but what do I know. My little hobby here has pretty much wrecked my general idea of what normal people think - in 2008 I was terrified of Fred Thompson, and in 2012 I was sure Perry could thread the crazy-yet-seems-normal needle.
Anyhow, Freepers are turned pretty inward at this point, and spend most of their time either trying to make themselves feel better or worse, depending on their particular quirk.
Cletus.D.Yokel thinks Biden is out.
I’m predicting the Slow Joe will be replaced, sooner than later. He may even be Walpin’d to get him out.This starts a bunch of speculation that Colin Powell or, natch, Hillary will be the REAL Obama VP. I think Biden is just to affable for Freepers to properly hate him, so they keep fantasizing about his replacement with a proper nemesis. chiller is now convinced Romney is secretly all Freeperish:
DNC knows that Biden v Ryan will be a disaster.
Both were quite vocal in their announcement today...about Obiecare, and RTL. I suspect Mitt may be a closest conservative. I’m putting no credence to his record among the libs in Massachusetts.BeauBo thinks a Dream Team Administration is in play!
Paul Ryan is a quality hire - exceptionally competent and dynamic. This bodes well for governance.cotton1706 thinks Ryan may be the new Richard Nixon!
One of Romney’s trademarks at Bain was in recruiting and cultivating talent. Two of our greatest Presidents - Ronald Reagan and George Washington - were exceptional in their ability to pick quality people for top jobs, and give them the authority and support to excel.
On the stage after Ryan’s announcement, I got the impression of Romney as a senior executive with that kind of emotional security and maturity - to manage for the long term good of the organization.
He seemed confident in Ryan, and content to let him take some limelight - almost like a proud parent.
This also shows that he is not averse to recruiting TEA Party favorites and principled conservatives for top jobs.
The potential exists for a “Dream Team” administration.
Personnel is policy, as they say in D.C.
I am so stoked!
We’ve heard a lot lately about a return the the 1950’s. Historically, I see a lot of similarity to the Eisenhower-Nixon ticket of 1952. The image of an above it all leader, no doubt a republican but more middle of the road than leaning right, and a very young member of congress who’s very articulate and well-versed on current issues and representative of the more ideological wing of the party.muawiyah is still not convinced
I’m feeling good about the ticket. I would have been depressed with a Portman or Pawlenty and nervous about a Rubio. I feel energized. With this ticket, we may be able to sweep the democrats out of power as Ike and Dick did sixty years ago.
Still can't get my vote ~ not even if he had Jesus running with him.GailA is likewise not voting for Romney:
Criteria does the head of the ticket meet Bible and Constitutional standards? Answer is NO! VP has no power. True power lies in CONGRESS they write and pass the laws.Wait...so if it's up to Congress, why is that your litmus test for President?
randita thinks all the gays and married women are gonna swoon:
Romney's well, Romney. Okay, but not Clinton as far as appeal goes.netmilsmom thinks Ryan's wonkishness is very appealing, cause everyone loves "Big Bang Theory."
Paul Ryan has Paul Newman baby blues, a hairline that rivals Judge Napolitano's, and the clean cut image of the guy you'd love to take home to meet Mom and Dad. That means a lot in the age of superficiality.
Two demographics Ryan will appeal to are married women (who would like their husbands to be just like him) and metrosexuals (of either sex).
It’s the age of Nerds. Young people think that nerds are smart thanks to “Big, Bang Theory”. They think they are the problem solvers.CrazyIvan sucks at making strawman political smears:
I predict that the rats will purposely confuse him with George Ryan and the media will go right along, with microscopic retractions when caught. How many sheeple still think Sara Palin said she can see Russia from her house?School of Rational Thought suggests a new campaign theme based on the fact that Romney rules and Obama drools:
A great contrast can be drawn between a Romney Ryan team vs. Obama Biden.hal ogen agrees - Obama sucks, so go Romney!
Intellectual heft vs. the dumbest president in history and the gaffe machine
Sophistication vs. the vulgar Chicago crowd
The exceptional achievers vs. the affirmative action appointed
nobama hates Free America and is a fascist socialist.happydogx2 looks forwards to the debates:
Romney loves Free America and is a capitalist.
Ryan is a great choice.
Come together and support a pro-Free-Amrica team. To do otherwise is to support nobama.
will Ryan be able to match the giant intellect of Joe Biden when they debate?Yeah, like when Palin destroyed Biden?
It might be the first time a network stops a debate at the 2nd question outa mercy.
Sudetenland is happy, he tells ya; happy!
