Convention Open Thread — I’ll Drop In Now And Again
Posted by Dirty Harry on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Final thought: I love Ronald Reagan, but after Sarah Palin’s speech I miss him a little less. He’s watching. He’s okay with that.
Think about it: We chant “U.S.A.” They chant “O-ba’ma.”
Stephen F. Hayes: “The speech was a masterpiece. She was gentle, but not gauzy; and then tough but not nasty. Her speech inched right up to too-negative line, but never crossed it. She stepped on her applause lines, but in an odd way, it came off as endearing — as if the adulation from the audience was almost unexpected.
“One sign of how good it was: The Obama campaign was reduced to praising Palin’s delivery and attacking the speechwriter, Matt Scully, because he worked for George W. Bush. Lame. Better to have not put out any statement at all. I’m told — and was told before the speech — that she had a strong hand in writing and rewriting the speech, working on for several hours over the past three days.”
ON CNN: The liberal men keep saying. “yeah, she reads a teleprompter pretty well — reading someone elses speech.” That’s just desperation.
Victor David Hanson: ”Tonight I flipped to CNN and was struck by the talking heads flipping out about the Giuliani/Palin mocking of community organizers—as if the Obama team’s dismissals of “small-town” mayors was fair play. The MSM networks are going ballistic at her speech and apparently never imagined that anyone would dare bite back—and also at them, the ‘elite media’ of the press, no less!
“Compared to what Kerry et al. said about McCain, Palin was no tougher on the other side, so it is odd to hear CNN female pundits suddenly shocked, shocked that a “woman” would dare attack a man like that, and that it may “not play” outside the hall. Like it or now we are back in a cultural and populist war, brought on by a week of liberal character assassination.”
Althouse commenter: “From now on, when a Democrat says ‘But what if McCain drops dead on his first day in office?!?!?!’ I’m going to say ‘dude — don’t tease me like that.’”
Hugh Hewitt: ”This will be a magnificent campaign, and she a magnificent candidate.”
Styrofoam columns! “But when the cloud of rhetoric has passed … when the roar of the crowd fades away … when the stadium lights go out, and those Styrofoam Greek columns are hauled back to some studio lot - what exactly is our opponent’s plan? What does he actually seek to accomplish, after he’s done turning back the waters and healing the planet? The answer is to make government bigger … take more of your money … give you more orders from Washington … and to reduce the strength of America in a dangerous world.”
UPDATE: This awful liberal woman speaking for Obama on CNN just accused Palin of using her family as … wait for it … wait for it … “props.”
UPDATE: Harry Reid just called Palin “Shrill.” What a loser.
Swoon: “I might add that in small towns, we don’t quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they are listening, and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren’t listening. We tend to prefer candidates who don’t talk about us one way in Scranton and another way in San Francisco.”
UPDATE: I keep hearing Dems talk about how they’re going to run against Palin. Palin! When’s the last time you heard the opposition party talk about running against the VP?
They are terrified. Me? I’m in love. She had me at, “I put it on ebay.”
Summing up: the night was a total home run and Sarah Palin’s political debut out of the wilds of nowhere is the single most impressive political ascent I have ever seen. She was magnificent. She followed a magnificent speech made by America’s Mayor and still knocked it out of the park.
Governor Palin didn’t whine like Hillary about the media — she said, “Bring it on, you elitist prigs.” She’s not playing The Girl, she’s playing the role every Vice President plays.
Her poise, delivery, and way with a barb is absolutely uncanny. And make no mistake about it, this women is seductive. Every time she her voice changed and she slipped the knife in I wanted to pack a bag and leave my wife — and I love my wife!
Sarah Palin is a star. And she’s one of us. Her political jiu jitsu is beyond brilliant. All those things the liberal media used to diminish her…? She turned them against Obama. All that elitist snobbery we’ve seen towards small towns and women from these awful liberals the past four days just got dumped on their One.
Sarah Palin stepped forward tonight and sucked the air and excitement from the room and announced herself a player. Not a woman. A player.
Be ready. This thing’s gonna get even uglier now. The elite, liberal media’s been humiliated and they will fight like the evil dogs they are to destroy her now. But we got the hockey mom and the war hero. They got hairplugs and words.
Tonight … I like our chances. the game is on.
Round up:
Jim Geraghty: “Tonight, we either saw a watershed in American politics, a tour de force, the most striking and graceful debut in our nation’s political life, and a national introduction that makes Barack Obama’s 2004 convention address look like small potatoes… or we saw what we wanted to see, and the country’s persuadable independents saw something else. I’m afraid to believe. If I’m wrong, I don’t really know what Americans want.”
Hi-lites:
“Our opponents say that drilling alone won’t solve all of our energy problems — as if we didn’t already know that. The fact that drilling won’t solve every problem isn’t an excuse to do nothing at all.”
“This man has authored two memoirs, but no major law, not even in the state senate.”
“…Self-designed presidential seals.”
Harry Reid: “‘I can’t stand John McCain.’ Ladies and gentleman, no praise we hear this week will make it any clearer than that. Clearly, what the Majority Leader meant is that he can’t stand up to John McCain.”
“To seek the presidency is not to be a journey of personal discovery.”
“There is really only one man in this election who has ever fought for you.”
Lisa Schiffren at NRO: “The Most Impressive Woman Speaker I have ever heard, was Sarah Palin, tonight. (Always excepting Thatcher.) It took Hillary 16 years in the public eye, and she never quite got there. The speech was brilliantly written. It gave Palin room to introduce herself, to be funny (the difference between hockey moms and pit bulls — lipstick!), to be strong, to be charming, to be tough, and to display amazing political talent. She backed down on nothing. Her pokes at Obama were masterful. She wielded the knife with a smile on her face. Who knew that the response to his gibes at small town Americans being bitter was to put a small town mayor out there to defend the honor of normal Americans?
“God and guns never looked better.”
Excerpt:
Sometimes even the greatest joys bring challenge.
And children with special needs inspire a special love.
To the families of special-needs children all across this country, I have a message: For years, you sought to make America a more welcoming place for your sons and daughters.
I pledge to you that if we are elected, you will have a friend and advocate in the White House.
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Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:12 pm 1HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:14 pm 2I’m here! I’m here!
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:15 pm 3Had to turn down the debate with the Obamunist lap dog…sorry barf….they are assholes. Not worth my time. Sean can dice him and slice him…..
Obamanauton 03 Sep 2008 at 6:16 pm 4Because of the hypocrisy!!!! bwahahahahahaaaha!!!!1!
a. acaciaon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:19 pm 5My man Mitt! If McCain wins he HAS to find a place for him in his cabinet. Mitt has waaaay to much on the ball to be left out.
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:21 pm 6Ah nuts. I missed Romney’s speech. I have on Hannity and Colmes too so I didn’t see it.
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:21 pm 7I agree. Oh my dog is watching now. Buford you are a good Republican. He says he would pee on Biden and make him cry. Heh.
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:22 pm 8They better have teh entire Rudy speech. I mean that!
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:22 pm 9Tell him I also say he’s a good dog. lol
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:22 pm 10Ahhh Norm Coleman….God love that man!
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:24 pm 11I just put the ‘An American Carol’ trailer on my iPhone.
Keetson 03 Sep 2008 at 6:25 pm 12Awwwww….yeah:
Partying Republicans on CSPAN alert!!
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:25 pm 13Alan Colmes should just shut the fick up. What a moron. God a chicken knows more about stuff than he does. Its like is he a robot? A Manbot? No wait…that would imply he is actually male and we aren’t sure…nor do I want to be sure….
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:27 pm 14OK Huckabee…I’d get a glass of wine in the lounge and then go back for Rudy.
Tangoon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:35 pm 15Geez, Steph…dont hold back. (i love dis woman)
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:36 pm 16Must say it….Alan Colmes is a total idiot. Why would anyone ask Newt Gingrich that question….Does it bother you she is less qualified to be President than you are? WTF? Newt is thinking I gotta tell Armey and the old guard what this pissant asked me.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:36 pm 17A class act by McCain.
Tangoon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:38 pm 18Colmes reminds me of that friggin roach in Mimic.
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:39 pm 19Yep Alan Colmes there is a face for Radio……Don’t know why would any self respecting man want to be known as Sean Hannity’s bitch?
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:46 pm 20We should all get HD glasses.
a. acaciaon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:46 pm 21Gotta say, Huckabee impressed. He had the crowd standing and cheering and eating up every word. And that story about the teacher and desks…woa! PBS cut to one old vet in the crowd who had tears in his eyes.
Beautifully crafted speech.
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:48 pm 22I like Juan Williams. I disagree with him but he is very level headed in my opinion.
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:49 pm 23Watching it on HD….and John Kasich may run for Ohio Gov. Now if he runs, wins and then decides I like Pennsylvania Avenue he has my undying support. Doodeedoodeedoo.
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:51 pm 24I love Rudy Giuliani and Judith is awesome no matter what anyone says!
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:54 pm 2526 minutes to the speech according to the FN countdown.
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:55 pm 26Cindy McCain will be a beautiful first lady. And John’s Mom is there..96 and travels all over! AWESOME!
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:56 pm 27I agree Steph. McCain’s mom is one tough cookie. People are worried about him being 72 but she’s 96 and I think she could kick my a**. I think he has plenty of good years left in him with her genes.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:56 pm 28Rudy is another Republican that was roasted by the same msm media that couldn’t get their nose out of Bubba’s ass. Man, you’d have thought getting a BJ in the White House was deserving the same amount of attention as John Edwards having an affair.
I see nothing! Nothing!
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 6:58 pm 29If Rudy runs for Gov. and wins he has a chance to really make a mark as far as Presidential politics.
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:00 pm 30I really wish more of Fox’s shows were in HD. I like that the coverage is. Granted I’m not too excited to see Alan Colmes in HD but still.
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:01 pm 31RUDY!!!!!
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:01 pm 32RUDY RUDY RUDY RUDY RUDY…
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:05 pm 33Rudy is a hell of a speaker….better than Zeus by more than half.
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:06 pm 34I agree, Steph. He is awesome. America’s mayor indeed.
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:07 pm 35Is it ok that I’m calling you Steph?
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:07 pm 36Yes and what is a community organizer?WHAT?
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:08 pm 37“7:06 - We chant “U.S.A.” They chant “O-ba-ma.””
Hahahahahaha
So true, DH. Says so much right there.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:08 pm 38Rudy is making it sound like Obama’s resume is weak. Oh wait….IT IS!
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:09 pm 39Great audience reaction!
amzarakon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:09 pm 40Rudy is on a roll!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:09 pm 41Think if Rudy has run for the Senate in 2000. History could have been very different.
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:10 pm 42Giuliani should be a commedian. I swear……….the kind of thing that only happens in America and then the eye brows go up……..heh. I am married to an Italian….tehy rule.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:10 pm 43The great thing about what Rudy is saying is it’s all true!
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:11 pm 44What is the crowd yelling?
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:11 pm 45You all realize that McCain is going to kick Obama’s ass in the debates.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:12 pm 46Compared to the Barackapolis speech, the people in the audience actually understand English and aren’t cheering like a bunch of trained seals.
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:12 pm 47Keep it up? I think they are saying. I’d be yelling ROOODY ROOODY!
