As far as her obligation to the people of Alaska, who might think they are entitled to 4 years of governing, just like every other state: you knew when you elected her two years ago that she was just going to use the office as a conduit for putting her OMG BFF’s from high school on the taxpayer dole, and never took the job seriously. So don’t whine now that she never fit for the the job she’s was just picked for.

Fixed.

Dude, reason me this — why is McCain too much of a pussy to appear at a _scheduled_ presidential debate? And why is he literally hiding Palin from semi-free-form news briefings that would involve some unscripted questions?

Like I said, if I respected you enough to think you had any moral backbone, you’d have to be voting Barr at this point. I know you’re going to vote McCain, but everything from here on out is you going through the painful motions of trying to pretend either logic or moral instinct have anything to do with voting for a serial liar, quitter, coward, and flip-flopper.

Have fun losing. America is looking forward to it, since we need to get out of this Republican-made disaster of a nation, a war, and an economy.

Right. Suddenly lurching from one position to the next, pulling hugely dramatic stunts, exploiting this “unprecedented crisis” for political purposes, trying to take credit for something you won’t have any part in actually doing, fear mongering … yup, all familiar, comfortable ground for McCain …

You call those remarks where once again he use the ‘word’ “Uhh” more than any other word and stuttered through a half-assed attempt to beat his chest about still going on with the debate, calm cool and collected? The man didn’t know what to do or how to react. It was a pathetic display and just another piece of evidence that Obama doesn’t have the goods to be the leader of the free world.

Compare that to McCain here with Couric:

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4476356n

THAT’S calm cool and collected.

Jay Tea, you do understand that this is exactly what McCain is doing, right? McCain wants everyone to think he’s racing to the rescue to save this important, imperiled legislation but so far all he’s done is make his bold announcement then give a speech this morning in Manhattan. He isn’t even in DC yet. Meanwhile:

After Congressional staff members worked through the night to hammer out the details of the remarkable rescue effort, Senate and House negotiators gathered for a meeting in the Capitol on Thursday morning, hoping to resolve any final disagreements ahead of the White House gathering.

The Democrats had all but eliminated their differences, and both sides were hoping for a bipartisan consensus to emerge at midday, with the final imprimatur to come at the late afternoon meeting with President Bush, the Congressional leadership and the two presidential candidates.

Oh and what does McCain have to say about this?

Speaking at a gathering in Midtown Manhattan, Senator McCain, in comments that ran counter to those of Congressional Democrats, said on Thursday morning that no consensus had developed among lawmakers to support the bailout plan.

McCain/Palin. Out of Touch? or Just Lying?

you won’t even be coherent by mid-October.

I’m not going to say it. I’m not going to say it. I’m not going to say it.

Dude, among your many, many failings as a bad writer, a bad partisan hack, and a terrible blogger, I think you’ll mostly be remembered for your staggering capacity to project shit onto people simply because they’re Dems that you wouldn’t in a million years even notice in a Republican. John McCain is a US Senator, but one with a lot more years and a lot more baggage than Obama! And yet, this is only a problem for Obama? WTF?

Seriously, learn to pick your fights. Every single time you try and attack Obama, I end up getting a new idea (sometimes multiple ones) as to why McCain is just so damn unfit to be POTUS.

Thank you, once again, for playing. And failing.

(And if Obama was such a terrible junior Senator from Illinois, why is he going to win that state so handily? I guess once again you must know better than they do living in, what, I forget where your mom’s house is again, but you get the picture.)

You gotta go with your strengths.

He’s a great campaigner, so let him keep on campaigning.

As others have noted, he’d most likely ignore most of the grunt work in being a Senator, try to grab a share of the credit when it’s all done, and then vote “present” anyway, and that would just be a waste of everyone’s time. So why bother with the farce?

As far as his obligation to the people of Illinois, who might think they are entitled to two Senators’ work, just like every other state: you knew when you elected him four years ago that he was just going to use the office as a stepping stone for the presidency, and wasn’t going to take the job seriously. So don’t whine now that he isn’t doing the job he’s being paid for.

J.

Right. And now McCain is trying to avoid the debates and while suggesting that Obama should, join him, and suspend his fundraising as a “bipartisan” gesture.

In desperate times, desperate men try desperate things …

And how’s Obama responding? Calm, cool and collected as he has been from the beginning.

Jay, try taking a break for a while. At the rate you’re degenerating into a ridiculous parody of yourself you won’t even be coherent by mid-October.

Hey Jay, would you want to venture a guess as to which senator missed the most votes of this congress (64%), including the GI Bill?

I’ll even give you a hint, he is widely respected for his military service, less well respected for his adherence to his marriage vows, and apparently feels no responsibility to his constituents.

Come on, guess.

Gawd. The Republican party can’t make itself look any more pathetic, can it?

That sound I hear? Pro-McCain types getting disgusted with him and deciding to either stay home or vote for Barr come November.

And tyro, your argument doesn’t make any sense. If manly-man Republicans are so awesome-sauce at debating fairy-boy Democrats, why is McCain _hiding_ from Obama? And why is he hiding Palin from _everybody_ in the press corps other than Shawn Hannity?

Too much fun these days. The Republican party will never recover from 2006-2008.

Courtesy of the Supreme Court in ’00 and “spoiled” votes in Ohio and New Mexico in ’04. The one thing wingtardia hates is a fair fight. And, oh yeah you might want to read the financial pages this week to see “who never learns”.

Go piss up a rope, mouthbreather.

Now this is a Flail Watch we can believe in, my friends.

“Well golly gee Nancy and Harry! I’ll come down there if you think it might help!”

That’s leadership?

I didn’t say I respected a president who was willing to throw a few Hail Mary passes, I said I respected a campaign that was willing to do so. Campaigns, like football games, are zero-sum: there’s a winner and a loser, and a loss from a failed rush is the same as a loss due to running out the clock is the same as a loss due to a missed Hail Mary.

When a campaign is behind, there’s really no point in pretending that work-a-day, conventional campaigning is going to save you. I like seeing McCain pull some unexpected twists out of the bag in an attempt to save his campaign.

I hope the poll is right. I hope the electorate see through it.