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Make-Believe Maverick
McCain Plans Fiercer Strategy Against Obama
Alternate headline: When the going gets tough, the tough go negative.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 3:21 PM on October 4, 2008
From homunculus' second link:
“If we can be that beacon of light and hope for others who seek freedom and democracy and can live in a country that would allow intolerance in the equal rights that again our military men and women fight for and die for for all of us. "
She's not even trying to make sense with her buzz words.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 3:55 PM on October 4, 2008
And as far as her purposely misconstruing what was in the NYT article, at the risk of sounding like an elitist, I have to ask just how many people who turned out at that airport hangar in Englewood Colorado actually read the NYT article to realize that she was less than truthful about what it said.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 3:59 PM on October 4, 2008
But I'll bet he aced Econ 101, right?
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 5:37 PM on October 4, 2008
Character does matter.
A friend of mine in Denmark just sent me this. (It's in Norwegian but the English translation is here.)
It's just a moment in time and really not a big deal but I think that Obama acting as the Good Samaritan does speak about his character.
I've thought long and hard about Sarah Palin and her religious ilk and have come to the conclusion that the Obama/Biden ticket is much... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 8:55 AM on October 6, 2008
I was amazed at the ad "Mum" that was linked to in homunculus' Salon piece. They talk about greedy CEOs and have a picture of a black guy. Like most CEOs are black?
WTF?
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 10:52 PM on October 6, 2008
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Sarah Palin may be a better debater than you think
I want to know what is going on behind the scenes at the McCain-Palin ticket.
Well, when asked if he had taken advice from Palin about foreign affairs, McCain replied that he'd asked for her advice plenty of times. It wasn't about foreign affairs, though; he'd merely asked which tie went better with his suit. And there was a little bit of a tiff when he was readying for the Katie Couric interview that he'd blown off Letterman for and she yelled at... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 1:05 PM on October 3, 2008
"The Sarah Palin in those interviews was a little bit annoyed because no matter what you say you're gonna get clobbered," she said.
Asked by Couric to name the periodicals she reads, Palin repeatedly declined. She also would not name any Supreme Court decisions she disagreed with, other than the Roe v. Wade abortion ruling.
Do people actually believe this crap? "Of course I know all the answers but I wasn't... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 2:22 PM on October 3, 2008
Well, thanks a lot, Secret Life of Gravy. I have to fix supper and won't be able to do that now because I will be obsessively hanging out here waiting for IRS dirt to filter down. You betcha I'm gonna have an unhappy family over this.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 5:51 PM on October 3, 2008
Maybe it's this one you're thinking of, orange swan.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 9:44 AM on October 4, 2008
So Todd uses their home as his office and Sarah uses the governor's office as a residence and they all get per diem whenever any of them visits their home which is actually Todd's office?
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 12:37 PM on October 4, 2008
Now fcm, there ya go again. We need government to just get out of our way and not go taxin' Hockey Moms and Joe 6-Pack when all they want to do is travel with their family to see the greatest country on the face of the goldarned earth. Her employer gave her the money so that she could spend time traveling while instillin' Family Values in her beautiful family and now you want to go and tax it so that you can redistribute it to families that haven't... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 10:40 AM on October 6, 2008
Meanwhile, McCain is inciting crowds to scream "terrorist" and Palin is inciting them to scream "kill him" at the mention of Obama's name.
Huh?
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 6:20 PM on October 6, 2008
Holy crap, Justinian. How is that different than a Klan rally?
Fewer sheets amd more lipstick is about it.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 7:23 PM on October 6, 2008
MeFi post:
Sarah Palin's Poujadist Agenda
She's the kind of woman a man's glad to go to bed with at night after a couple of beers, but man, you don't wanna wake up the next morning and find out she's the Vice President.
All I can say is that it's shitty enough that you've called EmpressCallipygos' mom dumb, but this is just a little over the top to say about someone's mom.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 6:41 PM on October 4, 2008
So why did these seven employees change their minds about the subpoenas?
...a grass roots group spontaneously emerged, calling themselves Alaskans for Truth.
This group, organized a rally in part to demand the resignation of Talis Colberg for telling state employees that they didn’t need to comply with legislative subpoenas issued as part of the ethics investigation that has become known as “Troopergate.” This smacked a little too much... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 7:43 PM on October 5, 2008
In her defense, she probably didn't get the memo from the McCain campaign about what was off limits and what wasn't. It seems that not much is off limits to the Wolverine With Lipstick. (Except her family*.)
