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   America is going to vote for Mitt Romney because Taylor Swift made $57 million last year. No, seriously. That's the actual argument

14 Jul 2012 08:24 AM   |   3754 clicks   |   CafeMom
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EvilEgg    [TotalFark]  
Alright TFA states that twelve year olds can't vote, good enough.

But the premise that parents who buy her album support her conservative image. That's a stretch. Just about any parent will let their kid listen to any music that isn't outright offensive. I can't say I'm familiar with her catalog, but I am willing to imagine it is bland and poppy.

14 Jul 2012 07:49 AM
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Demetrius    [TotalFark]  
Hey, she's just asking questions here.

Oh, and her blog sucks.

14 Jul 2012 07:57 AM
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edmo    [TotalFark]  
So she's in the 15% bracket?

14 Jul 2012 07:59 AM
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ox45tallboy    [TotalFark]  
Demetrius: Hey, she's just asking questions here.

Oh, and her blog sucks.


Wow, her blog does suck. Other articles recently filed by Lindsay Mannering:

Amazing Virgin Mary Image Found on Tree in ... New Jersey?\

Lea Michele & Cory Monteith's Dinner Date PDA Was Cute but a Little Much

Kellan Lutz Wears Live Alligator for Hot New Lacoste Ad

For f*cks sake, why are we paying attention to this?

14 Jul 2012 08:10 AM
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coeyagi    [TotalFark]  
Ok, so the argument is that 57 million dollars was spent on Taylor Swift, who provides a wholesome conservative image, therefore lots of people out there are conservative.

(checks box office receipts for Ted).

54 million. In 1 weekend.

Oh, and Magic Mike made 32.9 million for a combined total of about 83 million for liberal pervasive nudity and profanity.

YOUR BLOG SUCKS, BLOGGY.

14 Jul 2012 08:33 AM
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ariseatex    [TotalFark]  
Someone brought out their "Jump to Conclusions mat," I see.

14 Jul 2012 08:33 AM
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mekki     
What I got from this piece is only sluts and weirdos vote Democrat. While nice, decent girls vote Republican.

So, vote Republican or else you're a freaky, lesbian whore.

/sigh...guess that means I am gay now.
//Let me get the body glitter and the bullwhip.

14 Jul 2012 08:34 AM
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The1andonlyZack     
Your blog is bad...and blogger should feel bad.

blahg

14 Jul 2012 08:34 AM
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coeyagi    [TotalFark]  
coeyagi: Ok, so the argument is that 57 million dollars was spent on Taylor Swift, who provides a wholesome conservative image, therefore lots of people out there are conservative.

(checks box office receipts for Ted).

54 million. In 1 weekend.

Oh, and Magic Mike made 32.9 million for a combined total of about 83 million for liberal pervasive nudity and profanity.

YOUR BLOG SUCKS, BLOGGY.


87 million (FTFM). I need coffee.

14 Jul 2012 08:36 AM
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the_freelance     
So much wrong here....

First, Swift actually writes her own stuff so she rakes in publishing royalties other "stars" do not. (Whether she SHOULD write her own stuff is another question.) As a result, of course she is making millions more than would SEEM to be possible just looking at the pop culture landscape.

But more importantly TFA has got it backwards -- as long as significant chunk of America can lose itself in a "saccharine sweet" "squeaky clean" pseudo-culture why would that cohort care one way or the other about the reality of dysfunctional American politics?

14 Jul 2012 08:39 AM
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SurprisinglyObvious     
FTFA: "Holy corn balls."

That's... adorable.

14 Jul 2012 08:40 AM
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Linux_Yes     
America is going to vote for Mitt Romney because Taylor Swift made $57 million last year. No, seriously. That's the actual argument stupid and didn't get the memo in 2008/2009 went the nation almost went into another Great Depression because 1 or 2% didn't make enough money.

14 Jul 2012 08:43 AM
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ox45tallboy    [TotalFark]  
mekki: What I got from this piece is only sluts and weirdos vote Democrat. While nice, decent girls vote Republican.

So, vote Republican or else you're a freaky, lesbian whore.

/sigh...guess that means I am gay now.
//Let me get the body glitter and the bullwhip.


Go on....

14 Jul 2012 08:43 AM
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Great_Milenko     
shigeruslist.com

I can play this game too.

Taylor Swift sells so many CDs because her trailer dwelling, wal-mart shopping fan base can't figure out how to download music. A lot of them probably don't even own one of them there computer things.

