McCain needed Palin to excite the base. After four years of Obama, Romney doesn’t need anything for that.
“And now for my running mate: Generic Republican! …I mean, Tim Pawlenty!”
Pawlenty would be a nice, non-descript choice. He’d be the Ann Veal of running mates.
Jindal seems like a good compromise between boring and exciting. He seems exciting (he’s a minority!) while he is actually very boring.
After four years of Obama, boring and competent should win the race.
I notice their are tiers to minorities. Democrats pander to blacks and Hispanics because they have voting blocks, but for Indians, who cares.
They like minorities, just not really small minorities where they wouldn’t get a lot of votes out of pandering.
Someone put a negative review of the new Dark Knight movie on Rotten Tomatoes. Stone him!
So is the Dark Knight Rises about Batman punching OWS hippies, because that would be awesome.
Did I punctuate that right? I don’t know what you do when the first half of a sentence is a question but the second half is a statement.
Sorry to hear the author of Encyclopedia Brown died, but his character was already replaced with “Access to Smartphone” Brown.
Obama: “When you get a 100% on a spelling test, I should get the gold star.”
Am I hearing this right that Rush Limbaugh said something negative about Obama?
Where would you be without all the bureaucrats you met along the way? Probably much more successful and less irritated.
Sorry to hear about Stephen Covey. I’m actually in the middle of reading The 8th Habit
The term life insurance is going to be even cheaper than originally quoted. They’re betting big I’m not going to die in the next 20 years.
There’s a lot that can go wrong in life, but it’s good to know statisticians are pretty certain I’ll be okay.
The only attack on Romney that would definitely stick would be to prove he was running the country from 2009-2012.
I won’t know what to think of this Law-of-Sea Treaty until Chareth Cutestory reviews it.
Obama doesn’t hate this country. It definitely makes his top twenty.
Isn’t Obama to blame for letting Bush continue to run loose and ruin our economy?
I’m surprised we haven’t had a “Let’s Pick Romney’s VP” thread yet.
Covey, 79, died from injuries received from a mountain biking accident. That’s right. Dude was hard core. 79 and still mountain biking.
Wouldn’t Pawlenty be overkill? Like mayo and Miracle Whip on the same sandwich. I just want someone who will smash Joe Biden like a tennis ball. (Although a tennis ball has more hair.) I like Christie purely for Biden-smashing purposes, but if the Hulk’s free he’ll do. Ryan would make him look stupid, which is probably the easiest job description in Washington.
@Mxymaster – My sister, Snowball, makes Biden look stupid. And she chases her own tail.
Regarding Romney’s VP: I’m so excited I can hardly stand it.
They like minorities, just not really small minorities where they wouldn’t get a lot of votes out of pandering.
To be serious here for a moment, I don’t think that it’s the size of the minority that matters to lefties or Democrats, to the extent that those two sets aren’t the same. There are plenty of Chinese immigrants and descendents of Chinese immigrants in the USA, but the Democrats don’t pander to them. I think that the difference is whether minorities succeed in this country, and whether they work hard (which frequently has a lot to do with succeeding), value education (which also frequently has a lot to do with succeeding), don’t commit crimes, and things like that.
“So is the Dark Knight Rises about Batman punching OWS hippies, because that would be awesome.”
Frank, you butchered that one like a lib lecturing us on job creation. Take it from an editor (the only conservative journalist within a 10-mile radius).
In this case, even though “because that would be awesome” isn’t actually an independent clause, you’d still want to set it off by itself for stylistic (and clarity) purposes:
“So is the Dark Knight Rises about Batman punching OWS hippies? Because that would be awesome.”
More informal writing (such as comedy) has much looser grammatical standards. Thus, sentence construction like the above is perfectly acceptable.
Obama: “Romney’s not telling the truth.”
Romney: “Obama’s not telling the truth.”
Jimmy: “I lied. I’m actually NOT excited about Romeny’s VP pick.”
Somebody’s been watching Arrested Development lately. Two semi-obscure references in one post. This is a good thing.
“Obama: ‘When you get a 100% on a spelling test, I should get the gold star.'”
“I hear it all the time: ‘I know things because I’m smart.’ You’re not smart. You don’t know things. Government knows things. Government is smart.” – Barack Hussein Sotoro
I believe Romney should say he’s considering Al Sharpton or better yet, Marion Berry as his running mate.
They are more than “minorities”…they are also “Major nuisances”!
romney should choose cheney for vp. after the dems heads explode, he says “just foolin’ with ya'” and names jindal.
Cheney got a heart transplant.
I’m sure he’s good for another 8 years in the VP slot.