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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Romney is an autistic Gordon Gekko in magic underpants."--Freeper comment (Bwaaahaaaaa!)
"Romney Struggles to Gain Traction in Battlegrounds"http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2928774/posts?q=1&;page=51
To: TMA62
Fall for what?
Romney is an autistic Gordon Gekko in magic underpants. He couldn't build a rapport with a god damn prostitute. You don't need anything but a couple functioning senses to figure that one out.
Maybe his essence plays better on Kolob but this guy is an alien to any American from any walk of life. But i'm sure if Howard Hughes was alive today he and Romney would get along splendidly.
Post N°89 posted on lundi 10 septembre 2012 06:54:18 by WalterSobchak2012 (I have nothing to offer Mr. Romney but silence.)
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OneGrassRoot
(22,917 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)I don't understand how this poster hasn't been "ZOTTED" yet! LOL!
Edit: typo
malaise
(267,822 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)The essence of Romney in 9 words.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)liberal N proud
(60,302 posts)Maybe in a decade!
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)VenusRising
(11,252 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Sen. Walter Sobchak
(8,692 posts)Although other than our DVD collection I don't anticipate I would have very much in common with this gentleman.
get the red out
(13,459 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)wanted to get a feeling for their reaction to the weekend polls.
Who knew? I found a gold nugget among
the fetid waste.
liberalmuse
(18,670 posts)Is that even possible?
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)finds a nut now and then.
pamela
(3,469 posts)(You can tell I've been over there when I start speaking like a hillfuck.)
They are in total meltdown. I will never understand their propensity towards total denial. One guy was actually saying it was all BS and he KNOWS it's BS because Romney is raising more money (um, no) and drawing bigger crowds (big no.) The sad thing is, he probably watches nothing but Fox and Fox is probably reporting that. I swear sometimes I think that's why they are all so batshit crazy. They ignore hard numbers and listen to nothing but news sources who tell them what they want to hear. Then, when the outcome matches reality, they are stunned.
I just don't get it. There are times when the news is bad for our side and I turn it off because I don't want to listen to it over and over but I never try to pretend I didn't hear it or try to find some deluded soul who will tell me that 2+2 really doesn't equal 4. They do that shit all the time.
Read the thread called Operation Demoralization. I wish there really was such a thing. Sign me up for sure. I love demoralized freeper in the morning. Smells like victory!
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Rmoney was getting bigger crowds and then another who quoted an "Examiner" electoral map showing Rmoney with +300 EVs and Obama with under 150!
Had a good chuckle!
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Sooth2222
- The media here is so far up Obamas butt that they can taste the $300 White House wine before he does.-
Yup. Dont see it working, though. In MA I am observing zero enthusiasm. Night and day, compared to 08. I think some folks are embarrassed.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)catbyte
(34,170 posts)but I went out and voted for him anyway. It'll be the same with Romney. Although Kerry was a quantum leap in quality from Rombot 3.0, don't get me wrong.
Diane
Anishinaabe in MI & mom to Taz, Nigel, and baby brother Sammy, members of Dogs Against Romney, Cat Division
"Dogs Arent Luggage--HISS!
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)doesn't mean they won't turn out to vote for him.
Vigilance! GOTV will be the crucial and deciding factor.
caseymoz
(5,763 posts)"He doesn't have magic underpants!"
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)stiff gait, it looks like those undies are riding up into his butt crack.
Bainbridge Bear
(155 posts)I just visited Free Republic for the first time based on this thread. What a cheap looking website! They desperately need some graphic design. As it looks now the site seems to come from some wingnut operating out of his garage. Its bad enough that the site is full of right-wing BS but it comes off as particularly amateurish.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)runs it, Jim Robinson (or "RimJob" to his intimates) is said to have an army of hamsters churning away in his basement to power up the servers. LOL!
ETA: Welcome to DU, Bainbridge Bear! You'll love this place during electoral season.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Yeah it's been like that since the 90s and yet the guy is constantly hosting fundraisers to raise funds for the site.
What he uses that money for is known by only RimJob and God. I remember a friend showing me Free Republic back in the 90s and it looks identical to what it is today.
Here at DU we're on our 3rd massive update to DU and honestly, you can tell the admins put alot of effort and thought into making a very user friendly website. In fact this was the first convention I remember where the servers didn't almost crash here at DU. The other two conventions during DU's lifespan (2004/08) the admin's had stuff setup so if the server was overwhelmed with posters certain functionality would be cut back to ensure we could post. This time - not a single blip of downtime.
And we don't have fundraisers for the site anymore. You can get a membership which will remove the ads or you can just post for free - doesn't matter.
So welcome to DU
BumRushDaShow
(127,312 posts)If you look at the amount of money that RimJob has raised over the years versus the 1990s throw-back website, you can see he's definitely making a killing!
Edit to add my welcome to DU!
