Showing posts with label Election08. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Election08. Show all posts
Monday, November 17, 2008
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Would you rather regret?
In four years, will we feel the regret over this election the way we feel now about the last one? Not if we make the right choice, we won't.
Old News
This is old, but I like it. It's about twelve minutes long. Maybe after the election I'll get tired of seeing him, but not yet. Not yet.
From the Wonkette site. Here's her text:
Here is that remarkable video from last night, just after the debate. The news channels quickly cut to their commentators and spin rooms and such, but the C-SPAN cameras stayed as long as there was a candidate in the room. Here’s what to watch for:
00:00:13 — Cindy McCain walks out to greet her husband, and follows him awkwardly around the room for 25 seconds, until 00:00:39, when McCain finally acknowledges her presence with a quick, one-armed hug and a split-second glance at the side of her head.
00:01:19 — McCain may have patted Obama’s back here. Impossible to tell what exactly he is doing with his left arm. But if it was a pat on the back, however patronizing, it somewhat negates the handshake snub. Somewhat. But not really.
00:01:20 — The snub. Obama reaches out to shake McCain’s hand. McCain makes a weird face and points to Cindy McCain. Nonplussed, Obama smiles and takes her hand, says some pleasantries, and returns to the voters in the audience.
00:01:34 — McCain glances at Cindy, nods towards the exit door, and gives a spastic little bug-eyed wave goodbye to … the exit door he’s approaching?
00:01:35 — That’s it, the McCains are gone.
00:01:36 — Tom Brokaw is in the room, talking to the audience members. Barack and Michelle Obama are in the room, talking to the audience members. It’s almost as if there was an agreed-upon protocol — you know, basic manners.
00:01:36 through 00:11:11 — For the next 10 minutes, Barack and Michelle talk to people, post for pictures, make jokes, have apparently serious conversations with people, sign autographs, shake hands, and otherwise engage with literally everybody in the room, a hundred people or more.
At 00:05:06, a woman slips under Barack’s arm and hugs him. He hugs her back, and she actually dances back to her seat, which makes a bunch of people laugh.
At 00:09:26, Barack starts talking to (we think!) the guy who asked the first question of the debate, the one about everybody losing all their retirement savings in the economic collapse. And he keeps talking to him, and keeps talking to him, and listening to him, for more than a minute.
At 00:10:42, a black guy in glasses and a gray sportscoat asks to have his picture taken with Obama, who motions up to the seats just out of view of the camera, and seems to say he was headed up there, but he’ll come back. At 00:11:15, he comes back to the guy and happily poses for the picture.
And that’s where this C-SPAN clip ends. The live video feed last night went on for another twenty minutes, because that’s how long the Obamas stayed in the little theater, working the room, their “body language” betraying no exhaustion or wish to get out of there and have a beer and relax.
The debate may have been a bore, but what happened afterward was extremely telling.
From the Wonkette site. Here's her text:
Here is that remarkable video from last night, just after the debate. The news channels quickly cut to their commentators and spin rooms and such, but the C-SPAN cameras stayed as long as there was a candidate in the room. Here’s what to watch for:
00:00:13 — Cindy McCain walks out to greet her husband, and follows him awkwardly around the room for 25 seconds, until 00:00:39, when McCain finally acknowledges her presence with a quick, one-armed hug and a split-second glance at the side of her head.
00:01:19 — McCain may have patted Obama’s back here. Impossible to tell what exactly he is doing with his left arm. But if it was a pat on the back, however patronizing, it somewhat negates the handshake snub. Somewhat. But not really.
00:01:20 — The snub. Obama reaches out to shake McCain’s hand. McCain makes a weird face and points to Cindy McCain. Nonplussed, Obama smiles and takes her hand, says some pleasantries, and returns to the voters in the audience.
00:01:34 — McCain glances at Cindy, nods towards the exit door, and gives a spastic little bug-eyed wave goodbye to … the exit door he’s approaching?
00:01:35 — That’s it, the McCains are gone.
00:01:36 — Tom Brokaw is in the room, talking to the audience members. Barack and Michelle Obama are in the room, talking to the audience members. It’s almost as if there was an agreed-upon protocol — you know, basic manners.
00:01:36 through 00:11:11 — For the next 10 minutes, Barack and Michelle talk to people, post for pictures, make jokes, have apparently serious conversations with people, sign autographs, shake hands, and otherwise engage with literally everybody in the room, a hundred people or more.
At 00:05:06, a woman slips under Barack’s arm and hugs him. He hugs her back, and she actually dances back to her seat, which makes a bunch of people laugh.
At 00:09:26, Barack starts talking to (we think!) the guy who asked the first question of the debate, the one about everybody losing all their retirement savings in the economic collapse. And he keeps talking to him, and keeps talking to him, and listening to him, for more than a minute.
At 00:10:42, a black guy in glasses and a gray sportscoat asks to have his picture taken with Obama, who motions up to the seats just out of view of the camera, and seems to say he was headed up there, but he’ll come back. At 00:11:15, he comes back to the guy and happily poses for the picture.
