19
Sep
Not Dukakis
This is not Michael Dukakis, worried libs:
BTW- Did you know that we now are major sponsors of Manchester United. I had a roommate from Newcastle, so I was always a Newcastle United fan, myself. This was back in the days of Andy Cole, and I still know the cheers:
Andy Cole! Andy Cole!
It’s Andy, Andy Cole.
When he gets the ball he scores a goal,
It’s Andy, Andy Cole.
I guess now that we are on the hook for AIG, I will need to learn some new cheers.
Incertus
You have to forgive our skittishness—we’re not used to having someone with this sort of command as a candidate on the national level. I never freaked, though I will admit to some queasiness when 538’s numbers went McCain’s way for a bit. But I had a feeling this would even out, and I’m excited about the next two months again.
limbaugh's pilonidal cyst
Or Al Gore…
Or John Kerry…
Jon
Fuck that noise. Rooting for Man U is like going to the casino and rooting for the house.
Mon the Hoops!
cleek
now i’m actually worried Obama’s going to go after McCain too hard: the press is starting to call some of his ads unfair.
i’m a lib. hope is strange to me.
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any news on a new server yet ?
SGEW
Step 1: Compliment John McCain.
Step 2: Say you’re “disappointed’ in John’s recent conduct. Where’s the old John?
Step 3: Rip him a new one, using his own words against him.
Step 4: Profit!
Doctor Jay
First, he called McCain dishonorable, now he’s calling him a coward.
Made of awesome.
Jon H
Shit. We won’t even get an option on Posh Spice’s space-age-polymer breasts, since Beckham left.
Joshau Norton
Everyone just chill.
TenguPhule
A-I-G! A-I-G!
Sucks for you! Good for me (the CEO)!
Welcome to our Hell.
cleek
i do love that picture
Rick Taylor
I’m still a worried liberal, but that has nothing to do with Obama or his campaign, which continues to impress me. It’s just that in 2004 I was very confident Bush could not possibly win, and I am still shell shocked the nation would re-elect a President who had lead us into a war of aggression under false pretenses that had turned into such a disaster, and who had shown himself in the debates (yet again) to be utterly unfit for the office he was seeking. So I will remain a worried liberal until the votes have been counted and recounted; I have been very badly burned.
4tehlulz
>>new cheers.
A-I-G
A-I-G
Let’s go get fucked by Bernanke!
Stuck in the Fun House
Batten down the hatches, this is breaking news of immense or really big import. Culture warriors wingnuts heads will explode without mercy.
Free Mickey!!
Dennis - SGMM
That was the year that I decided that Americans are largely terrified of having anyone the least bit smarter than they are as President. They run their lives on misinformation, preconceived ideas and gut instinct and they vote for people just like them because they’re the salt of the earth, the common clay, you know…
Sarah Palin is the (so far) ultimate embodiment of these voters’ mindset and no matter how this election turns out we haven’t heard the last of her.
Leeds man
Sweet suffering Jesus. Man U, Newcastle and Celtic in the same thread. Andy Cole – the only striker I’ve seen who could consistently hit the ball over the bar from two yards out.
Must reconsider my blogreading habits.
mellowjohn
up arsenal! go gunners!
Incertus
That’s right up there with the fundies who, in the 90s, were certain that Disney was putting subliminal messages in their cartoons—dirty words in the clouds in The Lion King and that sort of nonsense. Yet another way in which Muslim and Christian fundamentalists are more alike than different.
Kevin
Please, tell me that video is supposed to be a joke.
SGEW
And thank goodness for that. If it wasn’t for Palin, Wonkette wouldn’t be nearly as fun to read.
Litlebritdifrnt
That was a spoof right? I mean please tell me the whole “mouse must die” thing was from the Onion or something please?
Calouste
Ah, Manchester United. Commonly abreviated by afficionados as Man U.
Commonly referred to by others as Manure, which seems more appropriate with the current state of its shirt sponsor.
Royston Vasey
Andrew “Andy” Cole
In February 1993, Division One leaders Newcastle United splashed out a then club record £1.75 million for his services. He then scored 12 goals in as many league games.
On January 10, 1995, Cole was suddenly sold in a shock deal to Manchester United for a deal worth £7 million – £6 million cash plus £1 million-rated Keith Gillespie going in the opposite direction, setting a new record for most expensive British transfer at the time – a record only to be broken six months later by Stan Collymore’s £8.5million move from Nottingham Forest to Liverpool.
He was United’s top scorer again in 1999-00 with 19 goals in 28 Premiership games. He collected his fourth Premiership title medal in five seasons, and scored over 20 goals in all competitions for the third successive season.
chopper
actually, it is kinda like dukakis. only he’s driving the tank. and he just ran mccain over. and now he’s backing up over him to do it again.
truth
Paul Scholes, he scores goals!
We all live in a George Best world, George Best world, George Best world.
Dennis - SGMM
True dat. Wait’ll she comes out in ‘12, freed from the shackles of McCain’s excessive honesty, consistency, and truthfulness.