*Other than when they are being used as props.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 9:56 AM on October 6, 2008
Sure, the Republican candidate for Washington governor isn't running as a "Republican" but as "GOP". He is, however, supporting the same old same old as George Bush did and he's wildly popular in the Eastern part of the state, isn't he, Tenuki? How dumb is that?
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 5:09 PM on October 6, 2008
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Because there are more important things to do on Friday night
Nobody thinks that, Miko--or at least they didn't until the McCain group came out with that ad "The One" and people picked up on that meme.
That ad wasn't just aimed at the people who look forward to Armagoeddon; it was also aimed at people who felt "uncomfortable" with Obama and didn't want people to think that the only reason they have this vague discomfort is that he is black.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 3:40 PM on September 26, 2008
“I want the families to make decisions between themselves and their doctors. Not the federal government.”
Except, of course, that that's not the way it is. The insurance companies make the decisions and clue in the doctors. Who's he trying to kid?
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 9:39 PM on September 26, 2008
It seems to me that the McCain camp would very much like a do-over on the VP selection, but they know that if they dump Palin now it will definitely be over.
Maybe. But she could step aside and claim that she's expecting another blessed event and that the duties of VP (whatever those might be) are just too much for her in her delicate state. The religious right could expound on how wonderful that is, McCain could wish her the best, and then we... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 1:44 PM on September 27, 2008
I guess that I expect too much out of our elected officials--I expect them to act more Congressional and less junior high school-ish.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 8:45 PM on September 27, 2008
That was a great speech in Virginia. I hope that he wins because he's that good rather than because McCain is such a disaster. At least he'll win his second term because he's that good.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 8:30 PM on September 28, 2008
Oh, it's just semantics. He says "Maverick" and others say, "Crotchety curmudgeonly, contrarian."
Tomato/tomahto.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 1:12 PM on October 3, 2008
MeFi post:
Palin, pancakes, and the straight talk express
I don't think Obama has the inner fortitude to back up his words with tough action when necessary.
And you base this on what, exactly? Did the witches you have tea with devine this through the entrails of chickens or is it your own gut feeling you're going with?
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 8:21 AM on September 20, 2008
ericb, that needs to go viral too. amazingly well said.
It has; I've had that emailed to me at least five times over the last week or so.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 11:18 AM on September 20, 2008
Well, I'd much rather be accused of associating with both Rezko and Ayers than Rush Limbaugh.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 9:06 PM on September 20, 2008
And yet here you are, saying once again that "you don't know enough about Obama" and refusing to fucking say what exactly you want to know.
I'll tell you what she wants to know---
Just something really, really bad, okay? She just wants to find out some bombshell that is so horrendously awful that he will have to slink away forever and the Good People of South Carolina will never have to think of him again. Is that so much to ask???
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 9:58 PM on September 20, 2008
Palin has spent her entire adult life immersed in this apocalyptic hysteria. Ask yourself: Is it a good idea to place the most powerful military on earth at her disposal?
Actually, I'd go a step further and say that anyone who uses the word, "smite" either in a non-ironic way or when not directly quoting some Old Testament passage should not be allowed anywhere near a foreign policy decision-making position.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 8:50 AM on September 21, 2008
Interesting take on the religious right and their stance on the environment, polar bears, and creationism. And how John McCain and Sarah Palin fit into all of it.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 10:40 PM on September 21, 2008
How can you possibly have a rational dialogue with someone who deals in absolutes like that? Reasoned discourse requires the ability to see nuances and shades of gray in every situation...
You can't. Witness the 2000 and 2004 elections.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 8:59 AM on September 22, 2008
*Cats for Obama* is definitely cute. (Not to be confused with *Pussies For McCain*).
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 7:20 PM on September 22, 2008
She may be unready (after all, how can she be expected to learn foreign policy, economics, etc. in a matter of mere weeks?) but she's not stupid. She's ignorant of the subjects she is supposed to know but up until now had no real interest in learning.
She's like the high school student who's been cheating on tests since Algebra I and getting A's. Now she's supposed to stand up in front of the whole school and answer questions in Advanced Calculus and she can't do it... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 11:34 AM on September 28, 2008
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Oh sh*t.
I, too, think that she's scared. It's the age-old story of an old-fashioned girl who has left her home to seek her fame and fortune in the Big City--only to find that the Dream Boss she thought she was working for turns out to be a senile old fart who spends his days rehashing old war stories and calls her a "cunt".
Right now she's just wishing (or, as Sarah herself would put it, "wishin'") for a pair of ruby slippers that she could click together... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 6:55 AM on September 26, 2008
I'm above average intelligence. So are pretty much all the people I associate with. I want someone smarter than I am to be in the White House.
