Roundup: Falcons Hold on to Beat Broncos, Gretchen Carlson Got Pranked on Fox News & is an Inmate Too Obese to Execute?
Candice Swanepoel … “Everything’s broken and nobody’s upset” … so, Mitt Romney said this to some wealthy Republicans … is this inmate too obese to execute? … Jim Carrey has a young new girlfriend … Malcolm Gladwell writes about Jerry Sandusky in the New Yorker … “$7 Million In Gold Bars Found In Reclusive Man’s Home Month After He Died” … a photo of Mark Sanchez and Eva Longoria from the weekend … it’s only Tuesday and yes, this has been a rough week for Romney …
Falcons 27, Broncos 21. Ugly game. Atlanta is 2-0. [AJC]
It was ugly because the scab referees were terrible. [Post]
NCAA does a very NCAA thing to UVA soccer player Ari Dimas. [Virginia Sports]
“The truth behind the death of Vikings legend Wally Hilgenberg.” [Star Trib]
Everyone who hit a halfcourt shot got season tickets in the Izzone. [M Live]
The Redskins have lost two defensive starters – Adam Carriker and Brian Orakpo – for the season, and QBs in the NFC East are thrilled. [Wash Post]
NC State incoming freshman Rodney Purvis has been cleared by the NCAA – only after providing “four years worth of syllabi, class assignments, and textbook information for the 16 core classes.” [Charlotte Observer]
White Sox open up a three-game lead on the Tigers with 16 games left. [Sun-Times]
Wes Welker’s increasingly diminishing role in New England. [Globe]
The 2014 World Cup mascot is … an armadillo. [FIFA]
Giants beat the Rockies, and now lead the Dodgers by eight games in the NL West. [SF Gate]
Lingerie football player dating Gio Gonzalez of the Nationals. [Larry Brown Sports]
“UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp, beleaguered by two years of athletics-related scandals, will resign the position at the end of the academic year and return to a role that he always loved: chemistry professor.” [News & Observer]
Gretchen Carlson got pranked by this douche. [via Hot Clicks]
Should I just link to the Vince Vaughn line in the Wedding Crashers? [via Jeff]
Monkey clearly has a fondness for this reporter.
The USC/Stanford game in 100 seconds.
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September 18th, 2012 at 8:06 AM
Best roundup pic in a long time (posted by the EIC)
September 18th, 2012 at 8:10 AM
I can get behind this. Very pretty girl
September 18th, 2012 at 8:10 AM
White Sox open up a three-game lead on the Tigers with 16 games left.
Tigers fans can only hope that Jimmy gets fired after this season. No excuse for the amount of talent they have, to not run away with this division.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:15 AM
It is not Leyland’s fault the Tigers can’t play defense. The Rangers infield makes their pitchers seem better than they are.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:16 AM
The trainer chick checking out Ellington… awesome. Still chuckling.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:17 AM
Romney is just clueless. That SNL cold open with him saying completely oblivious things to the town hall crowd could have been documentary footage. If Obama had been videotaped talking to a black neighborhood watch group saying that rich white people want to take your homes and keep you in poverty to further their own wealth, the election wouldn’t even happen. But no one seems to care about this.
Also, why do the Olympics and World Cup struggle so much with mascots. Is it really that hard?
September 18th, 2012 at 8:18 AM
No doubt. Looked like a movie scene.
The guy bitching about technology kind of has a point. But I keep going back to the old Louis CK bit about us screaming because a phone takes half a second to download a map from space. ITS COMING FROM SPACE!!!!
September 18th, 2012 at 8:24 AM
It is not Leyland’s fault the Tigers can’t play defense. The Rangers infield makes their pitchers seem better than they are.
This team isn’t THAT much different than the one that was in the ALCS last year.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:25 AM
So the whole 162-0 thing didn’t go as planned? Sad.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:26 AM
Also, why do the Olympics and World Cup struggle so much with mascots. Is it really that hard?
what do you have against armadillos? They exist, they’re innocuous, and from what I understand, they are prevalent in Brazil. And if somebody brings a live one to a game, it’s not going to rampage and kill a bunch of people, nor will it upset animal rights groups.
They can’t exactly pick a capybara. That’s a 40 pound water rat.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:27 AM
Terry Francona to the Tigers!
