tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post9140523844710212323..comments2024-03-28T07:16:39.621+00:00Comments on Lallands Peat Worrier: AnticipationLallands Peat Worrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276270498204697708noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-27083633615783513812014-08-08T07:23:30.001+01:002014-08-08T07:23:30.001+01:00Thanks for the reminder - without Chicago chicaner...Thanks for the reminder - without Chicago chicanery Kennedy lost -<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1960Edwin Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317173893948248954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-62584608660751376892014-08-07T04:52:39.714+01:002014-08-07T04:52:39.714+01:00I've calmed down after last post,polling showi...I've calmed down after last post,polling showing DK moving towards YESwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03242753707412340371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-45728510761655035112014-08-06T22:10:11.518+01:002014-08-06T22:10:11.518+01:00The difference between Nixon and Kennedy?
A magic...The difference between Nixon and Kennedy?<br /><br />A magic bullet.Conan the Librarian™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01904339261121451779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-17950420062646030912014-08-06T20:47:58.351+01:002014-08-06T20:47:58.351+01:00Nixon would have won the election if there wasn...Nixon would have won the election if there wasn't major electoral fraud in Chicago, the debate made little difference.Vinyl Minerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14143010575470895405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-68256741568840944682014-08-06T18:54:21.880+01:002014-08-06T18:54:21.880+01:00The FM seems to have found favour among the don...The FM seems to have found favour among the don't knows and women.<br /><br />Alex isn't daft. He saw where he needs to garner support and pitched it just right.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04565579919684172507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-64314344826628160152014-08-06T18:20:30.205+01:002014-08-06T18:20:30.205+01:00Darling didn't lose so in that sense he won. ...Darling didn't lose so in that sense he won. The challenger has to make the pace to win people over and by any measure Salmond didn't do that. Having said that it appears as if undecided and 'less engaged' viewers took a somewhat different view of the whole thing.<br /><br />Committed Yes and No supporters were never the target audience (or at least shouldn't have been!) so the real test of the debate will be how it plays out over the next couple of weeks.<br /><br />The truth about Nixon and Kennedy was not who won the debate, in the sense of what happened on the night, but rather who the public thought won it and that was Kennedy. After the monochrome 50's enough voters wanted something more and Nixon could never deliver that. Hope versus Fear anyone?Freoboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00834756923654431447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-28493555469521589982014-08-06T18:04:58.441+01:002014-08-06T18:04:58.441+01:00"Most commentators were last night declaring ..."Most commentators were last night declaring it a draw on points ... "<br /><br />Maybe I have been reading entirely different media, but I think that is a highly-optimistic way of putting it (if you support the separatist/independence side of the debate). I don't think it was a knock-out for either side, by any means, but on balance I think Darling came out ahead; as someone who detests more or less everything Labour stands for, barring wishing to maintain the Union with the rest of the UK, I rated him rather better than FM Salmond, who I think wasted a major opportunist to show himself as a statesman rather than an opportunist. I'm not going to pretend I am sorry at how [poorly] he performed, but I was surprised he fluffed his first outing so comprehensively. Both need to do some homework, however, for any return match.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10393265755614039206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-66217569279077098202014-08-06T12:45:46.934+01:002014-08-06T12:45:46.934+01:00Come on, who else turned over to BBC 2 and watched...Come on, who else turned over to BBC 2 and watched the history of our streets on Aberdeen. STV streaming has come in for a lot of stick as well. Still not voting come September. Highlights looked like Darling was the winner and what both sides hid was they were aiming for the women vote.Vinyl Minerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14143010575470895405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-56300651281556670802014-08-06T09:04:18.911+01:002014-08-06T09:04:18.911+01:00>> the leaders of the Yes and No campaigns
...>> the leaders of the Yes and No campaigns<br /><br />Salmond is not the leader of the YES campaign.<br /><br /><br />~alecAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-64497935918035917692014-08-06T06:30:45.437+01:002014-08-06T06:30:45.437+01:00If I hear the phrase 'game changer' one mo...If I hear the phrase 'game changer' one more time I think I shall puke.<br /><br />No one appointed one man to win this war on his own. We all signed up to be soldiers in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-56548157505421431092014-08-05T22:17:16.045+01:002014-08-05T22:17:16.045+01:00As a Yes supporter,Alex fcuked up,aliens,wrong sid...As a Yes supporter,Alex fcuked up,aliens,wrong side of road,wtf?Darling wobbled on more powers--Alex should of gone for the throat,feeling guttedwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03242753707412340371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-78443455641179307052014-08-05T11:48:29.120+01:002014-08-05T11:48:29.120+01:00.... And we'll analyse the Polls right here to....... And we'll analyse the Polls right here tomorrow night to see if this has been a game changer. <br />Yawn. Elgoldavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15951171605012658248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-15267422429158451692014-08-05T11:46:28.138+01:002014-08-05T11:46:28.138+01:00Ah well, that's that then. Won't bother to...Ah well, that's that then. Won't bother to watch. May not bother to vote either. Elgoldavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15951171605012658248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-3259746093384513842014-08-04T22:14:09.240+01:002014-08-04T22:14:09.240+01:00The best writers are also neologists. If "dis...The best writers are also neologists. If "dismalism" is yours, sir, take a bow.Craig Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16651039747592264903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-12851165503363315572014-08-04T20:46:40.706+01:002014-08-04T20:46:40.706+01:00Ohh clever stuff. Have never heard (or seen) the K...Ohh clever stuff. Have never heard (or seen) the Kennedy / Nixon debate which has usually been framed in terms of Nixon as the radio winner and Kennedy the TV winner.<br /><br />Both were tricksters anyway and who is to say Nixon (a Hawick scrum face as George Fraser said) was worse than Kennedy?<br /><br />There are closer barneys to hand - it is said for example, that Nicola Sturgeon won her debates against men but her debate against Johann Lamont was a draw. I saw wee bits of the debates and my view is that Nicola just pistol-butted her way through the men in Johnson style and met her roughhouse match in Johann - ie it was all sound and fury and the scoresheets didn't amount to much really.<br /><br />I guess the Darling Salmond debate will be a civilised affair - not much heat but not a lot of light either.<br />Edwin Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317173893948248954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-47804162815921493482014-08-04T20:39:47.731+01:002014-08-04T20:39:47.731+01:00You missed the bits near the end where they had a ...You missed the bits near the end where they had a studio discussion with a panel of journalists discussing how well the apparatchiks had spun it in the "spin room", which cut to a panel of academics discussing how well the journalists had captured the meaning of the spin... followed by adverts.Shale Binghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815856479057665374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-80494953436232354812014-08-04T16:29:58.887+01:002014-08-04T16:29:58.887+01:00Textbook.Textbook.commentorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10321173541321374705noreply@blogger.com