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No, no, it’s just smoldering a bit.
Ah, that’s why his pants were on fire!
Well, yes, that and the lies.
teehee
Ema, you’re back!!! (this isn’t the imposter, is it?)
Hi Jane, just popping in for awhile! Nice to see you! (it’s me, if I start getting impersonated I will say something and leave)
Glad to see you again.
Hi TC!
Woohoo! You disappeared? Missed the boat on that one. o_o You know, there is enema – I think that’s like your Bizarro Superman.
Oh, I had an imposter for awhile – hope its gone.
Maybe so. Those can’t be fun. Sadly, I’m not popular enough for these people to have a doppelganger…
Not so much being popular as saying something someone doesn’t like, sadly…
Um, silly question Jane, if it was the imposter, would they have answered that question honestly?
Oh, and it’s late, but WB Ema.
He probably just lit it with his Marlboro
In Holland we picked a dude that looked like Harry Potter… didn’t work out that well.
Harry Potter can cunjure fire too…
FIRE…GOOD!!!
No thanks, I have matches.
Nope, I will not vote for Obama. He betrayed us on the telecom immunity deal for an $11 million campaign contribution from the telecom companies. I will vote for Nader and urge everybody else to do the same.
Can you document that? Not the vote(I know about that), but the donation?
Ron Paul told me to vote for Nader..
Nah, that’s a lie. Not the vote, but the contribution.
Reiterating: provide proof of this supposed contribution.
B.S.
Poor man, I believe he really thinks he can.
But ema, Trust me…he really can. BTW I am glad that you are back!
Hi CF! Don’t drink the koolaide! Just put it down.
But koolaid is so good for you… well maybe not.
Meh, I didn’t thought this was one of the worst ones I’ve made. Most of the other, better ones didn’t even get picked.
Having said that, I think both of the major party candidates have serious flaws in their policy that need to be modified.
Our country is in a rough economic time, with $9.6 trillion in national debt. How will Obama pay for each family to receive a $1000 energy rebate? How will McCain fund a war that 64% of Americans oppose? I like both candidates, but each of them needs to re-evaluate the costs of their propositions. There’s only so long we can spend pretend money before it comes back to bite us in the rear.
Wowzer . . . now, if he’d only finished his second year at Hogwarts . . .
(Hi, ema!!!)
God complex. He haz it.
He may be the One, but is he ready to run up a wall, dodge bullets, see without eyes, and reset the universe?
Do you think that’s air he’s breathing?
No… that would be G.od’s O.wn P.arty.
Tha’s right, sir! You put that uppity negro in his place.
He puts on his robe and wizard hat…
He’s no Tim…
but there are some who call him that
I’ve gotta start writing your names down…
A list… Excellent…
If you haven’t seen the Bloodninja chatlogs, you should google it. Pretty funny stuff.
Oooh and recommendation-ness. I shall do so when I have slack time at work. More than I have right now…
>_>
<_<
Might not be safe for work, depending on how uptight your company is. It’s a guy who goes into cybersex rooms and does obnoxious stuff to piss people off.
Warning acknowledged. Thank you, I will check it when I get home then.
First the Collider, now an Obama LOL ? OMG, the end of the world is here !
Don’t worry about the end of the world being nigh until the Cubs win the World Series. Then you’d better make your peace.
Well we’re all safe into the next millineum then!
Obama was in Texas talking to some school children. Thinking of the upcoming election, he asked the kids to give an example of a “Tragedy”. One child said his dad wrecked their new truck. Obama said ” NO; that’s an accident-not a tragedy.
The next kid said that his uncle lost his wallet full of money. Obama said ” No- that’s a loss, not a tragedy. The third kid said ” If you in your plane got hit by a missile over Texas and blew up!”. Obama says” Yes; that would be a tragedy! But why did you say that?”.
The kid answers ” Well- it wouldn’t be an accident and it sure wouldn’t be a loss !”
Oh, you are SO original! I’ve never seen that before!
/sarcasm
(click my name for one example of somewhere you might have plagiarized this from)
Speaking of plagiarism… Click on my name for a nice example of Obama plagiarizing a cartoon, must be running out of material poor guy.
ZOMG!!! Not only was he -referencing- something (shame on him for note properly footnoting his speech!) but he also used other common colloquialisms without properly citing their linguistic and regional pedigree! For shame!
Yes, that is what we refer to as “plagiarism”.