September 18th, 2012 at 8:27 AM
Stick a fork in him, he’s done.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:28 AM
Tigers are 12th in MLB in fewest errors.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:29 AM
is this inmate too obese to execute?
Stick a fork in him, he’s done.
as mentioned in the article, this trick has worked before.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:32 AM
That doesn’t really tell the story. I assure you a team with Cabrera and Fielder at the corners and has regularly played Delmon Young in the OF is not good defensively, no matter how good Austin Jackson might be.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:33 AM
michael Turner DUI has its own post. go trash him like you did Braylon Edwards.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:35 AM
An armadillo killed my whole family, OK?
September 18th, 2012 at 8:36 AM
Eh, guess I need to try and trade him now.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:37 AM
The 2014 World Cup mascot is … an armadillo. [FIFA]
Well Miramax owns the rights to City Of God’s Lil Z. I’m impressed they completed it at all instead of the usual Brazilian “yeah it will probably get done the day before whatever we are Brazilian.”
/street kid has water-gun full of liquid feces
//demands money or he will squirt me
///fuck brazil
////still better than Qatar
September 18th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
OK…don’t want to sidetrack things by talking about politics, but in reading the Romney thing I clicked on some links and found that while 46 pct. of people don’t pay income tax, 28 pct pay payroll tax and not income tax. What the hell is payroll tax? Is that just the social security, etc. type deductions they take from your check?
I’m slightly right of center but am still undecided on the presidential election.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
Well they are near the bottom in assists, but so are the Meth Sox, Rangers, and Yankees and it sure looks like the three of them are going to be in the post season.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
Apples got their own post. Go trash them like you do oranges.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
/initiates fantasy trade for Quizz Rogers
September 18th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
He will break bad and starting cooking meth.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
/queefer’d
September 18th, 2012 at 8:41 AM
Yeah. The number is actually 46 percent (huge difference, I know) and it refers to federal income tax. The Poorz still pay sales taxes, payroll taxes, local taxes, etc. There’s still a burden there.
The idea that GE and thousands of other wealthy corporations and individuals (including Willard himself, most likely, hence not releasing his returns) also paid no federal income tax in 2011 is something not discussed enough.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:41 AM
Another day another QueeferSutherland Romney rant. Joy.
Two comments. First, I love Fox News and even I can’t watch Fox and Friends. Just awful. I feel like my IQ lessens every time I watch. And second, what Romney was trying to say, I think, was that 47% of the country won’t vote for him no matter what. This is not news. He then started doing some generalizing that wasn’t factually accurate. He should have said it includes the takers, but also 25 different special interest groups.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:41 AM
Measuring a team’s defense with any number – errors, fielding percentage, assists, UZR – has problems.
Rangers have an elite SS/3B combo and a decent OF. De Aza and Ramirez are both above average defenders for the Sox at the most important positions. The Yankees… have Granderson.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:42 AM
LOL, yeah, I’m definitely guilty of employing that phrase from time to time.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
HTown, here is an article explaining the 47% claim
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/18/who-are-the-47-percent-7-facts-about-the-americans-mitt-romney-attacked.html
September 18th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
Really, this is just the same joke that Captain Jenks has been doing for years, except this kid was dumb enough to show his face while doing it.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
the best.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
What are they? FICA (medicare, SS)?
September 18th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
Can’t let that one go. No, that’s not what he said. He said 47 percent of Americans were dependent on government and that’s why they’d vote for Obama. It was not a poor analogy in search of a better point. He was attempting to rile up a room full of people who believe that poor people are lazy leeches of society. Mittens isn’t a stupid guy. If he wanted to say that half the country (and more, frankly), won’t vote for him, he would have said that without the class warfare overtones.
Again, if Obama says the opposite to a room full of black community organizers, Fox News collectively has a stroke.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
Romney is his own worst enemy. I’ve never witnessed such an inept presidential campaign. Will the real GOP please stand up?
September 18th, 2012 at 8:46 AM
But if your one of 47% who will vote GOP you are a fucking retard who rewards the politics of economic obstructionism and supporting the ideals that destroyed the economy in the first place.
