Open thread: Transmission from Mt. Olympus, or whatever else you’re watching
posted at 7:21 pm on October 29, 2008 by Allahpundit
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8 p.m. ET on CBS, NBC, Fox(!), Univision, etc etc. ABC and all three cable news nets are scheduled to be Hopenchange-free, but don’t be surprised if Olby points the camera at a monitor airing the commercial and just lets it roll until 8:30. That’s pretty much all “Countdown” is anyway.
Here’s a sneak preview, in which we find The One using his “empathy” voice — quite distinct from this one — and the awkward directionless hand gestures to which we’ve become accustomed during these closing arguments. Snark away below. If you’re depressed at the sight of him momentarily taking over the airwaves, this might cheer you up.
While we wait, anyone have any song ideas for Joe Wurzelbacher? A country/western cover of “Taxman” is obligatory. What about originals? “Your Cheatin’ Clogged the Drainpipe to My Heart”?
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I’m listening to “The Forgotten Man” on my iPod. No TV. But I will be curious to read this thread later on!
RushBaby on October 29, 2008 at 7:24 PM
My heart is erect. Hannity has a good team lined up ready to dissect his nonsense. Steyn, Newt etc.
lodge on October 29, 2008 at 7:24 PM
Geez, I’m amazed at how thoroughly I loathe this guy. Should he win, he’s gonna get my every talent spent fighting his every effort for the next four years.
beatcanvas on October 29, 2008 at 7:24 PM
I’ll be reading after I put the kids to bed. Tom Clancy’s The Bear and The Dragon. I think Jack Ryan is a good alternative to the One, and at least it’s good fiction (as opposed to the fiction that’ll be spewed from the TV tonight).
Anna on October 29, 2008 at 7:26 PM
Actually, I liked the fact that BHO brought up “shared my toys in kindergarten” as some sort of idiotic replay of the “I was 8 years old at the time …”. I would like someone to probe these times. It would be nice for all of us to hear about the good old days growing up as a young Indonesian. I’d like to know about that.
progressoverpeace on October 29, 2008 at 7:28 PM
Sorry, I need to immediately clean out the grease trap in the grill…I think I’ll find it comforting…I hate watching church programs on TV.
AUINSC on October 29, 2008 at 7:30 PM
can.not.watch.
I’ll wait for you all to make fun of him later.
Buy Danish on October 29, 2008 at 7:30 PM
For starters, I think Joe should cover Merle Haggard’s “Fightin’ Side of Me.”
m064404 on October 29, 2008 at 7:30 PM
I’m going to be very disappointed if he doesn’t re-use his impressive Greek Columns. And he sure as hell better have some clips of him pandering the German vote in there somewhere!!
BigWyo on October 29, 2008 at 7:30 PM
I’ve not decided whether to watch or not. It is not as if there is anything Obama could say now to get my vote.
Spirit of 1776 on October 29, 2008 at 7:30 PM
I can’t take this slick Communist lying sack of crap.
benrand on October 29, 2008 at 7:31 PM
I hear he’s gonna have four families on. They’ll probably be complaining about 8 years of Bush and The Lord will sit at the kitchen table with them and explain how their $500 check will save their lives.
lodge on October 29, 2008 at 7:32 PM
Not gonna watch
deedtrader on October 29, 2008 at 7:32 PM
Don’t watch. Don’t give him ratings
Iblis on October 29, 2008 at 7:32 PM
At this point, I think the electorate pretty much feels like they’ve been stalked by the One, and this half hour bit is more of the same.
hippie_chucker on October 29, 2008 at 7:33 PM
FIXED!
Rovin on October 29, 2008 at 7:35 PM
I would really like to watch Obama but I just painted the kitchen and I have to go watch it dry.
Guardian on October 29, 2008 at 7:35 PM
I turned the idiot box off tonight. I’d rather read a book instead of watching an Obama infomercial. His boring
speechessermons make me fall asleep.eigafan on October 29, 2008 at 7:35 PM
south park!
libertytexan on October 29, 2008 at 7:35 PM
Not gonna watch. HotAir and Rush will tell me all I need to know.
kerrhome on October 29, 2008 at 7:36 PM
Jesus!! They even have it in the Menu on my cable box….
