***THE OFFICIAL FRIDAY SILLINESS THREAD***

[Lucky9teen]

DEBATE THIS!

The presidential debate Wednesday night was the most tweeted about event in political history, and, it's still being talked about this morning.

Jon Stewart, appearing on Good Morning America today to tout his own upcoming debate (Saturday in Washington) with Bill O'Reilly, assessed President Obama and Mitt Romney.

"I think we can all be satisfied in this election that no matter what happens, we're going to have an incredibly good-looking president," cracked Stewart. "That was some beefcake up there last night. The two of them. And when they take this thing into the swimsuit competition...."

He continued: "There's not a country in the world ... put those two up against what? (German Chancellor Angela) Merkle?"

He added that now, "Obama realizes, 'Oh, pre-season's over. I should probably familiarize myself with my presidency and learn some of the various numbers and things that go along...' I thought he had a very difficult night. And I'm concerned he may not re-elect us."

The debate night was the most tweeted about event in political history, and stars weighed in.

Alec Baldwin: "Obama is a potentially great man who remains mildly uncomfortable in public life. Mitt is a gifted off-shore money tycoon and tax preparer." And, "2 judge these men from these debates is ridiculous. Obama is a 21st Century Democrat. He wants as much change as corp America will allow."

Mia Farrow: "I love great schools I love Big Bird I like coal Not feeling the coal-love"

Lady Gaga: "I believe its important to note before this begins that Romney is a millionaire and paid well below the average tax rate, paying only 13.9%."

Samuel L. Jackson: "What future generations is Mitt the guardian of?! I think dude just wants to add Leader Of The Free World to his resume'!"

Dean Cain, who tweeted a lot about the debate: "Romney looks like the next President to me. I'm looking forward to next year. #Romney"

Michael Moore: "Ok, here's my optimistic tweet: Romney didn't convince a single Obama voter to change their vote. But O needed to fire up the base. Not done."

Bill Maher: "my rating: Romney won the debate, Obama had the facts on his side, and Lehrer sucked. Next debate, get @SethMacFarlane to host!"

Rob Lowe: "Watched a lot of debates, that was a real blood-letting. #POTUSwiffs#Mittenssticks

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Just as Big Bird became a trending topic the instant Mitt Romney brought him up, moderator Jim Lehrer got his share of attention, from criticism to parody to sympathy.

Tweeted Chris Rock: "Both candidates debated poorly. Obama is thinking about his anniversary. Romney is nervous near a black man. Jim Lehrer is made out of clay."

Julia Louis-Dreyfus: "What r u doing, Jim Lehrer? What r u doing?!"

Al Roker cracked: "I hope Jim Lehrer gets the license plate of the truck that drove over him in this debate."

FunnyorDie noted: "'Poor Jim' is trending worldwide. So at least Jim Lehrer has that going for him. #debate2012"

Said Andy Cohen: "I sympathize with Jim Lehrer - sometimes its hard getting control over passionate people! #RH"

And emerging during it all was @Silent Jim Lehrer page, which included tweets such as, "um... I..."

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A Sampling of "Big Bird" Tweets from October 3, 2012
 
• Romney: Soft on Wall Street, Hard on Sesame Street
• Big Bird: Enemy of the American People
• Occupy Sesame Street
• Romney to Outsource Big Bird to India
• Wait until Romney Hears about Bert and Ernie!
• Big Bird Sandwiches Now Served at Chik-Fil-a
• No More Government Dependency for Big Bird
• "I love Big Bird. He is the right height."
• "We need to see Big Bird's long-form birth certificate. Was he really born on Sesame Street?"
• Join the Save Big Bird Campaign
• RIP Big Bird, a Victim of Mitt Romney and Republican policies.

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Here are 25 of our favorite debate-related tweets:

W. Kamau Bell ‏-- The media is promoting the #debates like a full on sports event. People are going to be real disappointed when it's just 2 dudes talking.

Linnéa Sandström ‏-- Romney has a bigger US flag pin than Obama. The debate is over? #debates

Sarah Littman ‏-- Mitt: "I like coal" Poor people will find it in their stockings if I am President. #debates

Rachel Lichtman -- So far the only Zingers are in Chris Christie's glove compartment. #debates

Todd Barry ‏-- These guys are both feeding off the energy of the crowd. #debates

Marc Lombardi ‏-- The debate would be much more interesting & informative if a buzzer went off every time an untrue statement was made. #debates

Kathleen Madigan -- So far, this is as exciting as lunesta. Which I love. #mockthevote

Aaron Blitzstein ‏-- "It's time for my second question." - Jim Lehrer at 3pm tomorrow

