The guy McCain insulted on TV? Here's what he's saying...(Now with Poll)

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Thursday October 09, 2008 · 2:50 PM PDT

2008/10/09 · 14:50

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Remember the moment during the Town Hall debate, when McCain fielded a question from a young African-American man? Remember how he prefaced the answer by saying "You probably never heard of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac before this"?

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Meet Oliver Clark. Here's what he's saying now, in response to this encounter.

Well Senator, I actually did. I like to think of myself as a fairly intelligent person. I have a bachelor degree in Political Science from Tennessee State, so I try to keep myself up to date with current affairs. I have a Master degree in Legal Studies from Southern Illinois University, a few years in law school, and I am currently pursuing a Master in Public Administration from the University of Memphis.

Turns out Oliver Clark has a Facebook page. People have understandably been pressing him for a followup, so he's been posting his thoughts. Here's more:

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What was the most insulting moment of the debate?

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What was the most insulting moment of the debate?

McCain assuming Oliver Clark's ignorance

1680 votes

McCain pointing to "That one" (as opposed to Oliver Clark, the other one)

4364 votes

McCain wandering aimlessly

445 votes

Brokaw's squelching of the moment when an actual debate threatened to break out.

937 votes

Brokaw's laughably oversimplistic "Evil Empire: yes or no?" question

659 votes

Every goddamn time McCain grinned and said, "My friends..."

3651 votes

The Simpsons AND The New Yorker ENDORSE Obama: Welcome to the popular consensus tsunami

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Thursday October 02, 2008 · 12:52 PM PDT

2008/10/02 · 12:52

This is pretty hilarious, and certainly worth passing along. In a sequence leaked online today, an upcoming episode of The Simpsons has Homer Simpson not only voting for Obama, but saying, "Come on! It's time for a change."

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Thursday September 25, 2008 · 11:16 AM PDT

2008/09/25 · 11:16

According to an inside source, the Dems are expecting some sort of "fakeout" from McCain. A mavericky move that, like all recent Hail Marys, might just hit the Spin Cycle of the election one more time.

(NOTE: See updates below: there's confirmation that his approach to the legislation is clearly to upset the whole apple cart--crashing it down even before it comes to a vote.)

(FINAL NOTE: Wow. When I posted this diary I didn't really think it was making a prediction--just pointing out another insanely stupid direction McCain could take. And then he goes and does it.)

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McCain will...

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McCain will...

Vote "No"

2133 votes

Vote "In your face, Obama!"

823 votes

Vote "Country First"

229 votes

Vote "Maverick, reporting for duty"

759 votes

Vote whichever way his advisors tell him to.

4566 votes

Okay, now she's OFFICIALLY a pathological liar (UPDATED with transcripts)

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Wednesday September 17, 2008 · 2:35 PM PDT

2008/09/17 · 14:35

This is something I can't let pass--not without taking notice. Sarah Palin has just made her most blatant lie yet. It's one that the average television viewer can catch. And most tellingly, it's a lie that exposes not just mendacity, but a compulsion to lie.

In a transparent attempt to shore up her feminist appeal, she's changed her story on how she accepted the offer to run for vice-president.

Which one is it, Sarah? The problem with lying isn't so much putting the lies out there. It's in sticking to them.

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Friday September 05, 2008 · 1:17 PM PDT

2008/09/05 · 13:17

Yesterday: a flood of Palin diaries. And yesterday evening was devoted to the gummy, edgeless verbal shufflings of McCain.

That's fine. But meanwhile, something else happened.

There's a new four-letter word. It starts with a Z.

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Wednesday September 03, 2008 · 1:28 PM PDT

2008/09/03 · 13:28

It's safe to assume that Sarah Palin's speech tonight will cue an exercise in Republican triumphalism. So long as she doesn't announce Alaska has seceded from the U.S., she'll be praised to the skies as an energizing/breath-of-fresh-air/straight-talkin' Maverickette. And, of course, you'll be hearing the term "laid to rest" a lot.

As in, "Woowee! That speech laid to rest any doubts anyone could have about her."

But of course, the speech will lay to rest no doubts whatsoever--her ability to read from a teleprompter is not in question. What IS in question is her experience, or lack thereof. Her ability to actually comprehend and command the complexities of running this country.

Or lack thereof.

How do we keep that issue front and center, tonight and going forward, in the face of the RNC's determined efforts to make a silk purse out of this particular sow's ear?

Not by tearing her down with personal attacks (which leaves room for a sympathy backlash), but by making a simple, neutral request:

"PLEASE, look at these numbers. Tell me you want to risk it."

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Well, DO you want to risk it?

170 votes Vote Now!

Well, DO you want to risk it?

No.

9 votes

Hell, no.

48 votes

Dear sweet Jeebus, no.

76 votes

Heck yes! He's a Maverick in time as well as space!

12 votes

Age is irrelevant, as the rapture is clearly coming soon.

14 votes

Age is just a number. Like "Fail" is just a word.

10 votes

One in three? I like those odds!

1 vote

PHOTO: The image that proves McCain has lost this one, big time

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Tuesday September 02, 2008 · 2:02 PM PDT

2008/09/02 · 14:02

Right-wing-talking-point idiocy and nattering pseudopunditry aside, the Palin VP candidacy is indisputably dead in the water. If you've ever spent five minutes in a checkout counter, you'll know that the image that follows is proof of that.

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It's time to call it SABOTAGE: McCain's BLATANT ploy

Okay, now she's OFFICIALLY a pathological liar (UPDATED with transcripts)

Did you HEAR what they were shouting? Updated w/transcripts and links for action

"PLEASE, look at these numbers. Tell me you want to risk it."

PHOTO: The image that proves McCain has lost this one, big time