On The Great Road To Nowhere…….
(John McCain’s bus)
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And you really think Obama’s false hope is going to do any better? HA! Picture fail.
Never said Obama was going to do any better, assumption fail….
The Obamanites do.
Isn’t that why they are Obamanites? That’s really hard to type, btw
Should be ObamaNation.
Nice.
Every time I see “ObamaNation” I always, without fail think “Abomination.”
Obamanites sounds alot like Abomination, doesn’t it?
More like Sodomites.
As long as the buttsechs is a surprise it’s not big deal. Everyone loves a surprise.
LOL! There are some surprises I would rather pass on, thanks..
Why, Jane….. Oh my…..
*blush*
isnt it stupid how ppl like to compare obama ot sadom just cuz their names kinda sound the same?
sooo…. you’re taking blame for this LOL?
And the Obama version would have his bus heading into a dark murky cloud of unspecified “change”.
or over the railing! HA!
Hi honey how are you this morning?
tired… you?
Me too. My sleep is all screwed up. Im up until 3am, sleep til 7am, wake up, go back to sleep around 11am, get up around 5pm.
Ah well.
me too! except the go back to sleep at 11 part… I wish
isn’t this why they made cell phones/txt messaging/instant messages?
wrong application fail
Minding your own business fail.
You’re the ones putting it in a public forum, thereby making it public business. You want privacy? Take your cybering elsewhere.
What’s wrong with being friendly? Can’t stand to see people being civil to each other?
“Hi honey, how are you this morning? Sleep well? Me neither.” The conversation seems to imply some kind of carnal familiarity. And seeing as how most dorks who post on message boards only have carnal familiarity with their own hands, you are bound to attract comments. It’s just jealousy.
Well, it all seemed pretty innocent to me. As for most message board dorks judging from fail blog, it doesn’t take much to set them off!
Wow, it was a joke people, calm down. In case you don’t know (which you probably don’t) one time after Ema made a point that Lolnathan liked he jokingly asked her to marry him. It’s a running gag between the two of them, and running gags are what all the ICHC websites are built on. If it bothers you so much, scroll past it.
Don’t you just hate having to explain a ‘joke’? Sorry Jane, but it seems to be your cross to bear.. *sigh*
And she does it so well! You *are* invited to the wedding, btw.
*sigh* I know, it’s the teacher in me, I sadly tend to treat adults like first graders. I feel bad sometimes, but not when they’re acting like first graders.
Whoooo hoooo! Wedding receptions rock, will we do the chicken dance?
Well, the earth will probably be spinning backwards at that time since the date as you know is 12/21/2012, but sure, I think we might still be able to!!
If there were carnal familiarity, wouldn’t they already KNOW how each other slept?
We have a unique relationship.
Will everyone stop pretending like PK is srs bsnss?!?!? IT’S JUST THE INTERNET!!1
It’s in the ‘rules’: “The internet is serious f***ing business.” O.o
Or his plane in a constant holding pattern with nowhere to land.
Such wishful thinking.
Obama’s polling is not looking so good these days …..
I actually kind of hope he gets elected, so that his supporters can see him fumble around for 4 years then get evicted.
I think Obama’s election would seriously damage the Democratic brand in the long term, since he’s so incompetent. But I fear the consequences for the world.
Well, they did it to themselves. I think Hillary would have been a far better choice. She already served two terms as Assistant President.
you sum up my thoughts exactly…i love you
Get a room …
Reply location fail?
And we fear the consequences of Bush 3.0 being elected. But fortunately, Bush 2.0 so damaged the Republican brand, we won’t have to worry about that. Unless the Republicans pull an October Surprise like invading Iran, they don’t stand a chance.
Have you ever seen a poll of voters? I’ve been following the polls, and it’s obvious that you haven’t.
You probably thought Kerry was going to win, too.
Maybe we aren’t looking at the same polls. You must be reading the Imaginary Polls for Insecure Repugs Who Live in a Fantasy World, because the polls I read show Obama ahead.
