It’s Smarmy and Smirky ’08!
Scroll for updates…3:03pm Eastern Obama takes the stage in Springfield IL as U2′s “Oh, You Look So Beautiful” plays…so humble…Obama: “Joe Biden is that rare mix. He has brought change to Washington, but Washington hasn’t changed him…He’s stared down dictators…He is uniquely suited to be my partner as we work to put our country back on track…He is one of the finest public servants of our time.” Obama touts Biden’s blue-collar background, Catholic background, his stutter, his family tragedy (the car accident that killed his wife and daughter), brain aneurysm…(Obama neglects to mention his two losing presidential bids)…Biden will deliver “straight talk.” Heh. That’s the danger, isn’t it?
And now, let me introduce to you…snort: First gaffe of Obama-Biden ’08!
He said he “wasn’t the guy.” Starting his VP candidacy off with a lie.
Let the fun begin.
The Springfield, IL announcement takes place at 3pm EST. Video clips and any gaffes from the gaffe-tastic duo will be here.
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The McCain camp was ready.
Oh, and so much for the Magic Text Message, which, as Ed Morrissey points out, arrived at 4:50am Eastern. Now, we know what the text message sign-up was really about. Not about being all-inclusive and galvanizing the hip kids with cool technology. It’s a mega-fund-raising call list, as commenter Gwillie points out.
Head fake.
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Flashback 2006: “The only thing standing between Joe Biden and the presidency is his mouth.”
Previous: Biden on Obama: He’s a Johnny-come-lately copycat
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Sarge,
that it does
thank you for your service to America.
b-cat,
democrats don’t have rules, they have guidelines that are rewritten on a daily basis. They have even convinced some judges that society’s rules (laws) are just guidelines. (see Florida 2000, New Jersey 2002, Washington 2004, Texas 2006, etc…)
But Bansharia, Bobby is so dreamy…
have you seen
him in a bathing suit??? Or Jeans?
I guess you don’t know what sells Time/Newsweek or Oprah’s show.
Apparently, that’s what appeals to
Obama’s minions…….pppffftttt!!!
Jocularity all around…..
One has to wonder if the 3AM announcement was a dig at the “3AM phone call” in that Hillary ad.
Maybe they wanted to see if she was really awake, LOL!
Values Voters can’t trust any candidates who refused to show up for the Values Voter Debate held September 17th, 2007.
Those candidates are
Fred Thompson,
Rudy Giuliani,
John McCain,
Mitt Romney,
and all of the Democratic candidates.
Those four Republicans all worked together to create a McCain/Romney ticket. Romney worked hard for top billing, promising on February 5th to keep fighting all the way to the convention. But this meeting with “prominent Republicans” on February 6th changed Mitt’s mind, and the next day, on February 7th, Mitt dropped out and implied that any candidate who didn’t drop out then and give their full support to John McCain would “be a part of aiding a surrender to terror.”
We can only trust the Republicans who actually showed up for the Values Voter Debate.
for those of us untrained , we just jump in the pool, chlorine works great!
Buy One, Get One
HEADLINE: Biden pick bolsters Obama on foreign policy, national security
Well, yeh, if you want 2 Libs in the White House.
It goes something like this:
Obama: “Hey Joe, I just got word that Al Quaida is planning on hitting the L.A. Coliseum during next week’s concert , what do you think we should do?”
Biden: “Well, from what I know about Al Quaida, they never attack unless they’ve been provoked. So, we must have done something that pissed them off. We deserve it. We’ll take it on the chin. We’ll tell the american people that we had it coming, and that we want to have a sit-down conversation with the Al Quaida leadership — ask them what they want from us, what we can give them to make up for our transgressions against them.”
Obama: “Wow! That’s exactly what I was thinking Joe! You know, it’s really weird Hon’, uh, I mean Joe, it’s like we’re linked somehow, like we’re soulmates almost.”
You’re right Andy. Even the constitution and Bill of Rights are mere guidelines to them. Silly me.
