Tighter Race - Local Looks - The View From St. Paul
Yes, I am here - just very busy trying to find truth and the American . I’m sitting with Rick DeMichele, head of the Camden County Republican party. Rick is wearing a bizarre RED WHITE AND BLUE Dr. Seusse hat. The amazing thing is that Rick likes it. Next to me is Brad Segall, the great suburban bureau chief for KYW Newsradio. It is not that I need the attention, but I am reporting here for 1060, CN 8, this blog, a video blog, and I am taking it in.
Here’s what I see. The Republicans like Sarah as in Palin. She was very strong last night, but there is a difference between what you feel here and what happens outside. I thought she was very clear and entertaining, but will she play in Cherry Hill, Abington, the Great Northeast and Lower Merion? You tell me.
This much I know: Republicans run smoother conventions. The soles of my shoes will tell you that. GOP conventions are mostly white. Renee Amoore, of King of Prussia, is the only black woman to speak at this convention. I think Renee should have been tapped for VP. She has more executive experience than Barack and Sarah. Besides, she has a pleasant, non-irritating sense of humor.
In New Jersey, GOP stalwarts are angry at Rob Andrews for deciding to run to keep his seat. So, it’s a crime to change your mind? Rick, the man with the crazy hat, says I should delete this paragraph.
Hottest item at the convention - umbrellas. They give them out to you, then the secret service confiscates them.I think the Secret Service sells umbrellas on the side to finance its annual picnic!
Just kidding.
The anarchists here are professional idiots. They have no cause - just making trouble. They smash windows, upset bus routes and hate the media. Everybody hates the media here. I am hiding my credentials, although Rick treats me well. Behind my back - that’s another story.
Frankly, for better or worse, this is the way we do it in America. It is mostly peaceful, and very excitingv and in the next eight weeks, we’ll see what Barack and McCain are all about, whether Sarah can deal with controversy. We know Joe Biden. He’ll be tough, and I wonder whether John McCain may someday regret that he didn’t choose Tom Ridge?
We’ll see.
Thank God you’re okay Larry! We were getting very worried.
I can tell you how Palin is playing in NYC. Not a chance in hell any of these feminist support her. I know a lot of hard core Hillary woman here and they ravaged Palin, some who were on the fence said Palin pick was insulting and it pushed them toward Obama even though they questioned whether he was ready.
In soccor mom world of Philadlephia’s western and wealthiest suburbs she’s a huge hit. The husbands all love her and were for McCain anyway, and the wives who were skeptical about McCain are on board big time now. Further west toward Lancaster and all the way out to Greenville PA, Palin is white hot and the base is on fire. Working single woman in trailors and the stay at home wives of union guys really identify with her. These are areas where schools are closed on the first day of deer season, these people are very excited, and will not forget to vote before they go deer hunting.
That’s how it is here Larry. You can see from all the bickering on the blog we lost our way. Palin pick was a stroke of genius, and if he loses it will not be because Ridge wasn’t on ticket. Hurry home Mrs Kane misses you too!
Larry thats it? You sitting next to a guy wearing a Dr Seusse hat who probably has an umbrella, or not. And who
is Renee Amoore and who cares? Man I sure could have used the money that was wasted on your trip. BTW I’d be hiding my press credentials too if I were you.
Larry are you really in your hotel room in your underwear?
Republicans were relieved last night that Sarah Palin was not a complete bust (no pun intended). She was compelling, articulate and entertaining. She has brought life to a mordibund ticket and sleepwalking convention.
Rudy Guiliani was terrific.
Mary Poppins wants her umbrellas bac.
Larry, it must be painful for you to spend so much time with conservatives. What a trooper you are. No more lefthanded compliments or thinly veiled shots. You should be above that you liberal you.
CNN might as well leave the convention. They hate the GOP and have analysts like Begala and Brazile that don’t have an objective bone in their bodies. They deserve all the abuse they receive!
