i know u r typing fast, but there is no excuse for principle and principal . . .

first to say it is not fair to say Palin agreed with Biden on bankruptcy courts because she clearly did not understand the question.

This is a remarkably sloppy post, even for you, Elie. Please proofread.

Most dangerous Vice President? Hardly. Aaron Burr killed a guy.

never hurts to proofread, elie. i'd tell you about the typos, but then you wouldn't really learn, would you? can't you all hire a proofreader?

I agree with 5 except for the fact that Cheney did shoot a guy in the face. He at least tried to catch up to Burr.

Hey 5,

I was waiting anxiously for Palin's rejoinder regarding 'most dangerous vice presidents EVER' (sounds like a Fox Reality show) and John C. Calhoun.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Calhoun#Nullification_Crisis

The guy essentially laid the legal framework for the breakup of the nation. Figured Palin would have caught that...oh wait.

What do I think? I think this is the most typo-ridden post I've ever seen on a professional blog.

5 ... Dick Cheney shot a guy in the face.
--Elie

Hey 5,

I was waiting anxiously for Palin's rejoinder regarding 'most dangerous vice presidents EVER' (sounds like a Fox Reality show) and John C. Calhoun.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Calhoun#Nullification_Crisis

The guy essentially laid the legal framework for the breakup of the nation. Figured Palin would have caught that...oh wait.

Constitutional powers office of Vice President?
Thankfull?
Bide?
Article I define?
Biden returned to the Supreme Court in the context of things he has changed his mind on over the course of his career?
Palin's acknowledge no moral issues?

And, you are not a good enough writer to take the grammatical liberties (I'm being very nice here) in your 2nd and 3rd to last paragraphs.

You suck, Elie.

Pathetically poor post. Elie, you really need to go back to 12th grade English class. You are, without question, a moron.

I scored the debate. The result:

Palin: 99 and fabulous
Biden: 12 and a "C" for clean coal

Sorry, just being honest. But at least Biden stopped using fake tanner and didn't talk about being in combat.

And Biden spells better when he's talking at 100 words/minute than Elie can when he's trying to peck out "o-b-a-m-a r-u-l-e-s" with his left hand while eating a melting nutty-buddy, or "blogging," as he likes to call it.

Look on the bright side, Elie, at least I counted as a page view.

Calhoun allegedly killed someone too. I suppose we should think of the VP sort of like the Vice Principal of Discipline (or is it Principle Elie?).

Object to the nonresponsive portion (i.e. everything Palin said).

Man, if Palin was like Obama's mother she'd leave her kids to pursue her career (after chasing foreign men and putting him in a madrassa for a few years first).

And if Biden was like Obama's father he'd leave him to study at Harvard. And if Biden was like his stepfather he'd leave him too.

What is it with Obama? Is everyone going to leave him?

Calhoun is a bad ass. F'ing looks like a psycho.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/JCCalhoun.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/JohnCCalhoun.jpeg

Calhoun to EIC!

No one cares, Elie. Make yourself useful and find our about the Jenner meeting.

Quick ATL poll:

Is Sarah Palin (a) the Better debater
or (b) the Best debater?

No one cares, Elie. Make yourself useful and find our about the Jenner meeting.

So given that Palin isn't much of a jurisprudential scholar and hasn't even thought much about courts or lawyers, who here agrees that she'd still put out better written product than Elie?

Show of hands.

Biden needs to reread Article 1.

I'm sorry about the typos. I was just going to stick to energy and George McClellan but I'm a maverick when it comes to Strunk and White.

You don't need to say sorry, Elie. Just stop f*cking up.
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And 23, did you say "re" read? Good one.

Fix "thankfull." Then, say sorry again.

You suck.

I thought I would be done hearing the fake word "nu-cu-lar" from a world leader in January. I hope I still am. How hard is it to say "nuclear"? Ifill and Biden kept saying it; Why, oh why couldn't Palin pick up on it?

Debate recap:

Biden: [something about Obama's policies making sense]

Palin: "Well, our plan for fixing Wall Street is to increase offshore drilling."

She's still precious, though.

elie, i'm assuming you don't draft these posts in Word. i suggest installing the Google toolbar if you're typing your entries into your browser; it spell checks as you type. that would help with some of your typos--but really, i would think hard about a proofreader.

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Elie,

In your post apologizing for the typos at 11:30, you forgot to insert a comma before "but" when linking the two independent clauses.

