Saturday, September 20, 2008
Disabled
Brilliant:
But then, alas:
Why is Rangel lying? Palin is very obviously not "an obviously healthy person."
posted by Blicero : 9/20/2008 09:49:00 PM
In a CBS 2 HD exclusive interview, Rep. Rangel called Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin "disabled."
The question was simple: Why are the Democrats so afraid of Palin and her popularity?
The answer was astonishing.
"You got to be kind to the disabled," Rangel said.
That's right. The chairman of the powerful House Ways & Means Committee called Palin disabled -- even when CBS 2 HD called him on it.
CBS 2 HD: "You got to be kind to the disabled?"
Rangel: "Yes."
CBS 2 HD: "She's disabled?"
Rangel: "There's no question about it politically. It's a nightmare to think that a person's foreign policy is based on their ability to look at Russia from where they live."
But then, alas:
Later Friday, Rangel issued a statement saying "disabled" wasn't the word he meant to use.
"Governor Palin is an obviously healthy person who in no way fits the description of disabled. I meant to say then, and I am saying now, that she entered the campaign with a disadvantage in the area of foreign policy," Rangel said in a statement.
Why is Rangel lying? Palin is very obviously not "an obviously healthy person."
posted by Blicero : 9/20/2008 09:49:00 PMcome for the fishin', stay for the rape
Yet Another
This is the kind of shit Obama needs to be slamming him on.
posted by James Hussein Dixon : 9/20/2008 02:57:00 AM
posted by James Hussein Dixon : 9/20/2008 02:57:00 AMFriday, September 19, 2008
McCain Is Totally Like, "Oh Shit!"
I hear McCain's new big zinger is something like, "That's not country first. . . That's Obama first! Oh, snap!"
Who does he hope to reach with this? People unaware of the fact that Obama (like McCain) desires to be president?
I think he's cracking. This "Obama first" stuff is like George Bush Sr. with the "ghouls and goblins" speech and that "Ozone man" thing.
posted by Anonymous : 9/19/2008 07:56:00 PM
Who does he hope to reach with this? People unaware of the fact that Obama (like McCain) desires to be president?
I think he's cracking. This "Obama first" stuff is like George Bush Sr. with the "ghouls and goblins" speech and that "Ozone man" thing.
posted by Anonymous : 9/19/2008 07:56:00 PMMcHutchence vs Greeley III
like sands in the hourglass
Looks like the McCain/Palin post-convention bounce is over. We can now return to our pre-convention, pre-VP announcements status quo ante.
posted by Scats : 9/19/2008 01:07:00 PM
posted by Scats : 9/19/2008 01:07:00 PMPreacher man
Meet the leader who is really going to fire up the base this November...
posted by Dawkins : 9/19/2008 11:33:00 AM
posted by Dawkins : 9/19/2008 11:33:00 AMThursday, September 18, 2008
Thursday Cat Blogging: Mouse Hunters
For the second time (that I know of) in their careers, the Ape and the President have "achieved success" by successfully hunting a mouse.
posted by Blicero : 9/18/2008 04:46:00 PM
Those of you familiar with the characteristic behaviors of these animals won't be surprised to learn that the President (left) did most of the actual "hunting" work; then, when the mouse was pretty much finished off, the Ape (right) swooped in and instantaneously consumed it.
posted by Blicero : 9/18/2008 04:46:00 PMnothing to do with the election
Paging Jeremiah Wright
The Rev. Wright ad that you know McCain and the RNC already have in the can is almost certain to drop in the next few days, don't you think?
posted by Anonymous : 9/18/2008 08:34:00 AMMcCain's penis falls off in public
This is it!! The great gaffe! Is it going to get the coverage it deserves?????
I told you this would come. Now the media's gotta get on the TRAIN!!
posted by James Hussein Dixon : 9/18/2008 03:40:00 AM
I told you this would come. Now the media's gotta get on the TRAIN!!
posted by James Hussein Dixon : 9/18/2008 03:40:00 AMWednesday, September 17, 2008
The Fairsley Difference
Less of this, please.
I don't care that Obama raised money from Hollywood and I can't believe anyone in the McCain / GOP side really expects anything to come from calling attention to it. The event netted him $9 million in a single night, which might be the real reason why the Republicans are so mad about it.
