The Result of Fearmongering, Crystallized

This is what happens when you run a campaign based on distortions, lies and fearmongering.  This is what happens when you continually ask “Who IS Barack Obama?”, implying that he’s not “one of us”.  This is what happens when just about every commercial, every stump speech, every FW: FW: Fw: email claims that his opponent “pals […]

McCain Loses His Head

George Will on John McCain’s “Off With His Head!” political philosophy. Excerpt: Conservatives who insist that electing McCain is crucial usually start, and increasingly end, by saying he would make excellent judicial selections. But the more one sees of his impulsive, intensely personal reactions to people and events, the less confidence one has that he […]

John McCain: Delivering Us From ‘Evil’

Chris Kelly has a funny, brief piece on today’s Huffington Post about John McCain’s vapid, shallow ‘responses’ to substantial issues (and a bit about more Palin lies): “Evil must be defeated!” — John McCain 8/16/08 “Enough is enough! We’re going to put an end to greed!” — John McCain 9/17/08 America’s choice is clear. Barack […]

Olbermann’s Special Comment on 9/11 (TM)

Once again, Keith Olbermann knocks one into the upper deck with this Special Comment. He calls out the Republican Presidential campaign for exploiting 9/11 (despite being the party in charge at every level at the time of the attack) and John McCain for claiming to know how to catch Osama Bin Laden, but only at […]

Black Man Asks For Change

The Onion has been a little stale as of late, but they struck gold with this headline: Black Man Asks Nation for Change “The time for change is now,” said the black guy, yelling at everyone within earshot for 20 straight minutes, practically begging America for change. His Onion profile page lists him as “Pro-hopes, […]