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

i can't even figure out what that quote is trying to say

like I said, this is McCain flaming out

omg:

Jonah;

I think McCain should show up for the debate looking reluctant and disheveled. He could apologize for this condition, saying he had to rush back from doing the nation’s business. He could be like Grant having to apologize to the impeccably dressed Lee at Appomattox for showing up all muddy and in an old private’s coat. There was, after all, a war that needed winning.

akm, that Palin would debate Obama on Foreign Policy apparently.

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huffposts headlines have improved 500% in the last month

i think mccain should rely on cheap obviously-staged theatrics that make him look even more confused than normal

re: Goldberg - that's a great idea, except that no one at the capital has requested/needs McCain's help and dude does not have anything cogent to offer to the debate.

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pls to begin photoshops of McCain crashing/burning

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think about that last post for a second Shakey Mo

he should rush out in the middle of the debate to tend to "the nation’s business" leaving a surprised and unprepared sarah palin to take over for him

think about that last post for a second Shakey Mo

hahahaha

um

oh shit what have I said

Someone gets it:

If Senator McCain believes that he can help to enact a plan that can stabilize the markets and lay the foundation for future growth, then suspending the campaign and going to Washington was the right thing to do.

But it is hard to see what McCain can do to help, and easy to see how his intervention could hurt. He brings, as he himself has admitted in the past, no expertise to the table. And won't Democrats be less likely to cooperate on a plan if doing so will help make McCain be the hero of the hour?

So McCain's move may have been a mistake on substance. It may prove to be a political mistake too: If McCain can't bring both parties together in an economic crisis after staking so much on it, won't voters draw adverse conclusions about his leadership ability?

Palin step in for him

Can it happen in Kissinger's living room, too?

Alfred who's that from...

ok so we have jonah on the train and k-lo off, can't wait for kristol's take

what's the intrade on victor davis hanson mentioning cincinnatus?

"i think john mccain should dress up like daniel boone"

IMHO, this is another (Palin) brilliant stroke for the McCain campaign and demonstrates the legitimacy of his claim to be a creative and courageous leader.

lol @ corner readers

Obama to McCain:

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hahaha

obama vs mccain/palin has been giving me serious michael bluth vibes for a minute now

folks whatever happens to our country from here on out, i think we should cherish this moment because it is HILARIOUS

weird xps

"So Daddy, what did you do in the culture wars?"

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EXCLUSIVE: LETTERMAN MOCKS MCCAIN CANCELLATION
Wed Sep 24 2008 17:41:58 ET

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David Letterman tells audience that McCain called him today to tell him he had to rush back to DC to deal with the economy.

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Then in the middle of the taping Dave got word that McCain was, in fact just down the street being interviewed by Katie Couric. Dave even cut over to the live video of the interview, and said, "Hey Senator, can I give you a ride home?"

Earlier in the show, Dave kept saying, "You don't suspend your campaign. This doesn't smell right. This isn't the way a tested hero behaves." And he joked: "I think someone's putting something in his metamucil."

"He can't run the campaign because the economy is cratering? Fine, put in your second string quarterback, Sara Palin. Where is she?"

"What are you going to do if you're elected and things get tough? Suspend being president? We've got a guy like that now!"

Developing...

WAU

Oh man, cutting to the live video is a nice touch

Ramesh Ponnuru, Shakey.

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Oops

3 of my favorite movies too omg!

"What are you going to do if you're elected and things get tough? Suspend being president? We've got a guy like that now!"

ahahahahahaha

Newt:

Newt on Senator McCain’s Decision to Suspend His Campaign to Forge an Agreement on the Financial Crisis:

The McCain Leadership Factor

Today john McCain showed what it meant to put country first.

He put everything on the line to try to put together a bipartisan sizable economic package to replace the failed Paulson bailout package.

This is the greatest single act of responsibility ever taken by a presidential candidate and rivals President Eisenhower saying, ‘I will go to Korea.’

Every House and Senate Republican should join him in seeking the best ideas and the best solutions from across the country.

This is the day the McCain-reform Republican Party began to truly emerge as a movement which puts country first, solutions first, and big change first.

If House and Senate Republicans can help McCain put together a three part economic package history could be made.

BWHAHAHAAHAHA

This is the greatest single act of responsibility ever taken by a presidential candidate and rivals President Eisenhower saying, ‘I will go to Korea.’

Huh.

lolz spin harder Newt

Was Ike going to Korea a monument of decision making to anyone but Newt?

This is the same newt who cautioned Congress to slow down this weekend.

I wonder if we're going to get surprises like this every week now.

"Palin!"

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"...uh BAILOUT!"

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this is the same newt who SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT

just wait til russia invades something else, perhaps alaska

the negotiated agreement is already pretty much done? that's the word i'm seeing. it's not as if john mccain, sometime this afternoon, is the first public servant to be thinking about this shit.

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I never quite understood the significance of the "I will go to Korea" line. People write of it as a signal that Ike was saying "I will end the war," I suppose by going there to negotiate a peace. Did he actually go to Korea?

This is also the same Newt that said before 2008 that the Democrats have an 80% chance of winning the presidential election.

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I WILL GO TO KOREA OR WHATEVER!

That's a historical confusion. He actually went to Koreatown in SF and got the bulgogi at Hodori.

(Newt Gingrich ,right? Not an actual newt?)

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I KNOW IM RITE

nobody in congress is gonna do anything that will give McCain even the slightest chance of claiming credit - and yeah Schumer/Frank/Dodd are already hammering out the deal. they don't need grandpa's help.

The Dems will likely rally around Obama if McCain tries to claim credit.