Maybe Barry .. er .. Barack picked Joe cuz he wants him to repeat everything he says. Nothing shows blind suck up .. er .. loyalty like plagiarism.
Maybe they’ll do duet speeches with Joe doing harmony.
ajmontana: Thats what STB is. Super topical bleach.
familyman,
Governor Palin might also bring in some of the more shallow of the undecided men, she’s quite easy on the eyes.
And we can’t forget the sportman’s vote.
I’ve read, Phillip Berg, a Hillary supporter has filed papers in a US District Court seeking an injunction to stop Omama’s candidacy on the grounds he is not a natural born citizen. The Dems. convention my get more interesting than I thought.
Sarge, yes one of my many extra duties was nbc nco. Thats what happens when you don’t fail any of the course they send you to, they keep on sending you.
Well I know a lot of female Democrats that are not too pleased that Hillary has been scorned, and you know what they say about a woman scorned. Personally, I think this is fitting right into Hillary’s playbook, watch out for 2012, she’ll be back.
The genius behind the Veep text scam was not just the gathering of names/numbers but all the anticipation by all those suckered into signing up every time a phone rang or vibrated the last few days.
Every time, they all thought about obambi and his pick! Thats a bunch of phone ringin’.
So what does obambi do? He pisses everyone off by running the text out in the middle of the night.
Odumber.
Is he embarrassed by his misogynistic decision?
joann,
I like Bobby don’t me wrong. What I am waiting for
snicker snort don’t get me started on time/newseek/oprah
and hope McCain does this at the RNC
convention is to walk out his entire
cabinet. That would be super and also
pin obama to the wall as he will pick
alot of old white guys, his identity
driven voters ( how is that for a euphamism ) will not be pleased.
Either Obama wants to lose or he’s so incredibly arrogant, he believes people will fall to their knees and vote for Hope and Hair Plugs, sweeping them into office with the largest majority ever.
Personally, I’m going with “he’s stupid”.
Well, there ya go I was trained and didn’t even know it.
Sanddog
‘Hope and Hairplugs’
Love it.
Family man,
it is my understanding that the same suit will be filed in every state once dims nominate him this guy jumped the gun.
I think she would be a great choice too.
I’m not sure if I’d make a big deal about her being governor of a big state though. Alaska has fewer residents than the smallest state, and if it ever completely thaws out it might actually be smaller than Rhode Island.
There you go, now if you get hit by vx in the pool with a vial of antorphine, you have a 10% chance of living!!! You go ajmontana!!!
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Seriously though, if these guys get in the first thing they are going to do is rasie taxes on everyone directly and indirectly. This windfall tax on oil companies, how do they really think the oil companies are going to pay for it. As for rasing taxes on the rich, last time they did that, the rich just moved thier money off shore.
re: plagerism comments
lest we 4get JUST WORDS. obama has his own history of stealing stuff…..
Gabe said:
Don’t mess with Texas…
So are we supposed to be scared now?
Is this the great
Hope-Change-Fresh-New Ideas Duo?
It is time for the Obamba Zombies to wake up and smell the Old Spice!
Obama O’Biden Oh No!
Another example of the liberal media losing it’s principles – While some reporters were digging to find out who the VP was going to be, it appears all the libs, (like those female reporters on the plane oogling Obama) were just sitting back waiting for the Magic Text Message. It didn’t come until almost 5am. Real reporters were working on the story.
The libs in the media have been SO exposed this year.
P.U.M.A. has already been on Cavuto this morning with there panties in a wad….
oh no don’t tell me dims like Old Spice.
I must confess I love men who wear it.
this is not good
Well, it has been fun yet we’ve places to go and people to see:
We’re off to greet the riders as they roll in and will post photos on Monday.
Have the dems noticed that if the senate remains the same in all other respects, they just lost thier majority in the senate?
I like her too. She is smart, strong, conservative, and dynamic!
But can she help McCain get elected?
