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

This is 2008. Can we get a new stage designer plz?

the green chucks signify that his cargo pocket is in fact full of tasty drugs

will ye have a drug, democracy?

http://www.electiontaxes.com/

Put on a damn suit, vacuum boy. Jesus. I had to do camera work for the Italian prime minister's visit to the Rhode Island state house one time and I almost was told to stay home that day because of my scruffy look. I promised them I had some nice clothes and they warily OK'd me. I showed up and passed. By the way can I just say - Italian secret service guys wear some nice fucking suits.

dude their ITALIAN

I've never heard it called that before.

Let me also ask this: How many jobs have poor people created? Poor people don’t employ people. Rich people are the ones who create middle class jobs by investing and expanding businesses. Take away their money and you take away your job.

^^^some genius reasoning here

guys have you seen this? great stuff from cafferty but my favorite part is wolf blitzer. he is CHANNELING paul shaffer. cafferty as letterman, blitzer as shaffer

haha cafferty is great

whoa

i appreciate that CNN/our side's got its own exponent of that Brit Hume/Bill O'Reilly-style old-white-dude-paternalism, if in fact anyone pays attention to him, but I'm not exactly a fan of it no matter the partisan lean

Obama says "McCain's debating skills are unparalleled...and the expectations for him tonight are sky-high." The McCain camp doesn't launch into hyperbole but also tries to set expectations by calling Obama's debating skills "pretty good."

expectations-setting is the most surreal part of the election game imo

i mean, in any election except this one, it would be

tracer, did you see my question about what channel I should watch the debate on? i have bbc, sky, fox, cnn (and cnbc if they show it?).

If by CNN you mean CNN International I'd watch it on that in the hopes of possibly insightful commentary.. but won't it pretty much.. all be the same?

Don't they have intermission with pundits/lols? If not then yeah, CNN Int.

I think all the nets will draw on the same feed for the debate, so it won't matter what channel you watch it on, and this thread will have more entertaining pundits before and after than the tv will. (xxpost)

Esp. if we've all been drinking.

I like these guys whose job it has always been to shovel the day's C.W. finally cracking under the strain of McCain/Palin. Apparently even the MSM reach a limit where they can't play along with a phony "suspension" of a campaign, or the supposed "preparedness" of a dingbat.

i'm drunk btw, xp

debates thred?

"i mean, in any election except this one, it would be"

I was about to say.

debates thred?

― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, September 26, 2008 5:27 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

plz do

Okay, found a proper viewing spot. Once I fix a flat bike tire, off we go.

megawau at that cafferty bit, utterly awesome

I mean Palin really was 100% "some people are from countries that don't have maps" there

such as. south africa.

The Drunken Obama-McCain Debate Thread

Heh chart of the Palin economic fix:

https://blogs.portfolio.com/images/feeds/blogs/palineconom.gif

https://blogs.portfolio.com/images/feeds/blogs/palineconom.gif

How the fuck could anybody have diagrammed those sentences?

I haven't looked at any editorial cartoons in, uh, probably a couple of years, so I had no idea how awesome and vicious Tom Toles' caricature of McCain was.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/opinion/ssi/images/Toles/c_09262008_520.gif

Reminds me of Hunter Thompson's description of George Foreman: "a human hamburger...a man on the verge of death."

The best lol is that the name of that guy vacuuming the stage is ALAN JUSTICE.

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/6282/massdebatesd3.jpg

Okay what the fuck is that.

Rehearsal stand-ins.

I realize that, and yet. Something about the look of the guy on the left.

Since the McCain campaign (surprisingly) didn't ask for a different size podium or any phone books, the height differential should make for good lulz.

<img src="http://www.marriedtothesea.com/022406/never-reveal.jpg";>

FUCK!

http://www.marriedtothesea.com/022406/never-reveal.jpg

lol wut

"main street" - check. anyone else playing bingo?

is that the first "my friends"?

retroactive drinking game buzzwords:

senator obama doesn't understand
main street
bracelet
miss congeniality

continuing resolution

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/25/1448502.aspx

For Chinese, U.S. election is 'entertaining'
Posted: Friday, September 26, 2008 7:03 AM
Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer

‘It’s just for fun’
"Many people pay attention to the election but with different motivations," said Professor Jin Canrong, Associate Dean at the School of International Studies. According to Jin, interest in China is broken down into three broad categories: official (government), intellectual (academics and policy analysts), and laobaixing (ordinary people).

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"We noticed some differences in their policy towards China," said Jin. "For John McCain, he will pay more attention to the so-called military build-up of China, the religious freedoms, and Taiwan…. For Obama, we have some concern about the possible trade protectionism, some dispute around climate change, human rights, especially the human rights issue relating to Tibet."

But because the policy differences at this stage seem minute or elusive to most Chinese, they focus instead on the candidates’ personalities. "McCain, he’s a veteran, he’s very patriotic, and he’s 70. He’s got all this old stuff going on," said Annie Gong, a 20-year old college junior. "Obama, of course, he’s young, cute…but I think he’s kind of lacking in experience."

lol "For intellectual communities, they want to learn something from the process and try to improve China’s approach of governance," said Jin. "But for the average people, especially young people, it’s just for fun."

cnn poll, via tpm

Regardless of which candidate you happen to support, who do you think did the best job in the debate -- Barack Obama or John McCain?
Obama 51%
McCain 38%

Did _______ do a better or worse job than you expected?
Obama: Better 57%, Worse 20%, Same 23%
McCain: Better 60%, Worse 20%, Same 18%

Next, regardless of which presidential candidate you support, please tell me if you think Barack Obama or John McCain would better handle each of the following issues:

• The war in Iraq: Obama 52%, McCain 47%

• Terrorism: McCain 49%, Obama 45%

• The economy: Obama 58%, McCain 37%

• The current financial crisis: Obama 54%, McCain 36%

Thinking about the following characteristics and qualities, please say whether you think each one better described Barack Obama or John McCain during tonight's debate:

• Was more intelligent: Obama 55%, McCain 30%

• Expressed his views more clearly: Obama 53%, McCain 36%

• Spent more time attacking his opponent: McCain 60%, Obama 23%

• Was more sincere and authentic: Obama 46%, McCain 38%

• Seemed to be the stronger leader: Obama 49%, McCain 43%

• Was more likeable: Obama 61%, McCain 26%

• Was more in touch with the needs and problems of people like you: Obama 62%, McCain 32%

Based on what _______ said and did in tonight's debate, do you think he would be able to handle the job of president if he is elected?
Obama 69%-29%
McCain 68%-30%