Remember when Republicans used to wait and drop their “October Surprise” right before election season. Does Romney just not plan on doing that, or was his big surprise the “Obama said he believed in wealth redistribution in ’98” and it just flopped?
8.
Yutsano
@rlrr: You realize that statement is coming amirite?
Listen, asshole. I and every other veteran on this board PAID for their VA benefits. Some of us risked our lives, our limbs, our sanity for those benefits. Some will never collect, because the NEVER CAME BACK from the SERVICE they provided to draft dodging assholes like you, Rmoney.
Fuck you. Fuck your family of cowards.
11.
Hill Dweller
There is another effective version of the 47% ad airing on TV. This one shows Willard’s remarks, explains who is in the 47%(elderly, military, single parents, etc.), puts Romney’s tax rate on the screen, and ends by asking something along the line of “Shouldn’t Romney be standing up for you, not ridiculing you?”. It is very good.
12.
debbie
Bonus incentive: Glenn Beck said on his show this morning that if they lost the election, he would be suicidal.
@rlrr: David Broder’s skeletal fingers are clawing at the top of the box to get out and tell the world that it is unfair and unpresidential for Barack Obama to quote Mitt Romney
19.
Suffern ACE
@debbie: Bah. Rush Limbaugh promised to move to costa rica if ACA passed. These guys promise their listeners the moon and never deliver even one bit of moldy cheese.
20.
dmsilev
@Zifnab25: My understanding was that the Romney plan for September was to sit back and wait for Obama to make a crippling mistake and then capitalize on it.
Would anyone mind putting some funding possibilities for some down-ticket races? We could really use the help here in Florida, where we’re going to vote for Obama and where he have 3/4 of the state legislature controlled by the GOP.
23.
Anya
@EconWatcher: Saw that and I agree. A righteous Jim Webb is wonderful.
24.
Yutsano
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: I suppose we shall hear permanent disappointment from Bobo about Obummer’s ruthless unprecedented tactics soon.
25.
tamied
@dmsilev: Oh that’s right! I did hear about that strategery. Excellent!
Would anyone mind putting some funding possibilities for some down-ticket races? We could really use the help here in Florida, where we’re going to vote for Obama and where he have 3/4 of the state legislature controlled by the GOP.
My understanding was that the Romney plan for September was to sit back and wait for Obama to make a crippling mistake and then capitalize on it.
Wasn’t this the set-up for a Monty Python sketch? I’d recommend Mitt just use the Holy Hand Grenade instead. Mormons have those, right?
37.
AZmando
Who was the brave member of “the help” who took that video? A real champion for all of us!
If and when we find out, we should all chip in and buy him/her a new car and a trip aroung the world.
38.
Soonergrunt
@Omnes Omnibus: And we know how the cons are supposed to revere contracts. Remember how upset they were about the possibility that banks that took TARP bail outs might not be able to pay their contracted bonuses and how contracts were sacrosanct?
Are do they look at enlistment contracts and commissions in the same way they view labor agreements, in which case, fuck us?
Senator Webb’s words for Romney about his disrespect for veterans…
Well played. Speaking as a vet, I don’t give a flying fuck that Romney dodged the draft, that was common enough in Vietnam days. I do give one giant fuck about his and his party’s attitude towards the troops and veterans.
Well, technically he’s right — as long as the only thing you see is a walking uterus when you look at a woman, it shouldn’t matter how the conception occurred because the potential human contained within the walking uterus is intrinsically more valuable than the uterus’s container.
42.
Tone in DC
Zombie eyed granny hater is worse than I thought. And that is saying something.
43.
Randy P
At least some vets get it. How come the VFW folks can watch the VA get the shaft in Republican administrations and still think that’s the party that “supports the troops”?
44.
dance around in your bones
I saw this a couple days ago (?) but the thing I remember most is how Romney’s voice raised on the word “entitled” and it just raised the hair on the back of my neck.
heh – raised and raised.
45.
Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism
@Randy P: Because the VFW membership is primarily REMF?
46.
James E. Powell
I really want to see the DNC or some SuperPAC put out an ad that demonstrates with specifics how the Republicans generally and Romney/Ryan specifically really do not do squat for actual veterans’ actual needs. Sure, they like to talk in front of lot of flags and talk the war talk, but when it comes down to doing not talking, they’re no good for anything.
