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MeFi post:
Sarah Palin may be a better debater than you think
I will pay someone cash money to have this thread not be about konolia Rafaelloello .
posted to MetaFilter by madamjujujive
at 9:08 PM on October 2, 2008
I'm just impressed with how well she learned the 5 D's: Dodge, duck, dip, dive... and dodge.
posted to MetaFilter by educatedslacker
at 6:29 AM on October 3, 2008
Well it is obvious now why she took exception to Obama's statement that it is patriotic to pay your taxes.
posted to MetaFilter by Secret Life of Gravy
at 6:46 PM on October 3, 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
Interesting note: Barack Obama was endorsed by Hulk "The Hulkster" Hogan; John McCain was endorsed by Lou "The Incredible Hulk" Ferrigno. HULK FIGHT!
posted to MetaFilter by brain cloud
at 4:12 PM on October 6, 2008
MeFi post:
Huck & Yogi Turn 50
The Happy Days cartoon (travelling through time with a space girl and Fonz's dog Mr. Cool)?
I'm sorry, I'm not having that. That was an AWESOME cartoon (when i was 8). I remember a friend not being allowed to watch it by his parents (cartoons = bad) and feeling mortified at his luck.
It had an awesome credit squence narrated by Wolfman Jack! It had the a dog called Mr Cool! It had Cupcake, the girl from the future! They... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Hartster
at 4:38 AM on October 2, 2008
MeFi post:
Because there are more important things to do on Friday night
McCain can't handle a debate. Palin can't handle a press conference. Let's just cancel the election and put these guys in charge of the free world already.
posted to MetaFilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94
at 12:37 PM on September 24, 2008
This is an opportunity for both candidates to prove they care more about the nation than themselves. I personally think both will step up to the plate.
You... show up in these threads just to say ridiculous things, don't you?
posted to MetaFilter by kbanas
at 12:43 PM on September 24, 2008
"PS if this was reversed you'd all be saying Obama was being a statesman."
And I would be agreeing with you.
posted by konolia at 3:42 PM on September 24 [+] [!]
If Obama did this I would be saying he just lost the election. And I'd be right.
posted to MetaFilter by rosswald
at 12:48 PM on September 24, 2008
konolia, my understanding of this whole campaign nonsense is that each candidate is supposed to prove that he is more qualified to handle the crises that we all face. If he can't 'focus on the economy' and run for president at the same time, how is he going to handle the economy, foreign affairs, random natural disasters, and everything else that will be thrown at him as president? The world will not stop spinning on its axis so that he can get his shit together, whether he's running for... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mitzyjalapeno
at 1:03 PM on September 24, 2008
This will be the most important piece of legislation from this Congress, and I damn well want my senator there paying attention and taking a role. The people of AZ think the same, I'm sure. I'm sorry that it will ruin a two hour TV episode where the candidates vie for the all important moron vote.
posted by a robot made out of meat at 4:37 PM on September 24
The candidates should be debating precisely this bill on Friday so they can clarify... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Pastabagel
at 1:50 PM on September 24, 2008
Fox News says McCain wants the 1st Pres debate to replace the VP debate in STL on Wed, and for the VP debate to be held in MS at a TBD date.
"Or hey," McCain continued, "if you want to cancel the VP debate all together, that's cool too. Whatever."
posted to MetaFilter by turaho
at 3:03 PM on September 24, 2008
He talks a lot about having hope and visualizing and creating a better tomorrow without actually specifying his vision of what a better tomorrow would look like, or the steps required to achieve that.
Yeah, he should really provide some specifics. Maybe he could provide a 33-page Blueprint for Change [PDF]. Maybe he could set up web pages and downloadable PDFs on issues like Civil Rights, Defense, Disabilities, Economy, Education, Energy, Ethics,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by kirkaracha
at 11:52 AM on September 26, 2008
Come on, Im young and healthy and have gotten confused getting off stages several times. They're all different and heaven forbid you didnt get enough sleep the night before. He's old but this seems like a low blow. It wont win votes, it'll just make our side look petty.
posted to MetaFilter by damn dirty ape
at 10:42 AM on October 1, 2008
MeTa post:
I must really rank
No. You're not only not going to do that viral astroturfing shit here, I forbid you from doing it anywhere. This is now the seventh time (I've been keeping track) that I've heard the republican spin that the housing crisis is caused by Hispanics/black/minorities/poor. A memo must have gone out the night Paulson proposed the plan because jowly white douchebags from all over are all simultaneously on board with the same talking points.
Let me be perfectly clear. It is... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Pastabagel
at 8:39 AM on September 30, 2008
Obama lied, markets died.
Slogans chanted, failure granted.
posted to MetaTalk by Lentrohamsanin
at 8:55 AM on September 30, 2008
Ask post:
Forget Creationism, we should teach _______ in public schools!
Don't forget the similarities in the DNA. The phrase "we've looked so hard for a link and haven't found one, really." simply isn't true.
