Wait, I might be so stupid, but I'm confused. The tee-shirt makes it look like she's mocking the idea because she's saying it goes nowhere, so it doesn't look like she's supporting it, unless... the place it was leading to was CALLED "nowhere." Did I miss that? Or am I stupid NOW for thinking it might be called "nowhere"?
Relatedly: Kyle, I forget which side you were on when we were discussing Dem campaign tactics a few weeks back... but do you now agree with me that we need to fight fire with fire? I'm so frustrated with the Obama camp right now. Stoop to their level, dammit! They should be asking themselves: What Would Bill Clinton Do? (Or Hillary Clinton, for that matter.)
She is mocking the people who want to call it "Nowhere."
This is from Wikipedia: In September 2006, during her campaign for Governor, Sarah Palin visited Ketchikan to express her support for the Gravina Island Bridge project. At a public forum, Palin held up a pro-bridge t-shirt designed by a Ketchikan artist, Mary Ida Henrikson. The legend on the shirt was "Nowhere Alaska 99901", referencing the buzzword of "Bridge to Nowhere" and the primary zip code of Ketchikan. In her public comments, referring to her own residence in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, she said: "OK, you’ve got Valley trash standing here in the middle of nowhere. I think we’re going to make a good team as we progress that bridge project." This quote is from the Anchorage Daily News.
As far as Dem tactics -- I just think it's important to take the higher road. I don't care if it loses the election. Sure the Dems could wrangle up a bunch of union sympathizing Vietnam vets and get them to start rumors that McCain lied and made the whole thing up about being a POW. Sure we could plant rumors in the south about McCain's black love child. But I really don't think it would benefit us to stoop to their level. They're so much better at it than us. There's just a terrible cynicism implied by this approach that works completely against Obama's whole message. He wouldn't be Obama any more.
Oh yeah, I also wanted to note that even though she flip-flopped and came out in the end against the bridge to nowhere, she still authorized the $26 million dollar road to the bridge to nowhere -- a road that literally leads to nothing. And she never returned the $223 million dollars earmarked for the bridge itself. Instead it was spent on other projects in Alaska -- already the most heavily subsidized state in our country.
Wow Kyle - interesting comments about the high road. I agree as Obama being a different kind of politician is what drew me to him all those months ago. we can't lose faith and we can't start with the "woe is us the Democrats always lose." This election will be won on the issues and once the debates start i am confident that the issues will be what people are talking about. Though calling Palin a pig certainly does make for good tv.
Anyone else watch the Bill O'Reilly interviews of Obama? Obama handled himself very well. He was nuanced, articulate, funny and went toe to toe with the master of the no-spin zone. In the end, this is going to sound very strange, but O'Reilly seemed like he was actually in love with Obama.
Here's one thing people aren't yet fully taking into account. Half of America still doesn't know who this man really is. Let's wait a week or two, once the debates start and people actually get to see this man for who he really is before we get too freaked out. And I'm saying this from the perspective of someone who is freaking out every five minutes.
what's scary is they're finding out who he is by the way McCain campaign is defining him. or says the current media narrative. This week's NY Mag piece on the election was very informative and balanced. A little scary but hopeful too.
"I am prepared. I am prepared. I need no on-the-job training. I wasn't a mayor for a short period of time. I wasn't a governor for a short period of time." John McCain in the recent primary debates.
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Wait, I might be so stupid, but I'm confused. The tee-shirt makes it look like she's mocking the idea because she's saying it goes nowhere, so it doesn't look like she's supporting it, unless... the place it was leading to was CALLED "nowhere." Did I miss that? Or am I stupid NOW for thinking it might be called "nowhere"?
Relatedly: Kyle, I forget which side you were on when we were discussing Dem campaign tactics a few weeks back... but do you now agree with me that we need to fight fire with fire? I'm so frustrated with the Obama camp right now. Stoop to their level, dammit! They should be asking themselves: What Would Bill Clinton Do? (Or Hillary Clinton, for that matter.)
She is mocking the people who want to call it "Nowhere."
This is from Wikipedia:
In September 2006, during her campaign for Governor, Sarah Palin visited Ketchikan to express her support for the Gravina Island Bridge project. At a public forum, Palin held up a pro-bridge t-shirt designed by a Ketchikan artist, Mary Ida Henrikson. The legend on the shirt was "Nowhere Alaska 99901", referencing the buzzword of "Bridge to Nowhere" and the primary zip code of Ketchikan. In her public comments, referring to her own residence in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, she said: "OK, you’ve got Valley trash standing here in the middle of nowhere. I think we’re going to make a good team as we progress that bridge project."
This quote is from the Anchorage Daily News.
As far as Dem tactics -- I just think it's important to take the higher road. I don't care if it loses the election. Sure the Dems could wrangle up a bunch of union sympathizing Vietnam vets and get them to start rumors that McCain lied and made the whole thing up about being a POW. Sure we could plant rumors in the south about McCain's black love child. But I really don't think it would benefit us to stoop to their level. They're so much better at it than us. There's just a terrible cynicism implied by this approach that works completely against Obama's whole message. He wouldn't be Obama any more.
Oh yeah, I also wanted to note that even though she flip-flopped and came out in the end against the bridge to nowhere, she still authorized the $26 million dollar road to the bridge to nowhere -- a road that literally leads to nothing. And she never returned the $223 million dollars earmarked for the bridge itself. Instead it was spent on other projects in Alaska -- already the most heavily subsidized state in our country.
Wow Kyle - interesting comments about the high road. I agree as Obama being a different kind of politician is what drew me to him all those months ago. we can't lose faith and we can't start with the "woe is us the Democrats always lose." This election will be won on the issues and once the debates start i am confident that the issues will be what people are talking about. Though calling Palin a pig certainly does make for good tv.
But he wasn't... oh, never mind.
Anyone else watch the Bill O'Reilly interviews of Obama? Obama handled himself very well. He was nuanced, articulate, funny and went toe to toe with the master of the no-spin zone. In the end, this is going to sound very strange, but O'Reilly seemed like he was actually in love with Obama.
Here's one thing people aren't yet fully taking into account. Half of America still doesn't know who this man really is. Let's wait a week or two, once the debates start and people actually get to see this man for who he really is before we get too freaked out. And I'm saying this from the perspective of someone who is freaking out every five minutes.
what's scary is they're finding out who he is by the way McCain campaign is defining him. or says the current media narrative. This week's NY Mag piece on the election was very informative and balanced. A little scary but hopeful too.
"I am prepared. I am prepared. I need no on-the-job training. I wasn't a mayor for a short period of time. I wasn't a governor for a short period of time." John McCain in the recent primary debates.
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