19 Oct 08 Joe Speaks
Joe the Plumber speaks and it’s definitely not safe for work lol
Red State Update link:
http://www.redstateupdate.com
16 Oct 08 McCain Is Just Creepy
The most talked about aspect of last night’s debate turns out to be John McCain’s facial expressions. It was easy to see some of the smirking and grimacing last night during the debate, but after looking closely at the videos there’s a whole lot more. Worst of all is the tongue action, it’s beyond weird and can only be called just plain creepy. This image was taken just as the debate ended.
And standing beside his wife??? You just can’t make this stuff up.
Ewwwww, just ewwwwww.
16 Oct 08 The McCain Campaign Implodes
John McCain put a bow on the failure of his campaign tonight by presenting a series of positions that focused solely on the core values of his strongest supporters, the so-called Republican base. His smirking, petulant demeanor compounded the negative impression viewers were left with. If you weren’t aware that he’s a crotchety old man before, you surely know it now. Worst of all, he offered nothing in the way of ideas or programs that would appeal to the independent voters in the middle of the political spectrum. Tonght we saw the last hurrah of a grumpy idealogue, a man who is both too unfriendly and too inflexible to be an effective president.
08 Oct 08 “That One” Overpowers Old Whiny One
Last night McCain sounded like a tired, cranky old man, someone yelling at the neighborhood kids for accidently throwing their football into his flower garden. According to a CNN poll 65% of the viewers found Obama more likable, while only 28% said the same about McCain. Viewers also rated Obama as being more intelligent and the clear winner of the debate. What most people will remember about McCain is his sneering, snide reference to Obama as “that one.”
05 Oct 08 What Would Maverick Do
The smile, the wink, the talent portion, it’s all absolutely right on and totally hilarious. Nobody can send up Sarah Palin like Tina Fey, and she NAILS her to the wall, although I’m not sure she matched her nails. Thanks Tina! And a big sleazy shout out to Ronald Reagan too, thanks Ronnie! Maverick!
04 Oct 08 The Non-Debate
Thursday night’s performance was a series of sound bites, not a debate. There was no real interaction between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin, just short answers to simple questions asked by the moderator. It doesn’t seem to matter to anyone that some of questions weren’t answered at all.
Juan Cole’s Informed Comment link:
http://www.juancole.com/2008/10/non-debate.html
Judging “how the candidates did” is rather like weighing in on the wittiness of the libretto of “Big Brother” or the pace of character development in the latest episode of “Keeping up with the Kardashians.” The genre of the political review assumes that both candidates are credible in their roles. It becomes self-parody when one candidate is a ditzy nonentity cynically foisted on the public in the same way a ‘reality show’ is, based on a targeted demographic and without regard to quality.
03 Oct 08 Mavericks for McCain
Sarah Palin kept describing John McCain as a maverick in the debate tonight. But she couldn’t provide a specific example of how he would be different from Bush. The simple fact is that there is nothing anyone can do to un-couple McCain from his primary constituency. He’s all about the rich and has always believed that the only thing the middle class should expect is “trickle down” effects. After eight years of Republican rule, we know that means we’re going to get peed on.
02 Oct 08 Palin’s Greatest Hits
Everyone’s wondering whether will we see of this side of Sarah this evening …
28 Sep 08 Pakistan Double Whammy
McCain and Palin just can’t keep their stories straight when it comes to Pakistan. It might not matter quite so much if Bin Laden didn’t live there, but he does. Everybody knows he’s hiding out in the Waziristan province of Pakistan, but Georgie Porgie seems in no hurry to find him.
It seems like it would be a really good idea for a presidential candidate to study up on the history and politics of Pakistan. I sure would if I was running for president. But McCain doesn’t agree, he seems quite happy to remain clueless about Pakistan, calling it a “failed state” in the first debate.
Pakistan was a democracy until Musharraf took over in 1999, with a democratically elected government. It wasn’t the most stable country in the world, but it was far from being in a state of anarchy. You could look it up, and in fact the American government protested Musharraf’s coup in 1999. Sadly, McCain doesn’t seem to be very good at reading or remembering stuff.
It also seems like it would be a really good idea for a presidential candidate and his vice-presidential running mate to keep their stories straight, especially about someplace as critical to our future as Pakistan. However Palin disagrees with McCain about hunting down Bin Laden.
McCain said in the debate that he’ll be just like Georgie Porgie: unwilling to cross into Pakistan to take out Bin Laden. Palin was out getting a cheese steak last night, and told everyone she’d march straight across the border into Pakistan if that’s what it took to get him. Sounds like Palin agrees with Obama on that issue. Who’da thunk it lol.
27 Sep 08 McCain Muzzles Palin
Poor Sarah Palin, McCain doesn’t trust her to open her mouth in public. He didn’t let her talk to any of the fun TV people after the debate last night. He must think she’s reeeeally stoooopid, too much of an idiot to even say “We Won!” in a believable way. The networks all wanted to put her up there on the screen like they did Joe Biden, but nooooo. McCain and his team locked her in a closet in Philadelphia and wouldn’t give her permission to speak.
New York Times link:
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/palin-wont-spin-for-mccain/
27 Sep 08 Fux News Lovers Liked Obama
Hard to believe that a group of undecided Fux News watchers thought Obama won the debate, but it’s true. It’s even harder to believe that Fux News showed people who disagreed with their party line on camera, but they did. The only possible explanation is that they know McCain is sinking, and he’s going down fast. The rats are going overboard as quickly as they can.
25 Sep 08 McCain Clueless About Economy
John McCain doesn’t understand how Wall Street works, and he never did. Check out the stupid lie he told during the GOP Candidates’ Debate:
Crooks and Liars knows how clueless McCain is about economics:
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/09/25/how-is-john-mccain-going-to-help-solve-the-financial-crisis/
BARTIROMO: Sen. McCain, has Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke cut interest rates aggressively enough?
Has Ben Bernanke cut interests rates aggressively enough?
McCAIN: I’m not…I’m not…I don’t have that kind of expertise to know exactly whether he has cut interest rates suffiently or not. I’m glad that whenever they cut interest rates. I wish interest rates were zero.
Just in case you’re not sure what that really means, zero percent interest rates would bankrupt every financial institution in America. Zero percent interest rates would bankrupt our government too. Try telling the IRS you shouldn’t have to pay interest on your late tax payment because McCain told you he wants all interest rates to be zero, and see how far that gets you. On second thought, don’t do that, people who refuse to pay the IRS end up in jail.
