er....I'm no international finance guy, but those prices actually look more or less identical, in terms of how long the…

Bristol Palin began laughing uncontrollably after smoking weed on camera.... A friend says he has gotten Levi cocaine "on at least three occasions.... He used to sell Oxycontin for "lots of money"!... But not all of it. He smoked it himself "off of aluminum foil."

Seriously, I think I might…

Obama 48 — McCain 43

61% of all campaign stories were about Sarah Palin.

They're nuts.

I know that we don't count somehow, but on this site the Sarah Palin quotient was probably closer to 90%.

The National Enquirer is back with more great Jerry Springer action from the Palin clan:

* Bristol Palin began laughing uncontrollably after smoking weed on camera in a video shot before her mom became governor back when she was probably 15.

• Says a source: "It was just another…

I wasn't suggesting they were involved with Obama, but presumably sympathetic to the cause of electing him. Then again, maybe not.

my favourite comment was the first though:

You'd think that John McCain would have protected her from this egregious invasion of privacy, he being the inventor of the Blackberry…

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/954/palin-news-coverage

That's three times the prominence of stories about the US economy.

61% of all campaign stories were about Sarah Palin.

They're nuts.

Congratulations are in order, you have managed to highlight a meaningless statistical data error – twice. Approval/disapproval is an expression of sentiment, 20% approval does not express much better sentiment than 9%. My original point stands – the Pelosi/Reid congress is awfully unpopular.

oh for gods sake Angus, at least…

Bothering the scientologists seems an altogether worthy cause.

Talk about playing into your opponent's hand when the national news are giving you a huge boost.

Oh, the stupidity of it all.

It wasn't done by anyone involved with Obama — it was Anonymous, the hacker group that has been bothering the Scientologists. A member of the group later…

Wow ...

Sarah Palin's (in)famous Yahoo account has been hacked.

For real.

Talk about playing into your opponent's hand when the national news are giving you a huge boost.

Oh, the stupidity of it all.

Obama now back in the lead of three of the four major tracking polls ...

All Palin all the time = McCain 3% ahead.

Wall St crashes, Ike clean up secondary news, Palin hardly on the radar = Obama takes lead.

What this means to the loony left is…

Wow ...

Sarah Palin's (in)famous Yahoo account has been hacked.

For real.

OK, now I'm feeling squicky — otherwise I'd be a bit of a hypocrite, wouldn't I?

Sarah Palin's (in)famous Yahoo account has been hacked.

For real.

Rich, that's a brilliant combination of Paul Henry and one of Mr Slacks' haiku. I salute you in this time of billboards.

Possibly needs a bit more polishing:

So. Farewell then
Win. And Welcome,
Fail.

Coffee should be
drunk before
you post.

Rookie mistake.

O death,
where is they sting?

"He talks about siding with the people just before he flew off for a fundraiser in Hollywood with Barbra Streisand and his celebrity friends" McCain said of his rival. "Let me tell you, my friends, there's no place…

But too many in my party are not interested in the facts. They want Palin to win — at all cost.

I want McCain and Palin to win too. But with Palin's refusal to cooperate with the independent investigator and her transparent delay tactics, Americans deserve to know what…

Obama now back in the lead of three of the four major tracking polls ...

It was always going to happen (and I'm saying this in the grand tradition of pretending I knew the first thing about this sort of stuff) but I'm sure that the timing of it has…

attack him on his weaknesses

Doesn't the Rove handbook promote attacking the opponent's strengths – hence the Swiftboating of Kerry?

does trump worked for Bill Ayers

Feel free to make shit up in passing.

Obama didn't work for Bill Ayers, they served on the Woods Fund board together. What's wrong with being on the board with a Professor of Education at the University of Illinois is another question all-together.

I do not find 20% approval to evoke any different sentiment to 9%. I am curious that you do find 9% to 20% means "a clear aberration", if so it must follow that gaining an approval of say 33% would be much more positive than 20% in your eyes.

oh…

I respect the ability of negative politics to work if done properly. All Kos needs to do is attack McCain (never Palin) and attack him on his weaknesses.

I suspect that when he says 'flinging the shit' he doesn't just mean going negative (which, of course, has a place). He…

Kos has screwed up by going after Palin (she's the Veep for f'sake) and indulging in a scrap on the ground of the Republicans choosing. I respect the ability of negative politics to work if done properly. All Kos needs to do is attack McCain (never Palin) and attack…

So, could you explain to me again Angus how it's in anyone's interests to stop talking about how McCain and Palin (that's Sarah, Giovanni, not her children) aren't competent to lead.

It is in Obama's interest, because if it comes down to a contest of records, on what they have…

Really funny is how the Obama canpaign consistently prefers to focus on issues like the economy...

And how McCain just doesn't get it.

healthcare

Or that.

or the WoT

Which, with all due respect, McCain and Palin are off the planet on.

So, could you explain to me again Angus…

One can only hope, because there is stuff all chance the windbags will stop sabotaging Obama's campaign willingly.

Kos explains it thusly:

To all the concerned people emailing me about "being played", don't waste your time. I'm not about to revert to writing puff pieces about Obama thinking that his…

I offer the explanation that the Obama negatives attacking Palin highlights have caused the damage to the Obama campaign.

