Thanks. I liked that one too.
But there’s only one debate and it’s barely holding on for dear life at this point.
Thanks. I liked that one too.
But there’s only one debate and it’s barely holding on for dear life at this point.
magellan is busy in the Pit trying to derail it by claiming that Gwen Ifill has written a book The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama whose success will be improved by Obama’s election, and therefore she should recuse herself as moderator. This is apparently WND.com’s and Drudge’s talking point for the day.
How his election could increase the sales of this book is left as an exercise to the reader, since a) Obama is already “the biggest celebrity in the world” and b) this is a political junkie/African American historian kind of book.
magellan is busy in the Pit trying to derail it by claiming that Gwen Ifill has written a book The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama whose success will be improved by Obama’s election, and therefore she should recuse herself as moderator. This is apparently WND.com’s and Drudge’s talking point for the day.
How his election could increase the sales of this book is left as an exercise to the reader, since a) Obama is already “the biggest celebrity in the world” and b) this is a political junkie/African American historian kind of book.
Quoth HPL:
What are you talking about? Those are perfectly fair questions! Heck, I’m not even a politician, and I could answer both of those.
So could I.
“How the hell should I know?” I’d say.
I could do better.
"Uhhh. I thought it broke. Didn’t it break?
Will someone explain superstring theory, because I never could wrap my head around that? Of course, I don’t get relativity either. <awkward giggle>"
Yeah, they’ll vote me right into office.
As we found out in the primaries with that same presidential candidate’s wife, “diamonds or pearls?”
Holy Christmas, there’s no contest. Pearls. Diamonds would be tacky!
ETA: I honestly forgot. That’s what Cindy McCain wore at the convention, isn’t it? I really, really did forget. Sorry.
Actually, that could lead to a good question.
Governor Palin, you supported an earmark for research in crab DNA. Given the importance of the crab industry to Alaska, do you still think this is a case for an earmark which is valuable?
I’m sure you could find a good earmark for Biden also.
Governor Palin, on the subject of earmarks, which do you prefer:Tattoos or Tags and please explain why.
Well, it’s not Delaware, but crabs are big business in Maryland too.
Argue with school children about the spellings of words, invent the internet. Stuff like that.
The VP debate is over, but I dream about both Obama and McCain being grilled on the misleading things they’ve said in their ads. I wonder if that’s “unfair,” though.
Such as “Senator Obama, your website says, and you’ve repeatedly said, you under you, 95% of workers will have their taxes cut. More than 5% of workers do not earn enough to pay taxes, so could you explain your logic-defying claim?”
Or “Senator McCain, you recently aired an ad saying you support renewable energy and think investing in it will create jobs. Why does your energy plan lack specific references to renewable energy sources?”
Woot! I feel like I got this one answered. Kinda.
And weren’t the answers both interesting and quite misleading?
Palin: Absolutely - let’s ramp up the powers of the VP!
(Except that she didn’t even run her small town, and is well known for her hands off style.)
Biden: Hell, no! I don’t want anything to do with the kind of power Dick Cheney had!
(Except that he’ll be a huge force in the White House, both as a senior advisor to Obama and as a legislative strong arm, although, to be fair, he was upfront about both of those roles.)
ETA: Joe Biden is going to love getting up in the morning!