October 9 at 12:00AM
Countdown to Electiony: 26 Days
Here's some things you might not have known about battleground state Michigan…
Did you know that it was the 26th state to join the union. Why, that makes it, um… almost exactly not noteworthy enough to justify mention.
Okay, it's also got some fantastic cities like Ann Arbor, Detroit and the fossilized husk of Flint. So, that's something, right?
Hey, some really famous people came out of Michigan. Like Michael Moore and Kid Rock and… Oh, and Matthew Tobey.
Okay, listen, Michigan is still a really important state. Or, so I hear.
Go back to Day 27.
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FROM: RESPECTFUL REPUBLICANS
DATE: October 6, 2008
RE: MCCAIN DEFAME CAMPAIGN
TO: Still President Team
Desperate Times?
Well, that's how it would seem to be playing out for your Palin/McCain campaign. Per Chris Mathews of Hardball, "Every time conditions prevail, that is the current status of things causes McCain's poll numbers to dwindle, McCain cancels, curses, fires, stoops, postpones, distracts, and starts making wild accusations. That is to say, he pulls a 'razzle dazzle,' 'hail mary,' 'bootleg,' 'statue of liberty' play in a scattered move to distract the public from the real issues,"
Instead of talking about cleaning up the mess that the current administration — THAT MEANS YOU MCCAIN, AND YOU TOO GEORGE — instead of showing us all some sort of Brave New Deal, Cheney you're hiding, Bush is trying to figure out where the ball rolled behind the couch, and Rov is calling the game off. And your love child, the not-so-honorable Senator John McCain is telling the American people "Hey! Look over there!"
As I'm sure you heard by now, dear Frank, chairman of the Financial Services Committee said, "McCain's trying to pull the longest 'Hail Mary' in the history of either football or Marys."
Yesterday on Bloomberg News, Chris Buckley, son of William F. Buckley (the recently departed — God Rest His Blessed Soul), was being interviewed about his new book, "Supreme Courtship." When asked about McCain's name calling and terrorist accusations, he replied, "It's gone beyond saying a Hail Mary. He's saying the whole rosary!"
Name Calling. Insighting mobs to violence. Really, McCain? Don't you know there are Respectful Republicans out there? You know what, McCain? You're mother dresses you funny.
The New Guy
http://www.IfTheBuckStopsHereShootIt.com
Actually, rumor has it that McCain is secretly negotiating a trade with Canada … Michigan for Moose Jaw.
Sadly … Michigan is indicative of the problems we need to solve to move the country ahead … jobs; a competitive manufacturing sector; housing values; declining infra-structure; and stepping away from transportation solutions that keep us dependent on foreign oil … all shows coming to a theatre near you … or perhaps even your own living room.
Conceding Michigan is conceding that a candidate has no solutions for these problems.