I like Elie's typos. They're cute. Like Sarah Palin's obsession with Top Gun.

27, some people just can't do it. I used to live in Japan and no one there could put "L" next to another consonant either. Nuclear was "nook-yoo-rer". Golf was "Gor-u-foo."

Even if she said it in Spanish, it's not like you can't tell what she's saying

I hope Gwen Ifill has time to write this into her book as epilogue.

Can americans stop saying I-raq and I-ran. Jesus Christ. Did Sarah Palin just wink at me? gosh darn golly gee what a heckuva gal....

33, Do you mean Eye-Rack and Eye-Ran?

If they want us to say "i-rock" then how about changing the English transliteration for their country's name to irock?

So are you saying that "Obama" doesn't rhyme with "Go 'Bama" (roll tide)?

Why do so many readers of this blog insist on ripping apart Elie's posts? He's been on the job for, what, a few weeks? The most ironic part of the criticism is that most of the posts are typo-ridden.
I don't want to sound cynical, but the detractors sound like the people that vied for the position that he got. And, no, I neither know Elie nor think his posts are great. I just think he deserves an opportunity to come into his own. If he doesn't, it's fair game.

Exactly, 34. Does Obama want us to pronounce his name the Muslim terrorist way ("O-Bomb-uh") or the American way?

35,
I do not disagree that people are somewhat harsh for some pretty small errors (most of the time).
However, Elie might have started as EIC a few weeks ago but he did not start using the English language a few weeks ago.

35, i think many people who criticize elie are just plain haters. i was actually on his side in the beginning.

still, this is not a personal blog. i think it's fair that some of us are frustrated that he doesn't even bother to run spell check. come on--that's damn lazy for an EIC.

he shouldn't worry about the commenters, as most of us are childish and petty. he should worry about ATL's advertisers, however.

Accord, 38. Sharpshooting Elie is sport for us, but I guess if I was an advertiser I'd be pissed if his English sucked.

hang in there Elie. Remember you are writing for a profession where the alcoholism and depression rates are 3x the average population. translation: don't let the assholes get you down.

Article I? Anybody?

36,
It doesn't matter.
It'll be Mr. Prezodent in January 2008.

Why has "well she did better than crap" become an acceptable standard to judge a win?

When has "no hurting their party" been the standard by which we judge the person a heartbeat away from the President?

Shouldn't the vice president, as should the president, be an expert, not just well versed, but an expert in every field (foreign policy, economy, SCotUS, environment, energy, taxes) in order for us to hold him/her up to the standard of vice president of the United States of America? This is the most important, hardest job in the WORLD and we analyzed shortcomings so matter-of-factly. Would you send your children to school to a teacher that was a camp counselor, but could now "learn on the job"? Wouldn't you think that person should have been qualified and knowledgeable on all the aspects of what their job entailed BEFORE they took it? Am I crazy?

what is wrong with all you people and your fixation on grammar and spelling. it's midnight on an internet gossip blog!

also, biden won by a long shot. the only people who would be swayed by palin are retards who never would have voted democrat anyway.

she didn't answer a damn question.

Regardless of what you think, the POLLS all have Biden winning on points and issues, and any gain Sarah made, Joe matched her. At best a draw, at worse Obama pulled further ahead.

I am a Bush I republican (my first election), and a Newt supporter. I watched the debate and the winking and the mugging and I thought Bush II. And I knew then that Obama might win. I was relying on casual racism, an October Surprise and Rev. Wright to win it, but damn if McCain hasn't picked the wrong VP person, and been the wrong person to have been in favor of more deregulation during a crisis caused by that same deregulation.

We don't need Bush II (or III I guess). We need Reagan, Bush I, Newt's contract with America. I don't see it, and we are going to get crushed. NC, VA, NM, and Indiana will all go Obama.

To those commenters who hate Elie and really want him to leave: stop posting witty/mean-spirited comments about his hilarious mistakes.

My guess is that, nowadays, there are many people who come to ATL only to see you guys tear him a new one everyday. Don't you see? You and your (sometimes cleverly) cutting remarks are partly responsible for the increase in page views that Lat was talking about earlier today!

If there had been no "Elie sucks" comments, this would have garnered 15 or so measly responses.

