2008

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“I was just trying to give Tina Fey more material. Job...”
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“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness...”
— Abraham Lincoln: Second...

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“He was happy with the St. Louis debate, of course, and...”
— Biden’s Unified Theory...

“Biden says Obama reminds him of Bill Clinton in his...”
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“At a secret meeting in mid-August at the Graves 601 Hotel in...”
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“Jim Piccillo lost his job as a bank vice president in...”
— In Florida’s Economic...

“At Christina’s, a family restaurant in downtown New Port...”
— In Florida’s Economic...

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“A very different sort of unanticipated moment took place...”
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“You could take every McCain volunteer we’ve seen doing...”
— Sean Quinn, of...

LSAT

furrowedbrow: Tomorrow. Me. Freaking Out. The girl I’m doing an internship with is taking it...

“We cannot expect one man to heal every wound, to solve every...”
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Debate Highlights

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“Everybody wondered how Palin would do. At least as...”
— Robert Shrum: McCain Lost the...

My favorite thing about Joe Biden?

robot-heart: He proves that you can be a normal person—one of those down-to-earth,...

“The CBS poll of undecideds had Biden winning the debate...”
— FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral...

Palin definitely took the girl...

robot-heart: I think the thing that bothered me the most was the “mean girls” way Palin had of...

“The next person that winks at me, I don’t know if...”
— Rachel Maddow

I want to hi-five Joe Biden right now.

(via newsandbooze) Me too.

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“Coal production at a mine in Monongalia County came to a...”
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“The deeper problem, say growing numbers of worried GOP...”
— McCain’s Nosedive:...

“Today, Barack Obama has 269 electoral votes outside the...”
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As Dorothy Snarker pointed out, the new cast for Top Chef:...

“Appearing at a rally at the University of Colorado today,...”
— Michelle Obama stumps in...

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I don't think she understands the...

COURIC: Palin says she makes no apologies for her pro-life views and opposes abortion, even in the case of rape or incest.
Gov. PALIN: I'm saying that personally I would counsel that person to choose life, despite horrific, horrific circumstances that this person would find themselves in. And if you're asking, though, kind of foundationally here should anybody end up in jail for having had an abortion, absolutely not. That's nothing that I would ever support.
ROBOT HEART (in an alternate universe where I can drop in on any conversation at any time): Hey, dumb shit. That's exactly what could happen if Roe v. Wade is overturned. Abortion will be criminalized in many states, and it will be considered murder, and people will go to jail. Perhaps you should think about that.

“I’m a feminist who, uh, believes in equal rights and I...”
— Sarah Palin on why she calls...

“Compared with other American wars, the conflicts in Iraq and...”
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“Obama said the bill has been “misunderstood and poorly...”
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“The people who have been running our government for the past...”
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“In 2000 and 2004, all across the country, thousands of...”
— Laura Flanders: Protecting The...

“I don’t want to be played by the girl-strings anymore....”
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“Senator John McCain is in favor of the bailout. He loves...”
— David Letterman (via...

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“In the House chamber, as a digital screen recorded a cascade...”
— Shocking defeat for econ...

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“Gentlemen, I have had men watching you for a long time and I...”
— Andrew Jackson (via...

“What was your problem? Do you hold this man in such contempt...”
— “Guess who’s not coming for...

“But the best hissy fit was McCain fake-suspending his...”
— Oliver Willis: America Wants a...

“When pundits and politicians debate abortion, they often...”
— The Phoenix > I had an...

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“So John, you like to pretend like the war started in 2007....”
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“Mr. McCain’s talk of experience too often made him sound...”
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“And when he disagreed with Mr. Obama, he had a scolding...”
— The TV Watch - Beyond...

“We saw a lot of grimacing, sighing, kind of lifting his...”
— Rachel Maddow

“Talking about Miss Congeniality a lot and how old he is a...”
— Rachel Maddow (via...

robot-heart: elizabethanne: You say you think Obama doesn’t have the knowledge - what the fuck do...

Gratuitous Childhood Picture of Yourself Week:  Freetime...

Gratuitous Childhood Picture of Yourself Week:  Freetime...

“See the problem is, just like when Gore dismantled W three...”
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“I’m glad John McCain decided to reverse himself and...”
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“In the Roosevelt Room after the session, the Treasury...”
— Talks Implode During Day of...

“John McCain did not come in and save the day. Instead John...”
— Donna Brazile, tonight on CNN...

Gratuitous Childhood Picture of Yourself Week:  Three-of-us...

Gratuitous Childhood Picture of Yourself Week:  Three-of-us...

“For Brendan Doyle, it’s a matter of equal pay for equal...”
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“Across the country, McCain campaign offices are up and...”
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“I keep hearing that she’s ”like us.”...”
— Jon Stewart, on Sarah Palin

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert: Mock the Vote

“Like so many others, I was inspired by John Kennedy and...”
— Why I Support Obama, by Judy...

“If anything should be done, the case seems clear for wildly...”
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“Incumbent Presidents Lincoln and FDR both campaigned in the...”
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“America is advanced citizenship. You gotta want it bad,...”
— President Andrew Shepherd, The...

McCain Canceling the Debate

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“The McCain campaign’s new urgency about the financial crisis...”
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“Maddow has broken the broadcasting mold. She has succeeded...”
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“This is exactly the time when the American people NEED to...”
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“If McCain had any balls at all, he would be at that debate...”
— Robot Heart: McCain: Scrap...

“I want a President who can walk and chew gum at the same...”
— Election 2008: McCain asks to...

“Now, I’ll tell you, if we were going to postpone a...”
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“Jay, I’m a feminist. but I’m sorry, that...”
— Wanda Sykes

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“You know how usually I talk about cell phones or kitty cats...”
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“We did not arrive at this moment by some accident of...”
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“Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All of the...”
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(via)  Alec Baldwin knows what’s up.

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“We will do something this week — but if we learned anything...”
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