Briefing Book! McCain Camp Laughs at Obama's Experience

September 2, 2008

Experience: Which campaign is the joke? McCain camp calls Obama experience argument laughable. — The Hill
Great Lakes: Where are the GOP's Great Lakes governors? Republicans wonder how to capture Midwestern voters in presidential election. — Politico
Advertisements: What if Democrats were Republicans? Watch John McCain, POW. — 23/6
Palin: Iraq part of America's jihad?! Sarah Palin says Iraq is a task from God. — Huffington Post
Gustav: People always prepare for the thing that most recently happened to them, instead of the thing that actually is happening? Word from New Orleans, the day after. — The Lede

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And dream, if you honestly believe that people go around just looking for people to call Obamabots, I think you need to examine what people are saying a little more carefully rather than just pushing your preconceived notions of McCain supporters on Citizen commenters.

lilkimbo 4 years 36 weeks

Dreamsugar, it's not that people need the info, it's that on Citizen we typically expect people to make informed arguments rather than random statements with nothing to back them up. We all have the ability to look things up, but if you are making the argument, you should be the one providing the back up information.

lilkimbo 4 years 36 weeks

Ceej, the first amendment actually never uses the phrase "separation of church and state." And, even in SCOTUS cases, the established principle is separation of church and STATE, not separation of church and POLITICS. And pinkprincess, if you sincerely believe that people go around looking for people to call "Obamabots," then you are sorely mistaken. People regularly debate issues. Disagreement on issues does not equate to calling people "Obamabots." An actual argument would be a better route to go than just insulting people.

lilkimbo 4 years 36 weeks

Wow, I love when people pass judgment on others for passing judgment. GS is allowed to make whatever observations she chooses. This is the INTERNET. And, on the topic of Jem, I had this Jem game and it was GREAT. There was one card with a magnet in it that had Jerrica on one side and Jem on the other. And there was another card with a magnet in it that had Rio on both sides. When you got to a certain point in the game, you got to pick a side of each magnet and see if they attracted or repelled. It was great fun.

popgoestheworld 4 years 37 weeks

I don't ever like it when someone pretends like they know what God is up to. Like, when people who win the lottery say "God must be looking out for me" and then the implication is that God is giving the middle finger to the other million people who entered? Anyway, her pastor made some interesting remarks. Will be curious to see if and how much playtime they get. Regardless of what anyone's opinions on Palin are, no one can deny that things just got spiced up a bit :)

harmonyfrance 4 years 37 weeks

I agree janneth. Scary stuff.

janneth 4 years 37 weeks

Iraq is a task from Cheney/Bush.

janneth 4 years 37 weeks

The references to God in connection with Iraq are scary and innapropriate from a political leader. Some might say a perversion of religion.

janneth 4 years 37 weeks

The MCCain spokesman Tucker Bounds was on CNN last night and he pronounced her name differently each time he spoke.

gitsie123 4 years 37 weeks

what was the point of this? And you sure have a lot of opinions on how things happen here on CS for never really being here until three days ago. Oh GS, give me a break this is the INTERNET. Stop being so elitist.

Jude C 4 years 37 weeks

Gogo was my favorite!

bluesarahlou 4 years 37 weeks

Wow...at first I thought Harmony was gonna have to bomb this thread too ;) But thank goodness for Barbie and Strawberry Shortcake! and Jem! She's truly outrageous!

Great Sommelier 4 years 37 weeks

At least this isn't in your head all the time... We're tiny, we're toony, we're all a little looney, And in this cartoony, we're invading your TV! We're comic dispensers, we crack up all the censors, On tiny toon adventures get a dose of comedy! So here's Acme Acres, it's a whole wide world apart, Our home sweet home, it stands alone, a cartoon work of art! The scripts were rejected, expect the unexpected On tiny toon adventures it's about to start! They're furry, they're funny, they're Babs and Buster Bunny, Montana Max has money, Elmyra is a pain! Here's Hamton and Plucky, Dizzy Devil's yucky, Furrball's unlucky, and Gogo is insane! At Acme Looniversity we earn our toon degree, The teaching staff's been getting laughs since 1933! We're tiny, we're toony, we're all a little looney, It's tiny toon adventures, come and join the fun! And now our song is done!

