Open thread: Armageddon
posted at 8:27 pm on October 2, 2008 by Allahpundit
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While we wait for the main event, “enjoy” the last installment in her series with Couric. They saved a doozy for the finale.
Game face!
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I love that picture!
Jaibones on October 2, 2008 at 8:29 PM
And, no, I won’t be wasting my time on idiot Katie and her little games.
Jaibones on October 2, 2008 at 8:30 PM
I’m sad I work evenings…
Andrew D on October 2, 2008 at 8:30 PM
Give him hell Sarah!
rplat on October 2, 2008 at 8:31 PM
Oh please. If anyone is to blame for the death of John McCain’s campaign, it’s McCain himself. I’ve come to the point where as much as I despise Obama, I’m utterly and completely disappointed in John McCain. He’s done everything wrong lately, and I hope he finds comfort in his bipartisan integrity.
anniekc on October 2, 2008 at 8:31 PM
She will be terrific tonight, but I am afraid that Johnny Mac blew it with this bailout bill (not insisting on a pro growth bill) and I am really worried, esp. with voter fraud rampant in Ohio. As for tonight, she will hit a 3 run homer to right center.
ReaganConservative3 on October 2, 2008 at 8:31 PM
Currently listening to AC/DC – For Those About To Rock
El_Terrible on October 2, 2008 at 8:32 PM
Get that O’Reilly-Barney Frank dustup video. That’s a keeper.
JammieWearingFool on October 2, 2008 at 8:33 PM
So this ain’t the end -
I saw you again today
I had to turn my heart away
Smiled like the sun -
Kisses for real
And tales – it never fails!
You lying so low in the weeds
I bet you gonna ambush me
You’d have me down down down down on my knees
Now wouldn’t you, barracuda?
Back over time we were all
Trying for free
You met the porpoise and me
No right no wrong, selling a song-
A name, whisper game.
If the real thing don’t do the trick
You better make up something quick
You gonna burn burn burn burn it to the wick
Ooooooh, barracuda?
Sell me sell you the porpoise said
Dive down deep down to save my head
You…i think you got the blues too.
All that night and all the next
Swam without looking back
Made for the western pools – silly fools!
If the real thing don’t do the trick
No, you better make up something quick
You gonna burn burn burn burn it to the wick
Ooooooohhhh, barra barracuda.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh.
RBMN on October 2, 2008 at 8:34 PM
AP… I hope that first bottle of Jacks is done and you are well into the second. If not, you’re too late…
gridlock2 on October 2, 2008 at 8:34 PM
Thank you very much.
Spirit of 1776 on October 2, 2008 at 8:34 PM
So how much of that bottle of Jack is gone, AP?
Slublog on October 2, 2008 at 8:34 PM
I’ve got butterflies in my stomach.
amerpundit on October 2, 2008 at 8:35 PM
They should play that song at the beginning of the debate, and have Biden rise through the floor a la Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, with Sarah in an Uncle Sam top hat…
JetBoy on October 2, 2008 at 8:35 PM
Everyone at work is excited, and nervous, for Sarah to do well. Everyone is praying for her as well!!! We are with you Sarahcuda.
Ordinary1 on October 2, 2008 at 8:37 PM
Go ‘Cuda… we love Sarah… who’s that guy she’s debating?
IntheNet on October 2, 2008 at 8:37 PM
Ok, the first minute or so of this clip is what I feel like as I anticipate the debate. Imagine them yelling “PALIN!” and you’re golden. This is your time to shine, Sarah, don’t hold back:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBCjH5BKU4A&feature=related
Bishop on October 2, 2008 at 8:39 PM
End times. Yeah, pretty much.
McCain had, what, three planes flame out on him? Well, maybe they’ll be a lot of math questions.
Anyway, this is really unfair to Palin to place this much pressure on her.
I think the smart thing for her is not to attack Biden or Obama but to just promote, promote, promote McCain and reform. Don’t even acknowledge Biden or Obama. Stick to script, don’t answer questions and just give a reform/change narrative.
SteveMG on October 2, 2008 at 8:39 PM
I feel a disaster coming on tonight. I’ve never wanted to be more wrong in my life.
church on October 2, 2008 at 8:40 PM
I did my drinking earlier tonight after I made the mistake of watching Shep, “hysterical diva” Smith, and now I have a bit of a headache. I adore Sarah, I thought she would be our savior, she brought me from cold to McCain, to almost warm, and I’m just so incredibly disappointed in this campaign. I just despise Obama, but I’m so disgusted in McCain. Where has he been? Napping every afternoon?
