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[Tim-E]

Christie v. Biden would be one of the most entertaining debates in history.

 

[Amir0x]

Talking points memo has a timeline of how Romney's month went

boy does it look hilarious when put in a form like that:

Link

 

[thezerofire]

Talking points memo has a timeline of how Romney's month went

boy does it look hilarious when put in a form like that:

Link

The "I have paid taxes, and lots of taxes" line is so bad

 

[ezekial45]

Federal Judge Allow Military Groups To Intervene In Obama’s Ohio Early Voting Lawsuit

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/federal-judge-allow-military-groups-to-intervene-in

The word 'intervene' is throwing me off. Can anyone explain this to me in another way?

 

[Here_Try_This]

Thought this was somewhat amusing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs7Y9iYf_uk

I was having a bad day until i saw this. thanks.

Flamin' cheerios look dangerous. The Napalm of cereal.

 

[pigeon]

The word 'intervene' is throwing me off. Can anyone explain this to me in another way?

Groups or parties that have an interest in the outcome of a lawsuit are allowed to file a petition to intervene by alleging that their interest is not represented by any of the parties already involved in the suit. This allows them to present evidence, call witnesses, and otherwise argue their position before the judge. In this case, the military groups wish to join the defendant's side, and both the Ohio Democrats and the Ohio AG support them doing so, so this isn't exactly a huge shocker.

 

[Aaron Strife]

The "I have paid taxes, and lots of taxes" line is so bad

I don't recall exactly the amount of taxes I've paid, but I stand by a statement I've made in the past claiming I've paid them.

 

[RDreamer]

The "I have paid taxes, and lots of taxes" line is so bad

That line is what has me wondering, actually. If he did release them you know the republicans would just run on the sheer dollar amount he paid in order to counteract the percent argument the dems put up. What makes me wonder is... Why is that not happening? Why not release them and go that route... Unless even in sheer dollar amounts he didnt pay crap.

 

[Tim-E]

I love Romney's hardware store/grocery store photo ops. "Hey! Look! I'm just like you!"

I'll bet Romney hasn't shopped for himself in a grocery store since the 70s.

 

[Oblivion]

Should be fun seeing the righties defend this:

http://leanforward.msnbc.com/_news/...ghan-hospitals-auschwitz-like-conditions?lite

 

[Black Republican]

if someone had the romney tax leak, do it before or after gop convention?

 

[Tim-E]

if someone had the romney tax leak, do it before or after gop convention?

After, no doubt

 

[The Technomancer]

I love Romney's hardware store/grocery store photo ops. "Hey! Look! I'm just like you!"

I'll bet Romney hasn't shopped for himself in a grocery store since the 70s.

The whole "7/11 cookies" fiasco was hilarious. It was like the whole "George Bush asking what a grocery scanner is" except that the cookie thing was real

 

[RDreamer]

if someone had the romney tax leak, do it before or after gop convention?

During lol

 

[Tamanon]

Somewhere Kosmo is squirming in sheer mental anguish, unable to post the response this post is calling for, nay, crying out for!

I wonder what that response would've been? Oh well.

Michelle Obama, Target, Arugula

The rest is Mad Libs.

 

[Aaron Strife]

That line is what has me wondering, actually. If he did release them you know the republicans would just run on the sheer dollar amount he paid in order to counteract the percent argument the dems put up. What makes me wonder is... Why is that not happening? Why not release them and go that route... Unless even in sheer dollar amounts he didnt pay crap.

Because he probably really only did pay 0% in a couple years.

 

[RustyNails]

Kosmo's new tag should be Lysol Wipes, if he ever comes back

 

[thezerofire]

The whole "7/11 cookies" fiasco was hilarious. It was like the whole "George Bush asking what a grocery scanner is" except that the cookie thing was real

I wasn't paying too much attention at this point, what was so controversial about it? Can't you get stuff like Chips Ahoy at 7/11? I'm fairly certain I have before

 

[bananas]

I wasn't paying too much attention at this point, what was so controversial about it? Can't you get stuff like Chips Ahoy at 7/11? I'm fairly certain I have before

Some woman made cookies and Mitt Romney was like "Nah, bitch. Dat's dat 7/11 shit."

