- John McCain has basically no consistent policy positions because he is “emotional” and makes choices based on his gut rather than facts. [Washington Post]
- And McCain doesn’t just lack policy consistency — he also lacks policy details. [Politico]
- But because Barack Obama is physically fit, Americans will despise him and put McCain in office. [Wall Street Journal]
- Both presidential candidates are getting mountains of cash from The Foreigns, who may be making illegal donations. [The Hill]
- High-level Pakistani spies were involved in the bombing of the Indian embassy in Kabul, say U.S. intelligence officials. Awkward! [New York Times]
- The Justice Department was about to file charges against Bruce Ivins, an anthrax researcher, in connection with the anthrax attacks that happened just after September 11, 2001 … but he committed suicide, so. [AP]
DAILY BRIEFING 8:56 am August 1, 2008
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Thanks for the insightful comments, campaign geniuses at the Wall Street Journal.
Let’s see, your reasoning goes like this: Can Barack Obama lead this country? Oh, who cares, he’s not out of shape like the rest of us, therefore he’ll never get the chance.
>>High-level Pakistani spies were involved in the bombing of the Indian embassy in Kabul, say U.S. intelligence officials.
I thought they were our allies in the War on Terra.
Now they need to see who put out the false stories that the anthrax was definitely from Iraq. That person has some ‘splaining to do.
So Mr John “Fuck the facts/plan/policy” McCainiac? How are you so different than W?
Oh right, no coke addiction.
Now I know the Times is making shit up:
>>But the British officer, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, said the program had been temporarily delayed. “We don’t yet have a firm start date,” he told a small group of reporters. “We’re ready to go.”
Of course Barry and Johnny get moneys from the foreigns. They’re foreigns too, after all. Both have their birthdays comin’ up soon! But do we know where they were born? Do we really?
But seriously, its expats, not foreigns, of which they speak, and of which I am one too, and all we have to do is put in our US address, #cc and then SUBMIT. And the big deal here is…?
Our last gut decider turned out so well. Great, now all the fatties in who decide to be pissed off at in shape people rather than fixing themselves are going to vote for the next decider out of spite. I guess we can call that constituency ‘the big gut deciders’.
I’m really happy it’s Friday, aren’t y’all happy it’s Friday? ‘Cause I really hate the fucking WSJ, why, oh why did they let Murdoch have another outlet to spew his shit?
Screw all this…we need a President who TRULY delivers Straight Talk, with no bullshit, who is clear-headed and sharp and does what needs to be done, who isn’t a froofy elitist or a dumb old Alzheimer’s patient…
Judge Judy for President, for Life!!
[re=49783]ManchuCandidate[/re]: W did coke, McCain did women who weren’t his wife.
Other than that…
[re=49787]freakishlystrong[/re]: Why do you hate America? The Walnut Street Urinal is America!
DC has crime fighting turtles. Really.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/31/AR2008073101540.html?hpid=moreheadlines
It only seems logical that people living outside the U.S. would want to contribute to a candidate who isn’t going to be a daily embarrassment. (8 years of that is enough!) Besides, I am tired of having to use my Minnesotan accent to convince people I am Canadian…
So I just emailed Amy Chozick at the Journal. I had to commend her journalistic wizardry with a direct personal message.
But she wrote me back! And she sounded a bit sad. What do I do?
side note: last week I also wrote Cohen and Milbank at the Post and Kristol at the Times, but strangely enough I never heard back. I guess they found my *cough* “lofty praise” too humbling to respond to.
[re=49790]Darehead[/re]: I hate America for her Freedoms…
“Too fit for president..” Fuck that. Conservatives were lining up behind Ahnold once upon a time. To quote Ali G: “Is it because I is black?”
WSJ is smoking crack again. Mostly Rupert Murdoch’s.
[re=49786]walnuts4brkfst[/re]: We can only hope that these oversized voters will either be unable to fit into their cars to go vote (Lord knows they won’t walk to a voting booth) or have to pass a gauntlet of fast food joints on the way to vote and therefore never arrive to cast their ballots. Unless it’s a McDonald’s which they no longer go to on account of the Sodomites.
Ivins was born in Lebanon…Ohio, that is. Clearly guilty.
[re=49796]magic titty[/re]: sad how? Like, “Yeah, I know it’s crap but I gotta gas up too.”? or “I thinks that peoples should know the truf about the cadidate” ?
[re=49791]Terry[/re]: That is why it took the U.S. Park Police almost a year to find Chandra Levy’s body.
[re=49799]irisheyes[/re]: agreed! now that their suvs are too expensive to drive, and they’re all down sizing to regular cars the chances that they won’t fit are even greater. and god knows if you eat a hamburger made by a gay, or from a company that supports the gays you get a one way ticket straight to hell.
[re=49803]irisheyes[/re]: Sad like, “well, sorry you didnt like my story” “I know it’s a shallow part of the campaign, but…”
I decided I didnt want to kick her in the face with both feet, so I told her that was the problem; the dim shallowness being written and considered newsworthy.
