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And On A Lighter Note...

by Todd Beeton, Fri May 23, 2008 at 09:57:33 PM EST

And now for something completely different, a little Friday evening schaedenfreude that I think we can all enjoy:

A Tuesday fundraiser headlined by President Bush for U.S. Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign is being moved out of the Phoenix Convention Center.

Sources familiar with the situation said the Bush-McCain event was not selling enough tickets to fill the Convention Center space...

Heh. Sweet. But this might be my favorite part:

...and that there were concerns about more anti-war protesters showing up outside the venue than attending the fundraiser inside.

Awesome. Actually, wait, maybe this is my favorite part:

Another source said there were concerns about the media covering the event.

Ya, wouldn't want that.

And in case you were wondering, and oh so concerned, the fundraiser will still go on, it will just be moved to various private residences in the Phoenix area.

Phew!

Tags: john mccain, george w bush (all tags)

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Re: And On A Lighter Note... (2.00 / 3)

God, thank you Todd. Either shut down the site and let every take a little 5 minutes of deep breathing to calm down or make us laugh...or both.

John McCain is surprisingly bad for this country

by minnesotaryan on Fri May 23, 2008 at 09:59:35 PM EST

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both Obama and Hillary are in Puerto Rico tomorrow; it should be interesting.

by Blazers Edge on Fri May 23, 2008 at 10:04:04 PM EST

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How many gated compounds are there in Phoenix? dumbaya has to hide behind something after all...

by zerosumgame on Fri May 23, 2008 at 10:05:12 PM EST

My favorite is in the Scottsdale foothills (none / 0)

where there is a gated community for the super-rich inside of a gated community. That's probably where they will host the shrub.

by Eman on Sat May 24, 2008 at 12:01:53 AM EST
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Tee Hee (2.00 / 1)

Got to love this bit of news. It is a nice light and a good note to end the week on.

And we are worried we might lose with either Obama or Clinton? Please. The republicans are going down hard in November.

by pattonbt on Fri May 23, 2008 at 10:08:17 PM EST

Thanks (none / 0)

A much better note on which to end the week.

Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.

by jsfox on Fri May 23, 2008 at 10:13:08 PM EST

GOP strategist think it will be a blowout (none / 0)

Politico is back to carrying water for the Repugs.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/050 8/10585.html

I don't think McSame has a chance. Barack is already pulling ahead of Gramps. Once everybody sees that this McCain is not the independent straight talking 2000 McCain we will be golden.

It's going to be a cakewalk.

Yawn.

by spacemanspiff on Fri May 23, 2008 at 10:15:25 PM EST

Re: GOP strategist think it will be a blowout (none / 0)

I hope they keep thinking that way... lull them into a false sense of security.

"This was never part of our arrangement, Specter" "I am altering the deal! Pray I don't alter it any further!" "This deal keeps getting worse all the time!"

by LordMike on Sat May 24, 2008 at 12:51:46 AM EST
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So, where are they going to go? Is there a gazebo nearby that they can use?

by rfahey22 on Fri May 23, 2008 at 10:16:01 PM EST

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Nah, that will be the designated 'Freedom Fires Zone" and dumbaya will be behind walls so his widdle brain does not have to deal with how many people know what a criminal fool he is.

by zerosumgame on Fri May 23, 2008 at 11:04:47 PM EST
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I heard about this on KPHX radio (Phoenix Nova-M) today. Jeff Farias was on top of it. This is a real embarrassment in McSame's own hometown! Maybe they were afraid of Bush catching a glimpse of KPHX's billboards that are all over town right now:
http://www.1480kphx.com/
-and look who the billboard owner is. heh-heh.

by Ian S on Fri May 23, 2008 at 10:29:34 PM EST

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Props to Jeff Farias! He's a great local host and was key in bringing Air America and eventually Nova M Radio to Phoenix; the only liberal radio in town.

You can catch the show on iTunes radio in the talk section

(I am not affiliated with the show but a friend of the station and personal friend)

We will still be out there wherever the Bush Twins (George and John)show up!

by TimO on Fri May 23, 2008 at 10:38:12 PM EST
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i've really been enjoying the fact that the "mcsame" meme has caught on in such a visible way and is no longer just a blog joke.

i'm glad you asked

by truth hurts on Sat May 24, 2008 at 01:22:24 AM EST
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Some questions: (none / 0)

1. Can you imagine McCain holding a fundraiser with Bush in, say, Los Angeles? New York? I think he could really draw a crowd.

2. What does Bush typically do on a Friday night? Solitare? Play with the dog? Porn? Stairmaster? He must be going out of his mind with boredom. Ok. Poor use of words. He must be bored.

3. McCain needed Hagee to get through the primary season. Then he threw him under the bus. Can you guess the date that it will happen with Bush?

by smoker1 on Fri May 23, 2008 at 10:42:30 PM EST

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by smoker1 on Fri May 23, 2008 at 10:42:44 PM EST

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Now let's talk about how Obama doesn't stand a chance against this crowd.

