July 03, 2008
Celebrated Lucidity
When the senior moment clouds clear it's like being reborn.
July 02, 2008
tattoo the taboo
When you campaign on your record, whether it be military, judicial, corporate or charitable... you open the doors for critique and assessment. Fair game, I believe it's called.
"If Barack Obama's campaign wants to question John McCain's military service, that's their right," McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said after Clark's appearance Sunday. "But let's please drop the pretense that Barack Obama stands for a new type of politics. The reality is he's proving to be a typical politician who is willing to say anything to get elected, including allowing his campaign surrogates to demean and attack John McCain's military service record."
From today's McCain funding solicitation.
My Friends,
I am often asked why I want to be President of the United States. And my answer is that I believe in the greatness of this nation as a beacon of goodwill throughout the world. I believe each and every one of us has a duty to serve a cause greater than our own self-interest.
I've spent my life in service to my country, and I've spent my life putting my country first.
When I was held as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam from 1967 to 1973, I was given the option to come home early because my father was an admiral in the U.S. Navy. I refused to go, because I put my country first.
(...)
But I cannot win this election alone - I need your help right now. Please follow this link to show your support and make a generous contribution of $2,300, $1,000, $500, $250, $100 or even $25 right away.
July 01, 2008
June 26, 2008
Funishment
* Immunity For All!!!!! Get out of jail free cards now available in the White House lobby, stop by for your once in a lifetime opportunity. High crimes and misdemeanors are now in vogue, just don't be a liberal.
* Gimme Jesus gummint money! I promise to believe man walked with dinosaurs and that global climate change is a hoax... until the check clears.
* Biblical interpretations, not for amateurs, atheists, or Democratic candidates. Needs to be left in the capable hands of those who recommend biblical wrestling with young boys as pre-homosexual prevention.
* Maybe the moral question should be, "does the behavior negatively impact others?". If no than it's not immoral. The time machine argument is however, idiotic... let's take the same machine back 50 years and show people the two candidates for president... (eyeroll)
* Outsourcing, the hunt for bin Laden.
* McCain/Feingold, building loopholes because you never know when you may need to exploit them.
* The Texas GOP, giving trogdolytes a bad name.
* Inflated threats do not equal lies. Lies are what you use to keep your children from using condoms and understanding STDs.
* Only criminals need apply.
* Infiltrate the rollers that be holy, then buy the book.
* Onward Christian Soldiers... marching as to war, with the cross of Jeeeeee-sus.
June 24, 2008
Strategies
Republicans. Hanging their hopes on weak security and a good old-fashioned bombing. "Something Blew Up :: McCain '08"
June 23, 2008 4:05 PM McCain adviser Charlie Black told Fortune Magazine that national security events help Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
"The assassination of Benazir Bhutto in December was an 'unfortunate event,' says Black. 'But his knowledge and ability to talk about it reemphasized that this is the guy who's ready to be Commander-in-Chief. And it helped us.' As would, Black concedes with startling candor after we raise the issue, another terrorist attack on U.S. soil. 'Certainly it would be a big advantage to him,' says Black."
June 04, 2008
Stealing from Emo Phillips
The only trouble Obama's going to have mopping the floor with McCain will be getting into the corners.
Dual Avian Life Arrest. Cause, A Single Geological Formation
The inability to concede will gain Senator Clinton very little respect in the long run. The number of states in the primary that tie to the 270 count in the electoral college are irrelevant and applying fuzzy math to make up for what's clearly a win makes one simply, a spoiler. Continued use of the Michigan and Florida totals and the dismissal of rules and previous commitments are a distinct sign of how the Clinton's now believe government should be run.
|
|
Obama |
Clinton |
Total |
|
South Dakota |
43,726 |
54,179 |
97,905 |
|
Montana |
102,198 |
74,685 |
176,883 |
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|
|
|
|
|
Total |
145,924 |
128,864 |
2,802,751 |
|
Percentage |
53% |
47% |
|
Again, Obama takes the night... the nomination and the high ground.
May 29, 2008
Clarification
* Involved Democrats are Activists and involved Republicans are Loyalists. No undertones here.
* Hillary wasn't suggesting anything specific to Obama with the Kennedy comment... she was just noting that had RFK been assasinated in April she would have STFU by now.
* Michelle Malkin will no longer be a fashion consultant for Townhall. Her inability to differentiate fabric swatches at 50 paces has been noted as a handicap.
* Six degrees of hypocrisy is bad unless it's yours. (ctrl-f Viguerie)
* Support the Troops is still a declarative and not really a degree of administrative policy. Freedom is not free... neither is funding.
* When the feminists stay home in support of Hillary and declare Obama no different than McCain remind their uterus it has no voice.
* It's ok to be a wacky preacher as long as you're, um... well... white.
May 21, 2008
The definition of is and the discomfort of nuance
Been paying attention to the primary night speeches? What about the chanting? Notice anything unusual?
The "Yes We Can" chant at the Obama rallies is about championing the populace's collective ability to revive and restore the nation. It's about national ownership and a shared responsibility. His crowds chant in unison that we, the people, can come together and do amazing things.
Hillary's camp, being as bereft of ideas as they are funding, took creative license with Obama's theme and manipulated it to convince the voters that they will, not that they can. In doing so, she/they have, whether it's obvious to them or not, changed the message dramatically.
Manipulating a rallying slogan that's designed to inspire the people to examine their innate abilities and potential and morph it into a gitterdun approach seems to miss completely, the need to reunite the nation and heal the damage inflicted these last ~8 years. What's most indicative of the motivation behind the Hillary 'movement' is the pronoun most often used between the 'yes' and the 'can'... it's she, not a we. We're encouraged to leave it in her capable hands. Odd.
It's not that Hillary's a narcissist.. it's just that she's all about Hillary.
