Author Topic: US Elections 2012 (Read 16816 times)

Tuffty · « **Reply #20 on:** July 18, 2012, 11:18:48 AM »

Mitt Romney's campaign doesn't understand Venn diagrams

Forthisgift · « **Reply #21 on:** July 19, 2012, 03:25:05 AM »

looks like there's a correlation between pop music and democracy lol

Foxy Brown · « **Reply #22 on:** July 19, 2012, 06:56:49 AM »

J-Triumf · « **Reply #23 on:** July 19, 2012, 10:19:49 AM »

SILVERMAN 2012!

Forthisgift · « **Reply #24 on:** July 23, 2012, 02:48:06 AM »

How do you figure out who you're going to vote for? For me, I just read between the lines. Maybe I'm too cynical but I don't believe that politics, i.e. democrat/republican, and what candidates say they'll do actually account for anything. I figure the political landscape is merely a game and they're just trying to play it or pander to the lowest common denominator or whatever. What I mean by read between the lines is I just observe how they act and try to read body language. Seeing as body language is hard to self-manipulate and that it is still believed to account for the majority of communication I just go by that. I liked Bill Clinton because he gave off that "bro" vibe. He was cool as the other side of the pillow on the campaign trail and he was musically inclined. I didn't know what he stood for at all and I still don't. I sure as hell didn't care that he copped some head in the oval office. I voted for Obama because he was slick, he smoked menthol, and he could ball. Yup. Depending on who owns the Senate, Congress and/or the House of Reps it doesn't really matter what the president wants to accomplish if the other implementations of checks and balances cock blocks him/her the whole term. So yea, I just pick the guy I feel most comfortable with. It's not like I don't have anything to lose either. I'm a tax paying citizen with a job and bills to pay(like most of you I'm sure) and all that so it SHOULD matter to me but it doesn't lol. Anyone feel the same way?

tl;dr version - representative republics make me feel apathetic.

Foxy Brown · « **Reply #25 on:** August 02, 2012, 03:31:41 AM »

He suspected his live-in girlfriend of planning an affair, and when he saw a picture of a man he didn't recognize on her Facebook page, it set him off, according to reports.
Lowell Turpin "angrily demanded to know who the male was," an Anderson County Sheriff's Department incident report states.

The answer, his girlfriend told him: presidential contender Mitt Romney.

Upset at the woman's "attempting to communicate with friends through her Facebook account," Turpin jerked her laptop computer from her grasp, smashed the machine into a wall, and then hit her in the face with his fist, according to reports.

The 40-year-old Turpin remains in the Anderson County Jail, charged with domestic assault in connection with the July 22 incident in Anderson County's Claxton community.

wolfsan · « **Reply #26 on:** August 09, 2012, 07:52:47 AM »

Sadly. It's the lesser of two evil choices. So I would vote for Obama. Even though Romney did govern in Massachusetts for a while. Feels like he did absolutely nothing during his term. :S

Foxy Brown · « **Reply #27 on:** August 11, 2012, 04:32:33 PM »

mode107 · « **Reply #28 on:** August 11, 2012, 05:58:56 PM »

Romney finally has a running mate; Paul Ryan

I know the democrats have already hit him for his budget plan. It's gonna be interesting to see where this race goes now.

Foxy Brown · « **Reply #29 on:** August 16, 2012, 06:30:26 PM »

Foxy Brown · « **Reply #30 on:** August 28, 2012, 03:44:12 AM »

Four Army soldiers based in southeast Georgia killed a former comrade and his girlfriend to protect an anarchist militia group they formed that stockpiled assault weapons and plotted a range of anti-government attacks, prosecutors told a judge Monday.

Prosecutors in rural Long County, near the sprawling Army post Fort Stewart, said the militia group of active and former U.S. military members spent at least $87,000 buying guns and bomb components. They allege the group was serious enough to kill two people - former soldier Michael Roark and his 17-year-old girlfriend, Tiffany York - by shooting them in the woods last December in order to keep its plans secret.

"This domestic terrorist organization did not simply plan and talk," prosecutor Isabel Pauley told a Superior Court judge. "Prior to the murders in this case, the group took action. Evidence shows the group possessed the knowledge, means and motive to carry out their plans."

The prosecutor said the militia group had big plans. It plotted to take over Fort Stewart by seizing its ammunition control point and talked of bombing the Forsyth Park fountain in nearby Savannah, she said. In Washington state, she added, the group plotted to bomb a dam and poison the state's apple crop. Ultimately, prosecutors said, the militia's goal was to overthrow the government and assassinate the president.

Foxy Brown · « **Reply #31 on:** August 28, 2012, 06:59:45 PM »

Activist group Code Pink put on a colorful display of protest at the Republican National Convention Monday, arriving dressed as bright pink vaginas to speak out against the "war on women" and corporate money in politics, according to the group's website.

mode107 · « **Reply #32 on:** August 29, 2012, 11:23:04 PM »

J-Triumf · « **Reply #33 on:** August 31, 2012, 06:22:36 AM »

~~Meanwhile, at the Republican National Convention...~~ Crap, just found out it's fake: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/this-photo-isnt-real

Tuffty · « **Reply #34 on:** September 01, 2012, 12:32:09 AM »

Anyone else see Clint Eastwood's bizarre speech at a Republican convention?

Tuffty · « **Reply #35 on:** September 08, 2012, 11:32:35 AM »

This has to be a parody video right? Right?

My only comfort out of this video is that it looks like the husband is only agreeing with the wife because he's afraid she'll get mad. "That's...not the change I voted for either..."

This whole gay marriage thing. I mean why can't people opposed to it just be honest? They've no issue with gay marriage specifically. They clearly have an issue with gay people. Seeing them trip over themselves trying to explain the way in which a gay couple's marriage would somehow effect their's is just always awkward and embarrasing. At least if they just came out and said "fuck it we don't like gays alright?", at least then the dialogue could begin in trying to educate. I can't think of anything that would affect me less than two people of the same sex being married. And there will come a time, years from now when we'll look back and we'll all be embarrased that there were was a time when gay marriage wasn't allowed.

mode107 · « **Reply #36 on:** September 18, 2012, 12:57:07 AM »

Quote

Troll level over 9000

Tuffty · « **Reply #37 on:** September 18, 2012, 08:31:57 PM »

Leaked Fundraiser Video Shows Romney Saying 47% Of Americans Are “Dependent”

Oh dear...Has there ever been a politician more out of touch with normal people? I know we say that about most politicians, but this is ridiculous. With the amount of bullshit Romney has been saying lately, I'm starting to think he doesn't want to be President anymore.

mode107 · « **Reply #38 on:** September 20, 2012, 11:05:14 PM »

^ I'm reminded of the one time Romney asked if Obama was the one out of touch. The irony.

My favorite part about the video has nothing to do with what was said, but rather who helped leak it; Jimmy Carter's grandson. Talk about karma.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/election-2012/jimmy-carter-grandson-james-carter-4th-man-unearthed-mitt-romney-47-percent-americans-dependent-government-video-article-1.1163340?localLinksEnabled=false

Tuffty · « **Reply #39 on:** September 21, 2012, 01:40:38 AM »

Jon Stewart was expected to come out guns ablazing about this Romney gaffe, and he didn't disappoint