First of all, I loves me some Tom Brokaw. Should have asked a question about all the crap that’s been flying around from Clearwater, Florida. Thanks for letting us know we can cheer and jeer at home, Tom. And they come out of their respective corners. I think I’ll be looking more at body language tonight, especially after the “poker tell” story from a few days ago. We’re watching network at the moment – CBS. May change. Obama steps right down front and connects with a jab at the “failed economic policies of the last 8 years.” I like how…
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Senate ethics panel cites Cranston in Keating Five case — chicagotribune.com Interesting to read this now… and McCain was the only Republican involved, at a time when the Democrats ruled the Senate (and the House, I believe).
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The Obama campaign is coming out with some attack ads of their own… they went back to the archives for some footage from the Keating Five hearing. McCain got off that one with a reprimand for exercising poor judgement. Oh, and this is the guy we want in charge of our economy, and the world’s? Uh, no. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jhb41Z-Znkg" width="425" height="344" wmode="transparent" /] William Bradley: Obama Finally Fastest In TV Ad Wars
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Back about a week or so, I ran across an interesting item in my feed that was shared by ***Dave. It was a funny little detail Stephen Colbert lampooned: McCain’s weirdly reptilian tongue flicking gesture that was picked up by someone as a classic “poker tell.” FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right: The Tongue Jut Tongue-jutting behavior is a gesture used by people who think they have gotten away with something or are “caught†doing something. I have seen this behavior in flea markets both in the United States and in Russia, among street vendors in Lower Manhattan, at poker tables…
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As noted in ***Dave’s post, if a show has been on TV for 3 or 4 decades, there are bound to be… discernable patterns. And it’s odd that they didn’t call the show “Doctor What’s He Doing There?” [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/DtG5dK_HaGg" width="425" height="344" wmode="transparent" /] Via ***Dave :: “What are you doing here?”
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The Republican National Committee plans to file a fundraising complaint against Democrat Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, alleging amongst other things that it’s impossible to say just who has donated, and attempting to hint that there must be something wrong with people being so, like, secretive about giving Obama money. As if they have something to hide, or aren’t real Americans… Cairncross said little is known about many of Obama’s donors because the campaign is not required to disclose detailed information about people who give less than $200. The Obama campaign, which is not accepting public funds, has raised more than…
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I decided to not Twitter the debate so much. UPDATE: Now with fresh, clean, FactCheck! We’re watching via www.cnnpolitics.com with laptops and all, but really we’re just watching on our normal TV on the CNN channel. Biden: “the ultimate bridge to nowhere” regarding the McCain tax credit plan versus the Obama tax cut for those making less than $250,000. Wow, the little live “love or hate” lines show that the ladies love Biden. The women’s line went to the top of the screen over the tax cuts. And as soon as Palin came on screen talking about how she’s taken…