I don't know why McCain is crying about the NY Times
By John Amato Sunday Jul 27, 2008 1:00pmHe already has his op-eds published every week---only they are filed under the name: Bill Kristol.
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Ibogaine paranoia.
It's the only explanation.
Ed Schultz is on the radio saying that Obama needs to defend against the latest McCain attack ads right away. Someone should call Obama headquarters and find out.
He's goin over the edge.
Man, we might not have to wait till Labor Day to see the meltdown.
Have I mentioned how much I hate William Kristol today?
I wish I could come up with a wittier comment other than “Bill Kristol is an idiot”, but I can’t.
Do these clowns realize that the President is far more than the Commander in Chief?
It just goes to show you how fixated they are about war that is the "test" that must be passed.
Ol' John better calm down. Othewise he might lose bladder control. Could be embarrassing.
...he looked out at that crowd and saw gila monsters instead of people, and that his mind snapped completely when he felt something large and apparently vicious clawing at his legs. We can only speculate on this, because those in a position to know have flatly refused to comment on rumors concerning the Senator's disastrous experiments with Ibogaine. I tried to find the Brazilian doctor on election Bight in Milwaukee, but by the time the polls closed he was long gone. One of the hired bimbos in Milwaukee's Holiday Inn headquarters said a man with fresh welts on his head had been dragged out the side door and put on a bus to Chicago, but we were never able to confirm this. . . .
Just heard that McCain has a "mole like" removed from his face very recently. Might have been today.
Kristol needs mental help. He's either crazy as hell or he is dumb as hell.
He's reading the writing on the wall and what frightens him is that as soon as President Obama steps into the oval office, no one is gonna give a flying shit what Kristol has to say. Myself personally, I'm already there. I just ignore him the same way that I ignore Fox news.
eric @ 3:
As I said on the last thread, his surrogates have been all over the cable channels today setting the story straight. If McCain's campaign has a lick of sense that ad will disappear rapidly.
BT @ 1:
I believe BT is correct.What great insight.I have learned much from this blog.I love it.
Mcshame had a mole removed from his left temple. Doctors apparently not concerned. But shouldn't we be concerned? Why won't Mcshame release his medical records? Are there more things he is keeping secret? Obama doesn't have the same privileges Mcshame has like hiding things from the electorate. Mcshame will never make it til November, who will his replacement be? Repugnants have no one. Will bush change the rules or ignore them and run for a third term? More at 6 PM.
Biil Kristol fears what all the neocons now fear, the end of their mini revolution. He has seen that the trust they put into the little man man from TX has blown up in their face, like a Dick Cheany hunting trip. Kristol knows that Obama in the white house will mean that the dirty tricks that they used in the last 8 years will be brought out into the open for all to see what a repulsive pile of evil that the neocon agenda really is.
Once again, they have no message to put out. So they attack the media and anyone who supports Obama. Very Rovian strategy. "Don't let the Germans and the German media choose your leader (you remember that they're not always the best at choosing leaders because they once chose... Hitler!" This strategy worked for a few election cycles, but Obama transcends this stuff so easily.
By the way, I saw Batman The Dark Night this weekend and if they need a replacement for Heath Ledger as The Joker, I nominate William Kristol.
The only place McCain has polled higher than Sen. Obama was the one that asked who people saw more likely as commander in chief. So the right and Kristol are grabbing that little tidbit and squeezing it for all it's worth.
Rumor has it McCain is working on a newfangled newsreel ad known as a "talkie." He suspects that the liberal accompanists aren't helping his ads.
If promoting unjust wars were illegal Kristol would be one of the first arrested.
By the way, John, thanks for the laugh!
Ahh, poor McCain is not getting good press. I would think he would be grateful that they do not put his daily gaffes on the frontpage everyday.
I don’t know why McCain is crying about the NY Times
It's what mcc**t hits him in the nose with, when they're playing Bad Puppy?
BTW:
Looking at the Amazon ad with Jonna "head up my ass" Goldberg's book "Liberal Fascism" on this site is unsettling. I know you dont control the ad and it pays the bills, but yeash that that makes my skin crawl.
So, Kristol the Bloody's main point is that....
(wait for it)
he has hope?
And the title "Be Afraid. Please?" refers to what, exactly. That his hopes may be realized. Well, Billy Boy, my fear of your desired outcome wakes me up in the middle of the night in cold sweats and stomach cramps.