Heck, I thought Dewey was going to win.
Yeah, his decimal system was such a great idea, it must have been too ahead of his time.
So you did think Kerry was going to win?
The polls actually show that Obama is barely leading at all. But I always wonder on who the polls are based, e.a where they come from.
Usually each poll comes with some information about its origins. There are various other factors to be taken into consideration, like the tendency of Obama’s actual vote in the primaries to lag a few points behind his polling in the same elections.
Also, there are trends over time. It’s interesting to compare Obama’s polling now with that of John Kerry at the same date four years ago, for example. And to compare Obama’s polling with that of Democrats in general. Taking the trends into consideration, it is not a pretty picture for Obama: he is barely even with McCain, when any reasonable Democrat should have a ten-point lead.
Why would a democrat need a ten point lead? Surely you don’t doubt the accuracy of the polls THAT much. I know the polls here (in Australia) tend to be about right.
You miss my point.
Given the factors in play, Obama should have a ten-point lead. The fact that he is barely breaking even shows that he is a weak candidate.
Also, LOL BIDEN!
So you’re saying Republicans are crap at the moment, but
Obama is worse because he hasn’t been able to capitalise on that?
Pretty much.
Like 2004, it appears the Democrats have picked a candidate who can lose an election that ought to be unloseable.
That is the first negative thing I have even seen you say about Bush’s time as President.
It’s just a political fact. Bush was way down in popular support, mid-2004. The Dems managed to pick a candidate so badly flawed that Bush ended up winning.
It’s starting to look like they have managed to do it again.
A big part of the problem is the support of the liberal MSM. They cover up the flaws of Democratic candidates, as they did for John Edwards — then, after the nomination, it’s too late! Republicans, on the other hand, get roasted by the MSM well in advance, so the ones that are vulnerable don’t make it to the final stages.
It’s ironic but very satisfactory, the way the Democrats’ own supporters work against their success.
My point was that I have never seen you admit Republicans did badly even when it is fact.
You usually change the topic, ignore it entirely, or deny that it was bad.
You are confusing polling with performance. Polling is objectivee, performance is subjective.
If you really feared “Bush 3.0″ (not that it would have mattered who the republicans put up, they’d all be considered “Bush 3.0″ to your kind.) then why did you put up Lolbama McUseless instead of helping those of us who were trying to get Hillary the nomination?
I’d take Clinton 2.0 over Carter 0.9beta any day.
I TRIED to get Hillary nominated! I don’t LIKE Obama. But he is better than McCain. And please don’t bad mouth Carter, either, unless you have specific criticisms of his presidency. I happen to respect the man and consider him an underrated president.
Should we start with Iran Hostage Crisis? Had he not allowed the Shah to come to American, chances are the storming of the U.S. Embassy probably wouldn’t have happened. The Carter Administration misjudged the sentiment of the Iranians, thus subjecting Americans to 444 days of hell. Despite what you may think, Carter wasn’t even considered a decent president and the fact that Reagan completely cleaned his clock speaks volumes. And if that is insufficent, Mondale (Carter’s VP) got HIS clock cleaned when he ran against Reagan. However, I will give him kudos for the Israel/Egypt Peace Accords. Other then that, pfft.
How about Carter’s pushing aside of the elected black president of Zimmbabwe, replacing him with Robert Mugabe instead? What a great legacy that was.
I guess THAT shut Seth up..
Besides, Carter never met a dictator he didn’t like, you know.
Incompetent? Care to elaborate?
Just watch him trying to talk without a teleprompter.
Oh, and look at the outcome of the one big project Obama has ever headed up in his life — the “Chicago Annenberg Challenge”. That’s the one he worked on with his terrorist friend Bill Ayers. Official outcome, as judged by the sponsoring foundation: FAIL.
Just like dubya has (hopefully) irreversibly damaged the republican brand?
we are screwed with either one…. less screwed with obama
uh-huh.. hold on to that thought and let us know how it’s working out for you.