I want to see it because I think it would speak to veterans and their families. And because programs for veterans are broadly popular. But most of all because I am sick of the lie that “Democrats hate the troops!” that gets trotted out every four years.
Since Beck is a converted LDS, maybe he means that there’s a Mo’ equivalent to Marshall Applewhite and the word has been sent down that the faithful need to go all Heaven’s Gate (or Jonestown – samey-same).
“Hurry, hurry my children.. let’s not fall in the hands of the enemy”
49.
Comrade Mary
@dance around in your bones: What especially gets to me is the Telegraph letting the friend repeat over and over again, as unchallenged fact, the claims that the States is a mess and Obama is making it worse. Of course, this is the Telegraph we’re talking about.
EconWatcher
I posted this on another thread, but IMHO, this is worthy of an FP post–Senator Webb’s words for Romney about his disrespect for veterans:
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/09/romney-gets-webbed.html
rlrr
“These ads are not helping my campaign. Please stop.”
— Mitt Romney
Comrade Mary
WIN^3 for the post title.
dmsilev
@rlrr: It’s not fair; they’re quoting his actual words.
How very gauche.
Southern Beale
In news on the war on women, Paul Ryan told an interviewer that “rape is a method of conception.” WTF???? Watch the video at the link.
Jesus I’m sick of this shit.
Comrade Jake
I suspect that there’s a non-zero chance that McMegan is an idiot.
Zifnab25
Remember when Republicans used to wait and drop their “October Surprise” right before election season. Does Romney just not plan on doing that, or was his big surprise the “Obama said he believed in wealth redistribution in ’98” and it just flopped?
Yutsano
@rlrr: You realize that statement is coming amirite?
rlrr
@dmsilev:
The proper thing to do is to make shit up.
Villago Delenda Est
Listen, asshole. I and every other veteran on this board PAID for their VA benefits. Some of us risked our lives, our limbs, our sanity for those benefits. Some will never collect, because the NEVER CAME BACK from the SERVICE they provided to draft dodging assholes like you, Rmoney.
Fuck you. Fuck your family of cowards.
Hill Dweller
There is another effective version of the 47% ad airing on TV. This one shows Willard’s remarks, explains who is in the 47%(elderly, military, single parents, etc.), puts Romney’s tax rate on the screen, and ends by asking something along the line of “Shouldn’t Romney be standing up for you, not ridiculing you?”. It is very good.
debbie
Bonus incentive: Glenn Beck said on his show this morning that if they lost the election, he would be suicidal.
TooManyJens
@Hill Dweller: Wow. That sounds fantastic.
Soonergrunt
@Southern Beale: He’s counting on the spastic tubes that occur when a legitimate rape happens.
Villago Delenda Est
@debbie:
He’s just teasing us. He’d never give us the satisfaction.
MattF
Great ad. And I love all the little librul dogwhistles.
Soonergrunt
@Villago Delenda Est: Well. That about covers that.
@debbie: I’m in for another $25.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@rlrr: David Broder’s skeletal fingers are clawing at the top of the box to get out and tell the world that it is unfair and unpresidential for Barack Obama to quote Mitt Romney
Suffern ACE
@debbie: Bah. Rush Limbaugh promised to move to costa rica if ACA passed. These guys promise their listeners the moon and never deliver even one bit of moldy cheese.
dmsilev
@Zifnab25: My understanding was that the Romney plan for September was to sit back and wait for Obama to make a crippling mistake and then capitalize on it.
Excellence in strategic planning, there.
rlrr
@Suffern ACE:
Ironically, Costa Rica has universal health care…
mcd410x
Would anyone mind putting some funding possibilities for some down-ticket races? We could really use the help here in Florida, where we’re going to vote for Obama and where he have 3/4 of the state legislature controlled by the GOP.
Anya
@EconWatcher: Saw that and I agree. A righteous Jim Webb is wonderful.
Yutsano
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: I suppose we shall hear permanent disappointment from Bobo about Obummer’s ruthless unprecedented tactics soon.
tamied
@dmsilev: Oh that’s right! I did hear about that strategery. Excellent!