McCain needs to shore up some states. Alaska is not one of them.
sonofdy
If the oil companies had any smart public relations people they would hide their profits for a few years and temporarily divert the CEOs pay. It would give Biden less to shoot at.
In the famous words of Rush Limbaugh a few days ago:
“Please, please let it be Biden.”
And we can hear the collective groans among the “O”bama followers.
Somehow the generic term Joe Schmoe takes on a whole new meaning for me…
riggword
It not a states issue advantage for Palin. It’s about her gender advantage.
Bansharia,
Just some commentary on our celeb-obsessed voter-dom.
You are right, it is time for our Repub candidate to show strength.
Should Obama win, he is no doubt counting on ‘coasting’ thru 4-8 years, as we saw the MSM allow Clinton to do. We’re all paying the price for that now.
MCain needs to emphasize what a “briefs vs boxers” type of presidency would yet again cost us.
Just waitin’ for the slew of Obama/Biden lawn signs to appear……Yawn.
I guess I could have said, “Get off the floor and smell the Brille Cream in Biden’s hair!”
“A little dab’ll do ya!”
A little dab of O’Biden that is!
good deal tim, look forward to seeing them.
Familyman,
Why bother just shut it all down and move HQ out of country. do you recall
how miffed the dims were when HAL said
okay fine we are moving to Dubai?
I think the whole thing is a big deal about nothing since they both agree on everything. Biden brings nothing to the game. And in the end, Biden is VICE president.
bansharia: American companies are already being priced out by cheap imports. Increasing thier taxes only gives them one more reason to do a deal with some chinesse prison to make thier stuff.
Four questions for the V.P. debate.
How many “Rev.” Wright sermons would it have taken before you left his church?
Would you have ever sat on a Board with or sought the approval of William Ayers?
Would you have allowed a slum lord to help you buy your family home?
Would you offer medical help to babies surviving botched abortions, or would you deny help to such babies?
Biden might only be the VICE Presidential candidate but remember when Tom Eagleton was added to McGovern’s ticket? That ship sunk quickly.
PS, I hope Biden doesn’t “wig out”
at the convention.
Sorry! had to put it out there!
Rigg, whew thanks Old Spice is sacred to me, I feel much better now
dippity doo duh duo
I am hoping for strong winds in Ohio today so that bidens swoop goes haywire
my gosh that would be funny.
lol, just saw this.
I feel 100% safe out here in Palm Springs that won’t happen.
joann
MWAHAHAHA
One of my friends is running for President!!:
http://www.thelopezfamilyonline.com/play.php?first=Lee&last=Jordan
He’s a liberal-so I will not be sending him $$..
He is smart and willing to listen to a super conservative like me…
McCain-RU listening!?????
Son,
totally agree with you, I just had to laugh when HAL said okay enuff of the demonizing by dems we are out of here.
make no mistake oil companies can and will to the same thing if they are pushed too far.
joannman
Can we say “bald faced lies”
ot:
blog functions
does everyone manual refresh or am I
missing a setting of some sort?
thanks in advance
nope, maual only… hit f5 its faster…
Me want me cookie now. Ahhmnumnumnum.
What Biden has — foreign policy experience, and name and face recognition. Most Americans can at least say, “Hey, I know that guy from somewhere…”
History is made when people aren’t paying attention. How many were awakened to their cell phones beeping in the wee hours? Odd. He waited two days too long.
Next up, McCain. Too soon for Jindal, Steele, or Palin (I personally wouldn’t mind any of them). Condi’s not interested, and she would be labeled as more of the same, anyway.
Romney. Name and face. Amiable. Tightens up McCain’s loose brand of conservatism. X-factor: Romney’s Mormonism freaks some people out, like he’s part of a crazy cult or something.
