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Really? (Original Post) madamesilverspurs Oct 2012 OP
That's awesome. TwilightGardener Oct 2012 #1
I'm stealing it... geckosfeet Oct 2012 #2
I just did so, myself! Shared on Facebook! calimary Oct 2012 #25
there are a lot of stupid people Skittles Oct 2012 #3
If that asshole gets in Office the people oldbanjo Oct 2012 #4
"He's not black" trumps everything. Wednesdays Oct 2012 #7
I lift my coffee cup to you, Wednesdays. LoisB Oct 2012 #11
Sadly, that's accurate. No way a pathetic empty LibDemAlways Oct 2012 #12
The people who voted for him deserve what they get Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #16
All the jobs are fracking, oil, mountaintop and forest removal, etc.... and of course prisons. glinda Oct 2012 #24
"... These wretches see the glint of the despot's treasures jtuck004 Oct 2012 #5
The real reason he is running PATRICK Oct 2012 #6
You could call him Mr. Megamillion! Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2012 #8
Don't knock it! DippyDem Oct 2012 #9
GOP=Granny Off-the-cliff Pushers. nt ErikJ Oct 2012 #10
K&R defacto7 Oct 2012 #13
K & R. HughBeaumont Oct 2012 #14
Astute! n/t arthritisR_US Oct 2012 #15
Excellent! Mira Oct 2012 #17
Well said and agreed. n/t VespertineIconoclast Oct 2012 #18
Sharing on FB!! hue Oct 2012 #19
If you think about it, big corporations LIKE high unemployment...it keeps wages down. johnnyrocket Oct 2012 #20
shared on facebook if you don't mind kywildcat Oct 2012 #21
K&R! n/t Turborama Oct 2012 #22
MadamSS awesome! k&r Re: debate setting photo with etch-a-sketch ...wee need audience graphic. Astazia Oct 2012 #23
really busts the myth of emulating the rich. rurallib Oct 2012 #26
Good honest hard-working people continue, IDemo Oct 2012 #27
That's a good one. mnhtnbb Oct 2012 #28
uuuuuuuh, uuuuuum, ugh, yep, uh......... toby jo Oct 2012 #29
Wonderful Hutzpa Oct 2012 #30
It's that old Horatio Alger myth rearing its ugly head again. AngryOldDem Oct 2012 #31
... William Seger Oct 2012 #32
lol....I like that too William Seger skeewee08 Oct 2012 #34
This is GOOD!!!!! skeewee08 Oct 2012 #33
Romney as a vampire felix_numinous Oct 2012 #35

oldbanjo

(690 posts)
4. If that asshole gets in Office the people
Tue Oct 16, 2012, 06:01 PM
Oct 2012

that Voted for him deserve what they will get. I think there will be a lot of new security Jobs opening up.. Maybe that's the 12 million new jobs that Romney is talking about.

LibDemAlways

(15,139 posts)
12. Sadly, that's accurate. No way a pathetic empty
Tue Oct 16, 2012, 06:54 PM
Oct 2012

suit like Romney would get anywhere near half the vote if he wasn't running against Barack Obama. There are a tremendous number of dumbasses out there.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
16. The people who voted for him deserve what they get
Tue Oct 16, 2012, 07:25 PM
Oct 2012

and what about the rest of us? We will just be screwed.

I wish that it was only the ones who vote for these assholes who had to live with that vote. Then life would be fair----and I could enjoy watching the outcome with great zeal.

 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
5. "... These wretches see the glint of the despot's treasures
Tue Oct 16, 2012, 06:08 PM
Oct 2012


and are bedazzled by the radiance of his splendor. Drawn by this brilliance they come near, without realizing they are approaching a flame that cannot fail to scorch them. Similarly attracted, the indiscreet satyr of the old fables, on seeing the bright fire brought down by Prometheus, found it so beautiful that he went and kissed it, and was burned; so, as the Tuscan poet reminds us, the moth, intent upon desire, seeks the flame because it shines, and also experiences its other quality, the burning ...."


de la Boetie, here

PATRICK

(12,228 posts)
6. The real reason he is running
Tue Oct 16, 2012, 06:09 PM
Oct 2012

and the obvious reason he is having trouble talking about anything else. He wants power over the money and money for more power. His personal portfolio, his heart and soul, and his "vague" other agendas.

