President Obama Goes On Leno, Asks NHL to Settle Lockout, is Looking For Votes in Wrong Country
President Barack Hussein Obama went on the Tonight Show to talk to Jay Leno about the NHL lockout. I’m just going to assume this was the entirety of the interview because I’m not going to watch any more Leno that I absolutely have to, am I right! (#teamcoco*) Anywho… President Obama encourages the NHL and its players to think of the fans who buy the tickets and pay their salaries… when he should be back in Washington president-ing! In a related joke, Mitt Romney will go on Letterman to make sure The America’s Cup goes off without a hitch… Satire!
*Remember that? When was the last time anyone watched Conan?
[h/t: Puck Daddy]
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October 25th, 2012 at 11:33 AM
When was the last time anyone watched Conan?
That was a brilliant marketing plan by Leno, Letterman, Kimmel, and Conan. Last night TV is dead. Lets generate some controversy. Hardly anyone watches those shows.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:35 AM
Would be enjoyable and amazingly awkward
When you go up against the Daily Show and Colbert you’re gonna have a bad time
October 25th, 2012 at 11:36 AM
i laughed my ass off.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:36 AM
Craig Ferguson is still awesome
October 25th, 2012 at 11:38 AM
That was a brilliant marketing plan by Leno, Letterman, Kimmel, and Conan. Last night TV is dead. Lets generate some controversy. Hardly anyone watches those shows.
Leno and Letterman average something like 8 million viewers per night between them. Not bad for the 10:30 (11:30 to you east coasters) time slot. The only problem is that the average audience age is increasing steadily.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:39 AM
The first week he was on TBS once or twice.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:41 AM
I’d watch if Louis CK really did replace Letterman.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:44 AM
Hardly anyone watches those shows.
People in their 40′s and 50′s do I’d imagine. If they’re awake. And like stale jokes.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:45 AM
Seriously, does anyone watch Leno outside of my parents, your grandparents and the walkers from Walking Dead?
October 25th, 2012 at 11:45 AM
I’d watch if Louis CK really did replace Letterman.
I have my doubts that this would happen. I can see CBS maybe taking a shot at luring Conan from TBS though.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:45 AM
Is this where we talk about baseball?
October 25th, 2012 at 11:45 AM
*Remember that? When was the last time anyone watched Conan?
The first week he was on TBS once or twice.
I was sort of indifferent towards him when he was on NBC.. thought he was funny at times and definitely better than Leno… something different about his new show though (which I’ve only seen maybe 3 times). Did he get new writers too?
Leno Remains awful. Ferguson is pretty good though.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:46 AM
Is this where we talk about baseball?
Can’t really do that when there was already a baseball post (non ratings related) this morning.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:46 AM
Profane puppets, Kristen Bell and prancing Secretariat FTMFW.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:47 AM
Is this where we talk about baseball?
Considering the dearth of daytime posts, I think we can talk about baseball whenever we damn please.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:47 AM
Kristen Bell
Gives me an excuse to bust this out. Thank you.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:48 AM
My guess is that Jon Stewart takes over him.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:49 AM
I love it when the compelling posts are always at the end of the day or on the weekends.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:49 AM
Gives me an excuse to bust this out. Thank you.
You should really feel free to drop in pictures like that at any time. You don’t need an excuse.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:50 AM
You should really feel free to drop in pictures like that at any time. You don’t need an excuse.
Butters gets cranky when I go off topic. Exceptions are made for yoga pants, I presume?
October 25th, 2012 at 11:51 AM
Where’s 48yearslump with the obligatory “Why is Obama on Leno talking about hickey when he should be out there creating jobs?”
October 25th, 2012 at 11:52 AM
Hickey. Fuck. I took nighttime sinus meds instead of the daytime stuff this morning and I am feeling it in a bad way.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:52 AM
I’m always cranky but Kristen Bell alleviates that…however my work filter blocked the image so I’m crankier now than when I started reading this thread so fuck you
October 25th, 2012 at 11:52 AM
Something about the Romney kids that I just don’t trust.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:52 AM
I watch the videos of Ron Swanson reading teen celebrity tweets, but that’s it.
I was all about NBC late night Conan back in the day, but he’s been changed forever.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:53 AM
Leno, The View, Big Bird, binders, and free abortion for all.
What you’re witnessing is the sad & rapid decline of a one-termer who’s acutely aware that the jig is up.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:53 AM
Where’s 48yearslump with the obligatory “Why is Obama on Leno talking about hickey when he should be out there creating jobs?”
