Comments on: Amazed at no FPP on McCain's epic gaff

Amazed at no FPP on McCain's epic gaff

spock — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:37:03 -0800

You know, I get as sick as anybody over every minor story about the U.S. presidential election getting posted to the Blue, and I know the mods are trying to keep the quality of posts up, but it [i]still[/i] surprised me to go there tonight and find NO DISCUSSION of what history could very well define as THE important turning point in this election: John McCain's not knowing how many houses he owns. This on the heels of his definition of $5 million as defining "rich". Could no one draft a decent FPP about it, or has it been decided that this story isn't going on the Blue no matter what? If so, one has to wonder: why?

By: spock

spock — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:37:49 -0800

Doh. BBcode brain fart.

By: kittens for breakfast

kittens for breakfast — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:39:11 -0800

I'm sorry, spock...normally, I would bow to your cold Vulcan logic, but I really think that this is THE important turning point in this election.

By: spock

spock — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:41:26 -0800

...checks kfb's location. Virginia. Mystery solved.
: )

By: XQUZYPHYR

XQUZYPHYR — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:43:38 -0800

butterstick linked to my site about Obama's running mate and then Matt deleted it all while I was in the bathroom this evening.

I cherish that.

By: 0xFCAF

0xFCAF — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:46:53 -0800

Every single thing that has happened in this election so far has been THE TURNING POINT OMGZ. There were people who said Obama's speech on race was of the same importance of MLK's I Have a Dream, and now how much are we talking about it? Give me a break.

By: sveskemus

sveskemus — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:48:29 -0800

It's being discussed on PoliticalFilter.

By: nasreddin

nasreddin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:50:13 -0800

Um, whether or not this is a good post for MeFi, maybe we should wait and see if the gaffe actually has any consequences before declaring it to be OMG BIGGEST TURNING POINT EVAR?

By: spock

spock — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:51:07 -0800

Yeah, and nobody remembers George Herbert Walker Bush not knowing the price of a gallon of milk either, do they? There is out of touch and then there is out of touch.

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:51:18 -0800

You know how many mansions you own? Who let the riff-raff in here?

By: jason's_planet

jason's_planet — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:51:21 -0800

Speaking only for myself here, I am very happy that we're not wasting front page real estate on an ephemeral news blip such as this one.

And if that's because the mods have been deleting the weak-sauce "OMG!!!!eleven MUST BE THE FIRST ONE TO POST THIS TO METAFILTER!!!!!1!13!!! posts, then good for the mods.

Thanks, guys!

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:51:36 -0800

We all own homes that we forget about from time to time. I don't see the big deal.

By: nanojath

nanojath — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:52:15 -0800

and then Matt deleted it all...

You know the rules.

spock, either make the damn post or root around and find an actual deleted post. This attempted back door at discussing this election trivia of the moment isn't the answer.

By: prefpara

prefpara — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:52:54 -0800

Just to throw my two cents in, speaking as someone who is not following every twist and turn of the news about Obama/McCain, I fail to see how this is any more interesting or significant that the other minutia that we have more or less agreed to bar from the front page. Perhaps I am just being dense. In any case, if I saw an FPP built around this issue, I would cringe and skip it.

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:54:18 -0800

Plutocrat very rich: film at eleven.

By: prefpara

prefpara — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:54:20 -0800

Also, straight-up, it's news, right? Not something cool on the internet? MeFi != CNN.

By: spock

spock — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:56:32 -0800

Um, whether or not this is a good post for MeFi, maybe we should wait and see if the gaffe actually has any consequences before declaring it to be OMG BIGGEST TURNING POINT EVAR?

OK. But can we at least have a placeholder on the front page that "on this date, nothing politically significant in the Presidential election happened" signed by the mods?

By: spock

spock — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:57:44 -0800

All right. I feel better now. Thanks fellas. See ya after the timeout.

By: danb

danb — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:02:44 -0800

the fuck?

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:03:56 -0800

Doesn't seem like there's much more to say, except LOLRICHWHITEGUY.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:06:53 -0800

Oh good grief.

By: baphomet

baphomet — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:07:20 -0800

Tagging your own post with MODS DELETE NOW is just asking for a paddlin'.

By: Mr.Encyclopedia

Mr.Encyclopedia — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:07:50 -0800

You're not impressing me with your so-called famous vulcan logic.

By: theora55

theora55 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:08:59 -0800

Spock, it's a crappy grudgefilter post. If you wanted a well-crafted Metafilter post, why didn't you write it? It's a pretty interesting story, but who do you expect to write the thoughtful post if you don't? and the Nothing-to-see-here-move-along title just makes it impossible for it to be taken seriously.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:12:00 -0800

I was going to go to bed, but this will be good.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:13:01 -0800

There's no evidence of that, Captain.

By: spock

spock — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:13:28 -0800

I guarantee you there have been a lot better posts than mine deleted, so why waste the effort. Delete it and make my point. Don't delete it and let us discuss it. Their call.

By: l33tpolicywonk

l33tpolicywonk — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:14:16 -0800

Metafilter alternatively, my life: I was going to go to bed, but this will be good.

By: spock

spock — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:15:03 -0800

Very META

By: jason's_planet

jason's_planet — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:15:23 -0800

OK. But can we at least have a placeholder on the front page that "on this date, nothing politically significant in the Presidential election happened" signed by the mods?

spock, your post-as-a-half-assed-attempt-at-provocation sucked so bad that it tore the fabric of the universe and made the angels weep.

signed,

jason's_planet

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:16:13 -0800

You made two posts, framed with insults against the mods, expecting some sort of smart commentary. All you've proven is that you're an idiot.

By: BrotherCaine

BrotherCaine — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:18:04 -0800

Checking deletedthread.blogspot.com reveals no one submitted this yet. So EPIC FAIL. Why didn't you go find a crappy politics of the day blog or make a decent post.

By: spock

spock — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:18:45 -0800

Ow. Ouch! Ow-ow.

By: turgid dahlia

turgid dahlia — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:18:59 -0800

THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST

By: BrotherCaine

BrotherCaine — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:19:34 -0800

Oh, I forgot to call you an asshole.

By: spock

spock — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:20:00 -0800

The mods work with the NSA to make sure they covered their tracks.

By: nanojath

nanojath — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:20:25 -0800

Banning him now would just be playing into his hands. There's no other choice but to apply reverse psychology and make spock a moderator.

You still around, spock? 'Cause I still want to know, are you actually, as it appears, just assuming nobody made an actual valid attempt at posting this that was deleted? I'd think you'd provide a link if you had. Because if you haven't gone to the trouble of looking for a deleted link (it's not hard, you just have to be able to count) then it would seem like the conclusion is that you can't be assed to do a little cursory digging around the front page or to make a credible attempt to craft this item into a worth front page post, but you're perfectly willing to take a dump in the blue because apparently you feel like you're not shouting loud enough here? Or to put it another way

1. Post an irate MetaTalk about censorship
2. Don't bother to wait for any moderator input on the topic or anything
3. Create a crappy FPP that is bound to be deleted.

You're doing it wrong

By: spock

spock — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:20:33 -0800

Let me do my Fort Hayes State debate coach imitation on you, Brother Caine!

By: peeedro

peeedro — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:20:38 -0800

This McCain guy has style.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:20:43 -0800

By the way, I dunno who runs politicalfilter, but pleeeease let me do a design pass on it! (unless you're married to the colour scheme, in which case never mind) Pretty please? I just finished my latest vanity project and I'm looking for something to mess around with...

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:20:43 -0800

This attempted back door at discussing this election trivia of the moment...

I am a backdoor man
I am a backdoor man
Well the men don't know
but the little girls understand...

-Howlin' Wolf

By: spock

spock — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:21:05 -0800

Spock a mod? Deletion is my SUPERPOWER!

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:21:11 -0800

This mod was on the phone for the last half an hour. Wow, that was one of the worst posts I've seen from someone who should know better.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:21:44 -0800

stav, Brandon Blatcher does politicalfilter.

By: spock

spock — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:21:57 -0800

I am a bad person.