Man... I've seen better work from 8th graders.
Sen. Obama is meeting with a bunch of well known economists today to see what the hell we can do to get this country back on track. Carly Fiorina said Senator Obama's plan would bring another great depression. Oh yeah, I'm going to take her word at face value. Not!
What exactly is McCain financial plan? He already told us that he doesn't know jack shit about economics.
Here's a mccain's new-fangled commercial on how eager the American Electorate are to vote for him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SMf1M0ksGE
Did anyone else read this and think "Marsha Marsha Marsha!" from the Brady Bunch?
John Amato = Useful idiot
You keep dividing and pusing Americans into this two-party system. Its flawed, John Amato, and you should know this. The Democrats are the Republicans and the Republicans are the Democrats!
Vote GREEN. VOTE FOR CYNTHIA MCKINNEY!
pissed off patricia @ 24:
Part of it is that he wants to have the entire national debt paid off in 4 years by "winning" in Iraq. Excuse me a moment, but I'm going to raise the Titanic off the ocean floor with my bare hands now.
Apparently war monger kristol is depressed about Obama's current popularity. Even [GASP] among his neighbors!! How dare they!
http://rawstory.com//news/2008/Conservative_pundits_seek_elusive_key_to_...
American Native=Useless Idiot. Sorry... I had to.
Kristol is proof that insane people can write.
Sidney McSame has his editorials given every day on cable news and talk radio also. Why's he bitching?
American Native @ 27:
Sure. The Democratic House is behaving as if W has explicit pictures of the leadership, but anyone who believes the last 8 years would have been equally as disastrous (or identical, as you imply) with Al Gore in charge is a clueless troll.
The Green Party needs to build from the ground up rather than the top down.
bmw H. 528 @ 28:
I guess McCain is gonna write one of Cindy's personal checks to cover the debt. Winning the war doesn't mean that we get all the money back that we spent on it. Perhaps McCain thinks this works like a poker game. If we win, we get the pot.
McCain’s Op-Ed on Iraq Was Also Rejected by ‘The Pennysaver’
American Native @ 27:
Beginning a persuasive remark by calling someone a "useful idiot" is not very effective. Might want to keep that in mind for the future.
pissed off patricia @ 24:
ummm... did i read correctly that one of the "well known" economists is paul 'let them eat cake' volcker? please tell me that is an incredible typo... and rob rubin? holy friggin shit...
is this obama's idea of a crack economic team? see, status quo.
this is not "change",in the slightest. now, i guess there is a chance that obama is meeting with these numbskulls to tell them that they are part of the reason we are screwed today. but something tells me obama actually accepts their neoliberal agenda. corporations will continue to stalk the land and prey on us all.
MEDIA BASH BARACK (NOT A TYPO)
Study Finds Obama Faring Worse On TV News Than McCain
Barack Obama is getting more negative coverage than John McCain on TV network evening news shows, reversing Obama’s lead in good press during the primaries, according to a new study by Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA). The study also finds that a majority of both candidates’ coverage is unfavorable for the first time this year. According to CMPA President Dr. S. Robert Lichter, “Obama replaced McCain as the media’s favorite candidate after New Hampshire. But now the networks are voting no on both candidates.”
These results are from the Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA) 2008 Election News Watch Project. They are based on a scientific content analysis of 249 election news stories (7 hours 38 minutes of airtime) that aired on ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, and Fox Special Report (first half hour) from June 8, 2008 to July 21, 2008. Previously we analyzed 2144 stories (25 hrs 35 min airtime) during the primary campaign from December 16, 2007 through June 7, 2008. We report on all on-air evaluations of the candidates by sources and reporters, after excluding comments by the campaigns about each other.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0708/Study_Networks_tough...
MAJOR FINDINGS:
Since the primaries ended, on-air evaluations of Barack Obama have been 72% negative (vs. 28% positive). That’s worse than John McCain’s coverage, which has been 57% negative (vs. 43% positive) during the same time period.
This is a major turnaround since McCain and Obama emerged as front-runners in the early primaries. From the New Hampshire primary on January 8 until Hillary Clinton dropped out on June 7, Obama’s coverage was 62% positive (v. 38% negative) on the broadcast networks; by contrast, McCain’s coverage during this period was only 34% positive (v. 66% negative).
