This is going to be completely off topic, but this is incredibly annoying:
Why do people insist on calling Sarah Palin the first woman to have a chance at the Presidency? I wasnt even born when Geraldine Ferraro was picked by Walter Mondale and even I know about it. What the fuck America, open a fucking book. Shit check google or something. Jesus.
I think that given what happened to Mondale at the actual election, commentators kinda scrub him from the record vis a vis "have a chance at the Presidency." And yes, it is very annoying. Palin's pick was not historic. At all.
It was the most nakedly cynical veep pick in history. That must count for something.
Even more nakedly cynical than Palin? Man, she must have really sucked.
This is going to be completely off topic, but this is incredibly annoying:
Why do people insist on calling Sarah Palin the first woman to have a chance at the Presidency? I wasnt even born when Geraldine Ferraro was picked by Walter Mondale and even I know about it. What the fuck America, open a fucking book. Shit check google or something. Jesus.
I think that given what happened to Mondale at the actual election, commentators kinda scrub him from the record vis a vis "have a chance at the Presidency." And yes, it is very annoying. Palin's pick was not historic. At all.
It was the most nakedly cynical veep pick in history. That must count for something.
Even more nakedly cynical than Palin? Man, she must have really sucked.
He's talking about Palin
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David_TA fashion yes-man is no good to me.Copenhagen, DenmarkRegistered Userregular
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Through Matt Yglesias, another passage from the McCain penned article that brought us the "Let's deregulate health care like we did the banks" statement.
Parents who don’t impart to their children a sense of personal responsibility for their health, nutrition, and exercise–vital quality-of-life information that political correctness has expelled from our schools–have failed their responsibility.
So... PC out of the schools so they can tell kids not to be fatties again?
What has political correctness done to prevent children from knowing that they need to practice good nutrition and exercise? The food chart telling kids what they should eat and other stuff haven't been banned from schools.
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So we're going to actually win this one?
I might just sustain an erection through November if this keeps up.
In a single 24 period John McCain can take both sides of an issue.
There's no room for ambiguity on a position if you're already taking every position
John McCain's positions operate at warp 10.
(That's enough of me being flippant for tonight)
Nah. He obviously uses transwarp conduits. McCain's positions on deregulation changed so fast its obvious he had access to Borg technology. He made it from the Delta Quadrant to the Sol system in less than 12 parsecs.
Through Matt Yglesias, another passage from the McCain penned article that brought us the "Let's deregulate health care like we did the banks" statement.
Parents who don’t impart to their children a sense of personal responsibility for their health, nutrition, and exercise–vital quality-of-life information that political correctness has expelled from our schools–have failed their responsibility.
So... PC out of the schools so they can tell kids not to be fatties again?
I always thought it was removing tax dollars for struggling schools that contributed to poor performance. Now I see.. its political correctness thats responsible for our inability to comprehend math and science.
I might just sustain an erection through November if this keeps up.
Last week Obama was down to the forties and there was no looming financial crisis (well, to the public at large at least).
Things change, they change fast, and they're going to do so with spectacular frequency as the election draws closer. So I guess what I'm saying is enjoy the stiffy while it lasts because it's bound to wilt again sooner or later.
This goes to you, Senator Edwards, and you have two minutes.
Ten men and women have been nominees of their parties since 1976 to be vice president. Out of those ten, you have the least governmental experience of any of them.
I might just sustain an erection through November if this keeps up.
Wait until after the election, hmm? Best way to act is as if Obama needs help.
...which he does, in his ad selection if nothing else. I'm in MD at the moment, and every @$% TV ad is the "we can't afford more of the same" stuff. Just once I'd like to see a "I'm Obama and this is why you should vote for me" sort of ad instead of "This is McCain, boo hiss" ad. Something to dispell the "He has has no substance and no policy" garbage.
What has political correctness done to prevent children from knowing that they need to practice good nutrition and exercise? The food chart telling kids what they should eat and other stuff haven't been banned from schools.
This is imaginary conservative political correctness he's talking about.
You know, where white males live in concentration camps and school children are forced to read the koran?
Through Matt Yglesias, another passage from the McCain penned article that brought us the "Let's deregulate health care like we did the banks" statement.
Parents who don’t impart to their children a sense of personal responsibility for their health, nutrition, and exercise–vital quality-of-life information that political correctness has expelled from our schools–have failed their responsibility.
So... PC out of the schools so they can tell kids not to be fatties again?
Clearly, it's political correctness that has cut school budgets to the point where all anyone cares about is reading, writing, and arithmetic, since that's all that shows up on the standardized tests, and therefore things like science, health, and physical education have been cut.
No, it's definitely the political correctness that's done it.
Where the fuck is Joe Biden? Seriously, he has just gotten run over by announcements, disasters and talking points. He barely registers, outside of being mentioned versus Palin, and I've only seen him on the Nightly News like twice. It's not like he's a bad pick or anything, he just feels so.. irrelevant after the past 3 weeks.
But that's probably due to Palin being such a giant ass talking point. There's not much to say about Biden.
