{"id":174,"date":"2008-11-01T14:32:44","date_gmt":"2008-11-01T18:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianpiatt.org\/?p=174"},"modified":"2008-11-01T14:32:44","modified_gmt":"2008-11-01T18:32:44","slug":"newspin-column-november-pulp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christianpiatt.org\/?p=174","title":{"rendered":"NewSpin column &#8211; November PULP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" \/><meta name=\"ProgId\" content=\"Word.Document\" \/><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" \/><meta name=\"Originator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" \/>\n<link href=\"file:\/\/\/C:%5CUsers%5CCHRIST%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml\" rel=\"File-List\" \/><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" name=\"country-region\"><\/o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" name=\"State\"><\/o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" name=\"place\"><\/o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:WordDocument>   <w:View>Normal<\/w:View>   <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>   <w:PunctuationKerning\/>   <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>   <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>   <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>   <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>   <w:Compatibility>    <w:BreakWrappedTables\/>    <w:SnapToGridInCell\/>    <w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>    <w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>    <w:DontGrowAutofit\/>   <\/w:Compatibility>   <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>  <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\">  <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object  classid=\"clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D\" id=ieooui><\/object> \n\n<style> st1\\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <\/style>\n\n <![endif]--><\/p>\n<style> <!--  \/* Style Definitions *\/  p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal \t{mso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmargin:0in; \tmargin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:12.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";} span.t13 \t{mso-style-name:t13;} @page Section1 \t{size:8.5in 11.0in; \tmargin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; \tmso-header-margin:.5in; \tmso-footer-margin:.5in; \tmso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 \t{page:Section1;} --> <\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]> \n\n<style>  \/* Style Definitions *\/  table.MsoNormalTable \t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\"; \tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; \tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0; \tmso-style-noshow:yes; \tmso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; \tmso-para-margin:0in; \tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-ansi-language:#0400; \tmso-fareast-language:#0400; \tmso-bidi-language:#0400;} <\/style>\n\n <![endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">NewSpin<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">November, 2008<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Time is tight this time of year for the candidates competing for executive office. Last-minute pleas and positioning can consume more hours than there are in a day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">So how is it that this humble reporter was able to gather all four major presidential and vice-presidential candidates together for a sit-down at the same time? Call it good karma \u0096 that, and a killer pot of coffee and some bitchin\u0092 scones. Politicians are suckers for a scone, it turns out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Following is a transcription of the discussion that took place:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>PULP: <\/strong>\u0093First of all, thanks to each of you for taking time out of your busy schedule. I know you\u0092re very busy \u0096\u0093<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Biden: <\/strong>\u0093What the hell is that supposed to mean, you little punk? Are you looking for a fight?\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>PULP: <\/strong>\u0093Not al all, Senator. I was just thanking you for your time.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Biden: <\/strong>\u0093Oh, OK. I thought you said something about my mother. Proceed.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>PULP: <\/strong>\u0093Senator McCain, we\u0092ll start with you.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>McCain: <\/strong>\u0093Fire away, cowboy.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>PULP: <\/strong>\u0093It\u0092s been suggested by some pundits that you tend to change positions on issues based on what is politically expedient. Do you care to respond to that claim?\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>McCain: <\/strong>\u0093Yes I would.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>PULP: <\/strong>\u0093Great. Any time you\u0092re ready.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>McCain: <\/strong>\u0093What was the question?\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>PULP: <\/strong>\u0093Maybe we\u0092ll come back to you. Senator Obama, some of your detractors have implied that you tend to speak over the heads of the American public. How do you feel about that?\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Obama: <\/strong>\u0093Much like Osiris did in the fourth century when Theodosius\u0092 influence became the status quo.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>PULP: <\/strong>\u0093Excuse me?\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Obama: <\/strong>\u0093Let me put it more simply for you. It\u0092s kind of like being the only male witness to the early bacchanalia. You know what I mean?\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>PULP: <\/strong>\u0093Not at all.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Obama: <\/strong>\u0093You disappoint me.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>PULP: <\/strong>\u0093Governor Palin \u0096\u0093<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Palin: <\/strong>\u0093That\u0092s Vice President Palin.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>PULP: <\/strong>\u0093But you haven\u0092t been elected yet.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Palin: <\/strong>\u0093But I will be. God told me so.\u0094 <em>Governor Palin reaches for the last scone.<o:p><\/o:p><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Biden: <\/strong>\u0093You may be a girl, but if you touch that, I\u0092ll break every finger in your friggin\u0092 hand.