Ugh. Shiny plastic people. Did he steal these guys from Romney’s camp?
2.
middlewest
TPM has Romney and Santorum tied in OH right now.
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Mike in NC
ABC calls it for Frothy in OK and TN. Go Ohio!
4.
dmsilev
It doesn’t hold a candle to “It’s Raining McCain”.
5.
dmsilev
@middlewest: Google’s AP feed just updated to show Frothy in the lead with 11.5% reporting. Gonna be a long night.
6.
Schlemizel
Just accidentally saw the slimy amphibian speaking in Georgia. He claimed that during his presser today Obama was only worried about gas prices because it hurt his reelection chances. The guy is a genius in his own way – he turned an absolutely brilliant take down of FAUX News into something bad. His sheep sure were eating it up
Santorum wins Tennessee and Oklahoma WHY CAN’T MITT ROMNEY SEAL THE DEAL?!
Because he’s a robot who makes people uncomfortable?
OH OKAY THANKS
8.
jrg
The harmony sounded good, but the time spent putting this together might have been better spent reading some Vonnegut, or maybe on a mission trip to Saudi Arabia.
9.
Baud
I have to admit, between this and the Apple take-off ad, Santorum got the most artistically interesting ad campaign of the 4 GOP candidates. Who’d have thunk it.
10.
Gex
It’s funny. The GOP wants us to believe any one of these guys is better than Obama, yet the insist on demonstrating that they don’t actually like any of them.
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dmsilev
So where is our pet troll to tell us that Romney will seal the deal, take it to the bank guaranteed? It doesn’t seem like a primary night without cries of *VICTORY!*.
12.
Persia
Those girls are really, really white. Right down to the bullshit hipster feathered jewelry.
Ok, not a fan of David Frum, but his twitter feed is hilarious, very snarky. Wonder if he’s been drinking?
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Suffern ACE
@middlewest: I think someone forgot to unbar him for the evening. His first amendment rights were violated when he said something obnoxious about FLOTUS and we all got compared to the secret police protecting Madame Ceausescu for having none of that. I think he’s only allowed out on primary nights.
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dmsilev
Frothy’s lead is up to about 2.5%, with about 16% reporting. In other news, the Romney campaign announced that the candidate would be upgraded from Gingerbread to IceCreamSandwich next week.
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Emma
I will watch that ONLY after drinking enough vodka to puke it out of my mind.
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eemom
As for Gnoot, this little Georgia “victory” tonight might well be the very last of his entire fetid career. His swan song, as it were.
BTW, How smart was the Obama admin to do that press conference today? So now in every speech so far, the MSM plays POTUS answers to each issue brought up by candidates as comparison to the speech.
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Left Coast Tom
I couldn’t make it through that entire thing…do they have aspirin between their knees?
And why is my browser’s Reload button blinking on and off whenever this tab is active, doesn’t happen with any other tab and its pretty annoying having to time my clicks to the reload button’s spasms. FF 10/Mac OSX 10.6, if that helps.
Wow does it freak anyone else out how much Santorum’s daughter looks like Rick himself?
It’s kinda freaky right.
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Gex
@lamh35: I like how they complained about the timing. If this were hockey, they would demand the other team pull their goalie for the entire game or it’s unfair and impolite.
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Soonergrunt
@geg6: It’s too late for me but you can still save yourself!
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Left Coast Tom
…and immediately after clicking Submit on the ‘blinking reload’ complaint, reload is no longer blinking. Its been consistently blinking for days. Maybe I should complain more often.
Right now, La Caterina is dancing around my kitchen singings and dancing to this fetid piece of doggerel in a display of mockery unparalleled since Tina Fey doing Palin demonstrating the Pageant Walk.
Oh, God, I love my wife
43.
trollhattan
Pierce is twitter-twatting Rih’s speech.
We are a great country because people have the freedom to not have sex?
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WaterGirl
@dmsilev: Thank you, dms! Someone else had victory displayed in all caps, but not bold, and it just wasn’t right. :-)
Ok, not a fan of David Frum, but his twitter feed is hilarious, very snarky. Wonder if he’s been drinking?
He has actually seemed a bit better since he had his face/nerve thingy, possibly he grew some empathy for people having situations they can’t help and getting mocked for it.
47.
demimondian
I looked at the signs, and thought they read “Sanitorium”. Rick Sanatorium…yeah…I like it.
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Irving
This is hilarious. It’s beginning to look like Santorum’s going to take Ohio. Romney’s going to look like a disaster tomorrow if it happens. Anyone seen Veritas lately? Last I heard he was headed to The Blue Oyster for a stiff drink.
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Anoniminous
A heart warming song from the heartland sung by heartlanders celebrating God’s Chosen candidate who will lead the US back from the oppressive control of the IslamoCommieTerroristfromKenya. God bless those young people, these simple people of the land. The common clay of America.
You know… morons.
(and a hat-tip to Mel Brooks.)
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Jim, Foolish Literalist
jeebus teebow and beeber does Bananas Foster pay Rikki by the word for these speeches?
@Irving:
Has all of Romney’s counties come in yet?
I think it’s hilarious that over 150,000 people came out to the Ohio primary and voted for PBO (I believer there was some state-wide/local elections, but still)…wow!
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Soonergrunt
This post really does need the “I hate all of you” tag. Because that’s the only thing that explains him posting it.
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gbear
Is Romney going to make a habit of holding his victory parties in states that he though were sure-wins but turned out to be losses? He looked stupid enough at his Colorado party, now Ohio turns on him. Haha.
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MobiusKlein
they couldn’t even find one token?
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General Stuck (Bravo Nope Zero)
Sheat, is Sanitarium leading in OH. The devil is a grinnin’/
Seriously guy, David Frum is really snarky tonight.
Not easy watching your worldview die before your eyes. Go easy on him.
After watching Noot and Frothy give their victory speeches, I’m definitely stupider for it. I hope Rmoney already gave his, because if I accidentally sit though that I might forget how to drive to work tomorrow.