Do you call it plagiarism when Republicans do the same thing?
um… yes? You are allowed to laugh at them when they do the same.
So then, you -are- a plagiarist, by your own admission?
I think Biden might be rubbing off on him too much.
That is an image I did not need in my head.
Ewww.. if Biden rubs on me he’s going to have some serious issues to deal with!
If Biden is rubbing off on anyone I think it’s safe to say he already has some serious issues!! …and EWWWWWW!!
Sadly I have made a lol to that effect…
Obligatory EP-like response: “OMG TYPICAL REPUB WISHING DEATH ON THEIR OPPONENT OMG!!!111!!!”
And you call -me- a hater. Stay classy, Bob.
Know one knows megabob, unless you are memorizing all the names.
The boards know you though.
[No-one knows MegaBob...]
And most of the regulars remember the names of those we frequently butt heads with. I can’t cite chapter, verse, and LOL, but I do recall MegaBob calling out n8 as a hater/hate-merchant/something of the sort.
Also called him h8.
At least twice.
And he darn well deserved it!
sorry about the herb, just read that and smacked my head.
Uh… wow. That was pretty lame MegaBoob.
To qoute the Wyrm ” it’s fun irritating a*holes”. You guys can dish it out but you sure cannot take it! And repeating a joke is not “plagarizing” – see Biden for an example of THAT!
Uh… thinking your joke is lame doesn’t mean he “can’t take it.” It means he thinks your joke is lame. Maybe you should work on your material.
If that’s the case, then you Repubs should stop saying he’s a plagiarist.
Uhm, why? He is..
Umm, no, he isn’t.
Too many examples to the contrary.
No, too many instances where he tells or repeats a joke.
Are your panties in this much of a twist over John McC actively -misquoting- the Beach Boys?
Just words, just speaches. And just plagerism, no joke.
And typos
heh heh heh…. a picture meant for humor stirs heated political debate once again… and as per usaul it also results in personal attacks over the internet, one of the most impersonal things in exsistance. You guys can keep being “right” and arguing your “right” points though… Im not going to stop you.
If he wants to attack me that’s fine. I’m not worried about it.
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(Panties won’t bunch below this level)
(What is with repubs these day?)
I’m not attacking you, Qua?; I was asing for evidence for your accusation. “Panties in a bunch” is a turn of phrase for when someone is getting all bent out of shape.
Excabus seemed to take it as an attack. I said I don’t care. I’m not upset or bent out of shape. In fact I turned it into a funny. Evidence is down below though. ;D
Cite away!
I’ve heard the speech, so I’m sure it’s on YouTube somewhere. Gimme a bit to find it if I can. The two speeches were word for word in some places, and similiar in the others.
Found it! Deval Patrick 2006. Linked in the name above.
YouTube is locking up on me.
Did find it funny that you don’t bother to mention how Patrick is plagiarisng Jefferson.
I find it funny that Obama is plagiarising, just like the plagiarist he picked for veep.
I said his speech was plagerised but I didn’t remember who from. You asked for a cite, so I found one. If it’s a double then that’s even worse. *shrugs* Which Jefferson speech is that anyway?
Declaration of Independence. See, he didn’t cite his source either. Nasty litle plagiarists. [eyeroll]
He quoted other famous speeches within his speech. That’s different from plagerising a speech. Patrick’s speech also contained bits of MLK’s speech, and several other famous speeches. His delivery did not credit them to himself, but obviously was referencing the other speeches. Obama’s was plagerisim because he gave the same speech. The quotes weren’t attributed to him, but the “Just words, just speeches” bulk of the speech was. And that *is* plagerism.
And what of McCain’s Mar 26 speech on foreign affairs that greatly resembled a 1996 speech by a retired rear admiral? Or the eerie similarity between McCain’s apocryphal “cross in the sand” Christmas story and a celebrated incident from Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn? Or, hell, Cindy McCain’s cookbook?
Don’t know. Can you find links to them? I never said McCain was an angel. Don’t even like him really. I just think he’s better than Obama by far and at least Palin’s good. I was just showing the requested proof that Obama is, in fact, plagerising. He may not be the only one, but plagerism isn’t the reason Obama’s wrong, it just shows lack of creativity which reinforces everything else. Icing on the cake as it were.
O_O I’m being quoted now… I have no idea how to feel about that in this context.
Be proud, man!