I speculate, and I’m probably wrong. Just a layman’s guess. What are the Vegas odds?
aj thank you
Am not a gambler so no idea.
that said Mitt will be his VPOTUS
I use the refresh button on my browser. If I want to keep up with new posts on a long thread, I open another tab for whatever other web surfing I want to do, and come back to the thread tab every now and then and refresh it. Sometimes, when the discussions are flowing hot and heavy, I’ll have 3 or 4 tabs devoted to particular threads. It beats scrolling to the bottom and trying to figure out where I left off every time.
I hope Bobby Jindal stays as far away from McCain as possible. Any gains to be made in terms of popularity would be lost due to any relation or perceived relation to the policies and baggage of McCain. If Jindal has any hope of becoming President, he needs to keep his distance, continue doing what he’s doing in Louisiana, and then make his move in 2012 under the apt title of “Conservative Republican”.
yaaaaaaaaaaaaawn.
What a boring pick.
But the again, he’s a typical white person.
Back,
thank you. When I hit refresh I don’t have to scroll back down the web lads or Michelle put that feature in. It is
doable and not a problem just wasn’t sure if there was a setting for auto-refresh which can get annoying if the thread is flying
This Biden thing is just one more nail in Obama’s coffin. The young and the duped will begin to see that Obama is the “Same Old Song”
The whole thing seems so unreal to me. Obama came up as the radical new guy. Along the way he threw all of his supporters under the bus, except of course Bill Ayers.
Now he brings in a tired old Lefty.
I love our chances in November.
Obama O’Biden Oh No!
Oh Boy! The O-J Ticket.
Wow, a typical white person as running mate to a half typical (but self-hated) white – half atypical black who was chosen for foreign relations experience to run for a job that really has nothing to do with foreign relations.
Now, that’s change we can eschew.
The New A(rrogance) Team.
Well at least they can save money and get rid of their speechwriters.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Biden hammer Obama in the primaries over his lack of experience? I wonder what changed (besides Obama’s position on pretty everything).
The whole text message campaign was hardly better than an email address collection bot. This is what Obama has to offer at 3AM?
Tacky!
I belong to the McCain, Inhofe, Tancredo and other mailing lists, I’ve yet to receive a tacky non message from any of those lists.
Riggword, that’s a nice looking blog you have there. I bookmarked it so I can go back and check it out more thoroughly at my leisure.
Rigg,
totally agree I can’t fathom why they thought biden would be a plus. Really
makes one wonder what is going on internally that this pick made sense. The hollwoodistan libs are not going to be pleased, the youngins, the women, the
blacks.. just WHO are they appeasing?
it is funny stuff it sure has pleased me
That McCain ad is awesome. Talk about what watching what you say.
To refresh a thread and not lose your place – mouse-click on the “#” sign preceding the number of the post. This places that post at the top of the screen, and when you refresh your browser it starts there.
I don’t know, but I’m starting to wonder if Obama and McCain don’t have a secret $1 bet to see who can step on themselves the most and still manage to get elected. BIDEN? I can’t wait for all of the soundbites from the primaries to come back and bite them in the keister.
Let the games begin…
Anybody else think Sarah Palin would be a great pick for VP?
South,
enjoy it when they start getting calls and or email etc that is going to alienate more of obama’s base. hmm Dean
used his top secret weblist to get job at DNC, perhaps that is what obama is shooting for.. snicker
Here in the Socialist Utopia that I live in, none of this will matter. The libs will vote for the Dem no matter what name is on the ticket. I guess they have to justify the eight bumper stickers per Prius.
Sarah Palin.
B-cat,
here in bitter gun owner, Bible thumping
don’t like illegals PA it will make a diff. Biden wants our guns as much as obama does.
again I am missing just who they thought they would pick up by this as who they lost is much larger.
I guess they are counting on the pot
smokers…….
Obiden ’08 – the ticket that changes which foot is in it’s mouth each week. Should be fun!
Two guys prone to saying stupid things. Awesome!
What scares me about this is that a large number of my “independent” acquaintances actually like Biden better than either Obama or McCain.
… add another ring to the circus, I guess.