There are plenty of people in this country who have lower IQs than I. Why don't they want someone smarter than they in the White House?
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 8:21 AM on September 26, 2008
Pressed on why her state's proximity to Russia enhanced her foreign policy experience, Ms. Palin said: "Well, it certainly does, because our, our next-door neighbors are foreign countries, there in the state that I am the executive of." She added that when Prime Minister Putin "rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America, where do they go? It's Alaska."
Do I need someone considerably smarter or... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 9:09 AM on September 26, 2008
God, I need this election over with! Am I the only one here who realizes I need a 12-step program to stear me away from political threads and let me get on with my life???
I've obsessively read all of the McCain/Palin threads here, checked all the news sources more than once an hour, I've sat in my car in the parking lot listening to an NPR report on McCain's temperment--THIS HAS GOT TO END SOON!
And every day I swear I'll quit. And every... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 1:31 PM on September 26, 2008
If you feel the need to feel sorry for Sarah Palin, feel sorry for her when she returns to Alaska. I suspect that she will be a one term governor after this and with any amount of luck she will sink into obscurity knitting booties for the grandkids.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 4:41 PM on September 26, 2008
"Box of rocks" is a bit more poetic (cuz it like, rhymes?) so that's a backhanded way of not only calling her stupid but also doing it in an elitist way. Which will totally piss her off.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 6:25 AM on September 27, 2008
She does well when she's working from a script--she was really, really effective at the RNC. It's when people are asking the tough questions (like when Katie Couric asked her what she meant when she had talked about her experience in foreign affairs because of Russia's proximity) that she folds.
Having said that, no one has ever gone wrong by overestimating the strengths of one's rivals.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 6:39 PM on September 27, 2008
Inside John McCain’s campaign the expectation is growing that there will be a popularity boosting pre-election wedding in Alaska between Bristol Palin, 17, and Levi Johnston, 18, her schoolmate and father of her baby. “It would be fantastic,” said a McCain insider. “You would have every TV camera there. The entire country would be watching. It would shut down the race for a week.”
This is a statement from a desperate campaign.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 9:38 PM on September 27, 2008
WTF is tough about that question?
I was being sarcastic.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 9:39 PM on September 27, 2008
Sarah Palin is not dumber than a box/bag/satchel of rocks/hair/whatever. What she is is ignorant on a myriad of subjects in which she has traditionally had no interest.
I'll tell you who's dumber than whatever--those people who think that she can learn all that a person who is running on a ticket for the highest office in the land needs to know and make informed descisions on in a matter of weeks. She can learn to game the standardized tests and... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 8:59 AM on September 28, 2008
MeFi post:
Bottoms up
I listened to the debate on NPR and I'll have to say that as far as delivery goes, McCain had it all over Obama.
As far as saying things that weren't based in fact, McCain was ahead on that, too.
Unfortunately, Joe Sixpack probably doesn't know that part of it and the media he utilizes won't point it out.
Obama has got to do a whole lot better in the next debate is all I have to say.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 9:35 PM on September 26, 2008
Isn't it about time that one of them does something really noteworthy so that we can have another FPP that loads faster?
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 9:33 PM on September 27, 2008
MeFi post:
Interview Sarah Palin
Oh oh oh, I misunderstood - I thought this was something about how the two GOP candidates were not supposed to interact. I had read about the debate negotiations. I thought this was a new story that they were actually trying to keep McCain and Palin apart, to protect him.
They're allowed to interact but McCain is not allowed to comment on how much makeup she wears or to call her a c*nt.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 1:58 PM on September 27, 2008
MeFi post:
The Wars of John McCain
9:46: Obama needs to use his line about McCain saying he'll chase Obama to the Gates of Hell, but not the cave where he lives. Instead, he used the word precipitous.
Is this some sort of weird Freudian slip or is McCain really getting his war on in this debate?
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 9:18 PM on September 26, 2008
MeFi post:
Fiction, pure fiction.
And the Bush Administration sings the same old chorus:
"We must act quickly; we don't want this global financial crisis to come in the form of a mushroom cloud."
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 6:43 AM on September 25, 2008
MeFi post:
Aubergine (eggplant) recipes
When I go to my garden and pull out my knife to tenderly slice the eggplant from the stem, I feel as though I am performing midwifery.
Sometimes as I cradle the eggplant in my arms, I feel tears forming.
Perhaps I am reading too much into my dinner preparations.
posted to MetaFilter by leftcoastbob
at 7:46 AM on September 24, 2008
