Think about this while you watch tonight’s debate.
Picture stolen from Whittle.
Bill Whittle has a new PJTV editorial, introducing a new political party: the Piranha Party. I am so in love with this entire idea that I just married it. We eloped and had a beautiful 10-minute honeymoon. It was hot, I tell you.
You know, I’m liking McCain a little better now than I did before because like I said, he finally took his nuts out of the coffin he’s been stowing them in all year. But he’s still not good enough, and the Republican party is not good enough. Obviously I think they’re better than the Democrat party but, hello, that doesn’t really take much.
We do need something different, and it’s no joke. Bill isn’t just kidding around here. He mentioned this to me months ago, how we need a new party whose whole platform is COMMON SENSE FOR PETE’S SAKE. Because we sure as hell aren’t getting any common sense from anybody in office now. Don’t make me laugh.
The whole election has become a surreal freak show; it’s like watching a German game show with dancing monkeys and talking sausages and accordion music and sternly pursed lips. It’s freaking me out!
Piranha Party. Sign me up.
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG - FIRST FIRST FIRST!!!!!
OK - I’ll calm down now. Here’s a certain video of a certain skit from SNL about a certain bailout:
October 7th, 2008 at 6:29 pmESThttp://patdollard.com/2008/10/it-is-here-the-banned-snl-skit-cannot-hide-from-louie/
Oh, I’m so in.
October 7th, 2008 at 6:48 pmESTSign me up.
October 7th, 2008 at 6:52 pmESTSince PJTV doesn’t like my Linux box, can you tell me what is Whittle proposing?
October 7th, 2008 at 6:56 pmESTMy buddies and I came to the same conclusion about the need for a new party. We decided to create one called the American Party, and the platform, as you so perfectly put it, would be based on good ole common sense. Conservative sense, mind you, no libtards messin’ with the platform. We even sat down over beers and wrote a list of principles/bylaws once. I remember that one of the bylaws would be that we could vote members out of the party; the Repubs could put that one to use today, I think.
October 7th, 2008 at 7:03 pmESTWow. The Children of the Republic better pack a lunch, because there are many in need of a beating.
October 7th, 2008 at 7:04 pmESTbut, but, but….you would be throwing your vote away if you vote for a third party (gasp, gasp, gasp!)
Don’t blame me I voted for Kodos
Bill and Opus in 08
October 7th, 2008 at 7:08 pmESTYou sure can’t say this campaign is boring, though.
October 7th, 2008 at 7:10 pmESTYou can watch it in Linux if you’ve got flash installed and you’re quick. When you get to the PJTV page there’s a link to a flash version at the bottom. You just have to click it before you get redirected to the troubleshooting page.
October 7th, 2008 at 7:22 pmESTHere’s the url: http://www.pjtv.com/?cmd=page&page-id=102
Touch my monkey.
[And now iz zee time on Shprockets ven wee dahnce! You get me. You totally get me Evvy. - Rachel]
October 7th, 2008 at 7:25 pmESTHa! I love his platform.
October 7th, 2008 at 7:27 pmESTlove the whittle!
October 7th, 2008 at 7:32 pmESTI have to mention though that I am a huge Ron Paul supporter due to his straight talk, common sense and love of the constitution. There at one time was room for that in the republican party but alas, no more. I have now become a libertarian.
Rachel, will your Zazzle store soon contain Piranha Party stickers and T-shirts? Will your homepage display PP badges for other bloggers to post on their sites?
October 7th, 2008 at 7:45 pmESTIt’ll never happen. The guy makes too much sense.
October 7th, 2008 at 7:50 pmEST“Rock on, little piranha!”
October 7th, 2008 at 7:51 pmESTOkay…who’s watching the debate? Do we get to live comment here?
October 7th, 2008 at 8:08 pmESTOkay, if McCain says “my friends” one more time, I’m breaking out some alcohol.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:08 pmEST*grin* I HATE that “my friends” thing. He’s not my friend…although I’m sure he’s a nice guy in person.
I’m going to break out the ice cream myself.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:10 pmESTActually its more like a Japanese game show. Damn those are weird.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:12 pmEST*glargh*
October 7th, 2008 at 8:12 pmESTWall Street and Main Street in the same sentence also deserves a drink.
tax cuts for 95% of the folks eh? That just doesn’t add up. 30% of the “folks” don’t even pay taxes at all so how do you “cut” those taxes. Hand them MY money??? Arg!
