Factually wrong on every point they raise, and yet still insisting their conclusion stands.
I am off to Happy Hour and dinner. Consider this your open thread, and you damned kids behave.
*** Update ***
This is dumber:
By the power vested in Broward County, Florida, Chad Johnson’s name is now legally “Chad Javon Ocho Cinco,” in what he calls a reinvention of the Ocho gig.
“Ocho Cinco 2.0,” is what Johnson is calling it, but what the NFL is calling it remains to be seen. Could Johnson be looking for “Ocho Cinco,” to go across the back of his No. 85 jersey?
“Hint, hint,” he said of the marketing potential. “It’s something I don’t think anyone has ever done before. Have I ever had a reason for why I do what I do? I’m having fun.”
Johnson “changed,” his name to Ocho Cinco for warmups before the game against the Falcons in 2006 and before Carson Palmer ripped off the nameplate to reveal C. Johnson. That was a violation of NFL uniform rules and he was reportedly fined $5,000.
Now he’s done it legally in a move first reported by ProFootballTalk.com. And according to the document from the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, the name change won’t “invade the property rights of others, whether partnership, patent, good will, privacy, trademark, or otherwise.”
Ugh
Is it irresponsible for me to speculate that McCain picked Palin because he thinks it would be great to have a Vice President whose job description includes actually fellating the President? It would be irresponsible not to!
over_educated
This is the best line:
“So while my facts may be off, my conclusions still stand, obviously. If anything, my conclusions are stronger now.”
How do these idiots have ANYONE supporting them?!?!?!?
null pointer exception
Idiot Darragh Murphy woman is on David Gregory saying that women will jump on the Palin bandwagon. Gregory did not ask her how the women who wanted to support ‘most qualified candidate’ feel about throwing their support behind the most unqualified one.
nightjar
Buchanan is bloviating now on how Palin is firing up the base today. All 28% of them. Theme song for the GOP convention.
“Nearer My God, to Thee”.
John Cole
Line up them deck chairs, boys.
cleek
I play foobawl on da foobawl feel
rawshark
Just wanted to say that it is now friday 8/29/08. I’ve been hearing all week how Gustav might make landfall in NO by monday. As of this afternoon it’s a hurricane. Just putting it out there seeing as how last time apparently the hurricane and it’s effects were a complete surprise.
HumboldtBlue
“Ocho Cinco 2.0,”
I just wish, at one point, someone has explained to him that he really has the number wrong.
Ocho cinco means 8 5, not 85, then again, this is the same guy who thinks he can beat Phelps in the pool.
demimondian
The Republican theme song is always “Never my gold to thee”. It’s their vow of adherence to tax -evasion- -avoidance- reduction.
Ted
I love Roy Edroso’s profile of Ace, including: “Tone: Retarded”
JL
When I watched her today, I felt like I was watching The Twilight Zone. bth, David Brooks is talking about her like she is a progressive on gay issues. This is snark but I guess gays don’t have to worry about choice.
Gus
OT: watching some seriously fawning coverage on CBS Evening News. Those who think Palin is going to be seen as a lightweight hasn’t followed politics the last 40 years.
Ted
Oh she is. About as progressive on gay issues as George Wallace was on black issues. Then again, on same-sex marriage, Obama took the “Separate, but equal” tack for political expediency. I thought of all people to abhor that concept…
Ed Drone
This is another example of the Republican tendency to go for the short-term “wow” without thinking of the long-term effects. By choosing Palin, McCain got the media’s attention off of Obama, for a day or so. Down the road, though, he will have to live with this — a very weak candidate whose positions McCain will have to live with (and explain — she appeals to the ‘base,’ but the undecided are not the base, and he’ll have her as an anchor around his neck).
The Republicans do this all the time. Same old, same old, it seems to me.
Ed
Ted
I seriously can’t wait for the veep debates now. But Biden had better behave himself.
Dennis - SGMM
Maybe this will bring back “Northern Exposure.”
D. Mason
Give me a god-damned break. Comparing the difference between same sex unions and marriage to the difference between black and white schools under segregation makes your whole viewpoint look pretty ignorant.
PK
Here is the perfect nightmare scenario. McCain wins the presidency (never underestimate the stupidity of the voters). He drops dead and Palin is our president.
The terrorists are actually wasting their energy. They don’t have to do anything. The republicans will destroy the country free of charge all by themselves!
MMM
1. Who are you going to Happy Hour with you bastard?
2. You have to be kidding me that you think this VP candidate is attractive – you work on a college campus. I’ll take BackDoor Becky anynight of the week….