Indecision ‏-- This campaign to re-elect Bill Clinton is going really well. #debates

Storify: Big Bird and the presidential debate

Kristi Harrison ‏-- I have to admit they're both pretty handsome. I'm waiting for the swimsuit competition to decide. #debates

Fired Big Bird -- Somewhere Paul Ryan is kicking over trash cans in hopes of smoking out Oscar the Grouch

Jim Sterling ‏-- Obama is winning in the "Looking amazingly condescending when the other guy talks" race. #debates

Danny Sullivan ‏-- Sorry, that was Obama spending five seconds arguing that he's owed five more seconds to argue #debates

Phil Plait ‏-- After reading all the variations of the debate drinking games, I have decided to simply remove my liver and set it on fire.

Mo Mandel ‏-- This is the worst SNL skit of all time. #debates

Tara Ariano ‏-- Frankly, neither candidate is working hard enough to land the immigrant feminist small business owner non-voting socialist vote. #debate

Fired Big Bird -- If you don't vote Obama, Mitt Romney is going to be eating me by the end of November. Show your support. #BigBird2012

Dave Weigel -- This is like watching a tax law professor debate an investment advice infomercial host

Silent Jim Lehrer -- ...I...so, I...guys...

Patton Oswalt ‏-- Hey Obama -- TRAIN WITH HILLARY. This is ROCKY III and she's your Apollo Creed. #eyeofthetiger

Nisha Chittal ‏-- where is the orchestra from the Emmys when you need them! #debates

Crystal Bruce -- Whoever dances off stage horse riding style to Open Gangnam --- wins! #debates2012

Doug Benson -- 14 minutes until we can all go back to preferring the candidate we liked when the debate started. #debate

Are You Italian? ‏-- The debates in my house are much louder. #2012debate

Dennis Miller Show ‏-- Obama better hope a Kicked A** is covered under Obamacare

[unique1]

Well, this ‘humor’ explains how the unemployment number dropped below 8% for September.....
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A mathematician, an accountant and an economist apply for the same job.

The interviewer calls in the mathematician and asks “What do two plus two equal?” The mathematician replies “Four.” The interviewer asks “Four, exactly?” The mathematician looks at the interviewer incredulously and says “Yes, four, exactly.”

Then the interviewer calls in the accountant and asks the same question “What do two plus two equal?” The accountant says “On average, four - give or take ten percent, but on average, four.”

Then the interviewer calls in the economist and poses the same question “What do two plus two equal?” The economist gets up, locks the door, closes the shade, sits down next to the interviewer and says, “What do you want it to equal”?

[unique1]

Must watch....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNhUI8ktHuw&feature=player_embedded

[a fool in paradise]

Lady Gaga: "I believe its important to note before this begins that Romney is a millionaire and paid well below the average tax rate, paying only 13.9%."

Lady Gaga is in the millionaire class. I assume (s)he took deductions on her taxes as well. Does (s)he hire an accountant?

[JRios1968]

[unique1]

[Monkey Face]

LOL!

OhyesitIS!

[JRios1968]

[a fool in paradise]

They must’ve photoshooped the “Aliens” guy out of it.

[Monkey Face]

Whoa! I haven’t been to “eastern Wyoming since 1970...my bad! LOL!

[a fool in paradise]

I didn’t know Baraq knew the milkman’s union’s secret handshake.

[a fool in paradise]

“Hard to fool them flies, though.”

[Monkey Face]

LOL!

I saw something like that over 50 years ago, done by college students. It was funny then, but it is MUCH funnier now!

Thanks!

‘Face

[Monkey Face]

LOL! Good thread, eh?

[Monkey Face]

For Lady Gaga (GAH!)

You may not like/approve of the data, and that’s OK. At least they are available. A refreshing concept.

Personal Information

His full Name is:
Willard Mitt Romney

He was Born:
March 12,1947 and is 65 years old.

His Father:
George W. Romney, former Governor of the State of Michigan

He was raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
He is married to Ann Romney since 1969;they have five children.

Education:
B.A. from Brigham Young University,
J.D. and M.B.A. from Harvard University

Religion:
Mormon - The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints

Working Background:
After high school, he spent 30 months in France as a Mormon missionary.
After going to both Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School simultaneously, he passed the Michigan bar exam, but never worked as an attorney.

In 1984, he co-founded Bain Capital a private equity investment firm, one of the largest such firms in the United States.

In 1994, he ran for Senator of Massachusetts and lost to Ted Kennedy.

He was President and CEO of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.

In 2002, he was elected Governor of the State of Massachusetts where he eliminated a 1.5 billion deficit.

