Governor Palin on Friday: "I told Congress, thanks but no thanks on that bridge to nowhere." Oops: The Alaska governor campaigned in 2006 on a build-the-bridge platform, telling Ketchikan residents...
Author - Bob Cesca
Every Sperm Is Sacred
According to Research 2000, Governor Palin... opposes the use of birth control pills and condoms even among married couples
Vice Presidential Crazy
Martin Van Buren's vice president, Richard Johnson (real name), was insane. While in office, he proposed an expedition to the North Pole so Americans could drill to the center of the Earth, believing...
The Quayle Factor
Some of the pundits are missing the larger context of the Quayle factor. New York Times' Elizabeth Bumiller, for example, said on the Chris Matthews Show today that the vice presidential nominee...
McHurricane
Sorry about the headline. But this is crazy: McCain was scheduled to deliver his acceptance speech Thursday but now may do so from the devastation zone if the storm hits the U.S. coast with the...
JSM + SLHP = ♥
McCain said this -- twice -- about Governor Palin on FOX News Sunday: "She's a soulmate and a partner." Soulmate? Isn't that sweet. They met face to face only twice.
Morning Awesome
I Was Thinking…
...I wonder if the Republicans are going to continue selling those Hillary nutcrackers. You know -- because the Republicans are suddenly all about equality. Rush "Feminazi" Limbaugh, who loves...
Awesome Thread
Open thread. Go! UPDATE: Driving down to Philly for the afternoon. Thread on.
Gushing Over Palin
Geov Parrish at BooMan reports that the talk radio wingnuts were absolutely gushing over the selection of Governor Palin. Of course they are. It fits into their superficial universe. Look at FOX News...
The Assman
Hey Assman! Take a picture, it'll last longer. h/t Paddy
Karl Rove
Hacktastic.
The Clinton Ad
Eric at TPM has a great idea: And here's the ad: A one-minute spot featuring Hillary Clinton herself, talking to the camera and laying into Palin on the issues, her complete lack of qualifications...
Morning Awesome
MST3K Saturday. "Mitchell" - Part Two. Continued from last week.
The McBush Insult
It seems to me as if the connection for both men and women to Senator Clinton wasn't just that she's a woman, but a woman with a dramatic, compelling life story. You know the bio. It's nothing if not...
Ratings Gold
This is awesome: NEW YORK - Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention was seen by more than 38 million people. Nielsen Media Research said more people watched Obama speak...
Circle The Wagons, McBush
Scarborough: It sounds like a Harriet Miers decision. Let's find a woman, whether she's experienced or not. Pat Buchanan: "She just is not ready to be Commander-in-Chief." Whoops.
Why Quaylin?
Benen wonders... McCain may want to improve his appeal among women voters, but he skipped right past more qualified Republican women -- women he actually knows -- such as Kay Bailey Hutchison...
Smart!
Steve Doocy on FOX News: But the other thing about her, she does know about international relations because she is right up there in Alaska right next door to Russia. By that logic, if she spends...
Go!
Gallup Daily Tracking... Obama - 49 McCain - 41