McCain's campaign has so many FEC rule violations, he'll be dead and buried before it's all sorted out. That's right, I said it, they'll sort it all out by September, 2008.

/Ron Paul

John McCain don't need no stinking free lunch. He gets the Early Bird Senior Special at the cafeteria.

John McCain don't need no stinking free lunch. He gets the Early Bird Senior Special at the cafeteria.



John McCain is not happy with your shenanigans.

mikebellman: McCain's campaign has so many FEC rule violations, he'll be dead and buried before it's all sorted out.

That's just because he's old.

...and watch all the wingnuts complain about liberal media bias when they start asking McCain questions they should have been asking hum for months.

mikebellman: McCain's campaign has so many FEC rule violations, he'll be dead and buried before it's all sorted out. That's right, I said it, they'll sort it all out by September, 2008.


Its funny cause you're being literal.

When does Obama's end?

John McCain is so old he remembers when there were only 50 states in the United States.

soy_bomb: When does Obama's end?

Ha ha hA. Wooboy.

God, you are so witty and so sexily "conservative".

Can I have your autograph?

/please?

soy_bomb: When does Obama's end?

Get out of your mom's basement and watch the news. His honeymoon has been over for a long time.

It's amazing the difference a week makes.

Going into West Virginia, the Democrats were divided, the Republicans were showing signs of life, there were questions about Obama's electibility and there was just a general malaise hanging over the entire process.

Now, Obama has consolidated his hold on the party, the Republicans are melting down, Hillary has all but disappeared, Chris Matthews is hulking out, McCain seems lost, the Democrats are emboldened and Bush was knocked back on his heels.

If this keeps up, I may be forced to start respecting the Democratic Party.

soy_bomb: When does Obama's end?

it's just getting pathetic to see you guys try so hard with such futility.

Hunter Thompson wouldn't have shot himself if he knew this election was coming.

I mean, he knew an election was coming... but not this one.

Mentat: If this keeps up, I may be forced to start respecting the Democratic Party.

they have a lot of ground to make up from historical suckiness. i think they're doing a decent job at it though.

Don't ever come between McCain and Matlock reruns.

Mentat: If this keeps up, I may be forced to start respecting the Democratic Party.

It's one thing to gain power. It's another to keep it. It is yet another to do the right thing with power.

funmonger: Hunter Thompson wouldn't have shot himself if he knew this election was coming.

I mean, he knew an election was coming... but not this one.

This is true. It would've made an AWESOME HST book.

Stop trying to associate partisan politics with sociopathic entities like corporations. They will support whoever will keep the lulz and the ratings and therefore the advertiser cashflow up. That was Obama when he was the underdog challenging the Clintons, then Clinton when the shenanigans began. And now McCain, because he's got a lot of baggage and has also made a habit of saying stupid things (like "bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran"). And also because they've already burnt all of Obama's baggage to death.

That's what will undo McCain more than anything else - In the last few weeks, we saw unbelivable desperation in the media's attempts to manufacture Obama controversies (Abercrombie guys, anyone?). There's NFW to keep that up until the general; All that's left is to compare their policies - first and foremost, McCain is pro-war in a 75% anti-war country.

/Feels really bad for the poor guy who has to clean up after the catastrofark of the Bush administration
//Wishes people would put idiot trolls like soy_bomb on ignore instead of feeding them

I think the best part of this week was watching Obama and the Congressional Democrats bloody Bush's nose. When you get past the "aw shucks" facade, Bush is basically a bully who thinks he should always get his way. Now that Obama has punched back, Bush doesn't quite know how to react. It's makes you wonder how the last two years would have gone if the Democrats has punched him a few times following the 2006 election instead of constantly backing down.

Fark is a few days ahead of the curve as the number of negative headlines for McCain have gone up lately as well.

Mentat: I think the best part of this week was watching Obama and the Congressional Democrats bloody Bush's nose. When you get past the "aw shucks" facade, Bush is basically a bully who thinks he should always get his way. Now that Obama has punched back, Bush doesn't quite know how to react. It's makes you wonder how the last two years would have gone if the Democrats has punched him a few times following the 2006 election instead of constantly backing down.

They punched, but they don't have anyone with some spine to do the punching. Reid? Pelosi? Gimme a break.

robsul82: funmonger: Hunter Thompson wouldn't have shot himself if he knew this election was coming.

I mean, he knew an election was coming... but not this one.

This is true. It would've made an AWESOME HST book.

It would have been his best, a denouement enabling him to retire into mental illness with a smile.

Now we're going to see the difference between these two campaigns.

One will be a well oiled machine: slick, efficient, kinks worked out, battle-tested.

The other will spit steam through random cracks, leak oil all over the floor, and will pound out a dead metallic thunk at irritatingly frequent intervals from a warped and rusted flywheel.

I'll leave it to you to guess which campaign will do which.

soy_bomb: When does Obama's end?



Somewhere between Bittergate, Sweetiegate, Flag-Pin-Lapel-gate, and Elitegate. You know, the real important issues facing America.

rppp01a: It's one thing to gain power. It's another to keep it. It is yet another to do the right thing with power.

Yes, and that's going to be the real challenge for a President Obama. There's a lot of crap coming down the pipeline and preaching change isn't going to be enough. He's shown though that he's smart, he's a fast learner and he's willing to consider unconventional solutions.

bartink: They punched, but they don't have anyone with some spine to do the punching. Reid? Pelosi? Gimme a break.