Omnes Omnibus
@Villago Delenda Est: Not only that, I remember signing contracts
General Stuck
Obama peeling the Mittonion. Lots of wingnut tears to collect and savor for later.
amk
The “47%” gift that keeps on giving.
quannlace
If it’s a day that ends in a ‘Y’, Beck has a melt-down.
amk
@quannlace: : I can supply the rope/the needle/the gun, their fav. All gratis.
Violet
@Southern Beale: Wait. WTF? God, what a horrible excuse for a person.
patroclus
As a Chicagoan, Me likey Chicago-style politics! More please.
LGRooney
@Southern Beale: At least he didn’t say contraception.
Violet
@mcd410x:
DCCC Red to Blue candidate list on Act Blue: https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/redtoblue12?refcode=dccc.org/redtoblue
Maude
@amk:
It’s eternal.
Zifnab25
@dmsilev:
Wasn’t this the set-up for a Monty Python sketch? I’d recommend Mitt just use the Holy Hand Grenade instead. Mormons have those, right?
AZmando
Who was the brave member of “the help” who took that video? A real champion for all of us!
If and when we find out, we should all chip in and buy him/her a new car and a trip aroung the world.
Soonergrunt
@Omnes Omnibus: And we know how the cons are supposed to revere contracts. Remember how upset they were about the possibility that banks that took TARP bail outs might not be able to pay their contracted bonuses and how contracts were sacrosanct?
Are do they look at enlistment contracts and commissions in the same way they view labor agreements, in which case, fuck us?
Dennis SGMM
@EconWatcher:
Well played. Speaking as a vet, I don’t give a flying fuck that Romney dodged the draft, that was common enough in Vietnam days. I do give one giant fuck about his and his party’s attitude towards the troops and veterans.
Villago Delenda Est
@Dennis SGMM:
I give a fuck about dodging the draft if you were a loud proud supporter of the clusterfuck in ‘Nam.
Like Mitt Romney and Dick Cheney. Toss in Dubya and Quayle as well, using National Guard service to avoid fighting in a war they vocally supported.
Dodging the draft because you OPPOSED the war at least has a basis in morality. These guys are all cowards, and deserve no quarter.
Mnemosyne
@Southern Beale:
Well, technically he’s right — as long as the only thing you see is a walking uterus when you look at a woman, it shouldn’t matter how the conception occurred because the potential human contained within the walking uterus is intrinsically more valuable than the uterus’s container.
Tone in DC
Zombie eyed granny hater is worse than I thought. And that is saying something.
Randy P
At least some vets get it. How come the VFW folks can watch the VA get the shaft in Republican administrations and still think that’s the party that “supports the troops”?
dance around in your bones
I saw this a couple days ago (?) but the thing I remember most is how Romney’s voice raised on the word “entitled” and it just raised the hair on the back of my neck.
heh – raised and raised.
Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism
@Randy P: Because the VFW membership is primarily REMF?
James E. Powell
I really want to see the DNC or some SuperPAC put out an ad that demonstrates with specifics how the Republicans generally and Romney/Ryan specifically really do not do squat for actual veterans’ actual needs. Sure, they like to talk in front of lot of flags and talk the war talk, but when it comes down to doing not talking, they’re no good for anything.
I want to see it because I think it would speak to veterans and their families. And because programs for veterans are broadly popular. But most of all because I am sick of the lie that “Democrats hate the troops!” that gets trotted out every four years.
Omnes Omnibus
@Soonergrunt: I presume that was rhetorical.
LanceThruster
@quannlace:
Since Beck is a converted LDS, maybe he means that there’s a Mo’ equivalent to Marshall Applewhite and the word has been sent down that the faithful need to go all Heaven’s Gate (or Jonestown – samey-same).
“Hurry, hurry my children.. let’s not fall in the hands of the enemy”
Comrade Mary
@dance around in your bones: What especially gets to me is the Telegraph letting the friend repeat over and over again, as unchallenged fact, the claims that the States is a mess and Obama is making it worse. Of course, this is the Telegraph we’re talking about.
double nickel
@Villago Delenda Est: Fuck Ya.