Entries from October 2008

October 31, 2008

Bubba Gits It Done!

From Time:
(KISSIMMEE, Fla.) — Portraying harmony like never before, Bill Clinton hailed Barack Obama on Wednesday, a power pairing designed to inspire Democrats already smelling victory.
“Barack Obama represents America’s future, and you’ve got to be there for him next Tuesday,” Clinton, with Obama at his side, said to the cheers of a partisan crowd. [...]

October 30, 2008

Have Some Respect–That’s *Governor* Whack Job!

From The Huffington Post:
One of John McCain’s advisers recently called his running mate Sarah Palin a “diva” after she went off-script at a rally, and suggested she was looking after her own political future over the current campaign. Now another adviser ups the ante in a conversation with the Politico’s Playbook, labeling Palin a “whack [...]

October 29, 2008

Turds of a Feather

From the Hartford Courant:
Lieberman Says He Keeps Campaign Comments Within Bounds
From The Hill:
[Lindsey] Graham casts doubt over Powell’s GOP credentials

Original DVD cover.

October 28, 2008

Guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty!

Well, kids, I had another movie poster ready to go, but how could I ignore what happened today?
From Time:
(WASHINGTON) — Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was convicted of seven corruption charges Monday in a trial that tainted the 40-year Senate career of Alaska’s political patriarch. The verdict, coming barely a week before Election Day, added further [...]

October 27, 2008

The Rethuglicans’ New Pipe Line

From The Telegraph:
Samuel Joe Wurzelbacher’s campaign confrontation over tax with Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama has been seized on by Republican John McCain, who has made the issue a centrepiece of his campaign during the final week of the race.
But now Joe the Plumber has bowed to growing pressure from grassroots Republicans in his [...]

October 26, 2008

Don’t Ask, Don’t Mattel, Part 2

Well, kids, still having trouble with the computer and Photoshop, so here are more Captain Underpants Barbie Squad pics:

Original image.

October 25, 2008

Don’t Ask, Don’t Mattel

From ABC News:
ABC News’ Rick Klein Reports: The McCain-Palin campaign’s efforts to reach women is about to get a celebrity boost: Elisabeth Hasselbeck is set to join Gov. Sarah Palin on the campaign trail.
“The View” co-host said Thursday the McCain campaign contacted her a day earlier, to convey an invitation from Palin to introduce her [...]

October 24, 2008

The Christian Right Stuff

From CBN News:
Sarah Palin spoke with Focus on the Family Founder James Dobson today on the radio. There was a lot of love in the room flowing both ways.
…snip…
At one point she says the following:
“It is that intercession that is so needed and so greatly appreciated and I can feel it too Dr. Dobson. I [...]