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Bondirotta
My heart is full. I feel joy and peace and a deep sense of contentment.
Mitt is so screwed – the Village is going to tear him apart. He may lose Ohio and he lost Georgia by 25 fucking points.
Obama is beating him in Virginia polls and is 30 points ahead in the slut demo.
I think he’s in Steubenville, which would be almost like home turf. Steubenville is in the Pittsburgh media market, so they would be familiar with him from his time as a rep and then senator here.
Looks like Romney is winning “his” territory but not by much and getting slaughtered everywhere else.
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Soonergrunt
OHIO: With 29% reporting – Santorum 39.2%, Romney 35.4% Frothy is actually expanding his lead.
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Bondirotta
LOL – Drudge cannot bear to say that Santa leads – he is calling the 3.6% lead “deadlock” right now.
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West of the Cascades
Wow – Nate Silver projected 72.7% for the Romneybot in Virginia and he ends up getting 59%. Paul seems to have taken 11 counties so likely he’ll get some delegates.
This could be a long night for Mitt and Ann, and not in the way Santorum would object to. Thank God they’re poor in spirit.
Add in the President looking like the only adult in the room on Iran earlier today, and it could be a pretty Super Tuesday indeed.
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Jim, Foolish Literalist
@geg6: and IIANM he fucked up his campaign and he’s ineligible for any delegates from the (congressional?) district. Has anyone heard: Is it possible for Santorum to win the popular vote and get screwed on delegates because of his ineptitude? That should set the fur flying.
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Baud
I need to go to bed, but I want to see them call OH for Rih!
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Anoniminous
Frothy has jumped to an early lead in North Dakota over Mittens 40% to 26% with 13% reporting.
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dmsilev
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN): One of the dKos front-pagers pointed out that the Ohio cities have only just barely begun to report, and Mitt might do better there than in less dense regions of the state. If that doesn’t prove to be the case, Romney’s fucked.
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Bondirotta
Mitt is speaking! He does not have the heart to wait for Ohio results.
He has to give a semi-concession speech since he is behind in OH.
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beltane
I think our friend Veritas/RC is over at DKos right now assuring everyone that Romney is going to seriously crush Santorum in Ohio once the votes from the cities are counted. As Santorum gradually pulls ahead, the troll grows ever more desperate.
Romney closes the gap a bit. 38.9% to 35.7% for Rih with a third of the precincts counted. It’s nice to see, but a 3.2% lead with this much of the vote still out is almost meaningless.
exit polls from Tennessee, 75% of voters said Religion matters to them and of those who voted Santorum won them 3 to 1. Romney’s religion problem again???
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Calming Influence
First you ask us to help support your sister’s MS ride, which we do gladly; and then you inflict this on us? Cruel, John. Very cruel.
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trollhattan
Aaaaand here’s Willard!
Has anybody noticed he’s as bad at naming kidz as Sarah(tm) and Tawd?
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demimondian
@dmsilev: Win! I wonder what kind of ARM he has in his head?
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Bondirotta
Mitt is pissed. This puppy is furious…. Look at how he clenches his teeth while smiling.
“There will be justice for the unborn,” sure, but what about the undead? Who stands for them?
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James B Franks
@greennotGreen: heh that’s the line that sticks with me too.
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Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Bondirotta: I think one of the under discussed aspects of Romney is his anger. He despises the Republican base and they’re making him grovel. He’s Nixon with better hair and money.
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jgaugust
Mittens’ speech pattern is really odd. He has this strange habit of licking his lips and making a strange popping sound at the beginning of each sentence. It’s actually pretty annoying and makes listening to him a bit difficult.
My favorite comment of the night is this description of Santorum at Wonkette:
Can you imagine being this angry at health insurance, at an inanimate object that is just trying to help?
Can you imagine?
That your life’s work is taking out a restraining order on the government, which is not even stalking you?
Sasha Issenberg, a journalist who has done extensive reporting on campaigns’ new uses of data and analytics, said the Obama campaign is leading the way. It takes a rigorous approach to testing the effectiveness of different messages, tracking results based not only on the message content but also the name given as the sender of the email, the subject line, the format, even the date and time of day the messages are sent.
Seriously, don’t underestimate just how competent the Obama campaign is, particularly in contrast to this lot. Messaging, debates, shit like that matters, but even more is the ability to organize volunteers, reach voters, GOTV, and campaign and spend money where it matters. If you want to know the one thing that appeals to me about Obama more than any other – it’s that.
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Bondirotta
46% in and the Santorum lead is rock solid 16’000.
It has not shrunk for the past ten points.
Mitt is beginning to remind me of Randall Flagg. Behind the smile there is this satanic melange of rage and gleeful arrogance.
I think one of the under discussed aspects of Romney is his anger. He despises the Republican base and they’re making him grovel.
Well, to be fair, the Republican base is easy to despise.
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freelancer
The lyrics, they are boggling!
For the first time since Reagan we’ll have protection for the unborn?!
God gave us the Bill of Rights! Yeah, a man you might know as James Madison had this to say about Religion:
Experience witnesseth that ecclesiastical establishments, instead of maintaining the purity and efficacy of religion, have had a contrary operation. During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What has been its fruits? More or less, in all places, pride and indolence in the clergy; ignorance and servility in the laity; in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution.
Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other sects?
That diabolical, hell-conceived principle of persecution rages among some; and to their eternal infamy, the clergy can furnish their quota of impas for such business…”
Woah there, Mr. Author of the Bill O’ Rights! Them’s fightin’ words!
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Jim, Foolish Literalist
@muddy: I could feel sorry for him, but he’s a nasty fuck underneath that Wink Martindale mask. Titling his book “No Apologies”, calling Obama “feckless” after supporting the Bush foreign policy for a decade and hiring all those neocons. Good thing the Iraq War was so long ago, and nobody remembers how it happened, or else people in the Village might notice Romney’s a dangerous fuck.
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Bondirotta
I swear he is blinking back tears with that rictus of a smile plastered on… Paging Douglas Sirk….
