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

I find McCain kind of endearing when he gets irritable, even if the stuff coming out of his mouth is completely shitheaded. I think his annoyed tone of voice is similar to mine.

curtis you could find a reason to kind of like hilter

haha I had kind of expected you to agree with me tom! cranky ppl gotta stick together!

btw I still don't like McCain, I just like grumpy old men

(and I wouldn't think it was so endearing if I thought he had any significant chance of getting elected)

So, like is the shotgun wedding this weekend or what? Is that how she's going to get out of this?

(1) Voter preferences are much more strongly correlated with age than they have been in recent elections. In 2000, Al Gore won young (age 18-29) voters by just 2 points, barely different than his overall margin against George Bush. In 2004, John Kerry won young voters by 9 points. But this year, young voters are going for Barack Obama by anywhere from 15 to perhaps as many as 35 points, depending on which poll you look at.

I was not aware of that.

This is going to be incredible because since the 'youth vote' began snowballing for Obama all his opponents can do to counter it is mumble something about young people being too ADHD to turn up on polling day.

Okay, here's what should happen: prior to his next stop on the campaign trail, Obama needs 1) to sit down with some respected economists and 2) to have his campaign announce to the media that his next speech will be something a little different. He then uses the platform to talk to average Americans like adults, even in a relatively broad way, how they should behave in the face of this economic crisis. Fill the absolute void of leadership and say something helpful and, hopefully, a little comforting. Don't even mention McCain (which should never happen unless absolutely necessary, anyway). Act like a President. Maybe even kick it off with "My fellow Americans...". It's a gamble, but I think most Americans would like to see a little leadership at this point by someone who seems even vaguely trustworthy. Plus, if it pays off, McCain loses. If he does something similar, he looks like an also-ran. If he counters, any resultant economic meltdown is going to look like it's at least partly his fault. If he keeps mum, it's as good as a concession. This is the time for one of them to strike and make himself look like the presumptive President. And if it works out, it functions both as a calculated political move and the kind of speech that 5th graders read about in history class.

Mind you, I came up with this in the shower this morning, but there's a nugget of something worthwhile in there.

Mind you, I came up with this in the shower this morning, but there's a nugget of something worthwhile in there.

dang perry to thread

lol

omg why does he talk about pizza

It reminds him of his face?

Of course not. But, look, I understand this day and age of ‘gotcha’ journalism. Is that a pizza place? In a conversation with someone who you didn’t hear… the question very well, you don’t know the context of the conversation, grab a phrase.

^^^ this is crazy talk

and gdamn it was in a world famous CHEESESTEAK spot

"gotcha pizza journalism, is this for pick-up or delivery?"

"hi i'd like one pizza with extra moose, please"

when the delivery guy rears his head do you tip him y/n?

"You're not the regular moose pizza cheesesteak delivery boy."

Mooserella with that?

"this pizza is off the record and will continue to be off the record until you and your gotcha pizza delivery style learn some respect"

when you open the pizza box, those fake spring-snake things fly everywhere and scare the shit out of you. then the delivery boy takes the secret video of the event and it shows up on the evening news.

BOXCAR JOURNALISM

I've had pizza with moose!

http://i35.tinypic.com/2qv598i.jpg

Santa Cheesesteak is coming to town.

is McCain sensitive about her fundie following knowing she was in a bar?

their burgers are good but they can forget about gabbneb's business. that'll show 'em.

Finally – this thread is interesting (and it's close to lunchtime).

To be fair, their menu does have pizza burgers, pizza fries, and something called chicken pepperoni pizza steak.

yes, let's be fair and let john talk about pizza while quibbling policy positions on pakistan

I'm not sure why they couldn't combine'em all: chicken pepperoni pizza fried steak.

i was talking about the irish pub, where she watched the debate; didn't realize the pakistan question was elsewhere

all of this is missing the major point that mccain and palin would have to sit down with couric together to attempt to clarify her statements, and the fact that he just kept interrupting on palin's behalf, shows just how little the campaign trusts her to speak for herself

i may have said this already i would like to apologize to the entire world for thinking that mitt romney would have been a more lol pick for VP--palin is beyond my wildest dreams

Palin proposed policy positions on Pakistan at a Philadelphia pizza place.

Santa Cheesesteak is coming to town.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, September 30, 2008 9:48 AM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Perma

"ho ho hoagie"

"hollering a question across an area" --> meme

don't know if this was posted yet

Of concern to McCain's campaign, however, is a remaining and still-undisclosed clip from Palin's interview with Couric last week that has the political world buzzing.

The Palin aide, after first noting how "infuriating" it was for CBS to purportedly leak word about the gaffe, revealed that it came in response to a question about Supreme Court decisions.

After noting Roe vs. Wade, Palin was apparently unable to discuss any major court cases.

There was no verbal fumbling with this particular question as there was with some others, the aide said, but rather silence.

i may have said this already i would like to apologize to the entire world for thinking that mitt romney would have been a more lol pick for VP--palin is beyond my wildest dreams

― Mr. Que, Tuesday, September 30, 2008 11:10 AM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

mee too i am quite contrite regarding this lapse in judgment

Palin proposed policy positions on Pakistan at a Philadelphia pizza place.

:p

Chicago North Side tavern hangs nude portrait of Sarah Palin

http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2008-09/42663731.jpg

"Bruce Elliott, whose wife owns the Old Town Ale House, painted this nude portrait of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. He said his daughter, who does a good impression of the Alaska governor, served as model. (Kuni Takahashi, Chicago Tribune / September 29, 2008)"

haha xpost

uh

He said his daughter, who does a good impression of the Alaska governor, served as model.

He said his daughter, who does a good NUDE impression of the Alaska governor, served as model.

:]

xposts it's a furious race from the Trib's google app to ilx

like i was saying - http://thepage.time.com/2008/09/30/eye-of-newt/

Newt Gingrich is now, for a couple of days at least, the leader of the Republican Party

he's just using Eric Cantor's pretty face