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Ask post:
How Do I Get Started In Seeking Political Office?
Have you worked on a campaign before? If not, that would provide a lot of insight.
Anyway, the position you intend to run for will determine what you should expect. The more local and obscure, the less work you'll usually need to do, and the less money you will need to raise. However, there are exceptions even to this; in some cities the city council is a huge deals, not so much in others. Sometimes someone will run a very gung-ho campaign for something most people... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Nattie
at 10:57 PM on October 5, 2008 
marked best answer
MeFi post:
OJ to take his search for the 'real killers' into the Nevada state prison system
davidmsc writes "The public fascination with Simpson continues to baffle me."
Yeah, what's so interesting about a multi-millionaire Heisman Trophy-winning actor brutally murdering his wife and her friend and then being acquitted, only to end up serving the rest of his life in prison for armed robbery and kidnapping?
posted to MetaFilter by mullingitover
at 11:31 PM on October 3, 2008
The courtroom mic failed to pick up the second half of Johnny Cochran's phrase, "If the glove does not fit, you must acquit."
"But if you kidnap a dude, you're going to Sing Sing."
posted to MetaFilter by empyrean
at 12:06 AM on October 4, 2008
MeFi post:
Oy, oy, oy...
When I first read this headline on the BBC news site, I thought it said "boy goes on rampage at Aussie zoo, fed to crocodile".
After reading the story, I find myself kind of wishing that were true.
posted to MetaFilter by scrump
at 10:34 AM on October 3, 2008
At one point, he tried scaling the outer enclosure himself to get to "Terry", the 11ft (3.3m) saltwater crocodile.
Kinda wish he'd made it.
posted to MetaFilter by piedmont
at 10:38 AM on October 3, 2008
So the child is engaging in animal cruelty and arguably torture, which are well accepted as a early signifier of sociopathic tendencies, and we need to point the blame at the zoo?
I'm sorry but if a 7 year old child was killing cats and feeding them to a neighborhood dog we'd label that scary behavior I fail to see how similar acts taking place in a controlled setting like a zoo should be considered cool or exciting.
posted to MetaFilter by vuron
at 11:06 AM on October 3, 2008
MeFi post:
"What has been said in here is off the record and doesn't go outside."
"Don't trust any of yous. I will pick two local papers and speak to them and the rest can fuck off. I ain't coming up here to have the piss taken out of me. I have a million pages of crap that has been written about me. I'm ridiculed for no reason. I'm defenceless."
I sense a "Interim Newcastle manager or Republican Vice-Presidential candidate?" quiz coming on...
posted to MetaFilter by flashboy
at 2:51 AM on October 3, 2008
MeFi post:
Sarah Palin may be a better debater than you think
I'm praying that she'll be overcome by the Spirit and start speaking in tongues.
posted to MetaFilter by RussHy
at 3:44 PM on October 1, 2008
My current theory of her reminds of me of a rule of thumb when scouting sports talent, especially high school basketball, and hey, she was a high school basketball star ...
Oftentimes, you see a high school basketball star get flayed at the college level, because up until that time, they've always been the best player on the court, and their game is centered around using their built-in talent advantage only. They have no flexibility in dealing with a challenge outside of... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Cool Papa Bell
at 3:48 PM on October 1, 2008
McCain/Palin 08: Lowered Expectaaaaations.
posted to MetaFilter by stavrogin
at 3:48 PM on October 1, 2008
Go back and watch some of George W's debates against Ann Richards...
Oh, how I miss Ann Richards!
'Poor George. He can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.'
posted to MetaFilter by ericb
at 4:04 PM on October 1, 2008
Incidentally, this piece by Matt Taibbi about Sarah Palin is fun.
posted to MetaFilter by Sticherbeast
at 4:21 PM on October 1, 2008
I had this weird dream where Palin shows up for the debate drunk and starts asking Biden things like "do you want to fuck me? John wants to fuck me." And it went downhill from there. Biden just looks slightly appalled.
My fantasy world is much more lively than the real world.
posted to MetaFilter by maxwelton
at 4:26 PM on October 1, 2008
Is there a Sarah Palin VP Debate Drinking Game (tm) yet?
Yes, it's called "the rampant alcoholism in Alaska."
posted to MetaFilter by Sticherbeast
at 4:28 PM on October 1, 2008
Is there a Sarah Palin VP Debate Drinking Game (tm) yet?
Drink whenever you remember that there's a decent chance that this woman will become the President of the United States of America.
