October 12, 2004

WOWING THEM IN WISCONSIN

Affable, vigorous, good-looking John Edwards exercises his famous charisma on Wisconsin's awed citizens:

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The poor woman to Edwards' left -- she's almost overwhelmed by charisma. Meanwhile, the dashing, thrilling, not-boring-at-all Senator has joined John Kerry in supporting the war:

Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards said last week's Central Intelligence Agency report confirming the absence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq hasn't convinced him it was a mistake to authorize President George W. Bush to take military action.

UPDATE. In other US political news, The Age reports that "a number of internet sites have claimed that the president was wearing a device that allowed an adviser to feed him answers to questions during the debate last week." The Age is highly selective when it comes to publishing claims made at internet sites.

Posted by Tim Blair at October 12, 2004 12:28 AM
Comments

gosh, the lady on the right looks like she's about to barf

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at October 12, 2004 at 12:44 AM

What's the yellow thing around his left wrist. Is this a cautionary signal that the authorities require him to wear to alert the public to the danger of boredom if they enter the zone?

Posted by: John Atkinson at October 12, 2004 at 12:47 AM

>What's the yellow thing around his left wrist. Is this a cautionary signal that the authorities require him to wear to alert the public to the danger of boredom if they enter the zone?


It's a Lance Armstrong bracelet. Armstrong wanted to raise $6 for his cancer foundation, so he made up 6 million cheap rubber bracelets and is selling them for $1 each.

Posted by: Anthony at October 12, 2004 at 01:05 AM

That yellow item on his wrist is Edward's GPS locator beacon, so that his nanny can find him at all times.

And he supports the war? Is that today's objective, or is he still with Waffles on the "We voted for the authorization, but we didn't want to use it" meme?

Posted by: The Real JeffS at October 12, 2004 at 01:08 AM

Further questions:

Not only Mandrake can gesture hypnotically?

Where is this joint? What do you have to do to get a drink?

Posted by: John Atkinson at October 12, 2004 at 01:47 AM

yearh, but your all orcs! nazis1

((Commenting here as a publuc service so that idiot-of-the-week "tug" won't have anything to say when he figures out how to turn his computer back on))

Posted by: Sortelli at October 12, 2004 at 01:48 AM

Look at the blonde in the black shirt over at the far left. She looks like she's desperately trying to hold her eyelid open.

And yet the A-1 bottles stand in rapt attention!

Posted by: Angie Schultz at October 12, 2004 at 01:58 AM

"Pull my finger"

Posted by: Alan E Brain at October 12, 2004 at 02:09 AM

Reminds me of this little incident where Tony Blair tried to prove he was a man of the people.

Posted by: Clem Snide at October 12, 2004 at 02:12 AM

All the enthusiasm of people held at gunpoint.

Posted by: Sweet sweet Bundy at October 12, 2004 at 02:14 AM

"I hear your baby speaking to me from your womb"

Posted by: Ken Summers at October 12, 2004 at 02:54 AM

John Edwards vows "Never again will Republicans suppress the votes of Narcolept-Americans"

Posted by: Ken Summers at October 12, 2004 at 03:01 AM

So they haven't published anything about Dan Rather in the past eight days. Perhaps you could try clicking on the tab that lets you search articles from the last twelve months?

Posted by: Tim Lambert at October 12, 2004 at 03:17 AM

Good advice, Tim. My bad. Still, the twelve-month search doesn’t turn up a single Age news story on the Rather debacle. Point proved.

Posted by: tim at October 12, 2004 at 03:23 AM

I like that the restaurant serves A1, not Heinz (look under the counter).

Posted by: Tomorrowist at October 12, 2004 at 03:47 AM

Is that a picture from the 2004 zombi reunion?

Posted by: Franken at October 12, 2004 at 03:53 AM

Actually, I think he was trying to get the bartender to serve him a soda or something.

Posted by: markm at October 12, 2004 at 03:56 AM

"She'll take the check."

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at October 12, 2004 at 03:59 AM

Hmmm, what do you think the story "A rather dubious affair leaves egg on the media face" was about?

Posted by: Tim Lambert at October 12, 2004 at 04:06 AM

Bah, for a newspaper in a place where it's already tomorrow, the Age sure is behind the times. The source of the mysterious bulge has been identified.

Posted by: Angie Schultz at October 12, 2004 at 04:09 AM

Why is Edwards seated at a lunch counter with only a glass of water in front of him? Is it because Arab Americans had just endorsed his ticket and he couldn't order a BLT? Is that why he sent back the green eggs and ham without even trying them?

I think Sam-I-am is warming up a bowl of Bush's beans to present the Senator

Posted by: Ted Geisel at October 12, 2004 at 04:29 AM

"...a number of internet sites have claimed that the president was wearing a device that allowed an adviser to feed him answers to questions during the debate last week." Indeed he was. Technology has advanced from the earlier models he used.

Posted by: bc at October 12, 2004 at 04:31 AM

Tim L.,

That was a column.

Posted by: tim at October 12, 2004 at 04:53 AM

A column that was published in the Age, no?

Posted by: Tim Lambert at October 12, 2004 at 05:00 AM

I think Edwards must be trying to use his vigorous, affable mental force to levitate one of those bottles of A1 sauce hiding below the counter.

Poor man. His heart belongs to A1, but his duty lies with Heinz 57.

