Despite all the talk about Obama and McCain's big media buys for the Olympics, I saw one ad for McCain in a national ad slot on NBC during the Opening Ceremonies and not one for Obama. Also, it looked like most of the slots were given over to local stations for their own advertisers.
McCain's ad was the "would you trust a celebrity who will take away all your jobs" spot and didn't seem particularly memorable when compared with the other ads created with Olympic themes from the other national advertisers. I kept expecting an Obama spot with his "work together, hope" themes, which would have fit in really well with the tone of the evening.
ShirleyGoodnessanMercy
· 1 year ago
I see non-stop TV ads for McCain here in DC... and I see an Obama ad once in a RARE while. McCain seems to be out-spending Obama on TV ads by 100 to 1.
TheOriginalLiz
· 1 year ago
I've noticed that as well her in NoVA. I admit I get a chuckle whenever I see the Obama celebrity" ad - can't believe McCain's campaign is still running it.
ShirleyGoodnessanMercy
· 1 year ago
Has anyone else noticed that John McCain has not taken that baseball cap off in weeks??
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· 1 year ago
What the hell was Edwards thinking?? Jeez, what an idiot.
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· 1 year ago
I really supported him, too. Oh well, we all like the fuck if you're normal so I can't fault him for that.
coolcatdaddy
· 1 year ago
It's funny - I live in NC and Edwards seemed to have quite a bit of support among male academics and white collar professionals around the liberal business centers of the state. But, in the wider scope of NC, people seemed to look at him as something of a phony "Mr. Plastic".
I've wondered about this thing from the beginning. The lady got $120K to produce these rather crappy web videos during his campaign that honestly look like something that would be done by a college intern. If you look at her background, she seems like more of an opportunist than anything else. I'm sorry, but I think Edwards and Hunter deserve each other, especially after reading this article about Hunter's background:
Obama seems to have adopted an invisibility theme. Hard to fathom. I need to reminded occasionally about the things he stands for cause all I am hearing is that he is self centered, unexperienced and must be banging Britney and Paris. With the millions in the till hard to believe he has the best Marketing and Advertising staff.
dad
· 1 year ago
mccain had an affair while his wife was in recovery not terribly heroic
seems like the perfect opportunity for the media to explore that now
dad
· 1 year ago
anyone catch bush slapping the America Flag against his knee
he is such an embarrassment
Bobby
· 1 year ago
He picked his nose too and wiped it on the flag.
Bostonian_Queer_in_Dallas
· 1 year ago
If you have not yet read this SCATHING chronicle of Ms Thang Rodeo Queen Cindy and Johnny Boy McSenile, it is long but very much worth reading.
Americablog is speaking to me this morning. How wonderful!
jr
· 1 year ago
Jeff & Mike talk with Irwin Tang author of "Gook, John McCain's Racism and Why It Matters" about John McCain's long history of racism http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAjxqptOZeA
Bostonian_Queer_in_Dallas
· 1 year ago
Saturday morning musings by Ms Thang Rodeo Queen Pillpoppin' Sugarmama Cindy McSame:
"Well, possums, it's a wild weekend here at the...oh shit I forgot which of our nine houses I am at...wait I'll ring for Consuela...anyway isn't just awful what an adulterer John Edwards is? More's the pity he ain't the Dem Nom...oh well Johnny told me that only Repubs really believe in family values. Well I did say don't forget Johnny you were boinking MOI while your ex was recovering in the hospital. But then again, Johnny, I had all that beer money to throw around and make you a senator. So just shut the fuck up about adultery. Let's get back to tire gauges, sweetums. Well all for now possums, Chanel is having a sale today at the Scottsdale store and I need another luncheon suit, with matching handbag and shoes. I'll check back in tomorrow! Oh and don't forget to read our Phoenix diary about our sordid lives!"
That Chinese guy who killed the American and then himself wanted China to lose face on opening ceremonies day. I would expect more to come.
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· 1 year ago
A little more precise: Wanted the Chinese regime to lose face.
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· 1 year ago
He wasn't crazy. It was an honorable act to then kill himself. This could be the start of a really serious problem there.
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· 1 year ago
m and k
dad
· 1 year ago
QUESTION: Senator, did you ever have any meeting with any of your staffers in which they would have intervened to ask you not to see Vicki Iseman or to be concerned about appearances of being too close to a lobbyist? MCCAIN: No. QUESTION: No meeting ever occurred? MCCAIN: No. QUESTION: No staffer was ever concerned about a possible romantic relationship? MCCAIN: If they were, they didn't communicate that to me. QUESTION: Did you ever have such relationship? MCCAIN: No. QUESTION: Senator, can you describe your relationship with Vicki Iseman? MCCAIN: Friends. Seen her on occasions, particularly at receptions and fund-raisers and appearances before the committee. I have many friends in Washington who represent various interests and those who don't, and I consider her a friend.
