He could have said "Every time Sarah Palin opens her mouth, all you
hear is a noun and a noun and an 'also'."
Saturday, October 04, 2008
Friday, October 03, 2008
Saturday Night Live Preview
Sounds like Tina will be back, because they're doing a VP Debate skit with Gwen Ifill being played by...
...Queen Latifah.
Judging from last night, Queen Latifah may have been a better choice to moderate the real thing.
...Queen Latifah.
Judging from last night, Queen Latifah may have been a better choice to moderate the real thing.
Schlep Wars!
A week after Sarah Silverman released her amazing "Great Schlep" video, the McCain campaign responds with...Jackie Mason?!
Something tells me Sweet Johnny Mac should ask his good friend Rudy Giuliani why Mason might not be the best surrogate on this issue:
Was Michael Richards just not available?
In other news, Jackie Mason is still alive?!
Something tells me Sweet Johnny Mac should ask his good friend Rudy Giuliani why Mason might not be the best surrogate on this issue:
September 28, 1989:
Rudolph W. Giuliani said yesterday that the comedian Jackie Mason would no longer have a role in his mayoral campaign, after a newspaper quoted Mr. Mason as making racially charged remarks about blacks and Jews.
[...]
''There is a sick Jewish problem of voting for a black man no matter how unfit he is for the job,'' Mr. Mason said. ''All you have to do is to be black and don't curse the Jews directly and the Jew will vote for a black in a second. Jews are sick with complexes.''
Was Michael Richards just not available?
In other news, Jackie Mason is still alive?!
The Hagelian Imperative
After reading this tidbit from Marc Ambinder:
It just reminded me: where is Chuck Hagel's endorsement?
You have to think that would play insanely well in Nebraska's 2nd.
Obama Adds Field Office In Nebraska
Some evidence that the Obama campaign is heavily targeting the state's second congressional district: they've just opened another field office in Omaha.
It just reminded me: where is Chuck Hagel's endorsement?
You have to think that would play insanely well in Nebraska's 2nd.
Homer Votes
Much was made of Obama's weakness in the primaries with "hardly working, yellow, Animated-Americans" who broke for Hillary Clinton decisively in each state that Springfield is rumored to be in.
Judging from this, Obama has clearly made the sale.
Noonan Crashes
No one has squandered their credibility boost from this year's primaries more quickly or sharply than Peggy Noonan.
After getting caught speaking her mind when she thought no one was looking, on the same day she espoused the opposite position in her Wall Street Journal, Peggy Noonan has been in full damage control mode, trying to get back in favor with her conservative puppet-masters.
Today's column is a pretty pathetic continuation of this rehabilitation:
Three months ago, I thought Peggy Noonan could have earned a spot in the American Political Pantheon by crossing party lines and crafting Barack Obama's version of "Morning in America."
Now she is continues to reveal herself to be nothing more than another partisan hack. One who hypocritically attacks Democrats for being elitists through a op-ed column humbly titled "Declarations."
After getting caught speaking her mind when she thought no one was looking, on the same day she espoused the opposite position in her Wall Street Journal, Peggy Noonan has been in full damage control mode, trying to get back in favor with her conservative puppet-masters.
Today's column is a pretty pathetic continuation of this rehabilitation:
She killed. She had him at "Nice to meet you. Hey, can I call you Joe?" She was the star. He was the second male lead, the good-natured best friend of the leading man. She was not petrified but peppy.
Three months ago, I thought Peggy Noonan could have earned a spot in the American Political Pantheon by crossing party lines and crafting Barack Obama's version of "Morning in America."
Now she is continues to reveal herself to be nothing more than another partisan hack. One who hypocritically attacks Democrats for being elitists through a op-ed column humbly titled "Declarations."
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Closet Minmei Fan?
It's really odd that Letterman uses twenty-five year old incidental music from Robotech in his comedy sketches.
Mark Halperin is back to being an idiot
Biden and Palin both get B's? Give me a break. He cleaned her clock.
