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

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1831461

Mr. Letterman is not done yet

can someone pls give bullet point summary of the last 12 hrs in the next 15 minutes?

11 am - john mccain is in dc somewhere. people are yelling at him.
later on - obama is in dc, they all go to a meeting with the president. everybody except the house republicans seem to be in agreement with the deal. house GOPers' phones have been ringing off the hook not to deal. John McCain is accused of lending legitimacy to this insurgent movement. The president gets mad. Hank The Bank pleads with Pelosi for help.
about three hours ago - no deal. Sarah Palin still dumb. Barack still Teflon. John McCain still getting yelled at.

actually check that, it was about one hour ago there was still no deal.
there might not be one this week. the republicans in the house could stall this through sunday.

bless.

http://www.propublica.org/images/articles/bailout_balloons3c.gif

TOP 10 SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT SARAH PALIN

10. Sometimes Sarah calls John McCain “Grandpa.”

9. She stole that sexy librarian look from me.

8. Recently passed legislation to build a bridge to Funkytown.

7. Does great impressions of Tina Fey.

6. Favorite meal: moose nuggets and beaver jerky.

5. Working on “Knight Rider” spinoff about a talking snowmobile.

4. Favorite book? “Late Show Fun Facts” -– available at fine stores everywhere.

3. Once spent a week in the hospital after attempting to put lipstick on a pit bull.

2. To improve her foreign policy experience, she recently went to the International House of Pancakes.

1. Only person I know who’s not afraid to go hunting with Dick Cheney.

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) angrily accused House Republicans — with the tacit support of Republican presidential candidate John McCain — of crafting an alternative to undercut Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.

Both McCain and his Democrat rival, Sen. Barack Obama, left without any joint endorsement. A beleaguered President Bush had to struggle to maintain order and reassert himself. And when Democrats left after the meeting to caucus in the Roosevelt Room, Paulson pursued them, begging that they not "blow up" the legislation.

The former Goldman Sachs CEO even went down on one knee as if genuflecting, to which Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.) is said to have joked, "I didn't know you were Catholic."

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13918.html

poor wee W

this motherfucker

The former Goldman Sachs CEO even went down on one knee as if genuflecting, to which Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.) is said to have joked, "I didn't know you were Catholic."

COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD BLOOOOOOOOOODEDDDDDDDDD

was just reading that Politico piece. I find McCain so incredibly revolting right now. I've talked to three people smarter than myself (on the economy, anyway) that I trust who say this thing needs to get done to avert catastrophe, and it sounded like this morning that Frank/Dodd et al had gotten lots of good changes in to make it more palatable.

Now McCain's ego drops in and shits all over everything.

from the same piece:

McCain could feel that same pressure. Having called for the meeting, he will have to show if can deliver the votes of House Republicans, many of whom have been leery of him in the past. Mindful of this, the senator’s campaign issued a brief statement an hour after the breakup of the meeting.

“We're optimistic that Sen. McCain will bring House Republicans on board without driving other parties away, resulting in a successful deal for the American taxpayer.”

what a jackass

shit is bonkers, what the hell is going on right now

this is standard-issue McCain - he's the dumb guy not doing any of the hard work who makes a pain in the ass of himself by rebelling against what everyone wants to do, talking a lot of smack in the process, then crashes and burns

Some Unity advocates have tried to coerce Hillary supporters by playing the abortion card. They argue that voting for a pro-life candidate like McCain is somehow ‘betraying women’ and ‘setting women back.’

It’s sexist to assume that women only care about abortion. That’s like suggesting that African-Americans only vote on welfare—kind of racist when you think about it.

why this motherfucker gotta be such a shit-stirrer

ha

from another Politico piece:

After a wild meeting at the White House, House Financial Service Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was asked whether the Congress and the president were close to a deal.

“Yes and no,” he said. "We're closer to a deal between House Democrats, Senate Democrats, Senate Republicans and the administration. I cannot tell you, but we seem further away with the House Republicans because we thought we might have some differences of opinion over the president's approach. They're now talking about a very different approach."

Frank bashed McCain for becoming involved in the bailout talks, suggesting he was doing it only for political gain in the presidential race.

