I was driving home last night, looking for a sports station to get a score of the Cubs/Dodgers game, when I came across a new show on one of the local radio stations called "Baseball This Week." It was the premiere of this particular show, and the two hosts were introducing themselves.
The first guy said,"I do all kinds of sports stuff around the station, but I absolutely love baseball. I mean, I have to do other sports, I have to do NASCAR, but I’m about as qualified to talk about NASCAR as Sarah Palin is to talk about Uzbekistan. But baseball? That’s my game. . ." The other guy chuckled, and went into his intro piece.
It didn’t need a set up. It didn’t need an explanation. It wasn’t Saturday Night Live or The Daily Show or Countdown. It wasn’t the main point, but the image to make the point about something else. It was a simple metaphor on a sports station for a guy giving his own background, or rather, the lack thereof.
And it was great.
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that didn’t take long
We will soon see a Talk-Like-Palin Day, you know, kinda of like the International Talk-Like-A Pirate Day.
Peterr!
Do you think the networks will translators to explain her answers this evening?
Over at the Great Orange, there’s a diary about a Dallas sports-talk station where someone said they’ll be holding their ‘SC’ flag tonight, because it’s going to be Biden vs Miss South Carolina.
When they’re losing the Texas sprots-talk guys, they’re losing, bigtime.
That started the week she was nominated.
Are there folks who understsnan Palinese?
I sincerely hope not!
Per TPM (Palin as cliche related-sort of) here is the line of attack for Palin this evening at the debate:
That was my thought when I heard this last night. When you’re a joke to the sports radio crowd . . .
I agree with the sentiment and have put up vids of that poor kid from SC and then feel bad. That poor kid is probably scarred for life but it is so appropriate.
Of course she’s going to go on the attack. The alternative is to talk about herself and her policy positions.
Given how well that went over with her interviews with Couric, Gibson, and even Hannity, I don’t think anyone on the McCain campaign is going to suggest trying that out again.
and all the good Senator has to do is simply say . . .
would you mind fleshing that out for me a little more Governor ?
Don’t read Friedman almost ever but I couldn’t resist taking a look at his “Rescue the rescue”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10…..an.html?em
See we’re all rubes, and rubes need people like Friedman to explain macroeconomics to us, and Friedman has made a career of explaining what the Beltway wants us to know and believe. His screed contains no analysis of the bailout plan. It’s just another: I understand you dopes and your anger but here’s the way it is.
That has been McCain’s whole campaign – make it about Obama, not about what McCain would actually do to make the country a better place. It’s all they’ve got because they know their ideas are sure losers.
rofl that is so true !!!!
Try to provoke him so that he in turn looks bad. i’m sure the campaign is aware and has prepared him for that
OT
Politico reports McCain pulling out of Michigan. H/T TPM
http://www.politico.com/blogs/…..ml?showall
Why was he even in iowa yesterday? makes no sense. he has to double down in Ohio and florida now as PA looks to be about done for O as well
McCain pulling out of Michigan
John McCain is pulling out of Michigan, according to two Republicans, a stunning move a month away from Election Day that indicates the difficulty Republicans are having in finding blue states to put in play.
McCain will go off TV in Michigan, stop dropping mail there and send most of his staff to more competitive states, including Wisconsin, Ohio and Florida. Wisconsin went for Kerry in 2004, Ohio and Florida for Bush.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/…..ml?showall
bradblog reports 100’s of thousands have been removed from the voting polls in 19 states
that’s the margin of victory and if we don’t do anything abouot it, it will be the margin of defeat
http://www.bradblog.com/
McCain is melting down faster than the Greenland ice sheet.
Digg and Reddit this post!
Howdy y’all. Thanks Peterr.
Wow, Joe Scary giving good advice to Biden. If Sarah zings him, just say “wow, that was a good one!”
I agree!
o/t
been away for a few hours, have y’all heard Ralph Stanley endorsing Senator Obama in some new VA. radio ads ?
woo hoo!
That is the whole reson for getting people the tools for checking to see if they are registered and if not, to register/re-register
OT
http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/0…..2008100214
Hedgefunds, bond rating agencies, banks, its so hard to keep track of who is going to fall next and so hard to guess which one will be the big one.
((TexBetsy)) how are you feeling today? how was the holiday?
that’s my cue for folks to go to
http://www.canivote.org
and check your voter status. Do it now!!!
