Mon 27 Aug 2007
Georgian’s for Mitt
Posted by shelbinator under Local News, Politics, Video
Sure enough, as soon as I finish editing the Mitt Romney footage, Gonzo has to go and resign and steal the headlines. But all of three hours later, the boobtube’s already distracted by Michael Vick and a new hole in Utah again, and with the non-statements coming out of the White House, that story’s already got whiskers.
So back to Mitt.
I don’t know who Georgian is, but he’s for Mitt, that’s for sure! Or maybe it’s that the communications director for Georgians for Mitt was one of those childs left behind, or maybe the printing shop just had some extra apostrophes lying around; who knows. But the glaring typo on the big vinyl banner was not the only thing making me snicker when Mitt Romney came to Atlanta and tried to buy some more support with free food (no rock climbing wall this time) at the Varsity; Romney himself delivered plenty of funny-if-they-weren’t-so-sad brain ticklers himself, including my favorite: “We don’t want the cost of the uninsured to be borne by all of us; we want people to pay their own way.”
Yeah, I’m not sure how people who can’t afford insurance are supposed to pay for insurance, either.
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August 27th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
What a toolbox. Talking point, talking point, blah blah blah.
Nifty editing here.
August 27th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
Although your punctuation point is valid–and duly humorous–I can’t help but point out the “pot calling the kettle black” element of the post. To that end, what’s wrong with this grammatical picture?
“…or maybe the printing shop just had some extra apostrophes lying around; who knows.”
Don’t laugh too hard at another’s expense until you have ensured yourself to be beyond reproach on the same issue.
(I recognize that this being just a blog post from just another “my self-proclaimed hilarious YouTube videos and acerbic blog wit will make me famous!” blogger, and that sign being an official “Georgian’?s for Romney” banner, we can’t really hold the two to an equivalent standard. But still…)
August 27th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
Oh, pwn3d!!!
The main difference is precisely that, Ryan: this is a blog, and that was an official campaign sign for a slick candidate worth a craptillion dollars. But, I recognize that, yours just being a comment from just another “my self-proclaimed thoughtful and intelligent sociopolitical commentary will make me feel better about my reactionary worldview!” newbie blogger, I can’t really hold you to any kind of point.
And technically, while I do sometimes play fast and loose with the standards of written English, I’m not quite sure you actually found a grammatical error. Not every semicolon needs to be followed by one of a small set of acceptable conjunctions to separate two valid, independent clauses (themselves joined by a comma and the conjunction “or”) from a third valid, albeit very short, independent clause. The leading “or” that kicks off the sentence, while grammatically superfluous, is merely a written instance of how the sentence might be stated verbally, as many blogs are (somewhat less formally) written. With three independent clauses before the period, perhaps I’m pushing the edge of a run-on sentence, but I don’t think Sister Marie would have scolded me for it. Nice try, Child Left Behind.
August 27th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Talk about child left behind…
In your haste to over-analyze the proper grammatical use of semi-colons and whether or not your usage herein amounts to error, you missed the mistake entirely.
Keep looking.
Also, the banner was from a support group of Mitt Romney, not from the Romney campaign itself. So you can’t try to lay their weakness at his…craptillion, was it?…dollar shoes.
Finally, reactionary worldview? Where did you come up with that? I’m just honest, even when it comes to recognizing the truth about my own blogospheric insignificance. Insignificant as I may be, however, I am always right. You’re free to try to prove otherwise.
August 27th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
Maybe if you’re trying to make a point, you need to be clearer what you want me to see. What have you got next, the choice of a period in lieu of a question mark?
While there may be room to differ on the subject, some style guides suggest the following:
I was rhetorically suggesting, “Who knows? Nobody knows,” because I did not intend nor care to inquire after the origin of the sign.
You keep looking. Preferably on some other blog. (Oh, sentence fragment!)
August 27th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
:) Bye.
August 27th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
And you thought the OnRay AulPay blogtrolls were bad (trying to avoid bringing them upon you again)…who knew the Romneyites were worse?
The video was awesome.
August 27th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
You should go check out his blog, particularly his About page. The troll is a real sack of French showers.
August 27th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
Boohoo…someone was mean to me…that mean old troll!
Gimme a break.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Ryan, stop being such a fucking pussy. If you’re going to make a bold claim about the pot calling the kettle black, then tell us what it is.
