Just having some fun with the opposition.
You may have heard that Congressman Murtha came under criticism for talking about what he characterized as racism in parts of his state. He later refereed to constituents as "rednecks," which may sound like a slur to you, but I am assured by a number of people who consider themselves rednecks that they don't consider it that way.
McCain wanted to comment on Murtha's "racism" as he fights back in Pennsylvania. But I think he's having trouble
For Murtha's part, he explained himself thusly:
"What I mean is there's still folks that have a problem voting for someone because they are black"
Maybe McCain is tripping on his words because he "gets" what Murtha meant. Distortion is an additional "cognitive load."
Look here. Someone thinks Sarah Palin's voice is a sweet, sweet song:
I think she should end all her interviews with jazz hands.
Here's an interesting story from Detroit.
A pizzeria is offering a free pizza if you bring in your unwanted McCain/Palin sign. They started this drive when McCain pulled his operation from Michigan. The idea was that if McCain was abandoning Michigan, perhaps you could at least trade you unwanted yard sign for pizza. Michelle Malkin and other indisputably reasonable and not at all shrill individuals are calling this "steal a sign, get a pizza."
Since there is no proof of where a sign came from, people could be stealing McCain signs and turning them in for pizzas. That's true. I think the idea behind this pizza joint's offer is a fine one, but they should probably make an attempt at deterring people from stealing signs to redeem the offer. I would suggest that they offer only be valid for adults, and that an ID be required. Perhaps limit it to one per person. Or ask people to have their picture taken with the sign.
Posted by James at October 22, 2008 9:26 AMThe Palin Song clip is wonderful.
My cringe reflex prevents me from viewing the entire McCain video. I've tried unsuccessfully three times now.
Posted by: Mike at October 22, 2008 9:46 AMI wish the music in the Palin clip had been a little louder.
I tried to watch the Palin interview on Univision last night but wasn't able to follow any of it. (Should have recorded it, but didn't care that much.) There was English audio, with the louder Spanish dub on top of it, and then the captions (in Spanish) delayed by a few seconds and incomplete. The odds of my being able to catch anything in that overlapping mess were very poor.
I think there's going to be a longer version of the interview on Sunday morning at 10, and if I watch it on the big TV there might be English captions on CC3.
Afterwards, there was a segment where Latino Wasilla residents talked about her tenure as mayor and gubanador, and some discussion of having rape victims pay for their own rape exams, but there weren't any startling revelations during that segment: some people think she's swell, and some think she sucks. Someone said that the Palin she sees on TV is not the Palin she knows in Alaska. Heh, there's a shock.
Posted by: Julie at October 22, 2008 11:04 AM"Palin Song" is wonderful! This is a demonstration, via music, of her discordant, poorly-strung-together thoughts. Brilliant!
Posted by: Patti M. at October 22, 2008 7:00 PM