Boiling thousands of comments down into an easily digestable compendium for future generations:
1. "Proceed, governor."
2. The now-instantly recognizable 47% video and everything surrounding it
― Raymond Cummings, Sunday, 18 November 2012 02:38 (thirteen years ago)
3. "I love Big Bird!"
― K3v Ink (some dude), Sunday, 18 November 2012 02:41 (thirteen years ago)
4. Clint Eastwood sonning an empty chair at the RNC
― Raymond Cummings, Sunday, 18 November 2012 02:53 (thirteen years ago)
5. Romnesia?
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 18 November 2012 03:05 (thirteen years ago)
6. Biden wooing biker babes.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 18 November 2012 03:06 (thirteen years ago)
7. Cross-party bear hug in Florida pizzeria.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 18 November 2012 03:07 (thirteen years ago)
8. Paul Ryan workout photos.
9. Karl Rove meltdown on election night.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 18 November 2012 03:09 (thirteen years ago)
10. Learning about dressage & watching it at the Olympics.
― dansplaining (dan m), Sunday, 18 November 2012 03:11 (thirteen years ago)
11. This photoshop:
http://0.media.todaysbigthing.cvcdn.com/43/39/9176036fefac7c0882f26f652784dc61-we-built-it-vs-the-national-debt-at-the-rnc.jpg
12: That photoshop:
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/490179/MITT-ROMNEY-RMONEY.jpg
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 18 November 2012 03:13 (thirteen years ago)
13. The instant-Tumblr-as-whipping-post meme
― Raymond Cummings, Sunday, 18 November 2012 04:14 (thirteen years ago)
14. Nate Silver batting 1000
― Come Into My Layer (Old Lunch), Sunday, 18 November 2012 04:23 (thirteen years ago)
15. Unskewed Polls batting somewhere deeply south of 1000
― Come Into My Layer (Old Lunch), Sunday, 18 November 2012 04:25 (thirteen years ago)
oh CHRIST
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 18 November 2012 04:53 (thirteen years ago)
16. Dr. Morbius inspiring large donations to the Obama re-election campaign
― running like a young deer (symsymsym), Sunday, 18 November 2012 04:57 (thirteen years ago)
17. vince mcmahon's wife encouraging voters to vote for her and obama (although she endorsed romney)
― abanana, Sunday, 18 November 2012 05:07 (thirteen years ago)
18. Binders full of women
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Sunday, 18 November 2012 05:08 (thirteen years ago)
19. Chris Christie doesn't give a damn about Election Day
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Sunday, 18 November 2012 05:10 (thirteen years ago)
20. Biden's eye rolls and shit-eatin grins during VP debate
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 18 November 2012 05:12 (thirteen years ago)
21. trickle-down government
― abanana, Sunday, 18 November 2012 05:12 (thirteen years ago)
22. Romney puts on bronzer before speaking to Mexicans
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 18 November 2012 05:13 (thirteen years ago)
23. "I suspect that on Social Security, we've got a somewhat similar position."
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 18 November 2012 05:14 (thirteen years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/YzEpj.png
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 18 November 2012 05:16 (thirteen years ago)
24
oh sorry that's 22
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 18 November 2012 05:17 (thirteen years ago)
24. climate change guy being shouted down with "USA USA USA"
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 18 November 2012 05:20 (thirteen years ago)
25. That Noonan column the day before the election. "There is no denying the Republicans have the passion now, the enthusiasm. The Democrats do not. Independents are breaking for Romney. And there’s the thing about the yard signs. In Florida a few weeks ago I saw Romney signs, not Obama ones."
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Sunday, 18 November 2012 05:24 (thirteen years ago)
26. Scarborough: "Anybody that thinks that this race is anything but a toss-up right now is such an ideologue. They should be kept away from typewriters, computers, laptops, and microphones for the next ten days, because they’re jokes.”