I can live with that. *is proud*
Proud Nexus….
…..Is proud.
Great, now that I laughed at that, I need to find a picture of me worthy of making the lol.
Take a pic of yourself in the hands on the hips, head turned slightly to one side and chin raised type superman pose. No piece of cardboard with a crayon S on your chest though. that’d just be tacky. well, tackier.
Normally I disagreee with you, but I thought the joke was funny. I’m gonna vote Obama, but dzam, if you can’t joke about shit like this on a HUMOR site…..
Also, I think “plagarizing” only counts if you claim credit for the joke as an original, which you didn’t. This is an actual joke, the point of jokes is to tell them, so if everyone who’s ever told a joke is a plagarist we’re all a bunch of assholes.
There was a time when stealing a joke wasn’t called plagiarism. Back in the day, we called it “The Milton Berle Show”
Who is “you guys” exactly? I think I’ve made it pretty clear I am not voting for Obama or McCain this year.
I lol’d
Ah… you aren’t doing your homework…I know that you can do it… See if you can figure out how to spell Bob backwards.
?nalyD
close…no cigar!
I man am regal, a German am I.
-from Bob, a whole song full of palindromes
still no cigar…not even lit!
trebor?
Ask Bill Clinton for a cigar…..Ewwwww!
You forgot it has a K in it !
wrong.
I’ll bet he wishes he could conjur a wayback machine so he could rethink his latest comment. While it may not have come across as he intended, I’m sure he would gladly rewind his clock 24 hours and rethink the ‘lipstick’ comment.
“Lipstick on a pig” is a not uncommon phrase. Heck, it was used in a superbowl ad a few years back, and there were no implications of misogyny. I like Obama’s response to the “furor” over this.
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“Enough,” Obama declared. “I don’t care what they say about me. But I love this country too much to let them take over another election with lies and phony outrage and Swift Boat politics. Enough is enough.”
“We’ve got an energy crisis,” Obama said at a campaign event where he had planned to focus entirely on education policy. “We have an education system that is not working for too many of our children and making us less competitive. We have an economy that is creating hardship for families all across America. We’ve got two wars going on, veterans coming home not being cared for — and this is what they want to talk about.
“You know who ends up losing at the end of the day? It’s not the Democratic candidate. It’s not the Republican candidate. It’s you, the American people. Because then we go another year, or another four years or another eight years without addressing the issues that matter to you.”
“HOPE! CHANGE! LIPSTICK ON A PIG!” will go down in history…..
Wait, wait, wait… do you mean to tell me Republicans are going to start paying attention to history now?
LOL!! Well, some of us will.. others? We’ll see…
Ed, you’re making it very difficult for me to broad-brush my descriptions of Republicans. Am I going to have to start putting an “except for eddiepscetti” disclaimer on all my posts?
No, don’t do that yet. I’m sure SOMETHING will come up and you will get the chance to tell me I’m off my nut.
That is going to be a long wait I feel. Thanks for being the sane repub.
8,(
I’m sorry. I should have remembered you. You’re sane too. *stamps SANE on your forehead*
They have stamps for that now? ;D
*lines up for stamp*
*stamps SANE and stamps eddiepscettie while I am at it.*
Before I run out of red ink, anybody else?
I’m moderate, but I’ll take because I keep being mistaken for a Republican. ;P
I’d line up for a stamp, but then people would know that I am in fact capable of rational thought, and would take me seriously. My reputation would be ruined.
I’M not insane ! That’s just a rumor started by my psychiatrist !
(and they’ll never find HIS body!)
Would the stamp get you in anywhere? Like to special clubs or anything? Count me in!
We could make one. 8D
*stamps Phaelin and ema. Gives Kurt a decoder ring.*
There, you’re all sane. Except for Kurt who has a vacation pass.
Thanks Nexus. *Pulls out decoder ring*
*Begins decoding PK forum messages*
*Figures out meaning of life*
Umm . . . sorry, it’s the left who keeps ignoring the fact that their brand of socialism has failed everywhere it’s been tried.
Actually if you look at documented charts of poverty levels, economics, and inflation rates, they all do what they’re supposed to when Dems are in office, as opposed to when Repugs are. When Dems are in office, poverty levels and inflation rates go down, the economy goes up… When Repugs are in office they either do the opposite or they improve at slower rates.
