May 11, 2012 - Pensito

A Prurient Pat-Down

May 11, 2012 Buck Banks

The TSA’s the front line in the war on terror,
And agents perform their tasks with gusto and fervor.
He went on Fox News,
Said he was abused,
But really, who’d want to hand-rape Geraldo Rivera?

Quiz: What Do You Know About Torture, Surveillance and Security?

May 11, 2012May 11, 2012 Buck Banks

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The Silver Lining in the Mitt Was a Bully Story

May 11, 2012 Trish

One of the lasting effects of the Post’s story is that Ann Romney will probably stop telling us that her husband is still “the boy that I met in high school when he was playing all the jokes and really just being crazy.”

Dan Amira, writing in New York magazine a post called, “Mitt Romney Apologizes for That Horrible Thing He Can’t Remember.”

Worldwide Investors Prefer Obama Over Romney

May 11, 2012 Buck Banks

49% to 38%

Margin by which investors around the world increasingly prefer President Obama to Mitt Romney in the presidential election, 49% to 38%, according to a new Bloomberg Global poll. In January, the two men were tied.

Romney Lying About H.S. Gay-Bashing Incident

May 11, 2012 Buck Banks

I do not believe Romney has no memory of this. I believe he is lying. His absurd statement that he has no memory of the event but that he didn’t target the boy for being gay is hilarious for its self-contradiction. A boy who routinely snickered ‘Atta girl!’ when one young gay kid in his class spoke up is not just bashing hippies. I went to an all boys high school in the 1970s. What Romney did was a gay-bashing.

— Andrew Sullivan, writing in the Daily Beast.

Gay Marriage Headline of the Day

May 11, 2012 Buck Banks

With Dicks in, all 6 WA congressional Democrats favor repeal of gay-marriage ban

— Seattle Times, with a reference to Rep. Norm Dicks (D-WA).

What Is With Romney’s Habit of Giggling When He Apologizes for Abusive Behavior?

May 11, 2012May 11, 2012 Jon Ponder

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Watching Mitt Romney giggle as he “apologized” on Fox News for an episode in prep school in which he and a gang of boys chased down a kid who had bleached his hair and cut off his bangs, Rachel Maddow noticed that Romney has a habit of reacting with mirth to stories like this. He also giggled when he was confronted about forcing the family dog to ride in a kennel strapped to the car roof on a 12-hour vacation many years ago.

And here’s a link to the Washington Post front page story about Romney’s bullying episode, in case you missed it.

Bristol Palin Says Obama Girls Watch Too Much ‘Glee’

May 11, 2012 Buck Banks

Sometimes dads should lead their family in the right ways of thinking. In this case, it would’ve been nice if the President would’ve been an actual leader and helped shape their thoughts instead of merely reflecting what many teenagers think after one too many episodes of Glee.

— Bristol Palin, unwed teen mother and “Dancing with the Stars” loser, commenting on President Obama’s justification for supporting gay marriage. Yo, Bris, where’s Levi?

Day: May 11, 2012

A Prurient Pat-Down

Quiz: What Do You Know About Torture, Surveillance and Security?

The Silver Lining in the Mitt Was a Bully Story

One of the lasting effects of the Post’s story is that Ann Romney will probably stop telling us that her husband is still “the boy that I met in high school when he was playing all the jokes and really just being crazy.”

Dan Amira, writing in New York magazine a post called, “Mitt Romney Apologizes for That Horrible Thing He Can’t Remember.”

Worldwide Investors Prefer Obama Over Romney

49% to 38%

Margin by which investors around the world increasingly prefer President Obama to Mitt Romney in the presidential election, 49% to 38%, according to a new Bloomberg Global poll. In January, the two men were tied.

Romney Lying About H.S. Gay-Bashing Incident

— Andrew Sullivan, writing in the Daily Beast.

Gay Marriage Headline of the Day

With Dicks in, all 6 WA congressional Democrats favor repeal of gay-marriage ban

— Seattle Times, with a reference to Rep. Norm Dicks (D-WA).

What Is With Romney’s Habit of Giggling When He Apologizes for Abusive Behavior?

Bristol Palin Says Obama Girls Watch Too Much ‘Glee’

Sometimes dads should lead their family in the right ways of thinking. In this case, it would’ve been nice if the President would’ve been an actual leader and helped shape their thoughts instead of merely reflecting what many teenagers think after one too many episodes of Glee.

— Bristol Palin, unwed teen mother and “Dancing with the Stars” loser, commenting on President Obama’s justification for supporting gay marriage. Yo, Bris, where’s Levi?

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”