At least you’d think she could have remembered the “Bong Hits for Jesus” case which involved Alaskans on both sides of the case and was decided by the Court fairly recently. Anyway, who can’t resist the concept of Bong Hits for Jesus?

Beautiful. Of course, in the case of McCain v. Hilton Hotels (Hanoi, Inc.) plaintiff accepted a settlement deal; baffling the court with his argument that “my ability to freely use those POW days in perpetuity to stifle any dissent and end any argument is worth more than any amount of Charlie’s monopoly money.”

Can I assume we won’t see Caribou Barbie wax eloquently on Thursday about Brown v. Board of Ed or that other landmark case: A Book Named “John Cleland’s Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure” v. Attorney General of Massachusetts?

What? “Gotcha journalism…Is that a pizza place?”

First: That would be the worst brand ever. What company would call the con of its wares right out in the open like that? “Gotcha Pizza…Ever feel like you’ve been had?” “Getcha? Gotcha!”

Second: What?

Third: At the climax of The Night of the Iguana, the character played by Deborah Kerr basically wanted her grandfather to die because he had finally finished his poem. Tired of her nomadic life, worn to the end, she pleaded with god — “Can’t we stop now?” And by an act of provenance, the old man passed away in triumph, and peace.

We are nearing this plea for mercy.

Fourth: Again. What?

Godzilla v. Mothra where the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 against Happy Enterprises and in favor of the Shojobin’s claim of ownership of the large moth egg.

Was that the one where Antonin Scalia was firing exploding turds out of his insectoid mouth?

Oh, wait, I’m thinking of Godzilla v. Megalon, in which the amicus brief filed by Jet Jaguar helped decide in Godzilla’s favor.

What about that masterpiece of American jurisprudence, Wile E. Coyote Vs. Acme Company:

In the United States District Court
Southwestern District, Tempe, Arizona

The Honorable Homer Simpson, Presiding

Wile E. Coyote, )
Plaintiff )
v. ) Case No. B19293
Acme Company, )
Defendant )
——————

Opening Statement of Nicholas J. McSlick of Fairweather, Winters, and
Summers, Attorney for Acme Company:

The plaintiff, Coyote, has filed a lawsuit against, my client, the
Acme Company sounding in tort for products liability alleging that
Acme Co., was negligent, reckless, and placed products into the stream
of commerce through its mail order catalogues. Coyote also alleges
strict products liability, breach of warranty, breach of warranty of
merchantability, and that the products were not fit for their intended
use. Coyote seeks the outrageous sum of twenty one million seven
hundred fifty thousand dollars for general compensatory damages and
attorneys fees, and an additional seventeen million dollars in
punitive or exemplary damages alleging Acme acted in reckless
disregard for plaintiff’s safety.

Opening statement of Mr. Harold Schoff, attorney for Mr. Coyote:

My client, Mr. Wile E. Coyote, a resident of Arizona and contiguous states, does hearby bring suit for damages against the Acme Company, manufacturer and retail distributor of assorted merchandise, incorporated in Delaware and doing business in every state, district, and territory. Mr. Coyote seeks compensation for personal injuries, loss of business income, and mental suffering caused as a direct result of the actions and/or gross negligence of said company, under Title 15 of the United States Code, Chapter 47, section 2072, subsection (a), relating to product liability.

Mr. Coyote states that on eighty-five separate occasions he has purchased of the Acme Company (hereinafter, “Defendant”), through that company’s mail-order department, certain products which did cause him bodily injury due to defects in manufacture or improper cautionary labeling. Sales slips made out to Mr. Coyote as proof of purchase are at present in the possession of the Court, marked Exhibit A. Such injuries sustained by Mr. Coyote have temporarily restricted his ability to make a living in his profession of predator. Mr. Coyote is self-employed and thus not eligible for Workmen’s Compensation.