Cindy McCain is a beautiful person on the inside and outside, she has brought viewers to tears tonight with her compelling life story. She never had to emphasize or even say that she actually loved her country-itsjust a given. She was adopting children in third world nations long before Madonna and Angelina, but never went looking for accolades. The fisrt First Lady with husky dog eyes, hopefully Katie Couric isnt holding her breath for an interview.
The big story here Larry is that big media is in big trouble. Mainstream Americans have realized that the emporors at ABC,NBC,CBS,CNN,& MSNBC have no cloths! McCain and Palin will be able to flip big media the bird, and it will further enhance their appeal to independent swing voters.
Katie Couric, once the perky cheerleader on the Today Show, is now counting the days until she is outed off the CBS News. She’s miscast as nightly news sole anchor. Sorry Katie.
YFAP, have you been captured by the North Vietnamese?
John McCain missed yet another chance to distance himself from Obama. After listening to the attack dogs hammer away at the Ambiguously Inexperienced Duo, McCain chose to sound “presidential” without any hint of his plans for the country. Just more empty rhetoric like his opponents.
As the pirates would say, argh.
OOOJ-CNN was flat out disgusting.Why was Donna Brazile,in particular,commenting on Republicans ? No bias there.It was so bad, I finally switched to MSNBC & the very angry Keith Olberman.What a jamoke he is.
Cindy McCain & Sarah Palin,two very beautiful women.Wonder how much tension there will be in the White House with those two ?
JR-I’m sure you noticed that Cindy doesn’t need pants suits.You coming aroung yet,dawg ?
Finally,I thought it was a good speech but a bit predictable.He avoided mentioning George Bush by name,kind of tricky there.Also avoided mentioning by name the two men who nursed him back to health after he got bagged,though the cameras did flash on Bud Day.The other guy,Norris Overly,is personna non grata in the POW community.
Larry-Which American are you trying to find ?
Between Cindy and Sarah we will not be seeing a lot of pants suits. It may be a dissapointment to JR, but when he begins appreciate how dresses accentuate the donkey zone of these fine conservative woman, he’ll forget all about Hillary’s extensive wardrobe of brightly colored pants suits. Trust me, JR is coming over to the bright side with McCain and Palin-and he will never look back.
YFAP, Larry isn’t going to find any American in his hotel room.
YFAP, I have not seen a national poll numbers since the Ambiguously Inexperienced Duo left Denver. Have you? I expected a big bounce. I guess the media didn’t get the bounce they wanted so they withheld the numbers. Should be some new numbers on Monday.
I’ll be introducing my new line of colorful pantsuits at K Mart this fall. Move over Jaclyn Smith and Martha Stewart. I’m calling it “Hidden Agendas”. Kind of a play on words. JR, what size are you? I’d like to send you something in orange.
HC, maybe that should be ‘Faint Praise’… Send something to Leo as well. I think something red in a size 12 should fit.
I think I heard 42-42 as of last night.Not sure if that was CNN or MSNBC.Surprised because I figured Obama was still up by 2,3 points.
In his opening line Larrys says he’s “trying to find truth & the American “.American what ? Is this a coded message ? Do you get “reset” if you break the code ?
Le ‘mo only wears Oscar De La Renta.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that…
The Ambiguously Inexperienced Duo - Ace and Barry
Four years ago, the GOP said military service in Vietnam doesn’t matter. Last night, they built a cult of personality based on a disobedient sailor’s time spent as a POW in Vietnam. The night before that, they built a cult of personality around a bunch of attacks and partisan rancor, which my good friend and one time potential running mate said his campaign was about ending. This truly is the party of smoke and mirrors. Barney Frank and I and Theresa are all going windsurfing with Dukakis and a few gerbils. After that, we’re going to join the GOP.
Finding Lemo
My friends, how about that pit bull Sarah Palin? I will end partisan rancor by increasing partisan rancor. Did I mention I was a POW who lived in a box?