Tommy Von 03 Sep 2008 at 7:13 pm 48Am I very biased or is Giulianni just dismantling Obama?
amzarakon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:13 pm 49My God! Rudy is ruthless! In a good way, of course
Change is not a destination just as hope is not a strategy.
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:14 pm 50He is dismantling Obama. Christ if he were the Nominee? But Mac will do it fine. KICK HIS ASS! oh wait a new chant at a debate….KICK HIS ASS JOHN! KICK HIS ASS JOHN!
amzarakon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:14 pm 51Tommy V, you are right. This is a dismantling!
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:14 pm 52Tommy Von 03 Sep 2008 at 7:13 pm 48
“Am I very biased or is Giulianni just dismantling Obama?”
I’d say both. But I’m right along with you.
amzarakon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:15 pm 53Drill baby drill! Drill baby drill!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:15 pm 54Rudy made a mistake waiting to campaign until FL but you really have to wonder if he wouldn’t have done really well in Iowa and NH had he tried.
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:16 pm 55Change is not a destination just as hope is not a strategy.
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THE QUOTE OF THE CONVENTION SO FAR!
Ginaon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:16 pm 56Careful what you wish for, Stephanie — if Rudy were the nominee we’d lose half the base. I’m not even sure I could drag myself into that voting booth. He can rally the convention — let’s be glad for that, and leave it at that.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:16 pm 57Rudy is perfect for a speech in a big hall.
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:17 pm 58I think so too Johnny. It was a risk to wait until Florida and unfortunately it didn’t pay off.
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:18 pm 59Nope I was all for Romney but dammit I would have gone for Rudy in a heart beat. Ohh now he is going after Harry Reid…GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:18 pm 60…the Democrats gave up on America.
Rudy stating the obvious.
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:19 pm 61Id crawl over broken glass for Rudy Giuliani! What a leader!
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:20 pm 62HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
That was awesome!!!!
amzarakon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:20 pm 63If I was Joe Biden, I would get that VP thing in writing!
Laughed out loud at that one.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:21 pm 64Rudy is great at slicing Obama up while never losing his smile.
Jack Marinoon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:21 pm 65McCain MUST make Rudy our Attorney Gemera; so he can go after all the Dems for treason and those Hollywood idiots deported or shot.
amzarakon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:22 pm 66another good one!
Next time call John McCain!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:23 pm 67Hey, don’t blame Obama for not knowing about the security council veto. They don’t teach that in madrasa’s.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:23 pm 68Megyn Kelly is an attorney so she can be Rudy’s executioner.
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:24 pm 69Damn this is a good speech. Better than Freds. Have an idea. next election instead of teh usual primaries. They all get to stand up in front of state delegates and make speeches…we all vote. Whomever rocks the arena gets the candidacy. Rudy is awesome. AWESOME!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:24 pm 70…cosmopolitan enough! As the knife get’s twisted a little deeper.
amzarakon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:24 pm 71God almighty! Rudy is brutal! Maybe they cling to religion there!
Tommy Von 03 Sep 2008 at 7:25 pm 72“Next time call John McCain”
This is devastating.
Did the DNC have any speech like this?
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:26 pm 73The only thing Democrats like about Alaska is that it’s a short trip to visit their commie friends in Russia.
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:26 pm 74Hey we like BRUTAL! Brutal WINS ELECTIONS! Reagan was brutal he smiled when he was crushing people…THERE YOU GO AGAIN….does that hurt..ok I will make it hurt more….
Jack Marinoon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:26 pm 75Rudy is awesome here and killing Obama and the liberals mad dogs
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:27 pm 76Rudy is going home to New York and hunt down Olby!
tranquilitason 03 Sep 2008 at 7:27 pm 77Oh, Rudy you just said the right thing. Palin can be a parent and VP.
Salon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:28 pm 78Rudy is slicin’ and dicin’ and I am lovin’ it!
But enough’s enough. Where’s Sarah?!?
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:28 pm 79Thank You Rudy!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:28 pm 80God All Mighty!!! That was friggin’ amazing!!
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:29 pm 81Here she is Mrs. America!
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:29 pm 82This is it.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:29 pm 83Don’t stop the cheering!!!
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:30 pm 84I can hear the cheering all the way in Chicago.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:32 pm 85We are happy to give it!
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:32 pm 86I think I just felt a tingle run up my leg.
the405on 03 Sep 2008 at 7:34 pm 87GO RUDY!!!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:34 pm 88Mr24p
We felt a tingle.
Chris Mathews went limp.
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:34 pm 89STOP THAT MR! THATS BAD JUJU! NO TINGLES!
the405on 03 Sep 2008 at 7:35 pm 90Looking at Sarah…
I’m feeling a tingle
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:36 pm 91Great response to the military! Didn’t hear that at the dems con.
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:37 pm 92That was cute when the little girl gave the wave.
The_Rickon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:38 pm 93she’s got more what we red staters call “sack” than any “men” from the left.
Today’s Metro Lefty men probably can’t even identify a pair of nuts…except when its hitting them in the chin.
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:39 pm 94MY Dad was a commercial fisherman……….Todd Palin is soo cool!
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:40 pm 95I am sooooooooooo loving this. She is going about this the right way.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:41 pm 96Gee, what a contrast to bitter people clinging to guns and religion.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:42 pm 97Lipstick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Patrickon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:42 pm 98I have to say she seems pretty natural, she isn’t trying to do too much, she isn’t trying to force anything, she looks very comfortable.
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:43 pm 99And yes Todd Palin LOVES HIS WIFE!
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:43 pm 100DH - I am in love.
the405on 03 Sep 2008 at 7:43 pm 101Barry just got pwned
amzarakon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:43 pm 102Let me explain to them what the job involves. a smalltown mayor is like a community organizer except that you have actual responsibilities
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:43 pm 103Don’t blame Obama for not knowing how to get elected to mayor. He’s from Chicago where the elections are finalized the Monday before the votes are cast.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:44 pm 104Obama wins San Fransisco - McCain/Palin win the rest of the country.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:45 pm 105…that reason alone. We’re looking at you CNN, MSNBC, Wash Post, NY Time,……..etc
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:46 pm 106Perfect response to the media!!
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:46 pm 107She is a goddess.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:46 pm 108C’mon Sarah, what’s wrong with going to Washington to get some earmarks for your lobbyist son.
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:48 pm 109One thing really striking me is the look on the faces of a lot of the women in the audience. Real inspiration.
the405on 03 Sep 2008 at 7:49 pm 110EBAY! LOL!
Conan O'Lenomanon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:49 pm 111I can hear the lefties howling already!
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:50 pm 112Make sure that VETO is written in RED HOT NUMBER 9 from Chanel…its the only way to be sure. Ask anyone.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:50 pm 113Obama and Biden are putting their hands over their crotch.
the405on 03 Sep 2008 at 7:50 pm 114The Donkeys shall dred this day.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:51 pm 115C’mon Sarah, what’s wrong with giving your wife’s employer an earmark.
blackhawk12151on 03 Sep 2008 at 7:51 pm 116I’m in love…
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:52 pm 117Hey ANWR, we’ve got your drilling right here!
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:53 pm 118Johnny you’re killing me. lol
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:53 pm 119Hey Pelosi, we’ve got your drilling right here!
the405on 03 Sep 2008 at 7:53 pm 120Dill BABY Drill!!!!
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:54 pm 121My cheeks are hurting from smiling so much.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:54 pm 122Sarah, the Democrats do nothing at all better than anything!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:55 pm 123Democrats love American workers - they love giving them unemployment checks.
amzarakon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:55 pm 124He’s authored two memoirs but no laws
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:55 pm 125“7:53 - Andrea Mitchell is literally melting right now.”
lolololololololololol
amzarakon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:56 pm 126I loved the comment about the styrofoam greek columns.
Hilarious!
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:56 pm 127OMG! She just kicked Zeus’ ass.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:56 pm 128Biden is crapping in his pants thinking about the debate.
the405on 03 Sep 2008 at 7:57 pm 129She just Nuked Barackopolis from orbit. It was the only way to be sure
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:58 pm 130Hey Barack, I can’t make it to St. Louis for the debate that night. I have to to get another plug treatment.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 7:59 pm 131If Ferraro had done this well they might have won 2 states.
the405on 03 Sep 2008 at 8:00 pm 132Carrers to promote change.
OH MY GOD!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:01 pm 133Damn, she is as good as Rudy at twisting the knife with a big smile.
Jack Marinoon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:01 pm 134This gal is SUPERWOMAN!!! Wait till she gets out on the road!! I bet she is a tiger in bed too!!! She is going to destroy the left…..Ronald Reagan is now speaking through her….
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:02 pm 135The Obamaniacs are thinking ‘why the hell are we democrats’!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:02 pm 136Andrew Sullivan thinks Joe Biden is better looking.
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:02 pm 137She isn’t afraid of ANYONE! They let her off the leash……….
And if Harry Reid says he can’t stand John McCain AWESOME! Thanks Harry for the endorsement ya cheese dick.
the405on 03 Sep 2008 at 8:02 pm 138Dingy Harry just got butt whipped
amzarakon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:03 pm 139What the majority leader was saying is that he can’t stand up to John McCain.
This is becoming brutal as well but in a different, maybe even more effective way.
mattmon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:04 pm 140Dear god she’s making enemies of all the right people.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:04 pm 141Hey Barack, can I be vice president for McCain. I want to be on a winning team.
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:05 pm 142Ramesh at the Corner asks, “Yeah, but did she turn down a Wall Street job?”
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DH I smoked a cigar with Ramesh once a long time ago…interesting guy.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:06 pm 143Barack is stuttering…. but she’s the mayor of a small town. People, listen to me. She’s a mayor. I’ve run a big campaign. People!! Come back!! come back!
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:07 pm 144Johnny Ed’s Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:06 pm 143
“Barack is stuttering…. but she’s the mayor of a small town. People, listen to me. She’s a mayor. I’ve run a big campaign. People!! Come back!! come back!”
lololololololololol
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:07 pm 145Obama wouldn’t have lasted 5 minutes in the Hanoi Hilton before giving up everything he knew.
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:08 pm 146She is reminding a lot of the more hardcore zealots about what Mac went through. Most of them never did. THey needed to hear that!
amzarakon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:08 pm 147What a great night to be a Republican! I can’t wait to go vote!
Tommy Von 03 Sep 2008 at 8:09 pm 148I think when America compares this woman to whom they were told she was… they are going to be very pissed.
I think think this is one more nail in the MSM coffin.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:10 pm 149I’m in love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:11 pm 150OMG MAC IS THERE!
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:12 pm 151DA man has a way of looking at people.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:12 pm 152Take that MSM!!
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:13 pm 153This is so amazing!!!
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:14 pm 154I love it! I love it! I love it! GO MAC N SARA! GO GO GO!
Kendamaon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:14 pm 155@ Stephanie (#99)
(sarcasm)
Love? What is this “love” of which you speak? I only understand anonymous sex, as long as it is safe. You don’t need this backward, reactionary notion of “love.” Get with the 21st century, Stephanie! Everything is changing, and I don’t care how changes.
(/sarcasm)
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:14 pm 156WOW!!!! What an incredible night.
I’m glad I got to share it with you guys.
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:14 pm 157Wow Mort you said her speech was brilliant….SUCH A CHANGE! Ass.
Kendamaon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:15 pm 158Er, how it changes. Sorry.
