lostfan

Yeah, no way does Obama win WV.

I told my wife about giving this thread the gay, she said "tell them based on the wedding gowns they did last night he was the right one to go home."

What did I start? I accidentally gave this thread the gay.

how bout thum milk and cookies

No, depending on how you flavor your coffee, just kinda gay.

I actually don't watch TV besides the news and sports. She watches boring bulls*** like Project Runway.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 10:15 AM) Is it part of the 700 billion? I think it is, but I'm not sure. Pretty good question.

My wife watches it but she is pretty new to politics. I'm basically forced to watch Morning Joe when I get up and AC 360 and Larry King and/or Olbermann and Maddow at night (if I'm in my room). Sometimes I can convince her to put on the Daily Show or the Colbert Report though.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 10:12 AM) This statement doesn't excuse posters on this site from the incredibly annoying characterization of Obama posters in the filibuster when, with the exception of one, it is without merit. For example, the first three posters in this thread discredited this, some Obama supporters, then PA spouts off about "how could Obama supporters make this an issue!?!?!" In fairness, he did specify "not here but elsewhere."

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 10:09 AM) damn, I just said money's worth! We are on the same page lostfan, the same page. BTW how does Michele have to act to be considered folksy. Ugh, is the only way she would be likeable to some people if she talked like the 30s Paramount movie extra "Yessa Ize is so happy thats my huzbin iz runnin for de presidenzy!" Did you see her Larry King interview last night? The way she actually carries herself is the complete opposite of the "angry black woman" caricature that the righty blogosphere has turned her into... which is literally based on one verbal miscue in a stump speech from months ago.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 10:07 AM) If I'm going to get characterized the way PA and others have characterized every Obama supporter no matter how I act, I might as well get my moneys worth and start acting obnoxious. What do you mean start?

Tex I had to read that 2-3 times before it made any sense

QUOTE (Chet Lemon @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 10:59 AM) How would she be treated if she used to belong to a secessionist political party? She may as well just join a black separatist group and get her money's worth, she's already being treated like she is in one. I just would really wonder the reaction if she had been on TV talking about "I'd like to give a shout-out..."

QUOTE (Cubano @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 09:42 AM) Where is Filibuster? I rather stay on Pale House than exploring other threads. From Soxtalk main page, scroll down to SLaM, the Filibuster is a subforum in there. That's where we talk politics in depth. I noticed before that you're pretty sharp on financial issues too, there's a lot of really smart finance guys in there. Sometimes they talk over my head though and I have no clue what they're saying.

QUOTE (Steff @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 10:28 AM) When he announced her I was like "oh yea baby...." until she opened her mouth. I have tried so hard to like her. She is just way too good at seeming to not be taking all of this seriously. It's shamefull. Although not as shamefull as Cindy McCain getting in front of a crowd yesterday and saying that (sic) Obama not voting for funds to help her son in Iraq sent chills down her spine... This topic is sooo under my skin it's not even funny. I wish someone, anyone, would just say "Yo John.. you also voted no so how about letting it go...". I have an uncontrollable urge to slap Cindy upside the head at times. I don't even know how she said that with a straight face. That was the first thing that came to my mind... both Obama and McCain have voted for funding the troops every time it's come up, McCain did the same thing Obama did. Also, when it comes to supporting vets, McCain is all talk.

QUOTE (Cubano @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 09:05 AM) Texsox: I can infer you like politics. I do not want to get ban here. You won't get banned. This is actually a really good topic for the Filibuster, although I can't recall ever seeing you post outside Pale Hose Talk.

You guys are killing me here... please be considerate of the thread you're posting in... ask yourself, if the roles were reversed, would you take objection to what you're saying?

Can anyone imagine how Michelle Obama would be treated if she was acting "folksy"?

Kap you are dragging feet with this tinfoil hat theory you keep promising to lay out for us.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 07:18 PM) I'll add this article: http://www.newsweek.com/id/162789?from=rss The article is about how minority lending pressure is being unfairly blamed for the subprime lending debacle. But, the following is in response to Soxy and Northside: I don't know if either of you saw the Daily Show last night, but it had on an author who also appears on This American Life, I forgot her name. They were talking about Palin, and Stewart brought up how it angers him when people like Palin come to New York, make themselves sympathetic to the tragedy of 9/11 and spirit of the people, then when they leave badmouth the residents of the city as elitists and not "real" america. The latter half of that sentence was a combination of both of their arguments, being that they both live in New York. It reminded me of how angry I got during the primaries when Clinton pushed that since Obama was getting great support from people with college degrees, that she was the candidate of "real, working Americans". How odd and silly a statement. You can't preach to America, all politicians, about how important education is to moving forward our economy, then marginalize the people who get that education. Sarah Vowell

QUOTE (Soxy @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 04:12 PM) When? That's been around for much longer than this political cycle. I remember my college roommate got me a Proud Member of the Intellectual Elite button around the time I went to grad school. In this election cycle, I meant. When she went into kitchen-sink mode against Obama. More specifically, around the time that Obama made his "bitter" gaffe before the PA primaries.

I believe that the "elitist" label is the dumbest political attack that I've ever heard (Hillary's campaign coined that slogan btw). I WANT the people running for high office in this country to be smarter than me.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 02:56 PM) No s***, not to mention Brokaw's last question was one of the worst questions I could imagine. I think the only interesting question was "do you think the failing economy will end America's role as peacemaker". It wasn't answered very well, of course. "What don't you know, and how would you go learn it" or something like that. Obama gave an answer worthy of being followed up with my sig quote, McCain then did his best to top Obama's gibberish factor after that.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 02:41 PM) I would be more interesting to see if anyone felt the person who won the debate was NOT the person they were going to vote for? Does tie count?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 11:53 AM) I dont stand up an cheer at every fly ball. I sit and laugh at those people. If someone questions my fandom I just hit them with a question that they cant answer to sit them down. Ask them about what they think of the Kanny team this season and see what they think. Omg that is my f***ing pet peeve... maybe it's because I played some OF in high school and I have a natural ability to judge where fly balls go, but it absolutely drives me up the wall when the crowd roars prematurely for a routine fly ball that lands 50 feet in front of the warning track. And if you can't tell on your own, look to see what the outfielders are doing. It really isn't that hard.