Underachieving

The most recent calculation of the BNSR (Basic National Stupidity Rate) was 48.4 percent. According to BNSR rules, any Republican running for national office should be able to secure 48.4 percent of the popular vote. The final tallies haven't been recorded yet, but it's starting to look like Willard M. Romney not only lost in November, he couldn't even meet minimum performance standards. Epic fail.

Just STFU

Real? Mitt?

People keep asking when we'll see the REAL Mitt Romney. There is no "real" Mitt Romney. There is no Mitt Romney period, for that matter. The motherfucker is entirely a figment of his own imagination.

Republicans know Romney is a worthless lying motherfucker; they don't care. They're voting against that n-----. Democrats know he's a worthless lying motherfucker, but they're voting for Obama. If we left things right there, I'd be willing to take my chances.

The problem is that about five percent of the people we allow to vote are detached from anything resembling political reality until a few weeks before the election, and even then their interest is superficial. That creates a problem, because a bunch of them have decided they like Moderate Manager Mitt, the grinning white guy seeking bipartisan solutions to economic problems. They'll vote for him even though that guy doesn't exist and never has. They don't have enough common sense to ask themselves: Was Willard lying then, or is he lying now?

Rummy was stuck at about 46 percent when he was running as a Tea Party social conservative. For all intents and purposes, the election was settled. Then the sleazy fuck unveiled the new Mitt 6.0 in the first debate, and things haven't been the same since. Most of the blame falls on Obama, who wasn't ready to take a bat and do a Joe Pesci on him when it could've nipped things in the bud.

I've had to sweat out two football games that were entirely too close for comfort, and it looks like the election will be the same. The Democrats need a Johnny Fuckin Football.

About that Pew poll showing Willard ahead

I can always count on Wonkette to provide the perspective I need to survive the day.

Chameleon

The human chameleon strikes again. Every Ryan-lovin' tea party moron in America spent two weeks defending The Mittster, loudly and vehemently explaining why he was exactly right in denouncing the welfare freeloaders. Now he cuts them off at the knees again.

And wait until former stallion (now gelding) Paul Ryan has to pretend to be mini-Mitt in his upcoming debate, explaining why the Ryan budget plan is no longer the Grand OLD Party agenda. So much for the "election about choice." I love it.

News Digest 25 September

There's a lot of interesting political news today.

The National Journal has an analysis of the current state of the race by Charlie Cook.

The Washington Post reports new polls showing Obama ahead in Florida and Ohio.

Republicans can't tolerate the idea that a majority of Americans (a) don't care much for them, or (b) hate their guts. Their self-esteem is based on a sick fantasy that every time they state an opinion, they're speaking for the American people. The polls that show the despised Obama ahead of Willard are driving them crazy, and now they realize that it's all a big conspiracy by the liberal media. So one enterprising RWer has devised a method for recalibrating polls to reflect the huge Romney leads that actually exist in reality.

Still another poll indicates that Willard's support among old geezers is fading.

Finally, a lot of things aren't adding up for Willard these days, including his plan to revise the tax system to accomplish some pie-in-the-sky economic recovery.

Po' Folk

Willard (Look at me, I'm rich) Romney says that "middle income" is, oh, around 250,000 dollars a year. Goddamn it, I've been thinking of myself as middle income all these years, and now I find out I'm just poor white trash.

Flubs

I'm thinking that one reason Willard makes so many gaffes is that he's spent months dumbing down his message in an effort to win over GOP voters who are more inclined to support the likes of Perry, Bachmann, Cain, Gingrich and Santorum. The typical Republican wants to vote for people like W, good ole boys they can enjoy a cold beer with, not those intellectual elitists.

Willard is a John Kerry type in a party that loves Rick Perry types. When a Kerry tries to be a Perry, what we're seeing is the result. Just my 2 cents worth.

Marco

The subject under discussion among RWers in an online discussion forum was Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, and why Mittens must choose him for the VP slot. Although it was not requested, I threw in my own opinion as follows:

The only reason I think Mittens might bypass Rubio is that with him on the ticket, Mitt immediately becomes 2nd banana, just as McCain became an afterthought after he selected Palin. If the GOP has nominated you grudgingly (as McCain was, and Willard will be), you're just asking to be ignored if you put a rising star onstage with you.

Tough Call

Willard (Mittens) Romney is in a bind. He needs to stay on the attack against Mexicans to keep GOP voters happy and purring like kittens, but he may lose the election if all the Mexicans turn out in November to vote against him. So what should he do ?

It's Willard this time. Sorry, Rick.

Willard beat the Prince of Dork-ness in the Illinois primary, and the Republican flea circus continues to look like a slug on a Texas patio, inching along and leaving a slime trail behind. At this point, my interest in the race is limited: I'm waiting to see if the eventual winner has been mortally wounded during the process. There's no doubt in my mind that Willard no longer has the image of the White Knight of Strength and Virtue he seemed to have late last year, and his opponents aren't finished with him yet.

The Sane One

There's an interesting column by Jonathan Alter in Bloomberg News today. The conventional wisdom is that the longer the Georgia cracker hangs around in the GOP primaries, the better things will work out for Obama in November. Presumably, Gingrene will sense that this is his last shot at the Oval Office and he'll be desperate in his attacks on Willard.

Alter makes a reasonable point that the effect of Gingrene's mud-slinging will probably be to make Willard look like the sane, sensible guy and when he makes his inevitable course correction toward the center of the road after winning the nomination, he'll be a more plausible moderate after being condemned as one by the right-wing lunatic. That'll help him win swing voter support and probably the presidency. Anyway, it's another possibility to think about.