John S.
McCain truly fucked himself.
I just spoke with my mother-in-law, who is a lifelong Democrat and was a Hillary supporter unwilling to vote for Obama.
Until today.
“What the hell was he thinking? Does he want to lose? If so, I guess I’ll help him.”
Most Americans are going to realize that having a 44 year-old woman with very little political experience and NO foreign policy experience, who has five children – one of whom is an infant with Down Syndrome – is NOT the person you want filling in as president
ifwhen something happens to McThuselah.Game over, man.
jibeaux
Subhead on Yahoo:
Sexist AND moronic. I mean, I thought the basketball and PTA stuff was dumb until I saw that.
Dennis - SGMM
Clearly, a militant pro-life gun toter who believes that creationism should be taught in our schools and whose resume is thinner than McCain’s hair will bring those swing voters in droves.
JL
Biden has high regard for females but he had better practice with a cheerleader. I’m not sure that he is ready for that.
Ted
Please god, no. About the only character I could stand was the doctor’s secretary. And she had the least lines.
nightjar
Hey, I’ll have you know she was Miss Alaska runnerup. What more could we ask for in a president. :-}
jibeaux
Okay, I’ve read the link (WSJ). The subheads in the link are: Workout, while I’m working out, workout gear, workout pitfall, postworkout food, and diet pitfall.
Is it possible that McCain is in even worse health than I’ve been led to believe? McCain/Palin ’08: One of Them Will Definitely Survive?
Dennis - SGMM
Yes, but it was a fantasy about Alaska, just like the one that the Republicans and the msm will spin about Palin.
AkaDad
It really does take a maverick to keep picking young women to further your career.
John S.
I feel the need to clarify something given the environment and seeing the words sit there on the screen:
Same problem.
Notorious P.A.T.
Ace is painfully close to being forced to wear a helmet and mittens pinned to his sleeves. I wonder if his keyboard has a drool guard on it.
Ted
Sadly,No! has so brutally mocked him over the years that they don’t even bother anymore.
Notorious P.A.T.
Lol )
I skimmed through the vpilf site. Here’s the best comment so far:
“Does McCain know that if Palin gets hurt or is in a car accident or something, he can’t trade her in for a hotter, younger VP?”
Zifnab
Anyone ever remember those old “W is for Women” George Bush bumper stickers? That’s what Palin reminds me of about now.
Tzal
Dennis: She made me think of Northern Exposure as well. From what I’ve heard so far, she reinforces every quirky Alaskan stereotype developed by that show. For the record, I find Mooseburgers and 2000 mile snowmobile races deeply unserious.
As far as the pick goes, apparently McCain thinks that the only reason Hillary supporters were behind her was because she had a vagina. Some might find this suggestion offensive.
The Dude Abides
LOL! McCain totally checked out Gov. Palin’s ass the whole time she was speaking today in Dayton. Every time she turned her head to look back at him, he would look up and smile, then when she would face forward again to address the crowd, he would go right back to staring at her ass. Comedy gold!!! They HAVE to run this on The Daily Show tonight.
http://blog.indecision2008.com/2008/08/29/sarah-palin-total-vpilf/#comments
Just Some Fuckhead
You know Condoleeza Rice has to be pissed. She’s spent eight years proving she’s not up to the job and then they just go and give it to someone they think might not be ready.
zuzu's petals
Foisting such a dangerously underqualified successor on the American people for the sake of political expediency…how cynical can you be.
So much for putting his country first.
The Dude Abides
Oops…forgot the YouTube link of that dawg McCain staring at something he shouldn’t.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8F23DC73G4
Tzal
How is she more qualified than Kay Hutchinson or Liddy Dole? Both would be horrible picks, but I don’t think they would be immediately lampoonable. Also, there are a dozen or so women congress(wo)men he could have picked.
Tzal
It looked to me like he was staring at her tits. Either way, it’s win.
Just Some Fuckhead
The fucks at RedState are touting her credentials as governor of “the largest state in America.” Haha. That really makes Alaska sound powerful! How long before she is the governor of the largest state in America, facing down The Mighty Bear Of Russia across a disputed border??
JL
Cindy McCain reminds me of Bianca in “Lars and the American Girl”. Bianca was sweeter, though.
PeterJ
Kay Hutchinson
Liddy Dole
Sarah Palin
Notorious P.A.T.
