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I looked up Gary Lunn's website. It's made by a company in Calgary. - Beryllium Sep 4, 20:25 4
- ^-- addendum to the above: the local liberal candidate has some silly silly website preferences - Beryllium Sep 4, 20:26
- They're all centralized out of Calgary. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 4, 20:26 2
  - Yes, i know that. I'm talking about the websites. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 20:26 1
    - *zing* ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 20:27
not criticizing your yankee system, but I just realized that we decided to have an election a few weeks ago, it hasn't technically been called yet, - mafic Sep 4, 20:25
hmmm... that was better than i was expecting -- nm - Guy Sep 4, 20:24 1
- It was worse than I imagined. He talked way to slow and soft. Psssst, hey America, I have a secret. -- nm - Redmond Sep 4, 20:25
Tom Ridge just said "John Bush--er, John McCain" -- nm - nubby Sep 4, 20:24
Samantha Bee. *laughing* -- nm - JaxSean Sep 4, 20:18 1
- Daily Show is perfect tonight -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Sep 4, 20:19
PBS dude was also saying earlier he was planning on saying he only wanted one term. -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 20:18 3
- (and that he wanted lieberman, but the party wouldn't let him do either) -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 20:20
- David Gregory asked a Flordia rep about that. John would serve one term and move on. -- nm - Pete Sep 4, 20:19
- I seriously worry about his health. Four years in the White House is like ten. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 20:19
huh, PBS guy on the party's delegates: "93% white, 4% hispanic, 2% black." -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 20:17 1
- But did you see how many times they showed me on the TV!!! I represent where the party is going!!! -- nm - Black Veteran Sep 4, 20:21
Does every convention have to play Celebration by Kool and the Gang -- nm - eag Sep 4, 20:17 2
- And aparently neither delegates at either convention know how to dance -- nm - eag Sep 4, 20:18
- Celebrate good times? COME ON! Pfft. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 20:17
HAHAHAH! Andrea Mitchell is just buried in balloons! HAA! -- nm - Pete Sep 4, 20:15 6
- "The political equivalent of a Chuck E. Cheese" - znufrii Sep 4, 20:16
- I'm seeing it too. Very funny, -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 4, 20:16 1
  - 'bunch of balloon wielding thugs!' -- nm - Brian Williams Sep 4, 20:17
- this is literally the funniest thing i've ever seen on tv -- nm - nubby Sep 4, 20:16 2
  - seriously. i'm laughing really loudly in my house by myself. - nubby Sep 4, 20:18 1
    - I was rolling. -- nm - Pete Sep 4, 20:19
OMG, this is not a joke. The local NBC affiliate is interviewing people at Chucky Cheese asking about what they thought about Palen's speech last - Redmond Sep 4, 20:14 11
- I believe I'll start saying - mara Sep 4, 20:17 4
  - But Redmond did not *embrase* our new home. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 20:20 1
    - Hey, CFC to you too! -- nm - Redmond Sep 4, 20:20
  - I think I might have to also. it has a nice ring to it. -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 20:19
  - But will you say it as often as you say "Boiches!"? -- nm - Subversive Sep 4, 20:18
- I can't wait until my kid turns 5 so I can go play those stupid video games again. - Subversive Sep 4, 20:16 1
  - I think that was most of the reason we went. my dad loved it (as long as they had pac man). -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 20:22
- what kind of town do you live in? -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 20:16 1
  - It's on the Portland Oregon affiliate. -- nm - Redmond Sep 4, 20:19
- but that's where you go for middle america! -- nm - nbc Sep 4, 20:15 1
  - When Applebees is too liberal -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Sep 4, 20:15
So, on POTUS this morning I listened to the Rudi speech. Did he lose the audience as bad as it sounded like? - Spawn Sep 4, 20:14 5
- I thought they were behind him for most of it. -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 20:15
- he went on so long they had to dump Palin's intro video. - Reagen Sep 4, 20:15 1
  - But her intro video had her Miss Alsaka stuff and, what, 30 more seconds? -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 20:23
- he had them, lost them, had them...and it went on like that for a bit. -- nm - Pete Sep 4, 20:14 1
  - Thanks. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 20:24
Well I am off once again my friends. My friends, I will see you next during the debates. Remember I am a POW, Maverick, and 9/11 fighter. -- nm - McCain Sep 4, 20:13
"The Mavrick" -- nm - David Sep 4, 20:12 3
- Luck is his companion, gamblin' is his game. -- nm - mara Sep 4, 20:18
- Ya know...in 2000...he was the maverick. Too bad he lost it somewhere in the last 8 years. -- nm - Jim Sep 4, 20:13
- Mauverick? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 20:13
You know what's interesting, is how it looks like the USA is about to swing back towards the left (if Obama wins), while polls show that Canada is - Subversive Sep 4, 20:11 16
- Just curious, but from your perspective, which typically leftwing issues were addressed during the previous Liberal gov't? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 4, 20:16 5
  - I don't think I could really answer that question. My thought is more of a comparison of the two leaders at this time. - Subversive Sep 4, 20:17 4
    - Absolutely on your IM. Here's why I asked.... - Name Withheld By Request Sep 4, 20:20 3
      - I suspect that's because when a left-of-centre party has to implement policies that are seen as right-wing... - Roger More Sep 4, 20:26
      - So you're saying that they did the right-wing stuff better than the conservatives? - Beryllium Sep 4, 20:23
      - No, I don't remember them fondly at all, to be honest. I'm actually just a fan of Dion, and that makes me more interested in them as a whole. - Subversive Sep 4, 20:22
- Europe has been moving right as well. -- nm - Dano Sep 4, 20:12
- and yet, you'll still have a more liberal government than the US -- nm - ty97 Sep 4, 20:12 8
  - You think? I dunno, the Conservatives are all about harsher prison sentences, they don't really like gay marriage at all, etc. - Subversive Sep 4, 20:15 7
    - Ah Subby...The Tory party's official position is that gay marriage is accepted and won't be changed. - Name Withheld By Request Sep 4, 20:18 3
      - Oh yeah, I know it's not going anywhere. I just said they don't really like it much. - Subversive Sep 4, 20:20 2
        
