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

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:

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080909/capt.c785d9beb8ae4c32b76fbcf80b474455.obama_2008_micc118.jpg?x=400&y=284&q=85&sig=.VUBw_GBoUeWOg7GtwQv7Q--

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

had the exact same thought about that Who Is Barack Obama ad - xpost

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/images/obama-who-sg-small.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/06/Mcdonalds_Id_hit_it_ad.jpg

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2008/10/free_barack_obama.cfm

jesus christ what happened over there

yeah lots of parallels with coolidge! thanks, fucking rag that used to be worth a read once upon a time.

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

― omar little, Saturday, October 4, 2008 2:47 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

we can dream of future lolz to come

Lately, though, I wonder if Mr Obama plans to be the new JFK or the next Silent Cal.

Really.

YA RLY

I did not approve that message btw.

Heheh I like how at The Economist, you don't need a "username" or a "login name" or anything like that to comment, you need a "pen name". Classy oh yeah.

SIR--

To be fair to them, their live-blogging of the debates has been fine.

Although that's like saying they did an OK job of shitting the bed.

Or assuming there's even a bed to shit in.

Question I've been wondering about re US elections, projections etc: In elections where one candidate has had a clear lead, say a couple of weeks before election day, has there been an observable late tendency in "opposing" states of tilting further that way as well, as a result of voters "wanting to be on the winning team", so to speak?

I don't think people care about being on the winning team, but people who know their guy has lost may not bother turning out.

The opposite tendency is also not uncommon (i.e. people tend to think their vote matters less when a ticket is thought to be overwhelmingly popular.)

races tend to tighten towards the end

Thanks, all v interesting. Anyone have links to proper quantitative research having been done on stuff like this?

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/06/should-we-be-discounting-obamas-lead.html

I was gonna say "well yeah but apart from 538", but I hadn't seen that one, so thanks!

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

I wonder/worry about this as well.

i'd worry about jindal

he'd energize the base just as much but you know he's actually accomplished something

Palin '12 come on, that just seems silly (to ein Ausländer at least). The party must have many many candidates with I dunno at least 80% of her appeal and 330% her competency surely?

^xpost

Jindal, yep, seems more worrisome (in my limited knowledge), he's even more of a relig maniac as well isn't he?