The blogger thinks Taylor supports romney because that's what she tells him in his mind while he's fantasizing about raping her.

14 Jul 2012 08:48 AM
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MisterLoki     
Your blog is an embarrassment to your family and your children despise you.

14 Jul 2012 08:51 AM
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Iceman_Cometh     
coeyagi: coeyagi: Ok, so the argument is that 57 million dollars was spent on Taylor Swift, who provides a wholesome conservative image, therefore lots of people out there are conservative.

(checks box office receipts for Ted).

54 million. In 1 weekend.

Oh, and Magic Mike made 32.9 million for a combined total of about 83 million for liberal pervasive nudity and profanity.

YOUR BLOG SUCKS, BLOGGY.

87 million (FTFM). I need coffee.


I think you do need that coffee. There is a big difference on what someone earns for the year and box office receipts. But I agree, the blog sucks.

14 Jul 2012 08:53 AM
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Ooba Tooba    [TotalFark]  
ox45tallboy: Demetrius: Hey, she's just asking questions here.

Oh, and her blog sucks.

Wow, her blog does suck. Other articles recently filed by Lindsay Mannering:

Amazing Virgin Mary Image Found on Tree in ... New Jersey?\

Lea Michele & Cory Monteith's Dinner Date PDA Was Cute but a Little Much

Kellan Lutz Wears Live Alligator for Hot New Lacoste Ad

For f*cks sake, why are we paying attention to this?


Dnrtfa

14 Jul 2012 08:54 AM
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Vodka Zombie     
Maybe we should ask Enya who she supports.

14 Jul 2012 08:57 AM
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Skarekrough     
FTA: "America is so over weird costumes and gay references and glitter. Taylor's spot at the top might mean we're entering an era of, gasp, conservatism."

It "might."

It "might" also be the result of her being pushed as well as artists like Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Jay-Z and Kanye.

You "might" have come to the same conclusion had you used perhaps "The Jonas Brothers" or "Hanson" or any number of other artists whose squeaky-clean image was part of their selling point.

You also "might" want to believe that a return to some sort of "roots" preference in modern music means that the core values change as well. Bob Dylan would, of course, tell you how wrong that actually is. and he is a guy that has been in there for the long run.

He has had breaks between albums longer than Taylor has had a career.

Oh, and your blog sucks.

14 Jul 2012 09:00 AM
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Bungles     
Well, she is a perpetual beard, which is definitely a product of conservatism.

I suspect when it comes out that there were all double bearding situations, her conservative star will plummet.

14 Jul 2012 09:00 AM
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zedster    [TotalFark]  
Iceman_Cometh: coeyagi: coeyagi: Ok, so the argument is that 57 million dollars was spent on Taylor Swift, who provides a wholesome conservative image, therefore lots of people out there are conservative.

(checks box office receipts for Ted).

54 million. In 1 weekend.

Oh, and Magic Mike made 32.9 million for a combined total of about 83 million for liberal pervasive nudity and profanity.

YOUR BLOG SUCKS, BLOGGY.

87 million (FTFM). I need coffee.

I think you do need that coffee. There is a big difference on what someone earns for the year and box office receipts. But I agree, the blog sucks.


How much did Seth make between 3 shows, ted, and his CD?

14 Jul 2012 09:03 AM
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FARTNOISE FARTNOISE JUNIOR     
Iceman_Cometh:
I think you do need that coffee. There is a big difference on what someone earns for the year and box office receipts. But I agree, the blog sucks.


Not really, in that the two are equally valuable in determining the moral values of Americans and in predicting the next president. In a word, useless.

14 Jul 2012 09:03 AM
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zedster    [TotalFark]  
Also Adele has the number one album of 2012 so the US will vote to bring back the queen

14 Jul 2012 09:06 AM
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farkityfarker     
If I base my political opinions on how much money the person advocating them makes or has shouldn't I support the views of Bill Gates?

14 Jul 2012 09:06 AM
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Mr. Coffee Nerves    [TotalFark]  
I'm trying to imagine a forced compound word more gruesome than "Mommy-Blogger-Patriot" and am coming up short.

"Trans-Rectal-Recliner?" Nope.
"Intra-Eyeball-Drillbit?" Nope.
"Doorless-Buddy-Booth?" Nope.
"James-Belushi-Writing-and-Starring?" Mayyyybe.