To Evil Pundit:
Your first name is “Evil” how appropriate. Your hate-filled comments have enlightened me so much that I am going to change my politics… No, not really!!!
Actually, I’d like to thank you for reinforcing my political beliefs. Sheer malevolence is exactly what I associate with your antiquated politics and your candidate. THANK YOU for that!
P.S. Congratulations, on knowing how to Google. We know how hard that was for you. You should also be proud to know that your information is very factual and reliable…Again, no, not really!
You’re welcome.
they see him fumbling around now and they still support him!
The poor old Dems are stuck. They can’t change at this late stage, and the more the voters see of Barack, the less they like him.
How many houses does McCain own? Does anyone know?
Getting desperate, aren’t we, Seth?
At least McCain didn’t get his house at a cut price from convicted money launderer Tony Rezko.
If you can’t even say how many houses the man owns, you can’t say he didn’t get a few cut rate from a money launderer, now can you?
I can say McCain didn’t get houses from a money launderer, because his wife is rich, and she paid for them.
But Obama’s house — is a product of Chicago corruption.
And Obama himself is a product of Chicago corruption. I wonnder what the current cover-up of Obama’s Annenberg chairmanship is about? What do you suppose they’re hiding in regard to the $100 million that went into Obama’s failed project with the terrorist Ayers?
Obama is like a big flat rock. Lift him up and all kinds of creepy things ooze out.
Wow, you really do live in a fantasy world. Most average Americans don’t want a president who doesn’t understand their financial pain.
Are you insane? Obama’s wife thinks she can’t afford fresh fruit on $350,000 a year! The couple made $4 million this year, and they live in a house they got at a discount from a corrupt political fixer. These two snobs know nothing of ‘financial pain’, they’ve never worked a day in their lives.
Have you been drinking Cokie Roberts’ hatorade? Just because it’s a tropical place doesn’t make Hawaii a vacation. I lived there for 8 years and I can assure you that Obama had to work his ass of to get into and stay in Punahou high school. Coming from a single mother and living in Hawaii, I’m sure Obama knows a lot more about financial pain than most of us.
Obama’s path through life was paved with the stepping stones of Affirmative Action. He never had to achieve anything, it was all given to him because of his race.
So his mother raising by herself and on foodstamps is all part of these ‘stepping stones’ you refer to?
Just so that we understand, Punahou High School is a private school and someone had to pay his tuition, right? For myself, I had to ‘suffer’ with Public Schools and Universities. So why is Obama so special? And just because you lived in Hawaii does NOT make you the expert on Obama’s childhood. I lived there as well, even though my family was military and you don’t hear me claiming that level of knowledge of Obama (not that I even care.)
No, it’s an untruth.
Obama was raised by his grandparents after he was abandoned by his father and later by his mother as well.
He attended a respected private school in Hawaii, at his grandparents’ expense, while his mother jetted about in the third world as an “anthropologist”.
There weren’t any food stamps in Punahou School.
Do a little research. Google “Obama Childhood”.
Again, the Liberals would like us to believe that Obama had such a disadvantaged childhood.
So now you hate anthropologists?
No, but I have little time for mothers who abandon their young children to jet about the world playing politics under the guise of “anthropology”.
Wow. A liar and an idiot. Obama bought his house from the people who owned it. Who are just a pair of people. And they were the highest bid on that house.
Want to throw more lies out? lots of things you could make up, Im sure.
And your source? Everything I could find indicates that he was working with Rezko and Rezko’s wife on the deal. http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=4111483&page=2
Yes, Obama is a liar and an idiot.
He bought the strip of land next to his house from Tony Rezko’s wife, at much lower than market rates. It was a corrupt deal. Go look it up.
Obama was an idiot to do something like that if he thought it wouldn’t affect his political career. Naturally, he lied about it too.
He was an idiot by his own admission as well! But then, he was just trying to minimize his involvement with Rezko, much like he did with Wright.
