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Daily Show: 2008 McCain = 2000 Bush: A case of amnesia.

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:30:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: McSame, word for word.

Jon finds some eerie similarities between John McCain’s convention speech and the one given by George W. Bush eight years ago.

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John Amato: McCain wants us to forget that if he wins the election—America will be controlled by the Republicans for four more years that have produced such disastrous results. And the media will only help make this election about personalities instead of issues and then use Palin to distract us from those issues.

Given that 82 percent of voters believe we are heading in the wrong direction, it’s a logical position to take. But for the American people to buy into the notion that McCain, who has raced to Bush’s side on tax cuts, on offshore drilling — even on torture — is this campaign’s agent of change, it’s going to require an incredible suspension of disbelief. Or a serious case of amnesia.

Tags: bush, mccain, here, we, go, again

Palin attended five colleges in six years

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:51:11 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Palin has a Bachelor's in Journalism.

So, an Associate's in nursing should qualify me to be the next Surgeon General in McSame's administration, right? Or at least Sec'y of Health and Human Services...

Clip Source: www.ktva.com

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attended five colleges in six years before graduating from the University of Idaho in 1987.

Federal privacy laws prohibit the schools from disclosing her grades, and none of the schools contacted by The Associated Press could say why she transferred. There was no indication any of them were contacted as part of the background investigation of Palin by presidential candidate John McCain's campaign.

From North Idaho College, Palin transferred 70 miles south to the University of Idaho, the state's flagship institution. She majored in journalism with an emphasis in broadcast news. She attended Idaho, whose mascot is the Vandals, from fall 1984 to spring 1985.

The McCain campaign did not have an immediate comment on Palin's higher education record.

Tags: sarah palin, education, mccain, election

Meanwhile, in the convention hall

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:30:58 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Ooooooooh, Sarah-Bara-COO-dah!
If you read the actual lyrics though, this clearly is a song to be sung by Barack Obama. He's just realized that he's about to be ambushed from the weeds by the Barracuda, and forced to his knees. Not long ago, he and "the porpoise" (Joe Biden, pre-hair plugs) were just "Selling a song," with "no right, no wrong" — just playing "a whisper game" involving a "name." This is clearly a reference to the "McSame" meme on which they were relying so much. And "sell me, sell you," the porpoise and the singer croon to each other in close harmony. Oh, yeah: It's about Obama and Biden, all right.

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As I type this, the sound system from the GOP convention floor is cranked up all the way, playing Heart's galloping mega-hit from 1977 (my college graduation year, yay!) — "Barracuda."

And to think just how many times I've listened to this song over the last thirty years without realizing how profound it would become! And the background in this video (from back when the Wilson sisters were both incredibly hot) shows that, yes, it's patriotic!

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These GOP delegates are not a-skeered anymore about the notion of their Veep nominee debating Joe Biden, or Barack Obama for that matter. No, indeed, they're ready to start the pre-debate tail-gate party. Right now. Bring it, Slow Joe!

Many of us didn't even know how politically comatose we were. This is like being brought back from a long period of drugged unconsciousness, only to find out that while we were asleep, we all won the lottery! Pardon us if we feel a little bit giddy.

Tags: gop convention, sarah, debates

Colbert slams Lieberman’s “bipartisan” duplicity

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:25:21 GMT

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Clip Source: www.crooksandliars.com

Stephen Colbert juxtaposes Joe Lieberman from Tuesday night with Joe Lieberman from 2006 and reveals what a true spineless snake he really is. As a bonus, Colbert exposes McCain for the maverick he isn’t.

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Lieberman: What, after all, is a Democrat like me doing at a Republican convention like this?

Colbert: Oh, oh, oh, I know…spitting in the face of everyone who voted for you?

Tags: looserman, mcsame, colbert, politics

Too Far Right!

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:38:04 GMT

clipped by: AtlLiberal
clipper's remarks: Your father raped you? Too bad. Global warming an issue? Poppycock. Teach creationism in science class? Sure, let the students decide.

Ultra right wing religious fanatics are salivating all over themselves over McSame's choice.

A Hillary replacement? Ha! Going to draw Hillary supporters away from Obama? In a pig's eye. Republicans must believe that women voters are all stupid idiots.

This is McCain's judgment in action!

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Sarah Palin is Bad for Women

There can be no doubt that Palin’s selection is purely tactical — a decision based more on image and balance than on substance and qualifications. Palin’s youth, beauty, and distance from Washington were all chosen because they directly counter shortcomings of McCain. Her indisputable conservatism in areas where McCain has appeared moderate — abortion, the Second Amendment, drilling — as well as her “strength” in domestic issues, balances nicely with McCain’s flip-flopping war-focused campaign.

Quite frankly, conservatives have rewarded a woman politically for deciding to keep a baby and for sending her son to Iraq. For this reason, Palin’s selection is a great disservice to women — and further evidence of how truly destructive a Republican victory will be for American women.

McShallow's Choice

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:31:28 GMT

clipped by: Kevbo4
clipper's remarks: The PUMAs don't seem numerous enough to be worth courting and I really doubt anyone will jump ship from the Obama camp. Is voting for McSame/Palin supposed to be some mavericky pro-equality opportunity for GOP gals? This smacks of desperation. Is she safer than choosing more experienced, more Hillary-esque female politicians who actually have experience but are too disturbing to sexist conservatives and family values crowd? Was she chosen over better female Repubs merely because she's eye candy like all the blondes on FOX News? Sure looks that way and this could very well be an ironic step backward for women in politics.

