Nutjobs Ranting About Politics.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by bilmore
Asshats vote.

Board motto!

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Board motto!

Can't. Florida's already using it in their instructional videos.

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Um, no. He pulls it off with people who already luff him to pieces. For the 70% of Caleeforneeans who voted against him, the constant movie references long after the campaign makes California look like a bit of joke.

Reagan knew how to use it sparingly, so he could be taken seriously when he needed respect.

He has a 65% approval rating. The recall is old news.

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Hadn't seen that. Did O'Reilly use the well-worn Shout-Down Technique to secure his overwhelming victory, or was it obtained through the more traditional Lincoln-Douglas rules?

It was on Russert's show -

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
On the night that the media didnt cover.

He also scared the fuck out of the organizers, when he hijacked his 7 minute slot into 25*


*These numbers are from memory, and as such, may be off

I thought it was weird that the media spent so much time harping on his extra time and spent no time at all on the content of his speech. I pretty much consider Sharpton to be one of those crazy cousins that always embarrasses you at the family picnic. I sort of cringe and say "well, we're democrats, we have loons" when his participation in the party is brought to my attention. But that speech was incredible. After hearing that speech I finally understood why he's managed to get so much respect. I couldn't believe I was saying "wow, did you hear Sharpton last night" to people the next day. But the only thing I heard about from the media was "he went over his time limit, and boy are the Democrats pissed." Seemed to me that the crowd of Democrats loved his speech as much as I did.

[sgtclub]

"Sources say major changes could come at the campaign's highest level." That's the juiciest sentence in CNN's Kerry Shake-Up story. Not much else there, though. Except this:

Several campaign officials and advisers say they recognize the need to have an "adult" traveling with the candidate -- as one put it, "someone who can tell him to shut up ..."

The staff's fault, again! ... 3:20 A.M.

Slate has more on the shake up: http://slate.msn.com/id/2105890/

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by sgtclub
He has a 65% approval rating. The recall is old news.

Yeah, yeah, like Bush's numerical minority was immediately old news, but y'all were allowed to point out, depite his approval ratings, that Clinton would never had been president had it not been for Perot.

You're conflating two issues. The question is whether his constant movie references "work." I say they don't. The reason he's been a reasonably effective governor hasn't been because of his celebrity --- it's been because he entered Sacramento with no history, so the legislature has little to go on during the power battles. I think the "I'll terminate the deficit" stuff makes him look like a cheeseball, not a leader. If you think that, to the contrary, it makes him a great leader, we're all in trouble.

(Please say celebrities make better executive branch leaders. We have a hell of a lot more of them to choose from than you do, and most of them are not constitutionally disqualified from the presidency.)

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
(Please say celebrities make better executive branch leaders. We have a hell of a lot more of them to choose from than you do, and most of them are not constitutionally disqualified from the presidency.)

If this is trial balloon for Rob Reiner in '08, understand that a bald guy can't be elected President anymore.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
If this is trial balloon for Rob Reiner in '08, understand that a bald guy can't be elected President anymore.

Insiders know that Sheen already has a lock on '08.

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Yeah, yeah, like Bush's numerical minority was immediately old news, but y'all were allowed to point out, depite his approval ratings, that Clinton would never had been president had it not been for Perot.

Perhaps this would make sense to me if there were 150 people running for POTUS that year.

You're conflating two issues. The question is whether his constant movie references "work." I say they don't. The reason he's been a reasonably effective governor hasn't been because of his celebrity --- it's been because he entered Sacramento with no history, so the legislature has little to go on during the power battles. I think the "I'll terminate the deficit" stuff makes him look like a cheeseball, not a leader. If you think that, to the contrary, it makes him a great leader, we're all in trouble.

Not really. If it didn't "work" he wouldn't have the 65% approval rating. The "people" eat it up.

(Please say celebrities make better executive branch leaders. We have a hell of a lot more of them to choose from than you do, and most of them are not constitutionally disqualified from the presidency.)

Only the ones who are foreign born and have won Mr. Olympus at least 7 times and the ones that worked for GE (directly, not NBC) for at least 5 years.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
beloved Patch leaders

Elitist coastal fuck.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Especially in the Patch.

Provincial Midwestern fuck.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by taxwonk
Provincial Midwestern fuck.

Actually, I have a coastal elitest attitude in the provincial midwest. Except that I still drink beer.

[Say_hello_for_me]

Are there any words of hyperbole too extreme to describe what is likely to happen if someone starts executing kids in Russia? Something tells me it ain't gonna make the Russians surrender. This is the kind of stuff they turned into folklore during WWII, and it led very much to a take-no-prisoners attitude in their people.

Start executing Russian kids, be prepared to see massive retaliation against Chechen civilians/musims.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Actually, I have a coastal elitest attitude in the provincial midwest. Except that I still drink beer.

Fucking drunk.