Just wait. Bill Ayers will be the next Obama friend thrown under the bus.
you do realize that if you can own 9 various homes at once,
u have gotta be doing a good job of taking care of your finances
Wow. It never ceases to amaze how quickly folks from the right will cling to non-sequitur details to and toss them around like doilies to pretty up a dirty argument with no substance.
Yell that Obama is fumbling and incompetent long enough and loud enough and people will start to believe you. You don’t even have to bother with pesky little things like meaningful examples.
Wait a minute, it was Seth who chose to reply to EP asking how many houses McCain owns. You might want to review the train of thought here and point the finger elsewhere.
But wasn’t it Seth who asked how many houses he owned in the first place?
So, if you buy a car from a shady used car dealer, does that automatically make you a criminal too? If you saw your dream car for $1000 less than what it was worth, would most people stop to ask questions like “Why such a good deal?” or would they jump at the chance to take advantage of it.
If they have any aspirations in politics they had better.
If you’re a politician, and a well-known political crook offers you a gift of land — , and you accept it — you’re either on the take, or stupid.
Neither of these possibilities shows someone with suitable character to be President.
Guess what? Politicians tend to have many homes or a lot of money. Get over it. I’d rather my President not know how many houses he has, than not know how many states there are.
See? I can bring up irrelevant insults too.
10 houses worth a total of 13.8 million.
For anyone interested, there’s an interview with Obama about Rezko (interview is a third of the way down the page): http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/124171,CST-NWS-obama05.article
Seth, John McCain owns no houses but his wife owns 9.
I’ll edit this sentence.
“The poor old Republicans are stuck. They can’t change at this late stage, and the more the voters see of McCain, the less they like him.”
Both sides of the same coin, bot.
The truth of this will be born out in November. Then we’ll see who carries the day. I’ll put my money on McCain. If he loses, then I’ll have four years to grouse about Obama.
Your problem is that what I said is true, but the opposite is not true.
Evil Pundit can you clarify what you said. I’m not being mean or anything I am just confused.
Basically the Democrats chose a bad candidate but the Republicans didn’t. So Lowly Grunt can play with words by reversing what I said, but there’s no truth in it.
It’s not that the Dems picked a bad candidate, it’s that McCain is running a mudslinging campaign, while Obama is taking the high road and running on his own virtues instead of McCain’s (many) flaws.
Keep in mind though, that for the longest time, Obama was behind Clinton in the primaries, and we see how that worked out. I seriously think he’s got an ace up his sleeve that he’s just waiting for the right time to play.
Obama has always run a mudslinging campaign. He accuses anyone who opposes him of being racist, starting with the Clintons. McCain is just giving him a taste of his own medicine, and crybaby Barry doesn’t like it.
He has actually spoken highly of McCains military service. If you’re running a mudslinging campaign, you don’t compliment the other candidate. True, he did say that McCain’s time as a POW doesn’t qualify him to be president. You know what? It doesn’t. I’m not saying he didn’t go through hell, I’m saying that the hell he went through didn’t give him experience needed to lead the free world.
Dear gods I can’t wait for Obama to win just so all this “oh yeah your candidate did THIS” crap will be over with.
The Republicans didn’t pick a bad candidate?!?
How can you sprout this crap, Evil Pundit, after John McCain (a man that couldn’t beat George W. Bush in the 2000 primaries) chose Sarah Palin as his Vice-Presidential candidate?!
Obama’s poll numbers appear to be slipping, which suggests that as the public know Obama better, he is becoming less liked. While the opposite would appear to be true for McCain.
I think the next set of polls will be very telling, because Obama has finally chosen a running mate. Although I don’t see one for McCain yet…
His biggest problem is that he promised to run a respectful, non-Swift Boat/Rovian campaign, and *oh my gosh* he’s actually trying to stick to that commitment. Whether or not that’s a quixotic mission is very much up in the air – we’ll know the answer by November (though I admit that this nonsense about the number of homes the McCains own is ridiculous – McCain’s privileged background neither qualifies nor disqualifies him for the job. Some Democrats want him to stay above this kind of nonsense, like he said he would, while others want him to get down and even dirtier).