Where’s Jimmy Chitwood to question the legitimacy of his birth certificate, admission to Columbia and Harvard Law, and whether he is Christian or Muslim?
October 25th, 2012 at 11:55 AM
What you’re witnessing is the sad & rapid decline of a one-termer who’s acutely aware that the jig is up.
Nate Silver, Stuart Rothenberg, and the vast majority of polls in swing states like Nevada, Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio and Michigan all disagree with you.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:55 AM
You say this like it’s a bad thing
October 25th, 2012 at 11:55 AM
If you have a 5dimes account, Obama has gone from -165 to -200 in the last day. You could get a good price betting on Romney.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:56 AM
Dur, he’s a black liberation theologist or an atheist.
/who cares
October 25th, 2012 at 11:57 AM
Obligatory response to MikeNYC.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:58 AM
fuck Conan
October 25th, 2012 at 11:58 AM
Read that article, Mike: “Romney’s momentum appears to have stopped.”
Strong, strong points there. Seems like that last debate capped the well.
October 25th, 2012 at 11:59 AM
fuck you
October 25th, 2012 at 11:59 AM
I’m more of a Republican, but placed a decent sized wager on Obama winning yesterday at -165. Wanted to increase it today, but the price has gone up.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:00 PM
You know what makes me cranky? Is that she is marrying or has married Ashton Kutcher’s stooge from Punk’d.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:00 PM
Perhaps Honduras would be suitable for you after the election?
/I hate the social safety net!
//No one should get an abortion
///not possible to logically reconcile these two ideas
October 25th, 2012 at 12:01 PM
/starts to type figurative leap into the foray
//decides better of it
///goes back to work
October 25th, 2012 at 12:01 PM
You know what makes me cranky? Is that she is marrying or has married Ashton Kutcher’s stooge from Punk’d.
Don’t worry she’ll be single again in a few years when he has to return to his home planet.
/refuses to believe that “Dax” is a name one human would give to another
October 25th, 2012 at 12:02 PM
won a bet with miz, and it scored me a 15 itunes GC
any suggestions on how i should spend it?
hipster/techie snark in 3..2…1
/hoping for music rec
October 25th, 2012 at 12:02 PM
/starts to type figurative leap into the foray
//decides better of it
///goes back to work
You could just change the subject entirely. I’ve gotten pretty good at that.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:02 PM
$
October 25th, 2012 at 12:03 PM
I would get Dr John and Tom Waits latest albums.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:04 PM
No, thank you. Got any more like that?
October 25th, 2012 at 12:04 PM
Especially the Dr. John. Produced by one of the Black Keys. Awesome.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:05 PM
any suggestions on how i should spend it?
Taylor Swift’s new album.
/Jay V. and Jay McINtyre
October 25th, 2012 at 12:05 PM
Remember when Newt wanted to bring back orphanages? Good times.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:06 PM
thank God MikeNYC came in here to clear up exactly what was going on.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:06 PM
i dont know what it means, but no president works the media/hollywood set like obama does.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:06 PM
In the last zoom-in, he looks like Evil Ash from Evil Dead II.
And let me repeat what I said in the Roundup: there is absolutely no fucking need for a remake of any of the Evil Dead movies.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:07 PM
golf me amadeus.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:07 PM
I think Bubba does it better, and always has.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:07 PM
The season has ended and I got worse this year, humbug
October 25th, 2012 at 12:08 PM
i dont know what it means, but no president works the media/hollywood set like obama does.
He took a page from Clinton’s playbook in 1992 and is running with it. Remember when Clinton when on MTV and allowed teenagers to ask him if he wore boxers or briefs? Or when he played saxophone on Arsenio Hall? I’m not sure any previous candidate went out of his way to plunge into the pop culture media pool like Clinton did.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:08 PM
when=went.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:09 PM
Dammit, this is what I meant:
In the last zoom-in, he looks like Evil Ash from Evil Dead II.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:09 PM
Bill Clinton?
October 25th, 2012 at 12:09 PM
/looks in the mirror
//realizes I need another nap
She’s tight!
/Cheap Trick’d
October 25th, 2012 at 12:09 PM
I have always wondered whether Bubba banged Tabitha Soren.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:10 PM
I have always wondered whether Bubba banged Tabitha Soren.