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JPL
Wouldn’t it be nice if one repub had folks standing behind them that actually looked like the nation at large. How many old white folks are there.
I am so proud of my first ever ratf*ck vote. Brown Eye Gravy Boy took Tennessee! Yay, me!
Unfortunately, he has no pledged delegates, here, and in a brainfart moment, I voted for all of The Ging’s delegates and the balance, Rick Perry’s. I should have voted for all of Ron Paul’s, and the balance, The Ging. Dang. I’m new at this.
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Old Dan and Little Ann
@jgaugust: My wife and I call that mayonnaise mouth. It’s a horrible affliction.
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eemom
C’mon Ohio. Come to Mama……
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amk
any good news for john mccain yet ?
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Calming Influence
That bass player is a Catholic Priest. I’d put money on it.
If this were hockey, Obama would have some enforcers skating at his side to knock the shit out of them when they tried to hit him.
Obama’s teammates keep arguing with the ref that no, Obama did *not* in fact score a goal.
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trollhattan
I will revel in wonder if “I will restore our triple-A credit rating” carries the day in November. So very populist–our Willard. Ooh, abolish the “death tax” and cut taxes for Job Creators(tm).
“And the DOD will be funded with unredeemed S&H Green Stamps.”
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Gex
@Omnes Omnibus: You owe me a new home office setup, dude. Soda. Everywhere.
don’t underestimate just how competent the Obama campaign is, particularly in contrast to this lot.
The political campaign establishment is famous for being behind the times — because politicians of all stripes are small-c conservative and don’t like bringing in people whose ideas haven’t been tested and proven to work, given that you can’t call a mulligan on an election.
Obama’s campaign team clearly brings the same data-driven skills to online campaigning (A/B testing, metrics and analytics) that are used in the broader world of marketing. These are people who take note of what Amazon or Google or Facebook is doing, not what Campaign X or Campaign Y did in 2002.
just clicking around to avoid most of this, I think Santorum and Romney have both promised to be a “president who tells the truth”. Do I want to know? What is Obama supposed to have lied about now?
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Redhand
RE this song:
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me!
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Bondirotta
There is this aura of sadness and melancholy around Mitt. Like he really wanted to be a figure skater and has sacrificed his dreams to avenge his father. He cannot project aggression and triumphalism. He just doesn’t have the piss and the vinegar.
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cbear
Cute girls, but God can’t be pleased with all that dirty dancing and shaking around–that’s how Satan gets them to drop the aspirin and start luring and enticing the menfolk.
I don’t have the sound on. He looks like he’s going to cry. It’s starting to fascinate me, I have no idea what he’s saying, but he tries to punch it up, but everytime he starts to lose tempo the the upbeat facial contortion slips.
I think his sadness is real, he knows he’ll never be what he was supposed to be. His daddy will never be pleased.
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beltane
@amk: The good news for John McCain is that he looks like King Solomon compared to the marchers in this year’s fail parade.
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Spaghetti Lee
Mitt Romney: “I want to congratulate Senator Santorum and Speaker Gingrich for their victories in-oh, fuck it, I can’t do this anymore! What’s the matter with you plebes!? This was supposed to be my turn to be president! Me! You useless fucking clods can’t even recognize my genius when you see it! Well fuck you, you’re all fired!” (Storms off.)
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garbo
What must this be doing to Mittens? He’s the magical Republican “next in line,” he has big bucks, the right look, a willingness to be whatever anyone wants him to be, everything should be going right, and it’s all so wrong. He’s underwhelming, a laughingstock on late night and he just can’t fucking close the deal.
Do I want to know? What is Obama supposed to have lied about now?
Oh, just…everything. If Obama said he had pancakes for breakfast the GOP candidates would be crawling over each other to say they’ll have bacon and eggs when they’re in charge, like a real president would.
“There will be justice for the unborn,” sure, but what about the undead? Who stands for them?
Thank you. This is exactly what I want to know too. As a largely indoor and decidedly pale person, I often get mistaken for an Undead American — and it’s no picnic, let me tell you. No one should have to through that kind of discrimination merely for being undead.
Well, I can’t know exactly what’s going on in Mitt Romney’s head, but I’m betting something along the lines of FATAL_ERROR.exe
But hey, perk up, Mittens! You won Massachusetts and Vermont, and we all know how crucial those states are in earning the trust of the GOP base.
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MosesZD
@lamh35: I’ve been saying that all along. You bring up Mormons around mid-western and southern voters and you’ll be ‘well informed’ to their ‘cultish, non-Christian’ status.
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dmsilev
Starting to tighten up in Ohio. Frothy up by 1.7%, 56% reporting. Whatever happens, Romney’s “I am inevitable” campaign theme is taking on water and is sinking fast.
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Anoniminous
Looks like Mittens lost another one.
56% precincts reporting in ND with Santorum 45%, Romney 25%.
The lack of signatures just gives you an idea of how non-existent his organization is. He would sweep Steubenville, all the media here say so and I agree.
And that just tells you what a pitiful candidate Mittens is. The crazy Opus Dei guy with no organization and no money (comparatively) is giving him a run for his money in a crucial state where Mittens spent lavishly.
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feebog
Mrs. Feebog had to go to reruns of Two and a Half Men. Otherwise, I might be sleeping on the couch tonight. Seriously, I haven’t had this much fun since my Boy Scout Pack lifted our Pack Leaders VW Bug onto a picnic bench.
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jgaugust
@freelancer: Ha. You’re quite welcome. I just hope people start to hear it and then compare speech patterns with Obama. It’s not a pretty thing.
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garbo
@Spaghetti Lee: Then shouldn’t we be seeing his blue face of death?
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General Stuck (Bravo Nope Zero)
After watching Obama’s presser today, I just don’t care who the goopers pick to run against the guy. He is the best politician in this country, and now is a seasoned and experienced POTUS, and we have our own Karl Rove with David Plouffe, who is actually better than Rove who shamelessly used 9-11 for a prop to electoral success.
