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JaneQPublic

(7,113 posts)
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 02:36 AM Aug 2012

Putting the wit in Twitter: Tweets on tonight's RNC

Comics' responses:

Jon Emerson: "As Mitt Romney watched the Clint Eastwood bit, he couldn't help but envy the raw charisma displayed by the chair."

Jonathan Sloan: "Don't make Obama play his Morgan Freeman card."

Ken Jennings: "You guys, the Obama Chair just crashed Reddit again."

Julieanne Smolinski: "Clint is now safely back in his hotel room, arguing with an empty shower cap about how it ALSO wants Mitt Romney to blank himself."

Greg Johnson: "Something tells me Mitt's "Jobs Tour" would consist of declaring war on Iran and sending all the poor people there to fight that shit."

Julian McCullough: "I hope Obama has James Earl Jones open up the DNC by doing a routine with an ottoman."

Julian McCullough: "This speech is so long they're gonna have to plug in Mitt's charger soon."

Susan Burke: "Mitt better squeeze that Eastwood toothpaste tube as hard as he can. There ain't a lot of flavor left in Jon Voight or Bo Derek."

Hank Thompson: "That laughter after Romney said Obama has promised to slow the rise of the oceans is the sound of ignorance having a great time."

Eli Braden: "Clint Eastwood on the phone with Obama now: 'It all went according to plan, my lord.'"

Adam Carl: "'America needs lots of jobs, that I don't believe the government has any business creating.' - Mitt Romney"

Baratunde Thurston: "I like how Mitt Romney praised government employee Neil Armstrong."

Rex Huppke: "Mitt Romney is going to have to pause in a moment for a quick Adobe Acrobat update."

Josh Gondelman: "MITT! TELL THEM ABOUT ALL THE HEALTHCARE WE HAD TOGETHER IN MASSACHUSETTS! WE MADE SWEET, SWEET HEALTHCARE TOGETHER!:















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Putting the wit in Twitter: Tweets on tonight's RNC (Original Post) JaneQPublic Aug 2012 OP
LOL! Those are great! Especially this one: freshwest Aug 2012 #1
They were all good, but yeah, that was the keeper out of the bunch. Raster Aug 2012 #2
Yeah, that would be good... Or a throne for Imaginary King Romney! freshwest Aug 2012 #3
And great graphic joke: JaneQPublic Aug 2012 #4
Big Tweet fail, tho: "I hope Obama has James Earl Jones open up.." dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #5
I never would have guessed! (nt) JaneQPublic Aug 2012 #6
Was a thread on DU a few days ago dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #7

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
1. LOL! Those are great! Especially this one:
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 02:48 AM
Aug 2012
"Clint is now safely back in his hotel room, arguing with an empty shower cap about how it ALSO wants Mitt Romney to blank himself."

Raster

(20,998 posts)
2. They were all good, but yeah, that was the keeper out of the bunch.
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 03:11 AM
Aug 2012

This gets runner-up:

Julian McCullough: "I hope Obama has James Earl Jones open up the DNC by doing a routine with an ottoman."

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
7. Was a thread on DU a few days ago
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 05:03 PM
Aug 2012

about which famous people were Dems or Repubs.
Surprised me that one of my favorite actors was a Repub.
I had always taken him for an intelligent man.

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