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Twitter Digest – 2008-10-08

  • mccain has skeletons in his closet. sure, he has the scandal kind, but also there’s all the people he’s outlived and stored for safe keeping #
  • @acarvin are these #dialtest ratings based on our current opinions & perception, or are they supposed to be grounded in something objective? #
  • horror movies now start out, (movie voice) “it was a quiet town, until a man named _GEORGE W. BUSH_ moved in next door…” http://is.gd/3G57 #
  • testing out plodt… *politicRage 0* #
  • during the debate, if you catch them lying, tag it with #factcheck. also, rate them at any given time using #dialtest like this: *Obama 5* #
  • (that last via @acarvin) #
  • #dialtest *mccain 5* #
  • #dialtest *obama 5* #
  • obama priorities: energy. (he knows the gas price. good move) #
  • obama makes emotional links to jfk #
  • healthcare priority 2, education is 3 #
  • ok, examining bureaucracy is good… eliminating waste is good… living in the pocket of lobbyists is bad. #
  • did obama just suggest seizure of private property? i hope i just heard that wrong. “if you don’t use it, you lose it” what did he say? #
  • my friends. my friends. it’s the new “george bush’s” #current #
  • don’t tell me what i know, mccain. #
  • a timebomb that eats us all up. thanks brokaw. #current #
  • BINGO. #current #
  • my friends #
  • so mccain is against lobbyists now? lobbyists work for him. what? #current #
  • mccain’s “my friends” again #
  • but if you impose paperless hospitals, they have to spend a ton to stay hipaa compliant, so shaft the indvidual, already struggling hospital #
  • mccain = tanking state’s rights. #dialtest *mccain 2* #
  • obama = profligate socialism. complete governmental control #dialtest *obama 2* #
  • mccain: healthcare = responsibility (for whom? the government? he’s nervous, but maybe still?) #
  • obama: healthcare is a right. (so you have it already, like freedom of speech?) #
  • @wilw no, no… the new phrase of choice is “my friends.” maverick is old hat. #
  • yes! thanks for bringing up darfur. #dialtest *obama 4* #
  • godwin’s law! #current #
  • stop saying “my friends.” seriously. stop. *politicrage 6* #
  • mccain fought at waterloo, carthage, and jericho. he’s been in war his whole life. man does that ever make me want to elect him. yum yum war #
  • @tofermoran seriously. if he says “my friends” or “my hero” again, i’m going to sit on my couch ineffecutally and grumble at the tv. #
  • how many times has mccain said “my friends”? has anyone counted? #current #
  • i hate our 2 party system. brokaw just said one of the two of them WILL become president… while i know that’s true, it’s still terrible. #
  • are those prop mics? b/c mccain is pointing it at his pocket. #
  • that was the most awkward hug i’ve ever seen, and i was a nerd in middle school. #
  • also, mccain walks like the penguin. waaarrrk #
  • so wait, we have sovereignty over other countries? we can allow or disallow their sovereign weapons programs? who is allowing our programs? #
  • this just in: mccain admits he is not clairvoyant. in other news, he remains condescending. #current #
  • america is all about throwing your neighbors back into the fight #
  • i’m so glad it’s over #
  • @tofermoran as misty-eyed girls are taking obama’s picture with disposable cameras. #
  • there are a lot of disposable cameras in there… the security guys probably took the audience’s real cameras & handed disposables out #
  • the past five minutes have been entirely focused on obama. did mccain leave the hall, or what? #
  • i guess he did. they just did an wide shot of the room, and he was nowhere to be found #
  • (update: mccain & trollop did leave a few minutes ago, that’s why the camera is on obama the whole time) #
  • @tofermoran i don’t know, man. even gervais would have a hard time making this less of a travesty. think: the next 4 years will be all this. #
  • @tofermoran they keep a massive box of grave dirt in a cadillac outside for him to rest in. he needs it, he was looking rough tonight. #
  • guys in suits in the background on c-span are throwing bits of scenery around. one is folding sheets into airplane shapes. good metaphor. #
  • watching the muted video… when they’re not talking they both turn off. they go blank-faced & stare. what are we doing, as a country? #
  • and i’m done for tonight. #
  • terry pratchett on dementia. very scary disease… he says it “slowly steals you from yourself.” http://is.gd/3FeE #
  • Just saw a tiny girl riding a very large bike. What’s our country coming to, that a girl has to peddle her own bike, my friends? #
  • loving yma sumac, found via stephin merritt. crazy range, really beautiful music. #
  • discovered a new instrument: the sistrum. it’s an ancestor of the tambourine; used by ancient cultures (egyptian, sumerian, etc) in worship. #
This was written by Paul. Posted on Wednesday, October 8, 2008, at 11:59 pm. Filed under Twitter. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback.

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