Perhaps it’s a California thing, but the metaphor as California = ATM is pretty common around here. Candidates blitz in, grab a boatload of cash at a fundraiser, and dash out to some battleground state. Nobody actually campaigns here.
Upon reconsideration, they may have seen Krugerands, if that counts as cash. And they may have seen other solid gold coins and collectible currencies.
Be grateful.
Yeah, having moved from Ohio to California…
My phone does not ring all day, every day! People are not at my door! I haven’t seen a single presidential ad.
MY GOD, THIS IS WHAT FREEDOM FEELS LIKE! 
:rolleyes: back at ya.
“Europe doesn’t work here and never could work here” is a dogwhistle for “We have too many lazy niggers in the USA that don’t work, the European social safety net works because they have mostly hard working white stock over there”, the racists know exactly what it means, and the non-racist repubs just swallow it without ever knowing WHY it wouldn’t work here.
So, is Stewart going to use rubber gloves or tongs to protect himself when he hands BillO’s ass to him?
I heard on the radio that Obama is putting a taxpayer-subsidized cluster of them on the big Rio Grande river to help illegal aliens get American cash.
Mitt Romney recognizes a problem and proposes a solution:
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I keep reading that in hopes of it being some sort of joke, but I’m still not seeing it. Holy crap.
Gonna have to make sure there are signs of the windows saying “Do Not Fucking Open This Window!”
Unfortunately the signs and the window controls will be blocked right at the crucial moment by those damn masks that pop out in front of you. How are you supposed to get some fresh air with those things getting in the way?
He said Europe doesn’t work there. He’s not saying it only wouldn’t work here.
You’re right I mis-read it, but I swear I have seen Mitt Romney say that Europe could never work here, without saying it wasn’t working there, where the implication is exactly what I said. But I should be more careful. (in other words, he has made that exact same dog whistle before, but was using a non-factual weasel word in this instance).
- Crying baby in window seat in front of you
- Stealthily open window next to baby, whoooosh! Gone, baby, gone.
- You quip “Hey, that really sucks!” Hilarity ensues.
It only works if the baby makes a nice, satisfying “Thooop” noise.
Meh. Just strap 'em onto the roof rack.
Don’t be ridiculous! How are you supposed to shoot the gremloins on the wings if you can’t open the window? We can’t all be John Lithgow and shoot it open!
That is just so Onionesque.
Well, I usually get an aisle seat, but if I could open the window and stick my elbow out, I think I’d go for it.
And if passengers could open windows, wouldn’t it be possible to have a smoking section?
I wonder if Mitt’s solution would work on submarines as well?