“Uh, What he said…”
Why Obama Needs Clinton
We’ve all been speculating on why Bill Clinton agreed to appear at the Democratic Convention to nominate Barack Obama for his second term. Customarily, it’s the Vice President who gets to do that, but Joe Bourbon Bite Me Biden, dammit! - (Ahem) Vice President Joe Biden is nowhere to be found.
Instead, the man Obama accused of being “Racist!” more than once is stepping up to convince us to give him another term (follow that link^ – its juicy!). I’m so sure he’s sincere. And I’m equally sure that pigs will fly, hell will freeze and I will wake up straight some day. My mother will be so proud.
And we thought Obama/Biden were Strange Bedfellows…
“I got you by the balls, Barry”
Lets face it – there is a method to picking a VP. They usually represent your weakest demographic, and you desperately need them to shore up the votes you don’t have chance in hell of wining. Think Kennedy/Johnson, Carter/Mondale, Regan/Bush and Clinton/Gore. I know I’m not the only one who remembers how Biden chewed up Barack and spit him out throughout the 2008 primary contest. Biden could have been Hillary Clinton’s tag-team partner. But then Donna Brazile reared her ugly-ass head and said that any Democrat who doesn’t support Obama could stay home, and then reminded us that she gets two votes!
Next thing you know, Joe and Barry start palling around like Thelma and Louise, and Joe becomes Barry’s VP pick – gotta get those white, blue collar male voters, and Biden had them in the palm of his hand. Four years later, the worm has turned, and now Biden and anyone else associated with incredibly shrinking Obama (except Hillary Clinton) is viewed with contempt.
This Is Better Than Christmas!
“You want me to help you? Dude – seriously? Okey Dokey.”
Obama has now run the Democratic party into the ground, and there is only one person with enough political bona fides (besides Hillary, who is prevented by law from campaigning) that can try to rescue his sorry ass: his arch nemesis William Jefferson Clinton. Hmmm… I think I’m going to remind everyone in the AA community that their Hero picked an avowed racist (by Obama’s own words) to nominate him. That should pick off a few AA votes (who am I kidding?).
So why did Barry pick Bill? Well for one thing, the Democratic brand is in the toilet. After purging the Blue Dogs from the party and then going on a wild little spending spree, Obama’s narcissistic bungling has taken its toll. I have it on good account that the hope is that Obama’s deflated base will be reminded of the glory days (see: Clinton Presidency). It will also shore up those pesky blue-collar male voters that Biden lost simply by supporting Obama.
My source tells me that ObamaKamp believes that Clinton’s presence will trick convince his dwindling base that Obama will be a President who will have the same respect and trust of the GOP that Clinton had. Me? I think Bill Clinton will totally dwarf Obama, and remind us what we could have had if the Democrats didn’t kill Hillary’s campaign. But Bill Clinton is a good egg, and he’s always willing to help. I’m sure he’ll do his best to make sure we see exactly why Obama should have a second term ( 
)
Maybe ObamaKamp should see if William Shatner is available to help out with the entertainment. Otherwise, they’d truly have to be tripping to buy this crock….
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Anthony’s post titles always crack me up.
Obots hate the Big Dawg.
That’s okay. Big Dawg and his supporters of which there many, hate them right back. If this all shakes out properly, they will be relegated back to their FAIL fringe parties, where they all belong. Maybe, just maybe, turning these morons loose for four years was a good thing, because they show the entire world what delusional idiots they really are.
Love the title- and that will now be floating around in my head all day.
Uh huh. Cuz as Donna said- they don’t need us. (Us as in the 18 million. Though I saw some stupid polling indicating Oblowme has the women’s vote by double digits. GRRRRR)
I was not going to bother watching the convention at all- but will tune in for the Big Dawg’s speech.
Hey, wait a minute! Maybe they were not getting any buyers for the commercial slots and had to come up with a name SURE to get people to tune in?
It could be Barky’s interpretation of “keep your enemies closer.” Maybe Team Barky is afraid someone might pull an Elaine Barrish.
Oh and as for miss two votes- I still remember she said if the stupor delegates decided the nominee she was going to quit.
STILL WAITING Donna.
Let’s do the maths…what if every super delegate voted like their district? Hmmmm…
Personally, I think that Bill was asked (ordered?) to do this either by the Dem leaders (Pelosi and
HastertHoyer) or the Foreign Relations Committee (who I think really calls all the shots in this supposed two party system. Maybea post about that in the future? I dunno).The info I got from my two (and impeccable) sources was that the visual would inspire confidence in “fallen democrats” to somehow subliminally equate The Dog Eater’s second term with the Clinton years. I asked one of my sources if she thought they really believed they could pull that off, and she started laughing and said “Yes”.
Personally, I would have to take a hit of acid to be in a place where I could believe that Obama’s second term would bring us the same prosperity, optimism and respect on the world stage that the Clinton years brought us.
Would you watch the whole thing if Uppity promises to host live drunk blogging? We could come up with a word ahead of time where we all have to pound a shot every time its uttered. Could be fun!
