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Thursday, August 30, 2012

2012 "We Can Chance It"

Posted by Goldy on Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 10:14 AM

AP via FoxNews.com

Um... this AP photo (via FoxNews.com) sure does seem to sum up the average Republican's muted enthusiasm toward the Romney/Ryan ticket, if inadvertently. And I'm guessing it also sums up the enthusiasm of the FoxNews.com photo editors, who no doubt had dozens of images to choose from, yet slyly (or unconsciously) chose the one that transforms the word "change" into "chance."

That's chance we can believe in. Or something.

(FYI, as Slog-tipper Melissa points out, the accompanying FoxNews.com analysis of Paul Ryan's speech, which they describe as "dazzling," "deceiving," and "distracting," is worth a read too.)

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Is it possible the Republicans have determined they have no real chance and are just vamping until this is over and they can find a stronger candidate for 2016?

Posted by MacCrocodile

on August 30, 2012 at 10:42 AM

Interesting side note: One of John McCain's theme songs from his presidential campaign was "Take a Chance on Me" by ABBA

Posted by Urgutha Forka on August 30, 2012 at 10:49 AM

Goldy,
I get the dig. However, when one examines it, every Presidency IS a chance. The electorate took a chance on Obama too in 08'. Clearly, there will be many that will take a chance on Romney. We'll find out how many in early Nov.

Posted by lark on August 30, 2012 at 10:50 AM

@1, second day of Fox News columnists calling b.s.? They are bailing on Dukakis and setting up for Jeb Bush 2016.

Posted by biffp on August 30, 2012 at 10:56 AM

Wait a second . . . didn't Obama campaign on "Change" in 2008? And now the Repubs are??

Posted by Jared Bascomb on August 30, 2012 at 11:02 AM

- "On the other hand, to anyone paying the slightest bit of attention to facts, Ryan’s speech was an apparent attempt to set the world record for the greatest number of blatant lies and misrepresentations slipped into a single political speech. On this measure, while it was Romney who ran the Olympics, Ryan earned the gold." -

Is this really coming from Fox?

Posted by floater on August 30, 2012 at 11:19 AM

Sociopaths on parade.

Posted by Frank Blethen's vodka distiller on August 30, 2012 at 11:36 AM

That was a Foxnews article!? If I weren't already laying down I'd have to go lay down. I'm dizzy with confusion. Can I now expect whine in the morning and breakfast at night?

Posted by knobtheunicorn on August 30, 2012 at 11:47 AM

Is this real or shopped?

[IMG]http://i47.tinypic.com/6ghsli.jpg[/IMG]

Posted by biffp on August 30, 2012 at 12:34 PM

@9 I'm going to hope it's real, but assume it's shopped. They they can't be that stupid.

And also; pixels or something

Posted by Pick1 on August 30, 2012 at 12:49 PM

Oh, so just because they've published all of one article with some kind of link to conventional reality, suddenly all the liberal bloggers are praising Fox News? They're taking brutal advantage of your lowered expectations to increase webhits.

Posted by Fistique on August 30, 2012 at 1:35 PM

@11 I don't think it's so much that they're being praised, but it's more of a condemnation of Ryan.

A "Jesus Christ if you're a Republican and Fox News is calling you out on your bullshit...you must've broken the bullshit meter."

Posted by Pick1 on August 30, 2012 at 1:53 PM