ROCK HARD PLACE
ROCK HARD PLACE
(Barack Obama, John McCain)
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This seems slanted… Rock could be taken in a positive light
also…. first?
… Stuck between Barrack and a Hard Place?
Sounds like a presidential porno or something.
I just got this creepy image of a badly filmed scene in which McCain and Obama are doing Palin while Biden does Hillary and she makes those really maniacal faces. Thanks! *Queue really bad 70’s porno music*
But I didn’t order any pizza…
Barack, paper, scissors.
Man – someone really needs to make that.. in the same vein as Rock, Paper, Saddam… too funny.
it already has google it.
Barackman Obama
Or better yet – Barockman Obama: The Original Maverick Hunter
lol megaman reference win
Lol! Even better!
I thought that too
So true.
lol Korin.
To all you PK’ers, GO VOTE! It doesn’t matter to me who you vote for, as long as you’re exercising your rights. I’m going to go vote soon
I was there when my polling place opened at 6 this morning. I’ve never seen such turnout… I was impressed! Still, as long as it was, the line moved along nicely. I kinda felt bad for the guy handing out the Republican ballot handouts… nobody seemed to want one.
was there at 6am, took 1:45 to get through. At 6 there were two Barack volunteers and no McCain. Not too much of a shock as McCain is going to get hammered in my neck of the woods.
Our just had a ballot, plain and simple. No party ballot. I went at about 8:30, after the work crowd had moved on and before everyone else figured out to do that too. Small line that way. ;D
Well yeah, but meant “helper sheet” sample ballots.
Republicans don’t need any “helper sheets”!
We’re smart.
LOL! Comment win!
Then why do they always shower me with them on the way to the polls? “No thank you, throw out your own trash”. Seriously, I mean that for everyone handing out that crap. I know who I’m voting for before I get there, thanks though. Save a goddamn tree.
I went after work, got through in about a half hour. They were explaining the ballot to everyone, but then, we only get one ballot, we don’t have a party ballot. We also pretty much vote at open tables, which horrified the commenters on NPR today when someone from Indiana called in.
Ballot handouts?
Does that mean that people can tell who you voted for?
That seems rather against that whole “you ahv the right to afreely expressed, secret vote”
Also, i can’t type.
I’m still totally going to use “afreely” in a sentence soon.
Wasn’t he lead guitarist for Kiss?
I will! I’m excited.
Zero line this morning. One of the perks of living around lazy college kids.
Michigan State’s campus has almost ground to a halt because of turn-out. Luckily, I live off campus and got to vote in some podunk elementary school with ZERO line. Moral of the story: don’t hate on us college kids.
Yeah, we’ll stick a hose in your window and turn the water on.
lol
Just a thought, but lots of “lazy college kids” already sent their absentee ballots in over a week ago. I’m just sayin’.
/handraise
Thank God. I’m in Iowa (the college, as well as the state) right now and good LORD was there ever a turn-out.
Exactly! My campus has had early voting up for a month now, I voted weeks ago and therefore was not clogging up the polls today.
Maryland? I is from Maryland…
Plus, in my area at least, it seems like a lot of college students voted early. There was a two hour line last Thursday and a five hour line on Saturday, both composed almost entirely of college kids.
“Hard Place”
… Yeah.. if he’s taken his Cialis..
epic win
Seconded
Beat me to that joke cause I just got back from voting. Four mile bike rides to cast my ballot, totally worth it.
WIN.
(BTW, anyone else who watched the World Series get sick of seeing all of those damned Cialis ads? “Ask your doctor if you are healthy enough for sexual activity.” WHAT? Kill me if I’m NOT, Doc.)
Is this referring to Dwayne Johnson?
IF YA SAMEELLLLL. WHAT BARACK. IS COOKIN.
It does look more like The Rock than Barack. Painter fail.
More like a 70-year-old Jerry Seinfeld
lol – I can see that too. It’s the Rorschach Barack!
I cast my vote this morning for Obama
Not a tough call at all.
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In the past 2 weeks I received 6 in person visits from Obama campaign … yes, 6. I received about 16 negative mailers “Vote McCain or the world will end” I received 2 nasty robo-calls guess who from … I actually got a flier on my door with Wednesday voting choices outlined for my “convenience”
The Obama campaign was definitely out and about in my neighborhood as well. Only got 4 visits myself, but for the record, I was out of town quite a bit in October.
