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Christie/Obama Caption Contest

Posted on | November 1, 2012 | 29 Comments

by Smitty

Things Christie might be saying to tighten Obama’s jaw:

 

  • “Did you read that book I sent you by Walter Mondale, Psychological Strategies for Dealing with a Crushing Election Defeat?”
  • “If you need coaching for how to deal with actual media, I can help wean you off of MTV and Strolling Drone.”
  • “Has your wife stopped beating you?”
  • “I find that, when throwing the weight around, it is helpful to have some weight.”
  • “We went under the Hurricane Sandra bus like she was a pack of Benghazi jihadis doing their impression of Keenau Reeves in Speed.”
  • “You know that Lincoln bit about fooling some of the people some of the time? Yeahhh, that’s kinda up for ya.”
  • “I’m curious what dirt you have on Bruce Springsteen to get him to prostitute himself for your campaign like that.”
  • “Isn’t it ironic that a guy as anti-British as you sits at a desk made from the timber of the H.M.S. Resolute?”
  • “Have you figured out the pricing structure for presidential pardons yet?”
  • “What if it turns out that the people are far less stupid than you treat them?”

via Breitbart

Update: linked by Jackie Wellfonder

Update II: linked by Daily Pundit, who accuses me of being too nice. I’m wiling to commit to a definite maybe.

Category: Barack Obama, humor, New Jersey

But Should He Have Shot-Put A Stone Into The Water For That Extra Touch?

Posted on | November 1, 2012 | Comments Off on But Should He Have Shot-Put A Stone Into The Water For That Extra Touch?

by Smitty

Richard Tisei for Congress

This is the kind of breather we need from the other guys.

(Title refers to this classic.)

Category: Election 2012, Massachusetts

LIVE AT FIVESIX: 11.01.12

Posted on | November 1, 2012 | 2 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Romney Campaign Expands Map, Forces Obama On Defense

Mitt Romney

Romney, allied SuperPACs making ad buys in Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania as Obama advisers scoff

Slow Recovery From Superstorm Sandy Begins
Six million homes, businesses without power; fifty thousand utility men from Canada and the rest of the US pitch in to help


David Cameron Suffers Stinging Defeat Over EU Budget
Fifty Tory MPs join Labour in opposing increased budget for EU



POLITICS
Christie, Obama Play Disaster Tourist As Media Looks On Approvingly

Governor Christie and President Obama visit Brigantine NJ

“…a powerful image of bipartisan cooperation just six days before the election…”

NYC Subways Restore Partial Service; LaGuardia To Reopen Today

National Guard Evacuates Flooded Hoboken, Brings In Supplies

DHS Seeks Patriotic Computer Geeks

Supreme Court To Decide Whether Drug-Sniffing Dogs Pass The Smell Test

Wisconsin Senate Race Bitterly Close

GOP Poised To Increase Edge In Governors

Asian Americans Push For Political Clout



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Futures Mixed In Wake Of Sandy: NYMEX $86.35, Brent $108.76
Asian Shares Fall Despite Improving PRC Manufacturing
Stocks End Flat, Dow Falls 2.5% For October
Treasury Sees Debt Limit Approaching Near End Of Year
Netflix Shares Surge As Icahn Takes 10% Stake
3Q Profit Helps GM Shares Soar
Eurozone Unemployment Hits Record 11.6%
Why Apple (And You) Might Miss Scott Forstall
Microsoft Sued Over Windows 8 Interface
Nexus 7 Tablet’s Sales Approach One Million Per Month
FCC Details Sandy-Related Cellphone Problems
“Halo 4” Is The Next Chapter, Not The Next Evolution