OK, but I really don't like this line from Obama:
Instead, when standing in the courtyard of the palatial estate, please say that your cause is about giving more people the chance not only to see the inside of a building like this, but to live in and own buildings like this.
I mean, have you heard? People want to get rich.
Remember how everyone agreed that George Bush, Jr. was a spoiled and ignorant little prick who got filthy rich for nothing, didn't deserve any of the luxuries he enjoyed, and basically behaved like a poor white trash lottery winner-type asshole -- and yet, remember how it turned out that, like, zillions of Americans desperately wanted to BE that asshole?
You've got to pivot from showing people you understand their struggles to showing them that you also understand and (importantly) validate their most cherished ambition: to be the exact same person they always were, except filthy rich. Not just to pay for Mary's college tuition or whatever but to be rich.
OK, but I really don't like this line from Obama:
''The reason I'm calm ... is I've got confidence in the American people,'' he said. ''I really think they want to see us do better.'' Standing in the courtyard of the palatial estate, he said his campaign was dedicated to people who need jobs and health care and worry about their pensions and sending children to college.Can everyone on the left please agree to never, ever frame the issue in this way ever again?
''It's about those who will never see the inside of a building like this,'' Obama said.
Instead, when standing in the courtyard of the palatial estate, please say that your cause is about giving more people the chance not only to see the inside of a building like this, but to live in and own buildings like this.
I mean, have you heard? People want to get rich.
Remember how everyone agreed that George Bush, Jr. was a spoiled and ignorant little prick who got filthy rich for nothing, didn't deserve any of the luxuries he enjoyed, and basically behaved like a poor white trash lottery winner-type asshole -- and yet, remember how it turned out that, like, zillions of Americans desperately wanted to BE that asshole?
You've got to pivot from showing people you understand their struggles to showing them that you also understand and (importantly) validate their most cherished ambition: to be the exact same person they always were, except filthy rich. Not just to pay for Mary's college tuition or whatever but to be rich.
posted by Anonymous : 9/17/2008 01:57:00 AMTuesday, September 16, 2008
Black-Berry Speaking Mail Device
Bob MF'in Herbert
For any of those who still think it doesn't matter if Obama loses because he's not ready to usher in revolution...
posted by James Hussein Dixon : 9/16/2008 10:44:00 AM
posted by James Hussein Dixon : 9/16/2008 10:44:00 AMThe DSM in History
MMI has a new site with all the old Prez campaign ads. As Gawker points out, its a good guide to the decline and fall. This video for example, is a perfect illustration of why Obama needs to respond to GOP negativity with strong arguments for his policies and a vision for America's Future.
posted by Scats : 9/16/2008 01:51:00 AMOld and angry
Apparently a very small buy though--kind of a test run to see how it works.
posted by Blicero : 9/16/2008 01:18:00 AM
posted by Blicero : 9/16/2008 01:18:00 AMMonday, September 15, 2008
Personality Cult Slogan FAIL
not bad
POW! POW! POW!
Here's Jake Tapper of ABC behaving much less skeptically than usual:
So, OK, I guess I'm one of those "nastier" liberals. But you have to be kidding me with this. I mean, first of all, the McCain campaign totally played Tapper with their big show of anguished "discouragement," but whatever.
The key point is, have you heard? People with physical disabilities far more severe than McCain's are using computers every day. There are friggin QUADRIPLEGICS using computers!
(Computer user Michael Goldhammer, an Oregon man who has no use of his arms and legs, and who is not married to a $100 million beer heiress and therefore has to work for a living)
As you can see, this person, Michael Goldhammer of Oregon, has no use of his arms or legs whatsoever and is still using a computer -- perhaps even sending off an e-mail! -- by manipulating the keyboard and trackball mouse with a sort of pipe or stick he grips in his mouth. You truly have to admire Mr. Goldhammer.
So, sorry kids, but is McCain really complaining that his shoulders "ache"? Hey dude, at least you can, like, feel your shoulders!
Also, what about the thousands of workers who suffer from the "aches" of carpal tunnel syndrome but have to keep on using computers, despite intense pain, so that they can, like, you know, make a living and shit?