Keetson 03 Sep 2008 at 8:15 pm 159“I sold it on ebay.”
Best line of the entire election cycle.
Stephanieon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:15 pm 160LOL Kendama! LOL!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:15 pm 161Everyone that was worried about the polls - are you feeling better?
the405on 03 Sep 2008 at 8:16 pm 162McCain DID make the right choice
Patrickon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:16 pm 163Even the talking heads on the networks are giving her a good review, I suspect they weren’t expecting her to be any good. David Brooks is very complimentary on PBS.
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:18 pm 164I don’t want to jump to anything but - I haven’t been this excited about a politician since Reagan.
JBon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:19 pm 165That was just cruel and unusual punishment; they should have stopped it in the 3rd round, she went a full 15.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:21 pm 166Olberman is crapping in his pants!
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:21 pm 167I just want to thank DH for letting us post while we watch.
Zundfolgeon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:23 pm 168QFT!
Zundfolgeon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:24 pm 169Keep in mind I’m a cynical (but still magnificent as the rest of you) bastard and I’m having a “cup is full” moment.
Immoraliston 03 Sep 2008 at 8:24 pm 170I’m watching Palin’s speech.
First observation: She sounds a little like Frances McDormand in Fargo. This is neither praise nor criticism.
Second observation: The speech is neither better nor worse than any other vice presidential nomination speech I’ve heard in my lifetime.
Third observation: If she gave her consent, I would WRECK this chick. I would do every vile, unspeakable, sexually depraved act that would make even the Marquis de Sade shudder. Something about reasonably attractive, conservative, religious women just does it for me. It must be the thrill of defiling the pure.
Jack Marinoon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:25 pm 171I am telling you guys, Ronnie is back and he came back to us as a babe with balls…..watch out mad dogs, you have just been nutered
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:25 pm 172Zundfolgeon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:23 pm 168
“QFT!”
What does that stand for?
trzupron 03 Sep 2008 at 8:26 pm 173WOW!
Just…
wow.
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:26 pm 174“8:24 - Olbermann and Andrea Mitchell look like kids who just got their bikes stolen.”
lololololololololol
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:28 pm 175I think I hear Obama crying uncle!!!
trzupron 03 Sep 2008 at 8:28 pm 176And, having been attacked with humor, Barry will now be obligated to fire back with humor (lest he come off looking like an arrogant pr**k - like that would EVER happen), but I believe that Barry had his sense of humor surgically removed in 1987.
Hoo boy, they gots problems.
Keetson 03 Sep 2008 at 8:28 pm 177John Kyl looks like the guy who got the bad slot at the open mic night.
Shebaon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:29 pm 178#172 Mr2p
QFT = Quoted For Truth
Ginaon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:29 pm 179I think Obama knows how that moose felt!
Zundfolgeon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:30 pm 180Quoted For Truth
trzupron 03 Sep 2008 at 8:31 pm 181“I think I hear Obama crying uncle!!!”
And that my nose tells me he just crapped his pants as well JEB.
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:31 pm 182Ah. Thanks. I didn’t know. Outside of “lol” a few others I’m still a bit behind in my internet lingo.
Maxtypeon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:32 pm 183Ronald Reagan is smiling in Heaven and I am in loooooooooooooovvvvvveeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Run,Democrats! Run! Mac and Sarah Go go go!!!
Plissken79on 03 Sep 2008 at 8:34 pm 184A brilliantly written, but more importantly brilliantly delivered speech. I said numerous times before August 28 Palin would be a great pick, now I know she is a incredible pick. One terrific line after another. She will be conservative icon for decades to come. I am sure Obama is glad it is Biden and not himself who has to debate her on October 2.
Under the relentless smear campaign and under unbelievable pressure, Palin came through in spades the way no one else could. Andrew Sullivan is probably not happy right now
Ginaon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:35 pm 185Headline on Hot Air: “InTrade betting on Palin dropping out suddenly down 11 points.” Heh heh heh.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:35 pm 186Tonight we are all Palins!
the405on 03 Sep 2008 at 8:36 pm 187Mother of God.
Howard Woflson just said on Fox that Biden needs to bring out his A game. Well Biden has NO A game, his game just sucks donkey
tranquilitason 03 Sep 2008 at 8:36 pm 188History. That was history.
Even if she’s not elected.
Remember Obama-god launched his bid with his speech at the Dem convention last time.
Ginaon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:38 pm 189Aw, Harry, that was a great thread! Sorry it’s gone.
amzarakon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:38 pm 190Oh yeah! Megyn Kelly is back on!
tranquilitason 03 Sep 2008 at 8:39 pm 191the405 said “Howard Woflson just said on Fox that Biden needs to bring out his A game. Well Biden has NO A game, his game just sucks donkey”
LOL
amzarakon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:41 pm 192Too short! Now Greta
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:41 pm 193Is This A Great Country or What!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:42 pm 194I will keep a copy of this speech for my grandchildren to see - whenever I have some.
billypaintbrushon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:43 pm 195More Moose Belle
woo-hoo!
JohnLockeon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:44 pm 196I regret not joining in this moment-by-moment commentary, but here are a couple of my thoughts:
-Giuliani = hilarious. That was some sharp wit. He absolutely skewered Obama.
-The crowd gave us the best summation of the campaign: “Zero vs. Hero.”
-I am in love with Sarah Palin. She had poise, grace, and fierce tenacity. She got into more specifics in that one speech than Obama has in his entire campaign, and at the same time managed to deliver some witty one-liners every bit as funny and devastating as Giuliani’s. Obama who?
-Between “I was tied up at the time,” “If I were Biden, I’d want to get that V.P. thing in writing,” and “This is a man who can give a speech about the wars America is fighting and not use the word victory except when talking about his campaign,” the Republicans have definitely won the humor award this election season. Take that, Jon Stewart.
-I want “Some politicians use change to promote their career; others use their career to promote change” on a bumper sticker. Now.
trzupron 03 Sep 2008 at 8:45 pm 197Just popped into Daily Kos and did a quick scan (feeling my IQ points drop as I read - but I’m all about “team”, guys and gals). (And abe). They are definitely in defcon 1 - or 4 - or whatever the highest is…
The two basic themes there are:
1) “Huh, don’t see what all the fuss is about. Just sounded like another speech to me.” (Translation: ignore her and she’ll go away - please, please, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD - GO AWAY SARAH PALIN!!!!!)
and
2) “This woman is a lying, hateful, racist (duh!), BITCH, and HOW DARE SHE insult the Little Messiah, and if she thinks she’s been attacked - well you ain’t see nothing yet, you, you — HUSSY! And your little dog too!” (Translation: they have no clue what they just saw, no concept how to handle it, and no idea who they are taking on).
Ginaon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:48 pm 198I have this mental image of Joe Biden bursting through a wall to get away from the pit bull, leaving a large Biden-shaped hole like they do in the cartoons.
Kendamaon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:48 pm 199(sarcasm)
If you vote Obama, you will start seeing not only change you can believe in, but change like you wouldn’t believe! The RepubliKKKans wish to turn back the clock and enslave the black race once more. Well Obama will do something much better. He will turn back the clock, and prevent the enslavement of African-Americans from ever occurring! He will use his powers to prevent the genocide of the Native Americans!
But why stop with America — he is a citizen of the world! He will stop the British Empire from forming. He will stop the closing-off of Japan, so Commodore Perry would never have to be all imperial and crap. He will stop the Crusades, so the troubles in the Middle East will never exist. And he will stop that pipe-dream of imperialists everywhere — the Roman Empire!
Vote Obama! He is The One who will transcend partisan politics…by transcending time itself.
(/sarcasm)
Ginaon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:49 pm 200Trzupr, thanks for taking one for the team, but now get out of there quick before the vitriol melts your screen!
Sawbuckon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:50 pm 201OMFG I am SO in the tank for Mac and Sara!
Not just a tingle, I am on FIRE people.
And God bless her, that woman can work a skinning knife.
Poor Joe will be limping for a good while.
I am PROUD of our nation for CREATING PEOPLE LIKE THIS!!!!
wanketteon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:50 pm 202Sorry I missed all this. I was busy mailing Joe Biden a cup.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:51 pm 203How stupid do those that bet on her dropping off the ticket feel right now?
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:52 pm 204Sawbuckon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:50 pm 201
“OMFG I am SO in the tank for Mac and Sara!
Not just a tingle, I am on FIRE people.
And God bless her, that woman can work a skinning knife.
Poor Joe will be limping for a good while.
I am PROUD of our nation for CREATING PEOPLE LIKE THIS!!!!”
I feel the same way.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:52 pm 205I think Sarah is clearing a spot on her wall for some trophy testicles, courtesy Obama and Biden.
Mr24pon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:53 pm 206That sucks about your laptop DH.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:53 pm 207Trzupr
After going to the kos kids you had better get a steam cleaning.
trzupron 03 Sep 2008 at 8:54 pm 208Giina: “leaving a large Biden-shaped hole like they do in the cartoons”
Got a nice spit take of my evening bourbon from that line. (But it did cool down my screen, which was indeed in danger of melting down from the commentary of Marko’s Marching Morons).
Glennon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:55 pm 209I loved her speech. But I do not feel confident about November 4.
Here’s why. Say you pick 100 random voters. Some of them are going to vote for Obama, no matter what. A slightly smaller number of those people are going to vote for McCain, no matter what. About 8 out of 100 voters (currently) are undecided.
Those 8 people are not interested in politics. They were not even watching Palin’s speech. They were watching “Bones” or “American’s Next Top Model,” or talking to their sister-in-law on the phone while Palin was making her speech. They do. Not. Care.
These people will say, “I hate politics because both of the parties keep saying terrible things about the other side. One side says the other side are Nazis. The other side says the other side love terrorists. The other side says the other side hates America. Then the other side says the other side eats babies for breakfast. I can’t stand it!”
These sorts of NON-political people live in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Nevada, and Virginia, and they will elect the next president.
MOST of these people dislike (not hate) George Bush because they have been convinced that Bush started a war that did not have to be fought, and Bush pretty much “screwed up” the economy. I suspect that most of the 8 will go into the booth on November 4 and vote for Obama. I’m sorry, but that is what my gut is telling me. When they come out of the booth, they will say, “I think the country is going in the wrong direction, and it’s time to throw the bums out and give the other side a chance. Let’s see how they do.”
Ohio Wolverine momon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:55 pm 210thanks trzupr, for being our blog DH—-I want to be able to sleep tonight, and knowing that people like those at Dk and DU operate heavy machine and drive cars….okay, they don’t operate machinery since they don’t work for a living….
wonderful night; off to bed and over to the McCain-Palin HQ in my county tomorrow!
billypaintbrushon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:57 pm 211watched it on UStream, so without the MSM’s explanation, i don’t know what to think, except that she hit it so far outta da park, it won’t come down for days
wow.
Jonnyon 03 Sep 2008 at 8:58 pm 212Lurker here, first time poster.
Yeah I gotta admit before tonight, the election to me was just going to be a vote for the lesser of two evils.
No longer.
I’m really excited about this one now.
trzupron 03 Sep 2008 at 9:01 pm 213JEB - “How stupid do those that bet on her dropping off the ticket feel right now?”
Man, we could have made major dinero if we had taken book on that!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:01 pm 214If Ali -Frazier was the Thrilla in Manila, tonight was
The Thrilla from Wasilla!
