Palin seems to have excited both bases.

yet he's still slipping behind.

farc: yet he's still slipping behind.

Short lived, post RNC, post Palin shift. It'll get back to reality within another week or so, after all the desperate journalists have "front paged" ever rumor that they hear.

Just goes to show that Obama is catering to the rich with his promises of forced abortion, the oppression of religion and the confiscation of all guns.

staplermofo: Just goes to show that Obama is catering to the rich with his promises of forced abortion, the oppression of religion and the confiscation of all guns.

Nice form, a little heavy on the landing, but nice nonetheless.

Reggaenomics: staplermofo: Just goes to show that Obama is catering to the rich with his promises of forced abortion, the oppression of religion and the confiscation of all guns.

Nice form, a little heavy on the landing, but nice nonetheless.

Yeah, the platform planks were too heavy-handed. Had you said, "free abortions for the promiscuous, the marginalization of religion, and rolling back Heller," you would've produced a solid lure. Keep trying, though, the rich elite angle was a good one to start with.

Occam's Chainsaw: Yeah, the platform planks were too heavy-handed. Had you said, "free abortions for the promiscuous, the marginalization of religion, and rolling back Heller," you would've produced a solid lure. Keep trying, though, the rich elite angle was a good one to start with.

I have to be further over the top than I like, people have thought I was serious.

staplermofo: I have to be further over the top than I like, people have thought I was serious.

Yah, from catching your posts in a few other threads, I've now realized that you're doing the troll parody thing, and it's freaking great. You've just about got it pegged. The indignant replies are what makes it that much funnier.

Obama's new ad. Lie about me and I'll tell the truth about you ^{(^)}

staplermofo: Just goes to show that Obama is catering to the rich with his promises of forced abortion, the oppression of religion and the confiscation of all guns.

I heard Obama favors forced abortions for kindergarteners. What is that guy's problem?

I heard Obama is a scary black man.

cousin-merle: I heard Obama favors forced abortions for kindergarteners. What is that guy's problem?

You heard wrong, buster.
Obama supports forced abortions on kindergarteners.
When Obama is president, any kid too young to be on welfare on his own will be an abortion candidate.

nashBridges: What math is subby using?

I'm nitpicking, yes, but from this "article":

Senator Barack Obama raised $66 million in the month of August

The RNC and McCain raised 67 mill combined in August

Am I missing something? Obama raised more than McCain, but if these numbers are to be believed the headline is outright false.

McCain's total doesn't have a dollar sign next to it. I assume he raised 67 mills. I think John Edwards' father worked in all over them.

staplermofo: You heard wrong, buster.
Obama supports forced abortions on kindergarteners.
When Obama is president, any kid too young to be on welfare on his own will be an abortion candidate.

He voted to force kindergarteners to perform abortions on their promiscuous classmates instead of having nap time. Twice.

Hobodeluxe: Obama's new ad. Lie about me and I'll tell the truth about you (^)

Aside from Obama, there's no black people in that ad. Oh yeah, it's about McCain's people.

Pathological liars

As many reporters noticed, Gov. Palin dropped her "Bridge to Nowhere" lie from her stump speech during her trip to Alaska last week, presumably because too many locals knew about her actual role as a major supporter of the project. So I'd been wondering whether the line would return once she returned to the lower 48. Sure enough, today in Carson City, Nevada, she's back at it. ^{(^)}


McCain's lies dishonors the Navy's code.

Yesterday I asked what consequences John McCain might face for repeated instances of lying if he were still in the Navy. The UCMJ covers official lies and, more generally, immoral conduct. But there's also the US Naval Academy Honor Concept. The USNA makes clear it's not a 'code', in that it's not a specific set of rules but a general statement of moral conduct. But in the more colloquial sense most of us understand, it's the Academy's honor code, the rules of conduct midshipman are supposed to live by and against which they are judged.

The first two lines of the Concept ^{(^)} are ...

Midshipmen are persons of integrity: They stand for that which is right.

They tell the truth and ensure that the full truth is known. They do not lie.

farc: yet he's still slipping behind.



Don't look at the numbers so much as the trend. McCain has had his bump, and the numbers are trending back to Obama.

Reggaenomics: staplermofo: Just goes to show that Obama is catering to the rich with his promises of forced abortion, the oppression of religion and the confiscation of all guns.

Nice form, a little heavy on the landing, but nice nonetheless.

Farker - you made me spit my coffee out!

I saw the first of Obama's attack ads last night. If he wants to pull ahead of McCain, he's going to have to press hard to throw McCain's hypocrisy in everyone's faces.

But the convention bounce has been a little bigger and much longer than everyone thought. Apparently Palin is socially Stone Age enough for the social conservatives to forget that the Republicans have completely forgotten their principles of fiscal responsibility.

Hobodeluxe: Pathological liars

Josh, is that you?

staplermofo: Obama supports forced abortions on kindergarteners.

lol

I've always adored you Staplermofo

Actually I'm so appreciative of all you poli farkers. I don't know how I would survive this election without having people to rant with.

I would be walking around muttering, screaming, pulling out my hair and kicking things at random.

Skleenar: Josh, is that you?

Just an echo.

UNC_Samurai: I saw the first of Obama's attack ads last night. If he wants to pull ahead of McCain, he's going to have to press hard to throw McCain's hypocrisy in everyone's faces.

Should be pretty easy if McCain continues to lie his ass off in every TV appearance.

I thought the 'panic' supposedly started with the Palin pick, so those numbers shouldn't manifest themselves until the September numbers come in.

But everything that everybody is squabbling about now will disappear once the debates start. Obama's convention speech feels like it happened 2 months ago.