Well, the bradblog is good motivation/evidence to do just that. these stories just freak me out. :(
jeebus.
was thinking last night it was just a few months ago when some of the wonks among us were talking about how BO was gonna make McStunt fight in places he normally doesn’t have to – and not just for GOTV, but to make him spend his money – thereby hurting him in other places
can’t help but think this had something to do with cutting and running out of Michigan
She will definitely be in attack mode just to try to goad him to attacking back. He has to let it roll off his back and keep to his points
Palinese is a language, thing, we do up in Alaska, like hunting moose, and I think it is important the right to bear arms like it says in the Constitution, and John McCain supports this and agrees with me, and we will bring change to Washington and victory in Iraq against the Islamofascists who want us to buy their oil instead of drilling for our own. You know as Governor of Alaska I took on the oil companies and that’s what I will do with those greedy Wall Street types and why Henry Paulson is a heck of a guy and will straighten things out because that’s what Americans want, not a bailout for oil sheiks in Uzbekistan.
Well that’s my take on Palinese. Did I come close?
Cubs 2 Dodgers 7
had a wonderful an sweet holiday. doing pretty well. sitting in my office waiting for a student to show up.
RIP Mr. Clean
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBI…..index.html
notice my bold?
what is obama gonna do about that?
if he does nothing he loses this election
will she be wearing a wire do ya think?
Cut and Run? Obviously, you never knew that St. McCain was a POW. He is repurposing his campaign.
that was far too coherent :D
she couldn’t say Islamofascists or Uzbekistan on her best day.
not even close,
you should stick to what you do best – coherence
Me too which is why when I’m phone banking i have people check their status andhave even checked it for them on occasion. We have been fortunate too to register a shit load of new voters (young, new citizens etc.)
I’m praying for him. St. Patrick’s breastplate prayer ought to get ‘er done for a nice Catholic boy.
And yet the “sage” shitsacks that Friedman implies must be listened to and obeyed on this matter themselves cannot say it will actually work.
It wont.
It will do nothing but cost. Cost. Cost. While Wall Street billionaires get their parachutes anyway.
Pitchforks and torches, people. Literally. Pitchforks and torches.
And then add “Think that will work on Putin?”
i just choked on my tea
Maybe he has but isn’t emboldening his enemies by advertising what he’s doing about it.?
I’m glad to hear that it went well
Considering that the Obama campaign is supposedly pretty sure they can and will win a blowout on election day because of their “ground game”, you would THINK they would be all over this. Purges are all it takes to totally nullify a good “ground game”. All those voters registered will disappear with a simple mouse click.
Biden should have been practising with Tina Fey.
I say check the hair poof. She may be wired
mosey on over to the site to see what they are doing about it
Has anyone ever done a study to check the brain wiring of a person who speaks in tongues.
Thanks much, Peterr.
It’s bigger than you think. That beeootee contest talent toob is going viral among professional classical musicians, especially the younger ones struggling to keep heads above water in today’s miserable arts climate of shrinking support.
Put yer ear to the ground. Suspect you’ll hear the whooting and foot stomping. They’re getting a much needed, well-earned laugh.
Oh, and by the way, they vote ;->.
As our sonny told his friends/colleagues: “Ladies and Gentlemen. I present to you the Talent portion of the Vice Presidential Debate.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…..30901.html
I believe that this is the focus of “stroke and brain injury” research. They just don’t focus solely on those who spout gibberish – those people just fall under the umbrella.
i just had a flashback (was catholic) perfect prayer
just spit up some more tea LMAO
oh, i thot u meant an underwire. pardon… never mind.
Good start, but I could follow the logic of most of it. You got much closer towards the end.
heard someone say yesterday that if the hair is down, she’s got an earbud in.
lol. ((wobbly))
here ya go
Who knows? You could mosey on over and check it out and if not, you could make it happen! It’s brilliant.
How much trouble is the McCain/Palin ticket in ?
It’s in a lot of trouble when Guiliani and Fred Thompson are used to prop it up …
yep. I hope biden has his radio jammer on him.
sometimes i blog in tongues, when i encounter an insufferable troll.
does that count? it’s easy. just let what’s left of yer mind float and spew at random. it helps to be an aged, hyper, former, hyper-kid. ;->
Home early? Bad day?
Hey, they are underdogs!
teehee I still find that i cross myself when i walk in the church so some parts have still stuck with me
LOL … are we doing shots for the debate, like for every time Sarah gets a tear in her eye ?
Lessee. How many hours do you have before the debate begins.
hmmmm, where to begin…
Why do you think he smiles so much?
kidding.
But, hey, those teeth could be stealth.
(if we gotta think like they do to figure it out. :)
Good place to look….if ya don’t mind destroying the ensemble.
Got to watch out for alcohol poisoning, folks.
ROFL … I think she’s going to use that to make Biden look like a bully
Adie !
I have to do wheat grass shots (if I do shots at all) but mr already warned me to calm my hyper self down
oh… we have to wait?
sorry. i’m gonna need a bit of pre-debate-fortifying.
extra butter on the popcorn.
an extra klondike bar, extra-dark chocolate – preferably not Chinese.