/not to sidetrack things…
//in my next popularity contest I will refer to 47% as poor lazy parasites
September 18th, 2012 at 8:46 AM
There needs to be something to measure them by other than a 300lb. scale.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:46 AM
Welp, a sad day. Terminated my golf membership.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:46 AM
@ImJustSayin – Romney revealed himself to be the worst of what every snide caricature had painted him. Ignorant, elitist, and probably evil. He’s an asshole and he deserves to lose. And he will.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:47 AM
/pours one out
September 18th, 2012 at 8:48 AM
Ha. Yes. If you can fix UZR’s problems you’ll become Internet Baseball Nerd famous. And I mean that in the absolute best way possible.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:48 AM
Interesting read on payroll taxes, presented without comment or bias
September 18th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
From the NY Times:
But the most striking part of the video is Mr. Romney’s characterization of nearly half of the country. His assessment of the “47 percent” echoes a line of conservative thinking that is championed by his running mate, Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin. Mr. Ryan has long argued that nearly half of the people in America are either “dependent” or “reliant” on the federal government.
Mr. Romney’s figure of 47 percent comes from the Tax Policy Center, which found that 46.4 percent of households paid no federal income tax in 2011.
But most households did pay payroll taxes. Of the 18.1 percent of households that paid neither income taxes nor payroll taxes, the center found that more than half were elderly and more than a third were not elderly but had income under $20,000. Roberton Williams, a senior fellow at the center, wrote in a blog post last summer that about half of those were off the rolls because they had low incomes.
Referring to this, from The Tax Policy Center.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
Queefer you can have all kinds of faux outrage. According to Obama I am a bitter clinger and I didn’t build that. The way Romney said it was not even factually accurate and the one thing you are correct about is that he isn’t stupid. But he isn’t the most eloquent politician so he goofed up the point. In the end the people that wouldn’t vote for Romney anyway are really mad. But it has no tangible effect on the election other than distracting from real news like a screwed up economy, the middle east on fire, China and Japan preparing to square off, and Obama’s golf handicap.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
Well, now we know what needs to be done.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
VANITY CAP.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
He should have just followed it by ‘not confirmed by me’.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
Welp, a sad day. Terminated my golf membership
While this is sad and it is technically donating money to an entity, it’s not donating money to PSU sad.
/pours one out for you
September 18th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
His diminishing role is diminishing already. 95 yards on Sunday. Yawn.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
All of this political talk coupled with my limited knowledge and interest in the candidates is further cementing my stance on not voting. I just don’t think my quality of life with be impacted in any way regardless of who is in office.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
And second, what Romney was trying to say, I think, was that 47% of the country won’t vote for him no matter what. This is not news
it is a totally false argument. most people who don’t pay income tax live in states that will go heavily to Romney.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/09/where-are-the-47-of-americans-who-pay-no-income-taxes/262499/
September 18th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
Go out and vote for Gary Johnson, then. At least use your vote for something good.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
cosigned.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
What about all those in large metro areas that don’t pay income tax? They all vote Democrat.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
Thanks, Urinal, and sorry to hear about the golf hiatus. What’s your wife’s due date.
/trying to derail the political talk.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
ImJustSayin is adorable. “I didnt build that” lol holy shit that’s still a conservative thing?
If you don’t think Romney’s general assholeness is affecting the election, you might want to check out the polls. In fact, a lot of the people that he insulted as lazy government leeches are red-state conservatives and the elderly, two traditional GOP voting blocs.
He made a calculated, base-bait statement that was neither true nor befitting someone who wants to be president. It’s just another example of how unfit he is to sit in the chair.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
All of this political talk coupled with my limited knowledge and interest in the candidates is further cementing my stance on not voting. I just don’t think my quality of life with be impacted in any way regardless of who is in office.
You are the 5 to 10 percent of the undecided that will decide the election. And this kind of stuff just keeps people home. Whichever side rallies the bases the best will win. And Romney definitely helped rally the Democrat base.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
I dont know if anyone directly answered you Htown, but yes, those are payroll taxes.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
ZOMG Politics?! Look what RUMMMHAAAYYY said?!?!? The Atlantic, Mother Jones, and The NYT all said such and such?!?!
/farts
//elections cant get here fast enough
September 18th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
Urinal,
Wife is due in late December and I have been cramming as much golf into my weekends as possible before I have to slow down. Luckily I have an understanding woman who supports this binge.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
In fact, a lot of the people that he insulted as lazy government leeches are red-state conservatives and the elderly, two traditional GOP voting blocs.
