McPain Gets Coveted Endorsement

The tides are turning for McPain! He got the endorsement of none other than the Prince of Darkness himself. Obama clearly knows this is the beginning of the end for him. He practically conceded:

I'd like to congratulate Senator McCain on this endorsement because he really earned it. That endorsement didn't come easy. Senator McCain had to vote 90 percent of the time with George Bush and Dick Cheney to get it. He served as Washington's biggest cheerleader for going to war in Iraq, and supports economic policies that are no different from the last eight years. So Senator McCain worked hard to get Dick Cheney's support.

But here's my question for you, Colorado: do you think Dick Cheney is delighted to support John McCain because he thinks John McCain's going to bring change? Do you think John McCain and Dick Cheney have been talking about how to shake things up, and get rid of the lobbyists and the old boys club in Washington?

(H/T TPM)

John McCain, Ladies Man

Why did McCain pick Palin? To woo female voters? To pull people from Clinton's camp? To capture moderates?

Nope.

To spite feminists.



I guess putting women's "health" in air quotes was no flub. He really doesn't give a sh*t.

That bogus "health" stuff!

Ah John McCain, so skillful chasing after Clinton supporters by insulting the idea that the health of the mother must be protected.



Thanks for sharing your feelings about incubators women.

ZING!

Here's what ol' Delaware Joe is good for (other than foreign policy experience and legislative mojo):

Speaking in Missouri Thursday, the VP candidate responds to Gov. Palin’s dig that he’s been in the Senate since she was in second grade:

“That’s true, but she was in sixth grade the last time John had a new idea.”

That's Sleazy, My Friends!

In the shadow of failed foreign policy, a commitment to the disastrous policy of deregulation, and in the face of falling poll numbers, John McCain has done the honorable thing--let's go all negative all the time! Reliving the 1960s! Racism! Xenophobia! We've got it all!

Needed: More Maverickliciousness

So I don't know what to make of this bailout business, especially now that it has collapsed.

But if McCain's BOLD campaign "suspension" did not save the day it is time for new Maverick Moves! How 'bout he suspends time itself! Yes! Be cryogenically frozen and await--in suspended animation--until the polls change!

I have to agree with Paul Krugman here.

So what we now have is non-functional government in the face of a major crisis, because Congress includes a quorum of crazies and nobody trusts the White House an inch.
As a friend said last night, we’ve become a banana republic with nukes.

Like Lincoln-Douglas!

Tonight's debate will be like Lincoln-Douglas. If Stephen Douglas had been a kinda sleazy guy with unclear positions on some of the most important issues of his day who made his money by marrying rich and who deployed racist rhetoric in his campaign and worried about looking ridiculously short next to his lean, lanky and long opponent. Oh wait!

McSame has been doing what some in the media call "Hail Mary" plays--like when the team that is behind is desperate and just heaves the ball at the end one and hopes their team catches. Surprise! I'm going to nominate a completely unexpected (because she is completely unqualified!) Veep! Surprise! I'm suspending the campaign! (Except for the advertising, appearance, interview and fundraising bits.)

And now on Slate they have some suggestions for McSame's next Hail Mary!

1. Returns to Vietnam and jails himself.

2. Offers the post of "vice vice president" to Warren Buffett.

3. Challenges Obama to suspend campaign so they both can go and personally drill for oil offshore.

4. Learns to use computer.

5. Does bombing run over Taliban-controlled tribal areas of Pakistan.

6. Offers to forgo salary, sell one house.

7. Sex-change operation.

8. Suspends campaign until Nov. 4, offers to start being president right now.

9. Sells Alaska to Russia for $700 billion.

10. Pledges to serve only one term. OK, half a term.

Thanks to Gus and his Muzzer for the link to the funny picture and their hearty sense of humor.

It's ON!

As you may have heard, McCain has lowered himself to debate tonight. Now that he has saved the universe from sure collapse he will swoop into Mississippi to show his rhetorical mastery!



I have been ordered to avoid any mention of my own skills as a master debator so I'm just going to say--GO GET 'EM BARACK!

It's Debatin' Time

Maybe if John McSame decides he doesn't want to debate--or more likely that he wants to debate when Sarah Palin was supposed to debate Delaware Joe because whew was that interview with Palin and Katie Couric embarrassing--maybe Obama should go it alone! Like Stephen Colbert's Formidable Opponent! Or instead of a debate Obama could have a dance-off with Stephen like he had with Rain! (Though he might want to have Michelle dance for him. I saw them both on Ellen and Obama dances like he has a mom from Kansas).

Here's more funny, courtesy of David Letterman. McSame blew him off yesterday for a last minute interview with Couric that bumped off most of Palin's embarrassing inability to answer basic questions. Dave is not pleased:

The Smell of Fear

moar funny pictures

Hey! Look! It's the Obama list of things that need to be addressed in the gazillion dollar bailout of Wall Street including things like more transparency and greater guarantees that taxpayer money will be returned. The Washington Monthly has noted that the McCain proposal, issued 48 hours later, looks suspiciously similar! Dude, my ma ape has a strict policy on plagiarism and believes that unrepentant lying plagiarizers belong in the ninth circle of Dante's Inferno. Oh, and you know what the ring for traitors is called? Cain. I'm just sayin'.

And, curiously, McSame now doesn't want to debate on Friday.

Dogs can smell fear. I'm just sayin'.

Feeling Nostalgic!

This near meltdown of our financial system and proposed Bush disaster of a bailout plan reminds me of an oldy but goody financial scandal of the late 1980s also brought to you by deregulation! The S&L scandal! And WHO was at the center of that, an infamous member of the Keating Five? Why Mr. Maverick himself, John McSame!



