I don't want folksy; I want someone fucking smarter than me.
Erin is me.
Do I wish I was somebody else right now. Somebody not... married, not madly in love with a beautiful woman who can kill me with her pinkie!
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Barb - Oct 03, 2008 3:01:25 am PDT #2194 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
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.
Strix - Oct 03, 2008 3:22:46 am PDT #2198 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
That is a nice summation of my feelings. And how much do I hate the fact that these words came out of my mouth: Dad, please do NOT vote for a ticket with THAT woman on it.
His reply: Hell, Erin, I haven't voted FOR someone in 30 years. I just vote AGAINST the person I think will do the absolute worst job.
Theodosia - Oct 03, 2008 3:27:09 am PDT #2199 of 10001
'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"
It's far better for my stress level if I just read about the debate here, I think. I wimped out last night and watched Supernatural and then collapsified into bed.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 03, 2008 3:31:29 am PDT #2200 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I did NOT watch the debate (I've been in enough pain the last week and a half to put up with listening to Fauxksy Flick). However, I must say the Buffista debate watch and post is the bestest debate coverage evah!
Hil R. - Oct 03, 2008 4:10:16 am PDT #2201 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yeah, I don't want someone I can relate to as president. I would be a horrible president! Why would I want someone who seems like me?
JZ - Oct 03, 2008 4:28:15 am PDT #2202 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Okay, this sourcing of Palin's closing remarks is both awesome and appalling.
Jessica - Oct 03, 2008 4:37:47 am PDT #2203 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Debate meara:
she still sounds like she is reading lines or scared to death or something
Or both. Though I do have to give her points for flat-out saying "Yeah, I have a bunch of stuff I'm supposed to read off these index cards so I won't actually be answering questions. PS, go fuck yourselves. Gosh-golly tee-hee!"
Damn. I was all excited that Biden called it "gay marriage" and now he's backpedaling.
Yeah. BOO Democratic Party. Grow some fucking balls already.
wait...How does McCain know how to win a war?
He crashed 5 planes, got captured, and so wasn't really in the loop when we lost?
I yelled at my TV, why is the INFANT being carried out at 10:30 PM!?!?
Eh, 4 month olds don't sleep anyway. [edit: or 6-month olds. At least, mine didn't.]
Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 9 p.m. EDT at Hofstra University's Hofstra Arena in Hempstead, New York, moderated by Bob Schieffer, CBS News chief Washington correspondent and host of Face the Nation. This debate will focus on domestic and economic policy.
DH's aunt is a prof at Hofstra, and is livid that the staff won't be allowed to attend the debate.
Palin was making every one of my senses hurt with rage last night. With the WINKING and the pageant grins and the fake-folksy interjections, and the "Oh I'm just a hockey mom, I don't understand big government!" FUCKING BULLSHIT. If you DON'T UNDERSTAND GOVERNMENT, THEN YOU SHOULD NOT BE IN IT, YOU STUPID FUCKING BINT.