Posts by Jake Pollock
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'Nanny' is very déclassé. We prefer au pair.
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What you said Craig, only better.
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And she's got an Irish last name, which gives her an in with the EU.
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I though Walsh's metaphor had a touch of the 'tail between its legs' to it myself. Not to mention some consonance with 'to dove tail'. A neat little eggcorn, if ever there was one.
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How's Leo enjoying Spore?
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Sage -- seeing as both were in an election race against Obama, and thus were going to say that, no.
Karl Rove, on the other hand, is now an analyst for 'fair and balanced' Fox News, and thus should have some modicum of decency. Plus, he seemed to set a standard over which it seems difficult to change one's mind: three years governor and time as a mayor of the 107th largest city in the US is not enough. The fact that Richmond has a population nearly a third of Alaska, and Va's population is ten times Alaska's should give us pause.
Basically, I think that people directly involved in political campaigns are entitled to a bit of leeway on changing their minds once someone stops being their opponent and becomes their candidate. That's in the nature of the primary system. Three of the four people featured in that clip are, in theory at least, pundits, and the fourth, Nancy Pfotenhauer, should at least not be complaining about 'outrageous double standards' when talking out the other side of her mouth.
In terms of
does anyone want to respond to that outstanding example of decisiveness & leadership.
Oh, and a Huguenot. Cool.
@John Amiria: Oh snap. Still, I think it's worth watching more than once. :-)
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Yet again, The Daily Show nails it. This time, the out and out hypocrisy and doublethink of prominent Republicans on most aspects of the debate surrounding Palin's nomination. It's really enough to silence any arguments in support of her. But they could run it 24-7 on Fox news and it probably wouldn't make a bit of difference.
The last two nights of the Daily Show have actually been really depressing.
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Does anyone know why the Daily Show is running behind?
They did an extra show on Friday, which might have something to do with it.
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Did anyone catch the footage of the Iraq Veteran Against The War during the first part of McCain's speech? A lot of republicans were looking decidedly uncomfortable at that. Can't kick him out, can't really fit his 'you can't win a occupation' banner into the narrative . . .
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The Daily Show is in fine form at the moment. Their take on the Republicans' response to Gustav is a classic. The interview with Brian Williams is also pretty funny.