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laceblade ([personal profile] laceblade) wrote2008-08-31 09:49 pm

Political notes not about Palin!

“Let me just say from the outset that I don’t consider Bolton credible,” the president said bitterly. Bush had brought Bolton into the top ranks of his administration, fought for Senate confirmation and, when lawmakers balked, defied critics to give the hawkish aide a recess appointment. “I spent political capital for him,” Bush said, and look what he got in return.


Okay, I seriously try to give Bush the benefit of the doubt as a human being, but WHAT THE FLIPPING EFF?! What a dick. The end.

Source.
Also, because I am narcissistic, o hai, I disliked this guy when he got appointed, too.


On a lighter note, many fans of Battlestar Galactica fans have noted the particular resemblance that Colonel Tigh and Laura Roslin bear to John McCain and Sarah Palin. Someone in the comments has also pointed out Cindy McCain's likeness to Ellen Tigh.

I am Saul Tigh, and you'd frakkin'-well-better believe that I approve this message.

[identity profile] hellocthulhu.livejournal.com 2008-09-01 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
"try to give Bush the benefit of the doubt as a human being"

...WHY?!?!?!

Obviously John McCain is a frakkin' toaster warped through space-time to destroy Earth before Galactica can arrive. We just have to destroy his resurrection ship, then wait for him to keel over from old age.
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[identity profile] mystickeeper.livejournal.com 2008-09-02 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know, I find it more interesting to figure out why other people think the way they do, rather than write them off as idiots and ignore them.
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[identity profile] snowystingray.livejournal.com 2008-09-02 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Ha, thanks for the BSG link. I saw it mentioned a few other places, too, but that post has the best comparison photos I've seen. It's funny because I really haven't followed the show since the first season, and yet it immediately sprung to mind right after the announcement of Palin and the subsequent speculation about her readiness to step into the presidency should something happen to McCain. It was just an unexpected frame of mind for me for a moment because, I mean, I get where people have the immediate association of McCain = old in terms of politics/perspectives/experience, but I never really think of him as old in the sense of frail/"would keel over tomorrow and die". So I thought to myself, huh, if he DID get elected and DID die and Palin DID become president, all unexpected-like, it would tooootally be a situation a la Roslin with everybody worried about how inexperienced she is for the job even though technically it'd be hers. And... that was before the physical resemblance even occurred to me (and, again, I haven't watched the show in eons). Although I don't know what it says about me as a person that Tigh was always one of my favourite characters, and Roslin one of my least favourite...
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[identity profile] mystickeeper.livejournal.com 2008-09-02 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, Tigh grew on me as time passed....I feel like Laura Roslin has a lot more "wins at life" points than Palin, though.