Harumph. The future looks grim.
anniekc on October 2, 2008 at 8:40 PM
I hope Biden does better than FDR did in 1929 on his tv appearance after that Stock Market Crash.
profitsbeard on October 2, 2008 at 8:40 PM
Lol, she’s hilarious!
“The duck hunting accident.”
LMAO.
nickj116 on October 2, 2008 at 8:41 PM
I think I’m getting ulcers.
Weight of Glory on October 2, 2008 at 8:42 PM
Let me amend that, I feel like doing the taunting to the libs, too.
-moons the democrats-
Bishop on October 2, 2008 at 8:42 PM
the duck hunting incident?
Its over folks. its over.
Roger Waters on October 2, 2008 at 8:42 PM
Ok which thread to follow?
Advice welcome.
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on October 2, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Sarah, go easy on the old man, k?
Nah, just kiddin’!
As the exchange student in ‘Better Off Dead’ says: “Keeeck heeeee’s ahzz!”
Tony737 on October 2, 2008 at 8:43 PM
I want her to come out and dominate domestic policy. Show that she has done more productive things for her constituents then Obama did for his thug pals or Biden did for 7/11 owners.
Spirit of 1776 on October 2, 2008 at 8:43 PM
I’m just glad he established the FDIC in ‘72
Weight of Glory on October 2, 2008 at 8:43 PM
I appreciated the effort by O’Reilly, but he kind of whiffed on it. It was great that he brought Barney Frank to start addressing his huge culpability in the sub-prime disaster, but he tried to hit him on the mildest charges. I still appreciate that O’Reilly started the ball rolling over Frank.
If only he had used the “I’d like to roll the dice …” comment, it would have been game-over. Or just read the Wall Street Journal list. But, I think he did open it up, and his screaming is going to make sure that it seeps into the MSM, I think.
progressoverpeace on October 2, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Anywhere where the debate is being live streamed?
cmptrnerd on October 2, 2008 at 8:43 PM
I can’t see how Palin is going to hold up against Biden when she couldn’t hold her own with Katie Couric. I’m pretty sure I’m gonna be crying on election day. I hope this is just the media making me feel so dispirited. But I’m afraid it’s not.
church on October 2, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Never fear. Just heard off the wire that Fred! is parked in front of the location in his red truck.
Paging Capt Freedom!
Bradky on October 2, 2008 at 8:44 PM
The AP writes about the debate before it takes place.
amerpundit on October 2, 2008 at 8:44 PM
If I was Mccain id had protested vehemently until there was stipulation that barney frank step down and replace him with 2 dems and 2 repubs to oversee the future of fannie and freddie.
malkinmania on October 2, 2008 at 8:44 PM
I hope Biden gets loaded before the debate and sings The Villages song.
V15J on October 2, 2008 at 8:44 PM
by the way, imagine how pissed you would be if you married that brunette Heart chick. She was good looking. Probably a fire cat in bed being a rocker and all….and then the broad gains like 400 pounds…..no exaggeration either. I mean…how the HELL did she do that?
she was BETTER looking than her sister but her sister stayed thin and she gained a few hundred pounds.
Its better to think about these things than about the inevitable president obama (which the dumb ass republicans deserve).
Roger Waters on October 2, 2008 at 8:45 PM
Wow! Allah Pundit and his merry band of sad sacks.
Calm Before the Storm on October 2, 2008 at 8:45 PM
Hope and pray that Saracuda’s Guardian angel is with her tonight.
Tobias2012 on October 2, 2008 at 8:46 PM
Who is that skinny chick that used to be in Heart?
Mark1971 on October 2, 2008 at 8:46 PM
The “cool” guys, or the trolls?
Which is which?
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on October 2, 2008 at 8:46 PM
Be with, Sarah, God(s).
SouthernGent on October 2, 2008 at 8:46 PM
Morris is exposing the compensation scheme for Fannie and Freddie.
BuckeyeSam on October 2, 2008 at 8:46 PM
What I find sad is that no matter how bad she does, 90% of the people on here will call it an epic win for her. And I also find it sad that no matter how good she does, 100% of liberals will say that Biden won.
muyoso on October 2, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Franklin Raines: McCain has to make him this election’s Willie Horton. Dodd and Frank too.