Joe Biden takes the Kobayashi Maru
Everyone I know is worried. "She's won the expectations game. She's going to win this debate. Ugh!"
Guess what? They're probably right.
Biden is screwed. If he's too mean, he's a jerk. If he's too nice, he's condescending.
If he ignores her attacks, he cedes her 90 minutes to run up his negatives unchecked.
If he knows too much, he's a know-it-all.
He's going to gaffe. Everyone knows that.
He's probably going to try to cop a feel--and that's just how he'll treat Gwen Ifill.
Guess what?
It. Does. Not. Matter.
Sure Sarah can staunch the bleeding. She may even get an hour and a half of folksy charm masking snotty attacks.
But at the end of the day, Sarah Palin is not going to win this election for John McCain. Maybe she will acquit herself and her future political reputation. Maybe McCain will even bounce in the polls.
But if any of you want to give me even money that Palin is going to somehow remain gaffe-free for the next 33 days, I will gladly eat your money.
Any takers?
Guess what? They're probably right.
Biden is screwed. If he's too mean, he's a jerk. If he's too nice, he's condescending.
If he ignores her attacks, he cedes her 90 minutes to run up his negatives unchecked.
If he knows too much, he's a know-it-all.
He's going to gaffe. Everyone knows that.
He's probably going to try to cop a feel--and that's just how he'll treat Gwen Ifill.
Guess what?
It. Does. Not. Matter.
Sure Sarah can staunch the bleeding. She may even get an hour and a half of folksy charm masking snotty attacks.
But at the end of the day, Sarah Palin is not going to win this election for John McCain. Maybe she will acquit herself and her future political reputation. Maybe McCain will even bounce in the polls.
But if any of you want to give me even money that Palin is going to somehow remain gaffe-free for the next 33 days, I will gladly eat your money.
Any takers?
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Gwen Strikes Back
This is promising.
Failing that, hopefully she looks at the polls and realizes there's no profit in kowtowing to right-wing bullies.
"I've got a pretty long track record covering politics and news," [Ifill] said. "so I'm not particularly worried that one-day blog chatter is going to destroy my reputation. The proof is in the pudding. They can watch the debate tomorrow night and make their own decisions about whether or not I've done my job."Hopefully, she has the integrity to live up to this.
Failing that, hopefully she looks at the polls and realizes there's no profit in kowtowing to right-wing bullies.
Now it can be told
We now know why John McCain suspended his campaign.
Watch CBS Videos Online
It's actually worse than I thought.
On Saturday, when Tina Fey does this bit, I hope she whips out a flute.
Watch CBS Videos Online
It's actually worse than I thought.
On Saturday, when Tina Fey does this bit, I hope she whips out a flute.
Obama's Poll Bonaza
I haven't been posting much polling data here, but today warrants an exception.
Things got kicked off this morning by Quinnipiac which showed the following:
FLORIDA: Obama 51, McCain 43
OHIO: Obama 50, McCain 42
PENNSYLVANIA: Obama 54, McCain 39
Staggering numbers to be sure. The McCain campaign panicked about these numbers and attempted to laugh them off.
But then, CNN/Time Magazine laid down the smackdown:
FLORIDA: Obama 51, McCain 47
MINNESOTA: Obama 54, McCain 43
MISSOURI: Obama 49, McCain 48
NEVADA: Obama 51, McCain 47
VIRGINIA: Obama 53, McCain 44
These are staggering, staggering numbers. Assuming Obama wins all of John Kerry's states (and really at this point, the only question mark is New Hampshire's 4 Electoral Votes) and Iowa and New Mexico, which everyone assumes he wins, as well as Colorado where he is leading, we're talking about 349 Electoral Votes...
...and we're not even factoring Indiana and North Carolina where the polls are deadlocked, if not showing a slight Obama lead.
