Sober Reflections On The Sanford Saga

by sarabeth

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In retrospect, one thing is clear about the 2008 Presidential election. It seems to have forever emboldened adulterers in the Republican party (both admitted and unadmitted) into fancying themselves as perfectly viable candidates.
This is perhaps the natural result of seeing admitted serial adulterer John McCain make it all the way to the finals, and [...]

IOKIYAR With A Vengeance

by sarabeth

When economists were pretty unanimously agreed that running huge deficits was a seriously misguided economic policy, Republican lawmakers went “Up yours!”, and cheerfully embraced huge deficits anyway.
Now, when economists are pretty unanimously agreed that running huge deficits is necessary to rescue the economy from the deep and devastating recession that eight years of [...]

John McCain Reaching For His Old Halo?

by sarabeth

Yesterday, John McCain surfaced on the Sunday talk shows for the first time since the elections, speaking to ABC’s “This Week”.
Most reports of his appearance focused on his attempt to quietly start reclaiming his earlier persona, the one he put through the shredder when he decided he would say and do whatever he thought might [...]

Whipped Cream Bikini

by matt

Varsity Blues was on TNT last night, (New Classic?) and I can’t be the only one to notice that Miss Davis, the sex ed teacher who moonlights as a stripper, bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain recent candidate for federal office…

Pr0n Secretary, indeed.

Loving Lieberman

by sarabeth

So it looks like Senate Democrats are poised to rap that pathetic and odious little fake Democrat from Connecticut as gently as possible on the knuckles with the softest feather-duster they were able to conjure up:
When Senate Democrats meet Tuesday to decide Sen. Joe Lieberman’s (ID-Conn.) fate, leaders are expected to propose that he keep [...]

Morning After Suicide Pill

by matt

“The Party’s Over” by Zina Saunders

The Best Defense…

by matt

Palin denounces anonymous critics as ‘cowardly’
…Palin denounced criticism from unidentified McCain campaign aides as “cowardly.” She said she found it frustrating trying to respond to false allegations when she didn’t know who was making them.
“It’s ridiculous,” she told reporters. “You guys report based on anonymous sources, so it’s hard to have a defense.”
No, it’s hard [...]

“History”

by matt

Though clearly I don’t share his enthusiasm for Obama, Getty’s Justin Sullivan is an excellent photographer, and a good guy. He was in Grant Park on Tuesday night, and shares his pictures and story here.
Check it out.

O Frabjous Day!

by sarabeth

Me, on Monday:
… after McCain gets creamed more badly than any presidential candidate has ever been creamed in living memory.
And … survey says:
Barack Obama’s 52% of the popular vote is the best Democratic performance in 40 years, and the best of any candidate in either party in 20 years.
Speaking of living memory, does anyone remember [...]

Alaska Replaces Texas…

by matt

…as the state with the most idiotic electorate.
“They may be crooks, but theys our crooks.”