I'm not a big Romney fan, but I do respect him personally and I respect his credentials. With Ryan added to the ticket, I am perfectly happy--not as much as if the top of the ticket was more conservative--but happy.DNME knows opposition research is a'workin:
I just hope that Ryan doesn’t have one, single, tiny thing hidden. Obummer has a track record of getting “sealed” documents unsealed and other people’s secrets exposed. (Though not his own, of course.) In fact, I’m amazed that Romney’s tax returns haven’t been released by the IRS, illegal though that may be ...I love this Freeper pattern - exaggerate, and then note that the existence of an obvious counterexample is surprising to make you seem legit:
depressed in 06 worries Ryan may not hate liberals with enough paranoia:
But, I would have liked someone who understands that the greatest threat to the republic is Bolshies in the bureaucracy. Allen West or John Bolton would be more effective there.
Freepers are making a big deal out of this but folks who were going to vote Republican anyway aren't going to be excited by this pick. Ryan doesn't seem to be bringing much to the table. How is Ryan helping to win the swing states? I just don't see it.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that when Mitt announced Paul as his running mate and they collected 3.5 million dollars in donations in 24 hours after that announcement should tell even you something.....
DeleteObama is supposedly spending 1 billion dollars in this race and Romney will be collecting and spending even more.
Delete3.5 million is .0035% of one billion.
Wow, an increase of .0035%
"Will be collecting and spending" ??? BWAHAHAHAHA...what do u have a crystal ball?? Obama has outspent Romney this entire election cycle. In June Obama took in 46 million but spent 58 million. He runs his campaigns like he runs the economy, with deficit spending! For 3.5 million in campaign donations Obama would suck every sailor at Norfolk VA!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
DeleteLook here and get the facts dude....
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2012/07/23/obama_campaign_ran_deficit_last_month
Change the subject much?
Delete0.0035% is nothing.
Not at all, your .0035 is now .0035 more than Obama has.....
DeleteThanks for being a good sport about this. OK, we will take the 0.0035% loss.
DeleteYou are both wrong. 3.5 million is 0.0035 or 0.35% of one billion (and although Stanley dropped the "%" I'll still claim he is ignorant of the true value). And they say our math and science doesn't need improvement...
DeleteI like this comment:
ReplyDelete"He seemed confident in Ryan, and content to let him take some limelight - almost like a proud parent."
I didn't watch the TV footage, but I can visualize the expression, since I have seen it in pictures. The problem with the above observation is that Romney seems to always have this expression--self satisfied, just beaming with delight at the joy of being Mitt Romney. He probably has the same expression when he successfully decides what Danish to have for breakfast. It does not say anything about his choice of Paul Ryan.
Self-satisfied is an apt description of Mitt Romney. Good work, Anon.
DeleteI too can't wait for the debate between Ryna and Gaffe-tastic Biden, it'll look a lot like Ryan pushing an old woman off a cliff......
ReplyDeleteSince this is a Sunday Special, I had a look around.
ReplyDeleteCNN has a story,
Bold VP pick could woo key voters
(the headline changes when you go from the front page to the actual article, but let's see whom Ryan can woo)
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/11/politics/romney-ryan/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
"Ryan, 42, is considered a policy wonk and conservative Catholic likely to energize the GOP base and sharpen the campaign's focus on government spending and the economy.
That could boost Romney's appeal among middle-of-the-road Catholic voters in battleground states such as Ohio and Pennsylvania, though Ryan offers little in the way of foreign policy experience."
That's it? Again, it does not look like Ryan is bringing much to the table.
Ryan is a dream pick for team Obama. Now they can run ads in Florida saying that Romney/Ryan wants to end Medicare and watch as Florida goes deep blue.
ReplyDeleteeuphgeek! How you doing?
DeleteThere is a good article in Salon today, here is the best part,
"In the 70s, of course, Ryan’s GOP won over the white working class with these sorts of anti-welfare appeals, and at the time it was understood that the takers weren’t white. The toughest issue for today’s GOP is that increasingly, government takers are white; many are white seniors, the core of the GOP base."
http://www.salon.com/writer/joan_walsh/
Republicans - the party of racism and "all for me and none for thee".
DeleteSorry but Maddow tried to run that one up the flag pole but choked on it (like she does on dick) when she was point blanked asked about the 700 million that Obamacare cuts from the medicare budget....looks like an even playing field to me....hahahahahahah
DeleteIs it up to 700 million now? Last time Romney lied about that it was only 500 million.
Deletehttp://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/apr/04/mitt-romney/romney-obama-only-president-cut-medicare/
Politifact?? HAHAHAHA.... no wonder your losing! Look for yourself....