Oh you guys. Michelle Obama has nothing on my wife. Forget angry black women. I’ve got an angry white woman!
Also, we named our daugther Bristol after Bristol Bay because we knew that she’d be covered in seamen.
Todd I forgot about Michelle Obama when I saw Cindy last night. Now there is a FLILF. Not a pantsuit in site.
Leno was right about Palin being comfortable at the RNC. When she looked out across the crowd, it was all white, just like Alaska.
I want a mulligan for the last eight years. Please, my friends, let me fix the government that you all broke. Did I mention that I lived in a box in Hanoi?
Leo Bloom is my very best patron.The chiffon,the lace,leather.The best always for comrade bloom de la leo.But I cannot figure out why he wanted a hampster wrapped tightly in a tutu and duck tape.
The men in black pajamas gave me a choice whether to go home or stay in prison. I knew if I chose to stay, I would suffer because of my broken body. Now, I want to deny meaningful choices like that to women about their own bodies. I want to be the decider and decide those choices for them. Sarah Palin said Bristol chose to keep the baby she’s carrying. Sarah Palin said she chose to carry Trig. When I am president, no other woman should have to face those terrible choices. I have already decided for them. Even if a woman is raped by an Islamic Terrorist®, she will carry that baby. Sarah is right about that, and I respect her for her courage.
Did I mention I was a POW who lived in a box? Love me.
LB, you are a sock puppeteer out of control this fine morning. I suspect ODLR was not you, though, huh? Otherwise duelling sock puppets can not offset the onslaught of discovery on the Ambiguously Inexperienced Duo.
150 votes - a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ - but instead ‘present’
Take a stand Barry
oooj-bcktrack did not make any decisions and did not show up for that many votes when he was a community organizer.heh,what is that?
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larry, comrade bloom is a ventrilloquest and a sock puppeter.he needs an orange de la renta pantsuit for his sock puppet hand.
Is disgrace, this puppets. In my country we enjoy the, how you say, antics of the marionette. Is like the buttery croissant and cognac of the stage. Perhaps this Obama will be elected and join fine French traditions, such as the surrender to the threats or effete pirates!
Yankee Air Pirate-CNN is atrocious and unamerican.how dare they have that woman comment about republicans ?it’s not like i ever analyze demoncrats!!!
mcccain-great speech and even better video.i like that we can stay away from hollywood types and have someone like fred thompson narrate it instead.
palin-great speech but she was too soft on barcktrack nad community organizers.her base needs to hear more about her abortion views to see she is mainstream hockey mom america.and loofah indeed.i’d show her what sexual harassment is really about because i’m redblooded man all through,like her husband,but he is not racially pure like me.she is all woman,feisty and needing to be tamed.
Sacre bleu! You are disgracing Chaussette Marionnettes everywhere.
I say, ah, I say McCain is settin’ himself apart from the party. Great strategy, like the fox in the henhouse we talk about in Tennessee that said he was just an egg inspector. Beaut. He may win the White House, but I think he’s sellin’ our boys in Congress down the river. We’ve got more seats in play, and he’s runnin’ “throw the bums out” like it was hot cornbread at 4 a.m. before Bassmasters. MMMmmmmm. It tastes good, but don’t it make you fat in the donkey zone? I think this line won’t get him much help in Washington unless’n all our good ol’ boys become born again politicians and see the errors of their ways. Like that fetchin’ Bristol. We want to carry our GOP baby to term, ya’ll. So what’s McCain doin’ waiving a coat hanger all over like a june bug in a gin and tonic?
What a revoltin’ development this is? Le’mo is impersonating JR as BO’R and trying to copy his style. Well I guess I’ll be shoveling off.
Come with me to the 19th century.
Come with me to the late movie.
No you cannot leave. You must stay and listen to my sanctimonious and important liberal views. I especially like the GOP speakers who keep attacking the bad work the Republican administration has done for the past eight years as if it’s a Washington thing and not a “Mr. Bush, the last outsider governor, goes to Washington” thing. It’s empty rhetoric that only speaks to the worst in Americans. Kudos to the Republican party for perpetuating the techniques what Leni Riefenstal and her pals did so well with in Germany. Country first!