By: spock

spock — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:22:10 -0800

Jessamyn said so, so it must be true.

By: Mr. President Dr. Steve Elvis America

Mr. President Dr. Steve Elvis America — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:22:21 -0800

It's official: spock is a bad person.

By: peeedro

peeedro — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:22:26 -0800

The mods work with the NSA to make sure they covered their tracks.

I thought the forward somersault was the preferred way of not leaving tracks.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:22:37 -0800

Also, sorry spock, but lofi shows no deleted posts on THIS VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC.

By: turgid dahlia

turgid dahlia — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:23:03 -0800

THE WORST THE WORST THE WORST THE WORST THE WORST THE WORST THE WORST THE WORST THE WORST

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:23:31 -0800

stav, Brandon Blatcher does politicalfilter.

Thanks, jess. Maybe I'll memail him if he doesn't show up here.

By: BrotherCaine

BrotherCaine — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:23:33 -0800

Let me do my Fort Hayes State debate coach imitation on you, Brother Caine!

If you had put half as much wit and effort into your post as you did that comment, I wouldn't have a beef with you.

By: Solon and Thanks

Solon and Thanks — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:23:38 -0800

Really? You want to flame out over this? So far McCain's comments have done worse for your reputation than they have for his.

By: spock

spock — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:24:34 -0800

I always WANTED to be a bad person. What other schennanegans do you think I can get into? This could be my SPRINGBOARD!

By: amyms

amyms — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:29:56 -0800

Let me do my Fort Hayes State debate coach imitation on you, Brother Caine!

Since this is already a totally bizarre thread, a spelling correction can't be too much of a derail. So, for the record, it's Fort Hays State.

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:32:26 -0800

fuck all this - i want lula cortes and ze ramalho to run for pres and v pres

By: Mr. President Dr. Steve Elvis America

Mr. President Dr. Steve Elvis America — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:33:33 -0800

Here's a good shenanigan: Find one of your comments in a deleted thread, then favorite it and unfavorite it until you reach the daily favorites limit (yeah, it doesn't subtract from the limit counter if you undo a favorite). If you then wait until the daily counter gets reset, then favorite the comment again, N will be added to your total favorite count, where N is the daily favorite limit (I forget what it is).

Happy hax!

By: grouse

grouse — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:35:55 -0800

What other schennanegans do you think I can get into?

Would you mind flaming out? Please? We haven't had a good flameout in a REAL long time.

By: evilcolonel

evilcolonel — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:35:58 -0800

spock, you should have called yourself "smock." Then we would all have the joy of saying "Smock. Smock smock smock smock smock."

By: zardoz

zardoz — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:36:49 -0800

The moral of this cautionary tale: all of you who are interested in politics and decry the deletion of political posts, head to politicalfilter and sign up. There's only 50 or so people right now.

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:38:00 -0800

Find one of your comments in a deleted thread, then favorite it and unfavorite it until you

keel over from carpal tunnel - you must have to put a pencil in your mouth and peck at the keyboard by now, steve

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:39:54 -0800

cannot flag hard enough....

By: BitterOldPunk

BitterOldPunk — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:47:34 -0800

Look, I'm gonna be up half the night waiting to watch Deontay Wilder's match in the Olympic heavyweight boxing semis, so I'm quite prepared to sit here until someone flames out disgracefully.

And I have plenty of snacks.

*eats Cap'n Crunch straight from the box, waits expectantly*

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:48:52 -0800

Straight from the box? Damn, BOP, you are so hardcore. Totally cool.

By: Mr.Encyclopedia

Mr.Encyclopedia — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:51:38 -0800

Whenever I start feeling whiny and melodramatic I just go have a little lie down for a while. That usually clears it up.

By: milkrate

milkrate — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:51:57 -0800

"John McCain can't possibly understand my problems - he doesn't know what it's like to be summer home-less."

By: cortex

cortex — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:52:54 -0800

Jeez, spock, please don't do something like that again.

By: cowbellemoo

cowbellemoo — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:53:24 -0800

McCain is hoping that one of his houses is involved in a hurricane or tornado or wildfire or foreclosure or something so he'll look sympathetic and have zingers for the debates. I can just see him poking through the rubble and spotting his old penny farthing in a melted iron heap. He nods and shies away from the camera, plucking away tears. "It wasn't just a house... There was a home here, once."

(He's old.)

By: evil, goateed spock

evil, goateed spock — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:53:58 -0800

I always WANTED to be a bad person. What other schennanegans do you think I can get into?

Stop shaving and find out.

By: Carbolic

Carbolic — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:54:25 -0800

I have only a vague idea of how much a gallon of milk cost. Less than $5??? I doubt my Dad has much of an idea either. Does that mean we're rich and out of touch. If so, could someone clue me into where I we have stashed our fortune? Next to the milk???

McCain's wife is a multi-millionaire. I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't know much about a good number of her assets. My ex-wife was well off and I purposely remained clueless about her assets. I didn't feel they were mine even though some legally were.

This "doesn't know how many houses he has" issue is manufactured news. Complete BS. Let me know when there is solid evidence that either Obama or McCain has been screwing the family pet.

By: cowbellemoo

cowbellemoo — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:56:13 -0800

Also, take it easy on Spock. He's obviously in heat, otherwise he wouldn't be so impulsive. I, for one, would lovingly fight you to the death if it's vulcan mayhem you want.

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:57:06 -0800

I didn't even know how much a gallon is.

(about 3.8l, apparently...)

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:59:19 -0800

^^^^Best five bucks spent ever1

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:59:54 -0800

What other schennanegans do you think I can get into?

Stop shaving and find out.

I think you mean "schaveng", no?

By: gsteff

gsteff — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:00:23 -0800

It must be frustrating to be able to dissect the fossilized cowardice of the MetaFilter patriarchy so effortlessly, while the moderators aren't even perceptive enough to recognize the scope of the threat you pose to their thinly-rationalized dictatorship of mediocrity.

RON PAUL 2008!!!!

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:01:03 -0800

I didn't even know how much a gallon is.

it's about 4 sloops or 8 yawls

By: BitterOldPunk

BitterOldPunk — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:01:31 -0800

flapkax -- it's crunchberries, too. TOLE U I WUZ HARDCORE

By: loquacious

loquacious — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:04:01 -0800

*gently takes spock by the elbow and leads him down to the beach*

Dude? Eat this. You can wash it down with this.

*hands spock a brownie and a cold beer*

Shh. Just watch the waves, man. Watch the waves. Everything is going to be ok.

By: orthogonality

orthogonality — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:04:24 -0800

prefpara writes "I fail to see how this is any more interesting or significant that the other minutia that we have more or less agreed to bar from the front page."

'Cause it's a two-fer McCain helpfully made a three-fer:
1. He's very rich, and out of touch with the common man
2. He's very old, too old to even remember how many houses he owns
and 3. His campaign came back and actually said, well, but John McCain spent five and a half years in just one house, that's right, the Hanoi Hilton POW camp. Which makes them look like manipulative jerks.

By: Malor

Malor — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:08:58 -0800

There were people who said Obama's speech on race was of the same importance of MLK's I Have a Dream, and now how much are we talking about it?

And whose fault is that?

By: loquacious

loquacious — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:11:25 -0800

flapkax -- it's crunchberries, too. TOLE U I WUZ HARDCORE

Eh, lightweight. The real cereal junkies take their Cap'n Crunch, coat it in butter and brown sugar and bake it into crunchy, sugary granola*. Just nibbling on it out of the box? Chipper.

You want to prove you're hardcore? Upend a large box into a bowl of frosting, cover it in fudge syrup and peanut butter, add NO MILK or MILK SUBSTITUTES and start shoveling it in with a large mixing spoon.**

*I HAVE ACTUALLY DONE THIS. AVOID. PLEASE BE OBSERVING A DISTINCT LACK OF CERTAIN TEETH.

**I HAVE ALSO DONE THIS AND HAVE NO SHAME. TODAY I BOUGHT OATMEAL CREME PIES AND NUTTER BUTTERS. DON'T FUCK WITH ME, I'LL EAT EM, I SWEAR TO DOG!