I’ve always assumed he at least got a handy.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:10 PM
likewise…well…i have played one round of golf this month and it was pretty solid (81 only had one truly bad shot), but just havent been able to practice and play as much. no wonder im a pissy little shit these days. fuck real life.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:10 PM
If twitter were around during Clinton’s terms imagine how many fat chicks he’d be stalking on instagram.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:12 PM
golf me amadeus
got an email about the new rocketbladez irons. cool looking, but i dont think they are forged. just a reminder to me that mizunio dominates the dojo.
oh yeah, clinton was quit the media whore as well.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:12 PM
I’m 27 and been watching late night tv shows since I was 10. I don’t like Leno, but let’s face it, Letterman stopped trying about 20 years ago. I didn’t get to watch his show when he was apparently reinventing the late night talk format, but for years now, he’s just been going thru the motion. The guy simply isn’t funny anymore.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:13 PM
to be fair…GWB was kinda persona non grata otherwise im sure he wouldve too. now watch me smoke this drive.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:13 PM
Whaddya mean, “these days”?
/ Runs away
// Flips off Spencer’s poster of Zappa
October 25th, 2012 at 12:14 PM
I sure do. And remember when people actually thought that made him a good president?
/wanking motion
October 25th, 2012 at 12:15 PM
Letterman had a brief surge/comeback after his heart surgery that was really refreshing, but yeah, I can’t watch him anymore, except at Christmas when he throws the football at the meatloaf atop the Christmas tree.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:15 PM
i wish TM would jsut sack up and re-release these.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:15 PM
conan is getting some serious plastic face. needs to get back to the beard
October 25th, 2012 at 12:16 PM
Let’s be totally honest.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:16 PM
OT: Here filling out my mail-in ballot, and did not know Roseanne Barr was running for president. WTH? When did this happen?
October 25th, 2012 at 12:16 PM
it’s funny you say that…my dad got me a small framed pic of zappa looking pissed off while riding a tractor that i have in my office.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:17 PM
You see that picture of Geena Davis yesterday? Man, she was stunning back in the day. The body still rocks, but lordy, the face, the face …
October 25th, 2012 at 12:17 PM
OT: Here filling out my mail-in ballot, and did not know Roseanne Barr was running for president. WTH? When did this happen?
If you can get enough signatures and pay the appropriate registration fees you can be on the ballot in a number of states. I doubt she’s on the ballot on more than a handful.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:18 PM
Well, everyone knows you get gonorrhea from riding a tractor, Jerry!
October 25th, 2012 at 12:18 PM
Who’s her running mate? That would be the determining factor whether to vote for her or not.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:18 PM
And remember when people actually thought that made him a good president?
or that getting head in the OO made him a bad one?
berlusconi scoffs at meaningless standards for governance
October 25th, 2012 at 12:22 PM
Cindy Lee Sheehan – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Sheehan
Running under the “Peace and Freedom” party – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_and_Freedom_Party
And, yep, they are on the ballot in Colorado. At least we got that going for us.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:23 PM
If it’s Rosie O’Donnell, you can safely assume they’ve got the butch dyke vote locked up.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:23 PM
we’ll never elect someone obese who can;t sing the national anthem
October 25th, 2012 at 12:24 PM
Cindy Sheehan! Voted for her in 2008, simply because she was running against Pelosi.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:25 PM
Do you have documented evidence that Taft could sing the national anthem?
October 25th, 2012 at 12:26 PM
Gives me an excuse to bust this out. Thank you.
nice. i have a ponytail fetish too
October 25th, 2012 at 12:26 PM
we’ll never elect someone obese who can;t sing the national anthem
We also haven’t had a president with facial hair since Taft.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:26 PM
Lol, I wasn’t going to go there honestly. However, his time probably would be better spent going to all of the swing states where his lead has shrunk down to nothing instead of hanging out with Leno.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:26 PM
i find this to be a) horrible and b) insulting.
/strokes beard
October 25th, 2012 at 12:28 PM
We ain’t one-at-a-timin’ here, we’re MASS COMMUNICATING
October 25th, 2012 at 12:28 PM
Growing a beard was the second smartest thing I’ve done this year. But alas I guess I’ll never be president.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:29 PM
Lol, I wasn’t going to go there honestly. However, his time probably would be better spent going to all of the swing states where his lead has shrunk down to nothing instead of hanging out with Leno.
Please refer to the Nate Silver article which Queefer linked earlier. It shows this to be quite untrue.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:30 PM
we should start a gentlemen’s club…not a strip club, but like, one where there’s like books and shit and we talk about how we can exploit the poor masses for profit. we can have a crest!