Hobodeluxe: Palin seems to have excited both bases.

wrytrzcrmp: Short lived, post RNC, post Palin shift. It'll get back to reality within another week or so, after all the desperate journalists have "front paged" ever rumor that they hear.

Just a point on the timeline here. The Palin pick was announced on August 29, meaning that only three days of August were post Palin. Given that Obama only raised $10m during the day after her RNC speech, I find it unlikely that he raised more than $20m during those three days, meaning he still had an awesome August without her help. I further doubt that they raised anything close to that, because they would have talked it up the way that they did the bump after her speech. What we are seeing is simply people actually turning on the news and paying attention to politics for the first time.

I think the people are finally seeing that McCain is lying on so many issues and She is just a parrot who keeps saying the same stupid stories about the jet, the bridge and the cook (poor Keith), but doesn't know anything about national and international politics. Just because she can see Russia from her house doesn't mean she's an expert on national security.

quickdraw: I don't know how I would survive this election without having people to rant with.

I would be walking around muttering, screaming, pulling out my hair and kicking things at random.

You and me both.

ManateeGag: Just because she can see Russia from her house doesn't mean she's an expert on national security.

Her knowledge of energy makes her an expert on national security. Plus she was in charge of the Alaskan National Guard, protected out borders. And she visited Kuwait and Ireland.

ExJerseyGirl: And she visited Kuwait and Ireland.

Canada too, probably.

mcwebe0: What we are seeing is simply people actually turning on the news and paying attention to politics for the first time.

That's a pretty good point - but I need to correct your timeline. Palin did not speak until September 3, so that $10 million was not part of the August haul at all.

Shrew2u: mcwebe0: What we are seeing is simply people actually turning on the news and paying attention to politics for the first time.

That's a pretty good point - but I need to correct your timeline. Palin did not speak until September 3, so that $10 million was not part of the August haul at all.

Now I'm gonna correct my correction - I inferred what you in no way implied. Strike all after "pretty good point".

quickdraw: Actually I'm so appreciative of all you poli farkers. I don't know how I would survive this election without having people to rant with.

I would be walking around muttering, screaming, pulling out my hair and kicking things at random.

It's not over yet! That sounded like a farewell speech. "Well, it's been a great ride, thanks to all who supported me . . ."

Still, I know how you feel. The poli tab helped me through the primaries a lot!

tsk tsk tsk

You sneaky right-wing shrills.

I was thinking about just not voting and telling all my friends around the country to just not vote because you guys had told me that his campaign was DED last week. That's right D E D, DED!

I am thoroughly flummoxed and I hope that a true conservatives comes in to this thread so I know how to think next week.

staplermofo: Occam's Chainsaw: Yeah, the platform planks were too heavy-handed. Had you said, "free abortions for the promiscuous, the marginalization of religion, and rolling back Heller," you would've produced a solid lure. Keep trying, though, the rich elite angle was a good one to start with.

I have to be further over the top than I like, people have thought I was serious.

It's hard not to weep when people can say things like this. We're so far gone until reality has almost surpassed satire.

Grandmaster Poopypants: Canada too, probably.

I went to Canada when I was 15. Vote for me.

HulkHands: I went to Canada when I was 15. Vote for me.

Was that when you met that girlfriend no one else ever met?

I spent a week in South Korea in June.

I can has foreign policy experience?

farc: yet he's still slipping behind.

By most measures, actually, he's pulling back even and the Palin/McCain bounce is ending. Rasmussen is the only poll I've seen in the last few days with positive movement for McCain, and we all know how kooky Rasmussen Reports is.

RadioAaron: I spent a week in South Korea in June.

I can has foreign policy experience?

I can see a Pei Wei from my house.

500,000 new donors also

/was one of them

MonkeyVegetables: 500,000 new donors also

/was one of them

You've got money for Obama but you don't have money for TF!?
How typical.

Question: McCain is taking public financing and Obama is not, correct? Which means that McCain cannot raise money (though the RNC can), correct? So isn't this comparison a little misleading?

Re Palin energizing both bases, I had dinner with a well-off Democratic woman last night. She said she and all her friends "can't sleep" because of Palin. They are raising lots of money for BHO. So yes, she does seem to energize both bases.

All the money in the world can't combat the fact that half of the country believes that someone they couldn't have picked out of a lineup a month ago is their new political savior

money can't fix stupid

staplermofo: MonkeyVegetables: 500,000 new donors also

/was one of them

You've got money for Obama but you don't have money for TF!?
How typical.

haha i actually was gonna rebuy TF yesterday but i had to reconfirm my paypal account

/had TF years ago

keypusher: She said she and all her friends "can't sleep" because of Palin. They are raising lots of money for BHO

That's nothing but panic right there.

keypusher: Question: McCain is taking public financing and Obama is not, correct? Which means that McCain cannot raise money (though the RNC can), correct? So isn't this comparison a little misleading?

McCain can raise money, but it basically just goes right into the RNC coffers.

For all intents and purposes, DNC and RNC money goes to Obama's and McCain's totals, respectfully. This is a coattails campaign. Very few candidates are going to run on their own reputation.

priestrape: All the money in the world can't combat the fact that half of the country believes that someone they couldn't have picked out of a lineup a month ago is their new political savior

money can't fix stupid


THIS

/America is full of retards, if only the rapture would take them away

Teela: It's not over yet! That sounded like a farewell speech.

Oh I'm not going anywhere. I just get all mushy and sentimental sometimes. I don't even need alcohol to get there. :P

It comforts me no end to see the barely coherent rage of my fellow farkers in the face of blatant political pandering towards the fundamentalist hegemony by the entrenched technocracy.

/just started grad school as a sociology major
//big words - I has them.

Oh Mittens!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqrVfvXgJuQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPGnJmbDq08

/new donor
//will donate again for this month