Yeh. That would be why there are so many fewer poor people after umpty billions of dollars and 40+ years of LBJ’s War On Producers–sorry, I mean poverty.
I agree. The Great Society was and has been a Great Failure. How do we fix it, because poverty is the greatest problem facing America today. Ironically, one of our weakest modern Presidents, as an ex President has stumbled upon the elements of how to fix this problem, but WE cannot set aside our personal attacks against each other to solve the issue. At the risk of sounding more pompous than I normally am, I know how we can tackle the poverty problem, problem is we won’t do it.
My god you sound pompous.
Srsly though, how?
Except throughout northern Europe, where the world’s highest happiness ratings occur.
Or the fact that Obama doesn’t preach a goddamn word of socialism.
I’ll put a fiver that ryszard doesn’t understand the concept of true socialism.
You lose.
Proof fail.
n8, I wasn’t slamming Obama for it. I was simply saying I bet he wishes he could go back in time and not have made the reference. I mean seriously, I know what he meant by it as I’m sure most intelligent people do as well. But you have to admit that given the tone of the campaign on both sides, it wasn’t one of his smartest moves.
I think the problem here is that Obama behaves as a mature adult and expects the same from others. That’s just not going to happen when the other side is employing a kitchen-sink strategy. This election has all the gravitas of a schoolyard “yo mama” throw-down, and it’s depressing as hell.
It’s all part of winning an election, if he can’t handle it he should go back to community organizing. Look at what they are doing to Sarah Palin, she isn’t making the same kind of remarks about Obama’s person.
Personally, I’d like to see more jokes on here- either party. It’s not as depressing as listening to the insults and whining. Lighten up, folks !
I’m gonna vote for BOB!!
MegaBob?
KillerBOB?
J.R. “Bob” Dobbs?
Bob the Builder
Bahb the head of lettuce
How did I forget him? Dammit!
Palin can be legitimately attacked on the issues. That whole “if he can’t handle it” shtick is BS; the Republicans should have more pride in themselves and respect for our country’s democracy than to act like bratty schoolchildren. As for community organizing, yeah, screw him for trying to make a difference in his community! What a loser thing to do. :-/
How is underhandedly calling her a pig attacking her on the issues?
You must not fit into eddiepscetti’s definition of “most intelligent people”, huh?
Doesn’t bother me one bit. I don’t fit into anyone’s definition of anything actually. Do you?
I know I don’t.. I have my own ideas.. well, at least until my wife tells me otherwise..
Sure, I’m one of those people that can examine a phrase in its full context instead of swallowing what’s spoonfed to me.
He wasn’t underhandedly calling her a pig. He was using a common turn of phrase which translates to “make a bad idea look attractive”, and that’s all it was. The McCain campaign is twisting his words to look like a personal attack, and you’re buying it. I would implore you not to.
Oh, how convenient!! If he didn’t mean it as an attack he at the very least should have reconsidered using that phrase knowing how so soon after Palin’s acceptance speech it would be miscontrued. How could he be so stupid when there is a campaign to be won! I don’t believe he is stupid at all.
ema, n8 is right. If you read it in context, there really isn’t any reference to Palin at all. You know that you and I probably agree on a lot of the issues, but seriously, don’t buy into this one. It won’t be worth the fight trying to defend McCain’s side because there really isn’t an issue. Now I agree that it wasn’t very smart on Obama’s part to make the reference, but it wasn’t meant as a personal attack.
I don’t happen to agree with you here, the pitbull and lipstick phrase is probably the most talked about phrase from Palin’s acceptance speech and he used it against her. He and his advisors are to smart to accidently put this in at this time.
Part of the problem for me, since I live overseas, I have to rely a lot on the MSM for everything happening in the States. I didn’t really know about the lipstick/pitbull thing, I only know that from what I read Obama’s comment was taken out of context. Maybe it was a reference to Palin’s comment in her speech, but on the surface it just doesn’t translate that way.
Well, and McCain used the lipstick on a pig comment several times, once when he was describing Hillary Clinton’s health care plan. Sarah Palin does not hold copyright over the word lipstick just because she used it in a speech once.
Glad we agree.
The comment is one of two things:
1: a backhanded attack on Palin, as many people assume. Even the people there started laughing during the delivery “You can put lipstick on a pig” (pause, laughter begins, then he continues)
or
2: a striking example of poor decision making on the part of him or his speech writers. There are several other similar metaphors he could’ve chosen without drawing (accidentally or not) on the very highly played pitbull/lipstick comments. A major faux pas that should have been easily avoided.