\u0094<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Obama: <\/strong>\u0093Come on, Joe.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Let\u0092s not perseverate into one of your perorations.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>McCain: <\/strong>\u0093Was that English?\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>PULP: <\/strong>\u0093I think Senator Obama was just trying to get Senator Biden to calm down.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>McCain: <\/strong>\u0093Who the hell are you?\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>PULP: <\/strong>\u0093I\u0092m the reporter conducting this interview.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>McCain: <\/strong>\u0093What was the question?\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Palin: <\/strong>\u0093For God\u0092s sake, John, he hasn\u0092t asked you anything.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>McCain: <\/strong>\u0093Yeah, what do you know? You\u0092re just the governor of some piss-ant state up by the <st1:place w:st=\"on\">Arctic Circle<\/st1:place>. Go hunt some caribou or whatever it is you people do up there.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>PULP: <\/strong>\u0093Senator, Governor Palin is your running mate.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>McCain: <\/strong>\u0093Right, good one. Am I being punked here?\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>PULP: <\/strong>\u0093No sir. You picked her just before the RNC.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>McCain: <\/strong>\u0093Why did I do that?\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Palin: <\/strong>\u0093Because of my record as a reformer, remember?\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>McCain: <\/strong>\u0093This, coming from the woman who oversaw the largest per-capita earmarks for any state in the union.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Palin: <\/strong>\u0093But what about the Bridge to Nowhere? I said \u0091thanks but no thanks,\u0092 remember?\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>PULP: <\/strong>\u0093After the federal government pulled their support for the project.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>McCain: <\/strong>\u0093Yeah, Sandra. Chew on that.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Palin: <\/strong>\u0093It\u0092s Sarah, you moron, and we\u0092re on the same side.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>McCain: <\/strong>\u0093What was the question?\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>PULP: <\/strong>\u0093Senator Biden, do you care to address the remarks attributed to you in the <em>New York Observer <\/em>about Senator Obama, where you described him as an \u0091articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy\u0092?\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Biden: <\/strong>\u0093Well, he does have outstanding hygiene habits. Go on, give him a sniff.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Obama: <\/strong>\u0093Joe, I really don\u0092t think \u0096\u0093<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Biden: <\/strong>\u0093Is that lavender? I think it\u0092s lavender. Or maybe Patchouli.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>PULP: <\/strong>\u0093The thing is, Senator, that some folks have suggested it was an implicitly racist comment.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Obama: <\/strong>\u0093Joe, please get your nose out of my armpit.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Biden: <\/strong>\u0093Me? Racist? Do you think I\u0092d stick my nose in a black man\u0092s armpit if I was racist?\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>PULP: <\/strong>\u0093I don\u0092t know, senator.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Biden: <\/strong>\u0093Why don\u0092t you move on to another question, son, before I remove your skull from your body and make it my own portable outhouse?\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>PULP: <\/strong>\u0093Senator Obama, you continue to have to address concerns about your perceived lack of experience. Does this concern you?\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Obama: <\/strong>\u0093Not at all. I mean, look at <span class=\"t13\">Tzipi Livni. People have been saying the same thing about him.\u0094<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"t13\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"t13\"><strong>PULP: <\/strong>\u0093Who?\u0094<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"t13\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"t13\"><strong>McCain: <\/strong>\u0093Yeah, who?\u0094<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"t13\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"t13\"><strong>Obama: <\/strong>\u0093The Kadima party leader in <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Israel<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>.\u0094<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"t13\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"t13\"><strong>Palin: <\/strong>\u0093I can see <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">Israel<\/st1:country-region> from my house in <st1:state w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Alaska<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>.\u0094<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"t13\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"t13\"><strong>PULP: <\/strong>\u0093Don\u0092t you mean <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Russia<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>?\u0094<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"t13\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"t13\"><strong>Obama: <\/strong>\u0093I\u0092m surrounded by simpletons.\u0094<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"t13\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"t13\"><strong>Biden: <\/strong>\u0093You call me that again and I\u0092ll take you out back and rearrange your family tree.\u0094<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"t13\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"t13\"><strong>McCain: <\/strong>\u0093What was the question?\u0094<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"t13\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>PULP: <\/strong>\u0093Never mind. Thank you all for your time.\u0094<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NewSpin November, 2008 \u00a0 Time is tight this time of year for the candidates competing for executive office. 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