The '08 Election: Cut The Crap

By Cate Sevilla

The past few days in the election have left me astounded. Between the worldwide financial crisis, Sarah Palin's ridiculous interview skills and the uncertainty of when the debate is - I'm just fed up.

John McCain, you have completely fucked up my Friday night plans. My plan was to cook up some great food, stay up late and tune into Channel 4 over here in the UK and watch the debates live. But noooo, now we don't even know when the hell they're going to be because all the sudden, by god, John McCain is a reformer! He cares about the economy! He must suspend his debate to take care of the US financial crisis!

In fact, he cares about it so much, that he's "suspended" his campaign to show how much he cares. As well as canceling his appearance on David Letterman to rush back to Washington.

Wait, actually, that's not true. He rushed to CBS News to talk to Katie Couric before rushing back to Washington.



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Pardon, McCain, but isn't stopping by a news station to chat about suspending your campaign sort of, oh I don't know, not make any god damn sense?

And, as Letterman feverishly pointed out over and over again in his rant about you bailing on him - where the hell is Sarah Palin? If you're suspending your campaign to take care of business, wouldn't it make sense for your second in command to step to the plate and take over?

If she can't even take over you campaign, how is she going to take over the country when and if you - god forbid - keel over and die during your - god forbid - presidency?

I tell ya. If it weren't for people like Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart, I pretty sure I would go insane.


This Crazy Election

Ah yeaaaaaah.

If all of you would like to keep up on what the sane people of the Internets think of this pile of crap election, check out Twitter's new Election feed.

The great part about this Election feed is that it highlights how liberal and democratic Twitter users are. In fact, it also highlights how non tech-friendly McCain is.  Take for example the fact that John McCain has a whopping 314 followers and has been on Twitter since the 19th of September.

Welcome to the party, McCain! You're about a year or two behind...


POSTED IN: NEWS
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:58 (GMT+00)
3 Responses
1.

When blair was elected like 8 something years ago, one of the first things he wanted to do was get the internet in every school.

I'm surprised if McCain even owns a pc! Or perhaps he just has some assistant to do his web browsing for him, kind of like a very expensive slow speach recognition web browser.

iain
Fri, 26-Sep-2008 13:37 GMT
2.

John Mcain accomplished more in his life before the invention of the PC than most will. (We actually did stuff before computers) The injuries he suffered from torture make it painful for him to use a keyboard. This site loves to HATE McCain/Palin but where is all the great stuff the Messiah is going to do if elected. Maybe after you puppies go through a few election cycles you'll have a better understanding of politics. It's fun to watch foolish youth verus elder wisdom.
This election will be an electoral landslide and then Palin will be the first woman President.

Timmy
Sat, 27-Sep-2008 12:41 GMT
3.

Timmy -

Well, it would make sense that we're pro Obama around here considering that he's actually pro-choice and that Palin and McCain are clearly NOT.

I could care less if he can't use a keyboard because of his injuries - that doesn't excuse him being so completely out of touch with a huge chunk of the American public - the web and tech savvy. We are the way of the future, we are the ones shaping the world, and if he's not in touch with us, he's screwed.

It's the attitude of "elder wisom versus foolish youth" that is the problem with a lot of Republicans, and voters like yourself.

Cate
Sat, 27-Sep-2008 14:03 GMT

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