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Sunday, 18 November 2012 05:27 (thirteen years ago)
27.
http://savejersey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/clinton-and-obama.jpg
― boy_slayer, Sunday, 18 November 2012 05:29 (thirteen years ago)
28. "horses and bayonets"
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 18 November 2012 05:35 (thirteen years ago)
27 ftw
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 18 November 2012 05:42 (thirteen years ago)
29. Obama speech to his Chicago staff after they win
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Sunday, 18 November 2012 05:49 (thirteen years ago)
30. http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc0nsaSWF01qz581wo1_500.jpg
― Roz, Sunday, 18 November 2012 05:59 (thirteen years ago)
31. http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcd0h0HQp41qb01n4o1_1280.jpg
― del griffith, Sunday, 18 November 2012 06:15 (thirteen years ago)
32. tagg romney saying he wouldve so beat obamas ass for talking shit abt his dad if the secret service werent there
― lag∞n, Sunday, 18 November 2012 06:32 (thirteen years ago)
33. http://go.bloomberg.com/political-capital/files/2012/10/1003-obama-debate.jpg
seriously the hell happened that night?
― pplains, Sunday, 18 November 2012 06:47 (thirteen years ago)
34. http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5099dbcdecad045c0700001a-528-396/sarah-palin-election-night.jpg
― estela, Sunday, 18 November 2012 06:59 (thirteen years ago)
35. Jenga
― Roz, Sunday, 18 November 2012 07:05 (thirteen years ago)
36. Turns out, Anonymous saved Ohio from Karl Rove theft.
― glumdalclitch, Sunday, 18 November 2012 07:26 (thirteen years ago)
37. http://images.politico.com/global/2012/09/biden_bikers_605_ap.jpg
― Gukbe, Sunday, 18 November 2012 07:49 (thirteen years ago)
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 18 November 2012 08:02 (thirteen years ago)
ah shit. my bad. scrap it.
― Gukbe, Sunday, 18 November 2012 08:03 (thirteen years ago)
38. Mitt using a whiteboard
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 18 November 2012 08:20 (thirteen years ago)
err 37 sorry
37. John Sununu's "lazy" comment to Andrea Mitchell
― Gukbe, Sunday, 18 November 2012 08:25 (thirteen years ago)
38
http://img.gawkerassets.com/post/7/2012/10/614033461ad211e2b07922000a1fbd9b_7_1.jpg
― it just might not jive with you (fadanuf4erybody), Sunday, 18 November 2012 08:44 (thirteen years ago)
"My dog is on the roof..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vKrzfhiBro
― ella fingerblast hurls forever (suzy), Sunday, 18 November 2012 09:00 (thirteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzDhk3BHi6Q
― Spikey, Sunday, 18 November 2012 09:27 (thirteen years ago)
39. Romney pissing everyone in Britain off with his Olympics comments.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Sunday, 18 November 2012 10:44 (thirteen years ago)
40. Green candidates arrested at Long Island debate, cuffed to a chair for hours, driven away in Secret Service cars.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 18 November 2012 13:47 (thirteen years ago)
41. Fox's undecided voters panel
― I have done bad. I love my pj's. (zachlyon), Sunday, 18 November 2012 13:54 (thirteen years ago)
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/media/imagebrowser/view/imagecache/60484/Full
Happened during the campaign, and I count it as crucial to the result.
― clemenza, Sunday, 18 November 2012 14:01 (thirteen years ago)
43. "Is that just math you do as a Republican to make yourself feel better or is this real?"
― prolego, Sunday, 18 November 2012 14:30 (thirteen years ago)
hoe do you ppl tell when yr self-congratulatory smug is fully sated
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 18 November 2012 14:32 (thirteen years ago)
doctor, heal thyself
― K3v Ink (some dude), Sunday, 18 November 2012 14:33 (thirteen years ago)
44. You've got the first debate already, but Sullivan's week-long meltdown was a story unto itself:
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/10/live-blogging-the-first-presidential-debate-2012.html
(That's his live-blog--it got much worse over the next few days.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 18 November 2012 14:35 (thirteen years ago)
Dr. Morbius called us hoes--I think that's really uncalled for.
― clemenza, Sunday, 18 November 2012 14:37 (thirteen years ago)
(It's okay, I see now that he just meant we're garden tools.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 18 November 2012 14:38 (thirteen years ago)
do we get to include primary moments too in this? or is that vein too rich
― sad faces at Terror Castle (reddening), Sunday, 18 November 2012 14:40 (thirteen years ago)
screw it this needs to be immortalized forever
45. rick santorum is against welfare for "blah" people.
