Watching election coverage on the BBC, I realize that the British must think that we talk too fast, interrupt each other all the time and cannot focus on one topic for longer than ten seconds.
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Watching election coverage on the BBC, I realize that the British must think that we talk too fast, interrupt each other all the time and cannot focus on one topic for longer than ten seconds.
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CIRCVS MAXIMVS MMVIII
I can see that.
Dustin
Sounds about right.
Comrade Darkness
Why would we want to mislead them?
TheHatOnMyCat
The British would be right.
EddieInCA
TheBritishAreCorrectIfTheyThinkThat.
Comrade Tax Analyst
OK, I give…what part of that statement does NOT apply?
Bootlegger
@Comrade Tax Analyst:
Well, I can focus for 20 seconds and I once saw a guy from North Dakota who paid attention for 27.3 seconds, so obviously its just a stereotype.
Bob UK
thats spot on. yup.
MileL
It’s not just the British. Ask any of their former colonies. Well, the ones that didn’t follow Washington and his band of treasonous rabble.
/I love doing that. May God have mercy on my soul.
Comrade Dread
I think it applies mostly to the idiot pundit class and most of our ‘leaders’, but that would be an apt assessment.
Comrade Stuck
Have you ever watched "The Prime Minister Questions" the Brits weekly shoutfest? They got no room to talk.
Laura W
IOW: We are all Tweeties.
Phoebe
That’s me even for an American.
Notorious P.A.T.
Sorry to butt in, Tim, but some polls are starting to close.
ninerdave
We do.
Bootlegger
@Comrade Stuck: Dude, that thing rocks. Could you imagine W trying to squirm his way through that? Or the gasket Honest John would blow? The Whippersnapper though, that would be his kinda game.
CIRCVS MAXIMVS MMVIII
@TheHatOnMyCat:
The British are Cunning, the British are Cunning!
toujuoursdan
Try watching the Parliamentary Question periods.
A la lanterne les aristos!
I get that a lot. And not just from Brits, either.
Eural Joiner
HEY – the guys over at 538 have got some very very brief analysis of the early stuff from Indiana – O is waaay outperforming Kerry in the few locations they have info on.
This is great news for McCain of course.
Darkrose
That sounds about–oooh, shiny!
The Grand Panjandrum
We’re about 3-4 minutes away from finding out how big this night will be for Obama.
It will be huge. Liddy Dole will be the first to feel the wave hitting.
TheHatOnMyCat
At this point I am so nervous that I am having an out of body experience. Cant we just declare a winner by affirmation?
Krista
Yeah, I can’t watch your election coverage. It’s all very fast and loud. You guys need to get Lloyd Robertson down there to show you how it’s done and to inject a little dignity into the situation.
toujuoursdan is correct, however. Question Period is a complete free-for-all and is very loud and obnoxious and they definitely interrupt each other a lot. Bunch of children, really.
passerby
…and they’d be right. In my travels to foreign countries I couldn’t help but notice that Americans, behavior-wise, stick out like a sore thumb–it’s embarrassing. Loud, presumptive.
I hope that an Obama administration will bring a certain maturity to the way we carry out public (read media) discourse.
No drama Obama. Just Grown-ups being graciously candid. Sorta like the British but with more vigor (or something)
CIRCVS MAXIMVS MMVIII
Wolf Blitzer is calling SC a battleground state? Uh, yeah, in the 1860’s it was.
TheHatOnMyCat
LOL
CIRCVS MAXIMVS MMVIII
Well, since you don’t need your body right now, do you think you could astral project about a half mile north? ;)
pikhoved
Oh No!
CNN has Obama behind 3-8
Oh god, what a disaster
TheHatOnMyCat
tap,tap,tap
Charity
Mark Warner won in VA!!! They now have 2 Dem senators! YIPE!!!
CIRCVS MAXIMVS MMVIII
I’d know that tap anywhere. :)
Josh Hueco
So what time do Pat Buchanan and Sean Hannity each pull a Bud Dwyer tonight?
I say 9 EST.
TheHatOnMyCat
Buchanan: America could be at the beginning of a new liberal era.
Um ….. okay!
CIRCVS MAXIMVS MMVIII
Awww, CNN just created a Hologram of a reporter, isn’t that cute!
SpotWeld
For the life of me; I’m trying to think of a witty Doctor Who reference I can make here and I’m failing badly.