It worked for Johnson. It worked for Mondale. I hope it will not work this time.

The first time I saw the commercial this morning, I was sad that Colin Powell did not run for President. That is who I would really want to take that phone call.

They're getting more and more desperate:

The wheels have come completely off.

Red phone for Obama:


Red phone for Hillary:

What the hell is wrong with this crazy biatch?

Hillary playing the Fear Card is just more proof that she is really nothing more than a republican with a healthcare plan.

DamnYankees: What the hell is wrong with this crazy biatch?

you mean other than the crazy biatch part?

DaSwankOne: I was sad that Colin Powell did not run for President. That is who I would really want to take that phone call.

If he didn't have the balls to tell off the President, he doesn't have the balls to be the President.

orrinbloquy: If he didn't have the balls to tell off the President, he doesn't have the balls to be the President.


Well said

So seriously... are people using the "Barry" thing to tie him to "Barry White" in turn trying to say that Barack isn't really black... just a white man with dark skin?

Anyone else notice that we haven't heard anything about Britney Spears' crazy since Hillary went into her own crazy downward death spiral?

The Crazy: it inhabits a new host.

Back to the actual topic: Did anyone else seeing this ad think it was a commercial from Reagan-era America down to the choice of VO? I watched it and immediately thought "Robots are going to steal your medications."

DaSwankOne: It worked for Mondale.

Wait, what?

The Obama campaign's response to this ad was perfect:

"Senator Clinton has already had her red phone moment. It was a decision whether to allow George Bush to invade Iraq, and she answered affirmatively. She did not read the national intelligence estimate, so she didn't do her homework either. She still, curiously, tries to suggest that that was not a vote for war, but it most assuredly was.

So this is about what you say when you answer that phone. What kind of judgment you demonstrate. Barack Obama has shown terrific judgment. He showed obviously good judgment on Iraq, showing the right judgment on what kind of diplomacy we should have. I think increasingly voters see him as someone that they believe as Commander in Chief will keep them safe in terms of the judgment he will display."

Owned.

orrinbloquy: DaSwankOne: It worked for Mondale.

Wait, what?

Ask Gary Hart.

Shrugging Atlas: Owned.

O-bam-owned.

orrinbloquy: If he didn't have the balls to tell off the President, he doesn't have the balls to be the President.

I agree, unfortunately.

Shrugging Atlas: The Obama campaign's response to this ad was perfect

It's almost as if Obama is some sort of rubbery substance and Hillary is a kind of gluey material.

I love the smell of desperation in the morning. It smells like... victory.

Shrugging Atlas: The Obama campaign's response to this ad was perfect:

"Senator Clinton has already had her red phone moment. It was a decision whether to allow George Bush to invade Iraq, and she answered affirmatively. She did not read the national intelligence estimate, so she didn't do her homework either. She still, curiously, tries to suggest that that was not a vote for war, but it most assuredly was.

So this is about what you say when you answer that phone. What kind of judgment you demonstrate. Barack Obama has shown terrific judgment. He showed obviously good judgment on Iraq, showing the right judgment on what kind of diplomacy we should have. I think increasingly voters see him as someone that they believe as Commander in Chief will keep them safe in terms of the judgment he will display."

Owned.

They are good. Very good.

Shrugging Atlas: Owned.

Shrugging Atlas: The Obama campaign's response to this ad was perfect:

"Senator Clinton has already had her red phone moment. It was a decision whether to allow George Bush to invade Iraq, and she answered affirmatively. She did not read the national intelligence estimate, so she didn't do her homework either. She still, curiously, tries to suggest that that was not a vote for war, but it most assuredly was.

So this is about what you say when you answer that phone. What kind of judgment you demonstrate. Barack Obama has shown terrific judgment. He showed obviously good judgment on Iraq, showing the right judgment on what kind of diplomacy we should have. I think increasingly voters see him as someone that they believe as Commander in Chief will keep them safe in terms of the judgment he will display."

Owned.

Damn. Political pile-driver.

If you base a leadership race on who's best to answer the red phone, I'd vote for Batman.

Lando Lincoln: Damn. Political pile-driver.

Just wait until Wrestlemania when he enters the cage with McCain.

HAHA! Hillary is goin down. But she hasn't gone completely batshiat crazy yet.

I'm waiting for her to do something like shave her head or attack an SUV with an umbrella. Something really crazy.

Where are the wolves? Wolves eating my baby, now that's cause to be a-skeert, a phone call, not so much.

Lando Lincoln: Damn. Political pile-driver.

GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY! GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY! WITH GOD AS MY WITNESS HILLARY'S CAMPIAGN IS BROKEN IN HALF!

Dorf11: If you base a leadership race on who's best to answer the red phone, I'd vote for Batman.

I think some guy named Steve that lives of the Bay of Bengal has a much better shot at answering any phone call to the US at 3am.

Dorf11: If you base a leadership race on who's best to answer the red phone, I'd vote for Batman.



I want someone not afraid to answer the hamburger phone.



/but I want that for ENTIRELY different reasons...

Dorf11: If you base a leadership race on who's best to answer the red phone, I'd vote for Batman.

