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

seriously.

I fear it may be /too much fun/.

Speaking of shoes, I just saw this and love it.

http://wigu.com/dump/presidentobama.jpg

Sums up the campaign for me. He has outworked everyone.

Gosh, those last few pictures are all terrific.

The other ones, which I take it are taken from reactionary websites (?), are horrific and horrible.

I do admire Barack Obama.

I don't think that I think US right-wingers (whom I personally hate and fear) are the same thing as 'conservatives'. A lot of their beliefs are not very conservative. I can understand the appeal and some of the logic of being 'conservative' about something - that's not the same as spilling the poison that these people do. The main thing that I fear about right-wingers is not at all how conservative they are, but how radical they are.

Maybe I am stating the obvious (this is a familiar political theme that goes back at least to Thatcher) or maybe this is just a simple difference between big and small c conservatism, or whatever.

Can you point to a political party labelled conservative which is fundamentally different in tenet, ideology or gut instinct from 'US right-wingers' ? I'm having a hard time working out who these lovely fluffy conservatives are. Unless you're confusing 'conservative' with 'moderate', or 'centrist'?

Palin heightens rhetoric on abortion

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/POLITICS/10/11/campaign.wrap/art.palinrally.ap.jpg

Flyers game starts in like 15 minutes

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2008/10/you-can-bet-thi.html

she's probably dropping the puck right about now

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3048/2932072161_7d38e248e6.jpg?v=0

my parent's dog is voting for obama

Can you point to a political party labelled conservative which is fundamentally different in tenet, ideology or gut instinct from 'US right-wingers' ? I'm having a hard time working out who these lovely fluffy conservatives are. Unless you're confusing 'conservative' with 'moderate', or 'centrist'?

Uh?

I believe most European "conservative" parties are very "different in tenet, ideology or gut instinct from 'US right-wingers'". About in the same place as US Democrats I guess, so probably you'd call them "centrist" or even "leftist"...?

err, parents'

cuuuuuuuuuuuuute dog

http://www.flintjournal.com/125/paper/galleries/history/image/pulitzer.jpg

fox news is actually talking about whether this photo is "fair" or not:

http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/photoessay_5309_images/1009081844_M_100908_legspalinReuters2.jpg

Hahah, PP just beat me to it.

a w e s o m e x p

Is it fair to portray Palin as a fertility goddess?

Taking Sides: Fertility Goddess V. Mrs. Robinson

I think we need to start brainstorming potential Pt. III thread titles becuase I just tried to expand this thread all the way and just about broke Firefox.

whats up with crutis77 these days?

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i mean the flickr acct.

actually dude between palin legs looks kinda like shiroibasketshoes

tried to expand this thread all the way and just about broke Firefox

^^^this!

^^^that!

use bookmarks u wusses

I can't find the exact shot for comparison, sadly, but:

http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/photoessay_5309_images/1009081844_M_100908_legspalinReuters2.jpg

http://img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/rsz/434/x/x/x/medias/nmedia/18/35/53/34/18861443.jpg

"You're looking well...you've grown."

Bookmarks, yeah, except when you want to find something from a few weeks ago. Which is kinda lame, but comes up more often than you'd think!

wtf why is dominos.com asking me if I'm a Democrat or a Republican? Will the wrong answer get me a spunk pizza?

Why are you ordering Dominos?

It is my God-given right as an American to be fucking lazy and order a sub-par pizza from a place I know takes cards.

Fair enough.

I worked there for five years and can't even smell Dominos anymore without turning my stomach.

http://www.arborsci.com/CoolStuff/dominos.jpg

http://starsmedia.ign.com/stars/image/article/826/826081/noid-20071009045802506-000.jpg

fox sports saying the crowd reaction was mixed but that things "went well" for palin at the Flyers game

bloggers saying she got mad booed

Video plz.

Oh wait, found it:

sounds more like they're playing the new Hair Police album at her

I couldn't pick up boos (the sound is fried), but I saw the Obama/Biden signs behind her.

it sounds like they were playing music very very loud to drown out boos but you can def. hear cheers when she drops the puck

We'll probably have to wait for on-site videoclips.

yes, i'm confident the audio will be much more clear on those

use bookmarks u wusses

I do, and that's the problem...if you want to find a post that was from only minutes before your last bookmark you have to open the thread completely.

A bit clearer:

that doesn't sound like a very friendly crowd to me.

I could definitely hear the boos that time.

You can kind of tell from the pitch that they're booing.

lol they are playing music so loud

this is exactly the reason btw that I have a hard time believing she will be on SNL; she will definitely get booed and I can't imagine that her handlers would put her in such an awkward position.

SNL's off this week, right? No telling how much worse it would be for her in a week's time.

whether it's toughness or just monomaniacal fixation is a matter of opinion, i guess, but omg, who can walk out into a crescendo of booing hostility and not acknowledge it at all? rigid smile, cute little wave, back straight... pageant people are ruthless, i hear.

for a second i tried to imagine the scene if barack obama dropped the green flag at talladega, but then, that would be a really stupid thing to do, wouldn't it?

what were they thinking? why send her to philadelphia at all?