2008 USGE RESULTS THREAD PS GOP U LOST DIXVILLE NOTCH LOL

maybe everyone is going crazy

he's a heartbreaker

video of the Royal Esquire Club when they found out Obama became President

via hol.o.gram

btw I had never heard Peggy Noonan speak until today's ep of Oprah. Does she always sound like that?

Further Palin funnies:

Now it can be revealed, Fox News Channel reporter Carl Cameron just told network anchor Shepherd Scott.

There WAS tension between between John McCain staff members and Sarah Palin (as other news outlets previously reported), and part of it stemmed from some rather glaring gaps in what the governor of Alaska knew about the rest of the world.

Cameron, the Fox beat reporter for the Republican presidential ticket, said he had been told by unnamed sources -- and on the condition he not report the details during the campaign -- that Palin could not name all of the countries that are part of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

He did not mention which one (or ones) she whiffed on, but there are only three: Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.

Nor, according to Cameron, was Palin aware that Africa is a continent. (Perhaps she was hamstrung by the fact that no part of that land mass can be viewed from her homestate.)

Cameron also related that the anonymous McCain aides were frustrated that Palin blew off their suggestions that she put in a little prep time before her interview with CBS journalist Katie Couric. That sit-down in late September, it will be recalled, did not go so well for Palin.

I seriously hope all of that is completely true.

mccain aides are going to be talking some serious shit about palin and i for one cannot wait to savor it all

otm

i seriously hope all that shit is true

Nor, according to Cameron, was Palin aware that Africa is a continent

That cannot be true. I don't believe it. What, she thought it was a country?

H. Ross Perot's giant sucking sound = the vacuum in her skull.

That cannot be true. I don't believe it. What, she thought it was a country?

I could see her thinking it was some fake fantasy land that was only a song by Toto. In fact that was probably her junior prom theme.

OMG WE NEED A SARAH PALIN REALITY SHOW

AS LONG AS I NEVER HAVE TO WATCH IT, LIKE EVER!

He did not mention which one (or ones) she whiffed on, but there are only three: Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.
He did not mention which one (or ones) she whiffed on, but there are only three: Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.
He did not mention which one (or ones) she whiffed on, but there are only three: Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.
He did not mention which one (or ones) she whiffed on, but there are only three: Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.
He did not mention which one (or ones) she whiffed on, but there are only three: Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.

This hologram technology has some real ghost-prank potential

too bad it's green screen fakery

What, she thought it was a country?

i don't think you want to know how many americans would share that perception.

yeah, i was gonna say

'become' ('BAM')

http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/f/f/get_a_brain_morans.jpg

Mark Salter complains some.

maybe she just has her own mavericky opinions abt what constitutes a continent

i for one do not consider australia to be a continent

i don't think you want to know how many americans would share that perception.

― tipsy mothra, Thursday, 6 November 2008 01:21 (8 minutes ago)

I think I want to know how many American holders of high office would share that perception? Hopefully none?

The CIA briefings each day would have been high comedy.

"Iran is the one we're in, right?"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/content/images/2006/10/19/dmu_head_in_hands_315x420.jpg

turkmenistan! thats not a real place come on its april fools day or something here?

hey guys I was gone last night I heard Obama won & that there is a GA Senate seat runoff but that's about it!!!

"Kyrgyzstan? HELLO, in ENGLISH please!"

"Iran is the one we're in, right?"

She probably thinks Iran is a Flock of Seagulls song.

If you like the Palin dirt, there are to come. Seymour Hersh:

'You cannot believe how many people have told me to call them on 20 January [the date of the next president's inauguration],' he says, with relish. '[They say:] "You wanna know about abuses and violations? Call me then." So that is what I'll do, so long as nothing awful happens before the inauguration.' He plans to write a book about the neocons and, though it won't change anything - 'They've got away with it, categorically; anyone who talks about prosecuting Bush and Cheney [for war crimes] is kidding themselves' - it will reveal how the White House 'set out to sabotage the system... It wasn't that they found ways to manipulate Congressional oversight; they had conversations about ending the right of Congress to intervene.'