Bobby
· 1 year ago
I would have preferred to watch Laura watch George frog-marched to the Hague.
Next year, perhaps?
Andrew
· 1 year ago
As reported by the NYTimes this morning.
Chinese Man Kills Relative of U.S. Olympic Coach By EDWARD WONG 8:23 AM ET
Bostonian_Queer_in_Dallas
· 1 year ago
Uh oh...that all scrubbed up Beijing might have some icky parts to see afterall.
lynchie
· 1 year ago
Great photo of McCain during an early debate with Richard Kimball in Arizona. Look at the photo on the right. Apparently McCain was quoted as saying he wanted to kill Kimball because he pointed out McCain was on a box. Guess that is why the candidates will be seated during the debates.
McCain and his campaign says he's 5'9". On Wed, Maureen Dowd claimed 5'6". Other reports put him at 5'7", and like all old men, he's shrinking still further...
houstonray
· 1 year ago
As a sad sidenote, did you all see that Bernie Mac has died? Holy cow, that is a shock...
lampster
· 1 year ago
I just heard about Bernie Mac - it is a shock.
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· 1 year ago
There's folks dying now that ain't ever died before.
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· 1 year ago
Anyways, working on another possible trade after the coming economic collapse and that's hand made wind chimes for home and garden. Got some soft brass sheeting. Cutting out the classic sun face, crescent moon with little hand hammered chiming bells.
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· 1 year ago
I'm really beginning to believe that I might be the homosexual anti-christ mcshrub and hagee speak about--no kidding.
houstonray
· 1 year ago
Ha, have seen in a couple of places that Lieberman is on McCain's VP shortlist. OMG, that would be great. Pick him! Pick him!
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· 1 year ago
Cheney has already said he will be the VP for McCain.
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 1 year ago
How DARE that hound dog John Edwards reveal his affair on a weekend, on the opening day of the Olympic Games! Now we can't have All John Edwards, All the Time on all the channels!
flashcard
· 1 year ago
Bernie, I am going to miss you brother.
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· 1 year ago
He did alot of PSA on the radio that was good.
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· 1 year ago
People are such followers and otherwise copycats. I was just out in my patio garden and happened to look around. I'm the only one who ever parked their vehicle backed up with the front ready to roll. Now everbody does it. It's like we're all down the line ready to take off for war.
Lets not get carried away! Communist, fascist, and totalitarian regimes all put on spectacular propaganda shows. The communist regime ruling over China today is no different. No doubt the Nazis in Germany put on one hell of a propaganda show at the Berlin Olympics in 1936.
Remember, the very same communist regime that put on that show last night also carried out the Tienanmen square massacre.
mirth
· 1 year ago
CNN's daily poll: Which is your favorite Olympic sport:
Of the 4 choices, the one with 2nd highest number: Watching TV
Indigo
· 1 year ago
Good morning! During the Victorian Era, Romantic poets like Percy Bysshe Shelly, Wordsworth and the others, often gave public readings that were almost as enthusiastically received as rock concerts today. The poetry slam continues that tradition with a fresh theme and an urban style.
(Copy this, make your own video, record your own mix, circulate widely, the Creative Commons applies, L.A. Piltz, originator, 8/9/08)
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John McCain rhymes with pain you'd get more years of Bush-Cheney hard reign McCain rhymes with pain how many more years of Bush-Cheney remain and McCain rhymes with slain how many more troops die how many go insane how about the ill-gotten gain while the cronies profit more people die in vain John McCain rhymes with pain it couldn't be more plain yes McCain rhymes with pain John McCain rhymes with pain
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L. A. Piltz, 8/9/08 (Creative Commons applies)
News Nag
· 1 year ago
NewsNag say: If you like "John McCain Rhymes With Pain", we have much much more, diverse political issues. Just sayin', Joe.
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Despite all the talk about Obama and McCain's big media buys for the Olympics, I saw one ad for McCain in a national ad slot on NBC during the Opening Ceremonies and not one for Obama. Also, it looked like most of the slots were given over to local stations for their own advertisers.
McCain's ad was the "would you trust a celebrity who will take away all your jobs" spot and didn't seem particularly memorable when compared with the other ads created with Olympic themes from the other national advertisers. I kept expecting an Obama spot with his "work together, hope" themes, which would have fit in really well with the tone of the evening.
