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Election Archive => 2012 Elections => Topic started by: Mehmentum on January 16, 2012, 10:50:03 AM



Title: I give up
Post by: Mehmentum on January 16, 2012, 10:50:03 AM
Romney's going to win South Carolina and sweep ever state except maybe a few western caucuses that go to Paul.

I was hoping the primary would be somewhat interesting


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home. on January 16, 2012, 10:51:39 AM
I was hoping the primary would be somewhat interesting

dude, anything headlining Mitt Romney is going to be boring.


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: Torie on January 16, 2012, 11:07:59 AM
I was hoping the primary would be somewhat interesting

dude, anything headlining Mitt Romney is going to be boring.

You know the Chinese saying, about may you live in interesting times? If you want to live in interesting times, elect an interesting man, like say, Newt! 

Get it jmfcst?


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: angus on January 16, 2012, 11:24:51 AM

You need a little cheering up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ5TajZYW6Y


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: Lief 🗽 on January 16, 2012, 12:11:50 PM
You know, it's bad enough that Mitt Romney is a soulless, lying, candidate of Wall Street that worships a heathen cult. But ruining the primaries and denying us weeks and weeks of election results and pretty maps? That's just a step too far.


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: Penelope on January 16, 2012, 12:38:11 PM
Yeah it's pretty much over.


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: Kung Fu Kenny on January 16, 2012, 01:05:01 PM
Not happy about it, but yeah.

Gary Johnson 2012


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: Oakvale on January 16, 2012, 01:08:33 PM
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Worst. Primaries. Ever.

At least I don't expect Romney to win in November That'd be awful.


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: angus on January 16, 2012, 02:06:22 PM
At least I don't expect Romney to win in November That'd be awful.

Indeed.  Our current president is a Nobel Laureate.  A Nobel Peace Prize winner, nonetheless, who was awarded that coveted prize even as he was the commander-in-chief of a nation engaged in two wars.  Why change horses now?  We would much rather have another four years of high unemployment, taxpayer-funded bank bailouts, billion-dollar stimulus packages, cash-for-clunkers deals, Presidential missions to the International Olympic Committee that do little more than embarrass the people of Chicago, and Beer Summits in the Rose Garden featuring privileged, self-righteous academics and Cops Who Act Stupidly. 



Title: Re: I give up
Post by: Insula Dei on January 16, 2012, 02:11:33 PM
At least I don't expect Romney to win in November That'd be awful.

Indeed.  Our current president is a Nobel Laureate.  A Nobel Peace Prize winner, nonetheless, who was awarded that coveted prize even as he was the commander-in-chief of a nation engaged in two wars.  Why change horses now?  We would much rather have another four years of high unemployment, taxpayer-funded bank bailouts, billion-dollar stimulus packages, cash-for-clunkers deals, Presidential missions to the International Olympic Committee that do little more than embarrass the people of Chicago, and Beer Summits in the Rose Garden featuring privileged, self-righteous academics and Cops Who Act Stupidly. 



You stuck in 2009?

Anyway, the answer is quite simple, because the alternative is Satan.


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: Oakvale on January 16, 2012, 02:26:17 PM
At least I don't expect Romney to win in November That'd be awful.

Indeed.  Our current president is a Nobel Laureate.  A Nobel Peace Prize winner, nonetheless, who was awarded that coveted prize even as he was the commander-in-chief of a nation engaged in two wars.  Why change horses now?  We would much rather have another four years of high unemployment, taxpayer-funded bank bailouts, billion-dollar stimulus packages, cash-for-clunkers deals, Presidential missions to the International Olympic Committee that do little more than embarrass the people of Chicago, and Beer Summits in the Rose Garden featuring privileged, self-righteous academics and Cops Who Act Stupidly. 



You stuck in 2009?

Anyway, the answer is quite simple, because the alternative is Satan.

^^^

Not that I think bank bailouts or billion-dollar (too small!) stimulus packages are inherently bad things. The idea that a President Romney would do anything to lower the unemployment rate is laughable, and the other two examples you cite are irrelevant minutiae.


