Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...

new from the other side:

Coulter wants Clinton over McCain: Coulter said she is prepared to campaign on Clinton's behalf should McCain win the party's nomination. linky

This whole notion that John McCain is somehow divding the Republican Party is nothing short of ridiculous.

George Bush destroyed the party by alienating EVERYONE in the coalition Reagan built (coalition of anti-tax conservatives, social conservatives, and hawk conservatives). He energized the base, ignored the center and then betrayed everyone by entering a war without properly funding it (creating one of the most free spending governments without any fiscal responsibility). His narrowmindedness (or simple over trust in Cheney) then cost him the trust of the base.

John McCain is the only chance for the Republican Party to not fall into a 40 year slumber. If they don't see that, then far be it for me to point it out.

Of course, this could all be politicking on Ann's part because she would rather not see Clinton get the nomination, but I doubt she's that smart.

Russia Slams OSCE Election Monitors

Oh yeah, there's still an "election" to be had in Russia. What a farce.

I'm digging the return of Fundrace 2008.
Stripper's dollar bills are currently going to Ron Paul.
Custodians are also cleaning up for Ron Paul.
Models are looking good for Clinton.

And the all important Village People money watch.
Construction workers - John McCain
Sailors - Ron Paul
Indians, none in occupation, but one guy works for 'Indians' - He gave to Rudy
Police - Ron Paul
Cowboys, none, but Bill Richardson was getting the most cash from 'Ranchers' and 'Rodeo'
No leather or biker occupations have yet given to the reportable level.

An American Parliamentary Presidency?
Candidates may have to run from within Congress, not away from it

I'm not sure which is worse, the song or the video?

Heidi Montag Debut's Her First Video

What the hell year is this? Why not just skip it and go to wimax?

AT&T to Expand 3g Wireless

Of course none of this will matter because the vast majority of at&t phones (read: iPhone) don't work on the 3G network.

Originally posted by vansmack:
What the hell year is this? Why not just skip it and go to wimax?

AT&T to Expand 3g Wireless

Of course none of this will matter because the vast majority of at&t phones (read: iPhone) don't work on the 3G network.

the 3G iphone will be out this year, which is what I am waiting for

ugh. heidi.

isn't that kinda the same video that paris hilton did 2 years ago?

Originally posted by tigers scare me:
isn't that kinda the same video that paris hilton did 2 years ago?

Good call. The Stars are Blind video. Except I kind of like the Paris song. Heidi's song is terrible.

There are 3 new Mountain Dew flavors…

http://www.dewmocracy.com/

SuperNova (strawberry)
Voltage (Rasberry)
Revolution (Wild Berry)

The term "Superdelegate" is going to be the "Hanging Chad" of this election.

After the Super Tuesday that was in fact super, but not the deciding event it had been hyped, there is a decent chance that no Democratic candidate will emerge from the primaries leaving the decision up to the Superdelegates. There's a great chance that each candidate will have around 1350 pleged delegates in by Mar 4 and 1600 each by June. So that leaves the 800 or so superdelegates as the deciding factor. If it comes to this, it really might just be a race between who owes the Clinton's and who feels wronged by a bridge the Clinton's burned. Fun stuff to figure out, huh?

So who makes up these superdelegates? Here you go:

Democratic members of the United States Congress, Democratic governors, various additional elected officials, members of the Democratic National Committee, as well as "all former Democratic Presidents, all former Democratic Vice Presidents, all former Democratic Leaders of the U.S. Senate, all former Democratic Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives and Democratic Minority Leaders, and all former Chairs of the Democratic National Committee

Start your research now….

Originally posted by vansmack:

Start your research now….

Endoresement list here.

Gore's endorsement could make things very interesting, if and when he decides to back a candidate…

Originally posted by vansmack:

Originally posted by tigers scare me:
isn't that kinda the same video that paris hilton did 2 years ago?

Good call. The Stars are Blind video. Except I kind of like the Paris song. Heidi's song is terrible.

Stars are Blind sounds like it would have been a decent Gwen Stefani song. Minus the dealbreaking "you show me yours" line imo.

Originally posted by amnesiac:

Originally posted by vansmack:

Start your research now….

Endoresement list here.

Nice. Just one thing to add is that Superdelegates can change their vote at anytime right up until the convention.

Broke the drum pedal on my Rock Band kit yesterday. Well, Venerable did most of the work, I just had the final stomp. Anyone else break equipment yet?

EA had a pretty slick return policy - very few quetions asked (must be happening a lot). They ship it out and if you send your broken equipment back in 28 days - it's free.

It looks a lot like this:
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5c/RB_Pedal_Broken.JPG/200px-RB_Pedal_Broken.JPG" alt=" - " />

Originally posted by nkotb:
And what's the word on Rock Band coming out for the Wii? Ever gonna happen? I'm working on deciding which new system I should pick up, and the Wii is the likely front-runner. Still, without Rock Band, I feel empty :(

It's Official: Rock Band for the wii. Still no release date, however.

Are ya hitting Noise Pop?

I'm seeing Cursive, 2 nights of Magnetic Fields, British Sea Power, She & Him, Blitzen Trapper, and Taken By Trees (not a Noise Pop show)