Pharyngula: For you visual thinkers who couldn't be bothered to listen to the debates

#1

Posted by: stevogvsu | October 8, 2008 7:57 AM

Very nice. The last one is the best and most accurate of all.

#2

Posted by: Matthew Davis | October 8, 2008 7:57 AM

Hilarious!! That's perfect!!

#3

Posted by: Aidan | October 8, 2008 7:58 AM

So very funny.

#4

Posted by: PennyBright | October 8, 2008 7:59 AM

Excellent!

#5

Posted by: Richard Harris | October 8, 2008 7:59 AM

The best laugh in ages! Just one thing, though. Thomas the Tank Engine is nice.

#6

Posted by: clinteas | October 8, 2008 8:02 AM

//Just one thing, though. Thomas the Tank Engine is nice.//

And dead,too....Hail,Carlin !!

Image is hilarious...:-)

#7

Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT, OM | October 8, 2008 8:03 AM

That was good for a start of the day laugh.

#8

Posted by: Sigmund | October 8, 2008 8:04 AM

Thats the trouble with Sarah Palin as a vice president candidate, it makes parody and satire too easy.

#9

Posted by: Crazy Fitter | October 8, 2008 8:08 AM

Great images, lets hope that for the republicans the light at the end of the tunnel really is an oncomming express train.

#10

Posted by: BaldySlaphead | October 8, 2008 8:09 AM

But Thomas the Tank Engine is widely enjoyed...

#11

Posted by: Anon | October 8, 2008 8:09 AM

@Clinteas, #8--

Only partly dead--or are you trying to tell us something about Ringo?

#12

Posted by: Crazy Fitter | October 8, 2008 8:12 AM

Great images, lets hope that for the republicans the light at the end of the tunnel really is an oncomming express train.

#13

Posted by: Kel | October 8, 2008 8:13 AM

Win!

#14

Posted by: Jimbo | October 8, 2008 8:14 AM

A perfect summary for those of us watching from across the seas.

#15

Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT, OM | October 8, 2008 8:14 AM

But Thomas the Tank Engine is widely enjoyed...

By humans with undeveloped brains....

Make the connection.

#16

Posted by: clinteas | October 8, 2008 8:15 AM

//-or are you trying to tell us something about Ringo?//

I read Pierce Brosnan will narrate in the future....so yeah,partly dead..:-)

#17

Posted by: Scott L | October 8, 2008 8:20 AM

That one image is from Fark.com, where, just a couple of days ago, the Fark community went all out and made quite a few of those. If you want to check out the other ones, click here.

#18

Posted by: Missus Gumby | October 8, 2008 8:34 AM

Here's another Fark thread with loads of them:

http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=3926189

#19

Posted by: TripMaster Monkey | October 8, 2008 8:36 AM

Priceless, PZ.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got some coffee to clean off my keyboard. ^_^

#20

Posted by: Doug | October 8, 2008 8:40 AM

And remember, those Thomas tank engines have a coat of lead paint on them.

Yesterday my friend from Arizona who is a McCain supporter switched her vote to Obama because of Palin. McCain is such a maverick, picking a VP that would cost him votes.

#21

Posted by: Konrad Talmont-Kaminski | October 8, 2008 8:45 AM

I resent comparing Palin to Thomas the Tank Engine. Thomas is child-safe, knows how to use complete English sentences and does not 'pal around' with violent separatists.

#22

Posted by: Dave Godfrey | October 8, 2008 8:51 AM

...but I like steam trains. I'll just have to think of Obama as the Mallard instead then... Which makes McCain "Puffing Billy".

#23

Posted by: Phillip IV | October 8, 2008 8:55 AM

I can't completely agree with the choice of the 500 series Shinkansen for Senator Obama, though. The 500 series, while unquestionably an awesome design, was something of a white elephant - replaced in production with the nearly as capable but much cheaper 700 series after only 9 sets had been built.

The newer 800 series, or the experimental Fastech 360, would have been much better choices, IMHO.

#24

Posted by: Dahan | October 8, 2008 8:56 AM

I actually did Lol. Very nice!

#25

Posted by: csrster | October 8, 2008 9:01 AM

Sarah Palin should be Gordon The Big Engine
http://www.pegnsean.net/~railwayseries/thomas-downthemine.jpg

#26

Posted by: Larry | October 8, 2008 9:02 AM

Funny, how ever, I think the train wreck scene at the beginning of the movie The Fugitive better summarizes the entire McCain campaign. Like scene, this campaign just goes on and on and on and...

