Come on, say 9/11.

The things that this crowd laughs and chants at make no sense to me.

I was thinking the same thing. They don’t seem to *get it* very well.

At least Rudy has the decency to say “Democratic Party” and “Democratic leader”.

Did he really imply all Muslims are terrorists.

No, Rudy, I’m not a fucking Georgian. I’m an American, you tool.

Whole lotta magical thinking going down under the elephant there ... if we repeat our talking points and memes over and over, all that mean reality that makes people think we are haters and liars will magically go away?  Oh, and that goes double if we pretend or be seen pretending to be religious.

Ms Kate, it’s worked for them in five of the eight elections in my lifetime. Don’t discount the sheer, awesome power of total bullshit.

Thanks for the blood red background. That sure is relaxing!

Not watching—can’t stands no more—but “community organizer” has been Hannity’s little catchphrase for some time now. So I’m betting that much of the rest of the unfunny comes from those radio gasbag sewers. (Unfortunately, it does pay to listen to them once in a while…you hear the memes of the future being born. The bottom-up thing works very well for them.)

My favorite line in G’s speech? That since Obama was such a “flip-flopper” Biden had better get that VP slot in writing…tee hee, great way to weigh McCain down with Palin, the biggest mess I’ve seen in my political gawking career.

Barack Obama sold mixtapes out of the back of his Cadillac, that shifty bitch.

That slayed me. Well done, sir.

I laughed when Giuliani said the Dems hadn’t talked enough about 9/11.

It was a disgusting speech from beginning to end.  Giuliani played on the politics of fear the entire way through this speech.  He implied that all Muslims where terrorists and that all God fearing white Americans should stand up to the threat and vote Republican.  It was like watching a cult revival, truly a scary thing.

The things that this crowd laughs and chants at make no sense to me.  Can someone who speaks white conservative explain?

I do and I can’t.

Don’t be afraid.  I know it’s hard to accept the fact that Obama/Biden just lost an election.

McCain/Balin

yeah, that NY skyline behind him is real classy

Was he carefully positioned so as to fill the hole?

McCain/Balin

I prefer Obama/Glóin, myself.

Legolas/Gimli 2008!

(But Frodo failed…)

I enjoyed watching Rudy bitch slap vapid Obama (and, by extension, his vapid koojas).

I bet Obama accomplished more as a community organizer than Palin did as mayor, or maybe even governor.  He also didn’t leave his community organization $12 million in debt by the time he left.  In fact, unlike Palin as mayor of Wasilla, he left that organization in much better shape than when he started there.

I’m also convinced that any job Obama’s had since he graduated from college had more responsibilities, had more positive benefits for others, and was more difficult than serving as mayor of a town of 8,000.

“I’m also convinced that any job Obama’s had since he graduated from college had more responsibilities, had more positive benefits for others, and was more difficult than serving as mayor of a town of 8,000.”

Your detachment from reality marks you as an anoetic liberal.

Biden’s point of view.

Biden on government funded abortion:

“I might also add that I find it difficult to understand how those who refuse to limit the right of abortion in this country can at the same time support the expansion of the government’s financial involvement in providing for abortions. That is why I have been a consistent supporter of the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits the use of Medicaid funds to finance abortions. I believe that it is not the government’s business to be promoting abortion in any way. We must emphasize individual responsibility for the precious gift of human life.”

Biden on Born-Alive Infants Protection Act (BAIPA) vs Obama on BAIPA:

In 2001, Biden voted for the language of the federal Born-Alive Infants Protection Act (BAIPA),
which recognizes babies who are born alive during abortions as legally protected persons, while
Obama killed a virtually identical bill in the Illinois State Senate in 2003.

Biden on McCain:

“John McCain is a personal friend, a great friend, and I would be honored to run with or against John McCain, because I think the country would be better off…”

Biden on troop surge:

“I’ve been calling for more troops for over two years, along with John McCain and others subsequent to my saying that.”

Biden on Obama’s Iraq plan:

“My impression is [Obama] thinks that if we leave, somehow the Iraqis are going to have an epiphany” of peaceful coexistence among warring sects. “I’ve seen zero evidence of that.”

Obama on ending the Iraq War:

“Sen. Obama said he would do everything possible to end the war in Iraq and emphasized the need for a political solution yet he failed to show up to vote for Sen. Biden’s critical amendment to provide a political solution in Iraq.”

Biden on pulling the troops out of Iraq:

“We can call it quits and withdraw from Iraq. I think that would be a gigantic mistake. Or we can set a deadline for pulling out, which I fear will only encourage our enemies to wait us out — equally a mistake.”

Biden on Saddam Hussein:

“He’s a long term threat and a short term threat to our national security… “We have no choice but to eliminate the threat. This is a guy who is an extreme danger to the world.”

Biden on WMDs in Iraq:

“Well, the point is, it turned out they didn’t, but everyone in the world thought he had them. The weapons inspectors said he had them. He catalogued — they catalogued them. This was not some, some Cheney, you know, pipe dream. This was, in fact, catalogued.”

Biden on race:

“I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a
nice-looking guy ... I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”

“you cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.”

Joe Biden, what a guy.  I just love his opinions don’t you.  I mean, he’s so in tune with liberal issues and opinions, you know like abortion; John McCain;troop surge; pulling the troops out of Iraq, and setting deadlines for pulling the troops out of Iraq.  Lets not forget his way with words, man that guy knows just what to say when the cameras are rolling.

Yep.  Good ole Joe Biden.  He’s such an asset to Obama don’t you think?

Jason’s an idiot. Biden and Obama are definitely on the same page in this campaign.

The “strategy” of mocking Obama will bite them in the ass bigtime when he comes across as far more Presidential than their guy in the debates. Or hell, even tonight on O’Lielly.

Jason, you must be against all froms of tax- including syntax.

Ah, I see Jason is trying to pull the old “Republicans and Democrats are exactly the same, so why not vote Republican!” trick.

Jason, Nader managed to completely ruin that ploy in 2000.  It’s not going to work better now after 8 years of disastrous Republican rule.  Most people know that there’s a difference between the two parties.  Heck, even the Republicans aren’t trying to pretend compassionate conservatism still exists.

Oh, and the stock market went down today after sales and unemployment data was released.  I have a feeling the moneycons aren’t feeling the love for Republicans this morning.

The words don’t matter.

Anything that signals that the speaker is Our Kind, or is devoted to minimal taxation, works. Anything that indicates that a person is Not Our Kind, Dear (black or swarthy Hispanic, poor, elderly or disabled on SSI, etc) or for the fundamentalists, a person that either refuses to take the pastor’s word as necessarily authoritative or is a Unitarian, Muslim, Hindu, atheist, etc, is enough to target the offender as stupid, naive, spendthrift, unpatriotic, or eeeeeeevil.

to riff off of auguste:

“Excuse me, stewardess? I speak peckerwood.”