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Richard Cohen in the WaPo (!!) makes fun of McCain's choice of Palin. Genuinely laugh out loud funny

Probably the most depressing thing about Palin is not her selection but the defense of it. It has produced a parade of GOP spokesmen intent on spiking the needle on a polygraph. Looking right into the camera, they offer statement after statement that they hope the voters will swallow but that history will forget.


keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 11:09:54 AM EST
The NYT publishes a photo of Palin's office -

Gov. Sarah Palin in 2007 in her downtown Anchorage office, which has a decidedly Alaskan touch to the décor.
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 11:19:11 AM EST
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The flip-flops are not decidedly Alaskan, they're decidedly Southern Californian.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 11:24:38 AM EST
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A crushed bear and a crustacean. Possibly a soon-to-be crushed politician.

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 12:00:49 PM EST
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there's a crab too...

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 12:22:15 PM EST
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That would be the crustacean.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 01:29:45 PM EST
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{snigger}

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 01:40:15 PM EST
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it was a joke, migeru

hinging on the fact that sven didn't specify that the pol and the crustacean were different entities...

never mind!

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 03:08:08 PM EST
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A poem posted at the AOL news site, in the voice of John McCain addressing the potential veeps he passed up:

Dearest Joe and Tim and Mitt
I'd best get right to the heart of it
Since all of my best efforts are failin'
I'm forced to go with Sarah Palin
It's not you; you're all just swell
But this campaign has gone to hell
And so it's with some deep regret
That I appoint this playboy pet
She's not qualified for the post
But she's the lady I like most
And right now what this ticket lacks
Is someone that looks hot in slacks
Someone who can have a child
Will send the lady voters wild
And cause them to stampeed to me
It'll happen, wait and see
I tried to appeal to the voter's mind
And found myself, well, "left behind"
My only option was to pick
A female christian lunatic
So I'm sorry, to you all
That one of you didn't get the call
But in this race, as you must see
It's all about electing me
My only chance here is to punt
And choose this silly Alaskan *

(* Word chosen because he has a history of using it)



Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 01:14:26 PM EST
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Is there any danger that all this derision might whip up a sympathy vote ?

I mean seriously, the Dems are waist deep already in reasons why she shouldn't be Mayor of Wasilia let alone VP. It's getting towards being like shooting moose in a cage. Is there a downside to the pile-on ?

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 01:38:22 PM EST
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No, not yet.  And the Dems aren't responsible.  It's the press that's killing the McCain camp.

And it gets worse: Now TPM finds that the lobbyist she hired for Wasilla pork projects is tied to Jack Abramoff.

The gift that keeps on giving.

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

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 01:46:00 PM EST
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Can somebody please find one-single-detail in that photo that does NOT say 'total contradiction'?

Lying like a rug?
Bear hug
California (dreaming) tan
Claws ready
Slick as glass
Misplaced taste
Worse than a bucket of crabs
Out of place and time

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. -Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 02:33:58 PM EST
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All I know is that when I look at that photo I get a visceral urge to hide behind a sofa.
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 02:48:48 PM EST
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Take the bear with you...

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 04:04:10 PM EST
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