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

of all the stories to get out in front of, and of all the ways to get out in front of a story...

"uh there's some old brazilian model the senator balled way back, she wrote a book."
"foreign policy? can we go with that? ok, let's go with that."

McCain knows Latin America...biblically

I wonder if he supported early withdrawal back then. . .

wait how did I miss that mccain had a dude on his bus named Dick Fontaine

For her part, Teixeira said McCain wasn't just good at smooching. She recalled details of their Rio romp and how she'd pick him up in her turquoise blue Cadillac El Dorado convertible. McCain's book remembers it being a Mercedes Benz.

''He was not only a good kisser, he was good at everything,'' she said.

The former beauty queen recalls

MEME MEME MEME MEME

I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry at that story

McCain knows Latin America...biblically

lol

"''He was not only a good kisser, he was good at everything,'' she said."

He knew how to win a war even then.

''He was not only a good kisser, he was good at everything,'' she said.

http://www.tlntv.com/sopranos/cast/castimgs/JuniorSoprano-.jpg

hahahaha

remember how wacky it seemed that a guy like gwb was gonna be president

i cant believe the degree to which this election has surpassed 00 on every level

You misunderestimated the Maverick.

Unless there is either a) electoral tie or b) a crazy recount which goes on forever, this election cannot surpass 2000 for sheer insanity.

wau

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/8750/torussiawithlovexg0.jpg

click for big:

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/1381/sarahcudapagerr0.th.jpghttp://img527.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif

i need a sarah-cuda

The NYT digs into the Ayers-Obama connection.

McCain wink meme pls, o wait

btw about that bullshit that blue-state votes don't count?

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/10/in_the_event_of_an_electoral_t.php

Sorry if this is a repost (couldn't find it upthread), but just when you were afraid that the debate would provide absolutely no trademark Palin nonsense incomplete google-translate talking point mashup babble, there's this:

she is pretty ridiculous. i feel like she looks like me when i snuck into a seminar my first year of college... always had a very surface-level idea of what was going on, and would make comments, get lost in the middle, and finish lamely. & then look around at other people to see if what i'd said made any sense at all.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081004/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iran_no_deal
wow, you know you're a bad president when your make your foreign policy decisions based on how they might affect an election you're not even in.

Obama has called for unconditional direct talks

thanks, associated press, for being full of shit.

I have come to understand "unconditional" to mean "everybody gets a chair."

The horror.

It means that tea is served.

Chamberlain had tea with Hitler, you know. TEA WITH HITLER.

Andy Zaltzman on The Bugle this week (which was especially killing, especially Andy): "Sarah Palin has had sex with a man. If it's not true, sue us, lady. Is that the kind of woman you want conducting high-level negotiations with male heads of state like Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Mugabe, Sarkozy, and Kevin Rudd of Australia? Is it, America? Those are the facts."

Hey, anybody have Dish Network?

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/The_Obama_channel.html

Apparently channel 073-000 really is the Obama Channel now. Campaign vid, adverts, & other sundry on a loop.

http://i37.tinypic.com/2rxcnz8.jpg

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

see also:

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http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080909/capt.e1c7d550608243a19de036f333be9834.obama_2008_micc119.jpg?x=400&y=324&q=85&sig=j6WLGoEprD3MNwHqSAxk2g--

^_^

*dies of cuteness*

I'll bet you he's whispering SEX EDUCATION into that boys ear!

http://i37.tinypic.com/2rxcnz8.jpg

IF THESE THINGS COME TRUE... WILL YOU BELIEVE ME?

http://pandagon.net/index.php/site/scenes_from_a_blue_oasis_in_a_red_state/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2029/2908127576_f5e5cefc7e.jpg?v=0

...Unable to just snap and run, I decided to engage, and be friendly so as not to frighten them and lose access to the photo op. On went the redneck switch. “Hi, y’all! Lovely day! Mind if I take a picture of this display you got here?”

Permission was granted and I was asked who I was voting for. I demurred, as people did in my childhood but don’t much anymore. I asked the old man who was doing all of the talking who he was voting for.

“Palin!” he said. I thought I misheard him.

“Did you say McCain?”

“No! Palin! She’s got more sense than the lot of them!”

I thanked him and hopped on my bike and rode off.

That Obama pic reminded me of this one from 2004:

http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/05/06/hug.jpg

When I saw that the first time, I thought, uh-oh. There goes Ohio.

from here

http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/8502/fredericksburgdm0.jpg

Pit-snuffing Bush nips socialests in the bud while he still can.

And that one should be seen in the original, b/c it works better the larger it's displayed

“Palin!” he said. I thought I misheard him.

“Did you say McCain?”

“No! Palin! She’s got more sense than the lot of them!”

This is exactly what my grandfather said, not in so many words. Something about "get Palin into office," which to me crystallized the sentiment the right-wing core base has at least tricked themselves into believing Palin their next potential Reagan, et al.

i wonder what the likelihood is, assuming that obama wins, that they'll make a push for palin in '12.

because i find the notion completely horrifying and highly probably imo

Why wait? Get McCain/Palin into office and start praying for the heart attack.

can't wait for the God Elect Mccain Then Strike Him Down sermons

Palin's support is as shallow as her campaign has been.

Huckabee will be the GOP's top candidate in 2012, if they can come to terms.

^^^ otm

Given a choice between Huckabee and Palin, the GOP faithful will not even blink (to coin a phrase).

Huckabee will be the GOP's top candidate in 2012, if they can come to terms.

And he doesn't do anything too crazy on his Fox News show.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/images/obama-who-sg-small.png
http://bztv.typepad.com/instanthistory/images/oj_arrested.JPG

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080909/capt.e1c7d550608243a19de036f333be9834.obama_2008_micc119.jpg?x=400&y=324&q=85&sig=j6WLGoEprD3MNwHqSAxk2g--

omg