Mitt Rmoney is a pussy. And the White House is no place for cowards.

odinsposse: TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: The President is just going to troll the GOP from now until the election, and it's going to be amazing to watch.

Can you even imagine what the documentary of Obama's presidency in 20 years will be like? It'll be named "Barack Obama: A Presidency of Trololololol".

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well, he did need to re-energize his 'disenchanted base'. and did so while simultaneously firing up the spit flecked raging masses of homophobic social conservatives.
trololololo indeed. and perfect timing.
long game, he has it.

Flip-flop:

Obama: 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
Romney:UUUUUUU010101 0

See the difference?

MaudlinMutantMollusk: Did you ever have an almost over-powering urge to hunt someone down and slap the living shiat out of them?

Yeah, but I almost feel sorry for Romney: you know he'd love to be able to run as a moderate and crush Obama by saying "Everything Obama's done I did first", and I'm sure the party would like him to run as a moderate as they want to win, but the base has decreed that they want someone from the far right, which means Romney has to disown every position he's every held.

Something similar happened to McCain in 2004 and 2008: he wanted so badly to win he had to give up every ideal that made him a good candidate.

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Or...

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"Pantaloon Bomb Plot" was a nice touch. You get a "Funny".

Darned filter!

Shaggy_C: Mr. Obama turning an election that should be about the economic extremism of the Tea Party and Romney's cozy relationship with Wall Street into a "culture war" election about the gays while at the same time arguing for tax cuts hikes.

FTFM. The 'third rails' for Democrats are guns, religion, foreign policy, gays, and taxes. Don't talk about them in the general election; if anything, triangulate your position to prove that you're a right winger at heart. It's the opposite of Republicans, who can't talk about Social Security, exploitative big business, healthcare, or race issues.

Shaggy_C: Obama did do himself a disservice with the announcement. While the lib lib lib side of me is happy that he's supporting equality, the practical side of me sees Mr. Obama turning an election that should be about the economic extremism of the Tea Party and Romney's cozy relationship with Wall Street into a "culture war" election about the gays while at the same time arguing for tax cuts. Does he just want to piss away every single state outside of the Northeast and California? This should have been a slam dunk, instead he's just offering up red meat for the Republican base. For someone who ran such an effective 2008 campaign he is really floundering in 2012.

Concern troll much. Obama's position on this is negated with romneys position on this. Obama is one of the best political game players i have seen. Bill clinton wishes he had his ability to stand back and let the oppositiondo the work. Mittens is as serious a challenger as kerri, dukakis, or mondale. And those are just the candidates i actually experienced. Mitt has the problem of his flaws only being ignorable by the base. In actual campaigning he is very vunerable.

Pharque-it: See the difference?

it's ok if your a dem-o-rat???

what do I win??

A visit to obamacare death panel perhaps????????

Shaggy_C: Obama did do himself a disservice with the announcement. While the lib lib lib side of me is happy that he's supporting equality, the practical side of me sees Mr. Obama turning an election that should be about the economic extremism of the Tea Party and Romney's cozy relationship with Wall Street into a "culture war" election about the gays while at the same time arguing for tax cuts. Does he just want to piss away every single state outside of the Northeast and California? This should have been a slam dunk, instead he's just offering up red meat for the Republican base. For someone who ran such an effective 2008 campaign he is really floundering in 2012.

intentionally throwing them off the economy, which while still weak, is recovering and he has the upper hand on in the first place no matter how many right wing talking points try to spin it?
now the fundies can go off on this while he focuses on economic issues which will be the decider for indies who mostly couldnt farking care less who bangs who.
he might lose a few swing states he didnt need. according to colorado today, he might have just taken this state.

Shaggy_C: Shaggy_C: Mr. Obama turning an election that should be about the economic extremism of the Tea Party and Romney's cozy relationship with Wall Street into a "culture war" election about the gays while at the same time arguing for tax cuts hikes.

FTFM. The 'third rails' for Democrats are guns, religion, foreign policy, gays, and taxes. Don't talk about them in the general election; if anything, triangulate your position to prove that you're a right winger at heart. It's the opposite of Republicans, who can't talk about Social Security, exploitative big business, healthcare, or race issues.

Foreign policy is hardly a third rail this year. Perhaps in the past but not this time.