Obama and co, are doing it with broader appeal than the Rovian 50 + 1 strategy that only worked by exploiting a national tragedy. What I saw today from our president was exquisite competence without a hint of excessive hubris, that was the hallmark of the Bushies.
Anything can happen between now and election day, and it is inherently dangerous for the country and world having one party of a two party superpower functionally insane. But momma never said it was all sugar plum fairies, and every day is a risk, if you are alive on planet earth.
sulfa, they are old school, and because they refuse to believe in evolution they don’t need any new fangled anti-biotics.
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RalfW
Nate Silver looks like he’s saying Dems (ratfvking or for real (?!?)) may be a factor in Ohio.
Veeeeery interesting.
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Laen
I have never posted before…relative newcomer to the forum. I played the video…I was waiting for the punchline…it had to be a joke…I was waiting for the punchline…the punchline never came! The punchline never came!
Run against an incompetent rich business leader with no charisma or credibility that can’t help but pander to the fringe?
…and who drops over $115M of personal money on her/his own campaign? Something that Mittens has yet to do, and that in any case has to be multiplied by 8 to have the same “effect”?
$115M times 8 is $920M…maybe Anne RMoney will get to live in her Cadillacs afterall.
I think one of the under discussed aspects of Romney is his anger. He despises the Republican base and they’re making him grovel. He’s Nixon with better hair and money.
I agree with the first two sentences, but Nixon’s hatred was never for the Republican base. It was people like Ovenmitt he loathed with a passion.
(Which explains why the public responded so well to him and is responding so poorly to Mittens).
@Martin: I thought the trick he’d learned was Run Against a Crazy Black Guy from Out of State Whose Eyes Bug Out So Far You Can See the Whites All the Way Around. Or was it Run Against a Wrinkled Caricature of a War Hero Who Has No Message and Panics When Confronted with Any Obstacle.
Down to a 6,000 vote lead with 75% of the precincts in. It’s gonna be tight.
“The suspense is killing me. I hope it’ll last.”
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cursorial
@Spaghetti Lee: Plus Washington state caucuses, and an underwhelming victory over Paul in Virginia. Someone should post a filtered delegate count if we only include representation from real America.
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Joel
Nate Silver is tentatively predicting that Romney wins in Ohio.
I love to hear folks who weren’t even born when he was President sing the praises of Ronald Reagan. It explains how bullshit is eternal.
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HG Hay
It needs a rap interlude. Are The Young Cons, or those “knicker” (WINK! WINK!) guys available. Maybe a remix is in the works.
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ginger
@jrg: Actually, they’ve gone overseas pretty much every single year. They’ve spent 9 months living in Libera, Africa on a mission trip, and no, that’s not the only one.
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Gex
Ugh. Shiny plastic people. Did he steal these guys from Romney’s camp?
middlewest
TPM has Romney and Santorum tied in OH right now.
Mike in NC
ABC calls it for Frothy in OK and TN. Go Ohio!
dmsilev
It doesn’t hold a candle to “It’s Raining McCain”.
dmsilev
@middlewest: Google’s AP feed just updated to show Frothy in the lead with 11.5% reporting. Gonna be a long night.
Schlemizel
Just accidentally saw the slimy amphibian speaking in Georgia. He claimed that during his presser today Obama was only worried about gas prices because it hurt his reelection chances. The guy is a genius in his own way – he turned an absolutely brilliant take down of FAUX News into something bad. His sheep sure were eating it up
Southern Beale
Santorum wins Tennessee and Oklahoma WHY CAN’T MITT ROMNEY SEAL THE DEAL?!
Because he’s a robot who makes people uncomfortable?
OH OKAY THANKS
jrg
The harmony sounded good, but the time spent putting this together might have been better spent reading some Vonnegut, or maybe on a mission trip to Saudi Arabia.
Baud
I have to admit, between this and the Apple take-off ad, Santorum got the most artistically interesting ad campaign of the 4 GOP candidates. Who’d have thunk it.
Gex
It’s funny. The GOP wants us to believe any one of these guys is better than Obama, yet the insist on demonstrating that they don’t actually like any of them.
dmsilev
So where is our pet troll to tell us that Romney will seal the deal, take it to the bank guaranteed? It doesn’t seem like a primary night without cries of *VICTORY!*.
Persia
Those girls are really, really white. Right down to the bullshit hipster feathered jewelry.
BruceFromOhio
There must be some hidden encoding in that vid, I suddenly feel like drinking tequila and blasting the Clash at full volume.
Better lip-synching, please.
geg6
Nuh uh. Nope. No way, Cole. Not.gonna.click.
middlewest
@dmsilev: The silence is deafening.
JPL
@Schlemizel: If you only read Drudge headlines, what else are you to believe…
Of course politifact will rate it half true.
Wilson Heath
Am I overly suspicious or was the length of Gingrich’s speech designed to give us alcohol poisoning?
Baud
@dmsilev: He gave us “VICTORY” but he’s also ruined so many good threads, I hope he’s found a new troll home.
trollhattan
Rankin’ Ronny Reagan trapped in a roundabout, that is a piece of dreck, if that’s not too insulting to dreck.
Oh there is hope for our nation a-gan
Maybe the first time since we had Ronald Ray-gan.
‘Ats as far as I got. Knuckles now sore from punching the computer.
greennotGreen
That vid broke my mouse, so I had to listen to it till I could get the cursor unstuck.
And God gave us the Bill of Rights? Is that in the New Testament or the Old?
lamh35
Ok, not a fan of David Frum, but his twitter feed is hilarious, very snarky. Wonder if he’s been drinking?
Suffern ACE
@middlewest: I think someone forgot to unbar him for the evening. His first amendment rights were violated when he said something obnoxious about FLOTUS and we all got compared to the secret police protecting Madame Ceausescu for having none of that. I think he’s only allowed out on primary nights.
dmsilev
Frothy’s lead is up to about 2.5%, with about 16% reporting. In other news, the Romney campaign announced that the candidate would be upgraded from Gingerbread to IceCreamSandwich next week.