My bad english, will rephrase: Attacks on Palin are critical of weaknesses (negatives) that are shared by Obama. Causing a swing voter to question Palin, will cause the swing voter to…

I'm sorry, I'm new to this fine website. When did Obama attack Palin exactly?

You're really got to work on Angus-speak. Apparently, the way to win an election is to avoid making any criticism whatsoever of your opponent's qualifications, public statements or record as a public official. I do hope…

I offer the explanation that the Obama negatives attacking Palin highlights have caused the damage to the Obama campaign.

I'm sorry, I'm new to this fine website. When did Obama attack Palin exactly?

Uhhh, seriously Angus, you still miss the obvious point. It ain't about attacking Palin, it's about the moral corruption that her choice indicates. And no amount of stomping your feet and saying 'it ain't so, it ain't so' is gonna change that.

Simon I am telling you that some of…

Attacking Palin is a losing strategy, please stop doing it.

Uhhh, seriously Angus, you still miss the obvious point. It ain't about attacking Palin, it's about the moral corruption that her choice indicates. And no amount of stomping your feet and saying 'it ain't so, it ain't so' is gonna…

God, this is like going around in circles, playing Angus says: Angus says..gets rather badly shot down; Angus says again..gets rather badly shot down and so on. I'm not sure why you bother, but bother you do.

The attacks on Palin corrospond to an alarming slide in Democrat polling. Attacking…

anti american

Just to give you a chance, Sage since you've tossed in one of those writer-is-a-dick terms..can you expand what you mean by that?

God, this is like going around in circles, playing Simon says: Simon says..gets rather badly shot down; Simon says again..gets rather badly shot down and so on. I'm not sure why you bother, but bother you do.

Gosh that was good Sage..did you have to think long for that..it was…

Arse. I fail. Note to self: drink coffee before posting.

Rich, that's a brilliant combination of Paul Henry and one of Mr Slacks' haiku. I salute you in this time of billboards.

yes of course. and 80 % approval ratings in the state in which she is the governor merely confirm that.

Oh, OK. You can be a habitual and reflexive liar (or just not terribly bright, which isn't much better) — about matters great, small and absurdly trivial — who doesn't…

if that is not having an emo then provide a better example. Please :^)

Strikes me as a remarkable under-statement of fact.

Governor Palin belongs to a church that is [[http://www.newsminer.com/news/2008/sep/06/palins-church-you-can-pray-away-gay/|promoting a damaging and fradulent "pray away the…

Please learn how to spel.

Arse. I fail. Note to self: drink coffee before posting.

But Sully would do well to tone down the outrage for a couple of weeks perhaps.

Perhaps, but I also think certain sections of the 'right-o-sphere' might want to wipe their own arses before poo-wording Sullivan as a "hysteric". Sage as be as glib as he likes, but there was…

1) please learn how to use puntuation.

Please learn how to spel.

Or the Reader's Digest Version: Andrew Sullivan isn't standing for the Presidency of the United States. He can't. John McCain and Sarah Palin are.

I was merely commenting on how comical his angst and anger for the truth…

This, coming from the guy who onsold the Trig grandma conspiracy theory by innocently pasting an email sent to him by one of his readers. My heart goes out to him.

Well, Giovanni, I'm a little more worried about the actual candidates that on the one hand are running ads…

what palin really said about Russia.
Go back through the link to see…

is any of those things, whilst in the real world its approval rating is 9%.

Whilst it's nothing to get excited about the figure, in the real real world, is about 100% higher than the one you tout.

With some of the stuff I read about Palin, I prefer to…

The chilling thing is the possibility that the author, as a 21st century Republican, has, through the Bush White House, the US prosecutors scandal and any number of appointments and contracts in the Iraq project, simply become acclimatised to the idea of a culture of governance that values political…

Conservatives rejoice in their idiotic cultural politics while the institutions that comprise American power are diminished and eclipsed.

check out sullivan having an emo

Indeed:

Right now, we are being subjected to an absolutely disorienting blizzard of lies and absurdities (Palin is a lying absurdity) from the McCain campaign. The idea is to so disorient people, to throw so many new concepts, brands, lies, images, marketing and distortions at them…

The irony is that Angus links to Commentary, a magazine that would be raising merry hell if Palin was a liberal feminist...

..."My party right or wrong" is the new standard.

The "new" standard, you are joking right?

Barack Obama pulled in $66 million last month, smashing his previous fundraising record amid clear signs that Sarah Palin has mobilised many grassroots Democrats against her as much as she…

Warriors snatch a staggering NRL finals win over the Storm

Anyone taking odds on how many politicians we'll see at Ericsson on Friday night ?

Not many chances to get in front of 25,000 between now and Nov 8....

Angus, old buddy, in the politest possible way, can I ask if you actually read those two stories. Because it doesn't read that way, and it does seem like you're rather grasping.....

I found that link kinda disgusting, actually.

And, personally, I don't want North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams even asking how to go about getting books he finds objectionable removed from the local library.

