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I sat in on a briefing given yesterday by Geoff Garin and others from Emily's List on the findings of an extensive poll taken of women across several generations in the United States. And this stuck out as a huge flashing sign of the times to me:
Only 16% of women said that McCain is an inspirational person who gives them hope for the future.
Well, what can you say after that? Honestly?
I think the McCain campaign ought to capitalize on their status as the candidate of nattering nabobs of negativity. So, let's help him out with a new slogan, shall we?
John McCain: Candidate for those who despair of anything getting better...ever.
Hmmmm...well, that's doesn't say get out there and vote, now does it? Let's try again.
John McCain: Because eight years of Bush/Cheney weren't nearly crappy enough -- McCain can do worse!
Nope. Scratch that.
John McCain: Because improving the nation and your own life is just too much work. Want more Republican failure and despair for your family? Vote McCain!
Oooooh...we have a winner.
Oh, one more thing: there were a number of media organizations who sat through the briefing yesterday -- in person in DC and on the streaming conference online. I have not been able to find one reference to this particular stat in any of the reporting. Not one. Not in the WaPo. Not the LATimes. Not Hotline. Not the Detroit Free Press. Not even McClatchy. What gives?
(Yes, the photo is a Sylvia Plath pun...enjoy.)
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Geez: a zed!
As to the MSM ignoring the message, how could they not? McCain’s their man, unless they develop a man-crush on Obama for his ‘thrusting’ attacks on the old codger.
How about “McCain, another word for nothin’ left to lose” ..?
I was going to dub him the Eeyore candidate, but I think that Pooh Bear characters are just too cuddly, even the mopey ones.
Hi Christy
It shines a poor light on McSFB so will never see the light of day.
Christy, The media won’t report McCain agreeing to the comment about the draft also. MSM is more concerned about their bottom line ($$$$$$) than the truth.
The MSM is won’t report and the majority of the Democratic Party is happy to go along with that.
So, let’s help him out with a new slogan, shall we?
“Call me at home. If I’m not there, call me at another of my homes. If I’m not there….”
I read that McC spent many millions more last month than he has in the bank. Maybe that’s why he’s so droopy.
The MSM mantra is CYA. They provide the cover, McCain is their ass.
How much of every campaign dollar spent is spent on MSM ads?
bwahahahahaha…good one.
That’s why he is qualified to continue the Bush Economic Strategery.
Despite all the media fluffing?
Good Afternoon Christy,
I believe the Obama campaign owes you some righteous consulting cash
LOL You’ll have to pardon me if I don’t bother waiting by the mailbox for a check to magically appear. *g*
What gives, Christy? The BBQ stained finger the media are giving all of the common folk. They have their vested interest in preserving the corrupt incompetent ol’ status quo and their pay packages forevah….
But then you knew that.
Which is why I take heart in things like a friend recounting going to a well-attended women’s event yesterday with women of all ages strongly supporting Obama. [won’t hear the media reporting that, either.]
We gotta be part of the ground game.
reminds me of the old Steven Wright joke:
“My friend George had an answering machine hooked up to his car-phone. The message said - “Hi, I’m home right now. Leave a message, and I’ll call you back when I’m out”.
Please, for the love of all that is holy, never use the words “droopy” and “fluffing” with regard to a comment on McCain ever again. My brain thanks you.
Christy, Thank you for the info from the conference call. Have a good afternoon all, time to go back to work.
Sorry, I tend to paint pictures with my eyes closed.
I don’t know the answer to that one. But I do know that we have somehow gotten on the McCain campaign’s “send me money” list, and they send out more bulk money beg mailers than any campaign I have ever seen. It’s a ginormous pile every fricking week.
They have got to be spending way more in postage than they are bringing in — at least, they sure as hell are with me. *g*
You all may get something out of this from The Independent
Another McCain farts wafting through the campaign.
I’m out to lunch besides I’m not here
I have a feeling that the McCain campaign has no intention of following any campaign rules either.
So, let’s help him out with a new slogan, shall we?
War and Poverty, America at work. Vote McCain.
Is that what they refer to when they say “free information in the mail” when I was younger it was called junk mail
Perhaps they are so used to dealing with anonymous Senior Administration Officials speaking on Deep Background that they thought they couldn’t print this story.
I stood behind Steven Wright once in line to buy ice cream in Northampton, MA. It was really freaky, because that stage voice he uses is his real voice. And he was talking to his kids in that voice saying mundane things like “Do you want rocky road or raspberry chip this time? Make up your mind before we get to the counter.” That sort of dry, snarky voice reading off ice cream flavors was an absolute hoot. (I was really trying not to listen, but I was right behind him…I never like intruding on someone’s privacy, especially when they are the sort of person who has to deal with people trying to intrude alla time, ya know?)
