“I have the scars to prove myself”

POW reference, drink!

So he’s going to set a new standard for transparency and accountability? How? Be being less transparent and accountable than the current administration?

Doing the fundie dogwhistle again.

Damn. Gotta open a new one this close to the end.

man, is this a snoozer…uh oh,…POW comin’ up!

I quit sipping or counting.

Oh, sweet baby Jesus… Did you know he was a POW? I hadn’t heard…

Over a thousand people showed up in Berkeley tonite to work for Obama. I am on my way to Camp Obama!

Has McCain said anything in this speech that was not completely hypocritical?

O Lord, now he’s going into his POW shtik because we all know how much he hates to talk about his POW experience being a POW.

Wow, McCain was a POW?

The things you learn.

Am outta wine. Please wind this up!

Probably smart, this entire section would floor a 300 pounder.

I’m running several minutes behind due to a paused DVR, but for what I’ve seen so far, I’m trying to figure out how he can be *boring* and *creepy* at the same time.

and I thought he was totally without talent.

Is that even possible?

Insufferable.

Just. Shoot. Me.

not that I have detected so far. And everything he’s said about Obama is pretty much false, too

McCain: Halo does not equal shield.

This constant recitation, by everyone at the podium, is rather unseemly, I think. We know, we know.

The chuckleheads in the audience don’t clearly understand where the applause lines are. Putzes.

he’s bronzed it, just like the baby shoes.

What I’m most grateful for is that McCain is so reluctant to talk about being a POW. I find that honorable.

He’s gonna milk the POW thing for at least 8 minutes to end the speech.

He is tugging at my heartstrings

McCain admits that others were mistreated. Can we get one of them for Prez.?

I was planning on taking a sleeping pill tonight. Don’t think I’ll need it.

Then again, I’m switching to the Daily Show which I’m sure will wake me up.

‘ere!,

;~P

So tell me again how being a POW gives McCin foreign policy or national security experience?

STILL
IN
HANOI

Isn’t it great how McCain can pony for every extreme right-wing policy since before Reagan was born and still be a maverick?

Well at least this should kill the “he hates to talk about it” business once and for all.

If anyone can find a way I’m sure this pair could, surrounded as they are by lobbyists and Turdblossom’s proteges.

TDS in 3… 2… 1…

I’m outta here

fer now

Has he said anything new? On The Newshour pre-speech the pundits were saying he would have to say something new, separate himself from W, not be snarky like Sarah, but mostly, have something dramatic and new in the speech. I surely haven’t heard it.

I do not want another bottom of the class President, please.

It’s only 8pm here and he is putting me to sleep.

holy crap. i passed out and woke up in a bamboo cage with mccain! sobered me right up.

‘BLESSED WITH PERSONAL GREATNESS?”

Thx for the heads up.

Crap. This is so cynical that it hurts. PolySci students will be studying it derisively for years. Smile on ….. or, as we used to say, shine it on.

OMG, he thought that ‘I was my country’s’ line was so clever that he couldn’t hide the smirk.

Three nights of POW? I think it’s time to go somewhere else. Ya know, after 28 years or so…

Did I miss something, or were the very first sounds in the Mock (Fantasy) Documentary about that combination of Jeebus, Santa Claus and Mother Teresa known to most as John Sidney McCain, the narration of the letters P – O – W?

As a friend said, apparently McCain is about fighting the fighty fight. Fight!

Here’s that “there’s too much partisan bickering in Washington” bullshit.

In thinking this over, it is clear what this speech is for – while the Palin speech was to secure the base, this speech is for the low information voters as well as those who rely on local news – the disjointed talking points are perfect to grab some 15-second soundbites out of. I’m sure someone over at Fix News is already editing nice little tasty bites.

With you.

He wants us to teach Bush to read?

surely you jest.

But, but, but he was FORCED to… [sniff] /snark

Palin: Against community service
McCain FOR community service

He’s asking Republicans to serve others. Good Luck with that.

What is this, the Norman Vincent Peale Hour?

USA!!!USA!!!USA!!!! Is Blackwater done with their work beating up dissenters? It sounds like many of them are in the stadium yelling USA!!!USA!!!USA!!! Wonder how much McCain had to pay to bring them in to continue sounding like thugs yelling USA!!!USA!!!USA!!!

McCain hopes that we don’t talk about the emotional,mental and psychological damage that enhanced interrogation does to an individual.

He gets that W “so pleased with myself” smile when he hits on a talking point.

And, Marion @19 – you’re right – plus it’s way disturbing which lines they *do* choose to applaud.

I’m glad he had so many policy specifics in his speech. I feel like I know what he’d do now.

Oh, wait, that was Obama.

he thinks of god as a man

dumbass

who exxactly is he “fighting”?

okay. enuf already. Jon Stewart is on

OMG! McCane is suggesting that Americans should help other Americans. I’m sure he has good policies right up his sleeve…

How dare you impugn the great man’s national security experience. He was tortured you know, and only sang just a wee bit.