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Either way – is that something befitting a president?
Boy, it’s a good thing that the Repubs have used that phrase in referenc e to the Dems. That would just be tragic, what with the whining and victimization and all… it’d be terrible if someone where to look into the phrase and see if it’s ever been used before in politics.
Oh wait: it has. Link is in my name.
It’s the timing herb, the timing of it is not good.
Seriously. Listen to the pause for effect. And anyway, I’m not saying which one it is. I’m just saying both possibilities are bad.
I can understand, tho’ listening to the speech it appeared more that he was trying to remember the full phrase and wait for the audience to quiet down so he can deliver the “punchline”. It didn’t seem like a calculated attack.
McCain has used the exact phrase three separate times when referring to Hillary and her health care policy. Is that something befitting for a president?
Trying to remember the full phrase?? It’s not that long, I hope he can hold more “words” in his brain than that.
I hope to overcome that problem with the newest software update. I will have to recalibrate his ears though.
lol. Cable works much better than sattelite – no weather interruptions. Though you do get more channels. ;D
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In all seriousness, though, there’s nothing wrong with the phrase, and referring to Hillary’s policy is ok too (though aiming it at Hillary would be bad). The problem is all about timing. Obama (or his speech-writer) is not a great comedian. That was a classic example of “too soon”. Should have just gotten a different metaphor if he needed to make that kind of comparison right now. He did the fish one for McCain’s campaign, and it came off better, though it got tainted by the previous comment in many people’s eyes. Which again was because it was too close to the “insult” in question. A month from now he could probably have said that and gotten no reaction, but since ‘lipstick’ has become a large symbol for the conservative feminists at the moment, no one could make that kind of comment right now without people drawing that same connection to Palin.
Pardon the typos. Typing fast gets me every time.
Wow – never had WordPress randomly call me for “duplicate post” before. Especially when it’s the first time today I’ve tried to say “Pardon the Typos. Typing fast gets me every time.” O.o
And then it posted it anyway *grumbles*
And this makes Republicans look less childish or just stupid how? Getting butthurt over a phrase they have used over a half dozen times just makes them look like dumbasses. And playing the woman card just makes women look weak.
She did say she was a pitbull with lipstick but she can’t take somebody else using lipstick in a sentence. Sounds more like a yap dog to me. I call Toughness Fail.
Wasn’t just Republicans that found it to be in bad taste. And not just women either. Again, the phrase isn’t the problem, it’s the timing – both when it was used and how it was delivered. To those that believe it was an attack, it made Obama look like a small person. To those who feel it was a poor choice of words it looks like Obama needs to fire his speechwriter at the least and shows poor judgement (an important characteristic to not be ‘poor’ in a leader) at the worst.
I’ve not heard Palin complain about it at all. Mostly various news sources and McCain’s people (though not Palin herself. She probably doesn’t care.)
The phrase is just perfect. The problem with the GOP is they want it both ways. Palin wants to play tough (the diff bet a H-mom and a pit bull is lipstick), yet don’t call me names (lipstick & a pig) even though he wasn’t. Obviously, she isn’t capable of playing in the big leagues. IF the GOP had a real plan, they wouldn’t need to fabricate non-issues.
That was point as well. I don’t think it was meant as a slam at Palin and I think the GOP should have just let it pass. In all probability, it may have caused a stir, but the GOP would have come out on top for ignoring it.
The GOP is going to ride the waaaaaahmbulance all the way to Novermber.
And after November when McCain’s won- tis the Democrats riding the Waaambulance with Gore, Kerry and Dukakis in it !
Still doesn’t change the simple fact that McCain’s own people are saying WTF over the stir being caused. Doesn’t change the fact that he was talking about making a bad situation look good. Didn’t mention Palin.
Any inference came from the people inferring, not from him. Pause or no pause.
It seems to me that she is the lipstick. McCain is the pig.
*sigh*
You are the nicest man in the world, are you sure you’re human?
and part vulcan.. I just don’t have the pointy ears, pointy eyebrows, and not much logic at times.
but you can do the neck pinch thing right? I’ve totally got to learn that one.
Now see, I can lol at this! It’s funny.
How about the fact that it is a phrase long used to refer to people trying to whitewash an issue to make it look pretty when it is still what it is. Nothing to do with Palin. Saying lipstick does not imply Palin. She doesn’t own the word.
