Since this ad ran in the WSJ this morning, it is obvious (or even more obvious I should say) that his actions of suspending his campaign and skipping the debtate were nothing more than a circus designed to distract the American people from the disaster that is his campaign. He apparently planned to attend all along.

Oh, the oldmanity.

Nouchedozzle.

At this point in time, McCain won the debate hands down. However, this is subject to change after the debate occurs.

atomic-age: Oh, the oldmanity.

I LAWL'd.

He's lied about the past, he continues to lie about the present, and has now stepped into lying about the future..

Now THAT's a President I can support!

Can we just greenlight one of these already?

Now that's change we can believe in. He can change the future!

McCain/TimeMachine 08!

This really does deserve a greenlight. Farkers deserve to have the circus related stuff on the main page.

I've never been quite so entertained and simultaneously scared speechless by an election.

valloned: Since this ad ran in the WSJ this morning, it is obvious (or even more obvious I should say) that his actions of suspending his campaign and skipping the debtate were nothing more than a circus designed to distract the American people from the disaster that is his campaign. He apparently planned to attend all along.

This.

And yet the "librul" media won't say a damned word about it... even though it would be delicious to see a question asked about this tonight.

Does it really say "pancakes" at the end of the link? What is that about?

If this can't go green I don't know what will.

remember the McCain camp jumping up and down about how "presumptuous" Obama was?



Just the latest of a lot of presumptuous gaffes his campaign has made. Like everyone would just overlook the Palin stunt and hiding her away by playing her as a victim of the evil media.

this whole campaign of his is a freaking sham

Hobodeluxe: this whole campaign of his is a freaking sham

The fact that his polls are still tracking virtually dead-even in a lot of places is even more disturbing.

Hobodeluxe: remember the McCain camp jumping up and down about how "presumptuous" Obama was?

Just the latest of a lot of presumptuous gaffes his campaign has made.

That's not a nice thing to say about the man who solved the banking crisis and brought peace to the Middle East.

markie_farkie: The fact that his polls are still tracking virtually dead-even in a lot of places is even more disturbing.

people are stupid. Rove banks on this. It's why Fox and Rush are still on the air. They will believe anything that these people tell them because it allows them not to have to think. If just "feels" right.

markie_farkie: The fact that his polls are still tracking virtually dead-even in a lot of places is even more disturbing.

Look to the electoral vote polls. It's not that close unless McCain can turn around Iowa and Colorado and New Hampshire and New Mexico and Michigan and Pennsylvania AND be assured of a win in Ohio and Florida and Nevada.

That's a pretty long set of odds.

Bill_Wick's_Friend: Look to the electoral vote polls. It's not that close unless McCain can turn around Iowa and Colorado and New Hampshire and New Mexico and Michigan and Pennsylvania AND be assured of a win in Ohio and Florida and Nevada.

Yep. I've been playing with the electoral map and if things stay even close to where they are today, McCain can win Ohio, Florida, New Hampshire, and one or two other smaller swing-states and still won't have enough to win the election. I think Colorado is going to be huge - having the DNC there could wind up being a brilliant decision in hindsight.

In before the Fark Independents^TM show up with GOP talking points to defend this one.

I think it just became that the election doesn't matter. McCain and co. will say that he won.
They will deny any evidence to the contrary.
King George will declare McCain the winner, and crown him King John. Eventually they will strongarm the media into declaring him the winner. Regardless of the voting outcome McCain will be our next president...

Lundah: In before the Fark IndependentsTM show up with GOP talking points to defend this one.

Do you think the McCain camp will be kind enough to release the talking points to us ahead of time again so that we can have rebuttals prepared?

Bill_Wick's_Friend: It's not that close unless McCain can turn around Iowa and Colorado and New Hampshire and New Mexico and Michigan and Pennsylvania AND be assured of a win in Ohio and Florida and Nevada.

Who can take a ballot
And change a vote or two
Make a couple red votes
Out of one that voted blue

The Diebold man can, oh the Diebold man can
The Diebold man can cause he knows what's good for us and makes the world look good.

Can't we like get his ass disqualified or something?

NEW CANDIDATE! NEW CANDIDATE!!

gah you Republicans are embarrassing this country.

Since Senator McCain can see into the future he'll keep us safe from any new terrorist attacks. Him and my anti-terrorist stone of course.

/my first instinct
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F*cking SPOILERS!

2wolves: Him and my anti-terrorist stone of course.

