Funny

Searching on the intarwebs, I searched with the keywords "Barack Obama Muslim". All the usual suspects threw up results, with the top result being Obama's smear site. The rest of the ads were political of some nature or another. Except for one: AARP.org.

Just Don't Give a Fuck

The Republican party is rightly screwed. They're going to lose the Presidency, and lose enough Senate seats to cripple their ability to do anything.

But in the House, they've been hamstrung since 2006, and there is no hope for any change from that position any time soon. They have no leadership, and no plan for recovery. There is no way for a GOP Rep. to increase his/her power in the house beyond that of an ordinary member. These guys that remain, the majority of 'em, are from such hard right districts that they face almost no chance of losing re-election. Add to this:

1. They hate Bush, for being such a fuck-up.
2. They hate McCain, for being an apostate and an asshole.
3. They're too venal and corrupt to care about the rest of us.

So their default position on the bailout is: FUCK YOU THAT'S WHY! This will, of course, be their default position on anything and everything during the Obama administration.

That's More Like It!

Liberal PACs Ready Attack Ad on McCain’s Health - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com: "Two liberal groups – one of them directed by a brother of the Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean – will begin running a graphic attack advertisement Thursday morning raising questions about Senator John McCain’s health. Showing vivid and unflattering images of the fresh scar that appeared on Senator McCain’s face immediately after his last operation for melanoma skin cancer eight years ago, the commercial ends with a screen headline that reads, “Why won’t John McCain release his medical records?”"

Click through to see the ad. This might be the best negative ad of the season, so far.

Holy Shit

Al Gore: Burn The Motherfucker Down: "'If you're a young person looking at the future of this planet and looking at what is being done right now, and not done, I believe we've reached the stage where it is time for civil disobedience to prevent the construction of new coal plants that do not have carbon...'

Couldn't make out the rest because the crowd's cheers drowned it out, but he'd been complaining at the Clinton Global Initiative about coal plants that falsely claimed to have 'plans' to sequester CO2 from coal, so I guess that's the idea."

So, like, what if Gore starts travelling around the country organizing sit-ins to stop Coal Plants from being built? That'd be like the most awesome protest ever, right?

WTF

Is it just me, or has the campaign gone off the fucking rails?

Palin the Cheat?

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: SARAH PALIN'S SECRET LOVER REVEALED!: "In a world exclusive The NATIONAL ENQUIRER names GOP VP Candidate Sarah Palin's secret lover!

No less than three members of the man’s family including one by sworn affidavit have claimed that Sarah Palin engaged in an extramarital affair with hus band Todd’s former business partner, Brad Hanson."

The Enquirer also broke the news of Edwards' affair months before the rest of the media went after it. I'd give this an 80% chance of being true. She wouldn't be the first Presidential candidate rocked by a sex scandal. Hell, she wouldn't be the first this year. But she would be another crack in the glass ceiling...

So true

Crappy Hour:: "MEGAN: Well, realism is pessimism to non-pessimists. Pessimists think nihilism is pessimism.

SPENCER: Meanwhile nihilists are beyond such concepts, much as they are beyond your lying, timid morality."

Frankly, I find nihilism to be liberating.

Follow the money

Obama advertising up nationwide:

In a sign that the Obama campaign is getting serious about tapping his financial advantage over McCain with six weeks to go, Obama's overall spending on TV ads has jumped 50% in the last two weeks, while McCain's has held steady -- and Obama is now outspending his rival even as he's up on the air in more states.

But down in MO:

Interestingly, Obama's spending has remained relatively steady in Michigan and has gone up by less dramatic margins in hotly-contested Ohio, Tracey says. Meanwhile, Obama has scaled down spending in Missouri by 40%.

Pointing this fact out, and the accompanying inference, that Obama will likely win the election but lose Missouri, is going to make me very popular in the office.

How about...

a sales tax on financial transactions?

Say, like, a 2% tax every time you buy or sell someone else's stuff. That could be fun.

We're Fuckety Fuck Fucked

Daily Kos: Things Become More Serious: "All this would be bad enough, but the crisis could easily get much, much worse. Today's developments in the financial markets offered a preview (or at least a dress rehearsal) of how the next phase could play out."

I've learned over the years that one's predictions tend to be more accurate if they're heavily soaked in pessimism.

If you're sick in the head...

Biden Daily

Political Animals

Apparently, in response to Sarah Palin's shockingly awful record on conservation and animal cruelty, the Humane Society has endorsed a Presidential Campaign for the first time in history:

Dear Friend, 

I wanted to let you know that today, on behalf of the Humane Society Legislative Fund, I announced our endorsement of Barack Obama for President. Please see my blog below for more information, and help spread the word to animal lovers across the country.

Sincerely,


Mike Markarian
President
Humane Society Legislative Fund

Click here for the cutest campaign picture ever.

¡Viva La Resistance!

The House Skeptics Caucus, led by Brad Sherman.

I've got a good feeling about how this will eventually turn out, although someone may have to lock up Steny Hoyer for a few days.

Debate Prep

Fake McCain, Obama advisor Greg Craig:

Fake Obama, Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele:

The Dodd abides

That's more like it.

BUY BUY BUY

It's getting a lot cheaper to live in Manhattan.

Call your congresscritters

I just called up Jerry and asked him to tell Paulson to fuck off. I'll probably get a nice letter in a few days.

What The Obama Team Really Cares About

So, since I'm volunteering pretty much full-time for the campaign, I'm on the internal e-mail list. Usually I get e-mails about supplies, reporting security threats, vote reg. goals, etc.

Yesterday, for the first time, I got an e-mail to read a news article. It's actually a blog posting, but every Obama organizer in the country agrees with this.