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Practical Perl

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

A discussion from earlier today:

Dan:
yes!
Dan:
http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/08/now_whos_effete.html
Me:
That is awesome!
Me:
After first, I just thought, hey, that’s good.
Me:
But then I reread and saw that it was Obama saying that.
Dan:
yeah, jumping on it right away
Me:
‘Atrios on Obama’s brand new ad about McCain’s house counting problems:
“I think it’s more than 7, but I guess it depends on how you count. I suppose it’ll be okay if Factcheck or similar calls Obama’s ad false like this:
The Obama campaign falsely claimed that John McCain owns 7 homes. In fact, he owns 12.”‘
Me:
That would rule.
Dan:
i’ve seen 4 blogs pick up on this already, hopefully it becomes a big issue
Dan:
also:
Dan:
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said at a news conference the two countries have agreed that timetables should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
Me:
Heh, not even Bush is on McCain’s side anymore.
Dan:
mccain’s probable response: “Surge, surge, surge, surge!!!!”
Dan:
there should be a bet in vegas on if Rudy will say “9/11″ more times than McCain will say “Surge” at the convention
Me:
He’s probably going to call the White House and be all, “WTF guys? I thought we were on the same team?”
Me:
I’d put the money on Rudy.
Dan:
heh, check out the mccain response:
Dan:
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/mccain_campaign_response_obama.php
Dan:
it’s like they have some sort of talking points perl script that just strings together buzz words
Me:
Man, just continuing on and on with the outright lies in that last paragraph.
Dan:
./generate-talking-points.pl --with-extra-lies


Undoubtedly, there’s a cron job like that running daily on the GOP’s Ronald Reagan Memorial Server. You know it.