The McCain campaign, on the other hand, seems to have no qualms about going almost entirely negative, despite having made a similar pledge to keep it clean and on the issues. But we’re just going to overlook that little nugget, aren’t we?
I really don’t see pointing out your opponents faults as negative. As long as he is not slandering or anything, there is a lot at stake in this campaign.
Yeah, I can’t really argue with that. I conflated the McCain campaign with the rest of the Republican/conservative attack machine (John Corsi and his ilk). However, I would expect that if the McCain campaign were truly trying to keep this about issues and qualifications, McCain would say something stronger than “Ya gotta have a sense of humour” when asked about the Corsi book. Perhaps he will in time – I’m going to remain optimistic about that. And I’m also hoping that Obama will try to raise the bar somewhat higher than it has been lately. Again, I’m going to be optimistic, but I fully realize that this is the nature of presidential politics, now and forever.
Obama’s promises are worthless. He also promised to take public funding for his campaign, but dropped that when he found out he could get more without it.
Obama was personally the first to take the low road, falsely accusing McCain of racism. Fortunately that blew back in his own face as most Americans knew it wasn’t true.
Democrats always whine about negative tactics when the truth about their candidates starts to come out. You know, if you didn’t choose an empty suit with no achievements, who spent his life hanging out with crooks, bigots and terrorists, you wouldn’t have these problems.
Obama ánd McCain’s promises are worthless without any foundation, if I would be an American voter I would want the numbers and support for there plans. It would also help if we would hear more from the experts about the plans of politicians and less from the politicians themselfs promoting there plans. Less commercials, less person-worshipping, more facts and evidence.
Good Point.
As opposed to a senile old coot who spent his life hanging out with crooks bigots and terrorists?
That’s the problem, he’s coloring EVERYTHING Obama does as being negative, regardless of if it actually is or not. Like the trip to Germany where he didn’t visit the wounded soldiers (Which it might be noted that McCain wasn’t over there visiting them either) so the McCain camp slams him for that, However, an insider on McCain’s side stated that they were ready to slam him if he DID visit the soldiers.
Be careful what you wish for…that is what was said about the current occupant. Kharma!
Is this the I-10 bridge crossing Lake Ponchartrain approaching New Orleans?
Except for the number of lanes, it sure looks like it, to me.
How much symbolism can we dredge out of that?
Cannot be, GOP does not know where New Orleans is located…Oh wait a minute…na, I was wrong, they don’t.
Even though the Federal Government was slow to repond, the fact is, a large part of the responsibility should lie with the city and state government. Nawlins (New Orleans for the uninitiated) had been in desperate need of having the levees rebuilt/repaired long before Katrina. So why is it a GOP problem? Why not Democrat since THEY control Congress? You can’t lay every bad thing that happens at the feet of Bush and his Administration.
Well in 1994, with their Contract for America the GOP took control of the Congress of the United States and maintained exclusive control of that body until 2006. During that 12 years, besides destroying the US Military, using their authority as directed in Article 1 of the Constitution of the United States, what, exactly, did they accomplish? Oh yeah, they spent millions of taxpayer dollars titilating themselves thinking about president Clinton’s sex life.
They destroyed the US military?
Then who were all those soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan?
You mean the ones who have been their on their third, fourth and even fifth tours, while the rest of America is kept “Safe” by big daddy Bush. That is the Military that is seeing career Captains/Lieutenants and career NCO’s leaving in droves because of the OPTEMPO that has only the Military and their families bearing the cost of this war because while President Bush and Vice President felt no qualms about committing the military, they didn’t have the political courage to actually grow the military to the point at which it can truely handle two major regional conflicts. Is that what you are asking?
Oh, and what year did Katrina make landfall?
2005, almost a full year before Democrats took “control” of congress. I put control in quotes because their majority is so slight it’s not like they can do anything with it.