        It really never ever was Harper's personal issue. I think he was arguing for the base at the time. - Name Withheld By Request Sep 4, 20:22 1
        
        Harper played it smart, like Reagen said. Gave enough token opposition to appease the right wing religious types, then let it die. - Subversive Sep 4, 20:24
    - Harper's given up on the gay marriage issue - Reagen Sep 4, 20:17 2
      - Hey now! You said it better than I could just above. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 4, 20:22
      - Your last line sounds about right to me. -- nm - Subversive Sep 4, 20:18
Regarding the POW stuff, I only offer this little observation that just occurred moments ago.... - Name Withheld By Request Sep 4, 20:11 2
- Well, your condo must be under a rock. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 20:12 1
  - Manitoba is close enough. - Beryllium Sep 4, 20:14
Crash explained the T-Rex comment, brother Sceire. It didn't mean what you thought it did. Thanks for covering my back. -- nm - McCain Sep 4, 20:11 1
- No, don't steal his crutch! -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Sep 4, 20:13
Can I have a Obama/Palin Ticket please.....bored with Biden and McCain was too mockable... - Walt_Disney Sep 4, 20:10 2
- The moveon ad on the left here makes Biden look like a snake oils salesman. - ty97 Sep 4, 20:11
- Beauty before age! -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 20:11
I had a post lost in the unpredictable board roll about the T-Rex thing -- (link) - crash davis Sep 4, 20:10 [Backboard] 10
- and two additional comments about it - crash davis Sep 4, 20:13 5
  - No I get it now. However, when I first saw it I took it the way Sceire did as well. -- nm - Redmond Sep 4, 20:16 4
    - truthfully, her posts using don't translate well unless you've seen me do my T-Rex bit (and I've quit touring comedy clubs) -- nm - crash davis Sep 4, 20:19 3
      - wait...isn't there a Crash/Bigfoot 2008 Holiday tour? -- nm - Pete Sep 4, 20:21 2
        
        Sadly, he had to cancel after the last Bigfoot tour--nobody gets the sasquatch drummer. -- nm - Trish Sep 4, 20:28
        
        there would be if I could just find the bastard to tour with me. he keeps hiding from me -- nm - crash davis Sep 4, 20:26
- fair enough, I seem to remember it's been used before. (and that was actually a predictable board roll). -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 20:12 2
  - Crash has done it mocking Glenn Beck and Mark Levin for at least a couple of years. But I really don't give a shit if the explanation is "worthy". - Trish Sep 4, 20:19
  - they seem about as predictable as earthquakes to me :) -- nm - crash davis Sep 4, 20:15
- heh, i saw it - hence my reference below -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 20:11
I hope the fireworks do not cause flashbacks. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 20:09 3
- Thanks, PBS, for letting me know those aren't actual fireworks in the arena - Reagen Sep 4, 20:10 1
  - As did NBC. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 20:10
- Bad form. Did you know I was a POW? -- nm - McCain Sep 4, 20:09
Okay. Content aside, that speech was an absolute rhetorical failure. -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 20:09 7
- it's like Palin is operating independant of him... - stewie Sep 4, 20:11
- Shocking that you'd think so. -- nm - Sceire Sep 4, 20:10 5
  - It wasn't a good speech at all. -- nm - Redmond Sep 4, 20:17 4
    - It's just not his area of expertise. The good news is that Palin seems to do this one thing well. -- nm - David Sep 4, 20:19 3
      - I think she may do a couple things well. - Spawn Sep 4, 20:21 1
        