So he’s going to set a new standard for transparency and accountability? How? Be being less transparent and accountable than the current administration?

Let’s start with his medical records, Cindy’s tax return, Palin cooperation with the investigators and the lobbyist’s location.

“Stand UP!” “Stand UP!”
McCain begs for Standing O

Picked up something off of the text – did he call for abolishing unemployment insurance altogether? – you know 50’s economy and all….

Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight!

FIGHT!

Stand up. Stand up. Stand up.

STAND UP!

Just like his would-be predecessor, he’s eloquent only when he talks of war.

Go, right now, go to the window and scream! I am mad as hell…

Thank heaven. It’s over.

ITS OVER!!!!!!

“fireworks!”

Pure tediousness. The senator from Arizona fumbling through another speech. No victory over the tele-prompter yet.

STILL
IN
HANOI

Yes, McCain is showing us that he is still fighting the Vienam War. He left the war but the war did not leave him.

If this fossil and his airhead sidekick get elected, we are truly and justly doomed.

“I thank God I am an American” and therefore better than everybody else

Watch when Palin comes out….she seems to have real disdain for him.

Do. Not Miss. The Daily Show!!!!!

Here comes the valley trash

I missed the end! What was his last shot?

Cindy’s working her way through the rainbow, from yellow to raspberry to green to blue… It’s merciful that this thing is over tonight, or it would have been purple tomorrow…

that was actually really sad at the end. they weren’t even listening to him, just yelling like the tone deaf cretins they are. Sad for him in a way. Both he and Palin are just Rove dupes, little marion=ettes who thnk they’re gonna run things. I got a bridge you might like if you believe that one.

sad and yes creepy this gets tv coverage at all

I hope she didn’t pay 300k for that monstrosity. Is she pregnant too?

Revolting.

I need a drink. Cheap scotch will work for this moment.

Double bingo to both Teddy and Hugh.

repulsed, no?

I am cheering, too. It is over!

Yes he did. Ain’t that some shit. He’s for killing unemployment benefits and the audience loves it.

Palin is incredibly comfortable in front of a crowd, declaring balloons to be “so beautiful”.

What does he want us to do all that fight, fight, fight for? How about getting along? Or not killing people?

OK…McCindy is back on the stage. This woman really jumps the shark given her age. I know lots of women with her money who are not using it to alter their appearances in the over the top way she is.

This woman has serious issues. Maybe she thinks Palin looks relatively “in charge”?

Policy specifics I picked up:

1) Drill more
2) more new-clear power plants
3) abolish unemployment insurance altogether
4) something about abolishing $700 million in foreign aid to countries that don’t like us.

Oh, and as a Canadian you must love them use that Heart song…. ;)

Shut up Tweety!

I got a bridge you might like if you believe that one.

Only if it goes nowhere.

is that Heart screaming in the background? jeez that’s bad

Well, Palin gave him a bounce, but I don’t think he did himself any favors. Strictly a paint by numbers speech.

NewsFlash from some dork on CBS

“As far as I can recall this is the first time he (McLame) has ever spoken at length about his experience (as A POW)!

I guess that’s why none of us realized he had been a POW, eh?

lol Chris Matthews hovers, twice, over the word divorce wrt McCain.

“I got a bridge you might like if you believe that one.”

Only if it goes to NoWhere!

I wondered what he was talking about. A better way, or getting rid of it?

Maybe they’re just missing their cues. Possibly the cue-ers are playing the drinking game too (or are just simply drinking because they’re bored) and are missing their signals.

and on a day when we had a high this year in monthly applications.

Cindy’s working her way through the rainbow, from yellow to raspberry to green to blue… It’s merciful that this thing is over tonight, or it would have been purple tomorrow…

You mean like THIS?

Free at last! I am so glad it’s over.

Now Tweety coddles the codger.

This woman has serious issues. Maybe she thinks Palin looks relatively “in charge”?

Nah – just younger.

I’ll admit it….I’m really afraid these people might win. We’ll be truly fucked.

I think, guessing from some things he said, retraining and a wage supplement for a new job might be what he wants.

Tweety thinks he’ll be ahead in the polls next week because America loves a winner.

EPU’d -
John $3.16, the Undead Candidate and refugee from the sunshine.

And someone needs to tell Chris Matthews that McCain is not a fighter pilot.

Tweety’s Man-crush has him putting McTheuselah a lead next week…

Okay. Time to take that stirring message to heart. Time to fight. Him.

More cheap scotch.

TDS! Don’t miss it!

he said “a new way of dealing with it” and then mentioned community colleges. That sure sounded like that half-baked plan Bush came up with 2 years ago in the SOTU. (which nobody in Congress actually did anything with)

Scarecrow’s got the word upstairs.

