Fuck its silent in here.......

[Internet Apex]

How are any of these examples as shamelessly and transparently cynical as walking into the kitchen of a closed soup kitchen, pulling clean pans out of the cabinets, scrubbing them for a few minutes for some cameras and then hopping back on the campaign bus?

I'm not saying no one else has engaged in equally dumb staged photo ops. I'm just saying most at least strive for some sort of patina of naturalness. That's what I found funny.

This one seems like they just said, "fuck it," and just went ahead and boiled the cynical photo op down to it's purest essence.

I don't know. It seems absolutely routine to me.

Like jury duty?

NOTHING ROUTINE ABOUT  BEING TAKEN OUT OF THE ZONE WHEN BUSINESS IS BOOMING AND THE CHEDDAR'S BEING STACKED SKY-HIGH, MAN.

There are homeless people all over this city that need a place to park. Why fuck with my mojo, man?

And yet they never receive summonses.

Talk about your classic catch-22.

They don't have fax machines so how can they know when to report?

[Wheezer]

Even Milt has conceded that Romney appeared to resemble little more than a puddle of goo in this one. Lipson, on the other hand, has taken him to task for "failing to nail a wooden stake through the heart of" Obama, lest anyone wonder whether he's returning to his swampjack roots. (And, really, "if women are going to be in the workforce"?)

[Edit.--In a moment of hilarity, "the road to Greece" is now taken as Romney's strongest effort. Of course, Greece does not have a fiat currency. This is a dogwhistle for Zimbabwe, but one can't say that to a mulatto in polite company, even though Rhodes just totally got a raw deal. They're now complaining that the chairs were unfair.]

[Edit 2.--I would also like to lay claim to the phrase "it's gonna be a manslide" despite other obscure efforts.]

[Edit 3.--Douses eggs with HP Sauce because ketchup is too expensive.]

[Edit 4.--Lipson thinks some intervention of the moderator, "even though she was correct," was an inappropriate invitation to applause. As opposed to, say, casually mentioning one's open marriage to lone women on the street, I suppose.]

[Gilgamesh]

Those socialists over at National Review, calling it a win for Obama, what are they thinking?!?!?  http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/330682/sorry-folks-it-was-obamas-night-michael-graham

Memo to Mitt, when the audience cheers you getting smacked down, that's a bad sign.

[Wheezer]

Lipson just tried to use "doxology" with a straight face.

[Wheezer]

Those socialists over at National Review, calling it a win for Obama, what are they thinking?!?!?

The whole fucking thing was nearly as pathetic as the first one. There is simply no thinking going on that could lead to genuinely extemporaneous responses.

[Edit.--Although somebody does see fit to utter the words "Sarin gas on the CTA" on WGN in consequence. Thanks, Mr. O-Chem.]

[Edit 2.--I think that was Robling. Now he's exercised about voter fraud from Chicagoland nursing homes skewing the presidential election.]

[Edit 3.--"It might be naturally asked, why he should meddle with the affairs of Malta"?]

[Eli]

Paraphrase for the purposes of the internet:

Mitt: We all know the government can't create jobs.
[several minutes later]
Mitt: Why hasn't President Obama created more jobs?

[morpheus]

Those socialists over at National Review, calling it a win for Obama, what are they thinking?!?!?  http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/330682/sorry-folks-it-was-obamas-night-michael-graham

Memo to Mitt, when the audience THE FIRST LADY cheers you getting smacked down, that's a bad sign.

Whatever'd.

[CT III]

Those socialists over at National Review, calling it a win for Obama, what are they thinking?!?!?  http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/330682/sorry-folks-it-was-obamas-night-michael-graham

Memo to Mitt, when the audience THE FIRST LADY cheers you getting smacked down, that's a bad sign.

Whatever'd.

[morpheus]

Those socialists over at National Review, calling it a win for Obama, what are they thinking?!?!?  http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/330682/sorry-folks-it-was-obamas-night-michael-graham

Memo to Mitt, when the audience THE FIRST LADY cheers you getting smacked down, that's a bad sign.

Whatever'd.

I admit it, I LOL whenever I see that pic, even when it's directed at me.

[Slaky]

Tonk for Prez.

Anyone who can get me more Westvleteren XII gets my vote.

[Quality Start Machine]

http://lucilleandmitt.tumblr.com/

[J. Walter Weatherman]

http://lucilleandmitt.tumblr.com/

No.

[Bort]

http://lucilleandmitt.tumblr.com/

No.

Absolutely not.

[Gilgamesh]

http://lucilleandmitt.tumblr.com/

No.

Absolutely not.

No, Chork.

[Tonker]

Tonk for Prez.

Anyone who can get me more Westvleteren XII gets my vote.

I'd like to point out at this juncture that I never promised the electorate more Westvleteren.  Nonetheless, I think my record on Westvleteren speaks for itself.