The Dark Knight trailer as performed by kids. h/t Oliver
Author - Bob Cesca
Moral Authority
DDay: So Russia starts bombing targets inside Georgia, the United States huffs and puffs to no avail. Then French President Sarkozy hops on Easyjet and stops off in Moscow, and within a matter of...
Debunking McBush
GottaLaff and Paddy have a new video -- this time, they debunk many of Senator McCain's most dishonest smears.
Morning Awful
Headline: Pelosi indicates openness to offshore drilling vote Give me something to break.
Random Observation
It occurred to me that in Senator McCain's "Celebrity" ad, the camera flashes are accompanied by the sound of exploding flashbulbs. When was the last time any photographer used a goddamn flashbulb?
Obama-Clark '08
Very interesting. Barack Obama's VP choice will speak on the veteran-themed third night of the Democratic convention. [...] According to USA Today, the theme for Wednesday, Aug. 27 is "Securing...
Morning Awesome
The McBush Doctrine
Is it possible that Putin is simply following President Bush's example? Yes it is. If there's a threat -- attack. And once you've started, don't leave. Ever. In a modern, post-Cold War sense, the...
Look Who's Being Uppity
Why, it's Senator McBush! John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, on Monday upstaged George W. Bush's administration over the Georgia crisis with his strongest statement so far calling on...
WTF?
By way of a follow-up to yesterday's Hawaii post, Digby reports: Cokie Roberts said today that Obama shouldn't be going on vacation anywhere that has the "look of a foreign exotic place" and should...
This Is Why Democrats Lose
When we lose, we lose because of glad-handing and complimenting the opposition. Senator Feingold on McBush: "He's a very good legislator from my point of view, because when he gets onto something, he...
Random Observation
CNN anchor Tony Harris is too cheerful, bordering on Eddie-Haskel-smarmy.
'He'll Make Dick Cheney Look Like Gandhi'
So said Pat Buchanan about Senator McCain. And you know, I agree. After being 'fooled again' eight years ago, we have no choice but to assume that a McCain administration will be worse than the Bush...
He's Very Serious Mark Halperin…
...And so he can write whatever douchey scribble he wants and yet he'll always be taken very seriously.
Mavericky
TPM: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that McCain is set to hold a fundraiser next week with none other than Ralph Reed, the Christian right leader and former Abrmaoff business partner whose...
Morning Awesome
"Summer Heist" - by Denelian Animated by Anton Bogaty.
The Clinton Fear-Mongering
The Clinton memos leaked to the Atlantic seems to verify that the Clintons -- helmed by Penn -- were actively involved in trying to paint Senator Obama as "foreign". The magazine reports Penn...
Great Wall of Duh: Hawaii Edition
TNR's Michael Crowley: But if Obama’s being smeared as a highfalutin celebrity who is somehow “other” and distant from the American heartland, is Hawaii really the ideal vacation destination? It...
McBush-Lieberbush '08
Oh please oh please oh please let this happen.
Great Wall of Duh
PBS's Bonnie Erbe tried to tear down the wall, but failed: ERBE: The American public have told pollsters, this political season they want substance. Both these candidates have expressed support for...