In general Sanchez I agree with your overall point, if that wasn't clear. I just get annoying by the convention coverage is all. Watch it on C-SPAN or PBS if you want to actually see it at all. The pundits literally add nothing of worth to the conversation.
How many Obama commercials are you seeing criticizing McCain? How many Democrats are criticizing McCain on the political talkshows? How much effort is being put into contrasting McCain and Obama's positions (instead of saying that Obama is "just like everyone else!")?
There are lots of people who don't see any difference between Obama and McCain, or who will vote McCain instead of Obama because Obama is being painted as "too extreme" or a "tax and spend liberal" or because "McCain is a war hero." These idiots aren't going to pull their own heads out of their collective asses and pay attention; Obama's campaign is going to have to throw the policy differences between Obama and McCain right in their faces, and so far he hasn't done it. Yesterday, Biden and Clinton did it for the first time in a public arena.
In Brazil they say that Pele was the best, but Garrincha was better
On the point we agree entirely. Come the end of the convention I hope to see more poignant ads, as well as a media blitz to counter the well-oiled Republican surrogate attack machine. However it is difficult when the pundits and anchors allow the Republican guests to frame the debate...
I just started watching the convention on CNN. I've never watched one of these before, so it's kind of exciting.
I think the set is a little tacky. It's vaguely Greek, but unless Obama wears a toga it's going to be pretty lame.
All in all, it's like a session at one of those modern consumer churches.
"Oh no, oh yeah, tell me how can it be so fair
That we dying younger hiding from the police man over there
Just for breathing in the air they wanna leave me in the chair
Electric shocking body rocking beat streeting me to death"
- A.B. Original, Report to the Mist
"I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately."
- George Carlin
Gandalf wrote:
All in all, it's like a session at one of those modern consumer churches.
what i don't get are people breaking down to tears. Maybe i'm jaded, but thats idiotic. Apart from some old school black Americans who lived through Jim Crow laws long enough to realize the possibility of a black President.
Also, Anyone else notice Biden call the Russians to the mat last night?
"This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we’ll be lucky to live through it.” -Tom Clancy
When ballots have fairly and constitutionally decided, there can be no successful appeal back to bullets.
—Abraham Lincoln
People pray so that God won't crush them like bugs.
—Dr. Gregory House
Oil an emergency?! It's about time, Brigadier, that the leaders of this planet of yours realised that to remain dependent upon a mineral slime simply doesn't make sense.
—The Doctor "Terror Of The Zygons" (1975)
"The failure to respond (to the economic downturn) is the direct result of the broken politics of Washington, and the failed policies of George W. Bush".
First blow.
"A government that sits on its hands, while a major American city drowns."
Second blow!
When ballots have fairly and constitutionally decided, there can be no successful appeal back to bullets.
—Abraham Lincoln
People pray so that God won't crush them like bugs.
—Dr. Gregory House
Oil an emergency?! It's about time, Brigadier, that the leaders of this planet of yours realised that to remain dependent upon a mineral slime simply doesn't make sense.
—The Doctor "Terror Of The Zygons" (1975)
"On November 4th, we must stand up and say "Eight is enough"."
He's rolling.
When ballots have fairly and constitutionally decided, there can be no successful appeal back to bullets.
—Abraham Lincoln
People pray so that God won't crush them like bugs.
—Dr. Gregory House
Oil an emergency?! It's about time, Brigadier, that the leaders of this planet of yours realised that to remain dependent upon a mineral slime simply doesn't make sense.
—The Doctor "Terror Of The Zygons" (1975)
"How can John McCain be an agent of change when he's said George Bush is right 90% of the time? I don't know about you, but I can't afford to take a 10% chance."
When ballots have fairly and constitutionally decided, there can be no successful appeal back to bullets.
—Abraham Lincoln
People pray so that God won't crush them like bugs.
—Dr. Gregory House
Oil an emergency?! It's about time, Brigadier, that the leaders of this planet of yours realised that to remain dependent upon a mineral slime simply doesn't make sense.
—The Doctor "Terror Of The Zygons" (1975)
Patrick Degan wrote:"How can John McCain be an agent of change when he's said George Bush is right 90% of the time? I don't know about you, but I can't afford to take a 10% chance."
A great line.
It's Jodan, not Jordan. If you can't quote it right, I will mock you.
He's really slugging away. Just mentioned McCain's plan to privatise Social Security.
"It's not that John McCain doesn't care, it's that he doesn't get it."
On McCain's Trickle-Down Mk. II:
"In Washington, they call this the "ownership society", but what that really means is "you're on your own".
"It's time for them to own their failure."
When ballots have fairly and constitutionally decided, there can be no successful appeal back to bullets.
—Abraham Lincoln
People pray so that God won't crush them like bugs.
—Dr. Gregory House
Oil an emergency?! It's about time, Brigadier, that the leaders of this planet of yours realised that to remain dependent upon a mineral slime simply doesn't make sense.
—The Doctor "Terror Of The Zygons" (1975)
"As president, I will set our goal of independence in ten years from oil from the Middle East."