Yeah, I dropped the F word and the P word. Deal.
August 27th, 2007 at 11:35 pm
I less-than-three kate.
And really, it ain’t so much “boohoo…someone was mean to me…that mean old troll” as much as it’s more like, “ew, that creepy, megalomaniac Mitt Romney Republican got his cooties on my blog.” But hey, at least I gave his sorry butt something to blog about today, since scrapping with smarter people seems to be his only source of content.
August 28th, 2007 at 10:33 am
I’ll hand it to you…you guys are funny. Liberal delusion always makes me laugh.
Kate, you’re so impressive. You must be a liberated woman. I’ll bet all the drunk frat boys know that you’re always game for a late night booty call. Hey, is that Joe Francis? Hurry! He might actually put you on tape this time!
See, you guys just keep making my point for me. Most liberals are cowards who aren’t interested in real debate, forfeit all sense of reason in exchange for pure emotion, are always quick to anger and yet even quicker to run when the fight comes back at them.
You’re more than happy to take unfounded digs at Mitt Romney or any conservative, but when someone takes a dig at you, you start crying foul (or troll). You guys don’t even try to disguise your double standard anymore, you just assume that the public are too stupid to recognize it.
Keep dreaming, though. Someday you might become smart enough to maybe understand how far away from smart you are.
August 28th, 2007 at 10:45 am
Where the hell did that load of sexist drivel come from?
Let’s go back to the beginning, Ryan. You’re trolling blogs for digs on Romney and showing up to quibble about blogger grammar. That’s pretty pathetic. There has been no actual exchange of debate on any issues of substance either occasioned by you or to which you are responding. So let’s drop the whole “I’m running around exploding liberal myths” bullshit, shall we?
You enjoy being an asshole on liberal blogs, because you can. That’s trolling. Sorry, but I sincerely doubt this is the first time you’ve been called such. In fact, a quick review of your blog reveals that you derive most of your content and apparently a perverse amount of enjoyment from this trolling behavior. Run around, pick fights, then laugh when people call you an asshole. Yeah, great gig you gots there.
There is no point in trying actually engage a blog troll on the issues because all you really want is the fight, not an honest and open discussion. Nobody here is running, but there are times when arguing with an idiot is obviously pointless from the beginning and this certainly looks like one of them.
Personally, I find Mitt Romney repugnant after witnessing most of his term as governor of Massachusetts. He took frequent credit for initiatives he either opposed or played no role in, and he has taken about every political position under the sun that he thought would play in Massachusetts. If you want to have a debate about his actual record with someone who lived through it and witnessed it firsthand, then perhaps we can actually engage on an issue without you acting like a troll, but only if you’re not going to make presumptions about my sexual habits because I use a dirty word now and then. Because seriously, that was creepy.
August 28th, 2007 at 10:50 am
LOL!!
What a great troll you have here, Shelby. Very high on the unintentional comedy scale. And reminds me a lot of a certain troll who got himself banned from my blog when the unintentional comedy wore out.
August 28th, 2007 at 10:51 am
Oh and also, one more thing, sorry for the double commenting.
This…
…is totally going in my header quote rotation.
August 28th, 2007 at 10:57 am
Shelby gets the best trolls. I don’t know how he does it, but you can’t argue with results.
August 28th, 2007 at 11:23 am
And oh my god, he has a blog of his own where’s he’s playing the same old “What! All I did was DISAGREE! And they called me a troll!” refrain. I will accompany him on my tiny violin.
I’m reminded of these words of wisdom, from fellow blogger Kevin Andre Elliot…
August 28th, 2007 at 11:33 am
Hey, freakboy — you realize you have YET to raise a real point about why Mitt Romney doesn’t suck? All you have done (just like your lame-ass blog) is mock blogging tactics without contributing anything of substance yourself, all the while claiming we’re the ones running from the real fight. God, you’re demented.
August 28th, 2007 at 11:47 am
Wow, what a tinder box.
This has been fun. I’ll admit I started this one. I took a dig at Shelby. It was funny and it was true. He dug back at me. It was also funny (I got a laugh out of it anyway).
You people are so thin-skinned. You obviously haven’t bothered to follow any of the links from my blogs to the examples I’m citing.
