September 2008
Deference please →
Ladies and gentlemen… The Vice President of the United States of America. (wild applause)
The Debate Tapes | Madeye →
Here at reallyoldman we’ve been studying and analyzing the presidential debate tapes. As regular readers of this blog know, we scrutinize the debate with the rigor of a Cold War Kremlinologist…
McPocalypse →
Not sure if this qualifies as constructive criticism, people. Remember, deference and respect. Thank you.
Race for President →
Lunchtime Banter » Did McCain Say Horseshit During... →
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Side Splitter →
Threat →
This just in: Iran an existential threat to Israel, McCain posits in debate Existentialism, the hapless presidential candidate explained, is a philosophical movement which posits that individuals…
On Palin and Words
COURIC: Why isn’t it better, Governor Palin, to spend $700 billion helping middle-class families struggling with health care, housing, gas and groceries? ... Instead of helping these big financial institutions that played a role in creating this mess?
PALIN: Ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health care reform that is needed to help shore up the economy– Oh, it’s got to be about job creation too. So health care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions.
JohnBrissenden: The Governor appears to suffer from what we doctors call Magnetic Poetry Speech Syndrome.
Panic! Disaster! Rescue! →
Today’s headline: Bailout recognized as a rescue plan for McCain WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Sen. Chris Dodd, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, said Thursday that…
“It’s not based on any particular data point. We just wanted to choose a really...”
– unnamed Treasury spokesperson to Forbes magazine, explaining how they came up with the $700 billion figure. Just keeps getting better, doesn’t it? (via spiegelman)
“Don’t let the stars get in your eyes. They’ll burn your head right...”
“Friends are like potatoes ; If you eat them, they die”
– (via gabriellablake) (via rabbyte)
“It’s not clear what exactly McCain is going to do in Washington. He doesn’t sit...”
– John Dickerson - Slate Magazine
I’ll probably have more detailed thoughts on this whole situation tomorrow—but for now, I’m having a heck of a time sorting out what McCain is doing. Did he miss the whole emerging narrative about how he’s too reckless to be that close to The Button? This isn’t...
matthewb:
Part one of Wired’s two-and-a-half-hour...