 

[Aaron Strife]

I wasn't paying too much attention at this point, what was so controversial about it? Can't you get stuff like Chips Ahoy at 7/11? I'm fairly certain I have before

He went to a bakery for a campaign stop and asked the woman if she really baked her cookies or if she got them from 7/11.

And when she said she baked them he was like "Nah, these taste like 7/11"

 

[thezerofire]

Some woman made cookies and Mitt Romney was like "Nah, bitch. Dat's dat 7/11 shit."

He went to a bakery for a campaign stop and asked the woman if she really baked her cookies or if she got them from 7/11.

And when she said she baked them he was like "Nah, these taste like 7/11"

Oh. That's very different then. Pretty messed up to talk shit on someone's homemade cooking

 

[The Librarian]

I know I said I wouldn't be back until September or about there, but Brian Beutler posted the tweet of the decade earlier today.

 

[RustyNails]

Oh. That's very different then. Pretty messed up to talk shit on someone's homemade cooking

But he wasn't shitting on that lady's cooking. He was trying to be folksy and charming!

Thus, Relatable Romney meme was born

 

[Stinkles]

He went to a bakery for a campaign stop and asked the woman if she really baked her cookies or if she got them from 7/11.

And when she said she baked them he was like "Nah, these taste like 7/11"

Not that what really happened was much better, but what he actually said, to some 'workin men' at a picnic photo opp was more like, 'did you get these from the local 7/11 bakery?' although they were home made by one of the blue collar proles' wives. What he apparently blabbered out through his out of touch noise hole was zero understanding of where cookies come from, or what a 711 bakery is. It wasn't an insult, it was worse, it was a complete disconnection from any kind of reality whatsoever. He doesn't know what is inside a 711, or that real people bake cookies, or any number of normal human experiences.

 

[Tim-E]

One of my favorites was Romney's "I like cheesy grits" line. He might as well have thrown a "y'all" in there.

 

[Amir0x]

I know I said I wouldn't be back until September or about there, but Brian Beutler posted the tweet of the decade earlier today.

pfft NASA didn't build that

 

[B-Dubs]

One of my favorites was Romney's "I like cheesy grits" line. He might as well have thrown a "y'all" in there.

He did, well a few days later.

 

[Tamanon]

Obama, at fundraiser in CT, says of GOP economic plan: "It’s like Robin Hood in reverse. It’s Romney Hood."

https://twitter.com/OKnox

I like it.

 

[Four_Chamber]

https://twitter.com/OKnox

I like it.

That's brilliant

 

[TacticalFox88]

https://twitter.com/OKnox

I like it.

.....


That's brilliant! How did I never think of that? hahahaha

 

[B-Dubs]

https://twitter.com/OKnox

I like it.

That's hilarious!

 

[scorcho]

PD's still peddling idiocy about Obama's birth certificate?

Quick, does Hillary still have a chance to enter the race and surprise us at the convention?

 

[The Technomancer]

Not that what really happened was much better, but what he actually said, to some 'workin men' at a picnic photo opp was more like, 'did you get these from the local 7/11 bakery?' although they were home made by one of the blue collar proles' wives. What he apparently blabbered out through his out of touch noise hole was zero understanding of where cookies come from, or what a 711 bakery is. It wasn't an insult, it was worse, it was a complete disconnection from any kind of reality whatsoever. He doesn't know what is inside a 711, or that real people bake cookies, or any number of normal human experiences.

This is basically what happened. It was like you could see inside his brain: "7/11, thats where poor people buy food, right?"

 

[Amir0x]

you guys need to stop letting PhoenixDark push your pressure points, if it isn't transparently obvious he's just trying to get a rise out of liberalGAF at this point I don't know what he could do to prove it

 

[ezrarh]

It is pretty surprising how badly the GOP has been losing the political narrative for the last few months. They've always had shitty policies, but were generally pretty good at the game of thro.....errr politics. Maybe the party has finally been saturated by too many dumbasses for the rational ones to be able to handle. Either that or the demographics shift that liberals have been foretelling for the past 2 decades is finally coming into effect.