Just poke it with a stick
I use Pomegranate or Cranberry Juice …
Oh, my goodness, yes.
I said earlier today, no drinking game for me tonight. I’m still trying to get up the nerve to watch. My boys think I’m crazy for not wanting to watch.
well of course she will. i mean, she’s not TOTALLY stoopid! just a lousy flautist who makes good ones cackle till they pass out cold.
hmmm I’m just doing green juices at the moment. maybe I can do a celery apple and take shots of that
I know jimmy swaggart spoke in tongues just before they cought him with a hooker
“f*ck the Dodgers” btw
(pathetic SF Giants fan here)
slooow, berry slow
but oh goody, now I don’t have to wait to show you this
Spew warning – and don’t miss the comments :D
I can easily come up with a Supreme Court decision I don’t agree with and IANAL: the one installing Bush as president.
… so that’s why
RoveMcCain picked her …that’s the whole point, hon.
btw, i’ve got pure crabapple juice from our own tree, home squzz.
sure! c’mon over!
Hi Pups,
Alternate game for the VP Debate. Palin Bingo
((( Punaise )))
ding ding ding. Plesy vs Ferguson also sucks butt
Don’t waste that Cranberry Juice … make some Jelly with it … *g*
three bits of unsolicited advice
1. CNN
2. on mute
3. tivo/dvr
now that’s an intriguing highlight. i had not heard that before
goddess willing, i won’t again. *breaks out in hives*
i can’t stop laughing.
Cool I can vote now I just need my mail in ballot to come in. Please keep posting that site dosido every thread.
backatcha!
I did 4 once I felt a little light headed.
Did you say jello shots?
707!!!! I can barely breathe that is too funny
allow me to repeat mr cbl’s gem from yesterday -
to hell with cases, let’s see if she can name any Justices !
gonna have ta nurse yer own sports fetish tonight.
us serious types is bizzy wid impawtin stuff.
mebbe yer game will get rained out by sarah’s tears…
LOL … and I’m back to square one … see y’all later
LOL
Hardcore Cubs fan here. You’ve got YEARS to go before you can talk about “pathetic.”
I just get horribly hyper (more so than I alrady am) andbecome a pain in the ass to my hubby
true, we’re still basking in the glory of the 1954 World Series.
OMG Peterr.
Just look what you have hatched!?!
This WAS a perfectly respectable blog, or purt near, anyway.
Weren’t you a minister? Or be I mistaken?
Come out from under that bed and own up to yer sins.
Yeah Trick questions like ” Justice Meyers recently said in a Supreme Court case on Abortion Adda vs Gronkle”
Then we let Sarah blather on about the case. First there is no Justice Miers. Second there is no Supreme Court Case Adda vs Gronkle.
Third anyone who really is against abortion would know that!
The first 2 questions show that Sarah lies about knowing stuff and invents details.
But the third question kills Sarah’s Cred with the Abortion movement.
Sometimes I am too Evil!
u elitist u. for shame.
Hmm the effects of overdosing on wheatgrass that would be an interesting read?
how ’bout asking her to spell justice. or just us. and elaborate.
We got something like 12 gallons of organic apple cider from our own trees this year — we got a bumper crop this fall.
I hope that’s enough if I’m drinking every time Palin says something stoopid.
just looked it up on wiki: keeping racial segregation in place. ok i’m adding it to my list.
The GOP confuses stupid with Elite they go all Authoritarian ingroup outgroup with, well he ain’t from around here.
separate but equal bullshit
would be very interesting
i wish it WERE cranberry, being a northeasterner by birth and temperament.
best i can do is midwestern crabapples to die for – yum – from our own gloriously bountiful tree
might be fun to offer sarah some, straight and unsweetened, and see if that is indeed tattoo makeup on her lips. We’re talkin’ TART here! Well, yeah. There too, come to think of it.
i haven’t yet had opportunity to ask some REAL flute players (’scuse, flautists) what a lip tattoo would do to the embouchure. But I’ll be sure to this weekend. ;->
well gee whiz. awright. our crabapples are organically grown as well, ahem.
Fine and good. I’ll look for you when I get
there. Save me some juice and pillow.I might try the cnn with the audience rating thingy what you I think told us about.
I decide later if I mute or not to mute.
Yes, but they are all under voting age.
but… but… then you’ve got hour after hour of Woof Blitzen
analysizinginterrupting, and you’ll miss the whole show.terrific! Both our kitties are already scrabbling over who gets your lap. ;->
Does this count? I had an appointment with a neurologist the other day…turns out he’s from Bulgaria (sweet guy). I guessed Romania, from his accent, but for the life of me I couldn’t place Bulgarian on a map in my mind’s eye. I said, well I’m as clueless as Sarah Palin; he said you (meaning me) and Sarah need to look at a map.