Posted by: Bryan C at October 12, 2004 at 06:32 AM

I thought columns were supposed to contain opinion, and the actual stories were supposed to contain the information.

Posted by: Robert Crawford at October 12, 2004 at 06:33 AM

Good lord, I've seen a more lively audience while training techs on IP routing and router configuration.

The boredom is palpable. That's the only word to describe it.

Posted by: Squatch at October 12, 2004 at 07:30 AM

I thought columns were supposed to contain opinion, and the actual stories were supposed to contain the information.

I guess Tim Lambert is tacitly admitting there's no chance in hell you'll find the news in the Age's actual news pages.

Posted by: PW at October 12, 2004 at 07:40 AM

Clem, thanks for the Tony-Blair-rides-the-Underground story. He must absolutely be a public-transport virgin - imagine trying to strike up a conversation with another passenger when there was no pressing reason to do so (such as an emergency, or a cute baby to be admired).

BTW Tim - where was that Edwards-and-the-Narcolepts picture taken? No mention of it in either article you linked to. I know it's Wisconsin, but where is it (pancake house? Shooting lodge?) and why there as opposed to anyplace else?

Posted by: Annalucia at October 12, 2004 at 08:31 AM

Belief in the truth and honor of George W. Bush is a mental disease. This disease begins in the brain grows there until it is impossible for the victim to make rational judgments. The only cure for this disease is removal of the person's head from the hole which it is occupying in the ground. The removal process is very difficult and could lead to permanent shame -- this is why the victim usually leaves their head in the ground, where it rots away leaving an unsightly stump. The good news is these stumps will be helpful in stem cell research when John Kerry is elected President of the United States.

Posted by: Lemminghunter at October 12, 2004 at 09:58 AM

Great parody of a leftie loser moonbat, "Lemminghunter"! Uh -- that was a parody, wasn't it? (Backs out of spittle range just in case.)

Posted by: Andrea Harris at October 12, 2004 at 10:09 AM

Has to be a parody, Andrea - it's written in complete sentences with appropriate punctuation.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 12, 2004 at 10:48 AM

With news of the passing of Christopher Reeve one may have speculated on whether John Kerry would exploit the death of his friend (whom he mentioned in last Friday's debate) for political gain. The German media beat Kerry to it.

Check this out - I'm sure it won't take long for other MSM to grab onto this absurdly twisted insinuation: German "conservative" FOCUS magazine reported that, Kerry's promises came too late to save Christopher Reeve.

Posted by: Nicki at October 12, 2004 at 11:36 AM

>"I hear your baby speaking to me from your womb"

"...and here's my card in case he comes out retarded. Ka-ching!"

Posted by: Dave S. at October 12, 2004 at 11:43 AM

I recently read how Kerry bucketed Edwards in the primaries about being wet behind the ears and so totally unsuited to be Leader of the Free World.

Yet he then put him in for Pres. in Waiting.
Creative Opportunism, or what?

Has anyone noticed this flip flop in the leftish US press? I doubt it, it's too obvious...
Or is it usual to anoint such people for VP and think that one election campaign in quite enough experience?
Is this vital post a thought-free zone?
Look what happened to Tyro Biff Latham in Australia...

Posted by: Barrie at October 12, 2004 at 12:34 PM

Don't look like Edwards is having much luck stitching up the porker vote.

Posted by: slatts at October 12, 2004 at 12:59 PM

German "conservative" FOCUS magazine

Believe it or not, the print edition FOCUS actually is right-of-center most of the time, at least on domestic issues and non-U.S. subjects (e.g. no gratuitous Israel-bashing). Their internet site has veered fairly sharply to the left though lately, for some reason. And compounding that, their U.S. political correspondent (in both print and net), Peter Gruber, is an obviously biased hack writer in the mold of your typical Pravda-on-the-Lake/Hudson journo.

(Typical example that prompted me to complain a few months ago: When reporting on swing states, an obvious example came up, namely Florida. And in the course of that, we learned that Bush's supporters are "Christian fundamentalists" who "support Bush's religiously motivated crusade", while Kerry supporters are "enlightened" and "free of ideology".)

Posted by: PW at October 12, 2004 at 01:32 PM

Howcum there's no silverware in sight? Was the Service Service afraid someone was going to take a melon baller to the Breck Girl?

Man can you imagine being the Secret Service man who's got to throw himself between a moody-loner-with-a-handgun and Kerry or Edwards: "Shit. Is this a Monday or what?"

Posted by: richard mcenroe at October 12, 2004 at 02:22 PM

Don't worry about the Secret Service guys, Richard. With Kedwards in power, they're only going to work union-mandated 30 hours/week, and for the remainder of the time Kerry himself will crouch around the White House with his shotgun...

Posted by: PW at October 12, 2004 at 02:33 PM

No, no, PW! Kerry will crawl on his belly with his shotgun around the White House.......

Posted by: The Real JeffS at October 12, 2004 at 03:40 PM

Sorry 'bout that, I couldn't remember the correct term that he used, and I was too lazy to google for it. :)

Posted by: PW at October 12, 2004 at 06:26 PM

Oh wow...is that a picture of John Edwards imitating Lynndie England?

Posted by: zonker at October 13, 2004 at 02:33 AM

Now we know why Cheney could not remember the boy wonder.

Posted by: Jim at October 13, 2004 at 09:59 AM