Senator McBush via Barbin: My friends, we have to drill off shore. We have to do it. It's out there and we can do it. And we can do that. The oil executives say within a couple of years we could be...
Author - Bob Cesca
McFiction and Barbeque
The new web video from the McCain campaign (a web video from a man who doesn't quite know how to "get online" yet) claims that the corporate media is in bed with Senator Obama. Naturally, this is an...
Ya' Think?
July 22 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co., the two biggest U.S. automakers, have about a 46 percent chance of default within five years, according to Edward Altman, a finance...
Vanity Fair Cover
Pretty good, but not necessarily a 1:1 satire of the New Yorker cover. A portrait of President Bush, a walker, and a pile of drugs aren't as bad as a portrait of Bin Laden, a turban, a machine gun...
Supporting the Troops
Digby mentions: I'm hearing gasbag rumblings that Obama believes "his judgment is better than The Man Called Petraeus'." (How dare he demean the service of the troops this way.) The Republicans are...
Uh-Doy
Notice the spelling of "education": Also notice how FOX News anchor Brett Baier looks like a baby capuchin monkey.
Slow On the Uptake
For quite some time now, Markos has been vocal about referring to the press as "the traditional media," as opposed to "mainstream media" or MSM. Evidently the NY Times is just now catching up. Here's...
Accountability
The corporate media gave President Bush and Senator McCain a free pass in lieu of patriotism and barbeque, but on Morning Joe, Mark Hussein Halperin, David Shuster and Mika Brzezinski think that...
'Generation Kill' Question
Do you get the impression that Marines aren't big fans of gay people?
Morning Awesome
Kennebunkport
Take a good look at this photograph of the Bush family mansion in Kennebunkport today... ...and think about the sheer volume of Americans who still believe that George W. Bush is just like them. And...
Optics Matter
The McBushies need to learn a thing or two about visuals -- optics. Senator John McCain hit back at Senator Barack Obama’s trip to Iraq on Monday when he scoffed at a news conference at the Maine...
Your Meaty Lunch Hates The Earth
As a lunchtime PB&J enthusiast, this bit via Ezra made me smile: Each time you have a plant-based lunch like a PB&J you'll reduce your carbon footprint by the equivalent of 2.5 pounds of...
Afternoon Awesome
Senator Leahy isn't intimidated by the Joker (watch for Leahy at the end). By the way, lots of subtle anti-McBush political statements in The Dark Knight. The Bat-Sonar conflict between Lucius and...
McBush Bot
Paddy posted a revealing Today Show inteview with Meredith Viera and Senator McCain. Watch it, and come back and tell me that he's not a ticking time bomb. His sing-songy contained rage is palpable...
Democrat?
Senator Lieberman explains what he's going to say at the Republican convention: "I'm gonna go to explain why I, as an Independent Democrat, am supporting John McCain, hoping I can convince other...
Halperin Squats in Barbeque
Not only did U.S. government stooges ask Maliki to walk back his statement of support for the Obama withdrawal plan, but once again TIME's very serious Mark Halperin bought the whole thing.
Morning Awesome
Classic Letterman.
More Panic
Marc Ambinder: Via e-mail, a prominent Republican strategist who occasionally provides advice to the McCain campaign said, simply, "We're fucked." I think it's awesome that ending the Iraq occupation...
'Republicans Are Panicked'
Chuck Todd, who has wiped some of the barbeque from his face, said on Meet the Press: Republicans are panicked about this trip because they think that this is going to be a home run. And arguably...