Well, as expected, many in the traditional media (aka the corporate media) are calling the debate for Palin because she "talked to regular voters" and Biden sounded like he was talking to Senate colleagues with "complex and nuanced answers that must have been difficult for most viewers to follow'. This from Craig Crawford at Congressional Quarterly. Old Craig has a pretty low opinion of the majority of Americans. To listen to him, you would think that Biden was talking about Quantum String Theory. I don't want some mayor from a hick town in Alaska most famous for being the Crystal Meth capitol of the state to be holding the "nukuler foosball".
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
I don't see much of Craig Crawford on TV anymore and I can honestly say, I don't miss him. His response is kind of funny when you think about it. He is saying Americans can only relate to hillbilly talk ( I refuse to call it "folksy") and convoluted non answers by Palin. Strange isn't that almost every online poll has Biden winning by 2 to1 or in some cases 3 to 1.
1970cs
· 1 year ago
Hicktastic
FunMe
· 1 year ago
The good thing about the debate is that when Obama becomes US President this November 2008, the media will be one of the first victims of their selling out our DEMOCRACY and true journalism.
The Fairness Doctrine is going to kick them in their booty, big time!
Wild_Weasel
· 1 year ago
"Golly, awe shucks" "Gee wizz"
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
You betcha
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
Could I be a hockey Mom?
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
I love when you talk dirty, Dave... lol
unrepentant_expat
· 1 year ago
yawh!
Catsandbeer.com
· 1 year ago
Since when does anybody care about hockey? Hockey sucks.
stymie
· 1 year ago
yes dave,all you have to do is puck around.
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
McCain made a wildly irresponsible choice when he picked someone with far too little experience or evident knowledge for the post. Yep!
1970cs
· 1 year ago
The most alarming claim of all is her desire to have even more power as VP than Cheney has. Which sums up the past eight years of Regent Univ grads running the government perfectly, despite having any experience and boasting a lack of knowledge, more authoritarian power is needed for them to do their jobs because they are incompetent.
Wild_Weasel
· 1 year ago
Palin says she doesn't want to tax Americans, but she doesn't mind collect billions of dollars in "fees" from oil pumped out of the ground in Alaska. The fees are paid by Americans in the lower 48 states, and go to Alaskans in the form of "dividend" checks that can be spent on ANYTHING! They can go out an buy $2000 worth of porn with their annual dividend.
At the same time, Alaska is seeking billions in PORK earmarks from the federal government to build bridges to nowhere, even though bridges in the lower 48 states are collapsing right now!
Uncle Ted's been good to Alaskans.
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
Don't forget the $223 million added to the current bailout bill for helping Alaskan fishermen hurt by the Exxon Valdez decision.
blackwolf
· 1 year ago
It's done! The race is won.
unrepentant_expat
· 1 year ago
Caging and Diebold?
scytherius
· 1 year ago
That is the ONLY way they would win. And my wife and I talk about this daily and have for months. We are convinced that those powers that be have decided that they can't afford the Republicans to win. The reason is because the republican Party is now a Theocratic institution. Theocrats can't be controlled. I also believe that there will be too many states in play to allow them to steal it. But,is it possible they can cheat their way in? Sure. What do we do then? We go Founding Fathers on them, toss em out, and change the whole damned thing. I will no longer bend over, grab my ankles and say, "please sir can I have another."
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
McCain is in permanent self destruct mode now.
Buh Bye.
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
He is getting down right grouchy these days. All that plotting and planning has backfired on his ass.
Nikimathew
· 1 year ago
Domestically, the bailout and reform of the financial industry will take years and hundreds of billions of dollars. Health-care costs, unless curtailed, will bankrupt the federal government. Social Security, immigration, collapsing infrastructure and education are all going to get much worse if they are not handled soon.
And THAT is what the Republican Party has become. It is a group of people that think that ignorance is a qualification. It is a party that revels in stupidity. It believes that rational thought is a sin. it is a group or preening morons. THIS is what happens when you allow religion to run . . . anything.
ydthin
· 1 year ago
this just isn't true: "And it's certainly an American tradition, having disdain for intellectuals." All the so-called founding fathers were intellectuals, they are the most revered people in our country, historically. It was their intellectualism that made them rebel against the British monarchy."
The reverence that republican politicians seem to hold for stupidity is just because convincing stupid people to vote against their own interests in the name of a 'higher cause' like faux morality has made them rich.
SCLiberal
· 1 year ago
" At some point America has got to get over its love affair with stupid." Classic and so true!
Milli
· 1 year ago
You're right John. They do revel in stupidity. "Idiocracy", even though it was a bad, bad movie, doesn't seem so far-fetched.
Pangolin
· 1 year ago
Around 1970 the corporate wealthy got tired of smart kids ruining their plans to pollute the environment and retire with the proceeds to US client states with no rights. So they set out to destroy the educational system at every level. Fourty years later we have a populace that can't think their way out of a wet paper bag.
The results should be enough to reverse the official disdain for learning instead of certification.
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How else could a dim wit like George W Bush ever "succeed" politically?
Someone had to post it.
I don't want some mayor from a hick town in Alaska most famous for being the Crystal Meth capitol of the state to be holding the "nukuler foosball".
The Fairness Doctrine is going to kick them in their booty, big time!
At the same time, Alaska is seeking billions in PORK earmarks from the federal government to build bridges to nowhere, even though bridges in the lower 48 states are collapsing right now!
Uncle Ted's been good to Alaskans.
Buh Bye.
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The reverence that republican politicians seem to hold for stupidity is just because convincing stupid people to vote against their own interests in the name of a 'higher cause' like faux morality has made them rich.
The results should be enough to reverse the official disdain for learning instead of certification.