Thursday, September 4, 2008

"R" Turn

The Republicans had their turn at bat last evening with some fine speakers to make their case for a return to power in DC. As readers know, I retire for the evening at about 8 PM as did George Washington, so I read the quotes and some speeches this morning, beginning at 4AM. And there were some good ones.

Ruddy Guiliani: "Giuliani pegged Obama as “a gifted man with an Ivy League education” but said his voting record in the Illinois state house did not show leadership. “Then he ran for the state legislature - where nearly 130 times he was unable to make a decision yes or no,” he said, “He simply voted ‘present.’ As mayor of New York City, I never got a chance to vote ‘present.’ And you know, when you’re president of the United States, you can’t just vote ‘present.’ You must make decisions.” [from WSJ]

Mitt Romney: “Just like you, there has never been a day when I was not proud to be an American,” Romney told the cheering crowd gathered at the Xcel center. Mrs. Obama has been the target of conservative criticism since remarking in February that for “the first time in my adult life” she was proud of America. [from WSJ]

Sarah Palin: In another apparent allusion to Mr Obama, she added: “In politics there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers. And then there are those, like John McCain, who use their careers to promote change.” [from BBC].

Good stuff.

And I liked how Palin focussed on reform as a main campaign issue. Plus she has proven a willingness to cut spending by veto. And has performed well in negotiating with Big Oil in getting that natural gas pipeline to the lower 48 states moving finally.

I taped the speech and will watch it later this morning. But from the excepts and what I read, I like it. McCain chose well.

Markets

More mud stomping ... drunken brawling. I bought a bit of RIG to top off that tank. If the beefers knock the miners & oils down further, I'll buy more.

Word of the Day

"Chiastic - adjective [$100]; and "Chiasmus" - noun [$100] (plural "chiasmi")
Chiastic means characterized by chiasmus.
Chiasmus means a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, as in "he went to the country, to the town went she".
Sentence: Sarah Palin showed considerable rhetorical talent last evening in her acceptance speech in delivery and style, to the extent of even using chiasmus in her allusion to Obama quoted above.

51 comments:

Bud said...

sarah with a shoutout to scranton


loooooooool

Bud said...

did i tell you guys about my new girlfriend?.......her name is sarah


PS......hillary who??

Bud said...

is Arod the best player in baseball? i think so


let's go yankees !!!!!!

mfl59 said...

tough to look at Guiliani the same way after he and his son have launched a lawsuit against Duke University since his son was cut from the golf team.....

maybe if the kid used the claw grip.....

mfl59 said...

eeeeeeeeeeellllllllllllllliiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Spin-em said...

Andrew Giuliani ......what a spoiled tool

Spin-em said...

The road to the White House goes through Scranton(SteamtownUSA....LMAO)

Spin-em said...

is Arod the best player in baseball?

Hes the best player in baseball when it doesnt count....pffftttloool

Spin-em said...

ADP,ADP,ADP!!!

mern said...

phillies sux!

spin i was thinking the very same thing the other night when i looked at the pump, re bible thumpin.

well sarah did it for me, in a big way.

i will vote for obama.

pro life but will kill anything that isnt human...............

a white zygot is more important in the grand scheme of things than an innocent brown child who gets killed by an ameri bomb...................

the right is for small govt, but they are taking all r civil liberties away............

the right is for fiscal discipline, yet mccain will just add to our debt (so will obama, so that is a push).

nope, sorry, mccain 4 battles with cancer and this neocon might be our leader.

she is like andy reid, she cant manage her house............................................

bud, u r killing me.

when did u become a neo con?

Bud said...

eli manning is the best qb in football.....hands down...no question

next stop.....canton, ohio


GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE men !!!!!!!

Spin-em said...

you just wanna goto that Dead concert, ravin like Meathead to Archie about Nixon so "now you can"....ya jackazz

LOOOOL

Spin-em said...

good to have ya back merny.....lol

Bunkerman said...

hmmmm ... thinking ... has anyone ever seen frosty & Sarah Palin's husband in the same place at the same time ?

Maybe frosty is Mr. Palin ? And is at the R convention ?

They have moose hunting in common.