Awww…no description…I fully expected to see something like: 30 minutes of Empty Lies You Dare Not Miss!!
GaaaaaAH!!!
BigWyo on October 29, 2008 at 7:36 PM
Next year we’ll all be forced to watch.
Cicero43 on October 29, 2008 at 7:36 PM
Read ‘Clear and Present Danger’ or ‘The Sum of All Fears’ instead. From about ‘Debt of Honor’ onward, Clancy started getting stale and preachy. Nothing against a writer working his political beliefs into his novels, but Clancy took it to an extreme where it just became tedious.
Vatican Watcher on October 29, 2008 at 7:36 PM
Boycotting all tv tonight!
scotch amy on October 29, 2008 at 7:37 PM
If he loses the Presidential race, he has a future as a televangelist. He would stop, though, when he found out that Palastinians aren’t falling hand over foot to make fraudulent credit card donations to televangelists.
Glenn Jericho on October 29, 2008 at 7:37 PM
Why in the hell would you watch this? Definitely not going to boost the guy’s ratings.
nickj116 on October 29, 2008 at 7:39 PM
Pushing Daisies. A great show I recommend to everyone. Just happens to be on ABC.
Virginia Shanahan on October 29, 2008 at 7:39 PM
I’m with you on this.
I’m recording it on my DVR so I can go back and analyze later if I need to.
cryptojunkie on October 29, 2008 at 7:40 PM
Think I’ll watch the old Heidi re-run………Or the new hit movie, “It came from the Chicago Sewers”
Rovin on October 29, 2008 at 7:41 PM
I have heard enough of his BS and I am not a masochist.
mindhacker on October 29, 2008 at 7:41 PM
ugh, this whole thing makes me want to puke… but I’m praying that it totally bombs, and I have a feeling it will… or at least won’t get nearly the numbers they’re hoping for. I’m sure the media will go wild with how many “millions” watched, but I’d be willing to bet that if they compared the numbers to any normal Wed. they’d be no different, and actually Obama will probably get fewer. Wishful thinking on my part?
RightWinged on October 29, 2008 at 7:41 PM
Bakin’ brownies, carving pumpkins and spending time with my adult daughter are in order. Oh and taking out the garbage.
/sarc on
I’m thinking of giving up TV for the forseeable future. No sense in getting indoctrinated before I get to go “camping”
/sarc off
Have a pleasent night all.
JohnnyD on October 29, 2008 at 7:41 PM
i dont want to add another viewer for him to trot out as support…
trailortrash on October 29, 2008 at 7:42 PM
I’d rather be duct taped in between Leo Terrell, Hannity and Susan Estrich than watch the new Stalin.
benrand on October 29, 2008 at 7:43 PM
I’ll watch it . . . anything will be better than watching and listening to Obama pander to the all the parasites in this country.
rplat on October 29, 2008 at 7:43 PM
Got this email…spread it around!
***************
Just a reminder the very successful Tele-Events to Close the Deal for McCain end tonight. Try to join in
8 PM ET
Call in 712-775-7100 then code 131349#
Hope to meet you there!
Jacquerie
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powerpro on October 29, 2008 at 7:43 PM
Wouldn’t it be nice if he got lower ratings than MSNBC?
How’s that for wishful thinking….
JohnnyD on October 29, 2008 at 7:44 PM
Song for Joe the Plumber:
“Dark Side of my Moon” – Pink Floyd spoof song aboout “Plumber butt“.
omnipotent on October 29, 2008 at 7:44 PM
I’m watching Pushing Daisies on ABC.
Connie on October 29, 2008 at 7:44 PM
I have a choice..
1) watch 30 minutes of the great one lie
or
2) take my wife to a nice dinner and help keep people GAINFULLY employed..
theblacksheepwasright on October 29, 2008 at 7:45 PM
I recommend “Jihad” by Isser Harel. Old style stuff, but very good.
progressoverpeace on October 29, 2008 at 7:45 PM
No interest in obambi’s propaganda. Too much of that everywhere I look anyway.