I know you hope that this is true. But the fact is most people don’t see themselves the way Romney was describing, which is his saving grace. No, the GOP block loathes Obama-Pelosi-Reid and will vote just to keep them out of power. Of this I am sure.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
It’s incredible to me that there are still people out there not sure who they are going to vote for. That’s not an indictment on either candidate or the person unsure about their choice. I just don’t know what further information they need or hope to get before election day that will solidify their choice.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
gotcha.
/runs home to cling to my guns and my bible
//and put some black people in chains
///wait, only republicans say stupid stuff
////GTFO
September 18th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
I’ll be honest, for me it will probably come down to how close the PA polls get. I want to vote for Gary Johnson, but if it gets to the point that I think there’s a chance Romney could win PA, I’d vote Obama.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
/clarified’d
September 18th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
I am not sure I will get to play golf again this year. My wrist injury is not getting better, and I fear that the next step will be cortisone shots and maybe the next step after that…
September 18th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
ImJustSayin is adorable. “I didnt build that” lol holy shit that’s still a conservative thing?
If you don’t think Romney’s general assholeness is affecting the election, you might want to check out the polls. In fact, a lot of the people that he insulted as lazy government leeches are red-state conservatives and the elderly, two traditional GOP voting blocs.
He made a calculated, base-bait statement that was neither true nor befitting someone who wants to be president. It’s just another example of how unfit he is to sit in the chair.
And one more thing I am sure of. Dems will overplay their hand on this and it will fire thr GOP base up even more.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
Maybe Clint was really talking to Romney
September 18th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
/pours another one out
September 18th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
Can’t boot balls you’re unable to get to
September 18th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
I am not sure I will get to play golf again this year. My wrist injury is not getting better, and I fear that the next step will be cortisone shots and maybe the next step after that…
Magnetic wristbands?
September 18th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
What, you don’t like going on sports blogs to get away from politics only to stumble onto one-sided opinions and faux outrage over the other candidate?
September 18th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
About 75%* of white folks who don’t pay federal income taxes are on that Clayton Bigsby flow. They think they are special exemptions and it’s the coloreds who are the real problem.
*estimate
September 18th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
GZA was fucking epic, and Killer Mike knocked it out the park.
Both called out people for standing still with their arms crossed.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
amputation. obvi.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
I find his version of America more unsettling than Paul Ryan’s…eventually the nation would slip into the “If it feels good, do it” mindset where we all run around snapping each other’s undies which would be fun for a while until we’re all buried under the crumbling infrastructure
September 18th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
Wwwwwwwait a minute hold on. These risers were only single bolted, they should’ve been double bolted!
September 18th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
What, you don’t like going on sports blogs to get away from politics only to stumble onto one-sided opinions and faux outrage over the other candidate?
+1,000,000
September 18th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
Sounds a lot like the breakdown of the Raven-Eagle game yesterday
September 18th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
So Simon Gruber survived that helicopter crash, I knew it.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
Well, I’m one of them. I like a lot of the things Obama has done but have a deep-rooted belief in some of the traditional Republican talking points, mainly, that government aid/handouts become a disincentive/crutch for many people. My “side job” is as a property owner. My other half and I own a dozen or so houses that we rent out to lower income people. You would be amazed at how many people we come across who have been on Section 8 housing for literally a decade or more and have told us that they do their best to avoid losing their Section 8 vouchers. So, while many Democratic principles appeal to me, and things like Obama shrinking the federal government workforce and some of his foreign policy results are feathers in his cap for me, the “47 percent pay no income tax” type of talk DOES make me want to vote Republican. I know it may make me an outcast around here, but that’s just my thinking.
Incidentally, I voted for Obama last election and may well do so again. It’s not black and white for me. I don’t vote strictly based on gay issues or economic ones.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Romney was trying to say, I think, was that 47% of the country won’t vote for him no matter what.
yeah, its pretty obvious that’s what he was getting at. but, he was at a 50K per plate dinner riling up the crowd. obama never does that.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
That blows. I’m in the same boat. Last year it was my neck, this year my left shoulder. I’m turning into Grady Sizemore.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
Anyone catch Revolution last night? Not very good. Might be good enough to watch for a few episodes though as nothing else is really on. Not sure why they decided to put it up against MNF.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
not…sure…if…serious…
September 18th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
/nerd
September 18th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
Apparently not because it doesn’t seem like you guys understand.
Romney is saying 47% of the country doesn’t contribute. And that those 47% love Obama and will only vote for him, not Romney.