Drunk blogging would be the only way Anthony- and I would have to put up a protective wall in front of the TV lest I kill it.
Live blogging at Uppity’s is always a blast. The food is great too! I think perhaps I shall make a tomato tart- the tomatoes should be in full riot by then.
Your source better hope the fallen Dems are dumber than a box of rocks. How could anyone ever equate anything the chicago fraud has done with the peace and prosperity of the Clinton presidence?
I will be listening to President Clinton very very carefully. Too bad the straight ticket voters won’t.
These two particular sources are very close to the “cast members” and are more than a little privy to behind the scenes conversations. They have shown themselves to be capable of complete neutrality in making their assessments, and neither believe that anyone is going to buy it.
Let’s just say this: when “Obama’s brain” comes up with a strategy, everybody else falls in line. Then, the powerful voices emerge from other places (i.e. Pelosi,
Hastert(thanks, Karen!), Hoyer, FRC, etc) to convince, cajole and explain why this is a good idea for the party, not necessarily the candidate. We all know that Big Dawg is a good Democratic partisan, and has said on more than one occasion that he is concerned about the future of the party (read the link in the article that I highlighted). Here’s an excerpt:Okay, give me time and date and I will put a live blog thread in the hopper, all scheduled.
Likening what Obama has done to America with the Clinton years is not only laughable, but an insult. Just ask anybody who did well (which was pretty much most everybody) during Clinton and you get the picture.
I don’t think at this point, Joe could attract anybody. Unless you include flies. He’s a drag and a loser. The only reason he’s still there is obvious..Barack doesn’t like to admit he makes mistakes.
The only reason he’s still there is obvious..
. . . nobody else will take the job.
True, myiq – unless he gives it to Van Jones, which is not impossible
Well yeah, there’s that too. lol.
I tell you folks, Afghans are a sub species. Afghan police killed three Americans while they were sitting down eating and discussing Security with them. That place should be cratered. They cannot be cured of their animalistic culture. They are not salvageable. Either crater them or leave them to kill themselves off.
The story I got was that the Afghan chief of police invited the American soldiers to dinner and once they started eating, drew their weapons and murdered them right there at the table. I wonder if they finished their meal afterward?
Interesting is that the news has now nuanced the story to say “Men suspected of being Afghani police” etc.
I agree about blowing the joint up. After the Taliban dynamited those 5,000 year old Buddha’s that were carved into the mountains, I’ve really had it in for them. 9/11 was the icing on the cake. I always say “You can fuck with my food, my man and my money, but leave my art alone!”
Barky can recruit Bill all he wants, but we all know that there’s a big cost or some sort of concession as nothing’s for free… but what scares Obummer is that Romney (who scares me, too) is raking in the donations.
And it’s happening WITH GOOD REASON… people are looking at the Devil (O-duh) and the Deep Blue Sea (R-uhroh) and are thinking a long swim in that cold ocean seems mighty refreshing at this point.
We could blast Afghanistan back to the stone age but they’re almost there already.
Love, love that photo of Bill!!
Why insult the Stone Age?
Agree on Afghanistan. Did we learn nothing from the Soviet era debacle? Oh yes, we learned how to arm savages so they could turn on us and bite the hand that feeds them.
Screw that shit- set an example. Bomb Iran into non existence and we will hear nothing from the rest for a good long time.
We need to tell the Saudi’s and their “allies” to stuff it. Not one bullet. Not one tank. Not one jet. NOTHING until THEY get in the game. ANd they can pay for all of our “assistance”- up front- in oil.
Same with all the others we have been protecting. And I include Europe. Germany got lots and lots of fine airports, has been completely rebuilt at our expense. While we expend lives and treasure. Fine- ungrateful bunch of sobs over there too. No more- you want our help- you damn well pay for it.
If we were charging all our so called allies for our services- there would be enough in our budget to take care of things here at home. Starting with closing off our vermin infested borders. I wonder every day how many jihadists are coming over that border.
I hope you guys are right about Bill. But I’m fearful that he’ll do what he does best and that many people will give Obama a second chance based on Bill’s excellent salesmanship. If anybody could “sell” that empty suited nothing burger, it would be Big Dawg. So, I’m gonna read your live blogging to see what he says, because I can’t bear to see and hear Bill praise and endorse him. It would kill me! Sorry to be a Debbie Downer!
imust, don’t discount the visual. Its going to be devastating to Obama, who will shrink in comparison to Clinton. I think its a really stupid thing for Obama to do – trotting someone out who can run circles around him will only highlight his incompetence. And don’t underestimate Bill Clinton’s eloquence. There will be plenty of double entendres to feast upon for months to come.
WJC is a first and foremost a politician. His high approval rating as an ex-president is far more important than convincing us that a bag of shit is really filled with ice cream. His legacy as a philanthropist overshadows his talent as a salesman and I doubt he’s going to throw that away for the assclown that attacked him and his wife.
OMG you’re killing my keyboard Anthony. I just had breakfast.
Still lmao.
LMAO! You’ve got the best snark going, Anthony. Juicy link, indeed. I really can’t wait fir Bill to speak. I’ll be watching with my Clinton ears on. I suspect it’s going to be EPIC!