Anybody's vote is worth having. But not everybody's vote is worth campaigning for.

by Freespeechzone on Fri May 23, 2008 at 10:46:09 PM EST

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Love it!

Donate to Hillary Now!

by alegre on Fri May 23, 2008 at 10:49:40 PM EST

Since this dairy is an island of sanity (none / 0)

And the diarist uses such lovely blockquotes.

A technical question...

How do I do blockquotes? Quick tutorial anyone?

Thanks in advcance!

"Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been." Hillary Rodham Clinton - June 7, 2008

by twinmom on Fri May 23, 2008 at 10:53:35 PM EST

Re: Since this dairy is an island of sanity (none / 0)

verrrry carefully.

er... um... like this

< blockquote> take out the space after the first"<" < /blockquote>

and it will look like this

by its simple IF you ignore the complexity on Fri May 23, 2008 at 10:57:38 PM EST
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Re: Since this dairy is an island of sanity (none / 0)

Thanks!

"Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been." Hillary Rodham Clinton - June 7, 2008

by twinmom on Fri May 23, 2008 at 11:18:53 PM EST
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HTML entities (none / 0)

allow you to write things like <blockquote> directly. It makes it easier to explain HTML in a context when the explanation itself will get interpreted as markup.

List of XML and HTML character entity references

Essentially, you just write an ampersand, then the code for the symbol you want to insert, then a semicolon.

For example, to output

you'd write

and the < and > get turned into brackets.

by semiquaver on Sat May 24, 2008 at 12:43:53 AM EST
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Re: HTML entities (none / 0)

also useful if you ♥ symbols.

by semiquaver on Sat May 24, 2008 at 12:46:07 AM EST
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Re: HTML entities (none / 0)

Or if you want to talk about the majestic møøse.

by RT on Sat May 24, 2008 at 05:40:34 AM EST
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Wait... (2.00 / 1)

Exactly how many antiwar protesters did they expect to be attending the fundraiser inside?

DC Drinking Liberally • DC for Democracy

by KCinDC on Fri May 23, 2008 at 10:56:35 PM EST

Re: Wait... (none / 0)

LOL

classic

by its simple IF you ignore the complexity on Fri May 23, 2008 at 10:58:40 PM EST
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Re:Isn't it more satisfying... (none / 0)

...sneering at republicans than other democrats? This is fun!

by half nelson on Fri May 23, 2008 at 11:23:02 PM EST

And On A Lighter Note... (none / 0)

I think this fundraiser with Bush is a horrible idea for McCain and I'm not quite sure what his political advisors are thinking. They can't have it both ways. You can't be different from the current administration and distance yourself from them and then at the same time have them playing offense for you(Israel) and trying to help you make money.

This administration is not sinking. This administration is soaring! If anything, they are rearranging the deck chairs on the Hindenburg!

by venavena on Fri May 23, 2008 at 11:33:58 PM EST

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Government derives its power from those that it governs.

by lockewasright on Sat May 24, 2008 at 12:16:28 AM EST

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That is hilarious.

In somewhat related news, I was at Sunrise, FL today for Obama's rally, 20,000 seat arena filled near to capacity, it was electric in there.

by Drew4Obama on Sat May 24, 2008 at 12:25:58 AM EST

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Rough week for McCain. His double distancing was fun to watch. It made him seem very weak and misinformed.

Saxby Chambliss

by bosdcla14 on Sat May 24, 2008 at 12:51:09 AM EST

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It seems like the beginning of the end of the nightmare.

by Shockwave on Sat May 24, 2008 at 01:17:21 AM EST

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Remember how all the radio crazies for months keelhauled him..

"harlequin speech of suicide, demanding instantaneous lobotomy"

by nogo postal on Sat May 24, 2008 at 08:22:52 AM EST

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I am afraid I cannot partake of the lighter note: The concerns raised by this story are legitimate and need to be addressed.

Obama's weaknesses demographically and in the crucial, BIG Electoral-Vote states mean trouble in November, no matter what McCain does or does not do.

Remember, after all is said and done, Bush still enjoys a 30% approval, and this will be McCain's to inherit.

Bush fought Kerry to a standstill in 2004; I still remember the joy of early-afternoon exit polling in Ohio, and the bitter disappointment after it dawned on us Rove had found a way, through the crooked GOP in Ohio, to both suppress and realign Ohio's votes to give Bush the slim margin in Ohio that carried him over the top.

Most analyses I've read say the same thing: It's one thing to have charisma and carry caucuses, it's quite another to look at winner-take-all swing state politics. Obama puts it in McCain's reach.

This is the main reason I've supported, and will continue to support Senator Clinton for President.

by dembluestates on Sat May 24, 2008 at 10:27:42 AM EST

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