“Greed and excess” Oy vey…
Obama and his Cronies! Love that.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:12 pmESTAlcohol and Piranha Party stickers. How about Piranha beer? I’ve got a car that’s just longing for a Piranha Party sticker. Or 7,000. The Whittle, my hero.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:13 pmESTBambi opens his mouth and - Surprise! - lies keep popping out. Does he even listen to himself?
October 7th, 2008 at 8:17 pmESTMy husband just got to see newt Gingrich speak in DC. He wants Newt to run for President. He said Newt talked about about the insanity that is DC. Not sure he could change it, but I willing to go there. Love your blog, mostly for the dogs!
October 7th, 2008 at 8:17 pmEST… all they’re talking about is spending money …
… bailing out homeowners is bullshit … give ‘em jobs as greeters at Walmart, and let them tell their grandchildren about why they should save for rainy day, rather than buy the next tattoo, or bling, or electronic toy.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:22 pmESTJapanese game shows…
October 7th, 2008 at 8:23 pmESTOh noes! I gotta cut back on how often I goes out to eats! The horror!!!!
Damn this credit crisis!
UGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH
October 7th, 2008 at 8:24 pmESTAnother “my friends”… now I head for the booze.
No kidding. If your dumb ass bought a house with no money down on an ARM nobody should be stuck paying for your stupid decision.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:27 pmESTI want in too! C’mon someone….make the bumper stickers & t-shirts!
October 7th, 2008 at 8:27 pmESTIf Bambi doesn’t stop talking about things he doesn’t understand…
Actually, I won’t carry that further since he doesn’t understand shit.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:30 pmESTMcCain should’ve said … Americans need to consume less, spend less, and eat less. We need more healthcare because we’re obese, we need tax and mortage relief because we spent irresponsibly, and we need to be overall less glutonous.
With that, Americans will live a life that they can reasonably expect the glutons in DC to enforce for those among us who are too undisciplined to do without the Gov’t teet pulled away.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:32 pmEST???
When that hypothetical teacher went into teaching, she knew she $30-35k was what she could expect to earn. If she wasn’t willing or able to live a lifestyle within that monetary range, she needs a career change, NOT wealth taken from people who have more.
Jello to the wall!! HA! I like that mental picture.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:36 pmESTOBAMA: Uhhh, Tom, uh… can I take a pee break?
BROKAW: Nope, no. The campaigns agreed. You gotta hold it.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:37 pmESTI can’t believe I’m still watching. My secretary made a good point today: “I already know who I’m voting for, and nothing they say will change my mind, so I’m just putting in a dvd when I get home.” Why must I punish myself?
October 7th, 2008 at 8:38 pmESTRachel will like this - it’s puppy blogging the debate:
October 7th, 2008 at 8:41 pmESThttp://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/10/07/live-debate-puppy-blogginga-gaypatriot-world-exclusive/
Has our education system really tanked so badly that nobody understands that at least 30% of Americans don’t even pay taxes, which makes it impossible to cut taxes for 95% of Americans?
October 7th, 2008 at 8:42 pmESTAmelia:
AMEN!
October 7th, 2008 at 8:44 pmESTObama: Moooooooom, it’s not faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaair! They get a bigger tax cut than me!
October 7th, 2008 at 8:44 pmESTOMG! I’m on Brendan Loy’s site live chatting and have been called “ignorant” “retarded” and all sorts of fun things. ROFL
October 7th, 2008 at 8:49 pmESTYes.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:53 pmESTNot for the children of the reader of this blog, but for a good number of other people’s children…
Healthcare … responsibility … how many Americans are fucking obese? hell, I’m an accountant and I know that obesity leads to High Bp, High Cholesterol/Lipids, Diabetes, and generally … early death.
It’s not a right dammit. It’s your own responsibility. Buy insurance instead of cellphones, cigarettes, booze and big TVs. Jesus, like it’s freaking brain surgery.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:59 pmESTObama just proposed “required cancer screenings.”
O. M. G.
October 7th, 2008 at 9:01 pmESTI eat a chunk of chocolate every time Obama says “Aaaaaaaand . . .” — bzzzzzzzz! — I will never sleep again.
October 7th, 2008 at 9:09 pmESTSorry, but i HAVE to put this in here……go PP!
October 7th, 2008 at 9:10 pmEST“Pokkeeston?” Have I been saying it wrong all these years?