New window (not a rickroll)

jerry2a: Yep. I've been playing with the electoral map and if things stay even close to where they are today, McCain can win Ohio, Florida, New Hampshire, and one or two other smaller swing-states and still won't have enough to win the election. I think Colorado is going to be huge - having the DNC there could wind up being a brilliant decision in hindsight.

Rassmussen says Obama is winning Virginia.

While I would not be surprised to find that's just an "outlier" poll, it still shows the tenuous postion McCain's campaign is in. While the Obama campaign can afford to lose Ohio and Florida and rely on the pickups (vs 2004) of NM, CO, IA to put him over the top the McCain campaign cannot afford to lose any ground anywhere and they must do something to turn around CO, NM, IA and NH in order to take the 270 electoral votes.

(interesting....just noticed that electoral-vote.com is putting VA at "weak Obama" this morning......)

I_Love_Verdi: /my first instinct
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It's probably unlikely the Washington Post, who took the screencap, Photoshopped it. It's also very likely that the McCain campaign pulled the ad once they realized what they were doing...

I_Love_Verdi: /my first instinct
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it's not. i saw it on the washington post and politico.

valloned: I_Love_Verdi: /my first instinct
//spent 15 minutes reloading that page, no political ads at all.

It's probably unlikely the Washington Post, who took the screencap, Photoshopped it. It's also very likely that the McCain campaign pulled the ad once they realized what they were doing...

FTA: "...an astute reader spotted next to..."

Could be real. I don't know why you'd want an ad that said that though. It's just stupid.

So given McCain's choices thus far in the campaign, that makes it more likely to be real.

And on top of all of this, McCain has the audacity to say that Obama is posturing.

Sucka_Fish: Can we just greenlight one of these already?

Why this one?! There were at least 6 funny ones.

well at least now we know how he plans on capturing Osama. He will simply fire up his time machine, fly back to when Osama's parents were meeting and simply go POW on their ass.

filth: Sucka_Fish: Can we just greenlight one of these already?

Why this one?! There were at least 6 funny ones.

I'm sorry, but this thread already won.

Snarfangel: filth: Sucka_Fish: Can we just greenlight one of these already?

Why this one?! There were at least 6 funny ones.

I'm sorry, but this thread already won.

Change the headline; keep the canoli thread.

scruffy1: well at least now we know how he plans on capturing Osama. He will simply fire up his time machine, fly back to when Osama's parents were meeting and simply go POW on their ass.

He'd better be careful. If he writes down this plan, he might forget about it later and interpret this as instructions to impregnate Osama's mom instead, thus creating the future-villain Old Man Arab.

Typically arrogant.

You know, this is seriously causing me to reconsider supporting Obama. I mean, if John McCain can time travel, he's certainly got my vote.

I would love to see Obama print this out and bring it to the debate and start off by showing it. I know that would look bad for somw reason, but I would still love to see it. Maybe say something like, "Well, I flew all the way out here and prepared, not knowing my opponent had already won."

smeegle: Typically arrogant.

And very, very, Orwellian.

I think he might have been saying he won the debate because he was above doing the debate. Instead he did the "presidential thing" and went to Washington.

Then plans changed...

Just my guess.

ExJerseyGirl: I think he might have been saying he won the debate because he was above doing the debate. Instead he did the "presidential thing" and went to Washington.

Then plans changed...

Just my guess.

Actually, he went to a dinner in NYC, then a speech and THEN he went D.C. - only to find out that Congress had reached deal. And then after he got to the Capital building, the deal was suddenly off again.

Hmm...

Weaver95: And then after he got to the Capital building, the deal was suddenly off again.

I heard that he really didn't say much in that meeting.

According to Rush, Obama blew up the deal. What really happened? I don't know.

Cagey B: scruffy1: well at least now we know how he plans on capturing Osama. He will simply fire up his time machine, fly back to when Osama's parents were meeting and simply go POW on their ass.

He'd better be careful. If he writes down this plan, he might forget about it later and interpret this as instructions to impregnate Osama's mom instead, thus creating the future-villain Old Man Arab.

good point, may have to write down not to impregnate Osama's mom on his depends.

ExJerseyGirl: Weaver95: And then after he got to the Capital building, the deal was suddenly off again.

I heard that he really didn't say much in that meeting.

According to Rush, Obama blew up the deal. What really happened? I don't know.

You realize that mentioning Rush is almost as bad as a Godwin don't ya?

/I agree with the "don't know what really happened" bit but as for bringing up Rush...