Daily Archives: August 19th, 2008 «

 

Tues/Weds Open Thread

Posted by: ST on August 19, 2008 at 10:05 pm » 23 Comments

A friend of mine and I were having a discussion earlier tonight about what we thought were the most annoying commercials in recent memory. The first one that came into my mind was the awful “Viva Viagra” commercials, like this one: And then there are the other ED commercials that show older couples outside overlooking [...]

 

Obama/McCain Veepstakes, continued

Posted by: ST on August 19, 2008 at 4:27 pm » 8 Comments

Z’ latest: —– MSNBC’s Howard Fineman reports that Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) is the “clear frontrunner” in the Obama veepstakes.  CNN is on the same wavelength.   ‘Twould be an interesting pick for many reasons, among them the fact that when Biden ran for president back in 1988, he ran an ad that included the following quote, “”The White House [...]

 

Obama FlipFlopFile: Street money to rule the day in Philadelphia

Posted by: ST on August 19, 2008 at 12:42 pm » 3 Comments

JammieWearingFool  has the details of the latest Barry Oh! flip flop, this time on his pledge not to use so-called “street money” to pay ‘political organizers’ in Philadelphia on election day to help boost his chances of winning the battleground state.  The Obama campaign, when asked, didn’t even deny it. Barack Obama: Changes In Positions You Can Believe [...]

 

Andrew Sullivan: My questioning of McCain’s cross story has nothing to do with his military service

Posted by: ST on August 19, 2008 at 12:30 pm » 2 Comments

Seemingly knowing that a few of us on the right have called him out on his hypocrisy regarding the type of below-the-belt questioning he has engaged in regarding the military service of a heroic war veteran, Andrew Sullivan provides us today with this latest gem in order to, ahem, clarify a few things: It’s worth noting that [...]

 

Upside down, boy you turn me …

Posted by: ST on August 19, 2008 at 9:50 am » 2 Comments

Ed Morrissey has your LOL post of the day.  Well, it’s funny in one way, and not so much so once you get to the end of it to see what the upside down flag on the Obama Invesco Field credentials badge (for anyone planning on seeing the speech in person) is reminiscent of. The denials by the DNCC [...]