tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post3662386600432068421..comments2010-02-04T10:24:00.704-05:00Nate Silverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08334852368748204318noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-51452632495511075332009-02-26T00:14:46.064-05:002009-02-26T00:14:46.064-05:00"And I believe the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it"<BR/><BR/>Ummm...didn't Germany invent the automobile?Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16812562937087937064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-15245075348903921212009-02-25T20:19:06.807-05:002009-02-25T20:19:06.807-05:00Jindall does bear a striking resemblance to a certain character on 30 Rock...<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SSAgoxd-QQMarchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15424537871672421056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-1148501506868010672009-02-25T18:40:32.818-05:002009-02-25T18:40:32.818-05:00@Matt: "Ummm... I don't get the Penn/Indiana/Omaha thing. Context?"<BR/>Nate's only misses on the Presidential race were Indiana and the Omaha district of Nebraska (both predicted as slightly for McCain, turned out slightly for Obama). Sean was asking which of the two Nate misses on the Oscar predictions should be compared to which of his two misses last November.<BR/><BR/>On Chris Mathews' "Oh God" outburst, I believe that was because a draft of Jindal's speech had been made available to the press ahead of time, and Mathews had taken time to read through it.<BR/><BR/>THIS IS GREAT NEWS!!! FOR JOE WURZELBACHER!!!!Bob Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618128770585330516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-66169965789228810552009-02-25T14:44:32.873-05:002009-02-25T14:44:32.873-05:00Style points aside, Jindal's speech was indeed representative of the current incarnation of the Republican Party: Intellectually dishonest, ideologically bankrupt, disrespectful of science, and masked in a folksy disingenuousness that is designed to make the small-minded among us think that they're really looking out for the average American.<BR/><BR/>In far less words: disconnected from reality and full of shit.Cristallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654716922918640475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-60794765140061776222009-02-25T13:00:18.565-05:002009-02-25T13:00:18.565-05:00I thought Obama did what he does, give a great speech that connects with both the historical moment and the audience. <BR/><BR/>Jindal was never going to hit it out of the ball park after that, sort of like asking a rookie to QB for the Detroit Lions on MNF the day after, say, Tom Brady has passed for 350 yards for the Patriots on SNF. But he was bad. The list of 'pork' he gave from the Stimulus Bill was just mad, everyone of those had me thinking, well thats what government does- US Car industry is struggling- US government buys a job lot of cars, thats pure stimulus. The trainline thing- well that will take tourists to and fro between two holiday spots relatively cheaply, and well everyone has pointed out the stupidness of th Governor of Louisiana being against Natural Disaster monitoring. And I thought his anecdote about Katrina had more to do with the importance of government and having a do something Democrat in charge of the situation, than his intended point about government bureaucracy. Badly judged speech. (Both Palin and Jindal failed to deliver the big speech when given the moment ot try to replicate the Obama Boston 2004 speech, kind of makes you worry if this is the new blood in the GOP.)markymarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355169764005167674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-79933313286808168442009-02-25T12:54:43.287-05:002009-02-25T12:54:43.287-05:00Imagine if we had "live bloggers" during Bill Clinton's disastrous speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. He loudest applause line was "in conclusion" and the pundits basically said that the rising political career of the young governor from Arkansas ended that night...johngpayeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08358913557258955084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-62940658959556927392009-02-25T09:56:57.735-05:002009-02-25T09:56:57.735-05:00Holy moses. When Obama brings it, he BRINGS it.<BR/><BR/>Reponse? There was no contest. <BR/><BR/>This was the Obama we were looking for when we elected him back in November. The new Great Communicator. The Inspirer In Chief. The Big Ideas guy.<BR/><BR/>That was a drop-dead incredible speech that put the Republicans in an even tighter corner than they've already backed themselves into. Obama very smoothly linked his priorities of energy, health care, and education to our economic recovery. Every potential GOP talking point he either strangled in the cradle, or turned to his advantage.<BR/><BR/>Really, I did debate for one of the best collegiate teams in the country, and then coached a little more... and DAMN this speech had me jumping up and pumping my fists... he just NAILED it. This is now the Obama era.