Topic: 2012: The Mayans Warned Us Of Stupid Elections (Read 88598 times)

TA · « **Reply #600 on:** February 04, 2012, 09:11:16 AM »

Usually, when you scratch Ron Paul, you find neo-naziism. This time they scratched the neo-nazis and found Ron Paul. A shocking twist!

Mothra · « **Reply #601 on:** February 04, 2012, 09:12:01 AM »

There... there is no way this is real.

TA · « **Reply #602 on:** February 04, 2012, 09:42:16 AM »

What about Ron Paul's long history of open white supremacism makes you think it's not?

Brentai · « **Reply #603 on:** February 04, 2012, 10:01:23 AM »

Not too huge of a surprise if substantiated. I'll put more credit in the story when I see it on a site without a sidebar full of liberal shock headlines.

What bothers me is the "taking down" of an organization that is unquestionably terrible but hasn't really done anything illegal, unethical or militant. Can't we let whatever visage of democracy we still have here at least take a shot of naturally selecting these guys out of the meme pool instead of going straight for some kind of judgement cyberocracy?

Mongrel · « **Reply #604 on:** February 04, 2012, 10:10:06 AM »

Pretty sure the trend towards Internet Lynch Mobs is growing rather than declining.

Büge · « **Reply #605 on:** February 04, 2012, 10:59:20 AM »

Probably because it's all we have left.

TA · « **Reply #606 on:** February 04, 2012, 11:04:13 AM »

Quote from: Brentai on February 04, 2012, 10:01:23 AM

Not too huge of a surprise if substantiated. I'll put more credit in the story when I see it on a site without a sidebar full of liberal shock headlines.

Okay, fine.

Brentai · « **Reply #607 on:** February 04, 2012, 11:06:38 AM »

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A separate article from the Survival Report said, "If you have ever been robbed by a black teenaged male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can be."

yo I'm still laughing uncontrollably at this and I don't know why. Am I racist?

Mothra · « **Reply #608 on:** February 04, 2012, 11:17:34 AM »

It's a complement!!!

Thad · « **Reply #609 on:** February 06, 2012, 08:37:41 AM »

Reuters: Obama gains over Romney amid better economy: poll

And that's really it in a nutshell. If the economy continues to improve, Obama's got it in the bag; if it doesn't, Romney's got a shot, no matter how badly he continues to fuck up.

Thad · « **Reply #610 on:** February 08, 2012, 07:13:48 AM »

Santorum takes 3 (1 of them nonbinding); media now has to pretend he could beat Romney.

Doom · « **Reply #611 on:** February 08, 2012, 10:50:31 AM »

This Republican Primary is a continuous Christmas across all of 2012.

Brentai · « **Reply #612 on:** February 08, 2012, 02:28:06 PM »

Obama's approval rises to 50%, Congress drops to 10%.

Expect a lot more "Everything ever is Congress's fault" in the next nine months or so.

Mongrel · « **Reply #613 on:** February 09, 2012, 05:04:52 PM »

Shinra · « **Reply #614 on:** February 09, 2012, 05:49:33 PM »

Quote from: Mongrel on February 09, 2012, 05:04:52 PM

He won't rest until Santorum is on the lips of every American, man, woman or child.

Cthulhu-chan · « **Reply #615 on:** February 09, 2012, 10:38:30 PM »

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Mongrel · « **Reply #616 on:** February 13, 2012, 04:19:23 PM »

Speaking of Vanity Fair, they've got a great new article on Romney.

You really do get the sense that is has all been an incredibly long-term and very well-calculated plan.

Thad · « **Reply #617 on:** February 14, 2012, 08:26:52 AM »

I can't see Romney winning Michigan again after that "Let Detroit go bankrupt" talk.

Doubling down is probably the best option he's left himself (he can't ignore it and if he tries to back off it'll just feed into the flip-flopper narrative) but it still won't do him any favors.

And per this:

Quote from: Brentai on February 08, 2012, 02:28:06 PM

Obama's approval rises to 50%, Congress drops to 10%.

Expect a lot more "Everything ever is Congress's fault" in the next nine months or so.

Now and always.

Congress's approval rating will always be lower than the President's. This is because the President is one dude and Congress is not. The approval rating for Congress as a whole is a bullshit statistic and the average approval rating for every individual in Congress is a much more reasonable indication of how elections are going to go -- but of course Congress's approval rating is a convenient punching bag for an opposition candidate or presidential candidate to use. And yeah, even if it IS a bullshit statistic, I think this disparity has to be a record.

Mongrel · « **Reply #618 on:** February 14, 2012, 08:39:55 AM »

It's not the king's fault! It's those miserable advisers who lead him astray!

Brentai · « **Reply #619 on:** February 14, 2012, 08:40:31 AM »

I wasn't trying to make an apple-oranges comparison there. The two figures are significant because they are much higher/lower than they've been tacking for the last four years. Also, 10% is an actual record low, soooo...

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