One of McCain's staff off-handedly admitted that they'd had to rewrite the speech in a hurry, to make it more "feminine"-sounding. That's right, they had the speech all ready, they just hadn't picked (or vetted) the person to deliver it.
He doesn't travel well. He's like fine shrimp.
Anya ,'Touched'
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.
Theodosia - Sep 04, 2008 5:29:56 am PDT #7012 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Sean K - Sep 04, 2008 5:35:52 am PDT #7013 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Thankfully, I was too stressed out about other things to get all worked up about the convention speeches, but I heard Giulianni and Palin last night. What a bunch of complete BS. Straw men, outright lies and fabrications, and every time they listed a problem that McCain and Palin would solve as President, I couldn't help but think "BUT THE REPUBLICANS CAUSED THOSE PROBLEMS WITH THE VERY 'SOLUTIONS' YOU'RE TOUTING!"
And Giulianni smeared the "Liberal Media" in his speech. I'm SO FUCKING TIRED of hearing about the "Liberal Media" because it DOESN'T FUCKING EXSIST (at least in mainstream).
Even NPR is at best centrist. Almost every time they mention McCain, the append the word "maverick" to his name, and occasionally spout Repub talking points. Not something I'd expect from the "Liberal Media."
lisah - Sep 04, 2008 5:43:01 am PDT #7014 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
I had to turn off NPR and listen to bad hippy rock this morning it was making me so mad!
Sean, I hope S is way better today and that you can have some relief from all the stress.
Kat, you fucking rule! Hope that kid doesn't sleep for a month.
Steph L. - Sep 04, 2008 5:45:14 am PDT #7015 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Oh dear, I just saw a post elsewhere where someone referred to Palin as Governer Umbridge.
If only she were that smart.
Keith Olbermann referred to her as Tracy Flick from Election.
That's more like it.
One of McCain's staff off-handedly admitted that they'd had to rewrite the speech in a hurry, to make it more "feminine"-sounding. That's right, they had the speech all ready, they just hadn't picked (or vetted) the person to deliver it.
That makes me laugh only because some commentators last night said they had heard from Palin's constituents (that's not the right word if she's not a member of Congress, but I can't think of the right term) that Palin's speech was "Pure Sarah" -- that it was "obvious" that she wrote it, because of its "spitfire" phrases, etc., etc., and they could identify only one or two phrases that were *maybe* written by the McCain team.
FAIL.
brenda m - Sep 04, 2008 6:13:07 am PDT #7016 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
It was written by George Bush's lead speech writer. Oh yes.
lisah - Sep 04, 2008 6:19:39 am PDT #7017 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
Link, Brenda?
Although...I don't know why I keep reading stuff! It's all making me so mad!!!
Jesse - Sep 04, 2008 6:25:32 am PDT #7018 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm sticking to the actual Liberal Media -- TDS, Gawker: [link]
ION, it's still hot in here, I still have the headache, now I'm starving, and I'm definitely not getting anything done. Bah!
Toddson - Sep 04, 2008 6:25:54 am PDT #7019 of 10003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
la la la ... I'm going to ignore as much of the campaign as possible ... la la la, I can't hear you!
Lee - Sep 04, 2008 6:42:02 am PDT #7020 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Sits in Toddson's corner.
Scrappy - Sep 04, 2008 6:50:40 am PDT #7021 of 10003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
TDS was great last night. LOVED the video of O'Reilly praising the Palins handling of Bristol, contrasted with him calling the Spears "pinheads" and saying if a teenage girl gets pregnant, it's because of bad parents.