Mr. Coyote states that on December 13th he received of Defendant via parcel post one Acme Rocket Sled. The intention of Mr. Coyote was to use the Rocket sled to aid him in pursuit of his prey. Upon receipt of the Rocket Sled Mr. Coyote removed it from its wooden shipping crate and sighting his prey in the distance, activated the ignition. As Mr. Coyote gripped the handlebars, the Rocket Sled accelerated with such sudden and precipitate force as to stretch Mr. Coyote’s forelimbs to a length of fifty feet. Subsequently, the rest of Mr. Coyote’s body shot forward with a violent jolt, causing severe strain to his back and neck and placing him unexpectedly astride the Rocket Sled. Disappearing over the horizon at such speed as to leave a diminishing jet trail along its path, the Rocket Sled soon brought Mr. Coyote abreast of his prey. At that moment the animal he was pursuing veered sharply to the right. Mr. Coyote vigorously attempted to follow this maneuver but was unable to, due to poorly designed steering on the Rocket Sled and a faulty or nonexistent braking system. Shortly thereafter, the unchecked progress of the Rocket Sled brought it and Mr. Coyote into collision with the side of a mesa.

McCain’s going to have to pay rent on the green room if they keep having do-overs with Katie Couric. Hey John, if you pick it, it will never heal.

That’s Just What I Said

McCain has gone off the deep end. It’s all lies, all the time. He’s an embarrassment.

Gotcha journalism: (new revised definition) — any question asked of Sarah Palin when an adult is not present to tell her how to answer.

Ailin’s reaction to John-boy’s “joke” is priceless. She had no clue what he was talking about either. It was almost as weird as Sarah’s comment last week about Putin “rearing his head” over Alaska.

Certainly can give them some credit. I never thought I’d ever see a Prez ticket ever top the sheer oddity and zaniness of the Shrub/Cheney campaigns, but the Paleo/Pain ticket takes the yellowcake.

Also, have other people talked about the extremely awkward body language Caribou Barbie displays toward McInsane? Every time I’ve seen them on a stage together, including the Repube convention, she seems physically repulsed by St. John and backs far away from John-boy immediately after speed-hugging McPOW. It’s all so mind-blowingly bizarre that these “people” might be in the White House.

Where does she stand on Haley v. United States? That case involved land snatching. (see Snatch.) I believe the final score was Haley 7, United States 0.

Oh please, watch that again. McNothing is ready to hurt Palin because he is so disgusted by her stupidity, and she is so horrified that he is incapable of helping her because he so stupid. This is so much tragedy. These two have got to be the WORST people ever, neglecting their families for their pathetic ambition, but never, EVER doing any homework, never reading anything. Disgusting.

Mooselini didn’t know Bush vs. Gore? After all it was the first match strike to this never ending Reichstadt fire.

This is really the first time we’ve seen them together in a setting other than a campaign rally…… and possibly the last, because….. yikes. Somewhere tonight, GOP campaign execs are guzzling straight tequila and weeping.

toby8more is correct: this last 8 years has all about the disdain for knowledge and the raising up of proud ignorance as a virtue. It’s a worldview devoid of curiosity. This philosophy reaches it’s zenith in the clip above.

What is McCain playing with in his hands? Those “crazy balls” from the Caine Mutiny?

I’m going to put that schweet clip on a loop, and when my freshly brewed vicodin-xanax-jim beam smoothie kicks in it’ll be *so* soothing to listen to those two going on like an old married couple bickering on about how to decorate the den of the trailer home.

How about Paper v. Plastic?

That stumps even the sharpest legal minds.

It’s like Barbie and Barbie’s dad at a high school counselling session.

Brilliant.

(I get the impression McCain a thrill out of the dad role.)

P.S. Notice how she mouths “pizza place” after he says it. Oh my God.

Also, I wish she’d stop making reference to the protection of American allies. As a Canadian this gives me the heebie jeebies. (I’d sooner take my chances with the Ruskies.)

How could Palin not know about the decision on the Valdez spill, the one that robbed Alaska? The where one of the cranky old dudes essentially got itno law a BS rule of thumb cost effectiveness test for punitive damages? Rhat was so small and predictable that all punitive damages will be a cost of business from now on?

So, how could a governor of Alaska not remember that one.

Weirder and weirder. Maybe she is psyched out by now. Stage fright. Malfunctioning OODA loop.

I am worried that McCain and Palin might have a serious freak out melt down blow up of quick dissolve before the election.

That would be a good thing, I guess. But nasty to see.

And, does poor Couric have to put up with this? Never thougtht I would feel sorry for Couric. She must feel like she’s in Groundhog Day, except worse.

They get do-overs with Couric until they get enough interview credits and move up to the next level? Unless they can find the secret keystroke combo that gets them a special interview throwing star, then they get injected with interview ability and move up right away.

What happens if they lose and show up on the set the next day? Couric will have a breakdown.

lack of titties? They were moth titties.

