it was the VP pick. the popularity of Palin was fine and great and strategic, but since the bottom officially fell out and the economy is in a CRISIS . . . This proved to be a fucking nuts.

Had he choice Romney or even Huckabee he'd be in much better shape and potentially ahead in the race. all the racist ads would stick better, his old age could have been easily overlooked.

10/8/2008 6:46:37 PM

he fucked up by insisting people like you should not be aborted

10/8/2008 6:47:27 PM

how do you abort an alias?

I'm walls1441 and i approved this message.

10/8/2008 6:50:05 PM

but hes pro life

10/8/2008 6:53:54 PM

i agree with you that Palin was where he fucked up, but her being a bad choice has nothing to do with the economic crisis.

the problem was, she was picked purely as a gimmick, and she's completely out of her league.

as Twain said, "you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time... but you can't fool all of the people all of the time."

americans have finally woken up. collectively, we can no longer pretend to not smell Bullshit, when it's right under our noses.

the fact that Palin hasn't even *considered* issues of national and internation importance is glaringly obvious, and even the most diehard conservatives can't ignore it.

sure there will be a few retards, and a few fundamentalist bible thumpers who still vote for her.... but overall, not many.

10/8/2008 6:55:57 PM

Given his age, his vp pick was of vital importance. Way to fuck that up!

10/8/2008 6:59:19 PM

Tippycanoe and Palin too!

lawlz

10/8/2008 7:01:08 PM

Quote :

"Elizabeth Dolan, 31, a single mother and waitress, said she counted Mr. Bush among one of the great presidents. “He was really good for my family,” Ms. Dolan said. “We’re hurting financially, but he shares our values just like Sarah Palin does.”"

10/8/2008 7:03:00 PM

and you're just learning this now?

10/8/2008 7:07:01 PM

democrats fucked up when they chose obama as their candidate

10/8/2008 7:35:15 PM

^you apparently are going to have to learn the hard way that this isn't true

10/8/2008 7:36:30 PM

he didn't pick Palin to try and get swing voters as a gimmick like schmoe incorrectly suggests, he picked Palin because she is a lot more conservative than he is and he needed to strengthen the right wing base who thought and probably still think that McCain isn't a real conservative

its no surprise that a predominantly left wing website like TWW doesn't get her appeal

10/8/2008 7:40:32 PM

I understand the people she would appeal to, I just think he could have picked a much better candidate

but I don't really care, it's not like the decision can be reversed now

10/8/2008 7:42:02 PM

Quote :

"you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time... but you can't fool all of the people all of the time."

it's a good thing you only have to fool some of the people one time to get elected.

[Edited on October 8, 2008 at 7:45 PM. Reason : quote tags]

10/8/2008 7:45:23 PM

He wasn't going to pick a Jew.

10/8/2008 7:54:52 PM

Quote :

"it's not like the decision can be reversed now "

yeah you're right, but if he had a better pick he could use a more dignified strategy. His campaign is just so dirty and wrong on so many levels.

Picking Romney or even Palentey would have been more admireable and more in line with his character. the guy was just an annoyance all last night. especially him just hobbling around in the background last night.

10/8/2008 7:55:43 PM

no, the choice of Palin is totally a gimmick. to appeal to christians and housewives and people who generally aren't very bright.

unfortunately for mcCain, the ignorance of the typical red-state american voter DOES have a lower limit. And even more unfortunately for him, he's passed it.

10/9/2008 12:25:42 AM

wow. that's pretty profound actually. i never considered that. i figured ppl in Texas loved Palin.

10/9/2008 12:35:43 AM

joe's just pissed off that he blew all his savings on kerry's campaign because he thought he was going to win so now he loathes the republicans

10/9/2008 12:56:09 AM

lol. i didnt give kerry a single dime. i didnt like him one bit, not at the start, not at the end.

he threw away the 2004 race, in my opinion, by being a pussy.

