2012 US Presidential Election Megathread!

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Phillip V

#255
August 07, 2012, 07:33:41 PM
Rumour: Obama says that Romney wants to pick Petraeus as VP.

http://www.drudgereport.com/flashgp.htm


QuotePresident Obama whispered to a top fundraiser this week that he believes GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney wants to name Gen. David Petraeus to the VP slot!

"The president wasn't joking," the insider explains to the DRUDGE REPORT.

A Petraeus drama has been quietly building behind the scenes.

Romney is believed to have secretly met with the four-star general in New Hampshire.

The pick could be a shrewd Romney choice. A cross-party pull. The Obama administration hailed Petraeus as one of history's greatest military strategists. Petraeus was unanimously confirmed as the Director of the CIA by the US Senate 94-0.

But Petraeus has categorically asserted that he has NO political ambitions. And Team Obama stands prepared to tie one of their own to "Bush wars." A Petraeus pick could been seen as simply shuffling the decks of power in DC.

CountDeMoney

#256
August 07, 2012, 07:43:39 PM
LOL, Drudge.

Razgovory

#257
August 07, 2012, 07:48:59 PM
Hey Phil, I seem to recall you predicting that Romney was going to play up his "Hispanic" background once the nomination was tied up.  Haven't seen that yet.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Phillip V

#258
August 07, 2012, 07:57:21 PM Last Edit: August 07, 2012, 07:59:13 PM by Phillip V
Quote from: Razgovory on August 07, 2012, 07:48:59 PM
Hey Phil, I seem to recall you predicting that Romney was going to play up his "Hispanic" background once the nomination was tied up.  Haven't seen that yet.
Romney has been lying low and not really doing much of anything regarding identity or direction; a flaccid campaign. He may be waiting until the convention and late August/September to change/present himself when people actually start paying attention to the election. This cycle has really low/late voter participation/attentiveness, which is also reflected in media coverage. 2008 was just more exciting/relevant to people.

DGuller

#259
August 07, 2012, 08:05:54 PM
Quote from: Phillip V on August 07, 2012, 07:57:21 PM
Romney has been lying low and not really doing much of anything regarding identity or direction; a flaccid campaign.
Yeah, it needs more fluffing.

Phillip V

#260
August 07, 2012, 08:10:16 PM
Here was a dip in the Mexican pool:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spd2NhjkOo0

'Romney Son Features in Spanish Speaking Ad, Acknowledges Mexican Heritage'

http://www.latinospost.com/articles/2130/20120718/romney-son-features-spanish-speaking-ad-acknowledges.htm
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The Romney campaign has released its new ad, the difference here is it's targeted for the Hispanic demographic featuring his son, Craig, and acknowledges their Mexican background.

The ad, titled "País De Inmigrantes," or "Country of Immigrants," features the Romney son touting his father understands the issues immigrants and the Hispanic community face today.

"I would like to tell you how my father, Mitt Romney, thinks," said Craig Romney, when the ad is translated. "He values very much that we are a nation of immigrants."

The ad goes as far to say his grandfather, George, was born in Mexico.

"For our family the greatness of the United States is how we respect and help each other, regardless of where we come from. As president, my father will work on a permanent solution to the immigration system, working with leaders of both parties," said Romney's son.
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The Spanish ad also comes after comedian George Lopez said Romney will lose the Hispanic vote because Romney would not "admit" his grandfather was born in Mexico.

"Mitt Romney wants the Latino vote," said Lopez. "He ain't going to get it. He ain't going to get it. And you know why? Because Mitt Romney is a [expletive] Latino and he won't admit it. His father was born in Chihuahua, Mexico. Mitt Romney is a Chicano.


CountDeMoney

#261
August 07, 2012, 08:46:15 PM
"Obamaloney", Mittens?  Really?  That's the best you can do?  "Obamaloney"?

garbon

#262
August 07, 2012, 08:49:05 PM
We've worn out Barack HUSSEIN Obama.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Razgovory

#263
August 07, 2012, 08:57:38 PM
Quote from: garbon on August 07, 2012, 08:49:05 PM
We've worn out Barack HUSSEIN Obama.

I thought the Obamanation was the big one now a days.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

derspiess

#264
August 07, 2012, 09:40:02 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 07, 2012, 08:46:15 PM
"Obamaloney", Mittens?  Really?  That's the best you can do?  "Obamaloney"?

Well, "Mittens" ain't so hot, either.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

CountDeMoney

#265
August 07, 2012, 09:45:29 PM
Quote from: derspiess on August 07, 2012, 09:40:02 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 07, 2012, 08:46:15 PM
"Obamaloney", Mittens?  Really?  That's the best you can do?  "Obamaloney"?

Well, "Mittens" ain't so hot, either.

Better than Willard.

I wonder what his cult name is, when he's in temple baptizing dead Hindus from the 18th century?

Hey, look what I found!  Mormon Name Generator

QuoteCount deMoney = our Mormon name is: Caldoun deVonne

:smarty:

Viking

#266
August 07, 2012, 09:46:49 PM
QuoteAdmanzah Jorson

ffs I'm so fucking glad I'm not a mormon....
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

katmai

#267
August 07, 2012, 09:47:23 PM
I don't think so seedy.
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

sbr

#268
August 07, 2012, 09:53:02 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 07, 2012, 08:46:15 PM
"Obamaloney", Mittens?  Really?  That's the best you can do?  "Obamaloney"?

I liked Obama's Romney Hood comment.

Syt

#269
August 07, 2012, 11:13:27 PM
Using my real name:
QuoteNashaun Messiah Angel
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I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

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