October 7th, 2008 at 9:11 pmESTRequired cancer screenings? How to decide what age to start them at for different cancers… Screenings are already recommended for the more common ones based on age and family history. Didn’t do me any good.
Oh! And what happens if you don’t go in for your “required” test? Does that mean that if you develop cancer you have to pay more to get treated, because you were naughty?
October 7th, 2008 at 9:11 pmESTBut he wants to cut spending. Fucktard much?
October 7th, 2008 at 9:11 pmESTPeople are actually comparing what they are drinking tonight on Michelle Malkin’s blog.
October 7th, 2008 at 9:11 pmESTPahkistahn?
Oh, puh-leeze.
October 7th, 2008 at 9:11 pmESTDrinking comparison: just ran out of beer. Switching to Jack.
October 7th, 2008 at 9:13 pmEST… so if OBL is in Pahkistahn, and they’re unwilling, do we invade or not, you clown?
October 7th, 2008 at 9:15 pmESTPokkeeston: maybe he had some bitter arugula before the debate? So his lips are puckered and making it hard to pronounce it properly?
October 7th, 2008 at 9:16 pmESTRachel, will you please stop talking about McCain’s nuts all the time? I’m still haunted by mental images after that teabagging comment from the other day.
As for the Piranha Party though, sign me up, too - I worship at the feet of Teh Mighty Whittle! If limeys are allowed to join, that is.
October 7th, 2008 at 9:17 pmESTYou like Freddie Mac? Just wait until the gummint takes over your health care; ask anyone on Medicare.
Piffle.
Perhaps Obama should talk to Charlie Wilson about the Dems mendacity in Afghanistan.
Hate. them. both.
Pass the Piranha sign up sheet please.
October 7th, 2008 at 9:18 pmESTCan’t drink. Am pregnant. Taking Tylenol.
October 7th, 2008 at 9:18 pmESTProbably. This IS the nanny state we’re talking about, after all.
October 7th, 2008 at 9:20 pmESTDoes anyone else hear Day-O when Obama says Tallybahn me banana?
snorfle.
October 7th, 2008 at 9:20 pmEST“The whole election has become a surreal freak show; it’s like watching a German game show with dancing monkeys and talking sausages and accordion
music and sternly pursed lips. It’s freaking me out!”
I’m ready to start doing LOTS of acid
October 7th, 2008 at 9:21 pmESTJust out of curiosity…. how are we supposed to provide concrete assistance to Eastern Europe to help them fix their economies if ours is in the toilet, too?
Did I miss some important piece of what O-darling said?
October 7th, 2008 at 9:23 pmEST“Back In April, I put out a statement. . . ”
October 7th, 2008 at 9:24 pmESTThere he goes again — always claiming credit for his prescience/omniscience — will the fact checkers ever nail him on this crap?
We can’t be reactive, we must be proactive. But we shouldn’t have invaded Iraq. ???
October 7th, 2008 at 9:24 pmESTcknight - I thought the very same thing!
October 7th, 2008 at 9:25 pmESTWe can’t be reactive, we need to be proactive, but being reactive made us safer…?
Obama is just a bag of wind at this point.
October 7th, 2008 at 9:27 pmESTFelicity, my husband also commented on the same lack of substance.
I wrote a letter. I put out a statement. I tried to sound important. I shot off my mouth.
Excuse me, I have to go see around some corners.
Garcon, more wine!
October 7th, 2008 at 9:28 pmESTIt wasn’t a Dem idea, therefore it was warmonglering, not proaction. See the difference?
October 7th, 2008 at 9:29 pmESTObama is parrotting Palin in his closing … what a loser … only diff is he got his cause he’s black, and for free.
… and his grandparents were far from the underserved …
October 7th, 2008 at 9:32 pmESTWe need Rummy! “Known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns.” Important stuff, not this biographical blather!
October 7th, 2008 at 9:32 pmESTI need better drugs. The American Dream has diminished in the last 8 years???
I had no idea that Bush was THAT powerful!!
October 7th, 2008 at 9:32 pmESTI totally thought McCain was about to Chris Rock the microphone. Enough Jack will do that to you.
October 7th, 2008 at 9:35 pmESTIt’s pronounced Bahmi, I assume?
October 7th, 2008 at 9:35 pmESTOy vey…they both sucked. Very boring for the most part. Funniest part was Brokaw telling them to get out of his way for the camera. ROFL
No memorable moments from either of them really. *sigh* McCain had better turn up the heat on the campaign trail.
