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bedsitter23) wrote2012-06-05 07:18 pm
bedsitter23) wrote2012-06-05 07:18 pm
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Adventures of a Swing-state Voter - "Cow Pie of Distortion " edition
I should probably give an update on where we are in terms of the 2012 election.
Both Obama and Willard made it out this way and gave speeches.
Team Smear the Queer arrived first and littered a speech with plenty of metaphorical references to Prairie Fires.
Now as a native Midwesterner, Prairie Fires are a big, scary deal. However, I doubt any Midwesterner would use that metaphor. It sounds like something cribbed from a Cliff's Notes version of Iowa.
A drought of jobs! A tornado of socialism! A ragweed war in Afghanistan!
All of these are more in line with what I would say.
So when Team Pander to the Gay Community arrived, Barry O let out with a "Cow Pie of Distortion" blast.
Advantage: Obama.
(editor's note: I really don't believe Mitt is (still) a gay-hating bully or that Obama's pro-gay marriage statement is solely motivated by campaign strategy. However, the flamebait was too alluring not to throw in)
- - -
We know we are in full campaign mode as both candidates are running constant ads here. Both are epic American ideals- Obama with a "His mom woke him up early so he would study hard" story and Willard with a "What President Romney would do on Day 1" proposal.
It also should be noted that SuperPAC mudslinging has been wonderfully bipartisan with the Dems running ads attacking Willard on women issues (aka "Shiny Objects" ) and attacking his job creation performance as Governor of Massachusetts.
Both Obama and Willard made it out this way and gave speeches.
Team Smear the Queer arrived first and littered a speech with plenty of metaphorical references to Prairie Fires.
Now as a native Midwesterner, Prairie Fires are a big, scary deal. However, I doubt any Midwesterner would use that metaphor. It sounds like something cribbed from a Cliff's Notes version of Iowa.
A drought of jobs! A tornado of socialism! A ragweed war in Afghanistan!
All of these are more in line with what I would say.
So when Team Pander to the Gay Community arrived, Barry O let out with a "Cow Pie of Distortion" blast.
Advantage: Obama.
(editor's note: I really don't believe Mitt is (still) a gay-hating bully or that Obama's pro-gay marriage statement is solely motivated by campaign strategy. However, the flamebait was too alluring not to throw in)
- - -
We know we are in full campaign mode as both candidates are running constant ads here. Both are epic American ideals- Obama with a "His mom woke him up early so he would study hard" story and Willard with a "What President Romney would do on Day 1" proposal.
It also should be noted that SuperPAC mudslinging has been wonderfully bipartisan with the Dems running ads attacking Willard on women issues (aka "Shiny Objects" ) and attacking his job creation performance as Governor of Massachusetts.