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Advice for the Upcoming VP Debate
Old hands at public speaking tell nervous newbies to
picture their audience naked. But will the advice work in reverse?
I know I'm not alone in being anxious that at Thursday's vice
presidential debate Gov. Sarah Palin will embarrass herself, Sen.
John McCain, and possibly America in a manner so spectacular, so
horrifying that the American electoral system will never recover.
Perhaps the best way for me (and others) to deal with our
nervousness is to imagine Palin naked?
Having trouble conjuring the image on your own? There's always the fine artwork of Bruce Elliott, on display in the Old Town Ale House on Chicago's North Side, a bar owned by his wife, which depicts Gov. Palin standing on a bear rug in nothing but red high heels.
From the bar's website: "This is a laid back watering hole, the likes of which you don't see much in Chicago anymore. The neighborhood is gentrified. The Ale House is anything but." God bless America.
See the SFW version at right. Go here and scroll to the bottom for the NSFW version.
The ever-falling level of American political discourse thanks you for the tip, Baylen Linnekin.
|9.30.08 @ 5:43PM|#
Did you know the artist had his own daughter pose naked for the
picture.
So he is painting a picture of the object of his lust with his
NAKED daughter posing as the object of that lust.
SICK, SICK, SICK.
The guy is creep.
KT|9.30.08 @ 5:46PM|#
Sounds like the Saloon on U Street. I wonder if they have as many rules as the Saloon does.
|9.30.08 @ 5:51PM|#
Reason, you owe me skin grafts for my hands.
Dude, use some Astroglide or something then.
Naga Sadow|9.30.08 @ 5:52PM|#
Kathrine,
That imagining the audience naked thing works for nervousness? Each
to his own I suppose.
Hot for Hockey Moms|9.30.08 @ 5:52PM|#
Nice guns. Keep in mind, this is an ENDORSEMENT of
Palin...
Top 50 Swing Voters in 2008:
#50 - Hockey Moms
#47 - People with STDs
#44 - Women with Unfortunate Muffin Top Tattoos
#41 - Predatory Lenders
#40 - ???
http://swingvoters.wordpress.com
pab marq|9.30.08 @ 5:54PM|#
Say & tell the truth about what America has become! Chaos in financials is due to bad hiring?! Why hasn't the Labor Dept. answering for unemployment and CEO pay? Because for the last twenty years there has been no Labor oversight! Equal pay? Discrimination? Veterans Rights? EEO? Does not exist in America just racist running America into the ground! I know I have a HR Mgmt Degree no job for me -why? I'm not white!
Larry Craig (GAY-ID)|9.30.08 @ 5:55PM|#
I heard you were supposed to imagine the audience members sitting on toilets.
Naga Sadow|9.30.08 @ 5:56PM|#
You sound disgruntled pab marq. Perhaps that is why you don't have a job. Or incompetence, whichever.
|9.30.08 @ 5:58PM|#
pab marq,
I'd like to agree or disagree with you, but I have no idea what
you're talking about. Please take a couple of English writing
courses (or maybe just a valium) and get back to us.
Thx.
Dagny T.|9.30.08 @ 6:03PM|#
Well, what with the pab marqs and the Terrys, this thread took a
different tone than I expected. I'm really glad no one's suggested
picturing Biden in...well, anything, actually.
This is a laid back watering hole, the likes of which you don't
see much in Chicago anymore.
Maybe I'm a West Coast rube, but I kinda really like Chicago night
life. Great live music, cheap (or no) cover, fun people. And now
nudie pictures. What's not to like?
|9.30.08 @ 6:23PM|#
I think people don't adequately take into account the potential value of Palin in foreign policy.
|9.30.08 @ 6:24PM|#
Hi, Prime Minister Putin, I'm President John McCain. This scantily dressed woman is Sarah. Say hi, Sarah.
|9.30.08 @ 6:39PM|#
In all seriousness, I wouldn't be so quick to write off Palin. She may do better in public, for one, but more importantly, she retains that "real person" thing that American voters like so much. For you Democrats, remember your President Bush. How on Zod's green kryptonite earth did he get elected? Twice?
BDB|9.30.08 @ 6:40PM|#
"How on Zod's green kryptonite earth did he get elected?
Twice?"
Al Gore: Lockbox. *sigh*
John Kerry: Well, I can give you a very very long complicated and
convoluted answer on this....
Jerry|9.30.08 @ 6:44PM|#
Pro Libertate, U.S. hegemony would be reassured in no time when Palin beats Putin in a bear hunt.
|9.30.08 @ 6:46PM|#
BDB,
I don't agree that the crappy Democratic candidates are an adequate
explanation. True, even somewhat decent candidates should've beaten
Bush, but he did overcome tremendous liabilities to win both times.
The first time up, he was kind of like Obama or Palin--where the
fuck does he get off running for president? The second
time, he was becoming pretty clearly a fan of the imperial
presidency, but we still kept him in office. Just because Kerry is
a buffoon? I doubt it. Something about Bush appealed to many
Americans until he proved to the general public--too late for
election purposes--that he was Zodawful.
|9.30.08 @ 6:50PM|#
I'm circling the drain like a moose turd!
I think most of your problem is that you let a moose into your
house to take a dump in your toilet.
Dagny T.|9.30.08 @ 6:52PM|#
Something about Bush appealed to many Americans
It's the classic who-would-you-rather-have-a-beer-with syndrome. No
one wants to have a beer with uppity elitists. They always order
the pretentious microbrews. Or worse, Chardonnay.
Then again, Bush's JesusPhone mighta had something to do with
it.
|9.30.08 @ 7:05PM|#
INRE pab marq: If you're unemployable AND disgruntled, who do you go postal on? I would recommend whoever sold you that "degree".