She seemed decent, and I found her to not be a diseased Murdoch minion, but they’re a wily lot, so I’m still a bit wary.
That’s a fascinating WSJ article on McCain. Like 5 paragraphs from about 3 sources of how “emotional” McCain is which frankly is horrifying to me as to the proper temperament of a President.
And check out this paragraph:
Although he hammers Obama in public appearances, he also has respectful words for his opponent. In the interview last week, he said, “I’m surprised that I am as close in the polls as I am right now. When you look at the fantastic campaign that Senator Obama has waged, it really is quite remarkable.”
This interview was a week ago. Amazing how much changes in one week, eh?
[re=49796]magic titty[/re]: Did you sign your letter “Regards, Magic Titty”?
How come when President Goofball rides his bike 7 hrs a day the WSJ doesn’t have a problem with it?
It doesn’t matter anyway because we’re all going to be buff and good looking in the future. Big Pharma has come up with, wait for it! “Exercise in a Pill!”
http://health.yahoo.com/news/ap/sci_exercise_pill.html
[re=49784]4tehlulz[/re]: I think Wonkette should have a weekly relationship advice column featuring Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup.
I always ask myself, what would Sir Jock Stirrup do?
Sara, I think the revelations of the WSJ article on McCain needs to be refocused into a new post, specifically about how Salter basically was the “voice” and “coherent words” of McCain for over 20 years.
I read the first paragraph of the article and i was like, “dag, that’s a whole lot more eloquent of Johnny than I’m used to hearing.” Of course it was, why? because Salter’s been writing his books and speeches for years.
So check it out: Whenever McCain is left to his own devices, his words contradict themselves, he sings bombing songs and he’s been known to utter cunt and ape rape jokes. And there’s been articles of McCain admitting that “breezy” natures of interviews result in his frequent gaffes, which of course we’re supposed to overlook.
So the question remains, is this a case of a Cyrano Debergerac (sp?) in which we’re presented some “war hero” shell while hearing the well-crafted and inspiration words, thoughts and writings of Mark Salter?
Who are we supposed to be possibly electing here? McCain or the shadow inspirational McCain a la Salter?
Perhaps a list of what he’s “written” and what he has been interviewed saying would be interesting to see as an analysis?
[re=49814]The Real JR Revisted[/re]: thisclose to doing so.
[re=49796]magic titty[/re]: You shouda sent your e-mail to my Boss. fatassdicklicker@yougonnaeatthat.com
Also, ‘choices based on his gut’? That’s all we need, another intestinal parasite in office.
Re: Anthrax
Excellent! I was just reviewing my files on this story so I could finally bring my completely made-up conspiracy theory on-line. Now I have a news hook!
Remember how this was a HUUuuuge frickin’ story back in 2001? 12 months later, it has essentially disappeared. But boy-oh-boy, did it enhance the paranoia back then!!
OBVIOUSLY, the plane attacks of 9/11 were just what we were told – al Quaeda terrorists. But how the hell do you connect Osama and Iraq so we can invade it? Make everybody freak out about ‘weapons of mass destruction’, specifically anthrax, which the CIA heard some guy say that he heard a rumor that maybe Saddam had some. So while everybody was still shocked and angry (here comes the completely made-up part) the government obviously had an agent distribute weaponized anthrax through the mail, and if they killed Tom Daschle so much the better, and then they could get everybody worried about Saddam Hussein.
Good conspiracy theories always ask a lot of unanswered or unanswerable questions.
Who would have been able to weaponize anthrax besides the government? Who stood to gain from the anthrax attacks other than neo-cons and the Tri-lateral Commission? Why did the story disappear even though news outlets (owned by big corporations) were targeted? Why did they target that innocent Hatfill fella for so long? How do we know this new guy REALLY committed suicide? Wasn’t that convenient?
So, that’s my made-up theory, which I wouldn’t be surprised if 1) it suddenly took off on the internets, and 2) if it were all too entirely true.
But Terra discovered that love was her secret weapon against Kefka! Where’s the love?
[re=49850]ProfessorJukes[/re]:I hope you’ve read Truman’s “The Military Industrial Complex”. He lays out the whole nefarious scheme. Plus he was a PRZNDNT!
[re=49828]The Real JR Revisted[/re]: EXCCCUUUUZZZE ME!!IZ my Face RED!
http://www.militaryindustrialcomplex.com BY EISENHOWER..WEll it was one of dem przndnt guys…. whatever…..
Yes, Barry is far too fit to be President of a nation of fatties. He’s also far too smart, far too handsome, and overall way too good for America. You haven’t *earned* the right to vote for him, bitches.
“But because Barack Obama is physically fit, Americans will despise him and put McCain in office.”
That makes perfect sense to me. No one wanted to elect Gore or Kerry because they were know-it-all-egg-head-smarty-pants that the vast majority of Americans used to beat up in high school. So why would we want a president with any fucking redeeming qualities at all?
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