October 25th, 2012 at 12:31 PM
http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/president/2012-10-24
Yes because he didn’t spend the first part of his day in Iowa, Colorado and then ended it in Nevada.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:31 PM
We also haven’t had a president with facial hair since Taft.
what about a woman?
October 25th, 2012 at 12:32 PM
This guy thinks Silver is giving Romney TOO MUCH of a chance…
October 25th, 2012 at 12:34 PM
i don’t grow beards, i just don’t bother to shave and one happens
October 25th, 2012 at 12:35 PM
I am shocked, SHOCKED, that you have a beard. Do you also have a hacky sack in your backpack?
October 25th, 2012 at 12:36 PM
All I said was his huge leads have shrunken down, most within the margin for error built into these polls. I’ve said all along I believe BO stays in office. If he does, I wish him much more success than he’s had in his first term. I’ll be rooting for him, much like Spencer continues to root for the Browns.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:36 PM
This country desperately needs a president with a beard. Beards are manly, fierce, and regal. Hubby is currently on month 3 of his and it’s looking fantastic.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:37 PM
we should start a gentlemen’s club…not a strip club, but like, one where there’s like books and shit and we talk about how we can exploit the poor masses for profit. we can have a crest!
And we can have jackets like Augusta National does. I believe this club should be formed right away.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:38 PM
All I said was his huge leads have shrunken down, most within the margin for error built into these polls. I’ve said all along I believe BO stays in office. If he does, I wish him much more success than he’s had in his first term. I’ll be rooting for him, much like Spencer continues to root for the Browns.
Fair point. I do enjoy how people here take any opportunity possible to shit on the Browns and Spencer’s fandom.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:38 PM
Wow, way to cover your tracks there, junior.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:39 PM
Vote Swanson
October 25th, 2012 at 12:41 PM
This guy thinks Silver is giving Romney TOO MUCH of a chance…
Wow…yeah he does.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:41 PM
I’ll be open and honest. I think Obama will likely win (because Nate Silver says so and the guy is never wrong), but I really hope he doesn’t because I don’t think he’s very good at what he does.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:45 PM
it’s looking fantastic.
zito-like?
October 25th, 2012 at 12:49 PM
With cigars and whiskey (and whisky).
/Envisions club from Trading Places
October 25th, 2012 at 12:51 PM
The Nate Silver true believers are a sight to behold. The guy correctly “called” the 2008 election where 47 of 50 states were no-brainers, and got the remaining 2 of 3 right — all while having access (NDA-protected) to Obama’s internal polling numbers.
He then swung-and-missed terribly on the 2010 midterms.
I wonder if the NYT will keep him employed after he blows this election too, or whether he’ll have to go back to where he started from, as an anonymous blogger on the Daily Kooks.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:52 PM
Mike, you are just precious.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:52 PM
3 months? I look like Saddam Hussein coming out of the hole after 3 weeks.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:53 PM
The mere thought that Nate Silver could be wrong is wrong.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:56 PM
Also I never shave, I outsource that.
/Warm towel straight razor shave has strange hangover healing powers
October 25th, 2012 at 12:58 PM
/Warm towel straight razor shave has strange hangover healing powers
The guy who trims my beard does this. He goes hot towel, then pre-shave oil, then warm shaving cream and then uses a straight razor to do the trimming. Finishes off with a cool towel and after shave. Leaves you feeling like a million bucks.
October 25th, 2012 at 12:59 PM
How hard do you have to try to ignore the evidence that directly contradicts this? Asking for a friend.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:01 PM
Wow, you guys get a shave from barber? I’ve never done that.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:02 PM
Wow, you guys get a shave from barber? I’ve never done that.
I go every other month. It won’t be cheap but it’s worth it.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:04 PM
Could not recommend it enough, with broken hands, hangovers and whiskey shakes it’s best and luxurious to leave it in the hands of a professional.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:04 PM
I’m almost on month 2 of mine and my wife has completely swung around in favor of it…she hated it now says she can’t see me without it. Victory!
October 25th, 2012 at 1:06 PM
I think I’m going to get a shave next time I go to get my haircut. I developed a bad habit of shaving against the grain when I first started shaving. Now whenever I have even a hint of a beard developing, it hurts like hell when I shave.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:06 PM
he could be but other people who use statistically evidence to forecast the election are essentially saying the same thing as Silver
October 25th, 2012 at 1:06 PM
Same, I go with my on the lam Saddam Hussein beard and get my moneys worth.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:08 PM
I think I’m going to get a shave next time I go to get my haircut. I developed a bad habit of shaving against the grain when I first started shaving. Now whenever I have even a hint of a beard developing, it hurts like hell when I shave.
