Spec just got a lot hotter
It’s late. You’re up. And it’s Friday!
Harry Potter without the Harry: In an attempt to outdo the Harry Potter saga, J.K. Rowling has written a new book that includes not only wizards, but also features vampires, BDSM, and 30 installments.
Romney makes even makes babies cry: Asked about the moment, Romney said it was “not his job” to worry about the happiness of the baby, because the baby is one of the people he’s criticized as being “completely dependent on others to survive. That baby is never going to vote for me, because he thinks he’s entitled to diaper changes, bottle feedings, and what-have-you.”
Get your ad in quick: In the wake of an anti-Islam ad, the M.T.A has forbid advertisements that would likely rile up passengers. At the next meeting, they will address other obvious issues like flashing ads that may cause seizures.
Today in Spec history: This ad from today in 1981 may just be the best ad to appear in Spec ever:
Courtesy of the Spectator Archives
And a funny video…
spec, i totally prefer you to bwog right now; please don’t spoil it with the gratuitous romney-hate in every 1:11
They’re onto us! Abort! Abort! (but we make jokes about Joe Biden as often as we can think of them, as well!)
I agree with anon. It’s easy to hate/make fun of Romney.
I understand this is a blog and those are allowed to have opinions and I’m not saying the Ann Romney as Ann Veal link shouldn’t be posted as nauseum, but keep in mind that you have readers all over the political spectrum and it seems stupid to alienate some of them who are genuinely trying to enjoy the blog over something less than important.
Fair enough, Anonymous. It’s really not intentional, Romney’s just much easier to make fun of than Obama. He more or less writes the jokes himself. But we’ll try to spread the political jokes around the partisan spectrum (lol) a little more, or at least find different targets.
The eye did a nude photo a few years back
The key comment here is that ntanoiwide, Gary Johnson is barely known outside of the currently supercharged Libertarian circle. When people do get to know him, they like him hence his meteoric ascendancy in the party. If he can keep these poll numbers up, he will hit the national stage and go head to head with Obamney.
nominating finn to do a naked house ad immediately
It certainly looks like the nooniatimn will come down to either Romney or Bachmann as they are the leaders in the fund raising. Romney will probably end up being the nominee. The more the other candidates open their mouth, the more they appear to stick their foot in it. Bachmann will probably give him a run for his money, but in the end in, sanity will prevail. All Romney has to do essentially is not screw up.So the 2012 election will be Obama vs. Romney. If the economy picks up and unemployment goes down, Obama will win, especially since he has better name recognition. If the economy remains stagnant, the country will elect the successful businessman to lead us out of quagmire. While I’m at it, Romney’s VP will be either Mitch Daniels (budget guru), Condoleezza Rice (foreign policy experience), or someone to procure some of the Hispanic vote. Possibly Gov. Brian Sandoval or Gov. Susana Martinez. Yeah, the tea party people will probably freak own and want one of their own as the VP choice, someone like Rick Perry or Bachmann. But Romney knows better. Such a VP choice will only scare away the moderates. There’s no way the tea party people will vote for Obama anyway, and Romney knows it. He just has to make sure they don’t do something incredibly stupid like nominate a 3rd party candidate.