Oh, I’m with you bansharia. Sounds like I would like the company you keep better. There is a lot of funny smelling smoke around here. College town.
If I knew the text would come in the middle of the night, I would have turned my phone off!!
Talk about a lack of exitement
B-cat
PS I guess that is also why obama has had to agree to hand out the street money to philly blacks and why as MM
has shown in her 2 threads why obama is
dumping so much cash in ACORN’s hands etc. obama has spent 323 million so far
and gotten what? $ might buy him a seat in senate it will NOT buy him POTUS.
The conspiracy theorist/paranoid in me can’t help but smell Hillary in the background on this thing, but this one single choice has thrown Obama’s whole shot in jeopardy.
It’s been said before, but: Best. DNC. EVAH.
Again, just what does Biden brings to the table to help prop up Obama. I thought they (his talking heads)said he needed someone to help offset the south.
B-cat you raise another issue that I would love to see investigated the double voting by college kids it has got
to be stopped. They should have to vote
absentee from their home base PERIOD not where they attend school.
oh and you always have a safe haven with me
In a recent speech the Obamessiah praised China for its shiny new modern factories, ports and transportation system. With what his administration will do in taxes and added regs, he WILL push even more business operations out of the country.
Palin would be great choice for a VP who isn’t an old DC Beltway veteran (McCain’s already one). Shes’d be a fresh face from outside and could get some of those Hillary voters. Palin would be an excellent contrast to Biden.
I’Id really love to see Palin smack down Biden in debate.: )
.
It’s not Smarmy and Smirky… It’s Smugs and Plugs!
bed does biden appeal to the south?
perhaps afrocentric obama thinks so because he is a white guy. I don’t see it myself.
Never fear, bansharia, Virginia is a red state still, no matter what the lib media claim. It has moved left due to the invasion of New Yorkers and Jerseyites into the Northern VA/DC area, however, this is still a largely rural state, and there is an electoral college thingy.
My birthday isn’t until next month, but I got my gift early! What a crappy ticket – two men with overinflated egos and bumbling mouth disease. Biden won’t pull Hillary supporters and I doubt he’ll give much of a bump to Obama’s numbers.
Biden may have 6 terms in the Senate- and be on a foreign policy committee, but his foot in mouth disease makes that moot.
McCain, please pick a conservative woman with a personality and bring it on!
I dohnn tank we be Biden whut dat Obama be sellin’. Whoowee! dat der is sum purty saur stuff to swaller.Yessirree.
Apologies to the memory of Justin Wilson, but his voice is what I hear when I think of Obama/Biden. Don’t ask why, ’cause I never inhaled.
bansharia, Biden = South = NOT EVEN CLOSE!
No way Biden gets the South. Maybe the big cities, but that’s it. Obama already would get those, but not enough to carry the states.
Need help?
MM, sorry but that help link has done nothing to mitigate my mentalative type disorders!
hawk,
in that context bring her on! lol
as someone who brings drilling to front of table as other’s have suggested bah it is already front and center.
bot line we are Blessed to have so many wonderful candidates on the American side aka GOP
I am hoping as said above that it would be great for McCain to trot out his entire cabinet at RNC convention. we shall see…
I wonder if Biden will talk the big eared one to attend a Nascar Race at Dover. Hell, I wonder if Biden even knows there’s a race track there.
Yeah, the VP pick won’t matter for the severly brainwashed and indoctrinated libs. They, aong with all their dead and imaginary relatives and friends, will vote in lockstep for any and every Dem on the ballot.
However, for the independents it WILL matter, as it will for many Hillary supporters who still may vote on the gender issue and take their vote elsewhere.
I’m conviced the Clintons will do what they can in the most subtle way to sabotage Obama this year to keep 2012 open for Hillary to run again.
Although by choosing Biden, the Obamessiah continues to show he doesn’t need any help – he can self sabotage.
All this hoopla, the thing I’m looking forward to most is having a camera on harry reid when his head explodes after Odopey loses.
That’s perfect! I love it!