It's not even that they're crib notes for me. It's that she needed a note to remind herself to talk about TAXES in front of TEA PARTIERS. It's like showing up to be the announcer at the Westminster Kennel Club show and writing "Puppies!" on your hand.
I kind of want to pour out some Mountain Dew Throwback in your honor for writing that. But I don't want to spill it. I'll settle for drinking it in your honor.
Seriously. My first instinct is to laugh, but my second instinct is to remind myself just how many selfish, proudly ignorant assholes populate this country.
I look at it this way - the only voters she really has locked down are the teabaggers, and while she's trying to court the moderate conservatives and the independents, Obama (or whoever the Dem candidate is) can hit her over and over again with her cutting and running away from her job as a backwater governor before even finishing one term, lack of real experience, ties to religious nutjobs, ties to teabaggers, and general idiocy.
She may get a hefty percentage of the vote, but no way can she win.
Matt Taibbi had a pretty convincing post about how we can surmise that she doesn't have the Washington Republican inner circle actually behind her or they'd actually have decent PR working for her instead of whatever ludicrous circus is going on now, so there's that, but still.
Of course, I believe McCain and Palin weren't actually running to win anyway, and 'they' wanted Obama to win so they could spend 4 - 8 years blaming everything on him and forcing him to clean up their messes to the extent that was even possible (and that certainly is what's happening), so.... I'm pretty mistrustful and semi-paranoid sometimes. :D
I think that was their "If we don't win" strategy all along. Every party does it - that's the thing about being the party in power. You're the ones who take the blame.
Still - we have 3 more years and Obama seems to be starting to wise up and remember that he can't ever stop campaigning. I know we're a nation of idiots, but I can't give up hope.
Right, but the "if we don't win, we still win" thing seemed especially egregious and purposeful for me in this case.
Yeah, I was after all surprised he was elected, even though I volunteered for the campaign. I never wanted to get overconfident.
We also need people to realize that showing up and voting for Obama is not enough. Other elections still go on and just because Obama isn't in them doesn't mean they're not important. That's one of the biggest problems I'm seeing right now, and I'm certainly not perfect in that regard either.
We also need people to realize that showing up and voting for Obama is not enough. Other elections still go on and just because Obama isn't in them doesn't mean they're not important. That's one of the biggest problems I'm seeing right now, and I'm certainly not perfect in that regard either.
Oh, I definitely agree there. Most of that is a general lack of knowledge about how government works anymore. Americans don't know jack about civics - they don't realize that Obama still has CONGRESS to contend with, and he can't automatically pass laws from the White House to make their lives easier. I know so many people who supported Obama and are mad at him now because he hasn't hand-waved their problems away. We really need to do something about civics education in this country. -_-;;
And the same thing about taxes. God, people -- especially in the South -- bitch and moan about taxes, and then bitch and moan that the infrastructure's crumbling and they have crappy public services.
I want to see her debate Obama in the WORST way. I have problems with some of the things he's currently doing, but he could trounce her in a debate in his SLEEP.
Me too. I keep wondering what it would take for these idiots who think she'd make a good president to see the dimwit the rest of us see and I'm starting to think there's nothing, because she's smarter than them, but just stupid enough to intimidate them.
Yeah, there's probably nothing.... On a similar note, I've wondered what would ever take Rush Limbaugh off the air, and there's probably nothing there either.
He'd have to murder someone on video and admit to it. And even then there would be people screaming he was framed by liberals and demanding he get to continue his show on death row.
Which would be hilarious to watch, indeed. But I wish I could have more faith in the American people's ability to pay attention to substance over style. (See also: Kennedy/Nixon debates; pretty much all of our presidential elections)
That SNL video was just the icing on the cake. Ever since I heard about the "incident" I've been absolutely disgusted. The brother of the inspiration for Ari freaking Gold shouldn't have to apologize for that bullshit. And the idea that she and the people around her have never used derogatory terms for anything is off the charts ludicrous.
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Date: 2010-02-07 06:32 pm (UTC)I just...crib notes on her palm? Seriously? Seriously?
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Date: 2010-02-07 06:33 pm (UTC)♥ ♥ IT'S LIKE VALENTINE'S CAME EARLY THIS YEAR. ♥ ♥
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Date: 2010-02-07 06:45 pm (UTC)She may get a hefty percentage of the vote, but no way can she win.
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Date: 2010-02-07 06:49 pm (UTC)Of course, I believe McCain and Palin weren't actually running to win anyway, and 'they' wanted Obama to win so they could spend 4 - 8 years blaming everything on him and forcing him to clean up their messes to the extent that was even possible (and that certainly is what's happening), so.... I'm pretty mistrustful and semi-paranoid sometimes. :D
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Date: 2010-02-07 06:55 pm (UTC)Still - we have 3 more years and Obama seems to be starting to wise up and remember that he can't ever stop campaigning. I know we're a nation of idiots, but I can't give up hope.
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Date: 2010-02-07 06:58 pm (UTC)Yeah, I was after all surprised he was elected, even though I volunteered for the campaign. I never wanted to get overconfident.
We also need people to realize that showing up and voting for Obama is not enough. Other elections still go on and just because Obama isn't in them doesn't mean they're not important. That's one of the biggest problems I'm seeing right now, and I'm certainly not perfect in that regard either.
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Date: 2010-02-07 07:03 pm (UTC)Oh, I definitely agree there. Most of that is a general lack of knowledge about how government works anymore. Americans don't know jack about civics - they don't realize that Obama still has CONGRESS to contend with, and he can't automatically pass laws from the White House to make their lives easier. I know so many people who supported Obama and are mad at him now because he hasn't hand-waved their problems away. We really need to do something about civics education in this country. -_-;;
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Date: 2010-02-08 03:29 am (UTC)Well, I did say teabaggers. ;D
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Date: 2010-02-07 06:54 pm (UTC)::coughs::
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Date: 2010-02-08 03:17 am (UTC)I saw Obama could trounce Palin blindfolded.
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