This is one of the reasons I decided to grow a beard. My skin was getting too irritated but I couldn’t get a close enough shave without going against the grain. My dermatologist gave me a cream to take care of the irritation, but when I was in Europe this summer I just let the growing begin. I do not miss shaving every day. Not even a little.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:10 PM
bingo, all I have to do now is break out the beard trimmer every so often and clean up my neck in the am
October 25th, 2012 at 1:11 PM
Statistical evidence? Really?
He’s assigning different weights to different polls. That’s not “evidence” of anything. But it is the same “evidence” that led him to forecast, at this juncture of the race in 2010, that the Rs would pick up only 49 seats in the House. Of course, they picked up 63.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:13 PM
If Nate Silver gets credit for calling the 2008 race then I want credit for correctly predicting, at dinner last night, that the sun would come up this morning.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:15 PM
isn’t this cute? i almost forgot how the crazy conspiracies come out from the right when they debunk information they don’t agree with.
seriously though. If Romney does not win OH/WI he needs to win NV, VA, NC, CO, FL, NH, IA.
i haven’t seen evidence of Romney winning OH/WI just yet on a consistent basis and he’s down in NV, IA, NH, VA are becoming toss ups.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:15 PM
I am fully aware that his model can change as it did in 2010. All I am saying is he was right in 08 and in ’10 he was right again. If he blows this one then its on him but he isn’t the only guy out there with the same forecasts.
I don’t know why you pointing to his forecasts 2 weeks before his election as a way to disprove his record. If he is misses badly, and Romney wins the EC handily, then that will kind of speak for its self wont it?
October 25th, 2012 at 1:17 PM
He’s assigning different weights to different polls. That’s not “evidence” of anything. But it is the same “evidence” that led him to forecast, at this juncture of the race in 2010, that the Rs would pick up only 49 seats in the House. Of course, they picked up 63.
As they only needed 38 seats to take the majority this seems like borderline nitpicking. The 2010 wave was on historic scale equal to that of 1994 when few predicted that Republicans would have the gains that they did. Wave elections are also, historically speaking, outliers.
If you don’t care for Silver then I guess you shouldn’t read this guy who HTown linked to earlier.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:17 PM
A lot can change in two weeks, in Congressional and presidential elections. Including this year.
Your point earlier about 47 of the states being “gimmes” is interesting, if true. It always cracks me up when bracketologists brag about missing only one or two tournament participants as if that’s some great accomplishment.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:18 PM
Yes, yes you have 100% proven him to be quite the partisan hack-fraud.
/Team let Obama’s win be a painful as possible for MikeNYC
October 25th, 2012 at 1:18 PM
October 25th, 2012 at 1:21 PM
I hope the barber slits your throat you nazi hillbilly scumbag.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:22 PM
To be completely honest… should this dude’s vote count?
October 25th, 2012 at 1:23 PM
To be completely honest… should this dude’s vote count?
Considering he cast it during the state’s early voting period I don’t see what the problem is.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:23 PM
why wouldn’t it?
October 25th, 2012 at 1:23 PM
to be completely honest… should this dude’s vote count?
Yes. Why shouldn’t it?
October 25th, 2012 at 1:24 PM
To what, not die? Vote?
October 25th, 2012 at 1:24 PM
A threefer. You screwed the pooch, CJ.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:24 PM
Yep. Don’t wanna mess with a WWII ghost.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:25 PM
I’m not a huge Charlie Cook fan (/team Stuart Rothenberg) but he states in no uncertain terms the uphill battle that Romney faces in the Electoral College:
In national polling, measuring what the popular vote might look like, this race is dead even. There is still a tougher path to 270 Electoral votes for Mitt Romney than for President Obama. Ob ama can count on winning 19 states plus DC for 237 EV, Romney 23 states with 191 EV. To win, Obama needs to win just needs 33 (30%) out of the 110 Electoral votes in the nine Toss Up states, Romney needs 79 (72%) of the 110. Even if you give Romney FL, NC and VA (and none sure to go Romney), he still would be 22 short if 270. Watch OH and CO, NH, IA and WI.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:25 PM
absolutely. no reason it shouldn’t.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:25 PM
A threefer. You screwed the pooch, CJ.