VWolf
(3,944 posts)the FreeRepublic site actually has 2 versions - one for paying customers and one for everyone else - and that the pay version looks much better.
No idea if it's true, and I have NO intention of subscribing to find out.
But if it's true, then their model reflects the republican worldview perfectly.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Initech
(99,915 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)neurological observation.
There've been many theories advanced on-line about the odd stiffness and non-reactivity of Rmoney, with some experts saying he exhibits symptoms on the autistic spectrum.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Make fun of Mitt's choices, not the way he *might* have been born.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)the "autistic" crack is from a comment on FreeRepublic, not from myself!
Edit: typo
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)post it without substantive commentary.
Do you understand that making fun of someone for something they are born with isn't funny?
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)my rule of thumb is: never spoil a good thing by over-analyzing it.
Sorry, msanthrope, but I have to admit that I found the Freeper's description to be hilarious.
As for "making fun", I thought Kurovski's observation was very relevant: "Nothing is permanently sacred."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021310935#post43
For example, I've had a weight problem all my life, but I LOL at jokes about Chris Christie.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)hit the link to see the body of the message.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)but apparently in the context of mental health, it means "Neurotypical". Who knew?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021310935#post63
Kurovski
(34,655 posts)Or the class stuff?
Or his unusual gait?
Or that he hasn't released health records? People will speculate on his health and condition if nothing is forthcoming. He's running for president. He's not the little kid down the street.
Having said that, I can understand how you feel. You know what to do. we have procedures in place.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Kurovski
(34,655 posts)I was born gay, and I've enjoyed a million gay jokes, even the ones about it being a choice. Other times It was meant as an assault. Sometimes a thing has humor, sometimes it is filled with hate and comes from hate and cruelty.
Not one god damn thing in this world is permanantly sacred. Not. One.
How did DU rule on this one?
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)'autistic.'
I can post the results in Meta, but I need to think this over. nt
Kurovski
(34,655 posts)while I always hold that context is everything, I'm sure you could give us all something to think about. You usually do, you know.
EDIT: If it were from a DUer, i would have voted to hide. the joke is on the poor guy from FR in this case, in a RW panic. I do get it.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)And besides, a Fweeper said it, not a DUer, so the source has to be considered.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Butterbean
(1,014 posts)Odin2005
(53,521 posts)backscatter712
(26,355 posts)You're right, of course.
I'd say it's probably a good idea to remind people of what people with ASD conditions and their families deal with.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)RimJob said he would shut down the place if Mittens was the GOP Presidential nominee.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)only to get the "Anti-Christ" out of office.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)of his intransigent anti-Rmoney position.
It was either shake the etch-a-sketch or lose his following.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)he didn't give them a choice.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)until he started losing revenue.
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)Apparently, Romney fails that test, too. Because it would be nearly impossible to figure out how to use a pen, based on the comments and decisions Romney has shown off during the campaign season.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)After all, she's almost always there at his side, rarely letting him out of her sight.
Initech
(99,915 posts)They have a candidate who's so completely creepy, unlikable, and out of touch with reality that they can't even find support with staunch supporters.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Just because they've nominated a cyborg doesn't mean they're not out for blood.
Half a billion dollars isn't being spent for them to lose!
Initech
(99,915 posts)She holds the record here in California for most money spent on a campaign - and not only lost but lost big. I think Mitt and his billionaire backers are about to learn a valuable lesson: no amount of money in the world can buy a manipulative, unlikable candidate.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)And, yes, Meg Whitman's epic defeat is an encouraging precedent. I vote in CA and cast a proud vote for Jerry.
docgee
(870 posts)Some of them think Faux news is left wing, wtf? Can such people get along in society without being baker acted on a daily basis?
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)access and privileges at the asylum where they are interned.
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)Last edited Mon Sep 10, 2012, 03:32 PM - Edit history (1)
That being said, it is an unusually high level of wit for FR.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)of witty sarcasm over there in the swamp!
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)While it's an amazingly critical post for that website, far more amazing to me would be the fact it's not immediately piled upon and attacked by the denizens of FR. Is the poster being eviscerated? If not, then it would shock me to know so many there hate Romney. I don't have the inclination to go there so soon after breakfast.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Just saying!
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)the post hasn't been hidden and the poster "ZOTTED"?
Sen. Walter Sobchak
(8,692 posts)Post N°89 posted on lundi 10 septembre 2012 06:54:18 by WalterSobchak2012 (I have nothing to offer Mr. Romney but silence.)
Free Republic has a localization in French?
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)on RimJob's site displays in French for some reason.
(lundi 10 septembre 2012)
RedCappedBandit
(5,514 posts)What's funny about using the word 'autistic' to insult?
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)of the OP up thread. It was alerted on and a jury voted 6-0 to LEAVE IT ALONE.
Have a look up thread, starting with msanthrope's Post N°23 down to backscatter712's post N°51.
Here are a couple of valid arguments on both sides of the issue:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021310935#post23
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1312159