2008 USP(G)ET pt. II: counting the days to 2012 primary thread 1

Man, I haven't had so much fun reading wingnut blogs since the '06 congressional elections:

Kristol:

As for the question of Friday night's debate, which some in the media seem to think more important than saving the financial system--if the negotiations are still going on in D.C., McCain should offer to send Palin to debate Obama! Or he can take a break from the meetings, fly down at the last minute himself, and turn a boring foreign policy debate, in which he and Obama would repeat well-rehearsed arguments, into a discussion about leadership and decisiveness. And if the negotiations are clearly on a path to success, then McCain can say he can now afford to leave D.C., fly down, and the debate would become a victory lap for McCain.

So the action of these few days becomes more important than the talk of that hour and a half Friday night. One could even say the contrast between the two men in action becomes the true debate over who should be president. The media, being talkers and debaters, love debates, overestimate their importance, and are underestimating the possible effect of McCain's dramatic action. In the debate itself, McCain should mock the media's greater concern for gabbing than solving our economic problems, and should associate Obama with such a talk-heavy media-type approach to politics. If the race is between an energetic executive and an indecisive talker, the energetic executive should win.

mccain is an 'energetic executive'? what, has he started taking geritol?

Hey, wait just a goddamned minute:

Palin was asked if she thought the U.S. presence in Iraq and Afghanistan was helping to mitigate terrorism.

"I think our presence in Iraq and Afghanistan will lead to further security for our nation. We can never again let them onto our soil," she said.

"Them?" Since Iraqis and Afghans were never on our soil committing terrorist acts, I wonder who she could be talking about here?

"the debate would become a victory lap for mccain"

nice way to get 2 steps ahead of yourself, dude

The media, being talkers and debaters, love debates

oh do tell

http://writingcompany.blogs.com/this_isnt_writing_its_typ/images/baghdad_bob_1.jpg

Kristol's smug face makes me want to smash things

i mean does kristol expect mccain to show up at the debate and be all "hey guys! i made it! i was busy being very, very important but i'm glad i could sit in on this little chat" to the adoring ovation of the crowd and jim lehrer?

w-w-waauuuu

lol colbert

The idea that Lehman Brothers doesn't get any money and AIG does reminds me very much of ''Iran is a mortal enemy because they have not achieved a nuclear weapon. But North Korea is a country we can work with, because they have a nuclear weapon.'' The idea is, Get big or go home. How big can you fuck up? Can you fuck up so bad that you would ruin the world economy? If it's just 15,000 who are out of jobs, no. You have to actually be a global fuck-up to get any help.

McCain should mock the media's greater concern for gabbing than solving our economic problems
McCain should mock the media's greater concern for gabbing than solving our economic problems
McCain should mock the media's greater concern for gabbing than solving our economic problems
McCain should mock the media's greater concern for gabbing than solving our economic problems
McCain should mock the media's greater concern for gabbing than solving our economic problems
McCain should mock the media's greater concern for gabbing than solving our economic problems
McCain should mock the media's greater concern for gabbing than solving our economic problems
McCain should mock the media's greater concern for gabbing than solving our economic problems

"What the fuck are YOU going to do about our economy, Wolf Blitzer?"

McCain should mock the media's greater concern for gabbneb than solving our economic problems.

given mccains taste in mockery, it'd be more "what is this coffee klatsch bullshit you media cunts are gabbing on about"

Looks like Palin's got a type.

Ronnie Dunn better watch out.

― Pleasant Plains, Thursday, September 25, 2008 2:53 PM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

HAAAAAAhhahahaha!

btw did anyone else see this? was fwd'ed to me yesterday:

http://blurt.publr.net/dzbF8ze2LGDP_m.jpg

Fake. I think it was posted Monday (i.e. ~10,000 posts back)

holy shit

xp awww say it ain't so

that would explain why i missed it. hard to keep up here.

it's a Stranger feature, that Heart letter. The celebrities change every week.

that said, Roger Fisher from Heart said he would donate his portion of the royalities of the RNC's use of "Barracuda" to the Obama campaign, acc. to snopes.

http://www.thestranger.com/binary/b77e/GrabBag-570.jpg

So are any Dem senators going to call McCain on his shit before 5 pm?

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=677548&c=ms&ms

I think that looks like a weekly fake piece that The Stranger (free weekly Seattle paper) does.

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it's a Stranger feature, that Heart letter. The celebrities change every week.

― Mackro Mackro, Thursday, September 25, 2008 3:40 PM (7 minutes ago)

Isn't that Heart thing from The Stranger?

guys it's a fake from the stranger

(xp - the article i mean)

So are any Dem senators going to call McCain on his shit before 5 pm?

Frank already has, by the looks of it...?

i dunno, it could be a fake.

anyone seen this hilarious letter from heart to john mccain?

http://blurt.publr.net/dzbF8ze2LGDP_m.jpg

I think it's all real, fuck the haters.

wait, does anybody know what paper that fake Heart column was in?

Who knew Camus did comedy?

i heard that the girls from heart actually wrote all the fake songs on this album

http://music.download.com/i/bto/20080527/BillyJoel_StrangerCD.jpg

Heart are a fake band anyway

http://www.theateroobleck.com/StrangererCard_FRONT.jpg

Someone told me it's from The Stranger.

You guys were being pretty funny until someone decided to bring Billy Joel into it.

http://img.skitch.com/20080925-djtpk21rkk665fsy3i3k9i4ruc.jpg

would

i just noticed that john mccain does this thing when he's standing at a podium, like he goes up on his tippytoes every once in a while, like a little kid. it's actually kind of endearing.

At least no one Photoshopped Billy Joel's head onto Doctor Casino's friend's body.

lol, xxxp

So are any Dem senators going to call McCain on his shit before 5 pm?

Barbara Boxer: "I don't just say, time out, I need, you know, to crawl up into the corner with my blanket, 'cause life isn't that way"

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=10131

Point/Counterpoint: Who named The Stranger

hahahahaha that's my girl

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"I'm delighted that John is expressing himself on this issue," said Chris Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. "I have heard form Obama numerous occasions these last couple days. I have never heard from John McCain on the issue... I'm just worried a little bit that sort of politicizing this problem, sort of flying in here, I'm beginning to think this is more of a rescue plan for John McCain and not a rescue plan for the economy."

wau The Stranger does HTML like me circa 2000