Favorite poster from NR's "The Corner"

Advice to McCain [John J. Pitney, Jr.]

What demeanor should McCain display tonight? Angry doesn't work. Solemn doesn't work. ake-smiley doesn't work. Instead, McCain should go back to his roots and unleash his inner smart-aleck. If Obama accuses him of being erratic in a crisis, he should say: "So I'm erotic in a crisis? Who knew?"

So now we know the real name of Lord Custos.

Larry the Corner Guy

what the fuck

So to get ready for the debate, McCain should lay aside the notes, crack open a beer, and watch Animal House.

So McCain=Bluto, Obama=hippie dude playing guitar on the stairs during a party and then McCain can smash Obama's guitar

Levin responds to Douthat.

I sense the Wal-Mart (or is it Wal-Mart these days?) voters-thing isn't exactly working out in its first electoral introduction. It could be that McCain is just not explaining it the right way. But isn't that always the case? Christopher Hitchens says that about Marxism.

man, what a bitch!

Oh dear.

Why the defensiveness? That is a fact. Congrats to Frum.

Terrible flow.

did anyone post this new Jonah treat yet?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/15/opinion/main4523244.shtml

re: Ayers [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

I've had people come up to me more than a few times recently to say "I didn't realize how radical Obama is." They're hearing it because of Stanley Kurtz — with the help of Rush and Sean and Fox. They're hearing it because of Rush and Sean and Mark and Laura, etc., and Fox. They're hearing it because of Sarah Palin. I wouldn't give up. McCain probably just isn't the messenger for it — but I think Obama's radicalism needs to be part of the narrative of why McCain and not Obama — but it's a message that needs to be heard and I think people are increasingly receiving it. Ayers isn't the whole election, but he is a legitmate part of the reason why Obama should not be president. JUDGEMENT.

Read that twice, then remember that this woman's title is "Editor."

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/10/matt_taibbi_and_byron_york_but.html

Matt Taibbi beating the shit out of Byron York. Loads of fun!

If Obama accuses him of being erratic in a crisis, he should say: "So I'm erotic in a crisis? Who knew?"

yes mccain please do this

With a sweet and silly grin on his face.

that's not how you spell judgment

only Socialists spell it that way

GET HER

I regret voting for Jonah now.

as a write-in candidate?

I would love to go after K-Lo with some tweezers

"as a write-in candidate?"

No he was on the ballot thankfully.

"I've had people come up to me more than a few times recently to say "I didn't realize how radical Obama is.""

I keep reading this sentence and smirking.

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SEXY PHOTOES

Did they need to be quite so large?

i think you'd ask that post-motorboat

christ those pics gave me a panic attack.

http://www.cinemaisdope.com/news/films/sonatine/sonatine-kitano.jpg

omfg lol xxp

she's so doughy!

http://www.junkdrawerblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/windowslivewriteriaskedfordonutsandgotabagoflard-7881greasy-donut-2.jpg

The Corner exploded again. Website is totally down.

I Don't Have the Night on My Side [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

Most of my e-mails tonight look like this: "Your title and post "I Just Don't Get" present a crystallization of Cornerite obtuseness and delusion that is almost haiku-like in its succinct perfection. I suspect you'll be experiencing a lot more of that feeling in the coming weeks, months, and, with any luck, years. Can't say I'm sorry about it"

imagine if McCain did badly!

Cause you know that something's happening... but you don't know what it is. Do you, Ms. Lopez?

Now you see this one-eyed pundit
Shouting the word "NOW"
And you say, "For what reason?"
And he says, "Dow!"
And you say, "What does this mean?"
And he screams back, "K-Lo's a cow"

this bothers me for some reason, even by their standards. maybe because some had a faint libertarian slant, and i wasn't expecting such illogic?

October 16, 2008, 4:00 a.m.

The Courts vs. Marriage
By the Editors

In 2005, Connecticut enacted “civil unions,” designed to be marriage in everything but name for same-sex couples. We are not sure what good purpose is served by such laws. The reason governments recognize marriage in the first place is to promote the well-being of children in the setting most conducive to their flourishing. There may or may not be great value in other types of relationships: those between friends, or heterosexual lovers, or relatives who take care of each other. But why should the government grant recognition to one subset of those non-marital relationships — those between people of the same sex who are sexually involved? What goal does such recognition serve? Other, that is, than the legitimization of homosexual conduct?