10/9/2008 12:59:53 AM

i think the main thing was he was just too boring...kind of like al gore...bob dole...bush sr (compared to clinton)...dukakis (compared to bush sr)...etc

10/9/2008 1:16:23 AM

Quote :

"Elizabeth Dolan, 31, a single mother and waitress, said she counted Mr. Bush among one of the great presidents. “He was really good for my family,” Ms. Dolan said. “We’re hurting financially, but he shares our values just like Sarah Palin does.”"

Haha!

[Edited on October 9, 2008 at 1:19 AM. Reason : asdf]

10/9/2008 1:19:21 AM

i honest to god know people who still believe (and will not be unconvinced) that barack obama is a muslim terrorist.

10/9/2008 1:26:01 AM

^ that's not so bad, as this issue is just a few months old. [they are still seriously retarded]

but,

there are still millions in the US who think that 9/11 was done by iraq/saddam



[all thanks to fucking bush's and his cabinet's statements during that time]

10/9/2008 1:30:50 AM

Huckabee would have been a much better choice as VP. He's like the Mr. Rogers of Politics. Seriously, have you seen his show. It's the Mr. Rogers show for adults. You can always count on and trust Mr. Rogers.

10/9/2008 1:40:01 AM

I used to watch Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood back in the day. He was always emphasizing caring and sharing and being a good person. You couldn't help but like the message that Mr. Rogers was promoting. And he always had his trademark intro of putting on his zip-up sweater and putting on his shoes by throwing a single shoe from one hand to another. But one day I saw Mr. Fred Rogers toss his shoe and drop it...I lost faith in humanity, and the world died a little bit.

10/9/2008 1:52:14 AM

I SAW A T-SHIRT WITH MR. ROGERS ON IT. HE WAS HOLDING A GUN AND THE SHIRT SAID "WELCOME TO MY HOOD."

10/9/2008 1:56:44 AM

He was a fucking sniper...

ehh nm apparently that was just a rumor.

[Edited on October 9, 2008 at 2:32 AM. Reason : .]

10/9/2008 2:30:23 AM

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E4D9163FF935A15751C1A96E958260

[Edited on October 9, 2008 at 2:38 AM. Reason : THAT MOTHERFUCKER HAS MANAGED TO ERASE EVERY LAST TRACE OF THE PICTURE ON THAT SHIRT.]

10/9/2008 2:33:21 AM

turned in my absentee ballot the other day. OBAMA/BIDEN and mostly Democratic on the rest. the GOP fucked up big time.

10/28/2008 5:45:18 PM

Holy shit, why don't you ever shut the fuck up?

10/28/2008 6:29:11 PM

well, new polls out today show the race is as close as its been in a while 49-47 obama

10/28/2008 6:42:55 PM

the polls are all over the damn place

http://www.pollster.com/

i don't trust the ones who show it close any more than i trust the ones who show a blowout

10/28/2008 6:46:32 PM

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"well, new polls out today show the race is as close as its been in a while 49-47 obama"

.

LOL, okay, which poll was that? Arizona?




[Edited on October 28, 2008 at 6:47 PM. Reason : ]

10/28/2008 6:47:31 PM

gallup poll, usually pretty reliable

http://www.gallup.com/poll/111568/Gallup-Daily-Presidential-Race-Narrows-Slightly.aspx

[Edited on October 28, 2008 at 6:52 PM. Reason : ]

10/28/2008 6:47:53 PM

Quote :

"Had he choice"

10/28/2008 6:49:29 PM

okay. i see what you're looking at now. of course it all depends on what sampling model you use.