@imust
I hope WJC sticks it to him and twists it A LOT. I do know what you mean. I got an email from my “never give up the ship” friends who are emailing some rumor about Joe leaving the ticket and HRC saving the day. They just don’t get it.
@ NES
Keep it up, this time it was the mouse. hahahahahahahaha
This is just sick and sad- (and of course OT) THIS is what awaits us if we go with the European model.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/austeritys-cost-abandoned-children-europe-150243995.html
Bingo! Bill’s presence is only going to remind me of what I gained–and lost.
Exactly. And Carter’s speaking, too! It’s gonna look like this:
Can’t WAIT to hear what Jimmeh has to say. He’s been losing his marbles lately. This oughtta be good….
Jimmy reminds me of Elmer Fudd.
I hope WJC sticks it to him and twists it A LOT.
and Bill will smile and Obama will be schewred up like a kabob.
Oh yes Foxy, do you think he’ll be a little nervous? I mean this is the guy that they labeled “racist.” WJC cannot let this little crisis go wasted. Payback time.
I think Bill should come out with tire tracks on the front of him and say, “I’m here! Out from under the bus!”
They probably wrote Jimmeh’s speech for him, considering they don’t particularly think it’s a good idea for him to talk about how he Effing hates Jews.
Cinton is just there for more Adult Supervision that he tends to provide the little pissant.
Eggggzactly! If I were disposed to watching that convention, which I am not, and I saw Bill talking, I would think, You F*ckwad! You took everything I got under Bill Clinton away from me. Put Bill on the ballot instead, you dipwad.
Bill Clinton is the King of the sublminal cut. Look for it.
Google pays FTC $25 million fine for privacy violation of the entire Safari browser.
Y’all keep using Gmail and Google Plus and all those other bells and whistles they give you for “free”, you hear? Don’t forget google documents and that helpful “reader”.
I see it’s time again to stop reading Huffblow. They are doing what they do best: Blowing obama goats. They mention the ad tying romney to that fake death story without bothering to mention it’s been debunked. Huffblow and AOL. A match made in heaven.
Jonathan Alter just doubled down on the “Romney will kill you” meme. Make that quadruple downed……okay, jumped the shark!
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/08/09/alter_on_obamacare_if_we_elect_romney_a_lot_of_people_will_die.html
OMG… I’m dying here today from all the funny comments and after reading that headline.
“I think Bill should come out with tire tracks on the front of him and say, “I’m here! Out from under the bus!” -imust, now that would be a visual!
imust, Alter is off his fucking rocker.
Is it me? or is this amazing hyperbole really going further than I can ever remember it going?
This sounds like the shrieking of the truly desperate. I wonder what the real poll numbers are. You know, the average without the Obama-friendly outliers.
Oh yeah, I see the meme Alter is shrieking about. And he can add that he has proooof — because that’s what happened to Soptik’s wife.
Perhaps BO will just ditch the convention altogether as he did a year ago when he left the Tax Cut conference for Michelle’s Xmas party, leaving Bill Clinton in charge to handle the press.
Ya know, I “interviewed” Jimmeh back in the day…..
Who can every forget that interview with Little Anthony. It was a hit.
Anthony, why does the Anthony of Sibyl sound like Cary Grant to me? LOL
Fembots – because it was the only voice on that free site that didn’t run slow and had some expression. His look, however, is right on the money
You mean those +19 polls? The one where there are 19% more democrats polled? Those polls? Give. Me. A. Break.
Yeah, those polls, Upps.
Yeah Alter, try being a senior with cancer or ANYBODY with cancer on Medicare thanks to the 500 BILLION cut Obama made and see how many people are DYING thanks to OBAMACARE! Try being a senior and getting a letter from all your specialists saying they don’t accept Medicare any longer thanks to OBAMACARE, Alter! You horse’s ass! Problem with you is are too healthy and you have your own insurance and haven’t been affected by OBAMACARE yet, like the HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of single pay people who got priced out the market because they couldn’t afford the nearly 50% premium hikes in two bites thanks to OBAMACARE.
At the expense of hundreds of thousands of other lives on Medicare. How Immoral can you get
Bill Clinton opening remark:
TOLD you it was all a fairy tale!
“Mr. President. I’m honored that you begged me to come here tonight to bail your skinny ass out”.
ohmygod………
Which one?
Anthony, fun read.
Not sure who you mean at 8:30 and 9:04 when you are talking about Hastert. Is there an influential democrat by that name? The only Hastert I know is the former R Speaker.
Yea Hastert. The taxpayer thieving land dealer who ran his own ass out of congress before he got caught. The guy who ate so much on the taxpayer’s tab that you needed a bigger TV to see him.
Come on gang. Tell us what you wish Bill Clinton’s first line would be for his speech.
“You coulda had a V-8″.
Good catch, Karen. I meant Hoyer. Blood was boiling at that point, and I hate them equally. Every time I pay ConEd, I curse Hastert. Hoyer is just as bad, but at least tries to smile.
imust said she loved the photo of Bill and I scrolled up looking for a new picture of a black and white cat. Conditioned reflex. Oh THAT Bill.