But- but- but- she referred to herself as a pitbull with lipstick! See? Any time there’s a reference anywhere to any non-human wearing lipstick, it is automatically an insult against Palin. Unless a Republican said it.
Now I just want to wear an “I’m with Stupid” t-shirt to a Republican gathering and just stand by people who are offended by that.
See if you can get your pic taken with McCain while wearing that. Wear a windbreaker over said shirt, and when you’re beside him for the photo, open the jacket.
Yeah just like Paris Hilton doesn’t own the word hot! How long before she got on tv were people saying that? That really bugged me. Sorry….
I’m a registered Republican and as such will probaby vote Republican. But seriously, when I first heard about this I thought, “Oh man, here we go..” But when I read it in context, it’s clear that it wasn’t directed at Palin. And truthfully, I really really wish McCain’s campaign had not even said a word about it. It would have made them look a whole let better. The fact remains, Obama said it but I can imagine we wishes he hadn’t. Not that there was anything wrong with it, but he should have known it would be taken out of context.
HA!! you said Probably vote republican, our efforts are gradually swaying you over to the blue side.
No, I’ve tasted the kool-aid and went GAH!!
Kool-aid aside, even though your natural political home is the Republican party, I would encourage you to consider giving them a time-out for four years, at least. They haven’t executed their duties faithfully nor well over the past eight years, and giving them another term will only reinforce the idea that poor performance is permissible so long as the right words are mouthed at speech time.
You’re referring to Bush, right? I don’t disagree that Bush has been worse then mediocre, but the fact is, a lot of what has been going in the country is the result of a Democratically controlled Congress. While Bush has mishandled several key issues (i.e. War in Iraq, the Economy, Foreign Policy to name a few) Congress, led by the Democrats, hasn’t done much better. The polls show that on average, Congress is right around 55% in the negative (a bit higher in some areas, a bit lower in others.) It’s the issues that I think really matter is where Congress has gone off the rails. I’ll be honest and say that I’m just not overwhelmed by Obama. Neither am I by McCain, but I see him as the lesser of two evils (despite his choice in VP). And frankly, I just plain don’t like Biden. Never have, never will. Also, I don’t necessarily agree that Palin was the best choice either. To put it the simplets terms possible, I just haven’t been happy with Politics du jour and while Obama is proclaiming “Change”, I just don’t see it happening for him.
(you can click on my name if your interested in what the polls show.)
Speaking of mediocre, do you even have an opinion?
Hey Luke, reread the post, ok? I was replying to n8 as to why I won’t ‘switch’ sides. If you can’t understand, go back to school.
Not switching sides? Fine. No cookies for you :p
In all seriousness though, I don’t really consider myself to be a Democrat. I consider myself to be an independent who, lately, agrees with the Democrats on alot of issues. I think to blindly say you’re a dem or a rep is to sacrifice a small part of your ability to think for yourself.
Yeah, do agree with you. However, I was only trying to clarify my party of registration. I still believe in voting my concience though. Maybe I’m a Republicrat?
That works. But you’re still not getting any cookies.
Hi ema.. WB!!
“Look at what they are doing to Sarah Palin, she isn’t making the same kind of remarks about Obama’s person.”
Are you out of your mind? Did you not hear her speech at the RNC?
“What does he actually seek to accomplish after he’s done turning back the waters and healing the planet?”
Lies, mud-slinging, distortion of facts, and pandering are all a part of winning an election, but they are still wrong and the fact is (and you can look at FactCheck.org to confirm this) that the Obama campaign has been running much cleaner than the McCain campaign (who, ironically, just referenced FactCheck in an attempt to mislead people).
Obama does exaggerate and he has used the facts to his advantage. And that is wrong.
But McCain has flat-out lied. Not cherry-picking facts to make Obama look bad. He’s explicitly saying things that AREN’T TRUE. And that’s far worse than anything out of the Obama Campaign.
Yes, well.. the more things change, the more they stay the same. It would be nice, just once, in ANY campaign, if it was about issues and policies and not about what either one said. But hey, they’re human too.. it’s a natural defensive reaction to go for the personal attacks.
Yes, but the ones that give in and go for the personal attacks are the ones that are generally looked down on eventually and lose. The ones that can stick to the issues will always look better.
