Josh Marshall: Maliki has now handed Obama the trump card of all trump cards with which to parry all of McCain's attacks. Senator Obama might have just won the debate about the war -- and the war...
Author - Bob Cesca
No Fake Turkeys?
Well, without a fake turkey, he can't really say that he supports the troops, now can he. Nevertheless, there were a lot of happy faces in Kuwait yesterday.
Morning Awesome
The Dark Knight
Better than they're saying. If that's even possible. Easily the best superhero movie, but calling it a superhero movie is almost an insult. And Ledger... Sublime. Not too many actors have...
WOO-HOO!
"U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama talks about 16 months. That, we think, would be the right timeframe for a withdrawal, with the possibility of slight changes." So says al-Maliki. Easily the...
Morning Awesome
MST3K Saturday! This week: Gumby in 'Robot Rumpus'.
McDoofus
At a fundraiser today Senator McCain revealed that Senator Obama would be in Iraq this weekend -- which, of course, is a major breach in security. Josh Marshall quotes a security insider who says: If...
It's A 'Horizon' Dammit!
The Bush administration appears to be agreeing to -- not a time line for withdrawal -- but a time HORIZON for withdrawal. Anyone calls it a "line" instead of a "horizon" gets punched in the throat by...
McFunny
Sara Benincasa over at MTV takes on the McShecky's comedy stylings here.
Oh Goodie!
TPM: McCain told Gramm not to worry about the expected pitfalls of a campaign surrogate. Gramm will continue as an adviser and surrogate. Senator McCain is keeping Phil Gramm on the team. Brilliant...
And So Is Dan Rather…
Jesse Jackson paved the way for "Osama Bin Laden". This never ceases to astonish me -- professional broadcasters no less. Then again, I'm constantly referring to Dan Rather as Spam Blather. They're...
Republicans Are So Smart
Lookie what they figured out all by themselves. From the Texas Republican Party convention: Clever! (h/t Sullivan)
Shirtoff Chertoff Scaring Americans Again
IEEEEEE! "The terrorists are deliberately focusing on people who have legitimate Western European passports, who don't appear to have records as terrorists," Chertoff told lawmakers. "I have a good...
10 Years
The Worst Possible Obama Running Mate
...Has to be Senator Bayh. I don't know if they're seriously considering this tepid DLC hack who took money from one of the nation's biggest polluters and sat on the Committee for the Liberation of...
Morning Awesome
New Huffington Post Post
Presidential comedy and how President Bush and Senator McCain don't get it. Rape jokes, for example.
Stupid Little Cobra
Riccardo Ricco -- "the Cobra" -- has been caught doping in the Tour de France. Watching him climb like a maniac, I should've known something was askew. Stupid, stupid rider. UPDATE: Bill Strickland:...
Afternoon Awesome
Tom Tomorrow Kicks My Ass
See, I tried to set up my post from Monday with a LONG preface suggesting that the Muslim rumor thing is uniquely dangerous and ought to be handled with a little more care than other political satire...