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Obama met with campaign staff this afternoon....... (Original Post) NightWatcher Aug 2012 OP
i love his laugh. nt seabeyond Aug 2012 #1
it's a deep down genuine healthy laugh Whisp Aug 2012 #5
And Mitt is just like his laugh: phoney baloney! Raster Aug 2012 #6
you are exactly right. nt seabeyond Aug 2012 #7
him? Mittley Whiplash, the Bad Baronet Voice for Peace Aug 2012 #9
CMAO (Cackling My Ass Off) at the best description of RMoney's laugh EVER - n/t coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #11
Yeah, when he laughs, he puts his whole heart and soul into it tavalon Aug 2012 #12
yup. his wife, also. nt seabeyond Aug 2012 #14
K&R n/t Tx4obama Aug 2012 #2
Well, it IS pretty damn funny. Marie Marie Aug 2012 #3
Actually, I think they might be talking less about both of those come tomorrow tavalon Aug 2012 #13
can't see that pic and the captions enough. Whisp Aug 2012 #4
I'd love to know what they're looking at Voice for Peace Aug 2012 #8
Instant DUzy (if such is possible). Bravo! - n/t coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #10
 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
5. it's a deep down genuine healthy laugh
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 11:05 PM
Aug 2012

that can't be faked.

Not like Mitt, his laugh is like some old cartoony dirty deed guy strapping someone to railroad tracks... heh, heh. heh. no heart to it at all, phoney baloney

 

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
9. him? Mittley Whiplash, the Bad Baronet
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 11:38 PM
Aug 2012


edit to add: I see there are more than a few similarities:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DastardlyWhiplash

The 5 Most Ridiculous Assassination Plots Ever Attempted

Curses! But though I be foiled to-day, my proud beauty, a time will come! Ha-ha! (Boo! Hiss!)

An oddly specific kind of character, the Dastardly Whiplash is a cartoonish villain taken from the silent film tradition (or really from the old stage melodrama tradition). Usually a Man of Wealth and Taste, in Great Britain (*cough Evil Brit cough*), he was generally a Bad Baronet; in America, he was often an Evil Banker who held the mortgage on the heroine's farm. Physically, he's slightly hunched with an exaggerated nose and chin, a curling black moustache (typically of the handlebar type; the better to twirl menacingly while threatening you, my dear), and an elaborate costume, usually an old-fashioned black suit with a cloak and a hat, usually a top hat.

In personality, he is a one-dimensional, over-the-top, openly evil villain of limited intelligence who comes up with elaborate schemes for the hero to foil — tying a woman to a railroad track in an attempt to coerce her into "marrying" him or relinquishing the deed to her property is the old standard. He can usually be expected to go to great lengths to cheat at things he could easily win legitimately.

He generally has two moods: when happy, he sneers, cackles, and rubs his hands in malevolent glee, and when unhappy, he glowers, sulks, makes a fist, and bites his index finger and snaps at his sidekick/henchman, should he have any. He speaks largely in Antiquated Linguistics, preferring expletives such as "Curses! Foiled again!" and "Drat!" (or, for extreme cases, "Drat and double drat!&quot

tavalon

(27,985 posts)
12. Yeah, when he laughs, he puts his whole heart and soul into it
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 02:22 AM
Aug 2012

It's hard not to smile and laugh with him.

tavalon

(27,985 posts)
13. Actually, I think they might be talking less about both of those come tomorrow
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 02:24 AM
Aug 2012

When Mittens proves he's a ringer for our side. We will be eating Paul Ryan for lunch and dinner.

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