Exactly.. so I guess that you will be voting for Obama now, since the GOP has nothing but personal attacks, unless you count the made up responses to the made up “attacks” on the gov with such thick skin and lipstick… no wait, sorry, the lipstick was on her pitbull.
McCain’s camp have been smearing and slandering this whole campaign. Their recent ads are simply embarrassing. It must be the only tactic they have, if they kept to the issues then McCain’s similarities to Bush would be even more obvious. No wonder Bush didn’t go to the RNC.
Can’t disagree with you there. I was shocked to hear McCain declare that this election wasn’t about issues. My reaction: “Sorry pal, but that’s not up to you.”
So, I’ll tell ya what: you run on the Repub ticket and I’ll run on the Dem ticket and we will have civil discourse and debate, interrupted by periodic bouts between our respective VPs beating the shit out of each other in a steel cage.
(I’m trying for that broad appeal)
I so call Repub VP, then!
Dang, that could fun! I’m in!
Dibs on VP for Democrat.
I call Ron Paul! O.o
sota like “I voted for it before I voted against it”?
Oh, you mean like Palin on the Bridge to Nowhere? (Except of course that she kept the money afterwards.)
Palin did not “keep” any money, ‘k? It went into the treasury of the State of Alaska, which is where all earmarks go. It’s how such monies are spent that makes the difference. The appropriation was made, the funds went toward other needs.
But, I read on the internet she bought a new purse with it!
Not bought, shot. SHOT. Ba-dum-bump.
but I thought that, as such a strong governor, she said no and sent it back…I guess the truth is a little vague for our lovely governor.
Look forward to 2 more months of Palin playing the victim card.
And 2 more months of Obama playing the Race card?
Obama just needs to stay at home and take care of his family. He has two young girls that need him at home! WAAAAA!!
Neither of his children require the special attention needed for Down’s syndrome or pregnancy. Fail!
I was being semi-sarcastic there.
I would just like to underscore (not to beat on you too much, ema) but not only are neither of the Obama girls special needs, but neither is an infant -and- neither is being denied the presence of Mom at that crucial juncture.
While we’re doing the serious side notes, there’s a couple things that I find borderline offensive about the way this argument comes up. One is that the kids have a dad, too, and not acknowledging that kinda makes it seem like people think fathers are all dead-beat dads that can’t care for kids. The other is that special needs children are not ‘fragile eggs’ that require constant fawning attention by one or both parents. Yes, they can be a bit more work, but nothing insurmountable, especially since with Palin’s case, dad’s gonna be with the kids full time. And the older the kids get, the more they can help out too. Even 3 and 4 year olds can do some simple house chores usually, which can help pick up some of the slack when the baby’s needing more attention. And it lets them be involved in their family and help, which kids usually love to do.
In a perfect society, the mother needs to be there for the child during the first year. Paternal involvement is almost as important but, as someone pointed out else-LOL, men don’t (usually) lactate. Breastfeeding is the single most important act a mother can do for her child (and her own health — my wife lost 40 lbs in a month). I could go on about the attachment needs between mother and child, but I’m sure people are quite capable of reading the La Leche League’s website.
I have no problem with a politically-ambitious woman running for office. The problem I have with Palin in this regard is how she was willing to leave her child after 3 days (neverminding the risk of her pelvic floor collapsing) and now hitting the campaign trail when Trig is only 5 mos.
Mr. Palin’s involvement with his kids is fine. He has my kudos. In the end, though, fathers are not mothers.
LOL!
McCain used the same phrase when talking about Hilary’s health care plan and Cheny used it when talking about Kerry. Obama is not the first to use that VERY common phrase and he will not be the last.
The false outrage is hysterical though.
Keep it up Pugs, the press is starting to turn on you, pretty soon they will actually talk about the Palin/McCain (let’s face it, she is top of the ticket) lies and then lets watch those numbers fall.
“The press is STARTING to turn on you “? When the hell were they ever not against the Republicans?
During the Rev. Wright business… Anything involving the war and people’s opposition to it… the ast few months of the Clinton Impeachment…
Come on, Eddie, don’t tell me that you are about to drink the kool-aid, it might be green, but that only works for M&M’s.
The orange ones… are… poisonnnnn… *thud*
OH, I thought it was blue that was poison?
