September 2008
50 posts
McCain Voted "Yea" on the Grizzly bear DNA bill. →
The Vote.
"We just wanted to choose a really large number." ... →
“It’s not based on any particular data point,” a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. “We just wanted to choose a really large number.”
So, it’s no different than asking for a gagillion-bazillion dollars.
I don't understand...
how McCain’s government run healthcare is good enough for him and the other Senators, etc., and not good enough for the rest of us.
WatchSNL Skit- written, at least in part, by Al Franken!
McCain Speechwriter Trying To Write Lines That... →
(The Onion, bastion of Newsyness)
Election Day Disaster Scenarios. →
“Premier Election Solutions, the company that makes many of the nation’s voting machines, last month acknowledged that software used in 34 states, including Virginia and Maryland, could cause votes to be dropped.”
n.b.- Premier Election Solutions = Diebold
“I could walk from here to Lansing and I wouldn’t run into a single person who...”
– Senator Barack Obama, NY Times, Candidates on Wall Street Turmoil (via thinkpol)
Attacks vs. Facts →
This is a good reminder:
FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOV. MITT ROMNEY: “We need change, all right — change from a liberal Washington to a conservative Washington! We have a prescription for every American who wants change in Washington — throw out the big-government liberals, and elect John McCain and Sarah Palin.”
THE FACTS: A Back-to-the-Future moment. George W. Bush, a conservative...
Separating the lipstick from the pig. →
Lipstick: Choosing a female running mate to help tap into the “18 million cracks” left by women who voted for Hillary.
Pig: Voting against a measure aimed at helping women achieve pay equity. Voting repeatedly against funding to fight and prevent domestic violence. Voting against extending insurance coverage to pregnant women and infants. Voting against $214 million for breast cancer...
Many satisfying videos of McCain being grilled by... →
I'm rubber, you're glue, neener. →
Paul Reiser writing about the schoolyard bully tenor of the McCain campaign.
“Interviews show that Ms. Palin runs an administration that puts a premium on...”
– In Office, Palin Hired Friends and Hit Critics - NYTimes.com
This article should generate a bit of buzz. It’s not very flattering of Ms. Palin. I’m remided of Cheney’s penchant for secrecy. The biggest difference is that Cheney is better at it. If you ever want to become a true Sith Lord, you need...
“Mrs. Palin, what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic...”
– The only possible response to Sarah Palin’s interview. (oh, and Billy Madison.)
John McCain's Harpy in ABC interview. →
my favorite part:
GIBSON: What insight into Russian actions, particularly in the last couple of weeks, does the proximity of the state give you?
PALIN: They’re our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.
Honey, “insight” means one thing and “in sight” means another, the latter having nothing to do with...
I think I hate Sarah Palin.
sometimes I get so angry that the only thing I can do is write really bad Haiku.
hell yes I’m going to subject you to it. sorry.
voice like broken glass
can’t second guess israel ...
The skinny on the Obama/McCain Tax differences. →
McCain, lonely without Palin's supporters. →
Questions the NY Daily News would ask Palin: →
My favorite:
5. Given your disagreement with Hillary Clinton on so many issues — abortion, the Iraq war, the economy — why should her supporters vote for you?
Questions the Alaska Daily News would like Sarah... →
my favorite:
• McCain spokesman Rick Davis told Fox News the media didn’t show you enough “deference.” How much deference do you expect to get from Vladimir Putin or Hugo Chavez?
Lies, and the Lying Liars who love them. →
We know, or we should know how much the McCain campaign has relied on full on lies to further this campaign. So how is it that there are millions of people still buying their blatant bullshit? And worse, why does the “news” just parrot their lies?
Palin and McCain, two sides of one lipstick... →
“Earlier Wednesday, the Republican nominees equated lawmakers’ requests for funding for special projects with corruption on Wednesday even though Palin herself has requested nearly $200 million in so-called “earmarks” this year.”