And that’s where this C-SPAN clip ends. The live video feed last night went on for another twenty minutes, because that’s how long the Obamas stayed in the little theater, working the room, their “body language” betraying no exhaustion or wish to get out of there and have a beer and relax.
The debate may have been a bore, but what happened afterward was extremely telling.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Alfred E.....
I think the thing that I found funniest was the guy who kept stolidly eating, back in the rear row....
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Obama Lies
Does he? If you wonder, there's his Fighting the Smears site, which is, of course, biased heavily toward him, and, frankly, gives me the feeling that if he did -- and sometimes he does -- they'd never admit it, or even mention it.
But there's also Matthew25. I think it's also biased, but to me, it seems a bit more plausible.
Incidentally, for gentle commentary about life and life styles, you might want to look at The Urban Rebellion. Not bad.
But there's also Matthew25. I think it's also biased, but to me, it seems a bit more plausible.
Incidentally, for gentle commentary about life and life styles, you might want to look at The Urban Rebellion. Not bad.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Observation
I am seriously dismayed at the attraction that intelligent people have for Palin. Its not that I don't understand the attraction. To me, its three things. First, she's clearly not part of the established order. Second, she's fiercely conservative. Third, she's female.
The first makes a little bit of sense to me,because after a while you think 'these bozos have screwed us royally, lets try somebody else'. My comment about having the brightest being the ones who got us into this mess goes equally well toward the people in power being the ones who got us into it, too. New brooms, etc. Bring a fresh face in. But I think that new face needs to be coupled with intelligence and a deep world view. Obama's a new face (as McCain likes to point out) but he's provably bright (as a doctorate in law from Harvard shows). She's bright, I think, but not as bright as he is. Despite her mocking of his past, I like it. I think that people who can couple deep theoretical knowledge of the law with a practical awareness of how the law affects people on the street are valuable, and trumps small-town mayor and two year Governor.
The second, I don't care about, but I know that there are a lot of conservatives out there, and for many of them, political faith trumps all. Its how Bush got elected, and reelected.
The third is, I think, why she's on the ticket. There's a massive number of women who want to see a woman on the ticket, and within some degree of reason, they don't care who. Well, here she is. I don't think most women are dumb enough to vote for a person just because of gender, though I can see that being a tie-breaker. However, McCain thinks they are, and so far, he's right. I see a fair number of women saying Palin for President. Given McCain's age and medical history, they may get it if he gets elected.
I'm surprised that the McCain campaign severely limits the opportunity for the press to talk to her. It's odd: I'm willing to believe that she can be as feisty as the next guy in a dust-up, so why are they doing that? What's she got to hide? Inexperience? Shallowness? Put another way: if all you see of her is scripted performances, all you get is all they want you to see. That scares me, a lot.
Oh, and one other thing. Why is it that we don't hear much about McCain says this, offers that, suggests the other? Why is it always about Palin? My thought is: for whatever her qualities, she's there to be a distraction, a novelty. And you know what? It's working.
The first makes a little bit of sense to me,because after a while you think 'these bozos have screwed us royally, lets try somebody else'. My comment about having the brightest being the ones who got us into this mess goes equally well toward the people in power being the ones who got us into it, too. New brooms, etc. Bring a fresh face in. But I think that new face needs to be coupled with intelligence and a deep world view. Obama's a new face (as McCain likes to point out) but he's provably bright (as a doctorate in law from Harvard shows). She's bright, I think, but not as bright as he is. Despite her mocking of his past, I like it. I think that people who can couple deep theoretical knowledge of the law with a practical awareness of how the law affects people on the street are valuable, and trumps small-town mayor and two year Governor.
The second, I don't care about, but I know that there are a lot of conservatives out there, and for many of them, political faith trumps all. Its how Bush got elected, and reelected.
The third is, I think, why she's on the ticket. There's a massive number of women who want to see a woman on the ticket, and within some degree of reason, they don't care who. Well, here she is. I don't think most women are dumb enough to vote for a person just because of gender, though I can see that being a tie-breaker. However, McCain thinks they are, and so far, he's right. I see a fair number of women saying Palin for President. Given McCain's age and medical history, they may get it if he gets elected.
I'm surprised that the McCain campaign severely limits the opportunity for the press to talk to her. It's odd: I'm willing to believe that she can be as feisty as the next guy in a dust-up, so why are they doing that? What's she got to hide? Inexperience? Shallowness? Put another way: if all you see of her is scripted performances, all you get is all they want you to see. That scares me, a lot.
Oh, and one other thing. Why is it that we don't hear much about McCain says this, offers that, suggests the other? Why is it always about Palin? My thought is: for whatever her qualities, she's there to be a distraction, a novelty. And you know what? It's working.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Video
Okay, I don't like John McCain for President, so I'm predisposed to think this is funny. But it really is. Also, seriously, seriously not safe for work. Oh, yeah.
That John McCain Funny But Seriously NSFW video.
That John McCain Funny But Seriously NSFW video.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
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