14 Jul 2012 09:08 AM
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zedster    [TotalFark]  
If you really want to get a pulse on people use Google insight you may lose any faith left in humanity. I liked when the Tiger Woods story broke one of the top searches was people looking up what transgressions meant, pretty sure that puts a big nail in the whole we are a moral Christian nation idea.

14 Jul 2012 09:13 AM
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Vodka Zombie     
People who call themselves "patriot," always seem to have no idea what patriotism truly is.

So, this woman seems to be a inflexibly-partisan-mommy-blogger-regr essive-nationalist with the attention span of a bucket of old cheese.

14 Jul 2012 09:14 AM
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snowshovel     
I know someone who is connected to the Nashville music scene, and a few years ago he was showing us pictuces from a photoshoot of the next big star Nashville was going to be pushing (which turned out to be Taylor Swift)...and the pictures were of her (about 15 years old at the time, I think) inappropriately writhing around on a pool table. We were pretty aghast that the photographer was asking this of a 15 year old girl.

So, yeah, that's the clean, squeaky image I have of her.

/// I know, pics, or it didn't happen....sorry.

14 Jul 2012 09:15 AM
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12349876     
The success of Justin Beiber means we're going to unify with Canada.

14 Jul 2012 09:17 AM
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grokca    [TotalFark]  
12349876: The success of Justin Beiber means we're going to unify with Canada.

We don't want you.

14 Jul 2012 09:24 AM
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Vodka Zombie     
grokca: 12349876: The success of Justin Beiber means we're going to unify with Canada.

We don't want you.


But, I'm handy.

14 Jul 2012 09:26 AM
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mekki     
grokca: 12349876: The success of Justin Beiber means we're going to unify with Canada.

We don't want you.


Too bad. Just lie back and think of England.

14 Jul 2012 09:27 AM
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Sock Ruh Tease     
The main premise seems to be that, since inbred hicks enjoy country music, and also vote Republican, that Mitt Romney will lose the election in 2012. Did I get that right?

14 Jul 2012 09:32 AM
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dweigert    [TotalFark]  
You all know that Taylor Swift is a resident of /b/ on 4chan, right?

14 Jul 2012 09:40 AM
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actualhuman     
Sock Ruh Tease: The main premise seems to be that, since inbred hicks enjoy country music, and also vote Republican, that Mitt Romney will lose the election in 2012. Did I get that right?

Our studies have found the Homo Hillbillius, the proverbial savage beast, is soothed when listening to major G, C, and F chords played with minimal electronic processing. He finds more minor sounds are confusing and enraging. This is bad news... for Obama and his funky jive.

14 Jul 2012 09:41 AM
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missiv     
ariseatex: Someone brought out their "Jump to Conclusions mat," I see.
farm1.staticflickr.com
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Taylor Swift, ughhhhhh.

14 Jul 2012 09:47 AM
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FuturePastNow     
I refuse to believe that Taylor Swift isn't secretly a kinky little minx.

14 Jul 2012 09:53 AM
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More_Like_A_Stain     
FTFA:What do you think of Taylor's #1 spot?

I imagine it's quite tight and tender. As is her #2 spot.


/I'll be in my bunk

14 Jul 2012 09:54 AM
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Tyrone Slothrop     
snowshovel: I know someone who is connected to the Nashville music scene, and a few years ago he was showing us pictuces from a photoshoot of the next big star Nashville was going to be pushing (which turned out to be Taylor Swift)...and the pictures were of her (about 15 years old at the time, I think) inappropriately writhing around on a pool table. We were pretty aghast that the photographer was asking this of a 15 year old girl.

So, yeah, that's the clean, squeaky image I have of her.

/// I know, pics, or it didn't happen....sorry.


A ghast? TURN UNDEAD!

14 Jul 2012 09:56 AM
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WaitWhatWhy     
mekki: What I got from this piece is only sluts and weirdos vote Democrat. While nice, decent girls vote Republican.

So, vote Republican or else you're a freaky, lesbian whore.

/sigh...guess that means I am gay now.
//Let me get the body glitter and the bullwhip.


Well hello there.

14 Jul 2012 09:58 AM
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spongeboob    [TotalFark]  
Great_Milenko: [shigeruslist.com image 500x469]

I can play this game too.

Taylor Swift sells so many CDs because her trailer dwelling, wal-mart shopping fan base can't figure out how to download music. A lot of them probably don't even own one of them there computer things.