Emma
I will watch that ONLY after drinking enough vodka to puke it out of my mind.
eemom
As for Gnoot, this little Georgia “victory” tonight might well be the very last of his entire fetid career. His swan song, as it were.
lamh35
BTW, How smart was the Obama admin to do that press conference today? So now in every speech so far, the MSM plays POTUS answers to each issue brought up by candidates as comparison to the speech.
Left Coast Tom
I couldn’t make it through that entire thing…do they have aspirin between their knees?
KG
@lamh35: Does anyone cover politics sober?
I don’t know how they’d be able to do that
Logan
Wow. It’s the Partridge Family without the plad and not enough drugs. I don’t think anyone has used that much hairspray since the 80’s.
S. cerevisiae
Not going to click either, the initial image is enough to keep me in the boat.
Sing a song of Santorum?
David Koch
Will I Am is an Obot
http://newsone.com/files/2012/02/obama_william.jpg
Left Coast Tom
And why is my browser’s Reload button blinking on and off whenever this tab is active, doesn’t happen with any other tab and its pretty annoying having to time my clicks to the reload button’s spasms. FF 10/Mac OSX 10.6, if that helps.
lamh35
Wow does it freak anyone else out how much Santorum’s daughter looks like Rick himself?
It’s kinda freaky right.
Gex
@lamh35: I like how they complained about the timing. If this were hockey, they would demand the other team pull their goalie for the entire game or it’s unfair and impolite.
Soonergrunt
@geg6: It’s too late for me but you can still save yourself!
Left Coast Tom
…and immediately after clicking Submit on the ‘blinking reload’ complaint, reload is no longer blinking. Its been consistently blinking for days. Maybe I should complain more often.
trollhattan
@Logan:
“Sants for Slutorum.”
hamletta
@Logan: Dude, the Partridge Family didn’t wear plaid; you’re thinking of the Bay City Rollers.
Just Some Fuckhead
I listened to it three times. If the santorum jokes are in there, they’re too subtle for me.
Baud
Santorum: The government wants to control you — I just want to control half of you.
trollhattan
Ricky’s speechifying somewhere, “Ladies and gentlemen, this is the beginning of the end of America.”
Fersure dude.
He just counted up all the little Santorums. Awww, lots.
In Ohio, I guess.
Johannes
Right now, La Caterina is dancing around my kitchen singings and dancing to this fetid piece of doggerel in a display of mockery unparalleled since Tina Fey doing Palin demonstrating the Pageant Walk.
Oh, God, I love my wife
trollhattan
Pierce is twitter-twatting Rih’s speech.
WaterGirl
@dmsilev: Thank you, dms! Someone else had victory displayed in all caps, but not bold, and it just wasn’t right. :-)
Egg Berry
@Gex:
If this were hockey, Obama would have some enforcers skating at his side to knock the shit out of them when they tried to hit him.
muddy
@lamh35:
He has actually seemed a bit better since he had his face/nerve thingy, possibly he grew some empathy for people having situations they can’t help and getting mocked for it.
demimondian
I looked at the signs, and thought they read “Sanitorium”. Rick Sanatorium…yeah…I like it.
Irving
This is hilarious. It’s beginning to look like Santorum’s going to take Ohio. Romney’s going to look like a disaster tomorrow if it happens. Anyone seen Veritas lately? Last I heard he was headed to The Blue Oyster for a stiff drink.
Anoniminous
A heart warming song from the heartland sung by heartlanders celebrating God’s Chosen candidate who will lead the US back from the oppressive control of the IslamoCommieTerroristfromKenya. God bless those young people, these simple people of the land. The common clay of America.
You know… morons.
(and a hat-tip to Mel Brooks.)
Jim, Foolish Literalist
jeebus teebow and beeber does Bananas Foster pay Rikki by the word for these speeches?
lamh35
wait, wait, Santorum’s own kid is yawning during this speech. He’s young though, but still.
Seriously guy, David Frum is really snarky tonight.
Oh and Romney may have won VA tonight, but Ron Paul seems to be getting 40% of the vote totals…WTF!!!!
dmsilev
@WaterGirl: One has to respect the classics.
Frothy’s lead is up to 3.5 percentage points. Maybe the Romenytronic decided to cut back on the Internet Troll budget.
Spaghetti Lee
DEFEAT!
Jager
I’m sure those singers were checked and certified by Santorum’s Virginity Police.
Spaghetti Lee
@lamh35:
Santorum and Gingrich were too incompetent to actually get their names on the ballot a few months back, so it was a two-man race.
lamh35
@Irving:
Has all of Romney’s counties come in yet?
I think it’s hilarious that over 150,000 people came out to the Ohio primary and voted for PBO (I believer there was some state-wide/local elections, but still)…wow!
Soonergrunt
This post really does need the “I hate all of you” tag. Because that’s the only thing that explains him posting it.
gbear
Is Romney going to make a habit of holding his victory parties in states that he though were sure-wins but turned out to be losses? He looked stupid enough at his Colorado party, now Ohio turns on him. Haha.
MobiusKlein
they couldn’t even find one token?
General Stuck (Bravo Nope Zero)
Sheat, is Sanitarium leading in OH. The devil is a grinnin’/
Martin
@lamh35:
Not easy watching your worldview die before your eyes. Go easy on him.
After watching Noot and Frothy give their victory speeches, I’m definitely stupider for it. I hope Rmoney already gave his, because if I accidentally sit though that I might forget how to drive to work tomorrow.
Bondirotta
My heart is full. I feel joy and peace and a deep sense of contentment.
Mitt is so screwed – the Village is going to tear him apart. He may lose Ohio and he lost Georgia by 25 fucking points.
Obama is beating him in Virginia polls and is 30 points ahead in the slut demo.
Bliss.
Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)
Mitt has to hope that his precincts are the ones not counted yet, because Rih’s lead is out to almost 4% with 29% of precincts reporting.
