1,000 Words

1,000 Words

By Alex Altman | @aaltman82 | February 22, 2011 | +

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    2012 Election May 25, 2012

    The Phony War: Obama and Romney Are Debating Character, Not Policy

    More than five months from Election Day, the back-and-forth about Mitt Romney’s record at Bain already feels played out. Unfortunately, there’s good reason to expect the campaign continues in this vein indefinitely. Neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney are terribly interested in dwelling on policy platforms. Romney’s plan to slash spending and keep taxes low on the wealthy isn’t especially popular, at least not at any level of detail beyond a blithe promise to shrink the deficit. Meanwhile, Obama’s signature first-term achievements, like health care, the stimulus and Wall Street reform, are all unpopular or tricky to sell. (The Dodd-Frank bill is the most popular of these, but hyping it means offending wealthy donors.) So what we’re getting instead is a superficial duel about character–and, worse, one that’s based on the largely false premise that the better man can better “manage” the economy back to health.

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    We knew Barack Obama smoked weed in high school because he wrote about it in his books. What we didn’t know, until Buzzfeed posted these choice nuggets (I’m so sorry) from David Maraniss’s new book on the President’s younger years, were the giggle-worthy details of his “Choom Gang” lifestyle, which are right out of a buddy stoner flick. Obama and his friends drove around the lush Hawaii countryside, hot-boxing their VW bus and re-upping with a long-haired pizza-tossing dealer named Ray, whom Obama thanked in his yearbook “for all the good times.”

  • sacredh

    Whoa! Back off sh!tbreath. Ever hear of something called a toothbrush?

  • http://erieangel.wordpress.com erieangel

    Darn it, you beat me to it sacred.

  • sacredh

    It’s a deal. $20 for 20 minutes.

  • sacredh

    That was the obvious one.

  • sacredh

    Lady: I love your shoes. I have a pair just like them.

  • http://phd9.blogspot.com Paul Dirks

    Why yes I DID pick out my own shoes. Why?

  • http://patricksartor.wordpress.com patricksartor

    If you don’t vote for me, I’ll continue twisting your wrist until I break your arm.

  • sacredh

    Hello. My name is Rahm Emanuel and I’m running for the motherf**king mayor of Chicago you over dressed douche bag. Please vote for me and I’ll promise to take care of c*nts like you.

  • sacredh

    Lady: Mr. Emanuel, it’s such an honor to meet you. Now please give me my coffee and purse back.

  • http://erieangel.wordpress.com erieangel

    Well, yes it was. I didn’t even have to think. But being the second poster and having it already said was a let down.

  • sacredh

    Lady: Sir, this isn’t an airport and I don’t think you’re a screener. Why do you keep insisting on a cavity search?

  • sacredh

    My bad. Look to the far right. I’ll let you have the handicap joke. ; )

  • sacredh

    Rahm: Christine! Imagine meeting you here! Feel like losing your virginity? I’ve got 5 minutes to kill.

  • sacredh

    Annie Hall! Wanna meet another woody?

  • sacredh

    Lady: If you don’t let go of my hand in 2 seconds, you’re going to be spitting out your balls.

  • sacredh

    Rahm: I had to leave Washington. They’re way to honest for my tastes.

  • sacredh

    Lady: Mr. Emanuel, I’m troubled by the lack of spirituality in politics today. What will you do if you’re elected?

    Rahm: Well…the Lord helps those who help themselves and if I’m elected, I’m going to help myself like you wouldn’t believe.

  • sacredh

    Rahm: Just keep on smiling, hand over your cash and credit cards and you won’t get hurt.

    Lady: You’re the mayor already?

  • sacredh

    Lady: Do you believe in a woman’s right to choose?

    Rahm: Sure. Front or back door…your choice.

  • sacredh

    Lady: I can’t vote for you. I live in Ohio.

    Rahm: You think that sh!t matters? This is Chicago lady. The dead can vote.

  • sacredh

    Lady: There were dozens of people in here just a minute ago.

    Rahm: I had cabbage rolls for lunch.

  • sacredh

    Lady: I don’t know how to tell you this, but a dead gerbil just fell out of your pants leg.

    Rahm: Uh….I must love animals or something. So…do I get your vote?

  • sacredh

    OT, but we had 8″ of snow here last night. It’s going to be 13 degrees tonight with a windchill of zero.

  • sacredh

    Rahm: Seriously, if I get elected as mayor I’m going to think about moving here.

  • liberalmeltdown

    Isn’t it great, an empty terminal. See how outsourcing works!

  • earling2

    Ok lady, you’re gonna walk along with me real easy, got it? Then you’re gonna hand over the hat and the shoes. Real easy. Am I hurting your hand? These are Timberlands, yeah, that’s right. I saw you lookin’. And this is Dunkin Donuts coffee. You think I like livin’ like this? Easy, easy. Yeah, that’s it. Just like that. Yeah. Nice and slow. The hat. Yeah, the hat. Just gimme the . . . yeah, that’s it. Now the shoes. Make is snappy, let’s go let’s go

  • earljr1

    Talk about a hoot, you should have seen the look on Obama’s face when I told him he was toast in 2012 and I was outta there!

  • liberalmeltdown

    If you don’t vote for me, you’ll never see your family again.

  • nflfoghorn

    The stream of cuss words just got rahmped up.
    (groan)

  • nflfoghorn

    Don’t you @#!% understand that I got my *^%#& shoes from +@!^#$ Gander Mountain??>

  • nflfoghorn

    Let Rahm curse at the skies. Warming trend is on the way.

  • nflfoghorn

    Among his first acts as mayor-elect Emanuel will now call Chicago’s famous transit system the What the L Train.

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