(that’s a lot of damn corruption!)
“Palin has sought $197 million worth of earmarks for 2009, down about 25 percent from the...
Palin's town used to bill victims for rape kits →
Palin comparison.
hillary clinton: pro choice, supports a family’s right to decide what is best for them.
sarah palin: anti-choice, wants to federally revoke a family’s right to decide what is best for them, while at the same time discussing publicly how her family has just finished deciding on what is best for them.
hillary clinton: attended Wellesley College, graduated in four years with a...
"New Rule: Republicans need to stop saying Barack... →
“Barack Obama can’t help it if he’s a magna cum laude Harvard grad and you’re a Wal-Mart shopper who resurfaces driveways with your brother-in-law. Americans are so narcissistic that our candidates have to be just like us. That’s why George Bush is president. And that’s where the McCain camp gets its campaign strategy: Paint Obama as cocky and arrogant and wait...
langer:
It’s ironic that with regard to all those many roles of healthcare the GOP can’t tolerate “a bureaucrat between you and your doctor,” yet when it comes down to one edge case they can find no problem with 535 congressmen and nine Supreme Court justices standing between that doctor and your uterus.
Nevermind that the evil bureaucratic heath care system that they don’t want us to have...
““What’s the difference between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama?”
“One is a well...”
– as quoted in Gerard Baker’s article “Sarah Palin: it’s go west, towards the future of conservatism” (via atheistramblings)
Why? (asked with more despair than rage.)
…but certainly still some rage!
Why is it that Sarah Palin’s husbands position as a member of the Alaska successionist party is considered personal and off limits but Barack Obama’s pastor (to whom he isn’t married) is still brought up in an attempt to destroy his credibility?
Why does no one in the “mainstream media” call John McCain on ANY of his lies?
Why...
Palin and McCain’s Shotgun Marriage →
“By hurling charges of sexism and elitism at any easily cowed journalist who raises a question about Palin, McCain operatives are hoping to ensure that whatever happened in Alaska with Sarah Palin stays in Alaska. Given how little vetting McCain himself has received this year — and that only 58 days remain until Nov. 4 — they just might pull it off.”
Confessions of an RNC Security Guard. →
Really entertaining!
Sarah Palin. "Excuse me-- political bullshit." →
McCain RNC 9-11 Video links Iran to 9-11. Not... →
I hates me some fear-mongering.
The US military provided combat training to 80... →
This link should be a reblog but I lost the original page and can’t remember who to attribute it to, it’s AZ something. So thanks AZ something!
it’s SO important to remember that Georgia was the initial aggressor, despite the Republican’s attempt to leave that fact out.
“Here’s a fun contest: try to come up with a better definition of elitist than a...”
– Tim F. (via fuddmain)
To everyone who complains about the amount of...
langer:
There was a time in American history when openly airing political opinions in public wasn’t considered to be either “taboo” or the sort of activity that would be met with a common derision along the lines of “that’s so last year.” People once published lo-fi blogs (they called them pamphlets back then) that actually influenced the course of public events by influencing the course of...
So Sambo beat the bitch! →
“This is how Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin described Barack Obama’s win over Hillary Clinton to political colleagues in a restaurant a few days after Obama locked up the Democratic Party presidential nomination.”
-By Charley James.
"Proven Reformer" Sarah Palin →
“Proven Reformer”: they keep using that phrase. I do not think it means what they think it means.
Also, is it enough to call her a “Proven Reformer”? Shouldn’t they actually have to… oh, I don’t know… PROVE IT?!!
“I’m not sure what she brings to the ticket other than she’s a woman and a...”
– Faye Palin, Sarah Palin’s Mother in Law!!
Priceless.
“Government is NOT a philanthropic organization”
– Congresswoman Michele Bachmann a few minutes ago at the RNC, stating the obvious Republican policy only days after the 3rd anniversary of the devastation of New Orleans by Katrina.
