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Posted By JamesMarcus 1 year, 1 month ago in News

The battle royale between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin was one of the most hotly anticipated events of the campaign--and the Propeller community had plenty to say about it. But there were also lively conversations about the fiscal meltdown, Bill Gates, and the covert (not to mention overt) racism.

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    Klarissa1 year, 1 month ago

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    James, as always, an even hand.

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      JamesMarcus1 year, 1 month ago

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      I try my best, Klarissa :).

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      Mdiar1 year, 1 month ago

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      Bill Gates is a great diversionary tactic from the man you really need to watch out for.

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      Charlson1 year, 1 month ago

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      That was one of my most lamest comments. Now I'm really worried about Propeller. lol

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        BronxBomber1 year, 1 month ago

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        Hah! Look at my comments after yours, I bombed!

        :oP

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          ind061 year, 1 month ago

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          I dunno, I thought your comment was da bomb BB!

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        DaneL1 year, 1 month ago

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        good job James

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          BronxBomber1 year, 1 month ago

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          Excellent coverage of the political debate in the WIR James.

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            JamesMarcus1 year, 1 month ago

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            Thanks to you both. I should have included a link to Biden laughing his hair plugs out at that SNL skit about the debate. Really very charming. Anyway, have a great weekend.

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            gamahuche1 year, 1 month ago

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            I'm barely hanging in there with this darn election! One of the most important that I can remember in my lifetime. But in most of the world that I know they get it over and done with in a month or so - and that since before the advent of TV, let alone the internet..
            If I was a candidate I'd need 6 months to recover and whoever wins is going to have to jump right in and deal with the biggest world financial crisis in living memory without even a break to work on it!
            Is this nuts or what?
            Oh and today one of the big stories on propeller was about whether a pic on the cover if Newsweek showed some facial hair on the female VP candidate..
            Sigh..Call me exhausted in Europe.
            Thanks for your ability to stay with it James!

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              Mdiar1 year, 1 month ago

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              When you think about it, what better way to choose a future President then to essentially slowly torture him/her mentally while exhausting him/her physically, then see how they react under the stress? It does tell you a certain something about them.

              Besides, its entertaining.

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                JamesMarcus1 year, 1 month ago

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                Yes, our election cycle is ghastly--a marathon that exhausts both the candidates and the public, even as it flushes several hundred million dollars down the toilet. We should have a four-month election process, with compulsory public financing for all candidates who make it through the primaries. Oh, and can we dump the electoral college while we're at it? :)

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                  ind061 year, 1 month ago

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                  Yes, but WHERE would we dump it? There are issues of toxicity here.

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                  BronxBomber1 year, 1 month ago

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                  Dump the electoral college James??? ...But don't you know that a waste is a terrible thing to mind?...

                  :o/

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                    Mdiar1 year, 1 month ago

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                    I like the electoral college, it just needs a tweak. Perhaps doing it like Nebraska and Maine allocate the votes; by congressional district with the winner of the popular vote picking up an extra two. Otherwise I fear all the advertising would go to attempting to pick up cities and completely ignore areas with a low population density.

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                      JamesMarcus1 year, 1 month ago

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                      I would argue that parity in the Senate already protects those areas with lower population density against the metropolitan hordes. But hey, I'm speaking as a city boy :).

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                  jonmaverick1 year, 1 month ago

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                  Thanks for the mention. Did I win anything?

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                    Mdiar1 year, 1 month ago

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                    A shiny new nickel if you're willing to pay $3.95 in shipping and handling.

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                      JamesMarcus1 year, 1 month ago

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                      If you call now, I'll throw in a second nickel at no extra charge! That's like getting an authentic specimen of U.S. currency--think of it as a commemorative "purchase medallion," with an engraved likeness of Thomas Jefferson, the "Sage of Monticello"--for nothing!

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                        jonmaverick1 year, 1 month ago

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                        Thanks a bunch guys! But I already have a nickel. It is what's left of my paycheck after buying a tank of gas and some groceries. Seriously though, you might get more takers if you can get the shipping and handling down around two bucks.

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                          StevieGee1 year, 1 month ago

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                          A second nickel at no extra charge!!! (just pay additional shipping and handling)

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                      not2needy1 year, 1 month ago

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                      Well done James, as usual!

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                        ind061 year, 1 month ago

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                        James, as usual you did a spectacular job wrapping up the week with a big ol' bow! It's like getting a surprise party every week!

