Wonkette
- Looking for a way to criticize Barack Obama, the Republicans throw something against the wall that finally sticks. [Politico]
- David Axelrod thinks voters “don’t … have much tolerance” for frivolous commercials comparing Barack Obama to common trash celebrities. Really? [New York Times]
- John McCain’s advisors are pulling their hair out trying to make him stay “on message,” with little in the way of success. [Washington Post]
- Tiny electric cars look ridiculous, but they are kind of awesome too. Even Texans are driving them! [Wall Street Journal]
- This is what our hard-working Speaker of the House is up to this week: getting Congresspeople to clear their posters out of the hallway. [The Hill]
- George Bush didn’t declare victory in Iraq, but he has definitely started making noises about “significant progress.” [AP]
DAILY BRIEFING
Nice… here’s the key to a McBush victory:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=uppity%20negro
Texans in tiny cars? It’s the end of the world as we know it.
Here we have an admiral’s son and his most likely veep, a senator’s son, demonstrating their barefoot, plebian qualities, compared to that hoity, toity nose in the air negro or whateverheis.
In other news, the rugged individualists up in Alaska are unsure how they’ll get along with out the billions in pork Uncle Ted delivers every year. Oh, and stop picking on Uncle Ted, you petty meanies!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/30/AR2008073003358.html?hpid=moreheadlines
Oh pul-leeeze! Who is this Carrie Budoff Brown who spouts such thunderous twatulence?
“When Letterman is doing ‘Top Ten’ lists about something, it has officially entered the public consciousness,” said Dan Schnur, a political analyst with the University of Southern California and the communications director in John McCain’s 2000 campaign. “And it usually stays there for a long, long time.”
Schnur better hope his own analysis is wrong. I don’t even watch Letterman, but every fuckin’ time I channel-surf past him, Dave’s making another crack about McCain being older than dirt. Gee, I wonder… will that help McCain’s electoral chances?
As for Hopey being compared to Paris and Britney, it’s a groundless insult to compare an Ivy League lawyer-Senator with a couple of chicks most notorious for flashing their twats at the world between rehab and jail stints. But for those who care about such low-wattage “celebs,” it’ll actually raise Hopey’s electibility. ["Gee, if that Obama guy is being compared to Brit and Paris, maybe he's way cooler than I thought... think I'll vote for him."]
McCAIN ‘08: ALL BASS-ACKWARDS, ALL THE TIME
Darehead:
http://www.extrememortman.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/Bush%20golf%20cart%201.jpg
Monsieur Grumpe: That’s classic! And “W” is the only one not wearing shades; his future isn’t so bright.
The commercial with the pictures of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears is working? Does this mean that people are seeing it and saying, “Barack and Britney and Paris are all hanging out together? That tears it! I’m voting for John McCain because I want a president who hangs out with John Voigt and Toby Keith.”
I’m into Frank Zappa, Yes and They Might Be Giants. I wonder who they’d hang out with? Zappa’s dead, so I’ll have to speculate. Zappa seems too smart to have been a Ron Paul supporter, but you never know…
How can the fattest state evah Texans fit in Electric Cars?
Oooh, Letterman? Is he still relevant? Is the politico? I seem to remember they had a whole bunch of thought full analysis on why Barry would lose to Hilsbot in Feb and how she would have to face off against the juggernaut that was McCainiac. If I recall, it didn’t work out. Nice try McCainiac spinbots.
DUH!
Carrie Budoff Brown is as sharp as a ball of wet leather. Is it remotely possible that the record voter registrations could indicate the importance of this election, and that the younger voters ( Obama’s demographic ) finally getting involved and demanding something different may have something to do with his “celebrity” status?
Comedians get PAID to joke about those in the spotlight. I’m sure they rib Obama because he can take a joke. McInsane on the other hand…
regisgoat: There really is more than a bit of racism here: Teh Negroes are OK to entertain us via music or sports, but they cannot handle responsibility or actually lead anyone. We need to keep them in their place.
It makes me ill.
