AMERICAblog: McCain's surrogates today all howled that Obama called McCain a fish
dad
· 1 year ago
meanwhile, our great nation dies
boloboffin
· 1 year ago
So tomorrow this becomes a stealth Muslim attack on a Christian symbol, right?
Milli
· 1 year ago
OMG. Don't give them any ideas.
AdmNaismith
· 1 year ago
Just for the record: fish, pig, newspaper, and lipstick are off-limits- but 'Uppity' is wiiiide open.
HereinDC
· 1 year ago
I wish the Obama campaign would hire John A. for the next 50 days.
3 Snaps Up!
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ShirleyGoodnessanMercy
· 1 year ago
No jokin'. They need to be fighting back HARD. Are they fighting back at all? Is this John Kerry revisited??
putaro
· 1 year ago
We need to start calling this what it is - desperation. The McCain campaign is desperate. Their policies are the same as the last 8 years of the Bush administration and the public clearly doesn't want that. So, rather than discuss policies and substance they are desperately trying to keep people from examining them. The Palin pick for VP was desperation - she's the lipstick, McCain's the fish. All of this noise about insults is desperation. All of the lying is desperation. Call it what it is, paint McCain as desperate and get everyone else on message.
dad
· 1 year ago
wonder how many american's lost their jobs today?
Rev_Sacrilege
· 1 year ago
It would be really nice to see Obama go on offense.
mellowjohn
· 1 year ago
you mean mcsame isn't a fist?
mellowjohn
· 1 year ago
FISH, dammit. FISH!
ShirleyGoodnessanMercy
· 1 year ago
Wow, those Republicans are a piece of work. I hope none of this distracts Sarah Palin from her daily book burning ritual. It's Wednesday; that means she's burning gay books today. Burnin' them books for the lord.
dad
· 1 year ago
did anyone lose a son or daughter in Iraq today?
High Crimes & Misdemeanors
· 1 year ago
great questions dad, thnx for staying on point!
mellowjohn
· 1 year ago
although i have heard that lucca brazzi sleeps with the fishes. maybe john w. mcsame does, too.
cgd
· 1 year ago
It's OK if the repugs call their own VP candidate a barracuda. Piranha might have been more appropriate.
So what's McCain? Maybe a flounder.
dacnova
· 1 year ago
turning into a carp, maybe...
High Crimes & Misdemeanors
· 1 year ago
Just recently Obama has said it was ok for the 527's to do their thing.... lets YouTube this pig, till the cows come home.... i.e.i.e.o.... LOL
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An Obama adviser privy to the campaign's internal thinking on the matter says that,with less than two months before the election and with the realization that Republicans have achieved financial parity with Democrats, they hope that Democratic allies -- what another campaign aide termed "the cavalry" -- will come to Obama's aid.
The Obama campaign can't ask donors to form outside groups; it can only communicate, through the public and the media, with body language, tells and hints.
The upshot: Obama's campaign will no longer object to independent efforts that hammer John McCain, just as, in their mind, the McCain campaign has not objected to those efforts targeted at Obama. "I assume with their 527s stirring, some [Democratic] ones will as well," another senior campaign official said.
The money is there. The top two 527s -- the Service Employees International Union and America Votes -- are liberal in orientation. The SEIU fund has contributed to other 527 efforts, and America Votes has earmarked most of its money for what it calls the "largest grassroots voter mobilization" in history. The third largest 527 -- American Solutions Winning the Future -- belongs to Newt Gingrich, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The AFL-CIO has budgeted more than $53 million for messaging and turnout efforts and has run a limited flight of ads featuring veterans criticizing McCain. But they've shied away from larger-scale campaigns in part because they believe -- or believed -- that the Obama campaign did not want them mounted.
Sweet. Do what is necessary. It's already ugly. They made it so.
Where do I sign up to help a 527????
High Crimes & Misdemeanors
· 1 year ago
ooooops, typed to fast, should have been E.I.E.I.O......