October 7th, 2008 at 9:36 pmESTWhittle was liveblogging on The Corner — oops! Now I’ll never get it to refresh :).
Oh, goodie! Geraghty says:
nomnomnom
October 7th, 2008 at 9:37 pmEST(Though how they expect to make “red meat” out of the pablum that was that pathetic debate is quite beyond me. Still, those fellas are a darned sight smarter and more interesting than I, so I will bite!)
Christ … just a new reminder of why Palin is so good … each of us know a half dozen people who could out debate both of these losers.
You actually have to be listening, and thinking, to realize Obambi didn’t answer most of his questions. I felt like half were “fuck if I know, but blah blah blah, black guy cool, blah blah blah, old white guy uncool … give you chicken to fry in pan, yada yada”
October 7th, 2008 at 10:00 pmESTI need lots more beer. Fortunately, I’ll be at the GABF in Denver Th-Sa this week, so I’m good. Unfortunately, the next debate comes after I stop drinking. Ugh.
October 7th, 2008 at 10:03 pmESTPiranhas:
“We’re a cruel party, but we’re fair.”
Snorfle snorfle.
I so belong to the PP.
October 7th, 2008 at 10:34 pmESTRemember those old alka-seltzer commercials? “I can’t believe I watched the whole thing.” I didn’t see the Palin-Biden debate, only heard it, because I was in the kitchen cooking (and it was delicious, and it lasted me three days), so I missed all the winks and stuff everyone was talking about later. No such luck this time. So now I have to ask: why is everyone so insistent on declaring a “winner” of the debate? It’s not like they were able to interact with each other and score points based on debunking an argument or something. Shouldn’t the question be: which candidate expressed a set of principles or ideology with which you most agree? Or at least: which candidate agrees with you more than the other on the issues you believe are most important? I guess that sort of analysis wouldn’t keep the whole 2-party system and “divided America” themes going. Anyhow, when Obama wins this election, as I’m now pretty convinced he will, I hope Jack Daniels is covered in my universal socialist healthcare program prescription benefit (that I’ll be fined for if I don’t subscribe). And that it doesn’t get rationed. If it’s not covered, let’s hope they don’t tax Costco out of business ($30 for 1.75 liters is still a pretty good price, on a cost-benefit analysis basis).
October 7th, 2008 at 10:46 pmESTI’m in.
He had me at the beating part by the children of the Republic.
October 7th, 2008 at 10:51 pmESTWhoo-hoo! My first time caught in the moderation filter! I guess mentioning three name brands in one post is too much like [generic term derived from what once was a certain manufacturer's trademarked name for their processed spiced ham product]. Now I’m a REAL commenter at Rachel’s place!
October 7th, 2008 at 10:52 pmESTThis Paakeestaan business reminds me of the Sandalistas of the 70s who used to say things like Neechhharrrrraguaah and Thaan ThaalbaaaaaDORD instead of Nicaragua and San Salvador. Funnily enough, their Spanish hardly got past “Como esta usted.”
October 7th, 2008 at 10:53 pmESTOnly when you’re voting third party for President when there is nowhere near enough support to get him elected. If you want a third party, or to take the place of an existing party, you need to get at least 25 Senators and 120-150 Representatives elected first, to show that you have broad-based support.
October 7th, 2008 at 10:54 pmESTOh yeah. Sign me up for the Piranha party.
Where’s the link to Donate? Please Please Please let this happen!
October 7th, 2008 at 10:56 pmESTPres. Palin (R)
October 7th, 2008 at 11:01 pmESTVP Whittle (P)
Yep, he had me right there. LOL
If I was a yank I’d join that party in an eye’s blink..
October 7th, 2008 at 11:02 pmESTThat was from the python take on the Krays, called the Piranha Brothers, Doug & Dimmesdale, who nailed
October 7th, 2008 at 11:12 pmESTpeople to the floor boards, (true) used sarcasm, similes and extended metaphors. You’re right, though,Piranha, barracuda, same species.
But if we’re all going to join the Piranha Party, shouldn’t we be wary and keep a lookout for the Hedgehog Party who is soon to be our chief rival for political power?
October 7th, 2008 at 11:16 pmEST[rant] pre-script: I telecommute. “Seymour” and “Alexandra” are computers in the house.