― sad faces at Terror Castle (reddening), Sunday, 18 November 2012 14:44 (thirteen years ago)
So many from the primary season. Topping the list:
46. Mitt's $10,000 bet.47. Cain trying to clarify Obama's Libya position.48. Perry's "One, two, help."49. Gingrich turning on Jon King.
Back to the general: 50. "I love being in Michigan. Everything seems right here. You know, I come back to Michigan; the trees are the right height."
― clemenza, Sunday, 18 November 2012 15:17 (thirteen years ago)
51. Paul Ryan strapping on an apron in an empty soup kitchen and washing already-clean dishes in front of the cameras.
― pplains, Monday, 19 November 2012 16:51 (thirteen years ago)
52. Debbie Wasserman Schultz denying knowledge of a presidential kill list
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Monday, 19 November 2012 16:53 (thirteen years ago)
53.
ROMNEY: I just want to make sure that, I think I was supposed to get that last answer, but I want to point out that that I don't believe...
OBAMA: I don't think so, Candy.
ROMNEY: ... I don't believe...
OBAMA: I want to make sure our timekeepers are working here.
ROMNEY: The time -- the time...
― pplains, Monday, 19 November 2012 16:59 (thirteen years ago)
*exit music plays*
― lag∞n, Monday, 19 November 2012 17:00 (thirteen years ago)
54. Nothing as inspired as the Barack/Michelle cover from '08, but I thought both of these were really good:
http://dellioandwoods.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/debate-e1353347953276.jpg http://dellioandwoods.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/dog-e1353348036851.jpg
― clemenza, Monday, 19 November 2012 18:04 (thirteen years ago)
55). Newt Gingrich runs for president on the platform of "let's build a base on the moon."
― sad faces at Terror Castle (reddening), Monday, 19 November 2012 18:40 (thirteen years ago)
56) http://i.huffpost.com/gen/845193/thumbs/o-OBAMA-CELL-PHONE-570.jpg?4
― frogbs, Monday, 19 November 2012 18:48 (thirteen years ago)
57. Following a rally in Sarasota, Florida, yesterday, Mitt Romney was approached by pool reporter Jon Ward and asked if he was planning to ramp up his campaigning going forward.
"Ha, ha. We're in the stretch, aren't we?" Romney replied before directing Ward's attention to the sky with his finger and adding, "look at those clouds. It's beautiful. Look at those things."
― Clay, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 00:28 (thirteen years ago)
holy shit, I never realized #27 was a real photo. that and 37 have to be two of the greatest political photos ever taken.
― wk, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 00:48 (thirteen years ago)
58. Bill Clinton as "the great explainer," convention and post-convention editions.
― Raymond Cummings, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 11:37 (thirteen years ago)
59. Romney saying he loves Snooki cuz she's so thin now
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 29 November 2012 22:57 (thirteen years ago)
60. Harry Reid doesn't care.
Romney "didn't pay any taxes for 10 years." He heard it from "a credible person." Romney "refuses to be straight with the American people." “Instead of being honest with Americans about taxes and the deficit, Mitt Romney is peddling snake oil.”
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called himself a “one-man wrecking crew” on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s refusal to release his tax returns and warned of “17 angry old white men” spending vast sums on political advertising.
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Friday, 30 November 2012 03:00 (thirteen years ago)
61. Ann Romney responds by declaring that "we've given all you people need to know and understand about our financial situation and about how we live our life"
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Friday, 30 November 2012 03:04 (thirteen years ago)
62. "We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers," Romney pollster Neil Newhouse said at a panel organized by ABC News.
― Clay, Friday, 30 November 2012 03:06 (thirteen years ago)
63. every picture of romney post-election
― I have done bad. I love my pj's. (zachlyon), Friday, 30 November 2012 03:18 (thirteen years ago)
64. You didn't build that
65. President Obama Sings Al Green "Let's Stay Together"
66. Romney Sings "America The Beautiful"
67. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IpIuOmDihA
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:53 (thirteen years ago)
68. http://i49.tinypic.com/2i0go79.jpg
― she was giving it to two friends ...Aaay! (crüt), Saturday, 8 December 2012 21:48 (thirteen years ago)
69. Herman Cain quoting the Pokemon song
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 9 December 2012 21:15 (thirteen years ago)
nah that's primary campaign
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 9 December 2012 21:21 (thirteen years ago)