While Barack Hussein Adolph Obama prepares to give a speech in Germany at some massive totalitarian-inspired venue that just reeks of Nazism and invading Poland, Straight-Talking semanticist John McCain was to make an appearance on an oil rig where he was expected to wear a hard hat which would have projected an air of youth and ruggedness for the ninety two year-old who usually only wakes up to give speeches and watch Golden Girls reruns. But God, who hates John McCain, sent a rain of frogs into the gulf (as foretold in the Book of Magnolia 8:2) and so McCain had to go to Plan B:
Republican John McCain pushed back on Wednesday against Democratic criticism that he misstated when the troop buildup ordered by President Bush began, saying elements were put in place before Bush announced the strategy in early 2007.
He told reporters during an unscheduled stop in a super market that, what the Bush administration calls "the surge" was actually "made up of a number of components," some of which began before the president's order for more troops.
Reporting from the incontinence and sanitary napkin aisle where Depends are $2 off with coupon, this is David Gregory...
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Have to agree with this one. I’ve done a little homework, and the surge actually began in 1917 with Woodrow Wilson’s calling for the Doughboy’s to head “Over There” to take care of the Hun. Of course, Obama Goering wouldn’t know this since he is like, 22 years old or something, while McCain remembers it well, being in his mid-40’s when we won the War to End All Wars.
Side note: I love any post that Piggly Wriggly can be worked in to. More, please.
He told reporters during an unscheduled stop in a super market
There’s nothing that says “Foreign Policy Experience” like the cheese aisle.
Actually, the surge truly began in 1478, when General “Torky” Torquemada increased pressure on the brown people in Spain to protect Catholics, who proceeded to found the Renaissance.
Uh…hello? Read the report again. The report is coming to you from the “incontinence and sanitary napkin aisle”. He was NOT there to obtain foreign policy cred, he was there on a legit emergency! How can a fossil of his great, immense, unimaginable age make it through a day without a large stock of Depends?!
This was PURELY a functional (bodily) stop. Nothing else.
There’s nothing that says “Foreign Policy Experience” like the cheese aisle.
I had to laugh while watching his impromptu interview because I kept trying to read the brands of cheese hanging behind him. Pretty sure I saw some Sargento Italian mix which is great for homemade pizza, not so great as a backdrop for an important interview with a presidential candidate.
Over at No Hillary No Peace, Larry Johnson is taking the high ground comparing Obama to Hitler (”Sieg heil, Obama”). He updates and denies it among the Hitler and SS posters he placed next to Obama’s, claiming his critics don’t have a sense of “irony.” Irony is, a PUMA ad/poster right next to the “offending” Obama poster (an upraised fist) has a very teutonic, iconic style.
http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2.....ule-obama/
Go look at the top of the comments for one by Barty (2008-07-23 22:21:21) and follow the short exchange showing the debate style of the PUMAs.
1. - Astute observation by a non-PUMA noting the strikingly similar style of the Obama poster (that has Larry Johnson’s panties in a wad), and the fisting PUMA poster-ad directly across from it on this page.
2. - PUMA response that nonsensically fails to address the issue brought up by #1.
3. - PUMA response that is merely an obscenity-laced ad hominem attack on individual #1 (”Go f*** yourself” w/o the asterisks). Bravo! Very witty!
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This has been yet another episode of NoQuarter’s, “You see what you want to see.”
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First, the page on the SiegesSaule that Johnson links to doesn’t even mention the Nazis or even WWII.
Second, it’s a bit of a challenge to go to locations of historical significance in Germany without there having been a Nazi or two in its vicinity seventy years ago. I suppose Johnson would prefer the Brandenburg Gate ( http://cache.daylife.com/image.....j/610x.jpg )? The site of JFK’s and Reagan’s speeches? I suppose that means JFK and Reagan were courting the fascist vote, right Mr. Johnson?
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We’ve already been through the “why’d he/whitey” hysterical nonsense. What’s next? Larry Johnson reversing the speeches of Obama to find him “backward-masking” satanic messages?
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Note to Obama: Want to make Larry Johnson’s head explode? Get yourself photographed in front of a VolksWagen.
Further proof that Obama is the Messiah.
ich bin ein maple glazed cruller.
They had to give a big donation to the McCain campaign for the spiffy product placement.
Better than that green one
What’s next? Larry Johnson reversing the speeches of Obama to find him “backward-masking” satanic messages?
“…enin rebmun ,enin rebmuN”
Note to Obama: Want to make Larry Johnson’s head explode? Get yourself photographed in front of a VolksWagen.
just not one driven by Bob Novak.
