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

So long as they put it on camera.

I'm sure Tha Pumpsta would eat it up.

Kill Whitie with DJ McCain

Anyway, I suggest the Friday debate go on with Palin standing in for McCain. Hooray!

Obama: "So, have you ever seen a grown man naked?"

wtf are you talking about

it's an airplane ref

it's not meant to be mean anything. which is kinda where mccain's campaign is heading.

i've seen airplane homie i just meant wtf are you talking about

good sum up with great typo from josh marshall:

What's changed today in the financial crisis other than John McCain's poll numbers tanking? Isn't this the campaign equivalent of faking an injury when you're down late in the 4th quarter? Note too that McCain was in the mist of debate prep when he made this decision.

Look at what appears to have happened. Obama reached out to McCain privately to agree to a shared set of bailout principles. McCain went off the handle again and tried to use the crisis as a way to call off the debates.

McCain deserves a red card for simulation

but what will Americans think?

american-americans?

Or Jonah Goldberg Americans?

i'm an American and I think it's a lame publicity stunt

that jonah, always good for a laugh

"As a matter of civics, I am at a loss to understand what the argument against this could possibly be."

you tell em, Jonah!

demanding limited edition Jonah Goldberg "I am at a loss to understand" tshirts

guardian:
But she is doing occasional interviews and faces a debate with her opposite number, Joe Biden, next week, both of which offer a chance for witchcraft to be raised.

BIDEN CASTS POWER OF HEMLOCK

someone needs to hide Jonah's crackpipe

the "american-americans" I work with are filled with incredulity and mockery. it's a ridiculous stunt. everyone sees it as that.
"what's that, I have a paper due, I suddenly feel a stomachache coming on..."

http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/amg/games/drg000/g082/g08263and7z.jpg
only sarah palin understands that witches are the transcendental threat of our time

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/mccain-not-comm.html

Obama campaign paraphased: The debate is on. We can handle both.

heights of candidates from last 50 years
Kerry - 6'4
LBJ - 6'3.5
Clinton - 6'2.5
GHWB - 6'2
Obama - 6'1.5
Reagan - 6'1
McGovern - 6'1
Gore - 6'0.5-1
JFK - 6'0
Dole - 6'0
Ford - 6'0
Goldwater - 6'0
Nixon - 5'11.5
Bush - 5'11-11.5
Humphrey - 5'11
Mondale - 5'10.75
Carter - 5'9
McCain - 5'6-7
Dukakis - 5'6

biggest height-difference elections in the last 50 years, removing those during wars or after big events (Watergate, assassination):
'88 - GHWB was 8 inches taller than Dukakis, won by 8 points
'80 - Reagan was 4 inches taller than Carter, won by 10 points
'96 - incumbent Clinton was 2.5 inches taller than Dole, won by 9 points
'84 - incumbent Reagan was 2.25 inches taller than Mondale, won by 18 points
'00 - Gore was 1-1.5 inches taller than Bush, won by half a point
'60 - JFK was .5 inches taller than Nixon, won by less than a quarter of a point

what will "suspension" even mean? no ad buys? no surrogates on cable? (continue) not talking to the press?

gabbneb how can you be focusing on presidential height at a time of nation crisis

McCain with Obama

http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/06/large_obamaMccain.jpg http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/070112/070112_congress_climate_hmed_5a.hmedium.jpg http://dailyrepublic.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/19/obama_ready_to_ko_mccain.jpg

McCain with Obama-debate-prep-stand-in Michael Steele

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0g9Vasu0io0g7/610x.jpg

is that a bucket of onion dip? what the fuck

hahahahaha

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Has a presidential candidate ever just put someone else in his place for a debate, literally?

(hey Obama, where's your 2008 campaign vinyl??!)

Oh it's coming out, and it has John Mayer, John Legend, AND Dave Matthews on it!

"Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement" official campaign soundtrack (of sorts) for the Obama/Biden campaign

uh

So, Obama vs. Steele on Friday then?

how many fucking times do i have to think about that fucking cd today

i forgot '92 - Clinton was half-inch taller than Bush, won with 6-point plurality, while 5'6 dude got 20% of the vote

your cd is a wonderland

the audacity of this guy

McCain cancels Letterman

no one notices substitution of Reege

Hell, why doesn't McCain just throw Palin under the bus now and make Michael Steele his new VP?

is that a bucket of onion dip? what the fuck

that's Ted Drewes frozen custard! St. Louis represent.

i think the motivation behind this was partly taht "act like you're already president" bullshit, but it's so transparent and can be taken so many other ways that it looks like nothing but chickenshit. Obama campaign already told ABC news the debate is on. maybe McCain won't even bother showing up, giving us a full 90 minutes of Obama giving a speech

obama's sure going to look bad when mccain fixes the economy though

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/national_enquirer_world_exclusive_sarah_palins_secret_lover_revealed/celebrity/65481

Yeah this whole moves totally flies in the face of big dick republicanism that has held America captivated for the last 8 years. I cant see this being a good move for McCain.

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/images/ne/209582/59428.jpg

is this pic supposed to infer shes indicating todd's penis size or something

that its being used in the enquirer story, i mean

you mean 'imply,' not 'infer'

“Todd was away on business a lot and Sarah felt lonely. Brad was a good listener, and Sarah talked to him at length. Eventually, she real­ized she was falling in love with him,” one insider divulged.

“When Todd got back from one of his trips, Sarah told him that she had begun to have feelings for Brad.”