SGEW
I knew those Islamists were actually left-wing communists!
From How To Read Donald Duck: Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic, Dorfman & Mattelart, Chile, 1971
Agen
Am I un-American now if I support Chelsea?
Jake
I caught McCain blaming Obama for stuff on the radio on the drive home today. WTF was he thinking? “Gaming the system”?
The best part of Obama’s crtitique here: it’s accurate. McCain really does appear to be panicking.
Thelonious
Shorter Cleric Muhammad Al-Munajid:
“Hey, sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I’d never know ‘cause I wouldn’t eat the filthy motherfucker.”
PeterJ
Love it!
He’s pushing McCain’s buttons… And the first debate is only a week away. I doubt that McCain’s temper will hold, he will erupt…
Jake
I suspect that if Obama describes McCain as “panicking” during the debate, the old boy will blow a fuse, right there on the spot.
BOOM.
Kevin
Ahh, George Best, probably the best player to ever come from Northern Ireland. Too bad he drank himself to death.
Stuck in the Fun House
That was a spoof right? I mean please tell me the whole “mouse must die” thing was from the Onion or something please?
Nope. I saw it CNN about an hour ago in a serious segment. Then goggled the video.
Xanthippas
So the American taxpayers have to buy a whole fucking team to get bloggers to talk about soccer? Fantastic.
Dennis - SGMM
Could part of McCain’s confusion and lack of focus be in part due to his being heavily medicated to prevent exactly that?
Bill Arnold
I’ve never watched a full Jerry Springer show episode, but if he hosted a presidential debate 90 percent of America would watch.
Dreggas
Batten down the hatches, this is breaking news of immense or really big import. Culture warriors wingnuts heads will explode without mercy.
Free Mickey!!
Hate to say it but I always believed Disney was the great Satan.
Delia
McCain-Palin!
Jake
Does Ambien take the POW/asshole edge off?
Joshau Norton
Just the ones that are attached to rightie’s computers.
jhaygood
A-I-G! A-I-G!
It’s A-I, A-I-G!
When they tank we pay the fee!
It’s A-I, A-I-G!
NYT
Newcastle United are sponsored by Northern Rock bank which was nationalized by the U.K. government.
So Man U. vs Newcastle = U.S. Gov vs. British gov
Pooh
LeedsFan, shouldn’t you be off beating some one up? Do they still have punch ups way down in League One?
Darkrose
Liverpool 4 Eva!
Mike S
Can we make them call it soccer now?
jnfr
Obama’s gotten off at least one good, soundbite length zinger in every speech this week. I’m lovin’ it.
Leeds man
Am I un-American now if I support Chelsea?
No mate. Un-human.
Pooh, I’m taking a break. We’ll be back soon.
...now I try to be amused
Can you say “Captain Queeg”?
Oracle
We own an 80% stake, so I suggest, instead of the corporate logo on the Man U shirts, we put a big fat American flag. Or maybe just a giant Bush head.
cleek
i like that there’s a sign-language interpreter!
them Saudi wingnut theocrats are, apparently, all about some Saudis With Disabilities Act.
Eric U.
“so outta touch that even George Bush’s White House couldn’t agree with it”—now that is outta touch, my friends.
AkaDad
Since John Cole isn’t supporting McCain, the real question is, why does he hate white people?
Just Some Fuckhead
I never panicked and notice how Obama is fighting harder like I’ve been telling him to do? Yeah, it was all me. Just listen to Fuckhead and good things will happen.
lethargytartare
Leeds man Says:
either that or a PUMA
Dennis - SGMM
From Reuters:
By all means, hurry. Don’t bother with any quid pro quos or bothersome re-regulation. And for God’s sake, don’t raise taxes on investment income or impose transaction fees. There are 300 million men, women and children in the US. If we each mail a little over $3200 to the Bush administration then this particular trillion-dollar bailout will be paid for. Of course as it becomes apparent how many of the “assets” that this house of crap is built on are worth exactly dick they’ll be back for another trillion or two, or three, so keep your checkbooks handy.
Just Some Fuckhead
I say we get the team out there selling US bonds.
Jake
So I’ve seen some people suggest that when McCain used the phrase “gaming the system”, it was a subtle racist jab at Obama. I guess the expression is widely used on the right to refer to how African Americans use welfare. They “game the system”, so they don’t have to work.
I think the simpler explanation might be that McCain has lost his fucking marbles, but that could just be me.
The Grand Panjandrum
Fucking soccer. Grown men running around on a playground—in their underwear—kicking a ball.
Obama blew up the Clinton machine. The Republicans and former POW John McCain are next.
Governor Palin will be a footnote in history. Hillary Clinton will leave a legacy of service after a long career in government. Palin isn’t a pimple on Clinton’s ass. (And I don’t much care for Clinton but she does have gravitas and is worthy of respect for her work.)
cleek
McCain’s marbles were confiscated by the North Vietnamese.
limbaugh's pilonidal cyst
True dat. Wait’ll she comes out in ‘12, freed from the shackles of McCain’s excessive honesty, consistency, and truthfulness.