Bunkerman said...

labor costs down ... productivity up.

uhhhh ... inflation just got another arrow in the back

Bud said...

that is hilarious on rudy's son

lmaoooooooooooooo


what a cry-baby

Bunkerman said...

I guess he inherited a predilection to push people around from Daddy.

maverick said...

I see Bud trying to break up another good marriage

mfl59 said...

there were 14 kids on the team...the coach wanted only 7...guiliani was 12th in stroke average....uhhhh, what's the issue?

Bunkerman said...

ego

mfl59 said...

Bman what is your "load" point for AAPL?

Bunkerman said...

under 150

Frosty said...

Bud can relate...when daddy discovered that dirty lil seceret, off to Iowa State...Rudy write a bigger check, gesh, even daddybud figured that out.

Bunkerman said...

Mrs. B has some APPL in her Sky Fund from a while ago.

Bunkerman said...

hmmm Sarah's speech over, frosty (Mr. Palin ?) reappears ... ???

sort of like Clark Kent.

How was Minneapolis, frosty ? Did you enjoy the convention ?

Bunkerman said...

quite a blog having Hillary's cousin and Mr. Palin as commentators.

remarkable ...

;-)

Frosty said...

Did you enjoy the convention ?...not at all...lower 48 bunch of bitter cry babies, hands out begging for goverment cheese...want cheese, milk a moose.

Spin-em said...

Frosty didnt catch the big one so he opens up a can of Whoopazz on the market??? wtf??..loool

mfl59 said...

I guess the oil down/stocks up theory has been debunked.....

Frosty said...

"SELL ALL"...ALOHHHHHAAAAA, have shapie will travel...will return Oct 5th.

Frosty said...

Bunky did receive a redemption notiece from Mrs B, Krypto fund...non-posters tossing in the towel...feels a bit forced indeed.

mfl59 said...

Merrill Lynch revises SPX target lower.....based on higher inflation....pffttt... a bottom must be close...

Bunkerman said...

No redemption notices at krypto Fund - doing well - getting more funds.

Actually bunky to double up Mrs. B's Sky Fund tomorrow.

Major new $$$ to buy in Krypto Fund.

Bunkerman said...

money & mouth are aligned here.

Buy low, sell high.

mfl59 said...

did you sell gold mist to raise funds bunk?

Frosty said...

Bunky...spiddy 1235 friday, holdem or foldem ahead of monday...your PPT heros setting the the hook on the monsta...where are those short sale rules...hammering hank in the bullpen.

Spin-em said...

how's mama's new apartment?

mfl59 said...

is "jim" looking for a snapper?

mern said...

palin is a creationist.

WAY TO GO BIG MAC!

u idiot!

mfl59 said...

Big Mac would put you on your back for speaking like that mern....

have to respect any woman who marries a world class snowmobiler...awesome...

Frosty said...

MERNY lives...off the hook friday Spin....oooppppssss... perhaps not...have 911 on the speed dial and get Bunky's laces and belt.

Spin-em said...

ya cant run for office on a azzlickin,boozapalooza,there aintno Jezzuzazzholes plank....LMAOOOOOOO

Bunkerman said...

Mrs. B is going to get good prices ... sheesh she is going to crush my Alpha Fund this year

:-(

mfl59 said...

this should make you smile bunky...rumors of another big beefer getting liquidated as we speak....

Bud said...

it's about time the Bman realizes the stupidity of his argument

beefers goin under is horrible for the market........we lose buyin power

who is take the Bman's stox higher? oh yeah....the f'ng real buyers

Bunkerman said...

2,998 to go

;-)

Bunkerman said...

uh beefer closes - sends $ back to dumb rich ... dumb rich buys index funds like Krypto Fund style .. gets outperformance with low fees.

=> creates "real" buyers.

Bunkerman said...

getting money out of trading beefers into "real" investors is crucial to a new bull market.

mfl59 said...

Bunk please tell me John Bogle is not your hero....

Bunkerman said...

no, he's not my hero.

Bunkerman said...

but I do like some of the Vanguard Funds for the low fees.

I think he misses a lot ...

Krypto Fund crushes the pure Bogle-esq indexer.