Roll For Initiative

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1. Mark Terry says:
   March 10, 2008 at 9:17 am

   Damn.

   I had an honest-to-God sphincter-clenching physical reaction to the idea of McClain having Santorum as his running mate, dying and us getting a President Santorum.

   Jeez, as if daylights savings time and a Monday weren’t bad enough, he had to scare the hell out of me, too.
2. Josh Jasper says:
   March 10, 2008 at 9:56 am

   John, you reveal the true depth of your commitment to The Dork Side by recognizing that it is, in fact Advanced D&D, and not this “third edition” or whatever it is they’re up to these days.
3. theophylact says:
   March 10, 2008 at 10:35 am

   Slashdotted as well, I imagine.
4. Jennie says:
   March 10, 2008 at 10:39 am

   Bill Moyers (PBS) did his last show on McCain. I didn’t know much about him except the brave-and-tortured-in-Viet-Nam thing. But good god, that show was eye opening and the prospect of a McCain win was gut-wrenchingly frightening. McCain’s pre-911 views on pre-emptive war make Bush-Cheney seem like pikers.

   Bill Moyers always has super-interesting shows. Intelligent conversations with knowledgable guests. If you haven’t caught him yet, give him a try.
5. nisleib says:
   March 10, 2008 at 10:42 am

   I’m amazed the anaylsis didn’t show what armor class Hillary’s pants suits carry. There has to be a reason for them, are they truth resistent?
6. Frank says:
   March 10, 2008 at 10:53 am

   Clearly McCain is found in his lair more than 0% of the time.
7. Frank says:
   March 10, 2008 at 10:53 am

   Ooops. Forgot the link

   http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/03/mccain.bbq/
8. Tripp says:
   March 10, 2008 at 11:18 am

   Mark Terry,

   My pet peeve – Daylight Saving Time. No plurals. Sorry for being picky.

   Other trivia – Zone Improvement Plan (zip code). Whip Inflation Now (cheesy political button). Electronic Industries Alliance Registered Standard (EIA-RS232 et al).
9. jm says:
   March 10, 2008 at 11:18 am

   Freaking hell! I had the exact same idea this morning, only to find that someone else already went ahead and did a better job with it. Hate it when that happens.
10. Skip says:
    March 10, 2008 at 12:30 pm

    Heh, and for those of us hard right-wingers, it’s the thought of the VP taking over that’s the only thing that gives us hope. Otherwise he’s about as liberal as you’re going to get on the Republican side.
11. Frank says:
    March 10, 2008 at 1:24 pm

    Skip

    Otherwise he’s about as liberal as you’re going to get on the Republican side.

    Now stop.

    Need I point out Arlan Specter? George Voinovich? Lincoln Chafee?

    I think all of these are to the Left of McCain
12. Ian Randal Strock says:
    March 10, 2008 at 2:50 pm

    Charlie’s post is good, but there’s something about your phrase

    Boing Boinged and Digged and Farked all to hell and back

    that just caught me. I like.
13. Skip says:
    March 10, 2008 at 3:37 pm

    Frank@11, what I meant was ‘he’s about as liberal as could possibly win the nomination, and considerably more liberal than I thought was possible’, but I can see how I was unclear on my phrasing. And while I’ll grant you Specter, McCain’s been to the left of Voinovich the last few years. Based on ACU ratings, McCain’s rating since 2002? 75.2. Voinovich? 75.6.

    Chafee? Not a Republican so doesn’t count. He never really was, but he made it official.
14. George William Herbert says:
    March 10, 2008 at 4:20 pm

    I prefer my commentary on the end of the 2008 election roleplaying session:

    http://groups.google.com/group/talk.bizarre/browse_thread/thread/5b82aa7e36a33ab9/c6df1264f0d5b86f?lnk=st&q=group%3Atalk.bizarre+herbert+election#c6df1264f0d5b86f
15. Wirelizard says:
    March 11, 2008 at 9:36 am

    Well, Charlie’s post has indeed been BoingBoinged, as you predicted. I don’t follow Fark or Pigg, so no idea what’s going on there.

    It’s a great post, though!
16. Jamie says:
    March 11, 2008 at 8:12 pm

    I love this story. I left CompuServe just a few months before the AOL buyout. 18 months later (just a few months after your layoff) I got fired from the job I went to… Had a similar reversal of fortunes, except son #1 had already arrived. That put a little speed in my step!

    Amazing how life turns, isn’t it?
17. Jamie says:
    March 11, 2008 at 9:00 pm

    Um… How did this end up here? Sigh. And to think, I’m actually supposed to be good with computers.
18. TCO says:
    March 11, 2008 at 11:48 pm

    [deleted for being obnoxiously rude about a personal friend of mine -- JS]

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