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

Couric: [McCain] has been in Congress for 26 years and been head of the Commerce committee. When has he ever pushed for more oversight or regulation?

Palin: He's known as The Maverick.

He's sucked dick all over the world.

joke from letterman:(paraphrased)

McCain said he'll not only cancel today's appearance, but friday's debate. So, you know, Obama will now have to debate Regis.

meanwhile on bbc news site, US economy and presidential race sonned by magicians and rappers, followed on quickly by irish economy and boring weather

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sarah palin is like a malfunctioning campaignbot now

hey, you know what, fuck you, bill:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/25/happening-now-mccain-at-clinton-global-initiative/

"John Mccain said Thursday now is not the time to engage in presidential politics, in a speech at the Clinton Global Initiative."

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/politicalinsider/2008/09/is-mccain-preparing-to-vote-ag.html

i wonder if sarah palin (or any GOP surrogate for that matter) knows or cares that the word "maverick" is not, uh, wholly positive in its connotations

hey, remember when everyone described Palin as "smart"?

like it was objectively and self-evidently true?

no?

i mean, she graduated from college, that's qualification enough. hey, it works for mccain, right?

i guess you weren't watching the teevee during the ten days after her nomination

mccain: "is that actually true?"
producer: "well, we've interpretted universal as actually meaning the universe, so yes."
mccain: "that's good enough for me. 'i'm john mccain, and i approved this message.'"

or something like that. man, i wish i had a transcript of that SNL skit.

every Republican surrogate, and even an analyst or two, was sure to note that she did in fact check off the 'smart' box. even Laura Bush was telling us what a 'quick study' she is, the other night, after Bill Clinton told us all about her 'instincts' or whatever.

they took away my stolen cable ;_;

re: davis' lobbying firm

couric: "isn't that a conflict of interest?"
palin: "........... again, [repeats answer to previous question]"

Rasmussen
NC: Obama 49% McCain 47%

yeah, Bubba - guy should just keep his mouth shut jeeezus

McCain suspends campaign, rushes back to DC for photo op

The markets have already factored in a deal: the Dow is up 200.e top congressional principles have essentially done the heavy lifting this morning, and the White House meeting later today has already been downplayed by Chuck Schumer as "photo op."

it is kinda amazing how badly McCain has managed to fuck up in just under 72 hours

Palin doesn't seem stupid. She does about as well in that interview as any of us would if we'd never previously thought about any of the issues too.

Not if McCain votes against the bailout, though I'm not at all sure that politically that's a winner. But doing so would make more credible his distance from Bush, could gain him badly-needed populist cred, and could prolong the crisis so that the debates are postponed (and Palin thus gets more time to prepare).

i seriously doubt that the debates are going to be postponed, unless 9/11 pt. 2 happens

I hope you're right, but the McCain campaign is winging it, and might grandstand Friday and just not show up.

no showing would be a big huge stupid blunder

anyone catch the Smirking Lobster of Hope on "Today Show" this morning? He's unofficially campaigning for McCain, or at least wants him to win.

McCain not voting on bipartisan solution to a national crisis will make him look like a complete asshole, his numbers will go in the toilet.

anyone catch the Smirking Lobster of Hope on "Today Show" this morning? He's unofficially campaigning for McCain, or at least wants him to win.

is he still talking about that happy little Down Syndrome kid who lives down the street?

obama spoke at the Clinton Global Initiative too

http://thepage.time.com/obama-remarks-to-clinton-global-initiative/

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/bill-clinton-do.html

hes talking abt how mccains motivation for "suspending" his campaign is pure as the driven rain

About Joan Crawford McCain's histrionics:

"I presume McCain did that in good faith since I know he wanted — I remember he asked for more debates to go all around the country, and so I don't think we ought to overly parse that."

cant tell if bill is: angling for a 2012 hillary presidency, still mad abt the primaries, crazy, or what?

i can't really figure out why he's been on so many shows this week. was it because of CGI or some other reason?

did none of you guys see Clinton on the Daily Show loudly & ringingly endorsing Obama? I know ppl are enamored of this "Clinton wants McCain to win" idea, but it's flatly untrue

yeah he did that at the convention too - at best the dude sends mixed signals and helps nobody, should shut his yapper imho.

Bill Clinton is a complicated man, and no one understands him but his woman.

man people still freak out over everything Bill Clinton says, don't they

Clinton was telling Larry King last night how he's going to get sent down to Florida to round up "The Cracker Vote" (his words).

bill has always held that you attack the other guy's ideas, not their motivations - he usually doesn't try to get inside other peoples' heads when making a political point. even in 2004, when he spoke at the nominating convention for kerry, he was quick to say that republicans are fine people, but they don't have the right ideas for the country. i.e. this is nothing new from him

The only positive thing I can think of that McCain might get out of 'suspending' his campaign, is that his decision will tend to dominate one news cycle. Also, it might briefly distract journalists from reporting his actual positions on the economy.

did none of you guys see Clinton on the Daily Show loudly & ringingly endorsing Obama? I know ppl are enamored of this "Clinton wants McCain to win" idea, but it's flatly untrue

― J0hn D., Thursday, September 25, 2008 11:57 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

1 day after being called out by chris rock for not mentioning obamas name once on letterman

clinton is at the v least conflicted abt this campaign

Clinton is also adept at the culture wars. He's 'Bubba' from Arkansas who isn't so elite (despite being a Rhodes Scholar) that he can't understand what the flyover people find attractive in Palin. I have no idea as to his sincerity, but I'm inclined to think it's sly of him to help diffuse the 'how-dare-you-librulls-attack-Sarah' resentment on the right.

bill - he's a heartbreaker ain't he

Bill Clinton is an asshole.

diffuse or defuse?

both!

d-fuse