September 07, 2008
Morning Awesome
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 7, 2008 06:04 AM | Comments (1) | DIGG THIS
September 06, 2008
Question...
If Sarah Palin can't handle Tom Brokaw or even the propagandists at FOX News, how can any American in their right mind believe that she could take on Putin or Ahmadinejad?
Anyway, I hope her nations & capitals tutorial is going well.
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 6, 2008 11:39 PM | Comments (3) | DIGG THIS
Awesome Thread
Open thread for all of your threading and thread-like remnarks remarks.
Edit: Yeah, I don't know what a "remnark" is either.
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 6, 2008 03:57 PM | Comments (25) | DIGG THIS
Afternoon Awesome
Not to pat myself on the back to heavily, but here's a liveblog entry I wrote Thursday night:
10:30PM Pork projects: "I will make them famous!" FACT: Sarah Palin is responsible for $200 million in earmarks this year alone. And, yessir, he made Palin famous alright.
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 6, 2008 02:27 PM | Comments (5) | DIGG THIS
Enough!
Senator Biden seriously needs to cut this shit out.
"John McCain is my friend," said the loquacious Blue Hen. "I admire John McCain. I know of no man or woman I have ever met that has more personal courage than John McCain. We have been friends for over 33 years. We have traveled together. When John was Navy liaison he staffed me for three or four years everywhere I traveled in the world."Jill and John are good friends,"...
...And he goes on and on from there and only stops short of complimenting McCain's ass. Meanwhile, and in stark contrast, Palin is running around implying that Senator Obama is a layabout slacker.
(The more I think about her "actual responsibilities" remark, the more it sounds like she and Vlad Rudy were playing the old "African-Americans are shiftless and lazy" card. If so, it's very Birth of a Nation of them. I cover some of the history of the far-right's electoral racism in the chapter 'The Great Fear of 2008' in my forthcoming book.)
Anyway... Stop it, Joe. Just stop.
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 6, 2008 11:08 AM | Comments (7) | DIGG THIS
Fannie and Freddie Fail
The government is taking over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
And if McCain wins, maybe Palin can pretend to sell them on eBay. Because she's so effing clever and thrifty.
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 6, 2008 10:01 AM | Comments (4) | DIGG THIS
Because She's A White Republican
If you are biracial and born in a state not connected to the lower 48, America needs darn near 2 years and 3 major speeches to "get to know you." If you're white and from a state not connected to the lower 48, America needs 36 minutes and 38 seconds worth of an acceptance speech to know you're "one of us." [...] If your pastor rails against inequality in the United States of America, you're an "extremist." If your pastor welcomes a sermon by a member of Jews for Jesus who preaches that the killing of Jews by terrorists is a lesson to Jews that they must convert to Christianity, you're a "fundamentalist."
Bill Maher mentioned this last night... Imagine if the Obamas were directly connected to a fringe political party whose founder said, "[T]he fires of Hell are glaciers compared to my hate for the American government."
Talk radio would be screaming about this every day. The tapes would be aired on cable news over and over and over. The election would be over.
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 6, 2008 08:36 AM | Comments (11) | DIGG THIS
More of the Same
We're just over one week into the McCain-Palin ticket and they're already acting like Bush-Cheney and obstructing justice for political purposes:
Newsweek: McCain camp and its Alaska allies move to shut down trooper-gate probe.
What's the difference between Sarah L. Palin and George W. Bush?
Lipstick.
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 6, 2008 08:25 AM | Comments (3) | DIGG THIS
Morning Awesome
MST3K Saturday! "Mitchell" - Part 3. Continued from last week.
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 6, 2008 06:47 AM | Comments (0) | DIGG THIS
September 05, 2008
Sarah Who?
The Obama campaign appears to be totally ignoring Sarah Palin, which is probably a smart idea. Why elevate her? Why call attention to her? I think they might be banking on the idea that Palin will self-destruct in the face of increasing press scrutiny and investigative heat -- heat that's only being fueled by McCain's craptastically stupid protective forcefield around her.
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 5, 2008 09:24 PM | Comments (10) | DIGG THIS
Go Biden!
Senator Biden fires away at the Republicans In Langhorne, PA.
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 5, 2008 09:22 PM | Comments (6) | DIGG THIS
Liveblogging Prime Time
After the overwhelming success of the liveblogging threads this week, I thought I'd post a nightly open thread for commenting on the prime time cable news shows -- or whatever the hell you'd like to talk about. Go!