#27

Posted by: Lorax | October 8, 2008 9:06 AM

A line is about to be crossed...

But Thomas the Tank Engine is widely enjoyed...
...as a former beauty queen was in high school

We now return you to your otherwise civil discussion already in progress

#28

Posted by: David W | October 8, 2008 9:10 AM

The problem with the train metaphor is that all of the trains run on the same tracks and end up in the same place...

...wouldn't a bit of inventiveness be novel?

#29

Posted by: Jake | October 8, 2008 9:23 AM

This is indeed rather funny, however P.Z. how did you get this? did you... appropriate this picture from it's 'sauce' or did someone send it to you?

If you indeed get this picture yourself from the source, I have so much more (weird) respect for you.

#30

Posted by: Jake | October 8, 2008 9:29 AM

This is indeed rather funny, however P.Z. how did you get this? did you... appropriate this picture from it's 'sauce' or did someone send it to you?

If you indeed get this picture yourself from the source, I have so much more (weird) respect for you.

#31

Posted by: Neil | October 8, 2008 9:30 AM

@28 The problem with the train metaphor is that all of the trains run on the same tracks and end up in the same place...

No, I am sure that there is a difference in the gauge of the tracks that European trains run on, different to those that the steam train from the 'old west' would have been running on. I think it comes down to metric and 'imperial' measurements......

#32

Posted by: clinteas | October 8, 2008 9:36 AM

Scott L ,@ 17,

thanks for the link !
Im still scrolling through them,there's like a million !

#33

Posted by: Eleanor | October 8, 2008 9:39 AM

Hey how . . . Thomas the Tank engine is a treasured childhood memory. Sarah Palin, on the other hand, is going to get put in charge of child-related policies for some inscrutable reason.

#34

Posted by: SteveM | October 8, 2008 9:41 AM

No, I am sure that there is a difference in the gauge of the tracks that European trains run on, different to those that the steam train from the 'old west' would have been running on. I think it comes down to metric and 'imperial' measurements......

Nope, rail gauge is pretty much standard the world over regardless of imperial/metric. There are of course exceptions for various narrow gauges or very specialized applications, but generally american, japanese, british and european rail gauge is the same. And there was no change in guage in america from steam to diesel.

#35

Posted by: Valis | October 8, 2008 9:41 AM

@29 (&30)

It's from a thread at Fark

#36

Posted by: Canuck | October 8, 2008 9:58 AM

I love it. Captures it very well. The pair of images for the McMilf team are great.

#37

Posted by: Les Lane | October 8, 2008 10:02 AM

My wife's (early childhood educator) comment - "That's an insult to "The Little Engine That Could"

#38

Posted by: Lago | October 8, 2008 10:03 AM

Hahahah..

I just came from debating the Catholic League (Wow, are they batshit crazy, or what?) .. all night on Bill Donohue's Youtube video, and I needed a good laugh...

Thanks to whomever came up with that..

#39

Posted by: Adam | October 8, 2008 10:05 AM

Excellent. that just made my day. Thank you.

#40

Posted by: Janine ID AKA The Lone Drinker | October 8, 2008 10:21 AM

Instead of Thomas The Tank Engine, I think the photo that was use as the cover of Scrabbling At The Lock by Tom Cora And The Ex is more apt. Yes, this is one of my favorite albums. As an added bonus, check out the name of the site.

#41

Posted by: Voltaire Kinison | October 8, 2008 10:35 AM

I'm guessing the debate was a train wreck.

#42

Posted by: james | October 8, 2008 10:38 AM

@ #18

Thanks, I just wasted a whole hour looking at Fark.

James

#43

Posted by: windy | October 8, 2008 10:50 AM

Nope, rail gauge is pretty much standard the world over regardless of imperial/metric.

No it's not

#44

Posted by: Epinephrine | October 8, 2008 10:54 AM

Nope, rail gauge is pretty much standard the world over regardless of imperial/metric. There are of course exceptions for various narrow gauges or very specialized applications, but generally american, japanese, british and european rail gauge is the same. And there was no change in guage in america from steam to diesel.

Actually, in North America alone there were several track gauges, in part top prevent the use of the railroads for invasion purposes. Newfoundland had a narrow gauge rail system (and this lasted a long time, the "newfie bullet" ran until at least the 60s). Canada and the USA had different (and non-standard) gauges until the late 1800s. Even in the USA, there were differences in gauge between the north and the south.

#45

Posted by: Hans | October 8, 2008 10:54 AM

Thomas is a Really Useful Engine. Palin is a Really Useful Idiot.