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:13:44 -0800

it's about 4 sloops or 8 yawls

Yawl don't know what you're tawkin' about.

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:13:55 -0800

this just in - "jam conch in" is an amagram of john mccain, so he must have a house in key west - you heard it here first

By: prefpara

prefpara — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:14:16 -0800

orthogonality, thanks for trying to explain the significance of this event to me. I'm not sure I understand why "McCain does stupid thing" makes for a good FPP, even when that thing is triple-stupid, but it may just be my (perhaps pathological) inability to find any of this even mildly interesting.

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:17:02 -0800

anagram - oh, goddam ...

By: localhuman

localhuman — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:20:26 -0800

GO BACKWARDS! GO BACKWARDS!

GO BACKWARDS!

By: The Light Fantastic

The Light Fantastic — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:27:17 -0800

I've been getting pretty annoyed by the one link news item posts - I can find news anywhere! In fact, try not to see what's going on in the news, it's darn near impossible. I come here to find things that are cool and then talk about them. I can talk about the news in the checkout line at the grocery store. Please, just stop it.

By: Mitheral

Mitheral — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:30:23 -0800

I didn't even know how much a gallon is.

American or European?

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:30:33 -0800

But then we wouldn't get all this intelligent commentary that Spock was supposedly looking for. It's not like you can get talk about hardcore crunchberries at the checkout line of the grocery store, now can you?

By: winna

winna — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:36:16 -0800

I am so sick of the incredibly trivial election coverage that I'd planned to vote for Subcomandante Marcos for president.

But I just have to say that peeedro's link to pictures of John Mccain's house has decided me.

I cannot allow my country to be run by a man who could own a house decorated in such a fashion. This balloon valance in particular shocks and horrifies me. What sort of soulless nightmare of poor judgment could walk into a room over which he presumably has some control and not rip that puffy blue thing down immediately?! Especially in combination with that chair and that fireplace?!

So thanks, Metafilter. I have made my voting decision based on this incredibly important information.

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:36:52 -0800

Does anybody use European gallons? (real question!)

By: h00py

h00py — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:37:02 -0800

this just in - "jam conch in" is an amagram of john mccain, so he must have a house in key west - you heard it here first

That sounds to me more as if he'd be likely to engage in backdoor shenanigans! Or at the very least, bestiality!

Surely not suitable behaviour for a President.

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:38:27 -0800

I am a bad person.

Horsepucky, I'm of the belief that there are no bad children.

By: felix betachat

felix betachat — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:42:22 -0800

and 3. His campaign came back and actually said, well, but John McCain spent five and a half years in just one house, that's right, the Hanoi Hilton POW camp. Which makes them look like manipulative jerks.

No, you forgot the best part. The entire focus of his campaign has been on trying to crystallize Obama's character as a flash-in-the-pan celebrity. By putting attention on actual wealth, the fact that Obama earned his mansion by being smart and writing well is going to get put up against the fact that McCain got his 7-10 mansions by divorcing his first wife and marrying wealth.

This gaffe, if played right by the Obama team, totally fucking the strategy of his campaign over the last 3 weeks. His advisors know it, which is why they're playing the Rezko card now. I'll bet it was in their deck for an October surprise. I promise you, Steve Schmidt is crying blood right now.

happy now, spock?

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:43:19 -0800

I can talk about the news in the checkout line at the grocery store.

Well, I can't. And therefore I sometimes enjoy talking about the news in a MetaFilter thread. What, this site is supposed to be tailored to your personal likes and dislikes?

Please, just stop it.

Please, just stop telling people how to post. There's plenty of different kinds of FPPs on the blue. Just ignore the news ones if they bother you so much. Simple, no?

By: felix betachat

felix betachat — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:44:07 -0800

(...totally fucking unravels...)

smart. i go to erase the unnecessary modifier and kill the verb instead.

By: Kloryne

Kloryne — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:47:43 -0800

But does he know the price of milk to stock enough for each of his houses?

By: felix betachat

felix betachat — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:49:23 -0800

Damn. It is serious. McCain's campaign just this very second leaked the name of his VP. They're desperate to fill this news cycle with noise.

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:50:53 -0800

There are known knowns. There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don’t know. Like not knowing the price of milk for what is known to be an unknown number of known mansions.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:53:08 -0800

Does anybody use European gallons?

Russians. It's the standard unit for measuring a nip of vodka in a bar.

By: Stunt

Stunt — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:55:32 -0800

It is so much quicker to just email the mods and ask for a time out. I guess the whole routine is way more enjoyable when it's every now and then, but once you get addicted that shit eats up valuable time you can be griefing in counterstrike or something. Maybe next time just take the shortcut.

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:14:26 -0800

"You know, I get as sick as anybody over every minor story about the U.S. presidential election getting posted to the Blue..."

This is how we polluted the Blue with political posts when the Australian election was on last year. Take a hint, yanks!

By: felix betachat

felix betachat — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:15:25 -0800

Australia? Is that even a state yet?

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:19:35 -0800

Australia? Is that even a state yet?

A state of beer-deprivation, at 4:30 on a friday afternoon...

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:24:24 -0800

Good god!! Quick, somebody get Ubu a beer!

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:31:33 -0800

yeah! i'm like that abandoned whale calf right now...energy failing...life draining out...

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:39:07 -0800

UbuRoivas: "yeah! i'm like that abandoned whale calf right now...energy failing...life draining out..."

Euthanized?

By: Wolof

Wolof — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:39:27 -0800

I poured a Coopers stout at 4 sharp.

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:41:04 -0800

Seven houses and a fourplex, just not all at the same time. (Not McCainist)

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:42:53 -0800

Dear AskMe, what's the best way to get to Russia on a thirsty Friday arvo....

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:45:09 -0800

Euthanized?

Is that the same thing as drinking a XXXX out of desperation?

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:45:38 -0800

In Soviet Russia, AskMe comes to you!

By: katillathehun

katillathehun — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:52:22 -0800

Big deal. I don't know how many pairs of shoes I own, and houses are like shoes in McCain Dollars. Being in touch with the average American is all relative, you see.

By: Fiasco da Gama

Fiasco da Gama — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:53:19 -0800

You don't drink XXXX out of desperation, uburoivas. You drink it out of a cut-off plastic 2L milk bottle, held around your neck by string.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:57:12 -0800

Sorry about the XXXX faux pas. It's been a while since I was last in Ipswich.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:02:19 -0800

***IT"S BEER O'CLOCK***

gotta run, all. i'm off to the opera house tonight, and only have four hours to get adequately tanked up before the performance.

By: Cool Papa Bell

Cool Papa Bell — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:06:37 -0800

*hands spock a brownie and a cold beer*

Shh. Just watch the waves, man. Watch the waves. Everything is going to be ok.
posted by loquacious at 10:04 PM on August 21

Dude, I need to hang out with loquacious more often.

By: dirigibleman

dirigibleman — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:09:51 -0800

Now we know why Vulcans don't drink.

By: Mitheral

Mitheral — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:28:46 -0800

katillathehun writes "I don't know how many pairs of shoes I own, and houses are like shoes in McCain Dollars."

*Reflects that I know exactly how many pairs of shoes I own; feels very poor.*

By: caddis

caddis — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:06:34 -0800

the blue has been bland as of late, but confirmation that McPrisoner has lost touch with regular folks is not enough to cure that

By: billyfleetwood

billyfleetwood — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:10:43 -0800

I think John McCain can be forgiven for forgetting how many houses he has. His House looks like the result of taking a bunch of acid and getting lost in that creepy half-empty discount mall out by the Indian Casino.

The very thought of John popping a couple Viagra while Cindy polishes of the last of the box wine out by the Hot Tub makes me want to forget all kinds of things.

If any of the other houses look that terrible, He should probably tell people he lives in a Days Inn out by the airport.

By: Wolof

Wolof — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:55:24 -0800

An eternal curse on you, billyfleetwood, for that last comment.