So far the line of the week: “Juno in Juneau”
That is a classic, LB. Did you come up with that yourself?
Mmmmmmmm did you see how they passed around little corky Palin the other night,Mmmmmmmmmmm they passed him around like a hot potatoe,Mmmmmmmmmmm Brett Favre can’t pass that good,I looked at my husband and he had a smile as wide as my backside and I slapped him upside his big head.
Mrs. Palin, I know Dick Cheney. You’re no Dick Cheney. Want to go hunting?
Leo, you are doing some nice puppet work today, I could hear you in at least three of them. However, the other blogger who does John Kerry is much more insightful and much funnier, but your McCain is pretty good.
My friends, when I was in agony in Hanoi, Leo Bloom nursed me back to health, despite his own serious injuries that he sustained when his swiftboat exploded. His high-toned and elite statements about what’s good for Americans gave me hope for my country. It is than that I knew. Country first. Me second. My crippled wife third.
Was he a wet nurse?
Sacre bleu,I am so high for the American people.You have the McCain & wife & now the Sarah Palin.It ees no wonder you are the envy of the world.This election now looks like a fait accompli,no ?
I was a paperboy when I was 12 and a community organizer at 15,now does anyone want to buy may energy plan?
Larry. I think an interesting and controversial question for Michelle Obama and Sarah Palin would be if they use corporal punishment , a.k.a spanking, on their children. Sine both are presenting themselves as enlightened boomer super moms, the country should know if they spank or give children time outs and take away privaleges. This is a hot parenting topic and it would be interesting to ask each of them; have you ever spanked your children and if so under what circumstance? Will they give a straight answer or hedge? Every parent knows the answer cold if they have or have not spanked the kids, so its a great and fair question for these super moms. Maybe the rest of us could learn something from their parenting approach, as both families appear to have very well behaved children
Citizens of Burgerville, I commend you for choosing a mayor as a VP candidate. We mayors get things done. Why, I had to fire Grimace when he failed to apprehend the Hamburgler before he could grab Ronald’s meat. That was a sad day, but, after a shamrock shake, Grimace was as good as new and did not mind. Should anything happen to that other mayor, just let me know. I’m ready on day one!
In France, we call the burger of the quarter pound by the name Royale with cheese. Mr. Mayor, you are a compassionate and bold leader. I am sure you must immediately be popular with the people who eat the meat, ce n’est pas?
Jacques there are differences that we all must understand. For instance I have been forced to live in a box. A cardboard box. Under a heat lamp. It is torture.
But it no is Bastille, eh? You still have your head, no?
Did someone say cheeseburger? Lemme get my running shorts on and I’ll be right over.
Or if they spanked the monkey?
Or maybe I’ll just have a Sarahburger. Hold the cheese and pickle, Mayor.
Larry, it may be time to change your blog again. Puppets are running the Insane Assylum today. Can the pirates be far behind?
robble robble.robble.
I’m speechless. This site is like Lord of the Flies. Man what a mess…..
Follow the conch!
Larry,Mccain/Palin ticket very hot in Ohio and Pa.game over.
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Larry,the buzz: 2012 Clinton/Rendell.game over.
I swear to God, I wish I were Republican. I’m a fancy Braman from Boston and the working people just dont get me. I ran against a draft dodger who was an idiot but everyone liked him better than me. Now a war hero like me is the toast of the Republican party. If I had run as a Republican against Bush I’d probably be president and I would not have had to lie about my social and economic beliefs. Theresa tells me Obama will cost us millions in taxes, and I’m supposed to be happy about that?
This Larry Kane fellow never even bothered to track me down for an interview, a dyed in the wool liberal reporter from a working class city doesnt want to talk to me, that’s pretty sad, but then again, I really dont have much to say.
