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Sunday, August 3, 2008

Reaganesque!

posted by on August 3 at 18:47 PM

Too bad it’s Reagan circa 1989…

Anyone else here that “Why am I…” and think of this guy? And in other news

A milder type of mental decline that often precedes Alzheimer’s disease is alarmingly more common than has been believed, and in men more than women, doctors reported Monday….

Dr. Ralph Nixon, a New York University psychiatrist and scientific adviser to the Alzheimer’s Association, was blunt. “We’re facing a crisis,” he said.

We certainly are.

Video via Atrios.

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1

Charlie Crist looks like the Mister Rogers and Zach Efron had a love child and soaked it in bronzer.

Posted by Jake | August 3, 2008 7:00 PM
2

Can I sue Crist for controlling the blood in my penis?

Posted by Mr. Poe | August 3, 2008 7:12 PM
3

I get a little uneasy with playing the early onset dementia card. The more McCain gets mocked for having senior moments, the more sympathy he may garner from his fellow seniors.

If you want to make people queasy about John McCain, there's no shortage of material. Here's a man who cheated on his disabled wife and the mother of his daughter. Here's a man who ended up divorcing her and, in short order, marrying the other woman. And here's a man who's very sketchy about the details and the chronology of that portion of his life history.

The Los Angeles Times delved into this recently.

Bill Clinton was forced to testify under oath about his alleged dalliances, and unlike McCain, he never dumped his wife and the mother of his daughter. Let's see how McCain would fare if he had to testify under oath about his dalliances. Well, this may be an occasion where a few senior moments could come in handy.

Posted by cressona | August 3, 2008 7:38 PM
4

stop calling everything a 'card', please. and don't focus too much on his personal life issues from almost thirty years ago, it's kinda lame. take him on the issues. he's a sitting duck half the time.

Posted by douglas | August 3, 2008 8:22 PM
5

With all the hoopla over Obama's celebrity status, I find it odd that nobody has commented on the fact that Reagan literally was a celebrity. More than that, the neo-cons elevated him to the position of a virtual demigod.

Posted by booji boy | August 3, 2008 8:57 PM
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douglas @4: don't focus too much on his personal life issues from almost thirty years ago, it's kinda lame.

Douglas, I guess you're right. Making personal attacks against a presidential candidate for events of 30 years prior has always proved to be completely ineffective. See: John Kerry, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, 2004.

Posted by cressona | August 3, 2008 9:18 PM
7

To be fair, I wished you would have aired his response. Anyone stumbling, through 3 different camara angles, is going to seem like a complete idiot.
Not that I'd vote for the old crusty mfer anyway.

Posted by Joy | August 3, 2008 9:26 PM
8

"Hear", Dan?

Posted by Dan | August 3, 2008 10:01 PM
9

It's "hear". "Anyone else HEAR that...?"

Posted by jean genie | August 3, 2008 10:01 PM
10

COMMENT DELETED: Spam

We remove comments that are off topic, threatening, or commercial in nature, and we do not allow sock-puppetry (impersonating someone else)—or any kind of puppetry, for that matter. We never censor comments based on ideology.

Posted by Freedom's Watch | August 3, 2008 10:26 PM
11

McCain's already chosen his demographic - note that the Paris Hilton and Brittney Spears were the touchstones of iconic status. McDrool as already thrown down the old vs young gauntlet. He's just hoping that young red-staters will not notice. Of course they won't because they are all religious drones who vote at their parents behest, or at the behest of the youth pastor that is schlonking them.

Posted by kinaidos | August 3, 2008 10:55 PM
12

Schlonking?

Posted by Gurldoggie | August 3, 2008 11:31 PM
13

Hey 'Freedom's Watch': Please cite one incident where allowing oil companies greater access to drill on public lands resulted in a lasting drop in oil prices.

Posted by flamingbanjo | August 4, 2008 12:08 AM
14

yikes, "here" hasn't been fixed yet!

Posted by stinkbug | August 4, 2008 12:57 AM
15

To insinuate Alzheimer’s disease for anyone that’s stumbling over words now and then is probably the most disgusting and pompous low blow I've seen in a long time. It's going to be a very mean campaign.

Posted by raindrop | August 4, 2008 8:02 AM
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@10:

What the American people should actually be outraged by is the crass pandering and manipulation by oil industry lobbyists, whose collective dicks you seem to be sucking like a champion.

Posted by AMB | August 4, 2008 9:26 AM
17

Freedoms Watch is just neocon spam.

The post is so full of shit over an attempted political stunt that didn't get the traction that they hoped for. Even the White House has admitted that offshore drilling would take 5 to 7 years to show any effect - that effect? Drop the cost of gas a whole nickel. These are the same assholes who fucked everything up in the first place and who recently sank continuing tax breaks for the development of alternative energy sources. The conservatives are just covering their political base - the oil industry. So, whenever you see some group whose name contains the catch word "freedom" you can pretty much expect that you are about to be lied to. If it smells like shit, it is shit.

Posted by Sad Comment | August 4, 2008 9:35 AM
18

We won't support spine-less NO-Bama and will re-defeat him in November!!!

Posted by clintonsarmy | August 4, 2008 9:56 AM
19

I'm curious, Freedom's Watch, what people actually expect would come out of "offshore drilling" that isn't just a band-aid solution that will cause even greater problems down the line?

It isn't a solution- not the kind we need. What need is something that doesn't DELAY, but something that changes the current status quo. And honestly? I believe many of us would have more sympathy of America didn't have the least fuel-efficient cars in the world. How about we put money and effort into research into alternative fuel sources instead of alternative sources for oil (a resource that, as evidence in today's industrial climate, is not going to sustain us much longer)?

Honestly? Stop spinning this as a "Democrats are snubbing Americans" and moreso "Democrats don't believe you can make a case for a dying energy source that won't cause greater harm to our nation by continuing to depend fully upon it".

Offering minimal, TEMPORARY relief at the pump? Is that REALLY what we want? A solution that will only fix things for a couple months? Are you an idiot?

Posted by MarsAttack | August 4, 2008 9:57 AM

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