jimmyeatworld711

In the game "Never Have I Ever", you say something you've never done but you think others may have done.

The best/funniest ones are usually sexual or naughty in some way :)

What's your favorite line?

Would you prefer a McCain/Palin ticket or Palin/McCain ticket?

I think it's the Republican creation of the "liberal media". It's really genius, if you think about it.

Where do most Americans get their news? The mainstream media. If Republicans ever say or do anything stupid, Americans will hear about it through the mainstream media - so Republicans can just blame the messenger. I think it's an exceptionally clever, and completely underhanded and unfair, strategy.

Expectations for her are ridiculously low right now. Everyone knows that she's the underdog, Biden has more experience, Biden has better credentials, etc. If you've been following her Katie Couric interviews, you'd know that she's already said some incredibly stupid things, so I'm not sure there's much she can do to damage her stock at the debate.

Answer only if you're an independent and you haven't made up your mind about who to vote for yet. Did you watch the debate? Did it change your opinion one way or another?

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/09/mc...

Although the fate of tonight's presidential debate in Mississippi remains very much up in the air, John McCain has apparently already won it -- if you believe a web ad in the online edition of the Wall Street Journal this morning.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/09/mc...

McCain supporters, why did he do this? Why would you trust anything that comes from this campaign if they're willing to throw out bald-faced lies like this?

Isn't that what a VP does: step in for the President when the President is busy or unable?

It's not like McCain will be gone a long time - they're trying hard to get this bailout bill hammered out before next week. Why did McCain suspend his campaign instead of just letting Sarah Palin handle it on her own for a couple of days?

Liberals seem to be jumping all over McCain for this, but I'm curious what supporters of McCain think about his move.

OK, I get it, as a Senator he has to work on this bailout plan with the Senate. But why is he suspending his campaign? Why can't Sarah Palin just take over the campaign for a few days while McCain sorts out the economy stuff? It doesn't seem like she has a lot to do with this FEDERAL bailout plan, so why isn't she running the campaign in McCain's absence?

I'm not trying to jump to conclusions, but doesn't this make it seem like Palin isn't trusted by the Republicans to actually run things?

...and what do you think about the $1 trillion dollar AIG bailout that the government just did? The largest bailout that the US government has ever done. Approved by Bush, also supported by Obama/Biden/McCain/Palin. Most notable economists and politicians agree that it was a necessary move to keep the economy from collapsing.

The point I'm making is, isn't "socialism" already a part of daily life in America? How could any policy be more "socialist" than $1 trillion to a private company, which was proposed by a Republican cabinet? Can we stop calling Obama a socialist like that's some crazy insult?

Mike: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_DiFelice

Mark: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_DiFelice

Are they related? Here's what I've discovered in my five minutes of detective work

- Both are from Pennsylvania (Philly vs. Bryn Mawr)

- Their ages are close enough together to be brothers

- I couldn't find a good enough picture of Mark (a new callup for the Brewers) to decide whether they look alike

Anyone shed some light?

The video is a bit long, but it's worth your time. It's a clip from Keith Olbermann's TV show and I wanted to give Y!A Republicans a chance to respond.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01qJ2uANqfw

I'm not interested in personal attacks on Olbermann or MSNBC. I'm interested in your response to the argument that he has made.

The common technique (at least in cinema - I'd welcome any insight about how it's done in real life) to throw a grenade seems to be lobbing it without bending your elbow. Wouldn't you get more accuracy, distance, etc from throwing it like a baseball?

The children of Sarah and Todd seem a bit oddly named: Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, and Trig.

Nothing wrong with that I guess, just wondering if there's a backstory. Or, if you don't know why she named her kids like that, feel free to make up something amusing (funniest answer wins!).

Palin or Mitt Romney?

Palin or Colin Powell?

Palin or Tim Pawlenty?

Palin or Tom Ridge?

Did McCain choose Palin because he wanted to win the election, or because she would be the best second-in-command? Is she really better fit than a guy like Romney or Powell should McCain, god fobid, have medical problems in office?

McCain met Palin ONCE before picking her for VP. Then he recently talked to her on the phone and offered her the job. What does this impulsive pick say about his judgment, or lack thereof? Doesn't this imply that McCain isn't making the decisions in his campaign, his surrogates are making them for him? They're not even giving him a chance to make the important decisions, like his VP.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_di...

I bet it's so he could smoke.

This seems to be the biggest knock on McCain, and I wanted to give the Republicans a chance to defend him.

Given that I believe "the same" isn't working, does John McCain represent more of the same?