I did get the idea from this site to dress my male member up as a sock puppet and surprise Theresa with it thinking she would think it was funny- surprise surprise, she wasn’t amused. Now I’m exciled to the study surfing the net for sites that photoshop Sarah Palin’s head on different bodies doing stuff at spring break, pretty sad indeed!
Do you know the difference between Dick Cheney and Sarah Palin?
Lipstick.
Do you know the difference between Barrack Obama and Jimmy Carter?
Big ears.
My friend Barney Frank pointed out that Todd Palin’s snow machine had one hot under carriage. Now, as an expert windsurfer, I’m not very familar with winter sports, especiially something that resembles NASCAR on ice. Do any of you gentleman know what congressman Frank means? There’s got to be a few “snow machine mechanics” down there in Philly.
John, what is a snow machine anyway? Is that a snowmobile? Only snow machines I know sit on the sides of ski slopes freezing water and throwing articial snow onto slopes. If he’s riding that, he doesn’t need a seatbelt. It’s stationary.
George, I believe children should be spanked or slapped when they misbehave. Most politicians privately spank their children so they will not act up when in public. The fear of a good whooping is what makes kids mind on the campaign trail. Michelle Obama appears to be a strick disciplinarian, which is rare among left wing liberals.
I can’t tell you how many resturant dinners have been ruined for Theresa and me by annoying children being parented by Birkenstock wearing permissive liberals out on the Cape. They just dont control their children and never spank them, as a result everyone else has to endure their annoying little bastards running amok at the better seafood returants in Provincetown. I often stare and glare at them and get a great deal of satisfaction when they begin to look terrified and whimper to their parents. I often stop at the child’s table on the way out of the resturant and say to the kid; “I’m John Kerry- did you get my message?!” Theresa loves when I do that becasue she hates kids more than me. We then go home to our empty town house and pop a fresh bottle of Heinz into the microwave, and then, you know,…
Bi- curious, I’d never heard of a snow machine. We call them snowmobiles in the northeast, I assume thats what a snow machine is, its a snow mobile I beleive. Ask Jeff Gordon, he’s a NASCAR guy who knows just about everything and comments on this blog sometimes.
Vrooom
Dudes I don’t drive on snow or ice. Better check with those dudes from Ice Road Truckers they may have more experience. I’m a pansy that only makes left hand turns around an oval in ideal conditions. I did drive into a ditch at Stowe one year when the family was skiing. The roads were a little icy.
I’d check with the 2nd most famous Alaskan, Susan Butcher.
Topped off. Got to go!
Refeshingly honest Jeff Gordon! We need more of that straight in Washington and less of the loose stool that dribbles out of the mouths of politicians like me!
When Jeff Gordon doesnt know an answer he says so. Are there any ice road truckers who could help? or perhaps a truck stop you could direct me to where I could meet regular truckers who were resting in their cabs, who are exhausted from carrying full loads and need relief?
Where to begin ?
Vrooom
John watch out at truck stops and rest stops on highways. That is a gay hang out for meeting other guys. Not that there is anything wrong with that. You aren’t a very handsome man no offense. I on the other hand would attract a quite a crowd of gays as I am movie star handsome.
Has anyone ever mistaken you for Don Imus?
Lugnuts reset. Got to go!
Has anyone mistaken you for Joe Biden?
Let us know if you run into Leo at the rest stop.
Thanks Jeff, I had no idea! As you probably know I have a driver in DC and Boston and am very disconnected from such things. I do know from a senate collegue to never “strike a wide stance” in an airport restroom. Apparently they are surveiled by Homeland Security Agents since that is how terrorist communicate with each other when they want to signal an attack. Monitoring these restrooms has saved our nation from coutless attacks since 9/11.
