Matt Yglesias

23 Responses to “Reading Assigment”

1. Steve LaBonne Says:
   September 25th, 2008 at 1:26 pm

   Somebody please tell me the Obama campaign is right now shorting a sarcastic ad that includes that clip. Please, oh please.

2. Aleks Says:
   September 25th, 2008 at 1:38 pm

   All these people that you mention
   Yes, I know them, they’re quite lame
   I had to rearrange their faces
   And give them all another name
   Right now I can’t read too good
   Don’t send me no more letters no
   Not unless you mail them
   From desolation row

3. ButterFlinger Says:
   September 25th, 2008 at 1:41 pm

   I think we should encourage people to email the plan to McCain. Is there a pdf of Paulson’s plan anywhere?

4. ed Says:
   September 25th, 2008 at 1:42 pm

   The guy’s a transparent fraud, a flagrant opportunist (just ask Carol “Stand by your man” McCain), and drooling for power like a fruit bat with rabies.

5. Peter K. Says:
   September 25th, 2008 at 1:45 pm

   Consider the following:

   Last week, McCain said the fundamentals of our economy are strong.

   This week, we need to postpone presidential debates because the crisis is so dire.

   Hockey mom Palin says we’re heading towards a Great Depression if there is no bailout.

   Wow the economy went from strong to royally f***ed up pretty quickly. Either that or we’re a nation of whiners.

   (and obviously wise elder Stateman McCain should speak at Clinton’s Global initiative thingy.)

6. Liana Says:
   September 25th, 2008 at 2:08 pm

   YouTube says this interview was from Tuesday, the 23rd. Even if he’s had a chance to skim it by now, you’d think he’d've done so long before then. He’s useless.

7. danthelawyer Says:
   September 25th, 2008 at 2:10 pm

   I’m starting to get the impression that the McCain campaign is engaged in self sabotage just to stick the Democrats with cleaning up a Republican mess (again!).

8. Lady de Rothschild Says:
   September 25th, 2008 at 2:29 pm

   Lay off my new BFF Flyboy Johnnie!

   We had a lovely lunch of finger sandwiches yesterday while discussing the fine art of “marrying up.” I’m sure he’ll have plenty of time to read that plan once he’s had his nap.

9. smirker Says:
   September 25th, 2008 at 3:47 pm

   He’s like the bully who makes the nerds do his homework, and then takes all the credit.

10. Manchester U Says:
    September 25th, 2008 at 4:20 pm

    Mitt Romney? What? I knew the guy was rich but like richest men in the world rich? Was that just like product placement?

11. Richard Steven Hack Says:
    September 25th, 2008 at 4:47 pm

    Nobody cares about this.

    But it seems quite a few people care that he blew off David Letterman – including David Letterman.

    Letterman raps ‘Late Show’ no-show McCain
    Candidate canceled appearance, but then did Katie Couric interview nearby
    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26886188/

    Money Quotes:

    Memo to the McCain campaign: Don’t blow off David Letterman

    Later in the show, while talking with substitute guest Keith Olbermann of MSNBC’s “Countdown,” Letterman learned that instead of rushing to Washington, McCain was only five blocks away in Manhattan, preparing for an interview with Katie Couric. As his show displayed video feed of McCain with Couric, Letterman exclaimed: “He doesn’t seem to be racing to the airport, does he? Hey, John, I got a question! You need a ride to the airport?”

    At the end of his rant, Letterman wondered aloud if McCain would ever come back again.

    “Not after the drubbing you just gave him,” quipped band leader Paul Shaffer.

    Letterman has engaged in some famous feuds over the years, including one of 16 years’ duration with Oprah Winfrey and another with rival late-night host Jay Leno. He has also sparred with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly. Letterman is often self-deprecating, but he does not like being dismissed.

    “We’re in sorry need and short supply of actual heroes like John McCain,” Letterman said early in his show. “But when you call up at the last minute and cancel a show … This is not the John McCain I know, by God. It makes me believe something is going haywire with the campaign. Someone got to him and said, ‘Blow Letterman off, he’s a lightweight.’ ”

    I watched the segments on CrooksandLiars and it was hilarious – especially when Paul Shaffer agreed with David that Sarah Palin should do the campaigning while McCain is in Washington by saying Sarah Palin was a “hot babe”.

    And the line, “Somebody put something in his Metamucil” was priceless.

12. jay leno cancelled Says:
    December 2nd, 2008 at 12:50 am

    It seems most Americans are happy to stop thinking about politics for a while. While some news junkies are still suffering from withdrawal in the wake of last week’s election, eight in 10 people do not miss following campaign news,

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