Comments on: What Lies Ahead This Week? http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/14/what-lies-ahead-this-week/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:55:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: johnmike http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/14/what-lies-ahead-this-week/#comment-1631569 johnmike Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:47:41 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/14/what-lies-ahead-this-week/#comment-1631569 <p>instead of inventing, repeating, and perpetuating ides of all of the lies that your morally corrupt pseudo-christian right-wing repervlican adversaries may use, ..how about going on the attack? You numbnutses are actually doing their thinking for them. </p> <p> this weak/defensive/pussified strategy may put grand-pa-pa and his trailer trash family in the whitehouse.</p> instead of inventing, repeating, and perpetuating ides of all of the lies that your morally corrupt pseudo-christian right-wing repervlican adversaries may use, ..how about going on the attack? You numbnutses are actually doing their thinking for them.

this weak/defensive/pussified strategy may put grand-pa-pa and his trailer trash family in the whitehouse.

]]> By: lokywoky http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/14/what-lies-ahead-this-week/#comment-1631306 lokywoky Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:45:21 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/14/what-lies-ahead-this-week/#comment-1631306 <p>I think the Obama campaign needs to quickly devise a strategy involving more surrogates hitting hard on Palin everywhere she turns. They should be nationally visible, and be able to command at least some attention in the FCM.</p> <p>Then Obama and Biden and Hillary need to really hit McSame hard on the economy - over and over and over again.</p> <p>Roll out some ads against McSame on the military (show McCain’s no votes on everything to do with vets and the troops), show a thing where Obama talks about a policy (such as timetable for withdrawal) - and dated footage from over a year ago - then play McSame having a fit - and then Bush announcing the timetable. There are at least a half a dozen of these. “Who’s running the White House?”</p> <p>Tie McSlime to Phil Gramm and both of them to this meltdown in the banking industry. And do it over and over and over again.</p> <p>Aagh!</p> <p>I see Obama collected $66 million for August. He needs $100 million between him and the DNC to keep up with McCain. Much as I decided not to donate over the FISA thing, methinks I’m going to pony up. Got to - we cannot afford to lose this election!</p> I think the Obama campaign needs to quickly devise a strategy involving more surrogates hitting hard on Palin everywhere she turns. They should be nationally visible, and be able to command at least some attention in the FCM.

Then Obama and Biden and Hillary need to really hit McSame hard on the economy – over and over and over again.

Roll out some ads against McSame on the military (show McCain’s no votes on everything to do with vets and the troops), show a thing where Obama talks about a policy (such as timetable for withdrawal) – and dated footage from over a year ago – then play McSame having a fit – and then Bush announcing the timetable. There are at least a half a dozen of these. “Who’s running the White House?”

Tie McSlime to Phil Gramm and both of them to this meltdown in the banking industry. And do it over and over and over again.

Aagh!

I see Obama collected $66 million for August. He needs $100 million between him and the DNC to keep up with McCain. Much as I decided not to donate over the FISA thing, methinks I’m going to pony up. Got to – we cannot afford to lose this election!

]]> By: bigbrother http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/14/what-lies-ahead-this-week/#comment-1631303 bigbrother Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:42:08 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/14/what-lies-ahead-this-week/#comment-1631303 <p>“Send Howdy Doodie” puppet for Palin with lipstick! This is Sunday night live.</p> “Send Howdy Doodie” puppet for Palin with lipstick! This is Sunday night live.

]]> By: bigbrother http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/14/what-lies-ahead-this-week/#comment-1631297 bigbrother Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:26:38 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/14/what-lies-ahead-this-week/#comment-1631297 <p>There is enough blubber on Americans…they don’t need whales…energy by liposuction.</p> There is enough blubber on Americans…they don’t need whales…energy by liposuction.

]]> By: Redshift http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/14/what-lies-ahead-this-week/#comment-1631289 Redshift Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:21:15 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/14/what-lies-ahead-this-week/#comment-1631289 <p>Well, we’ll see. As Nate over at <a href="http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/09/media-has-been-thrown-off-its-game.html" rel="nofollow">FiveThirtyEight</a> pointed out, the way campaigns get reported is that if you’re ahead, everything you’re doing is brilliant, but poll numbers aren’t results, votes are. We’re still in the bounce from the Republican Convention, and will be for another week and a half or so (the Dem Convention bounce was negated by the GOP convention immediately after, though that caused the GOP bounce to be smaller than it might have been.) It remains to be seen whether any of this is actually “working” or whether it’s just the common and incorrect assumption that immediate events are what’s causing the movement in the polls.</p> Well, we’ll see. As Nate over at FiveThirtyEight pointed out, the way campaigns get reported is that if you’re ahead, everything you’re doing is brilliant, but poll numbers aren’t results, votes are. We’re still in the bounce from the Republican Convention, and will be for another week and a half or so (the Dem Convention bounce was negated by the GOP convention immediately after, though that caused the GOP bounce to be smaller than it might have been.) It remains to be seen whether any of this is actually “working” or whether it’s just the common and incorrect assumption that immediate events are what’s causing the movement in the polls.

]]> By: Suzanne http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/14/what-lies-ahead-this-week/#comment-1631281 Suzanne Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:16:59 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/14/what-lies-ahead-this-week/#comment-1631281 <p><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/14/late-late-nite-fdl-breakdown-live/" rel="nofollow">breakdown upstairs</a> a few flights</p> breakdown upstairs a few flights

]]> By: prostratedragon http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/14/what-lies-ahead-this-week/#comment-1631275 prostratedragon Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:13:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/14/what-lies-ahead-this-week/#comment-1631275 <p>Showing on TCM at 2:15 ET, from Spain:<br /><a href="http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/title.jsp?stid=91083" rel="nofollow">Spirit of the Beehive (1973)</a></p> <p>Actually, sounds pretty good, and possibly similar to a recently popular movie. It’s about a little girl.</p> Showing on TCM at 2:15 ET, from Spain:
Spirit of the Beehive (1973)

Actually, sounds pretty good, and possibly similar to a recently popular movie. It’s about a little girl.

]]> By: bigbrother http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/14/what-lies-ahead-this-week/#comment-1631274 bigbrother Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:12:27 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/14/what-lies-ahead-this-week/#comment-1631274 <p>Good to know Suz! Tasty?</p> Good to know Suz! Tasty?

]]> By: SunnyNobility http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/14/what-lies-ahead-this-week/#comment-1631270 SunnyNobility Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:10:45 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/14/what-lies-ahead-this-week/#comment-1631270 <p>Clarabell with her horn - one honk per lie.</p> Clarabell with her horn – one honk per lie.

]]> By: Redshift http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/14/what-lies-ahead-this-week/#comment-1631268 Redshift Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:09:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/14/what-lies-ahead-this-week/#comment-1631268 <p>Well, Ferraro was on NPR a week or so ago refusing to say who she was going to vote for for president, and arguing that back in the primaries she was just saying that Obama being black was an advantage because he was getting 95% of the black, and that’s there’s nothing racist about saying that, really!</p> <p>So I think it’s safe to say that she isn’t interested in redeeming herself in anyone’s eyes, unfortunately.</p> Well, Ferraro was on NPR a week or so ago refusing to say who she was going to vote for for president, and arguing that back in the primaries she was just saying that Obama being black was an advantage because he was getting 95% of the black, and that’s there’s nothing racist about saying that, really!

So I think it’s safe to say that she isn’t interested in redeeming herself in anyone’s eyes, unfortunately.

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