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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/31/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Biden was the most inscrutable choice, ever, for VP. Instead of "change" Obama brought out an old hack, who had trouble with both truth telling, even during the campaign, and with inserting his foot into his mouth. Oh, to know what kind of negotiation that was, to get him on the ticket---except, perhaps to allay terrified old white guys who feared a woman and a (half)black man on the ticket would bring on the apocalypse. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    apparently I am in the minority, but I love Joe Biden! I think he's like the lovable Steve Urkel of the White House. He comes in, says stupid stuff, knocks shit over, and is like "Did I do that?" Oh Joe. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Joe Biden is everything thats wrong and fucked up with congress. This dope won his seat in the Senate when he was 29 and has never had another job until being VP. He has learned about as much about how the country works from his perch in DC as Palin learned about Russia from staring at it. He is walking proof we need term limits.

    And he doesn't drink. I don't trust people who don't drink, unless they've already been alcoholics. #joebiden
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    Image of Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Why is it that I feel compelled to defend Gawker's subject matter against the editors/writers at least once a day lately?

    Either this new crop of staff writers is utterly fucked, or the editorial direction has taken a nosedive, or both.

    Is there some negative correlation between the quality of stories and the quality of AJAX/CSS? #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: From where I'm standing, it would appear to be a positive correlation. It's a good day when I get tripped up by fewer than five unresponsive scripts, infinite waits for comments to load or what have you. #joebiden
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    Image of Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    10/30/09

    @romulus: The site gets prettier, and the content gets lamer. Just callin it as I see it. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: Oh yeah, I didn't mean to quibble. I agree that the site gets fancier all the time, but features seem to break often. I should have added before that it could well be my OS and browser causing headaches most readers don't experience. And in all fairness, I haven't been reading long enough to judge contemporary content against the past. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Not sure what point you're trying to make, Amrita... that you think Cheney's worldview makes some sense? That Cheney was initially popular, before everything he did brought his popularity rating to a low of 28%? I love it that Biden is willing to call a moron a moron. This is a ridiculous post. #joebiden
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Oh, and if you're trying to poke fun at Vice Prez Biden for weeping during the debate when he spoke about his first wife and baby daughter who died, well then, that's just messed up. #joebiden
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    10/31/09

    @Conchie Birdie: One might argue that it was the worst kind of political hackdom for him to bring them up expressly to show his "empathy" side and try to squeeze a tear out of his plastic-surgeryized eye slots. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    I'm absolutely NOT a supporter of ANYTHING Dick says... but, Good Lawwd, Biden, Bin Laden will always BE a part of the issue. I'm sorry, I guess if you had the prez saying this I could understand... but, uh, Joe? Nope.

    That being said, why are we posting crap from Fox News anyway - I thought we weren't supposed to take this stuff seriously?
    #joebiden
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    12/18/08

    In reply to Is Baz Luhrmann Actually Going To Make a Great Gatsby Movie?
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    A message to the glitter.panda et alia: I really don’t give a shit, actually. I’m just outing you for the lulz.

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    Image of WretchedGnu WretchedGnu
    12/18/08

    In reply to Is Baz Luhrmann Actually Going To Make a Great Gatsby Movie?
    I was skeptical, but... maybe the nation really does need a screen adaptation of the most overrated shitpile in modern literature.
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    Image of Trixie from Toronto Trixie from Toronto
    12/18/08

    And yet a good screen adaptation of The Great Gatsby really needs to be done.


    @WretchedGnu: Bite your tongue.

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    Image of jimstoic jimstoic
    12/18/08

    In reply to Is Baz Luhrmann Actually Going To Make a Great Gatsby Movie?
    Woody Allen is the director who should do a Great Gatsby.
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    12/18/08

    @jimstoic: Aren't all his movies kind of a Great Gatsby?
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    12/18/08

    In reply to Is Baz Luhrmann Actually Going To Make a Great Gatsby Movie?
    James Marden would be a terrible choice. I'm kind of blanking at the moment, but offhand I think that if Robert Downey Jr. were younger and taller he'd be the PERFECT Gatsby.
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    12/18/08

    @Understater:
    Ok, scratch that. Jon Hamm would be amazing.
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    Image of HaysiFantayzee HaysiFantayzee
    12/18/08

    In reply to Is Baz Luhrmann Actually Going To Make a Great Gatsby Movie?
    Baz Luhrman? I don't think he has the light touch needed. I'll bet Stephen Fry could do it (Vile Bodies/Bright Young Things was great.) Someone should try to get it right. I love he 1974 version of Gatsby, even though it has plenty of problems, and the Toby Stephens/Mira Sorvino one wasn't right either.
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    12/19/08

    @HaysiFantayzee: I always thought Stephen Fry might do a nice "Gatsby"...I really enjoyed "Bright Young Things".
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    12/18/08

    In reply to Is Baz Luhrmann Actually Going To Make a Great Gatsby Movie?
    God, Nicole Kidman would make an absolutely horrible Daisy. She's a beautiful woman, but maybe the least sexy actress alive.
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    Image of Eleanor Ramilly Eleanor Ramilly
    12/18/08

    In reply to Is Baz Luhrmann Actually Going To Make a Great Gatsby Movie?
    Hmmph, read James Marsden as James Marsters at first. Now that'd be a picture.
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    12/18/08

    In reply to Is Baz Luhrmann Actually Going To Make a Great Gatsby Movie?
    If Scorsese really did it, it might actually be good.
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