Green Screen Mystery Solved (6)
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A lot of RNCC viewers were perplexed last night when McCain appeared from the light of the Obama logo, strolled to the podium, and began his lackluster speech before an enormous green screen. We'd seen that lime green screen before and thought McGrinch had learned his lesson -- it was not a good look for McCain and was widely panned by pundits and the public alike. So, why would he choose that hideous background for ...
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ModernBizzle said:
Ok this is hilarious. Wrong image shown behind McCain during his RNC speech.
Response (5)
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So apparently Republicans hate community organizers. A reader sends me a pithy response: Jesus was a community organizer and Pontius Pilate was a governor.
A Veep After Rove's Heart? McCain Reformer Brand FAIL (1)
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Over the last eight years, our government has suffered a toxic management strategy at the hands of George Bush and Karl Rove: politics first. Loyalty before competency. U.S. Attorneys like David Iglesias were fired, despite competence, for a simple lack of political fealty. Now hints are leaking out that Sarah Palin started abusing her authority early (via the Washington Independent): If a small-town mayor ever ruled with an iron fist -- it was Palin. Eleven ...
Palin: "If Pledge Of Allegiance Was Good Enough For Founding Fathers, It's Good Enough For Me" (18)
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Oh. My. God. Giant hat tip to JLFinch's recommended diary: here's McCain's selection for the Vice Presidency of the United States, Sarah Palin, answering a 2006 policy questionnaire: Q: Are you offended by the phrase "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance? Why or why not? PALIN: Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers, its good enough for me and I’ll fight in defense of our Pledge of Allegiance ...
Stupid stupid stupid (2)
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How can anyone be so stupid as to even remotely think this was true? According to the Latest Census Figures UPDATED [Ramesh Ponnuru] Wassila turns out to have more people than Delaware—and it has been growing fast. (I can't get the links to work right now but it's easy to look up.) Given that the estimated population of Delaware is 864,764, that would make Wassila the 12th largest city in the United States, below Detroit ...
Sarah Palin is your new Segway (2)
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Sarah Palin is your new Segway. Sarah Palin is your New New Coke. Sarah Palin is your new FoxTrax. Sarah Palin is your new Edsel. Sarah Palin is your new Dennis Miller on Monday Night Football. Sarah Palin is your new Nü Metal. Sarah Palin is your new Betamax. Sarah Palin is your new Dunder Mifflin Infinity. Sarah Palin is your new Windows Vista. Sarah Palin is your new OK Cola. Sarah Palin is your ...
Marc Ambinder's No BS Assessment On The Obama-Biden Ticket (7)
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This is a formidable ticket, and a risky ticket, and not a comfort zone choice for Obama. Put aside the obvious: Biden has foreign policy meat on his bones...He's a great debater... he has a working-class Scranton-bred Irish-Catholic heritage...he knows Washington very well...he has known tragedy in his life... He was elected to the Senate as a change agent at the age of 29. He is comfortable but not wealthy -- he has not used ...
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Powera said:
I disagree completely. Biden is either the blandest of bland picks, the pick that Washington insiders and Sunday talk show hosts will love but nobody else will think much of in either direction; or he will be the Dick Cheney-esque experienced attack dog. You can argue that both of these are pluses; I view them as minuses.
Obama campaign launches new TV ad, holds events nationwide on McCain's losing track of how many homes he owns (2)
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CHICAGO - Today, the Obama campaign released a new 30-second TV ad, Seven, discussing just how out of touch John McCain is with the struggles of everyday people. The ad highlight's John McCain's desire to just offer more of the same economic policies we've gotten from President Bush, as just yesterday he declared that "the fundamentals of our economy are strong" and lost track of how many houses he owns. Watch "Seven," which will air ...
Worse Than A Scanner Moment? (4)
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Or maybe...This'll be tough for McCain because our current economic situation is so directly tied to the housing crisis. Maybe McCain isn't thought of as "rich," but it doesn't take a whole lot of persuasion to convince people that he doesn't have a feel for what's going on with the economy. I'd say that 99% of Americans know exactly what their mortgage rate is each month, not to mention how many homes they own. (McCain ...
Obama Ad Blasts McCain's "Seven Houses" (3)
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Don't know where this is airing yet... but talk about a lightning fast turnaround for the Obama ad team. The tag line: "Here's one house that America can't afford to let John McCain move in to."
