He’s insane:
John McCain, in his first television interview since his shocking vice presidential pick, said that he saw in Sarah Palin “a partner and a soul mate.”
He met her once. (Cindy must be loving it.) This is how 12-year-old girls decide which Jonas brother is the dreamiest. It’s very creepy.
August 31, 2008 at 11:12 am
[...] Poor Man Institute puts John McCain’s “soul-mate at first sight” problem into its proper perspective: This is how 12-year-old girls decide which Jonas brother is the dreamiest. It’s very [...]
August 31, 2008 at 11:16 am
Anti-abortion? check
Ovaries? check
She’s in.
August 31, 2008 at 11:25 am
No, no! She’s MY soulmate, John, and you’re gonna have to fight me for her! And I’ve only met her two less times than you have!
August 31, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Check out this video at The Jed Report. Put it this way: it wasn’t her eyes he looked into, it’s not her soul he’s interested in.
August 31, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Best reaction in Politco comments:
“I would think having a soul is a requirement to finding a “soul-mate”"
August 31, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Little Willies for the McCains.
For John, “It’s Not You It’s Me.”
For Cindy, “Gotta Get Drunk.”
August 31, 2008 at 2:13 pm
OT, but jonanism now appears in urban dictionary. Because I submitted it (with attribution to calling all toasters, of course). Mosey on over and give it the ol’ thumbs up.
August 31, 2008 at 2:45 pm
No, I’ll tell you what’s creepier:
This afternoon I saw the press briefings John McCain and Jim Davis, communications coordinator for the Republican convention, had concerning Monday’s agenda. They both said several times each that now their members would “take off their Republican hats and put on their American hats.”
Excuse the fuck out of me, but when did being Republican become separate from being and American?
Oh, wait. Nevermind.
August 31, 2008 at 2:59 pm
This has got to be the strangest thing I’ve ever witnessed in politics. … unless of course they really don’t want to win the election, which makes a lot of sense — provided we assume they’re sane.
August 31, 2008 at 3:34 pm
I guess we’re lucky we didn’t get Vice President Vicki.
August 31, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Not only did he just meet her once, he spoke with her privately for only fifteen minutes.
August 31, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Not only did he just meet her once, he spoke with her privately for only fifteen minutes.
Which is a good three to four times longer than President Sociopath needed to arrive at his savvy conclusions about Vladimir Putin.
August 31, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Oh sweet Jesus.
I started wondering whether Palin even attended college. Turns out she has a bachelor’s degree! From the University of Idaho. Yes, Idaho. And her major was … wait for it … journalism!
Now we know why she ended up in politics. She isn’t qualified for anything else.
August 31, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Fleshy Badness.
August 31, 2008 at 4:59 pm
“Speak with her privately for fifteen minutes” – is that what the kids are calling it nowadays?
August 31, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Ladies and germs, I give you: The University of Idaho School of JAMM, motherfucker, JAMM!
August 31, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Nice pic, peorgie.
I think we can be fairly confident that the Department of Journalism and Mass Media’s Valedictorian Scholarship Fund won’t be slipping into the red next year.
August 31, 2008 at 7:37 pm
“Not only did he just meet her once, he spoke with her privately for only fifteen minutes.”
McCain learned how to make time count when he was a. . .
. . . wait for it. . .
. . . yup, you guessed it. . .
POW, bitches!
August 31, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Sarah Palin is no Laura Roslin.
August 31, 2008 at 8:40 pm
August 31, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Jennifer -
Thanks for the Urban Dictionary pointer and entry.
Unfortunately, your definition is not correct. Per The Editors’ posting of February 28, 2008:
1. The belief that everybody you hate is exactly the same.
2. The belief that evidence that nobody takes you seriously means you are very serious.
3. Any attempt to popularize these beliefs in book and associated website form.
I believe definition #1 is the one most often cited.
August 31, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Oh, c’mon! McCain is a certified lifelong horndog. Those lists of more qualified Republican women? Not more qualified in the “assets” department. I’m waiting for husband Todd to get a fucking clue and then it’s going to be, “Birdshot in the face? Fuck that, here’s 30ought6 in the nads, you creepy old man!”
September 1, 2008 at 7:12 am
I’m with Dr.BDH. I think this whole affair is going to come to an abrupt end when Todd “sir dudealot” Palin takes a swing at McCain.
September 1, 2008 at 7:12 am
Either that, or they catch him in the sack with Cindy. rich people are like that, I tell ya.
September 1, 2008 at 9:05 am
Sorry, SFAW, I went with the definition that was both more concise and more universal in application, which still covers all of the three definitions given by the Editors, since all three of the Editors’ definitions are covered under “wankery” or “being a huge wanker” or something of the type. If there is a “more correct” definition for the word, we should probably ask calling all toasters, since it was of his invention.
September 1, 2008 at 3:26 pm
You know, that darned Willie just won’t go home.
September 1, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Hey, at least we won’t have to worry about McCain getting down with the interns. My friends.
September 2, 2008 at 3:34 am
Jennifer -
Self-referential does not a definition make.
For example, I could have written “A few bricks shy of a Pantload” in the “Vocabulary Corner” string, but it wouldn’t have been a definition, just a half-witticism.
September 2, 2008 at 8:18 am
SFAW – feel free to go over and submit your own definition for “jonanism” then, and let everyone weigh in on which one they prefer, if you find the “half-witticism” so objectionable.
September 2, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Ah, yes, the old “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean” shtick.
That has certainly worked well for Rethuglicans, but then I expect that from those amoral SOBs. I’m just a little surprised (well, “amazed”, actually) to see it here.
Not that you care, but you might want to cogitate (def. #2) on this: If popularity of an idea (or definition or what-have-you) equaled its truth, then Al Gore really did invent the Internets.
Also, as an FYI:
Cogitate:
verb
Origin: 1555–65; < L cōgitātus (ptp. of cōgitāre)
1) To drink alcohol to excess
2) To adopt a “thoughtful” pose, in an attempt to fool another into believing you are actually thinking about what he/she just said.
September 8, 2008 at 6:02 pm
You’re right; I don’t care.
And “amazed” though you may be, I am not “amazed” that you’re every bit as huge of a pompous asshole here as you were in the days when you commented at Eschaton.
Again, if you don’t like the definition, supply your own. Otherwise, quit your bitching.
October 12, 2008 at 2:36 pm
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