I’ll be watching my Dallas Stars play hockey tonight; a MUCH better use of my time.
Ya’ll have fun with the messiah.
techno_barbarian on October 29, 2008 at 7:45 PM
You see…. I have a nasty cramp in my leg… so kneeling will be out!
Hog Wild on October 29, 2008 at 7:46 PM
That’s what he expects you to do. He doesn’t really care if some some conservative guy somewhere is mad about his radical socialism.
May I take a moment to sell you on my idea?
One of the main “rules for radicals” is to make the people in power follow certain laws to the letter and to attempt to overwhelm the system with pointless requests and demands until the system breaks down.
If we get the much touted one party rule I’m going to spend all of my time looking for government handouts. I’m going to get some welfare, some food stamps, some disability (for my mental anguish) and on and on.
I’ll be sitting back on my ass – fighting fire with fire.
Dorvillian on October 29, 2008 at 7:46 PM
Wait, so this isn’t a rolling timezone thing, right? So, it’s on @ 5:00pm on the West Coast?
Millions won’t even be home from work.
Editor on October 29, 2008 at 7:46 PM
That IS good. Love Steyn. Plenty of laundry to do until 9pm.
IrishEi on October 29, 2008 at 7:47 PM
I’m not going to watch. I’m going to go over to Hulu and watch Chuck because the blond girl is a whole lot prettier than BO. Is that racist of me to think a white girl is prettier than the One?
jmarcure on October 29, 2008 at 7:47 PM
Hmmmm… couldn’t the same thing be said about this Blog?
Well, all it is, is a bunch of guys reporting fox news clips, making stupid jokes about Obama, and sucking up to Bush.
Of course, I know this isn’t true. But, if you’re going to make broad based unfair analogies, you’d better be prepared to get them back, turban boy.
LibertarianConservative on October 29, 2008 at 7:47 PM
Actually, Fox News is reporting PMSNBC will be carrying the Obamination Show. My cable guide confirms.
steveegg on October 29, 2008 at 7:48 PM
What’s he still doing on tv, I thought he was going to close the deal with his sermon at mile high.
El_Terrible on October 29, 2008 at 7:49 PM
Sounds good to me.
jmarcure on October 29, 2008 at 7:50 PM
I’m gonna spend the entire half hour in the bathroom.
uncivilized on October 29, 2008 at 7:51 PM
I’ll watch a recording of it 5 November if he loses. Otherwise, there’s too much coming to put up with this.
exception on October 29, 2008 at 7:52 PM
Oh, and by the way…. I’m voting for Barr.
*grin*
LibertarianConservative on October 29, 2008 at 7:52 PM
Another reason to change the channel – Luntz and his “undecided” voters from Florida.
uncivilized on October 29, 2008 at 7:53 PM
I always read them in order, so that’s the one I’m on right now. My fave will always be Cardinal of the Kremlin – I bawl like a babe every time I read the ending. And yeah, there are things I’ve noticed about his political beliefs that I never noticed when I read the books as a teen (I read each one as they came out, from the mid 90’s on). I just ignore it – and I skip over the tank battles. They bore me.
Still, anything is better than watching that crap tonight. And speaking of crap, one of my kids has a diaper full of Obama talking points that I need to change.
Anna on October 29, 2008 at 7:53 PM
Any guesses as to who will win the Oscar for Best Documentary next year?
m064404 on October 29, 2008 at 7:53 PM
7 minutes to go, I think I will make myself a gin and tonic, sit down and listen for the first few minutes and laugh my *ss off.
His videos ought to be awesome…wonder if he will have the one where he is toasting Khalidi?
right2bright on October 29, 2008 at 7:54 PM
I’m going to have a massage… I suspect that it will be slightly less painful than the 30 minutes of hopeechangee
Canadian Imperialist Running Dog on October 29, 2008 at 7:54 PM
Ugh. Gag. Won’t be watching.