Creationists love to move the evidentiary bar, and especially love to demand evidence that either a: doesn't exist yet, and use that fact to deny conclusions supported by a wealth of evidence they *haven't* asked for, or b: demand evidence that actually does exist (like transition fossils, showing a species in an intermediate phase, like... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by asavage
at 9:29 PM on September 28, 2008
MeFi post:
Sarah Palin as McCain's running-mate
This comment from goodnewsfortheinsane is comment #3648 on this post, passing the Sans Quoi longboat thread in MeTa for most comments ever for any post, any MeFi site.
It is now the longest thread in the history of MeFi.
The record was reached in 8 days, 4 hours, and 37 minutes.
Congratulations to one and all for making history, and to Gov. Mrs. Palin for making it all possible.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by dw
at 11:51 AM on September 5, 2008
I think you have taken a lot of...grief...in this thread and you I haven't seen you retaliate with personal attacks.
Not sure that's cause for kudos. Although she's a much earlier enrollee in MeFi than I am, I am very familiar with her and her oeuvre on the Blue. She addresses what she wants to ignores what she doesn't, uses her elder status and downhome folksiness to take the edge off of some of her more offensive viewpoints, and sidesteps anything... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by psmealey
at 5:30 PM on September 6, 2008
Sarah Palin Prompts former NYC Mayor Koch to Endorse Obama"Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch, who supported Bush in 2004, is endorsing Obama today.
Politico's Ben Smith asked Koch what prompted the Obama endorsement: 'The designation of Palin to be vice president. She's scary...Any time someone goes to the library and says, "I want to ban books," and the librarian says "no," and she threatens to fire them -- that's scary.'"Koch's public... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by ericb
at 8:16 AM on September 9, 2008
According to the New York Times, the librarian was fired by Palin and later reinstated only to resign a few years later.
People who support this decision say that it's fairly standard for an incoming administration to want to replace people who serve "at the pleasure" of the governing person with people loyal to them, citing other incoming administrations in (much) larger cities who have done similar things. People who do not support this decision say that you... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jessamyn
at 10:44 AM on September 9, 2008
Obama had to know that ANY reference to lipstick -whether you are applying it to a pitbull, a pig or a Presbyterian-would immediately be referenced back to Palin's signature joke.
I see your point just fine, but it's patently dishonest and takes a tremendous leap of faith. Palin using the word "lipstick" in a speech doesn't make a very common turn of phrase - one that McCain and his own people have gleefully used - suddenly off limits.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing
at 1:35 PM on September 10, 2008
Is this common in the US?
This wasn't even common in Alaska.
Currently, however, this is not common. In fact, it's actually federal law now that rape kits must either be free or compensation must be available to those with economic need.
It's one of the regulations in the Violence Against Women Act, written by Joe Biden.
posted to MetaFilter by XQUZYPHYR
at 11:03 AM on September 11, 2008
You don't want Palin to go away.
Yeah we do. She's a power-hungry liar. She hires her buddies who have no qualifications, for high-paid positions. She charges sexual assault victims for rape test kits. She asks how to ban books. Her husband was in a group that wanted to secede from the union. She fires people who challenge her. She fires museum directors and librarians. She confirmed how unprepared she is, in the ABC news interview - the ONE... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by cashman
at 6:56 PM on September 13, 2008
I understand, meanwhile, that Palin is a mirror.
No, I think most of us know the difference between looking into a mirror and being distracted by a shiny object.
posted to MetaFilter by Grangousier
at 4:53 AM on September 14, 2008
posted to MetaFilter by cortex
at 10:15 PM on September 25, 2008
MeFi post:
Palin, pancakes, and the straight talk express
I love Biden but he's the one who is stereotyped as being the "gaffe guy."
Actually, the 'gaffe guy,' thing kind of helped make Biden a good choice in terms of wooing uncommitted Middle American voters. It's Obama saying "I won't hold the occasional verbal gaffe against somebody if their heart's in the right place."
posted to MetaFilter by jonmc
at 8:52 AM on September 14, 2008
To be specific with ACORN, what happened is that they paid people to register voters. One of their employees faked some registration forms in order to get paid more, in other words, to defraud ACORN (actions which would have no effect on the election). ACORN cooperated with the FBI during the help prosecute the fraudsters.
In other words, ACORN was the victim of the crime, not the perpetrator, but because ACORN's mission is to register lower-income... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by delmoi
at 10:55 AM on September 14, 2008
What's bizarre to me is how the media can continue to portray the Republicans as the "family values" party with a straight face. Their candidate is an adulterer who married his mistress. The mistress-now-wife is an ex-junkie who stole painkillers from a charity and destroyed a doctor to get her fix. The VP candidate is a career woman so driven that she made a speech while leaking amniotic fluid, rather than ensure the safety of her baby.
If... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Maias
at 2:39 PM on September 14, 2008
anyone who pulls a newspaper clipping out of his wallet to make a point is in automatic Grampa Simpson/Lyndon Larouchie territory for me.
