Monument ([info]marnanel) wrote,
@ 2008-10-08 09:25:00
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McCain mentioned three or four or maybe more times, in almost identical words, about how Obama hadn't voted against his party line in the Senate and he had, and about "bipartisanship" (which means nothing more than that you think the folks who disagree with you are right to some extent). It's almost as though he wants to get across that he's not really a Republican.


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[info]firinel
2008-10-08 01:43 pm UTC (link)
Given how much people say that McCain will be Bush 3.0 as reasoning for not wanting to vote for him, I can certainly see why he'd want to try convincing people of how he is dissimilar.

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[info]bifemmefatale
2008-10-08 01:44 pm UTC (link)
Of course he does, because the Republican brand is in the toilet with independents right now thanks to Shrub, and it's the independents who elect the president, really. Plus, he's down in the polls and getting desperate.

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[info]geekchick
2008-10-08 02:32 pm UTC (link)
The party apparently really doesn't want to be associated with Bush this election cycle. The pitch seems to be "Tired of the Republicans? Then vote Republican!"

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[info]joedecker
2008-10-08 02:59 pm UTC (link)
"Bipartisan usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out " --George Carlin

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[info]marnanel
2008-10-08 05:50 pm UTC (link)
It's not that some of them are getting together to screw you, it's that ALL of them are cooperating to screw you.

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[info]trochee
2008-10-08 04:24 pm UTC (link)
I liked how every time he talked about working "across the aisle" he mentioned Joe Lieberman.

I found myself shouting at the TV: "Lieberman leans so far across the aisle he's on your side!"

But the real contrast was in the physical personalities of the two men. It was like Robot Abraham Simpson meets Spike Spiegel.

edited for stray tag

Edited at 2008-10-08 04:25 pm UTC

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[info]cdk
2008-10-08 05:37 pm UTC (link)
I think the intended message is "Democrats and Republicans got us into this mess, and only someone with no party allegiances can get us out." The delivery is very bizarre, though, and does end up sounding more like "Obama agrees with Democrats all the time, but I agree with Democrats part of the time. Vote for me!"

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[info]marnanel
2008-10-08 05:52 pm UTC (link)
"I know I need the votes of independents to get elected, so I'll pretend I'm a member of the Independent Party. Wait a minute..."

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[info]thasolumn
2008-10-08 08:39 pm UTC (link)
Every Republican campaign ad I've seen this year has been "Candidate X disagrees with Republicans 90% of the time. Vote Candidate X, Republican for Whatever." My response is always "If they're so _not_ Republican, why not quit and join a party they agree with at least as much as random chance would dictate should happen?"

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