SAZMD on October 29, 2008 at 7:55 PM
Looks like another hard hitting interview from Gibson. Did Obama have to pay a million for it?
PattyJ on October 29, 2008 at 7:55 PM
Clean Up Your Own Backyard
He can dedicate it to the mainstream media. Listen to the lyrics.
apacalyps on October 29, 2008 at 7:56 PM
How about “It’s 1984″ by Oingo Boingo?
Big Brother’s watching
We watch him back
We see right through
his disguise…
Bishop on October 29, 2008 at 7:56 PM
I would not watch this if you put a gun to my head.
Terrye on October 29, 2008 at 7:56 PM
BO is a con man, attempting to buy the Presidency of the United States with an infomercial. Billy Mays or the creepy ShamWow guy would be preferable to Mr. Hope-and-
Change-Socialize. At least they actually deliver the goods they promise.jix on October 29, 2008 at 7:56 PM
I’m watching Battle 360 on my X-box360 since my son has been instructed to draw a historic event and wanted to commemorate the Battle of Midway.
Since the Bambibots’ peacenik ways are going to get us into a bad foreign policy situation figure’d I would commemorate Me$$iah the Lightworker in style.
sven10077 on October 29, 2008 at 7:56 PM
I don’t want Obama to be President. He’s a nice guy and he brings some positive things with him. However, I feel that after four years of him, and after learning what the thugs of the world did on his watch, people will wish they had elected the hawk, John McCain.
Baphomet on October 29, 2008 at 7:58 PM
I’m doing what every good Baptist church sound guy does on Wed. I’m with THE Lord, not a lord.
Centurion68 on October 29, 2008 at 7:59 PM
Obviously I’m not going to watch it, but a lot of people in Arlington County, Virginia, will be. If you had just arrived in this country, and didn’t know much about the issues, it would be easy to fall for this guy just watching him. I’d sooner stay home than vote for Obama, but I have to concede, he’s run the most unique presidential campaign I’ve seen in my lifetime. He certainly showed what you can do with enough money. But he’s also been very crafty about it. Every move is perfectly planned. It’s like watching every B-movie I had ever seen about the coming of the Antichrist when I was younger. “In the last days, the Evil One will appear as an angel of light, and will succeed in deceiving even the elect.” I read that in a book somewhere once.
I hope this nation can survive Obama if, God forbid, he were to win. If that happens, it will be because the Republican Party spent most of the past year scratching its collective ass trying to figure out which end of its collective carcass was forward. After wasting months touting the least offensive middle-of-the-road candidates possible — Mitt, Rudy, and the rest of the country-club set — the only really smart move they ever made was selecting Sarah Palin as the VP candidate, thus solidifying the base of the party.
If our nation were not to survive this episode, it may be due to our failure to heed the warning of Cicero: “A nation can survive its fools and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.”
manwithblackhat on October 29, 2008 at 7:59 PM
I won’t watch, but I vomited anyway.
marklmail on October 29, 2008 at 8:00 PM
I’ll wait ’till it’s released on DVD, then pass on that, too.
FloatingRock on October 29, 2008 at 8:00 PM
BTW,in case anyone missed it,
on Rush’s radio show he did,
A Prebuttal to Obama’s Infomercial!!
Listen to it on Rush’s site,on his
front page!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
canopfor on October 29, 2008 at 8:00 PM
WILL. NOT. WATCH.
I’ll be sitting here with y’all.
pambi on October 29, 2008 at 8:00 PM
The left wing media and the Hollywood trash are involved in a concerted effort to create a sense of hopelessness among McCain voters and thus suppress the vote. Don’t fall for it, stay positive and for God’s sake . . . VOTE!
rplat on October 29, 2008 at 8:01 PM
Aliens is about to start on FOXM…That’s what I’m goin got be watching! I don’t know why but it’s one of my favorite movies!
CCRWM on October 29, 2008 at 8:01 PM
I’ll be at church hearing the Word of the actual God.
baldilocks on October 29, 2008 at 8:01 PM
Was that a dust buster on his desk?