As John at TPM reminds us:

Let's face it. On major economy-imperiling financial scandals brought about by lax regulation and help from lobbyist-encrusted politicians, McCain really is the candidate of experience.

More of the Same, the Big Brain Edition!

Oh how we shall miss the wit and wisdom of our forty-third President. Witness:


"I remember meeting a mother of a child who was abducted by the North Koreans right here in the Oval Office."—Washington, D.C., June 26, 2008Full list of Bushisms here.

Remember before the 2004 debates when a Bush aide compared John Kerry's mad debating skillz to Cicero? It did a fine job of raising expectations for JK, lowering them for the President who sounds like Larry the Cable Guy. (Also remember the mysterious lump on Bush's back--look for one on Palin. I'm just sayin'). Same thing is happening with Palin. This morning on the news they seemed to indicate that so long as she does not wet herself or think the Bush Doctrine has to do with clearing brush in Crawford, she's going to win!

Well, I have some bad news for you. She might be the brains of the operation. In an interview with Spanish language radio, John McCain appears to believe that either 1) Spain is a part of the axis of evil 2) That Spain is in Latin America or 3) he has no idea who this Zapatero fellow is but he sounds like a villain from a Zorro movie.

Ready on day one, are we?

Some Pigs Lie, Some Pigs Fly

My girl Narra sent me this.


And my GranNE sent me this blog post from the Washington Monthly. If Faux News thinks you're a bunch of Lying McLiars who Lie like Rugs, you're REALLY lying!

EVEN FOX NEWS.... I guess we've reached a tipping point. This morning, Fox News' Megyn Kelly was downright indignant, on the air, about the McCain campaign's dishonesty. Yes, I was surprised, too.

McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds, as is his habit, started lying about Barack Obama's tax plan. Much to my surprise -- and Bounds' -- Kelly interrupted, and said Obama wouldn't raise taxes on middle-class families.

Bounds pushed back, but Kelly pressed further: "[Y]ou guys have suggested he's going to raise taxes on the middle class and virtually every independent analyst who took a look at that claim said that's not true. He'll raise it on people making $200,000 or $250,000, but not the middle class."

When Bounds said Kelly was giving Obama a lot of credit, she replied, "I'm not giving him any credit. I'm saying what the independent analysts say. They say that claim is false. And if that's false, why would John McCain do that, Tucker? ... [W]hy say he's going to raise taxes on the middle class when he's not?"

His back against the wall, Bounds justified his bogus claims by arguing that Obama voted to raise taxes in the Senate 94 times (which is false), and saying Obama wanted to raise taxes on those making $42,000 a year (which is also false).

It's consistent with the pattern established by the McCain campaign -- caught in a lie, utilize additional lies.

Stepping back, though, Bounds probably never expected Megyn Kelly to confront him with reality, or to call him out on his mendacity. If the McCain campaign's dishonesty is even turning off Fox News, the "McCain lies a lot" narrative may be taking root after all.

—Steve Benen 11:15 AM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (20)



But Faux News criticizing a Republican't? Watch for flying pigs!

MORE Friday Funnies!

It is FUN to laugh at the McSame campaign!

Friday Funny

The caption says: Awaiting Inspiration.

That is How We Roll!

John McCain got SHUT DOWN in his first appearance without Palin:

After lunching with a roundtable of women at Philadelphia’s Down Home Diner, McCain shook hands with supporters and strode up to a podium to deliver a statement. But as he spoke, chants of “Obama, Obama, Obama” filled the room.

Philly in the House!

What do you expect when you campaign on the idea that small town folk are real, upstanding moral folk and urbanites are dumb snooty cosmopolitans? I mean, my ma ape is a small town broad and she was offended!

Can't stand the heat, get outta the City of Brotherly Love!

Maverick-y!

I know I'm posting a lot of Daily Show but sometimes the fake journalists do a better job than the pros:



(My apologies to my Canadian friends who are unable to watch from their socialist haven.)

Same Old Tune

So last Thursday we made history with the first-ever African-American nominee of a major party giving a really kick-bum speech laying out plans for what we need to do for the country.

On Monday a major hurricane hit the Gulf Coast and two more are looming in the Atlantic, reminding us of the problems with our emergency response systems.

And today we are talking about moose burgers, a 17-year old, and the finer points of politics in Wasilla, Alaska. Well played, Karl Rovians! Bob Herbert comments on this today:

Here’s the deal: Palin is the latest G.O.P. distraction. She’s meant to shift attention away from the real issue of this campaign — the awful state of the nation after eight years of Republican rule. The Republicans are brilliant at distractions. Willie Horton was a distraction. The chatter about gays, guns and God has been a long-running distraction. And we all remember the Swift-boat campaign.

But I'm still thinking about this...

Under Water Again?

I am thinking about the people in New Orleans as Gustav bears down on them and I have my paws crossed that it will weaken and change course. I fear that the problems revealed by Katrina both in terms of infrastructure and emergency response mechanisms have not been fixed.

And so we never forget, let's keep in mind where Bush/McCain were when Katrina hit New Orleans:

We can do better. So much better.


I hope we do better this time. We're thinking of you, New Orleans.

Is Our Children Learning?

Ahahahahahaha! Thanks to GranNE who sent me this bit of humor from TPM.

This was for sale on the McCain website. For reals. It nicely brings together two of my ma ape's least favorite things--misused apostrophes and Young Republicans!