yesteryear 4 years 37 weeks

and now, all from memory (i'm not kidding)... JEM! JEM is excitement, oooh JEM! JEM is adventure! Glamour and glitter, fashion and fame... JEM is truly outrageous, truly truly truly outrageous! Wooo JEM the music's contagious outrageous, JEM is my name no one else is the same, JEM is my name! But we're the misfits, our songs are better, we're the misfits the misfits, and we're gonna get her. amazing. i can't believe i can still remember that. i used to love jem because her clothes (and shoes!) were big enough that i could use them to help barbie's boyfriend ken live out his cross dressing fantasies!

kastarte2 4 years 37 weeks

Jude- "I have to say that the campaign who picks a VP who didn't even know what the VP does, "hasn't really focused on Iraq," and thinks fighting Iraq is a task set by God doesn't need to be mocking their opposition. Sorry." -Always the voice of reason. :notworthy: Oh and Go team YY! :Cheer: And GS, I love love love Jem and the Holograms! I have every episode on video. I wish they would release it on DVD.

dreamsugar 4 years 37 weeks

Oh -- and you can rent Jem and the Holograms Season 1 and 2 on netflix.com -- but I just ended up buying them on ebay :) Ok -- back to our scheduled program :P

dreamsugar 4 years 37 weeks

LOL -- thank you LACEY!!!!!!

laceykk23 4 years 37 weeks

okay well i see i was a little late to the discussion!! oops!!

laceykk23 4 years 37 weeks

probably one of his best stump speeches i have heard him give. i really think he is hitting his stride after last week!! how much you wanna bet that palin wont make it to november? if im wrong ill be the first to admit it but do you really think this how the mccain camp wanted this to go? spending the first five days defending their pick? and even more so how he went about picking her should really bring caution to some after meeting her only once and talking with her the night before? it def. makes me question his judgement on the first BIG decision that a president makes. and just tonight he cancelled a interview with Larry King on CNN b/c last night campbell brown had the audacity to ask reasonable questions about sarah palins experience(of the forgein kind). i think this will be the week that most looked back and say this is when he lost it for himself.

Great Sommelier 4 years 37 weeks

dreamsugar 4 years 37 weeks

The Strawberry Blow kiss dolls go for hundreds on ebay now :( -- man if I could only go back in time and tell mini me not to open those packages.

dreamsugar 4 years 37 weeks

Barbie - Care Bears, SheRa, Jem and the Holograms -- and Strawberry -- those were the BEST years of my life!! You can find a few animation cells on ebay from time to time. I'm building up a pretty good collection :)

Great Sommelier 4 years 37 weeks

That sucks!!

Kimpossible 4 years 37 weeks

well I'm probably going to be told to stay on topic but anyway... I loved Spirograph too. Barbie ooh I loved her .. I had the first camper, the 3 story townhouse with the elevator, the airplane and I had one of the Barbie's from the 40's that a neighbor gave me. I had 3 trunks full of custom clothes that my Mom made for me for Barbie, I had several dolls - Malibu Barbie was the best (although I did like the original Ballerina Barbie which I had also)... and I've been kicking myself for years because I gave every piece of Barbie anything I had to a little girl I used to babysit when we moved.. I was 18, I wasn't thinking about marriage or having my own children or anything like that... so I gave it all away - wahhhh lol.. on the other hand I hope she enjoyed them for many many years.

Great Sommelier 4 years 37 weeks

YY- that's me to a tee. And I freakin' loved that game. Where I grew up you couldn't get MTV, but my friend had the game and we loved it. And yes, Bratz dolls have all kinds of issues. The one that got me was the one that was supposed to be a basketball player. She was in a miniskirt with suspenders over a haltertop. WTF? This is what we are teaching kids. Sports are the one time you shouldn't have to give a flying flip what you look like. It is you and your body and what it can do. It made me angry, can you tell?

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