This happened a few days ago, but I missed it live and just spotted it on the net. Absolutely brilliant. There are a ton of classic quotes in here but I really like that line about the Presidency being run like a radio station contest. I agree completely.
The only part my animal activist self would have changed was the Palin hunting joke about “why is Michael Vick in jail?” I think hunting for sport should be illegal (it’s…pointless), so I’d welcome anyone who kills some animal for fun going to jail. I thought the Bible said “thou shall not kill.” Did they change it when I wasn’t looking and add “…humans?” Anyway, part two below:
(hahahaha @ Couric’s ice grill like “you are setting us back with every word you utter”)
Wow. Tell ’em why you mad, son. Old white guy ether is the best.
It’s been fascinating to watch how quickly the Palin effect turned negative, and rightly so. Regardless of what side of the policy debates you fall on, she’s clearly an awful VP candidate and was solely picked to try to throw a wrinkle into the race. From day one, even the other Republicans were salty about this and now that the initial “OMG HE PICKED A WOMAN” buzz has died, she’s killing McCain’s campaign every time she opens her mouth.
LOL @ that answer in the Couric interview. Paul Krugman hit it on the head: it sounded like a college freshman who showed up to class without doing any of the reading. “Totally incoherent.”
The scariest part about all this is that McCain’s entire mantra of “Country First” was drop-kicked out the window by making this selection. They knew the only chance they had in the election was to play the gender wildcard, and it shows how reckless a campaign he’s running. This is a 72 year old, four time cancer survivor…and he picked THIS? [Nappy Roots] Aw hell naw [/Nappy].
In case you missed this from last night, Dave pwns McCain after canceling his appearance. It’s definitely fine to cancel, but their camp said he would be immediately flying back to Washington DC to work on the economic crisis. In actuality, he stayed in NYC for an interview and another appearance, and left later that evening. LOL @ getting busted lying by a talk show host. I love that Letterman and The View have called out some of the buffoonery more than the mainstream news media.
Don’t make me post Palin’s atrocious performance in the Katie Couric interview. Dear God.
These promos are running 1,100 times through October 4th on MTV. That’s a great look for Murs and his upcoming album, Murs For President. Plus, they’re funny and on point.
Sarah Silverman has some important (and hilarious) words for her constituency. Read more at TheGreatSchlep.com. My granma isn’t Jewish, but she is a 98 year old Swedish woman. Not exactly Barack’s base, but I’m [Dilla] workin’ on it [/Dilla].
In case you haven’t heard, in light of the recent economic crisis, John McCain has decided to suspend his campaign to try to help solve the problem. Sane people will look at this maneuver and realize it’s a fairly desperate attempt to avoid pwnage in Friday’s debate, but McCain clearly hopes that his campaign can spin it positively. Expect to hear a million surrogates talking up the idea that “McCain is showing he’ll put his country ahead of his campaign.” That sounds nice, but unfortunately, it’s patently false.
McCain’s inability to get any sort of grasp on economic issues (remember: this man has admitted multiple times that he doesn’t understand how the economy works) has lead to an awful performance on the campaign trail the past 2 weeks. With the Palin bounce fading quickly, and even beginning to negatively affect the ticket, they were increasingly desperate. The idea that if McCain returns to Washington to sit in on some meetings and provide his voice, this $700 billion bailout will be hammered through is absolutely laughable. Whether it happens or not, it will not be because of John McCain.
So why did he insist upon suspending the campaign and ducking the first debate on Friday? Simple: he’s getting hammered on the economy. As I’ve blogged about before, anytime an actual important issue or policy is talked about, the Republicans lose. That’s why they want you to worry about flag pin lapels or pigs with lipstick. Once the economy became the main focus, McCain’s campaign went down quicker than his plane dur– no…wait…I’m better than that. Anyway, he’s losing ground all over the place and in order to stop the hemmorraging, he pulled this stunt. It’s akin to calling a timeout when the other team is racking up points, only in this case, you were already out of timeouts. Shouldn’t this be a technical foul? Where’s Chris Webber?
This is not a legitimate reason to suspend your campaign and try to postpone the beatdown you’re going to receive at the first debate. Now, Barack handled this as professionally and stately as possible. He knows exactly what McCain is doing and his remarks above could not have been better. Thankfully, I’m not running for office, so I’ll say it:
For a “war hero,” where is your vaunted courage Senator McCain? Take your beating like a man and go to the first debate on Friday. You’re running scared, but it’s understandable. Barack has Ali-like swag right now, and you’re about to be on the receiving end.
Smart people > dumb people. When you continually vote for “the guy you want to have a beer with,” this is what happens. Be a lame or be a leader. Which side are you on?
Posted in News, Politics on September 22nd, 2008 by Hyphen
In case you need more information after part one, check out the video above.
Here are some key elements of Barack’s plan:
A $1,000 emergency energy rebate to help families with high fuel costs right now while putting $50 billion into job creation to get our economy back on track.
Families making less than $250,000 a year will get a tax cut three times larger than under John McCain’s plan and will face absolutely no tax increases.
While John McCain has voted against raising the minimum wage 19 times, Barack would raise the minimum wage and set it to rise automatically with inflation.
Invest $15 billion a year in green energy research to reduce our economy’s dependence on foreign oil and create 5 million American jobs a year.
Anyone still want to argue a lack of substance? [Big L] Aight then [/Big L]. Can we focus on who is best on the issues that actually matter? McCain and the Republicans are simply on the wrong side of history in 2008 and we can’t let them steal this election by clouding the public consciousness with idiocy. Be smart and rise above that.
Take some time and educate yourself @ BarackObama.com/plan. It’s hilarious that people still have the audacity to suggest Barack hasn’t laid out what “change” means, and doubly as offensive when McCain’s answer to our economic problems is to simply create a commission to review the issue. His campaign also said it wasn’t necessary to explain exactly what they would do in response to our economic crisis and he says our “economy is strong” on a daily basis. This is a joke, right?
In related news, that ether:
Please make sure you and your friends are registered to vote. This election is too important to sit out or vote from an uninformed perspective. You have a responsibility.