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: Politico on January 16, 2012, 02:44:24 PM
Everybody who supports Obama deserves everything we get if he gets back in: A new "normal" of 8% unemployment (and 15% underemployment), rising cost of living especially with regards to energy, healthcare and food, an America in decline that nobody looks up to anymore (The key reason why Europe loves Obama), and, last but not least, IRS audits for everybody. At least the IRS audits will employ more bureaucrats and lawyers, I guess.


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: Ⓐnarchy in the ☭☭☭P! on January 16, 2012, 03:13:08 PM
At least I don't expect Romney to win in November That'd be awful.

Indeed.  Our current president is a Nobel Laureate.  A Nobel Peace Prize winner, nonetheless, who was awarded that coveted prize even as he was the commander-in-chief of a nation engaged in two wars.  Why change horses now?  We would much rather have another four years of high unemployment, taxpayer-funded bank bailouts, billion-dollar stimulus packages, cash-for-clunkers deals, Presidential missions to the International Olympic Committee that do little more than embarrass the people of Chicago, and Beer Summits in the Rose Garden featuring privileged, self-righteous academics and Cops Who Act Stupidly. 



You stuck in 2009?

Anyway, the answer is quite simple, because the alternative is Satan.

^^^

Not that I think bank bailouts or billion-dollar (too small!) stimulus packages are inherently bad things. The idea that a President Romney would do anything to lower the unemployment rate is laughable, and the other two examples you cite are irrelevant minutiae.

Yeah! The bailout was too small! Lets imitate Japan in broad-based public works and spending, since we all know what an amazing recovery Japan managed in the 1990s!


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: mondale84 on January 16, 2012, 03:29:18 PM
Everybody who supports Obama deserves everything we get if he gets back in: A new "normal" of 8% unemployment (and 15% underemployment), rising cost of living especially with regards to energy, healthcare and food, an America in decline that nobody looks up to anymore (The key reason why Europe loves Obama), and, last but not least, IRS audits for everybody. At least the IRS audits will employ more bureaucrats and lawyers, I guess.

LOLZ


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: Joe Biden is your president. Deal with it. on January 16, 2012, 03:35:27 PM
CNN" We can make a major projection at the top of the hour at 11pm stand by.....*CNN PROJECTION* "We can now project that Barack Obama will carry the white house for 4 more years. he defeats Mitt Romney.  :p get ready for that lol


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: Ⓐnarchy in the ☭☭☭P! on January 16, 2012, 03:36:00 PM
Everybody who supports Obama deserves everything we get if he gets back in: A new "normal" of 8% unemployment (and 15% underemployment), rising cost of living especially with regards to energy, healthcare and food, an America in decline that nobody looks up to anymore (The key reason why Europe loves Obama), and, last but not least, IRS audits for everybody. At least the IRS audits will employ more bureaucrats and lawyers, I guess.

LOLZ

"LOLZ" can generally be assumed to be present in any of Politico's posts regardless of content. If anything, people should say "NOT LOLZ" on the rare occasion when his posts aren't lulzy


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: Negusa Nagast 🚀 on January 16, 2012, 03:41:21 PM
CNN" We can make a major projection at the top of the hour at 11pm stand by.....*CNN PROJECTION* "We can now project that Barack Obama will carry the white house for 4 more years. he defeats Mitt Romney.  :p get ready for that lol

Delicious tears will be had.


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: Politico on January 16, 2012, 03:50:28 PM
Everybody who supports Obama deserves everything we get if he gets back in: A new "normal" of 8% unemployment (and 15% underemployment), rising cost of living especially with regards to energy, healthcare and food, an America in decline that nobody looks up to anymore (The key reason why Europe loves Obama), and, last but not least, IRS audits for everybody. At least the IRS audits will employ more bureaucrats and lawyers, I guess.

LOLZ

"LOLZ" can generally be assumed to be present in any of Politico's posts regardless of content. If anything, people should say "NOT LOLZ" on the rare occasion when his posts aren't lulzy

IRS audits are increasing at a dramatic rate, and there is no reason to believe this trend will change if Obama is re-elected. FYI: The Obama Administration is especially targeting Americans who live abroad.