That’s what he’s saying. That he actually believes that proves he’s an asshole. And ignorant. And lacking any self awareness. And that if it weren’t for his dad he’d assuredly be selling insurance. Good riddance.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
not…sure…if…serious…
+ 1 $45K per plate celeb dinner
September 18th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
I might as well moth ball my clubs after this year. Baby No. 2 is due is late March. Highly doubt I will get out of the house with a 2 year old and a newborn.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
+1 Atlas shrugging
September 18th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
Hawkeye’s comments on Twitter about it were pretty funny. How is there always a fat kid on post-apocalyptic Earth?
September 18th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
Detective Lieutenant Chief Inspector Special Agent Mulder Monk McTibble getting stymied on the Lance Thomas case today.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
You know what the half-life of a Twinkie is?
September 18th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
Funniest thing about the Romney comments, fallout, etc is that the net outcome of it is unlikely to move polls one way or another. I mean, if you are truly a “moocher,” you don’t really consider yourself one, do you? Those people would be like “oh he’s not talking about me! i hate moochers too!”
I think the bigger picture is what is troublesome for the Republican side. He’s on a streak of negative pub now. That can be looked at one of two ways, either it was bound to happen and at least he’s getting it out of his system before the debates/crunch time OR he’s a mistake prone candidate that won’t be able to get over the hump.
Call me in October.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
I haven’t seen it, but will check it out online. The critics I respect aren’t too fond of the show. Said the main characters aren’t that good and the storylines are watered down. But that seems to be the main problem with most network dramas nowadays. Terra Nova could’ve been really good. But they kept diluting the stories in order to get the most amount of viewers. In the end, it satisfied no one.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
That’s what he’s saying. That he actually believes that proves he’s an asshole. And ignorant. And lacking any self awareness.
if anything, i think it makes him quite self aware. at least in this instance only.
he is still a weener of a candidate.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Bottom line. Romney is not a good politician. Period. Also, Obama is not a good President. Period.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
I couldn’t get past the fat guy on Revolution either (and they already set him up as a former google star child). I started wondering what he was eating and doing while everyone else was out, you know, reworking the way the world works and stuff.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
I love when people speak in absolutes, especially when it involves politics.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
This bothered me a lot in A Game of Thrones. There is no way you can be as fat as Sam in that environment.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
Yeah, I’m leaning towards the right, and this is definitely what he is saying. Gonna fire up the left with comments like this. Seriously, I don’t think the GOP can put together a viable candidate to save their life.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
i think it’s interesting that the claim 47% of american’s don’t pay taxes still is talked about more and overshadowing the fact that the GOP nominee for president resides int he top 1% of the country in income yet likely falls into that 47% of individuals who didn’t pay any income tax.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
“You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”
Can someone honestly explain the difference between Romney’s (admittedly “inartful”) statement, and the one above?
Besides of course the fact that Romney’s is based at least somewhat on factual evidence.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
somewhere in the middle lies martin van buren.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
I’m not sure of the outrage here by McTibble. The kid used his 4 years of eligibility. The NCAA enforced their rule. Seems pretty straight forward.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
Wrong, but who cares? That’s not what this is about. It was a dumb comment, surely.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
He’s not “saying” it — he’s citing a proven fact, vis a vis federal income tax.
Is it really breaking news that the Democratic party loves their government assistance programs, actually believes that our bankrupt and inefficient government should be doing more, and has a base (I think they were protesting yesterday outside my office) that generally dislikes anything the private sector stands for?
September 18th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
He came from a wealthy house and spent his days loafing around so him being fat to begin with makes sense…maybe beyond The Wall they found tubs of ranch dressing like Hurley did thus keeping him fat
September 18th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
i have lived in these small towns, not in PA, and it’s true that’s how people are. go check out the old mill towns in some parts of MA and the rest of NE.
47% of american’s probably net zero taxes at the end of the year, due to deductions that help them actually make ends meet. they aren’t avoiding taxes by putting them in offshore accounts or working cash only jobs, stuffing money in their mattress.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
https://prospect.org/article/cling-guns-vs-47-percent
September 18th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
This bothered me a lot in A Game of Thrones. There is no way you can be as fat as Sam in that environment
He came from a wealthy house and spent his days loafing around so him being fat to begin with makes sense…maybe beyond The Wall they found tubs of ranch dressing like Hurley did thus keeping him fat
yeah, he was the heir to some Lordship, but his dad hated him for being a huge fat pussy. So his dad told him he could either take the black or go on a hunting trip and accidentally get killed, once they had a new baby boy.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
In small towns in Central PA, Martin Luther King Day is not observed by local government, but the first day of hunting season is.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
Is it really breaking news that the Democratic party loves their government assistance programs, actually believes that our bankrupt and inefficient government should be doing more, and has a base (I think they were protesting yesterday outside my office) that generally dislikes anything the private sector stands for?