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                          BronxBomber1 year, 1 month ago

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                          ...With TweekerChickQC popping out of the cake...WooHoo!!!

                          :oD

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                            Will13131 year, 1 month ago

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                            I'll second that ..

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                              JamesMarcus1 year, 1 month ago

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                              We may have to discuss that with her first--I'm not sure it's in the standard Scout contract. :)

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                                BronxBomber1 year, 1 month ago

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                                We can bend the rules every now and then...

                                ;o)

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                            Pupi1 year, 1 month ago

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                            Excellent as usual, James!

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                              cowboygrandpa1 year, 1 month ago

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                              James Marcus:

                              Thank you, you have done a great job again.

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                                memestryker1 year, 1 month ago

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                                James, thanks. It's obvious you spend considerable time searching for this stuff! I always enjoy reading these.

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                                  JamesMarcus1 year, 1 month ago

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                                  Thank you, ladies and germs. It's actually a fascinating chore to read through hundreds of comments at the end of each week--I wish I could include more without making the feature too bulky.

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                                  NancyCronk1 year, 1 month ago

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                                  First, the pit bull needs to be chained up in the junk yard and muzzled.

                                  Second, John McCain voted consistenly not to allow Martin Luther King Jr. day as a holiday.

                                  John McCain defended South Carolina for flying a confederate flag over their capitol.

                                  John McCain appointed a racist pit bull who can't tell the truth as his running mate.

                                  The media shouldn't be focussing on Obama's acquaintance with Ayers, but McCain's ties to Hitler (yes they were both alive at the same time) and with the KKK.

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                                    JamesMarcus1 year, 1 month ago

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                                    Whatever mistakes John McCain may have made, I don't think he has any ties to Hitler or the KKK.

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                                    Will13131 year, 1 month ago

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                                    James..

                                    ..........great WIR as usual..

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                                      MacBookForMe1 year, 1 month ago

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                                      Truly nice and positively sounding compilation of otherwise not so kind comments!:)

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                                        CRYMTYPHON1 year, 1 month ago

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                                        If you are the nosy kind that reads people's bios, you know that JamesMarcus translates from other languages.

                                        I demand to see our comments translated into Italian !

                                        It will add a sophistication, a 'je ne sais quoi' to the discussions of Palin's facial hair and Obama's trashy plane;

                                        - and Propeller could use a little sophistication.

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                                          ind061 year, 1 month ago

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                                          Se sei il ficcanso tipo che legge bios della gente, apete che traduce JamesMarcus da altre lingue.

                                          Mi domanda per vedere i nostri commenti tradotta in italiano!

                                          Si aggiunge una sofisticazione, una 'je ne se quoi' alle discussioni de Palin del viso capelli Obama e sporco aeroplano;

                                          -elica e Potrebbe utilizzare un po 'di sofisticazione.

                                          You owe JamesMarcus twenty dollars.

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                                            BronxBomber1 year, 1 month ago

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                                            In euros!

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                                              CRYMTYPHON1 year, 1 month ago

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                                              I already paid him twenty bucks to mention me in the Weekly Review*.

                                                                                                                     
                                              * I didn't say that and you can't prove it.
                                              Crymtyphon is a very common screen name.

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                                                JamesMarcus1 year, 1 month ago

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                                                So that's where the twenty bucks came from! But did you also send the nice box of cheese danishes? And the cable-knit sweater? And the pony keg of Mirror Pond Pale Ale?

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                                                JamesMarcus1 year, 1 month ago

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                                                Wow, that was molto imponente. But the sophistication level at Propeller is already at an historic high. Maybe we can translate entire threads into Esperanto instead.

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                                                  BronxBomber1 year, 1 month ago

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                                                  Esperanto, is that another form of cappuccino? Sounds delicious!

                                                  I think I'll have that added with cinnamon sticks.

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                                                    JamesMarcus1 year, 1 month ago

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                                                    It's actually one third espresso, one third decaf Kona, one third grain alcohol, with a light drizzling of trail mix on top.

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                                                      ind061 year, 1 month ago

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                                                      All I can say is that I am most certainly NOT impotent!I just translated a whopping load of Italian here and I should think that speaks for me virility-wise.

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                                              pstshirts10 months ago

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                                              Sarah Palin was in no way capable of doing the job. Great guster shown by our nation. God bless America.

                                              Check out http://www.printtshirtusa.com/tshirts.asp for custom palin, obama t shirts.

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