By: grobstein

grobstein — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:27:02 -0800

This McCain guy has style.

Dude that "mansion" is so fucking tacky.

By: Samuel Farrow

Samuel Farrow — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:41:41 -0800

Okay - I feel stupid. What are we talking about here?

USA politics is fucking confusing enough without some obscure reference to something that we should apparently be discussing on the blue but have to do 100+ comments on the gray instead.

I say: bring back Bill Clinton - because having young interns blow the leader of the free world in the Oval Office is how it should be.

It's good to be the king...

By: trondant

trondant — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:42:37 -0800

MY FRIENDS, THAT'S NOT REAL ESTATE WE CAN BELIEVE IN!

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:32:45 -0800

Okay - I feel stupid. What are we talking about here?

Nothing. It's all been censored by evil metamcain forces.

Or something.

By: Hat Maui

Hat Maui — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:47:22 -0800

it's about 4 sloops or 8 yawls

pick reason to flag: offensive/sexist/racist

/inventing fictitious sex- and/or racist terms

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:57:32 -0800

lolOstians

By: oaf

oaf — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:13:53 -0800

Pony request: can we please please please be allowed to favorite deletion reasons?

By: DU

DU — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:01:09 -0800

history could very well define as THE important turning point in this election

Let's give it a few minutes to see if history is starting to think that and then post.

By: jenkinsEar

jenkinsEar — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:03:58 -0800

I wonder why we can't have more FPPs on the 9/11 conspiracy theories, the faked moon landings, and how exciting ron paul is. also, lolcats.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:13:25 -0800

out of touch with the common man

if ever there was a manufactured, non-existing abstraction, common man is it.

By: lukemeister

lukemeister — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:24:29 -0800

You have five dollars. Do you

(a) Buy a gallon of milk -or-
(b) Join Metafilter?

By: smackfu

smackfu — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:27:20 -0800

Especially since nowadays the common man may also be a little fuzzy on exactly how many houses he owns.

By: DU

DU — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:32:47 -0800

This story is being widely portrayed as McCain being out of touch, but I think there's a deeper and more substantive point (made by Obama himself): Of course a man who has 8 houses and thinks $4.9 million/yr is middle class is going to think the economy is doing great. McCain wants us nobodies to stop whining and get back to making him money.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:36:12 -0800

Must stop sleeping!

By: DU

DU — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:37:10 -0800

(Oh and for the hat trick: AND thinks that $50/hr is a poverty level income that any decent American would refuse.)

By: lukemeister

lukemeister — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:41:15 -0800

McCain wants us nobodies to stop whining and get back to making him money.

That's why Americans must come together and drink more Budweiser.

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:41:32 -0800

I sort of lost track of how many bikes I own, sorry.

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:48:22 -0800

Is this the guy who lost track of how many kids he has?

By: inigo2

inigo2 — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:48:58 -0800

By putting attention on actual wealth, the fact that Obama earned his mansion by being smart and writing well is going to get put up against the fact that McCain got his 7-10 mansions by cheating on his first wife who waited on him for years during the war but then got disfigured in a car accident and then divorcing her and marrying wealth.

McCain is so old his first wife crashed into a TELEGRAPH POLE.

By: lukemeister

lukemeister — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:54:54 -0800

inigo2,

If only McCain had married the knife-wielding floozy ‘Marie, the Flame of Florida’.

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:57:34 -0800

"Cindy McCain sprained her wrist. Doctors say it's nothing serious -- she probably did it cutting John McCain's meat into little tiny pieces." --Craig Ferguson

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:07:45 -0800

I also have lost track of the number of shoes that I own. If I had to hazard a guess, I would go with "many." Possibly "quite a few."

By: Fuzzy Skinner

Fuzzy Skinner — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:17:53 -0800

You have five dollars. Do you

(a) Buy a gallon of milk -or-
(b) Join Metafilter?

The candidates are so out of touch, they don't even know how much a MeFi membership costs!

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:18:22 -0800

Is this the guy who lost track of how many kids he has?

You are making the common mistake of confusing him with Flavor Flav.

By: matteo

matteo — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:39:28 -0800

Flav is the one without the combover

By: prefpara

prefpara — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:40:27 -0800

You have five dollars. Do you

(a) Buy a gallon of milk -or-
(b) Join Metafilter?

actually, (c) put a towel on the floor by the two inch gap under the door; now they can't see the politicsfilter anymore

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:48:59 -0800

(the easiest way to tell them apart is that Flavour Flav wears an oversized pocket watch around his neck)

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:51:35 -0800

No, that does't quite work, as McCain's watch has oversize numbers on it too.

By: Pax

Pax — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:00:06 -0800

You are making the common mistake of confusing him with Flavor Flav.

Don't believe the hype.

By: Meatbomb

Meatbomb — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:00:21 -0800

Joined: November 18, 2004

Oh fuck no, no.

By: desjardins

desjardins — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:02:01 -0800

I can't remember how many apartments I'm renting.

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:04:38 -0800

I think you mean "schaveng", no?

I think you're confusing this with the sound an erection makes when it gets slapped.

Schavennnnnng!!!

Or does that just happen in 1960's Mad magazine

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:06:33 -0800

Cindy McCain sprained her wrist. Doctors say it's nothing serious -- she probably did it cutting John McCain's meat into little tiny pieces.

no wonder he's looked so annoyed and impotent lately

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:08:19 -0800

So I have a question and an observation.

Q: This wife of McCain's, I can't tell. Is she:

a) Trophy
b) Post-intense-plastic-surgery
c) Both a and b?

O: Man, I thought I could be an asshole. Spock has raised the bar, I tell you what.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:08:56 -0800

Schavennnnnng!!!

No, no, Peter. That's one of those Dutch seaside towns, near den Haag.

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:12:58 -0800

Schavennnnnng!!! is the sound of Mitt Romney counting his houses.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:19:23 -0800

Joined: November 18, 2004

Oh fuck no, no.

wait, who?

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:19:26 -0800

Schavennnnnng!!! is the sound of Mitt Romney counting his ~~houses~~ wives.

HAH! MORMON JOKE FTW!

By: cashman

cashman — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:22:56 -0800

Q: This wife of McCain's, I can't tell. Is she:

a) Trophy
b) Post-intense-plastic-surgery
c) Both a and b?
d) A Robot made from ironing boards and mops.

D?

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:24:35 -0800

Schavennnnnng!!!

It might be one of the sounds that Cindy McCain makes when she's really, really tweaking?

By: Sailormom

Sailormom — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:27:03 -0800

In a van DOWN BY THE RIVER! with wifi

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:31:10 -0800

You bring up an important point. I would not have sex with Cindy McCain. And there is very little on earth I would not have sex with. Very little. Hillary during Bill's tenure: sure. Laura: okay I can do that. Michelle: no question. There hasn't been a first lady that I would not have sex with since Barbara Bush. Do we really want to go back to those days? Think about it America.

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:34:34 -0800

Q: This wife of McCain's, I can't tell. Is she:

a) Trophy
b) Post-intense-plastic-surgery
c) Both a and b?
d) A Robot made from ironing boards and mops.

D?

Ahhh. Well that makes more sense.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:36:53 -0800

Jeez, spock, please don't do something like that again.

That seems kind of a mild response to someone deliberately fucking with the site.

By: hydropsyche

hydropsyche — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:39:46 -0800

I've got an idea. How about since Cindy McCain's appearance and whether you would have sex with her has zero to do with her husband's presidential bid, you give it a break on that shit?

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:40:47 -0800

Oh shit. I forgot we aren't supposed to talk about whether we would have sex with a woman or not. My bad. Women should be judged on their accomplishments and just because a woman is in the public eye does not mean that she is fodder for a bunch of sweaty nerds to debate on whether they would or would not have sex with her. Sorry everybody. I just forgot. Comment withdrawn.

On preview, well now that I have been called out on it I don't feel like apologizing anymore.

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:42:34 -0800

hydro.. I'm gay, so objectifying women isn't really something that's in my world. I was alluding to the fact that the 'family values' guy is divorced and married to a woman who is essentially a trophy wife.