        Sure, but turning groiny on is hardly political capital. -- nm - mara Sep 4, 20:25
      - unfortunately she had a GOP hack writing her attack speech for her. -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 20:21
I'll be very surprised if this does much to win persuadables. The camp may get a bounce, but it'll be from Palin and be shorter lived and smaller - TWuG Sep 4, 20:08 2
- I keep waiting for someone to offer something that will benefit *me.* I guess I'm feeling the country is so F'd up that any improvement won't - MojaveMeg Sep 4, 20:12 1
  - Well, not to presume, but if you've reached senior citizen status, you might see a drastic tax cut under Obama. - TWuG Sep 4, 20:15
No they're NOT playing Baracuda! -- nm - Jim Sep 4, 20:08 4
- Isn't that song about some kind of sex position? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 20:09
- ha! -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 20:09
- SARAHcuda! -- nm - TWuG Sep 4, 20:08 1
  - Bara-Cougar -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Sep 4, 20:09
Seriously as a last line for his speech while the crowd was cheering: "I'm John McCain and I'm running for President" -- nm - Pete Sep 4, 20:08 2
- ...reporting for duty! -- nm - nubby Sep 4, 20:08 1
  - oh I know it would have been cheese, but it would have been effective. -- nm - Pete Sep 4, 20:10
Balloons, let me kick some ballooooons. -- nm - McCain Sep 4, 20:07 3
- *t-rex arms* "Something's wrong! I can't hit them!" -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 20:09 2
  - (See, it's funny because you have to reach *down* to hit balloons that drop ...) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 20:12 1
    - *sigh* Okay, fine. That doesn't make it funny, it just makes it less offensive than it could otherwise be construed as. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 20:20
I know what he meant, but to a lot of people it'll sound like... - nubby Sep 4, 20:07 2
- Those people suck then. -- nm - McCain Sep 4, 20:08
- Where is that Levi punk!?! -- nm - McCaint Sep 4, 20:08
He's INFP? Who knew??? -- nm - David Sep 4, 20:05
*walks up to Obama* I surrender. You should get another nice Convention bump in the polls from this. -- nm - McCain Sep 4, 20:05
Ok...so this is the biggest speech he has given or will give. I'll give him a pass on the POW thing...tonight. - Jim Sep 4, 20:05 12
- I agree. But for many of us, it does not help and actually hurts. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 20:06
- Public speaking has never been his thing. Tonight was about getting through it more than anything else. -- nm - David Sep 4, 20:06 5
  - I wonder how the the power delegates liked the speech.... - Pete Sep 4, 20:13
  - I wonder if people made it to his big finish. -- nm - Reagen Sep 4, 20:10 2
    - Spawn or whoever said it last week is right. It really isn't their year. -- nm - David Sep 4, 20:11 1
      - I am the new ML!!! - Spawn Sep 4, 20:18
  - agreed. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 20:08
- It's Rudy 9/11 and Edwards Son of a Mill Worker level -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Sep 4, 20:06
- I don't think it did much for him... was not impressed by him or Palin, not at all. -- nm - secretslacker Sep 4, 20:05 3
  - It's hard to separate the speaker from the speech. He's just not a very electric speaker. He's a bit clunky... - Jim Sep 4, 20:07
  - I liked the content of his speech more, but Palin's was delivered better. -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 20:06 1
    - yup. -- nm - Reagen Sep 4, 20:07
fight! you've never given up on anything in your life!! -- nm - mickpix Sep 4, 20:05
OH. MY. GEE. "Raisin' McCain"?! -- nm - nubby Sep 4, 20:05 2
- Only a celebrity would have his own theme song. :) -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Sep 4, 20:09
- yeah, I mentioned this the other night. Watch out, dudes named McAbel! -- nm - Reagen Sep 4, 20:06
Ha.... I was right about the flag. -- nm - secretslacker Sep 4, 20:04
We never hide from history, we make history! Except where I said we have to catch up to it. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 20:04
oh crap -- (link) - ty97 Sep 4, 20:04 2
- Elect me and I will fight the hurricanes. -- nm - McCain Sep 4, 20:09
- AS A REMINDER...4 AND 5 DAY FORECASTS ARE SUBJECT TO .... - National Hurricane Centre Sep 4, 20:07
After Palin speech, Obama has record $10 mil day, McCain makes $1 mil - stewie Sep 4, 20:04 6
- that's hilarious. - Mel Profit Sep 4, 20:05
- I don't think tha'ts right... i heard on CNN earlier they made 8 million? or maybe the guy said "A" (eh) million -- nm - Gwaahjo Sep 4, 20:05 3
  - the $8 mil for Obama was a number from earlier today -- nm - stewie Sep 4, 20:07
  - they had made 8 and were expecting 10. -- nm - Reagen Sep 4, 20:07
  - (linky) - stewie Sep 4, 20:06
- Bwahahahahaha!!!! -- nm - TWuG Sep 4, 20:04
When I fought at the Alamo, I thought to myself, "fight with me, fight for children, fight for your right to party, fight for applesauce and carrots" -- nm - McCain Sep 4, 20:04
Seriously, find the black people in the crowd and win a prize. -- nm - David Sep 4, 20:03 3
- 93% of the delegates are white...DNC...slightly over 50% -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Sep 4, 20:06
- There was one! -- nm - David Sep 4, 20:04
- there he is! -- nm - Reagen Sep 4, 20:04
"..become a community organ... oh,crap." -- nm - Reagen Sep 4, 20:02

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