September, 2012 archive
The Voter Fraud Fraud: HOWTO 0
Mitt the Flip the Bird 0
Beforethought:
The Punditocracy has tended to talk about what Mitt’s the Flip’s remarks about half the country’s population being slugs and loads imply for the campaign.
Consider this: What do they imply about Romney the person?
Ronnie Polaneczky delivers a take-down. A snippet (emphasis added):
(snip)
To get kicked in the teeth while you’re crawling is miserable. When the kick comes from a wing-tipped prig of privilege who has never known a moment’s financial terror – that’s despicable.
Meanwhile, Reg Henry riffs:
And what did I find? A workplace maintained according to Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards, leaving me with no chance to breathe asbestos. At lunch I had some chicken, also subject to government oversight that deprives me of the fun of contracting a bacterial disease.
Is this the life of a free man? Of course not. It would be much better if I rode a horse to work, perhaps a polo pony from the Romney stable, one that came with one of those dandy mallets ideal for hitting the heads of passing ingrates — you know, the people who think they are entitled to eat and have health care just because America is one of the richest nations on Earth.
Vote for Tom Branch 0
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
It’s the job creators.
They ain’t.
(snip)
“The problems are more on the hiring side than the layoffs side,” said Ryan Sweet, a senior economist at Moody’s Analytics Inc. in West Chester, Pennsylvania . . . .
News Ripped from the Ticker 0
Warning: Language.
It’s a Dog’s Life 0
Thanks to PoliticalProf for this.
Colbert: “Romney Mentioned the Troops in a Speech” 0
“So Are You, But What Am I?” 0
Mitt the Flip goes Pee Wee Herman.
Stray Thought 0
This would seem to be the ideal time for Mitt the Flip to flip back the cover on his income tax returns, now, wouldn’t it?
Twits on Twitter 0
If there is indeed a place for Twitter, it’s delivering one-liners like this:
Hey girl, let’s make our own secret tape! You hold the camera while I make fun of poor people.
— Paul Ryan Gosling (@PaulRyanGosling) September 18, 2012
The 47% 0
A member of the 47%, those so derided by Mitt the Flip(pant), speaks:
Read the rest. I had trouble deciding which bit to excerpt.