I see now.

#46

Posted by: MikeJ | October 8, 2008 11:04 AM

Wait, I see that her "Thomas" is off the track! Where is that pesky Breakdown Train????

#47

Posted by: jj | October 8, 2008 11:20 AM

HA! My friends were describing this exact graphic to me over the weekend, hilarious!

#48

Posted by: withheld | October 8, 2008 11:33 AM

That's not entirely fair. That steam engine is AT LEAST five years older than McCain.

#49

Posted by: Scott from Oregon | October 8, 2008 11:53 AM

This is even funnier--

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MAprWAIHls

#50

Posted by: Wehaf | October 8, 2008 11:58 AM

I like this image somewhat better: http://i33.tinypic.com/aob6sk.jpg

#51

Posted by: Brian D | October 8, 2008 12:05 PM

Anyone who's followed McCain's energy policy should agree that this represents him better.

Yes, that contraption is a nuclear-powered engine. Unlike McCain, it was recognized as a Bad Idea and retired around the same time he should have retired.

#52

Posted by: john | October 8, 2008 12:41 PM

This clears everything from ones minds forever.

#53

Posted by: Tony Sidaway | October 8, 2008 12:53 PM

The narrow gauge technology (it generally required a different approach to locomotive design) was first developed in Wales to provide a feasible method of delivering minerals from mine to port over extremely hilly terrain.

Brunel's Great Western line (London to Bristol) initially adopted a broad gauge (7 ft 0¼ in) but adopted standard gauge increasingly after Parliament standardized on 4 ft 8½ in.

#54

Posted by: Mark | October 8, 2008 1:59 PM

Did anyone notice that both the McCain and Palin locomotives have derailed? Very nice touch IMO :)

#55

Posted by: David Marjanović, OM | October 8, 2008 2:55 PM

Anyone who's followed McCain's energy policy should agree that this represents him better.
Yes, that contraption is a nuclear-powered engine.

ROTFLMAO! TSIB!

I can't stop laughing... :-D :-D :-D

#56

Posted by: David Marjanović, OM | October 8, 2008 2:59 PM

I'm still laughing. I just can't grasp that such monumental stupidity really existed. :-D :-D :-D <headdesk> :-D :-D :-D

#57

Posted by: Quiet_Desperation | October 8, 2008 3:12 PM

For coders:

Obama = C++
Biden = Pascal
McCain = COBOL
Palin = Visual Basic

#58

Posted by: Quiet_Desperation | October 8, 2008 3:22 PM

For movie lovers:

Obama = "A martini. Shaken, not stirred."
Biden = "There's no place like home."
McCain = "I love the smell of napalm in the morning."
Palin = "Toga! Toga!"

#59

Posted by: BK | October 8, 2008 3:46 PM

Those of you that think that Obama is going to make any difference in the big picture are wrong. It's a one party system.

#60

Posted by: Zeno | October 8, 2008 4:17 PM

BK: Those of you that think that Obama is going to make any difference in the big picture are wrong. It's a one party system.

That's right, BK. It's completely obvious that it doesn't matter who the president is. We all know that President Al Gore would have suspended the Constitution and created interment camps at Guantanamo. He would have ignored the warning that Osama wanted to fly planes into buildings. He would have invaded Iraq on trumped-up charges (and my cousin would still be dead from an IED near Baghdad). He would have appointed Roberts and Alito to the Supreme Court. Yep, presidents don't matter at all.

Go screw yourself, BK.

P.S.: I just did my own version of the Obama/Biden/McCain/Palin poster. It's math!

#61

Posted by: Rey Fox | October 8, 2008 4:20 PM

At the Fark page, the Chicago Bears-themed one made me laugh the most, and it's mostly because the guy who made it somehow found a Cade McNown poster. I just couldn't believe that existed.

Uh, nothing to see here, read on, talk amongst yourselves about non-sports-related stuff...

#62

Posted by: cubefarmed | October 8, 2008 4:21 PM

Just because it irritates me to no end, and it's marginally related...

Does it surprise anyone that conservative blowhards are calling it 'exotic' and 'ostentatious' that Obama actually prnounces Pakistan correctly? Seriously! What a bunch of ignorant shitheads to try and mock him for it. I know it /shouldn't/ surprise me, but dammit - just a *little* intelligence from the wingnuts? Just a teeny bit???

#63

Posted by: Quiet_Desperation | October 8, 2008 4:29 PM

BK: Those of you that think that Obama is going to make any difference in the big picture are wrong. It's a one party system.