Doesn’t sound like she’s waiting for ‘12.
limbaugh's pilonidal cyst
Bumper sticker related to above.
leo
‘Worried Libs’? Huh? Where’d you hear that? The last thing we have to worry about is ‘worried libs’. The drinking’s starting a bit early tonight, eh?
Ted
I also think McCain’s biggest risk during the debates is not hiding his white-hot hatred of Obama well enough. He could very well come off quite angry.
PeterJ
Good point. Wouldn’t surpise me one iota. I mean it’s not like he’s managing his campaign any longer, Bill Kristol picked his VP. So no need for him to stay sharp anymore.
The big question, if McCain actually would win, would his handlers stop giving him pills? I doubt it.
cleek
gaaaahd. her faaakin voyyyyce. it’s haaariiibulll. it’s awull skreeeeeeeeecheee, and whiiiiinnee!
i can’t listen to Bush, at all, because he’s s fucking moron. but her voice is like Stuart’s Mom on helium and No-Doz.
Dennis - SGMM
I keep feeling that I’ve seen this movie before:
1)Administration warned of imminent disaster.
2)Administration shrugs off warnings, makes no effort to prevent or mitigate disaster.
3)Disaster unfolds.
4)Administration responds with hasty, ill-planned, expensive actions that only partially address the results of the disaster.
5)Administration pats itself on the back for “bold, decisive” leadership.
6)America is poorer and more diminished.
D. Mason
And they would be right for doing so.
PeterJ
The font for “Palin” isn’t big enough.
The font for “McCain” isn’t small enough.
“McCain” shouldn’t be centered, it should be in one of the corners.
“McCain” should be within parentheses.
“McCain” should be in the same color as the background.
Dennis - SGMM
Sarah? Can I bomb Iran? Can I please?
Now, John, you know that I don’t like it when you interrrrupt. Why don’t you go back and work on your nice jigsaw puzzle? If you do I promise that we’ll play “The Lucky President” this afternoon.
tBone
I had the same thought. The ad with the Limbaugh quotes that John posted about yesterday was skirting the line, IMO. I hope they dial back on that kind of stuff a little – the McCain campaign is such a target-rich environment, they really don’t need to stretch to make him look bad.
mcd410x
and this is what he said: who the fuck are man united?
Ecks
At minimum an evil do’er.
Noooo
! I was growed up in Manchester when I was a chidler… the dissonance, it’s killing me!
It seems far more reasonable to just start calling the American version “carryball”.
nicethugbert
Just saw a CNN vid of Sen. Shelby playing point man for the senate on the “Mother of All Bailouts”(Right, the Great Depression never happened, Shelb). I haven’t seen a peep out Senate Democrats on this issue. Why the fuck is Shelby being allowed to make the repugs look like saints? Before you kow it, McCain will be imitating him ole’Shelb.
jcricket
If Obama doesn’t go after McCain, Republicans and the press call him a pussy. If he does, he’s smearing. If he is in the middle, he’s indecisive. And you have concern trolling (some well intentioned) with mountains of worry about what the impact could be. It’s all based on this bogus idea there’s some line of attack of message that won’t get beaten up by the Republicans or the Republican-friendly press. That’s just wishful thinking.
Obama needs to just fucking do whatever he wants/thinks and stop fucking apologizing. Don’t listen to Mark Penn or anything, but otherwise, stop talking about what we’re going to do, and start doing it.
Yes, in addition to that the outside of this the Dems should be working the “refs” (the press) – spoon-feed them stories and insist they’ll be failing at their job unless they cover Palin’s lies, or McCain’s incestuous relationship with his adopted daughter (I swear, I have proof), whatever.
Republicans never apologize, and they’re out there calling Obama a NAMBLA member. In fact, when questioned, they double-down, say it’s 100% true and tell you to fuck off.
Given the much higher veracity-level of Obama’s attack ads, I feel 100% confident in him standing behind every word and telling the press they have two choices: Stop equivocating and using GOP talking points ; and FOAD.
oh really
I sure hope the Obama campaign has at least a dozen staffers whose sole responsibility is to screen any head wear Obama might be tempted to put on. I think he can win this, even with all the racists, as long as he goes hatless, helmetless, scarfless, capless, and every other -less until after November 4.
That also means no uniforms, hazmat suits, ethnic or tribal outfits, or other unusual garb. Suits, sports shirts and long pants (those knees could be knobby) from now until election day.
There are some areas where playing it safe is the way to go.
A trip down memory lane. There was a photo of Bush with his flight helmet on (Mission Accomplished Day—a mandatory holiday in red states). He looked almost as ridiculous as Dukakis did on the tank, but the media didn’t circulate the photograph.
For some reason they preferred the heroic enhanced codpiece shot.
bad dad
For the last two years I’ve been a Liverpool supporter.
They beat Man U 2-1 last Sunday.
Why do I hate America?
bad dad
For the last two years I’ve been a Liverpool supporter.
They beat Man U 2-1 last Sunday.
Why do I hate America?
Birdzilla
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