Carolynon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:03 pm 215Damn! A few seconds ago, my phone rang and when I picked it up, it was my sister calling me from Seattle about Sarah’s speech! My god, my sister didn’t even need a phone! She was yelling so loud you could have heard her if she’d only used two tin cans connected with string! Man, she was in heaven, she was ecstatic!
Sarah KICKED ASS! was her first scream! She KICKED ASS! was her second! And then my sister was really hollering! She nailed him to the wall! She did it! She kicked it out of the ballpark! She scored a hundred touch downs! She nailed it! She delivered it 1000%! Woo hoooo!
(So why do I say ‘damn’? Because I stopped watching tv over 2 years ago and tonight I didn’t turn it on. And now I am kicking myself seriously! I mean, inflicting pain! I am going to watch it tonight on re-runs or youtube or whatever! Man, I can’t believe I missed this!)
Thanks, guys, for not being as dumb as me and actually turning the boob tube on!!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:03 pm 216God Bless The United States Of America!
Conan O'Lenomanon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:04 pm 217From the leftie “New Republic” Stump blog:
Focus Group: Palin Was (Alarmingly) Strong
Several moderate-Democrat friends of mine have been emailing–few if any would ever vote for McCain–but all agree that Palin was very strong. The more liberal among them are a little panicked.
I completely misjudged how negative she would be. Her lines about Obama were brutally cutting and possibly over the top in places. But she’s a far better messenger than an angry white man. (Note, by the way, how both Rudy and Huckabee employed a tone that was more bemused than angry. That’s the modern GOP’s favorite trick–comedic ridicule in place of outright nastiness.)
–Michael Crowley
Hahahahaha!
Carolynon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:04 pm 218Johnny Ed!
How much are you charging for me to steal this awesome line?
“If Ali -Frazier was the Thrilla in Manila, tonight was
The Thrilla from Wasilla!”
a. acaciaon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:05 pm 219Palin surpassed all expectations. She is definitely ready for Prime Time.
Overall impressions…
- Mitt Romney delivered the most partisan and, most importantly, Conservative speech of the night. Proof? His speech caused the libtard pundits on PBS all kinds of moonbattery. Their heads nearly exploded. I laughed so hard listening to them profess undying hatred for this man. So Romney scored a KO and set himself up as the true Right-winger in the house. If McCain doesn’t win this time it’s Romney in ‘12.
- This is the first time I’ve ever heard Mike Huckabee deliver a speech and he hit it OUT.OF.THE.PARK. He had the audience in the palm of his hand. If you missed that speech, you missed a true work of art. Watch it on YouTube.
- McCain is a huge fan of Teddy Roosevelt (so am I), and I think he sees a lot of Teddy in Sarah Palin. Rugged individualist. Gun afficionado. Reformer. Teddy was a bull moose and Sarah is a barracuda. Teddy never flinched and, if appears, neither does Sarah.
- As for Rudy, the less said about that cross-dressing gun-grabber, the better. Amazing how you people forget so quick.
a. acaciaon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:08 pm 220Oh Gleeeeeeennnn, it’s your gut speaking. Word of advice…don’t listen to me!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:08 pm 221DH, Thanks for letting us burn up your internets.
Bennett Marcoon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:09 pm 222Jonny,
I hear ya…I was going to vote for McCain and [FILL IN THE BLANK] because I had to. Now I can’t wait to go pull the lever for Sarah!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:10 pm 223Carolyn
I am happy happy happy to release all rights to it! Say it loud and say it proud!
trzupron 03 Sep 2008 at 9:10 pm 224Then there’s this from DU about Palin:
“Just the kind of snarky, phoney, stuck-up bitches I hated in highschool.” (And I’ll toss in an all-encompassing ’sic’, so I don’t have to correct all that).
Translation:
Palin is not going to attract the vast “nerdy losers who couldn’t get a date in the 11th grade” voting bloc.
No - that’s not entirely true.
I’M voting for her!
trzupron 03 Sep 2008 at 9:12 pm 225Bennett said: “Now I can’t wait to go pull the lever for Sarah!”
Is it just me? Or does that sound vaguely - well - you know.
It’s just me.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:13 pm 226All those looking for the next Ronald Reagen never thought of looking that far north.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:14 pm 227trzupr
The libs are kicking themselves for underestimating the Baracudda!
Bennett Marcoon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:14 pm 228trzupr,
Not my intent at all…but then again…
wanketteon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:15 pm 229GROUP HUG!!!! GROUP HUG!!!!!!!!!
GROUP JUMPING UP AND DOWN AND SCREAMING!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Rudy for the steak tartare!
Thanks Tim Palin for being hot!
Thanks Sarah for having the biggest dick of all!!!
trzupron 03 Sep 2008 at 9:16 pm 230Bennett — Freudian slips happen.
Maxtypeon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:18 pm 231Hey all-I was just checking HillaryClintonForum.net again………
16! pages on Sarah Barracuda’s speech,and the Hillary supporters are…………
IN THA TANK!!!!
i
Zundfolgeon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:20 pm 232Since this is a movie blog.
Y’all remember that feeling you used to get when you walked out of the theater after a good action movie … y’all remember walking out of the theater after the first Die Hard movie.
Yeah, that’s how I feel now.
Yippie Kai Aye M-Fer
Kiton 03 Sep 2008 at 9:21 pm 233Rudy was AMAZING.
His description of Obama’s “resume” was hilarious. He skewered Obama.
Now Sarah had a somewhat weak start, but once she got going, SHE WAS A LOCOMOTIVE BABY!!!
At one point during her speech my Dad turned to me and said “She’s gonna be handful for Obama.”
My Mom told us that it was only a matter of time before Michelle Obama says something stupid about Sarah Palin.
misterdon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:21 pm 234Obama nearly cracked under the strain of “Celebrity” and “The One”.
He was incensed over McCain trumping his show when he announced Palin.
I cannot imagine how he will handle the speeches by Rudy and Palin tonight. Palin filleted him effortlessly, effectively, and with humor, attacking him on the very points his proxy’s have been trying to hurt her with. There should be no question how this woman beat out the entrenched powers of her own state.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:21 pm 235Hillary wishes she could give a speech like that.
trzupron 03 Sep 2008 at 9:22 pm 236A toast.
It is, according to my clock, 11:22 CST. At exactly 11:30 CST, I am going to raise a glass in honor of all you marvelous lunkheads who entertain the snot out of me, to our gracious host DH, and - most especially - to Ms. Sarah Palin who has reinvigorated her party and her nation, and who, by the Grace of God and all of our hard work, will be elected to the second highest office in the land along side a man who is a genuine, honest and honorable hero. If you are so inclined - please join me.
Cheers!
Rich
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:24 pm 237I think that speech would make Margaret Thatcher proud.
wanketteon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:24 pm 238‘My Mom told us that it was only a matter of time before Michelle Obama says something stupid about Sarah Palin.’
Let’s take bets here, shall we? Winner gets a movie date with Kit’s mom :)…
I say…48 hours/accidental open mic/to a female journalist
billypaintbrushon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:24 pm 239Carolyn,
I gave up on TV too. I watched the whole thing on UStream. no bozo commentary, just live stream.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:25 pm 240Cheers Rich! Here’s to Sarah!
wanketteon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:26 pm 241Johnny Ed, I hope they turned the TV on for Lady Thatcher. Even if she couldn’t get the words, I bet her spirits rose, and that somewhere…she knew…that the slow Americans finally got it right!
Maxtypeon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:26 pm 242Cheers Rich!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:26 pm 243wankette
Barack and Michelle have been reduced to muttering for the next two months. Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh eh eh eh eh eh.
Zundfolgeon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:28 pm 244You noticed the dig at Michelle in the speech didn’t you?
When she was talking about all the salt of the earth folk that make America work that “have always been proud of America”.
My wife noticed and responded; “Take that Michelle”.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:28 pm 245wankette
The Great Thatcher is probably asleep but the roar from St. Paul was loud enough to wake her.
I’m sure she’ll see it tomorrow and have warmth in her heart and a smile on her face.
Kiton 03 Sep 2008 at 9:30 pm 246I AM PUMPED!!!
John Miltonon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:30 pm 247Woohoo! Comment number 246!
Now, what are you guys talking about?
John Miltonon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:31 pm 248I mean…number 247….and 248! Yes!
I never thought I could consider a woman President, until now. Rush was right, the first one is going to be a Republican.
a. acaciaon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:33 pm 249Johnny Ed’s Baby, are you kidding? Shrillery? You wanna talk torture? I can’t listen to that harpie without feeling an ice-pick stabbing my ear-drum - pure paralyzing pain, from the ear down to the loins. After listening to her I feel like I’ve been neutered.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:33 pm 250Somehow, I don’t think Hollywood ever thought the first female president would look like Sarah the Baracudda!!!!!!!!!!
Kiton 03 Sep 2008 at 9:34 pm 251Since my mom said that it is only a matter of time before Michelle says something stupid about Sarah Palin and Wankette appears to want to bet.
How long do you all think it will be until she says something that is stupid. (She meaning Michelle, not Sarah, of course.)
Wankette’s proposed prize will not be offered, as she is already married.
Ginaon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:36 pm 252Zundfolge — ohhhhh yeah, I noticed.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:36 pm 253a. acacia
Hillary has been speaking in public for over 30 years. She is crying right now that she can’t move people like that.
If she can’t figure it out by now, tough shit!
wanketteon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:37 pm 254Fair enough. Winner = date with me. ;D
wanketteon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:37 pm 255; D
wanketteon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:38 pm 256I forgot how to do smilies! : )
wanketteon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:38 pm 257DH, please clean up this mess…
trzupron 03 Sep 2008 at 9:39 pm 258DH said: “Sarah Palin stepped forward tonight and sucked the air and excitement from the room and announced herself a player. Not a woman. A player.”
My God yes. No fear. None at all. When it comes down to dealing with Putin and his cronies, or Iran, or whomever - could there be a greater contrast? On the one hand, you have the stuttering, depressed, self-absorbed would-be messiah, running for President. And then you have this magnificent, confident, clear-minded everywoman running for VP. The contrast is just - mind boggling.
a. acaciaon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:39 pm 259Well, Kit, ever since Michelle chewed off her foot with that ode to victimhood, her handlers have tried to muzzle her. Let’s see if they can keep the die-hard militant Michelle under wraps but I’m betting they can’t. She’s just too damn angry.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:40 pm 260I love Mathews trying to work up talking points for Biden with Howard Fineman.
Nervous does not do justice to how they feel. More like fear.
Blackiswhite, Imperial Agent Provocateuron 03 Sep 2008 at 9:40 pm 261That was a thing of beauty to watch, and tonight’s post wrote itself. I was in love with her before, but I now have no doubts at all that she will have no trouble handling the left from this point forward. ANY woman who has been slimed the way she has in the press and still looks straight into the camera and tells the Fourth Estate in no uncertain terms that she does not serve at their pleasure has my vote for life.
Stosh from da Stickson 03 Sep 2008 at 9:40 pm 262Don’t know how many of you watched the Fox post-mortems on the speech, but for me Krauthammer was the most interesting (and for my money, he’s the most incisive conservative pundit going).
Krauthammer was full of praise for Sarah’s speech, and conceded that she can be a real game-breaker for McCain. But at the end, he fell back on his initial position on the choice of Palin - that it was too big a risk because it takes experience off the table.