For BK:

Obama = Biden
Biden = McCain
McCain = Palin
Palin = 1

(For all values of 1)

#64

Posted by: Brad D | October 8, 2008 4:44 PM

"For coders:

Obama = C++
Biden = Pascal
McCain = COBOL
Palin = Visual Basic"

Now hold on a second... You can still write good useful code in VB. I have written lots of excel VB macros to deal with routine LC/MS sample lists and data.

#65

Posted by: Brad D | October 8, 2008 4:50 PM

Zeno,
I like your math poster, Mc Cain being an irrational number and Palin being devision by zero, but is Pi (Obama) better than e (Biden)? Seems to me they are both very important numbers. Or is that the point?

#66

Posted by: Brad D | October 8, 2008 4:51 PM

OOPS, I meant imaginary number for McCain = (sqrt(-1))

#67

Posted by: tsg | October 8, 2008 5:26 PM

Does it surprise anyone that conservative blowhards are calling it 'exotic' and 'ostentatious' that Obama actually prnounces Pakistan correctly?

I always find it a bit pretentious, myself.

And that's ignoring the idea that there is only one correct pronunciation of a country's name, especially when it's in an entirely different language than the one it's being spoken in.

#68

Posted by: Tracy | October 8, 2008 5:33 PM

Unfortunately I watched and listened to the darned bloody thing and although I agree with the images with regards to our "general impressions" of the Fab 4, last nights's debate was nothing like that... McCain attacked Obama mercilessly, knocked him down on several points except taxation, and Obama went on and on with his sempiternal:
"I agree with McCain"!!!!!!! It's as if the Dems are trying all to loose this election. Obama let McCain set all the frames, consistently ran over his time limits, and repeatedly begged for even more time from the hopeless mediator, blaaaaahhhhh. Last night was a disgrace for the Dems. The country, I would hope, deserves better than that. The Dems must be so infiltrated by GOPs that it's a hopeless affair...

#69

Posted by: Tracy | October 8, 2008 5:35 PM

Unfortunately I watched and listened to the darned bloody thing and although I agree with the images with regards to our "general impressions" of the Fab 4, last nights's debate was nothing like that... McCain attacked Obama mercilessly, knocked him down on several points except taxation, and Obama went on and on with his sempiternal:
"I agree with McCain"!!!!!!! It's as if the Dems are trying all to loose this election. Obama let McCain set all the frames, consistently ran over his time limits, and repeatedly begged for even more time from the hopeless mediator, blaaaaahhhhh. Last night was a disgrace for the Dems. The country, I would hope, deserves better than that. The Dems must be so infiltrated by GOPs that it's a hopeless affair...

#70

Posted by: twincats | October 8, 2008 5:35 PM

The robot one was nice, too:

Obama = Hal

Biden = C3PO

McCain = Dalek

Palin = Rosie the Robot from the Jetsons

#71

Posted by: Insineratehymn | October 8, 2008 5:40 PM

FUKKEN SAVED

#72

Posted by: Nicholas | October 8, 2008 5:58 PM

A pic of a train wreck would have been more appropriate for the Alaska Disasta.

#73

Posted by: Melanie | October 8, 2008 6:28 PM

Do they make a winking Thomas Train?

#74

Posted by: David Marjanović, OM | October 8, 2008 6:34 PM

Zeno joked:

That's right, BK. It's completely obvious that it doesn't matter who the president is.

"This is a dark chapter in our history. Whatever else happens, our country's international standing has been frittered away by people who don't have the foggiest understanding of how the hell the world works. America has been conducting an experiment for the past six years, trying to validate the proposition that it really doesn't make any difference who you elect president. Now we know the result of that experiment [laughs]. If a guy is stupid, it makes a big difference."
-- General Tony McPeak (retired), member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Gulf War

I have written lots of excel VB macros to deal with routine LC/MS sample lists and data.

Where LC/MS of course means "liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry", as in "big science with big machines and big oodles of cash".

The robot one was nice, too:

Nothing against the two Star Wars ones:

Obama = Luke Skywalker or Han Solo
Biden = Han Solo or Obi-Wan Kenobi
McCain = the Emperor
Palin = Jar-Jar Binks

#75

Posted by: Jadehawk | October 8, 2008 6:55 PM

I've just looked at those, and they get boring and formulaic real fast (obama = flashy, biden = tried-and-true, mccain = old, palin = children toy), so I was hoping for some good republican ones, but it seems the repubs don't have a good sense of humor. Or imagination, since Palin is mostly either Lara Croft or Joanne d'Arc.