SPORTS
Harden Brilliant For Houston As Rockets Beat Pistons 105-96

James Harden drives for the basket

Jeremy Lin scores 12 with 8 assists

Trail Blazers Stun Slumping Lakers

Giants Victory Parade Set To Roll At 11 AM

Sixers Grind Out 84-75 Win Against Nuggets In Opener

Angels Trade Ervin Santana To Royals For Prospect

NYC Marathon On As Planned Despite Sandy

13th Straight Day With No Talks In NHL Lockout

PCB Chief Ashraf Proposes Joint Indo-Pak T20 League

Yankees Return Rule 5 Pick Brad Meyers To Nationals



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Tim Tebow Finally Scores

Tim Tebow and Camilla Belle

Takes “Push” actress bowling

Kate Moss: The Vanity Fair Interview

Evan Rachel Wood And Jamie Bell Get Hitched

Miley Cyrus Dresses Up As Nicki Minaj For Halloween

Kanye West Apologizes To Papparazzo


Cee Lo Green Accused Of Sexual Battery, Denies Charges

Jessica Simpson Has Her Waist Back

Bristol Palin Making Levi Johnson’s Life A Living Hell Over Child Support



FOREIGNERS
Ten Killed, Fifty Missing In Riyadh Tanker Explosion
Taoiseach Kenny To Discuss Economic Growth Plans With Merkel
Erdogan Asks For German Help With Syrian Refugees
Clinton Calls For Overhaul Of Syrian Rebels’ Leadership
Why Chicoms’ President Matters More To India Than The American President
US Warns Israel Off Preemptive Strike On Iran
Four Dead, Five Missing s Cyclone Hits Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
PRC Patrol Boats Allegedly Expel Japanese Ships From Senkaku Waters
Sri Lanka Ruling Party MPs Move To Impeach Chief Justice



BLOGS & STUFF
WyBlog: Hurricane Sandy Aftermath Day 2
Pat Dollard: Obama’s Inaugural Pastor Declares All White People Going To Hell, Every Good “Nigger” Will Vote For Obama
GayPatriot: Obama Bestowed Presidential Medal Of Freedom On Pastor Who Says Whites Are Going To Hell
American Power: A Brutal Polling Day? Not For Mitt Romney
Wizbang: The 538 Magic-Bullshit-Spewing Machine Takes Google Surveys Seriously
Allahpundit: Karl Rove Predicts Romney 51-48
Special Operations Speaks: Facebook Censors The SEALS
Power Line: The Facebook Spike
Scared Monkeys: Joe Biden Talking About A 2016 Presidential Run
Legal Insurrection: Piling On Chris Christie Is Not Productive Right Now
Rush Limbaugh: Chris Christie Plays Role Of Greek Column For Obama Campaign
Atlas Shrugs: Classified Cable Warned Consulate Couldn’t Withstand Coordinated Attack
Jennifer Rubin: Obama’s Libya Stonewall Isn’t Working
Power Line: You Can’t Go Home Again
Jamie Weinstein: At Alan Grayson’s Hollywood Fundraiser, Rape Jokes Abound
Gateway Pundit: Landslide Watch – Obama In Free-Fall In Michigan, Indie Support Collapsing Too
Via Meadia: Hurricane Sandy And The Perils Of Nanny State Governance
Lonely Conservative: DOE Loans Used To Help Harry Reid In Nevada
Protein Wisdom: Plausible?

Category: Live at Five

BOB MENENDEZ AND HOOKERS?

Posted on | October 31, 2012 | 77 Comments

Dominican hookers, to be specific. This is what we’re hearing about the sex scandal involving a “powerful senator” in a headline being touted by Drudge, with a story by the Daily Caller promised late tonight.

UPDATE: Shortly after the Drudge Report headline went up, my associate Ali Akbar got a tip that the story involved Sen. Menendez of New Jersey and at least one prostitute with whom he trysted on a taxpayer-funded trip to the Dominican Republic. Within one hour, Akbar had confirmed this with other sources, and we understand that numerous reporters in D.C. have heard similar reports.

UPDATE II: Some online sources are saying underaged Dominican hookers, but Ali’s sources cannot confirm the age of the alleged partner.

UPDATE III: Menendez’s Republican challenger is Joe Kyrillos who, unless I’m mistaken, suddenly became a serious contender.

UPDATE IV: The Daily Caller’s Matthew Boyle:

Two women from the Dominican Republic told The Daily Caller that Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez paid them for sex earlier this year.
In interviews, the two women said they met Menendez around Easter at Casa de Campo, an expensive 7,000 acre resort in the Dominican Republic. They claimed Menendez agreed to pay them $500 for sex acts, but in the end they each received only $100.The women spoke through a translator in the company of their attorney, Melanio Figueroa. Both asked that their identities remain obscured for fear of reprisals in the Dominican Republic. . . .
Asked about the allegations, Menendez spokeswoman Tricia Enright refused to answer any questions on the subject. “We’re not going to respond to a completely false accusation,” she wrote by email.
It is known that Sen. Menendez has been a regular visitor to the Dominican Republic. On at least one occasion, according to a news account, Menendez has been a guest at the Casa de Campo home of a friend and campaign donor named Salomon Melgen, an ophthalmologist and owner of an eye clinic in Florida.

What would Lilly Ledbetter say?

UPDATE V (Smitty): Thank you to our linkers!