The blogger thinks Taylor supports romney because that's what she tells himher in hisher mind while he's fantasizing about raping hershe services her signifcant other.


FTFY

14 Jul 2012 09:59 AM
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REO-Weedwagon     
After the payola is doled out to the piss-factory radio stations across 'Merika, after the A&R NashVegas scum get paid for their deeds, after the publicity machine payroll, the band royalities, the producers, after Live Nation takes their cut of the loot, after all those people, this broad is bringing home maybe $5-8 million a year. That's still f*cking extraordinary, and nothing to dismiss, but she ain't knocking back $57 million.

To see the future of her career, see Juice Newton.

14 Jul 2012 10:02 AM
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spongeboob    [TotalFark]  
grokca: 12349876: The success of Justin Beiber means we're going to unify with Canada.

We don't want you.


what about just the North East and and West Coast

14 Jul 2012 10:06 AM
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Bontesla     
ox45tallboy: Demetrius: Hey, she's just asking questions here.

Oh, and her blog sucks.

Wow, her blog does suck. Other articles recently filed by Lindsay Mannering:

Amazing Virgin Mary Image Found on Tree in ... New Jersey?\

Lea Michele & Cory Monteith's Dinner Date PDA Was Cute but a Little Much

Kellan Lutz Wears Live Alligator for Hot New Lacoste Ad

For f*cks sake, why are we paying attention to this?


And this was all I needed to know.

14 Jul 2012 10:12 AM
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BitwiseShift     
"Second cheapest wine" and "Bikini waxes for tweens?" -- why is this cafemom not on the registered sex offender list? Oh, and the RMoney staffer who penned the article specifically for this.

14 Jul 2012 10:15 AM
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Dr. Whoof     
coeyagi: Ok, so the argument is that 57 million dollars was spent on Taylor Swift, who provides a wholesome conservative image, therefore lots of people out there are conservative.

(checks box office receipts for Ted).

54 million. In 1 weekend.

Oh, and Magic Mike made 32.9 million for a combined total of about 83 million for liberal pervasive nudity and profanity.

YOUR BLOG SUCKS, BLOGGY.


Avengers, eleventy billion dollars, and a big part of the plot is about "green energy" (and Tony's self-sustaining tower). Not to mention the blue cube (Fox News logo) turning people into mindless zombies. And the military's pretty much always wrong/in the way/trying to blow up NY while the heroes are trying to save it. Hell, they have a pinko commie Russian on their team.

14 Jul 2012 10:18 AM
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themadtupper    [TotalFark]  
Tyrone Slothrop: snowshovel: I know someone who is connected to the Nashville music scene, and a few years ago he was showing us pictuces from a photoshoot of the next big star Nashville was going to be pushing (which turned out to be Taylor Swift)...and the pictures were of her (about 15 years old at the time, I think) inappropriately writhing around on a pool table. We were pretty aghast that the photographer was asking this of a 15 year old girl.

So, yeah, that's the clean, squeaky image I have of her.

/// I know, pics, or it didn't happen....sorry.

A ghast? TURN UNDEAD!


Damn it, Durkon

14 Jul 2012 10:23 AM
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coeyagi    [TotalFark]  
Iceman_Cometh: coeyagi: coeyagi: Ok, so the argument is that 57 million dollars was spent on Taylor Swift, who provides a wholesome conservative image, therefore lots of people out there are conservative.

(checks box office receipts for Ted).

54 million. In 1 weekend.

Oh, and Magic Mike made 32.9 million for a combined total of about 83 million for liberal pervasive nudity and profanity.

YOUR BLOG SUCKS, BLOGGY.

87 million (FTFM). I need coffee.

I think you do need that coffee. There is a big difference on what someone earns for the year and box office receipts. But I agree, the blog sucks.


Yeah, the box office receipts are MUCH more if you include worldwide gross and all the other "insipid" liberal flicks.

14 Jul 2012 10:25 AM
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fracto73     
This story has reminded me that someone made a Taylor Swift songmetal, with the original vocal track

14 Jul 2012 10:27 AM
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John the Magnificent     
spongeboob: grokca: 12349876: The success of Justin Beiber means we're going to unify with Canada.

We don't want you.

what about just the North East and and West Coast


OK, here's the deal.

North East, West Coast, Southern Nevada, Arizona and Florida (but you have to kick everyone out of the last two first).

Then we can talk.

14 Jul 2012 10:28 AM
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