>>“When Letterman is doing ‘Top Ten’ lists about something, it has officially entered the public consciousness,” said Dan Schnur, a political analyst with the University of Southern California and the communications director in John McCain’s 2000 campaign. “And it usually stays there for a long, long time.”
This isn’t 2000; no one watches Letterman anymore. Everyone’s too busy turning tricks to pay the rent/mortgage.
Servo: McInsane to his public, Angry McAneurysm to his good buddies.
This significant progress in Iraq is directly related to Bush’s cutting back on his golf playing.
ManchuCandidate: Good question. It must look like 20 clowns climbing into a tiny car except it is one big clown.
Warning, this image is scary–I don’t think she’d fit in any car:
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4513/cfooderof2.jpg
Peace, my friends. Letterman and Shaffer should debate the buoyant properties of McCain vs. Obama before they each decide on which candi-dude will sink or float. .
Then the Hi-Ho Girls put them in a big aquarium full of paparazzi and mermaids, and see who can stand the deep.
Doglessliberal:
why can’t i resist a link? when will i ever learn?
even a warning wasn’t enough.
shit.
Doglessliberal:
Mark my words. That bubble will burst in October from campaign stress.
“Looking for a way to criticize Barack Obama, the Republicans throw something against the wall that finally sticks.” Like apes, throwing feces…assholes..
Glenn Greenwald has a great, (and depressing) piece on this today.
New McRove stratergy: “Obama: Frankly, America, you don’t deserve him”
It’s funny, because it’s true. 300 million fat foreclosed retards deserve McCain.
Letterman’s top ten list is the vox populi? That’s it. I’m done.(shoots self while trying to repair bike)
When a TV comedian makes fun of a public figure, that means that… um… that public figure is… um… well known?
If you’re running for president and the TV comedians aren’t talking about you, then you’ve got a bigger problem. When was the last time Dave made a Bob Barr joke?
That Rick Peters picture is from Field & Stream.
Is his wife’s name Sharon? Hee.
Barry arrogant? That’s a very fancy word and, when I looked it up there was a picture of GeorgieBoyKingofAmerica on the page.
Maybe it’s wrong to think about this aspect of arrogance and privelige, but I can’t help but wonder: did the North Vietnamese bother to keep all captured pilots alive? Or did your chances increase if your father and grandfather were famous, high-ranking officers in your enemy’s military?
ManchuCandidate: Is anybody relevant? I wonder. I’m having a hard time assessing relevance, myself, these days.
“If you ain’t got relevance
you can never ever carry it off.”
seriously, i am wounded here. I can’t take it anymore. I’m sick of olbermann, saliva mouth Matthews and Dan Abrams , and Fox was jsut too loud. But my sweet patootie bi-curious dream grrrl Rachel pleease don’t go there!
So I’m the only one who wants to shoot Tucker Bounds in the face? He is the most insufferable twerp to emerge in that shit-for-brains campaign.
Aren’t elections pretty much always won by the candidate that’s more of an arrogant prick anyway?
That ad’s working? Nah, I don’t buy it. My parents are generally a good bellweather for this kind of thing - they actually voted for Bush in 2004, despite disagreeing with his policies, because they just “couldn’t vote for Kerry!”, and have started repeating that “what do we *really* know about Obama?” nonsense - and upon hearing the ad, they both busted out laughing and asked “is McCain trying to lose?”
lilblackcorvette: Rachel Maddow? Bi-curious? Hate to burst your bubble, but I don’t think she’s bi-curious. From what I understand, the men she hangs around with are just friends.
Believe me, it crushed me to find that out, myself. But I still have Mika Brzezinski. And the American Apparel girl, for as long as that ad campaign goes on. I should also have Katrina Vanden Heuvel, but I dunno. I like her politics and all, and she’s attractive, but there’s something about her that just doesn’t sit right. I’d prefer an unrequited pursuit of Rachel. Maybe I’m just weird.
ooops did i just type I had the semi hots for Ms. Maddow out loud? I’m not gay No. really. But sometimes she just looks like soft kisses would make her smile ever so sweetly….. I know they do me…….