“The report is coming to you from the “incontinence and sanitary napkin aisle”.
That’s a slanted and one sided view of the news- the OTHER side of the Aisle was cockroach spray.
jonah goldberg fought in world war I?
The poor media- after being horsewhipped by the McBush campaign for slanted coverage- breaks away from the historic speech in Berlin to cover McBush taking questions from three bored reporters in front of a german restuarant in Ohio.
Balanced coverage.
The surge (counterinSURGENCY) strategy was invented in 5478 BC when two egyptians who were gettin the shit kicked out of em sent for two more egyptians. It’s covered in all the military history books.
Since ancient times- the SURGE strategy has been well understood by military commanders who can request it directly from the battlefield by shouting “HELP” loudly and repeatedly.
Sergeant Surge pouring gasoline on the fire - starts talking about “rationing” veterans healthcare to those with combat injuries:
Army Times
this is the sort of thing you’d say in a campaign when you’ve had 22+ years to say whatever and the hell you want to the media with impugnity
Senator McBush advocates adding excitement to VA care by allowing vets to GAMBLE for it—patients will be allowed to shoot dice on the front steps of VA hospitals- those who make five consecutive passes will be allowed in.
the man allowed himself to be photographed in front of Velveeta
The surge really began when Adam, seeing Eve for the first time, felt a surge of blood to his loins, causing his tool to surge, and began his campaign of penetration into Eve’s Anbar province.
Report from the McBush campaign
“Same Old Sorry People- Same Lame Message”
SOSPSLM
and was reported last week in all the Chzechoslovakian newspapers
McC is appearing in a supermarket? That’s something you might do in the primary but if he’s down to doing that all bets are off - he’s toast.
In a spirit of youthfulness, McBush picked up two dozen condoms on his way out of the store and a fifth of cognac—-
” There’s some cute Ohio girl out there who deserves this” he said.
McBush spotted tryin to put a condom on his tongue “That little devil’s been gettin me in a hell of a lot of trouble lately” he said.
Now he admits it… Remember Baker Hamiltons.. kabuki compromise seemed to serve as nothing more than cover for the first couple of months of the surge..
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers
Wish I could spell that word!
Rivaling the estimated 200,000 people Obama drew in Berlin, McBush spoke without a teleprompter to two pet food shoppers, a pug, and an Airedale with a flea problem.
yep
“small government, a more expensive military, and lower taxes for rich guys”
Reporters attempt to capture all of the groundbreaking McBush agenda for America..
With fewer regulations for banks
Responding to accusations of Obama favoritism, teevee networks sent MORE cameras to Ohio to capture images of Senator McBush squinting to read the ingredients label on the prune juice.
EPU’d a couple of flight below: Per Sam Stein at HuffPo, it turns out that:
It’s an ill surge that blows no one good
Networks read through coverage of McBush gaffes and report :
“shit- we’ve got three months of this campaign to report and this fuckhead has already melted down– could ya prop him up fer a few more weeks?”
I am having more fun watching Obama completely ignore McCane, while McCane is laser-focused on parcing anything Obama says or does. And bullshitting in the process.
Obama should underscore how all that has been working out for folks in the last 7 years. Are they are better off now, than they were pre bush?
Most americans have already responded to that question by shaving off their Bushes- in a plaitiff plea for a Bush free america
Tight campaign!
It’s all he has. I expect any day to have him give reports about what is going on in Saigon - he’s that dated.
Ding!
New Hamsher
CNN…full steam ahead on Obama bashing…the critics, the critics, the critics….
Haha! Great post. He made a surprise visit to the Piggly Wiggly. And THEN he stops by a German restaurant in Ohio. I don’t remember Obama shaking hands outside the Taco Bell when McCain was campaigning in Mexico over the 4th of July.
This must be a wet dream of a week for the Obama campaign.
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/i.....n_blog.jpg
VS
http://images.huffingtonpost.c.....cheese.jpg
We gotta stop reiterating ‘Ich bin ein Berliner.’ When JFK said it, he unwittingly said ‘I am a jelly donut.’ German doesn’t use the indefinite article before place names. So the correct form would have been ‘Ich bin Berliner.’ Fortunately, the Germans ‘got it’ and didn’t explode into peels of laughter. But let’s start getting it right, fer god’s sake.
Bumper sticker: “The Only Bush I Trust Is My Own.”
Oh, I don’t know - it made for an exquisitely funny Eddie Izzard bit (does he do any other kind?).
Schweinhunt Wiggily, Gruppenleiter McCain has gone insane