Comments on: Brain-dead quote of the day http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/brain-dead-quote-of-the-day/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:01:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Lynn Gazis-Sax http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/brain-dead-quote-of-the-day/#comment-484210 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:25:49 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/brain-dead-quote-of-the-day/#comment-484210 I guess he really doesn't like Huckabee? You'd think he'd still have at least as much of a shot at the nomination as Giuliani. I guess he really doesn’t like Huckabee? You’d think he’d still have at least as much of a shot at the nomination as Giuliani.

]]> by: louise http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/brain-dead-quote-of-the-day/#comment-483807 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:08:14 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/brain-dead-quote-of-the-day/#comment-483807 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22794451/?GT1=10755 I'd LOVE to see Rudy, Mitt, McCain and Huckabee justify THIS, but it'll never happen. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22794451/?GT1=10755

I’d LOVE to see Rudy, Mitt, McCain and Huckabee justify THIS, but it’ll never happen.

]]> by: Ben Alpers http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/brain-dead-quote-of-the-day/#comment-483722 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:29:33 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/brain-dead-quote-of-the-day/#comment-483722 <i>I get the feeling that Rudy makes the ‘military/industrial complex’ get a platinum woody over thoughts of Rudy escalating Bush’s war on democracy across the world.</i> I get the feeling that this entire election makes the military-industrial complex get a platinum woody over the fact that none of the major candidates from either major party has expressed any interest in reigning in our <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/01/02/military_spending/" rel="nofollow">bloated defense budgets</a>. I get the feeling that Rudy makes the ‘military/industrial complex’ get a platinum woody over thoughts of Rudy escalating Bush’s war on democracy across the world.

I get the feeling that this entire election makes the military-industrial complex get a platinum woody over the fact that none of the major candidates from either major party has expressed any interest in reigning in our bloated defense budgets.

]]> by: Ben Alpers http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/brain-dead-quote-of-the-day/#comment-483721 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:24:48 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/brain-dead-quote-of-the-day/#comment-483721 Tweety's comment is premised on the notion that Giuliani did not try to compete in any of the states so far. There are two problems with this notion: First, who cares? He still lost. A forfeit is just another form of loss. Second, it's not even true. Guiliani was spending like a drunken sailor in NH until he decided to pull out in December. Between November 10 and December 9 of last year alone <a href="http://www.nysun.com/pf.php?id=68209&amp;v=1068011021" rel="nofollow">he spent $1.7 million in NH</a>, more than Romney ($1.3 million) and McCain ($1.2). Competing and quitting because you're losing is not the same thing as not competing. Of course, the Giuliani campaign has simply lied about this, claiming that they didn't even try to win any of these states. And the MSM is, of course, either too damn lazy or too committed to reporting-as-stenography to spend thirty seconds on Google (or just look at their own reporting from two months ago) and call Giuliani on his lies. Tweety’s comment is premised on the notion that Giuliani did not try to compete in any of the states so far. There are two problems with this notion:

First, who cares? He still lost. A forfeit is just another form of loss.

Second, it’s not even true. Guiliani was spending like a drunken sailor in NH until he decided to pull out in December. Between November 10 and December 9 of last year alone he spent $1.7 million in NH, more than Romney ($1.3 million) and McCain ($1.2). Competing and quitting because you’re losing is not the same thing as not competing.

Of course, the Giuliani campaign has simply lied about this, claiming that they didn’t even try to win any of these states. And the MSM is, of course, either too damn lazy or too committed to reporting-as-stenography to spend thirty seconds on Google (or just look at their own reporting from two months ago) and call Giuliani on his lies.

]]> by: MAJeff, the God of Biscuits http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/brain-dead-quote-of-the-day/#comment-483720 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:21:25 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/brain-dead-quote-of-the-day/#comment-483720 Here's a take on Matthews's statement: Rudy has pulled out of all the early states. That doesn't mean he didn't run there. But, the longer he runs in a state, the lower his numbers seem to go. Tweety is seeming to say that because Rudy hasn't seriously contested any of these early states, he hasn't "really" lost yet. The problem is that he did contest them, found it a losing proposition, and moved his attempts elsewhere. He's been beaten soundly. Tweety's mancrush is kind of creepy. Here’s a take on Matthews’s statement:

Rudy has pulled out of all the early states. That doesn’t mean he didn’t run there. But, the longer he runs in a state, the lower his numbers seem to go. Tweety is seeming to say that because Rudy hasn’t seriously contested any of these early states, he hasn’t “really” lost yet. The problem is that he did contest them, found it a losing proposition, and moved his attempts elsewhere.

He’s been beaten soundly.

Tweety’s mancrush is kind of creepy.

]]> by: MikeEss http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/brain-dead-quote-of-the-day/#comment-483717 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:13:19 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/brain-dead-quote-of-the-day/#comment-483717 <i>"And because it IS different, that PROVES it is a true interpretation!"</i> ...and somehow, regardless of who is The Chosen One, or how his name is arrived at, It's Good For Republicans!!!... “And because it IS different, that PROVES it is a true interpretation!”

…and somehow, regardless of who is The Chosen One, or how his name is arrived at, It’s Good For Republicans!!!…

]]> by: louise http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/brain-dead-quote-of-the-day/#comment-483716 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:06:44 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/brain-dead-quote-of-the-day/#comment-483716 (to add to MikeEss, a la South Park) ...but before they can go on air, the entire press corp somehow lose all of their notes! So they all come back and ask for the interpretation again. Matthews and Scarborough return to the basement and after a few minutes, emerge with a new and different interpretation, this time for Romney. And because it IS different, that PROVES it is a true interpretation! Dumb-dumb-dumb-dumb-dumb! (Hey- it's either that or say that Chris Mattews seeing his shadow means 6 more weeks of primaries...) (to add to MikeEss, a la South Park)

…but before they can go on air, the entire press corp somehow lose all of their notes! So they all come back and ask for the interpretation again. Matthews and Scarborough return to the basement and after a few minutes, emerge with a new and different interpretation, this time for Romney. And because it IS different, that PROVES it is a true interpretation!

Dumb-dumb-dumb-dumb-dumb!

(Hey- it’s either that or say that Chris Mattews seeing his shadow means 6 more weeks of primaries…)

]]> by: MikeEss http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/brain-dead-quote-of-the-day/#comment-483715 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:04:43 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/brain-dead-quote-of-the-day/#comment-483715 "...Nevada has nearly 2.5 million in population." ...out of a US population of 300 million. Why that's almost 1%!!!... “…Nevada has nearly 2.5 million in population.”

…out of a US population of 300 million. Why that’s almost 1%!!!…

]]> by: Tlazolteotl http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/brain-dead-quote-of-the-day/#comment-483714 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:59:42 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/brain-dead-quote-of-the-day/#comment-483714 @6: Actually, Nevada has nearly 2.5 million in population. @6:

Actually, Nevada has nearly 2.5 million in population.

]]> by: Dana http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/brain-dead-quote-of-the-day/#comment-483712 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:40:43 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/01/23/brain-dead-quote-of-the-day/#comment-483712 Well, who knows? Maybe Pennsylvania's late primary really will be a birthday present to me! :) Well, who knows? Maybe Pennsylvania’s late primary really will be a birthday present to me! :)

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