who would have guessed that it would take a nobody college student

[ulysses]

on the wrong side of history to turn the discussion of race in the first presidential general election to feature an African-American candidate in favor of the black guy?

God, I love this country. :D

[Soup Bean]

1. That stunt really screwed the Republican Party.

She's made the whole lot out to be both racist and stupid. A "large black guy" beat her up and carved a backwards "B" in her face. And carved it so well that it will heal completely and not leave a scar. The "large black guy" should have been a surgeon instead of a mugger. And she thought that the police would be stupid enough to buy her story.

She's put the final nail in the Republican coffin. They wanted SO much for this story to be true, but in the end, even Michelle Malkin had to call BS. Utterly damaging to her cause. Instant Karma.

Has that girl never heard of Susan Smith? Now she has ruined her life over an election. I cannot believe how people act. I am stunned.

[ulysses]

2. Lee Atwater possession.

:shrug:

[CoffeeCat]

4. Also, she was a major volunteer for the...

McCain campaign.

She traveled to other states and was blogging up a storm.

She was very involved, and obviously wanted McCain to win.

And look what she did to them. Geez. I hope someone is keeping an eye on
her. The weight of what she did must hang on her like a giant boulder.

Man...it's nuts.

[Shakespeare]

5. Not volunteer--she was a PAID employee of College Republicans.

On the payroll.

[CoffeeCat]

9. Even more interesting...

I thought she was a volunteer.

Geez, does that campaign have anyone who just works for McCain out of the
goodness of their heart and support of the candidate?

[Soup Bean]

18. With Republicans, it's all about the money.

The R's have proudly shown that they are the "it's all about me" party. Pocketbooks and control are all they have ever been interested in. They are about to be exiled into the wilderness, and they're going WAY nuts. That's what you get for swinging so far right, when most of the country is in the middle.

What's that old saying?

"You can fool all of the people some of the time, and you can fool some of the people ALL of the time. But you can't fool ALL of the people ALL of the time".

[CoffeeCat]

28. And also...

....can't get fooled again!

:)

[progressivebydesign]

23. wasn't the guy that hatched the purple bandaid scheme the founder of that group?

I swear that was where Rove got his start. They are ALSO the ones that did the recent scam pretending to be plumbers/ordinary americans protesting Obama.

[Shakespeare]

3. And the cherry on top is that the McCain camp pushed the story in the first place.

Hoisted by their own petard, they were.

[skooooo]

6. Do we know that? who pushed the story?

I'm trying to find out more.

[Shakespeare]

11. Talkingpointsmemo.com has the details. n/t

[Shakespeare]

12. Talkingpointsmemo.com has the details. n/t

[goodgd_yall]

26. Here's a link

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/mccain_aide_gave_reporters_inc.php

I want to know more too---like how involved the McCain campaign is. Looks like the campaigns Pennsylvania communications director definitely has a lot of responsibility. Still reading....

[ulysses]

7. "can't anybody here play this game?"

Truly incredible stuff these days, my friend. :D

[Shakespeare]

13. I never thought I'd witness an implosion this complete.

And it's marvelous to behold. :hi:

[Jackpine Radical]

8. With a little rewording, you could be describing

Monica Lewinsky.

[ulysses]

10. could there be a connection?

:D :hi:

[Jackpine Radical]

20. Chubby little cheeks, will do ...things...to get close to power...

Yo, Uly. :hi:

[ulysses]

22. *snarf*

:D

Always a pleasure, Jackpine. :hi:

[goodgd_yall]

24. By "power"

I assume you mean law enforcement agencies.

[RagAss]

14. The Dying Farts of the GOP.....it's pathetic....thank God no innocent man was incarcerated !

[Hekate]

15. Sadly, they will leave behind a moose turd for 2012. Alaskans, please help us on this one! nt

[ulysses]

17. are you kidding?

We should hope for nothing better than for Sarah (and all her oddly-named children after her) to be the standard bearer for the GOP for decades to come. Shit, get the dippy creationist more airtime, now! :D

[Soup Bean]

19. More Sarah! The best thing that's ever happened for the Dems!

I really wish that one of the networks would get into the AIP and Creationism with her. There's plenty of Moose Flesh left in that horrible woman.

[TornadoTN]

16. Welcome to 2008, it's not 1960's America anymore - Sorry GOP

Sorry GOP, your old divisive tricks just don't have the same punch as a whole generation of young Americans who were raised to be tolerant and *gasp* accept other cultures equally come of age. Not only that, the country is in chaos and you offer nothing of substance to help assuage the anguish of millions of Americans.

It's time to tear down the GOP house and cast them to the fringe of our society. But they'll get the reap the benefits of our successes, because thats the way we work - for ALL Americans.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

21. Boy

The McCain campaign is so blessedly incompetent when it comes to "vetting" anybody it tries to use as a "stunt" or "gimmick".

[livetohike]

25. To quote our next President: "You can't make this stuff up!"

What's next? :shrug:

[grantcart]

27. beyond the stunt itself it is telling that one side could smell the bs immediately

and another thought it was true.

[ulysses]

29. 20 years since Willie Horton

How checked-out do you have to be to not see the racial triggers?

[goodgd_yall]

30. Obama campaign was on top of this: excerpt from TPM story

"The claims to KDKA from the McCain campaign were included in an early story that ran late yesterday on KDKA's Web site. The paragraphs containing these assertions were quickly removed from the story after the Obama campaign privately complained that KDKA was letting the McCain campaign spin a racially-charged version of the story before the facts had been established, according to two sources familiar with the discussions."

[eshfemme]

31. Holy fucking shit, this election has been the most awesome dramafest EVER

Fuck ordinary TV. Just the total fucktardedness of politics is even better than the scriptedness of reality TV or any sort of drama, comedy or whatever that TV could offer.

WTF is up with this year? Obama's the one isle of sanity in all of this batshit insanity!