The Political Carnival: Top GOP Strategist: It's Over, Obama Will Win In Landslide

Friday, October 10, 2008

Heh indeedy as the boys say. Via Jed.

9 comments:

Eric Cooper said...: Thank God that the smart people on the other side know it's over; October 10, 2008 8:05 AM
legal alien said...: "I'm going slightly mad".

Quoting Freddy Mercury is a tribute to him, to Barack Obama and to Michelle Obama. Freddy would be a mellower soul by now, and I just know that he would have been thrilled to see America moved by your next President and First Lady.

My madness is that I have been playing and replaying this clip.

I was so convinced that the Republican string-pullers would have wanted McMagoo to start thinking about a positive campaign to help avoid a landslide in Congress, and here we get that very message, and so publicly. But I didn't think the Republicans with brains would start to want to give up on the Presidency as soon as this. Are they strapped for cash? Do they need to spend more wisely? Could they get some big donors to come back with their chequebooks if McMagoo wasn't the recipent of their generosity?

Probably, probably and probably.; October 10, 2008 8:08 AM
SmokeFreeZone said...: Aaahhh.. they're waving the "white flag of defeat"...so soon??? Hummmm....:}; October 10, 2008 8:30 AM
sG said...: From his lips... I'm still wary of early celebrations. For me, November 4th can't get here soon enough. I just don't want to jinx it... and everyone keeps bringing up that Bradley shit... Argh!; October 10, 2008 8:35 AM
Noodles said...: Call me crazy, but this is exactly thte reason I don't think there will be a stolen election. Dieboldian shenaniganation is Rove's thing. I don't think Rove has any love lost for McCCain. Not that he relishs the Rpubs losing, but that isn't his loss. I think he'd be only too happy to let Obama win and then spend 4 years trying to pin the economy and bad news from the wars on him... thus setting the opportunity to sponsor Newt or Wailin Palin in 2012. He, and his ilk know that a loss does a few things for them, too. It flushes McCain out, who they always saw as a little jerk, and sets up a little repub civil war. I think he knows he can win that.

In fact, Rove has really won both ways with McCain this year. Through Schmidt, he has gotten McCain to give up everything. If he wins, they take the credit for winning an impossible situation. If they lose, it take McCain totally out of their hair. McCain is a big stupid dummy for selling his soul to these devils.

Just my leedlt tin foil thoughts.; October 10, 2008 8:36 AM
Clancy said...: Rollins is right (I feel dirty just typing that) and McCain does realize it. I sincerely hope that sometime soon his camp will see the writing on the wall, and simply do what they can to help the down ticket races. . . not because I want the GOP to do well (quite the contrary), but because I genuinely fear what comes out of his continued demagoguery of Obama.

Joe Klein noted how McCain winced when someone in the crowd responded to his "Who is Barack Obama?" question with, "He's a terrorist!" Whatever morality he has left has not yet intervened to put a stop to this madness, but I still hope that it will. And soon. If Rollins thinks McCain's reputation has taken a hit now, it will be irreparable if one of those nuts acts on this garbage.; October 10, 2008 8:50 AM
Joy said...: You are so right Clancy. The conservative Republican talking heads we are seeing right now I think are seriously worried about their candidate and their brand. They do not want to be associated with this. Unfortunately, there are those rabid idiots that are easily influenced in the town halls that resemble KKK rallies and until the Republican party addresses this and takes responsibility for it, disowns it and repudiates it - things are going to get worse. Because McCain and Palin will do anything they have to to win.; October 10, 2008 10:05 AM
legal alien said...: I agree with noodles, what a lovely pseudonym, but not quite with Joy. Knowing now what an egocenric little runt McMagoo has been all his life, I think the risk is having McMagoo knowing he is beaten, and doing his darnedest to be the worst and the most destructive loser he can possibly be.

We only see in this video the deliberately public, carefully premeditated underscoring of the message that the Reps have given McMagoo. That's not fanciful, listen to every word: not one is out of place. No party wants to destroy its soul for one 4 year term that starts with a full hand of poisoned chalices. I agree that Rove is certainly already working out how to defeat Barack in 2012. I don't like his actions any more than any of us, but the guy is intelligent, patient and ruthless.

How much damage will Grumpy-Gramps and his Siren do before the Reps contrive to tie him down? How long is a piece of string?; October 10, 2008 2:31 PM
Kristian Idol said...: "...his siren"

What an astounding metaphor; absolutely amazing. Palin is leading them right into the rocks. BOOYA!!

350 electoral votes
60 Senators
250 Representatives

"I got your 'New Day in America', right here!"; October 11, 2008 11:04 AM