I wasn’t aware polar bears could type, much less surf the toobz! *g*
16%? How about…
John McCain: Chicks dig me!
I was just looking around trying to determine McC’s wealth and I came across this:
Generous guy. Guess that doesn’t place her in the ‘wealthy’ category.
Vote McCain, we really need another Viagra President!
I bet she doesn’t have seven houses, either.
And the wapo-times-journal-freepress-citizen mega corp newspaper will NOT say McIgnorant is a cheater…news in a cone of news silence.
I’m certain one thing that never happens to Steven Wright is for people to walk up and quote his own material to him. If you find yourself in that situation again, try this…
“The ice cream truck in my neighborhood plays Helter Skelter.”
(the only one I could find pertaining to ice cream)
Really do need some meds that give the brain an erection..blood flow and all.
Love it!
And another thing. While reading at TPM, they linked to an article in Politico entitled “McCain calls lobbyists ‘birds of prey’.” So why the hell aren’t we constantly referring to him as “the Falconer”? Certainly tends to reinforce how much he will permanently be indebted to the lobbyists if he were to win. Seems to reinforce the fact that this is Washington business as usual under the guise of change. Seems to me there are a series of missed opportunities that we can’t afford to just let slide. If Obama won’t do it, perhaps others should.
Excellent link. Another brick in the wall of imperial grand strategy, like the ongoing encirclement of Russia. No wonder they’re pissed.
Why is this scumbag drawing Social Security? Just because he can? He certainly doesn’t need it.
hmmm..
McCain-Ridge: Color-coded fear, stomping on a human face forever…
McCain-Romney: Flipflop Express (value-free ticket), with some racebaiting thrown in for good measure
McCain-Crist: Jeb! Jeb! Jeb!
McCain-Lieberman: aaaaaarghhhhh!
Another missed opportunity we’re gonna have to pick up and run with! Think the seven houses and $500 loafers will stretch for more than a one day new cycle?
I saw that too. It was just a slip, he actually intended to refer to them as “bluebirds of happiness.”
Because a real falconer loves his/her animals and takes very good care of them.
Are you suggesting McCain doesn’t take care of his lobbyists?
Wonder which is bigger, his tax bill, or his phone bill after keeping in touch with all his domestic help at all of the houses they own? Hard to believe none of his domestic help is an illegal alien. Hmmm.
as you reach for the bleach. . .please remember I love you all very much
and damn it! who said “Falconer”???? blogged about it last night
Maybe to spend on Miss Vicki since the majority of the strings on the family purse are controlled by Cindy? *g*
I never like intruding on someone’s privacy, especially when they are the sort of person who has to deal with people trying to intrude alla time, ya know?)
yeah - I do. I managed a One-Hour-Photo store in Beverly Hills back in the ’80’s.
One day, in came a, let’s say, unattractive older lady, wearing a housecoat, no make-up, ratty-lookin’ hair, and wrote me a check for $9.98. Name on the check was “Joan Collins”
I asked for her driver’s license - and yep, there was a picture of Joan Collins. I carded Joan Collins for a $9.98 check.
She never came back, oddly enough….
Here is a picture of one of McCain’s would-ya/could-ya homes…. in Snottsdale…Two Become One
Poor baby…. how does he tolerate such an low rent district?
Oh, he takes care of them, alright but he doesn’t “care” for them. McSFB’s a user. When someone is of no further use to him, buh bye.
Was it not explained? These are not news organizations, they are propaganda purveyors. Theirs is DISinformation, not INformation.
A commentary in The Independent (# 23 above) is what news should look like, don’t miss looking at it.
What, no ass wipers? With personalized tp.
How much arugula could John McCain buy with his $500.00 loafers?
-G
OMG! That’s hilarious!
I wondered about that too. I thought federal employees could not collect SS. (But, I didn’t look into it)
I wonder if Vicki Iseman likes to be referred to as a “bird of prey”. Or any of the other lobbyists he has working on his campaign.
Of course, it should be pointed out that most “birds of prey” also are scavengers and will eat carrion and cadavers. Perhaps that is why they are so attracted to McCain.
Please add
* free viagra delivery
* cosmetics for the trollop
McCain is a compassionate conservative. Every night he donates those loafers to a homeless person (throws them from the sunroof of his limo) and breaks out a new pair in the morning.
McCain already provided us with the slogan in that ad about a month ago:
“John McCain: Don’t hope for a better future.”
It is called double dipping
Where is Vicky Iseman?