<BR/><BR/>(now if only Geithner would get on board. Is it just me or did he look incredibly uncomfortable throughout the whole thing, especially the talk about the need for banking reform and regulation? bonehead pick for for TS, Barack. But after that speech, I can almost forgive it!)DaveNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01981377660313702644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-20196892170351006132009-02-25T09:37:40.771-05:002009-02-25T09:37:40.771-05:00I am late to the party, but @ Nate's 9:05 remark about Geithner and Clinton in the same frame -- it was a coincidence... the Cabinet were seated in the order of succession to the Presidency.kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16654156234507418674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-65350315407224954772009-02-25T03:54:10.416-05:002009-02-25T03:54:10.416-05:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ETLO_e-D6oLachlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04956803350411352803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-33314462507744438512009-02-25T02:14:23.400-05:002009-02-25T02:14:23.400-05:00"Also, I wonder if anyone messes with Joe Biden."<BR/><BR/>I bet Mrs Biden does. =)Kevindelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956217069048495858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-33594009957964656892009-02-25T01:52:49.485-05:002009-02-25T01:52:49.485-05:00Jindal was unlistenable!<BR/><BR/>Obama gave a good speech, but his whole presidency requires recovery and I have yet to see a banking plan that works.fredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02092775747214915937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-44642932371797667722009-02-25T01:50:02.773-05:002009-02-25T01:50:02.773-05:00Forget it, Bobby, you're out of your element!!Brian in Vahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08939655139626070200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-85754576533591447012009-02-25T01:25:01.358-05:002009-02-25T01:25:01.358-05:00This naked aggression will not stand, man.Tafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08420442563374636692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-11724705337973933332009-02-25T01:18:05.734-05:002009-02-25T01:18:05.734-05:00@ Sean: <I>"Nihilism."</I><BR/><BR/>Are these the Nazis, Walter?<BR/><BR/>No, Donny, these men are nihilists. There's nothing to be afraid of.RufusRuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021571130264005136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-57608849863016317032009-02-25T01:12:48.438-05:002009-02-25T01:12:48.438-05:00SNL is going to *rock* this week. I say they should just book Jack McBrayer and let him read the whole thing, start to finish, with all the emphases and hand gestures conserved. He'll kill.AxmxZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08304725990705092465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-53736870881748587282009-02-25T01:11:10.992-05:002009-02-25T01:11:10.992-05:00So how was it watching the death of a rising political career? The speech was (mostly) well written and said what it needed to, but the delivery was laughable. America is tired of politicians who talk to them like they're children (even if they sometimes act like children).<BR/><BR/>Call it superficial if you want, but part of being a politician is being able to effectively convey your message in a way that people can connect with. I can't speak for everyone else, but I can't connect with being talked to as if I'm six years old.<BR/><BR/>Without some serious redemption (and speech classes) Jindal has absolutely no chance in 2012.Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07491915242415832299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-50067995537379163852009-02-25T01:10:59.593-05:002009-02-25T01:10:59.593-05:00@ Taft: <I>We need a return to Hypocracy asap.</I><BR/><BR/>Or Idiocracy. Oh wait, Mike Judge got there first.RufusRuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021571130264005136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-27016308250579921872009-02-25T01:02:14.228-05:002009-02-25T01:02:14.228-05:00I wonder if Mr. Steele is now going to support punishing repubs who applauded Obama during his speech. <BR/><BR/>And Palin will never run second fiddle on the Pres/VP ticket. If you ask her, she should've been at the top of the ticket in '08! After all, she was the brains on that ticket and the one who really got the base excited. That's all you need, right? Fire up the base?PeixeGatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571016311166293572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-56324565902619331452009-02-25T00:54:37.774-05:002009-02-25T00:54:37.774-05:00STepper<BR/><BR/>Maybe a little rebranding is in order while the R's are at it.<BR/><BR/>I think the Hypocrat Party has a ring to it. We need a return to Hypocracy asap.Tafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08420442563374636692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-88485347689930349602009-02-25T00:45:54.350-05:002009-02-25T00:45:54.350-05:00A STAR IS BORN!<BR/><BR/>Bobby Jindal is perfect as the new face of the Republican Party!<BR/><BR/>I don't understand why all of you are dissing him. The Republican Party needs to embrace him now that it is coming to its senses and realizing all those losses came from not being conservative enough, anti-gay enough, anti-choice enough, anti-atheists enough, anti-government enough. <BR/><BR/>Go Republicans! You can do it. Jindal/Mrs. Jindal for 2012. (Second choice: Jindal/Palin.)STepperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02913132137247227333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-79406758607412365112009-02-25T00:22:38.234-05:002009-02-25T00:22:38.234-05:00No one will remember Jindal's speech by 2010.