When ballots have fairly and constitutionally decided, there can be no successful appeal back to bullets.
—Abraham Lincoln
People pray so that God won't crush them like bugs.
—Dr. Gregory House
Oil an emergency?! It's about time, Brigadier, that the leaders of this planet of yours realised that to remain dependent upon a mineral slime simply doesn't make sense.
—The Doctor "Terror Of The Zygons" (1975)
And he just mentioned nuclear power as part of his energy plan.
When ballots have fairly and constitutionally decided, there can be no successful appeal back to bullets.
—Abraham Lincoln
People pray so that God won't crush them like bugs.
—Dr. Gregory House
Oil an emergency?! It's about time, Brigadier, that the leaders of this planet of yours realised that to remain dependent upon a mineral slime simply doesn't make sense.
—The Doctor "Terror Of The Zygons" (1975)
"I'll invest 150 billion dollars in the next decade towards renewable energy."
Holy shit.
Brains! "I would ask if the irony of starting a war to spread democracy while ignoring public opinion polls at home would occur to George W. Bush, but then I check myself and realize that
I'm talking about a trained monkey."-Darth Wong "All I ever got was "evil liberal commie-nazi". Yes, he called me a communist nazi."-DPDarkPrimus
"John McCain likes to say he'll follow BinLaden to the Gates of Hell, but he won't even follow him to the cave where he lives."
BAM.
When ballots have fairly and constitutionally decided, there can be no successful appeal back to bullets.
—Abraham Lincoln
People pray so that God won't crush them like bugs.
—Dr. Gregory House
Oil an emergency?! It's about time, Brigadier, that the leaders of this planet of yours realised that to remain dependent upon a mineral slime simply doesn't make sense.
—The Doctor "Terror Of The Zygons" (1975)
"You don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in 80 countries by occupying Iraq."
BAM.
When ballots have fairly and constitutionally decided, there can be no successful appeal back to bullets.
—Abraham Lincoln
People pray so that God won't crush them like bugs.
—Dr. Gregory House
Oil an emergency?! It's about time, Brigadier, that the leaders of this planet of yours realised that to remain dependent upon a mineral slime simply doesn't make sense.
—The Doctor "Terror Of The Zygons" (1975)
Ouch. And they say that Obama never goes on the attack...
"Impossible! Lasers can't even harm out deflector dish! Clearly these foes are masters of illusion!' 'But sir, my console says we-' 'MASTERS OF ILLUSION! - General Schatten
The crowd at Invesco is going wild. He's just tied into King's "I Have A Dream" speech, spoken 45 years ago today. Obama's just firing on all cyllinders tonight.
When ballots have fairly and constitutionally decided, there can be no successful appeal back to bullets.
—Abraham Lincoln
People pray so that God won't crush them like bugs.
—Dr. Gregory House
Oil an emergency?! It's about time, Brigadier, that the leaders of this planet of yours realised that to remain dependent upon a mineral slime simply doesn't make sense.
—The Doctor "Terror Of The Zygons" (1975)
"America we can not turn back! Not when there is so much work to be done!"
Brains! "I would ask if the irony of starting a war to spread democracy while ignoring public opinion polls at home would occur to George W. Bush, but then I check myself and realize that
I'm talking about a trained monkey."-Darth Wong "All I ever got was "evil liberal commie-nazi". Yes, he called me a communist nazi."-DPDarkPrimus
Thirty five minute speech and Obama laid out a clear vision of his programme, the stark differences between himself and McCain, attacked at points of weakness, and in addition reached for a lofty vision of everything the country was in its greatest moments and what it still can be.
That's the best political speech I've heard in a long time.
I'm listening on radio. Wish I could see the lights and the fireworks.
Seventy five thousand people are on their feet and cheering their lungs out as if they've just watched the Broncos win the Super Bowl.
Let's see the Gimp top this.
When ballots have fairly and constitutionally decided, there can be no successful appeal back to bullets.
—Abraham Lincoln
People pray so that God won't crush them like bugs.
—Dr. Gregory House
Oil an emergency?! It's about time, Brigadier, that the leaders of this planet of yours realised that to remain dependent upon a mineral slime simply doesn't make sense.
—The Doctor "Terror Of The Zygons" (1975)
That was amazing. My God, but I wish I could have been there, in that stadium. There are, of course, a few points I disagree with, but it was nonetheless an electrifying speech.
By the way, what is the orchestral song that is playing right now?
“It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life.” -Jean-Luc Picard
"Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them." -Margaret Atwood
Most of the night, MSNBC has been reporting the difficulty that McCain is having getting 10,000 people in Daton Ohio, resorting to giving away free tickets. It's a stark contrast, but then I guess that's just because he's a celebrity.
It's Jodan, not Jordan. If you can't quote it right, I will mock you.
Any city gets what it admires, will pay for, and, ultimately, deserves…We want and deserve tin-can architecture in a tinhorn culture. And we will probably be judged not by the monuments we build but by those we have destroyed.--Ada Louise Huxtable, "Farewell to Penn Station", New York Times editorial, 30 October 1963 X-Ray Blues
