In Which I Play Nate Silver

Even in mocking it, the truth does come out.

man
talk about shooting the messenger:

On top of that, Andrew Young said Elizabeth Edwards has threatened to sue him for contributing to the downfall of their marriage.

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and Jeralyn at talkleft says he denies proposing to the Navi.

the new meme: Palin, secret genius!

Addressing the Tea Party, Sarah Palin wrote three notes on her hand: “Energy, Taxes, Lift American Spirits.” Why? She already had notes in front of her on the podium. Surely she could remember three simple themes. Why write notes on her hand?

Here’s my take on why: she knew that they would be visible when she gave the speech. And she knew that she would be made fun of — as so stupid that she needs to write notes on her hand. And that’s one of her most effective tactics — to be made fun of. It’s an integral part of her strategy of standing in for hardworking, Middle Americans, derided by the condescending, know-it-all liberal elites.

incredibly this is not FOX news but HuffPo. the comments are funny.

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@Capt Howdy:
okaaay…

This makes sense if you discount all the evidence that Sarah is only smart when it comes to grifting for dough.

@ManchuCandidate:
you know the interesting thing about this is I stole the “secret genius” line from HotAir. who has been making fun of her for a while. her numbers continue to plummet in republican circles. I am starting to sadly realize they really might be smarter than democrats when I see “porgressives” on blogs like talkleft turning themselves into pretzels pumping her up and stuff like that shows up on HuffPo.

its a crazy world we live in.
the good news is she will never be president. or even vice president.

This HC “summit” doesn’t insult the public’s intelligence. Only the GOPers.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/11/bachmann-health-care-summ_n_458218.html

@Capt Howdy:
They’re seeing shit that ain’t there.

Delusion isn’t limited to one side of the political spectrum.

@ManchuCandidate:
well if its an assault on intelligence we know she is safe, right?

@Capt Howdy:
Until they start talking mental health.

@Capt Howdy: I gotta say, I’m stunned at the number of people willing to crawl right over Occam’s Razor to declare Palin a sekrit geenyus.

I was so much happier before I’d ever heard of her. Then there was a brief honeymoon when I thought I knew her name but wasn’t entirely sure. Since then it’s been all downhill.

I don’t find the OMG she’s a genius! meme surprising. She is so spectacularly ill-equipped that it’s not hard to start thinking that she must have some secret agenda otherwise how could she have got so far? That her ostentatious lack of ability is a pretense to lull us. Trouble with this idea is that during the ‘Q&A’ of the ‘debate’ she can be seen quite clearly READING what’s written on her hand.

@Benedick:
Trouble with this idea is that during the ‘Q&A’ of the ‘debate’ she can be seen quite clearly READING what’s written on her hand.

silly, that is just make sure they notice her trap.

She is so spectacularly ill-equipped that it’s not hard to start thinking that she must have some secret agenda otherwise how could she have got so far?

I would say W with lipstick but he had his family name.

@karen marie:
there is a snail and marlon brando joke in there someplace.

@Capt Howdy: otherwise how could she have got so far?
Isn’t it obvious? Deal with Satan. No other rational explanation.

Sad TJ for the fashionistas: designer Alexander McQueen committed suicide. TLo has the story.

@Mistress Cynica:
saw the thing about McQueen. I am not the person who can never understand suicide under any circumstances. I can imagine doing it at the right time. a final act of controll.
but him? at 40? with a big show today?
hard to understand.

@Capt Howdy: She is W with lipstick, she has the same cheerleader mentality, but he’d done somethting – hadn’t he?

@Mistress Cynica: I don’t know who that is.

@Benedick: We want to believe in the meritocracy – the idea that only the best and brightest rise to the top. I understand that; it keeps me up at night. (Not Palin, of course, just the utter lack of justice in the world.)

@Benedick:

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@TJ/ Jamie Sommers /TJ:
they have done a good job of making us believe that royalty and serfdom are things of the past havent they?
some of us anyway.

@Benedick:
well
I dont believe for a second that W would be doing anything more complicated than managing a Dennys is not for his last name.

@Capt Howdy: I’ve been close enough myself to understand. He’d just lost his mother last week, and his best friend Isabella Blow two years ago. He’d talked about it getting harder and harder to come up with new ideas. It’s hard to imagine the kind of pressure that being known as an “innovative genius” carries with it.

@Mistress Cynica:
some months ago my favorite uncle shot himself in the head. I grew up across the street from him and he was like second father to me. he was not the first person close to me, of even close to me in my family, who had taken their own life.
he did it because his wife, my favorite aunt, had died almost a year before. they had lived together for 58 years since she was 15 and he was 16 and had eleven children.
his was an unemotional act. he had lived a full and rich life not without some pretty unbelievable hardships. he tried living alone and discovered he really didnt like it. I understand what he did.
I have a hard time understanding what McQueen did but I am not condemning him or judging him.

Ribbit, is that the name, some blog called ribbit, apparently fucked with that poll, is what I heard.