-Not an Elie hater

44: maybe b/c its midnight and i'm here drafting a brief. since my grammar and spelling had better be up to snuff no matter the hour, i expect the same from what i'm reading.

i am going to have nightmares about john calhoun.

11: John C. Calhoun was one of our greatest VPs.

41/Elie-

Is what you're getting at the fact that Article I is the legislative branch and therefore Biden's argument was self-defeating? I think it was clear what he meant, but that mistake was rather unbecoming of someone with a law degree. That said, it also says something about the present state of our government, where even members of Congress automatically assume the Executive came first in the minds of the Framers.

-Guy who passed ConLaw

50 -- thank you. I can go to bed now.

Perhaps Biden was referring to Article I, s. 3: "The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided."

It is the only responsibility set out by the Constitution for the Vice President (since succession could be viewed less as a responsibility of the VP and more a result of what happens when the President is removed) and arguably could be interpreted to set out the "role" of the VP. Of course, one could say that the real "role" of the VP is established by the succession provisions in Article II.

So, IMHO reasonable people could disagree that Biden was "technically" correct in referencing Article I or incorrect for failing to reference Article II as well.

I wish law school classes were more like debates in Sarah Palin's world. I would've spoken up more often if I could have talked about whatever I damn well pleased.

Doggone right she won, by golly. She's so freakin' adorable!! Betcha' betcha' betcha'

McCain has really disappointed me.

43 - good points. When the question going into the debate is whether or not Palin will look like a clueless idiot, it is clear she does not belong here (VP) at all. The desire to elect an "average" person in the hopes that they will relate to your problems is simply bizarre. McCain could have made many stronger choices (male or female) than Palin. Obama's choice of Biden is relatively uninspired, and undercuts his message of change, but at least Biden is clearly qualified.

I was disappointed with both candidates. Not once in the debate did either mention the situation at WILDMAN HARROLD.

Nobody wants to hear your disgusting cheerleading for the Democrats, MysTTTal. If you met Obama, you'd probably get down on your knees and do you-know-what.

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Blah Blah Blah. Please remove your liberal bias from ATL.

"I scored the debate. The result:

Palin: 99 and fabulous
Biden: 12 and a "C" for clean coal

Sorry, just being honest. But at least Biden stopped using fake tanner and didn't talk about being in combat.

And Biden spells better when he's talking at 100 words/minute than Elie can when he's trying to peck out "o-b-a-m-a r-u-l-e-s" with his left hand while eating a melting nutty-buddy, or "blogging," as he likes to call it.

Look on the bright side, Elie, at least I counted as a page view."

That post was LOL!

While the attacks on Elie's grammar are understandable, I can get past his errors. What I can't get past is the fact that his blatant left-wing bias seeps into nearly every article, to the point of practically turning ATL into the new moveon.org (well, besides all of the errors.)

"Most dangerous Vice President? Hardly. Aaron Burr killed a guy."

True. But Cheney did TRY. And out of the blue, without telling the guy first. That's pretty scary.

27:

Try reading a dictionary Mr. TTT. Palin is pronouncing the word just fine. Seriously. Open up a dictionary.

I'll even make it easy for you:

http://aolsvc.merriam-webster.aol.com/dictionary/nuclear

Less TTT posts please.

I don't read ATL for politics. I read it for the Stanford whores and associate layoffs. Get back to the real shit!

Elie's obsession with the election and the pretextual attempts to turn political posts into law-related posts are seriously turning me off of this blog.

And, as previously mentioned, the typos are unforgivable.

YES WE CAN FIRE ELIE NOW.

LAT FIRST. ELIE LAST.

FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!! oh, wait.

Haven't watched the debate yet, but until I can, I'll have no choice but to assume (based on previous exposure) that she stuck to rhetoric and avoided answering questions posed to her.

you betcha it is nookyular mr. 62
josh golly my, i think a good barometer here, as we try to figure out pronunciations, is go to a kid's soccer game on saturday, and turn to any parent there on the sideline and talk about iran's nookyular capabilities.

I like Elie. Yea he has a liberal bias...keep in mind, fellow attys, the political leanings of those who want to outsource YOUR job. YOU BETCHA!!

SP- If she ever answered the fuc*ing question that was presented, maybe we would have learned a bit more about her ability to study for a debate. The only specifics she gave were about her energy policy in Alaska where she made sure those "oil hungry" areas received the resources they needed!

How many times do you think she practiced saying "Ahmenajad" in the mirror?

