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Monday, November 10, 2008 12:00 AM

The 2008 election: Where are they now?

Salon catches up with some of the also-rans, has-beens and future standouts from the 2008 election cycle.

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Sunday, November 9, 2008 06:23 PM

2045?!

Piper became the first female vice president of the United States in 2045. Chelsea Clinton became president in 2045.

2045? That's pretty freakin depressing.

Sunday, November 9, 2008 06:59 PM

Clint Eastwood and Wallace Shawn?

That's some interesting casting for McCain and Lieberman. Which is which? Because, frankly I'd cast Dustin Hoffman and the voodoo reanimated corpse of Jack Lemmon.

Sunday, November 9, 2008 07:06 PM

Pretty funny

stuff! But I have to differ just a bit. Palin could not possibly be a spokesperson for Neiman's cause she can't pronounce it.

She runs on a ticket with Newt in 2012. They win the election on Cindy McCain's planet and leave earth in a large gas sucking SUV that belongs to Newt. They continue to write the Human Events newsletter from outer space with an internet connection set up by Google that reaches far into the galaxy. The Google employee who authorized the wi-fi connection is fired and moves in with Cindy.

Sunday, November 9, 2008 07:18 PM

only a collective effort

could be this inane.

Sunday, November 9, 2008 07:34 PM

Lame

Makes Camille Paglia's hairbrained, terribly written columns read like Proust.

Also, laugh free.

Sunday, November 9, 2008 07:41 PM

:-{

George W. Bush is totally more awesomely happy than he has ever been in his whole entire life.

The most accurate prediction of the whole bunch.

At least Lyndon Johnson had the decency to drink himself to death.

Sunday, November 9, 2008 07:53 PM

Bush will remain awesomely happy...

... until Jeb tracks him down and beats the crap out of him for ruining his chances in 2012. His dad might even kick him in the ribs a couple of times while he's down for screwing up the family legacy.

Sunday, November 9, 2008 08:48 PM

weak

This feels and reads like sub-Mad Magazine filler. I love Salon, but this is just sub-par.

Sunday, November 9, 2008 10:07 PM

One More...

And Rachel Maddow occupies the long vacant seat of Helen Thomas in the White House press corps.

Sunday, November 9, 2008 10:07 PM

One More...

And Rachel Maddow occupies the long vacant seat of Helen Thomas in the White House press corps.

Sunday, November 9, 2008 10:18 PM

What's next

10 things to do while brushing your hair? Has Salon become MSN?

Sunday, November 9, 2008 10:52 PM

Well this was a waste of time.

Truly one of the most idiotic articles I have ever seen on Salon.

Sunday, November 9, 2008 11:06 PM

Lame

Joan,

You haven't got a sense of humour, nor have your staff.

Spike this bilge from now on please.

Sunday, November 9, 2008 11:55 PM

Lame

Gee, I can barely keep back the laughter :/sarcasm:

Someone got paid to write that?

Ugh!

Monday, November 10, 2008 03:14 AM

funny

Ron Paul lives in a bunker made entirely of "Ron Paul" signs.

Now that genuinely got a solid chuckle from me.

Others may find it lame, but I have your sense of humor, and found the whole thing pretty funny.

It was a little startling, though, because from the headline I was expecting a serious article. What has happened to Huckabee and Giuliani anyway, really? When they spoke at the Republican convention it was like they'd returned from the dead.

Monday, November 10, 2008 03:26 AM

This is absolutely ridiculous!

Everyone knows McCain wouldn't marry Lieberman; he would marry Lindsay Graham!

Monday, November 10, 2008 03:52 AM

Swift Boot Kick

You forgot to mention that Palin took over the French Socialist Party.

Monday, November 10, 2008 04:34 AM

Unsubtle and kind of unfunny

When I accuse it of being "unfunny," I mean that it is, in fact, a reversal of humor. Honestly, some of that reads as juvenile taunting worthy of Flush Limbaugh. We've been winning the war by having more subtlety than them, by having jokes based on what they do rather than how they look.

I really don't mind gloating over our wins.

gloat gloat gloat

I just don't want to go to a sub-Onion place to give "locker room quotes" for the opponents. When satire is well done, it is unanswerable. This was a little too "nyah-nyah."

Monday, November 10, 2008 04:38 AM

and Obama?

...he got a podium with an official "Office of the President-Elect" logo on it and gave really, really good speeches about fluffy nothings. Eventually, American realized the ridiculous nature of the Messiah from Chicago and quietly let him act out his term. The scheduled speech after speech for him and hired a staff of a dozen graphic artists to design logos and compose slogand.

Republicans and Democrats united for the first time in history and quietly came up with a consensus candidate for 2012. IN doing so, they all but ignored the new candidates stand on issues and ideology as they sought instead to get behind a grown up with a clue.

Monday, November 10, 2008 05:29 AM

John Edwards

Anyone who thinks Sauron would allow an insignificant Orc to guard the gates of Mordor needs to bone up on their lore. Uruk-hai, at least.

Monday, November 10, 2008 05:34 AM

Actually

...I thought it was pretty funny. Lighten up folks, we need it.

Monday, November 10, 2008 05:51 AM

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Monday, November 10, 2008 06:29 AM

Tee hee

I second that McCain would SO NOT marry Lieberman. He's too in love with his buddy Linsey Graham. Let them get married instead. Also, Sarah Palin can't be a spokeswoman for any business. Because she wouldn't be able to remember where the locations would be and if the title of the business is not from "real" America, she probably couldn't pronounce it anyway.

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