This afternoon Seymour was pestered by Adobe Nagware about updating to Reader 9. I finally let it go ahead; I needed a break.
There’s no telescreen in this room. I commuted back to the bedroom to watch the debate, woke up Alexandra to follow a few liveblogs and what do I get? Not just the expected number of “Cannot Finds,” but mid-debate Adobe bleeping Nagware starts whining every couple of minutes wanting to update to Reader EIGHT. Wtf?
And on top of this, pops in a damned automated junk push-poll call on California Prop 8. I didn’t hang on long enough to figure out which way they were pushing. If there’d been a real voice at the other end, I would have told exactly what they were.
Fucking bandwidth-pigs, damn them all!
I’m dead against homosexual marriage. I’m even more dead against the endless abuse of the California Initiative. State Constitutions are the Laws of Thermodynamics in action. Not only do they deteriorate along the Arrow of Time, but all changes make them worse. The legislature throws stuff over the wall. Thugsters gather signatures. “No” on everything. “No” is very rarely wrong. If the legislature couldn’t decide, then maybe it’s not decidable. The so-called “grass-roots” process rails against “special interest groups.” So? Everybody belongs to special interest groups. Some special interest groups are just more special than others.
John Hinderaker
Yes.
October 7th, 2008 at 11:33 pmESTI hope this in no way means that Mr. whittle won’t really run for office.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:13 amEST“Now is the time on Schprockets when we DANCE!”
Seriously, as an ex-Libertarian, I’m on without reading a platform statement. Oh shit, does that make me a Democrat?
October 8th, 2008 at 12:20 amESTI wonder if it’s too late to switch to Piranha Party?
After McCain’s absolutely dismal performance tonight, I’m thinking, either switch parties or switch candidates and put Saracuda at the top of the ticket.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:20 amESTDeanna, everyone knows hedgehogs hate water! The piranhas are safe.
Bring in the gazelles!
October 8th, 2008 at 12:22 amESTShouldn’t that win some kind of mixed metaphor imagery award????
October 8th, 2008 at 12:39 amESTI’ll volunteer to lead the California branch of the Piranha Party!!
That is, until I can move to a state where people are sane.
October 8th, 2008 at 3:39 amESTBut he seems to have put them right back in, nailed the lid shut, and hermetically sealed all the edges.
During the debate he mentioned almost NOTHING about Obama’s wrongheaded-ness on the subprime mortgage crisis and the economy in general. He had a perfect opportunity. All he had to do was basically re-state everything he said in his recent speech in New Mexico and he would have torn Obama to shreds.
But not only did he NOT do that, he instead shifted WAY to the left and proposed what is essentially a second mortgage bailout!
Why? I have no idea. If I didn’t know better I’d almost think McCain was TRYING to lose this election because he secretly WANTS to see Obama elected.
October 8th, 2008 at 4:38 amESTSo true, Mighty. The missed opportunities are infuriating. It’s clear from his New Mexico speech that McCain knows the argument — so why the hell isn’t he making it? AARGH.
Here’s a ray of hope for everyone who wants to slit their wrists about now: Obama would probably be a decent president. No, no, seriously! The last time we elected a smart, ambitious, smooth-talking, lying lawyer with no core principles, we got Bill Clinton. Despite personal corruption, he governed pretty well, and was actually center-right on many issues.
Obama would follow the same path. If elected, he will disappoint the left far more than the right.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:03 amESTHah!
October 8th, 2008 at 6:28 amEST> Since PJTV doesn’t like my Linux box, can you tell me what is Whittle proposing?
Death, Doom, and Destruction for Democrats.
Mostly Death.
October 8th, 2008 at 7:33 amESTBut only because circumstances required him to do so. He got lucky enough to coast through his administration while we were floating on top of the dot.com bubble, and he had a strongly conservative Republican Congress to keep him in check. Clinton may have signed a welfare reform bill, but only because the Republicans dragged him into it kicking and screaming. And even then, he still managed to hike up the income tax and gut the military.
(Also, refresh my memory, how many terrorist attacks did we suffer under the Clinton administration that Bill did next to nothing about?)
I don’t like what McCain is doing, but I’m not going to stay home on voting day and let Obama get elected unless it seems likely that the Republicans will take back Congressional majority. And at this point, even with the approval ratings for our Democratic Congress as low as they are, I sincerely doubt that will happen.
October 8th, 2008 at 7:34 amESTTwo words, Jeff: Supreme Court.
meh!