UPDATE VI: The story moves forward:

 

Category: Democrats, Election 2012, New Jersey, Scandal, Senate, Sex

Unborn People With An Interest In Life May Have A Conflict With Eric Holder

Posted on | October 31, 2012 | 6 Comments

by Smitty

Workin’ hard, tryin’ to muster some surprise:

Just cleared in the “Fast and Furious” gunrunning debacle, the nation’s top lawman now faces allegations that his connection to Dr. Tyrone Cecil Malloy is a conflict of interest that helps explain Holder’s failure to prosecute abortion providers who run afoul of federal law.
Critics say it also may explain why Holder has been eager to prosecute pro-life advocates who counsel women outside abortion clinics.

Read the whole sordid thing. Is Eric the kind of guy who’d withhold support if you were locked in a firefight that could cost you your life? Sure wish I could answer that in the negative.

Update: linked at Hogewash.

Category: Eric Holder

@bobby_knuckles Brings The Funny

Posted on | October 31, 2012 | 39 Comments

by Smitty

Some lefty weenie named ‘Bobby Knuckles’ (after that which he drags?) bethinks himself a comic:


(Click for full size–UPDATE: or, indeed, to view it, as somebody has their laundry in a bunch over what amounts to pure piffle.)


As a part of this blog’s relentless quest for clarity, combined with our tireless efforts to help Lefties liberate their heads from dark, confined locations, I will now aid @bobby_knuckles with a round of Sentence Completion:
Typical Liberal . . .completion
Embraces higher education and persons of learning . . .because if that radical feminist book doesn’t look like a teddy bear, you may not have dropped enough acid yet at your Noam Chomsky Gangnam party.
Aspires to finish graduate school and views life as continuous learning process . . .one of these years, when the school wearies of seeing her face and grants a degree in ‘Critical Trans-racial Trans-gender Transmission Theory Studies’.
Positions formed from facts, logic, study, reason, and careful analysis . . .for fact-free, non-Euclidian, sophomoric, un-serious, irrational and irresponsible values of ‘analysis’.
Willing to re-visit own positions or question conventional wisdom on the auspices that improvements can be uncovered . . .on her own time, while carefully explaining to adults: “SHUT UP!”
Respectful of the Golden Rule: “How would policy changes affect me if I was wearing the other guy’s shoes?” . . .because she’s too steeped in her Paganism to recall that the Golden Rule hasn’t got a thing to do with public policy, in the sense of ‘policy changes’.
Gathers information from sources that at the very least strive towards being objective or impartial . . .as defined by the New York Times, which, for example, had 93 front page articles on Valerie Plame, compared to a whopping ZERO (0) so far concerning Benghazi, as they wrap themselves in Nate Silver’s spare ‘Cloak of Impartiality’ (or is that a tattered Code Pink costume?).
Pragmatic and open minded; realizes that compromise is a necessary part of working with others and making progress . . .which is why she advocates that Zimbabwe Ben offer further Quantitative Easing to fund her psychological investment in enjoying a guilt-free affluence.

In summary, Bobby, the last four years of listening to pompous little twerps assert some superiority when they ain’t packin’ the gear has my tolerance worn a little thin. If you’re wanting some life lessons, (in a serious way), I’m happy to point you to the same old place that the good advice has always been located.

However, if checking your punk attitude at the door is too great a challenge, you are cordially invited to GET OFF MY LAWN!

This post has been brought to you by the hash tag: #Caring

Update:


My pimp hand is strong.

Category: Culture, humor

BREAKING NEWS FROM OHIO: REPUBLICAN WOMEN ARE HOT

Posted on | October 31, 2012 | 40 Comments

Ann Romney (center) with Jane Portman and Cindy McCain

HAMILTON, Ohio
At the Vinylmax window factory here, about 150 Republicans — mostly women — gathered for an event with Ann Romney, who was joined by Jane Portman (wife of Ohio Sen. Rob Portman) and Cindy McCain (about whose senator husband and celebrity daughter, we will politely say nothing). And as I was editing the photos, I couldn’t help but say to myself, “Wow. Ann Romney is seriously good-looking.”

Is this superficial? Is this . . . sexist?

Who cares? It’s simply a Neutral Objective Fact. Mitt married a total fox, and the fact that she’s the mother of five sons (and the grandmother of approximately a gazillion little Romneys) does nothing to diminish the importance of Mrs. Romney’s awesome babeness. So . . .

Now that we’ve got that out of the way, the news: Mrs. Romney began by demonstrating to the crowd how to donate to the Red Cross via their cellphones. And then she told stories.

Apparently, the campaign has decided that the candidate’s wife is very good at narrative, so while Mitt’s always talking issues, issues, issues, Ann’s job is to tell heart-warming, humanizing anecdotes about her husband (who, for the sake of journalistic “balance,” must be acknowledged as ruggedly handsome in an executive kind of way).