Let’s put it into perspective.. the last time I voted Democrat was for Jimmy Carter, the first time. That was simply a rebound from Nixon and Ford. Since then, it’s been a straight run on the Republican side. However, I won’t go so far as to say I’m an On-fire GOP, but more of a Moderate Republican.
That is one SCARY picture of Michelle Obama in the ad here “Likely to cheat”.
Give me the Borg queen any day.
Barack Hussein Obama, President of The United States of Hell.
Clever -and- classy!
No, wait–
Would that be “one nation, *way* under God”?
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Sorry – popped in my head. ;D
Yeah, hell, like when it freezes over!
He shoots, he scores !!!!!
and the crowd goes wild!!
Another fox news viewer.
Well, Obama isn’t perfect, but I like him better than McCain. McCain is okay, but he’s too conservative. And his VP pick, Palin, is kind of nuts.
McCain and Obama were getting their hair cut at the Capital barber shop. Neither spoke to each other. Obama finished first and the barber offered him some spray on cologne. ” No thanks! I don’t want my wife thinking I’ve been in a brothel !”.
When McCain was offered the same cologne, he said ” Go ahead !
MY wife doesn’t know what the inside of a brothel smells like !”.
(rimshot)
Heard this on the radio and almost wrecked I was laughing so hard.
Now , please enter your own GOOD jokes- McCain or Obama !
Okay, I lol’d. *golf clap*
Almost dropped my beer and scared the hell out of the kids in the back of the schoolbus too!
Your not drinking beer and driving a school bus I hope… naw…
The short bus.
Little buggers nearly dropped their bongs !
So recklessly endangering children, and very young children using marijuana is funny to you now?
You are so uptight a team of horses couldn’t pull a greased thread out of your ass !
You may think ill of me but I did laugh. I tend to have a morbid sense of humor and no that doesn’t mean I approve of endangerment, drug use, etc etc. I just laughed at an exaggeration for comedic effect.
Thank you. I’m glad someone understands my comedic effect to lighten the deathgrip intolerance here.
BTW- love your homepage.
Thanks, glad I can entertain.
Even if you don’t understand my personal sense of humour, which is saying things because I know they’ll elicit a reaction from you. It’s like you have this big “Piss me off” button on your forehead, and it’s just too irresistible to push said button repeatedly, because you make an ass of yourself every time you go into one of your self righteous rants.
I feel like Elizabeth Hasselbach (?) on the View ! (sob!)
lol’d again. Must be my MS upbringing.
There are some who call me…Tim. But they’re wrong, it’s Barack.
epic
I shall second.
Call me when he can cast Magic Missile.
At the darkness even.
Heh – here we go again. ;D
I always have to bite my tongue lest I reveal how much of a dork I really am. Technically the darkness isn’t a creature and thus can’t be targeted by Magic Missile. So while the joke is funny, the reference is fail and usually causes eyerolling every time it is brought up the minute magic is brought up as we hear every single time like clockwork.
Damn, forgot to bite my tongue. … Ow…
Dude… ‘casting magic missile at the darkness’ is a reference to a popular online video from a few years back of a bunch of guys playing D&D. You should look it up.
I believe it’s a reference to a web comic called 8-bit theater… I’ll post a link when I find the original comic. I was still in school so it was at least 5 years ago.
Self-correction: originally a sketch, Dead Alewives, 1996. Mimicked everywhere.
and 8-bit theater is http://www.nuklearpower.com
And I know that you can’t cast magic missile at the darkness.
Cause I’m a dork too.
Not quite old school though, medium school i guess. Started on 2nd ed.
LAST!!!
There are some who call me….
Barack
yo hoes
Questioning the American Bolshevik views
1. Is wealth redistribution taking money from stockholders and redistributing it to those who don’t pay taxes?
2. Is it more important to make sure that illegal votes are not disenfranchised or making sure that groups like ACORN do not nullify honest votes.
3. Would premature U.S. withdrawal from Iraq grand jihadists a victory and make all of our accomplishments, money spent and lives lost a big waist?
4. Can this country afford to grant socialist Democrats total control of the government and allow them to sacrifice our safety by cutting the military budget by 25%?
Now comes the big question. How do we stop socialism from ruining our lives?
The answer is simple. Don’t vote American Bolsheviks into power and boycott the socialist propaganda media into bankruptcy.
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Affimative Action Boy better stay far away from those flames. He hasn’t got the sense to piss on himself if his pants were on fire. Maybe Michelle could whip hers out and help.
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