Comments on: From The Department Of “Wow!” (Nielsen Edition) http://www.redstate.com/pejman_yousefzadeh/2008/09/06/from-the-department-of-wow-nielsen-editio/ Thu, 14 May 2009 16:10:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: CincoSolas_del_Bronx http://www.redstate.com/pejman_yousefzadeh/2008/09/06/from-the-department-of-wow-nielsen-editio/#comment-1572 CincoSolas_del_Bronx Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:39:48 +0000 #comment-1572 <blockquote> <p>speeches on <strong>three nights</strong> by (1) Obama, (2) McCain and ... (3) Sarah Palin.</p> <p><strong>Three times</strong> in two weeks, political speeches were watched by more people than the "American Idol" finale, the Academy Awards and the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics this year.</p> </blockquote> <p>At first it didn't fit with what I had been taught about how many major party candidates normally run for President and Vice President, but then it hit me:</p> <p>it's not 2 vs. 2 this year, it's 2 vs. <strong>One</strong>.</p> <p>And Joe, friendly advice: from a distance your quaking knees <strong>could</strong> just be mistaken for this:</p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vnOTZi1kdYg&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vnOTZi1kdYg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p>

speeches on three nights by (1) Obama, (2) McCain and … (3) Sarah Palin.

Three times in two weeks, political speeches were watched by more people than the “American Idol” finale, the Academy Awards and the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics this year.

At first it didn’t fit with what I had been taught about how many major party candidates normally run for President and Vice President, but then it hit me:

it’s not 2 vs. 2 this year, it’s 2 vs. One.

And Joe, friendly advice: from a distance your quaking knees could just be mistaken for this:

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