#76

Posted by: Eric Atkinson | October 8, 2008 7:13 PM

I would perfer these guys. They have a plan.http://tighroslin.com/

#77

Posted by: Eric Atkinson | October 8, 2008 7:16 PM

would perfer these guys. They have a plan. http://tighroslin.com/

#78

Posted by: Rey Fox | October 8, 2008 7:18 PM

"Or imagination, since Palin is mostly either Lara Croft or Joanne d'Arc."

Thank heaven I can keep my libido separate from my higher mental functions. Most of the time, anyway.

#79

Posted by: Kel | October 8, 2008 7:22 PM

Obama = Luke Skywalker or Han Solo
Biden = Han Solo or Obi-Wan Kenobi
McCain = the Emperor
Palin = Jar-Jar Binks

That was brilliant!

#80

Posted by: Zeno | October 8, 2008 7:37 PM

Brad: OOPS, I meant imaginary number for McCain = (sqrt(-1))

It obviously means that McCain is not real.

As for Obama and Biden both being irrational (as has been pointed out to me), I note that they're transcendental! (Oh, oh. That sounds like Obamamania.)

I did think of having Palin's math be something like 1 + 1 = 3, but that was a little too obvious. Division by zero is a definitely better choice for her.

[Candidate equivalencies]

#81

Posted by: bk | October 8, 2008 7:38 PM

I think I have stumbled into a freshman political science class. Obama will make NO DIFFERENCE. He can't. The system is the problem.

I'm surprised that the crowd around here has fallen for a guy who uses "hope" as a campaign slogan.

Just what the hell is "hope" supposed to mean? One mans "hope" is another mans "prayer." Equally ridiculous.

Obviously Obama/Biden is preferable to the other side. But it won't matter in the grand scheme of things.

#82

Posted by: Ray | October 8, 2008 7:39 PM

Bit of a correction concerning Thomas the tank engine. George Carlin and Ringo Starr played Mr. Conductor in the series I think, not Thomas and Alec Baldwin played Mr. Conductor in the movie. My Boys used to watch it all the time so I was steeped in it for a while.
Carry on.

Cheers,
Ray

#83

Posted by: Ray | October 8, 2008 7:45 PM

Also (as may have been pointed out) Thomas was really useful, Sara Palin... not so much.

Cheers,
Ray

#84

Posted by: Zeno | October 8, 2008 7:48 PM

bk: Obviously Obama/Biden is preferable to the other side. But it won't matter in the grand scheme of things.

In the grand scheme of things the sun will explode and eradicate life on the planet. Thanks for putting things in context, BK. Now run along and go try to do something useful instead of berating people who are trying to improve things. Do you think we're all starry-eyed idealists who think the angels will sing when Obama is sworn in on January 20? Get a clue. If incremental change is good enough for evolution and speciation, it's good enough for me.

I'm just not as patient as evolution because I don't have as much time. Making Bush policies go extinct is a nice start, though.

#85

Posted by: Fernando Magyar | October 8, 2008 8:05 PM

bk @ 81,

I think I have stumbled into a freshman political science class. Obama will make NO DIFFERENCE. He can't. The system is the problem.

Yesss, the sssystem isss the problem my preciousss...

However here is a good bedtime story from a biologist no less!

The Borg: A Financial Allegory

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/4611

#86

Posted by: LTerminus | October 8, 2008 8:08 PM

Just for reference, credit for that image goes to Anonymous on 4chan.org's /b/ board.

#87

Posted by: David Marjanović, OM | October 8, 2008 8:10 PM

Viva la evolución!!!

#88

Posted by: David Marjanović, OM | October 8, 2008 8:13 PM

¡¡¡Viva la evolución!!!

(Mer-deux. I should have gone to bed long ago.)

#89

Posted by: Fernando Magyar | October 8, 2008 8:21 PM

bk @ 81,

I think I have stumbled into a freshman political science class. Obama will make NO DIFFERENCE. He can't. The system is the problem.

Yesss, the sssystem isss the problem my preciousss...

However here is a good bedtime story from a biologist no less!

The Borg: A Financial Allegory

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/4611

#90

Posted by: Mobius | October 8, 2008 9:39 PM

I have to admit, Palin is a train wreck waiting to happen.

