MeFi comment:
"Actually, I'm going to go further as I reflect on the day's canvassing. People are fired up even more because of the nastiness of the McCain campaign in the last couple of weeks. If he intended to fire up his base, he neglected to consider that such..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by sotalia, spiderwire, EarBucket
Almost an hour ago
MeFi comment:
"Just spent the afternoon canvassing in Indiana. We worked a neighborhood that would have been 100 percent Bush voters 4 years ago. Now there are Obama voters and Obama signs all over the place. Very few McCain signs. Obama can win this state, I'm..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Rumple
2 ½ hours ago
MeFi comment:
"Here was the Pegler quote from Palin's convention speech:
"We grow good people in our small towns, with honesty and sincerity and dignity", she said, a Pegler quote that also appeared in the book "Right From the Beginning" by..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by Sonny Jim
more than 12 hours ago
MeFi comment:
"Michael Kinsley, a fairly believable person, has an interesting story up about witnessing McCain losing his temper on a gambling trip to Puerto Rico: "At the Craps Table with John McCain...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blueberry
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I agree. Obama should bait McCain every day from now until the debate with "say it to my face." He should actually question McCain's honor publicly and directly.
Get under his skin. He's a known hothead. And this is the way to break..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by rokusan
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Add to the West Virginia shocker: Gallup continues to show an 11 point Obama margin, 52/41.
And RCP, which leans right, has Obama at 277 EVs *without* Ohio, Florida, Colorado, Nevada, Indiana, or Missouri (or WV) -- they've painted Virginia..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by scody
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"On behalf of my fellow New Zealanders, I apologise, sorry apologize, for this cretan.
You do know they're all liars, right?" [
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favorited 3 times, recently by scody, winna, EarBucket
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"1) I am not being classist; they could be three lawyers in a boardroom for all I care and they would still be "morons," and I am sure such morons exist.
2) I think it is always appropriate to call out racism, and I don't excuse it..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by lord_wolf, shiu mai baby, Lentrohamsanin, Meatbomb
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"1) "That one" -- yeah, standard issue putdown from an old coot. The problem is that it is a standard issue putdown from and old coot. The correct term of address is "Senator Obama," or if you wish to dehumanize him, "my..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by dejah420, chiababe, blueberry, scody, Pantengliopoli
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Slam. Dunk. I sense acceptance coming from the rational right. The crazies are going to make an ugly last stand and wave the bloody flag of hate, however.
I think we should co-opt "that one." As in "who do you want as president?..." [
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favorited 17 times, recently by LobsterMitten, ambrosia, everichon, Reverend John, Pollomacho, hazyjane, Lentrohamsanin, hal9k, Dragonness, maryh, marble, Manhasset, every_one_needs_a_hug_sometimes, mrzarquon, nudar, dejah420, scody
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Speaking of body armor, VoteVets has a new ad out against Liddy Dole, here. Actually, it's an old ad (from 2006) but it still packs a hell of a punch. (YouTube)
Oh, and Obama is up 11 in Gallup today, 52/41...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blueberry
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"What some might not understand is that a white man refusing to shake a black man's hand is a venerable trope for racism in the south (a variant is not touching a customer's hand when you make change). It's an everyday under-the-radar way to signal..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by cmyk, shiu mai baby, dejah420, zardoz, sugarfish
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"David Talbot in Salon: The Palin's Un-American Activities
We learn that:
[Alaska Independent Party founder Joe] Vogler's greatest moment of glory was to be his 1993 appearance before the United Nations to denounce United States..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by aeschenkarnos, lysdexic
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Jack White, writing at the Root: "Channeling George Wallace."
Geraldine Ferraro was a far better qualified candidate than Sarah Palin. But the Alaska governor does have one thing in common with the first female vice presidential..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by gofargogo, Miko, Rumple, scody, zarah, cashman
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Metafilter: Policy was proposed and debated. Sometimes people shouted at each other. Personal attacks were out of bounds, but questions and discussions could get pretty harsh. We were all 14-18 years old.
Couldn't resist...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by snofoam
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Planned Parenthood Press Release:
Washington, DC — Call it the ultimate in grassroots activity, a viral email urging people to donate to Planned Parenthood “in honor of Sarah Palin” generated more than 31,313 donations totaling more than..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Miko, scody
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I haven't exactly been praying for the health of Palin or McCain.
