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

http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2008/10/connections.html

Palin's supporters are, for the most part, evangelical Christians, which is to say these are my people. She feeds my people lies, with a smile on her face, convinced that they are too stupid or too lazy to know or to care that she is feeding them bullshit and calling it chocolate. These people that she is treating with such contempt and inordinate condescension are my family -- both figuratively and literally.

Plus, as a general rule, when you're trying to land a below-the-belt smear it probably shouldn't include having to point out that your opponent has a long history of raising funds to help poor schoolchildren

When it finally was Mary's turn and she had bags on the tape, she got the message that would tear away the bubbles happy feeling.

Yeah, you might want to avoid forwarding the Google-translated newspaper article:

"Mary turned up and there was a high and dark man she had never seen before."

CNN debunks Palin's claim, noting that they're a bit late to the party what with the Times and every other news outlet -- "Several other publications, including the Washington Post, Time magazine, the Chicago Sun-Times, The New Yorker and The New Republic ..." -- having already staked and dusted the claim before Palin repeated it.

I couldn't help thinking "if only she read any of those..."

What are you talking about? She reads ALL the newspapers!

When she said "all of them," I thought she was probably just referring to Vogue, Allure, and possibly an Alaskan's women's magazine that features low calorie moose recipes.

Also, remember this was 1988, when 100 dollars was quite a bit of money, compared to today's value.

Maybe I'm just cheap, but that's still quite a bit of money to me.

I predict the republican attack line for this story will be: Barack Hussein Obama is not like you, he could afford to give $103 (in 1988 dollars!) to a random stranger.

A random furriner no less!

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=5948944&page=1

don't know if you guys seen this

has Sarah Palin told the truth about anything ever?

I've no doubt she's really shot moose.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41AJM3fzoRL._SS500_.jpg

anyone read this? kpcc had a thoughful conversation with the author today regarding the increasing religious inclusiveness of the democratic party and where obama fits in.

http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20081006/pl_bloomberg/am6wsrkwniy4

Wolfson says it's over

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/10/05/electoral_map_now_favors_obama.html

I would not trust Wolfson's word on anything, considering the stellar work he did for HRC. Only Mark Penn seems more incompetent.

"And/But" Denver Post poll: CO tied at 44

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Gwen_Ifill_Conservatives_used_me_to_1005.html

http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=8c130fe3-adab-4cb3-8443-c363f085cf13

wow. what a terrible person.

The city had traditionally put up part of the purse for the Iron Dog competition--the grueling, 2,000-mile snow machine race that usually starts in Wasilla--and one year the council considered upping its ante. (First prize could be tens of thousands of dollars.) When a colleague pointed out that Palin should recuse herself because her husband was a perennial Iron Dog contender, she protested, "I don't think I have a conflict of interest here because Todd won it last year. There's no guarantee that he's going to win it this year." As others chimed in to explain the problem, Palin dug in her heels. "Well, it could be perceived that way, but it isn't," she harrumphed.

tracking

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14312.html

ew.

http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/zwecker/1203739,CST-FTR-fey05.article

ew EW

ew

A wonderful allocation of resources and time on her part in this, the easiest campaign the GOP has ever had.

i can't get dan's link to load, but if those two stories paint a picture of a woman taking the fey shit really personally, it totally fits with the scheiber article in tnr

Ooh, Sarah wanna be on the teevee making funny. She really is I Can Do That girl.

can't wait for Fey to talk about trying to keep Fey in business

In 1996, Palin was also asserting herself more and more. For example, she'd demand to know why Stein, the mayor, had "raised the budget." Stein and Carney tried to explain that he'd done nothing of the kind--that, when a city grows, businesses collect more in tax revenue, but that new residents also increase demand for public services. Palin wasn't appeased. She'd say things like, "'Oh, okay. Well, that's the way you think about it,'" Stein recalls. "I was thinking--these are things she should know better. Why is she asking me these stupid questions?"

I think all of us know a Sarah Palin.

I expect Fey to pimp her Emmys.

"She didn't just win the vice-presidential debate, she showed that she belongs with Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton as among the best communicators of our modern political times."

-- Dick Morris

Now imagine Bill Clinton winking on stage.

also, i would like to suck her toes

-- Dick Morris

o man i am really enjoying this campaign and i dont know what im gonna do when its over

Wait two years, and the campaign for 2012 will begin.

theres no way it can top this - maaaaybe if palin runs maybe

it will be hard to top this campaign for sheer LOLs--not sure i'd want to see more LOLs in a campaign.

it will be harder to follow in 2k12 when i am living out of a box

free shanty town wifi brought to you by president palin!

http://view.break.com/583241

o_O celebrity condescension lol?

http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/imgad?id=COHy-YPA5ff3YRDYBRhPMghILw9tkosnsw

I didn't even notice the </3!

wtf they found a pic that makes Michelle look like an orc!!!

And, in a move practically out of Karl Rove's playbook, she dwelled on how Stein's wife used her maiden name, going so far as to demand a marriage certificate as proof of their nuptials.

God, wht an asshole.

And Cindy sorta looks like Legolas

Cindy looks like a Mogwai post-H2O

i really hope the google bots put that ad on the story about mccain and the brazilian model

Or the entire Rolling Stone article.

who would you rather sleep with? obama or mccain