And now let me introduce the dumbest person in the room.
After Bill spends 10 minutes begging the audience to take their seats and stop applauding him so wildly he will say:
Let me ask you all something. Are you as comfortable now as you were when I finished my first term? (confusion and mild applause) Are you as confident in the obama plan for this nation as you were when I was talking about building a bridge to the new century? (more confusion but the beginning of some snickering from the moderates section) Are you sorry you didn’t support Hillary and fight for her to be the rightful candidate? (wild applause resumes)
laughing my ass off. I just read what Lanny Davis has to say about obama’s pac ads and Bill Burton. They are gearing up for Big Dawg’s revenge!
http://news.yahoo.com/disgusting-pro-obama-ad-criticized-democrat-173232555–abc-news-politics.html
ROFL karen! We should start a pool on how long Bill’s standing ovation goes on.
Will he start with “Once upon a time…..”
Wonder what color tie he will be wearing.
Wish Bill a happy birthday here:
http://clintonfoundation.org/happybirthday/?utm_campaign=BDay2012&utm_medium=email&utm_source=080912BDay2012&source=080912email
Now tell me there isn’t something mentally wrong with Barack Obama. Here he is telling aspiring olympians, “For wrestlers, you smell pretty good”. WTF is wrong with this guy, he’s just not wired right. Maybe he WAS raised by wolves like michelle said, because he has NO social redeeming qualities whatsoEVER.
h/t FF.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/obama-meets-aspiring-olympians-for-wrestlers-you-smell-pretty-good/
Yes, there is definitely something seriously wrong with this creepy-crawly we have for a president.
Well Bill Clinton pretending to support Obama will not get me to tune into Barkey’s World even to see the train wreck.
However, Anthony’s idea of adding Shatner to the program so it would Bill squared – might just be worth a look. Especially since the original Captain Kirk has had some practice at speaking before conventions where a larger percentage are young adults still living in their parent’s basements.
The wayback machine takes us to: Get a life from SNL
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x930vt_william-shatner-snl-skit-get-a-life_fun
Bill’s speech will go a little something like this once it’s translated from Clinton code into normal English:
“My fellow Americans… Remember me? Remember how great your life was when I was President? Remember that McMansion you bought in 96? And The SUV you bought in 98? Remember that cruise to the Bahamas you took in 99? That was the same year your daughter graduated from college and got that great job working for NASA. Peace and prosperity. Good times… Life sure sucks now, doesn’t it? But we can turn this thing around. [Insert policy talk that resembles nothing that Obama has proposed.] Don’t vote for that Republican. [Insert criticism of Romney, but nothing too damaging.] Obama is a smart guy– didn’t he pick the best Secretary of State ever? You could have had Hillary, but Obama vs. Mitt is your choice. America will be great again. God bless America!”
lol mt. laurel. Yep, those basement dwellers that were sci-fi fans mostly ended up doing so through college and then became techies instead of trekkies. The obots are going to have 4 more years of living in the basement without a job if they make the same voting error.
GRRRRR!!!!! Shoot me now! I beg you please- just kill me now!
THIS is what is wrong with all this multicutlural Bull Crap! An athlete competes on the team of the United States of America- but carries a MEXICAN flag on his victory lap????? WTF?!?!?!?!
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/american-athlete-under-fire-carrying-mexican-flag-171127666–oly.html
Ewwww. The man whiffed them? That is so bizarre.
Someone should take his ass back to Mexico and leave it for the cartels.
How about a fun fact?
Fareed Zakaria suspended from Time and CNN for plagiarising content
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/aug/10/fareed-zakaria-time-cnn-plagiarising?CMP=twt_gu
This is fabulous–Mario Cuomo (who was my governor) nominating Bill Clinton at the 92 Dem Convention in NYC. While it’s about a half hour long, I recommend watching the whole thing. It is incredibly relevant today.
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/clip/3687100
Oh I remember Mario’s speech well. He was an amazingly moving speaker. In his presence you would feel awe, yet he would dissapate your awe and make YOU feel special. This I know first hand.
UW: Indeed! And to top it off, his speech could be delivered almost verbatim. Just substitute the failed economic policies of the Reagan/Bush years for those of the Bush/Obama years. Substitute the S&L Bailout for the Bankster Bailout. And so on. It is eery.
I was having trouble with the audio on your link Sophie- so I have it on you tube- enough to leave me without any hope whatsoever. It is like he is describing our present troubles.
What was that old hippie song-
When will we ever learn, when will…..
I think Mitt’s campaign is finding the balls the McCain never did:
Mario was a real person. He wasn’t a made up image, you got the real deal from him – good and bad. He was tough and respected and gave respect. I am going to watch that clip now because it will do my heart good to remember a time when we had real hope in a candidate. Bill made me dance down the driveway when I heard he won. The man from Hope.
KFC, looks like Mittens has found one of the cajones Hillary was handing out in 08 but he needs a pair, and he needs to go after and destroy obama.
DE- nice find! Just hope they start slamming him in earnest soon and don’t stop until that scum is out of the people’s house.
