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Open Thread: The Song of Mitt’s Self & Other GOP Narcissists

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Via Paul Constant. Hugh Atkin is an evil genius.

The Chicago Young Republicans, however, are just stupid — they’r not sufficiently self-aware to qualify as evil. But, hey, they’ve found an Ann Coulter for the new generation of right-wing self-abusers!

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  6. 6.

    The Ancient Randonneur

    The GOP Convention theme is “We Built This” … aahhhhhh, yes they did go there.

    One problem:

    However, the stadium where the GOP will be announcing “We Built This!” was financed primarily by the government. The Tampa Bay Times Forum arena, which houses the Tampa Bay Lightning, was built in 1996 as the “Ice Palace” with 62% government funds. The total budget for the project was $139 million, of which public money accounted for $86 million and team money accounted for $53 million.

  12. 12.

    wrb

    I hadn’t seen this before. Maybe that is true for someone else. It contains beauty.

    The next question asked went as follows, “Governor Romney, it is true, is it not that you had four deferments from the Vietnam War… You have said before that you support war and the efforts of US military involvement overseas at all costs, yet you made sure you would never go to war yourself. What makes you think that veterans and those currently serving in the military think that you have their best interests at heart when you yourself weren’t even interested in sacrificing your time, energy, or life for your nation at a time when it seemed most crucial?”
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    Romney responded:
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    “That’s a good question, young man, and I would be happy to answer it. The Vietnam War came at a time in my life when I had other plans. I knew in my heart of hearts that I would one day serve my nation. That I would one day hold an office that would help not only our nation, but also the world. So I did what I could to make sure that I would be around to serve my nation, as well as serving God by teaching very important religious principles to a broader audience overseas. My father did not want me serving, and he convinced me that yes, I was too important to go to Vietnam. I had a greater purpose in life. I wasn’t neglecting my nation, but rather preparing myself for a future of service.”

  13. 13.

    arguingwithsignposts

    @wrb: I have to see the original on that, because I will not believe it until I see it with my own two eyes. Nobody could say something that callous and it not make national media attention.

  16. 16.

    beltane

    @wrb: Imagine if a Democrat, any Democrat, uttered the words “I was too important to go the Vietnam”?

    You know what, Mitt, you are a very important man, far too important to serve as President of the United States of America.

  19. 19.

    piratedan

    well we should obviously refrain from electing Romney as President, he’s not ours, he’s the worlds’… what would they say in the Phillipines or in Uganda when the Xerg attack from the Horse Head Nebula and threaten our entire species because we selfishly elected someone too important to the planet? He’s not ours, he’s…. dare I say it, too big to fail and too big to simply serve one country, much less one hemisphere…..

  22. 22.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    @arguingwithsignposts: I am with you, I would need a definitive link to that because if he actually said it, it would be the end of his presidential ambitions. Can you imagine how much it would enrage anyone who had served in Vietnam, who had a relative serve in Vietnam, particularly someone who lost a family member in Vietnam?

  25. 25.

    PsiFighter37

    Damn I’m drunk already. Friends, if you have access, you must try Sierra Nevada’s Hoptimum – that thing will light you up like a Christmas tree and a red-hot stripper simultaneously. Goddamn it’s good.

    PF37 +4 (the Hoptimum is basically equivalent of +3, especially on an empty stomach)

  27. 27.

    PsiFighter37

    @lamh35: Rick Warren was relevant for about 15 minutes. I haven’t heard as much as a muffled fart from his direction in a long time.

  29. 29.

    PurpleGirl

    @arguingwithsignposts: Well, Cheney’s answer about his deferments was that he had more important things to do. He also got married and started having kids right away to keep getting deferments.

  31. 31.

    j

    Rats. “Comments disabled for this video”. Typical tough guy Goopers. They don’t wanna hear what they don’t wanna hear.

    But OTOH, the “likes” were being creamed 2:1 by “Dislikes”.

  33. 33.

    PsiFighter37

    @hep kitty: It’s only bitter partisan politics when you retreat to your room every night and weep profusely about how mean the other side is for exposing the ugly truth that makes you look more like a demon sheep than a baby blue-eyed starlet.

  34. 34.

    The Moar You Know

    Networks Won’t Air Ann Romney’s RNC Speech

    @lamh35: No one can say that the media is not trying as hard as they can to get Romney elected. They know that Empress Ann isn’t going to go down too well with the common morons folk.

  36. 36.

    dance around in your bones

    Mitt Romney is as phoney as a 3 dollar bill. I mean, it just OOZES out of him.

    Why can’t sentient beings recognize this?

    Oh, wait – they have to be sentient.

    Pobrecitos. Oh, wait – pinche cabrons! Oh, wait, chingaderas! Oh, wait – chinga su madres. cabrons!

    Ok, maybe that was over the top – no reason to curse yo mamas if YOU are MUY ESTUPIDO.

    Hell, I just say screw ’em all.
    But whatever.

    eta: I may be just slightly + well, more than a few.

  37. 37.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @wrb:

    The sniveling justification of a craven coward.

    He supported his generation’s war, but was too cowardly to actually fight in it. Just fine for others to die in his place.

    10,000 painful deaths are not enough for this maggot.

    On edit: Looks like Poe’s Law in action.

    But the fact of the matter is, he did his best to avoid going to Vietnam, but vocally supported that war, just like the cowardly shitstain Cheney. Also, too, the deserting coward himself.

  42. 42.

    wrb

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    Looks like Poe’s Law in action.

    Sort of, but a variation. In this case it isn’t that one can easily believe that an anonymous internet comments could be such an ass or idiot as to think or say such a thing, but that a certain well-known candidate for president could be.

  43. 43.

    Miki

    Riiiiiiiiiight – the more often I can view an anorexic white girl (who appears to be able to keep a beat, unlike, say, that trio of bobbers & weavers), the more likely I am to sit out this election vote Republican. Nope – not in this life time.

    And if I’m wrong, shoot me one election does not a lifetime make.

  44. 44.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @lamh35:

    When Ann Romney takes the stage on Monday evening at the Republican National Convention, the three major networks will be broadcasting something else.

    Hurricane coverage?

  45. 45.

    mdblanche

    “Song of Myself” really is the perfect poem for Mitt.

    I celebrate myself and sing myself (because I’m not concerned about you people)
    And what I assume you shall assume (because if I shared the details about my plans I’d lose)

    Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself (no further comment needed)
    I am large, I contain multitudes (Mitt version 1994, version 2002, version 2004…)

  46. 46.

    1badbaba3

    @PsiFighter37: Since about 21January09 to be precise. Keep your friends close…..

    More of that eleven dimensional chess Obama bashers swear doesn’t exist.

    Boneheads.

  47. 47.

    Paul in KY

    @beltane: We need to hang that quote around his fucking neck. Especially in any state with several military bases (like, say Florida).

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