US Presidential Elections 2008 (5 Viewers)

[oh shit]

anyone else get this in their head when they think of obama?

 

[flashback]

A senior adviser to the US presidential hopeful John McCain has apologised after saying a terrorist attack on American soil would be a "big advantage" to the Republican candidate's election campaign.


...the assassination of the former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto in December was an "unfortunate event" but had helped McCain to win the New Hampshire primary

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/24/johnmccain.uselections2008?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

Its not the fact that they think it, or even that they say it, but that they fucking say it to journalists... they just come right out to journos and absolutely make sure everyone knows they are the most callous manipulative scumbags you can imagine.

What do those people talk about behind closed doors?



edit... badges being sold at the Republican state convention.

 

[Froog]

Obama winning online battle:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/24/uselections2008.news

Tracy Russo, part of Edwards's web team, said that McCain's grasp of social networking tools was "like trying to teach your grandmother about Twitter and then applying it to government". Soohoo countered that it was a mistake to assume McCain had no knowledge of new media. "You don't have to use a computer to know how it shapes the country," he said. "John McCain is aware of the internet. This is a man who has a long history of understanding a range of issues.

 

[flashback]

"John McCain is aware of the internet. This is a man who has a long history of understanding a range of issues."

That's a wonderful quote.

 

[classic seanc]

I have achieved new status.

 

[Froog]

me too.

 

[flashback]

Still breaking up about that quote man.

This one might have legs.

 

[Moods For Mallards]

The online battle is the one to win alright.

 

[CitySickness]

There's enough status updates in that story to feed an army.

 

[classic seanc]

hahaha

 

[Froog]

Is John McCain the internet?

 

[Unicron]

There's enough status updates in that story to feed an army.

I dunno, I'm scrambling here.

 

[pete]

Here - michael moore's been very fucking quiet this time round. Someone should go check on him.

 

[flashback]

Here - michael moore's been very fucking quiet this time round. Someone should go check on him.

Jaysus. I saw him a little while ago on the street. He's not really as fat a bastard as I thought he was.

Himself and Bill Clinton can really step in now and close out Obama's campaign for him.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/24/clinton.barackobama

Former President Bill Clinton said through a spokesman today that he is committed to helping Barack Obama become president

Rapid.

 

[snakybus]

Former President Bill Clinton said through clenched teeth today that he is committed to helping Barack Obama become president

probably closer to the truth

 

[avernus]

"Unlike the elitist view that believes Americans cling to guns out of bitterness, today's ruling recognises that gun ownership is a fundamental right - sacred, just as the right to free speech and assembly," McCain said.

how the fuck is gun ownership sacred? how is it even on the same planet of importance as freedom of speech? this guy needs to be taken down for fuck sake.

 

[Unicron]

how the fuck is gun ownership sacred? how is it even on the same planet of importance as freedom of speech? this guy needs to be taken down for fuck sake.

Sacred insofar as it's in the US constitution? If one were to take the stance that it guarantees certain fundamental freedoms then you could make the case that no one right is more or less sacred than the other.

You'd be wrong of course.

 

[flashback]

Guns, God, and beating up Gays.


It is consistent. You know where you stand with the Republicans.

(Specifically that's right next to the lad who plays the banjo in Deliverance.)

 

[MDR]

I think Obama should make Ronald Reagan his running mate so that he gets the votes of Reagan Democrats.

 

[Vinnie]

I think he should have Ronald McDonald as his running mate so that all the people who like McDonalds will vote for him