It was, overall, a very positive message IMO.
I think I got 6 in persons from Obama volunteers, none from McCain. Maybe 1 or 2 negative mails about Obama, no robocalls. Got several DNC mailers about McCain’s stands against women’s health care and reproductive rights.
People actually showed up uninvited from the campaigns? That would’ve been funny around here.
Well, at least people get visited during election campaigns! Any time there was an election in the UK when I lived there, I just got junk mail through the letterbox. Didn’t even get that last year during the Irish elections – but maybe that’s because I wasn’t on the voting register. . .
Oh, and before anyone raps my knuckles for not exercising a hard-won right, I was only missing from the register because I’d moved countries in between the registration forms going out and the election being called, honest!
As to the LOLpic, those two look way scarier than the real thing!
I always feel sorry for the door to door people:
SNP chappie: (talking fast) “Vote SNP and-”
*door slams*
To be fair, I did get 2 Obama phone smears. Most of the mail was local elections though.
I didn’t get any Obama campaign visits (my condo building has a locked entrance) but I did get some positive Obama mailings and 3-4 McCain phone call smears. No long lines for voting this morning either. I need to get to Starbucks for my free coffee!
I think all of you that were visited were lucky… In my area, I received NO visits from either campaign. On the positive side I received NO election mail other than my sample ballot – no trees wasted in my neck of the “woods”!
We’ve really only gotten nasty mail from the McCain camp, nothing from the Obama side. We live in a pretty republican leaning county, so I’m sure they were just trying to motivate their base to go vote.
all the obama group did was harass me and everyone else… go figure
America is stuck alright.
An it’s gonna get deeper.
…Really? Stuck between a rock and a hard place? ….
How about “Barack” and “A Hard Face”?
I was the thirteenth voter at my polling place!!!
I really need a nap, now.
Whoohoo, voted this morning on the way to work. My polling place wasn’t too bad line wise, but it was still the longest wait I’ve had to do there.
Hehe, just think of what it’s like for them in the San Francico bay area. I actually have to give the republican party some kudos for soldiering on here.
Whoohoo! Me too. Also voted no on Prop 8 (gay marriage ban). I’m sort of sad that I never got to go door to door for Obama, it would have been pointless where I live, and I couldn’t get enough time to travel to a swing state. I made calls though!
I got up at 6 was at my polling place waiting to vote at 6:45am. I was the thirteenth person to cast a ballot!!
I now need a nap.
I’m an Oregonian and a young one, so we’ve always had vote-by-mail.
(Actually, I do remember going with my dad to the polling place as a little tyke.)
I know nothing of your sample ballots. Sound kind of sketchy.
gah, this comment was supposed to be in reply to n8, not sure what is up with pK today. Anyway….
Hehe, just think of what it’s like for them in the San Francico bay area. I actually have to give the republican party some kudos for soldiering on here.
I did. 9 a.m. and no line whatsoever.
One of the perks in living in a low-income, no economy area: most everyone else is too lazy to vote.
Unfortunately, my vote has probably already been nullified by 50 for Obama…
That’s sounds about the truth of things.
Yep- the Obama crowd was out last night- all of the McCain signs were vandalized in our neighborhood. Either way tomorrow we’ll have a president who was born outside of the country-Panama or kenya !!
what are you talking about? obama was born in hawaii.
When I went to Hawaii, I actually had people ask me if it was my first time going anywhere “out of the country”. I shit you not.
CJ, I think it’s that time of day for your medication.
I hope it’s not swamped when I go. I gotta go after work. Hopefully everybody goes during the day so that the line is light by the time I make it in.
I’m going to weigh in with my 2 cents on the voting process. It has been said that a record turnout is expected for voting and I really hope this happens. But, what really craps me off is that most of these ‘newcomers’ are voting for the first time. Voting is a right that should be used with thought and consideration as to what you want your government to be, and as such, most of these people are the same ones who have bitched and moaned in the past about the state of the government. Now I am not a racist or bigot, and truly respect other people, but get a black man to run for president and these people now come out in droves. Where were they during the Primaries? In fact, where were they in past elections? I’m sorry, but these people are now claiming how proud they are that they got to vote for Obama (which is fine, if he’s their candidate of choice) but damn, to NOW start voting? I am now well into my 50’s and I have voted every election (local, state, and federal) since I was able to do so. I have excersized my right and have urged others to do so as well, and have felt proud when I left the voting booth that I was able to do so. I have a feeling though that if Obama just happens to lose, there very well could be repercussions from the same people who ‘voted for the first time’ and the bitching and moaning will only get worse.