Some Interesting Facts about Romney:

Bain Capital, starting with one small office supply store in Massachusetts, turned it into Staples; now over 2,000 stores employing 90,000 people.

Bain Capital also worked to perform the same kinds of business miracles again and again, with companies like Domino’s, Sealy, Brookstone, Weather Channel, Burger King, Warner Music Group, Dollarama, Home Depot Supply, and many others.

He was an unpaid volunteer campaign worker for his dad’s gubernatorial campaign 1 year.
He was an unpaid intern in his dad’s governor’s office for eight years.
He was an unpaid bishop and stake president of his church for ten years.
He was an unpaid President of the Salt Lake Olympic Committee for three years.
He took no salary and was the unpaid Governor of Massachusetts for four years.
He gave his entire inheritance from his father to charity.

Mitt Romney is one of the wealthiest “self-made men” in our country but has given more back to its citizens in terms of money, service and time than most men.

In 2011 Mitt Romney gave over $4 million to charity, almost 19% of his income.... Just for comparison purposes, Obama gave 1% and Joe Biden gave $300 or .0013%.

Mitt Romney is Trustworthy:
He will show us his birth certificate.
He will show us his high school and college transcripts.
He will show us his social security card.
He will show us his law degree.
He will show us his draft notice.
He will show us his medical records.
He will show us his income tax records.
He will show us he has nothing to hide.

Mitt Romney’s background, experience and trustworthiness show him to be a great leader and an excellent citizen for President of the United States.

You may think that Romney may not be the best representative the Republicans could have selected. At least I know what religion he is, and that he won’t desecrate the flag, bow down to foreign powers, or practice fiscal irresponsibility. I know he has the ability to turn this financial debacle that the current regime has gotten us into. We won’t like all the things necessary to recover from this debt, but someone with Romney’s background can do it.

But, on the minus side, He never was a “Community Organizer”, never took drugs or smoked pot, never got drunk, did not associate with communists or terrorists, nor did he attend a church whose pastor called for God to damn the US.

You should know the difference between the men running for America ‘s top office.

Do Obama/Biden deserve 4 more years?

You know, Stupid is as stupid does!

[toolman1401]

Good one!

[Lucky9teen]

Silliness is the ACTUAL reasons given for Obama's debate loss:

Here are the five biggest--and worst--excuses for Obama's defeat:

5. We won’t know for 2-3 days whether Mitt Romney actually won. The idea here seems to be that the polls will tell us who won, although even CNN’s instant polling of those who had watched the debate had it at 67%-25% in Romney’s favor. This excuse has a purpose: to buy time for so-called “fact-checkers” to attack Romney’s arguments and change the narrative from “Romney won” to “Romney lied.” Speaking of which...

4. Romney lied with a straight face for ninety minutes. This excuse betrays the fact that so many on the left never leave their own media bubble. They believe what they tell each other about Romney and his policies, rather than listening or learning the truth. A good example was Rachel Maddow’s battle with Rudy Giuliani afterwards, in which she insisted Romney lied about a $5 trillion tax cut that he has never, in fact, proposed. Sad.

<,b>3. The free-flowing format was bad and let Romney dominate. On the contrary, the format allowed Obama to deploy his favorite defense, the filibuster. It just so happened that Romney didn’t let him get away with it, insisting on the right to reply to repeated distortions of his position. It is Obama’s fault, not the format’s, that he didn’t know when to stop talking, letting himself lose focus while the words kept coming out.

2. The moderator, Jim Lehrer, let Romney win. This is the Obama campaign’s official excuse, judging by the post-debate comments of Stephanie “Felon” Cutter, who argued that Lehrer allowed Romney to dominate. Actually, Lehrer was his usual liberal self, and was tougher on Romney than on Obama, interjecting more often with follow-up questions and letting the president use a full four minutes more than his challenger.

1. Obama didn’t show up tonight. This was the lament of Chris Matthews, who suggested--colorfully--that Obama had not tried hard enough to win the debate. The idea, once again--it is always the same when Obama suffers a setback--is that the president needs to fight harder, to be more aggressive. In fact, Obama was often too hostile. What needs to change are the ideas, not the tactics. And it’s too late for that.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/10/04/Fact-Check-Top-5-Liberal-Excuses-for-Obama-Losing-the-First-Presidential-Debate-to-Romney

[ArGee]

It’s hard to do a good silliness thread when real life is so much sillier.

[Lucky9teen]

Obama, Romney Debate Stutters In Full View (VIDEO)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/05/presidential-debate-romney-obama_n_1942624.html

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