As much as I admire K (and I’ll freely admit he could eat my lunch on damn near any topic), I don’t think he’s thought this one through (and maybe the McCain people haven’t either).
But what they need to do is a little jiu-jitsu on this one - turn Palin’s modest resume into a plus by ALWAYS using it to force attention on Obama’s even MORE modest resume.
The line of attack needs to be “Not only does our presidential candidate’s experience outshine that of your presidential candidate, but even our relatively young VICE-PRESIDENTIAL candidate is better qualified”.
And when they need to back that up, all they have to do is watch how Newt took on some jerkweed reporter who was stupid enough to ask Gingrich about Palin’s qualifications - when Newt was done pointing out how much more Palin had done than Obama, the reporter could barely figure out how to slink away quickly enough.
Note also all the detailed references to foreign policy issues related to energy that Palin slipped in her speech - I expect that will be the hook that the McCain will use to hang the “Palin’s better qualified that Obama” theme on.
One other point - the left’s strategy to denigrate Palin’s speech is make smug references that “her speech writer did a really good job”. Like Obama writes his own stuff.
Kiton 03 Sep 2008 at 9:40 pm 263Someone on this thread remarked that “nerd losers who couldn’t get a date in the 11th grade” hate her.
As one of those “nerd losers” I LOVE THAT WOMAN!
By the way, my bet is 8:00 a.m. EST and 9:00 p.m. EST September 4.
trzupron 03 Sep 2008 at 9:43 pm 264Winning wankette’s bet would be way too easy. The obvious answer is: “as soon as anybody asks Michelle a question about Sarah”.
However, seeing as I am also happily married, I will have to - reluctantly - pass on what I am certain would be a very enjoyable prize.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:46 pm 265On Instapundit someone e-mailed Glenn: Is Air Force One safe from E-bay?
trzupron 03 Sep 2008 at 9:47 pm 266“Someone on this thread remarked that “nerd losers who couldn’t get a date in the 11th grade” hate her.
As one of those “nerd losers” I LOVE THAT WOMAN!”
That was me Kit.
And I was too.
And I do too.
(Just mocking a lib who took that tack).
Cheers,
Rich
photomanon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:50 pm 267I know I’ll sleep well having heard the speech but I’m just too damn keyed up to go to bed….
I’d rather party….
How about another toast at 1?
I’m truly energized…. I can throw away the clothes pin I was going to have to take to the voting booth. Its good to be a Republican again!
photomanon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:52 pm 268Since this is a movie blog…
The end of “City Slickers”
“I’m as happy as a puppy with two peters”
I know how he felt….
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:56 pm 269photoman
I feel like Dennis Christopher when he crossed the finish line in Breaking Away!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:56 pm 270I feel like Rocky when he made it to the top of the steps at the Art Museum.
Zundfolgeon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:56 pm 271Stosh from da Sticks, what Krauthammer (and other conservative pundits) seem to be missing is the effect that Palin has on the base.
There are a LOT of Republicans that don’t like McCain (count me in that group … I’m never going to completely forgive him for trying to revoke the 1st Amendment).
There are (were?) a LOT of Republicans that were either going to stay home or throw the lever for Barr.
Without the base McCain would most assuredly lose (along with a lot more in the house and senate because of the stay home effect).
Just go back and read many of the almost 270 posts before this one … Republicans are EXCITED to vote for their candidate for the first time since 1984 (none of us were all that excited about either Bush, nor Dole).
Furthermore, I don’t buy his notion that Palin takes the experience issue off the table (frankly she has more executive experience than Obama, Biden, McCain or Hillary).
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 9:57 pm 272I feel like John Wayne at the end of True Grit jumping the rail.
Kiton 03 Sep 2008 at 10:01 pm 273I also found a nice little nugget on Asia Times.
The author is proving to be a very interesting writer:
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/JB26Aa01.html
Zundfolgeon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:01 pm 274I buttress my point with the esteemed Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjGhy8LVwAo
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:01 pm 275I feel like Striker when he landed the plane in Airplane!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:03 pm 276I feel like Rufus T. Firefly when he defeated Sylvania.
or how our Rufus feels all the time!
trzupron 03 Sep 2008 at 10:05 pm 277Agreed Stosh. I saw a lot of the “speech writer gets the credit” dismissals on DU and Dk. Proof - as I know you know - how much this speech kicked them in the nuts.
Three points (and again, preachin’ to the choir):
1) Having written a few speeches in my time for candidates, unless said candidate is a moron (aka Barry), it is the candidate - and yes, with the input of senior staff - who define the tone and messages that are to be delivered. I have written many for an Illinois pol who is much like Palin, and she always tells me, quite clearly, what she wants to say and how forcefully, or humorously, or subtly she wants the message, and then it’s up to my literary skills to make it happen. And, I have never written one that she has not modified, to a greater or lesser extent, at the end of the day so that it fits “her”. I am sure it was so with Palin.
2) No matter how good the text of the speech, delivery is everything. A good speech, poorly delivered, is a waste of time. It was obvious to everyone that Palin bought in, utterly and completely, to every word that she said. She was marvelous.
3) I have always believed that one of Reagan’s great advantages, especially against morose opponents like Carter and Dukakis, was his sense of humor. You either have one or you don’t. Palin demonstrated that she knows how to laugh tonight, not only at the folly of her opponents but (like Reagan) at herself as well. The value of this trait can not be overestimated, in my view anyway.
Stosh from da Stickson 03 Sep 2008 at 10:08 pm 278Zund…,
You’re spot on about Palin psyching up the base - as I pointed out to my brother, up until the choice of Palin, McCain had shown himself capable of compromising with everybody *except* the conservative base.
Sarah isn’t full repayment for that record of dissing the base, but she’s one hell of a downpayment.
That having been said, in terms of the big picture, Krauthammer’s got a point. But like most of the Washington/NewYork punditry, I think he may have a tendency to overlook the importance of the GOP base … out here in the ’sticks’.
Jack Marinoon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:09 pm 279We are watching the fall of the liberal democratic empire. It is being destroyed by a small time mayor in the biggest state in the Union. The liberals were always a house of cards and it has taken 60 years for the conservative to finally figure it our and we have this female David who is going to take down the leftist Goliath.
She just nukes Obama and his co-horts in the media. Now this is WAR and the libs are going to get so over the top dirty in attacking her, because she is a real threat to their pagan religion and their sacrament of abortion. This is going to get to a level of nastiness that none of us have ever been exposed too.
I love the dig, she threw at Michelle my belle, the she was always proud of her country.
We will live to see the end of Obama, Hillary and all leftist everywhere.
Immoraliston 03 Sep 2008 at 10:09 pm 280What a hot little number Palin is. She and I could make another disabled child together any day of the week.
Tommy Von 03 Sep 2008 at 10:11 pm 281What I love about Palin’s experience is that it is always compared to Obama’s…
It doesn’t take it off the table at all. It puts it back into the discussion even in the liberal media.
John McClain just nominated the 18 month Governor of a not too populous state who has stronger reform credentials than he does.
She doesn’t take experience off the table, but highlights his lack of experience even more.
I have no idea if that was part of the plan, but my goodness it just seems brilliant. If she has so little experience and has that many more accomplishments… why hasn’t he done more.
My liberal friends have all been debating with me if Obama has more experience than her. It’s hilarious. They have no idea how absurd it is that they even have to debate that right after ridiculing her lack of experience.
That’s the sort of thing that enters the public psyche.
Carolynon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:13 pm 282Oh, God! Stephanie is going to crash through the ceiling!
On C-Span just now, they were asking an ‘expert’ (some blonde) as to how the blogs were evaluating Palin’s speech.
The blonde said that she’d surfed 2 conservative blogs. The first was ‘RedState’ which exploded in delight over the speech. But the second ‘conservative’ site did NOT.
The second site was?????? Andrew Sullivan. (BTW, Sullivan did NOT mention Palin’s speech at all. Instead, he whined about how Guiliani’s speech was disrespectful to gays. And Andrew’s feelings were very hurt by that.)
The blonde then looked straight at the camera and REPEATED that Sullivan was a ‘conservative’.
After I cleaned up the projectile vomit from the screen (too late I remember why I don’t watch TV anymore), my first thought was - ohmigod, Stephanie is going to go through the fricking ROOF! over this!
How you doing, Stephanie?
Tommy Von 03 Sep 2008 at 10:15 pm 283Also, how even more awful and mean-spirited does that US Weekly cover look now?
dtmon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:16 pm 284Tape-measure blast.
Stosh from da Stickson 03 Sep 2008 at 10:19 pm 285Zund…,
Thanks for the You-Tube clip in your post 274 - that’s exactly the Gingrich interview I was referring to in my original post.
I didn’t see the Obermoron follow-up on it, though - I noted that Keith gleefully noted some “openings” in reference to Gingrich - if I was Newt, I’d be careful not to drop any bars of soap.
Ginaon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:20 pm 286I love this from Lileks: “Proof of Sara Palin’s power: Google trends #3 topic at the moment is ‘haberdasher.’”
English majors for Palin!! YEAH! I’m designing the bumper sticker tomorrow!
http://twitter.com/lileks
Ginaon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:21 pm 287Oh, and about “reading someone else’s speech”: With a history of plagiarism on the opposing ticket, do they REALLY want to go there?
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:21 pm 288What I like is that if Sarah is taking all the flak, the Democrats are missing McCain. McCain is running for president and as long as they shoot at her the mission will be accomplished.
Fortunately she can take anything they dish out.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:23 pm 289Gina
Obama is getting a dictionary to look up haberdasher.
Michelle, how do you spell that? Are you sure?
aris pon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:23 pm 290Stephanie — I dont HATE anything, or anyone. Actually, I’m Canadian working in California, I can’t even vote. But the fact that I’m simply asking questions about McCain’s choice, and this leads you to classify me categorically as some kind of loon lefty hater, kinda makes you look like the closed-minded hater, not me.
LickMyBallson 03 Sep 2008 at 10:24 pm 291Obama is getting a dictionary to look up haberdasher.
Obama graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. I’m pretty sure he knows what “haberdasher” means, fuckwit.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:25 pm 292Gina
I wait to see during the debate after Biden answers a question and she says ‘that was a good answer by Senator Biden. It was a good answer when I first heard Neil Kinnock say it back in 1986.’
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:28 pm 293LickMyBalls
“And when they come out, they think deep thoughts and with no more brains than you have. But they have one thing you haven’t got: a diploma.”
Ginaon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:29 pm 294Ah, the trolls are here. Hi, trolls. Want some champagne? I think we can spare some.
Zundfolgeon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:29 pm 295Wow, Johnny Ed’s Baby wins the Dennis Miller award for most obscure reference.
LickMyBallson 03 Sep 2008 at 10:30 pm 296“And when they come out, they think deep thoughts and with no more brains than you have. But they have one thing you haven’t got: a diploma.”
You ever been to law school, dumbass? It ain’t no fucking cakewalk.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:31 pm 297LickMyBalls
I have worked with so many fucking lawyers I can tell you right now that a law degree is not that impressive.
Zundfolgeon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:31 pm 298parenthetically, Johnny, I was referring to the Neil Kinnock comment.