Mike, of the 47% (it is an accurate number, but somewhat misleading), Obama holds an ~57-43% lead. So 43% of the 47% support Romney, which is 20% overall. Does Mitt really want the support of these freeloaders?
September 18th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Is it really breaking news that the Democratic party loves their government assistance programs, actually believes that our bankrupt and inefficient government should be doing more, and has a base (I think they were protesting yesterday outside my office) that generally dislikes anything the private sector stands for?
sounds like somebody needs a big soda
September 18th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
From a “political blunder” perspective, the difference is that one happened within the current news cycle and the other happened five years ago. If the timing was reversed, I’m sure all the talk today would be about Obama’s blunder. I recall that it stirred up quite a bit of talk at the time.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
One is being a condescending asshat,the other isnt.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
Romney was overstating the numbers but – in truth, the old adage is ever true: He who robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul. The significant “dependent” class and those who are employed to manage (i.e. bureaucrats) serve and care for them, will always vote for the party which will increase that portion of the gumment budget.
Romney is doomed by a propensity to speak too frankly (inelegantly) whilst surrounded by an actively antipathetic press corps.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
Red states are less ubarnized, there are less jobs and red states require more social assistance. He is calling his own base moochers. Not sure why but I feel like him being historically a centre right politician and pandering to the far right base has left him unable to separate fact from rhetoric. He simply can’t say what he means, for instance this. Not a typical republican statement.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Hate to break in on the truly entertaining political discussion, but the Wally Hilgenberg article is really interesting. I know there have been discussions on allowing kids to play football, and this once again presents some thought provoking comments.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Can someone honestly explain the difference between Romney’s (admittedly “inartful”) statement, and the one above?
The difference is that Obama was saying “I understand why people feel the way they do. they feel like government has failed them”. Romney was saying “half the people won’t vote for me because they think they’re entitled to free stuff and you have to pay for it”
September 18th, 2012 at 10:03 AM
Yeah Alaska is getting the most federal money thrown at them for generations and that’s why they always vote commie pinko.
Rich people voting for tax cuts though, that’s cool, poor people* voting for more government assistance is wrong.
September 18th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Wish the Stewart O’Reilly debate would be televised.
September 18th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Okay, that makes sense. I thought he was a commoner and there is no way that you could be that fat with all of the firewood chopping/splitting that would take place in the North on a daily basis.
September 18th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
Yes. Both the substance and the tone of those two statements are completely different, though not surprising to see the compared.
September 18th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
47% not paying taxes?
Who do these people think they are, the Fortune 1000?
September 18th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Let me be more clear. What he means is they are freeloaders. That they are getting things they don’t deserve. That grandma relying on her social security check as her only income is a leach, that she is an Obama supporter because of it.
It’s awful and he’s awful and good riddance.
September 18th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Romney’s was a lie and Obama’s was true?
September 18th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
Romney insults a quarter of the people who vote for him. They not only don’t care but completely gloss over the fact that he and his corporate brethren also pay no federal income tax.
The only way this week could get worse for Romney is if he tax returns leak showing what we all know: that he didn’t pay any taxes for a long, long time.
September 18th, 2012 at 10:14 AM
Obama said something that could alienate people who generally would never vote for him, Romney said something that will alienate people who would vote for him.
All in all it’s good times.
/Big plans for the $275 I win on this election
//Like drinking and gambling it all
September 18th, 2012 at 10:14 AM
Nov 8
September 18th, 2012 at 10:18 AM
The most outrageous statement in Romney’s rant was his “I inherited nothing” knee-slapper.
Reminds me of what Molly Ivins said of W.: He was born on third base but thinks he hit a triple.
September 18th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
NBC and sci-fi? Laughable.
September 18th, 2012 at 10:24 AM
The scriptwriters on this show appear to be Walking Dead castoffs.
