It’d be funnier if the Republicans weren’t really going to steal and deny votes again this election, like they always do. They’ve already started by attempting some incredibly underhanded manuevers with people whose houses have been foreclosed in battleground states, and that’s only the beginning. When you go vote on Nov. 4th (if for some reason you’re not a normal absentee ballot voter), go early, bring all your proper identification, and observe all the rules. We can’t let them pull another Florida on us.
One of the dopest DJ’s on the planet, Z-Trip, linked up with Shepard Fairey (you know, the guy who made this) to put together a bunch of fundraisers for the next President of the United States. He just put his mix from these parties online, so we can all download and enjoy some great music mashed up with Barack’s incredible words. There’s even a clean edit available on his site for all you fellow radio people. We may have to play this on Sound Session on Nov. 2nd…gOBAMA.
In case you had any trouble following along with her rambling run-on sentences last night, here’s her basic formula. Don’t make me post the transcripts.
Anyone who knows me in person knows that I’ve been talking about this for a while. As a media studies major, it’s hilarious to watch how predictable the media has become, on both sides. Every time you think it can’t get any worse, an agency like Fox News stoops to new mindblowingly low levels of journalistic integrity. They literally write the headlines they want to see and then just report them, regardless of what actually happened. It’s often said that “history is written by the victor,” and while that will always be true, we now have another form of manipulation blending the lines between fact and fiction.
If I can dictate what happens tomorrow, I don’t have to do anything today. I just make it so. Scary.
By the way, the hour of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report is by far the best thing on television. If you’re not watching these programs on a nightly basis, you’re missing out on the smartest humor out there. I pity the fool.
Even though it’s sarcastic, I just didn’t feel right typing “don’t vote” in the title. Get out there and help make a difference. Washington State people: like they mentioned in this video, some states, including ours, end voter registration on the 4th. THAT’S SATURDAY.
Wow. At this point, every moronic, bumbling, “college kid who didn’t do the reading” answer Palin gives is actually getting scarier and scarier. This person just isn’t informed enough about issues to be a 72 year old, 4 time cancer survivor (who won’t release his full medical records) heartbeat away from being the president. I mean, are you serious? Really? Her as the leader of the free world? This is a joke…right?
The debate tomorrow will be interesting, but the talking points and headlines from the right wing have already been written. Her expectations are so low that as long as she doesn’t pass out on stage, people will claim she did a great job. Also, regardless of how Biden performs, he’ll be called a sexist or condescending. We already know it’s coming, so watch for that spin right after the debate. So predictable.
In truth, if they stick to the issues, it will be clear than Palin (and McCain) is nothing more than empty rhetoric, without any real policies or plans to improve the country. She’ll throw around buzzwords like “reform” and “maverick” and pepper her answers with references to America’s greatness and how to keep us safe from terrorism. Ironically, one of her main attack points will be that Biden has been in Washington too long and she’s the ‘new blood.’ Sadly, he running mate is John McCain. Every attack with that line of thinking could easily be applied to her own presidential candidate, which I hope the pundits will point out after the debate. After all, we are talking about the American public here. We need things to be laid out explicitly for them to understand what they are watching, preferably with a shiny diagram or two.
The bottom line is that this is a ‘change’ election. When the country goes through a hard time, the party in power gets voted out and the other one gets its shot. McCain was running as the ‘experience’ candidate while Barack was the ‘change’ candidate. Once they realized that they would lose this battle all day, every day, McCain’s camp went with Palin and tried to morph into a ‘change’ campaign. They aren’t, but it’s a cute effort, and you’ll see this moronic hypocrisy on display tomorrow night. Don’t you just love our political process?
Alright, after a few less serious (but fairly accurate) clips from Chris Rock, here’s Joe Biden’s post debate comments on MSNBC with Keith Olbermann. I love how they started with McCain’s most egregious error of the debate, where he tried to paint Obama as pridefully ignorant like Bush. Unbelievable.
McCain’s actually lucky that he has to debate Barack instead of Biden. Biden counteracts McCain’s only perceived “strength,” and wouldn’t hold back and be civil like Obama. For instance, Barack probably felt like if he pointed out that independent veterans groups have given McCain awful scores for his veterans voting, he’d get lambasted because he’s not a war hero like McCain. Biden’s got the rep to bring that up though. He’d tear John apart.
My fear, that I’ve seen others echo, is that Biden’s almost in a lose/lose situation with Palin in their debate. If he smashes her, which is increasingly possible the more we hear from her, some people will complain that he’s beating up on her unfairly. You already know that the Republican surrogates are getting the “Biden was sexist” arguments written out now before anything’s even said. That’s going to be the first talking point of that evening, count on it.
If he takes it easy, people will be impressed that she didn’t get crushed and they’ll over exaggerate her performance. Also, if Biden makes one of his trademark gaffes and does anything remotely construed as disrespectful, it’s all you’ll hear in the media for weeks. He’s got to be on his game and destroy her on nothing but the issues, without running up the score or rubbing it in. You got this, but tread lightly Joe.
Except, of course, when you’re talking about McCain. In which case, ether accordingly.
Gotta love that ‘related videos’ feature on YouTube, right? As long as we’re posting up recent Chris Rock videos, here’s his appearance on Bill Maher’s Real Time after last night’s debate. He reuses a few of the jokes from Larry King, but there’s still some great new stuff in there. Chris is always hilarious and on point as well.
Everyone’s asking where Sarah Palin is after this debate (answer: stowed safely away in Area 51), but I want to know where Dave Chappelle is. I would love to hear his take on all this.