<BR/>He said what he had to - Obama's approach shows his hope and faith in government. The Republican approach shows our faith in you to spend your own money.<BR/><BR/>He's 100% wrong in my opinion, but that was the Republican response and he gave it. I don't think he'll be the Republican nominee, but not because of this speech. I just can't see what successful contrast with Obama he's likely to draw. As a kind of "me too" candidate running against a sitting president - it just doesn't work. (Fred Smith, Bill Gates, Carly Fiorina, some one like that seems much more likely. Though Fiorina does not wear well, and Gates may not be Republican enough.)<BR/><BR/>I have to confess, I would hate to be a Republican strategist about now.jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04713684107017786243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-85487713914996575742009-02-25T00:21:40.655-05:002009-02-25T00:21:40.655-05:00The whole Katrina story about the Sheriff and the boats. (CNN has the transcript up if you didn't see the speech.)<BR/>- WHAT THE FUCK? Do you know who was in charge of the government when Katrina struck? Do you know who those bureaucrats worked for who told the rescue boats not to go out looking for people on the rooftops? THEY WERE REPUBLICANS, PART OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION. And now you're saying that because bureaucrats were bad after Katrina, we shouldn't increase their ranks and give the Obama administration a chance to fix things? Something just doesn't add up here, and it's the number of brain cells in your head to a number greater that 4 if you think the American people are going to buy this argument. Katrina was a fuck-up because George W. Bush and his FEMA appointee were fuck-ups. End of discussion. You cannot use one useless administration to illustrate your claim that all bureaucracy is bad. Logic FAIL.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08327197093405112149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-43205551131272082942009-02-25T00:20:16.504-05:002009-02-25T00:20:16.504-05:00The true face of the Republican Party is Mitch McConnell.<BR/><BR/>No Deep South Republican is going to get behind Bobby Jindal, especially after his pointed remarks that his parents were only barely on American soil before he was born. Them white-sheeters don't want no truck with no damn ferriners.<BR/><BR/>The Democrats need to keep harping on the Republican governors who are flashily repudiating the Federal dollars that have been allocated to them in the stimulus package. Harp on it now, harp on when the unemployment in those states rockets to well above 10%, harp on it when the poverty index soars through the roof. <BR/><BR/>Make everybody see what cutting off one's nose to spite one's face looks like.<BR/><BR/>opyrosin: Sheriff Taylor's boy has some on the pitcher's mound...Pragmatushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819599021198892051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-59713713033874294082009-02-25T00:14:46.347-05:002009-02-25T00:14:46.347-05:00"If I'm Charlie Crist or Olympia Snowe, I'm seriously considering switching parties."<BR/><BR/>Lieberman-for-Snowe. C'mon, Joe, just make it official.DanOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371700315066900534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257917002416684161.post-65798630661282952192009-02-25T00:02:43.614-05:002009-02-25T00:02:43.614-05:00Stat:<BR/><BR/>If the goal is attaining true equality for all, including (but not exclusive to) the GLBT community, why don't be display a single minded focus on ACHIEVING this goal. Although it might make you feel better to get a shout out in every Obama speech, does that shout out bring us closer to equality? Maybe yes, maybe no. Why don't we (anyone who supports equal rights for all Americans) focus on effectuating this end through legislative and judicial means. I don't think blindly repeating mere rhetoric (sounds GOPish, doesn't it?) necessarily brings us closer. Maybe Obama is withholding your "shout out" until he has the votes (or appointments) to make it HAPPEN. Everyday, archaic obstructionists die. Everyday, open-minded young Americans reach voting age. Time is on our side. But I do feel your pain buddy. You don't have the same rights I do, and it’s absolutely wrong on every level. <BR/><BR/>This is what I'm afraid of: In 1986, the good people at LAMBDA law misjudged political realities and got Bowers v. Hardwick before the SCOTUS. The time was not right, resulting in a 5-4 decision which set Equal Rights back two decades. This travesty was not corrected until 2003 (in Lawrence v. Texas). We have to THINK about strategy. Blindly rushing to do the right thing can be counterproductive. If we reach, we loose. I want you to have equal protection before the law ASAP. Let’s strategize on the most effective means for achieving this end. Maybe getting a shout out in every Obama speech doesn't bring us any closer to our goal.E-Dubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04928265472305313160noreply@blogger.com