton meanness, but I don’t think this is such a situation.

    Also, I think Josh bears a startling resemblance to Aimee Mann, and I love Aimee Mann. Also, cckids, Aimee appeared in a Buffy episode, although she was not a demon or a minion. Her line was, “I hate playing vampire towns”. I agree with you and am currently giggling.

  155. 155.

    lewp

    October 18, 2012 at 12:12 am

    Josh totally got that look from the Donald, who tried to use it against Obama at the White House Correspondent’s dinner last year. You know, when Obama was lauding Trump for firing Gary Busey instead of Meat Loaf, and how those were the types of decisions that would keep him up at night (as opposed to the decision to take out Bin Laden, which he’d basically just made). The Donald was giving him the same stone-faced-scowl-with-evil-eye look the whole time. And to similar effect.

  156. 156.

    Greyjoy

    October 18, 2012 at 12:13 am

    Some days it’s good to work in Photoshop for a living:

    http://tinyurl.com/8njh9zn

  157. 157.

    RadioOne

    October 18, 2012 at 12:38 am

    there are so many horror movie/tv show comparisons we could use with that picture of him, that I’m not even going to bother offering an example. Quoting Sarah Palin: “all of them, any of them.”

  158. 158.

    Paul in KY

    October 18, 2012 at 9:32 am

    @Steve Crickmore: Don’t be a prick, Crick….more.

  159. 159.

    halfcynic

    October 19, 2012 at 4:33 am

    @Violet: I think there’s something about the New England wealthy Republican WASP aesthetic that values the dowdy, played down look; i.e. it’s not just her. Money is important for its own sake, not to actually indulge in sensual pleasures. Also, style is…tacky.

    Mind you it doesn’t explain the Pepto pink: the signature shade should be that particular shade of faded clapboard grey-blue.

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