Originally Posted By WorldDisney The October surprise--or day after--is here: <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8kn_5leAF88" target="_blank">http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=..._5leAF88</a> That's right, Cheney, who just couldnt stay away, has officially endorsed McCain!! Its over John, turn out the lights on your way out and be sure to take Palin with you. We knew Cheney couldnt just keep silent. Bush has litterally gone to an undisclosed location at this point to slow the bleeding but Cheney must not really like McCain to do something so awful to him. I feel for you McCain I do. If I had to have an endorsement between Cheney or Al Queada...well, I wouldnt decide, I would just quit lol. (And yes, this thread is tongue-in-cheek....sort of )
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Good grief. The stark differences between the two candidates and their supporters is starting to become almost comical.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 At about noon today, msnbc had Palin on live, and CNN had Cheney on live. As I flipped between the two I could only think: "Three more days. Three more days. Please God Almighty... just three more days." (And yes, of course, Cheney will still be in power 10 more weeks. But at least if things go right in 3 days we'll know we can look ahead to something better.)
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Great endorsement and timing, Mr. Cheney. Thanks for the early Christmas present to Obama/Biden.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Is this kinda of like the bin Laden thing where any sign of him favoring you is considered such anathema that people are going to be playing "well, if he endorsed McCain, that must mean he secretly wants Obama, so we can't vote for Obama now, if he thinks we think he thinks he wants us to vote for McCain..."
Originally Posted By chickendumpling Biden is all over this endorsement saying basically that McCain has now finally gotten the "pay off" for voting with Bush 90% of the time. Cheney and McCain don't exactly get along. lol. Remember Cheney getting so mad at McCain when McCain said that Rumsfeld was one of the worst secretaries of defense in history? Rumsfeld was Cheney's mentor so he wasn't too happy. IIRC, McCain tried to make nice later and even said he'd consider Cheney for a spot in a McCain administration. This *is* an interesting weekend. This endorsement immediately brought Pat Buchanan to mind. Remember when he said that McCain would make Cheney look like Ghandi? <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQar1Pp-vZg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...r1Pp-vZg</a>
Originally Posted By SuperDry It doesn't really surprise me to hear that Cheney would endorse McCain. What struck me as hollow was Cheney's endorsement of Palin. Talk about black and white: how could the notion of a Palin vice presidency conceivably be even 1% of what Cheney made of the office, even if the two see eye to eye on many issues?
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt This election gets weirder by the minute. Have you all heard about Palin's new pal Tito the Builder? <a href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/27/1597817.aspx" target="_blank">http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com...817.aspx</a>
Originally Posted By chickendumpling Because this election does move so fast, Tito is old news my friend. lol. Re Cheney's endorsement: Obama's new ad is called "Delighted". Here ya go: <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HyMDe9jj8X8" target="_blank">http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=...De9jj8X8</a>
Originally Posted By WorldDisney LMAO, they wasted NO time did they . I swear, that's why I love the Obama campaign, these people are on top of it. If he runs the presidency like he ran this campaign, we will be in good hands .
Originally Posted By SuperDry Tito the Builder? At first I thought it was some kind of joke, but apparently they're serious about it. Do they really think that by propping up Tito, they're going to undo even 1% of the damage they've done in running off support from Hispanic immigrants? If McCain/Palin lose the election, it will be very interesting to analyze the voter demographics. Early estimates are that a significant amount of Hispanic voters that have traditionally voted Republican have been driven away by the near-constant anti-immigrant rhetoric. The party itself seems to have toned it down a bit, but it's still a staple talking point of the noise machine, and the noise machine has echoes that many people beyond the core consumers hears.
Originally Posted By mele I posted a link somewhere in WE of Jon Stewart poking fun at Tito the Builder. It was really funny. I just saw an "I'm Joe the Plumber" ad for McCain. I am just furious, incredulous and sick that this is really the theme of McCain/Palin's campaign. And people are falling for it. Aye yi yi. It angers me how people are deliberately twisting the "spread the wealth" around comment. They know damn good and well what he meant by that and are also ignoring the fact that "Joe" will NOT be paying more taxes under Obama's plan. They keep regurgitating it over and over again even after it's been debunked. What kind of people deliberately believe false information like this? And why do these sort of people always declare their patriotism so much more than everyone else?
Originally Posted By chickendumpling <<LMAO, they wasted NO time did they .>> Boy howdy! lol. I don't think they feel they have any time to waste. They have run an impressive campaign in that regard, I gotta give them that.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling <<Tito the Builder? At first I thought it was some kind of joke, but apparently they're serious about it. >> It's serious. Tito has appeared on the campaign trail with them and Hannity had him on his show.