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
McCain is throwing anything to see if it sticks. So far, he sounds like a nut.
Steve_in_CNJ
· 1 year ago
palin is potentially a huge liability for mccain, but you have to actively exploit a liability. josh marshall is handing a willing 527 an absolutely winning idea here:
So the Dems are (supposedly, but not actually) saying that McCain's a fish, Palin's a pig (with lipstick). This is the reason people should vote for the Republicans? This is the type of thing that defines the Republican party? If this works, Americans are even stupider than I thought (and that's pretty damned stupid).
Rev_Sacrilege
· 1 year ago
John McCain is the biggest douche in the universe.
dad
· 1 year ago
how many families were notified of foreclosure or eviction due to foreclosure today?
FunMe
· 1 year ago
dad, that is exactly what I am going to be doing this weekend when I start my project with my friend from NYC.
We are going to the mainstream blogs/web sites like TIME, Newsweek, NY Times, etc. and start putting the TRUTH out there (of course mentioning are you better off now). We are going to put it SIMPLE and to the point as we highlight the LIES of McCain and Palin.
Honestly, we are going to stick to the issues in very simple terms since after all America has been "dumbed down" even more.
And we are doing our best not to piss off people, but point it out completely.
I will post on Thursday what I posted with NEWSWEEK earlier this week.
I strongly suggest ALL of us here at AB go to mainstream blogs/web pages and write, write, write!
And don't forget, FACTS but make it SIMPLE.
High Crimes & Misdemeanors
· 1 year ago
i'll be at school all day tomorrow, and then a MoveOn.org meeting at 7pm.
devlzadvocate
· 1 year ago
btw, I saw this "thing" when it was speaking on MSNBC. She belongs in a vomitorium along with the rest of her truth squat.
devis1
· 1 year ago
Catfish. McCain is a bottom feeder. Or maybe a Blowfish.
Steve_in_CNJ
· 1 year ago
"Commonly called hardhead catfish or simply referred to as hardheads the saltwater catfish gets no respect. Considered a trash fish by all but a very very small number of fisherman. Despite this I have heard two people that have eaten them. One because of just not knowing they are considered a trash fish and the other claimed they taste great fried."
I ate it once too--only upon the insistence of a client I was visting in Texas. He took us into the bayou to what he said was the best restaurant for catfish. Wasn't impressed but it is quite popular--Not in NY or CNJ though!!
dad
· 1 year ago
how many veterans will sleep on the streets tonight?
ron071
· 1 year ago
Will Issue & Question Avoidance Work?
How can the McCain / Palin ticket expect to be elected when one speaks mostly about created nonsense and the other refuses to speak at all? Do they really believe that they can con the voters for a third time?
FunMe
· 1 year ago
Enough is ENOUGH!
Bring back the 527's!
Bring back the 527!
Bring back the 527!
ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK!
ShirleyGoodnessanMercy
· 1 year ago
I'd like to see a video interview with the librarian that Sarah the Book Burner tried to fire when she refused to ban books that Palin wanted to ban from the Wassila public library.
What books did she want to ban? We need to know.
unrepentant_expat
· 1 year ago
Sarah didn't say. She had asked the librarian if she was willing to remove books from the library to which the librarian gave her a negative answer. Sarah then sacked her.
Dear Jesus, tomorrow is 9/11. God knows how many times the media will force us to see/hear/read fucking Rudy Giuliani. I may just have to avoid all media tomorrow. Shut it out completely. Shut out the lies and manipulation.
High Crimes & Misdemeanors
· 1 year ago
Good point, we should all avoid the media lie'fest.
NO ONE TURN YOUR TV ON TOMORROW!!!!
