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Ah, that's good.  Have to figure they've got perhaps a few hundred thousand people in the region who might volunteer.  And having that money machine working for it can't hurt.

June 20th, though.  Jesus.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sat Jun 14th, 2008 at 01:39:46 PM EST
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While Obama's site is getting people organised, McCain has posted a statement:

John McCain 2008 - John McCain for President

"Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those impacted by the flooding throughout the Midwest. Cindy and I would like to extend our sympathies to all those who have lost loved ones, and stand ready to help those in the Midwest to recover and rebuild."

Feel the sincerity.

You'd think the least he could do is post them some cake.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Jun 14th, 2008 at 04:32:39 PM EST
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Grabbed a copy of the original document:

Upon emergency fill in and distribute to press:

"Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those impacted by the [Insert from List 1] throughout the [Insert 2] . Cindy and I would like to extend our sympathies to all those who have lost loved ones, and stand ready to help those in  [Insert 2]   to recover and rebuild."

Insert 1 list: hurricane, flood, tornado, earthquake, plague, volcano, fire, genocide, tsunami, erectile dysfunction, traffic jam, ants at the picnic

IMPORTANT NOTE!  Ensure Insert 2 is the same before distributing to the press!  


by ATinNM on Sat Jun 14th, 2008 at 05:06:33 PM EST
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In an attempt to increase public support of whatever the fuck it is he thinks he's doing, President Bush trotted out the same old whoop-de-do you've heard over and over at a solemn-yet-resolute speech attended by soldiers, or religious leaders, or firemen, or some mix of ethnic-looking people from one of those countries.

"We have to give this plan time to wop bop a loo bop, a wop bam boom, ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang," President Bush may as well have said. "May God [help/bless/save] the United States of America."



When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jun 15th, 2008 at 01:12:09 AM EST
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The guy was eating birthday cake with Junior while New Orleans was drowning.  So why should it be surprising that he wouldn't think to do anything?

Plus, do we know if McCain has any volunteers?

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sat Jun 14th, 2008 at 05:24:32 PM EST
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Y'know, this guy is so uncompetitive that you almost begin to wonder if they planned to lose.

I mean, they're not even trying.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sat Jun 14th, 2008 at 05:38:13 PM EST
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I always thought that about John Major

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat Jun 14th, 2008 at 06:17:31 PM EST
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I mentioned that that was Geezer in Paris' theory, and you wrote that such a theory gave them too much credit - or something like.

paul spencer
by paul spencer (spencerinthegorge AT yahoo DOT com) on Sun Jun 15th, 2008 at 02:37:40 AM EST
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Let's say GiP is a bit ahead of me on that curve, but I think we're moving in the same direction :-))

I still don't quite believe it myself, as when I remember who stood against him in the Primary I kinda understand how he came through. However, although I remember understanding that Romney couldn't win,  several months on I can't quite bring them to mind.

As Kos said a couple of days ago, McCain didn't win the Primary, everybody else lost it before he did.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Jun 15th, 2008 at 04:35:04 AM EST
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Well, when I placed my initial bet on McCain back in 2007, I was betting that he would simply be the "comfort choice" for Reps.  Betting on the guy whose "turn" has come is a pretty good bet when looking at GOP politics.  That's what he wound up being.  The Republican base doesn't like him much, but at least they know him well enough to make an educated guess about what they'd be getting from him, and I think there was probably an electability consideration, too, given McCain's historically pretty solid polling among Indies.

The problem for McCain is that Obama was the Dem who polled well among Indies, for different reasons.  McCain has been portrayed as a maverick for years by the press, while Obama's appeal is more cultural -- sort of the flipside of Obama doing poorly with rural whites on cultural grounds.  I keep saying that, for all the laughable charges of "black nationalism" and the like, Obama is clearly the candidate of Yuppiedom.  (They shop at Whole Foods; he uses an iPhone; Michelle tells farmers in Iowa about getting her shoes from the clearance rack at Ross, etc -- almost stereotypically yuppie.)  And a huge chunk of Indies are suburban/exurban yuppies.  The McCains can't connect that way.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sun Jun 15th, 2008 at 11:33:09 AM EST
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Now is the time to use McCain's picture with the cake.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jun 15th, 2008 at 01:12:48 AM EST
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