I wonder how many people that do not follow politics as we do will get the message. We have been following along with that story- hope it impacts the non politicals
Hi all,
I am supposed to be on Talk of Chicago tonight, The Kendall Moore show but my segment got moved back an hour — if anyone wants to tune in, it should start around 7 pm Pacific Time, 9 pm Central (might be a few minutes earlier or later…
http://www.wvon.com/personailities/kendall-moore.html
http://www.wvon.com
Been doing bunches of interviews — hope to post links soon — some already on my website cover page!
sorry for butting in!
Ani: Excellent news!
Jen: That’s the Big Dawg speech!! (Of course, I wish he’d say, “I don’t know what’s loaded in the teleprompter so I’ll just ask you all–don’t you wish you could get a do-over of 2008?)
they are running late – supposed to introduce me in a couple of minutes…
thanks, Sophie….:)
Wouldn’t it be something if a bunch of Dem delegates started chanting “HILL-A-REEEE!!!” at some point during Bill’s speech? The Big Dawg would love it!
True about Mario. I heard him give an amazing speech at the Holocaust Museum a few years ago.
Jen, I would love it. 18 Million of us would love it!
One on one with Mario was simply awesome. I don’t think he will ever be repeated.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/08/code-pink-to-send-photos-of-their-vaginas-to-rnc-convention/
I hope they publish them online.
And no, I don’t want to see them.
Aw God, not code pink again. In the disgusting department, I do believe they are working hard to compete with PETA. In fact, I sometimes wonder if they aren’t the same people.
WTH!! NBC just broke in with special report announcing that Romney will announce Paul Ryan for VP tomorrow!!!
HAVE THEY EVER DONE THAT BEFORE?????? ANNOUNCED A PICK BEFORE THE CAMPAIGN ITSELF????
Don’t they always do that.
Well they didn’t for Sarah Palin, they were caught flat footed. They didn’t for Biden, remember the sign up so you can get texted on the VP choice campaign?
Wow, Imust. That really sucks. Have you seen Ryan’s budget?
Sophie, I’ve heard a lot about it. I think Ryan is a bad pick, JMO.
Rubio would have been a better pick. Even Portman would have been better! Ryan will alienate the seniors in Florida! Does he WANT to lose?
Paul Ryan. The Let’s call Social Security an entitlement so we don’t have to pay back what we stole guy.
Just when I thought things couldn’t get worse. Gratefully, the beast won’t have any say as VP. Might even be good to get his ass out of the Senate. But then of course he will want to be president. HOpefully somebody will be able to Kerry-ize him when the time comes. And, no offense, but that widow’s peak he has is really unsettling, conjures up the Adams family. Or was it the Munsters?
Paul Ryan is straight out of Dickens, for chrissakes.
Yeah that Paul Ryan. Talk about fresh meat for the Obama camp to go after.
Eddie Munster Uppity?
Yo Sophie check yer email.
I think Romney just lost Florida and Ohio with that pick, big mistake.
Terrible pick. Way too extreme. Nothing like handing Obama some fodder to shoot.
The MSNBC people are practically giddy!
I’m talking Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd. They’re licking their chops.
Welcome to 4 more years of Obamanation.
You have to wonder why the Republicans keep handing it right over to Barry. Like they want him to win.
I know.
I swear, if somebody here starts pretending Paul Ryan is a good deal, I will shoot myself in the head in the realization that delusion isn’t unique to Obots.
Yeah Imust. LOL! Eddie.
This dipwad’s magic underwear aren’t working. he just lost the seniors.
Sophie I’m beginning to think the GOP DOES want Obama to win.
This is really depressing.
Jesus, for lack of any other word.
The Republicans just don’t want to give us anything to work with. I’m having acid flashbacks to McCain now.
I thought we dodged the bullet with Santorum, Gingrich and Christy.
I hate to quote myself, but the Ryan pick doesn’t bother me in the least. Romney needs conservative votes. Romney is running for POTUS, Ryan is his “Joe Biden”. Big deal.
Romney had conservative votes. He needed Independent votes. And maybe a few Democratic cross overs.
As for Ryan being “just the VP”, two words…Sarah Palin. Obama ran against Sarah Palin and now he’s going to run against Paul Ryan.
Ryan Budget highlights:
- Medicare cuts and raising eligibility
- Medicaid cuts
- Cuts in cuts in “discretionary” spending (such as highway and airport funding, disaster relief, and NASA.
But he isn’t just a slash and burn kind of guy. He’s willing to spend some money too on the important things:
- Tax cuts–top rate is 25%
- Raise defense spending
See it as you must, but Romney wasn’t getting enough support from the base. And I must say that Obama ran against McCain, not Pailn. Last I heard, she was McCain’s pick for VP. It is the Obama campaign that convinced everyone he was running against her.
Obamacare has already cut Medicare by $500B, and thats just a start. Do you really think the Dems are going to replace the money that has been taken over the years? Think again.
In NY, Medicaid has already been cut as well. Discretionary spending also includes earmarks, etc.