I know I'll need a stiff one whenever that occurs.
posted to MetaFilter by Flunkie
at 4:52 PM on October 1, 2008
From this link, here's one of her (non-)answers she used in a debate with Andrew Halcro which pretty much sums up her strategy:
"Andrew, I watch you at these debates with no notes, no papers, and yet when asked questions, you spout off facts, figures, and policies, and I'm amazed. But then I look out into the audience and I ask myself, 'Does any of this really matter?'"
posted to MetaFilter by symbollocks
at 5:13 PM on October 1, 2008
I can't wait until the whole thing unravels to the point where Bible Spice is screaming "DON'T HATE! DON'T HATE!" at Ififll.
posted to MetaFilter by The Straightener
at 7:55 PM on October 1, 2008
"Getting to speak directly to Americans without that filter of mainstream media trying to I think maybe censor some of my comments as we lay out those contrasts between these two different tickets."
YOU'RE KILLING WORDS.
posted to MetaFilter by 235w103
at 7:48 AM on October 2, 2008
My Obama campaign donation pledge after debate is as follows, if anybody else wants to join in:
- $5 for each time Sarah Palin says she put the Governor's plane on Ebay;
- $5 for each time Sarah Palin says she was against the "bridge to nowhere";
- $5 for each time Sarah Palin says she has foreign policy experience because she can see Russia from Alaska;
- $5 for each time Sarah Palin says she has executive experience/ability... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by contessa
at 9:34 AM on October 2, 2008
Where: Somewhere in Pakistan high in the Hindu Kush. Deep in a cave.
When: 6.5 minutes after Plain/Biden Debate.
BIN LADEN: (Talking on phone in front of TV)
Hey, hey, hey! Yeah. It's me. YEAH. I just watched it. The boys and me in the cave here were in stitches. STITCHES! YEAH! Oh my Allah, praise be to him, that was so fucking awesome. That Palin chick thought Damascus was a WWF wrestler! Oh. Allah. So many good quotes in there.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by tkchrist
at 12:54 PM on October 2, 2008
Sarah Palin Imagines the Vice Presidential Debate
GI (serious): Governor Palin, Senator Biden, thank you for joining us this evening. Governor, the first question is to you: Many people are saying that blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Given that blah blah blah blah blah blah blah, what are your opinions on the matter of blah blah blah blah blah blah blah?
SP (bright and chipper):... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Flunkie
at 5:12 PM on October 2, 2008
I keep trying to stay out of these threads but I just can't help it.
This campaign has destroyed my ability to detect irony and I have no idea what to think anymore. Please help me, Metafilter. Is this:Her fellow bartender, Crystal Porter, chimed in. “I know [Obama's] wife runs a liberalist camp for teenagers, and when he gets elected, he wants to make it mandatory for all teenagers to go there. I also heard as a hobby he makes flags, like home made flags, one for each... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by enn
at 5:26 PM on October 2, 2008
Can someone please kill me? This is like watching the guy who does sports debate the woman who does the recipe bit on the local morning show.
posted to MetaFilter by XQUZYPHYR
at 6:10 PM on October 2, 2008
Her expertise is energy? Really? They teach that in sports broadcasting school, do they?
posted to MetaFilter by dejah420
at 6:25 PM on October 2, 2008
Holy shit! They hate us for our freedom!
posted to MetaFilter by birdherder
at 6:49 PM on October 2, 2008
Look at you over there. With your freedoms.
You dirty whore.
posted to MetaFilter by XQUZYPHYR
at 6:50 PM on October 2, 2008
Oh gosh darn tootin, you betcha FUCKING STAB ME IN THE PENIS IT WILL HURT LESS THAN THIS.
posted to MetaFilter by XQUZYPHYR
at 7:12 PM on October 2, 2008
our Jewish brother and sisters, God bless 'em
Oh man. The part where she smarmed to Biden how his wife's reward was in heaven because she was a teacher nearly made me retch. In my dream universe (you know, the one where Samuel L. Jackson shows up in the Couric interview to yell "Newspapers, motherfucker -- DO YOU READ THEM?"), Biden snaps back "my wife's reward is in my pants, you nitwit, now shitcan the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by scody
at 8:25 PM on October 2, 2008
I really don't understand how anyone could watch Palin's performance tonight and state, without laughing, that she is an authentic human being. She is a farce. She is a cartoon. I have a "diverse family" with a lot of "Joe Sixpack and Hockey Mom" relatives, too, and no one speaks in everyday speech the way she sounded tonight, and they certainly wouldn't speak that way in a serious debate; the fact that she did is not rustic, or folksy, but disingenuous and ultimately... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by gatorae
at 9:18 PM on October 2, 2008
ATTN: Sarah... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by shadow vector
at 6:01 AM on October 3, 2008
MeFi post:
Fossett's Plane Found
That's silly - everyone knows Lindbergh was most famous for having an innocent German-born carpenter framed for his baby's mysterious death.
posted to MetaFilter by Item
at 10:15 PM on October 2, 2008
MeTa post:
vegan nazi zealots omg
You just wanted to say "inchoate".
posted to MetaTalk by cortex
at 11:15 AM on October 1, 2008
I heart zombie bacon pancake donut monkey robot pirates!!!
posted to MetaTalk by It's Raining Florence Henderson
at 11:40 AM on October 1, 2008
This is not an AskMe thread.