But Connecticut, at least, decided the matter democratically. Those people who objected could try to persuade their fellow citizens to repeal the law.

Now Connecticut’s supreme court has decided that marriage in all but name is not good enough, and imposed same-sex marriage on the state. Like other courts, the Connecticut court treated the legislature’s attempt to meet gay activists halfway as a reason to throw out the compromise and hand the activists a victory. If the legislature was willing to recognize same-sex unions as though they were marriages, the court reasoned, why not call them marriages too? Opponents of same-sex “marriage” should be warned: Thanks to the courts, compromise is now folly.

The courts have so far imposed same-sex marriage on Massachusetts, Connecticut, and California. The next step will be to force other states to recognize same-sex unions solemnized in those jurisdictions. The Defense of Marriage Act protects states that wish to maintain their marriage laws as they are. Senator Obama wants to repeal that act, however, and the Democratic platform comes out for repeal — a position to the left of any previous Democratic presidential candidate. When Obama says that he opposes same-sex marriage, his words mean nothing.

A pity, then, that Senator McCain has not raised the issue. In the vice-presidential debate, Governor Palin even suggested that the tickets agree on same-sex marriage. We are on track to have same-sex marriage from sea to shining sea, without the people ever authorizing the idea. The public will be consulted as little as possible, and only after the fact.

But why should the government grant recognition to one subset of those non-marital relationships — those between people of the same sex who are sexually involved?

heading down the slippery slope of allowing unmarried people to get married? helluva drug..

My favorite post of the week:

The Obama Diet — Not Just Arugula [Lisa Schiffren]

The "people's ticket" ordered a little snack from room service at the Waldorf, as the N.Y. Post's page Six reports:

While he was at a meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Michelle Obama called room service and ordered lobster hors d'oeuvres, two whole steamed lobsters, Iranian caviar and champagne, a tipster told Page Six.

I'd guess the bill for that snack came in at around $350. Iranian caviar ain't cheap — even if you negotiate for it yourself. What the hell . . . Your campaign contributions (soon to be your tax dollars) at work.

Does anyone else remember Gerald Ford toasting his own English Muffins in the family quarters of the White House? Michelle's style is a little more Leona Helmsley, who's ad campaign featured a picture of herself in one of her hotels, with the slogan, "a hotel fit for a Queen." Can you do that at the White House?

oooo "IRANIAN" caviar!

Michelle's style is a little more Leona Helmsley, who's ad campaign featured a picture of herself in one of her hotels, with the slogan, "a hotel fit for a Queen." Can you do that at the White House?

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Stadium Star [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

Palin didn't need Greek columns. People react to her because they believe she represents what the Greeks established.

Anal sex?

http://www.hbo.com/thewire/img/castcrew/character_season04/bunk.jpg

haha...ironically if Palin represents the greek democratic ideal she's a pretty good argument in favor of plato's attacks on democracy!

ie, the "people" will elect idiots!

fuckin' Ethan beat me to the K-Lo post.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Sarah_Palin.jpg
You like-a da juice, yeah? You like-a da juice...

<3

Your Papers, Please [Jay Nordlinger]

Have a friend who was in Riverside Park (Manhattan) with his baby daughter. A woman came up to him and said, “Are you a registered Democrat?” He said no. She said, “Well, you can register right now — it will just take a second. I have the necessary paperwork here.” He said, “No, actually, that’s not it — I am registered. It’s just that I’m a registered Republican.” He said that the woman gave him a look of hate such as he had seldom seen — sent a shudder down his spine. She walked away, still glaring, bitterly, without a word.

Now, the thing is, my friend’s not very political at all — he’s not like me and the rest of us NRO-niks. He just has a nice career (unrelated to politics), and a nice family, loves to play golf, likes to go to the movies, and goes about his business. And he thought, “Shouldn’t she simply have been pleased that I was registered? Isn’t political participation and good citizenship what it’s all about?”

Oh, no, no, my friend — not by a long shot. Come the revolution, you will understand. And that lady will give you a good long time in a camp to think about it.

I think the cornerites are secretly excited by the prospect of being persecuted and camps, etc. -- all of their bdsm fantasies will finally come true.

Not that that will happen, but they seem to spend a lot of time daydreaming over the prospect.