I think I want to know how many American holders of high office would share that perception? Hopefully none?

elitist.

(xpost -er, I meant to write something like "that's just an early treat of what's to come", blah blah)

huge sy hersh fan here but his constant warnings abt imminent war w/iran never came to pass did they

i read his constant warnings about war w/iran as attempts by people inside the pentagon (or outside it but with good contacts) to try to keep it from happening. of course since it hasn't happened, it's impossible to know how much was chicken little alarmism and how much was real but derailed by events (events including hersh's articles). anyway, i'd rather have him write it and it not happen than the reverse.

But knowing how deep his sources are, I believe him when he says that a lot of people want to spill the beans when they aren't working under Bush/Cheney anymore.

yah im pretty psyched for that - in fact i posted the link up thread myself lol

ooops

huge sy hersh fan here but his constant warnings abt imminent war w/iran never came to pass did they

― CONGRATULATIONS USA! (ice crӕm), Thursday, 6 November 2008 01:40 (4 minutes ago)

Did he really warn about an imminent war with Iran? I thought he just reported the planning that was going on for one. I mean he's a reporter, not a prognosticator.

on the nyer masthead hes listed as "Staff Prognosticator" so i dunno what ur talkin about

Hersh: Cherry Red Handbags Will Rule in 2009

I just think that there will be all kinds of articles equivalent to that Palin scoop after folks stop working under Bush/Cheney -- hilarious, frightening stuff.

Oh Jesus the dirt is so, so wonderful

NEWSWEEK has also learned that Palin's shopping spree at high-end department stores was more extensive than previously reported. While publicly supporting Palin, McCain's top advisers privately fumed at what they regarded as her outrageous profligacy. One senior aide said that Nicolle Wallace had told Palin to buy three suits for the convention and hire a stylist. But instead, the vice presidential nominee began buying for herself and her family—clothes and accessories from top stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. According to two knowledgeable sources, a vast majority of the clothes were bought by a wealthy donor, who was shocked when he got the bill. Palin also used low-level staffers to buy some of the clothes on their credit cards. The McCain campaign found out last week when the aides sought reimbursement. One aide estimated that she spent "tens of thousands" more than the reported $150,000, and that $20,000 to $40,000 went to buy clothes for her husband. Some articles of clothing have apparently been lost. An angry aide characterized the shopping spree as "Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast," and said the truth will eventually come out when the Republican Party audits its books.

A Palin aide said: "Governor Palin was not directing staffers to put anything on their personal credit cards, and anything that staffers put on their credit cards has been reimbursed, like an expense. Nasty and false accusations following a defeat say more about the person who made them than they do about Governor Palin."

McCain himself rarely spoke to Palin during the campaign, and aides kept him in the dark about the details of her spending on clothes because they were sure he would be offended. Palin asked to speak along with McCain at his Arizona concession speech Tuesday night, but campaign strategist Steve Schmidt vetoed the request.

yah obv i dont know how close we were to war w/iran - hersh for years portrayed it as a serious possibility - because of our stressed military capabilities and public war weariness it always seemed like a non starter to me - of course then id consider the bush admin i think those crazy fuckers are capable of anything

yeah otoh it's possible that his reporting exaggerated the likelihood -- I mean military weirdos are always planning for all kinds of "scenarios"

guys the newsweek history of the campaign piece is amazing reading

He had wanted to go back to the state of his first great triumph to give a speech unofficially kicking off the fall campaign, even though Clinton officially was still in the race. "That's an interesting belt buckle," he said to Michelle, mischievously. She feigned offense and said, "I am interesting, next to you. Surprise, surprise, a blue suit, a white shirt and a tie." Obama grinned and bent down until he was almost at eye level with her waist. He jabbed a playful finger toward her belt buckle, and let loose his inner nerd. "The lithium crystals! Beam me up, Scotty!" Obama squeaked, laughing at his own lame joke as Michelle rolled her eyes.

mccain people who believe palin undermined their campaign will dish like crazy in a spiteful effort to ruin her future political prospects - i look forward to hearing their stories :)

So do I! She is just so entertaining, now that I don't have to worry about her destroying the country.

dudes, barack obama