Sorry, McCain. Go get yourself a helper monkey. And stop trying to blame all of your blunders, shortcomings, foolish notions, self-satisfied ignorance and perverted lies on Charlie.
posted by Anonymous : 9/15/2008 08:53:00 AM
Assuredly McCain isn't comfortable talking about this -- and the McCain campaign discouraged me from writing about this -- but the reason the aged Arizonan doesn't use a computer or send email is because of his war wounds.
I realize some of the nastier liberals in the blogosphere will see this as McCain once again "playing the POW card," but it's simply a fact: typing on a regular keyboard for any sustained period of time bothers McCain physically.He can type, he occasionally does type, but in general the injuries he sustained as a POW -- ones that make it impossible for him to raise his arms high enough to comb his hair -- mean that small tasks make his shoulders ache, so he tries to avoid any repetitive exercise.
So, OK, I guess I'm one of those "nastier" liberals. But you have to be kidding me with this. I mean, first of all, the McCain campaign totally played Tapper with their big show of anguished "discouragement," but whatever.
The key point is, have you heard? People with physical disabilities far more severe than McCain's are using computers every day. There are friggin QUADRIPLEGICS using computers!
(Computer user Michael Goldhammer, an Oregon man who has no use of his arms and legs, and who is not married to a $100 million beer heiress and therefore has to work for a living)As you can see, this person, Michael Goldhammer of Oregon, has no use of his arms or legs whatsoever and is still using a computer -- perhaps even sending off an e-mail! -- by manipulating the keyboard and trackball mouse with a sort of pipe or stick he grips in his mouth. You truly have to admire Mr. Goldhammer.
So, sorry kids, but is McCain really complaining that his shoulders "ache"? Hey dude, at least you can, like, feel your shoulders!
Also, what about the thousands of workers who suffer from the "aches" of carpal tunnel syndrome but have to keep on using computers, despite intense pain, so that they can, like, you know, make a living and shit?
Sorry, McCain. Go get yourself a helper monkey. And stop trying to blame all of your blunders, shortcomings, foolish notions, self-satisfied ignorance and perverted lies on Charlie.
posted by Anonymous : 9/15/2008 08:53:00 AMDon't look now...
Today is looking like a doozy...
A potential boon to Obama, who would then face a challenge: running a broke country of broke assholes.
posted by James Hussein Dixon : 9/15/2008 07:14:00 AM
A potential boon to Obama, who would then face a challenge: running a broke country of broke assholes.
posted by James Hussein Dixon : 9/15/2008 07:14:00 AMActual action
From my friend who is a lawyer for the Obama campaign... currently based in Wisconsin...
So, you know, you're needed in all the usual suspects -- ohio, pennsylvania. virginia could use your help. and chuck todd says it's all coming down to michigan and wisconsin (yours truly). you'd be more than welcome to come knock on doors with me in lovely wausau, wisconsin!
as for pa, just call any of the numbers here:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/PAFieldOffices/
posted by James Hussein Dixon : 9/15/2008 06:46:00 AM
So, you know, you're needed in all the usual suspects -- ohio, pennsylvania. virginia could use your help. and chuck todd says it's all coming down to michigan and wisconsin (yours truly). you'd be more than welcome to come knock on doors with me in lovely wausau, wisconsin!
as for pa, just call any of the numbers here:
http://my.barackobama.com/
posted by James Hussein Dixon : 9/15/2008 06:46:00 AMSunday, September 14, 2008
Distaff Bush
As if anyone needs more evidence that Sarah Palin is bad news, the Times has come out with the definitive profile of her career in public office. Too many nausea-inducing passages to cite here, but in short, her administrations sound exactly like those of George W. Bush, in microcosm: corruption, cronyism, ignorance, isolation, paranoia, vendettas. I’m surprised, not that this stuff went on, but by the degree to which she was/is so Machiavellian.
posted by Dawkins : 9/14/2008 10:33:00 AM
posted by Dawkins : 9/14/2008 10:33:00 AM46
‘I could use a quality laugh right now, Dark,’ I said.
‘You too?’
--Infinite Jest, 1996
posted by Blicero : 9/14/2008 05:35:00 AM