The problem for the GOP in regards to Hurricane Katrina was how long it took them to respond to the disaster. What happened in the wake of Katrina would have been expected in an impoverished third-world country. But since we’re talking about the United States when it was still relatively prosperous, I think the GOP should collectively hang their heads in shame.
Would have been nice if the local and federal governments could have worked together on this whole thing but I don’t believe feds are totally to blame. It was also a very unique situation with the city being located below sea level, levees nearly ready to bust and the huge popluation of poor people living in the area. I hear they are rebuilding?
True, the federal government is not to blame. No one is. As long as people choose to live on the planet, some act of nature will make life hard for some. Hard to defend against cheap shots, isn’t it? I do recognize that I took a cheap shot… the difference between me and a “conservative” in my “humble” opinion is that I admit it.
Oh come on, we do admit when we’re wrong!! It’s just not all that often.
What, being wrong or admitting it?
Well, lets just say that on those rare occassions we *are* wrong, we will admit to it, occassionally!
Nice.
Is that the bridge on the Outer Banks of North Carolina?
Maybe San Mateo bridge? Bay Area? I like the photo.
I remember a nice film called “True Lies”…
(but where are the harrier jets in here?)
But not to protect him! Blow’em up!
Ah yes, more liberal hate …
As opposed to the conservative hate you dish out? What a hypocrite.
I’ve never called for a candidate to be killed, unlike Sidious here.
Which by the way is a federal crime. Wonder if Mr. Sidious knows that.
thank you captain obvious
Saying you want someone blown up is not a crime, saying you’re going to is.
He said ‘Blow’em up!’ – that’s actually an imperative sentence, which could be bad for him, if someone felt so much as to obey (or blame) him.
Although, this is the Internet (capital ‘I’, indeed) however, and though this specific example is ludicrous, if it was said on a major television network or perhaps on a radio show or something, and was then blamed, you can be sure responsibility would be divvied out (despite how ridiculous it might be).
ummmmm…. Pot, meet kettle.
I dunno, dishing out factual and opinionated hate is still better than terroristic threats. That may just be me, though.
Right. Like hate isn’t slathered on in heaping doses all over the AM spectrum cable news by the right.
Double standard much?
That’s only because the Michael Moore’s of Talk Radio couldn’t generate an audience. Since I’m an expat American, I don’t get American AM radio, but I do know of Limbaugh and Hannity. Where as the TV (which I assume more people listen to) is equally, if not more, slathered with leftist Liberal hate. So, what’s your point?
I’m a little confused. How can something be AM spectrum and cable news? AM implies radio waves. Cable implies, well… cables.
I suspect he was having a brain fart.
You know EP, generalisation is bad, you know that?
All generalisation is bad?
WIN
Hehe, for your first funny, that’s a good one.
*snicker* Good one indeed, but yes, indeed: generalisation is alwayse bad.
Forgot to say: but really, why care about “the Liberals”? Who cares about the fans? Pay more attention to the [i]plans[/i] the politicians are making and less attention to the politicians themselfs. I live in Holland, and I follow the US elections for a while now, and I keep amazing myself how little time is spend on the idea’s and plans the politicians are making. There goes another discussion about if the Clinton’s are angry or not: who cares? There goes another discussion whereither Obama should be angry about that New York times cartoon: who cares? I don’t want to see meaningless reporters talk about that, I want to see (for example) economists talk about Obama’s healthcare plans, or McCain’s social security plans.
Huzzah for Holland! I agree with you, I too am sick of the, “Obama did this five years ago” and “oh yeah but McCain did this ten years ago” and “yeah but his wife…” and “oh yeah but HIS wife…” and so on.
The problem is, Jane, is that all that happened in the past is an indication of the type of person you’re dealing with. It tells alot about their morals and ethics, and as the old saying goes, “A leopard can’t change his spots.” So while things that happened may not be relevant to today, it still indicates what we can expect in the future.
