Friday, September 5, 2008

Thoughts on McCain's speech

-I could not have been more disappointed that the craptacular Redskins game didn't preempt his speech.

-The giant screen behind him didn't make much sense, especially when it showed a picture of what appeared to be a mansion. It turns out it wasn't a mansion, it was Walter Reed middle school in California. Why some middle school in California you might ask? Josh Marshall thinks that it was some lazy google image work by someone trying to find a picture of Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Whoops.

-The number of POW references was out of control. The movie voice guy repeating how "things change when you see the world from inside a box" 6 or 7 times before he was introduced was kind of creepy.

-The protester had a sign saying "John McCain Votes against vets", is a veteran of the Iraq war and was given a pass by a Ron Paul delegate. An interview with him here.

- When he said that Obama supports giveaways to big oil, that set off alarms bells because I couldn't believe that he'd say something that stupid when they both voted for the 2005 energy bill. Turns out I was wrong, and McCain voted no on that bill. We really need to keep the focus on their plans, and McCain's very real ties to big oil at present, and stay the fuck away from that vote. When looking at people's records its easy to see that McCain is no friend of the environment, and very much a tool of big oil, but it's just annoying that he has a moderately true attack line to parrot all fall. But then again, they don't call him on his countless false attacks, so why should this one matter any more?

-He focused a section of his speech on his dislike for teachers. Not just that, but it sounded like he truly had disdain for them and their work. To great applause, of course.

-Just curious, but for all the bullshitting about Clinton and Obama at our convention... you'd think it would be worth more than a casual mention that the faction of the republican party most accurately described as a movement had a rally of close to 10000 people in the same city.

-I think I'm going to start claiming everything that I do is country first. If movie voice guy can make voting for the Iraq war country first, then I think me watching the Gators play tomorrow is also country first. Country first, the new 35 years of experience.

-You gotta love the McCain "Peace" signs throughout the crowd.

-Unbelievably classless. Anyone surprised? Anyone? Buehler?

-Speaking of classless, Congressman from Georgia calls Barack Obama "uppity". I guess if you hint at it enough, eventually someone says what you actually meant.

-A few lines from his speech:
I fight for Americans. I fight for you. I fight for Bill and Sue Nebe from Farmington Hills, Michigan, who lost their real estate investments in the bad housing market.
Yep, cause with this economic downturn, those who really feel the brunt of it are those who lost their real estate investments. Seriously, how out of touch can you be? I'm just sorry that the Plutocracy 08 movement never caught on. They would have fit right in.
Senator Obama thinks we can achieve energy independence without more drilling and without more nuclear power. But Americans know better than that.
It's just too bad that all those "scientists" and "experts" don't know any better. Idiots.
great things are always within our reach. Fight with me. Fight with me.
Along the lines of what Stoller said: Is that a question, a challenge or a threat?

-Atrios adds:
Death is too good for the person who put "my friends" on the McCain drinking game list.
-And one last note. Big ups to Baron Davis for smacking down our beloved Gilbert Arenas for his post on Obama's tax plan (and his post stating that if you're rich, you need to vote Republican):
(I know he said he's gonna raise the taxes on the top income bracket, Gil, but if he uses that money to improve our schools then you won't have to worry about some kids trying to sell pictures of your pool online cause they couldn't get a better job.) LOL
We love you Gil, but maybe you should have a talk with Sir Charles about where that attitude leads you.

It's Friday, and it's time for Happy hour.

*COUNTRY FIRST*

4 comments:

  1. "Well we’re all just raisin’ McCain
    Everywhere across the USA
    You can get on the train or get out of the way
    We’re all just raisin’ McCain

    And we’re all just raisin’ McCain
    Everywhere across the USA
    You can get on the train or get out of the way
    We’re all just raisin’ McCain

    Well he got shot down in a Vietnam town
    Fighting for the red, white and blue
    And they locked him up in the Hanoi Hilton
    Thinking they could break him in two

    He stayed strong, stayed extra long
    ‘Til they let all the other boys out
    Now we’ve got a real man with an American plan
    We’re going to put him in the big White House

    Well we’re all just raisin’ McCain
    Everywhere across the USA
    You can get on the train or get out of the way
    We’re all just raisin’ McCain

    Play that American guitar, son
    And we’re all just raisin’ McCain
    Everywhere across the USA
    You can get on the train or get out of the way

    We’re all just raisin’ McCain
    I said we’re all just raisin’ McCain
    Everywhere across the USA
    You can get on the train or get out of the way
    We’re all just raisin’ McCain

    Well you can get on the train or get out of the way
    We’re all just raisin’ McCain"

    Thank you, and don't forget to tip your waitress.

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  2. Why some middle school in California you might ask? Josh Marshall thinks that it was some lazy google image work by someone trying to find a picture of Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Whoops.

    Hahahahahahaahahahahaahaaaahahahaha

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  3. Um, but seriously, as someone who chooses and edits photos for a living, let me tell you: making a mistake like that (as well as using images available on a public stock photo site for something as widely broadcast as this) demonstrates unbelievable incompetence. I can't imagine how the person who chose those images even got hired in the first place. Literally the only explanation I can think of is that they were given less than an hour to put together the whole thing. And even then, I could've done a better job.

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  4. @6.54/JJ
    That's a brilliant catch about the photo. Very funny indeed. Nick, the truth of the matter is that if you had been in charge of the background photos for McCain's speech you would NOT have done a better job. In fact, you would have done a much worse, much more hilarious job.

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