• “All the Republican men who talked about lady parts during the campaign, they all lost.” Reporter fi
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[QUOTE]IT makes sense that Mitt Romney and his advisers are still gobsmacked by the fact that they’re not commandeering the West Wing. (Though, as “The Daily Show” correspondent John Oliver jested, the White House might have been one of the smaller houses Romney ever lived in.) Team Romney has every reason to be shellshocked. Its candidate, after all, resoundingly won the election of the country he was wooing. Mitt Romney is the president of white male America. Maybe the group can retreat to a man cave in a Whiter House, with mahogany paneling, brown leather Chesterfields, a moose head over the fireplace, an elevator for the presidential limo, and one of those men’s club signs on the phone that reads: “Telephone Tips: ‘Just Left,’ 25 cents; ‘On His Way,’ 50 cents; ‘Not here,’ $1; ‘Who?’ $5.” In its delusional death spiral, the white male patriarchy was so hard core, so redolent of country clubs and Cadillacs, it made little effort not to alienate women. The election had the largest gender gap in the history of the Gallup poll, with Obama winning the vote of single women by 36 percentage points. As W.’s former aide Karen Hughes put it in Politico on Friday, [B]“If another Republican man says anything about rape other than it is a horrific, violent crime, I want to personally cut out his tongue.” [/B] Some Republicans conceded they were “a ‘Mad Men’ party in a ‘Modern Family’ world” (although “Mad Men” seems too louche for a candidate who doesn’t drink or smoke and who apparently dated only one woman). They also acknowledged that Romney’s strategists ran a 20th-century campaign against David Plouffe’s 21st-century one. But the truth is, Romney was an unpalatable candidate. And shocking as it may seem, his strategists weren’t blowing smoke when they said they were going to win; they were just clueless. Until now, Republicans and Fox News have excelled at conjuring alternate realities. But this time, they made the mistake of believing their fake world actually existed. As Fox’s Megyn Kelly said to Karl Rove on election night, when he argued against calling Ohio for Obama: “Is this just math that you do as a Republican to make yourself feel better?” Romney and Tea Party loonies dismissed half the country as chattel and moochers who did not belong in their “traditional” America. But the more they insulted the president with birther cracks, the more they tried to force chastity belts on women, and the more they made Hispanics, blacks and gays feel like the help, the more these groups burned to prove that, knitted together, they could give the dead-enders of white male domination the boot. The election about the economy also sounded the death knell for the Republican culture wars. [B]Romney was still running in an illusory country where husbands told wives how to vote, and the wives who worked had better get home in time to cook dinner.[/B] But in the real country, many wives were urging husbands not to vote for a Brylcreemed boss out of a ’50s boardroom whose party was helping to revive a 50-year-old debate over contraception. Just like the Bushes before him, Romney tried to portray himself as more American than his Democratic opponent. But America’s gallimaufry wasn’t knuckling under to the gentry this time. If 2008 was about exalting the One, 2012 was about the disenchanted Democratic base deciding: “We are the Ones we’ve been waiting for.” Last time, Obama lifted up the base with his message of hope and change; this time the base lifted up Obama, with the hope he will change. He has not led the Obama army to leverage power, so now the army is leading Obama. When the first African-American president was elected, his supporters expected dramatic changes. But Obama feared that he was such a huge change for the country to digest, it was better if other things remained status quo. Michelle played Laura Petrie, and the president was dawdling on promises. Having Joe Biden blurt out his support for gay marriage forced Obama’s hand. The president’s record-high rate of deporting illegal immigrants infuriated Latinos. Now, on issues from loosening immigration laws to taxing the rich to gay rights to climate change to legalizing pot, the country has leapt ahead, pulling the sometimes listless and ruminating president by the hand, urging him to hurry up. More women voted than men. Five women were newly elected to the Senate, and the number of women in the House will increase by at least three. New Hampshire will be the first state to send an all-female delegation to Congress. Live Pink or Dye. Meanwhile, as Bill Maher said, [B]“all the Republican men who talked about lady parts during the campaign, they all lost.”[/B] The voters anointed a lesbian senator, and three new gay congressmen will make a total of five in January. Plus, three states voted to legalize same-sex marriage. Chad Griffin, the president of the Human Rights Campaign, told The Washington Post’s Ned Martel that gays, whose donations helped offset the Republican “super PACs,” wanted to see an openly gay cabinet secretary and an openly gay ambassador to a G-20 nation. Bill O’Reilly said Obama’s voters wanted “stuff.” He was right. They want Barry to stop bogarting the change.[/QUOTE] Not really news, yes, but this article is too obvious and weird to pass up. [URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/opinion/sunday/dowd-romney-is-president.html?src=me&ref=general"]http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/opinion/sunday/dowd-romney-is-president.html?src=me&ref=general[/URL]
That and they lost because they're fanatics that think the US should stay behind instead of pushing forward.
I dislike violent rape.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;38422122]I dislike violent rape.[/QUOTE] Are you ambivalent about peaceful rape, then?
[QUOTE=yawmwen;38422135]Are you ambivalent about peaceful rape, then?[/QUOTE] I myself am more partial to the German Modernist Rape movement.