Mrs. Romney talked abut the process of deciding whether Mitt, who lost the GOP nomination to Cindy’s husband in 2008, would run again in 2012. “I asked Mitt, ‘Is it too late to save the country?'” She then said, “It will be too late if we have another four years of this,” before relating how she told Mitt: “You must run. You have to save the country.”

That may seem like political hyperbole to some, but I consider it a Neutral Objective Fact. America must elect Mitt Romney president, so that his extremely good-looking wife can be the next First Lady of the United States — and I can become the U.S. Ambassador to Vanuatu.

But first things first, eh? As Jane Portman told the crowd: “We’ve got six more days to avoid four more years.” And here are the photos:

Lilly Ann Baker, 7, is interviewed by the local ABC affiliate, while her mother Andrea Baker watches. Lilly Ann is a second-grader at Riverview Elementary, which is kind of young to begin a career as a TV political commentator, but she knows more about Ohio than does Nate Silver.

Ann Romney shakes hands with one of her adoring fans. Let me ask you: Have you seen any stories in the mainstream media about how enormously popular Ann Romney is? Do the TV networks report about how she’s always mobbed by autograph-seekers after her speeches? And if not, why not? My theory is, the biased liberal media are purposely suppressing this news, the same way they’re sitting on the Benghazi story.

Mrs. Romney hands back a child’s boot that she just autographed. This is my favorite photo from today and, by the way, you can click on any of these photos to see them full-sized.

This is a classic part of the campaign-trail experience: TV crews interviewing the locals. It happens at every event from the Iowa caucus campaign all the way to the White House: Some random person is grabbed by a TV reporter and presented to viewers as the “typical voter.” When I see this, I just thank God that none of Mitt’s supporters could possibly be as stupid as Peggy Joseph.

OK, so much for my own snarktastic response. I’m blogging this at Panera Bread — free WiFi! — where we had a working lunch with Ali Akbar, another conservative activist who shall remain nameless, and Ohio blogger Becca Lower, whose headline for today’s event is:

Ann Romney to Red-county Ohio
Families: Help is on the way. Soon.

UPDATE: The science is settled!

Study: Female GOP politicians are
better looking than liberal politicians

Hat-tip to Wright Shumate on Twitter.

UPDATE II: Welcome, Instapundit readers! And this seems like a good time to mention that bringing you the important news from Ohio is possible only because of our readers’ generous contributions to The Shoe Leather Fund. It’s not tax-deductible, nor is it charitable. I’m proud to be a Shameless Capitalist Blogger, and this is just a sort of online expense account that makes possible this bizarre experiment in reader-supported journalism: This has never been done before because nobody else would be crazy enough to try it.

We’ve already logged thousands of miles in campaign-trail travel this year and now, with just six days to go, I remind you once again of the Five Most Important Words in the English Language:

HIT THE FREAKING TIP JAR!




 

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Category: Election 2012, Fear. Loathing., Media Bias, Ohio, Republicans, Rule 5, Shoe Leather Fund

FROM OHIO: POLLS, POLLS, POLLS

Posted on | October 31, 2012 | 28 Comments

CINCINNATI, Ohio
Pete Da Tech guy disassembles a Quinnipiac Poll that has samples of D+7 in Florida and D+8 in both Florida and Ohio, so that while Mitt Romney handily wins independent voters in both states, he nonetheless trails Obama by 1 point in Florida, 2 points in Virginia and 5 points in Ohio. These numbers are a sort of statistical hallucination. Pete quotes Ed Morrissey at Hot Air:

In each of these three states, the CBS/NYT/Q-poll shows Republicans at a lower percentage level of turnout than in the 2008 election.  If one makes that assumption, it’s not too difficult to be guess that Obama might be ahead.  However, that’s exactly the opposite of what all other polls rating enthusiasm are telling us what the electorate will look like on Tuesday.  In fact, it’s not even what this poll shows, with Republican enthusiasm +16 over Democrats in Florida, +14 in Ohio, and +7 in Virginia.

You might think some reporter at the New York Times, which co-sponsored this poll, would think it worth his while to interview the people at Quinnipiac and ask where they’re getting these weird over-samples of Democrats. What is causing this? How is it that Republicans report greater voting enthusiasm by such large margins, and yet are underrepresented in the poll’s sample? It makes no sense.

Meanwhile, there is an actual campaign to cover here in Ohio. I’m going to see Ann Romney’s 11:30 a.m. event in Hamilton.

Category: Da Tech Guy, Ed Morrissey, Election 2012, Fear. Loathing., Ohio, Polls
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