I have nothing to hide, but being audited is a HUGE pain in the butt for anybody, and generally amount to a waste of resources, I suspect.


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: Kung Fu Kenny on January 16, 2012, 03:52:35 PM
Everybody who supports Obama deserves everything we get if he gets back in: A new "normal" of 8% unemployment (and 15% underemployment), rising cost of living especially with regards to energy, healthcare and food, an America in decline that nobody looks up to anymore (The key reason why Europe loves Obama), and, last but not least, IRS audits for everybody. At least the IRS audits will employ more bureaucrats and lawyers, I guess.

LOLZ

"LOLZ" can generally be assumed to be present in any of Politico's posts regardless of content. If anything, people should say "NOT LOLZ" on the rare occasion when his posts aren't lulzy

IRS audits are increasing at a dramatic rate, and there is no reason to believe this trend will change if Obama is re-elected. FYI: The Obama Administration is especially targeting Americans who live abroad.

I have nothing to hide, but IRS audits are a huge pain in the behind and generally a waste of resources.

Do you honestly believe this? Can anyone honestly believe this?


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: Politico on January 16, 2012, 03:55:19 PM
Everybody who supports Obama deserves everything we get if he gets back in: A new "normal" of 8% unemployment (and 15% underemployment), rising cost of living especially with regards to energy, healthcare and food, an America in decline that nobody looks up to anymore (The key reason why Europe loves Obama), and, last but not least, IRS audits for everybody. At least the IRS audits will employ more bureaucrats and lawyers, I guess.

LOLZ

"LOLZ" can generally be assumed to be present in any of Politico's posts regardless of content. If anything, people should say "NOT LOLZ" on the rare occasion when his posts aren't lulzy

IRS audits are increasing at a dramatic rate, and there is no reason to believe this trend will change if Obama is re-elected. FYI: The Obama Administration is especially targeting Americans who live abroad.

I have nothing to hide, but IRS audits are a huge pain in the behind and generally a waste of resources.

Do you honestly believe this? Can anyone honestly believe this?

Plenty of links out there about this stuff: http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2010/02/obama-administration.html

Obviously "everybody getting audits" is hyperbole. The point was this: The rate of audits is going up quickly. The Obama Administration has not exactly been shy about their tax-and-spend philosophy, and part of that entails a vigorous IRS.


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: Link on January 16, 2012, 04:06:28 PM
The Obama Administration has not exactly been shy about their tax-and-spend philosophy, and part of that entails a vigorous IRS.

As usual Politico you are correct and wise.  It's too bad we don't have a tea party candidate in the race...

() (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Bachmann)


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: redcommander on January 16, 2012, 07:27:45 PM
CNN" We can make a major projection at the top of the hour at 11pm stand by.....*CNN PROJECTION* "We can now project that Barack Obama will carry the white house for 4 more years. he defeats Mitt Romney.  :p get ready for that lol

Be prepared for someone to sig that and laugh in your face ten months from now if Obama does indeed lose.


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: greenforest32 on January 16, 2012, 07:32:50 PM
You know, it's bad enough that Mitt Romney is a soulless, lying, candidate of Wall Street that worships a heathen cult. But ruining the primaries and denying us weeks and weeks of election results and pretty maps? That's just a step too far.


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: Marokai Backbeat on January 16, 2012, 07:37:11 PM
It really is a bummer that a primary season that could've potentially been one of the weirdest and most interesting primaries ever rapidly became potentially the least interesting ever.


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: Mehmentum on January 16, 2012, 08:50:02 PM
It really is a bummer that a primary season that could've potentially been one of the weirdest and most interesting primaries ever rapidly became potentially the least interesting ever.


Title: Re: I give up
Post by: Eraserhead on January 16, 2012, 10:39:40 PM
Romney is such a horrendous person on every possible level that he almost makes me want to vote for Obama again.