Sorry for my absence in recent weeks. Sometimes real life throws you things that are important than the income-free blog you write. But now that I've made arrangements for my new job and that pesky little LSAT is out of the way, it's time to gear up.
We're fired up. We're ready to go. And we're ready to watch the change we don't believe in kick poor John McCain's ass clear from one coast to the other. Win some, lose some. Such is life.
Some quick hits to get you all caught up on everything I think about everything that matters:
OMG look at that trainwreck! Oh wait, it's just a Sarah Palin media availability. Looked great on paper but wow, she's a huge albatross around McCain's neck. Turns out that he would have been off heeding the Playground's advice from August in choosing Mitt Romney. With Wall Street going down the crapper, Romney would've lent the McCain campaign a strength on this issue than two public-sector freeloaders like Obama and Biden could never hope to possess. Obama listened to me and picked Biden. See how well that's working out for him?
Tina Fey is the unheralded power player of the 2008 race. First, "bitch is the new black" helps Hillary Clinton turn the corner in popular culture and mount a finish that nearly toppled Our Lord and Savior. And now, Fey's tireless and dead-accurate lampooning of Sarah Palin has helped to send Palin's approval ratings into the tank. Palin's favorable rating among women is now BELOW her unfavorable rating. Yeah, guess that ain't working like it was supposed to.
John McCain's campaign smells like old man and hopelessness. Could you run a more gimmick-based campaign than this? First, he picks Palin. Then, he "suspends" his campaign so that he can go back to Washington and help them get absolutely nothing accomplished. Then the rescue bill fails, and when it returns in a substantially similar form but with a boatload of pork attached, he votes yes anyway. Way to go. I'll commend him for that, I guess. Maybe that's principle. But if you want to win this race, you vote no, then go out and bash Wall Street and every freeloader out there who's behind on a mortgage.
Remember, the reality is that the overwhelming majority of Americans are responsible and make their payments on time and resent the hell out of the fact that they're going to be hit to bail out people richer than them and poorer than them. And instead of running with that ball, McCain is pushing to have the government absorb tens of billions of dollars in losses on freeloaders' mortgages so that they don't get thrown out on their ass. Nice strategy.
Playground Poll: When does McCain pull out of Wisconsin? Everyone's got McCain down 10 right now - WISC, Rasmussen, SurveyUSA, you name it. Common sense only dictates that if McCain can't compete in Michigan, he can't compete in Wisconsin either. Michigan sets up way better for McCain demographically. So really, how soon until he shutters the "Victory Center" and pulls the commercials? McCain will not win a single state that Bush didn't win in 2004. So the sooner he figures that out and just bunkers down in the red states, the better his already-slim chances become.
Have Democrats ever been handed more for simply not being Republicans? Let's face it. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are a couple of political retards. That they are in charge of Congress is an insult to the hundreds of Democratic congressmen and women who are way more competent than they are. Like Obama, they never talk about any kind of an agenda, other than to remind people that they are not the party of George W. Bush. And guess what? It's going to work for the second straight election.
I want my money back. That's right, John. Remember that $75 I gave you back in January to help dominate the airwaves in Keene, NH? I swear to the God in heaven above, you have spent all of it sending me shitty follow-up mail asking for more money. I donated on the Internets, buddy. If I want to give you more money, I will probably do it on the Internets. You don't need to drop four pieces of mail in my mailbox every damn week. And when you do send email, don't send it from you or Sarah or Rick Davis or your stupid wife. Have your hot daughter Meghan send it, and maybe include some pictures.
We're fired up. We're ready to go. And we're ready to watch the change we don't believe in kick poor John McCain's ass clear from one coast to the other. Win some, lose some. Such is life.
Some quick hits to get you all caught up on everything I think about everything that matters:
OMG look at that trainwreck! Oh wait, it's just a Sarah Palin media availability. Looked great on paper but wow, she's a huge albatross around McCain's neck. Turns out that he would have been off heeding the Playground's advice from August in choosing Mitt Romney. With Wall Street going down the crapper, Romney would've lent the McCain campaign a strength on this issue than two public-sector freeloaders like Obama and Biden could never hope to possess. Obama listened to me and picked Biden. See how well that's working out for him?
Tina Fey is the unheralded power player of the 2008 race. First, "bitch is the new black" helps Hillary Clinton turn the corner in popular culture and mount a finish that nearly toppled Our Lord and Savior. And now, Fey's tireless and dead-accurate lampooning of Sarah Palin has helped to send Palin's approval ratings into the tank. Palin's favorable rating among women is now BELOW her unfavorable rating. Yeah, guess that ain't working like it was supposed to.
