This, of course, is the So Totally Unfair, You Big Poopy-Heads Open Thread.
Horribly, horribly, horribly unfair. Mean-spirited, even.
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But smear me with jam and stake me out for the weasels if it isn't freaking hysterical, too (via Cap'n Ed):
[Update: by the way, this is the same Chris Matthews of the infamous "tingle down the leg." - Moe Lane]
{Last UPDATE: Ericka caught this first. - Moe Lane]
Oh, come on, ye Obama supporters. Smile, already. Meditate on how we evil, evil GOPpers will be laughing out of the other side of our mouths when your guy hopeandchanges our rabiblanco selves back to the pits of Jesusland where we belong, if that helps. More muscles to frown than it is to smile, and all that - or is that the other way around?
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I give you...
Castrobama!
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Frank Rich is on the case! He's switched disguises! He will protect us!
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with issues.
We will not win if we try to deconstruct Michelle.
We will win by calling out Obama on specific policy proposals on taxes, health care, national security strategy, energy policy, education. His platform for all of these key issue areas will be to bend over for the unions and trial lawyers. Period.
If McCain (with our help) can't nail that huge target, then he doesn't deserve to win.
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Also your old compadres at your old site are muxh better prepped than this hapless state Senator on the teevee.
In other news, in the interest of me doing my job while at my job, I'm going to be weaning myself off of my daily Redstate habit. Or, at least, my daily commenting habit*. So long and thanks for all the sparring.
*Reserving the right to occasionally drop in.
1). Check out last night's primary thread. Who do you think got half the moderators here hooked on that webcomic in the first place?
2). We do not discuss that site.
3). Well, that's a shame, and we'll keep the lights on. I'd say try nights and weekends, but we both know that cold turkey's the only way to stop anything Internet-related.
Moe
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And it was painful to watch. Clinton's Vogon buddy couldn't get enough, which was also fun to watch. Course she counldn't pronounce her candidates name correctly either, even called her Senatory Hillary once or twice.
the last thing she needs is Bill dragging her down faster.
Oops. Too late.
That we disagree doesn't make one of us a bad person, it makes us both Americans. When we're fighting as they come to take our guns away, you won't care that I'm a "liberal."
see the comment again...Senatory....not Senator
Fighting for conservatism one day at a time.
Tweety did a masterful job of putting the Obama supporting rep from TX on the spot. We need more sucker punching like this from the media. The last time I saw a shill look this foolish was when Stephen Colbert called an ultraconservative state rep out on his knowledge of the 10 commandments.
That said, the guy from TX was a clueless boob. Obama has supported and co authored a wide array of legislation during his term and actually produced more than Billary.
Some that come to mind:
Whistleblower protection act
Hospital Report card Act
EPA lead protection standards
WMD antiproliferation
Hillary by comparison is best known for enjoying Bills sloppy seconds and carpetbagging to NY.
Additionally it would have been much more fair if the Clinton supporter had been asked the same. The nice thing is that I think this will become a theme of the campaign now and will get info out that people need to hear.
If Obama has any brains at all that guy from TX will never be on TV on his behalf again.
That we disagree doesn't make one of us a bad person, it makes us both Americans. When we're fighting as they come to take our guns away, you won't care that I'm a "liberal."
Geez, you sound like Tiger Woods talking about women at Augusta...
"They're both right, but they're going about it the wrong way..."
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but real men play football anyway.
That we disagree doesn't make one of us a bad person, it makes us both Americans. When we're fighting as they come to take our guns away, you won't care that I'm a "liberal."
What happened was that Augusta was one of the few golf courses in the country that still had a "men's only" rule and feminists got really ticked about it and made it into a national issue. People from Augusta were saying that they weren't going to be "forced at the point of a spear" to change the rules of their private facility and feminists were ripping them a new one in the national media for being patriarchal, rich, bigoted white men. (They're Frank Rich's favorite target -- he's a regular Rastafarian, doncha know?)
Tiger sought to split the difference, and it was one of those situations that wasn't satisfactory to anyone, which is why it wound up in the New York Times.
Tiger actually tried to stay above the fray and I think his comment was wise at the time, but as I've said, it didn't satisfy anyone who was looking for an endorsement of their identity politics.