The most devastating factor of all is, as far as I can tell, these polls are now talking about likely voters--not registered voters. Likely Voters have usually voted in at least the two last elections, which means that they are disproportionately oversampling older voters, and undersampling younger voters and new registrants.
And I'll give you two guesses on who those groups favor.
What this means is: there is a reasonable assumption that as amazing as these poll numbers are today, they could very well be understating Obama's actual support in these states.
I told you this was worth posting.
Things got kicked off this morning by Quinnipiac which showed the following:
FLORIDA: Obama 51, McCain 43
OHIO: Obama 50, McCain 42
PENNSYLVANIA: Obama 54, McCain 39
Staggering numbers to be sure. The McCain campaign panicked about these numbers and attempted to laugh them off.
"These polls are laughable. We hope Obama thinks they’re true. The national tracking is clear: Some polls have us down 2 percent, some 4, some as high as 6. How could you have national numbers like that, but have those kinds of numbers in three of the largest, most competitive states in the country?"
But then, CNN/Time Magazine laid down the smackdown:
FLORIDA: Obama 51, McCain 47
MINNESOTA: Obama 54, McCain 43
MISSOURI: Obama 49, McCain 48
NEVADA: Obama 51, McCain 47
VIRGINIA: Obama 53, McCain 44
These are staggering, staggering numbers. Assuming Obama wins all of John Kerry's states (and really at this point, the only question mark is New Hampshire's 4 Electoral Votes) and Iowa and New Mexico, which everyone assumes he wins, as well as Colorado where he is leading, we're talking about 349 Electoral Votes...
...and we're not even factoring Indiana and North Carolina where the polls are deadlocked, if not showing a slight Obama lead.
The most devastating factor of all is, as far as I can tell, these polls are now talking about likely voters--not registered voters. Likely Voters have usually voted in at least the two last elections, which means that they are disproportionately oversampling older voters, and undersampling younger voters and new registrants.
And I'll give you two guesses on who those groups favor.
What this means is: there is a reasonable assumption that as amazing as these poll numbers are today, they could very well be understating Obama's actual support in these states.
I told you this was worth posting.
Attacking Ifill
Just a thought: If things are going badly for Palin tomorrow night, do you think she might change tactics (or is it strategies?) and actually attack Ifill herself for being biased? This seems to be Palin's favorite move in her Couric interview.
I would argue it's a losing strategy, but it certainly would create the dominant story coming out of the debate--and it would be a story that wasn't about Palin's complete lack of knowledge about, well, anything.
I would argue it's a losing strategy, but it certainly would create the dominant story coming out of the debate--and it would be a story that wasn't about Palin's complete lack of knowledge about, well, anything.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
The future of Sarah Palin
Hopefully, we will never hear from her again after November 5th. Obviously the Republicans will trot her out to fundraise, but she is such a knucklehead even they can't possibly try and position her again for higher office.
In short, she will become the Geraldine Ferraro of the Republican Party.
Which, I guess, means that someday she will piss off Republican voters by NOT being racist.
In short, she will become the Geraldine Ferraro of the Republican Party.
Which, I guess, means that someday she will piss off Republican voters by NOT being racist.
The Early Political Life of Sarah Palin
In what alternate universe does anyone believe that Sarah Palin knew who Joe Biden even was in the 2nd grade?
How about the 12th?
How about during college(s)?
How about two years ago?
Bonus fun fact: Sarah Palin has two less alma maters than John McCain has houses.
How about the 12th?
How about during college(s)?
How about two years ago?
Bonus fun fact: Sarah Palin has two less alma maters than John McCain has houses.
Brokaw Watch
It continues to trend downward:
In an interview here after Sunday’s broadcast, Mr. Brokaw said that over the summer he had “advocated” within the executive suite of NBC News to modify the anchor duties of the MSNBC hosts Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews on election night and on nights when there were presidential debates.
[...]
Mr. Brokaw said he had also conducted some shuttle diplomacy in recent weeks between NBC and the McCain campaign.
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