Quote :

"PRINCETON, NJ -- The gap between Barack Obama and John McCain in Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Saturday through Monday has narrowed slightly, and Obama is now at 49% of the vote to 47% for McCain among likely voters using Gallup's traditional model, and at 51% to 44% using Gallup's expanded model. --http://www.gallup.com/poll/111568/Gallup-Daily-Presidential-Race-Narrows-Slightly.aspx "

but you know what? the only thing that matters is the electoral vote. if we call every state right now, according to the recent averages of each state's polls, the result is:

Obama/Biden 375

McCain/Palin 163

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_vs_mccain/?map=10

10/28/2008 6:53:12 PM

joe schmuck...

you sound like your typical whiney, college, political know-it-all douche........kinda like Jon Stewart

10/28/2008 6:54:14 PM

YOU SOUND LIKE NAME CALLER

SO IMMA CALL YOU NAMES

MR POOPY PANTS

10/28/2008 6:56:07 PM

like i said earlier, its gonna come down to PA, mccain has to get an upset there....

^^lol... well i am a conservative polisci major, one of the few

[Edited on October 28, 2008 at 6:56 PM. Reason : ]

10/28/2008 6:56:18 PM

^^WHO YOU CALLIN' MR POOPY PANTS?!, YOU FART FACE!!!!








[Edited on October 28, 2008 at 6:58 PM. Reason : ]

10/28/2008 6:57:44 PM

^^^ thank you. john stewart is a funny motherfucker. pretty smart too

10/28/2008 6:58:18 PM

Quote :

"Elizabeth Dolan, 31, a single mother and waitress, said she counted Mr. Bush among one of the great presidents. “He was really good for my family,” Ms. Dolan said. “We’re hurting financially, but he shares our values just like Sarah Palin does."

10/28/2008 7:00:28 PM

In my opinion, where mccain fucked up is:
1) Hes not Obama
2) Bush is in office

10/28/2008 7:00:46 PM

Quote :

"americans have finally woken up. collectively, we can no longer pretend to not smell Bullshit, when it's right under our noses."

do not underestimate the ability of retards to get their way.

they came out en masse to elect a ticket with Dan Quayle on it, they came out to redefeat communism TWICE this millenium alone, and they can come out and help Palin git'er dun if needs be.

we must hope and pray that McCain remains healthy if he does get elected...

10/28/2008 7:03:08 PM

^yep just like those black people on howard stern

10/28/2008 7:07:38 PM

Quote :

"they came out en masse to elect a ticket with Dan Quayle on it"

eh, i remember '88. Dukakis was probably one of the worst Democratic nominees in living memory.

Quayle was an bloomin' idiot, but he was also *only* the VP, and GHWB did not have any health issues. the country had recovered from the stock market crash from the year before, and the effects of deficit spending during the reagan years had not yet caught up.

there was no compelling reason NOT to elect GHWB in the mind of most of the public, and a LOT of reasons to not elect Dukakis. I mean, what kind of idiot goes into a general election campaign and says "I will raise your taxes."

i mean, jesus.

FWIW, i think GHWB was overall a good president.

his problem was that he appeared to be clueless and/or uninterested in the experience of the middle class during the recession of 92. he also had the misfortune to be continually hammered by third party candidate Ross Perot on that most famous of broken promises, "Read My Lips: No New Taxes"







[Edited on October 28, 2008 at 7:17 PM. Reason : ]

10/28/2008 7:11:25 PM

mccain doesnt have health issues either, hes just a little old.... damn, some people think that he is already dead...

10/28/2008 7:14:48 PM

you kidding? he's one rage away from a ruptured cerebral aneurysm, and who knows whether any of his head-tumors will metastasize into his brain.

ever wonder why he won't release his health records?

you better be concerned.




[Edited on October 28, 2008 at 7:19 PM. Reason : ]

10/28/2008 7:16:26 PM

Quote :

"Obama: I want to help the middle class McCain: You cannot trust him, he pals with terrorists Obama: I want to give health insurance to those who need it most McCain: He is gonna bankrupt the country Obama: The Iraqis need to stand on their own so we do not have to send them our money McCain: He voted against the surge!! Obama: I want to cut middle class taxes McCain: I want to cut capital gains Even if Obama is lying through his teeth about all of this, one has to recognize he took the time to figure out what voters want to hear. I really like John McCain, but he could not have played in to their hands any better when it comes to being out-of-touch with the American people."

10/28/2008 7:29:17 PM