October 8th, 2008 at 7:39 amEST> Since PJTV doesn’t like my Linux box, can you tell me what is Whittle proposing?
Death, Doom, and Destruction for Democrats.
Mostly Death.
> Japanese game shows…
OK, NOT a picture I needed in my head. Excuse me while I self-trepan in an almost futile effort to remove it.
(scrijjle-frik-frik-rzuuuuuuuuu-rzuuuuuu-kronk-kronk)
I — I — I see the Democrat’s Point!!
THEY’RE RIGHT!!!
What?!? Oh, NO!!!
BILL WHITTLE!?!?
NO, Please! AAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!
.
October 8th, 2008 at 7:39 amESTIf it’s such a good idea, they need to put it up someplace you don’t have to register for an account to view it.
And just for the record I am not one of John McCain’s friends. Anytime somebody I’ve never met before habitually refers to me as “my friend”, I habitually move my wallet to my front pocket.
October 8th, 2008 at 7:50 amEST> Has our education system really tanked so badly that nobody understands that at least 30% of Americans don’t even pay taxes, which makes it impossible to cut taxes for 95% of Americans?
Uh, folks,
1) While the notion of “cutting” taxes has a sort of mental picture associated with it that says there is an individual level benefit, if 30% of the people pay no taxes, and the “taxes” they pay are cut by 1/2, then they’re still getting a tax cut.
2) (and here’s the FUN part) — most people PAY taxes, they just get that money BACK at the end of the year. If I cut your TAXES, but not the amount of money you get back… what then? THIS is the verbal trickery which allows Obama to make this sort of claim. Remember, this is a man belonging to the same party which actually got confused by the meaning of “No”, and had no problem with that confusion. Obama is not limited to the “standard meaning” of words if it doesn’t suit him.
`When I make a word do a lot of work like that,’ said Humpty Dumpty, `I always pay it extra.’
You don’t want to see what kind of overtime pay the Dems have to give to words.
October 8th, 2008 at 7:51 amESTPiranha Party: I’m in!
October 8th, 2008 at 8:00 amESTAnd Wayne, just what do you imagine the Piranha Party would be? Oh yes, that is right, it would be a third party.
October 8th, 2008 at 8:18 amESTWell, yeah, and the implication is that you would build up support and populate the House and Senate before shooting for the top spot. Maybe he didn’t say it that way, but the description Bill kept using was definitely in the mold of CongressCritter, even though he threw in the notion of running for Pres. at one point.
Wait, I see. I said, “If you want a third party…”, which was not a complete representation of what I was thinking - sorry. I meant, “If you want to elect a President from a third party…”, then you need to work to populate the lower level positions first.
October 8th, 2008 at 9:23 amESTI understand what you mean now.
October 8th, 2008 at 9:31 amESTfelicity -
Did Obama actually say “green behind the ears” during the debate?
“You know” I gotta hand it to Obama he really “stepped up to the plate and grabbed the bull by the horns.” I think what he really meant during most of the debate was: “Unless we tighten our belts, we’ll sink like a stone.” But me, “I can read him like an open can of worms.”
Always remember, “when it sounds good on paper” and “when the cows come home to roost” it’s all “a different bowl of soup.”
Al Gore probably had the right idea about Obama when he said: “A leopard can’t change his stripes.”
You know?
October 8th, 2008 at 10:23 amESTmightysamurai said:
Here’s a ray of hope for everyone who wants to slit their wrists about now: Obama would probably be a decent president. No, no, seriously! The last time we elected a smart, ambitious, smooth-talking, lying lawyer with no core principles, we got Bill Clinton. Despite personal corruption, he governed pretty well, and was actually center-right on many issues.
What a terrific summary of the Clinton administration!
If I might add to your summation: Due to Clinton gutting our military and not wanting to be remembered as a president who started a war, he is directly to blame for September 11, 2001. (Boy did he skate out of that one or what?)
October 8th, 2008 at 10:32 amESTNew party, yes. With common sense as its guiding star. Works for me. How about this one as a good start? I like Whittle’s humor, but if you seriously consider it, there are options already rolling.
October 8th, 2008 at 11:23 amESTevvybuns,
October 8th, 2008 at 4:02 pmESTJim Geraghty did the fact checking on that statement Obama made “back in April.”
As we suspected, the statement was not quite as prescient as O now seems to think it was!