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Another Open Thread

by John Cole|  October 15, 20087:29 am| 24 Comments

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  1. 1.

    Carnacki

    October 15, 2008 at 7:34 am

    Biden: We’ll win West Virginia.

    Whooo!

  2. 2.

    gbear

    October 15, 2008 at 7:53 am

    Kids, talk to your parents. Now.

    Last debate tonight. This one might be too embarassing to sit through. McCain’s been looking ready for the home on TV lately.

  3. 3.

    SpotWeld

    October 15, 2008 at 8:04 am

    … it’s offical.
    You’ve begun to "moggy blog".

  4. 4.

    Comrade Jake

    October 15, 2008 at 8:05 am

    This whole thing with Team McCain telegraphing their punches re: bringing up Ayers at the debate is mind-boggling. It seems Johnny Drama has no choice to bring it up himself if Scheiffer doesn’t raise it. Surely Obama has a ready-made response in any case.

    I guess he’s trying to show he’s a tough guy, but when most of the polls are indicating that this kind of thing is turning people off, he looks a lot closer to an idiot.

  5. 5.

    David

    October 15, 2008 at 8:06 am

    Errr…..what’s an "Open Thread"? :)

  6. 6.

    Comrade Jake

    October 15, 2008 at 8:07 am

    @Carnacki:

    There would be some sweet justice if Obama/Biden won WV, but I’m very skeptical. Still, the fact that it’s even being discussed is awesome news for John McCain.

  7. 7.

    blackfrancis

    October 15, 2008 at 8:07 am

    this is a boatload of awesome : farm4.static.flickr.com/3186/2939110809_ab114f5dc2.jpg

  8. 8.

    John Cole

    October 15, 2008 at 8:07 am

    @SpotWeld: I have no idea what that means.

    @Comrade Jake: Bob Schieffer will be overtly hostile to Obama tonight. His treatment of this campaign has been terrible, and I have been consistently appalled every Sunday morning.

  9. 9.

    Punchy

    October 15, 2008 at 8:16 am

    Another Open Thread

    Damn, here I thought I was at BJ, and it turns out this URL just takes me to Atrios’ site….

  10. 10.

    SGEW

    October 15, 2008 at 8:16 am

    Bob Schieffer will be overtly hostile to Obama tonight.

    Well, good. As we’ve seen, the more Sen. Obama is attacked, the better he looks, and his favorability rating only rises. If Schieffer and McCain are both hammering on him, he’ll look like the only positive, realistic, calm, responsible adult in the room.

    I hope.

  11. 11.

    SGEW

    October 15, 2008 at 8:36 am

    Oh, and btw: Luv th’ kitteh.

  12. 12.

    SpotWeld

    October 15, 2008 at 8:44 am

    "Moggy" is a (mosly UK) nickname for a cat.
    It was a (perhaps poor) atttempt on my part to equate you to a little old lady to like to talk about her kitties.

    My snark-fu is weak it appears

  13. 13.

    SGEW

    October 15, 2008 at 8:54 am

    My snark-fu is weak it appears

    No, not weak. Just British.

    ("Moggy"? New one to me!)

  14. 14.

    gbear

    October 15, 2008 at 9:05 am

    If Schieffer and McCain are both hammering on him, he’ll look like the only positive, realistic, calm, responsible adult in the room.

    Isn’t that kind of what happened with the last debate when whats-his-name kept barking at Obama about the time but let McCain ramble? I do agree that Obama can more than hold his own in a 2-on-1 situation. He’s the champ.

  15. 15.

    Bill H

    October 15, 2008 at 9:10 am

    Who was it said that if Barack is surrounded he can fire in any direction, while his opponents have to aim?

  16. 16.

    bago

    October 15, 2008 at 9:31 am

    Someone who never mastered circle-strafing.

  17. 17.

    Damned at Random

    October 15, 2008 at 12:05 pm

    I thought Moggy was Austalian – a folk singer- can’t recall who- had a song about a road-killed kitty with the lines

    "He’s nobody’s Moggy
    He’s red and squashed and soggy
    And he’s nobody’s Moggy anymore"

  18. 18.

    phobos

    October 15, 2008 at 12:15 pm

    Have you seen this cat?

  19. 19.

    Blue Raven

    October 15, 2008 at 1:03 pm

    Uh, sorry, can’t comment much, I’m too busy staring at the fuzzy kitty belly. Must. Scratch. Belly. The power of the belly commands me.

  20. 20.

    Kritter

    October 15, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    I did a double take when I saw your cat. He/she/it is an almost exact clone of my 7 1/2 year old tabby, Scooter (not named after Libby!) Same markings same g-normous gut same sleeping position, same expression.

    Felt as though there’d been a catnapping. Oh, but there is a cat napping, LOL

  21. 21.

    Ella in NM

    October 15, 2008 at 2:18 pm

    Someone needs to put that Chunkmeister Putty-Tat on an high protein, canned food only diet. He’s a tank.

  22. 22.

    Judy

    October 15, 2008 at 5:19 pm

    Like Kritter, I thought my cat had been catnapped too. I can’t find any immediate evidence to prove the pictured kitteh is not my Hitchcock. Right down to the M for Moggy they’re virtually identical.

  23. 23.

    KRK

    October 15, 2008 at 5:50 pm

    Hey! That’s my Gus. Aw.

    His gut isn’t as large as it seems in the photo (must be the horizontal stripes).

  24. 24.

    Ella in NM

    October 16, 2008 at 8:19 am

    @KRK:

    He’s a CUTE tank, though! :) Very loveable!

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