73 Nixons - Poor Little Johnny McCain

Hey Readers!

Yeah...so the debate the other night...BORING. The only memorable thing was when McCain referred to Senator Obama as, "that one". We really don't think he meant it as a racial slur, it was just a way of disrespecting him. Like most of the McCain camp's recent moves, it backfired.

Throw in McCain's stage roaming, obvious disdain, and rampant jaw clenching and we saw a little bit behind the curtain. One gets the feeling Senator McCain feels as if he somehow has earned the office of the President. that he deserves it, and that the thought of even having to deal with Obama, much less lose to him, just turns McCain's stomach. 

The days following the debate saw angry, angry rallies for McCain/Palin. It was reported that people were screaming, "terrorist!", "off with his head!", even "KILL HIM" referring to Obama. Wow. Only after numerous calls from the talking heads in the media for McCain to curtail some of this hate did he do something.

An older lady, disheveled and seemingly a little medicated or confused stood up and told McCain, "...i don't trust him [Obama]...i read...he's an Arab..." Wow. To his credit, McCain immediately grabbed the mic and "corrected" her. Upon further thought, the whole thing seemed almost staged, but we'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

Poor little Johnny though...people at his own rallies are now booing him when he says civil things about Obama. There is such an underlying vibe of anger...even hate towards Obama from these crowds. Scary. The implications are there...draw your own conclusions. This is 2008, right? Wow.

Poor little Johnny. Everything he does now seems to backfire. 

November 4th is still a long way off senator. Maybe if you actually talked about the issues...

--the Nixons

73 Nixons - Presidential Debate Tonight [10 07 2008]

Hi.

Tonight should be another barn burner. Obama versus McCain. Four weeks to election day. Fresh off one of the most watched and analyzed VP debates in recent history we get back to the actual presidential candidates.

When they shake hands, McCain should say, "Hi terrorist. Can I call you terrorist?" You know, to set up the zinger to come later a la, "can I call you Joe?" leading up to, "say it ain't so, Joe!"

They should have plenty to talk about...

The stock market closed today at 9,447. A 5 year low. DO NOT EVEN CHECK YOUR 401K. You will not be happy. Do not cash it in though. The whole point of the 401k is long term. If you are close to retirement...well, timing is everything isn't it?

The "war" drags on in Iraq. McCain and Palin keep talking about "winning". What is it exactly that we as a nation are trying to "win" in Iraq? [side note: McCain was a POW, yes. and they don't let us forget it for a minute. We as a nation should applaud his dedication and service. This however does not make him a hero, and it certainly does not pre-qualify him to be the President...]

How is bringing home our troops "losing"? They have fought valiantly and sacrificed so much. Bring them home, so we can say thank you to their face and not to their widow.

To all of our armed forces worldwide, the Nixons would like to say THANK YOU!!!!!!!! You work and risk your lives everyday for everyone of us whether we deserve it or not. THANK YOU!!!!!!

And did we mention that the stock market closed at a 5 year low? We are on the edge of a global economic disaster. You can forget about any tax breaks for the next 4 years. Throw out any campaign promises regarding the economy. But rest assured that we will hear plenty of them tonight.

The truth of the matter is that the next couple of years are going be dictated by circumstances, not by rhetoric and empty promises. This could be the depression that our grandchildren hear about and don't relate to the way we didn't relate to our grandparents stories of the depression of the 20th century.

The Nixons think it will be OK, and we will avoid a full blown depression, but we tend to expect the best. You should too! A lot of this economic crap is psychological snowballing, so stay positive!!!

Blah blah blah. Watch the debate tonight. PS, it's more fun to watch it at a bar or with a group consisting of people from both parties. Very interesting indeed.

talk soon,

-the Nixons

73 Nixons - Palin Around With Terrorists

Beloved Readers.

It’s “time to take the gloves off,” Mrs. Palin said.

“Our opponent … is someone who sees America it seems as being so imperfect that he’s palling around with terrorists who would target their own country,” she said, referring to Bill Ayers.

Mr Ayers was the co-founder of a group called the "Weather Underground" that was labeled a domestic terror group by the FBI. This was in the 60's. Most men in power at that time wore 3 piece suits, cut their hair into flat tops, attended church religiously (ha) and...The point is, anyone that questioned the government were labeled as terrorists.

This group did and/or planned some horrible things. Yes. Obama was 8 years old at the time. Obama has condemned the actions of Ayers, and many media organizations have discounted any ongoing relationship between the two.