Obama ran even farther behind McCain on Fox News Channel’s Special Report with 79% negative comments (v. 21% positive), compared to 61% negative comments (v. 39% positive) for McCain since June 8. During the primaries Obama had a slight lead in good press on Fox, with 52% favorable comments (v. 48 % unfavorable), compared to 48% favorable (v. 52% unfavorable) for McCain.
Obama’s bad press has come at a time when he was much more visible than McCain. Since June 8, he has been the subject of 120 stories on the three network evening news shows, 50% more than John McCain’s 80 stories.
Examples of Obama’s evaluations:
Positive: “Obama came to Baghdad and he brought his star power with him…..hundreds of U.S. troops and State Department personnel mobbed Obama at the embassy here.” –Terry Moran, ABC
Negative: “You raised a lot of eyebrows on this trip saying, even knowing what you know now, you still would not have supported the surge. People may be scratching their heads and saying, ‘why’?” – Katie Couric, CBS
Negative: “Far more Americans say John McCain would be a good commander in chief than Obama” – Jake Tapper, ABC
CMPA has monitored every presidential election since 1988 using the same methodology, in which trained coders tally all mentions of candidates and issues and all evaluations of candidates. For previous CMPA findings on the 2008 elections: http://cmpa.com/Studies/Election08/election08.htm
Slaw @ 33:
I have to agree here. I like the what the Greens stand for, but they need to do some serious rebuilding before they can ever be a strong 3rd party.
Wow, that opinion piece was awful. I understand it is an opinion piece, but shouldn't he at least offer some compelling argument instead of "Oh No, Democrat lib lib lib doom for us all!"
Utterly awful. No wonder no one is buying it anymore. I don't think they are even trying.
Good point, Slaw. I think if you seriously support grassroots efforts, it would be wise to look at Obama's organization. While he is building a campaign, I think the after effects of this sort of organization is going to have lingering effects, particularly for youth and minority voters. If you want to help get greens elected, it would be a good thing to support Obama's candidacy because he is laying down cash and leadership to build a grassroots network. And once these things are built, they tend to steer policy away from national directives and towards issues that matter to actual people.
Slaw @ 33:
pissed off patricia @ 24:
His economic plan is that whenever any man or woman is fired from their job for gross incompetence they should get a $21,000,000 severance package, oh wait thats just Carly Fiorina, the 7,000 people she laid off just got fuked.
I hope these elections aren't rigged. I heard the voter rolls are being purged in swing states.
Massive purges of likely Democratic voters in swing states -- FL, CO, NM ~ Daily Kos
The New York Times has screwed us over so many times. This seems like child's play. They probably did it so McCain could continue to claim the vast "liberal bias" in the Mainstream/Corporate/Controlled Meda. Damn.
ahh, thanks for the link
American Native @ 27:
Right you are, American Native. The two-party system is flawed. But if everybody votes for a Green the system will have achieved perfection. Thanks for your leadership.
27 American Native
Cynthia McKinnon is the one who slapped a $10 an hour wage slave of a security guard because he wanted to check her ID and didn't recognize her. Her own district was so embarrassed they voted her out.
If you're going to go 3rd party vote Brian Moore, the Socialist candidate.
Do you think Kristol gets his talking points from the white house like O'Reilly does, or is he just that much of a true believer? I think O'Rielly does it for the money and could care less about what he says, as long as the check doesn't bounce, but Kristol, I think this guy is the one who writes the talking points for the kool-aid crowd.
Good God, the NY Times should be renamed: "All The Shit That's Fit To Print". I'm glad I stopped reading it years ago.
Bill Kristol is a good little nazi and that "Op-Ed" is quite a fearmongering screed.
OT: Bob Novak has a brain tumor. Really.
Slaw @ 33:
You're right about the greens and roots but I always get a kick out of those who say, "Yeah the Dems are cowards (on impeachment) and paid off (on FISA) but they're "better" than the Republicans who are (after all) evil-er cowards and besides they get paid a lot more than our shills.
That's roughly equivalent to saying "I like this rapist better than that other "bad" "evil" rapist so I'm going to happily bend over this time...smiling.
Hippocrattack @ 38:
Well, they still aren't scrutinizing John McCain. And now, perversely, that lack of scrutiny is in effect being used to argue that the media are treating McCain poorly by not paying more attention to him.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200807250013?f=h_column
#8 -- re your comment about McCain losing bladder control -- DEPENDS!