Seems like McCain is hitting his stride with polls now even. I think when they adjust for people who lie to pollsters (fear of being rascist) and rich democrats like me who intend to vote Republican, he’s probably ahead by a few percentage points. I’m in real good with McCain and Hillary, so it will be business as usual for us once we get past the charade of Obama’s candidacy. I see those democrats even threw out American flags in Denver, so I guess that proves they were just props in a stadium show. I threw out my medals, but I do respect the American flag, for the love of God, what were those people thinking? It was Obama’s election to lose, and in that respect the homeboy is like me, just pissing it away in the final stretch. I can wait to put it to the junior senator when he returns to the Senate, I love being a dick to people like Obama, but pretending I like him in public. The first thing I’ll say is “Obama, we have an important vote- are your present?”
Ace and Barry - the Ambiguously Inexperienced Duo
Larry was at the RNC convention and I presume saw Palin speech, which we now know was a rating smash, and McCain’s night exceed Obama’s stadium speech.
What is Larry missing, or is he just really out of touch with mainstream non urban Christians? He suggests, after seeing Palin, that we may ultimately wish Tom Ridge was on the ticket? What?
I know he has a lefty ax to grind, but as a reporter, how could he have missed the electricity of this unprecedented and unorthodox pick? He does not have to like her, or subscribe to her views, but to not recognize this as the watershed political event of modern time misses the point of his trip to the convention. My friends heard Larry on KYW radio, and asked why do I spend any time on this silly blog? They said his reporting was extreamly biased. I did not hear it so cannot comment, did anyone else hear his report of RNC on the radio and have an opinon?
I will grant that Tom Ridge delivered a very good speech, but again we now know for sure that a pro-choice VP would have not worked based on the reaction to Palin. George Bush Sr ignored the right in 1992 and it cost him, something GW knew enough not to do.
Also, for the GW Bush haters, I read recently that even Ronald Reagan said in his private letters that GW Bush was a loser and he dreaded being asked to help him. If Ronny said it, it must be true!
George good point,the other day some one said that the sock puppets were gone wild,but what it really is -THE MEDIA’S GONE WILD- they donot even care to look neutral they are in obama’s tank and proud of it they make Dan Rather sound like Bill O’reilly,I always consider Larry as fair.
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We will look forward to Larry”s future post maybe he will comment on the state of the media.
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Cindy Mccain’s outfit today was green dress with red sweater and gold pearl necklace,very flashy looks good on but would work on a woman half her age,I am sure she has the top name brands (Leo can help us on that info)but I think she has to tone it down some studio 54 is out of bussiness.
George/John if only your mother had a choice……..
Cindy is a snappy dresser Jack, and that’s who she is. She shouldn’t have to apologize for being rich, her dad realized the American dream and she’s the beneficary. I had sterotyped her based on media reports, but I got a very good idea of who she is from the convention. Unlike someone like Theresa Kerry (who’s richer), Cindy seems grounded and clearly has given back, they didn’t make up that old footage of her helping very poor people, but it was something most never knew. She doesn’t wear her good work on her sleeve. She adopted two children to give back, and thats more than most wealthy people ever do, as it requires much more than giving money or showing up at a charity releif fund raiser. I’m sold on Cindy and her husky dog eyes. I think she can still pull off the outfits, but maybe by the end of her husband’s second term when shes in her 60s she’ll roll out some tasteful pant suits for us.
George you know how the bias media is they will start to attack her too,she is very attractive inside and outside and John Mccain has a good eye for good looking woman.
http://news.yahoo.com/story//ap/20080907/ap_on_el_pr/hillary_rodham_clinton
larry someone is making me a sock puppet,no parrots included.i realized mccain is crippled.no air force one heroics or touchdowns for him i guess.
Mr. Kane, I’m going to ignore Palin. America will soon realize that she’s just a really bad blind date and that issues matter more than pretending to be a “hockey mom.” She’s a nice gimmick for the John-in-the-Box candidate, but she’s no Hill-Dog. Heh heh heh. Heck, in Scranton people already realize that she overshadows him on the GOP ticket. That’s how little the GOP has for issues.
