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You are here: Home / Past Elections / Election 2008 / You Know the Drill

You Know the Drill

by John Cole|  September 4, 20083:03 pm| 29 Comments

This post is in: Election 2008, Did You Know John McCain Was A POW?

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Consider this an open thread. Currently I am planning on taking a cocktail of vodka, dramamine, and no-doz to make it through McCain’s speech.

I think we may have the server issues fixed by the end of the day, btw.

*** Update ***

LOL. Posted a video instead of the ActBlue thing. ActBlue link should be up now.

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  1. 1.

    Noah

    September 4, 2008 at 3:03 pm

    Proof that Sarah Palin doesn’t always put her country first.

  2. 2.

    SpotWeld

    September 4, 2008 at 3:16 pm

    You may wish to move any objects that could possibly be thrown through a television screen to a less accessable location.

  3. 3.

    DBWhite

    September 4, 2008 at 3:19 pm

    You should put the donation bar thingamajig back up. These past couple weeks motivated me to give my first twenty. And I’m stingy and poor.

  4. 4.

    4tehlulz

    September 4, 2008 at 3:22 pm

    THAT’S NOT CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN

    Georgia Republican Rep. Lynn Westmoreland used the racially-tinged term “uppity” to describe Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama Thursday.

    Westmoreland was discussing vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s speech with reporters outside the House chamber and was asked to compare her with Michelle Obama.

    “Just from what little I’ve seen of her and Mr. Obama, Sen. Obama, they’re a member of an elitist-class individual that thinks that they’re uppity,” Westmoreland said.

    Asked to clarify that he used the word “uppity,” Westmoreland said, “Uppity, yeah.”

  5. 5.

    greynoldsct00

    September 4, 2008 at 3:23 pm

    I read they are re-doing the stage so that it has a Town Hall feel… how cozy . Should we count the cheesy smiles that follow each head swivel?

  6. 6.

    zzyzx

    September 4, 2008 at 3:26 pm

    Apparently Obama has been raking in the bucks from the Palin speech. Over $8,000,000 overnight.

  7. 7.

    greynoldsct00

    September 4, 2008 at 3:27 pm

    Oh, and Woo-hoo on the server! :)

  8. 8.

    ImJohnGalt

    September 4, 2008 at 3:28 pm

    I’m assuming that Larry Kudlow is currently on the television talking about how the market today is a reaction to the Republican VP Nominee?

    Amirite?

    Huh.

  9. 9.

    Brick Oven Bill

    September 4, 2008 at 3:40 pm

    There is more truth on the right than there is on the left. You can tell this by the controls on thought that can be imposed by the wide range of people operating blogs. The right embraces controversy. The left silences it.

  10. 10.

    Warren Terra

    September 4, 2008 at 4:09 pm

    BOB, what controls on thought are you talking about? Is there any defense? Will a tinfoil hat help?

    P.S. Also, what controversy are you talking about?

  11. 11.

    Screamin' Demon

    September 4, 2008 at 4:11 pm

    Still smarting over being banned from Political Animal, Bob? I can assure you it wasn’t because Steve was “silencing” controversy.

    He did it because you’re an annoying asshole.

  12. 12.

    Cris

    September 4, 2008 at 4:12 pm

    There is more truth on the right than there is on the left. You can tell this by the controls on thought that can be imposed by the wide range of people operating blogs. The right embraces controversy. The left silences it.

    I’m sorry what?

  13. 13.

    gbear

    September 4, 2008 at 4:13 pm

    Just donated $25 plus a $5 tip to act blue.

    Oh, and in regard to your take on the Palin speech, do you know that Blitzer thinks she hit it out of the park? Too bad it went foul.

  14. 14.

    djork

    September 4, 2008 at 4:20 pm

    I just broke my Obama donating cherry, thanks to Frau Palin….which is great news for McCain.

  15. 15.

    The Moar You Know

    September 4, 2008 at 4:21 pm

    Screamin’ Demon Says:

    Still smarting over being banned from Political Animal, Bob? I can assure you it wasn’t because Steve was “silencing” controversy.

    He did it because you’re an annoying asshole.

    So beautiful. The internet does not forgive. The internet does not forget.

  16. 16.

    PC

    September 4, 2008 at 4:21 pm

    P.S. Also, what controversy are you talking about?

    If the earth is flat or round. Teach the controversy!

  17. 17.

    PC

    September 4, 2008 at 4:23 pm

    Haha. From the GOS:

    “Jesus was a community organizer and Pontius Pilate was a governor.”

  18. 18.

    demimondian

    September 4, 2008 at 4:24 pm

    The internet does not forgive. The internet does not forget.

    Blessed be the meme of the Internet.

  19. 19.

    MildlyDisturbed

    September 4, 2008 at 4:41 pm

    Will Biden be debating Sarah Palin or Sarah Silverman?

  20. 20.

    mark

    September 4, 2008 at 4:42 pm

    LOL. Posted a video instead of the ActBlue thing. ActBlue link should be up now.

    As long as it wasn’t a Rickroll.

  21. 21.

    Cris

    September 4, 2008 at 5:05 pm

    The internet does not forgive. The internet does not forget.

    I am familiar with that internet tradition.

  22. 22.

    Tom G

    September 4, 2008 at 5:06 pm

    Here’s a thought –
    In 2000, George W. Bush was the governor of a border state facing a two-term incumbent. Did the Republicans back then EVER try to claim that Bush had “foreign policy experience” simply because he had been governor of Texas ? I’d bet the answer is “No, none of them said such a silly thing.”

  23. 23.

    Cris

    September 4, 2008 at 5:12 pm

    Did the Republicans back then EVER try to claim that Bush had “foreign policy experience” simply because he had been governor of Texas ?

    I don’t remember if they did, but the funny thing is that they would have had a better argument for it. Texas governors have to address illegal immigration and probably get to meet with government officials from Mexico now and again.

  24. 24.

    Jim

    September 4, 2008 at 5:17 pm

    Thank you John. Things are going to get even uglier the next 60 days.

  25. 25.

    Justin Slotman

    September 4, 2008 at 5:49 pm

    I don’t remember if they did, but the funny thing is that they would have had a better argument for it. Texas governors have to address illegal immigration and probably get to meet with government officials from Mexico now and again.

    The thing is–they could have a perfectly legitimate argument about her negotiating that pipeline deal with Canada. But they actively choose the ridiculous “staring down the Russians across the Bering Strait” argument since it sounds more belligerent. It’s amazing.

  26. 26.

    dwetzel

    September 4, 2008 at 5:56 pm

    Well, Sarah convinced me. I just donated on ActBlue. I don’t think I’ve ever been that angry.

    A conservative friend asked me why it didn’t bother me that the Dems mocked McCain and Bush. There’s a difference. We knocked pols running/holding office. They mocked people trying to help the poor. Despicable. And they call themselves Christians.

  27. 27.

    Scrutinizer

    September 4, 2008 at 6:17 pm

    Sorry, John. I rang the MUP register last night at bo.com.
    And the night before, and last Friday after the Palin nom. It’s getting to be as bad as downloading pR0n, but in a much better cause.

  28. 28.

    maxbaer (not the original)

    September 4, 2008 at 6:35 pm

    Thanks John, I meant to contribute the other day. Glad I waited.

  29. 29.

    blogreeder

    September 4, 2008 at 8:22 pm

    Well, Sarah convinced me. I just donated on ActBlue. I don’t think I’ve ever been that angry scared.

    fixed. :)

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