Especially when Obama changes his “policies” from day to day according to the polls. Just looking at what he says he will do is meaningless.
Hey, just out of curiosity…EP didn’t you mention earlier that Obama wasn’t doing well in the polls, and aren’t you now blasting him for paying attention to the polls? Isn’t that another example of conservative situational truth?
So did Hillary. I think “a leopard can change is spots.” Take for example me who was a poor student in high school and graduated college with high honors because i cared. Take for example a friend of mine who used to be a man-whore and is now in a serious monogamous relationship. Not saying that they candidates have, just saying it’s possible. Also saying that I wish the comment box would let me see what i am typeing .
I hate the comment box problem too, but there are a couple of solutions. Either type it all in Notepad or similar first, or press enter before you can no longer see what you are typing. For that last option, you need to remember to backspace at the end, or it looks funny.
Cynical it may be of me, but I pretty much think ALL politicians lie. Saying you want to vote for a politician that doesn’t lie is like saying you want to find a whore that doesn’t have sex for money. Not gonna happen. What I DO believe is that most politicians won’t stray too far from their party for fear of losing support. That being said I want to hear how each candidate plans to address some of the problems we’re going to be facing in the next few years. Don’t get me wrong, I realize character has always been an important part of elections. However it seems to me that things have become less about character and more about slander, defemation of character and twisting things so out of context to make the other person look like the anti-christ and no party is innocent of this. I don’t need Barack Obama to tell me that John McCain is so rich he can’t relate to me and I don’t need John McCain to tell me that Barack Obama doesn’t have the experience needed to lead the country. I would rather they tell me about what they have to offer so that I can decide that for MYSELF.
But Obama’s whole schtick is based on being different. A new, fresh approach to politics, a breath of fresh air. Hopiness! Changitude!
When McCain acts like a politician, he just confirms everyone’s expectations. When Obama lies and panders, he destroys the main platform of his campaign.
Hopiness and changitude sound like bushisms to me.
Actually they kinda sound like Colbertisms. You know, like Truthiness.
I’m not one to say my guy is better than your guy for these reasons. Mainly this is because I’m never going to change your mind and you are never going to change mine. Every person has to decide for themselves what direction they feel the country needs to move in and then pick the guy they think is going to get them there (or as close as possible). I’d much rather debate issues then the merits or follies of people that are never going to be perfect anyway. My previous comment is the closest I’m ever going to come to the Obama vs. McCain debate and it covered everything I want to say about the matter.
Both of them have websites with areas devoted to explaining the issues and how they will address them, although these may be subject to change. But character and attitude is also very important to decision making especially in times of crisis. Pointing out what might be a flaw in an opponents character is effective and may be important, but they don’t have to get ridiculous. If there is something unsavory about one or the other I would like to know now even if it is uncomfortable to them.
Also, there is a difference between purposefully lying and changing your platform from time to time. A change may be required because the situation changes or a more weasley reason is because of polling, but that can be acceptable too. But, lying about something is very different and shows a bad character flaw. I think both campaigns are trying very hard to find exampes of actual lying.
Comment WIN!!!
Btw, the name Jane St. Clair sounds like a superhero’s secret identity name or something. I like it.
Shhhhh, don’t tell. Actually it is from the Barenaked Ladies song “Jane”.
Yes- She is actually “Logic Woman”
Awesome. I must now bully some of my artist friends into drawing me as “Logic Woman”.
If you get that done you have to post it.
Um, one bit of advice if you’re being drawn as Logic Woman, it didn’t occur to me until just now, but you might want to make sure the Logic Woman outfit doesn’t have a giant L emblazoned on the chest. Too prone to being taken the wrong way.
LOL!!!
Oh, before anyone asks, no giant L emblazoned on the forhead either.
BBCode FAIL.
Unsurprisingly aggressive for some Germans.
But nice.
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Me not German! I only liken actionfilms!
Wow, I was just catching up on old threads and this sprang up out of nowhere!
Love the new name!
