Between Barack and a Hard Place: Ultimate US Elections 2012 Thread

[Matt Algren]

You know, this doesn't sound so bad by comparison.

Romney, Santorum Supporters To Beat Living Shit Out Of Each Other At Montana Primary

Onion News Network political analyst Jason Copeland explains Montana's unique primary process, in which the state's delegates are awarded to the winner of a no-holds-barred street fight.

[Gryphon]

You know, this doesn't sound so bad by comparison.

Romney, Santorum Supporters To Beat Living Shit Out Of Each Other At Montana Primary

Onion News Network political analyst Jason Copeland explains Montana's unique primary process, in which the state's delegates are awarded to the winner of a no-holds-barred street fight.

I'd watch it. Hell, I'd pay to watch it.

[Jim Thompson]

yeah, Romney is either a shameless panderer, or just a shitty flip-flopper.
I hope some people confront him on just how important PP is to women's health, you know, those people who don't have tons of tax-free cash chilling in the Cayman Islands.
White privileged asshole.

Just out of curiosity, what's his color got to do with him being an asshole?

[Darrell D.]

Just out of curiosity, what's his color got to do with him being an asshole?

It's not rocket science.

[Jim Thompson]

It's not rocket science.

Clearly. Be why you can't seem to explain it, I guess.

[Darrell D.]

Clearly. Be why you can't seem to explain it, I guess.

Herp.....derp?
Or are you really just that thick?

[Jim Thompson]

Herp.....derp?
Or are you really just that thick?

No, I'm pretty good at spotting racist statements and conclusions when they show up...which yours clearly was.

[the4thpip]

Clearly. Be why you can't seem to explain it, I guess.

Dude. English is a foreign language for me, and even I know the expression "white privilege." Google it for chrissakes.

[worstblogever]

Unless we're all about to stand up for that poor, mistreated minority that is the most privileged white people... this seems moot.

[Jim Thompson]

Unless we're all about to stand up for that poor, mistreated minority that is the most privileged white people... this seems moot.

Only if one doesn't think language matters.

[worstblogever]

Only if one doesn't think language matters.

In this instance, it seems language only matters if you're looking to paint Mitt Romney as a victim of racial prejudice.

Which he isn't. People don't dislike him because he's white. They dislike him because he's an over-priviliged, elitist, corporate-raiding, out of touch, pandering twit.

[finfangfool]

I actually do dislike him because he's white, and shamed me by association. If'n you google the phrase "white privelege" go ahead and google or youtube "mitt romney, who let the dogs out" while you're at it. Made me want to curl up into a ball and die of embarassment for him, or find the nearest black person and apologize (and then curl up in a ball and die of embarassment).

[Jim Thompson]

In this instance, it seems language only matters if you're looking to paint Mitt Romney as a victim of racial prejudice.

Which he isn't. People don't dislike him because he's white. They dislike him because he's an over-priviliged, elitist, corporate-raiding, out of touch, pandering twit.

So why take the time to point out he's white?

[Agent Helix]

Guys, don't waste five more pages on another of this guy's circular, pointless semantic debates.

[Jim Thompson]

Guys, don't waste five more pages on another of this guy's circular, pointless semantic debates.

Yeah -- why would anyone want to question what they are doing, or if you inserted the word "black" instead of "white" folk would react differently to it -- or why they might?

Semantics is one of the dodges people often use when they don't want to face something.