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

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:

http://www.randomtuesday.com/pictures/arrested/s2/lucille_chicken.gif

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.

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReportUC.aspx?g=54d651a7-a62b-4420-bb32-9dd6b2df8c02

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.

yes very likely

yep

the end-result = McCain injected prez election politics into what had previously been a coordinated bipartisan effort instead of "putting country first"

god what a shitbag

really hoping for the judo flip moment now: "nuh uh babycakes we SO ARE having the debate ps we're still running our ads too fuk u if u disagree"

Obama: I think its going to be part of the president's job to be able to deal with more than one thing at once

http://edgeofthewest.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/neither-rain-nor-sleet-nor-gloom-of-night/

^^ kind of meaningless against a party that believes a fantasy version of history, if any at all, but worth remembering

Obama: I think its going to be part of the president's job to be able to deal with more than one thing at once

OH SNAP

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/ole-miss-offici.html

ABC News' Tahman Bradley Reports: A senior University of Mississippi official reacted Wednesday to the news that Sen. John McCain R-Ariz., wants to postpone Friday's presidential debate, saying that such a move would be "devastating" for the university which has already invested millions in preparation for the debate.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/24/john-mccain-cancels-lette_n_128998.html

Keith Olbermann will appear on Wednesday's "Late Show" in McCain's place.

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

i was gonna say he should send Palin to Congress to handle all this important economic business, lol

I probably don't share his taste, but lols at Obama's Brando and film criticism

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Things just got interesting. From CNN:

McCain surrogate Sen. Lindsey Graham tells CNN the McCain campaign is proposing to the Presidential Debate Commission and the Obama camp that if there's no bailout deal by Friday, the first presidential debate should take the place of the VP debate, currently scheduled for next Thursday, October 2 in St. Louis.

In this scenario, the vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin would be rescheduled for a date yet to be determined, and take place in Oxford, Mississippi, currently slated to be the site of the first presidential faceoff this Friday.

pit bull still in training?

http://palinpeeps.com/

The Woman Hillary Always Wanted To Be

(very very strange About tab on that site)

there is totally going to be a bill by Friday