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 5, 2008 07:00 PM | Comments (85) | DIGG THIS
Afternoon Awesome
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 5, 2008 02:59 PM | Comments (16) | DIGG THIS
The Script
I've been going off about this idea of a barbecue media script -- the same tactics and programming wheeled out for every election cycle.
Well. Proof.
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 5, 2008 11:33 AM | Comments (5) | DIGG THIS
Ooops!
So that greenscreen background? It was Walter Reed.
Walter Reed Middle School, that is.
Whoever put the slideshow together must've used The Google, typed in "Walter Reed" and grabbed the first photo that came up. A photo of the wrong damn place.
McBush fever! Catch it!
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 5, 2008 11:13 AM | Comments (14) | DIGG THIS
Matthews vs. Buchanan! Fight!
I don't mean to be overly hasty on this assessment, but Chris Matthews is really redeeming himself these days, no?
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 5, 2008 11:04 AM | Comments (8) | DIGG THIS
Awesome Thread
Imagine if Senator Obama announced that with 60 days to go in this thing he was flying back to Chicago so he could take a crash course on world leaders and capitals.
Open thread for your Friday morning.
UPDATE: For what it's worth, those of you who have worked on a campaign will know that those hand-written signs are made by staffers and volunteers -- not the actual attendees.
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 5, 2008 09:22 AM | Comments (12) | DIGG THIS
Morning Awesome
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 5, 2008 06:13 AM | Comments (4) | DIGG THIS
September 04, 2008
Liveblogging The RNC - Day Four
6:29PM
One more night of this craptastical journey into the depths of far-right stupid. I'll be over at Huffington Post again, so use this as a liveblog thread.
12:09AM
Wow. 380 comments. I didn't think the McBush show would be that pulse-pounding for you. Anyway, my Huffington liveblog of Day Four is here. Onward to the debates! Cheers!
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 4, 2008 06:21 PM | Comments (420) | DIGG THIS
OOGA-BOOGA!
Don't click this. It's scary.
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 4, 2008 05:24 PM | Comments (8) | DIGG THIS
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But... but... Community organizers don't do anything and Sarah Palin didn't choke on her own tongue! Who cares about that stupid economy thingee.
I wonder if Senator McCain will mention in his speech tonight how the fundamentals of the economy are strong.
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 4, 2008 04:54 PM | Comments (4) | DIGG THIS
Exotic
Cindy McCain's banana outfit cost more than your house.
Actual retail price: $300,000.
And after her speech, she had it blended into daiquiri.
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 4, 2008 03:10 PM | Comments (11) | DIGG THIS
The Biggest Lie
As I pointed out in my liveblog last night, the biggest Palin lie was probably this one:
Listening to [Obama] speak, it's easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or even a reform, not even in the state senate.
I also noted that he has introduced at least 150 pieces of legslation in the U.S. Senate. Sullivan has a complete accounting here.
UPDATE: Here's a thorough debunking of Palin's lies from last night.
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 4, 2008 02:58 PM | Comments (5) | DIGG THIS
New Huffington Post Item
I decided to expand the More of the Same post below into something more detailed.
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 4, 2008 02:50 PM | Comments (3) | DIGG THIS
America-Hater
Where was Governor Palin's American flag pin? Why does she hate America?
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 4, 2008 12:35 PM | Comments (8) | DIGG THIS
Afternoon Awesome
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 4, 2008 12:28 PM | Comments (5) | DIGG THIS
Ouch
Independent voters from the "so goes the nation" state of Michigan:
“Nothing worked for me. I found her barrage of snide remarksand distortions to be a major turn off. She is not a class act. The most important point she made is that she will be an effective attack dog.”-- Jan Wheelock, 58, Royal Oak independent
“Sarah got as much applause as Hillary did, and had a friendly, appealing appearance. Her delivery style reminded me of a high school valedictorian who also might have been a cheerleader. I thought she would appear more professional, more stateswomanly. She's no match for Joe Biden.”-- Joellen Gilchrist, 64, Beverly Hills independent
But the crazies are energized. So there's that.
h/t The Air America Blog of the Week
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 4, 2008 11:30 AM | Comments (2) | DIGG THIS
The Barbecue Is Back
If this morning is any indication, the barbecue media is back. They've totally caved under pressure from the McCain campaign and the Republicans.
The consequences of falling for this same Republican script? More wars, more death, more economic chaos.
Posted By Bob Cesca | September 4, 2008 09:11 AM | Comments (14) | DIGG THIS
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