She’s got an excuse though: pregnancy hormones.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:25 PM
I realize it can happen all the time, but it feels weird to me. Like you’d want people voting who are actually going to live with the consequences of whoever they vote for. Trivial, I know.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:26 PM
Probably true
October 25th, 2012 at 1:26 PM
She’s got an excuse though: pregnancy hormones.
She’s been pregnant for eleven months now. I think that was just a ruse.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:27 PM
Well technically, it does say if they receive his death certificate they do have the legal right to remove his ballot, just that it’s not worth the time and effort to do so.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:27 PM
Jesus dude, people call me here Nazi all the time. I know that Spencer, Moleman, Soused and rest of the people are just playing around. But with you, I’m not 100% sure. I get the feeling that you really want my throat slashed.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:28 PM
so if Herban Meyer casts his vote in Ohio in a few weeks and has a heart attack on the way out of the voting center, his vote shouldn’t count? I agree.
/extreme outlier counterpoint
//because it’s the internet
October 25th, 2012 at 1:28 PM
exactly. and there’s no indications Romney’s momentum from the first debate is still carrying him as it was, it seems it has either slowed down or started to go towards obama. Hard to say since yesterday was the first poll released with early returns on the 3rd debate.
and we’ll see how this whole Mourdock endorsement things does to women in the swing states. it may do nothing, it may mean everything, but it’s pretty late in the game to tie yourself to someone with an extreme view after you paint yourself as moderate the past couple week.s
October 25th, 2012 at 1:30 PM
Technically no. But it really comes down to the feasability of finding that vote to invalidate it.
Not really extreme, it’s the same basic idea.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:30 PM
and if he was in Ohio voting for Mitt he’d be called a patriot and anyone who wants to remove his vote hates america, apple pie and enjoys torturing kittens.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:31 PM
The story came from Hawaii so good luck getting that form in the next 40 years
/Topical humor
October 25th, 2012 at 1:31 PM
interesting the argument from the right goes away when the electoral college is brought up…
October 25th, 2012 at 1:31 PM
Pecan pie > Apple pie.
Yeah I said it.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:32 PM
I kinda sound like a Vet hating scumbag, but it’s the idea of dead people voting for a future election as a whole that makes me uncomfortable. Not a huge issue though.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:33 PM
im insulted again. my beard is more like this than this.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:33 PM
FLA, VA, CO + OH (or NH + WI). There’s your 270+.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:33 PM
I kinda sound like a Vet hating scumbag, but it’s the idea of dead people voting for a future election as a whole that makes me uncomfortable.
He wasn’t dead when he voted. If he was then you’d have something.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:33 PM
And I dont see why we all have go around rating pies. Cant we just agree that most pies are delicious? Except mince meat pies. Yuck.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:34 PM
key lime pie makes me weak in the knees.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:35 PM
No, but he’ll be dead on election day. I think the absentee ballot was created for people who would be out of town, not out of the earth.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:36 PM
Chess pie
October 25th, 2012 at 1:36 PM
im insulted again. my beard is more like this than this.
liar! spencer’s actual beards: #1 and #2.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:36 PM
FLA, VA, CO + OH (or NH + WI). There’s your 270+.
Not a single poll of repute has shown Romney with a lead in Wisconsin. The majority of polls in Ohio favor Obama and have consistently even if the margins are smaller than they were two months ago. I disagree with Cook on Florida, I think Romney has the state won. Virginia and Colorado are completely up for grabs.
The problem with your house of cards there is that two key states in each iteration (Ohio and Wisconsin) have by small, but consistent margins, favored the President.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:36 PM
well if a dead person is voting then that means we are in some sort of zombie utopia where the dead have taken over and have formed a working government.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:37 PM
i like the yinzer lass on the left letting her gut hang out.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:37 PM
No, but he’ll be dead on election day. I think the absentee ballot was created for people who would be out of town, not out of the earth.
What an asshole for not knowing ahead of time the exact date of his own death. I bet he was a commie anyway.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:37 PM
caramel apple pie is the bestest
October 25th, 2012 at 1:38 PM
@moleman – what’s your favorite pie?
/hangs up and listens
October 25th, 2012 at 1:38 PM
Shots fired at Chicago?
October 25th, 2012 at 1:38 PM
Obviously this will all lead to having the first zombie president by 2020
October 25th, 2012 at 1:39 PM
cool, where’s the supporting data that Romney will win OH?