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:42:36 -0800

So, just to sum up, withdrawal of comment withdrawn, with the right reserved to re-withdraw once my blood goes down.

By: cashman

cashman — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:42:54 -0800

To be fair, McCain is a robot made of swiffers and diswasher parts. And speaking of that, I'd love to see McCain do the robot. Yes I know his arm issues are war injuries. Still wouldn't make it any less awesome.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:43:07 -0800

I'd hit ND¢

By: booticon

booticon — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:45:15 -0800

Don't worry ND¢, I'd still vote for you.

By: cashman

cashman — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:46:14 -0800

I'd hit ND¢

FUCK

6 days man...6 days! we were so close!!

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:47:14 -0800

That's why Americans must come together and drink more Budweiser.

Isnt' Budweiser a Belgian beer?

By: yhbc

yhbc — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:47:26 -0800

VOTE OBAMA
ND¢ WOULD NOT HAVE SEX WITH THE OTHER GUY'S WIFE

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:48:04 -0800

Omigod were we really withing six days? Are we never going to see cooter on MetaFilter?

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:48:14 -0800

There has already been a thread about whether other mefites would or would not have sex with me, and the general consensus was no.

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:50:26 -0800

I would really be excited to find out that this thread doesn't turn into an unchecked series of jokes about Cindy McCain's looks/fuckability. I'm no fan, but for god's sake.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:51:25 -0800

6 days man...6 days! we were so close!!

oh, c'mon! that didn't count. i meant i'd boff him on the noggin, obviously.

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:51:46 -0800

We've already shifted gears into how many yawls of mead it would take to get wasted enough to screw ND¢.

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:53:02 -0800

That seems kind of a mild response to someone deliberately fucking with the site.

Jessamyn did all the heavy lifting already by the time I got here, and spock had been persona non spazza for a half hour by then. I'm guessing he was chilled out or hitting the sack and wasn't planning further (stupid, stupid) hijinx, so hey.

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:56:13 -0800

You know who's hot? Orrin Hatch.

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:56:32 -0800

We've already shifted gears into how many yawls of mead it would take to get wasted enough to screw ND¢.

When making your decision, please bear in mind that I am demonstrably fertile, know several moves, and can boff noggins all night long.

By: lukemeister

lukemeister — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:56:42 -0800

Isn't Budweiser a Belgian beer?

Yeah Boy!

By: l33tpolicywonk

l33tpolicywonk — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:56:48 -0800

Made Man: How Cindy Hensley invented John McCain

By: Mr. President Dr. Steve Elvis America

Mr. President Dr. Steve Elvis America — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:57:28 -0800

I would really be excited to find out that this thread doesn't turn into an unchecked series of jokes about Cindy McCain's looks/fuckability.

John McCain is the enemy, and anyone who associates with him is also the enemy. Since we're liberal computer-users, we're not exactly going to kill John and rape his wife, Viking-style, so instead we'll just mock his gaffs and make sexist jokes about his wife.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:59:58 -0800

I would really be excited to find out that this thread doesn't turn into an unchecked series of jokes about Cindy McCain's looks/fuckability.

Well, I've never seen a photo of her, so I can't comment. The newspapers here are full of nothing but Miranda Kerr these days.

By: Pax

Pax — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:02:22 -0800

Omigod were we really withing six days? Are we never going to see cooter on MetaFilter?

Never.

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:08:29 -0800

DEATH GRIP!

DEATH GRIP!

DEATH GRIP!

(nerve pinch)

By: booticon

booticon — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:09:25 -0800

UbuRoivas said: "Well, I've never seen a photo of her, so I can't comment. The newspapers here are full of nothing but Miranda Kerr these days."

You're welcome.

By: mygothlaundry

mygothlaundry — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:10:38 -0800

Why don't we talk about the fuckability of John McCain or Barack Obama, instead? Actually, it's pretty much no contest - Obama, totally doable; McCain, not so much. Bill Clinton, yeah, I could see it; W, absolutely not, not even when he was younger and fucked up enough to somewhat blur his outlines. I mean, those ears, my god, you'd end up grabbing onto one by mistake and he'd yell out and you'd be all, ooops, sorry and then, you know, just fixate on those ears and not be able to think about anything else and meanwhile, he'd be all sweaty and thinking you're having a great time while you're looking at those ears and swearing off tequila for life. Why are Democrats so much more fuckable than Republicans? It's just one of those little facts of life.

By: felix betachat

felix betachat — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:13:45 -0800

so instead we'll just mock his gaffs and make sexist jokes about his wife.

Also, since we're grammar nazis in addition to being liberal computer-users, we'll point out that the correct spelling is "gaffe". A "gaff" is an iron hook, a vociferation, or hey full-circle!! the domicile of a prostitute.

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:14:07 -0800

Jimmy Carter: Fuckable.

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:15:03 -0800

Why are Democrats so much more fuckable than Republicans? It's just one of those little facts of life.

Maybe, but I'm pretty certain it would be easier for me to have a torrid fling with a Republican. Self-hatred makes for hot uninhibited sex.

A "gaff" is an iron hook, a vociferation, or hey full-circle!! the domicile of a prostitute.

It is also tape.

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:17:08 -0800

More cushion for the pushin'.

By: koeselitz

koeselitz — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:17:11 -0800

mygothlaundry: Why are Democrats so much more fuckable than Republicans?

That one's easy. Because you're not a guy.

By: felix betachat

felix betachat — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:17:37 -0800

Why are Democrats so much more fuckable than Republicans? It's just one of those little facts of life.

It's not true, actually. If you become crippled with self-loathing, the polarity reverses.

By: Liosliath

Liosliath — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:19:50 -0800

"This balloon valance in particular shocks and horrifies me." Winna, I'm with you. I will also never read Architectural Digest again without sneering, once I saw that they referred to the FELIX THE CAT on the mantel as a mere "black-and-white cat."

By: booticon

booticon — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:21:20 -0800

I would give Ann Coulter a good spanking. "You dirty, dirty little girl, you."

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:22:58 -0800

Why are Democrats so much more fuckable than Republicans? It's just one of those little facts of life.

Republicans are good for angry fucking, it should be said. Time and a place for everything in life.

By: Jofus

Jofus — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:23:42 -0800

Why are Democrats so much more fuckable than Republicans?

Sex with Obama would be like shagging a silk bag full of coat hangers.

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:25:42 -0800

John McCain is the enemy, and anyone who associates with him is also the enemy. Since we're liberal computer-users, we're not exactly going to kill John and rape his wife, Viking-style, so instead we'll just mock his gaffs and make sexist jokes about his wife.

You must be a hoot and a holler at parties.

By: The Bellman

The Bellman — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:35:59 -0800

Omigod were we really withing six days? Are we never going to see cooter on MetaFilter?

C'mon guys, that was so clearly out there that even ND¢ apologized (before the lame callout and withdrawal of apology). So what does that tell you? Jessamyn obviously paid ND¢ to post that shit so she wouldn't have to cooterize.

Back, and too the left . . .

By: Daddy-O

Daddy-O — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:38:30 -0800

Why are Democrats so much more fuckable than Republicans?

Because Republicans fuck you.

By: The Bellman

The Bellman — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:38:37 -0800

. . . to . . .

By: octobersurprise

octobersurprise — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:39:56 -0800

John McCain is the enemy, and anyone who associates with him is also the enemy.

I think you actually believe that, you strange little person, you.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:40:30 -0800

Jessamyn did all the heavy lifting already by the time I got here

And this was while dealing with a pissed-off user who changed his userpage to comment on the fuckability of ME while I was dealing with this. Bleh.

I find all this fuckability talk generally distasteful because it turns into a bunch of "who can be more lulzy about it" one-upsmanship and then we start with the rape jokes and I'm totally disgusted by it. I know most of you are trying to be funny, I just find it off-putting.

Thin-skinned maybe, but I'm going to step away from this and see if I can regain some perspective.