Mrs. Palin went on, “I get to bring this up not to pick a fight, but it was there in the New York Times, so we are gonna talk about it,” she said. “Turns out one of Barack’s earliest supporters is a man who, according to the New York Times, and they are hardly ever wrong, was a domestic terrorist and part of a group that quote launched a campaign of bombings that would target the Pentagon and US Capitol. Wow. These are the same guys who think patriotism is paying higher taxes.” [wasn't the NY Times that paper that had that reporter who admitted to making up stories?]

Wow indeed. Please remember, that Obama's plan raises taxes on the wealthy, while McSame's plan cuts taxes to the wealthy and increases taxes for the middle class. Another re-run of the Reagan era "trickle down" economics. And didn't that work well?

Sorry readers, our objectivity in this election is waning as we are exposed more and more to the lies and hypocrisy of the McSame/Failin ticket. Are the Obama people lying to us? Probably. But the intention seems less...evil.

We will never fully endorse any candidate that isn't named Nixon. And we are not endorsing Obama. We are simply pointing out some things about the campaigns that seem odd to us.

When Obama accuses McSame or Failin' of something that outrageous, we will happily point it out. We promise.

-the Nixons

73 Nixons - Why is Michael Vick in prison?

Hello Animal Lovers,

Chris Rock asks an interesting question in his new HBO special. Why is Michael Vick in prison? Well, for animal cruelty and killing animals, of course. But...

How many wolves would have been shot if Sarah Palin had her way? FROM A F*CKING HELICOPTER? Have you seen pictures of her are where she's posing for a picture, holding the head of a dead animal? An animal she shot from a safe distance with a high powered gun? And she is a Governor and Vice Presidential candidate.

Michael Vick had relatives, living in a different state than him, running a dog fighting club in a house that he happened to own. Please don't misunderstand, we do not condone dog fighting. But how is that different from "sport" hunting? I'm sure the wolves, caribou, moose, and other animals murdered, excuse me "hunted" by Sarah Palin would say there is no difference.

So when people in the South, black and white, speak of dog fighting as part of their culture, part of their heritage, they are dismissed as ignorant bumpkins. When rich folks put on fancy outfits and shoot at animals with assault rifles (from helicopters) it is called a sport.

Are we missing something? Or is this one of the clearest examples of institutional class ism, if not outright racism, we've seen in a long time? Why aren't people talking about this?

C'mon people, talk about this.

FREE MICHAEL VICK! or,

IMPRISON SARAH PALIN!

whaddya think? Hmmmm?

-the Nixons

73 Nixons - VP Debate. Who Won?

Hey Hey Hey,

Nixons here.

So what did you think?

The debate was riveting. The reaction was even more interesting. The Republicans somehow twisted reality around to the point that they believed Palin won simply because she didn't completely fail as everyone expected. Man, talk about the theory of success via lowered expectation!

As if, simply because she managed to keep talking, keep winking (were we the only ones who found that disingenuous and annoying?) and didn't run off the stage in a fit of tears that she won this debate.

Far from it amigos. Watch it again. We counted only one time that she even attempted to answer the question offered. It seemed as though she had a list of speeches memorized. She would scan what Biden or the moderator were saying for key words, and then launch into one of her canned answers/mini speeches. Perhaps the Nixons are "old school" when it comes to the spoken language, but if one was to transcribe word for word some of her answers one would find that some of her mini speeches were catch phrases swirled around dangling participles, tense disagreements. Hell, just plain filler.

Yes, Biden is a career politician. We couldn't help but think how much he probably wanted to just pat her on the head, give her a donation for the PTA, and send her off to get the mini van washed. We assumed that he would play it safe. Everyone was expecting (this debate was really about expectation wasn't it?) him to come off condescending. In his own surprise performance, he was patient, attentive, overly respectful really. So many he times he could of pounced on her shaky statements with such ease and shredded her. But the fact for Biden was that he couldn't really win by winning as he would be seen as "mean" or chauvinistic. "Typical beltway politician" they would say. How long has McSame been in the Senate now? We're not sure, but we're pretty sure we've seen pictures of him riding a dinosaur into D.C. Ha. See what we did there?

In his own shining moment however...when Palin tried to play the "I'm a mom with a special needs child...the one who knows about sitting around the kitchen table making hard decisions...you know, something a heartless career politician like Biden could never relate to" bull sh*t...Biden, choking slightly on the memory of it, reminded her that much earlier in his life his wife and two of his children had been killed. That he had to sit at the kitchen table with his two surviving sons and figure out how they were going to make it back from that hell; both financially and emotionally. I'm sorry, but that is the first and probably the last time that we cried during a debate. Damn you Biden!

