discarded lies - hyperlinkopotamus - tuesday, february 9, 2010 5:06 am zst
a cheese and geopolitics fracas gone bad
joem
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?
filed on Sep 09, 2008 10:42 am
19 comments, latest by Aridog at 4:02 pm 9/9
#1 joem at 10:42 am on Sep 09, 2008
Life imitates The Onion again.
#2 papijoe at 10:47 am on Sep 09, 2008
joem LOL!

It collected in June and July far less from Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s donors than originally projected.


Who could have seen that coming?
#3 Lyana at 10:48 am on Sep 09, 2008
He raises piles of money, but he spends it very, very fast in part because he has such a huge paid-staff. I don't want to get the numbers wrong, but it would be interesting to know how cost-effective his campaign organization is considering how Obama himself says that running a presidential campaign is his foremost executive experience and one of his major qualifications for being president.


Ouch!
#4 AM42 at 11:31 am on Sep 09, 2008
It will be interesting to see if the money keep flowing in to Obama's campaign. I'm guessing that many people who support him would've given money already. Will they be willing to cough up some more cash?

On the other hand, Palin has generated a lot of new interest in the McCain campaign. Will people who have been holding back give the campaign an extra cash boost in these last two months?
#5 Daled Amos at 1:04 pm on Sep 09, 2008
Thanks for the link! I added an update about The Onion and linked back to you.
#6 zorkmidden at 1:12 pm on Sep 09, 2008
#3 Lyana
Obama himself says that running a presidential campaign is his foremost executive experience and one of his major qualifications for being president.
That is one of the silliest things I've read this election year and I still can't believe Obama said that with a straight face.
#7 Dances At Work at 1:33 pm on Sep 09, 2008
By that logic, i'm qualified to be CEO of General Motors because I've spent a lot of time working on my elderly Chevrolet, right?
#8 airforcewife at 1:34 pm on Sep 09, 2008
#6 zorkmidden
#3 Lyana
Obama himself says that running a presidential campaign is his foremost executive experience and one of his major qualifications for being president.
That is one of the silliest things I've read this election year and I still can't believe Obama said that with a straight face.


Well, I'm sure there were some stutters.

I was flabbergasted when he accused the McCain campaign of questioning his patriotism by featuring McCain's military experience during the convention. Like they aren't allowed to talk about it or something.
#9 zorkmidden at 1:39 pm on Sep 09, 2008
Good words: hope, change. Bad words: experience.
#10 zorkmidden at 1:41 pm on Sep 09, 2008
#7 Dances At Work
By that logic, i'm qualified to be CEO of General Motors because I've spent a lot of time working on my elderly Chevrolet, right?
I've been managing two small dogs the last few years, with some pretty good results (only one of them died.) If you know of any presidential vacancies, I'm available to interview.
#11 Right Wing Conspirator at 1:47 pm on Sep 09, 2008
“I had to sign up for selective service when I graduated from High School. And I was growing up in Hawaii. And I have friends whose parents were in the military. There are a lot of Army, military bases there.I actually always thought of the military as an ennobling and you know, honorable option.”

[But] “I graduated in 1979. The Vietnam War had come to an end. We weren’t engaged in an active military conflict at that point. And so, it’s not an option that I ever decided to pursue.”



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The United States abandoned the draft in 1973 under President Richard Nixon, ended the Selective Service registration requirement in 1975 under President Gerald Ford, and then re-instated the Selective Service registration requirement in 1980 under President Jimmy Carter.


ummm, uhhhh, well, ummmm, uhhhh....RACIST!!!
#12 airforcewife at 1:50 pm on Sep 09, 2008
#9 zorkmidden
Good words: hope, change. Bad words: experience.


LMAO!

And I'm pretty sure "vagina" is not high on the list of words for the Obama campaign now, either.
#13 zorkmidden at 1:51 pm on Sep 09, 2008
#12 airforcewife: LOL!!!
#14 zorkmidden at 1:56 pm on Sep 09, 2008
My friend ETOF called me yesterday, "did you know that Palin banned 'To Kill A Mockingbird' from Alaska?!" I gently pointed him to Snopes.
#15 airforcewife at 1:59 pm on Sep 09, 2008
#14 zorkmidden: and tomorrow he'll promptly forget the disproven rumor.
#16 floranista at 2:54 pm on Sep 09, 2008
#14 zorkmidden:
Good lord, what will they come up with next?

Actually, it's good. It's going to lose BO the election.

Thanks, fanatic, lefty haters!
#17 Portia at 3:21 pm on Sep 09, 2008
I've been managing two small dogs the last few years, with some pretty good results (only one of them died.) If you know of any presidential vacancies, I'm available to interview.


I've got you beat. I manage at last count seven cats (DO NOT ASK. No, seriously, do NOT ask. thank heavens some of them are outdoors.) I am MORE than qualified to run the country.

P.
#18 airforcewife at 3:28 pm on Sep 09, 2008
Hey! I homeschool my kids! Does that make me qualified to run the WORLD?
#19 Aridog at 4:02 pm on Sep 09, 2008
Well, I got ya'll beat, I haven't run or done jack shit for over 2 years....by todays standards that qualifies me to be President.
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