FreakinB: FirstNationalBastard: Why is it such a virtue in politics to have one opinion and never change that opinion, even though facts and reality show you that your opinion is totally incorrect?

That's what I never understood with the whole "flip-flopper" label. Why is open-mindedness a bad thing?

Of course I don't mean to include people who say whatever they think people want to hear. I'm talking about a legitimate change in a person's opinion.

Really, the "flip-flopper" label is supposed to apply to people who say whatever they think people want to hear; particularly, the type that will change opinions as often as they change clothes, and insist that the opinion they're telling you now is the one they've had their whole life. In other words, Mitt Romney.

However, politics is politics, so the attack dogs try to apply it to any possible change of position, regardless of how ill it fits.

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Shaggy_C: Pharque-it: See the difference?

it's ok if your a dem-o-rat???

what do I win??

A visit to obamacare death panel perhaps????????

Did you forget to log in as Winterwhile?

lockers: Concern troll much. Obama's position on this is negated with romneys position on this. Obama is one of the best political game players i have seen.

How is it negated, exactly? There's now a clear dividing line between the two sides; past positions count for a lot less than current arguments.

Markoff_Cheney: now the fundies can go off on this while he focuses on economic issues which will be the decider for indies who mostly couldnt farking care less who bangs who.

These same "fundies" delivered an anti-gay amendment in California. Farking California. As in the most progressive state in the union. You're seriously underestimating the amount of bigotry in this country.

HeartBurnKid: Shaggy_C: Pharque-it: See the difference?

it's ok if your a dem-o-rat???

what do I win??

A visit to obamacare death panel perhaps????????

Did you forget to log in as Winterwhile?

Holy crap, it all makes sense now...

Sabyen91: Foreign policy is hardly a third rail this year. Perhaps in the past but not this time.

It's a third rail for Romney, who has no foreign policy experience and who will pick a running mate who has none.

Obama killed bin Laden. No need to say more.

HeartBurnKid: Did you forget to log in as Winterwhile?

Whoops! Never would have guessed that Shaggy was Winterwhile.

/they're both on ignore

Sabyen91: Foreign policy is hardly a third rail this year. Perhaps in the past but not this time.

Yeah, I was thinking that as I typed it - though, you have to admit, the militant stance Obama has taken with regards to Al Qaeda is definitely a great example of going to the right of the Republican party to beat them at their own game. That's no traditional Democratic plank!

Sabyen91: Holy crap, it all makes sense now...

Best part?... FOREVER.

Shaggy_C: Obama did do himself a disservice with the announcement. While the lib lib lib side of me is happy that he's supporting equality, the practical side of me sees Mr. Obama turning an election that should be about the economic extremism of the Tea Party and Romney's cozy relationship with Wall Street into a "culture war" election about the gays while at the same time arguing for tax cuts. Does he just want to piss away every single state outside of the Northeast and California? This should have been a slam dunk, instead he's just offering up red meat for the Republican base. For someone who ran such an effective 2008 campaign he is really floundering in 2012.

Iowa

Shaggy_C: Sabyen91: Foreign policy is hardly a third rail this year. Perhaps in the past but not this time.

Yeah, I was thinking that as I typed it - though, you have to admit, the militant stance Obama has taken with regards to Al Qaeda is definitely a great example of going to the right of the Republican party to beat them at their own game. That's no traditional Democratic plank!

Perhaps but Obama has shown efficiency in the "War on Terror". And really, the Republican dominance on national security is quite new. It started with Reagan. While that is a lifetime for most it is also a very short time in human and even American history.

/Plus, most of it is perception but I suppose that is all that counts.

I blew out my flip-flop
Stepped on a pop-top
Cut my heel had to cruise on back home
But there's booze in the blender
And soon it will render
That frozen concoction that helps me hang on

Fluorescent Testicle: Sabyen91: Holy crap, it all makes sense now...

Best part?... FOREVER.

Forever ignored :). I just don't get why people love responding to that guy.

lockers: Obummer: floppin this mofu country up down and on the flipside.

What's next? Is he going to decide that he'll skip the pizza cheese as an appitzer?

Huh?

HeartBurnKid: Did you forget to log in as Winterwhile?

