tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post9056719548212532637..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Campaign 2008: Finally, A Good Reason To Watch More Porn.James Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-47962921513879422552008-04-20T22:51:00.000-04:002008-04-20T22:51:00.000-04:00No Rob, they are the morons, we're just too dumbfo...No Rob, they are the morons, we're just too dumbfounded to go out and kill them.<BR/><BR/>I was actually studying journalism (communications they now say) when in college around the time that Stephie was allowed to become a media queen. It was one of the events that made me realize journalism as it once was practiced really doesn't exist anymore.<BR/><BR/>Gibson's public fretting about the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-82584022214328433082008-04-20T18:47:00.000-04:002008-04-20T18:47:00.000-04:00As long as we're remembering the 1988 campaign and...As long as we're remembering the 1988 campaign and its relevance to this debate, I believe that one of those two, maybe it was Gibson, was demanding that Clinton make a "read-my-lips" pledge not to raise taxes. They actually used that phrase. Read my lips.<BR/><BR/>That's no joke. They repeatedly badgered her, trying to get her to say, "Read my lips, no new taxes."<BR/><BR/>Seriously, does theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-16439323503459367172008-04-19T10:42:00.000-04:002008-04-19T10:42:00.000-04:00cannot read Brooks --- smug little prick he is. h...cannot read Brooks --- smug little prick he is. he thinks he is smarter and more insightful than he is....<BR/><BR/>i gave up the times when kristol came along -- but i swear it is brooks that i dont miss more<BR/><BR/>as for abc's debate --- it was more entertainment than a debate -- they didnt even broadcast it live to the west coastDistributorcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149154929149577121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-9794618566026190362008-04-18T12:52:00.000-04:002008-04-18T12:52:00.000-04:00Maybe it was about that time he was oiling that re...<I>Maybe it was about that time he was oiling that revolving door? Naw...</I><BR/><BR/>I thought it was when he showed the voters that he was willing to learn and grow by standing amazed by supermarket scanner technology. Even venturing anywhere near a grocery store proved he had the common touch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-64258672085662542072008-04-17T23:19:00.000-04:002008-04-17T23:19:00.000-04:00I have to admit, long-time political dilettante th...<I>I have to admit, long-time political dilettante that I am, that I had, indeed--are you sitting down?--completely forgotten how George H.W. Bush had toured flag factories.</I><BR/><BR/>How could you possibly forget that? It was the pivotal point in the entire campaign!<BR/><BR/>It happened right after that Boston Harbor photo op Bush did. Uh, maybe not... Oh, yeah, it was right when he stoodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-83331035334259964122008-04-17T20:42:00.000-04:002008-04-17T20:42:00.000-04:00See, I feel so silly. Here I thought that the "no ...See, I feel so silly. Here I thought that the "no new taxes" pledge was kind of a big deal for Bush 1, being as he used it instead of punctuation for the entire campaign. Brooks even thinks breaking it lost him the election.<BR/><BR/>Musta not visited enough flag factories that time.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09652601001680591056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-66408200258338455692008-04-17T15:06:00.000-04:002008-04-17T15:06:00.000-04:00Thank you. When I read Brooks I can only splutter ...Thank you. When I read Brooks I can only splutter helplessly at the screen. Plus I just heard ABC's own Jake Tapper on NPR telling me that the first hour or so of witless interrogation was all about <I>character</I>, performed as a public service because it's we who are demanding to know about flag pins, and by asking them we all get "closer" to "knowing" the candidates. I spluttered all over my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-57549454193605348042008-04-17T13:46:00.000-04:002008-04-17T13:46:00.000-04:00and, tell me, what worse selections than Gibson an...<I>and, tell me, what worse selections than Gibson and Stephanopoulos are out there?</I><BR/><BR/>I don't know about <I>worse</I>, because this sort of thing is hard to quantify, but NBC's trio of idiots comes to mind.Vivekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028041840451806544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-16859264405729425062008-04-17T13:28:00.000-04:002008-04-17T13:28:00.000-04:00I have never been happier that I skipped a debate ...I have never been happier that I skipped a debate than I am this morning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-4981500018017532642008-04-17T12:30:00.000-04:002008-04-17T12:30:00.000-04:00So, you're in PT and you take a bullet for the tea...So, you're in PT <I>and</I> you take a bullet for the team by watching that crap?<BR/><BR/>I'll have what you're smoking, sir.heydavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509102502417886790noreply@blogger.com