#91

Posted by: Azkyroth | October 8, 2008 11:56 PM

Unfortunately I watched and listened to the darned bloody thing and although I agree with the images with regards to our "general impressions" of the Fab 4, last nights's debate was nothing like that... McCain attacked Obama mercilessly, knocked him down on several points except taxation, and Obama went on and on with his sempiternal: "I agree with McCain"!!!!!!! It's as if the Dems are trying all to loose this election. Obama let McCain set all the frames, consistently ran over his time limits, and repeatedly begged for even more time from the hopeless mediator, blaaaaahhhhh. Last night was a disgrace for the Dems. The country, I would hope, deserves better than that. The Dems must be so infiltrated by GOPs that it's a hopeless affair...

You know, it seems like pretty much no one who watched the debate last night agrees with you...

#92

Posted by: truth machine | October 8, 2008 11:58 PM

I think I have stumbled into a freshman political science class. Obama will make NO DIFFERENCE. He can't.

Uh, right ... like Bush and Cheney made no difference. Or John McCain and Phil Gramm, for that matter.

Obviously Obama/Biden is preferable to the other side.

Well then there's a DIFFERENCE, isn't there, moron?

#93

Posted by: truth machine, OM | October 9, 2008 12:04 AM

It's as if the Dems are trying all to loose this election.

Yeah, because a debate performance for which the undecideds prefer the Dem 2:1 is "as if ...".

And it's "lose", moron.

#94

Posted by: Ichthyic | October 9, 2008 12:05 AM

Or imagination, since Palin is mostly either Lara Croft or Joanne d'Arc

a tomb raider (so THAT'S why McCain brought her along)

or an insane person who was burned at the stake.

tough choice.

#95

Posted by: truth machine, OM | October 9, 2008 12:09 AM

I always find it a bit pretentious, myself.

You might as well have "ignorant shithead" tattooed on your forehead.

#96

Posted by: truth machine, OM | October 9, 2008 12:12 AM

burned at the stake

Now I can't stop thinking of burnt moose steak.

#97

Posted by: Kseniya | October 9, 2008 12:43 AM

Obama = George Bailey
Biden = Bert The Cop
McCain = Mr. Potter
Palin = Mini-Me

#98

Posted by: Ichthyic | October 9, 2008 12:46 AM

Now I can't stop thinking of burnt moose steak.

oh no, Rocky will save Bullwinkle long before that happens.

see:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/02/palins-lawyer-stonewallin_n_123179.html

:p

OTOH, the only thing that are comparable between McCain and a squirrel are that they are both grey, and both like nuts.

#99

Posted by: Ichthyic | October 9, 2008 1:02 AM

Obama=Ward Cleaver
Biden=Wally
McCain=June Cleaver
Palin=The Beaver

oh, wait, were we trying to make sense with these?

#100

Posted by: BMS | October 9, 2008 2:44 AM

Obama = iPhone 3G

Biden = Nokia 6555

McCain = EE-8 Military Field Phone

Palin = Two cans and some string

#101

Posted by: Stuart Weinstein | October 9, 2008 3:20 AM

PZ,

DOn't forget the ever popular Palin debate flow chart..

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/03/sarah-palin-debate-flowch_n_131607.html

#102

Posted by: shonny | October 9, 2008 4:07 AM

Uh, the no.3 train should have no smoke coming up, but the boiler exploding - I think.

Posted by: BMS | October 9, 2008 2:44 AM
Obama = iPhone 3G
Biden = Nokia 6555
McCain = EE-8 Military Field Phone*
Palin = Two cans and some** string

*with flat batteries
**too short string

#103

Posted by: Ragutis | October 9, 2008 4:17 AM

Tracy, I don't think even Pat Buchanan or Sean Hannity's perceptions of the debate were that distorted. I'm all for the occasional mood-altering substance myself, but you should really give reality a try sometime. It's not too bad. You might be surprised at how rewarding it can be to see things as they really are.

Palin is really backfiring on McCain. I guess they were hoping she'd draw women and independents, but those seem to be the groups he's lost the most appeal with in recent weeks. Toss in the credit shit hitting the global economic fan and that boat is about sunk. Unless they've got Bin Laden's corpse on ice and stashed in one of those 8 houses...

But don't get too comfy. Regardless of what happens this election (and 26 days is a long time in politics), I really doubt they'll give up on her. She's been really effective with the ~~religitards~~ party base and I'd bet dollars to donuts that as of Nov. 5 they'll be preparing to run her for President in 2012.

#104

Posted by: Kevin Hayden | October 9, 2008 7:34 AM

I don't think the wheel had been invented when McCain was hatched. But do you have a Hindenburg for Greenspan?

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