I'd call it an homage, actually. You have to admit, only a true genius could come up with the knee-slappers like 'best part forever' and 'did they cut spending'. The crappily modified images too? I'm truly in awe; I wish I could troll that awesomely. I just mimic it for fun, sort of like dropping a 'pet peeve'. It's practically a Politics tab meme now as far as I'm concerned.

I'm winterwhile

Have been forever

Haiku Demon-rats............

Shaggy_C: HeartBurnKid: Did you forget to log in as Winterwhile?

I'd call it an homage, actually. You have to admit, only a true genius could come up with the knee-slappers like 'best part forever' and 'did they cut spending'. The crappily modified images too? I'm truly in awe; I wish I could troll that awesomely. I just mimic it for fun, sort of like dropping a 'pet peeve'. It's practically a Politics tab meme now as far as I'm concerned.

Nice save.

Shaggy_C: lockers: Concern troll much. Obama's position on this is negated with romneys position on this. Obama is one of the best political game players i have seen.

How is it negated, exactly? There's now a clear dividing line between the two sides; past positions count for a lot less than current arguments..

Obama wasn't against it like romney is against it, yet romney was for it like obama was for it. This is clearly an instance of bsabsvr. You should be able to see that.

What the heck are the Republicans running on?
- War on women?
- War on gays?
- War on tolerance?
- War on the poor?
- War on the sick?
- WTF?

Tell me!

Sabyen91: /Plus, most of it is perception but I suppose that is all that counts.

The wonderful phrase "conventional wisdom" really represents everything wrong with American politics since the late 1970s. I suppose it was inevitable; with the birth of modern advertising in the years leading up to it, it was only a matter of time before the big money Republican propaganda machine took to using the same methods...

Sabyen91: HeartBurnKid: Shaggy_C: Pharque-it: See the difference?

it's ok if your a dem-o-rat???

what do I win??

A visit to obamacare death panel perhaps????????

Did you forget to log in as Winterwhile?

Holy crap, it all makes sense now...



/my.....GOD

And do not say tax-cuts! I will come after you!

Shaggy_C: Sabyen91: /Plus, most of it is perception but I suppose that is all that counts.

The wonderful phrase "conventional wisdom" really represents everything wrong with American politics since the late 1970s. I suppose it was inevitable; with the birth of modern advertising in the years leading up to it, it was only a matter of time before the big money Republican propaganda machine took to using the same methods...

Citizens United pushed the accelerator to the floor. You guys are going to hate this round of political ads. Here in Wisconsin they have been non-stop because of the recalls. And 95% of them are pro-Walker. If Barrett wins my faith in humanity will be restored and if he doesn't I know any position can be bought.

rynthetyn: Obama just solidified a base that's been feeling disgruntled, meanwhile, Romney is forced to run even farther right and to lose the middle completely. What's not to like?

I really don't get why they aren't gruntled.

lockers: Obama wasn't against it like romney is against it, yet romney was for it like obama was for it. This is clearly an instance of bsabsvr. You should be able to see that.

You lost me at "against it before I was for it". You really think Joe Six Pack is going to go to that much detail when making their decision? I'm thinking in best case, the nation ignores the issue since it's largely out of the president's hands; worst case, we get a redux of the 2000 election, where the "faith and values and moderation in all else" beats "moderation".

brainiac-dumdum: lockers: Obummer: floppin this mofu country up down and on the flipside.

What's next? Is he going to decide that he'll skip the pizza cheese as an appitzer?

Huh?

I don't make up the outrage, i just mock it.

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If you knew how much I hated Crocs that wouldn't seem silly to you.

Shaggy_C: lockers: Concern troll much. Obama's position on this is negated with romneys position on this. Obama is one of the best political game players i have seen.

How is it negated, exactly? There's now a clear dividing line between the two sides; past positions count for a lot less than current arguments.

Markoff_Cheney: now the fundies can go off on this while he focuses on economic issues which will be the decider for indies who mostly couldnt farking care less who bangs who.

These same "fundies" delivered an anti-gay amendment in California. Farking California. As in the most progressive state in the union. You're seriously underestimating the amount of bigotry in this country.

never. again, mormons in utah funding blah blah. i dont underestimate this countrys ability to rise above bigotry and do whats right.

Sabyen91: Fluorescent Testicle: Sabyen91: Holy crap, it all makes sense now...

Best part?... FOREVER.