Don't you get all Magritte with me, mister.
posted to MetaTalk by electroboy
at 12:29 PM on October 1, 2008
And since nobody asked me, my problem with vegans is their preachiness. Kind of like most (certainly not all) Christians. An adult can obviously eat whatever she chooses, but ya know, that's your choice. And mine is too eat meat (granted, I live in a country where the concept of veganism, let along vegetarianism, is just incomprehensible to people).
So I've got a co-worker who's vegan, and I really, honestly try to make nice small talk with her, but for fuck's sake... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by bardic
at 10:56 PM on October 1, 2008
MeFi post:
What caused the Viking Age?
What caused the Viking Age?
Scholars estimate that around 785, Mt. Loki, NE of Iceland, erupted spectacularly, pumping hundreds of millions of tonnes of red-hot longships from the deepest bowels of the Earth and high into the planet's atmosphere. This eruption was felt as far away as China, causing Yan Zhenqing, famous calligrapher, to spill his inkpot, resulting in his strangulation.
posted to MetaFilter by turgid dahlia
at 8:50 PM on September 29, 2008
I blame too much sleep.
posted to MetaFilter by b1tr0t
at 8:54 PM on September 29, 2008
Lars: The Celts have huge warehouses full of Greek fire, they could burn our village down within forty five minutes! We must strike pre-emptively - lest we see mushroom clouds over the fjords!
Sven: (sharpening axe) They hate us for our longboats!!
posted to MetaFilter by pompomtom
at 9:05 PM on September 29, 2008
Oh boy! The Viking Age! That's where I'm a Somali pirate!
posted to MetaFilter by mwhybark
at 9:06 PM on September 29, 2008
Seriously, it's great that nowadays you can find editions of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle online and check out the originals of those quotes from Wikipedia on the first Viking raids on the British Isles.
787, B manuscript:Her nam Byrhtric cing Offan dohtor Eadburge, 7 on his dagum coman ærest .iii. scipu Norðmanna, 7 þa se gerefa þærto rad 7 hie wolde drifan to þæs cinges tune, þy he nyste hwæt hie wæron, 7 hine man ðær ofsloh. Þæt wæron þa ærestan scipu deniscra manna þe... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by No-sword
at 3:44 AM on September 30, 2008
MeFi post:
Cats Defending Henhouses
Facebook continues to differentiate itself by going for the "be evil" market, I see.
posted to MetaFilter by enn
at 12:06 PM on September 30, 2008
Mohammed al-Qahtani was poked by: Donald Rumsfeld.
poke back | remove
posted to MetaFilter by designbot
at 12:17 PM on September 30, 2008
INT. FACEBOOK GLOBAL MOUNTAIN HQ
Data Support Guy (breathless): Sir! Sir! We've finally collated all the stripmined personal data from our servers! You're not going to believe this!
Boss Guy: Well? What is it? For God's sake man, spit it out!
Data Support Guy: We're still working on the exact figures, but this preliminary report seems to suggest that...that Rachel likes Troy but she caught Melissa kissing Aaron, but that... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by turgid dahlia
at 3:18 PM on September 30, 2008
MeFi post:
Neverdrinkmilkagain, neverdrinkmilkagain, I promise, neverdrinkmilkagain...
This is udderly unacceptable.
posted to MetaFilter by turgid dahlia
at 3:24 PM on September 30, 2008
First, they came for the people wearing cow suits and peeing on front porches, and I did nothing...
posted to MetaFilter by strangeleftydoublethink
at 3:24 PM on September 30, 2008
At least in the hokey she will have a long time to ruminate over the error of her ways.
posted to MetaFilter by turgid dahlia
at 3:26 PM on September 30, 2008
I don't care how creative you think you are. You can't top this for terrifying imagery. "She was chasing children in a cow costume."
Sure we can. Won't you join me?
She/he/it was [blank]ing [blank] in a [blank] costume.
1. Bush was meeting with foreign dignitaries in a president's costume
2. McCain was meeting with foreign dignitaries in a president's costume
3.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by It's Raining Florence Henderson
at 3:31 PM on September 30, 2008
MeFi post:
"I can pin point the exact moment when the entire country realized what was happening"
Generally speaking, the revolver is more difficult to master than the pistol. The double action is hard and it affects speed and accuracy. It can be done, but I found that pistols are easier, as did many shooters. Also, even though they seem to be more simple, revolvers are not as rugged as service pistols, the mechanisms that cycles the cylinder and cocks the hammer is both complicated and fragile compared to auto pistols. - From "survivors of other collapsed... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by fuq
at 12:17 PM on October 2, 2008