I suspect a Torontonian – or a fan of the Barenaked Ladies.
No to the first, yes to the second, although my sister in law is from a small town north of Toronto.
Oh, great. Now I’ve got a Talking Heads tune stuck in my head. Fortunately, it’s one I like!
which is why obama is losing to mccain in new polls…
Well, the convention should give Barry a temporary 10-15 point bump, which will be spun as permanent for a week or two…
You just have to hate that temporary permanency!
I notice Al-Jazeera is broadcasting live at the deomcrat convention – what’s that all about?
If that is true, and becomes public knowledge, it could cause quite a backlash for the Dems. Al-Jazeera is hoping Obama get’s elected I’m sure.
google it, it appears to be true…
You would appear to be right. As you said, I wonder what that’s all about?
I meant to tell you earlier you lolz are hilarious!
Thanks! It’s a shame they’ll never see the light of day.. *sigh*
Al-Jazeera are a NEWS network, much like CNN and Fox. As such, they were – oh, I don’t know – REPORTING ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN!
A news network from Qatar (it’s in the Middle-East, for those of you unable to read a map) showing interest in an election process taking place in a country that’s engaged in two wars in nearby countries – who wouldda thunk it?!? And it wouldn’t surprise me if Al-Jazeera covered the Democratic Convention with less political bias than any of the American networks.
Al-Jazeera runs a few Osama Bin Laden videos, and all you can think of is that they’re all terrorists…
Yes… Not that our election is of ANY significant international importance… And how else are we going to get the coded messages of forced gay nuptial islamofascicommunist abortions to our operatives in al-Qaeda?
Apparently the major news network in the Arab world is interested in who might become the President of the USA… after seven years of direct combat action by American soldiers in two countries within SWA, not to mention American military forces deployed elsewhere within their sphere of interest and in-depth US involvement diplomatically, economically and many other ways, do you really wonder why? Oh, by the way, they covered the 2004 publican convention, including live coverage of President Bush’s acceptance speech, and I would imagine they will do the same this time around.
Oooo! My head is spinning from the Spin you put on that!
Ya, I know right. It like some sort of spinning, um… Ferris wheel (yes, that’ll do) … of spin.
Really? How so? What piece of of my response, exactly, may be classified as spin? Please do tell? Should Al Jazeera not be interested in the person who will direct American military actions in Iraq or Afghanistan? The person who will deal with Iran, Saudi, Egypt, Israel? Did that news organization not cover the publican convention in 2004? Did they not carry President Bush’s speech live? Are they, in fact, not going to cover the publican convention this year? Or do you not find the initial portion of this thread an attempt of inflaming the anti-Obama muslim/terrorist/non American BS?
So perhaps you’d care to explain what exactly is untrue in his statement?
hmmm, no response?
Looks like the straight-talk express is veering to the LEFT!!!111!!1
In some parts of the world the bus is veering right.
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Now that Obama has chosen Biden as his running mate, I hope this bus is going to the White House.
yep, it’s time to put the pedal to the metal as they say!
Well it bodes well for the Republicans. We have the Obama The Messiah and The Great Plagiarizer. What a team, YAY!
Oh, hang on a moment – Sarah Palin was entrusted with the task of reading the directions to the White House…
Well, if he had picked Hillary for his VP candidate, his life span would be measured in months before he had an unfortunate “accident”!
Whoa, a blog posting anti-conservative sentiment?
Why, I never thought I’d see the day!
Woohoo 4 more years of failed policies! Only in America do we keep voting for morons~
Well, at least significantly more than 25% of the eligible voters actually bothered to vote this time!
yet you take the time to view a satirical webpage called “punditkitchen” and make comments on here…how strange…
SO, what’s your point?
All I’m hearing is “BAWWWW BAWWWW BAWWWW”. Kids these days.
Right, you love us. Don’t lie.
Lol I concur!
He hates politics and he looks at a website that makes fun of politicians? I’m putting this part in lolspeak just because I feel like it
Nawt sew weerd akshully.