If you think 4 more years if this assclown is a better pick, then go right ahead and vote for him. I don’t, and I won’t.
When I heard about Ryan, my first thought was, Barry’s won it again. The super pacs & barkaloungers campaign will have a field day with Ryan. One of the worst possible choices. I’m an indy, not a dem, and I would never vote for someone like Ryan.
Upps, a pic is worth a thousand words alright! You nailed it!
I didn’t say I thought Obama was a better pick. I said, Romney’s pick of RYAN was a bad pick. Romney just lost the election.
I assumed he picked Ryan for the conserv base…the extreme conserv base that doesn’t like things about Romney, like Romney care and the mormon thing. But still, what about all the moderate people?
Indeed, socal, that picture is spot on.
President Clinton’s speech:
LOL Why Not. Perfect!
Why Not, hahahaha! Good one!
This Ryan extravaganza on the battleship (USS Wisconsin?) makes me wonder if Barry will swap out Imbibin’ for a new VP? Barry doesn’t like to be outdone.
I believe your assumption is correct, socal. Right now, both Romney and Obama are playing to their base. Thats what campaigns are all about, and I do understand his pick. Just as I understood Obama’s pick of Joe Biden.
GOP moderates will be fine with Ryan, Independent moderates (I count myself among them) really don’t mind, and Dem moderates will not be happy with this choice.
In the end, its all about getting your base to the polls to cast their vote for you. Thats why Obama chose Biden, and thats why Romney chose Ryan.
No, it’s about winning FL, OH and PA. With Rubio at least he had a shot for FL with Portman, maybe OH and other midwest, but with Ryan, he’s lost.
I’ll even say he’ll lose WI with Ryan.
Why Not:
APPLAUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG Why Not. ROFL!
Ryan will energize the left.
Romney’s right wing crackpot base had NOWHERE to go and they certainly were NOT going to stay home like they did in 2008. Look where THAT got them. Pandering to them I think is worthless. i do thik he’s managed to alienate moderates and definitely Hillary’s base, not to mention seniors, so that puts him in worse shape than McCain was in. I think he just blew it and I’m not going to blow smoke up my own ass about what a smart move this was. it wasn’t. It was dumb. That’s my take and I’m sticking to it. I’ll also bet his polls don’t budge.
imust @ 2:27, interesting thought. What I’ve heard from my cousins makes me wonder if you might not be right.
Might be good news to find out MSNBC has been duped into looking stupid again. They do it so well.
Anthony, I wish I could be as optimistic as you about Ryan not doing Romney any harm — I suspect he will. He may get him WI (Greta thinks so, and I do too), but he may lose him eno’ seniors and Indys to make a fatal difference.
Unlike Upps, I do think Ryan is sexy in a nerdy kinda way tho’ — and love ‘em or hate ‘em, Romney-Ryan is a serious BABE tix. Obama-Biden seems old and borrrring by comparison.
agree with imust again. Yes, it will energize the left. They’re already starting on him. Mitt is making his announcement on a battleship fcs, (altho neither he or Ryan ever served in military). I saw some cracks about how they should have announced it in an Oscar Weiner mobile becuz Ryan used to drive one when he was young.
Agree, Upps, it wasn’t a smart move by Romney. I overestimated his circumspectness.
Meh. I’m with Upps. Eddie Munster all the way. Mittens is a nice looking old man, but too weird to be a babe. Agree with you about O/B being old & boring though.
Upps, well said.
TY NES. You know, if he had to pick wayyy right, as least pick somebody who can bring you a frigging swing state!
MSNBC is saying Ryan is a good pick…..so you know it’s bad.
Rubio would have been a better pick because it would have helped in Florida and because it would sway more latinos than anyone thinks. Not all latinos think anything with two legs hopping over the border is a good idea. That’s bogus.
Whoa, NES, you and I have definitely different tastes in men. I do not find Ryan attractive at all, although Mitt isn’t bad to look at in a Bleachy kind of way.
Great post Anthony. Sorry forgot to say so when I first got here. Too stunned about the Ryan pick.
Thanks, socal. Appreciate that
Upps, Greta (a WI native) says Ryan’ll put WI in Mitt’s column. I agree with her. That said, it’s not OH, FL, or PA.
My Mom just left a couple of days ago. Every time Mitt came on the TV, she’d talk about how Mitt had cruel eyes! (She was republican during 1st half of her life, then switched over to the left)
Upps, my taste in men is catholic. Mitt and Ryan are objectively handsome tho’.
Ironic isn’t it that Obama is the only (perceived) Protestant in the race.
(Of course he’s no such thang — as every Muslim knows, if your pa’s Muslim, you’re Muslim; period, end of story. Only whiteys could be fooled by Barack’s Christian garb.)
The importance of Ryan’s catholic, working class background shouldn’t be underestimated. The catholic Reagan-Democrats voting block is important in PA and OH, eg.
Eh you can’t fool me, NES. You like Italians. Men or women. They are your eye candy. Admit it.
Who the heck cares about WI when you could get Ohio or Florida instead. This just doesn’t compute.
Oh yeah Obama is a protestant and I’m Cleopatra.