Clip Source: www.salon.com

McCain's Palin pick is the epitome of tokenism

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Governor Mark Sanford (R-SC) goes blank trying to find differences between McCain and Bush’s economi

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:36:48 GMT

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Clip Source: www.crooksandliars.com

Obama ran an ad calling McCain—McSame in the economy. Republican Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina went blank trying to think up any differences between John McCain and George Bush’s economic policies when Blitzer asked him to name some. After stammering for a minute, he brought up NAFTA? Say, what? Blitzer then said they had no differences on NAFTA. Oh, and then Sanford mentioned McSame’s opposition to earmarks. That’s sure going to cut your gas prices.

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Blitzer: Are there any significant economic differences between what the Bush administration has put forward over these many years as opposed to John McCain’s support?

Sanford: Yea, I mean for instance take, you know, ummm, ahhh, take for instance the issue of, ahhhh..(knocks on table) I’m drawing a blank. I hate it when I do that, particularly on TV.

Is McCain Overplaying The POW Card?

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:18:51 GMT

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Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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Tags: mccain, mcsame, mclame, pow, young turjs, youtube

Fineman: McCain Is Trivializing His POW Past

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:51:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Everything for McCain is POW! Hey, Johnny, hate to break to you, but this ain't a batman comic book. They don't even use that expression any more!

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Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Once a remarkable and respected aspect of his biography, John McCain stands on the brink of "trivializing" his past as a prisoner of war, which has become a "crutch in the campaign," Newsweek's Howard Fineman declared Thursday.

"I think they are going to it way too many times. It's the original story that defined John McCain, that still when you read it in his book 'Faith of my Fathers,' when you read about it in 'The Nightingale's Song,' you can't help but have admiration and respect for the guy. And I think he wisely for many years stayed away from it as a political tool, he really did. But now it not only defines him, it's become a crutch in the campaign. And I think he is in danger of trivializing it. By the time they get to the convention in St. Paul, there might not be much of it left to use."

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Tags: mccain, pow, mcsame, mclame, well, ran, dry

Does Bush Believe McCain Was Tortured?

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:22:16 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: What a bunch of ass-fucks BushCo is, John McSame included.

Clip Source: andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com

In all the discussion of John McCain's recently recovered memory of a religious epiphany in Vietnam, one thing has been missing. The torture that was deployed against McCain emerges in all the various accounts. It involved sleep deprivation, the withholding of medical treatment, stress positions, long-time standing, and beating. Sound familiar?

According to the Bush administration's definition of torture, McCain was therefore not tortured.

Cheney denies that McCain was tortured; as does Bush

These torture techniques are, according to the president of the United States, merely "enhanced interrogation."

No war crimes were committed against McCain.

so the false confessions that McCain was forced to make were, according to the logic of the Bush administration, as accurate as the "intelligence" we have procured from "interrogating" terror suspects.

When they are used against future John McCains, the victims will know,

that their own government has no moral standing to complain.

"McSame" Is More Than Just Political Humor

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:09:34 GMT

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clipper's remarks: It's genuinely concise.

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

Our president has spent one-third of his entire two terms in office either at Camp David, Maryland, or at Crawford, Texas, on vacation.

Sen. John McCain takes weekends off and limits his campaign events to one a day.

It occurs to me that John McCain is as intellectually shallow as our current president

One after another, McCain's answers were shallow, simplistic, and trite. He showed the same intellectual curiosity that George Bush has -- virtually none.

John McCain graduated 894th in a class of 899 at the Naval Academy at Annapolis.

He no longer allows reporters unfettered access to him aboard the "Straight Talk Express" for a reason. He simply makes too many mistakes.

I am sick and tired of the president of the United States embarrassing me.

George Bush's record as a student, military man, businessman and leader of the free world is one of constant failure.

I fear to the depth of my being that John McCain is just like him.

Short Retrospective of John McCain

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:03:03 GMT

clipped by: BobbyRutan
clipper's remarks: Currently votes with the worst president in modern history 100% of the time.

John McSame or McBush...... take your pick.

Clip Source: www.crooksandliars.com

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Another great video ad from Plisko at Mediacrashers

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McCain: The Candidate from Opposite land

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:59:08 GMT

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Clip Source: www.salon.com

Tags: mccain, mcsame, mclame, obama, politics, cartoon

McSame Lies Again

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:15:44 GMT

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clipper's remarks: John McCain of 2000 would not vote for John McCain of today

Clip Source: sensico.wordpress.com

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I don’t know if this is going to be a continued strategy of the Obama campaign, but if it is then this is a great strategy. Take a McCain ad and debunk it. This one is about McCain’s latest attack ad, the one portraying Obama as a celebrity, the one that doesn’t include Paris and Britney.

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McSame Ad Dollar Bill

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:41:30 GMT

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Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

The McCain campaign has been saying that Obama was playing the race card when, last Wednesday, Obama said:

What they're going to try to do is make you scared of me. You know, "He's not patriotic enough, he's got a funny name." You know, "He doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.''

But Obama's metaphor -- "He doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills" -- wasn't random; it was a reference.

A McCain ad from 27 June -- more than a month before Obama's remark -- suggested that the very idea of Barack Obama's face -- i.e., the face of a black man -- on the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, and the $100 bill was absurd.