Some people here thought Stewart would hammer McCain for not knowing how many houses he owns. Did he?
Gold medal comment.
PeterJ
TDS was off the air when it happened, and this week the focus was on the Democratic convention.
They would have used the houses but timing was all wrong.
Incertus
Unveiling the new McCain campaign slogan:
McCain/Palin–Because we think you’re morons.
plus C
Isn’t McCain skirting a little close to that “Half your age plus seven” rule?
Louise
I’m pretty stunned that on my “MyWay” news page — which is driven by AP news, there are no headlines about Palin. 38 million viewers for Obama, Gustav gaining strength…no McCain news. Did someone sucker punch Ron Fournier?
Notorious P.A.T.
And she got elected to the PTA board.
dbrown
Just now noticing that, are we? Iraq and trillions of dollars of future debt was something we didn’t notice, yet? Spreading our forces across Asia, and breaking our army for years; running the middle class into the dirt – you think?
Laura W
I can’t believe I am about to put this into print, but you can attribute to the 1.5 hours sleep, TOTAL, I got last night. (I did not think it was the post-speech collective buzz, but I don’t know what else to blame it on. That I would admit in print.) And “a few” adult beverages tonight. And two Advil PMs so I will sleep tonight. I WILL SLEEP TONIGHT.
What was my point? Oh, yeah…I HEART JAMES CARVILLE*.
He’s the sole voice of reason I’ve heard on tee vee today. (Larry King as we speak.) Some despairing part of fears this development mostly because people are stoopid and the last few elections have proven that. (I don’t want that guy to call me a DRAMA MAMA** again when I say I’m moving to Canada if McCorpse wins, so I’ll shut up now. I’m sensitive that way.)
Because I’m an ultra-sensitive DRAMA MAMA, I will not be able to watch the Repubfest. I will be counting on all of you to debrief me. I’ll be over on BRAVO watching mostly gay designers dress up miniature dogs and drag queens.
*If you ever remind me that I said this in writing, I will remind you that I WORE JOHN MCCAIN’S POW BRACELET IN HIGH SCHOOL.
**I am childless by choice, and thus, not a mama. Cats, not kids!
gbear
Did you notice that when he was doing that his right hand was playing with his wedding ring? At least he was around the late two minute mark. I couldn’t watch the whole thing.
The Thinking Man's Mel Torme
Take it away, Steve Doocey!
Laura W
I’m pretty sure I heard Debbie W. Schultz make this very point very bluntly and elegantly many hours ago when I was in the kitchen making
a drinkdinner.Shabbazz
The snark runs so deep, you can cut it with a spoon!
http://digg.com/politics/Become_John_McCain_s_Friend_at_McCainSpace_com
Just Some Fuckhead
Oh my lord.
LMFAO.
Thanks for the link.
Shabbazz
Shit — sorry for not embedding the link. John, the first round is on me. Mea culpa!
Krista
You know, I thought of a few different ways in which I could respond to that, but everything I wrote really boiled down to telling myiq to begone, so I figured, “Why not be direct?”
Bugger off, myiq. You’ve long since grown tiresome.
Dennis - SGMM
Hey Krista, didn’t you know that myiq is a POW*?
*Prisoner of Witlessness
gil mann
I read that as “tamponable” and was right on the verge of unleashing my he-fem fury.
Swear to God, I will never forgive this administration for turning me into a caricature of a knee-jerk liberal.
Laura W
Breaking News:
Kelly Ann Fitzpuketrick says Palin has “connective tissue”.
If that does not qualify her, I do not know what does.
I am counting days till Rachel gets the 9pm EST slot as it will finally cure me of my self-mutilating habit of turning over to CNN “just to see what’s on King”.
Going to sleep now. Really.
Jake
Courtesy of Ezra Klein:
PARTY TIME!
KRK
The more I think about this the more angry I am.
I see lots of people around the blogosphere saying things like “yeah, Palin’s not qualified, but has xyz positivie qualities.” To which I say, to hell with that. Palin is in on this boondoggle as much as McCain and doesn’t deserve people making nice about this. It’s an absolute threshold requirement that a vice-presidential candidate be able to step in on January 20 if need be and act as president with at least some credibility and chance of success. This is non-negotiable.
To both McCain and Palin I say:
If it actually is your judgment that Sarah Palin is qualified and prepared to be president, you are unfit for the office. If you don’t believe that Sarah Palin is qualified and prepared to be president, but you’re willing to take the chance on all of our behalf that it won’t come up, you are unfit for the office.
