Topic: 2012: The Mayans Warned Us Of Stupid Elections (Read 88714 times)

Shinra · « **Reply #800 on:** May 15, 2012, 04:58:16 AM »

the ron paul reloveution is over :*(

Mongrel · « **Reply #801 on:** May 15, 2012, 06:26:16 AM »

I like how nobody actually has the grace to concede defeat anymore. They all just "suspend" their campaign like "YEAH, I COULD COME BACK AT ANY TIME. ANY TIME! YEAH!"

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #802 on:** May 15, 2012, 10:09:35 AM »

This is just a guess, but I imagine it's so they can continue to collect those sweet, sweet campaign contributions.

McDohl · « **Reply #803 on:** May 15, 2012, 03:11:36 PM »

ding ding ding

Brentai · « **Reply #804 on:** May 22, 2012, 01:57:29 PM »

For fuck's sakes, Clyburn, why is that term even in your political vocabulary? You god damned idiot.

Thad · « **Reply #805 on:** May 22, 2012, 02:09:06 PM »

That'd be this:

Quote from: Clyburn

There's something about raping companies and leaving them in debt and setting up Swiss bank accounts and corporate businesses in the Grand Caymans. I have a serious problem with that.

It's either disgusting hyperbole, or the accurate-but-ill-conceived use of an archaic meaning of the word that he should have known most people would misunderstand in the worst way possible.

Either way: yep, pretty fucking dumb; Clyburn, you are NOT HELPING.

Brentai · « **Reply #806 on:** May 22, 2012, 02:28:56 PM »

Or it's a calculated method of getting everybody to pay attention to the "hey, he DID set up a Swiss bank account, what the fuck" part of the statement. That'd be riding pretty heavily on the media's ability to keep things in context, though.

Doom · « **Reply #807 on:** May 27, 2012, 03:06:25 AM »

MSNBC 05 24 2012 17 16 30

Newt interview, look at how happy he is discussing the only thing that actually matters to him.

Cthulhu-chan · « **Reply #808 on:** May 27, 2012, 04:11:22 AM »

Truly a man who answered the wrong calling. To our collective detriment.

François · « **Reply #809 on:** May 27, 2012, 04:20:32 AM »

So he's got that in common with Hi-

Brentai · « **Reply #810 on:** May 27, 2012, 09:13:09 AM »

There's that innocent joy again. It's kind of disturbing, really, to know that the only kind of person with the mindset to feel such excitement about something will end up being Newt Gingrich the rest of the time.

Shinra · « **Reply #811 on:** May 27, 2012, 10:54:26 AM »

I would really like to see a future where Newt retires from politics and gets into conservation, or science or something that he actually seems to be interested in. I imagine Newt as a child with a room full of animals and spaceships, but a dad who made him read the newspaper every day. How different could the world have been for Newt Gingrich if he'd done what he'd loved rather than what he felt obligated to?

Thad · « **Reply #812 on:** May 27, 2012, 05:31:53 PM »

Or if he'd been able to reconcile the two.

I'm sure that there's got to be some part of him that feels bad that his party has become the anti-science party.

McDohl · « **Reply #813 on:** May 30, 2012, 03:00:19 PM »

Someone let Donald Trump back in front of a camera, and surprisingly, he continues to spout the same birther nonsense he's been doing for almost 2 years now (I think).

Shinra · « **Reply #814 on:** June 04, 2012, 05:35:29 AM »

He needs people to turn on the Tv and watch the Apprentice. If you recall, his 'presedential campaign' took place around this time last year.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #815 on:** June 05, 2012, 06:18:16 PM »

Apparently the only thing Wisconsin hates more than Scott Walker is a Democrat.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #816 on:** June 05, 2012, 07:41:11 PM »

Quote from: Constantmean on June 05, 2012, 06:18:16 PM

Apparently the only thing Wisconsin hates more than Scott Walker is a Democrat.

please please please tell me you're making some kind of horrible joke right

very funny

haha

comedy?

Mongrel · « **Reply #817 on:** June 05, 2012, 07:44:04 PM »

It's been projected for a while now that Walker was going to be re-elected, I think?

Royal☭ · « **Reply #818 on:** June 05, 2012, 08:04:48 PM »

Not re-elected, just no recalled. He just crushed challenger Tom Barrett by a wider margin than he did in 2010. Democrats were quick to acknowledge that their declining support from labor is do to colossal policy missteps that have left them out in the cold for decades. They also publicly apologized for allowing civil rights to be eroded and for ditching their constituents when they most needed them in 2008.

Ha ha, I'm just kidding. According to every Dem ever it was Citizen's United that won the race for Walker. If not for that, people would have eagerly chosen milquetoast Democrat Tom Barrett over Walker by like 120% to -3.14%

Thad · « **Reply #819 on:** June 05, 2012, 08:16:32 PM »

...actually, "Democrats are finally fucking talking about Citizens United" is the only thing I've heard that makes this news less terrible.

Maybe in another dozen years they'll actually DO something about it.

(Credit where it's due: McCain seems to be trying to drum up support for campaign finance reform again. He's probably the Senate's best shot at actually passing any.)

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