...pointing out all of the disloyal, anti-American, multicultural-loving socialists/communists/Marxists.
You would think that after witnessing the progression of Michelle Bachmann's FIM disease (from which Joe Biden suffers occasional bouts), folks would be especially careful to get lots of sleep, plenty of fluids, and change out the filter between their brains and their pieholes regularly.
It appears Joe the Plumber-turned-McCain-surrogate-and-possible-future-Congressman failed to follow the doctor's orders...
It'd be interesting to see if he could handle an interview somewhere other than FOX news.
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Disclaimer: I cannot verify that these guys are actually Russian, but they rock that mullet-action with such pride it's hard to expect otherwise.
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Honestly, I'm quite surprised that this type of ad wasn't run even more.
Granted, the Rezko comment was made in an earlier debate, but as the polls and delegates started to move towards Obama, Clinton just kept raging against the dying of the light (yeah, I read stuff). We saw and heard how gingerly she tried to maneuver her support for Obama amidst the overwhelming evidence from the primaries (and continued suspicions) that she really believed he would make a lousy president.
And now, I fear, we'll have the same situation with McCain. Yesterday's LA Times/Bloomberg poll has Obama up 50 to 41. The NY Times/CBS poll has Obama up 53 to 39. The daily Gallup poll of registered voters has Obama up 51 to 42. And here are some battleground poll numbers from today's TIME/CNN poll:
Colorado: Obama 51, McCain 47
Florida: Obama 51, McCain 46
Georgia: McCain 53, Obama 45
Missouri: McCain 49, Obama 48
Virgina: Obama 53, McCain 43
With these kind of numbers and something like 3 weeks left to go, McCain should worry a little less about who Barack Obama is (I think the public knows by now) and more about who he'll be on November 5th if this trend holds. If he's smart (and the public is forgiving and forgetful) he could be the honorable, patriotic, and gracious runner-up. Full post and comments here...
I think the old saying goes, "People who live in glass houses should not throw stones."
The McCain campaign has made the peculiar decision to avoid dealing with the pressing issue of our slowing economy and its causes and effects both at home and abroad; instead, they'd like to make undecided voters afraid of Barack Obama. Ooooooh. Their present angle in this effort is to send good ol' Sarah Palin out on the stump with a speech chock full of hum-dingers aimed at tying Obama to William Ayers, the former domestic terrorist.
I think most reasonably unbiased news organizations have spent time investigating the link between Obama and Ayers and it's become pretty apparent that there is no evidence to support Palin's claims of the two of them "palling around" or even being close at all. Furthermore, Obama has gone out of his way time and time again waaaay back during the primaries (when all of this was actually relevant to the national discussion) to strongly denounce Ayers actions. Now, I do think it is completely reasonable to ask Obama and his campaign surrogates whether it waswise to continue serving on a charitable board with Ayers, knowing his past, as Mark Halperin did of one of Obama's senior advisors. But to belabor the point, as the McCain camp is doing, instead of dealing with the most important issue for the vast majority of voters is excessive and hopefully fruitless.
But here's what's really annoying. Some of the folks the McCain camp has sent out on the warpath to call Obama's judgment (and at times his patriotism) into question don't make a lick of sense. Number 2 on the list is former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, whose own track record of picking upstanding public servants of integrity was called into question in a pretty high profile way: (as Robert Gibbs pointed out on Fox the other day).
And of course, sitting at the top of the list is my favorite person in the race: Sarah Palin. "What?!" you exclaim, "What in the world could Sarah Palin be hiding/downplaying that could possibly be more damning than the tenuous-at-best relationship between Obama and Ayers???"
It's one thing to sit on a board with someone and it's a very different thing to be married to someone, supported by their cohorts, and delighted with their anti-US party. And I quote:
I am delighted to welcome you to the 2008 Alaskan Independence Party Convention... We have a great promise to be a self-sufficient state... Keep up the good work and God bless you. [emphasis added]
So if it's a bad idea to throw stones, how much worse is it to hurl flaming boulders of ire and hypocrisy?
UPDATE: Less damning but just as indicative of the senselessness of this whole political approach is this article on McCain's link to a certain guy we've heard a lot about lately...
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Thanks to Dan's sister, Ali, for finding this clip on YouTube. Here it is, people! The grand debut ('cause it's new to you) of Dan Craig's hit single "Further to Fall" on One Tree Hill (a kinda weird show).
Typically a capella sucks (sorry to all my FM folks, but you know it's true). However, one-man a capella is kind of impressive. Never mind the 8-part harmonies.
The only drawback - his name is Sunshine. Wow.
I am a YouTube fiend on this blog. I think in the future what I'll do is compile them all into a weekly post. Yeah, that sounds like a good idea.
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