Or perhaps a YouTube with a clip from “The Birds” with a “McCain Headquarters” sign added to a building?
From Time Mag, McCain’s nuclear response to Obama’s “Houses” ad:
“Does a guy who made more than $4 million last year, just got back from vacation on a private beach in Hawaii and bought his own million-dollar mansion with the help of a convicted felon really want to get into a debate about houses? Does a guy who worries about the price of arugula and thinks regular people ‘cling’ to guns and religion in the face of economic hardship really want to have a debate about who’s in touch with regular Americans?”
Difference? Obama earned every cent himself. McCain has been supported by taxpayers and his rich wife all his life. Also, hitting below the belt in revising a debunked Rezko story.
I think you should reserve judgment until you’ve walked a mile in seven pairs of his $520 shoes.
So when does the Demoracts present the platform of fail?
You don’t think he puts those BBQs on with massages at a four star inn for nothing, do you. Falconers keep the birds of prey around to help them hunt and do his bidding. He takes care of them because he knows they are better at those things that he sets them out to do than he is. We need to stress that he keeps those people around himself for a reason and he butters up the press and treats them to things to get good press. In other words, his claim to fame is he knows how to ingratiate himself to people who can help him and also how to be obnoxiously offensive to those who challenge him. Sound like anyone else we know with the initials GWB?
Pus Limberger goes there and calls Sen. Obama the equivalent of ”boy”.
Says the media whon’t criticize ’this little black man-child’.
-G
Since I’ve never priced it by the pound but what if it costs $5.00/lb that means you could buy 100 lbs of arugula….. now how big would 100 lbs be? holy smoke… probably a big mountain…
As a career Navy, he would have paid into Social Security all along. Military has pretty much always paid into and been eligible for SS.
As for the rest of the Civil Service, the rules were changed along about 1983 or so and federal employees started paying into and becoming eligible for SS.
Heyyyyy…Sit on it, nerds.
;>)
Sorry, didn’t know! Just read the article this morning. It said he just said that yesterday!
Is that Ralph Lieber-Malph?
-G
Someone needs to keep tabs on the menus at the Gooper convention. See if any have Arugula
Where is Vicky Iseman?
Somewhere very, very, nice, I’d guess. With no phone, a brand new name, and a fat line of credit.
I still got it.
;>)
During the Mid 70’s Reagan changed how Federal employees are taxed. Prior to that date, federal employees DID not contribute to SSI but had their own federal pension fund. The issue that developed with long term federal employees is that they never or not enough to qualify for SSI benefits which means they were NOT eligible for Medicare. When I worked for the TPA (insurance company) who managed the Federal Employees Benefits Assoc, many of the elder retired workers did not have Medicare. That means that their crappy (and it is crappy) federal plan had to be paid for to maintain insurance coverage. The significant issue is that the FEBA plan did not cover for skilled nursing homes, home health care and those things that the elderly need to have covered.
Nice one, darkblack.
tw3k @ 66
After the election.
darkblack @ 71
”I still got it”
shuh. can’t believe I post my first hamfisted amateurish photoshop and the Master is on the thread. I am f’in’ mortified
That didn’t take long.
According to a McCain spokesman, one of the ”houses” John McCain lived in for 5 years was a POW camp.
How DARE you attack John McCain?
-G
Did he call Sambo too?
I saw Ralph Lieber-Malph and Potsie Graham doing lip-ups at Arnolds the other day.
-G
Greg B
A noun a verb and POW
Why, if CTuttle saw that work of yours, cbl, the bleach would flow aplenty. Good on you.
;>)
Good One
http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....newsletter
Except he’s triple dipping. SS + Navy pension + senate salary. Boy, for an anti government conservative he surely relies on the government a lot.
Have you seen this
A fellow graduate of the US Naval Academy and a fellow POW (Vietnam) explains why he will not vote for John McCain in an op-ed piece for Military.com (a website for and about military personnel and their families.)
Let bygones be bygones!
Obama/McCain`08! Unity forward!
I just read that, it’s pretty worthwhile. Your link came late in the thread and most probably missed it. You should repost the link later near the beginning of a thread.
It’s a good read but was actually brought in a few times over the last couple of days.
I first saw it Tuesday and read it then over at Down With Tyranny.
More CHS goodness in the new post.
New Christy a couple of flights upstairs
Don’t forget Senator Mc-$5mil-is-rich also collects $58,000 tax-free disability dollars each year as well.
707
yay cbl!
I wonder if John McCain has ever gone back to ‘Nam to “relive the good old days”.
John McCain - Leadership into war!
If he can’t remember how many houses he has, then how is he going to remember Al Qaeda is the enemy and not Russia?