As for all of the people who rushed to embrace her, what can I say? We’re a country full of impulse shoppers who make foolish purchases and then whine when the bill comes due. Well, this is one woman who won’t let the American people throw their money away on this cheap ploy from Alaska.
Hi, jack. Be a good boy now and come bite and chew it for me. Dirty love, jack.
McCain’s convention bounce, even with the putative pit bull excitement, didn’t get him past Obama. Wrap this one up: McCain is done.
Sarah Palin is the biggest phony I’ve seen since James Frey. One million little pieces of moose sushi. Hermes scarfs for everyone! Leo will give you the retail value.
Mr. Russell, you know that Senator McCain himself started the attacks on Cindy, don’t you? He called her a cu~t and a whore when she made fun of his thinning hair. Why would he attack someone so beautiful on the inside? My good friend Dr. Phil McGraw has a theory.
Leo, if all these sock puppets are you as I suspect, you need to find another outlet for your anger. Tae Bo. If Obama had picked a woman as his running mate (and I don’t mean Hillary) he could have distanced himself from McCain. Instead he left McCain that opening by selecting Angry Joe who brings nothing to the ticket. The Ambiguously Inexperienced Duo. Sarah Palin may not be the perfect candidate but she’s the only one with a pulse.
Hey Larry, the convention is over. You can come home now. Thanks for the daily insights from Denver and St Paul.
JR, you are right about the media coming after Cindy McCain. I’m sure they’ll find some skeletons in her past. I suspect the right wing noise machine has a few revelations to drop on Obama in the next 8 weeks so it should all even out.
arrrrgggg. ‘oooj’,sounds like bad oj simpson,a wicked landlubber i’m sure.afore noveber,mccain will have palin walk the plank into the sea of media sharks.she be dead meat matey.good luck findin them ‘real killers’.
arrrrgggg.when ye parrot talking points,ye lose what little credibility ye had oj.now get ye back to yer game of ’soggy ship biscuit’ with yer pegleg dog matey.
Leo, now your a pirate copying JR’s style. Very sad, matey, very said indeed.
Ambiguously Inexperienced Duo, matey. If they win, we’ll be hoping Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale offer to bail them out.
Leo you have many incarnations in this string. Did McCain really call his wife the C-word? If he did, its a great exapmle of the kind of straight talk we can expect when he’s president. Perhaps she was being one that day, Cindy is not Mother Theresa, nor,thank God, is she Theresa Kerry. If John McCain levels that same kind of straight talk to Amedenijad or Putin for example they will know where we stand.
Imagine the ponderous way Obama has to ask his wife to get him a cup of coffee, it’s probably so nuanced she doesn’t know what the hell he’s asking for, then when she figures it out, the coffee is burned and she tells him to get off his ass and get it his own damn self. Do we really need that kind of dysfuntional marital discourse in the white house?
By the way, Leo, you would make a great personal shopper for Cindy McCain. Also, I’m glad your mother chose life, so that you can be here to chat with us and share your views. The Father Devine puppet wasn’t as clever as you had hoped.
George, Leo is generally not as clever as he hoped. BTW, I liked the personal shopper throw away line.
I am still laughing that you attribute my work to Leo. As if there is only one person who finds McCain’s bid for the White House to be deeply and fundamentally flawed. That’s rich.
Wait, I think I made a mistake. I praised Cindy and then I said that it was straight talk for McCain to call her the C-word.
That’s alright George. We know how angry you are. You were bound to become so cross that you would make a mistake.
Leo, posing as me in #95, and then responding to yourself as Pock Suppet in #96 is the sincerest form of flattery, as its clear you lack the creativity or courage to respond as yourself.
Tropical Storm Swartz and his fellow weathermen again gave an overblown forecast of the impending storm Hanna. For days they yakked and yakked about the powerful storm that was heading in our direction. Batten down the hatches, move to higher ground, and don’t forget to build an ark. They overplayed their forecast and turned a cynic like me into a much stronger cynic. This was not a John (Blizzard) Bolaris miscalculation.