Gee, bummer about Ryan. I know how badly everyone wanted Romney to win (eye roll)….
I don’t feel particularly compelled to defend my opinion about Ryan. I’m quite comfortable with him. Equally, I do not feel compelled to try to defend Romney’s choice nor do I feel a need to try and change anyone’s opinion. We’re all entitled to our own, and instead of saying “You’re wrong” I will simply say “I don’t agree” that Ryan is going to push Grandma off the cliff while her Little Rascal is still running.
That said, I maintain that VP picks are for political reasons only. Those of us who sit in the front row seats are simultaneously dazzled and horrified by the spectacle on stage, and those who work behind the scenes manipulating the machinery that creates the spectacle are not so surprised.
I quote myself again:
As much as everyone hates the Tea Party, don’t underestimate their influence at the polls. If you do, just remember what happened in 2010. For political reasons, it is a wise choice for Romney.
The base’s complaint with Romney is that he’s too moderate. Ryan is perceived as being more in line with Tea Party voters, which I don’t necessarily agree with but will admit I haven’t informed myself enough to make that statement with confidence.
I’ve read Ryan’s budget, and agree with Bill Clinton that its a good plan in many ways, and it was wise to write it leaving a lot of room for compromise within it.
Clinton also stated that Ryan at least had the balls to get it on the table, and then offered his help to Ryan in crafting it further. I’m sure video footage of that particular Clinton interview will be included in future Romney/Ryan ads.
What is Biden? (religion) Is Ryan a devout Catholic like Satanorum?
Anyway, it will be an interesting, if vicious, 3 months.
Romney had my ABO vote – and it appeared that he had Obama fanning his own stench – and now he dumps a Ryan?
I Can’t – I Won’t – do it.
Anthony, you’re so funny! Interesting points anyway.
Also, while a lot of us are ambivalent, NES wants Romney, also, I think lorac.
Hope you were referring to the “Little Rascal” reference
Maybe you’re right, Anthony.
What a choice between kill myself now or as I’m leaving the voting booth.
Yes, LOL funny.
G’ nite everybody. I’m going to go jump from the third floor window now.
Anthony and NES get split custody of Needlenose.
Most people in this country have never even heard of Paul Ryan before. Now the race is on to see who can “define” him first.
Anthony: It only clicked for me this moment, that the Carter video ties the racism charge to the view that Americans do not consider African Americans qualified to lead the Nation. I didn’t “get” that before, it is so subtle. The race card deliberately spins the responsible voter’s performance of due diligence seeking criteria such as competence, experience and achievement in a candidates into racist closed-mindedness. His logic implies that We, the People have a greater duty to extend affirmative action than exercise survival instincts by choosing the most qualified candidate. By simply using the word, “Qualified,” and you are rejecting Obama based on the color of his skin; his short-comings as a leader are irrelevant.
Thanks, AnnA. I was shocked for that same reason when I first saw the Carter video, hence his invitation to Little Anthony’s show. Whitney (RIP) just showed up out of nowhere.
I think Catholic women for the most part are fed up with papal interference with their birth control, since the VAST majority of them ignore the vatican and use it. So if Ryan gets TOO catholic (and it’s most often the Catholic MEN in office who act that way), it’s not a plus. Also the rest of the country might be feeling Catholic’d to death considering some of their behaviors in congress. And then there’s the inundated SCOTUS. Just saying.
Can’t wait to see the polls on this pick. Or better yet, would love to see it all be a mistake with a duped press who jumped the gun.
The “other issue” women consider pivotal is the deficit. I agree, Anthony, this is consistent with the Romney business approach. The VP chairs the Senate, which hasn’t produced a budget in three years; Ryan has been a budget geek since h.s. and has been elected to Congress by the same people who upheld Scott Walker as governor in the face of the Union recall. He’s a lot like Bill Clinton, a solid, multi-level processing unit, who simplifies incredibly complicated issues, diffuses the fear and gets to work. Clinton co-opted Ross Perot’s issue by addressing the deficit and won the election. Once his issue had been addressed, Perot even felt comfortable dropping out. It dovetailed with a focus on the Economy which only works when people work. With respectful leadership, we turned a deficit into a surplus. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Az_GZoiZM4 In Ryan, both the Clintons find a kindred spirit, one with whom they can work. I believed Hillary when she wept for her country, and I believe these Patriots are already working through the plan with an eye to integrating points Dems will support. Call it a Wonk Study Group.
I’m familiar with that clip, AnnA. I’m sure its going to be part of a campaign video.
Uppity, what I DO like about this pick is that ObamaKamp can’t slam Ryan without being forced to talk about the economy, Obamacare and how it has already cut Medicare with more cuts coming in early 2013, or deficit spending. I don’t know if they really want to go there.
Am I enthusiastic? No. But at this point, I’m still comfortable with my opinion and decision to support Romney. But I will say this – that support can change if there is credible evidence to prove he is the wrong choice. I’ve been known to do that, and I think you know I’m not the kind of person who drinks the KoolAid and puts ego before reality. I’d rather say “I was wrong” than to continue supporting something wrong.