I think it's much harder for the GOP message to resonate with people nowadays. That and Romney's advisers seem to be generally incompetent. Just look at that counter commercial to the Firms ad by Obama so maybe you're right and the genuinely capable are in short supply but that's wishful thinking. There's no way the GOP sent him out to fail with the current state of the economy. It has to be a combination of Obama's great political campaign team and Romney's incompetence.

 

[Plinko]

https://twitter.com/OKnox

I like it.

Wow.

Break out the ads.

 

[speculawyer]

The word 'intervene' is throwing me off. Can anyone explain this to me in another way?

I suspect they are able to submit Amicus briefs. Basically, they just get to provide a brief with their point of view.

 

[Manos: The Hans of Fate]

Still not exactly right. It is "Are you still beating your wife?"

That was actually a specific example in evidence class for things you can't do.lol

you guys need to stop letting PhoenixDark push your pressure points, if it isn't transparently obvious he's just trying to get a rise out of liberalGAF at this point I don't know what he could do to prove it

I thought that was my job?

 

[AniHawk]

I thought that was my job?

i thought you were the eye candy

 

[Hop]

i thought you were the eye candy

I thought I was the eye candy. That's why I don't talk much. o_o

 

[Amir0x]

besides there's so few people that try to push liberalGAF's buttons around here, more than one person can have that job

more the merrier i say

poligaf got really boring after a few of the louder ones got banned

 

[AniHawk]

I thought I was the eye candy. That's why I don't talk much. o_o

well we don't pay you to talk. we pay you to dance.

 

[Chumly]

besides there's so few people that try to push liberalGAF's buttons around here, more than one person can have that job

more the merrier i say

poligaf got really boring after a few of the louder ones got banned

We keep losing people! First we had the confederate flag flier, then people in south Carolina didn't want Mexicans......

 

[Wilsongt]

https://twitter.com/OKnox

I like it.

So nice to know our president has jokes. Good jokes.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Bullshit. Republicans pull that crap all the time. The most famous example is asking Michael Dukakis if he'd be in favor of the death penalty if he watched his wife and children get murdered.

So because a democrat is doing it now, it's ok? The fact remains Reid has NO evidence, and the burden of proof rests in his hands to prove the information he has is correct.

And yes, the birther example stands because in both cases you have people demanding someone produce evidence to prove their innocence.

 

[Dram]

We keep losing people! First we had the confederate flag flier, then people in south Carolina didn't want Mexicans......

What was the name of that Republican poster that flipped out and got banned because people said the Confederate flag was racist? He used to post here a lot.

 

[Stinkles]

So because a democrat is doing it now, it's ok? The fact remains Reid has NO evidence, and the burden of proof rests in his hands to prove the information he has is correct.

And yes, the birther example stands because in both cases you have people demanding someone produce evidence to prove their innocence.

using the birther argument, ever, for any reason, should be on a list of excoriable rhetorical techniques. Along with no true Scotsman and godwin's law.

It's a shit comparison and everyone here is stupider for having read it. the Birther comparison would be appropriate if everyone on both sides knew Obama was not born here and was hiding it. End of story.

But it is the opposite of that.

I don't think Reid should be doing this unless he names names or hints at a source who can then confirm or be mysteriously silent (McCain himself has been tight lipped here) but the comparison is shit. Utter shit.

 

[RDreamer]

And yes, the birther example stands because in both cases you have people demanding someone produce evidence to prove their innocence.

But Romney's already proven he is not innocent and not trustable with regard to taxes, so....

 

[PhoenixDark]

But Romney's already proven he is not innocent and not trustable with regard to taxes, so....

How so?

 

[Manos: The Hans of Fate]

i thought you were the eye candy

While I do have a butt that won't quit, I thought I was the travel agent truthfully.