Hey, have some sympathy! When you have to make it through the A section, the Week in Review section, the Opinion page, the Business & Finance section, the Health section, and the funny pages all the way to the want ads to find the one piece of information about the election that doesn't put your party in a... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Miko
at 7:46 PM on September 14, 2008
America is sick of Ivy League theorists spinning their vast and glorious plans by way of the fawning media machine.
Ah, so you're sick of Bush (Yale and Harvard) spinning vast and glorious plans ("the war on terror," the extension of executive power) by way of a fawning media (Fox News, CNN) machine?
Good.
posted to MetaFilter by fourcheesemac
at 5:07 AM on September 16, 2008
I personally know a woman who used to babysit his three oldest kids. Nuff said.
Would those be the kids he abandoned when he left his first wife for a younger, prettier, and much richer model?
As for the "America you know," I know that America very, very well. And I have news for you and some other people in that America: you don't own the country, and people who think and live differently are just as... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by fourcheesemac
at 5:05 AM on September 16, 2008
Republicans begin efforts to suppress the vote in Florida and California, via "We have you registered as a republican" mailers with "Do Not Forward" stamped on them. Election officials criticize the efforts.The piece, paid for by the Republican National Committee and authorized by McCain, tells voters it is seeking to double-check their "unconfirmed" party affiliations while asking for money. A letter signed by McCain tells the Democrats: "We have you... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by cashman
at 5:35 AM on September 17, 2008
Lady Lynn Forrester de Rothschild is going to support Thurston Howell III John Sidney McCain III because Barack Obama's an elitist? Boo hoo.
posted to MetaFilter by kirkaracha
at 2:24 PM on September 17, 2008
That's not what I wrote.
Ah, bullshit, konolia. Let's look at the statement to which I refer - you said:I hope, while you are educating your children about art and culture, you are also teaching them how to be good human beings. Which would include not being snobs. ... See, although I myself enjoy art and music and "culture" I understand that in some sense these are personal preferences. My parents certainly didn't raise me to appreciate... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing
at 2:12 AM on September 18, 2008
I really have a yen
To go back once again,
Back to the place where no one wears a frown,
To see once more those super-special just plain folks
In my home town.
No fellow could ignore
The little girl next door,
She sure looked sweet in her first evening gown.
Now there's a charge for what she used to give for free
In my home town.
I remember dan, the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Grangousier
at 11:34 AM on September 18, 2008
I'm not claiming small town people are any better than big city people. The latter are certainly more...polished. My main point is that if Obama supporters don't get that their disdain is visible and noted by those small town types, that Obama just might have his butt handed to him in the upcoming election. But, hey, that's fine with me.
I feel sorry for you. I honestly do. You are being lied to, repeatedly, and you're not examining the information... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by odinsdream
at 12:18 PM on September 18, 2008
I certainly know from observation his supporters do.
Which supporters? What have you observed? All supporters, or just a subset? Please give evidence for "Obama's supporters disdain people from small towns." I currently live in a small town. I'm a supporter.
I'm not claiming small town people are any better than big city people. The latter are certainly more...polished.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Miko
at 12:50 PM on September 18, 2008
Wow... so, I guess when you mock a politician for their popularity by calling them "The One," it's only when they're not a pretty white lady.
These people want McCain to die. I feel this needs to keep being repeated.
posted to MetaFilter by XQUZYPHYR
at 5:49 AM on September 19, 2008
I like those poll results with impunity!
posted to MetaFilter by Bookhouse
at 9:57 PM on September 23, 2008
MeTa post:
Search and Destroy
In theory at least, I can see how this might be useful, without it covering ground that might be criminal or otherwise nasty.
There could be situations (say, relating to work or relationships) in which certain details *need* to be included for the situation to be properly explained, but those details simultaneously make the question easily searchable. Googlability of these flashpoint terms might endanger somebody's job or privacy or reputation or whatever.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by UbuRoivas
at 11:49 PM on September 18, 2008
Ask post:
Good clean jokes.
My favorite's basically an old Emo Philips bit:
When I was a child, my parents told me never to open the cellar door. "Never open the cellar door," the said, and for many years, I obeyed them, although I always wondered what it was that was so dangerous behind the cellar door. And then one day, when there was no one around, I finally got up my courage... I slowly walked over... I put out my hand... and I opened the cellar door. And I saw wonderful things!... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by scody
at 10:05 PM on December 14, 2005
MeFi post:
A Promise Kept
dirtdirt, I always fall back on "a carmine ho".
posted to MetaFilter by yhbc
at 12:07 PM on September 8, 2008
MeFi post:
Green Behind The Ears
The wealthy Republicans are being really disingenuous when they're taking about Obama's tax policies -- they don't give a shit about what the income tax rate is. They're really freaking out about the Capital Gains tax, because they don't work for money, money works for them. Taxing cap gains hits them a lot harder than some piddly income tax.
posted to MetaFilter by amuseDetachment
at 1:43 PM on September 5, 2008
Where was Sarah Palin's flag pin? Everyone knows that you're not patriotic and you don't love your country unless you're wearing a flag pin!
Must have been in the same drawer as McCain's.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail
at 6:01 PM on September 5, 2008