The hell they can’t, Anthony.
They can talk about anything they want however they want. And they do. They just pulled off a scam ad accusing Romney of murder and it didn’t put a chink in their routine.
I’m listening to Ryan’s speech. If he does this for the next few weeks, the “tone” of the campaign will elevate. I look forward to seeing how he handles smart ass / biased reporters who bait him with distractions.
… LOL!!! Look at him, … “That’s right, we’re bad. We’re Americans!” What a geek! Slap ‘em with reality.
I’m thinking how much I love the Japenese youtubes on cats. They respect and love their cats so much, unlike China, where someone recently stood there and took PHOTOS of a kitten who was lying on its dead littermater after the entire litter got ‘hit by a car’. Instead of helping those kittens, some Chinese POS took a series of photos and sold them to the UK Mirror and I was sickened to see them posted at Pawnation (another AOL owned POS sensation place like Huffblow). You would think the bystander would care about the traumatised and bleeding kitten. Nope. We take photos. And exactly how DOES an ENTIRE litter ‘get hit by a car” unless somebody dumped them together in the road? Assholes. These are the assholes we owe trillions to.
“Heartbroken kitten refuses to leave its dead friend”. The kitten is NOT heartbroken, it is TERRIFED and doesn’t KNOW what to do and needs help, you assholes. “Pawnation”, my ass!
Don’t look unless YOU want to be heartbroken.
http://www.pawnation.com/2012/08/08/heartbroken-kitten-refuses-to-leave-his-deceased-friend/
O. M. G. Are they kidding?
I have a headache now.
Over the last few months Yahoo had had lots and lots and lots of “articles” on their home page regarding “the best places to retire overseas.” Maybe I should start paying attention- cuz we are screwed no matter the outcome in November.
Did the R/Romney camp really think the fundiegelical extreme right wingers were going to stay home?
Do they not know how many women are going to land in the D camp over this?
I begin to think they WANT to lose.
WTF?
Yep, socal, I definitely want Romney. With Ryan paired with him, I’m not sure I’ll get him tho’. Until yesterday late night, I was quite confident O would lose…now I think he’ll win.
Dying to see a poll on the Ryan choice. Anyone seen it?
It seems like most Uppityites don’t live in swing states, so it doesn’t really matter how they vote.
That said, if you’re ABO, you’re ABO…nothing about the Ryan pick should change the calculus. (Disagreeing with Mom WITH ALL DUE RESPECT on this wee point.)
NES, I saw rasmussan”s dailys, which would be before the announcement (a couple of days’ delay) Romney 46, Obama 44. Won’t see reflection of this announcement for another two days.
NES- that is the great thing about Uppity’s great room- we can disagree.
My prediction? You watch- here comes the Roe V Wade big stick- AGAIN. Yup- Ryan is super ultra anti choice and the D’s are going to pound that one from now until Nov.
I could have voted for Romney as I believe he is a moderate. I WON’T vote for someone so blatantly anti woman.
I want a None of the Above button on the ballot.
First time ever I am saying thank God my vote doesn’t matter. No matter what happens it will definitely NOT be laid at my door.
I agree with PMM. ABO can only go so far. For example, I would never vote for Rick Sweater Vest, or Chris Krispy Creme Cristie.
Then my dear imust, I’m glad you live in our great state of CA.
Exactly right, Mom!
By the way, some consider PA to be a swing state. But, I agree with you that that’s an illusion — it’s going BO, big time.
Has anyone commented on the fact that Obama’s campaign color this time around appears to be grey?!? See all his campaign “Forward” signs. It’s bizarre-o.
LOL on PA being a swing state- they are dreaming. Until we can get a bill passed making the electoral votes proportionate BY DISTRICT PA will never turn. Some argue less money would be spent by the campaigns here in PA if we awarded by district- which I call bs as code for some of the money would be spent other than in Philly and Pittsburgh. The candidates would have to spend MORE money to get the votes in the vast swath of PA that is not blue. As it stands now they just write us off. They concentrate on Philly and Pittsburgh because they know the votes in the rest of the state don’t count.
Hillary and Bill came through our area in the primaries in 08- Bill actually came to the town next door- other candidates? nada
Should be fuckward. NES.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
SO TRUE!
Mom, not to be tooooo incendiary, but it looks like your state has been taken over by the AfAmer guilt-lobby and it’s associates/allies. Talk about the disenfranchisement of white and rural voters by the Dems’ client-lobbies! Why don’t the Reeps do anything about it?
Corbett tried to get a reallocation of electoral votes bill through. The ptb killed it- with that stupid meme about PA losing candidate money if all the votes were not kept in one block. As far as most of us are concerned Philly is really just a suburb of NJ and we would be quite happy if they took it back.
Gotta go cover for the regular sat night guy and sing Mass- bbl
Sing it PMM!
True fax: I started reading this blog because of the “True Blood” books–there is another set of books about a librarian, from Georgia, whose belongs to the Uppity Women group. I never dreamed that this blog would be so good and so timely.
Go, Anthony!! Sing it to the world, and I hope they hear you loud and clear. You say things SO much better than I ever will!