Comments on: John’s Choice

By: Lord Jubjub

Lord Jubjub — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:23:52 +0000

Intertubes comes to us courtesy of Senator Stevens of Alaska.

Powers, you kind of walked into the punchline of the comic. Of course, there will be the upright and spotless candidates. They will lose to those who have shown skin in their past.

Palin has admitted to smoking (AND inhaling) marijuana.

By: Blinky the Wonder Wombat

Blinky the Wonder Wombat — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:37:36 +0000

Mark in Boston:

Can’t say I do remember when G.W.H. Bush saw a supermarket scanner for the first time, as the story is an urban legend:

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/bushscan.asp

By: Charles

Charles — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:31:12 +0000

The answer to Mike’s question is “no”. It’s nothing to do with the campaign, everything to do with the fact that everything is available on line, according to popular belief.

By the way, I believe that our illustrious president was the first to refer to “internets”, plural, in a 2004 campaign debate. It has since entered the popular culture. I think that Colbert uses it often. My son has adopted it, along with the portmanteau “intertubes”.

By: Mark in Boston

Mark in Boston — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:17:41 +0000

Remember when George H.W. Bush saw a supermarket scanner for the first time? Talk about out-of-touch. It was like, what country was he president of, Inner Isolatonia or something?

By: David

David — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:52:28 +0000

Well, the other Alaska-internets connection is that it was legendary Alaska senator Ted Stevens who made the infamous “series of tubes” speech.

By: Cidu Bill

Cidu Bill — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:02:17 +0000

Remember also that standards change: Time was, a divorce in the past would pretty much bar you from winning higher office. And two decades past it made a difference to people whether a candidate ever “inhaled” marijuana, whereas this year’s odds-on favorite wrote in his own book that he used to take drugs.

By: Cindi

Cindi — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:51:44 +0000

Powers-
I was saying that here wouldn’t be people without “stuff” in their past - I wasn’t very clear on that point - sorry.
I meant that the people who would seek public office would be more likely to have stuff in their past that was less then pristine. I guess it takes a certain type of person to desire to take on such pursuits as politics - I don’t have much stuff in my past but I still would not want to be put under the hot lights of public scrutiny.

Perhaps we would be better off if politics drew people who gave more thought to the consequences of their actions.

By: eeyore19

eeyore19 — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:53:54 +0000

I know someone who thinks Governor Palin is hot because she reminds him of Tina Fey and Ashleigh Banfield.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:39:51 +0000

“Personally, I think Palin was a brilliant choice, if only for the possibility of grabbing some of the Hillary supporters who feel so much bitterness against Obama’s for his “betrayal” (???) that they refuse to vote for him.”

How many of them are left? 5? 10? If he thinks this will win over a significant amount of Hillary fans, he’s nuts.

By: Powers

Powers — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:37:04 +0000

Cindi, I was born long after 1960 and have no such indiscretions in my biography.