"I think Sen. McCain was hurting politically on the economic issue," Frank just told reporters. "I think this was a campaign ploy for Sen. McCain. I think they then had this problem that there might not have been enough of a deadlock for him to resolve. I don't know what motivated what, but the next thing we know, he's in a position, frankly, where he's making it harder to get things done rather than negotiate differences.

"He's slowed it down, I don't know whether he caused it or what," Frank said. "We are trying to put it back together."

link: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13946.html

hearing palin re: israel you get a whiff of that pentacostalism when she kicks into the "good guys / bad guys" mode

she can't discuss policy or nuance, but like a good hockey parent (q.v. this) she knows how to whip up the US vs. THEM / good vs. evil / Manichean lizardbrain nonsense

read that as "lizardbrarian"

just as well

McCain screws the pooch

(n.b. not a Palin reference)

Ed Harris as McCain, Fred Ward as Todd Palin

TOP 10 SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT SARAH PALIN

10. Sometimes Sarah calls John McCain “Grandpa.”

9. She stole that sexy librarian look from me.

8. Recently passed legislation to build a bridge to Funkytown.

7. Does great impressions of Tina Fey.

6. Favorite meal: moose nuggets and beaver jerky.

5. Working on “Knight Rider” spinoff about a talking snowmobile.

4. Favorite book? “Late Show Fun Facts” -– available at fine stores everywhere.

3. Once spent a week in the hospital after attempting to put lipstick on a pit bull.

2. To improve her foreign policy experience, she recently went to the International House of Pancakes.

1. Only person I know who’s not afraid to go hunting with Dick Cheney.

― Office Cat is Eating the Monitor Again (kingfish), Thursday, September 25, 2008 10:10 PM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this could not be less funny

Enh. Apparently it was delivered by residents of Wasila by satellite.

i probably need to see it on the show in context, at first i assumed that was like another slate article or something

So hey, folks, four weeks ago tonight Barack did a speech in Denver and a plane took off from Alaska.

that actually seems longer than i expected. i think time is speeding up

seems longer ago than i expected, as in that felt like last week

yeah that looks like pretty standard letterman ho-hum top 10 fare. u probably don't need to watch it to understand it, just imagine him saying "WHAT? WHAT?" in between some of them

four weeks ago tonight i was in north carolina amongst republicans. when i woke up friday morning, one of my best friends said, exultantly, in reference to the selection of palin, 'this is what happens when you put a bunch of smart people together in one room.'

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i dont pay attention to these threads but did you guys see this shit?!?!?!?!?!?!
http://www.nicksloan.com/2008/09/new-527-ad-mccain-could-die-soon.html

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h57/texasrainmaker/obama_punch.jpg

yeah dude that was on teevee today with his band-aids on his face and everything! terrifying

that shit is going to backfire so retardedly

So apparently Obama has said he'll be there to do either a town hall, one on one w/ Jim Lehrer, or something of a mix. I just got another email about "Join a local debate watch party" from the campaign.

Also, this:

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one of my best friends said, exultantly, in reference to the selection of palin, 'this is what happens when you put a bunch of smart people together in one room.'

Could you ask him for a follow-up?

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/09/25/business/26bush_600.jpg

'she's got more executive experience than mccain, obama and biden combined'

no mention of the fact that wasilla has roughly the population of my public school district (my senior class: 105), or that alaska in general, apart from being significantly unlike Outside (dividend, no sales tax) has about a quarter the people of brooklyn.

and you know, this honestly wouldn't be a huge deal if she showed any sort of intelligence or inquisitiveness. i don't have any executive experience, but i'm pretty sure i know a good bit more about foreign policy, among other things, than she does. and i've even lived in alaska!

ugh that ad

"bump this thread if your high school had more ppl in it than wasilla, AK" would be a good thread

uh, how many 7250-person high schools are there?

high school district, dude -- and a lot

you said hs district; jordan said high school full stop

hey gabbneb why dont you pick a fight about it

c'mon neb, you can tell the difference

guys, i'm not talking to either of you btw

more observer than leader