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Ok, I’m off my soapbox and just had to get that off my chest.
I know I’ve seen the signs of an amazing turnout since before Obama. I grew up in this generation, and we have always been very active politically (well, where I come from), so I saw a large turnout coming. It should be very interesting to see the results. I am equally excited as I am terrified for today! =)
You know, Eddie, I think a lot of minorities that never participated in past elections suffered under the impression that their votes didn’t count, and that the system was rigged against a minority being successful in the process. I really can’ t blame them for suddenly waking up to the reality that they really can make a difference. This could very well be a momentous moment for us, nationally, if the various minority populations suddenly realize the power they can wield by working within the system. I think it would result in more young people growing up to be productive members of society, when they realize there are more paths to success than they thought were available to them. In this way, as in so many others, I believe a Barrack victory means a victory for Americans of all political stripes.
That said, I understand the feeling of being jostled by a bunch of johnnie-come-latelies who want to come in and change everything you’ve been working for. Still, I’m sure it will work out for the best, in the long run.
I don’t disagree with you Mark. My issue is not that they are suddenly voting, but would it have been the same had it been another white guy running? I’m glad that they are taking the initiative to at least vote, but apathy should not be an excuse for not voting. Sure, the choices have sucked in the past (and in my opinion they aren’t much better this go around either), but why are people suddenly voting because a black man has a shot? Doesn’t that sound just a bit racist?
I’m 28 eddie and I’ve voted in every election since I was old enough, and that includeds primaries and midterms. I LOVE to vote, and always have, it’s like a holiday for me. I do somewhat see what you’re saying, but I think you can’t blame just one side for it, I think both sides have new voters that are voting on surface issues. Aside from all that though, despite how this election turns out if it gets a new generation excited and involved in politics then I’ll be happy.
Excellent captioning! It reminds me of the South Park episode
on elections. The two choices were “Dou#eB@g” or “S!!t Sandwich”.
Gotta love South Park and their morality lessons.
I give up.. I have now posted twice and both times it has gone to never-never land. Grrrrrrr!
I’m going to weigh in with my 2 cents on the voting process. It has been said that a record turnout is expected for voting and I really hope this happens. But, what really ticks me off is that most of these ‘newcomers’ are voting for the first time. Voting is a right that should be used with thought and consideration as to what you want your government to be, and as such, most of these people are the same ones who have complained and moaned in the past about the state of the government. Now I am not a racist or bigot, and truly respect other people, but get a black man to run for president and these people now come out in droves. Where were they during the Primaries? In fact, where were they in past elections? I’m sorry, but these people are now claiming how proud they are that they got to vote for Obama (which is fine, if he’s their candidate of choice) but to NOW start voting? I am now well into my 50’s and I have voted every election (local, state, and federal) since I was able to do so. I have excersized my right and have urged others to do so as well, and have felt proud when I left the voting booth that I was able to do so. I have a feeling though that if Obama just happens to lose, there very well could be repercussions from the same people who ‘voted for the first time’ and the complaining and moaning will only get worse.
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Ok, I’m off my soapbox and just had to get that off my chest.
Yeah, they had a story in my local paper about some lady who was in her 80s and voting for the first time. Now, I can understand that when she was young it may have been impossible or very difficult for her to vote, but over the past 30 or 40 years? Really not much excuse. It was presented like it was a great thing, but I’m just thinking “Yeah…you never cared enough to bother to register, you probably didn’t do any research or give much consideration to the issues…I’m glad you’re happy to vote, but I don’t really think another uninformed, semiapathetic voter is such a GREAT thing.”
I was always of the mindset that we should take the driving privilege away from anyone over 80, maybe we should keep them from voting too. Particularly if they never bothered before. Maybe I’m just an Ahole though.
Here’s the photo info:
A visitor stops to look at artist Yan Pei-Ming’s watercolor on paper, “U.S. Election: Obama/McCain 2008″ on the eve of the opening of the FIAC 2008 contemporary art show in Paris October 22, 2008. The 35th edition of FIAC presents 189 modern and contemporary art galleries and is held from October 23 to 26. Photo by Charles Platiau for Reuters.
I like this one.
It is a photo taken at a museum or gallery of some one standing in front of two un-stretched canvases.