When the election comes and their pathetic campaign ends in smoldering ruins, I suspect that the break-up will not be amicable. McCain will blame her for their loss, although he really deserves full responsibility. It tells you how screwed up this Party is that she could be seriously considered for the VP slot. Trying to please the amalgam of whackjob, religious, Big Oil interests means no normal person can be chosen to lead this Party.

How can there be redeeming social values in a film with a “lack of titties?”

I’m such a bleeding heart. Such a wimp!

I felt so embarrassed for them, I couldn’t watch it through.

Oh, yeah. McCain is so gonna blame Sarah for his defeat.

I just want to give props to the news editor for cutting in the context shots of Couric struggling mightily to keep her jaw from dropping open. That was choice.

There are similarities among Justice Thomas, Sayruh!, and McCain in the financial conference. All three of them don’t know what the fuck they’re doing the majority of their waking moments at their jobs. McCain sat completely silent when he made his phony pilgramage back to the Senate. Thomas has never asked a single question at oral argument during the entire time he has been on the bench since 1991–17 years and a lot of oral arguments although not near enough because the Justices are lazy and they like their luxirous long all expense paid European and other country vacations.

I am not surprised ole Sayruh! wasn’t exactly a scholar (didn’t have a fucking clue) about Alaska v. United States. The style is complex and may be hard for her to remember. Alaska lost that case to the United States, a country Putin has flown over, in a dispute over who owned the Alexander Archipelago waters because Justice Kennedy’s law clerk wrote an opinion saying they not inland waters.

This case was prophetic of the night of Nov. 4/morning of Nov. 5 though:

Kennedy’s law clerk wrote:

“Judgment is granted to the United States, and the State of Alaska shall take nothing.”

The opinion was written 2006 and Palin was governor then. I’m hardly surprised the idiot wasn’t aware of the case or doesn’t remember it. We’re dealing with some badly damaged Betz cells–it’s just I’m not sure whether they were congenitally damaged, developmentally damaged, or both of the above.

Man, do these two look uncomfortable together. I’ve seen more amicable couples at their divorce hearings.

The whole thing is beyond stupid. McCain is attacking Obama for a position that he (McCain) clearly believes in, but somehow has decided that he can get some political mileage from. So he babbles insanely about how “You don’t say that out loud!” like we’re all talking about the D-Day invasion plans. And now he’s got to defend Palin for having the same opinion that he has, so to do that he chastises Katie Couric for asking a question she didn’t ask. Honestly, the whole thing reads like a Joseph Heller novel.

Body language, the tight look on his face….he HATES her….he really HATES her.

Of course, I hate both of them, so one for me. But, really, I bet he goes to bed every night whacked on ambien and wishes he’d picked Mitts….or even Huck since he had to have a fundie.

Couric’s “Are you fucking kidding me?” look when McCain wouldn’t let Sarah answer the question was PRICELESS.

And @ abogato, I think she hates him too. When she turned toward him as he said “pizza place?” she couldn’t even look at him — had to close her eyes.

This is a fantastic study of body language.

At the next debate, Obama needs to find one little thing to get under John’s skin and repeat it. The man is ready to blow.

She wrecked his imperial dreams. It’s her fault that she was a hottie, and made him pick her. What’s not to hate?

I was scared for poor Sarah the moment I saw the old man nodding as she was speaking, pleased that she was saying the words exactly as she was trained to, but ready to backhand her the second she deviated from the script even the tiniest little bit. When he snapped up the “sorry she said it” question, I knew lil Sarah was in trouble.

There’s a trip to the woodshed awaiting her at the AZ ranch, & I suspect that that creepy old man who would be king is going to enjoy giving her “what for” far more than a surrogate dad has a right to…

I suspect that Sarah was still traumatized by the verdict in Palin vs. Chinese Handcuffs; that PTSD is a bear.

Didn’t she say something in her convention speech about having to read terrorists their rights? she was referring to Madman v. Rumsfeld, of course. I guess she’s learning about that at debate camp.

Pundits are now prefacing their remarks about Sarah with “… I feel sorry for Sarah…” – truly remarkable how they are all throwing her a pity party.

that was lame attempt at a little snark. no corrections please. Hamdan v/ Rumsfeld..

well, she never should have been put in this position. but i don’t feel sorry for her. she either becomes VP or she still has a future with the Jesus Freaks and therefore a future in national GOP politics. she’ll be OK.

