Political Theatre category archive

Noz.

I have nothing to add.

More here.

Via Blue Ridge Data.

Even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a while.

Heh.

“But I think Gov. Romney maybe hasn’t spent enough time looking at how our military works,” the president continued. “You mentioned the Navy, for example. And that we have fewer ships that we had in 1916. Well, governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military has changed.”

“We have these things called aircraft carriers where planes land on them. We have these ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines. And so, the question is not a game of Battleship where we’re counting ships, it’s what are our capabilities?”

Unsigned yards; Fabiola Santiago reports from Miami:

I woke up one recent morning to Romney-Ryan signs propped on my neighbors’ lawns.

No surprise there. Many are Republicans, and although I’m not a fan of Romney and my vote is for the sitting president, I was thrilled by the voter spirit.

Shortly after, my next-door neighbor put up his signs: Obama-Biden.

I wanted to break out the champagne. Long live democracy.

Americans who were born with the unalienable right to disagree and dissent may take for granted their elections, but for so many like me who have lived in totalitarian regimes, elections are a cause for celebration.

But my joy was short-lived.

A politically thin-skinned klepto in our small gated community stole my neighbor’s signs — the only ones in support of President Obama.

One of my acquaintances here, a fellow lives in an exclusive neighborhood near the Beachfront, has put up two Obama signs.

Neither one lasted through the evening of the day on which he planted it in his lawn.

H/T Carolyn for the link.

Via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

(The first time I posted this, I inadvertently left a caret (“>“) off the end of the code for the embed and it broke the blog. “For want of a nail” etc.)

In the Tampa Bay-Times, Robyn Blumner defines the terms. A snippet:

Diversity

Obama: The pluralism contributing to our nation’s strength and vigor. Romney: Something in a portfolio.

Follow the link and increase your word power.

Via TPM.

And the endorsement is a reasonable nod to President Obama’s achievements, which are so frequently overlooked, and a blistering indictment of Mitt and his flips.

In other news, the Tamba Bay Times also endorsed President Obama today.

Addendum:

Bob Cesca’s Awesome Blog informs me that the Denver Post is also endorsing President Obama.

Women quayle before its looming not-niceness:

Image via Mr. Feastingonroadkill.

Dick Destiny harnesses the beat.

Arrogance on the hoof.

Warning: Language.

At Asia Times, Pepe Escobar suggest that Mitt the Flip has let slip the binds of truth.

Way beyond the meme cycle, the problem is actually Mitt’s Binders Full of Baloney. . . .

Show me the money. And while we’re at it, be afraid, be very afraid of the world according to Mitt (or rather his neo-con advisers). Russia is a strategic enemy. China is a commercial enemy. And the US must raise hell – again – all across the Middle East; so expect the Return of the (Medieval) Dead, as in “you’re either with us or against us”, part II.

From Johnny’s Lefty Lucy Lounge: A VIP Blog via Monica Yant Kinney at my ex-local rag.

Does this remind you of any political candidates or parties whose names begin with “R”?