The prick’s quality does affect the outcome of the erection. Agreed.
Larry McAwful: Weird is prerequiste for blogging here. So it’s all good. Plus I’m a little tingly so I’ll go to the ladies room now.
Dear Wonkette Posters,
We here in the McCain camp are having a few problems using any kind of language about Mr Obama that someone, somewhere on the twatting interweb doesnt construe as rampant and disgusting racism. Can you please forward a list forthwith of approved adjectives we can use from hereon in?
Because we really, REALLY want to lynch this uppity negro.
Many thanks,
Polly C. Wonk
Servo: I think you might be right. He gets terribly red in the face when excited. I wonder if he is on blood pressure meds?
lilblackcorvette: Ah… if you get to use the ladies’ room without causing a stir, I guess you’re probably not put out by the fact that men are put out that Rachel won’t put out for them. Just thought I’d put that out there.
TGY: +1 for the Hello Dolly ref.
We finally get a candidate that is actually Presidential for once. People say he is too presidential — like that is a BAD thing. This is about as insane as in 2000 when they were saying Gore was too much like the smartest student in class — like that was a BAD thing. I want the smartest kid in class running our country, just as I want someone like Obama who is who is confident, poised, charismatic, articulate, thoughtful, and diplomatic. I want a president that world leaders want to be attached to because their people like our President.
Overconfident? Preemptively invading Iraq and getting into a flight suit on an aircraft carrier saying that it’s mission accomplished in the first 2 months — THAT is overconfidence. No candidate will ever match that sort of hubris and the wide-ranging hubris over these past 8 years EVER. The Bush administration has forever moved the bar on the very definition of overconfidence. BAH!
I know the campaign season is primarily for lining the pockets of media outlets, but isn’t it a teensy-weensy about seeing how a candidate would perform when he or she will be president so we know who to #$*@*!% vote for? Am I missing something here? Have I fallen into a worm-hole where charismatic and intelligent candidates are considered a BAD thing?
If Americans fall for this they deserve to eventually be taken over by Islamo-facist Cylons while I run to the land of some of my ancestors — Canada.
OK, off topic, but had to note that last night on Metro, I saw a group of glaringly obvious tourists (fat, sunburned, wearing running shoes that will never be run in, women in floral capri pants, men in knee-length denim shorts, etc etc). I saw they had stickers with a logo of the Capitol on them. After a few glances I deciphered one: “Senate Staff Tour” and a signature line. These folks were guests of, “David Vitter, Senator”, who had personally signed the stickers in blue ink. The mean and snarky comments flooded my brain (”did you get to see his “staff” or is that only for women he pays? Did he show you the changing tables in the bathrooms? Etc.) I was mildly ashamed of myself for such uncharitable thoughts. I am sure they are just nice people from LA who have no choice about which Senator signs their tour passes. But it was still funny.
Larry McAwful: yeah , I re-read your post. But I am not hot for Rachel. That was a misstatement that was misconstrued and taken out of context by the MSM. Stay tuned for inclusion od Letterman’s Top Ten List.
mothermaven: Republicans always attack opponents’ strengths. That’s how they win. They attacked John Kerry’s service in Vietnam, getting Republicans to mock Purple Hearts. They attacked Al Gore for being smart and for being a wonk. They attacked Bill Clinton for being in touch with regular people. And they turned the word “liberal” into an insult. That’s how they work.
I <3 <3 <3 the title of today’s briefing. Ahhh, the imagery… two old dudes in a golf cart. The one riding shotgun to an actual president looking especially confused.
lilblackcorvette: Actually, I’m hot for Greta Wodele. But I’m not one of those creepy C-SPAN callers who tells her as much. I’m just a creepy poster on the internet.
queeraselvis v 2.0: I too read and appreciated that comment.
