This post will be short and to the point.
BEST LINE OF THE CAMPAIGN
Chris Hayes, of The Nation, was just on Countdown with Keith Olberman, talking about the non-suspension, suspension and manufactured crises of the McCain campaign:
"It's entirely show. At this point, McCain, the gambler, the well-known gambler, is making an all-in bet on the stupidity of the American voter. That is the wager of the campaign at this moment."
"We will be able to fool people long enough that maybe, just maybe, come election day to be within striking distance in the polls...They keep trying...to untether themselves from the actual conditions in the world."
p.s., I've been thinking about this theme alot and wanting to make a video set to Kenny Rogers' the Gambler, including the following scenes: a slot machine with Palin, Lieberman, and Pawlenty; dogs playing poker including Obama, Biden, McCain, Palin and Putin, Ahmadinejad, Kim Jong-Il; a set of dice with McCain & Bush. I don't think I will have time to get it together while it is still relevant, so if anyone has any video or Flash skills and wants to give it a shot, feel free to use my ideas.


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This seems trivial but it's not. Stupid is as stupid does.
bbd commented elsewhere"It takes a village of idiots to elect the village idiot." That's what we probably are if this week's events and commentary even from the right hasn't tanked the McPalin candidacy forever.
P.S. Your mise en scène is hilarious. Get an agent -- SNL should lap it up.
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and yes, we certainly are beginning?! to look more and more like a village of idiots, aren't we?
I went back and read that piece -- even more timely today, when the Maverick might be scuttling an admittedly troubling deal but "not tipping his hand" a la NYT. He "said little" during this conference. A cross between Chauncey Gardener and Kenny Rogers?
Love the picture of Lieberman the "toe-nail cutter".
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Lea - wow, I didn't know he actually gambled in Vegas. Makes sense and definitely a portent.
thanks for stopping by.
Congratz! Proud to know ya.
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CCC - WOOOF! WOOOFF! Thanks so much for the shout-out. I saw that NYTimes Article, too and of course, I think it is spot-on.
As this whole weird campaign plays out, I am starting to believe that McCain has a bit of a compulsive gambling streak. Like AA, Gamblers Anonymous says that compulsive gambling "leads to jail, insanity or death."
Clearly (to me, at least), McCain is going down the road toward insanity.
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