Brilliant

this was a publicity appearance, she knew there would be press, she probably invited the press

how the HELL can anyone claim this is “gotcha”, she KNEW everything was being recorded

how rediculous an excuse..and there mccain is, on a major news network, admitting she and palin agree, doing EXACTLY what obama did, telling pakistan he agrees whole heartedly

wonderful

no less than the AP pronounces McCain Campaign at “dead end” over his stunt

Palin can run for Pres. in 2012. That could give the Republics a chance to have the dream ticket of Palin/Katherine Harris.

I don’t feel sorry for Sarah. It’s okay to have ambition but you do have to know your limitations. She doesn’t seem to think she has any and ends up looking like a fool. If I walk off a cliff I can expect something bad to happen, not that I am going to be able to fly.

What’s with this

“a regulator of oil and gas”

bit?
What si she talking about? Checking the oil and filling the gas tank on Todd’s snowmobile?

She should have blinked.

The pollsters at http://www.fivethirtyeight.com are showing that McCain has arrived at Waterloo:

He’s put All His Eggs in Palin’s Basket to Save His Campaign, and he can’t let go of her, either.

Will his Own Judgment turn out to be the Poison Pill that kills him?

It’s all-in on Thursday!

The election could be Ovah! by Friday morning…

Take Back America, Joe!

o/t

Pakistani Army Chief names General new head of ISI:

NYT

fyi -

For the last two years, General Pasha was in charge of security operations in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan where Al Qaeda and the Taliban have gained virtual control.

haven’t seen any commentary on this from Juan Cole or others yet

gotta go – bbl

Have a FDL Day !

I have to say I’m a bit surprised about this. She didn’t really have to know the names, but I would have thought should would have remembered the Tex-ass decision that decriminalized gay sex.

The cringe point of the interview for me was the profile of McCain saying the phrase “you don’t announce that you are going to invade another country”.

He’s so belligerent and looked like he wanted to bite Katie’s hand.

Did she say “terrorists, in this case, enemies”?

I didn’t quite catch the last word. maybe it was Yemeni.

TBogg, What question would you like Ifill to ask Palin during the debate. My question would be what do you think about the Lincoln/Douglas debates and who won that election? Okay maybe that was a gotcha. Maybe Ifill could ask who is the President of the United States.

And Brown vs. Board of Education – I know that was a long time ago but was so important.

McQueeg

another post
Lern2Internets: GOP Sexist Gaffe VotefortheMILF.com is Gone

aand one poster noted McDummy excoriated Obie for announcing raids into Pakistan,but was pleased to grab the mike FOR ALL TO SEE,and SING….BOMB,BOMB,BOMB IRAN!

Let’s not forget “Captain Beefheart vs. the Grunt People”

It’s funny that Palin gets in so much trouble for doing what McCain does and that is to steal Obama’s talking points.

I haven’t noticed the repulsion, but I noticed she wore a high collar this time instead of the open neck she wore last time. Not wanting to show too much skin to the old man?

On the other hand, it might be deliberately exaggerated modesty. This NY Times article discusses politicians’ personal boundaries vis-a-vis hugs and such.

McCain/Palin: Massive fail.

Not to mention Frankenstein vs. The Wolfman.

The comparisons to previously underestimated politicians are lame. To be honest, I don’t remember their campaigns, but if Reagan and Clinton were underestimated at first, they surely *changed* people’s estimations of them by demonstrating knowledge, judgment, and poise. If Palin’s been underestimated, then the burden is on her to change our minds, not on us to take McCain’s word for it.

Maybe someone should remind her of Edwards v. Aguillard, the case that ruled teaching creationism in public schools as unconstitutional.

The above item @ 5 seems to be an almost verbatim copy of “Coyote v. Acme” by Ian Frazier, which was published in the New Yorker magazine on 2/26/90, pages 42-43. However, no attribution has been given to Mr. Frazier.

Since we have no idea who–if anyone–actually has rights to this work,
we hope that this acknowledgement will suffice.

Re: her “regulator” credentials, IIRC she was appointed to a state oversight board for natural resources, during which time she called out its chair (also the head of the Alaska GOP) for conducting party business on government time. It was the move that originally established her maverickaliciousness.

The latter part of my post was written by Mr. Frazier, I don’t know who wrote the first part.

A tip of the DA hat to both authors, and please don’t sue me.