DippyDem

(659 posts)
9. Don't knock it!
Tue Oct 16, 2012, 06:23 PM
Oct 2012

He just might buy your company for pennies on the dollar....outsource the work and run your friends out of work.

johnnyrocket

(1,773 posts)
20. If you think about it, big corporations LIKE high unemployment...it keeps wages down.
Tue Oct 16, 2012, 07:53 PM
Oct 2012

Romney won't have anything to do with full employment.

Astazia

(262 posts)
23. MadamSS awesome! k&r Re: debate setting photo with etch-a-sketch ...wee need audience graphic.
Tue Oct 16, 2012, 08:19 PM
Oct 2012

Someone needs to do an overlay of this town hall audience: The original picture & how each candidate views them in their own thoughts.

1. How Pres Obama sees the audience.
2. How Rmoney sees the audience.

The view of Rmoney audience would have faces with cartoon balloon above showing either an etch a sketch overhead [] or 47% overlay on their faces.

The view of Pres Obama would be cartoon balloon with most getting 99% inside it, the
others would show as 1%. or;

Obama sees the audience as they are 100%. Rmoney seeing people as vouchers or coupons. self deporter. Balloon would simply say: Thinks he's a job creater.

I hope this makes some sense (albeit ) I don't know how to create that work of art & comedy nt.

I am nervous as a cat who accidentally falls into a yard, seeing my four dogs running at them. Seriously, I need to be talked down. I am worried about this & I am a liberal through & through. Our ideas ARE better! It sickens me that people would use ONLY the debates to decide. I an 56 & I worry for others more than myself. I also cannot believe that there are actually "undecided" voters. I want so badly for OUR President to clobber Twitt!

Am I worried too much? I so need to calm down.
Lastly, I watched CSPAN for last two debates & during the Biden debate, they never showed Martha's face at all. Any recommendations?
Love Y'all I truly do!










IDemo

(16,926 posts)
27. Good honest hard-working people continue,
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 09:06 AM
Oct 2012

" these are people of modest means, continue to elect these rich cock suckers who don’t give a fuck about you….they don’t give a fuck about you… they don’t give a FUCK about you." - George Carlin

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
31. It's that old Horatio Alger myth rearing its ugly head again.
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 11:48 AM
Oct 2012

The sheeple are still all too willing to think that if they work hard and abide by the rules, the gods of fortune will smile upon them, too, and bestow the riches that they foolishly believe will come from said hard work and rule abiding.

The GOP feeds people this because they, in their desperation, are still all too willing to believe it. It's an easy tool to keep the masses complacent.

If (God forbid) Mitt wins, maybe then they'll realize that for many years they've been buying a huge crock of fly-bloated, smelly horse shit. And that lesson, unfortunately for them and for us, will come with A LOT of pain and suffering.

If, by this stage of the game, Mitt has STILL not detailed how he plans to balance the budget without raising taxes, that should be a HUGE red flag that the middle class is going to have to bend over and take it once again. Does this lack of specifics not raise any kind of concern out in the hinterlands?

The media should be on this even harder than they are. Don't let the bastard get away with this vague "I'll tell you later" bullshit anymore. The election could hinge on this, because of this fucking Horatio Alger shit that people are still lapping up with a big, wooden spoon.

felix_numinous

(5,198 posts)
35. Romney as a vampire
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 05:17 PM
Oct 2012

--social vampires can charm people into being willing victims, while they suck the life force from them. Strange how this archetype totally fits the personality of the sociopathic neo con.

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