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

Only thing I remember about the Weather Underground (from some book I read as a kid) was that at all their meetings they made everyone do acid so that if any straights tried to infiltrate they would be found out!

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Revolution in the Head

hahaha Palin does not look like Miss Murgatroid

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surprised this hasn't been posted yet

Only thing I remember about the Weather Underground (from some book I read as a kid) was that at all their meetings they made everyone do acid so that if any straights tried to infiltrate they would be found out!

i believe these are also the rules for the 3rd debate (both candidates and bob schieffer).

it has xp

It was last night, but it's already been ate up by the thread.

xp

Has anybody linked The Economist's Global Electoral College, yet?

hahaha wau

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no furries

Meanwhile the White House prepares for the transfer of power.

so mccain's got some support in bolivia, venezuela and colombia

why is ganesh playing seesaw with the jersey devil?

I put a goddamn Obama sign on my lawn yesterday, couldn't stand the McCain sign across the street any more

One McCain sign went up a couple weeks ago across the street from my house; within a week there were like 15 Obama signs to counteract.

The Newsweek photo is kind of unflattering in that you can see Palin's mustache stubble which was deliberately non-photoshopped out.

I should say 15 Obama signs along the rest of the block, not in my yard.

Unsurpisingly, I don't see a lot of McCain signs in San Francisco but the last one I saw, on Fulton near 20th while on my way into Golden Gate Park, was in the window of a sad looking little apartment with its dingy shades closed on a gorgeous day. I chose to see that as an omen.

Oh right, Harry Caul's place.

In Chicago I've seen a bunch of newly-built or newly-rehabbed apartment buildings, all completely empty, with McCain signs in the windows. Seems about right.

I wonder if all the White House keyboards will be missing their 'O' buttons come 1/20/09.

Since when is the shadow due to the dimple just above one's upper lip analogous to mustache stubble?

From Alfred's link: "For the first time, the government will also conduct background checks on potential transition officials before there is a presidential election." Sounds like setup for a future ratfuck, but we'll see.

I was out at my sister's in Lake County, OH this past weekend, and was really surprised to see a number of Obama signs in her neighborhood. This is about 50 miles outside of Cleveland, and pretty strongly Republican. Keeping my fingers crossed that Ohio doesn't give in to its racists.

Does anyone have any non wingnut shit about the "new party"? Is this essentially the Chicago version of the Working Families Party?

Right-click "view image" for the real fun.

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yeah I don't see any mustache stubble

I gotta say the preponderance of Obama gear in SF is kinda approaching obnoxious levels. the 15 yo hoodlums on the block are even getting into it.

i asked this girl last night where she was from and she said "ohio... that's a swing state" and it was all i could do not to blurt out "i'm married!!"

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in Seattle, there are "McCain/Palin bumper sticker dares" in the Pine/Pike corridor of the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Whoever keeps a McCain bumper sticker the longest wins the betting pool. The risk is getting your car keyed. IT HAS COME TO THIS.

so obama saying "he won't say it to my face" is his yahh trick yahh moment right?

The risk is getting your car keyed. IT HAS COME TO THIS.

haha

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A telling moment at the end of this story about the battle over the Branchflower investigation:

Clarkson acknowledged he's also working with, though not receiving payment from, the McCain-Palin campaign.

"Have I talked to them? Sure. Do they tell me what to do? No," he said, adding: "Sometimes they don't know what they're talking about."

I gotta say the preponderance of Obama gear in SF is kinda approaching obnoxious levels.

This is Shakey baiting I can believe in!!!

World's Most Popular Hockey Mom Sarah Palin to Drop Puck

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the nation’s most popular hockey mom, will join the winner of the Philadelphia Flyers regional search for the “Ultimate Hockey Mom” contest and drop the puck at the ceremonial opening face-off as the home team Flyers host the New York Rangers at the Wachovia Center on Saturday, October 11 at 7 p.m.

http://flyers.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=385526

this is funny bcuz at this point they can't turn down any photo op but they are unleashing her into a place where she could get mercilessly booed

omg philly THEY BOOED SANTA

psyched!

Oh man, I hadn't thought of that one.

and oh man oh man, the reaction from the Corner-types to when/if she booed

Wachovia Center

oh the irony

obama's "say it to my face" response to the ayers shit-stirring is a good stance

meanwhile, via politicalwire:

Two additional polls confirm the instant polls that showed Sen. Barack Obama winning his second debate against Sen. John McCain:

USA Today: Obama 56%, McCain 23%

Rasmussen: Obama 45%, McCain 28%

lol @ joe scarborough on colbert saying that if its a 1-2 point race, palin would make mccain win, but because its a 6-7 point race, she isnt helping enough

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hey jon, here's an article about the new party from 1993 in the left business observer:

http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/New-Party.html

xp Palin being Palin.

McCain made a verbal flub during his speech. After laying out his policy goals, he said: "This is the agenda I have set before my fellow prisoners."

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-mccain9-2008oct09,0,2682547.story

From Alfred's link: "For the first time, the government will also conduct background checks on potential transition officials before there is a presidential election." Sounds like setup for a future ratfuck, but we'll see.

I don't know how many people have read Angler but this sounds like a very bad idea as Cheney used background checks to crush his perceived enemies.