September 18th, 2012 at 10:26 AM
Obama called his opposing voting bloc bitter racist xenophobes who “cling” to the 2nd amendment (gasp!) and religion (gasp!)to “explain their frustrations” with their government.
That’s cool, though.
September 18th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
I heard him use that word.. I think he perhaps meant to say ‘inelequently’? Irony.
September 18th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
Let me be more clear. What he means is they are freeloaders. That they are getting things they don’t deserve. That grandma relying on her social security check as her only income is a leach, that she is an Obama supporter because of it.
It’s awful and he’s awful and good riddance.
good god, both sides supporters are clueless.
September 18th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Meh, last time they ‘debated’ wasnt that entertaining. Being all friendly and such.
September 18th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Speaking of the upcoming election
Randy Newman writes new satirical, political song
Newman said he’s proud of how America has progressed, though, but adds that “there’s a long way to go.”
“No European country would have elected a black man,” he said. “I can’t believe it happened. I think it’s fantastic, like a step on the moon.”
Doesn’t the fact that America elected an African America proof that America has “come a long way”. On another note, does that make Europeans racist?
September 18th, 2012 at 10:31 AM
No, but them throwing bananas at black soccer players does
September 18th, 2012 at 10:33 AM
Completely wrong in so many ways.
At least O’s comments were made in public and not some private, exclusive dinner where R thought they wouldn’t get out, and he could “keep it real”
September 18th, 2012 at 10:33 AM
Was that the Poles during EURO 2012?
September 18th, 2012 at 10:36 AM
The point I take from all this is that neither of these buffoons is worth voting for.
September 18th, 2012 at 10:36 AM
Lol. Talk about “completely wrong in so many ways.”
Hard to have a discussion when you can’t get even the basic facts surrounding the comments right.
September 18th, 2012 at 10:37 AM
Gun sales will skyrocket when Obama gets reelected, again.
September 18th, 2012 at 10:37 AM
Good quote from Ezra Klein
September 18th, 2012 at 10:38 AM
They probably already have in Texas, thanks to that dingbat judge.
September 18th, 2012 at 10:39 AM
And people say he hasn’t had a positive effect on the economy
My favorite part of all this is that Mitt was ragging more on his own voting base since if people who don’t pay tax vote Democrat the party would never lose in the deep south…there are a lot of people who dislike government assistance in theory but still cash those checks and have done so for a long long time
September 18th, 2012 at 10:39 AM
Ha. 47% of the public are freeloaders according to Mittens, but mentioning the fact that many of these people who don’t pay (only) the Federal Income Tax are elderly… makes his critics clueless? Alright.
September 18th, 2012 at 10:41 AM
All the outdoor shops in Central PA were actually sold out of many types of bullets between November and January. Had nothing to do with hunting season, either. A lot of the bigger stores reported record gun sales.
September 18th, 2012 at 10:42 AM
Ross Perot’s “sucking sound” quote should be changed to fit modern times… it’s your tax dollars going to those Republican supporting southern states.
September 18th, 2012 at 10:44 AM
Yup. Was fucking impossible to fine 9mm in State College the summer of 2009.
September 18th, 2012 at 10:44 AM
find*
September 18th, 2012 at 10:44 AM
I don’t quite understand this. Are you embellishing the moment or are you actually undecided, meaning you really don’t have a clue about who you’re going to vote for? Really? If so, how much more are you really expecting to learn in the next month and change?
September 18th, 2012 at 10:45 AM
From Bloomberg:
September 18th, 2012 at 10:47 AM
Too bad those 9mms weren’t used on Sandusky that summer, PSU might still have a Division I team.
/ Opens can of worms, runs
September 18th, 2012 at 10:50 AM
Jimmy Carter’s grandson behind the leak.
MALAISE FOREVER
September 18th, 2012 at 10:57 AM
I think he perhaps meant to say ‘inelequently’? Irony.
ironic, indeed
September 18th, 2012 at 10:57 AM
MAYONNAISE FOREVER
September 18th, 2012 at 11:01 AM
PSU might still have a Division I team.
how many games do they need to win to convince you?!!
September 18th, 2012 at 11:08 AM
I was wrong on the O speaking at a fundraiser part but, I do think that.
Obama was trying to engage the people who he said wont vote for him. The “bitter clingers”.
Romney is basically saying F.U. to the 47% who he claims all vote for Obama and are freeloading victims.