By: felix betachat

felix betachat — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:45:52 -0800

And this was while dealing with a pissed-off user who changed his userpage to comment on the fuckability of ME while I was dealing with this.

Ugh. Gross. Close the thread, maybe?

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:46:46 -0800

a pissed-off user who changed his userpage to comment on the fuckability of ME while I was dealing with this

Fucking asshole. Sorry to hear that, jessamyn.

By: cashman

cashman — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:48:30 -0800

Yeah I think we're done here.

By: cashman

cashman — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:48:51 -0800

I'm sorry to hear that as well.

By: BeerFilter

BeerFilter — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:50:34 -0800

I think this image here is the official Cindy McCain hateraide picture.

By: quin

quin — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:52:13 -0800

You are making the common mistake of confusing him with Flavor Flav.

*pictures John McCain leaning in close to a slightly fish-eyed camera lens*

Yeeeaaah Boooyeeeeee!

*shudders involuntarily*

By: Daddy-O

Daddy-O — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:52:13 -0800

And this was while dealing with a pissed-off user who changed his userpage to comment on the fuckability of ME while I was dealing with this.

BAN!!! But don't stop our fun here. You guys start behaving, OK, or the mods will stop this car right now, and YOU"LL BE SORRY YOUNG MAN!

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:53:14 -0800

And this was while dealing with a pissed-off user who changed his userpage to comment on the fuckability of ME while I was dealing with this. Bleh.

Yeah.. there's horsing around and then there is utter assholery.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:56:27 -0800

The line between the two is ever so thin.

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:59:54 -0800

Sorry again about starting off the Cindy McCain fuckability talk. I realized it was a stupid and clichéd comment right after I made it, but you can't take it back once its said. I was on the wrong side of the thin horsing around/assholery line.

By: Bookhouse

Bookhouse — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:03:52 -0800

Someone with better photoshop skills than mine should take this picture of John McCain and meld it with another to create an awesome "Two-Face" image.

I'd love to know how that picture happened to come about.

By: Jofus

Jofus — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:07:15 -0800

I still love you all

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:18:25 -0800

I'd love to know how that picture happened to come about.

"Mr. McCain, I'm afraid Al Jolson retired a number of years ago."

By: DU

DU — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:20:07 -0800

"Mr. McCain, there are some people on your lawn. They look to be about 139 years old."
"DAMN KIDS!"

By: kittens for breakfast

kittens for breakfast — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:26:16 -0800

I'd love to know how that picture happened to come about.

"I'm, ah, afraid we, uh...don't rent Betamax tapes here, Senator. I'm afraid that, um. No one does. Any longer. No one, um. In the. In the world."

By: octobersurprise

octobersurprise — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:27:33 -0800

The Hug is still my favorite picture of McCain. (Note: everyone needs a hug.)

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:29:36 -0800

I'd like to have sex with Cindy McCain's money. Big piles of beer distributor, not cutting in the half-sister money. Is that so wrong?

By: kittens for breakfast

kittens for breakfast — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:30:12 -0800

The Hug is still my favorite picture of McCain. (Note: everyone needs a hug.)

Oh my God, that's awesome.

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:33:46 -0800

When I was a kid, my grandmother would always ask if I had "listened to the television today".

By: Sailormom

Sailormom — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:34:56 -0800

I'd love to know how that picture happened to come about
I'm pretty sure poop was involved.

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:35:02 -0800

The Hug is still my favorite picture of McCain. (Note: everyone needs a hug.)

Whoa. Dumbass-in-Chief is all "Get this old person off me!"

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:37:29 -0800

I'd like to have sex with Cindy McCain's money. Big piles of beer distributor, not cutting in the half-sister money. Is that so wrong?

I'd hit that credit limit.

By: octobersurprise

octobersurprise — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:43:39 -0800

Dumbass-in-Chief is all "Get this old person off me!"

To me it looks like Bush is saying "C'mere, you little munchkin!" and McCain is saying "Zzzzzzzzz."

By: kosem

kosem — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:43:46 -0800

And this was while dealing with a pissed-off user who changed his userpage to comment on the fuckability of ME while I was dealing with this. Bleh.

That is egregious. The McCain house thing was a fucked up hill to die on, and I can see how you would forgive a longtime user for an aberrant freakout. But for this type of ungrateful crybaby look-at-me nonsense you should ban that motherfucker.

By: cashman

cashman — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:44:20 -0800

Current date for name change: ∞

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:47:17 -0800

But for this type of ungrateful crybaby look-at-me nonsense you should ban that motherfucker.

Note that we're talking about two different users and two different issues that just coincided temporally to make a Really Awesome Thursday Night; spock is totally clean on that front, and other user is indeed a resident of Greater Bansville now.

The Hug is still my favorite picture of McCain.

That's actually a rare photo of the asexual spawning behavior of the North American Neoconserv—oh god, I'm one of those people making those jokes on the internet.

By: Fuzzy Monster

Fuzzy Monster — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:51:58 -0800

I almost feel sorry for ol' McCain. He's only going to get more old and dottering as this election continues.

Q: " Senator, where are your pants?"

A: "I think - I'll have my staff get to you. It's suspenders where - I'll have them get to you."

By: kosem

kosem — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:52:07 -0800

Note that we're talking about two different users and two different issues

Ahhh. I should read more. Greater Bansville makes me think of how much I'd like to lurk the nonsite banned.metafilter.com from time to time.

Sorry spock!

By: quonsar

quonsar — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:53:07 -0800

There must be a painkiller in here. Give it to me immediately.

By: MCMikeNamara

MCMikeNamara — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:53:14 -0800

Okay I missed this yesterday, but even 200 comments laterm I'm too much of a geek to not make the joke that this just shows how dangerous it is when pon farr corresponds with the American election cycle. Vulcans can't deal. Metafilter suffers.

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:55:22 -0800

The question about his pants is unfair.

The Senator doesn't actually own any pants. They belong to his wife, and his wife's trust.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:55:52 -0800

McCain could remember exactly how many houses he had. He was just flustered, thinking "Oh, shit, have they found my secret family?"

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:56:15 -0800

"I think you're confusing this with the sound an erection makes when it gets slapped.

Schavennnnnng!!!

Or does that just happen in 1960's Mad magazine"

Nazi Wayne and Garth.

By: felix betachat

felix betachat — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:58:35 -0800

The Senator doesn't actually own any pants. They belong to his wife, and his wife's trust.

Again, not true. The pre-nup specifies that the Senator is allowed 2 pairs of Sansabelt slacks (neutral colors, natch), and a single pair of pastel plaid pants to be worn while golfing.

Fight the smears.

By: MCMikeNamara

MCMikeNamara — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:59:58 -0800

Also:

Metatalk: Personae Non Spazza

By: shiu mai baby

shiu mai baby — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:05:08 -0800

That hug picture just made an already decent Friday 1000% better.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:12:24 -0800

Unamerican used to make a great sticker that said "UNFUCKWITHABLE". Now, every time someone talks fuckability, I just imagine they're talking about unfuckwithability.

It makes everything nicer.

By: trondant

trondant — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:15:26 -0800

You are making the common mistake of confusing him with ~~Flavor Flav.~~ John Edwards.

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:19:53 -0800

The Senator doesn't actually own any pants. They belong to his wife, and his wife's trust.

Yep. And she demands to wear the pants in that family.

By: cgc373

cgc373 — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:20:43 -0800

There must be a painkiller in here. Give it to me immediately.

Why is this properly capitalized?

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:21:12 -0800

Elitist?

McCain drives in a nine-car motorcade from his compound to get a large cappuccino at Starbucks.

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:22:03 -0800

I would like to apologize to Orrin Hatch.

Orrin, I'm sorry. Let's bury the 'hatch"et.

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:22:56 -0800

The Fabulous Life of John McCain [video | 01:26].

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:25:22 -0800

Keith Olbermann on McCain's house gaffe, and the overplay of the POW card [video 08:58].

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:27:56 -0800

FOUND: John McCain - Get out of Gaffe Free Card.

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:33:06 -0800

More like John McRich-and-out-of-touch, amimcrite?