Stosh from da Stickson 03 Sep 2008 at 10:32 pm 299Wow - magna cum laude from Harvard. Gosh, that’s all I need to know - he truly is the chosen one!
Maxtypeon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:34 pm 300Hey-LickMyBalls?
I’m not as nice as the rest of these good folks-so go fuck yourself.Sarah Barracuda just made a fool out of the Obamassiah.
LickMyBallson 03 Sep 2008 at 10:34 pm 301I have worked with so many fucking lawyers I can tell you right now that a law degree is not that impressive.
Yeah? What’s your job? What kind of lawyers do you deal with? Ambulance chasers? Baby ADAs? Some wet nurse associate who cleans titles to land?
trzupron 03 Sep 2008 at 10:34 pm 302“You ever been to law school, dumbass? It ain’t no f***ng cakewalk.”
True dat dog. Too bad that they learn him that there aren’t 57 states!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:35 pm 303Zundfolge
Biden explains that by saying he had credited Kinnock in earlier speeches and forgot a couple of times. And the law school stuff, what’s his excuse for that?
whiskeyon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:35 pm 304Nerd guys love Palin. She shoots guns, hunts, fishes, etc. She’s Lara Croft come to life. Guys always loved her.
It’s always been women who have had the problems. Tonight, Palin sealed the deal with Moms. She hit it … OUT OF THE PARK. Speech was excellent and funny, matching the god-like humor of Rudy, or Huckabee (who was great, even though I don’t like him at all) or Mitt (who was thoughtful and intelligent).
But, the visuals –
Her family was ADORABLE. Not trailer-trash but clean-cut, cute, “normal,” and well, very attractive. The youngest, Piper, licking her hand and smoothing down baby Trig’s hair, and kissing him.
THAT right there friends was a HUGE visual of who/what Sarah Palin is.
The various rumors and such will continue. They won’t go away. It’ll just get worse. But Palin is clearly going to fight them, every step of the way, along with her family.
It’s like a Tom Petty Song “Won’t Back Down.”
But the visuals of the adorable, handsome/pretty family, instead of the designer kids of the Obama’s (fashion accessories not family members) who have a sprawling, “messy” and ordinary life connects clearly and absolutely with every parent in America. Now that’s still a minority, sadly, particularly given the epidemic of single motherhood, but it’s something.
As noted, the base loves her like Ronnie. God I miss Reagan.
To sum up: Obama and the O-croplis: designer Yuppie Family. Palin: real American family.
Zundfolgeon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:36 pm 305I see your Harvard and raise you Patrick Bateman.
(trying to take back that Miller award from Johnny … and no fair googling him either)
LickMyBallson 03 Sep 2008 at 10:37 pm 306I’m not as nice as the rest of these good folks-so go fuck yourself.Sarah Barracuda just made a fool out of the Obamassiah.
Cocksucker, I don’t care about who wins this election–McCain and Obama are equally irrelevant to me. I’m just here to puncture your notion that a Harvard Law Graduate is some kind of moron who doesn’t know what the word “haberdasher” means. We in the legal profession look after our own.
Stosh from da Stickson 03 Sep 2008 at 10:38 pm 307Where’s the moderator? Don’t these Harvard Law School graduates know the origin of “cakewalk”?
Lordy, lordy, not only are we attracting lower quality disruptors than usual, we’re getting ones who are racist to boot!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:39 pm 308LickMyBalls
I don’t think they give different degrees to ambulance chasers and SC clerks.
trzupron 03 Sep 2008 at 10:40 pm 309And can we officially shroud “immoralist” and “lickmy (wish I had some) balls” et al? I see no need to respond to the adolescent mind folks. Ergo, I believe the official policy should be to ignore them. It’s a policy that I have just violated, of course - just because JEB has earned his props - but one that it is worth implementing as official policy.
Maxtypeon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:41 pm 310Lawyer almost always=asshole. We have a great example with us tonight.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:42 pm 311Somehow I’m not worried about the ABA going after someone that denigrates Obama’s IQ. They’d first have to pass a law and hope Obama doesn’t vote present.
LickMyBallson 03 Sep 2008 at 10:42 pm 312I don’t think they give different degrees to ambulance chasers and SC clerks.
No, dicksuck, they sure don’t. But they’re a pretty big difference in the quality of a juris doctor given to a graduate from Texas Wesleyan and a graduate from Harvard Law.
Blackiswhite, Imperial Agent Provocateuron 03 Sep 2008 at 10:44 pm 313You ever been to law school, dumbass? It ain’t no fucking cakewalk.
Yes. I have. Once for the J.D., and once for the LL.M., and I’m not looking out for Obama. The Ivy League ones are the ones who took classes like “TV and the law” while I was learning to be a lawyer. That stuttering half-wit and his community organizing and sleazy freinds give the rest of us a bad name.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:46 pm 314Some of the smartest attorneys were from state schools and other ones you probably can’t pronounce.
The attorney from HLS decided to fire his secretary the following week so he wrote it in his calendar. The calendar he had his secretary check every day. It was funny watching him try to explain it to her when she asked.
So no, I’m not ready to bow down to my superiors from HLS.
billypaintbrushon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:47 pm 315as far as reading v writing a speech, who gets the credit and real $ for a good joke? the writer, or the guy who made it connect with the audience?
what a bunch of crybabies
LickMyBallson 03 Sep 2008 at 10:49 pm 316Yes. I have. Once for the J.D., and once for the LL.M., and I’m not looking out for Obama. The Ivy League ones are the ones who took classes like “TV and the law” while I was learning to be a lawyer. That stuttering half-wit and his community organizing and sleazy freinds give the rest of us a bad name.
Now we have someone worth talking to. Someone who learned how to draft motions, contracts, deeds, legal memos and briefs; someone who learned how to schmooze clients and represent them effectively and ethically; someone who understands the honor of the profession which he/she has undertaken.
Sir/Madam, I don’t care whether you support Obama or McCain or Ron Paul; but, really, the hair on your neck ought to rise when some Internet halfwit accuses a lawyer of not knowning the meaning of the word “haberdasher.” That’s a word someone taking the SAT for the first time ought to know.
rrpjron 03 Sep 2008 at 10:50 pm 317What a beautifully balanced speech, shifting between smalltown frankness and warmth, patriotic eloquence and sharp wit. Best of all, her authenticity came off the stage in waves. What a great moment for conservatives and, in light of the past week, for America. The country saw a woman emerge from a hell of vicious character assaults with grace, good humor and command of the issues. I agree with those who feel grateful to live in a country that could produce such a woman.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:51 pm 318I don’t care how good a speech is written and how much the speaker points and gives off the right body language, if the speaker doesn’t have the right timing the speech won’t work.
Sarah has the timing thing down pat.
Blackiswhite, Imperial Agent Provocateuron 03 Sep 2008 at 10:53 pm 319I need to correct myself. That stuttering, elitist halfwit, with his America-hating wife, sleazy freinds, bare resume, and slavish lipservice to ideals that have failed time and again in the turd world make the rest of us look bad.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:53 pm 320Well I guess we’ll just have to file suit to see if Obama’s spelling skills are up to snuff. We can do discovery after Nov 4 when he should have some time open on his schedule.
Stosh from da Stickson 03 Sep 2008 at 10:53 pm 321Did you learn “haberdasher” before or after you learned “c*cks*ck*r”?
Oh, and by the way, I’m glad to see you’re so concerned about the image of lawyers - you’re doing a REALLY great job in improving it.
trzupron 03 Sep 2008 at 10:55 pm 322And the beautiful thing is this: the more you ignore them, the more insane they get - because they do desperately need the attention. Is it because they were denied affection as a child? Who knows? But it’s so predictable.
Best line from Palin’s speech? There were so very many. I vote for the Harry Reid mock. She highlighted all that is off the charts extreme about the Dems, with a wind and a nod toward mainstream America. Flawless.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:55 pm 323Blackiswhite, Imperial Agent Provocateur
According to our troll, you must be a self-hater. All attorneys must stand up to your insults of such a noble and honest profession that is making the world safe from paper cuts.
I command you to file suit against yourself pronto.
What do you mean you want a retainer?
Tangoon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:55 pm 324Thanks, Stosh…i thought it was me.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:56 pm 325Stosh,
I don’t think he’s a real lawyer. It’s rare you’ll find one making an argument unless they are getting paid.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:57 pm 326trzupr
I’m watching the speech again on MSNBC. Finally MSNBC is doing something useful.
LickMyBallson 03 Sep 2008 at 10:58 pm 327I need to correct myself. That stuttering, elitist halfwit, with his America-hating wife, sleazy freinds, bare resume, and slavish lipservice to ideals that have failed time and again in the turd world make the rest of us look bad.
Well, you believe what you believe. Personally, I think Obama makes us look quite a bit better than that John Edwards, don’t you think?
trzupron 03 Sep 2008 at 10:58 pm 328Wind and nod? Perhaps I meant “WINK and a nod”.
Blame it on Bill Gates.
Which I do.
Blackiswhite, Imperial Agent Provocateuron 03 Sep 2008 at 10:59 pm 329Sir/Madam, I don’t care whether you support Obama or McCain or Ron Paul; but, really, the hair on your neck ought to rise when some Internet halfwit accuses a lawyer of not knowning the meaning of the word “haberdasher.” That’s a word someone taking the SAT for the first time ought to know.
And after listening to him speak without a telepromter, I remain unconvinced that he can read, let alone understand the defintion of a word ouside of the vernacular for several decades.
JBon 03 Sep 2008 at 10:59 pm 330Let’s posit that Obama knows more meanings of words than the average bear. I would rather have a president that knew such basics as the number of states in the union (not 57), the number of years a twice elected president serves (not “8 to 10″ - hell even counting from the day he said it wouldn’t make a full 9) and that Arabic translators are not exactly a highly needed specialty in Afghanistan.
Obama is smaaaaart in some ways, but apparently the Information section of the WAIS would certainly drag down his score.
LickMyBallson 03 Sep 2008 at 10:59 pm 331Oh, and by the way, I’m glad to see you’re so concerned about the image of lawyers - you’re doing a REALLY great job in improving it.
Thank you very much. I do what I can.
JBon 03 Sep 2008 at 11:01 pm 332-certainly
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 11:03 pm 333Blackiswhite, Imperial Agent Provocateur
Gee, do you ever wonder where people get the idea that Obama is an elite. I mean, HLS is not elite is it?
Gee, no one, absolutely no one has graduated from HLS that is anything but qualified to be our lord and master.
I for one welcome our insect overlords!
soulpileon 03 Sep 2008 at 11:04 pm 334AHHH! Rudy and Palin kicked tremendous BUTT tonight!
Oh man. I cannot express how excited and happy I am after those two speeches. Wish I was at the convention showing support amongst all those fine people.
The one thing no one pointed out is that Palin is NOT running for President, but everyone’s comparing her to the Dem. Presidential nominee… I think that speaks volumes.
LickMyBallson 03 Sep 2008 at 11:04 pm 335And after listening to him speak without a telepromter, I remain unconvinced that he can read, let alone understand the defintion of a word ouside of the vernacular for several decades.
The average lawyer doesn’t extemporize very often outside of trial. Obama has to do it almost every day. I’ll forgive him his grammatical errors.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 11:04 pm 336JB
I’m siure anyone that is capable of graduating HLS can spell haberdasher and recite the capitols of all 57 states.