After yesterday, I'm praying both of them develop incurable brain tumors this week. I don't have Barack's cool. I guess that's why he's going to be president and I'll just have to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Miko
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"From Milbank's piece:
Worse, Palin's routine attacks on the media have begun to spill into ugliness. In Clearwater, arriving reporters were greeted with shouts and taunts by the crowd of about 3,000. Palin then went on to blame Katie Couric's..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by blueberry, cashman
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Cool video ad: The Palins Are UnAmerican (slams her Alaska Ind Party ties)
Spread it around. Let's bury her." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blueberry
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Ah, Dana Milbank is hitting this story in the Wash Post. Good. It needs national media attention all day today. Even better than writing the GOP; write the press. Let them know you are appalled and that they need to cover this and get an..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by blueberry, gladly
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I don't know. In the McCain clip he pauses after "TERRORIST!" as if savoring the moment and letting the hatred build. It's pretty striking.
Palin seems more oblivious of the reaction she's channeling, like she has no clue this isn't..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by shiu mai baby, Pantengliopoli, brain cloud
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"You know, I've noticed that some of the trolls working on the rightwing team are pretending to be economics experts too. Have y'all noticed that?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Tax Law Professors Agree: Palins' tax returns are wrong. (Tax Prof blog)
There is no serious debate (at least, none that has been brought to our attention) about the fact that at least the amounts paid for the children's travel -- $24,728.83 in..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by blueberry, scody
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"However, many of them seem to think that any further regression in the economy will be attributed by voters to the democratic candidate, which strikes me as very weird since McCain's poll numbers have been pretty much following the Dow Jones index...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Miko, DevilsAdvocate
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Bookhouse, I don't think they're exactly following orders. I've noticed the same pattern in other blog comments sections. The thing is, you can tell that many of them are really unhinged, spewing the talking points indiscriminately, not bothering..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by shiu mai baby, tractorfeed, Balisong, shitcock, zardoz, amyms, scody, cashman, blueberry, brain cloud
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"And wow, did Obama just bring it in Asheville. The closing focus will be health care, tested as a way to keep the economy personal, I'm sure. Riveting, powerful speech. We take it for granted now, but he's one of the great orators of our time,..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by sugarfish, shitcock, Pantengliopoli
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Good.
Now can we kill the traveling productions too? I was trapped on an airplane with the young cast of some traveling production of Rent a few months ago. They were the most annoying, loud, self-consciously hipster assholes I've ever had to be..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by OolooKitty
5 days ago
Ask comment:
"In my view, Macbooks already have problems from running too hot even with the screen open. Take it for what it's worth, but I've seen a lot of lemon MBs, and most of them have heat problems.
As for this:
Yeah, the problem I've seen is that..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by alist
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Springsteen sings "Thunder Road" at Vote for Change rally in Philly Saturday. (YouTube)" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by wemayfreeze
6 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Frank Rich is out. Ice cold.
You have to wonder how long it will be before they plead with him to think of his health, get out of the way and pull the ultimate stunt of flipping the ticket. Palin, we can be certain, wouldn’t even blink...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nickyskye
6 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Even better,
PALIN: Turns out one of Barack’s earliest supporters is a man who, according to the New York Times, and they are hardly ever wrong . . . .
Oh, that means Rick Davis is on the take for Freddie Mac and McCain did have an affair..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by brain cloud
6 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Or in simple terms, what I am saying is that *despite what the pundits think,* Sarah Palin was the one who came off as a faker last night, and Biden came off as a real person you could imagine caring about your problems. He won the debate, no matter..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by agregoli
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Yeah, exactly -- Biden has internalized his verbal persona as his character and his political identity. He's built a long record of work that allows him to feel a stake in the success of the ideas and institutions he's supported. That's the elusive..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by agregoli, Miko
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Interesting analysis, iamkimiam
You bracket the question of intentionality -- one can prevaricate an entire persona, and spin an entire semantic web in the voice of that character. In that case, you have to look beyond the surface semantic..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by agregoli, shiu mai baby, dejah420, scody, Miko, spiderwire
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I just read an interesting post on another blog (abut Rich Lowry's star struck comments) that set me a'thinking. Is Sarah Palin the first time we've seen *directly* sexual marketing employed in a presidential campaign? I mean, the winking, the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nickyskye
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Not to mention that it makes "which candidate would you rather have a beer with?" a rather lame-assed standard for popular appeal." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by msalt
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Never mind that, depending on which calculations you believe, Todd n' Sarah pay between a 10 percent and 15% federal tax rate.
How come that pleez?
Plus Alaska actually gives you money back. So she's got a negative state tax burden. She has..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by shiu mai baby, blueberry, scody, leftcoastbob
7 days ago
