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McCain video - U.S. Politics Online: A Political Discussion Forum — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:12:40 +0000

[...] video This has being doing the rounds on the internet, and I find it mildly amusing: Feministe » Yes We Cunt Warning: It is NOT suitable for [...]

By: fishbane

fishbane — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:49:04 +0000

People born after the Cambrian period do, in fact, use the word “trollop”. In fact, that’s my nickname with a certain group of people. Maybe we’re smirking postmodernists, or something.

By: recep

recep — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:24:13 +0000

thank you very mach

By: Manju

Manju — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:08:42 +0000

Thing is, he was asked this by an audience member at a townhall meeting and his response was to ignore it. He could’ve said, ‘Yes, and I regret it’, or he could’ve denied it. He just didn’t answer.

Obama didn’t deny the “whitey” rumor when frst asked either… read his own words (ignore ben smith’s misleading headline):

“We have seen this before. There is dirt and lies that are circulated in e-mails and they pump them out long enough until finally you, a mainstream reporter, asks me about it,” Obama said to the McClatchy reporter during a press conference aboard his campaign plane. “That gives legs to the story. If somebody has evidence that myself or Michelle or anybody has said something inappropriate, let them do it.”

Asked whether he knew it not to be true, Obama said he had answered the question, my colleague Carrie Budoff Brown reports from the plane.

“Frankly, my hope is people don’t play this game,” Obama said. “It is a destructive aspect of our politics. Simply because something appears in an e-mail, that should lend it no more credence than if you heard it on the corner. Presumably the job of the press is to not to go around and spread scurrilous rumors like this until there is actually anything, an iota, of substance or evidence that would substantiate it.”

Before Obama could answer, communications director Robert Gibbs interjected: “You just did.”

“That is my point,” Obama said. “I just think people have to think about it before they ask.”

By: Manju

Manju — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:07:22 +0000

3 witnesses who insist on anonymity told me he once called his wife “sweetie.”

By: Discontented_Clownfish

Discontented_Clownfish — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:05:55 +0000

I love this video so much. Election08 has a bunch of good stuff.

By: Manju

Manju — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:35:14 +0000

i guess there really isn’t any proof that he said this. in that case jill’s paralleling those racists who claim Michelle Obama’s on tape condemning “whitey.” yes, racists… b/c its racially divisive and an ethnic stereotype.

so this is the gendered equivalent. i could live with the swift boating if it weren’t so misogynistic?

By: Lala

Lala — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:35:00 +0000

oh my goodness that was the best laugh I had all day. can we get them a news center show in the Reno 9-11 vein?

By: Miaow

Miaow — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:34:11 +0000

Thing is, he was asked this by an audience member at a townhall meeting and his response was to ignore it. He could've said, 'Yes, and I regret it', or he could've denied it. He just didn't answer. Though he did make a slight freudian slip and say the word when he was trying to say 'credit crunch'...

By: Renatta McPhee

Renatta McPhee — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:11:45 +0000

I’m sure he said it, and frankly as a line, it kills, it’s hilarious. Cunt just tickles my funny bone. I’m voting for Obama, but I’m not too uptight to appreciate McCain’s ribald humor.