Where the fuck is Joe Biden? Seriously, he has just gotten run over by announcements, disasters and talking points. He barely registers, outside of being mentioned versus Palin, and I've only seen him on the Nightly News like twice. It's not like he's a bad pick or anything, he just feels so.. irrelevant after the past 3 weeks.
But that's probably due to Palin being such a giant ass talking point. There's not much to say about Biden.
It's good that he's not in the news, means he hasn't said something stupid.
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Where the fuck is Joe Biden? Seriously, he has just gotten run over by announcements, disasters and talking points. He barely registers, outside of being mentioned versus Palin, and I've only seen him on the Nightly News like twice. It's not like he's a bad pick or anything, he just feels so.. irrelevant after the past 3 weeks.
But that's probably due to Palin being such a giant ass talking point. There's not much to say about Biden.
May be a good thing. I have a feeling after the debates, you'll be seeing good ol' Joe quite a bit.
So I entered a few hundred more names into a database today. For America.
One of those names was Senator Dick Durbin. So I now know his personal phone number. There is something vaguely unsettling about that since I shouldn't.
Where the fuck is Joe Biden? Seriously, he has just gotten run over by announcements, disasters and talking points. He barely registers, outside of being mentioned versus Palin, and I've only seen him on the Nightly News like twice. It's not like he's a bad pick or anything, he just feels so.. irrelevant after the past 3 weeks.
But that's probably due to Palin being such a giant ass talking point. There's not much to say about Biden.
He's gotten in a couple zingers and has been, by almost all accounts, solidly effective on the stump. He's also been properly vetted by the media and doesn't have a history of nepotism, scandal and crazy like Palin.
I think him feeling irrelevant is a very good VP quality.
Not doing anything that trumps 'historic financial collapse' for newsworthiness is generally a positive trait. The only gaffes I can think of which could possibly take coverage away from Wall Street go beyond Ford's 'there is no Soviet dominance of Poland' level of stupid.
They're also using Biden to help the woman vote and Florida vote.
Where is his approval rating among women compared to Palin's? I mean, he wrote the VAWA, but I don't expect that's as widely known as the fact that Palin is a working mom, just like you.
They're also using Biden to help the woman vote and Florida vote.
Where is his approval rating among women compared to Palin's? I mean, he wrote the VAWA, but I don't expect that's as widely known as the fact that Palin is a working mom, just like you.
She appeals to the 30-40 (though her numbers are waning), he appeals to the 50+.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure Biden has been plugging away in PA and other places, the media has just opted to focus coverage on all the Palin nonsense. Also I believe it was Yglesias that pointed out that foreign policy has been eclipsed by the economy in the past couple of news cycles, so Biden hasn't gotten an opportunity to get out in front on that lately. The campaign is probably fine with that, though I still fantasize about seeing him go up against Palin on the issue of Pakistan in their debates.
Oh yeah, my mom forwarded an email to me asking people to donate to planned parenthood in Palin's name. Why? Because every time somebody donates to PP in your name, it sends you a little card telling you that somebody's donated in your name.
By this point, she's probably received at least a couple hundred of these cards.
Where the fuck is Joe Biden? Seriously, he has just gotten run over by announcements, disasters and talking points. He barely registers, outside of being mentioned versus Palin, and I've only seen him on the Nightly News like twice. It's not like he's a bad pick or anything, he just feels so.. irrelevant after the past 3 weeks.
But that's probably due to Palin being such a giant ass talking point. There's not much to say about Biden.
They're also using Biden to help the woman vote and Florida vote.
Where is his approval rating among women compared to Palin's? I mean, he wrote the VAWA, but I don't expect that's as widely known as the fact that Palin is a working mom, just like you.
It's higher among white women last I saw. 40-25 favorable-unfavorable against 34-36.
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Where the fuck is Joe Biden? Seriously, he has just gotten run over by announcements, disasters and talking points. He barely registers, outside of being mentioned versus Palin, and I've only seen him on the Nightly News like twice. It's not like he's a bad pick or anything, he just feels so.. irrelevant after the past 3 weeks.
But that's probably due to Palin being such a giant ass talking point. There's not much to say about Biden.
The truth, from Bloomberg. "Fairfax City Fire Marshal Andrew Wilson said his office did not supply that number to the campaign and could not confirm it. Wilson, in an interview, said the fire department does not monitor attendance at outdoor events."
Where the fuck is Joe Biden? Seriously, he has just gotten run over by announcements, disasters and talking points. He barely registers, outside of being mentioned versus Palin, and I've only seen him on the Nightly News like twice. It's not like he's a bad pick or anything, he just feels so.. irrelevant after the past 3 weeks.
But that's probably due to Palin being such a giant ass talking point. There's not much to say about Biden.
The truth, from Bloomberg. "Fairfax City Fire Marshal Andrew Wilson said his office did not supply that number to the campaign and could not confirm it. Wilson, in an interview, said the fire department does not monitor attendance at outdoor events."
I guess it might be different in Florida.
I was at that rally in Fairfax, VA last week and it must have been about 20,000. I've been in very large crowds before and holy fuck, if there was more space and heads up of the event it could have been larger.