Jesus, how bad was McCain's op-ed if the Times published Kristol's but didn't publish his?
Johnny2BadObamaCavedOnCampaignFinance @ 50:
Or its like saying, I would prefer to smell poop rather than eat it. I suppose there are those like you who say, "Hey, if I'm gonna smell some poop, I might as well munch on some while I'm at it."
But I am firm in my committment to avoid eating excrement, even if I do catch a wift from Washington once in a while.
But it's a free country. Enjoy your poop.
I am about to to get a cat scan and I had to drink 2 bottles of barium. I can't stomach another thing that is going to make me sh*t white.
for all of the hardcore obama supporters, how do you square obama's economic advisors with change?
if obama persists down the path he is on he will lose votes. its that simple. people wonder why the race is somewhat close (other than the problem with the polling)--one factor is the complete disgust some on the left have for some of obama's positions, and with his reaganesque economic team.
obama's comment about reagan i now see in a completely different light.
Samson- @ 56:
When you say reaganesque... are you referring to their hairstyles? Or are you referring to their rhetorical style? What does reaganesque mean?
But what I really want to know is... how many points away are you from a McCain fannypack? And, will this fannypack be delivered by Senator Craig?
http://www.johnmccain.com/ActionCenter/BlogInteract/BlogInteract.aspx
Next Rightwing Talking Point:
"Obama's economic plan will trigger a depression."
This will push out the "He blew off the troops" Talking Point. The key is to circulate the Talking Point in a sustained media flood for about one week and when the Dems get around to responding move on to the next Talking Point, thereby cutting the legs off of the first Talking Point.
Shorter Bill Kristol:
"I'm a petty vindictive little drama queen. OH YES AND YOU WILL ALL BE SORRY WHEN I AM KING OF THE WORLD JUST YOU WAIT AND SEE!"
(stamps widdle foot)
I believe I was read about those tears McCain is crying in Uncle Remus.
Speaking of the good Uncle's stories, I believe a couple of B'rer Weasels are about.
theWalrus @ 58:
Somewhere, Larry Craig is drooling.
“You raised a lot of eyebrows on this trip saying, even knowing what you know now, you still would not have supported the surge. People may be scratching their heads and saying, ‘why’?” – Katie Couric, CBS
Fortunately, we at CBS will soon cut away from our interview to sell voters a product which will help you with itchy eyebrows and heads"- Katie Couric, CBS
American Media: Incompetents selling stool softener to Incontinents
With each day McCain looks more and more like Poopdeck Pappy.
BT @ 57:
hm, i thought it was pretty straightforward... oh well, reaganomics, is what i meant. if you need further clarification just give a shout.
now, what is this about a mccain fannypack... is that a joke? or are you really that clueless?
BT @ 61:
Hopefully Bill Kristol doesn't, in the words of Geraldo #59, stamp his widdle foot at Larry. He might get arrested.
I hate to repeat myself, but I really think it is the Ibogaine
Samson- @ 64:
Wow, a weasel posting pro bono. I'm touched.
I suppose it is wrong of me to suggest that the anti-Obama is operating from anything but pure motives. It is entirely possible that most of Obama's critics are worried that he is not a hard left ideologue and not trying to score free swag.
I would say the best thing to do would be to compare platforms. Obama is certainly far from perfect, but I am much more interested in a candidate who is willing to acknowledge the challenges faced by middle class families over a candidate who believes these challenges are primarily psychological.
Obama acknowledges the problem. McCain does not. And, personally, I am not so ideological that I would say that there is only one way to help the middle class. It is entirely possible that "reaganesque" economic theories, coupled with a committment to working Americans, could be a good thing. When I choose a doctor, the first encouraging step is correct diagnosis. After than, we can quibble about the course of treatment.
Samson- @ 64:
BT, you suppose right.
Nicky @ 67:
wow, now there is some substantive commentary.... phhpt
Bout being supposin wrong I mean.
But... I think Samson should be getting his swag. I mean who doesn't want a limited edition McCain fleece jogging shorts. That stuff is going to be valuable on e-bay. A better investment than the dollar! Especially when McCain wins!