I’ll give you CO and VA and FL, i’m just curious where you see in more than one poll that romney is tied or leading in OH?
i mean, that’s like saying Romney is up in national popular vote 50-49, but Obama will win 52%
October 25th, 2012 at 1:39 PM
I’m amazed that in all the mentions of pie no one made the obvious double entendre.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:40 PM
George McGovern isn’t the zombie president we deserve, but he’s the zombie president we need
October 25th, 2012 at 1:40 PM
/pours one out for drake sabitch’s daddy and grandaddy who had a zepplin land on him and shoot his head out his ass
//black sheep’d
October 25th, 2012 at 1:41 PM
The latest Ohio poll out shows O +5 … with a sample of D+9. Ohio was D+5 in 2008, and D+1 in 2010. You feeling comfortable with that spread?
Haven’t seen any recent WI polls, but they have been within the margin of error, no?
October 25th, 2012 at 1:41 PM
all this political shucking & jiving going on here.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:41 PM
I did. it was in #169.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:43 PM
You can’t just look at the top line numbers and call it a day. Look at the sampling, and how it compares to the past two elections. If O enjoys a +9 turnout in Ohio on election day, then obviously it’s his. But will he get a +9? That’s what the poll has.
And all joking aside, I’m not predicting Mitt will win those — just saying that’s what he needs.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:43 PM
The latest Ohio poll out shows O +5 … with a sample of D+9. Ohio was D+5 in 2008, and D+1 in 2010. You feeling comfortable with that spread?
Yes I do.
Haven’t seen any recent WI polls, but they have been within the margin of error, no?
They vary. Some are within the margin, but others are not. But they are nearly unanimous in showing Obama with a lead.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:43 PM
then we’ll be perpetually recounting ballots in FL for all the people that die between election day and when the electoral votes are ratified.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:45 PM
My cousin who is very wired in Denver believes that the Dems ground game will help them win CO. I think VA could go either way. Obama will win NH, WI & OH.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:45 PM
You can’t just look at the top line numbers and call it a day. Look at the sampling, and how it compares to the past two elections. If O enjoys a +9 turnout in Ohio on election day, then obviously it’s his. But will he get a +9? That’s what the poll has.
That is the question. Democrats have historically been hurt more by low turnout than Republicans. If there is a high national turnout on Election Day (and some states are reporting record numbers of early and absentee votes being received) then Obama likely wins reelection.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:47 PM
He have some of that Monster energy drink?
October 25th, 2012 at 1:48 PM
it should be said how a) conservative columbus is and b) how fucking retarded cincinnati is.
if obama loses cleveland, ill be legitimately shocked, but couldnt even begin to predict who will win the whole state.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:48 PM
Apparently the POTUS has a big lead among early voters in Ohio. Between 19 and 52 points
October 25th, 2012 at 1:48 PM
Poontang Pie
/The Rock
October 25th, 2012 at 1:49 PM
What argument? That the race is too close to call on Oct. 25th despite what Nostradamus Silver says?
October 25th, 2012 at 1:50 PM
What argument? That the race is too close to call on Oct. 25th despite what Nostradamus Silver says?
In fairness not even Silver is calling the race. He’s only said that Obama, as of today, has about 72-75% chance to win reelection.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:50 PM
+1. No politically connected. We discussed CO this morning and he was the one who said the groundgame the Dems have is massive and that they have millions of $$$ ready for Get Out the Vote in the next two weeks.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:50 PM
/puts on ‘early voter’ pin
//schedules long lunch on the 6th anyways
October 25th, 2012 at 1:53 PM
So anyone think Trump will take Colbert’s offer?
October 25th, 2012 at 1:54 PM
what was his offer?
October 25th, 2012 at 1:55 PM
The right has been saying how this is the most important election ever, plus the racist who can’t stand having a black president and I would say a lot more people would vote against him in a higher turnout
October 25th, 2012 at 1:55 PM
$1mm to let colbert dip his balls in trump’s mouth.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:55 PM
Shouldn’t the fact the Obama will landslide Cleveland be an indicator that he may not be the best possible choice?
October 25th, 2012 at 1:56 PM
plus Obama can only lose the black vote. He won’t gain much , if any votes from them percentage wise.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:56 PM
no, the probability as of today for Romney to win the states he needs to win to prevent Obama from hitting 270.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:57 PM
id make the same argument, albeit with an incredible amount more credibility, by pointing out that romney will probably landslide cincy.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:57 PM
Shouldn’t the fact the Romney will landslide South Carolina be an indicator that he may not be the best possible choice?
October 25th, 2012 at 1:57 PM
Gotcha. So it’s just a few jackholes here that are calling the race based on Silver. Now we’re clear.