Yeah, but have you ever noticed that you haven't seen Batman and Barack Obama in the same room together?

Hmm...

Dorf11: If you base a leadership race on who's best to answer the red phone, I'd vote for Batman.

Put me down for some sort of phone answering robot.

Lando Lincoln: Damn. Political pile-driver.

It's almost as if nobody has told Mark Penn that Hillary doesn't exactly have the most popular voting record on national security, and that making an ad that allows the Obama campaign to jump all over it is sort of dumb.

Expect the following from Team Clinton later today: All of you just don't understand Senator Clinton's stance on national security. We can't help it if you are all too stupid to understand this commercial!

Tuesday night, Clinton's going to walk onto the stage, let out a Dean-like BLLLLLLEEEEEEEEAAAAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHH, then simply collapse in on herself like the house at the end of Poltergeist and disappear.

She thinks SHE is the one we want answering that call?

AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAH

honey, pick up the pieces and go home

RussianPooper: See that right there? Kind of makes you wonder whether these men have the temperament to be president. Would you tell Prime Minister Major to shut up? Would you call Boris Yeltsin a "Crackerhead"? Who wouldn't you tell to shut up? Because you see, this election is about who can take the heat, who you want there when that secured phone in the White House rings at 3 AM. Do you want someone who will answer the phone politely: "Hello, this is the President. Speak slowly and clearly and tell me what the problem is." Or do you want someone who's cranky, who says, "This better be important," or "Do you realize what time it is?" or simply says, "Shut up!" hangs up the phone and sleeps like a baby while the world burns!

If Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor the death penalty for her assailant?

DaSwankOne: Just wait until Wrestlemania when he enters the cage with McCain.

As long as John "Mad Dog" McCain doesn't hit Barry "The Bomb" Obama with a chair while the ref is distracted, he should do alright.

sirgrim: Put me down for some sort of phone answering robot.

Ace Frehley's Ghost: Yeah, but have you ever noticed that you haven't seen Batman and Barack Obama in the same room together?

peachpicker: I want someone not afraid to answer the hamburger phone.

DaSwankOne: I think some guy named Steve that lives of the Bay of Bengal has a much better shot at answering any phone call to the US at 3am.

So we all agree: Batman is some sort of non-American robot hamburglar named Steve, who may or may not be Barack Obama.

And people say Fark threads are pointless...

orrinbloquy: If he didn't have the balls to tell off the President, he doesn't have the balls to be the President.

Well said.

Like McCain, Powell is a man who I had a great amount of respect for , going into this administration. Now, not as much.

Shrugging Atlas: The Obama campaign's response to this ad was perfect:

"Senator Clinton has already had her red phone moment. It was a decision whether to allow George Bush to invade Iraq, and she answered affirmatively. She did not read the national intelligence estimate, so she didn't do her homework either. She still, curiously, tries to suggest that that was not a vote for war, but it most assuredly was.

So this is about what you say when you answer that phone. What kind of judgment you demonstrate. Barack Obama has shown terrific judgment. He showed obviously good judgment on Iraq, showing the right judgment on what kind of diplomacy we should have. I think increasingly voters see him as someone that they believe as Commander in Chief will keep them safe in terms of the judgment he will display."

Owned.

Responses like this make me think he can actually win. He punches back, rationally, and hard. No sitting around idly taking crap about his war record while the AWOL National Guardsmen touts his toughness.

Lando Lincoln: Damn. Political pile-driver.

Man, this reeks of desperation. Wednesday can't get here soon enough.

/that's when she bows out, right?
//whaddya mean?

orrinbloquy: If he didn't have the balls to tell off the President, he doesn't have the balls to be the President.

Exactly. He was the first black Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and Sec of State, and gave some good press conferences now and then. That's it. Oh, and this:

Hey subby, I don't think Clinton ever campaigned for Goldwater.

danfrank: Responses like this make me think he can actually win. He punches back, rationally, and hard. No sitting around idly taking crap about his war record while the AWOL National Guardsmen touts his toughness.

Wordy McWord!

B. Hussien shot right back at McCain the other day in time to get the news weasals to report on both McCain's statement and Obama's response. He is a good campaigner.

DamnYankees: They are good. Very good.

when I read their retort, I thought "holy shiat, that's farking classic"

seriously, he's slick with language, to say the least.

Shostie: If Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor the death penalty for her assailant?

Suppose for a second that your house was ransacked by thugs, your family tied up in the basement with socks in their mouths, you try to open the door but there's too much blood on the knob...

Bacontastesgood: orrinbloquy: If he didn't have the balls to tell off the President, he doesn't have the balls to be the President.

Exactly. He was the first black Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and Sec of State, and gave some good press conferences now and then. That's it. Oh, and this:

Also, this:

milhouse?: Hey subby, I don't think Clinton ever campaigned for Goldwater.

She even volunteered as a Goldwater girl! (new window)

Ace Frehley's Ghost: Yeah, but have you ever noticed that you haven't seen Batman and Barack Obama in the same room together?

Hmm...

That's a red herring. He ain't batman.