I'm sure my father would love to play it but at 64 years old he'd have a lot of trouble if he was tackled. Personally I think real men play whatever the hell they want, but that's just me.
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Bush v. Gore was decided on who you'd rather have a beer with - I can't recall Bush running on any major policy successes as governor (maybe 'No Child Left Behind'), but voters didn't care because Gore was boring and Bush ran on being a 'compassionate conservative' - although in retrospect, I believe he failed on both those points (as before, I note I am a liberal which may color my views). Positions are reversed this time - to the average voter, Obama is vibrant and exciting, and McCain is staid and dull. Personality wins, and Obama has personality in spades. And to reiterate posts from previous threads, if Hillary hasn't found any dirt on Obama (and dirt is the only way I see him losing the general election), there's none out there to be found.
Come on, let's see some zest, here! Show us your flair, for crying out loud.
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I wrote that while writing an analysis of debt covenants in the current market - tough to get zippy about anything. Though mini-Obama is whispering to me "yes you can".
Sneaking away to read blogs instead of doing real work counts. :)
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"I wrote that while writing an analysis of debt covenants in the current market"
Ah. The new best friend of lenders.
Just ask all those banks with > $150bil leveraged debt sitting on their balance sheets in large part because they didn't throw in a LIBOR floor. Ouch.
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or, as they say in Texas, all hat, and no cows. He WILL be found out.
Shouldn't he be our next president? Policies don't matter. Substance doesn't matter. This is a beauty pageant, with all the underlying catfighting and bitterness of the Ms. America pageant. And Obama's lead in the swimsuit/ballgown portions makes the Q&A segment meaningless. PS: I disclaim ever having watched said pageant or any similar event. My understanding of such events are derived solely from Miss Congeniality and (unfortunately) Miss Congeniality 2.
So Hillary is trying Walter Mondale's "Where's the beef?" line, sort of. "Get real." Will it work? As long as it drags out the nomination process, I hope so.
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I could have done better myself. That guy looked terrible.
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But at least it wasn't Obama.
On the flip side, I have to say contrasted with Obama's speeches, John McCain's speech last night brings a couple of thoughts to my mind. 1. he's an poor speaker, by contrast. No, he's not just poor, he's awful. 2. He lacks enthusiasm and excitement in his read sections that should reflect some emotion. It sort of reminds me of watching a Elks Lodge speech being given by a Wal-mart greeter; leaves you hollow as he reads his lines divorced from their content.
But really it's not that his speeches are delivered vacant of expression- they're also poor speeches. They jump around and don't have any narrative coherence holding them tightly together. His compact language and generalities are full of obscure run-ons and non sequiters; they leave to listener adrift and open and waiting to feel inspired ... yet one remains grounded never taking off.
What lurks behind his rhetoric are bad guys everywhere. Fear. Fear. Fear everywhere. But no harmonic balance to the dark forces ...except to stay with past, continue the fight.
For a man who complains about Obama being 'eloquent but empty' he has a litany of platitudes, too.
While the above Senator was a fool to get on TV with only _his_ talking points, I think McCain needs to get his speech's some serious polish or the contrast is going to be embarrassment over time as well.
that if Obama wins, he'll have to surround himself with serious and competent people. It wasn't long before I remembered the sordid mix of demagogues, hacks and good-ol'-boy types that Bill Clinton hired. I'm sure Obama will avoid talking about how he wants to shape his Cabinet and circle of advisers before the general election happens.
in mid-air off the Florida coast.
One pilot has been recovered, the other still missing.
Please pray for these families and the Tyndall community. These things really suck!
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needs to allow comments. It is just too good.
Personally, I hope she doesn't use it. It's be great for the general election.
Funny, for an outside the establishment kind of guy, he sure is acting more and more like one. Plagarism and all.
And with that, good night.
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If the skies are clear, leave your keyboard and go outside and look up at the moon. Your next chance won't be till Dec 2010.
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I managed to squeeze a little power from my camera batteries to photograph it but I didn't have enough for video. Thin clouds here but spaced so we get a few clear views.
We'll mark Christopher down as pro-Clinton then.
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