Forever ignored :). I just don't get why people love responding to that guy.

i rarely post, but when i do, im just as bored as the trolls. its a art.

Shaggy_C: lockers: Obama wasn't against it like romney is against it, yet romney was for it like obama was for it. This is clearly an instance of bsabsvr. You should be able to see that.

You lost me at "against it before I was for it". You really think Joe Six Pack is going to go to that much detail when making their decision? I'm thinking in best case, the nation ignores the issue since it's largely out of the president's hands; worst case, we get a redux of the 2000 election, where the "faith and values and moderation in all else" beats "moderation".

I don't think joe six pack is who he is campaigning to. If you thought his last campaign was such a work of art neither should you. That phrase refers to the palin supporters, none of whichwould ever vote for a candidate on issues. It's a non-issue.

Markoff_Cheney: i rarely post, but when i do, im just as bored as the trolls. its a art.

Oh, hell, I remember talking to you late at night. I am just as guilty, I suppose.

Sabyen91: Citizens United pushed the accelerator to the floor. You guys are going to hate this round of political ads. Here in Wisconsin they have been non-stop because of the recalls. And 95% of them are pro-Walker. If Barrett wins my faith in humanity will be restored and if he doesn't I know any position can be bought.

Careful there...I think there's a certain tendency for those of us on the left to forget that there's actual people out there pulling the levers. Advertising alone doesn't decide elections. I like to give people the benefit of the doubt that they're not just mindless consumers but then again Taco Bell stays in business so I suppose there's some that just can't be helped. I still think the solution is less democracy, not more of it. If you could get people to focus on their local representatives instead of distracting them with talk of foreign policy, macroeconomics, and federal civil rights, you would have a lot stronger democracy. I bet most people can't even name the members of their town council but all of them can tell you why Obama/Romney is an idiot. A shame.

Shaggy_C: Sabyen91: Citizens United pushed the accelerator to the floor. You guys are going to hate this round of political ads. Here in Wisconsin they have been non-stop because of the recalls. And 95% of them are pro-Walker. If Barrett wins my faith in humanity will be restored and if he doesn't I know any position can be bought.

Careful there...I think there's a certain tendency for those of us on the left to forget that there's actual people out there pulling the levers. Advertising alone doesn't decide elections. I like to give people the benefit of the doubt that they're not just mindless consumers but then again Taco Bell stays in business so I suppose there's some that just can't be helped. I still think the solution is less democracy, not more of it. If you could get people to focus on their local representatives instead of distracting them with talk of foreign policy, macroeconomics, and federal civil rights, you would have a lot stronger democracy. I bet most people can't even name the members of their town council but all of them can tell you why Obama/Romney is an idiot. A shame.

When ads are 20 to 1 I have no faith. I am thrilled that my people beat the hell out of the fake Dems in Wisconsin but the real Dems don't have the resources to beat the Republicans. Like I said, if the Dems win in the recall my faith will be restored. Everything is stacked against them.

rynthetyn: Sabyen91: rynthetyn: Obama just solidified a base that's been feeling disgruntled, meanwhile, Romney is forced to run even farther right and to lose the middle completely. What's not to like?

I really don't get why they aren't gruntled.

I've been around politics for far too long to get disgruntled, but there are so many people who were new to the game in 2008 I can see why they're surprised that not as much has happened as they'd like. I fully expected the last 3 1/2 years to play out roughly as they have, a lot of people were politically naive and didn't have a clue just how nasty and gridlocked things get.

If I were gay I would be thrilled with Obama. Granted I am closing in on 40 and I remember 6 presidents. I think liberals (which I consider myself) are really farking hard to please.

lockers: I don't think joe six pack is who he is campaigning to. If you thought his last campaign was such a work of art neither should you. That phrase refers to the palin supporters, none of whichwould ever vote for a candidate on issues. It's a non-issue.

I don't think his last campaign was really so artful; he couldn't close the door on Hillary for months and was running pretty close with McCain (behind for a while, even) up until the economy went into the shiatter. Considering that the Republican brand was absolutely dreadful in 2008, it should have been a complete blowout. It ended up being one in the electoral college, but the popular vote was still a bit close for comfort. I don't get the "Obama is a master campaigner" stuff, I guess. The media really doesn't like him very much.