Or maybe the Ohio GOP plans to follow in the footprints of earlier states and lose some of the Santorum vote.
geg6
@trollhattan:
I think he’s in Steubenville, which would be almost like home turf. Steubenville is in the Pittsburgh media market, so they would be familiar with him from his time as a rep and then senator here.
Anoniminous
@lamh35:
Looks like Romney is winning “his” territory but not by much and getting slaughtered everywhere else.
Soonergrunt
OHIO: With 29% reporting – Santorum 39.2%, Romney 35.4% Frothy is actually expanding his lead.
Bondirotta
LOL – Drudge cannot bear to say that Santa leads – he is calling the 3.6% lead “deadlock” right now.
West of the Cascades
Wow – Nate Silver projected 72.7% for the Romneybot in Virginia and he ends up getting 59%. Paul seems to have taken 11 counties so likely he’ll get some delegates.
This could be a long night for Mitt and Ann, and not in the way Santorum would object to. Thank God they’re poor in spirit.
Add in the President looking like the only adult in the room on Iran earlier today, and it could be a pretty Super Tuesday indeed.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@geg6: and IIANM he fucked up his campaign and he’s ineligible for any delegates from the (congressional?) district. Has anyone heard: Is it possible for Santorum to win the popular vote and get screwed on delegates because of his ineptitude? That should set the fur flying.
Baud
I need to go to bed, but I want to see them call OH for Rih!
Anoniminous
Frothy has jumped to an early lead in North Dakota over Mittens 40% to 26% with 13% reporting.
dmsilev
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN): One of the dKos front-pagers pointed out that the Ohio cities have only just barely begun to report, and Mitt might do better there than in less dense regions of the state. If that doesn’t prove to be the case, Romney’s fucked.
Bondirotta
Mitt is speaking! He does not have the heart to wait for Ohio results.
He has to give a semi-concession speech since he is behind in OH.
beltane
I think our friend Veritas/RC is over at DKos right now assuring everyone that Romney is going to seriously crush Santorum in Ohio once the votes from the cities are counted. As Santorum gradually pulls ahead, the troll grows ever more desperate.
lamh35
Wow at least the speeches will be finished early. Wow Nate Silver says now Santorum is a slight favorite in OH. He’s maybe about 60-70% likely to win…
Baud
Romney doesn’t have enough states he calls “home” to win the nomination.
PurpleGirl
@Left Coast Tom: Are you kidding? The way they jump around, they must be sluts…
Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)
Romney closes the gap a bit. 38.9% to 35.7% for Rih with a third of the precincts counted. It’s nice to see, but a 3.2% lead with this much of the vote still out is almost meaningless.
muddy
@Soonergrunt: Sic.
David Koch
Ann Romney is a dirty, dirty minx. She so needs to be spanked.
geg6
This is fucking hilarious. Rih spent how much in Ohio media?
Everybody hates Mittens and his money.
trollhattan
@geg6:
Thanks, I was watching him on radio. :-)
Nate Silver:
Not enough popcorn in all of Iowa for this season.
dmsilev
@Baud: That’s easily solved. He’s got enough money to buy one home in each state, and then presto he’s the home-state candidate *everywhere*.
Can’t lose.
lamh35
exit polls from Tennessee, 75% of voters said Religion matters to them and of those who voted Santorum won them 3 to 1. Romney’s religion problem again???
Calming Influence
First you ask us to help support your sister’s MS ride, which we do gladly; and then you inflict this on us? Cruel, John. Very cruel.
trollhattan
Aaaaand here’s Willard!
Has anybody noticed he’s as bad at naming kidz as Sarah(tm) and Tawd?
demimondian
@dmsilev: Win! I wonder what kind of ARM he has in his head?
Bondirotta
Mitt is pissed. This puppy is furious…. Look at how he clenches his teeth while smiling.
trollhattan
Willard:
“I’m gonna get this nomination.”
Crowd:
“Is that why these checks are post-dated?”
Johannes
“There will be justice for the unborn,” sure, but what about the undead? Who stands for them?
James B Franks
@greennotGreen: heh that’s the line that sticks with me too.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Bondirotta: I think one of the under discussed aspects of Romney is his anger. He despises the Republican base and they’re making him grovel. He’s Nixon with better hair and money.
jgaugust
Mittens’ speech pattern is really odd. He has this strange habit of licking his lips and making a strange popping sound at the beginning of each sentence. It’s actually pretty annoying and makes listening to him a bit difficult.
Omnes Omnibus
@Johannes:
Dick Cheney.
muddy
I just always feel sorry for Romney. I don’t know why, it’s not really warranted. I just cringe for him somehow.
Bondirotta
Look at his left temple…. Six hairs are sticking out… This bot is slowly unraveling…
Baud
Is it just me, or does Romney look and sound really sad right now?
lamh35
@The Fix
trollhattan
Whoa, Willard just promised federal health care.
To veterans.
Carnacki
Game on? Game on? Motorhead
gbear
My favorite comment of the night is this description of Santorum at Wonkette:
Martin
@geg6:
And yet he couldn’t get enough signatures from voters to win any delegates there.
By contrast:
Seriously, don’t underestimate just how competent the Obama campaign is, particularly in contrast to this lot. Messaging, debates, shit like that matters, but even more is the ability to organize volunteers, reach voters, GOTV, and campaign and spend money where it matters. If you want to know the one thing that appeals to me about Obama more than any other – it’s that.
Bondirotta
46% in and the Santorum lead is rock solid 16’000.
It has not shrunk for the past ten points.
Mitt is beginning to remind me of Randall Flagg. Behind the smile there is this satanic melange of rage and gleeful arrogance.
lamh35
why does Romney’s eyes always looked red-rimmed like he had a big cry right before he came out?
trollhattan
I think they’re chanting, “Weenie Mitt, Weenie Mitt, Weenie Mitt!”
Gex
@Egg Berry: Ahhh. I love the image. That’s actually fair play still, so you know the GOP would cry about how uncivil it is and how very unfair.
dmsilev
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Well, to be fair, the Republican base is easy to despise.
freelancer
The lyrics, they are boggling!
