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Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - Posts
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We'll leave it to the experts to declare winners and losers. But we hope everyone can agree that 1) Huckabee came across well, despite not being really pushed, and 2) Romney took every opportunity to choke. And judging from activity in the Romney press Read More...
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Mitt Romney finished off a dreadful debate with an awful last word. The former Massachusetts governor, supposedly a member of Red Sox Nation, said that the Red Sox waited 87 years in between championships. It was 86. This won't sit well in New Hampshire. Read More...
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Mitt Romney, referring to how long the Red Sox had to wait to win the World Series: "We waited 87 years ..." Eight-six years, Mitt. It's 86 . Botching a major statistic known to every resident of his supposed home state--Romney couldn't have found a worse Read More...
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Mike Huckabee: “I will accept the support of anyone and everyone I can get.” Cut to Chuck Norris sitting in the audience. Someone give these CNN directors a raise! Read More...
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Brig. Gen. Keith Kerr asks a question about gays in the military. He is gay; he was in the military. Romney's answer is painful to watch. Anderson points out that in the past, he said he looked foward to getting rid of Don't Ask Don't Tell. Now, he refuses Read More...
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Through 23 questions, the breakdown of the main characters in the questions: White men: 15 White women: 6 (including the woman from Alabama wearing a hijab) Black men: 1 White cartoon character: 1 No Latinos, thus far. Read More...
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... On the question of whether waterboarding is torture. Romney says he doesn't want to get into specifics as a presidential candidate. He might as well have said he's going to consult his lawyers. As Romney speaks, McCain looks like he's getting ready Read More...
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That question from FoxBrosStudios --the one that one of the candidates scolded for exercising poor gun safety--is a low-concept offering from the award-winning team that brought you the under-the-radar hit Vigilantes . The Web-based comedy series takes Read More...
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These questioners make Tim Russert look like Larry King. One of them asks whether Jesus would support the death penalty. Huckabee has the best answer: “Jesus was too smart to ever run for public office.” Cooper moves on. I like that if your joke is funny, Read More...
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Scratch that earlier quip about Rudy not having to answer the question of diverting bills to city agencies. Looks like Anderson Cooper came to play hardball. Here’s what Rudy said about the report (paraphrased): It’s not true. I had 24 hour security. Read More...
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Did both Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani just say they support corn subsidies because we could face a devastating food shortage? Romney: “We don’t want to find ourselves in the same position with food supply as we are with energy supply.” Giuliani: “We Read More...
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Even Mitt Romney admits that, and the audience seems to agree. Huck puts up a damn good first showing, answering a question about whether he gave tuition breaks to children of illegal immigrants. The money line—“We’re not going to punish a child because Read More...
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Throughout the evening, we'll be doing spot background checks on some of the YouTube questioners' video libraries. Emilyekins , who wants to return to the small government of the GOP's past, is a blank slate on YouTube. She is a new aunt , though, and Read More...
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ConservativeVoiceUSA, who asked the amnesty question, is a brooding vlogger. Every video on his YouTube page has the same dimly lit background that made for the awful-looking image you saw on your TV. He's 49, a Fred Thompson supporter, and has video Read More...
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Rudy accuses Mitt Romney of employing illegal immigrants in his home, saying he not only had sanctuary cities in his state, but that Romney even lived in a "sanctuary mansion," in which he employed six illegal immigrants. Romney: "Mr. Mayor, you know Read More...
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Throughout the evening, we'll be doing spot background checks on some of the YouTube questioners' video libraries. First up, pudgenet , who sang a nice little diddy for the candidates. Pudgenet, n é Chris Nandor, is a budding musician who sings Lisa Loeb Read More...
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So they're doing the staggered entrance thing again. John McCain is making everything awkward by trying to shake each candidate's hand as they come onstage. Also, speaking of making things awkward: The Politico broke news earlier today that Rudy Giuliani Read More...
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The Democratic National Committee wants another "macaca" moment, bad. So bad, in fact, that it launched a new site today, Flipper TV , which compiles footage of the GOP front-runners on the campaign trail. Here’s how it works, in theory: Web-savvy Democrats Read More...
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"He talks in the third person a lot. That's just the way he speaks. It can make it hard for him to connect to the listener." -- Hillary Clinton strategist Mark Penn on Barack Obama, speaking to reporters after the Hanover, N.H., debate in September. “Every Read More...
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Is Duncan Hunter even trying any more? Examples A, B, and C: His home page has "60 second Daily Updates" that purport to be daily podcasts of what's happening in the Hunter campaign. The date above the play button changes every day, but the content does Read More...
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The Republican presidential debates are starting to look like Lost , in which each character gets his own episode. First there was the Thompson debate , with all eyes on Fred. Then came the Hillary debate , in which her name was invoked more than 40 times Read More...
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John Edwards unveiled a new Web site today that asks voters not to vote for any candidate who takes money from lobbyists or Political Action Committees. Sorry, let me rephrase that. Edwards unveiled a Web site today that asks voters not to vote for Hillary Read More...
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Here’s a shot of a young, lawyerly Fred Thompson from his most recent ad, “ Marie ”: And here’s Javier Bardem as hypnotic serial killer Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men : Hulking frames. Rumbling bass voices. Floppy Prince Valiant 'dos. Sign this Read More...
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UPDATE 3:15 p.m.: I have to retract this entire post, which was wholly inaccurate. The Edwards campaign called me to rightfully inform me that the question in the conference call was about whether Hillary Clinton's support had peaked in Iowa and the rest Read More...
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