Comedy Goldmine VII: Straight-to-DVD Christmas Special

[Sam Spade]

She's kind of hot.

I could never get into black women.  I did get into hispanic women at one point.  but, never again.  nor should you.  bad mistake.

[Sam Spade]

McCain has always said his number one criteria for his running mate would be someone who could step right into the Presidency.

To think that Palin, a total political lightweight, far too inexperienced to be on a national ticket in this day and age, and a complete token pick, if she is picked, has the capabilities to step into the Presidency of the United States is laughable.

If McCain picks Palin, McCain can kiss the election goodbye.

I didn't know McCain was that stupid.

Obama has Biden for goodness sake, a tough, experienced Senator, with impressive foreign policy credentials, who has the qualifications to step into the Presidency.

On the upside, when McCain goes down to defeat in November, in part due to the  the Palin pick, but mostly because McCain will be seen as lacking judgment, and not getting it right, then no one can blame Romney for the Republican defeat.

McCain will have only himself to blame.

[Sam Spade]

Look, JJ is too forthright (IMO) with his assertion of "what will occur", but it is certainly a distinct possibility regardless of who wins.  Definitely one that I wouldn't ignore.

Basically, the person who enters the White House this year will have one-third of the country who completely detests him, as pollster Peter Hart quite aptly pointed out in yesterday's WSJ. 

As such, it's the middle third of the country who really controls what is going on - at the Congressional level, they appear to be dead set to have strong control by one political party, the Democrats.  They are less sure at the executive level, however.

What's kind of weird, and you see it in the polling, is that the country still clearly leans center-right.  Now, there's much greater hatred of corporations than there was 10 years ago and a few other things have shifted one way or another, but that's basically the target.

However, there's enough flexibility and uncertainty right now in the country to where a successful Democratic President and Congress, that accedes to the will of the independent third, could pull them towards the center-left, like a counter-Reagan.  The trick is figuring out where that dynamic is, and it's not particularly easy (I still can't grasp it yet).

But if they aren't successful to the middle third, you could see a swing further right than now.  It would be a different type of right, but it would be further so.  That's why I say that there's the "short leash" for Congress and a "slightly longer leash" for Obama.

[Sam Spade]

Look, JJ is too forthright (IMO) with his assertion of "what will occur", but it is certainly a distinct possibility regardless of who wins.  Definitely one that I wouldn't ignore.here's the "short leash" for Congress and a "slightly longer leash" for Obama.

True. Trouble is, he repeats it often enough for it to look like a crutch.

I agree.  Now back to comedy...