THE 911 MEME IS A LIE!
devlzadvocate
· 1 year ago
dad, worse yet, in addition to the foreclosures, how many executives of American Home Mortgage (ask me about this one - I know personally what happened), Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Bear Stearns, and now Lehman and probably the auto companies will walk away with billions on the dime of those same people who are losing their homes.
it is a CRIME.
dacnova
· 1 year ago
I'm not much of a graphic artist, so I can't make signs. But anyone who is interested can join my new Facebook group, "Fish for Obama".
Rob Mule
· 1 year ago
John McCain, you dirty platypus, you'll be the chapstick on my fig...
Milli
· 1 year ago
Dr. McStrangelove?
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
It is no accident that these are all women, anyone notice that? McCain is hiding behind skirts. Wow! What a maverick, hide behind women and let them do battle for you.
WPE
· 1 year ago
This has been just as disappointed as I have ever been with politics in America. Put partisanship aside. This country has serious problems, and we're talking about lipstick. How much did the federal deficit go up by today? Answer: lipstick. How many people couldn't afford to get their kids medical attention today? Answer: lipstick. How much did tuition at your school go up by this semester? Answer: lipstick.
Obama should be out there banging his shoe on a desk, screaming "You see? They want to talk about shit like this because they have nothing to offer you on November 5!" .
ponchoinparadise
· 1 year ago
Any one with any common sense would know right off that there is no way that Senator Obama would be refering to Senator McCain as a fish, hell, just ask any one in the U.S. Senate, they'll tell you in a snap that every one there refer to him as an angry old crab, or words to that effect.
noni
· 1 year ago
What do you wrap an old fish in?
Depends.
tas
· 1 year ago
He's sleeping with the fishes
MalibuBarbie
· 1 year ago
I wonder where that fish has gone. You did love it so. You looked after it like a son. And it went wherever I did go. Is it in the cupboard? Yes! Yes! No!… Wouldn’t you like to know? It was a lovely little fish. And it went wherever I did go. It’s behind the sofa! Where can that fish be? It is a most elusive fish! And it went wherever I did go. Ooooh, fishy, fishy, fishy fish! A-fish, a-fish, a-fish, a-fishy, ooooh. Ooooh, fishy, fishy, fishy fish! That went wherever I did go.
I wonder where that fish has gone. You did love it so. You looked after it like a son. And it went wherever I did go. Is it in the cupboard? Yes! Yes! No!… Wouldn’t you like to know? It was a lovely little fish. And it went wherever I did go. It’s behind the sofa! Where can that fish be? It is a most elusive fish! And it went wherever I did go. Ooooh, fishy, fishy, fishy fish! A-fish, a-fish, a-fish, a-fishy, ooooh. Ooooh, fishy, fishy, fishy fish! That went wherever I did go.
Seems there are not many poker players here. A fish at the table is the one losing all of his money. Since McC is a craps shooter (a bet against the house and lose game) he really is a fish.
scotrock
· 1 year ago
That first commentator referred to "Sarah McCain". A Freudian slip, perhaps!?
hardeknox
· 1 year ago
When I was young, Irish Catholics were called mackerel snappers, because they ate fish on Friday. Maybe the fish story reminded somebody of the word "pish," as in "pants." You know you're getting old when you forget to zip up. You're really old when you forget to zip down. Which is it, John?
barts
· 1 year ago
I thought being a fish in Christian America was a compliment.
Plisko
· 1 year ago
Quote of the day:
"I must say it has been very amusing to watch these tough talking, tough on terror, cowboys who shoot animals and eat rusty nails for breakfast. . whining and crying like toddlers who had their hair pulled."
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3 Snaps Up!
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So what's McCain? Maybe a flounder.
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An Obama adviser privy to the campaign's internal thinking on the matter says that,with less than two months before the election and with the realization that Republicans have achieved financial parity with Democrats, they hope that Democratic allies -- what another campaign aide termed "the cavalry" -- will come to Obama's aid.
The Obama campaign can't ask donors to form outside groups; it can only communicate, through the public and the media, with body language, tells and hints.