This was even worse. Everyone had to watch the weather updates for days not knowing the what the full wrath of Hanna might be. In the end it was a mild rainstorm bringing a needed soaking for my lawn.
Did anyone else read the column by Chris Satullo in today’s Inquirer ? In it,he says that Obama “shows a taste for mass campaign rallies that look like something Leni Riefenstahl would film”.Earlier this week (twice actually)our own Leo Bloom claimed that the Republican party perfected those techniques.Leo,it looks like one of the most Liberal writers around has a completely different slant on this.
Very nice observation YAP. It seems to me that Satullo’s comparsion is more apropos to Riefenstahl’s work, since the Democratic convention was a ground breaking, remarkable and theatrical production worthy of an Academy award. Further, the emergence of Obama in 2004 with his charasmatic but unknown agenda is similar to Hitler’s emergence as a charasmatic man of the people in 1932. Both men were (are) for an unknown change, are wildly popular, and the their followers genuinely beleive they are transformantive change agents who have insights uncommon to peer politcians.
I guess I have to agree with Satullo. As much as I took exception to his take on July 4th, he seems spot on today. Another example why he should not be censored, even though we may not always agree with him- Satullo seems very insightful today.
to oprah #85 is this oprah with make-up or the monster with out make-up you are one the wealthiest people in the country but you are unhappy because of that big fat a**,you backed obama now you will pay with ratings this year,oprah you would never be a POW because you could not fit you big a** in a 4 by 6 box.
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why does backtrack obama surround his self with angry people 1)chelle chelle 2)angry joe biden 3)rev wracist 4)louis farrakhan 5)bill ayers etc. etc.
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obama could have put this race in the bag if he tapped Hillary,but no courage no victory.
jr.Did you really want Hillary on the ticket with obama? I didn’t.I wanted her to be our president,not at his beck and call. It sickens me that she has to stand up for him.I will never forgive the DNC,or the party for what they did to her.I am supporting McCain,actually I’d support Mickey Mouse before obama.
Do you think he’d make a good dog catcher?
pat-no not really,Hillary was treated horrible,I think obama would be a good community organizer.Hillary/Rendell 2012.
JR, if Obama loses he’ll be done nationally. He’ll be destine to 30 years as a senator like fat Ted.
Would you really want Fast Eddie as a VP? I would view him as more of a liability than an asset.
You guys all crack me up. Tracking polls still have Obama ahead of McCain, despite the purported buzz around the RNC. Palin had a strong debut, but she has nowhere to go but down, and she overshadows the top of the GOP ticket even though no one knows her. That says pretty bad things about McCain as a candidate. Moreover, the McCain campaign cannot shield her from the media forever. If the Obama campaign sticks to the issues and avoids a cult of personality battle, which is what the McCain campaign is now rabidly hoping for with its newly minted celebrity in Palin, Obama will win the election.
CT, you may be right but I sense that as the election gets closer people are growing more concerned about an Obama presidency. The general public maybe viewing McCain as a safer, albeit not preferable, alternative to Obama.
Hey JR, as an expert on Donkey Zones, whose is more offensive, Oprah’s or Michelle’s?
The only chiclettooth I know is
Jimma Carter. His opinions in the 21st century mean little. The only reason chiclettooth wants Obama to win is to rid his reputation as the worst president ever to sit in the Oval Office.
Carter was at least a governor and a naval officer before he became president. Obama was a state representative and a senator for a 143 days before he launched his run for president. Me thinks Obama jumped the gun, just a little…..BTW if Obama was a white guy he would probably be a surfer dude on an Hawaiian beach.
Ed, I don’t get many Harvard lawyers down here at Big Kahunas.
Jimmy and I are runnin’ for President and VP as Independents. We figure we may be the best choice in a year of bad choices. If nothin’ else it should boost the sales of my beer and his peanuts.
Y’all comeback now here.