What is the deal with shiny black suits? It's like a Regis Philbin shirt morphed into a 2 piece, sick.

Webster has a history of putting incorrect crap in the dictionary as long as enough dumbasses can't use or say it the correct way. Sort of like how creationism becomes correct if enough people Believe. Webster, like creationism, = TTT

Anyway, pronunciation rules exist so that there doesn't have to be a separate, made-up pronunciation (like nukyalar) for every single word in existence.

Congrats on your most biased post yet. Not only do you misquote Biden, you read far too much into his words.

No wonder people hate the media.

@ Elie & 50 -

Actually, Art. I does spell out the VP's responsibilities in the Senate. And Art. 2, as amended, doesn't offer much on the VP beyond a 4 year term and impeachment.

Of course, I probably did about as well in Con Law as a guy who graduated 76th out of 85 at Syracuse Law.

You probably did about as well in Con Law as someone who couldn't hack it at several TTTwo year community colleges and thinks God made dinosaurs 10,000 years ago.

Anyone who thinks Sarah Palin won that debate must have the mental abilities of Trig.

Did you go to the same law school as Biden, Elie? What about "executive power defined in Article I"? That's, uh, Article II, champ.

ELIE, IT'S ARTICLE II, NOT ARTICLE I, YOU TTT.

Which war did John McCain win?

I am voting for McCain (mostly because if I or anyone in my family gets sick and needs to go to the doctor, I don't want to wait seven years for an appointment, which WILL happen under the Obama plan) but I do think that Biden came across as a pretty likeable guy last night, and I wish he were McCain's running mate (minus the socialized healthcare)

Elie, why not link to an argument Cheney actually made, rather than a partisan Nation rant about how much of an idiot Cheney is?

@45: Amen. But don't forget about the left trying to get poor people to buy homes they couldn't afford.

Love,

Bitter Republican

46 = Elie hater earning an H- for subtlety.

Its very disturbing that Biden was actually bragging about the fact that he started the trend of ignoring the Constitution in favor of imposing a litmus test for judicial nominees. He's a disgrace.

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the proper pronunciation for "iraq" is "EEdoccckk" with the "ccckk" being a gravelly, clear-your-throat sound. i don't hear you on barack's case for pronouncing it wrong.

and please, dear god, will people stop pronouncing certain italian words by dropping the last vowel. only old sicilians with a 2nd grade education talk like that.

"Biden was "technically" correct in referencing Article I"

No, he wasn't. He was saying that the executive power is laid out in Article I. That's false. Elie excerpted out the damning parts of the quote:

"The idea he doesn't realize that Article I of the Constitution defines the role of the vice president of the United States, that's the Executive Branch. He works in the Executive Branch. He should understand that. Everyone should understand that."

Palin's litmus test for SCOTUS/federal judge would be: Is he a malleable dumbass who believes in Christian mythology?

If yes, nominate.

If my target audience were highly educated professionals, I would make damn sure to write intelligently and proofread several times (even if it takes an extra few minutes). Writing is probably the most important skill for a lawyer. Ellie, obviously, is a lousy lawyer. This blog is seriously going downhill. While the numbers may be up, my feeling is that it's due to the momentum provided by Lat before Ellie took over. I find myself leaving the page in anger and frustration everytime I read one of Ellie's miserable posts. I'm sure others are doing the same. At this point, the only thing I see ATL being of any use for is bonus information. I hope Ellis doesn't ruin even that.

Did no one else notice when Palin referred to Obama and Obiden? Joe got a good chuckle on the split screen.

Obiden is just so close to O...bin-laden too. Good thing she didn't let that slip, darn right!

Obama bin Biden!?!

Obama bin Biden!?!

Palin: B-
Her composure was great, but choosing to give stump speeches instead of answering questions is a no-no.
Biden: C+
Smug, arrogant, and slimy, but he did what he was supposed to do. I agree with 81; bragging about initiating the horrific trend of interrogating nominees is disgraceful...

ATL should be like the office. It works best to keep politics out of both.

Seriously, doesn't anyone have the guts to point out that if you bought more house than you can afford, it is your own damn fault? Also, why is everyone picking on ExxonMobil? The economic mess isn't their fault, and taxing them isn't going to help any. I am now realizing not one of the presidential or veep candidates could even remotely come close to passing a remedial economics course. I call a mulligan on the whole nomination process.