The upshot: Obama's campaign will no longer object to independent efforts that hammer John McCain, just as, in their mind, the McCain campaign has not objected to those efforts targeted at Obama. "I assume with their 527s stirring, some [Democratic] ones will as well," another senior campaign official said.
The money is there. The top two 527s -- the Service Employees International Union and America Votes -- are liberal in orientation. The SEIU fund has contributed to other 527 efforts, and America Votes has earmarked most of its money for what it calls the "largest grassroots voter mobilization" in history. The third largest 527 -- American Solutions Winning the Future -- belongs to Newt Gingrich, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The AFL-CIO has budgeted more than $53 million for messaging and turnout efforts and has run a limited flight of ads featuring veterans criticizing McCain. But they've shied away from larger-scale campaigns in part because they believe -- or believed -- that the Obama campaign did not want them mounted.
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/20...
Where do I sign up to help a 527????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xbn_AXlaeY
We are going to the mainstream blogs/web sites like TIME, Newsweek, NY Times, etc. and start putting the TRUTH out there (of course mentioning are you better off now). We are going to put it SIMPLE and to the point as we highlight the LIES of McCain and Palin.
Honestly, we are going to stick to the issues in very simple terms since after all America has been "dumbed down" even more.
And we are doing our best not to piss off people, but point it out completely.
I will post on Thursday what I posted with NEWSWEEK earlier this week.
I strongly suggest ALL of us here at AB go to mainstream blogs/web pages and write, write, write!
And don't forget, FACTS but make it SIMPLE.
http://www.thejump.net/id/hardhead-catfish.htm
How can the McCain / Palin ticket expect to be elected when one speaks mostly about created nonsense and the other refuses to speak at all? Do they really believe that they can con the voters for a third time?
Bring back the 527's!
Bring back the 527!
Bring back the 527!
ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK!
What books did she want to ban? We need to know.
Johnny McTuna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_El2_enNFaI
NO ONE TURN YOUR TV ON TOMORROW!!!!
THE 911 MEME IS A LIE!
it is a CRIME.
How many people couldn't afford to get their kids medical attention today? Answer: lipstick. How much did tuition at your school go up by this semester? Answer: lipstick.
Obama should be out there banging his shoe on a desk, screaming "You see? They want to talk about shit like this because they have nothing to offer you on November 5!" .
that there is no way that Senator Obama would be refering
to Senator McCain as a fish, hell, just ask any one in the
U.S. Senate, they'll tell you in a snap that every one there
refer to him as an angry old crab, or words to that effect.
Depends.
You did love it so. You looked after it like a son.
And it went wherever I did go.
Is it in the cupboard?
Yes! Yes! No!…
Wouldn’t you like to know? It was a lovely little fish.
And it went wherever I did go.
It’s behind the sofa!
Where can that fish be?
It is a most elusive fish!
And it went wherever I did go.
Ooooh, fishy, fishy, fishy fish!
A-fish, a-fish, a-fish, a-fishy, ooooh.
Ooooh, fishy, fishy, fishy fish!
That went wherever I did go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0PtI0HccaM
Spot the GOP elephant!!!
You did love it so. You looked after it like a son.
And it went wherever I did go.
Is it in the cupboard?
Yes! Yes! No!…
Wouldn’t you like to know? It was a lovely little fish.
And it went wherever I did go.
It’s behind the sofa!
Where can that fish be?
It is a most elusive fish!
And it went wherever I did go.
Ooooh, fishy, fishy, fishy fish!
A-fish, a-fish, a-fish, a-fishy, ooooh.
Ooooh, fishy, fishy, fishy fish!
That went wherever I did go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0PtI0HccaM
Spot the GOP elephant for extra credit!!
"I must say it has been very amusing to watch these tough talking, tough on terror, cowboys who shoot animals and eat rusty nails for breakfast. . whining and crying like toddlers who had their hair pulled."
-me-