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

OH SHIT i just realized that mccain is actually patrick macgoohan and that this changes EVERYTHING

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I AM NOT A NUMBER

lol glen beck is so by far the best right wing radio nutjob luv that guy

Really? I think he's yet another blowhard cretin. He makes me change the channel when he's on.

if it's in re our national debt, "prisoners" may be a pretty apt description

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just palin being palin!

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/08/fact-check-did-obama-say-subprime-loans-a-good-idea/

In a campaign speech Wednesday, October 8, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain questioned Democratic opponent Sen. Barack Obama's foresight on the role of the troubled subprime lending sector in the recent financial crisis. "As recently as September of last year, he said that subprime loans had been — quote — 'a good idea,' " McCain said.

McCain is citing a statement Obama made during a September 17, 2007, speech in New York. While the words he quotes are technically accurate, McCain is taking them out of context from a statement that actually was criticizing abuses in the subprime sector.

"Subprime lending started off as a good idea — helping Americans buy homes who couldn't previously afford them … ," Obama said. "But as certain lenders and brokers began to see how much money could be made, they began to lower their standards. Some appraisers began inflating their estimates to get the deals done. Some borrowers started claiming income they didn't have just to qualify for the loans and some were engaging in irresponsible speculation. But many borrowers were tricked into glossing over the fine print."

Corner laff of the day--is he calling Palin an Einstein/Frederick Douglass hybrid or is it just me

Obama and the Clock [Jay Nordlinger]

There are reasons not to talk about Ayers, Wright, Khalidi, etc. — not to talk about Obama and radicalism. But there are reasons for doing so, too. And I ask this: If not now, when? (If not us, who?!) After November 4, it will be too late. Isn’t now the time to talk about it, discuss it, air it? Let Obama address it? What are campaigns for?

And where’s the media’s love of “vetting” (a word we heard a lot in early Palin days)?

It could be that Obama’s past radicalism, or tolerance of radicalism, has nothing to do with his present self. It could be that he has come a long way. I am ever mindful that about half of NR’s founding editors and writers were ex-Communists. But the thing is, they were really ex: and they were leading anti-Communists. To change one’s mind can be glorious. But where is Obama now?

I have a feeling that, once Obama is elected — if he is elected — the media will have a new candor about him. For now it’s, “Isn’t Sarah Palin stupid and racist?” (To be a conservative is to be called stupid and racist, even if you’re a combination of Albert Einstein and Frederick Douglass.)

And I ask this: If not now, when? (If not us, who?!)

nice job

BODY OF LIES

dig the shoulder-sized Palin!

AND I ALSO ASK THIS: WHO WILL CALL OBAMA A DIRTY SNEAKY ISLOMMUNIST IF WE DO NOT DO SO OURSELVES

even if you’re a combination of Albert Einstein and Frederick Douglass

Man, think of the 'fro on that dude!

i am bemused at how RADICAL ISLAM is apprently compatible with BOTH fascism AND communism. SO SNEAKY.

early Palin days

Man, think of the 'fro on that dude!

hahaha I was thinking that, too!

I am ever mindful that about half of NR’s founding editors and writers were ex-Communists. But the thing is, they were really ex: and they were leading anti-Communists. To change one’s mind can be glorious. But where is Obama now?

this sounds like mussolini

It's funny, Nordlinger posted something a couple of weeks back feeling shocked that a coworker of his (he doesn't work at the NRO, but is a professor on Long Island, I think) would be so open about hating Palin to his face. Now I'm wondering more and more just how he comes off in these encounters with his coworkers and whether they simply got tired of his droning.

correct version b4 ice cream butchered:

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i fixed it - that one is ludicrous and wrong obv

I'm partial to Nate Silver comparing McCain to the Seattle Pilots (on The Colbert Report).

wait, who are these people who act as though anyone cares about O NOES COMMUNISM in 2008? srsly if you haven't personally hired Pinkertons to smack up some Wobblies just stfu.

Palin's use of her Alaskan life to defend both her international experience and how she is just like everyday Americans certainly displays an ability to bend space/time, even if this is just in her own mind.

Nordlinger's a very weird voice on the Corner. I had been under the impression that he's been posting there for years, just not very often until recently, and that he's gone way off his meds. But is he new(ish)? His posts stand out in their breathless jabbery-ness.

Jabberitude, no?

Haha the Economist worldwide electoral map: I was wondering where McCain's last three EVs came from after counting Georgia and Macedonia. It appears he's up 53-47 in Andorra!

WTF Macedonia

My aunt came back from Greece last week and she said everyone there are "obamalovers", so maybe the Macedonians are just being contrarian

old ppl in the mediterranean

parking lot 2

its amazing how simple questions like when did you first hear abt sarah palin freak these weirdos out

I enjoyed this insane fever dream:

lol "Kathy...stop."

those questions seem dumb. it wouldnt be hard to get them to say something stupid but instead hes busy catching them in a fake gotcha! about obama being a terrorist, why did obama stand on a stage with him

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The one from yesterday was better because he kept going at the "when did you first hear about Sarah Palin" angle.

waht

xpost to time cover

that cover is kind of awesome

i dont think this got posted yesterday:

McCain voted for the Bear DNA; told lame jokes about it

Dear news magazines,

New cover ideas, plz.

Thx.

those questions seem dumb. it wouldnt be hard to get them to say something stupid but instead hes busy catching them in a fake gotcha! about obama being a terrorist, why did obama stand on a stage with him

Yeah, I hated that guy's line of questioning.

why did mccain stand on stage w/ him i mean

its not like getting these ppl to say something embarrassing would be that hard. this guy is no borat

i thought he was kinda brilliant using their own pseudo logic against them

Re the Time cover: dealing with the economy will turn you white.

DID YOU KNOW that AS WE SPEAK secret operatives of ACORN are driving homeless people to the polls so they can vote, and then to your house so they can rape your children??? FACT

I blanched

xpost

"I have seen shit that'll turn you WHITE!"

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really happy to see these people lose, but i'm worried about how their festering hate will manifest itself over the next few years. they can now see themselves more easily as disenfranchised and so more can justify to themselves their fantasies of liberal elite commie queers running the country. and then form mobs and the like.

I'm interested in the special report on why people vote the way they do. I want to see how many pages they can stretch out "you either vote like your parents did or you vote opposite of how your parents did".

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