How is the VP hanging out with Senators a dangerous thing? The VP can sit up there on the stage of the Senate all he/she wants. The Constitution says the VP is the President of the Senate. Are Senators that much of ninnywits that they are intimidated by a VP that hangs out on the Senate floor?

It disgusts me that people have, consciously or not, such low expectations of Sarah Palin that they would actually consider her performance last night anything but offensive to the intelligent viewer.

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I had not seen the transcript at the time I wrote that comment and did not recall that portion of the statement (which was omitted by Elie). Upon review of the transcript in full, you are, of course, correct. Biden plainly screwed up and was not making the subtle (and I still believe meritorous) constiutional point that I made in my earlier comment.

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93: you mean you weren't impressed with her frequent use of the phrases: "gosh darn right," "Joe six-pack," and "soccer mom."

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This country is full of idiots. If you put enough lipstick on a contract for indentured servitude, there are plenty of people in this country who would sign it. The fundamental question you have to ask yourself is: am I ok with indentured servitude, or, do I think the government needs to step in at some point and babysit people? I subscribe to the latter. I imagine that you probably think it's fine for someone to contract his or herself into just about anything and I respect that. However, if you had a close relative or friend who signed a borderline unconscionable contract, wouldn't you do everything in your power to get him or her out of it?

93: you mean you weren't impressed with her frequent use of the phrases: "gosh darn right," "Joe six-pack," and "soccer mom."

Since when is being an everyday person (Joe Six Pack and Hockey Mom) a desirable qualification for a world leader? I have a law degree from a top school, and I don't feel qualified for the VP or Pres job. A sad state of affairs when the voting public seems to say "she is just like me, and therefore I like her and will vote for her." She is hot, and she might even be more fun to hang out with than Biden (doubt it-I actually threw stuff at the TV tonight because her voice is so annoying), but that doesn't add up to qualification in my eyes. Quite the opposite. I want the guy or gal who was too smart to be popular, who (at a bare minimum) has a command of our language and who is way more intelligent than I am. I don't need to realte to them on a personal level. I'm not looking for a buddy.

I'm not from the East Coast, but I certainly don't hold being part of the "East Coast Elite" against someone seeking a leadership position if this means they were educated in our country's finest institutions. If being the common man was the requisite qualification for a high-level executive branch position, I'd run this shit myself. Hate him as I do, at least I think Cheney is a mildly intelligent person.

It is unacceptable to have another yabbo who says things like "nukulor," "gettin'" and "golly." A fucking disgrace.

61, and that guy was Cheney's FRIEND. When you're shooting your own friends in the face, you're pretty dangerous.

Aaron Burr didn't just kill a guy; he killed Alexander Hamilton. he should've shot Jefferson instead.

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I generally agree with you, and as a conservative a still have a lot of concerns about Palin. However, let's not pretend Joe Biden is a brilliant intellectual. The dude graduated in the bottom tenth of his class from Syracuse Law School! He is no smarter than Palin, he has just been in Washington longer. If you want to disqualify Palin because you think she is not smart inherently smart enough, I think you have to do the same to Joe.

I'm sorry but go back and watch. I felt intellectually engaged while listening to Biden.
Palin spoke in generalities, did not answer the questions posed to her and spoke as if she had memorized key lines.

Palin is a creationist. Creationists are stupid. Palin is stupid.

Republicans, I have three words for you: Kay Bailey Hutchison.

Why wasn't she on stage tonight? Because John McCain is an asshole and everyone knows that even within your own party.

McCain likes to fuck former beauty queens, we get it. But we're talking about governing the fucking country, not chasing tail.

Burr was no longer Veep when he killed Hamilton. Andy Jackson also killed someone in a dule, before he became Pres

14 to new EIC. elie to nutty-buddy in-house counsel.

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There just losing their homes and not entering indentured servitude. That is a gross exaggeration. Additionally, we can't expect people to take responsibility for their own actions unless we make them take reposibility for their own action. Its not the government's job to babysit us in every business decision. As for if it happened to my familily? Then its my problem and nobody else's. I'll take care of mine, You take care of yours. If someone doesn't have anybody - life sucks, move on. Yes, its cold, but this progression to socialism has to stop.

-91

NYU is just as good as Columbia, really.

59 & 105, thank you for your support.