BuckeyeSam on October 2, 2008 at 8:47 PM
I used to excuse Anne from HEART, now she’s just fat
anniekc on October 2, 2008 at 8:47 PM
She’s a liberal weenie, but Ann Wilson was really hot before she ate her sister.
Physics Geek on October 2, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Here is one such place.
Spirit of 1776 on October 2, 2008 at 8:48 PM
I don’t know…Nancy Wilson is a nice looking lady.
Plus, she married a geek, so she’s got that going for her.
Slublog on October 2, 2008 at 8:48 PM
Morris says Obama is too far ahead.
BuckeyeSam on October 2, 2008 at 8:48 PM
“out of my mouth foul debate cookie!”
Bradky on October 2, 2008 at 8:49 PM
There is a chance that OBama IS peaking too soon.
SouthernGent on October 2, 2008 at 8:49 PM
Down here in New Zealand our media (leftish but not to the U.S. extent) has been pumping up Palin’s “formidable” debating skills while dousing expectations for Biden, emphasing he is prone to gaffes. (About the only time those will be noted.) Either way they win.
cornwall on October 2, 2008 at 8:49 PM
O’Reilly/Frank was entertaining but what did we learn?
Frank is too skilled at debating tactics to be taken on directly. He’ll mention a statement here or there that he made critical of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac while ignoring the twenty statements and policies he promoted that contributed to the problem. That’s his act; and he’s good at it.
You have to build a case against him and one or two soundbites won’t do it.
SteveMG on October 2, 2008 at 8:49 PM
You know- as much as I dislike Dick Morris, sometimes he makes sense. What IS wrong with Mccain? Why did he insist on voting yes on the bailout, WITHOUT trashing the culprits behind it? Everytime I heard him speak of the bill, he was as low key as he could be. pitiful. wrong. sad.
anniekc on October 2, 2008 at 8:50 PM
The duck-hunting accident is her biggest criticism of Cheney? That says a lot about the type of VP she will be.
philnewkirk on October 2, 2008 at 8:50 PM
I feel good tonight. No drinks for me. Let’s roll.
El_Terrible on October 2, 2008 at 8:50 PM
That’s good news. Morris is one of the worst political prognosticators on the planet.
Physics Geek on October 2, 2008 at 8:50 PM
Because she said “duck” instead of “quail”? LMAO!!!!
Calm Before the Storm on October 2, 2008 at 8:50 PM
Put on your war paint.
GO SARAH!
maverick muse on October 2, 2008 at 8:51 PM
Well now I know we’re screwed.
Dick Morris was just predicting an Obama October Meltdown.
benjamin on October 2, 2008 at 8:51 PM
Didn’t he also think that McCain suspending his campaign was a game changer?
Mark1971 on October 2, 2008 at 8:51 PM
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Pres. FDR on TV, November, 1929.
SarahCuda Luck be a Lady Tonight!
Make Bidenburgers out of the Delaware Blowfish.
eaglewingz08 on October 2, 2008 at 8:51 PM
I have to agree about the Heart chick. Hahaha at 400 pounds.
I’m surprised there isn’t a Sarracuda cover of this yet. You could have the Heart woman singing it with baby back ribs in on hand.
womball on October 2, 2008 at 8:51 PM
Wait, is the online situation room going? Do we get to listen to Michael Steele rip on Obama? I’m going to go check it out.
jimmy the notable on October 2, 2008 at 8:51 PM
I’m with Morris. This debate is only about Palin’s political career. I’ll add that if she’s not good, it just confirms what little people are thinking about McCain. If she’s good or better, it turns the spotlight back on McCain and raises the question, “What’s his problem?”
BuckeyeSam on October 2, 2008 at 8:52 PM
Rip on Biden I mean.
jimmy the notable on October 2, 2008 at 8:52 PM
Drinkin’ & Prayin’
“Get Hard or Die, Sarah !!!!!”
Dirthead on October 2, 2008 at 8:52 PM
I usually do debates and such with either VodkaPundit
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/drunkblogging-the-vp-debate/
or PoliPundit
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/drunkblogging-the-vp-debate/
No offense to HA, but I’ve grown used to the pace of the other two sites. Vodka keeps the commentary going and you can opine as you go along in a separate, so it’s easier to do both.
