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

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"her responses on climate change and evolution seem pretty lucid and consistent..."

Really? Her it doesn't really matter if we are contributing to it or not seemed pretty glib to me.

her responses on climate change and evolution seem pretty lucid and consistent...

You mean where she says it doesn't matter whether global warming is man made, just that we stop it? How exactly do you stop global warming without curbing things man does that we believe cause it? How is that lucid or consistent?

And yes, she is willing to have evolution taught in schools. GAME CHANGER!

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The inimitable K-Lo, on Palin's refusal to name the magazines she reads to keep informed:

As soon as I saw it on CBS earlier (I trust most of you have better things to do with your time!), I knew the new conventional wisdom would be something like "she bans books and doesn't read." And sure enough. The e-mails are coming in. Obviously the governor of Alaska reads. And what it looked liked to me is the governor of Alaska decided she wasn't going to play along with Couric. Whatever she answered would be scrutinized for the next 24 hours for what she included and left off. So instead she let Katie badger her a little. (I half expected Palin to say, Katie, I even have a Blackberry in Alaska!)

And now the ticket is in yet a better position to run against the media.

Who knew a McCain ticket would ever be in a position to do such a thing?

The excerpt:

Couric: And when it comes to establishing your world view, I was curious, what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were tapped for this to stay informed and to understand the world?

Palin: I've read most of them, again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media.

Couric: What, specifically?

Palin: Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me all these years.

Couric: Can you name a few?

Palin: I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news, too. Alaska isn't a foreign country, where it's kind of suggested, "wow, how could you keep in touch with what the rest of Washington, D.C., may be thinking when you live up there in Alaska?" Believe me, Alaska is like a microcosm of America.

also lesbianism is a choice her unnamed friend of 30 years made that she did not. I think that was the plot of Personal Best.

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the reform that is not only desired, but is deserved by Americans.

Dudes, lucid =/= I agree. Jeez.

She's adhering to a version of the party line that balances appeasing the xtian wackos while not sounding like a crazy person. Of course that's glib. But that, foax, is DOING THE JOB. Most of the time she's just wandering lost somewhere in the vast Yukon of the mind...

And yeah, gay = lifestyle choice remains true only IFF yr gay and in the closet.

Believe me, Alaska is like a microcosm of America, as I have learned upon visiting your country over the last month.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/30/eveningnews/main4490788.shtml <--transcript

i am both disgusted by palin but also in love with this britney-style trainwreck and it's potential to derail the mccain train even more

i think suggesting we can stop global warming without admitting we cause it is pretty crazy. it would imply you're going to rely on prayer. what kind of swing voter is gonna be turned on by that stance?

it's kinda funny when dems can point out the lunacy of fundie wackos while holding a faith-based belief that the republicans will perform miracles in the next month. "they're gonna turn that water into wine, I just know it..."

she thinks evolution should be taught, though--that was pretty suprising

GAME CHANGER CHANGES THE GAME

she SAYS she thinks evolution should be taught

WHAT WILL SHE SAY ABOUT DINOSAURS

oh, Fox News

Palin: I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news, too. Alaska isn't a foreign country, where it's kind of suggested, "wow, how could you keep in touch with what the rest of Washington, D.C., may be thinking when you live up there in Alaska?" Believe me, Alaska is like a microcosm of America.

Lol, no, I'm not implying that Alaska is disconnected from what's going on in the world, I'm implying that you are.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ohio_early_voting

Misc bits from Ohio. Includes the phrases:

Obama got shellacked here by Hillary Rodham Clinton

Also, fun codewords still at play, 6 months later: the many blue-collar workers

Outside the Franklin County Veterans Memorial in Columbus, Republican lawyers apparently concerned about voter fraud snapped photographs of vehicle license plates.

PALIN: Also, I know all songs.

http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/goddess/is-elisabeth-looking-for-a-new-view/109?nc

"The View's" Elisabeth Hasselbeck is reportedly "really upset" about the recent political discussions (i.e. the upcoming presidential election) that have been taking place on her daytime gab fest. As the lone Republican on the talk panel -- not to mention the youngest -- she just can't seem to win against her loud, liberal counterparts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg.

While tensions are high on set, a "View" staff member told the Chicago Sun-Times that things aren't as bad as they were during the Rosie O'Donnell era. Still, it's bad enough that Barbara Walters has set up a "cooling off" meeting for her ladies.

Rumor has it that Elisabeth may even be leaving "The View" to host her own program on the FOX News Channel, where she can be with her own "kind" ... and not have to face off with Joy and Whoopi on a daily basis! That sort of makes me sad. Although I think Hasselbeck often comes across as being out of touch, uninformed, and immature, I must admit that the outspoken 31-year-old makes for some good television!

Fortunately, Elisabeth got to take a break from all of her work drama over the weekend with her little girl Grace. (Doesn't the 3-year-old look a lot like her daddy, NFL quarterback Tim Hasselbeck?) The mother-daughter duo attended a special screening of "Sleeping Beauty" in NYC, celebrating the Disney flick's 50th anniversary. Maybe she's not so bad after all.

Would you like to see Elisabeth Hasselbeck leave "The View"?

* Yes, I can't stand her!
* No, she's the only reason why I tune in.
* I couldn't care less.

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o god did u guys see her arguing about THE N WORD on the view

i dont get why she didn't just say "time and newsweek are the magazines that i read"

she can't be that uninformed and unprepared

Believe me, Alaska is like a microcosm of America.

if we counted the mosquitos

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looks totally legit

dammit, somebody's already blanked it out

Wedding date = election day?

http://savingbristol.com/page2.html

make sure you put in the ampersand

MAVERIQUE

Oh man, someone on Team O better grab a baton and RUN with this shit:

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from 2001 google

first hit for barack obama

looking young!

http://web.archive.org/web/20011215150456/www.senate.gov/~mccain/images/rudy&jsm2.jpg

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081001/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_battlegrounds

goodlooking poll news - but ends by saying that in Pennsylvania Obama has trouble with 'working-class voters who question his liberal voting record and, perhaps, his race'.

They question his race? ... I can't find the right words to comment on that.

they're just not sure he's really black

^ don't joke about that

mccain crazy grampa style just gets better

When he was asked if he had enjoyed taxpayer-backed health care throughout his life, McCain made abundantly clear what he thought of the question.

"You know that's an interesting statement, isn't it?" he observed. "And I have never been an astronaut, but I think I know the challenges of space. And I have never done a lot of things in my life that I think I am familar with."

? he could have picked almost anything

private health insurance: the final frontier

wtf John why not just say you stayed at a Holiday Inn?

mccain was on the phone with npr this morning about the senate bill. he sounded REALLY tired and was super rambly. plus he called it a 'fiscal' crisis again and not a financial one, one of his gaffes from the debate that would never be permitted a democrat.

does McCain NOT UNDERSTAND that he HAS taxpayer backed health care?

of course he understands that. he had it as a veteran and continues to have it as a public official. what he's saying, though, is that just because he's never had private health insurance, he can understand the struggles of regular Americans who do.

just like he understands the stresses of being outside of the earth's atmosphere, despite not being an astronaut.

yeah.

Pew: Obama 49-42
R2000: Obama 51-41
Rasmussen: 51-45
WaPo/ABC: 50-46

and, as per pinefox' link, Quinnipiac thinks he's up 8 points (!) in Florida and Ohio

i kinda want it to be closer to feel like i didn't waste my money, lol. not that i didn't think he'd basically won in march.