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To say Palin did as well as Biden is blasphemy. Leave our country now. She was a disgrace. Just imagine her giving a State of the Union. She was better than what we thought she would be but still a disgrace. She ignored questions, repeated the same meaningless phrases, and had no specific policies at all. At two points during the debate, she took a few seconds to try to plan her next move because she knew she couldn't think of a policy or an ideological retort for Biden.

Biden rocked her on every level except that he wasn't as personable. But I'll take an intelligent person helping make these decisions over a personable, "kitchy" (sp) and punchy one.

Biden is a joker and a dope. He reminds me of a drunk in a bar, making up shit as he drinks. At least Palin is hot and means well.

ATL should stay out of politics. It's not the right forum and you suck at it. Nobody in America gives two shits about VP power.

53 - They aren't? People seem to give non-responsive answers all the time in my law school classes. It's no big deal.

112 - worst frat stud attempt ever

In Article I, the Constitution talks about the powers of the Vice President all the time. But its no big deal.

Well as long as people keep bringing up their racist Obama/Osama crap, let me add...

Jebus rode dinosaurs to church on Sundays!
- Palin

Do people ever really "win" these things? That seems like it would be like "winning" the bar exam. Absent a major gaffe by either side in a debate, I would imagine that debates have very little effect on the average undecided voter's decision. They are more just an oppurtunity to get information out to the public.

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I know it was hours ago, but what is your post supposed to mean? I guess it is ironic that voters are flocking to him. Or did you mean that despite all of that, he is still 10X smarter than you and has accomplished 100X more than you ever will? I don't get it.

And if you are a Palin supporter attempting to question mothering skills, then....You = Laughable

100: Sorry - graduating at the bottom of one's law school class trumps taking six years and five schools to get a BA in journalism. Nobody's maintaining that Biden's a grand intellectual. We're merely stating the indisputable fact that he's a hell of a lot smarter than Palin. I won't even get into the issue of his being more sophisticated and well-read than Palin is.

I'm sure she did beautifully in undergrad, though. We'll find out once she agrees to release her transcripts.

107 = deluded Columbia troll

Indentured servitude: isn't that when you work your arse off, but your employer keeps all your money?

Sounds like Obama's tax plan.

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Are you saying Sarah Palin is a contract for indentured servitude?

I was most disappointed that Palin bought into the socialist "blame the lenders" line on the financial crisis.

If you buy a house you can't afford, it's your fault, not the "predatory lender." One borrower's "predatory loan" is another borrower's "flexible terms." It just depends whether the borrower can make the payments.

118, i didn't know that. name the schools and years attended.

You lawyers, doggone you and bless your hearts, there you go, again, analyzing what I say when you really should be thinkin' about how I make ya' feel [WINK].

Nope. I sure didn't come up with a single solitary proposed policy detail. Whadiya expect? I've only been at this for 5 weeks (and spent 4 of 'em cramming my purty lil' head full of talkin' points and cribbed notes).

But, you know, if I wear my skirt a lil' tighter, most of you won't care, anyway, will ya'?

Those who think that any of McCain, Obama, Palin or Biden are qualified and fit, from ideological and experiential standpoints, to occupy the two highest elected executive offices in this country, are deluded. McCain is confused, erratic and slow. Obama is opportunistic, weak and absurdly inexperienced. Palin is simple-minded, unpolitic and nationally untested. Biden is slimy, jaded and obnoxious.

Accordingly, those who harass and slam one candidate or set of candidates in an attempt to bolster support for another simply make themselves out to be the other fool.

125, completely false.

It's a game. Most of us will be voting for whom we hate the least. Yet we still want that person to actually win. Therefore, knife fight.

LOL Joe Biden needs to read Article I.

He should also re-evaluate his definition of "fairness." I had no idea that the people of Scranton equate fairness with communism.

And nice job editing his posts to make him look less like an idiotic socialist.

Remove the blatant liberal bias from this website!

I'm just glad that no matter who wins we will have a President who believes that marriage is only between a man and a woman.

Absolutely. Let's not lose sight of what's important -- preventing some rowdy bunch of fags from crashing your wedding and punching out the DJ for refusing to play "Karma Chameleon"... or else traipsing down 5th Ave in a hideous $10,000 dress like Sarah Jessica Parker on a freakish regimen of hormone therapy.

Nearly as important as a Federally protected right to teach creationism in public schools, but not quite.