For the first time since Reagan we’ll have protection for the unborn?!
God gave us the Bill of Rights! Yeah, a man you might know as James Madison had this to say about Religion:
Woah there, Mr. Author of the Bill O’ Rights! Them’s fightin’ words!
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@muddy: I could feel sorry for him, but he’s a nasty fuck underneath that Wink Martindale mask. Titling his book “No Apologies”, calling Obama “feckless” after supporting the Bush foreign policy for a decade and hiring all those neocons. Good thing the Iraq War was so long ago, and nobody remembers how it happened, or else people in the Village might notice Romney’s a dangerous fuck.
Bondirotta
I swear he is blinking back tears with that rictus of a smile plastered on… Paging Douglas Sirk….
JPL
Wouldn’t it be nice if one repub had folks standing behind them that actually looked like the nation at large. How many old white folks are there.
Jeffraham Prestonian
I am so proud of my first ever ratf*ck vote. Brown Eye Gravy Boy took Tennessee! Yay, me!
Unfortunately, he has no pledged delegates, here, and in a brainfart moment, I voted for all of The Ging’s delegates and the balance, Rick Perry’s. I should have voted for all of Ron Paul’s, and the balance, The Ging. Dang. I’m new at this.
.
Old Dan and Little Ann
@jgaugust: My wife and I call that mayonnaise mouth. It’s a horrible affliction.
eemom
C’mon Ohio. Come to Mama……
amk
any good news for john mccain yet ?
Calming Influence
That bass player is a Catholic Priest. I’d put money on it.
MikeJ
@Egg Berry:
Obama’s teammates keep arguing with the ref that no, Obama did *not* in fact score a goal.
trollhattan
I will revel in wonder if “I will restore our triple-A credit rating” carries the day in November. So very populist–our Willard. Ooh, abolish the “death tax” and cut taxes for Job Creators(tm).
“And the DOD will be funded with unredeemed S&H Green Stamps.”
Gex
@Omnes Omnibus: You owe me a new home office setup, dude. Soda. Everywhere.
Martin
@trollhattan:
Bold. The statistical processor give him a 83.2% of being able to implement that.
kay
Romney looks furious.
They should cut this speech short.
Jesus. His eyes are just glinting and his
jaw is all clenched.
pseudonymous in nc
@Martin:
The political campaign establishment is famous for being behind the times — because politicians of all stripes are small-c conservative and don’t like bringing in people whose ideas haven’t been tested and proven to work, given that you can’t call a mulligan on an election.
Obama’s campaign team clearly brings the same data-driven skills to online campaigning (A/B testing, metrics and analytics) that are used in the broader world of marketing. These are people who take note of what Amazon or Google or Facebook is doing, not what Campaign X or Campaign Y did in 2002.
freelancer
@jgaugust:
Goddamnit, now I can’t NOT hear it. Thanks for that.
And Another Thing...
@lamh35: I’ve wondered that too.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
just clicking around to avoid most of this, I think Santorum and Romney have both promised to be a “president who tells the truth”. Do I want to know? What is Obama supposed to have lied about now?
Redhand
RE this song:
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me!
Bondirotta
There is this aura of sadness and melancholy around Mitt. Like he really wanted to be a figure skater and has sacrificed his dreams to avenge his father. He cannot project aggression and triumphalism. He just doesn’t have the piss and the vinegar.
cbear
Cute girls, but God can’t be pleased with all that dirty dancing and shaking around–that’s how Satan gets them to drop the aspirin and start luring and enticing the menfolk.
burnspbesq
@Baud:
“Is it just me, or does Romney look and sound really sad right now?”
Romney is fully invested in the myth of his own inevitability. He’s having a what-do-you-mean-theres-no-Santa-Claus moment.
muddy
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
@Bondirotta:
I don’t have the sound on. He looks like he’s going to cry. It’s starting to fascinate me, I have no idea what he’s saying, but he tries to punch it up, but everytime he starts to lose tempo the the upbeat facial contortion slips.
I think his sadness is real, he knows he’ll never be what he was supposed to be. His daddy will never be pleased.
beltane
@amk: The good news for John McCain is that he looks like King Solomon compared to the marchers in this year’s fail parade.
Spaghetti Lee
Mitt Romney: “I want to congratulate Senator Santorum and Speaker Gingrich for their victories in-oh, fuck it, I can’t do this anymore! What’s the matter with you plebes!? This was supposed to be my turn to be president! Me! You useless fucking clods can’t even recognize my genius when you see it! Well fuck you, you’re all fired!” (Storms off.)
garbo
What must this be doing to Mittens? He’s the magical Republican “next in line,” he has big bucks, the right look, a willingness to be whatever anyone wants him to be, everything should be going right, and it’s all so wrong. He’s underwhelming, a laughingstock on late night and he just can’t fucking close the deal.
How does that not screw with your head?
trollhattan
@pseudonymous in nc:
Obama clearly ran a near-genius campaign in ’08 and I think he can pick up a trick or two from Jerry’s governor race in California.
Everybody is going to be sick to death of the Republican nom even before the convention.
Soonergrunt
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
That would be a nice change from both their political careers to date, so there’s that.
Anne Laurie
@lamh35:
He’s allergic to people who earn less than $250,000 a year… in capital gains.
Spaghetti Lee
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Do I want to know? What is Obama supposed to have lied about now?
Oh, just…everything. If Obama said he had pancakes for breakfast the GOP candidates would be crawling over each other to say they’ll have bacon and eggs when they’re in charge, like a real president would.
replicnt6
Wait, why are they singing Gay Mom?
JGabriel
@Johannes:
Thank you. This is exactly what I want to know too. As a largely indoor and decidedly pale person, I often get mistaken for an Undead American — and it’s no picnic, let me tell you. No one should have to through that kind of discrimination merely for being undead.
It’s shameful.
.
