Political Theatre category archive

At RoboRomney dot com.

Via C&L.

More signs of our times.

Suddenly, our peace was destroyed when an enormous black car approached our home with horns blaring. The driver slowed at the political sign in our yard, screamed an expletive at us and sped away.

Not only was our gentle recovery shattered, but also we found ourselves afraid — angry and afraid. This was not the first incident regarding that small political sign. During the two previous weekends someone had thrown bags of dog “poop” at the sign. Were we under attack? Would these attacks escalate? When I first wrote about the dog incidents on our neighborhood online bulletin board I refused to identify which candidate’s sign was the target. It didn’t seem to matter as far as I was concerned. It was the behavior that bothered me. That kind of behavior from either side was inexcusable.

Feelings are running high in Greensboro, North Carolina:

Irving Park-area supporters of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan discovered Thursday their campaign yard signs had been vandalized. The signs had a circle drawn across them in red paint, with a slash through the middle.

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President Barack Obama’s supporters also have been the victims of vandalism, said Bess Lewis, who runs the Democratic Party’s election headquarters in Greensboro. She said the Obama sign in front of the party’s office was stolen.

She said her office has not been reporting the incidents to police.

“In Starmount, an Obama sign was removed from the stand, filled with dog feces and stuffed in their mailbox,” Lewis said. “We’ve had a lot of reports of stolen signs — reports of cars with bumper stickers that have been keyed or the stickers pulled off.”

Via Bob Cesca.

It’s a stickier wicket in San Jose.

And occasionally it contains something worth repeating.

Snow White, Superman and Pinocchio are walking along.

They see a sign: “Contest for World’s Most Beautiful Woman.” Snow White goes in, later comes out smiling, wearing a crown.

They walk along and see another sign: “Contest for World’s Strongest Man.” Superman goes in, later comes out smiling, wearing the belt.

They walk along and see a sign: “Contest for World’s Greatest Liar.” Pinocchio goes in and comes out later with his head down, crying.

“Who the hell is Mitt Romney?” Pinocchio sobs.

Returned to the cavern under the mountain.

Via Atrios.

Jimmy Kimmel pwns Mitt the Flip.

Via ABL.

Helen Philpot autopsies the debate.

If lying whenever your mouth moves is what they mean by style points then, yes, I would definitely have to say that Romney won the debate. He had to temporarily become a Democrat to do it, but yes he won. And it was clear that even the President didn’t see that one coming.

Follow the link for the complete post; it’s a gem.

Colbert skewers George Will’s farcical attempt to claim that “white guilt” accounts for President Obama’s standing in the polls.

Via Raw Story.

From the website:

In August, retired US Marine Brandon Raub was arrested for controversial posts he made on his Facebook page. Raub was arrested by the FBI and was placed in a psychiatric ward against his will, but was later released and wasn’t charged of a crime. A new Army document shows that social media use is considered an warning indicator for radical extremism by the US military. John Whitehead, a constitutional attorney joins us with his take on what situations like these could mean for the rest of Americans.

I have no idea what he posted and I don’t care. But I remember that a favorite tactic of Stalin was to confine his enemies to “mental hospitals.”

Good debate prep, full of zingers.

Via Delaware Liberal.

You could argue that we have a Presidential election that pits the forces of evil against the forces of it-could-be-worse.

That’s no reason to bail. As Kevin Drum puts it:

That said, if you’re an actual lefty agonizing over whether you can possibly support the lesser of two evils this year, I have nine words for you: How did that work out for you in 2000?

Voting is not a right. It is a duty.

Throwing away your vote shirks your duty.

Kevin Drum via Bob Cesca.

And Contradict Me has a yacht load of them.

Right wingers are fond of claiming that poor folks living on unemployment start to feel entitled to a life of ramen noodles and turkey dogs.

Reg Henry, at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, points out that moral lapses do not respect wealth; he suggests that rich folks just as easily can feel entitled to a life of idleness playing golf and yachting to the Caymans to visit their money.

But, he says, there are exceptions:

For example, I know of a fellow who, despite winning the birth lottery, had the gumption and smarts to create a highly successful business. After a period of becoming wealthy in his own right, he then decided to rest on his bounteous laurels and run for president.

Trouble is, he can’t relate to anyone now. He is so desperate to be liked by ordinary people that he will say any old conservative thing just to show he is one of the boys.

It is a sad spectacle because it’s such a waste of obvious talent. Instead of investing money in a Swiss bank or the Cayman Islands, he could start another business right here in America, maybe producing special harnesses that could keep dogs safe on the roof of the family car.

The Commander Guy theorizes why Mitt the Flip’s campaign may have Pekoed and his support seems to be Lapsang, leaving his campaign teetering on the Lipton of failure and him with that sinking Darjeeling.

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There’s no there there.

Via TPM.