[quote]As W.’s former aide Karen Hughes put it in Politico on Friday, “If another Republican man says anything about rape other than it is a horrific, violent crime, I want to personally cut out his tongue.” [/quote] Sums up the thread. Its funny because loads of them are acting and talking as though women don't have the right to vote. Either that or they are so delusional that they actually believe what they are saying and believe that they can convince women otherwise.
[QUOTE=Patriarch;38422164]I myself am more partial to the German Modernist Rape movement.[/QUOTE] As denoted by your avatar, no less :v:
This isn't really a news article, it's an opinion piece...
"Rape is like bad weather: if it's inevitable, you might as well relax and enjoy it." - Clayton Williams
[QUOTE=yawmwen;38422135]Are you ambivalent about peaceful rape, then?[/QUOTE]I'm quite fond of Cooperative Rape.
[QUOTE=Craptasket;38422303]"Rape is like bad weather: if it's inevitable, you might as well relax and enjoy it." - Clayton Williams[/QUOTE] what's the story behind this?
To be fair, it's understandable that they are tone deaf to this point. Republicans are conservatives, their whole reason for being is to promote the old ways. They're all about tradition, and the status quo. The last thing a conservative wants is to change anything. These guys can afford to feel this way because they've always been in charge. They(white males) control politics, money, business, the law, you name it. So of course they don't want to change anything! Everyone else is just getting more and more frustrated at the establishment's unwillingness to even consider their point of view. And now those on the outside are a large enough voting block that they can demand to be heard.
[QUOTE=The Baconator;38423399]what's the story behind this?[/QUOTE] Williams was running against Ann Richards for Texas Governor in the early 90's and was leading until he made that comment. He also not offered to shake hands as a gesture of good will during a debate on TV. Ann Richards is a woman.
[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;38423552]To be fair, it's understandable that they are tone deaf to this point. Republicans are conservatives, their whole reason for being is to promote the old ways. They're all about tradition, and the status quo. The last thing a conservative wants is to change anything. These guys can afford to feel this way because they've always been in charge. They[B](white males)[/B] control politics, money, business, the law, you name it. So of course they don't want to change anything! Everyone else is just getting more and more frustrated at the establishment's unwillingness to even consider their point of view. And now those on the outside are a large enough voting block that they can demand to be heard.[/QUOTE] Why does EVERYTHING have to be about race? Objection [IMG]http://thegrio.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/herman-cain1.jpg?w=486[/IMG] Also this guy. [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Charles_B_Rangel_Portrait.jpg/220px-Charles_B_Rangel_Portrait.jpg[/IMG]
I'm happy that I can finally point and laugh at all the people who had Todd Akin signs in their front yards. It just sucks that we had to go with fucking Claire McCaskill instead. She's an improvement, sure, but when you're talking about Todd Akin then pretty much anyone is an improvement. I hate my state.
[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;38423552]To be fair, it's understandable that they are tone deaf to this point. Republicans are conservatives, their whole reason for being is to promote the old ways. They're all about tradition, and the status quo. The last thing a conservative wants is to change anything. These guys can afford to feel this way because they've always been in charge. They(white males) control politics, money, business, the law, you name it. So of course they don't want to change anything! Everyone else is just getting more and more frustrated at the establishment's unwillingness to even consider their point of view. And now those on the outside are a large enough voting block that they can demand to be heard.[/QUOTE] FYI being a conservative doesn't mean they don't like change. That's just the republicans. There's tons of other conservatives whose ideas range all across the board (well, all across the right side of the board).
[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;38423552]To be fair, it's understandable that they are tone deaf to this point. Republicans are conservatives, their whole reason for being is to promote the old ways. They're all about tradition, and the status quo. The last thing a conservative wants is to change anything. These guys can afford to feel this way because they've always been in charge. [B]They(white males)[/B] control politics, money, business, the law, you name it. So of course they don't want to change anything! Everyone else is just getting more and more frustrated at the establishment's unwillingness to even consider their point of view. And now those on the outside are a large enough voting block that they can demand to be heard.[/QUOTE] I think you're a racist.
[QUOTE=supersnail11;38424970]FYI being a conservative doesn't mean they don't like change.[/QUOTE] that's what the word means
[QUOTE=thisispain;38426136]that's what the word means[/QUOTE] And "liberal" means you support free market economics and civil liberties.
not after your best buddies Rush Limbaugh and Ronald Reagan started changing the meaning of the word. now liberal is a slur for progressive
[QUOTE=Swazi Spring;38426210]And "liberal" means you support free market economics and civil liberties.[/QUOTE] Nope.