Stosh from da Stickson 03 Sep 2008 at 11:05 pm 337JEB,
My compliments (#325) (I will take an assist on that goal, though).
Time to get some sleep - I hope someone can dig up better quality troll bait, though - I’m looking forward to checking out this thread tomorrow.
Blackiswhite, Imperial Agent Provocateuron 03 Sep 2008 at 11:06 pm 338Well I guess we’ll just have to file suit to see if Obama’s spelling skills are up to snuff. We can do discovery after Nov 4 when he should have some time open on his schedule.
I’d depose him, but I don’t want to spend hours leafing through pages and pages of ” uh…uh….uh…uh..uh”
Edwards? At least he has actually been an attorney. A self-centered, self-agrandizing showboat, but he at least knows what it means to be a lawyer.
Obama? He organized communities, and wrote memoirs. I don’t go to court that often but I’m sure I could outlawyer him.
LickMyBallson 03 Sep 2008 at 11:09 pm 339Edwards? At least he has actually been an attorney. A self-centered, self-agrandizing showboat, but he at least knows what it means to be a lawyer.
He knows how to play to a jury’s emotions, that’s for sure. That’s one part of knowing how to be a lawyer. There are other parts.
trzupron 03 Sep 2008 at 11:10 pm 340JEB,
“I don’t think he’s a real lawyer. It’s rare you’ll find one making an argument unless they are getting paid.”
As someone who works with real lawyers on a day to day basis, I can assure you that this particular troll is not one of them. The statement “We in the legal profession look after our own” is not something that anyone who practices law would ever utter. It’s more akin to what someone would say if they got their JD and then were bitterly disappointed to find that they could not latch on to a law firm.
Real lawyers love going after their own. Real lawyers delight it smashing their opponents in the profession. They will celebrate defeating the (less talented) of their own, but they don’t give a crap about “looking after” the competition. The smaller the pool to compete for files, the better.
Cheers,
Rich
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 11:11 pm 341I know people that extemporize every day. What, do you carry a speech around with you when you go to lunch?
Ah, just let me check my speech here. Ah yes, my distinguished waiter, I will have the [insert menu choice] with a [insert beverage choice].
Give me a break!
Blackiswhite, Imperial Agent Provocateuron 03 Sep 2008 at 11:13 pm 342The average lawyer doesn’t extemporize very often outside of trial. Obama has to do it almost every day. I’ll forgive him his grammatical errors.
*TWEEEEET!*
Bullshit Flag! Fifteen yards and loss of down.
Its called “talking to clients”, and I do it every day. Good clients understand that you may not always know the answer to their questions, but if you cannot comport yourself well, it is a hell of a lot harder to convince them that you can find the answer. In many ways, it can be more important than going to court.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 11:15 pm 343trzupr
The first thing attorneys will always say about a case is who is representing the other side. They either smile or frown. They know some attorneys are not smart enough to spell haberdasher.
None of them know the names of all 57 state capitols so how smart can they be?
LickMyBallson 03 Sep 2008 at 11:17 pm 344Real lawyers love going after their own. Real lawyers delight it smashing their opponents in the profession. They will celebrate defeating the (less talented) of their own, but they don’t give a crap about “looking after” the competition. The smaller the pool to compete for files, the better.
All true, very, very true. We go after each other like bloodthirsty sharks, because we enjoy being the biggest fish in a small pond.
Once in a while, though, we do feel compelled to correct the rubes of certain… misunderstandings.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 11:17 pm 345Blackiswhite, Imperial Agent Provocateur
When you ralk on the phone to a client, do you turn on the teleprompter to eliminate all the duh, uhs & ehs. Because you know, even smart people do that without a teleprompter.
Though if you take as long as Obama does answering a question you can bill more time.
Jack Marinoon 03 Sep 2008 at 11:18 pm 346Johnny, I feel like Errol Flynn at the very end of Robin Hood, when he turns to King Richard the Lionheart and says, ‘may I obey all your commands with equal pleasure, Sire”
Obama is going to get his clock clean, he is going to bring down the democratic party and behind the scenes the Clintons will help bring down Obama, pay back is a bitch.
Blackiswhite, Imperial Agent Provocateuron 03 Sep 2008 at 11:21 pm 347Once in a while, though, we do feel compelled to correct the rubes of certain… misunderstandings.
Yes. If we are very insecure, and feel the need to lord our additional years of academic training over others who did not choose our path or were lucky enough to share our opportunities.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 11:23 pm 348David Gregory is talking about the debate with Biden.
‘She has proven she can give a good speech’.
Geez, until she started talking, the msm was expecting her to come out in a housedress and slippers. After all, she is from a small town in AK that has a budget smaller than what Obama spends in one month.
And no, she did not graduate cum laude from HLS so she does not have any proof she is smart.
trzupron 03 Sep 2008 at 11:24 pm 349OK Licker,
You claim to be a real lawyer. Prove it. Law School 101. Explain the difference between a regulation and a statue. Very, very basic stuff. By my clock it’s 1:23 a.m. You have 5 minutes. I wil wait untile 1:33 a.m. and will have my definition posted by 1:38 a.m. And, I am not an attorney, but every attorney I know would be able to meet this challenge. Go for it.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 11:24 pm 350Jack Marino
How big an ego do you have to have to type some of that crap? I kept thinking to Wayne’s World.
We are not worthy! We are not worthy!
LickMyBallson 03 Sep 2008 at 11:24 pm 351Its called “talking to clients”, and I do it every day. Good clients understand that you may not always know the answer to their questions, but if you cannot comport yourself well, it is a hell of a lot harder to convince them that you can find the answer. In many ways, it can be more important than going to court.
I would hardly call schmoozing clients “extemporizing.” Dealing with clients is easy. Convincing an audience of more than single digits is a bit harder.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 11:26 pm 352trzupr
He’s going to be busy. He’s looking up haberdasher in the dictionary to find out what it means.
LickMyBallson 03 Sep 2008 at 11:28 pm 353You claim to be a real lawyer. Prove it. Law School 101. Explain the difference between a regulation and a statue.
Easy. Legislatures pass statutes that are presented to and signed/vetoed by an executive official, typically the president (federal) or a governor (state). A “regulation” is a species of administrative law promulgated by an executive agency/administration that has been granted the authority by a legislature (via statute) to exercise control over certain matters.
Do I pass?
Blackiswhite, Imperial Agent Provocateuron 03 Sep 2008 at 11:31 pm 354I would hardly call schmoozing clients “extemporizing.” Dealing with clients is easy. Convincing an audience of more than single digits is a bit harder.
Schmoozing clients? That’s what you do when you go out to lunch with them or meet them at a social function outside of work. Teleconferencing and doing a line by line read with them of a new contract, complaint, or over the top commercial lease, and dealing with questions as they arise is called “being an attorney.”
Dealing with clients is easy? I suppose so, but earning and keeping their trust, sometimes for decades, takes more than “Schmoozing”.
trzupron 03 Sep 2008 at 11:34 pm 355A Statute:
A law enabled by a duly elected legislative body (e.g.; Congress, or a state legislature).
A Regulation:
A “rule” by which a regulatory body assumes the authority granted to it by the governing legislative body, defining the limits of its power and by which the regulatory body assumes authority and enforceforcement power under applicaple laws.
No, you do not pass.
You are hereafter ignored.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 11:38 pm 356From Jonah Goldberg @ NRO.com
She was put on this earth to do two things: kill caribou and kick butt. She’s all out of caribou.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 03 Sep 2008 at 11:39 pm 357trzupr & Blackiswhite, Imperial Agent Provocateur
Time for a victory dance. Good job and good night!
LickMyBallson 03 Sep 2008 at 11:40 pm 358Dealing with clients is easy? I suppose so, but earning and keeping their trust, sometimes for decades, takes more than “Schmoozing”.
Well, yes, I agree. The client expects you to know the matter(s) of law that pertain to your representation of the client. However, I wouldn’t necessarily deem any explanation of law with which you are familiar to be an extemporization. I think of extemporizing to be more along the lines of giving a good speech off the cuff without first being intimately familiar with the details of a topic upon which you are extemporizing. That’s what good politicians do. And, for whatever his other faults (which, I’m sure, are many), Obama is a good extemporizer.
Jack Marinoon 03 Sep 2008 at 11:41 pm 359Johnny, LOL…
If you’re going to think, it might as well be bigger then life itself.
LickMyBallson 03 Sep 2008 at 11:46 pm 360No, you do not pass.
You are hereafter ignored.
I think not. My definition was pretty good, given that I had only five minutes. I touched upon all the essential points. You appear to be docking me because I didn’t mention that legislatures were “duly elected.” As for my definition of “regulation,” you are penalizing me for not using the exact words you used.
You are hereafter sodomized.
Blackiswhite, Imperial Agent Provocateuron 03 Sep 2008 at 11:48 pm 361Well, yes, I agree. The client expects you to know the matter(s) of law that pertain to your representation of the client. However, I wouldn’t necessarily deem any explanation of law with which you are familiar to be an extemporization.
Except my life would be very boring if all the questions were on topics that fit the “textbook” template. I am fortunate in that nearly every matter that lands on my desk is fraught with elements outside the “textbook” set of circumstances. The ability to extemporize, and find the answer is why clients come to see me rather than going to the Darth Vader firms for representation. They frequently cause the problems. Little guys like me get to fix them.
anthonyon 03 Sep 2008 at 11:48 pm 362I couldn’t help but think of this song during the speech. She kicked some major ass and based on the media response…they KNOW she did!!!
Blackiswhite, Imperial Agent Provocateuron 03 Sep 2008 at 11:50 pm 363I’d have passed LMB for his answer, trzupr. Then I’d have stomped his foot and sucker punched him for being a condescending prick.
LickMyBallson 03 Sep 2008 at 11:57 pm 364Except my life would be very boring if all the questions were on topics that fit the “textbook” template. I am fortunate in that nearly every matter that lands on my desk is fraught with elements outside the “textbook” set of circumstances.
Every good lawyer understands that a client isn’t going to ask questions that read like the “Issues” section of a legal brief. I’m sure you know that.
Well, the night is old, and I think it’s time to sleep. I end this lovely flame fest by wishing the best of luck to the lawyers who participated. Hopefully we’ll meet “in the battlefield” (i.e., federal court, most likely) someday, and then we can really tear each other new ones.
Ta-ta!
Blackiswhite, Imperial Agent Provocateuron 04 Sep 2008 at 12:02 am 365And I apologize to everyone else who witnessed this sorry spectacle. We aren’t all overbearing jerks with delusions that the law degree makes us better than everyone else. Unfortunately, the ones that are tend to shout over the rest of us and waft through a conversation like a paint-stripping fart loosed by an offender who has long since fled the scene of the crime.
Good night all.
LickMyBallson 04 Sep 2008 at 12:07 am 366Unfortunately, the ones that are tend to shout over the rest of us and waft through a conversation like a paint-stripping fart loosed by an offender who has long since fled the scene of the crime.
A beautiful simile. Did you come up with it on your own, or did you swipe it from a book? If you did get it from a book, please reveal it.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 1:19 am 367Having watched every convention speech since 1968, tonight was not only the best it is the only one I have watched more than once.
Having watched it live on Fox, I watched the replay on MSNBC and again on Fox. The only politician’s speech I ever warched more than once in full was Reagen’s speech in Normandy.