JoeBrooks on October 29, 2008 at 8:01 PM
I tried to put it on but my television bit me.
fogw on October 29, 2008 at 8:02 PM
I was bored by the commercial advertising the infomercial. I don’t think Obama understands the requisite expediency of marketing.
Tacitus_SGL on October 29, 2008 at 8:02 PM
Is anyone here actually weathering through this bile?
carbon_footprint on October 29, 2008 at 8:02 PM
O’Reilly just reported that McCain has just passed BHO in a poll of Americans’ faith in handling the economy. Hmmm.
progressoverpeace on October 29, 2008 at 8:02 PM
Hey! That mom has a pedo-invite sticker on her truck. Advertising your kids… good job.
JoeBrooks on October 29, 2008 at 8:02 PM
For those with Ustream accounts, The Ed Morrissey Show chatizens are borrowing Ed’s chatroom.
steveegg on October 29, 2008 at 8:02 PM
I’m watching “Pushing Daisies.”
Makes me want to give my daughter the nickname “Chuck,” since she has the same first name as the character of the show.
Slublog on October 29, 2008 at 8:02 PM
Song for Joe the Plumber: Moby – Porcelain
Song for Hussein the Dumber: Radiohead – Creep
Fortunata on October 29, 2008 at 8:03 PM
We’re watching Disney’s The Haunted Mansion with Eddie Murphy. I’ll watch Hannity and Colmes, though, to see what their analysis is.
Kim Priestap on October 29, 2008 at 8:03 PM
And for the love of Pete, the next person to call my house to tell me in a recorded/reading from a script voice about any candidate/position is going to get it from me. I hate Virginia for several reasons, and it being a swing state isn’t making me like it any more. I am tired of the commercials I can’t escape – I even heard them on the radio while shopping at the commissary. Sick of the signs, the mailers, the fliers. I am out of patience for the door-to-door Obamatons, for the sheep in my neighborhood who sport their yard signs in defiance of the HOA (as I get harassed by them for my bumperstickers and for daring to put an elephant mask in my window on a pumpkin). I’d stop coming to Hot Air, but it’s a habit and a vice, and I’ve stopped going anywhere else on the internet that even relates to anything political. I feel as though I’m counting down the seconds until midnight on the 4th, as if the world will return to normal and this election season from hell will be over and I can watch commercials without cursing again.
And yes, I do feel a bit better now that I’ve got that off my chest… even though the phone is ringing. Again.
Anna on October 29, 2008 at 8:03 PM
First 5 minutes tells me this is a bomb.
FireBlogger on October 29, 2008 at 8:03 PM
Obama would make a better voice over artist, than president.
JoeBrooks on October 29, 2008 at 8:03 PM
Guess what Olby is showing….
Lance Murdock on October 29, 2008 at 8:03 PM
O’Reilly is ripping BHO apart in his talking points.
progressoverpeace on October 29, 2008 at 8:03 PM
I’m to the point that I cannot stand to hear this man speak. I’ll spend his infomercial praying against his campaign and asking for grace to love my enemies.
jazz_piano on October 29, 2008 at 8:04 PM
O’Reilly – he is going to name the top anti-obama blogs. Wonder who made it?!?…
Rove is on right now…
pcbedamned on October 29, 2008 at 8:04 PM
Damn! They aren’t showing it here on the Left Coast until after the World Series. And I have to get up early. Don’t you hate it when you can’t see The One pontificate from on high?
sondiehl on October 29, 2008 at 8:05 PM
“Hey, Joe, Where You Going With That Plunger in Your Hand?”
Buford Gooch on October 29, 2008 at 8:05 PM
BO is going to talk straight to the American public. Problem is, I ain’t watching this big lie.
d1carter on October 29, 2008 at 8:05 PM
MSNBC cut to the feed.
Typhonsentra on October 29, 2008 at 8:05 PM
Is it just me and my cable or is everyone having Obama come through the background in a ghostly fashion on Pushing Daisies?
Virginia Shanahan on October 29, 2008 at 8:05 PM
That`s how I operate sometimes. :)
ThePrez on October 29, 2008 at 8:05 PM
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