In a theme Palin would pound home, GOP Chairman Jim Greer Greer said Obama and his running mate, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, have records of voting for higher taxes and have said on the campaign trail that they would increase regulation of financial markets.
"John MCain and I are going to take our case for reform to every voter in every background and every party, or no party at all," said Palin. "We're going to Washington to shake things up."
She said "John McCain warned Congress that we needed to do something before these problems became a crisis," but that Washington -- including Obama and Biden -- did not act for months as financial giants teetered and toppled.
The tax increase lie pops up again. I thought McCain said he supported more regulation?
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Where the fuck is Joe Biden? Seriously, he has just gotten run over by announcements, disasters and talking points. He barely registers, outside of being mentioned versus Palin, and I've only seen him on the Nightly News like twice. It's not like he's a bad pick or anything, he just feels so.. irrelevant after the past 3 weeks.
But that's probably due to Palin being such a giant ass talking point. There's not much to say about Biden.
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Even more nakedly cynical than Palin? Man, she must have really sucked.
He's talking about Palin
So... PC out of the schools so they can tell kids not to be fatties again?
I might just sustain an erection through November if this keeps up.
Nah. He obviously uses transwarp conduits. McCain's positions on deregulation changed so fast its obvious he had access to Borg technology. He made it from the Delta Quadrant to the Sol system in less than 12 parsecs.
Fast enough for you? Old man..
I always thought it was removing tax dollars for struggling schools that contributed to poor performance. Now I see.. its political correctness thats responsible for our inability to comprehend math and science.
A-HA!
Last week Obama was down to the forties and there was no looming financial crisis (well, to the public at large at least).
Things change, they change fast, and they're going to do so with spectacular frequency as the election draws closer. So I guess what I'm saying is enjoy the stiffy while it lasts because it's bound to wilt again sooner or later.
...that was an unpleasant sentence.
Wait until after the election, hmm? Best way to act is as if Obama needs help.
...which he does, in his ad selection if nothing else. I'm in MD at the moment, and every @$% TV ad is the "we can't afford more of the same" stuff. Just once I'd like to see a "I'm Obama and this is why you should vote for me" sort of ad instead of "This is McCain, boo hiss" ad. Something to dispell the "He has has no substance and no policy" garbage.
This is imaginary conservative political correctness he's talking about.
You know, where white males live in concentration camps and school children are forced to read the koran?
Quoting myself in order to somebody tell me I'm missing something...
No, it's definitely the political correctness that's done it.
No. You are missing nothing. Nothing has evaded you.
Feel free to continue feeling terrified for the future.
Where the fuck is Joe Biden? Seriously, he has just gotten run over by announcements, disasters and talking points. He barely registers, outside of being mentioned versus Palin, and I've only seen him on the Nightly News like twice. It's not like he's a bad pick or anything, he just feels so.. irrelevant after the past 3 weeks.
But that's probably due to Palin being such a giant ass talking point. There's not much to say about Biden.
It's good that he's not in the news, means he hasn't said something stupid.
May be a good thing. I have a feeling after the debates, you'll be seeing good ol' Joe quite a bit.
And he always comes across as very sincere. Which is a plus.
One of those names was Senator Dick Durbin. So I now know his personal phone number. There is something vaguely unsettling about that since I shouldn't.
He's gotten in a couple zingers and has been, by almost all accounts, solidly effective on the stump. He's also been properly vetted by the media and doesn't have a history of nepotism, scandal and crazy like Palin.
Not doing anything that trumps 'historic financial collapse' for newsworthiness is generally a positive trait. The only gaffes I can think of which could possibly take coverage away from Wall Street go beyond Ford's 'there is no Soviet dominance of Poland' level of stupid.
They are having him trade sex for votes. Sadly, he isn't accepting male votes.
Where is his approval rating among women compared to Palin's? I mean, he wrote the VAWA, but I don't expect that's as widely known as the fact that Palin is a working mom, just like you.
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She appeals to the 30-40 (though her numbers are waning), he appeals to the 50+.
By this point, she's probably received at least a couple hundred of these cards.
More like, who the fuck is Biden?
Palin draws crowd of 60,000 in The Villages
http://news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080921/NEWS0107/80921022
It's higher among white women last I saw. 40-25 favorable-unfavorable against 34-36.
Old people interested in Palin/McCain ticket? No! EDIT: Oh jeez, having read the article, we learn she turns out the base. We know that.
Also is that the fire chief quoted directly or the fire chief as quoted by the McCain campaign. If the latter, we can safely assume...500?
http://www.mgwashington.com/index.php/2008electionblog/blog_index/is-the-mccain-campaign-lying-about-crowd-estimates/1729/ I guess it might be different in Florida.
She's the world's biggest celebrity...
I was at that rally in Fairfax, VA last week and it must have been about 20,000. I've been in very large crowds before and holy fuck, if there was more space and heads up of the event it could have been larger.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0908/Palin_draws_largest_crowd_yet_for_GOP_.html?showall
So, yeah.