This woman is a natural and she will never sneak up on a political opponent again. Fine with me! Thatcher was effective after people knew what she could do. Of course Olby and Mathews want to see her do it again so I guess not everyone believes.
Speaking of MSNBC, when Kelly O’Donnel was going the over the high spots of the speech that were effective, Maddow had a look on her face like she had swallowed poison. For her it was a beautiful look. Nothing like giving her constipation.
It’s hard to believe it’s been less than a week since that rally in Dayton. If she hadn’t referenced the styrafoam columns, I would have forgotten that other speech last week.
I am so looking forward to the next two months.
Conan O'Lenomanon 04 Sep 2008 at 1:22 am 368Hillary Clintin is cackling herself to sleep right now. Sarah Palin is sleeping the sleep of the just. Joe Biden is checking his contract with Odismal.
Goodnight and thanks all, DH.
Manbearpigon 04 Sep 2008 at 1:26 am 369LickMyBalls you are a fucking dipshit asshole spunkbucket piece of shit, and you’re damn lucky I’m nowhere near you because if I were, I’d beat the ever loving SHIT out of you for being the ignorant asshole you are.
Go back selling drugs to kids you uneducated cuntrag. The adults are talking.
Manbearpigon 04 Sep 2008 at 1:35 am 370Not only that, you’re only here because you’re pissed that Sarah Palin did such an awesome job tonight. You just aren’t bright enough to make any decent arguments against what she said in her speech, so you come here bitching about some stupid word and lying about being a fucking lawyer.
Fuck off and die in a fire, goatfucker.
The Ugly Americanon 04 Sep 2008 at 1:39 am 371She’s gonna make it after all… [ click ]
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 1:57 am 372I didn’t think it was possible, but Andrew Sullivan has sunk to a new low. He thinks Twig was sedated to sleep through the speech.
They’re getting a seat ready in a special ring off hell for the queen bee blogger.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 1:59 am 373Manbearpig
What! Aren’t you afraid of him? He’s tough and mean! Really! Just ask him! He is really really mean! And tough!
Of course it only works when closes his eyes and clicks his heels together.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 2:04 am 374Three people on NRO.com all say that there were problems with the teleprompter at a point in her speech. No way could I tell where.
Does anyone think Obama (Zeus) would have started stuttering?
Hey Biden. Be Afraid! Be Very Afraid!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 2:07 am 375Conan O’Lenoman
Biden is begging Obama to let him out of the debate. His plugs are due for their 50 day tuneup and he just can’t miss it. Unfortunately for him, they won’t find any volunteers to replace him for a suicide mission.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 2:16 am 376Seeing the WW of the East, I remember another reason Sarah Palin rocks.
No orange pants suits.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 2:23 am 377Before the speech, Mathews and the panel were reading parts of the speech that were pre-released. He read the part where she attacks the media.
Mathews said’whose attacking her? What media outlets are doing it? Not us!’
String theory must be true because I must be waking up in a different universe each morning. But when do I get to live in the universe Olby and Mathews are smart? Or have a clue?
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 2:28 am 378Watching a repeat of Glenn Beck interviewing the author of a book on Sarah, he asks her if she is good at speeches.
He will not be asking that on tomorrows show.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 3:07 am 379As if there was ever any doubt, even the talking heads on Morning Joe are ga ga over the speech. When Mike Barnicle and Mika can agree on that, I think it played well throughout the country.
Fox & Friends though are ripping her for a crappy performance. Just kidding! Obviously they are the most reasonable people on in the morning.
Now Barnicle is giving Rudy big kudos. I would say it was an ass kicking night.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 3:14 am 380Scarborough rips into the media, in particular Joe Klein, for saying they are going to still go after her despite her ripping them. Scarborough says Klein doesn’t get it because people like Klein were following kos and the despicable Twig story.
Good for Joe.
Now Mika says when Obama came on the scene there were rumors on the internet about him. Bad Mika! Bad Mika!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 3:19 am 381Watching the clip of McCain on the stage with the family after the speech, I wonder if Piper will call him Uncle John and Aunt Cindy from now on?
Jameson 04 Sep 2008 at 3:32 am 382Yes, they do chant “O-ba-ma”… which just begs for an _Evita_ parody. “O-BA-MA! O-BA-MA!” with emphasis on the “ba”, like the bleating of sheep.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 3:35 am 383The msm really takes to the DNC’s talking points about somebody else writing her speech. WTF! Even Barry has speechwriters.
The sexism continues.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 3:40 am 384Man, John Harwood of the NYT is sayiong she was too harsh, too partisan.
Gee John, I’m sure you said the same thing about Clinton and Biden last week. Go suck eggs.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 3:42 am 385It’s times like this that I say thank you Mr Seward. Some folly!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 3:46 am 386A commentator at Althouse said Sarah made Obama look like a high school drop out. HA!
StevefromMKEon 04 Sep 2008 at 4:20 am 387I agree with that point DH. Conservatives have been looking for the next Reagan since 1988, but have been looking at the wrong gender.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 4:27 am 388Joe Biden on MSNBC kept laughing and saying she’s going to be tough and making it sound like he doesn’t know how to string two words together.
If only!
wfon 04 Sep 2008 at 4:29 am 389Geez, you rethuglicans are stoopid. Todd had teh DUI in 1986. Game over, man. Game over.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 4:36 am 390Yeah, if only Todd had written an autobiography and mentioned he did that. Don’t all people have two autobiographies by the time the are 45?
amzarakon 04 Sep 2008 at 4:42 am 391You guys have got to check this out. This is from Little Green Footballs. It’s from the DNC, apparently, and since I don’t watch broadcast news, I don’t know who the reporter is. However, if it’s true what he says, then it definitely is a moment for the history books. Hilarious!
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/31136_Blooper_of_the_Day
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 4:53 am 392amzarak
Did we just find the secret to Obama’s success? Is that something only muslisms can do?
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:01 am 393I think when he was onstage with her family it was the highest I had ever seen McCain able to raise his arms. She might be the physical therapy he could ever get.
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:25 am 394John Dickerson on Slate had a great line.
“The biggest target of Palin’s succession of happy little kicks in the groin, of course, was Barack Obama.”
As a red blooded American male I can testify to the pain she inflicted.
NeoConJedion 04 Sep 2008 at 5:30 am 395I turned on PBS as 8:00 sharp last night at my newspaper, and made the lefties squirm for over three hours — it was getting hard for me to watch.
It was like watching someone in detox. I just kept telling them to “breathe … just take it … it’s good for you.”
It’s likely nothing got through, but at least I made a night miserable for those jackasses.
As for the speeches … it was a job well done. Our message was launched with clarity, humor and vigor. After the speeches, the I saw a clip of Obama at Kent State (talk about friendly crowds), and he sounded even more pointless than ever. He has been completely nuetralized. I don’t know how he’s gonna take to the trail and play the Dem class-warfare crap after the GOP has completely disarmed this stiff.
Now, off to the campaign trail to bring this home!
NeoConJedion 04 Sep 2008 at 5:33 am 396amzarak — I wasn’t expecting anything from that clip, then I almost spit coffee on my screen.
Awesome!
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:54 am 397Looking at the picture on Drudge, I noticed McCain’s tie is the same color as HRC’s pants suit she wore in Denver. Is this a dog whistle to the Hillary voters? Did Rove figure out to mass hypnotive women?
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 5:57 am 398Geez I go to sleep last night after watching a little round table with Krauthammer and waited till Kondracke….jerkwad had to admit he was wrong. Heh.
So lets see Carolyn, I don’t read Andrew Sullivan. And yes I agree with Christopher Hitchens about him about not just wanting to F Zeus but have his babies.
Andrew Sullivan has been irrelevant for years.
We have two guys here under strange and rather ludicrous names one seems to be a leftist and the other seems to be a mouthy righty but I don’t know. Don’t care……..neither seemed too entertaining.
Sara kicked major arse. MAJOR ARSE! Just seeing Dingy Harry’s comments about Ms THANG being shrill was hilarious. Damn that heel to the crotch hurts eh Harry?
And as far as Hillary is concerned I believe she is getting her I TOLD YOU SO speech ready. I gotta gut feeling Hillary is doing something under the radar for McCain. Just my gut instinct. I really believe that the nasty crap Obama did to her and husband will never be forgiven or forgotten. Bill was being very cautionary to those assholes when he said you cannot discount the blue collar working people who voted for us. They have by picking this arrogant assclown. THey just assume those people will vote for Obama. One thing I learned in DC nothing is ever assumed. Ever.
To discount the middle class like Obama has is ridiculous. The one thing the Clinton’s could do was reach out like that. Obama can’t. Whoa unto him now.
Oh and the t-shirt slogan for teh day
Zero v HERO
Print em up I want one….also an I am Sara Palin t-shirt would be cool to!
Kiton 04 Sep 2008 at 6:03 am 399Top Clinton Aides agree with Sexism charge:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13129.html
Johnny Ed's Babyon 04 Sep 2008 at 6:10 am 400Stephanie
The critics in the media and the people from Obama’s campaign that didn’t like the speech all say the problem was she was too sarcastic and she could come off too cool.
It’s like these last five days of tabloid trash never existed and why is this lady so mad? They just don’t understand that people in rural Mo or OH were sitting there shaking their heads saying damn straight girl.
It is inconceivable that anyone in Obama’s campaign is not taking her very seriously. But they are not the brightest bulbs in the box and the Obama people think they are geniuses for beating HRC.
trzupron 04 Sep 2008 at 6:48 am 401I wake up. Check in. And I see that you all have gotten this thread to 400. Magnificent bastards you are. Magnificent.
On the way to work, I am going to treat myself to a cigar in honor of (in no particular order): the lovely Sarah Palin, Stephanie (who, it is clear, would light one up with me - just like my sis!), JEB (who works his ass off here), Blackiswhite (who’s “fart” flame is a flame for the ages), and all the rest of you magnificent bastards whom I would continue to comment on if it were not for the unfortunate fact that my kids and wife have developed this whole eating habit making this whole job thingy a neccessity .
Cheers,
Rich
Stosh from da Stickson 04 Sep 2008 at 7:32 am 402Amzarak,
Thanks for the clip of Terry Moron in post 391.
But I always thought Andrew Sullivan was from Ireland, not Kansas.
CatHouse Chaton 04 Sep 2008 at 7:39 am 403Saracuda ROCKS THE HOUSE! (Updating with new links all day)…
I was afraid to get my hopes up last night - I mean, I adore Sarah Palin, I think she’s a breath of sorely-needed fresh air, and I think she’s a brilliant choice to the Republican nominee for Vice-President, but I’ve had high hopes dashed before….
Stephanieon 04 Sep 2008 at 7:40 am 404A word of Caution…Glenn you have no idea what your talking about. I for one am sick n tired of teh pessimist bs. TOTALLY! If you want to feel sorry for yourself and wring your hands your no use in an election. You think you know the voters and you don’t. Why on earth would we listen to someone whose echo chamber is Los Angelas. Does history not teach people anything?
What was Kerry’s convention bounce? Clintons’? Gores?
For Petes sake GLENN have some faith that people watched her speech. This is what we needed. Now either become part of the process and help or be quiet and vote. Thats all. We need 3am people here. We need people who will push through to the people who aren’t interested. Thats what an Campaign operative does.