BT @ 68:
hard-left ideologue? do you have any idea what you are talking about? is this amateur hour at C&L (nicky, i'm looking at you)
here is a suggestion: check out the history of paul volcker. seriously, if you dare, check it out.
there are some people--thank the lord--that actually do read, care, think and stick up for their principles. and if you support the washington consensus, market fundamentalism, etc. then come out and say it, don't be all coy and try to play footsie with me, i'm not into that sorta thing.
read: naomi klein, tom frank, david harvey, glenn greenwald, etc., etc., etc.
but maybe that is too "hard left" for you. nevermind, just go back to People mag....
Plus, I mean, it's just so unfair for McCain. It's the liberal media bias. They are so biased in a liberal way. It's like, hey, stop drinking the kool aid. If they would just listen to Rush, they would understand everything, their bias, Obama's flip flops, his secret agenda, his Muslim faith, his big words, etc. But that's the MSM for you! Liberal! Biased! It's got to be hard to be a Republican when there is this systemic discrimination and institutional bias. They can't even get jobs because the homosexuals and the women and the vast influence they have over the US through the communist-backed Unitarian Universalist church.
I finds that with your weasel, don't much matter whether he attacks from the left or the right. Left leaning weasels like to eat their own. Only thing substantive they are really interested in knawing on is flesh.
Fleece jogging shorts with a McCain fanny pack. Teh fashion stateement of the day in MHO.
BT @ 74:
This one time I had a daydream where I had sex with Barbarella ... I bet the majority of liberals have never had sex with Barbarella!
It is a classic GOP tactic, regardless of what circumstances may actually be, to feign indignant outrage, and piss and moan about a media bias. It doesn't matter if you have the entire press corp in your pocket, scream and shout about a media mias, and at least some of the poor deluded schmucks in middle America will believe you...just like this guy:
Nicky @ 75:
*yawn*
but, really, good work nicky! you have a tremendous grasp of the issues. very impressive.
/sarcasm off
The numbers: Among likely voters, it's McCain 49%, Obama 45%.
Geez.
Galaga @ 77:
oops, I fucked up the link...anyway, i was referring to the shitbag crusader who just shot up the church for being too liberal
pissed off patricia @ 16:
Gosh, what is it with the right wing and squeezing little tidbits?
Samson, if I got you wrong, sorry. I read plenty of Harvey, Davis, Klein, Hardt and Negri, etc. But I used to be an absolutist... and remember distinctly saying, "Gore or Bush, there's no difference." Now I feel like I ought to be a little more pragmatic. Maybe the culture of the country needs to grow accustomed first to a candidate who is willing to admit that this country is unfair to poor and working people... And if you compare the platforms, Obama not only talks to the concerns of poor and working people, he is promising some small but significant changes in areas like health care, trade, foreign policy, etc. After the country sees that government can work, maybe they will vote their hopes more aggresssively in the future. More importantly, if they organize to elect someone, maybe they will organize to protect their interests at some point in the near future. But I don't see Cynthia McKinney or Bob Avakian winning any time soon.
Samson- @ 73:
BT @ 82:
no apology necessary, elbows are thrown from time to time
the main problem i have with obama is that his awe-inspiring and powerful rhetoric isn't always matched by his actions (see, NAFTA, FISA). and by pulling in some of the people that helped CAUSE our current economic problems, i fear that--once again--obama's message of change is akin to rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic.
maybe you are right, that obama is feigning a neoliberal leaning, but, once elected, will let his populist flag fly. i just don't trust that, at all. i fear that the opposite will happen. yes, there are differences btwn obama and mccain--as there was btwn gore and bush--but when it comes to economic ideology the difference is pretty slight. or so it seems, looking at obama's econ team.
getalife @ 79:
Yeah...but there has to be a margin of error in there. Like the error of McCain's constituents dying because they didn't take their medicine, or natural causes, or....
", there are differences btwn obama and mccain–as there was btwn gore and bush–but when it comes to economic ideology the difference is pretty slight. or so it seems,"
4,000 + American dead, 1,000,000,000 est. Iraqi dead, the American unemployed and others appreciate nuanced issue graspers. They are particularly fond of those who would prattle at length about the slightness in differences they perceive between McCain and Obama on economic issues in a thread about McCain, the NY Times, and Iraq.
The main problem with your average left leaning weasel is they cannot be trained to do their business away from the house. That and they think is smells substantive, too.
Nicky @ 85:
...you meant 1,000,000 right?
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