Apparently, McCain canceled an appearance on CNN because Campbell Brown was mean to his surrogate last night and Sarah Palin canceled a scheduled appearance to accept some award. In other words, the convention kicks off with the Republicans in total media lockdown. Unbelievable.
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As Atrios said, Joe and Fred are going lock-up the Droopy-Dog American vote. Zzzzz.
what a bunch of dumbasses
they managed to push my parents into the obama column…which i couldnt even do….but my dad says he thinks palin will withdraw and newt will step in, in which case he will vote republican.
off topic…anyone see the korean air commercial?
its 15 seconds of subliminal sex
but my dad says he thinks palin will withdraw and newt will step in
Argh! My eyes! Don’t do that!
Seriously though – McCain wouldn’t put Newtie on the ticket. If this Palin thing implodes on him enough that she exits stage right, I expect he’ll start firing his current crop of advisers immediately. And then he’ll plop one of the guys he really wanted into that VP position – Ridge or Lieberman.
I’m actually a little worried about that, to tell you the truth. Eagleton comparisons aside, the media would eat that narrative up with a spoon. McCain fires all the Rovians and regains both his “honor” and his “maverick” status in one fell swoop. They’d love it.
And if he waits until after the convention, he doesn’t have to worry about an embarrassing revolt of the religious right on the convention floor….
GOP is pulling out all the stops – circling the wagons.
Fred Thompson’s speech will defend Palin and attack Obama on abortion
McCain stands by his VP pick – thinks America is all excited.
Analysts: McCain’s Palin pick: Wrong kind of buzz
So finally we put to rest the belief that there’s no bad publicity.
the policy of “relating to the little guy” when all the Republican policy accomplishes is keeping the “little guy”—“little”. Remember W, the have and have mores quote.
No. She’s some jackass that needs to stay in Alaska.
And saying he’s a winger Florida rethug jackass is redundant.
you’re just hating on mooseburgers.
let’s see the double standard here. You’ll need to do an Eagleton Watch V thread. After the howl over Wright do you think this will be given a free pass?
via TPM
Founder Of Group Palin Courted Professed “Hatred For The American Government”; Cursed “Damn Flag”
Will she last the night?
Just asking because of Rev Wright; remember – how Obama was given no option but to denounce and reject him? Wright was not on any ticket. But this Vogler stuff is a different category kinda rubs out Obama is a Muslim, hangs around with terrorist doesn’t it?
I guarantee you that little Howdy Doody-looking mofo has never tasted moose nor ridden a snowmobile nor gotten up at 3 am for anything, ever.
Mooseburgers must be rather expensive in Florida.
The Palin Effect and DNC Bounce
Gallup has Obama at 50% for first time
Rasmussen confirms at 51% when “leaners” are factored in
Look at all those old white people…are they even alive? They’re basically motionless.
That’s kinda funny :o)
Watching this is a little surreal, to be honest. So far, they’ve chatted with shining stars of the Republican party, Tom Delay and George Allen. Definitely nowhere near the same energy/vibe as Denver, as the commentators have noted.
These people creep me out.
Yeah, and old white people don’t exactly smell like new born babies either! :o)
Yikes!
Bush speech suggestion, bad news/good news format
bad news, highest unemployment rate in 25 years
good news, we took out the discouraged worker
that would make it look even worse
bad news, worst inflation in 17 years
good news, we kept out those upsetting, volatile food
and fuel price rises out of the total
bad news, higher murder rates in large cities
good news, more plot material for TV crime shows
bad news, the Iraq War gets much more expensive every
year.
good news, Republican voting former Iraqi CIA assets will open great kebab restaurants in each large metro area.
bad news, no progress on global warming
good news, oil companies have record profits
It…just…wont…stop…
And here’s more hypocrisy…
Oh, Lordy, kiss McCain goodbye.
Palestinian Attack In Israel Part of God’s Judgment, Said Recent Guest At Palin’s Church
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/02/palestinian-attack-in-isr_n_123297.html
that they are betting the farm on abolishing reproductive rights and the promise of appointing 1 to 3 judges to the supreme court to get that done as a means to ignite their base to beat Obama.
Pat Buchanan just claimed that the Obamas “Like the idea of partial birth abortion” and Rachel Maddow jumped on him.
ugh.
whoa!!!!
on msnbc just now christie whitman was asked if palin is ready to be president and she answered is anybody ever ready to be president?
didnt bill clinton say the same thing?
i wonder if anybody will catch that or rip her a new asshole for it.
Oops. Nice freudian slip. You can find this in several places, this just happens to be from Politico. It does just keep getting worse.
I didn’t see it – off to find a video clip.
From the YouTubes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btX1RVbgvzg
Orrin Hatch claims to have teared up when he realized the Republicans might put the first woman in the WH.
Andrea Mitchell just asked him about her lobbyist connections and he claimed they all knew about them and she’s still a reformed.
WHy doesn’t lightning strike these mofos when they speak?
Because their God it too busy doing sonograms.
You are on fire with the one-liners tonight!
Perhaps the RNC should have booked you. Apparently, they need someone to wake up the crowd after Thompson’s nap demonstration.