Peek: the handheld that does e-mail, and only e-mail (12)
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Filed under: Cellphones Ready for some excitement in the form of watching a startup squirm as it waits for its product to gain traction? Take a glance at Peek, which is churning out a dedicated handheld that handles e-mail, a few chain forwards, and more e-mails when you're done with that. At first glance, one may consider such a one-trick-pony quite ridiculous, but it's hard to say what will end up catching on these days. ...
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pkj said:
i like the concept.
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Eban_C said:
Let's see, What? Let me guess, next will be new style beepers.
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sanyam said:
1 device is always better than 2 in ur pocket (unless they are specialized at 2 diff. things). Why would someone want this, if their phone can do email :)
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Roy said:
Don't get it...why would someone buy such a device?
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Lee said:
A little late for this product.
Annotating McCain's Convention Schedule (1)
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John McCain's convention team unveiled an outline of his nomination week today. It's a first draft; more speakers will be added later.The first speaker is not even a Republican. No Republican congressional leaders are speaking. Few current office-holders. Fewer Republican candidates. Many formers. The list is heavy with McCain endorsees and friends. Few ideologues. No Gov. Mark Sanford. No Sen. John Thune. Monday night -- "Service"Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn. -- Unless he's VP, he's the ...
OK, Now This Is What I Call Slamming McCain (1)
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Phillip Butler, one of the men John McCain served with and was a POW with in Vietnam (although McCain got there 2 years later than Butler and so endured 2 fewer years of torture), has written a scathing editorial titled "Why I Will Not Vote For John McCain." I agree with Matt Stoller: Put this POW in an ad Butler begins: As some of you might know, John McCain is a long-time acquaintance of mine ...
Obama To Appear with VP in Springfield (2)
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It's now official: Barack Obama's first appearance with his will appear with his vice presidential choice will be in Springfield, Illinois, at noon CST on Saturday, according to an Obama aide. I'm fairly certain it'll be his first appearance with the pick, but not 100% sure. That means that the official announcement will probably come the night before in the form of a text message to supporters. Maybe it'll come that morning. As always, all ...
Ohio Plan Advances In RNC Rules Deliberation (1)
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It's an article of faith among Republicans that regardless of whether John McCain wins the election but especially if he does not is that a civil war will begin within the party. The first shots have been fired in the international deliberations of the RNC's rules committee, which is debating the party's calendar for 2012. Several plans are circulating, and conservatives, more so than moderates, are acting strategically. They're massing support for the so-called "Ohio ...
Republican Incumbent Joe Wilson Tours The Status Quo (1)
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Marine Officer Rob Miller is running to unseat Bush Republican Joe Wilson in South Carolina's 2nd CD. In this R+8.9 district, Wilson's approval has been pegged well below 50%. So when Wilson commenced a district bus tour, Miller pounced, releasing a press release tying Wilson to Bush - tagging Wilson's trip as a "tour for the status quo." Apparently, Wilson's team wasn't paying much attention, because they went ahead and pasted Miller's release all over ...
Joe Lieberman is a "Prick" according to AP (15)
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Nedra Pickler, reporting for the AP on McCain’s vice presidential selection (emphasis added): His top contenders are said to include Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Less traditional choices mentioned include former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, an abortion-rights supporter, and Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential prick in 2000 who now is an independent. ★
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bbebop said:
freudian faux pas?
VP Announcement Timing (3)
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It's acknowledged that these next two-and-a-half weeks are the most exciting time for political junkies (and indeed FiveThirtyEight hopes to see many of you at each convention), but what about the precise timing of VP announcements? There are some interesting game theory ideas as well as some constraints around Obama's unusual text message approach to his announcement.Let's throw out a few assumptions.Assumption: the longer the wait, the higher the buildup. Delay picking will lead to ...
The Crock Of Silence (1)
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Look, it's no shock that John McCain had been given a heads up about the questions he'd be asked by Rick Warren during Saturday night's forum at Saddleback church. The way McCain sort of stared into space pretending to really be thinking about his answers... please, he's not that good an actor. And sure enough yesterday on CNN Rick Warren admitted there was no cone of silence at all. From Nate Silver: Warren was just ...
Vice Presidential Timing Thoughts (2)
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So here's what we know right now about Barack Obama's schedule. He's in Florida, then (Martinsville, not Richmond) Virginia on Wednesday (sted Thursday) and then tentatively he is scheduled to return home to Chicago. Weird for a middle of a week... The campaign is silent on what will happen after that.If McCain wants to nominate a pro-choicer, he'd probably do so soon -- as in, this week, or next week. That way, delegates wouldn't arrive ...