By: cmonkey

cmonkey — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:35:40 -0800

I think the suggestion that John McCain, a former naval aviator and prisoner of war, might not be able to remember to put on his pants is, frankly, quite outrageous.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:38:13 -0800

Well, spock was right in one regard. People want to talk about this issue. So much so that they're treating this metatalk thread about the thread on the blue as if it were the thread on the blue.

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:40:29 -0800

I was thinking that too, Dave–it's kind of like he got his wish after all.

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:44:47 -0800

To be fair, John Sidney McCain III couldn't say he had 10 houses because the kaiser had stolen our word "ten."

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:55:38 -0800

I'd love to know how that picture happened to come about.

Don't know if this gives any more clues as to the story behind the picture, but here's a wider view of the same image, with another person in the frame.

By: anotherpanacea

anotherpanacea — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:56:56 -0800

This is metafilter.

This is metafilter on mescaline.

This is metafilter on mesclun.

Mmm... tasty FAIL SALAD has PEYOTE buttons.

By: booticon

booticon — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:18:24 -0800

BTMFA!

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:20:34 -0800

Washington Post: Take the McCain House Tour! [slideshow]

"Indoor and outdoor swimming pools! Spas and state-of-the-art fitness centers! Views of the Arizona mountains, the Pacific Ocean and downtown Phoenix!

John McCain isn't just a presidential candidate. He's a veritable bling-master, worthy of an 'MTV Cribs' episode, those televised tours of brazenly gilded homes led by celebrity owners like 50 Cent, Hulk Hogan and Bow Wow."

By: schyler523

schyler523 — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:23:09 -0800

Cortex: Note that we're talking about two different users and two different issues that just coincided temporally to make a Really Awesome Thursday Night; spock is totally clean on that front, and other user is indeed a resident of Greater Bansville now.

Wait, what?! There was an invisible spontaneous ~~combustion~~ flameout? I miss everything exciting.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:26:09 -0800

"I think the suggestion that John McCain, a former naval aviator and prisoner of war, might not be able to remember to put on his pants is, frankly, quite outrageous."

He only wore one pair of pants—for five and a half years!

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:56:14 -0800

I am tired of living in the alternate-history version of the USA.

By: Rumple

Rumple — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:56:39 -0800

I've lost track of how many sockpuppets I own.

By: Fuzzy Monster

Fuzzy Monster — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:00:51 -0800

As long as Battlin' Joe Lieberman is there to whisper in McCain's ear everything will be just fine.

"Psst-- John! Put on your pants!"

By: quonsar

quonsar — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:26:30 -0800

Why is this properly capitalized?

because it was quoting a guy under automatic fire in a land rover. guys under automatic fire in land rovers are always careful like that.

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:31:08 -0800

Flashback: McCain didn’t know what kind of car he drove.

"...the National Review...dug up a 2007 interview revealing he knew neither how many houses he owned nor what car he drove:
'In our News interview, he was asked what kind of car he drove. As with Politico’s question about home ownership, he didn’t know and had to ask a nearby aide. 'A Cadillac CTS,' she told him.'

By: Fuzzy Monster

Fuzzy Monster — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:55:48 -0800

The Right And Men Who Live Off Their Second Wives' Inherited Wealth

Remember when folks on "The Right" were attacking John Kerry for having a rich wife?

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:56:44 -0800

BTMFA!

I haven't heard this one. What's this? Bite? the MF Already?

Bicycle The Motor Free Area?

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:02:42 -0800

Let it go, folks. It's Pon'far.

By: Artw

Artw — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:04:49 -0800

If this was in PoliticalFilter, why does it need to be here?

Hmm. Isn't PoliticalFlter, as an entirely seperate site, a perfectly acceptable source for a "via"?

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:05:18 -0800

This is metafilter on mesclun.

This is MetaFilter huffing jenkem.

By: gyc

gyc — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:12:13 -0800

Uh, there was no indication in the audio or the transcript of the interview that McCain didn't know how many houses he owned. He simply referred the interviewer to one of his staff.

By: Artw

Artw — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:14:50 -0800

Sort of like I "know" things by looking them up on wikipedia?

By: homunculus

homunculus — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:17:01 -0800

billyfleetwood nailed it. The place just looks so fucking bizarre.

I didn't realize an earlier post had already been deleted. Go ahead and kill it.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:23:53 -0800

why do they have a michelle obama totem?

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:25:05 -0800

By: languagehat

languagehat — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:31:31 -0800

Uh, there was no indication in the audio or the transcript of the interview that McCain didn't know how many houses he owned. He simply referred the interviewer to one of his staff.

Well, obviously candidates should respond to all questions in similar fashion.

"Governor, if Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer?"

"I think - I'll have my staff get to you."

Problem solved!

By: octobersurprise

octobersurprise — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:35:18 -0800

there was no indication in the audio or the transcript of the interview that McCain didn't know how many houses he owned. He simply referred the interviewer to one of his staff.

"How are you feeling today, Senator?"

"Uh. Talk to my staff. They'll give you that information."

By: Fuzzy Monster

Fuzzy Monster — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:39:47 -0800

Property records reviewed by The Associated Press show McCain and his family appear to own at least eight homes: A ranch and two condos in Arizona; three condos in Coronado, Calif.; a condo in La Jolla, Calif.; and another in Arlington, Va. The number of houses is a bit trickier to determine since the ranch has at least four houses and a two-story cabin on it.

Seven Condos, Four houses and a Cabin. That's 12 Homes. TWELVE!

Damn, Jet-Set McCain! Why, next to McCain, poor ol Mitt Romney is practically homeless. And there's no way McCain is picking a homeless man to be his V.P.

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:49:34 -0800

McCain/Romney is going to be one house laden ticket.

By: Artw

Artw — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:53:58 -0800

The rules for houses in elections are the same as for Monopoly, right? Obama is screwed.

By: BeerFilter

BeerFilter — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:59:17 -0800

By all means, delete this.
posted by homunculus at 4:06 PM on August 22

I didn't realize an earlier post had already been deleted. Go ahead and kill it.
posted by homunculus at 4:17 PM on August 22

This post was deleted for the following reason: seems like a great post for politica... oh what's that you say? really? and it's relevant now why? oh, okay then. -- jessamyn

I think someone needs a hug.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:03:09 -0800

"'In our News interview, he was asked what kind of car he drove. As with Politico’s question about home ownership, he didn’t know and had to ask a nearby aide. 'A Cadillac CTS,' she told him.'"

Boy, that aide really dropped the ball there—she didn't mention his being a POW at all.

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:10:56 -0800

Houses, shoes, and private planes.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:11:15 -0800

I think someone needs a hug.

I think someone can't be everywhere at once.

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:12:19 -0800

"The Republican presidential candidate started the fuss earlier this week when he fumbled a question from Politico about how many houses he owns. He hemmed and hawed, then said, 'I'll have my staff get to you.'

One sidelight that may become a larger issue is a series of what seem to be subtle references to McCain's age. His critics don't overtly say he is 71 in the current torrent of zingers, but some of the criticism uses terms such as McCain 'losing track' of his homes and getting forgetful, raising questions about his mental alertness." ^*

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:15:24 -0800

McCain/Romney is going to be one house laden ticket.

VP Romney Would Compound McCain's House Issue

“The rumor mill is abuzz that John McCain will (in fact, has already) chosen Mitt Romney as his vice presidential running mate and that the choice will be revealed just days after the Democratic convention. If that is the case, it could only compound the recent line of attack being used against the Arizona Republican.

Romney, like McCain, owns an abundance of houses. According to news reports, the former governor of Massachusetts has at least four properties in his portfolio. There is his primary residence in Massachusetts, a ski lodge in Utah, a lake front house in New Hampshire (described by USA Today as ‘an 11-acre estate valued at more than $10 million on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee’) and a La Jolla beachfront home in California. The latter, according to Politico, is worth $12 million, has five bathrooms, and contains ‘direct access to sand beach, a quiet cul-de-sac location, spacious oceanfront deck, numerous patio areas with manicured lawns and mature landscaping, lap pool and spa.’”

