I still disbelieve that the PUMA movement is real. (On the scale that the PUMA websites & blogs claim.)
Zoe: So you two were kissin'? Book: Well. Isn't that... special?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Aug 28, 2008 9:59:36 am PDT #5875 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Strega - Aug 28, 2008 10:09:55 am PDT #5876 of 10003
Yes, but McCain is saying that *tonight's* ad is going to be the "unprecedented" one; he's been running ads all week, at least during NBC's convention coverage.
Where is he saying that? The article you linked to doesn't quote McCain. Unidentified campaign spokesbeings are saying that it's "exciting and unprecedented," but they're PR people, so that's how they talk.
amych - Aug 28, 2008 10:10:22 am PDT #5877 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I still disbelieve that the PUMA movement is real. (On the scale that the PUMA websites & blogs claim.)
One of the bloggers at the convention (don't remember which) painted the hilarious picture of the TV/print media trying desperately to find PUMAs and failing -- going up to every 60-ish white woman they saw, asking how much she hates Obama, and then just walking off in mid-sentence when she didn't if someone else with a Hillary button walked by.
Sure, there are a few people, but that's true of everything -- the image of it as a huge movement that was ready to scuttle the convention and/or election seems completely trumped up.
(Also the term says "Cougar" to me to an extent that's completely cringeworthy.)
P.M. Marc - Aug 28, 2008 10:12:14 am PDT #5878 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
There are some feminist blogs that I used to consider must-reads, and I really can't even go there any more, because their bloggers have the rabid Obama hatred without explanation.
Thankfully, by primary season, I had already abandoned about 95% of the white feminist blogosphere, due to their utter insanity when called out on some skanky race issues!
Except for HuffPost, I've basically eliminated the white, middle-to-upper-middle-class political bloggers from my reading, AIFG!
Then I accidentally click on links, and it's a world of Oh, Amanda Marcotte NO!
Steph L. - Aug 28, 2008 10:13:48 am PDT #5879 of 10003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Yes, but McCain is saying that *tonight's* ad is going to be the "unprecedented" one; he's been running ads all week, at least during NBC's convention coverage.
Where is he saying that? The article you linked to doesn't quote McCain.
Ooops. I was equating the candidate with his PR people.
Unidentified campaign's spokesbeings are saying that it's "exciting and unprecedented," but they're PR people, so that's how they talk.
Well, it still doesn't make sense that *tonight's* ad -- which is what the PR people were specifically referring to, rather than the general running of ads at any time during the opposing party's convention -- would be "unprecedented," given that ads have been running all week, which is, in fact, precedent.
So that may be how they talk, but it's not accurate if they mean that the mere fact that they're running (another) ad during the Democratic convention is unprecedented. If that's what they mean, they already set precedent on Monday.
So it seems as though it must refer to something else, whether the candidate himself spoke those words or it was just a statement generated by his PR hacks.
megan walker - Aug 28, 2008 10:14:10 am PDT #5880 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
So rare I had to share. A finance column that actually suggests that home ownership might not always be the best financial decision, including a discussion of the ever-popular mortgage-interest deduction: 10 Bank-Breaking Money Myths
Steph L. - Aug 28, 2008 10:15:32 am PDT #5881 of 10003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Then I accidentally click on links, and it's a world of Oh, Amanda Marcotte NO!
I liked Liss at Shakesville SO MUCH before this presidential campaign. But right now that blog is Whack City when it comes to Obama.
Trudy Booth - Aug 28, 2008 10:16:19 am PDT #5882 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
(Also the term says "Cougar" to me to an extent that's completely cringeworthy.)
Oh me too! I picture them hitting on hot young delegates.
Nora Deirdre - Aug 28, 2008 10:16:35 am PDT #5883 of 10003
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
A finance column that actually suggests that home ownership might not always be the best financial decision, including a discussion of the ever-popular mortgage-interest deduction: 10 Bank-Breaking Money Myths
If I click on that link, I will cry.
Steph L. - Aug 28, 2008 10:18:16 am PDT #5884 of 10003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
So rare I had to share. A finance column that actually suggests that home ownership might not always be the best financial decision, including a discussion of the ever-popular mortgage-interest deduction: 10 Bank-Breaking Money Myths
There's a financial blogger called Millionaire Mommy Next Door (I cheerfully LOATHE the name but like the blog in general) who espouses the same belief and has the net worth to prove it.