Yes, it really did.
Oh, smacked in the noggin with a 2x4 wrapped in velvet. Yeah, that's what it felt like.
Lorne ,'Smile Time'
Natter 61*
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.
Lee - Oct 02, 2008 8:58:56 pm PDT #2188 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
aurelia - Oct 02, 2008 9:19:01 pm PDT #2189 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Gnaaah. Yeah.
meara - Oct 02, 2008 9:27:23 pm PDT #2190 of 10001
When she was like, "I have a family! I understand what it's like!" And he was like, "Bitch, please. When my wife and daughter died, I was a single parent, and didn't know how I was going to make. I understand trouble."
And this AFTER she said something about his (current) wife going to Heaven, and I was yelling at the TV "BITCH, HIS FIRST WIFE IS DEAD, DON"T GO THERE!!!" I was so glad he got a chance to one-up her with that. OOOOOOOH. Burn.
Barb - Oct 03, 2008 2:36:10 am PDT #2191 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
Well, CNN [link] is saying that Biden won, but that Palin exceeded expectations which is totally in keeping what we were saying on here, that the bar for her was so so incredibly low, it wouldn't take much.
The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. said 51 percent of those polled thought Biden did the best job, while 36 percent thought Palin did the best job.
But respondents said the folksy Palin was more likable, scoring 54 percent to Biden's 36 percent. Seventy percent said Biden was more of a typical politician.
Both candidates exceeded expectations -- 84 percent of the people polled said Palin did a better job than they expected, while 64 percent said Biden also exceeded expectations.
Strix - Oct 03, 2008 2:43:48 am PDT #2192 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I'm sorry; I've had enough of "folksy." George Bush is "folksy."
I don't want folksy; I want someone fucking smarter than me.
hippocampus - Oct 03, 2008 2:56:25 am PDT #2193 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
Yeah, I kind of lost it with the judgy-mcJudgerson last night. But I was dealing with a couple fronts: anger at pandering, folksy sound bites (both sides, but much, much more with Joe Sixpack and all that) and the ongoing use of people (children too) as props. I'm glad that the only female candidate in the race didn't completely collapse onstage. But do I feel that she represented female candidates well? I do not.
Also, my folks are sending me links to articles and releases that blame the Clintons for the current financial situation and I read them instead of blocking them. So. HI - call me Jud for short.
off I go to the dr.
Barb - Oct 03, 2008 3:01:25 am PDT #2194 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
I don't want folksy; I want someone fucking smarter than me.
Erin is me.
Strix - Oct 03, 2008 3:11:19 am PDT #2195 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
And post-hot shower, let me just say, "smarter than me" doesn't mean "So I will trust him or her blindly to tell me what to do."
But so that I feel I can maybe just trust them. A little.
Barb - Oct 03, 2008 3:14:34 am PDT #2196 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
I consider it to be, "I know I don't have the knowledge or desire to take on this job, but by damn, the person that does, should have the knowledge and desire and not just a bunch of carefully culled sound bites."
msbelle - Oct 03, 2008 3:19:18 am PDT #2197 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I don't want folksy, I want presidential and competent. I don't think she's a moron, I think she is ambitious beyond her qualifications and expertise. I think she is fake and manipulative. But mostly I just disagree with most of her world view.