The irony is that Angus links to Commentary, a magazine that would be raising merry hell if…

No, I can't take credit. It is a meme that has quickly taken root amoung the right-o-sphere reviews of the NYT piece. It is seen as her being willing to make changes, by y'know actually making changes.

That's an amazingly disingenuous piece of work. Let's take this:

Then we…

Surely the leader of the Jesus Loves A Pig Shooter party, Mr Dunne?

So, John Banks *is* a candidate, but rather too obvious. I was thinking maybe Ron Marks.

"She's a vindictive nutjob and a liar who has relentlessly pursued personal vendettas through official office"

While shes no angel, pretty inexperienced, and has a belief system that probably doesnt well sit with most of the readers here, that seems rather strong comment based on one newspaper article.

It's not…

And meanwhile, while the media circus is focusing on trivia and chasing fantasies, actual policy goes unexamined.

Maybe they are holding fire until Labour's detailed, fully costed, and exhaustively explained policies are released. One day.

Angus, you're trolling aren't you? (And that's an entirely rhetorical question, because trolls never cop to what they're doing.)

No, I can't take credit. It is a meme that has quickly taken root amoung the right-o-sphere reviews of the NYT piece. It is seen as her being willing to make…

By the way, if Karl Rove is such a fricking genius why don't the Republicans have majorities in the House and Senate any more?

Because the Democrats ran a campaign based on faillings in Iraq (an actual issue) and the dislike most Americans have for the Bush administration played against…

The NYT has managed to find out that an American politician has – wait for it, shock/horror – brought in her own team. OMG that is like crazy...

Angus, you're trolling aren't you? (And that's an entirely rhetorical question, because trolls never cop to what they're doing.)

You'd have to…

Love you, love your work, but you might want to Google "Occam's Razor" occasionally. I like a good conspiracy theory as much as the next man, but you're getting convoluted to the point of absurdity.

Can I just saythat Occam's razor is meant to apply to physical phenomena, not social…

Love you, love your work, but you might want to Google "Occam's Razor" occasionally. I like a good conspiracy theory as much as the next man, but you're getting convoluted to the point of absurdity.

By the way, if Karl Rove is such a fricking genius why don't the…

I don't think David Frum is going to be getting an invite to National Review's election night party if he keeps writing things like this:

He'll do fine.

David Frum hints that it is questionable to pick someone of limited experience, chosen on the up-swing of their political career. But…

"She's a vindictive nutjob and a liar who has relentlessly pursued personal vendettas through official office"

While shes no angel, pretty inexperienced, and has a belief system that probably doesnt well sit with most of the readers here, that seems rather strong comment based on one newspaper article.

It's not…

While shes no angel, pretty inexperienced, and has a belief system that probably doesnt well sit with most of the readers here, that seems rather strong comment based on one newspaper article. If you…

frightened them all back in again

Where they are now soaking in the hoisin of your lies.

Interviews show that Ms. Palin runs an administration that puts a premium on loyalty and secrecy. The governor and her top officials sometimes use personal e-mail accounts for state business; dozens of e-mail messages obtained by The New York Times show that her staff members studied whether that could allow…

There was a duck with a dozen ducklings swimming in the pond in the Bot Gardends with the kinetic water sculpture. (I love that…

"I'm also pulling for a Republican win"

Did anyone else see McCain's 'performance' on the view? Dear god why aren't all journalists like that group of women? They at least asked some proper questions.

I believe Whoopi's "do I have to worry about slavery again?" should be the mantra of…

We also predicted the election date ...

Which obviously means you must work in the Beehive, as an adjunct of the Labour party.

And meanwhile, while the media circus is focusing on trivia and chasing fantasies, actual policy goes unexamined.

so when he actually asked a couple of half-decent questions, people would go hey, Charlie Gibson wasn't so bad after all.

I'm pickin' Sean Hannity for the tough questions this week..he's relentless. Thank god they opened her up to this..will really show the meat on the bones..whoops I'm being sexist…

But snark aside, the Gibson thing wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but it could have been a whole lot better. That's all.

Tu quoque, Craig?! You too a victim of the masterful handling of Sarah Palin by the McCain campaign?

They lowered expectations on her convention…

Certainly not anymore than the Herald with John Key. Zing!

I have to do my own sound effects now, Giovanni? Bugger. :)

But snark aside, the Gibson thing wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but it could have been a whole lot better. That's all.

She's a vindictive nutjob and a liar who has relentlessly pursued personal vendettas through official office.

I wonder if she or her staff have pursued the local version of chinless scarf wearers?

BTW, I owe Charlie Gibson an apology. I've watched most of the ABC interview on-line, and while I still wasn't overly impressed it wasn't the journalistic equivalent of Gibson giving good talking head to Palin either.

Certainly not anymore than the Herald with John Key. Zing!

Even if I liked Palin (and I obviously don't), you could almost hear the…

She's a vindictive nutjob and a liar who has relentlessly pursued personal vendettas through official office.

Indeed. And I don't know if you caught it on the other thread, but I don't think David Frum is going to be getting an invite to National Review's election night party if he…

And today is just beautiful as well. Even the Tui trilling away outside my house this morning paused and gave a cheery nod in my direction as I got…