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:18:35 -0800

I wonder if any illegal immigrants work at any of the McCain properties, like those who used to manicure Romney's landscaping at his Belmont, MA estate.

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:20:33 -0800

For $50 an hour?

By: Bookhouse

Bookhouse — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:21:33 -0800

I don't even own eight forks.

By: booticon

booticon — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:21:38 -0800

jessamynAdmin said: "I think someone needs a hug.

I think someone can't be everywhere at once."

Awww <3

By: booticon

booticon — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:27:49 -0800

STUPID GREASEMONKEY SCRIPT

By: Atom Eyes

Atom Eyes — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:32:42 -0800

Hey, everybody—choose a lawn! He can only keep us off one of them at a time!

By: Artw

Artw — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:37:57 -0800

Hug audit.

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:38:52 -0800

Fox News: “Is Obama Bashing ‘American Dream’ By Bashing McCain’s 7 Homes?”

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:39:15 -0800

They'll counter this house thing. Romney will be all like "Yeah I got a bunch of fucking houses. I worked hard and achieved and earned those houses. Having a bunch of fucking houses is the American dream. A lot of hard-working white Americans agree that there is nothing wrong with having worked hard and achieved and bought a bunch of houses. Now if Barack Obama had been president, then I probably wouldn't have all these houses. I probably wouldn't even have one house. Because he would have used the power of the federal government to take it away from me and turn it into a Madrassa. So, if you are against houses, but for terrorists, then by all means support Barack Obama"

The Republican Party: People in trailers voting for people with a bunch of fucking houses.

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:40:10 -0800

Holy Shit! I had not seen that when I posted my comment. I am a genius!

By: gompa

gompa — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:42:57 -0800

"'In our News interview, he was asked what kind of car he drove. As with Politico’s question about home ownership, he didn’t know and had to ask a nearby aide. 'A Cadillac CTS,' she told him.'"

Boy, that aide really dropped the ball there—she didn't mention his being a POW at all.

No kidding. Proper answer is: "One thing we all know for sure is that John McCain went five and a half years with no car at all - when he was in prison, in Vietnam, suffering for your freedom. That's the thing about being a POW for five and a half years, which was what John McCain was doing while Barack Hussein Obama was bowing to Mecca at his madrassa, and the thing is that they sure don't serve you arugula at the Hanoi Hilton. Which is where John McCain spent five and a half years as a prisoner . . . hey, get back here, I'm not finished . . ."

Also, since it got deleted in the other post, I just wanted to say I really appreciated the Architectural Digest link. I've now got a spiffy new line of t-shirts, coffee mugs and bumper stickers to sell at the RNC confab in Minneapolis:

Real Americans don't eat arugula, but they do recline beneath pergolas.

By: felix betachat

felix betachat — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:45:52 -0800

Someone needs to tell those pathetic Roger Ailes droids that the "American Dream" does not equal abandoning one's family in the relentless pursuit of wealth and power. I know it's getting hard to tell the difference these days.

By: Artw

Artw — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:48:04 -0800

Real Americans also aspire to never get old though. And a real American would certainly know what kind of car he drives (correct answer: The biggest one possible)

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:58:34 -0800

"Hug audit."

I'd hug it.

(Also not a bad bumper sticker.)

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:00:35 -0800

I am a genius!

Roger Ailes is on the phone for you. Apparently, he's offering you a job to pen Faux News/Republican Talking Points^TM.

By: stet

stet — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:05:41 -0800

You know, when I read that he'd done five-and-a-half years in prison, my first thought was mild surprise that one of the Keating 5 had done time.

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:05:48 -0800

Real Americans don't eat arugula, but they do recline beneath pergolas.

Don't forget Poland! That's where they eat perogies.

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:14:26 -0800

Roger Ailes is on the phone for you. Apparently, he's offering you a job to pen Faux News/Republican Talking Points.

No way dude. I read Mother Night.

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:47:58 -0800

Is the problem that some of the houses are in Czechoslovakia?

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:10:25 -0800

I really wonder about the arugala-eating business. Does he have proof? Has he seen Obama's grocery receipts? Does the average American really know what arugala is, or do they just guess that only "elitists" eat it because it's a funny word?

Because really, arugala is kind of gross. Dude might try some chard instead. That stuff's delicious. "Chard-eater" just doesn't have the same kind of appeal. Chard sounds like something you might eat in your trailer. "I just got me a bucket o' chard!" Arugala, on the other hand - too many syllables.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:30:58 -0800

That's where they eat perogies.

Piragi, if you will.

Full of bacony yumness, and practical usefulness:

It has been said that an unmarried girl will find herself a husband faster, if she eats the first Pirags that comes out of the oven.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:50:35 -0800

*** nothing says love like sharing piragi *** ^

By: oneirodynia

oneirodynia — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:53:44 -0800

Pierogi (also perogi, perogy, pirohi, piroghi, pirogi, pirogen, pierogy, pidahih, or pyrohy).

I really wonder about the arugala-eating business. Does he have proof? Has he seen Obama's grocery receipts?

It's from a comment made by Obama to Iowa farmers: "Anybody gone to Whole Foods lately and seen what they charge for arugula?" Of course, it made sense to the farmers. Incidentally, Arizona is one of the largest producers of arugula, as during the winter months, production shifts from California. I guess McCain is also out of touch with his state's farmers.

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:31:33 -0800

Arugula-related self-link.

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:43:31 -0800

McCain could have easily side-stepped the question:

"Heh... [light chuckle]... to be honest with you, there's only one house for me. It's a bit of a fixer-upper [non-scary smile], but it's got a lot of charm and, and a lot of character [pensive moment of respectful reflection]... and with a little help from my hardworking American friends, my loving wife and I should, God willing, be moving in some time after November."

Seriously though, if this is the epic gaffe that loses the Presidency for McCain, you guys are a lot more fucked up than I thought: "Wow, I never realized McCain was an out of touch rich old white guy 'til that epic gafffe! Oh well... if anyone needs me, I'll be making toast while having a bath..."

By: Artw

Artw — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:44:56 -0800

Without media-repetition druming it into peoples heads for days on end it will do nothing.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:53:17 -0800

Arugula, arugula,
Obama mentioned thee,
He also likes
Endives and chard
And even kohl-ra-bi

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:43:58 -0800

oh, aragula is actually rocket?

I’m not the man they think I am at home
Oh no no no I’m a rocket man

By: Mr.Encyclopedia

Mr.Encyclopedia — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:44:51 -0800

Truly, whoever wins this election will do so on their opponent's weaknesses, rather than their own strengths.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:42:20 -0800

News results for George Obama.

By: ericb

ericb — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:58:02 -0800

McCain plays POW card again to deflect criticism over housing gaffe

"'I am grateful for the fact that I have a wonderful life,' McCain said. 'I spent some years without a kitchen table, without a chair, and I know what it's like to be blessed by the opportunities of this great nation. Cindy's father, who barely finished high school, went off and distinguished himself in World War II in a B-17 and came back with practically nothing and realized the American dream, and I am proud and grateful for that, and I think he is a role model to many young Americans who serve in the military and come back and succeed.'"

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:10:58 -0800

"'I spent some years without a kitchen table, without a chair, and I know what it's like to be blessed by the opportunities of this great nation."

POW card? No, McCain's just talking about those five-and-a-half years in the mid-'70s when all he had was a breakfast nook and a stool. Could hardly spread the morning paper open; it was torture.

By: Pronoiac

Pronoiac — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:14:25 -0800

UbuRoivas : 6 days man...6 days! we were so close!!

oh, c'mon! that didn't count. i meant i'd boff him on the noggin, obviously.

I hadn't updated the list lately; we were a couple of weeks away, actually. It was a nice run, one of the two longest, I think. I'm adding some quotes now.

I keep thinking I'll make a MeTa post when we clear the first week without resets, so the rules can get a bit of clarification, but doing that without goading on schmucks might be tricky.

(Does "I'd hug it" count? No, right? "I'd vacillate it?")