Bishop on October 2, 2008 at 8:53 PM
Someone asked about live stream, FoxNews’ site is.
tehd on October 2, 2008 at 8:53 PM
Let the lightning strike
Let the flash of it shock you
Choke your fears away
Pull as tight as a wire
Let the fever spike
Let the force of it rock you
This is your day Sarah, sailing into the fire
Tav on October 2, 2008 at 8:53 PM
Oh yes! The strategy room is online again for the debate. I don’t think it could possibly be as hilarious as it was during Obama’s acceptance speech, but it will be better than watching it plain.
jimmy the notable on October 2, 2008 at 8:53 PM
I am getting nervous.
jencab on October 2, 2008 at 8:53 PM
lets hope Morris is right for once
jp on October 2, 2008 at 8:53 PM
Sarah and the Cubs in a must win situation- uh oh!
Do your best Sarah.
jjshaka on October 2, 2008 at 8:54 PM
I’m counting on you guys for good reporting. I’m too nervous to watch directly.
macblanegirl on October 2, 2008 at 8:54 PM
Yes, but McCain hedged his bets, so I’m not sure he really executed what Morris suggested, realizing McCain’s not checking with Morris.
BuckeyeSam on October 2, 2008 at 8:54 PM
Armageddon? I don’t think your heart is in winning Allapundit.
johnsteele on October 2, 2008 at 8:54 PM
Morris says Obama is too far ahead.
BuckeyeSam on October 2, 2008 at 8:48 PM
Dick Morris was just predicting an Obama October Meltdown.
benjamin on October 2, 2008 at 8:51 PM
Morris has more flips than Ogoofa.
Bishop on October 2, 2008 at 8:55 PM
My pitchfork and I are at the ready. Has anyone seen MoDo? The best move McCain did since chosing Sarah.
Fuquay Steve on October 2, 2008 at 8:55 PM
I am more nervous now than I am on election night waiting for returns.
Mark1971 on October 2, 2008 at 8:55 PM
Mystery Science Theater 3000 style. That was great
tehd on October 2, 2008 at 8:56 PM
Yeah dumping crabby Maureen was fun- couldn’t have happened to a nastier wench.
anniekc on October 2, 2008 at 8:56 PM
I want to see offense by the Barracuda.
jencab on October 2, 2008 at 8:57 PM
Morris sucked one too many toes.
John Doe on October 2, 2008 at 8:57 PM
@ Mark1971 on October 2, 2008 at 8:55 PM
Thats because after tonight, you will pretty much know if you should even stay up election night or not.
muyoso on October 2, 2008 at 8:57 PM
Not nervous, I am angry in anticipation for the avalanche of s*** that will follow by the media regardless of Palin’s performance.
Cardiganfox on October 2, 2008 at 8:57 PM
Stick a fork in her…she’s done. Right, Allah?
Allah?
*crickets.*
ManlyRash on October 2, 2008 at 8:57 PM
Let’s get ready to RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRummmmmble !!!!!!!!!
redrock on October 2, 2008 at 8:58 PM
Man I am so nervous right now.
CanadianGuy on October 2, 2008 at 8:58 PM
Palin cheating..will wear a bandage on right hand for sympathy!
SouthernGent on October 2, 2008 at 8:58 PM
Did anyone see the GOP rep on the debate committee? I couldn’t believe he explained away Ifill’s conflict of interest with a straight face?
Can Palin gets some shots in at Biden for Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas? Maybe those could be her kind of Supreme Court justices. Thanks for the railroad on Bork, Joe.
BuckeyeSam on October 2, 2008 at 8:58 PM
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue.
Go Sarah!
MarcusBrody on October 2, 2008 at 8:59 PM
I like putting Kirsten on the panel with the big boys. She’s earned a seat at the table.
Spirit of 1776 on October 2, 2008 at 8:59 PM
Michigan cheering for Sarah! Church-you are a downer! Cheer up!! and go do some volunteer work for mcCain/Palin!!
Bullhead on October 2, 2008 at 8:59 PM
I saw it and everyone on this Fox panel doesn’t think it’s a big deal.
CanadianGuy on October 2, 2008 at 8:59 PM
Off track here — When is the House going to vote on the crap sandwich?
I called my turn coat today and said that if he votes aye again, I’ll vote for any monkey running against him. His little lackey actually laughed!
InTheBellyoftheBeast on October 2, 2008 at 8:59 PM
And so Titanic begins its descent…
ManlyRash on October 2, 2008 at 9:00 PM
Break a leg, Sarah…Joe’s.
SouthernGent on October 2, 2008 at 9:00 PM
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