[QUOTE=Swazi Spring;38426210]And "liberal" means you support free market economics and civil liberties.[/QUOTE] I support the free market to the extent that it doesn't fuck over the people or the planet. Same with civil liberties, depending on where you look we're either more or less accepting than the rest of the world. Whether those are good or bad depend on your views.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;38426264]I support the free market to the extent that it doesn't fuck over the people or the planet. Same with civil liberties, depending on where you look we're either more or less accepting than the rest of the world. Whether those are good or bad depend on your views.[/QUOTE] You may personally support the free market and civil liberties, but most liberals do not, especially not liberal politicians.
bill maher is my favorite "reporter" [editline]13th November 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Irkalla;38424019]Why does EVERYTHING have to be about race? Objection [IMG]http://thegrio.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/herman-cain1.jpg?w=486[/IMG] Also this guy. [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Charles_B_Rangel_Portrait.jpg/220px-Charles_B_Rangel_Portrait.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] republican party is currently 1% black and romney got literally "0%" of the black vote [editline]13th November 2012[/editline] fun fax 4 u
[QUOTE=Swazi Spring;38426287]You may personally support the free market and civil liberties, but most liberals do not, especially not liberal politicians.[/QUOTE] liberal politicians in america surely you don't understand where america actually is on the political spectrum it's so shifted to the right that what passes as a left wing politician here is a centrist on a global scale you also misunderstand that political views are also on a spectrum as far as a graph is concerned, libertarianism vs authoritarianism are on one axis, and capitalism vs socialism (and several encompassing related topics) are on another axis you can be a libertarian conservative just as much as you can be a libertarian liberal social issues fall on the libertarian-conservative spectrum, and while certain social ideas may be considered conservative or liberal, it still comes down to authoritative policy vs libertarian policy. [editline]12th November 2012[/editline] there is a highly disproportionate amount of black republicans vs white republicans because, well, it's a sad but true fact that there are far more poor blacks than there are poor whites, and republicans are the ones that screw poor people over the most. they're the ones that want to cut welfare, foodstamps, medicare, medicaid, and social security, things that many poor people require to scrape by with their shitty dead-end jobs. it's republicans like Ronald Reagan that cut spending for low-income federal housing and cut funding for school lunches similarly, it's republicans that cut corporate regulations, and in turn allow industries to dump toxins and wastes in poor neighborhoods and pump pollutants into the air and water it's republicans that allow companies to keep their building projects littered with hazards like asbestos there are countless cases of mesothelioma from our shitty building regulations in the past it's republicans that support the war on drugs and the prison-industrial complex, big contributors to the massive incarceration rate among both whites and blacks alike it's republicans that allow incidents like the triangle-shirtwaist factory incident to happen, 'bcuz u gatta let da free murket grow gais, cut dem jawb-killen regulashins' it's republicans that limit abortion rights and oppose contraceptives - which massively contributes to a higher birthrate in poor, predominantly african-american communities, and a disproportionately large amount of babies that grow up in broken homes where they are not wanted even among african-americans that aren't poor, they more than likely knew someone who actually was struggling at some point - who hasn't? and then everyone wonders why most black people don't vote republican :downs:
[QUOTE=joes33431;38428964]liberal politicians in america surely you don't understand where america actually is on the political spectrum it's so shifted to the right that what passes as a left wing politician here is a centrist on a global scale you also misunderstand that political views are also on a spectrum as far as a graph is concerned, libertarianism vs authoritarianism are on one axis, and capitalism vs socialism (and several encompassing related topics) are on another axis you can be a libertarian conservative just as much as you can be a libertarian liberal social issues fall on the libertarian-conservative spectrum, and while certain social ideas may be considered conservative or liberal, it still comes down to authoritative policy vs libertarian policy. [editline]12th November 2012[/editline] there is a highly disproportionate amount of black republicans vs white republicans because, well, it's a sad but true fact that there are far more poor blacks than there are poor whites, and republicans are the ones that screw poor people over the most. they're the ones that want to cut welfare, foodstamps, medicare, medicaid, and social security, things that many poor people require to scrape by with their shitty dead-end jobs. it's republicans like Ronald Reagan that cut spending for low-income federal housing and cut funding for school lunches similarly, it's republicans that cut corporate regulations, and in turn allow industries to dump toxins and wastes in poor neighborhoods and pump pollutants into the air and water it's republicans that allow companies to keep their building projects littered with hazards like asbestos there are countless cases of mesothelioma from our shitty building regulations in the past it's republicans that support the war on drugs and the prison-industrial complex, big contributors to the massive incarceration rate among both whites and blacks alike it's republicans that allow incidents like the triangle-shirtwaist factory incident to happen, 'bcuz u gatta let da free murket grow gais, cut dem jawb-killen regulashins' it's republicans that limit abortion rights and oppose contraceptives - which massively contributes to a higher birthrate in poor, predominantly african-american communities, and a disproportionately large amount of babies that grow up in broken homes where they are not wanted even among african-americans that aren't poor, they more than likely knew someone who actually was struggling at some point - who hasn't? and then everyone wonders why most black people don't vote republican :downs:[/QUOTE]Paragraph structure, what are you?
[QUOTE=Doctor Zedacon;38429198]Paragraph structure, what are you?[/QUOTE] way to ignore everything I said and simply pick on the way I decided to articulate it on an online forum, no less :I
[QUOTE=joes33431;38429379]way to ignore everything I said and simply pick on the way I decided to articulate it on an online forum, no less :I[/QUOTE]Seriously, I didn't ignore anything. You just typed that up in such an appalling manner.
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