I never thought I’d say this, but I’m rooting for the National Enquirer.

Jon Stewart is on a real roll tonight, and his interview with Rob Riggle from Wasilla (or is it Wassila? who cares…) had me howling.

way way way too many blonde haired blue eyes in this crowd. nice bein with ya’ll. sleep tight. no nightmares.

scarecrow has the wrapup upstairs

*caw caw*

Sarah Barracuda

WAR! What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing!*

*except to get me into the White House

Kelly O’Donnell sez McCain had to be prevailed upon to talk about being a POW. She is in the tank for the campaign.

Did McCain really say that he’d abolish unemployment insurance??????

Along with getting rid of SSI these people really do want to put us back in the late 18th century, don’t they? Maybe they’ll put the kids working in those “Clean Coal” mines, too. After all the kids won’t get dirty…it’s “clean coal”!

Oh sweet jesus. Kelly O’Donnel says that McCrazy doesn’t like to talk about his POW-iness. But the party higher-ups, have see, have ordered him to ramp up the POW references.

ZOMG!!!!!! how come you guys did not tell me the he was a POW? That changes everything, I’m voting for the war-guy now….

Also, OT, I “heart” Suzanne and RBG for fixing my account. Many thanks, friends.
CE

I am sure you will be seeing thousands of Palin/McPalin bumperstickers all over San Fran tomorrow morning.

“Oh, and as a Canadian you must love them use that Heart song…. ;)
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As a Canadian I always thought of them as more of a Seattle band, but I like them. I wonder if this will lead to yet another copyright infringement suit?

I’m telling you, the same person that wrote Bush’s 2007 SOTU wrote this thing – it has the same pie in the sky talking points that they had no plan of actually doing.

It’s the 2008 GOP – governmenting is hard pretending like we have actually do something.

A bulletin needs to be issued for all those disappeared family members, former spouses and their offspring included. Sorry, I can’t name them.

Andrea Mitchell says this is not a partisan speech. David Gregory thinks this was a very exciting night.

Where were they, do you suppose?

Olbermann points out that for all the distance McCain attempted from Bush, the first hand he shook was Elaine Chao’s, Bush’s Labor Secretary.

FAIL

I thought they were from Vancouver, BC and then moved to Washington, but I’m not really big on my 70s glam rock history.

MSNBC boyz mocking Andrea Mitchell now.

Looks like they fucked up the balloon drop, too many.

Mrs Greenspan is suffering a balloon assault.

Samantha Bee’s piece on what choice is is hilarious!

Andrea was being a pretty good sport, being drowned in those balloons and still trying to speak on camera.

Andrea Mitchell says this is not a partisan speech

Bullshit is non-partisan.

Yeah, it looked like somebody f’d up and bought some of those big birthday balloons.

What did he win? Oh yeah I forgot, he won the war in Vietnam (Supreme Commander from his cage – which is why he couldn’t accept the early release offer. The Viet Cong didn’t realize that his bamboo cage was actually the Command Center for SouthEast Asia at the time.

Oh yeah, I also learned tonight, from his remarks, that he won the Iraq war, that’s right it’s in the bag already because of behind the scenes real Commmander in Chief, John Sidney McCain and HIS SURGE!

I think Cindy must be a little fearful that she could get “Cindy’ed” by John for the younger, cuter [but not richer] Palin.

The Huckster is on The Daily Show!

The problem with Palin’s spech was tone.
The problem with this speech was the subject. It wasn’t about us. It was almost exclusively about McCain.I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I,……………………

OK, I know this is belated, but McCain did call the Republicans “the party of Lincoln”, and when anyone does that I always pull up this quote:

“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital.
Capital is only the fruit of labor,
and could never have existed if Labor had not first existed.
Labor is superior to capital,
and deserves much the higher consideration.” — Abraham Lincoln

I think there was a Vancouver connection, but also seem to recall one of the girls was a military brat, not Canadian Forces either but McCain’s Military.
I never considered heart a “glam” band, unless you consider later Fleetwood Mac a glam band. By later, I mean after they morphed from a British Blues Band into a mixed gender pop/rock band with more emphasis on the vocals.

I loved the original Fleetwood Mac, but also liked Nancy Wilson, Stevie Nicks and ESPECIALLY Christine McVie – she could play (and for all I know still can – I can’t remember the name of the tune she recorded with Steve Winwood, in the eighties I think, but it really rocked in my estimation.

Speaking of the military, does anyone know what happened to the guy in the rafters with the “McCain Votes Against Vets” poster?

What a spectacular fish bowl, displaying a barracuda and a trophy gold fish and small fry. How will we ever go back to dry issues?

Not to worry, Palin is too aggressive for him. After the “honeymoon period” she will rip his liver out. What’s left of it…..