John McCain's campaign smells like old man and hopelessness. Could you run a more gimmick-based campaign than this? First, he picks Palin. Then, he "suspends" his campaign so that he can go back to Washington and help them get absolutely nothing accomplished. Then the rescue bill fails, and when it returns in a substantially similar form but with a boatload of pork attached, he votes yes anyway. Way to go. I'll commend him for that, I guess. Maybe that's principle. But if you want to win this race, you vote no, then go out and bash Wall Street and every freeloader out there who's behind on a mortgage.
Remember, the reality is that the overwhelming majority of Americans are responsible and make their payments on time and resent the hell out of the fact that they're going to be hit to bail out people richer than them and poorer than them. And instead of running with that ball, McCain is pushing to have the government absorb tens of billions of dollars in losses on freeloaders' mortgages so that they don't get thrown out on their ass. Nice strategy.
Playground Poll: When does McCain pull out of Wisconsin? Everyone's got McCain down 10 right now - WISC, Rasmussen, SurveyUSA, you name it. Common sense only dictates that if McCain can't compete in Michigan, he can't compete in Wisconsin either. Michigan sets up way better for McCain demographically. So really, how soon until he shutters the "Victory Center" and pulls the commercials? McCain will not win a single state that Bush didn't win in 2004. So the sooner he figures that out and just bunkers down in the red states, the better his already-slim chances become.
Have Democrats ever been handed more for simply not being Republicans? Let's face it. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are a couple of political retards. That they are in charge of Congress is an insult to the hundreds of Democratic congressmen and women who are way more competent than they are. Like Obama, they never talk about any kind of an agenda, other than to remind people that they are not the party of George W. Bush. And guess what? It's going to work for the second straight election.
I want my money back. That's right, John. Remember that $75 I gave you back in January to help dominate the airwaves in Keene, NH? I swear to the God in heaven above, you have spent all of it sending me shitty follow-up mail asking for more money. I donated on the Internets, buddy. If I want to give you more money, I will probably do it on the Internets. You don't need to drop four pieces of mail in my mailbox every damn week. And when you do send email, don't send it from you or Sarah or Rick Davis or your stupid wife. Have your hot daughter Meghan send it, and maybe include some pictures.
15 comments:
RS--
hey i thought you died!
welcome back. Hope the LSAT went well....
anonymous left-leaning but apppreciative reader.
(i guess the LSAT is a little bit like death....)
hey since i am too lazy to figure it out for myself, and i trust your judgement/analysis, what do you think of the talk about a possible electoral tie? And what would happen then?
signed, anonymous AND lazy appreciative left-leaning reader
With an electoral tie, every state House delegation gets one vote. It is expected that Democrats will control more state delgations than Republicans.
So if Obama wins the popular vote, then the House has a pretty good rationale for picking Obama. If Democrats from states like North Dakota, South Dakota, Arkansas, West Virginia, etc. will probably be pressured to vote for McCain, and even if they don't, Obama might look even less legitimate than Bush 2000.
Welcome back.
I think that Tina Fey's brilliant Palin impression is more familiar to a large segment of voters than the real Palin. That is one side-effect of the McCain campaign's decision to keep her under wraps and unavailable to the press. They thought they were controlling the way people perceive her, but in fact they are merely failing to defend their brand.
What I meant to say was, "If McCain wins the popular vote, Democrats from West Virginia, Arkansas et al will be pressured to switch and vote McCain. Skipped a few key words there.
Grampy is in Waukesha and Wausau today and La Crosse tomorrow. If he can't get back under the MoE by next weekend there's no sense to running the ads for the faithful.
McCain is out of Wisconsin on 10/18 at 4 PM.
C'mon. Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel :)
Welcome back, RS!
Inquiring minds want to know...when did you decide you couldn't vote for Johnny Mac?
And which lucky third-party candidate will get your vote?
And...you're positive you won't be possessed by the spirit of hope after inauguration day? (Frankly, I am looking forward to being disappointed by an Obama administration).
Anonymously,
Brew City Brawler
Right on about the bailout. It would be nice if the 2 parties would act like they are stereotyped.
instead of running with that ball, McCain is pushing to have the government absorb tens of billions of dollars in losses on freeloaders' mortgages so that they don't get thrown out on their ass. Nice strategy
No fool like an old fool.
The Party bigs wanted a "moderate." They got it.
I guess you should have called this post "Throw Grandpa McCain From the Train because he is the Same."
The New York money hasn't responded well to Grampy's blaming of Wall St in his new fabulist-populist persona. Pair that with a shiny-new 17 point spread following the debate and four town halls in-state and McCampaign looks to be right on track to slink out of Wisconsin Friday night.
A rumor that came out of the convention was that Romney was the guy. Or, he was until he said or did something that pissed McCain off at a point that was late in the game. McCain's temper kicked in and Romney was out, replaced by an unvetted Palin.
That rumor pre-dates the trainwreck so it seems eerily prescient.
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