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boobooday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 06:09 PM
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An article in my paper today said this pic made a McCain aide burst into tears.


:rofl:
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d_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 06:11 PM
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1. I laughed pretty hard too.
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succubus.blues Donating Member (996 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 06:11 PM
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2. LOL
:rofl:

there really are no words....
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Gato Moteado Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 06:11 PM
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3. the pic made me laugh so hard i almost cried
nt
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 06:12 PM
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4. Which paper?
is there an on-line edition?

:bounce:
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boobooday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 05:35 AM
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23. It was the Tallahassee Democrat, and I've searched, but couldn't find it
It was hilarious, the description.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 06:12 PM
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5. please post the link to that article, pretty please?
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boobooday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 05:33 AM
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22. I'm sorry, I've been searching for it online
I saw it in my Sunday paper, the Tallahassee Democrat. It was analysis, and it might have been from Reuters.
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boobooday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 06:04 AM
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32. Found the link
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MCCAINS_SEARCH_ANALYSIS?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

It was too late to edit my original post. When I hit post I got an error message, so I didn't even think it worked.

Here is the quote:
And a Reuters photograph released after the debate that captured a calm Obama next to McCain in a goofy, flailing pose reduced one aide to tears.
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Miss Chybil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 06:12 PM
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6. It was great comic relief. I love that picture! nt
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icnorth Donating Member (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 06:12 PM
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7. Cindy, was that you?? eom
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Betsy Ross Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 06:12 PM
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8. I replaced the Asses of Evil with */Cheney photo with the
right side of this one on the toilet lid.
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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 06:13 PM
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9. Do they have an online edition?
I'd love to read that article.
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boobooday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 05:59 AM
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31. I think I found the link
Beth Fouhy, Associated Press

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MCCAINS_SEARCH_ANALYSIS?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

On the campaign plane, aides berated a reporter for The New York Times after an editing error wrongly suggested McCain hadn't pushed back against a supporter's claim that Obama was an Arab. And a Reuters photograph released after the debate that captured a calm Obama next to McCain in a goofy, flailing pose reduced one aide to tears.
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 06:13 PM
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10. Again - look at the POINTY FINGERS.. scarier than the tongue !!
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 06:13 PM
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11. I cried too.
tears of joy! :bounce: :rofl:
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 06:13 PM
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12. Me too.
I was laughing so hard I was not only crying, I practically pissed myself.
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 06:05 AM
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33. THe GD:P McTongue hread was the funniest thing I've seen on the web since ready.gov
Edited on Mon Oct-20-08 06:05 AM by depakid
That one deserves a place of honor somewhere on the site.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 10:24 AM
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39. I hurt myself on that thread!
:rofl:
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Withywindle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 06:15 PM
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13. When I was at the Racine, WI Obama headquarters yesterday
I saw that one of the workers there had that as his or her computer desktop.

:rofl:
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Divernan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 06:24 PM
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14. McCain displays age appropriate behavior for a 70-ish person who is quite senile.
Seriously, if McCain cannot control his physical gestures (sticking his tongue out; blinking rapidly, interrupting his opponent with verbal exclamations; eye-rolling; eyebrow lifting; lurching around the stage while his opponent is speaking) during a presidential debate viewed not only across the U.S. but around the world; then McCain has no ability to control himself in ANY situation.
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Kookaburra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 06:41 PM
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15. I laughed pretty hard -- sprayed the monitor with coffee
The cat gave me a concerned look. But no tears.
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boobooday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 05:36 AM
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25. The photoshopping that went on here made me weep with laughter n/t
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 06:45 PM
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16. .



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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 07:01 PM
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17. Well how would *you* feel if you worked for McLame?
I'd be too ashamed to show my face. He and his moose are a national embarrassment, as well as a disgrace to all thinking people.
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LeftCoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 07:03 PM
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18. That's photoshopped, right?
I've been seeing it all over. What's the deal?
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high density Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 07:05 PM
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20. No it's real
But it happened in a fraction of a second. McCain is reacting after he tried to leave the stage in the wrong direction.
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Democat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 05:59 AM
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30. Here is the info on the photo from the photographer
With many user comments:
http://blogs.reuters.com/photo/2008/10/17/mccain-moment/
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 07:05 PM
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19. The Photo is Even on the NATIONAL REVIEW Website!
http://media.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NTNlYTZjYTc0ODZmNWI0N2ZkZWEzM2ZjMzFmZmFhZmI=
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RagAss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 07:07 PM
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21. it was scary for me...laughter was so spastic, I began to lose oxygen..
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 05:35 AM
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24. Was it the picture that prompted the tears or McCain's internal polling?
It doesn't strike me as a very well-run campaign, at least at the top tiers.

It must be frustrating to be a volunteer in the lower tiers, having to navigate the incompetence at the top.
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boobooday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 05:37 AM
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26. I think it was seeing the pic, and knowing you are losing
He looks so hapless.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 05:42 AM
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27. Yes. That Igor-like thing he's doing, it's not all that, oh, I don't know --
presidential.


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boobooday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 06:05 AM
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34. Found the link
It's about halfway through the story:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MCCAINS_SEARCH_ANALYSIS?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 06:07 AM
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35. Thank you for providing the link. It's kind of astonishing.
What could possibly be going through McCain's head when he behaves like this?

Holy yikes.
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TorchTheWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 07:06 AM
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38. drugs - lots and lots of them
He was acting so spastic throughout the debate many of us felt he had been hyped up on something.
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DFW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 05:45 AM
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28. It's always a shock to see your candidate openly yearning to dine on human flesh and drink blood
If it had been Obama, I would have been pretty upset, too.

I can feel the McCain aide's pain.
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Democat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 05:58 AM
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29. Here is an article about the photo by the photographer himself
http://blogs.reuters.com/photo/2008/10/17/mccain-moment/
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 06:09 AM
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36. You know why the aide burst into tears?
After seeing that photo it was 100% certain they'd never ever have an office in the White House. Time to go looking for one of those good paying service industry jobs.
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boobooday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-08 06:36 AM
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37. A frightening glimpse into the future
Hitching your wagon to such a tired sick old horse.
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