Look the whole notion of “trolling” is so lame. You can’t handle someone throwing your hypocrisy and double-standards back in your face. Sometimes I take a little sharper approach than other times. But in nearly every case, it’s the liberals who get all up in arms about it and start screaming “troll!” as if that’s going to hurt my feelings or something. If any one of you had even a remotely rational argument, you’d see just how quickly I’d admit it. I have a few of those examples on my blogs as well, which you conveniently ignore. But your reactions, like in this case, are almost always defensive. I mean, who am I? I’m nobody. My words mean nothing on the global scale, right? So why get so upset about it…unless I’m hitting nerves? If you don’t like what I’m saying, or how I’m saying it, just moderate me off the site. That’s how it works, right?
August 28th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Nice response devoid of substance, Ryan. If you were looking to prove your status as nothing more than a troll uninterested in actual discussion, you succeeded.
August 28th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
Oh, and how interesting that you don’t make any derogatory comments in regard to comment number 1. Why is that? Calling Romney a “toolbox” and such. That’s really polite and friendly, eh? I guess when people agree with you they can say whatever they want.
And I responded to your comment about Mitt’s health care position. If you’re ignoring that response, that’s your choice.
My challenge to you all still stands: show me any valid evidence that Mitt Romney isn’t the best candidate and I’ll happily engage in it with you. I’ll even be nice, or at least civil. And I’m sorry, articles from the Boston Globe don’t count as “valid.”
Until then, have a great day!
August 28th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
I think Ryan is a last word freak. Let’s see if he posts a comment after this one.
August 28th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
FIRST!!!!!
oh, damn.
August 28th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
Hell, I’ll willingly admit Romney is the best of the current Republican field. Unfortunately for you, being the best candidate in this weak crop of Republicans is sort of like being the prettiest girl in the leper colony. Congratulations to you.
August 28th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
It’s the liberals!! THE LIBERALLLLLLSSSS!!!!!
*runs away screaming*
August 28th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
LOL!!!
August 28th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Sara,
I’ll give props when due, that was pretty funny. Of course, I disagree with the idea that Romney is the best of just the Republicans. I’d be interested to know who you think on the Democrat side is better suited to run the country.
Hillary? Why, because she’s a woman?
Obama? Why, because he’s half-black?
What has either of them ever actually accomplished? Any of them, for that matter?
Admittedly, I am kind of a “last word freak.” But it’s not a compulsion that I can’t control. If you make a good point, I’ll acknowledge it, but I have a hard time letting stupid comments stand as the last word.
August 28th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Ryan,
I am glad that I impressed you. It’s really satisfying to impress an ugly Republican with a small penis.
But I still want to know what the grammatical error was. WTF? Are you going to tell us or what? Don’t make me beg on my hands and knees. I already have to do a lot of that with all my frat boy booty calls.
August 28th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
If I supported either Clinton or Obama it would have nothing to do with their race or their sex. Why do you presume that it would? Because it’s something YOU cannot see past? I will support the person who I think will do the best job as President, not someone who fits a particular demographic target that would be a historical first.
What about Bill Richardson who’s been a successful governor, member of the House of Representatives, cabinet secretary *and* Ambassador to the UN? I’d say he’s pretty accomplished in areas of experiene that are directly relevant to the job of president. Much moreso than Mitt.
August 28th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
Sara,
Now see, that’s a reasonable comment. I personally don’t agree with the demographic test for any candidate either. But it seems that there are countless Clinton or Obama supporters who support them strictly because she is a woman or because he is black. Just like there are likely many who support Romney just because he is Mormon and probably more who hate him just because he is Mormon. To me, it doesn’t matter what gender, color, religion, or whatever. If they’re good, they’re good.
As for Richardson, I have to admit honestly that I don’t know much about him, so your point is well taken. I’ll have to do some research; however, the likelihood of him getting the nomination is remote to say the least, so I’ve focussed my attention mostly on those who seem to be the most likely opponents.
Seriously, I don’t think there is a perfect candidate out there, but from my assessment of them all, their personalities, positions, and skills and values, I find Romney the very best by a long shot. The combination of Nancy Pelosi and President Bush have Washington so screwed up (that’s right, I’m not fan of Pres. Bush), we need something totally new. I like the fact that Mitt isn’t a career politician. I like that fact that he wasn’t ever a Senator (although he did run). I like the fact that he’s shown success in every aspect of his career, both public and private sectors. He’s proven that he can make things happen even against the toughest of odds. If Richardson can match up with that, more power to him. Clinton, Obama and Edwards cannot no matter how you compare them.