But that's just it: they were spineless the first year because there were no serious leaders in the Party who could rally the troops. With Obama now the undisputed leader of the party, the rank-and-file are emboldened. I think what really surprised Bush was not that Obama fought back but that the Democrats immediately closed rank behind Obama and backed him up. The Republicans aren't used to facing a united front. For the moment, at least, it's changed the perception of the Democratic Party. Only time will tell if it lasts.

funmonger: robsul82: funmonger: Hunter Thompson wouldn't have shot himself if he knew this election was coming.

I mean, he knew an election was coming... but not this one.

This is true. It would've made an AWESOME HST book.

It would have been his best, a denouement enabling him to retire into mental illness with a smile.

Hah. Agreed.

A vote for John McCain is a vote against bacon!

Goodfella: Somewhere between Bittergate, Sweetiegate, Flag-Pin-Lapel-gate, and Elitegate. You know, the real important issues facing America.

You keep working with that delusion as to not shake your faith in the anointed one.

soy_bomb: You keep working with that delusion as to not shake your faith in the anointed one.

So why don't you enlighten us as to the ways in which Obama has received a free ride til now.

Please, enlighten us as to the bodies buried in Obama's backyard that the media chooses to ignore. Surely you can name one.

erik-k: Stop trying to associate partisan politics with sociopathic entities like corporations. They will support whoever will keep the lulz and the ratings and therefore the advertiser cashflow up. That was Obama when he was the underdog challenging the Clintons, then Clinton when the shenanigans began. And now McCain, because he's got a lot of baggage and has also made a habit of saying stupid things (like "bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran"). And also because they've already burnt all of Obama's baggage to death.

That's what will undo McCain more than anything else - In the last few weeks, we saw unbelivable desperation in the media's attempts to manufacture Obama controversies (Abercrombie guys, anyone?). There's NFW to keep that up until the general; All that's left is to compare their policies - first and foremost, McCain is pro-war in a 75% anti-war country.

/Feels really bad for the poor guy who has to clean up after the catastrofark of the Bush administration
//Wishes people would put idiot trolls like soy_bomb on ignore instead of feeding them

nah just favorite them and give'em a color you dont like

robsul82: funmonger: robsul82: funmonger: Hunter Thompson wouldn't have shot himself if he knew this election was coming.

I mean, he knew an election was coming... but not this one.

This is true. It would've made an AWESOME HST book.

It would have been his best, a denouement enabling him to retire into mental illness with a smile.

Hah. Agreed.

Same here.



I miss that crazy bastard.

MonkeyVegetables: nah just favorite them and give'em a color you dont like

Trolls get the favorite and make the comments pee yellow treatment. Since they usually wander into a thread, pee all over the place and stink up the place.

Hastor: A vote for John McCain is a vote against bacon!

Those bastards have gone too far!

Hastor: A vote for John McCain is a vote against bacon!

Yeah, when they put one, just one negative thing about McCain on the vaunted 24/7 week-long loop they seem to reserve for Democrats and sex scandals, I'll believe they've finally ended McCain's "free lunch".

You'd think McCain's involvement in the Keating scandal (among other financial scandals) would be more newsworthy than rumors pushed by the right wing that Obama just loved the Weather Underground because he once shared the same air with one of their members. But no.

The major media is still letting the right wing lead them around by the nose on this election season. They get to define the narrative, and the media seems to think it's their job just to interpret the narrative that the right wing creates around the various candidates. Sometimes that means they refute the charges, sometimes it means the discuss them as long as possible if they're especially inflammatory, but the point is that the narrative the right creates around a candidate is always a topic of discussion, and always seems to be taken at face value, no matter how ridiculous.

Something juicy on one of the Democrats comes out of the right-wing blogs - major media takes it at face value and reports what they say, even if they clearly think the charges are ridiculous.

Something juicy on McCain comes out of the left-wing blogs - the media laugh off these "nutty lefties" and continue to discuss the narrative the far right handed them on a platter.

Many in the media are just now starting to wake up to this fact, but not enough. I guess we'll see if enough wake up to matter in the next few weeks.

John McCain's "free lunch" ended right about the time he was the nominee, Obama's continues.

John McCain has never received a free lunch, but he does get the Senior's Discount at Denny's.

randomjsa: John McCain's "free lunch" ended right about the time he was the nominee, Obama's continues.

opposite day isn't for at least a week.

/or is it?

rppp01a: Mentat: If this keeps up, I may be forced to start respecting the Democratic Party.

It's one thing to gain power. It's another to keep it. It is yet another to do the right thing with power.

And still another to keep the power on. Especially now that it's getting hot and we're going to need to start rolling blackouts here in California.

Hastor: A vote for John McCain is a vote against bacon!

That tears it.

randomjsa: John McCain's "free lunch" ended right about the time he was the nominee, Obama's continues.

You freepers are so cute when you're delusional!

Come have some!

randomjsa: John McCain's "free lunch" ended right about the time he was the nominee, Obama's continues.

Yeah! When're we gonna hear about Reverend Wright, MSM? WHAT ARE YOU HIDING FOR OBAMA!

randomjsa: John McCain's "free lunch" ended right about the time he was the nominee, Obama's continues.

Goebbels would be proud of you, young Jedi.

Maybe I'm just tired....but I just couldn't get pasted the layout of that article.