I've wondered about this thing from the beginning. The lady got $120K to produce these rather crappy web videos during his campaign that honestly look like something that would be done by a college intern. If you look at her background, she seems like more of an opportunist than anything else. I'm sorry, but I think Edwards and Hunter deserve each other, especially after reading this article about Hunter's background:
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/462/story/116405.html
while his wife was in recovery
not terribly heroic
seems like the perfect opportunity for the media to explore that now
he is such an embarrassment
http://black-max.dailykos.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAjxqptOZeA
"Well, possums, it's a wild weekend here at the...oh shit I forgot which of our nine houses I am at...wait I'll ring for Consuela...anyway isn't just awful what an adulterer John Edwards is? More's the pity he ain't the Dem Nom...oh well Johnny told me that only Repubs really believe in family values. Well I did say don't forget Johnny you were boinking MOI while your ex was recovering in the hospital. But then again, Johnny, I had all that beer money to throw around and make you a senator. So just shut the fuck up about adultery. Let's get back to tire gauges, sweetums. Well all for now possums, Chanel is having a sale today at the Scottsdale store and I need another luncheon suit, with matching handbag and shoes. I'll check back in tomorrow! Oh and don't forget to read our Phoenix diary about our sordid lives!"
http://black-max.dailykos.com/
MCCAIN: No.
QUESTION: No meeting ever occurred?
MCCAIN: No.
QUESTION: No staffer was ever concerned about a possible romantic relationship?
MCCAIN: If they were, they didn't communicate that to me.
QUESTION: Did you ever have such relationship?
MCCAIN: No.
QUESTION: Senator, can you describe your relationship with Vicki Iseman?
MCCAIN: Friends. Seen her on occasions, particularly at receptions and fund-raisers and appearances before the committee. I have many friends in Washington who represent various interests and those who don't, and I consider her a friend.
Next year, perhaps?
Chinese Man Kills Relative of U.S. Olympic Coach
By EDWARD WONG 8:23 AM ET
http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/mccain/a...
Photo is on the right.
Remember, the very same communist regime that put on that show last night also carried out the Tienanmen square massacre.
Which is your favorite Olympic sport:
Of the 4 choices, the one with 2nd highest number:
Watching TV
During the Victorian Era, Romantic poets like Percy Bysshe Shelly, Wordsworth and the others, often gave public readings that were almost as enthusiastically received as rock concerts today. The poetry slam continues that tradition with a fresh theme and an urban style.
Thanks for the link.
(Copy this, make your own video,
record your own mix, circulate widely,
the Creative Commons applies,
L.A. Piltz, originator, 8/9/08)
John McCain rhymes with pain
4 more years of Bush Republican reign
McCain rhymes with pain
4 more years of Bush-Cheney disdain
McCain rhymes with pain
4 more years to drive our soldiers insane
McCain rhymes with pain
this time use your brain
cause John McCain rhymes with pain
John McCain rhymes with blood
4 more years another war hawk dud
McCain rhymes with blood
forever linked with the Great American Flood
McCain rhymes with blood
years more of Karl Rove's un-American mud
and McCain rhymes with thud
yes he profits from the foreign takeover of Bud
and McCain rhymes with dud
and John McCain rhymes with blood
John McCain rhymes with taps
4 more years of Bush intelligence gaps
McCain rhymes with taps
how many more wars to send troops into traps
and McCain rhymes with craps
don't gamble on decades of financial collapse
yes McCain rhymes with collapse
quit being played for saps
too much time has elapsed
and John McCain rhymes with taps
John McCain rhymes with rage
waiting to explode on a worldwide stage
John McCain rhymes with rage
bottled up inside stab you with a tire gauge
yes McCain rhymes with rage
too set in his ways to turn any page
and please don't rattle his cage
he has the mind of a man from another age
we're not dealing with a sage
cause John McCain rhymes with rage
John McCain rhymes with pain
you'd get more years of Bush-Cheney hard reign
McCain rhymes with pain
how many more years of Bush-Cheney remain
and McCain rhymes with slain
how many more troops die how many go insane
how about the ill-gotten gain
while the cronies profit more people die in vain
John McCain rhymes with pain
it couldn't be more plain
yes McCain rhymes with pain
John McCain rhymes with pain
John McCain's time has past
he was a good G.I.
and his honor will last
no need to ask why
but now life comes at you fast
and it's passed him by
so we thank you John
now make room for the other guy
cause John McCain stands for pain
L. A. Piltz, 8/9/08 (Creative Commons applies)