Archive for October, 2008
Wrong Danzig
Ambinder: Serious RUMINT:Â Richard Danzig, possibly as deputy secretary of defense through the Gates transition; then Secretary of Defense. But who knows if Gates will stay on? Obviously they should be looking at Glen Danzig for the newly-created cabinet-level position of Minister of Righteous Anger and Furious Vengeance. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare [...]
Polls, Schmolls
Wouldn’t it be funny if John McCain carried just a single state? Namely, the state in which he’s spent most of his time during this campaign: the state of denial. Here’s a prime example of McCain at his best: Republican John McCain has said his campaign to become US president is “doing fine” despite polls [...]
Sarah Palin Rides Again
(1) The Non-Ownership Society Sarah Palin, distancing herself from the very concept of ownership: “This whole thing with the wardrobe, you know I have tried to just ignore it because it is so ridiculous, but I am glad now that Elisabeth brought it up, cause it gives me an opportunity without the filter of the [...]
What Does Bush Run?
Here’s Sen. Jon Kyl‘s notion of truth-telling. The context is that Kyl was defending Bush, and explaining how he is not in any way responsible for the mess the economy is in: His tax rates being lower actually helped for six years create the second largest economic growth that we’ve had in the history of [...]
Stupid Bitch
Joe The Mugger? – October 23, 2008 Shortly before the reported 9 PM attack, Todd updated her Twitter page with a post noting that she was, “Stubbornly searching for a bank of america to avoid ATM fees.” Soon after, she blogged, “Pretty sure I’m on the wrong side of pittsburgh.” A) There’s no BofA in [...]
Yet Another Unkindest Cut Of All
It is not known at the time of going to press how Sarah Palin plans to live this down: The Anchorage Daily News, Alaska’s largest newspaper, endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama Sunday after declaring Gov. Sarah Palin “too risky” to be one step away from the Oval Office. The ADN actually pulled off a [...]
The Past Echoes
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Who’s Next?
We have seen a flood of conservatives recently endorse Obama. I don’t mean to call them rats, but it’s clear the McCain campaign is a sinking ship. As if reports of McCain campaign staff starting to shop their resumes weren’t bad enough, today one of McCain’s campaign advisers endorsed Obama. One of his ruddy advisers! [...]
Don’t Mess With Texas Bloomfield
McCain Campaign Worker Confessed To Making Up Story Of Attack – KDKA (10/24/08): Police sources tell KDKA that a campaign worker has now confessed to making up a story that a mugger attacked her and cut the letter “B” in her face after seeing her McCain bumper sticker. Ashley Todd, 20, of Texas, initially told [...]
Clothes Make The Candidate?
In a fair and honest universe, this would be headline news everywhere: Sarah Palin may have uttered a truth yesterday. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin insisted in an interview with the Tribune on Thursday that she did not accept $150,000 worth of designer clothes from the Republican Party and “that is not who we are.” “That [...]