Either way, HOW DARE YOU?
zuzu's petals
Wrong!
If you count the water around the islands, Hawaii has GOTTA be the largest state. Although we know it’s not in America.
/snark
Notorious P.A.T.
Posted without comment:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/images/students-for-mccain.jpg
jake
Hur, hur – what?
Please God tell me this asshole’s wife is back from her overseas trip.
Yes, on the one hand I want to see him fail, horribly. On the other hand, I hate watching fuck ups.
Shinobi
Silly Humorless liberals, Ace was being ironical
DUH!
So is this Poe’s law? Or some other law where people use Irony to pretend they have something other than jizz between their ears?
zuzu's petals
Comment from the Comedy Central page:
Louise
Preach it, KRK. This person has stated that she’s not really sure what the VP does, that she hasn’t been keeping up with what’s going on in Iraq, etc…and then she accepts an offer to run for Vice President? From a candidate for President she’s only talked with three times?
I’m not sure what conclusion anyone can draw other than that’s she completely delusional.
Louise
Preach it, KRK. This person has stated that she’s not really sure what the VP does, that she hasn’t been keeping up with what’s going on in Iraq, etc…and then she accepts an offer to run for Vice President? From a candidate for President she’s only talked with three times?
I’m not sure what conclusion anyone can draw other than that she’s completely delusional.
nightjar
Of course any suggestion by democrats at least male ones) that she isn’t qualified will summarily be christened sexist. That’s a big part of the old fools motivation imo. It’s desperate and dangerous playing this game.
Jake
I think the fact that she has almost no idea what’s going on is the only plausible reason why she could have possibly accepted the job. She honestly doesn’t know any better.
Seanly
What KRK sez!
This is downright insulting & pandering at its worst.
zuzu's petals
Hmmm, looks like the Wasilla area WAS deemed the “meth capital of Alaska.”
WHILE she was mayor.
Juneau Empire
NR
BTD is already beating the sexism drum over at Talk Left.
Jake
That guy is piles of stupid distilled.
phobos
I, for one, welcome our new Hockey Mom overlord.
Seriously, I thought she was still under investigation–which is why I dismissed her chances earlier. I guess the Wiki lagged a bit, given her general obscurity.
Dennis - SGMM
Is our Republicans learning?
TR
You know who’s hysterical? Karl Rove.
NR
Actually, there’s circumstantial evidence that Sarah scrubbed her own Wiki entry.
jake
Wow. All this time so called “feminists” have been telling me that not allowing women to control their own bodies is a serious, even life-threatening, form of sexism.
These deluded creatures also had problems with the Fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible, in part because it holds the wife must be subordinate to her husband.
Turns out I should have been listening to Feminists for Life like Palin.
Whew! I’m glad Tent Peg Democrat cleared that up.
zuzu's petals
Correction, she might have left office in Wasilla by the time the area was officially dubbed the “meth capital of Alaska” – or maybe that’s just how it was unofficially known while she was mayor.
It does look like she was perfectly happy to take that “bridge to nowhere” money and use it for other stuff, though:
MSNBC
Dennis - SGMM
Adviser: “Um, Senator, if you choose Governor Palin then our ad campaigns attacking Obama as an inexperienced celebrity are wasted.”
McCain: “So what? You could bounce a quarter off that ass! I’m gonna get me some executive privilege.”
TenguPhule
Where is that shipment of Anvils to toss on board their deck?
Calouste
If you are a prominent member of a political party that has practiced identity politics for four decades with considerable success, that thought comes naturally.
gbear
Well I’ve been riding my scooter around Minneapolis and St. Paul today and the barriers and 8′ tall chain link fence are going up all over the place, which is weird in Mpls because the convention isn’t even over there but they’re fencing off some city parks so protesters can’t use them. The Xcel Center is at an intersection where all the routes into downtown converge and now they’re all closed for at least two blocks in every direction around the Center. The county jail is across the street from my office and it looks like they’re building cattle chutes to contain all the protesters while waiting to be processed, and armed men are standing guard on the roof. This doesn’t look like democracy.
mark
Palin’s addition compensates for McCain’s lack of internet experience.
Dave_Violence
I just located this clip…
NAUGHTY LIBRARIAN
Yowzaa! This is going to be a very interesting election season.
Blue Buddha
I was going to say the same. “Ocho Cinco” is “Eight Five” in English. If he wanted to say “Eighty-Five” in Spanish, the proper phrase is “Ochenta Cinco”.