I would give the Republicans credit if they could find something to attack Obama with that wasn’t outrageously hypocritical. Cocky? Arrogant? Elitist? Sounds like W. Eat a bag of dicks. Let me know when you’ve got something original.
Larry McAwful: Then they use (their imagination of ) the opponent’s strategies too. After all, Republicans are the “oppressed minorities” on American campuses. Why can’t they have free speech? Why don’t liberal feminists care about liberating the suffering women in Afghanistan and Iran?
fistedbymollyringwald: I a pretty sure that is exactly the point Fox News was trying to make.
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/07/31/obama-turns-to-race-to-defend-himself-from-mccain-camp-offensive/
Larry McAwful: Yes I KNOW that Republicans attack the strengths of their opponents, as well as, all sorts of mind blowing rhetoric to make what they do American and what liberals do exotic, dangerous, and obscene. My sense of wonder is around the fact that this stuff continues to work on Americans. Why, Sweet Baby Jeebus, Why?
mothermaven: becuz we iz stoopid.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/23/AR2008072303693.html?sub=AR
Larry McAwful: she’ not quite butch enough for a girly girly like me….if i was curious… which I’m not
Obama is a ‘celebrity’ on his own. McCain gets D-listers to endorse him. Lets take a look at one of the ‘celebrities’ endorsing McCain, Heidi Montag, after watching her on the MTV, I can tell she is a great female role model, a thoughtful decision maker, and a bright spot from my generation. She embodies all of the qualities a modern self possessed woman. I base all my life decisions on her opinions. She is so insightful.
AfghanVet: Thank you AfghanVet, as if I hadnt of read that article I wouldnt have read the fine erudite truthful prose of Anthony:
“the democrates , barack obama, say anything and the main stream news media doesn’t question it. you see, the main stream news media doesn’t print or say the news they have an agenda– they sold out for their personal beliefs. we have no news media, with the exceptions o
f talk radio and fox news.
who said–the war in iraq is lost, our troops are a bunch of murderes, have the same talking as our enemies, made fun and tried to degrade our field generals,increase our taxes,can’t drill in our own country, but it’s o.k. to sue opeak to increase foreign oil production,terrorist should have the rights as Americans, the government is the answer vto everything,capitalism is evil,sweetheart countrywide resl estate mortage deals for dood and obama, tried not to fund the war on terror, etc.etc.etc. the democrats thats who–obama,dodd,clinton,murtha,reid,webb,schumer,waxman,pelosi,and most of the crest of the democrats. who brought race into this election–obama and the rest of democrats, you would not know it by the main stream news media–because they are in the back pocket of the democrats and george sorios move on . org lie machine and the rest of the far left 527 blogs.the democrates tried old policies of the past–no drilling for over 30years– is the main reason gas prices are so high. demand increases supply stays the same or is less–price goes up. obama liberal democrate can’t comprehend the subject then says nothing and newsmedia goes wild. lies by the democrates,obama,are lies and thank GOD gave us a mind to use along with widsom. the American voter is smater than the democrats,obama, thinks .”
I too believe the american public is smater than obama, thinks ! Who’s with me?
“As presidents as diverse as Ronald Reagan and John Kennedy showed, Americans do like a touch of celebrity in their commander in chief; though not too much.”
Still trying to think of that candidate whose fatal flaw was their wildly inappropriate international celebrity status.. I’d hate to think that columnists are just filling space with seemingly innocuous qualifying statements that alter their thesis by making it, you know.. Totally. False.
FindFuckandFlee: I heard Rutherford B. Hayes was a real jet setter.
Nancy Pelosi wants everything off the walls, and off the tables. Reminds me of the kids in school that were always hall monitors. Nasty little pricks.
Larry McAwful: Wow, exactly right. One of Juan McCain’s Hanoi guards said to a reporter that he was amazed at McCain’s arrogance. “Towards you?” the reporter asked. “No,” the guard said. “Towards the other prisoners.” Fighter pilots have the arrogance of lawyers, without the charming guile. Even plane-crashing spoiled Navy brats like Panamanian strongman Juan McCain.