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sibelian

(7,804 posts)
Sun Aug 19, 2012, 12:12 AM Aug 2012

Lots of troubling things about Obama's campaign. Lots. They're worrying things.


They give pause for thought. They are... unsettling. They are disturbing and might cause difficulty.

Personally I am troubled. I am gripped with a mood of ... disquiet.

Except when the Romney campaign does things - it pisses me off when the Romney campaign does things! Yes! It makes me annoyed when the Romney campaign does things! It really annoys me and pisses me off! It makes me angry when they say things! It's irritating and makes me angry! My emotions are regularly and violently disturbed by the Romney campaign!

And Obama's campaign is.... worrying. Yes. There are troubling developments afoot. It's problematic. It's difficult to know what to do. Things are difficult. It's a troublesome thing.

And it makes me really angry when the Romney campaign does stufff! It pisses me off! Yes.! It's off-pissing! It makes me mad and angry! I hate it when those guys do stuff!

And Obama's campaign is.... a difficult thing. Yes. It's troubling. It's worrying. It's going to run into difficulty. It's awkward and a problem. It's not going to go well. Things will go badly.

And I hate Romney guy and it makes me really angry when the Romney campaign does stuff! I hate it when they say things! I hate it when they do things! It pisses me off! It makes me angry! I don't like it when the Romney campaign does things!

And the Obama campaign is.....

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Lots of troubling things about Obama's campaign. Lots. They're worrying things. (Original Post) sibelian Aug 2012 OP
ROMNEY!!! ARRRGH!!! sibelian Aug 2012 #1
Obama. Oh, dear. sibelian Aug 2012 #2
I'm not troubled by Obama's campaign... MyshkinCommaPrince Aug 2012 #3
Wut Drunken Irishman Aug 2012 #4
ABSO FRIGGIN GODDAM LUTELY. WUT. EXACTLY THAT. sibelian Aug 2012 #13
I hadn't looked at it quite that way before. I am glad that we have so many members Ikonoklast Aug 2012 #5
It's making me NERVOUS I tell you. sibelian Aug 2012 #12
I played all the youtube songs in that OpSec thread. At the same time.... NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #6
There's definitely too much going on. Fozzledick Aug 2012 #7
are you serious? is this parody? cali Aug 2012 #8
Of course I'm not serious, FFS sibelian Aug 2012 #10
Noooo....I think you got it right. n/t renie408 Aug 2012 #17
I kept thinking, 'Is this what Palin sounds like when drunk or high?' While reading your post. n/t vaberella Aug 2012 #9
thank you from the bottom of my heart. sibelian Aug 2012 #11
I think Obama.. sendero Aug 2012 #14
That's reassuring. sibelian Aug 2012 #15
I thought it was a concern troll.. sendero Aug 2012 #16
gosh. sibelian Aug 2012 #19
The "October Surprise" makes worrying now irrelevant. FarCenter Aug 2012 #18
OMG I entirely l forgot about the emotion of surprise! sibelian Aug 2012 #20
OMG OMG OMFG - BAD POLL!!!! sibelian Aug 2012 #21

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
5. I hadn't looked at it quite that way before. I am glad that we have so many members
Sun Aug 19, 2012, 12:26 AM
Aug 2012

informing us as to just how worried they are, and now I am worried because they are worried.

I'll tell you, just thinking about how worried I am about how worried they are about the direction of this campaign is starting to make me rather worried.


Or something.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
8. are you serious? is this parody?
Sun Aug 19, 2012, 02:54 AM
Aug 2012

Obama and his team are running an almost textbook perfect campaign. Fast response time, hitting hard, keeping pressure on, etc.

sibelian

(7,804 posts)
10. Of course I'm not serious, FFS
Sun Aug 19, 2012, 07:38 AM
Aug 2012

look at the goddamn poll! hiNT

like - WUT? difficult to see how much more monotonous and repetetive I could have been... so much for subtlety, hm

should of had ic thing

sendero

(28,552 posts)
14. I think Obama..
Sun Aug 19, 2012, 07:44 AM
Aug 2012

.. is running a very good campaign. He has apparently belatedly decided to take the rhetorical gloves off.

The Republicans do so many things that can be quickly, simply and effectively characterized negatively, I cringe at how much of it is just allowed to stand. Obama is beginning to not let it stand.

While he's been saying it in a roundabout way, I want him to come out and say it.

"The Republicans claim that cutting taxes on the rich creates jobs. Where are they then? Taxes are the lowest in 100 years. Where are the jobs? Why don't these folks just admit they are carrying water for their rich friends and stop lying to us about creating jobs."

sendero

(28,552 posts)
16. I thought it was a concern troll..
Sun Aug 19, 2012, 07:55 AM
Aug 2012

.. poll. In any event you are free to be amused at anything I say

sibelian

(7,804 posts)
20. OMG I entirely l forgot about the emotion of surprise!
Sun Aug 19, 2012, 08:02 AM
Aug 2012


I should really add that to the poll! THANKS!

Hang on, though.

Obama - disquiet
Romney - rage

but who would fit with the emotion of "surprise"? It didn't really work for me with Ryan, if it was supposed to be him. My emotions were mainly "snigger" with Ryan cos he looks like the archetypal "nasty lawyer" from all those 80s action movies. He looks silly! Like a large ventriloquists doll.
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