If McCain Can’t Walk and Chew Gum At the Same Time…
Breaking News! CNN says:
John McCain suspends campaigning to work on economy, requests postponing Friday debate; asks Obama do the same.
My first reaction was Whaaa?
U.S. Economic Pricetag Only Costs 1/5 More Than Iraq War
Now that viciousness on the Sarah Palin front has died down, the prospect of American debt looms in the American debate. For Republicans, the timing is very bad as the Bush Administration shapes up to be the most expensive government endeavor in our history. With this year’s desperate “Pass Here, Pass Now” attempts to stimulate sales and bailout the financial sector, and the ongoing Terror War in Iraq, the Democrats are more than ever looking like fiscal conservatives to the GOP’s tax and spend nightmare.
MP3: “I be Pres-o-dent!” Can White America Rise Above Latent (and Blatant) Racism?
CNN’s Politics Blog has a sad State of the Union today:
You Can Put Lipstick on Dick Cheney and It Will Look Like Sarah Palin
Republicintegrity: (Noun) Applies to politicians who support the following: Open Government—in the form of open dishonesty; The Rule of Law—in its application to regular folks, but not regular folks elected to office; Faith—that Americans are powerless.
Palin Affectionately Quoted Racist in RNC Acceptance Speech
The man, depression-era writer Westbrook Pegler, also once expressed hope that “some white patriot of the Southern tier will spatter [Robert F. Kennedy's] spoonful of brains in public premises.” For some reason, RFK’s son finds that kind of disturbing.
At one point, Pegler was actually expelled from the John Birch Society for being too anti-Semitic. He was also known to call Jews geese, “because they hiss when they talk, gulp down everything before them, and foul everything in their wake.”
You Don’t Speed Date to Get to Know Somebody, You Speed Date to Make Sure You’re Not Talking to a Dude.
“I know that her detractors will say that she actually supported the bridge until it became a political albatross, and ended up keeping a lot of the money for it anyway, or that she claimed to have visited Iraq when she really didn’t, or that she really didn’t sell that plane on eBay, or that she left the town she was mayor of nearly $20 million in debt, and that she made sure that women that were raped in her town were charged for their rape kits…the point is this: shut up!”
Forget Palin: HowTo
Here we are. 54 days until we know who’ll succeed Bush and Cheney. I’m here to tell you that the fear is unwarranted.
Introducing…Dick Palin!
Still think Sarah Palin is hot? Maybe you should re-frame it in the context of being the female equivalent to Dick Cheney. To illustrate this idea, we’ve come up with a handy amalgamation.
Joe Biden=Awesome
“Failure at some point in everyone’s life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.”
Michelle Obama=Awesome
Seeing these speeches from the first night of the Democratic Convention, one has to wonder what the Republicans could possibly offer America when they get their turn. This is the Michelle Obama that scares Republicans–the intelligent, comfortable, educated, thoughtful black woman who is apparently the perfect match for Barack.
When McCain Likens Himself to Teddy Roosevelt, Should Obama Look to Taft?
Hot on the heels of Sen. McCain’s Obama=Paris Hilton ad and news that 86% of Americans could be overweight by 2030, WSJ’s Amy Chozick speculates that perhaps beanpole Barack isn’t fat enough to win the US Presidency.
And if it wasn’t embarrassing enough that Slate’s Timothy Noah sensed “racial subtext” in Chozick’s piece (“Would you want your sister to marry one? Would you want a whole family of skinny people to move in next-door?”), the perceptive Aaron Barnhart at the Kansas City Star notes that the story is nothing new; it actually appeared six months ago as a parody on The Onion.
Here’s to good journalism; check it out here:
Bumblebee Beats Optimus Prime
This is fucking amazing:
Man Man – “Top Drawer” MP3
Regurgitated from the PR people:
So you’ve been waiting patiently to see what kind of beautiful wackiness Man Man will get into this time, and they start off by insulting your hygiene: “you need a haircut / you need a shoeshine.” Sheesh, look who’s talking. Thus starts “Top Drawer,” the first single off Rabbit Habits, Man Man’s Anti- debut (expected to be released on April 8, 2008). Part swampy juke joint brawlers, part smooth Philly doo-wop crooners, with a sprinkling of wild-eyed, demon-haunted art hustlers and a hint of punky kindergarten playroom Pollyannas, Man Man never fail to provoke and inspire in a single instance.
This Week’s Sole Contest Winner – Sen. James Inhofe, Oklahoma Republican
No kidding:
U.S. Senator James Inhofe, the slow-witted Republican and obviously under-qualified member of the Environment and Public Works committee, says that global warming is a left wing, Weather Channel terrorist conspiracy. That’s right, this has nothing to do with big, negligent corporations who are unwilling save human lives by cutting emissions.
On Fox News, Inhofe says: “Those individuals from the far left, and I’m talking about the Hollywood elitists, and the United Nations, and those individuals, want us to believe it’s because we’re contributing CO2 to the atmosphere that’s causing global warming. It’s all about money, I mean, what would happen to the Weather Channel’s ratings if people weren’t scared anymore?”