August 28th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Ryan,
You had better apologize for calling my wife a whore. You can talk all day about your brilliant conservative character but only a scumbag would talk to someone’s wife that way.
Jay
August 28th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
Awwww, Sara, look at how he patted you on your head! I bet you’ll get a cookie next, if you keep behaving.
August 28th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Ryan the Mormon: Pinnacle of Conservative Family Values.
FYI Ryan, Jay is like seven feet tall. And a Jew, which, you know, means he’s going to shape-shift and eat you in the night, with his Jew-claw. So I’d get right with Joseph Smith, ASAP.
August 28th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Oh my god it hurts to laugh this hard.
August 28th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
Hilarious.
See? Now I’m supposed to apologize for calling Kate a whore, but she’s ok to call me…uh…the lovely name she called me. Of course it makes no difference to you that there was no adolescent name-calling going on before she showed up, right?
I called Kate out for her intelligent and beautiful language. You just called her a whore, not me.
So, when she apologizes for her insult, I’ll apologize for mine.
Otherwise, bring it big tall tough man. What are you going to do, email punches at me?
Ah yes…modern liberalism. The philosophy of fairness and tolerance.
August 28th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
Dear Ryan,
I’m sorry for calling you a fucking pussy. That was wrong, and just intended to incite a flame war for the fun of it.
I’ll be serious now. You’re a run-of-the-mill loser. This isn’t name-calling. I have proof! The bio on your web site says:
“The reason I’m successful in my professional life, however, is not so much that I am a great computer scientist or a highly skilled computer analyst; rather, it is because I have a knack for critical thinking and problem solving. I have a gift for reason and the tenacity to dig and sweat and struggle with a problem until I understand it.”
See what I mean? Yeah. You thought all this self-congatulatory posturing made you sound cool and smart and important. But little did you know, it makes you sound like a LOSER. And a fraud. With a small penis.
August 28th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
I’m going to make a bingo game of things this particular type of blog gnat (”troll” isn’t quite right) says. I was thinking a checklist, but bingo games have been all the rage lately, so that seems like the way to go.
The center ‘free space’ will be something like, “Earnest appeals to Freedom of Speech.”
And I’ll be sure to have a spot for “Said ‘bye’ like 20 comments ago, yet he’s still here.”
August 29th, 2007 at 1:19 am
I regret to inform you all, this will be my final comment. As saddened as you are by this, and as much fun as I’ve had, I’ve collected more than enough evidence to continue with my study of modern liberalism elsewhere. Thank you for your participation. You behaved exactly like I knew you would.
Kate, for you I can only say bravo. That was very big of you to apologize. I accept. I’m sure your seven foot Jewish husband can’t keep his claws off of you when you talk dirty, so sincerely, from my heart…you deserve each other.
I think I can finally say that I have dug into the problem of liberalism enough that I understand it now. Or, at least I understand its motivation, even if I will never understand how anyone could be so intentionally idiotic as to live by such philosophies.
You may now return to your little liberal, self-congratulatory echo chamber and your dreams of YouTube celebrity.
Is that the DailyKos calling? Ah, finally…your lucky break!
August 29th, 2007 at 7:09 am
I hope we’ll see the results of Ryan’s study in a scientific journal somewhere, next to the “evolution is a tool used by socialists for population control” study. What an entertaining troll you have here Shelby.
August 29th, 2007 at 7:13 am
“These liberals can grow to be over five feet tall!”
August 29th, 2007 at 11:30 am
Is it wrong that all this talk of Jew claws is getting me a little hot and bothered?
August 31st, 2007 at 7:20 pm
Ha! I am such a thread killer.
August 31st, 2007 at 8:54 pm
Hi! I am one of the few mainly Conservative teachers out and about, but I have to say your video was creative and entertaining.
I enjoyed reading the flame war as well though I usually have enough of those in the classroom these days. :)
Thanks for letting me know about it.
September 5th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
this whole thing has cheered me up.. I WAS having such a bad day. Love ya.. peace out!