Doug|9.30.08 @ 7:06PM|#
It's too bad we can't set them up to "debate" the way Burr and Hamilton did. Who better to protect us from the terrorists/boogie men than the last one standing? A hundred bucks says McCain and Obama empty their revolvers without hitting a damned thing while Palin drops Biden in a single shot...then turns it on the other two for being so fucking stupid.
|9.30.08 @ 7:08PM|#
ChicagoTom nailed it... definitely Peggy Hill.
And I second that it seems a tad disturbing that he used his
daughter for the model. I mean he couldn't find ONE picture of a
naked woman on the internet that fit the bill? Don't get me wrong,
I know it's hard to find nudity on the interwebs, but still...
BDB|9.30.08 @ 7:12PM|#
(channeling the conservatrolls form earlier)clearly you are a
pro-BHO Eurabian Socialist.(/conservatroll)
Seriously, though, people were still fucking scared in 2004, and
they stuck with what was familiar.
Christ on a Cracker|9.30.08 @ 8:26PM|#
That portrait looks more like Peggy Hill than Sarah
Palin
I noticed the resemblance weeks ago.
sage|9.30.08 @ 8:50PM|#
We have a tie between Palin @ 6:34 and Mike Farmer @ 6:39. Thanks for the giggles.
Field Dress Gwen Iflill|9.30.08 @ 11:38PM|#
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=76645
VP debate moderator Ifill releasing pro-Obama book Focuses on
blacks who are 'forging a bold new path to political power'
The moderator of Thursday's vice presidential debate between
Democrat Sen. Joe Biden and GOP Gov. Sarah Palin is writing a book,
to come out about the time the next president takes the oath of
office, to "shed new light" on Democratic candidate Barack Obama
and other "emerging young African American politicians" who are
"forging a bold new path to political power."
Gwen Ifill, of the Public Broadcasting Service program called
"Washington Week," is promoting "The Breakthrough," in which she
argues the "Black political structure" of the civil rights movement
is giving way to men and women who have benefited from those
struggles over racial equality.
Ifill declined to return a WND telephone message asking for a
comment about her book project, and whether its success would be
expected should Obama lose. But she has faced criticism previously
for not treating candidates of both major parties the same.
During an earlier debate event she moderated, when Democrat John
Edwards attacked Dick Cheney's former employer, Halliburton, the
vice president said, "I can respond, Gwen, but it's going to take
more than 30 seconds."
"Well, that's all you've got," she told him.
Ifill told the Associated Press Democrats were delighted with her
answer, because they "thought I was being snippy to Cheney."
She explains that wasn't her intent.
But she also was cited in complaints PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler
said he got after Palin delivered her nomination acceptance speech
at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis this
year.
The complaints cited Ifill's "dismissive" look during her report on
Palin's speech. According to Getler, some complaints also said she
wore a look of "disgust" while reporting on Palin.
At that time she said, "I assume there will always be critics and
just shut out the noise. It is surprisingly easy."
Ifill, who also works with PBS' "NewsHour," is making preparations
to moderate this week's debate between the two candidates for vice
president, and told BlackAmericaWeb.com that she thinks debates
"are the best opportunity most voters have to see the candidates
speaking to issues."
She said she is concerned only about getting straight answers from
candidates.
"You do your best to get candidates to answer your question. But I
also trust the viewers to understand when questions are not
answered and reach their own conclusions," Ifill told
BlackAmericaWeb.
"Four years ago, when neither John Edwards nor Dick Cheney proved
capable of answering a question about the domestic epidemic of AIDS
among African-American women, viewers flooded me with reaction,"
she said.
She said she will make her own decisions about what questions to
ask, and "the big questions matter."
In the Amazon.com promotion for her book, Ifill is described as
"drawing on interviews with power brokers like Senator Obama,
former Secretary of State Colin Powell…" and others.
In an online video promoting her book, she is enthusiastic about
"taking the story of Barack Obama and extending it."
It focuses on four people, "one of them Barack Obama of course,"
she said.
"They are changing our politics and changing our nation," she
said.
On Amazon.com, Ifill is praised for her "incisive, detailed
profiles of such prominent leaders as Newark Mayor Cory booker,
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, and U.S. Congressman Artur
Davis of Alabama."
"Ifill shows why this is a pivotal moment in American history," the
review says.
She told AP about her views on Obama, "I still don't know if he'll
be a good president." She also describes how she met him at the
2004 Democratic convention, and since then has interviewed Obama
and his family.
She also boasted by the time of the debate, "I'll be a complete
expert on both" Palin and Biden.
The debate will be held at Washington University in St. Louis,
which has posted information about the evening's events
online.
Ifill's profile there describes her as a longtime correspondent and
moderator for national news programs and includes her service as
moderator of the 2004 debate between Edwards and Cheney.
However, there's no mention of her upcoming book. Nor does the
website for the Commission on Presidential Debates, which is
organizing the meetings of the candidates, mention her book.
Katie\'s Mingey|9.30.08 @ 11:48PM|#
"Old hands...naked....work in
reverse...I'm...alone...anxious...laid..watering
hole...right...here...the bottom...
Oh Katherine, you dirty, dirty, slut!
JB|10.1.08 @ 12:58AM|#
Thankfully Chicago has both the Cubs and Sox in the playoffs to
remind people that Chicago is a great town even if it does produce
its share of freaks like clown.
Using your daughter as a nude model? Ewwww.
|10.1.08 @ 10:39AM|#
Regardless of what Ifill has done or said about the candidates, it seems to me that having a book that is likely to sell many, many more copies of Barack Obama wins the election is a pretty blatant conflict of interest.
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