October 25th, 2012 at 1:59 PM
People in Cincy find Skyline chili appealing so their political affiliation comes as no surprise
October 25th, 2012 at 2:00 PM
And I dont see why we all have go around rating pies. Cant we just agree that most pies are delicious? Except mince meat pies. Yuck.
a buddy of mine reviews restaurants for a local paper. he took me and the twins yesterday to a strip mall hole in the wall run by a se asian couple from south africa.
meat pies…lamb curry, chicken mushroom, pepper steak, cheeseburger and a couple vegetarian choices. pasties (not those kind). sausage rolls also. that shit is near and dear because my english gran and mom made pasties and sausage rolls.
dessert pies were custard and apple crumble
really good
October 25th, 2012 at 2:00 PM
politics.
October 25th, 2012 at 2:00 PM
I mean, if you think O is going to do 4 points better than his historic 2008 campaign, then you’ve got nothing to worry about.
October 25th, 2012 at 2:00 PM
solid opinion buddy.
October 25th, 2012 at 2:01 PM
Point taken. But Cincy is northern Kentucky, not really a part of Ohio.
October 25th, 2012 at 2:01 PM
Jackholes? You mean the guys citing actual analysis.
October 25th, 2012 at 2:01 PM
Disagreement followed by questioning your intelligence
October 25th, 2012 at 2:04 PM
The perfect definition.
October 25th, 2012 at 2:06 PM
despite our ideological differences, it’s nice to see we can find common ground.
/shakes hand
October 25th, 2012 at 2:09 PM
TBL liberals, putting the anal in analysis.
Can’t wait until this election is over to we can quit fighting amongst ourselves and go back to attaching JMac and Duffy fulltime.
October 25th, 2012 at 2:09 PM
obviously I meant attacking…
October 25th, 2012 at 2:10 PM
im just curious as to how you can hate gays when clearly you want to be the meat in a duffman smedium penisnini.
October 25th, 2012 at 2:12 PM
I mean, if you think O is going to do 4 points better than his historic 2008 campaign, then you’ve got nothing to worry about.
I don’t think turnout will be as good as it was in 2008 but I do think it will still be quite high. The poll you cited is assuming a certain turnout….if Obama is in the vicinity of the 2008 turnout he still wins. I’m not saying it won’t be close, it will, but the vast majority of polls show Obama’s lead to be a stubborn one. Taking that in the aggregate is perfectly valid.
October 25th, 2012 at 2:12 PM
duffman smedium penisnini.
the melted cheese implications alone are nauseating
October 25th, 2012 at 2:12 PM
I like that no matter the political stance one may take, there is always a common ground.
/stares off into space
October 25th, 2012 at 2:13 PM
Well, those guys (the liberals) are showing actual data to back up what they are saying. You calling them jackholes just seems bitter.
But I agree. Can’t wait for this election to be over. Politics are ruining the comments. That and CRM’s laziness.
October 25th, 2012 at 2:16 PM
around BCS season when the pay the players posts start coming out again will be the time we all come together and defeat the common enemy
October 25th, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Obviously neither of us thinks we’re wrong, Mike. But if turnout is low on election day and Romney carries Ohio, I’ll be the first to tip my hat and say you were right and I was wrong.
October 25th, 2012 at 2:23 PM
I just think a D+9 sample in Ohio — when it was D+5 in 2008, D+1 in 2010 — is a strange sample to have, and needs to be considered in a poll that has O +5.
October 25th, 2012 at 2:25 PM
I just had Chipotle for lunch. After reading this, I may get to taste it again.
October 25th, 2012 at 2:28 PM
And referencing Chipotle with Mr. Smedium was unintentional I swear
October 25th, 2012 at 2:29 PM
ok, bulldog
October 25th, 2012 at 2:31 PM
I don’t disagree Mike. But several other polls with a more reasonable sample have showed Obama with a lead, albeit a smaller one.
October 25th, 2012 at 2:40 PM
I thought Jerry Ford was the first zombie president.
October 25th, 2012 at 2:42 PM
Man, Louisiana has been so far ahead of the curve on this for generations, it’s not even laughable.
/ Leander Perez represent!
October 25th, 2012 at 2:46 PM
I think Bill served as Hillary’s beard, right?
October 25th, 2012 at 4:52 PM
Said this before, I’ll say it again: if Nate Silver and other respected pollsters had Romney up in all these battleground states and libtards were saying that the polls are biased and flawed, the right would be losing their minds and hailing Silver as an unassailable prognosticator.