Call him lawyerly, call him a career politician, but that was one of the most "human" moments the Nixons have ever seen from a politician.

Keep your fake winks Mrs. Palin. In fact, keep your "betchas", your lame hockey mom references, and your annoying Minnesota via Canada accent too. We grew tired even of the timbre of your voice by the end. We kept thinking, "too bad Tina Fey couldn't just play this part for you. Her imitation of you is much more palatable than the real you."

-the Nixons

73 Nixons - 2008 Presidential Election. Racism, sensitivity, and our own dream.

Ha.

Got your attention with that one?

So...er, um...guess we're not supposed to even talk about this stuff. But yeah...

This election is about a lot of things. The economy. The war. The future.

But it is also about race. There, we said it. It was almost about gender. Don't give up Hillary! Palin is making you look better and better every day. Your time will come.

We in the U.S.A. like to pretend that so many things have changed. And to be fair, a lot of things have. But damn this is a racist country.

All the, "...he'll be shot..." or, "...I just don't think when people close the curtain and go to vote, that they will vote for a black...uh...African American..." talk really got us thinking about "America" in 2008.

First of all. Sad as it is that is necessary to say this; shouldn't it really be about who the best person for the job is? "bleeding heart liberal", says our mom's voice in our head.

Second, and this is sort of off to the side, but is "African American" really the term we settled on? Do we need a term for people? Would Dr. King or Malcom want to be called African American? or just American? Light skinned people aren't called "Northern European Americans". Sigh...even now...here come the thoughts: "should we be typing this?" "are we being sensitive or correct enough?"

Third, leading up to the VP debate there has been talk that the moderator may not be able to be objective. You know, because she is...uh...of a darker skin tone. F*ck, this is getting uncomfortable! WHY?!? Anyway...We've watched many many debates in our time, and no one ever questioned a light skinned moderator's objectivity because the candidates were light skinned. "oh, but she is writing a book about African Americans in politics, and Obama is in the title." So what? She's not able to fairly moderate a debate because...huh?!?

Watch Chris Rock's new HBO special. True comedy is riddled with truths. In a very interesting twist, the show is edited together from shows held in NYC, London, and Johannesburg. It is interesting to see the reactions to his jokes in very different countries. The "white" people sitting in the legendary Apollo Theater seemed to laugh just a little more nervously than their counterparts in other countries. I won't attempt to re-tell any jokes. Somehow it just doesn't feel like it would be OK; or as funny. Sigh. Just watch it. It is funny as hell. Somehow he forces you to look at your own ass and then makes you laugh about it. He doesn't stop with racism either, he gets into gender issues pretty deep also. It's a date movie!

Malcom had an insight and a beautiful anger. Dr. King had a way with words and a dream.

We in no way attempt to compare ourselves to these historical heavy weights. But we too have a dream. That someday we'll be free to love and hate each other...to marry and divorce each other...to help and hurt each other...to have beautiful and ugly children together...to look at two children playing together and not marvel at a "black" and "white" child playing together...but just see two kids playing together so we can concentrate on more important things; like keeping women in their place. JUST KIDDING. ha ha? Ha?

Then we could dream about cooler, more important things. Like legalizing...well, that's another post isn't it?

-the Nixons

73 Nixons - VP Debate. OH BOY!

Readers.

It's only hours away. The showdown. The proverbial moment of truth. Palin v Biden. Biden v Palin. One on one. Mano a...mana...?

Who are you rooting for? Who do you secretly, or not so secretly, want to see fall flat on their face?

We're staying neutral. We try to report angles and observations, not opinions. Except, of course, for our well documented love for one Richard Milhous Nixon. History will prove us right about NIXON!

But man (woman) are we looking forward to this debate! Not since "gridlock!" and, "...you sir, are no Jack Kennedy" have we been primed for a vice presidential debate like we are for this one. This is almost to super bowl party level. We swear to...well, whatever...we swear we've bought tortilla chips, queso dip, and a twelve pack of fine German lager for this one. The Nixons prefer St. Pauli Girl should you be the gift giving type.

Katie bar the door and if a frog had pockets...sorry, we went all Dan Rather there for a second.

Please check back with us tomorrow, post debate, for our take on the festivities. And then, for the love of Pete, leave us a comment. Let us know you care. Sheesh. Would it kill ya to leave a damn comment?

-the Nixons.