Deletehttp://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/08/12/national-reviews-rich-lowry-destroys-msnbcs-rachel-maddow-meet-press#ixzz23LfPVrnA
You would do your side a much better favor getting the real information out there to the Dems instead of helping to cover for Obama all the time. Lying to your base and yourself by surrounding yourself with Obama's obedient media lap dogs and feeling all comfy about it is just lulling yourself into a false sense of security. But the real information is out there and it is going to hit your side like a tidal wave. Pull your head out, get the real facts (not the ones that make you feel better), and start having your base address their serious deficiencies. If you don't, come election day your going to standing there with that Carter-Regean after-taste that you won't be able to get out of your mouth no matter how much you lick Larry O'Donnell's ass....
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/08/12/national-reviews-rich-lowry-destroys-msnbcs-rachel-maddow-meet-press#ixzz23LfPVrnA
ROFLMAO! PolitiFact may have it's problems, but at least it's not Newsbusters. "Real facts"...LOL!
DeleteThis is a real problem for Freepers. Newsbusters, Townhall etc. are opinion sites, not news sites.
DeleteOh, I'm sorry that the vid was posted at Newsbusters!! But since PolitiFact has their problems and nobody watches MSNBC and CNN's rating have completely tanked and Newsweek mag the print version is gone and will soon even be off the internet and with the NYT and WaPo going bankrupt there just not many lib rags left that threw their intergrity out the window when they went completely in the bag for Obama. BWAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAH
DeleteAnd any of that means that Newsbusters has any credibility? Man, you RWNJs are so cute when you're this delusional. LOL!
DeletePoor euphgeek, still can't get over the butthurt that everything Obama touched turned into complete poop, especailly his precious lap dog media. Here's one of Wolf Blitzer trying not to get fired as CNN revises their line up and political leanings in a very desperate attempt to look unbiased by literally frying DWS over the same lies euphgeek was trying to push:
Deletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=r5NJF5Fcvmg
Do you have curly hair like DWS too euphgeek?!? BWAHAHAHAHAHAAH
Gosh, you're right, I can't think of a single thing Obama has improved other than the economy, the stock market, job growth and health care. I don't see how he's going to get re-elected, especially since his opponent is specifically not torpedoing his own campaign.
DeleteBWAHAHAHAHAHA... Yeah, keep telling yourself that, I already schooled you on those outrageous lies earlier this year ...but lets review, shall we?? BWAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
Deletehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnyshop/6196456311/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Mittens has done nothing to torpedo his campaign, he is letting all the lies Obama directly tells and the media biases catch up with themselves. He is sitting back laughing his mormon ass off that he has not had to spend near the money on attack ads all the while watching Obama's popularity drop because people are so sick of the mean spirited antics. Remember how I told you to spend your time being constructive instead of wasting it trying to prop up Obama? What's the definition of insanity again? HAHAHAHAHAHA
Yup! Because Mitt Romney isn't losing at all! Just because he's losing in the polls and in the electoral college, and people increasingly don't like him doesn't mean he's going to lose the presidential race, right?
DeleteI guess if you think saving the economy is having record numbers of people on unemployment and food stamps then Obama is doing a great job! BWAHAHAHAHAHAAH
DeleteYep, despite Republicans' best efforts he did save the economy. Good thing he's going to be re-elected in November.
DeleteMath & History time for euphgeek!!
DeleteLet's see what the democrats have controlled during the last 5 years:
Senate 5 out of 5 years
House 4 out of 5 years
White House 3 out of 5 years
If all are given equal weighting when considering checks/balances...
(5 + 4 +3 )/ 15 = 80%
OR put another way, the democrats have controlled 80% of the government going on 5 years. When did the financial crisis occur? 3 years ago.
Who was in charge of oversight prior to the collapse? The senate which
as mentioned has been under control for 5 years by the democrats.
But let's not forget the meme that it's all Bushes fault... Yeah right.
Yup, because the economy always starts over at zero every time we get a new president. And also, nothing is ever a Republican's fault.
DeleteFacts hurt your poor tender anus don't they Euphgeek?? The term "FELK" truly describes your reaction: Facts Equal Liberal Kryptonite
DeleteGosh, they sure do. Are you going to start using facts for a change now?
DeletePretend that I'm Rachel Maddow, now do you believe??
Delete(PS everyone: euphgeek has problems with his intestines. Rachel Maddow has a thirteen inch penis. Draw your own conclusions.)
Ooh yes, now I believe! I believe!! *claps hands*
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ReplyDeleteHoly Shit, 3000+ comments. JimRob is their true profit.
Delete"At least two moderators resigned this afternoon after I flatly refused to rein in a so-called anti-Mormon "bigot" on FR"
Deleteby JimRob
I like where FR is going.
Well it's certainly better than "Israel Firster" Media Matters, isn't it, dumbfuck ?
DeleteWhat in the world would make you think that we'd answer "yes" to that question?
DeleteThis from someone who thinks Fox News is news?
DeleteYou probably also think that the Nazis were leftists because they have the word "socialist" in their name. And that hot dogs are made of puppies.