Spaghetti Lee
@garbo:
Well, I can’t know exactly what’s going on in Mitt Romney’s head, but I’m betting something along the lines of FATAL_ERROR.exe
But hey, perk up, Mittens! You won Massachusetts and Vermont, and we all know how crucial those states are in earning the trust of the GOP base.
MosesZD
@lamh35: I’ve been saying that all along. You bring up Mormons around mid-western and southern voters and you’ll be ‘well informed’ to their ‘cultish, non-Christian’ status.
dmsilev
Starting to tighten up in Ohio. Frothy up by 1.7%, 56% reporting. Whatever happens, Romney’s “I am inevitable” campaign theme is taking on water and is sinking fast.
Anoniminous
Looks like Mittens lost another one.
56% precincts reporting in ND with Santorum 45%, Romney 25%.
Kilkee
Wait. Did Romney say he’d cut everyones’ taxes by 20%? I’m +3, but still, he might be that insane.
freelancer
@dmsilev:
64% in right now:
Santorum: 276,526
Romney: 264,062
Santorum up 12,464 votes. It hasn’t been less than a 10,000 vote margin for the last hour or so.
geg6
@Martin:
The lack of signatures just gives you an idea of how non-existent his organization is. He would sweep Steubenville, all the media here say so and I agree.
And that just tells you what a pitiful candidate Mittens is. The crazy Opus Dei guy with no organization and no money (comparatively) is giving him a run for his money in a crucial state where Mittens spent lavishly.
feebog
Mrs. Feebog had to go to reruns of Two and a Half Men. Otherwise, I might be sleeping on the couch tonight. Seriously, I haven’t had this much fun since my Boy Scout Pack lifted our Pack Leaders VW Bug onto a picnic bench.
jgaugust
@freelancer: Ha. You’re quite welcome. I just hope people start to hear it and then compare speech patterns with Obama. It’s not a pretty thing.
garbo
@Spaghetti Lee: Then shouldn’t we be seeing his blue face of death?
General Stuck (Bravo Nope Zero)
After watching Obama’s presser today, I just don’t care who the goopers pick to run against the guy. He is the best politician in this country, and now is a seasoned and experienced POTUS, and we have our own Karl Rove with David Plouffe, who is actually better than Rove who shamelessly used 9-11 for a prop to electoral success.
Obama and co, are doing it with broader appeal than the Rovian 50 + 1 strategy that only worked by exploiting a national tragedy. What I saw today from our president was exquisite competence without a hint of excessive hubris, that was the hallmark of the Bushies.
Anything can happen between now and election day, and it is inherently dangerous for the country and world having one party of a two party superpower functionally insane. But momma never said it was all sugar plum fairies, and every day is a risk, if you are alive on planet earth.
MosesZD
I have new theme music for Mittens…
http://tinyurl.com/49x92d3
Anoniminous
@geg6:
Dimwit or DesertMint or something like that is Santorum’s man in Ohio and he said earlier today Romney dropped $12 million on the Ohio race.
Marcellus Shale, Public Dick
@Left Coast Tom:
sulfa, they are old school, and because they refuse to believe in evolution they don’t need any new fangled anti-biotics.
RalfW
Nate Silver looks like he’s saying Dems (ratfvking or for real (?!?)) may be a factor in Ohio.
Veeeeery interesting.
Laen
I have never posted before…relative newcomer to the forum. I played the video…I was waiting for the punchline…it had to be a joke…I was waiting for the punchline…the punchline never came! The punchline never came!
Martin
@trollhattan:
Run against an incompetent rich business leader with no charisma or credibility that can’t help but pander to the fringe?
Yeah, I think Obama picked up that trick.
Darnell From LA
Is it time for death yet?
West of the Cascades
off-color update – Santorum leading among Republican voters in Ohio’s Licking County, 41 to 33 percent.
Mike in NC
@Bondirotta:
True. But does Rmoney get any points for being utterly full of shit?
geg6
@Anoniminous:
Had to have been DeWine. Former senator and professional asshole.
Anoniminous
@geg6:
I knew it was something like that!
Thanks.
Left Coast Tom
…and who drops over $115M of personal money on her/his own campaign? Something that Mittens has yet to do, and that in any case has to be multiplied by 8 to have the same “effect”?
$115M times 8 is $920M…maybe Anne RMoney will get to live in her Cadillacs afterall.
Chris
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
I agree with the first two sentences, but Nixon’s hatred was never for the Republican base. It was people like Ovenmitt he loathed with a passion.
(Which explains why the public responded so well to him and is responding so poorly to Mittens).
Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)
@Martin: I thought the trick he’d learned was Run Against a Crazy Black Guy from Out of State Whose Eyes Bug Out So Far You Can See the Whites All the Way Around. Or was it Run Against a Wrinkled Caricature of a War Hero Who Has No Message and Panics When Confronted with Any Obstacle.
I lose track of all of Obamas tricks.
Mark S.
test
Chris
@Spaghetti Lee:
In Soviet Union, the help fires you! (Also in Republican elections, apparently).
Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)
Down to a 6,000 vote lead with 75% of the precincts in. It’s gonna be tight.
Chris
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN):
“The suspense is killing me. I hope it’ll last.”
cursorial
@Spaghetti Lee: Plus Washington state caucuses, and an underwhelming victory over Paul in Virginia. Someone should post a filtered delegate count if we only include representation from real America.
Joel
Nate Silver is tentatively predicting that Romney wins in Ohio.
Rick Taylor
I much prefer this version of game on.
SteveM
Is that Erick Erickson on bass?
And I like that there’s a shot of hands playing a piano when there’s no piano on the song. Or maybe the piano is playing John Cage’s 4’33”.
flukebucket
@trollhattan:
I love to hear folks who weren’t even born when he was President sing the praises of Ronald Reagan. It explains how bullshit is eternal.
HG Hay
It needs a rap interlude. Are The Young Cons, or those “knicker” (WINK! WINK!) guys available. Maybe a remix is in the works.
ginger
@jrg: Actually, they’ve gone overseas pretty much every single year. They’ve spent 9 months living in Libera, Africa on a mission trip, and no, that’s not the only one.