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

A Hostile Audience [Rich Lowry]

One side effect of McCain's debate gambit is, I'm told, that everyone at Ole Miss now hates him. It will make for a very hostile audience tonight among those students and faculty attending. He might have to apologize for creating the uncertainty or make some explanation up front, which is never ideal.

Michael stop talking to him for chrissakes.

Pics with Cindy McCain in Seattle/eastside at a fundraiser two days ago... since the campaign was suspended, it must have been raising money to fight pine beetles or something

http://hosseinkhorram.blogspot.com/

You guys carry on, I'm going to make shrimp & grits.

i wonder when a major British political party will nominate a black person for PM

The Mudflats blog -- which has been great for tracking Palin funnies -- has just moved to its new home:

http://www.themudflats.net/

Well worth a scrounge if you've not been there yet.

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how many george will conservatives are there?

versions of this clip going around: toobin spanking the rest of the cnn talking head lineup for buying the "suspension" uncritically

especially interesting to see wolf blitzer hastily trying to air out mccain's argument for himself one last time, like "oh shit no wait, coach might be watching!!" the psychology of MSM maverick-love is so fucking weird

so since this debate is on we will presumably get to see palin debate next week, yes? OH MAN I CAN NOT WAIT FOR THAT

although i am half expecting the mccain camp to come up with some inane excuse at the last minute about why she won't attend, like baby trig being miraculously cured of the Downs or the impending Rapture or witch-craft related blindness

Huck: McCain made a huge mistake

when's the first snowfall in AK? if you don't get a few good runs in on the fresh powder, your snow machine season is fucked. it's a family thing.

xp

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would smash

cindy casts demonic ice pick for beatdown

i envision a people mag cover exclaiming SHE'S HAVING A BABY! with Palin suddenly 8 months pregnant.

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STEEMPUNK

WORK IT, CINDY

is she holding a trout fillet or something?

Why is that lady on her right aiming to pinch her nipple?

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look at how pleasant she looks!

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Has there already been announced that tonight's debate will also be about the economy? They surely won't only talk about foreign politics now right?

that jacket is pretty sharp on her, why because it cost 2 thousadn dollar

i think tonight's debate is 'potpourri'

as far as i know, the debate format is unchanged and the topic will be foreign policy, though their opening remarks will undoubtedly be about the economic crisis

"i'll take potent potables for 200, jim."

i'm pretty sure they've thrown foreign-policy-only out the window

crazzzy picture

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/09/26/us/politics/mccainplane533.jpg

There seems to be only a plane door, not an actual plane. STAGED!

Are they off to a "Men who married their mistresses" convention?

Only one of these four people is contemplating jumping off the platform.

nice fancy coffee, Cindy

subtitle: The Way We Were

lol gabb, come on. I mean did you expect Cindy to run to Cafe Vivace instead?

That said, that is an amazing snapshot of Cindy.. mainly the hair.

re: mccain's "genius" move: i tried to explain yesterday how i'm getting more and more convinced that both mccain and palin are people who have never been denied anything or called out on anything, and thus have not much experience making a fact-based case for the things that they believe. mccain was certainly denied a lot of things while in captivity, by explicit and vicious enemies; not exactly an open forum.

my guess is that mccain didn't even consider the possibility that his "suspension" gambit would look like transparent shit-stirring hyperactivity to the public, or that BHO wouldn't immediately cave on the debates. it didn't cross his mind that everybody wouldn't fall into line.

a lot of people are saying "mccain had to have known that obama wouldn't agree to postpone, right? what's the genius maverick up to?!?" and the answer is, well no, maybe he didn't know that.

Mackro, I still want some flesh for this bullshit

I think Lehrer has all but said he'll be asking questions on the economy as well.

hey if we scrape together a few hundred bucks, we can probably hire a shop full of kids in guanzhou to post that pic into every right wing blog comment whenever someone uses the word "latte" for the next few days

i just want to post this again

http://dailyrepublic.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/19/obama_ready_to_ko_mccain.jpg

Mackro, I still want some flesh

― gabbneb, Friday, September 26, 2008 1:10 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

"I think Andrew Sullivan conservatives are less numerous than we think, but one can hope."

yeah.

"how many george will conservatives are there?"

probably not many of those either. i think we are mostly talking about elites + intellectuals but google obamacon.
but i've seen polls indicating that liberterian-leaning voters (broadly speaking, not paulbots) have swung democrat starting in 06 and voting for obama.

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it's not just the effects of the cocaine

u always hear about mythical "small business" types who secretly, quietly, want a national health plan

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Worst ABBA reunion show ever.

wahahahahahahah

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I think Lehrer has all but said he'll be asking questions on the economy as well.

youdecide.com says: Word is that debate moderator Jim Lehrer will open with question on the economic bail out plan and current issues before proceeding to foreign policy issues.

jean teasdale