I used to be a little freaked out by Senator McCain's creepy forced smile. Until I realized that the smile looks like the frozen grandparents from Weird Science.
Author - Bob Cesca
Grover Norquist Is A Douchebag
“Norquist dropped by The Times’ Washington bureau today and, as part of his negative critique of Obama’s liberal stances on economic issues and other matters, he termed the presumptive Democratic...
Hugh Hewitt Is A Douchebag
"By the way, I -- I'm still trying to find two tickets to the Ohio State-USC game. And none of the USC people will give up their tickets to me. I'd pay fair price. They -- they know Ohio State's...
Morning Awesome
MST3K Saturday!
Unity
I honestly never thought this event would ever happen. I'm so glad I was wrong.
The Strategy
Obama campaign manager David Plouffe details the state-by-state electoral vote strategy: Listen to this guy and remember that the campaign's pre-primary delegate projections were spot on.
This Is Kinda Scary, No?
Bad news: It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year. Liars! It's all a myth. Everyone knows Santa Claus would...
The Gun Thing
I agree with Eugene. The practical benefits of effective gun control are obvious: If there are fewer guns, there are fewer shootings and fewer funerals. As everyone knows, in the District of Columbia...
Open Thread! Go!
An open thread for all of your open thread needs.
Holy Crap
I've been meaning to post this. Team CSC's Frank Schleck crashes during the Tour de Suisse. "Schleck-Schleck-Schleck-Schleck-OOOH!" is right.
The Debates
I love this kind of political news. The presidential debate commission is recommending that all the debates be podium-free. In two of three debates, the candidates would be seated at a table, and in...
The 'No Attacks Mythology'
On Morning Joe the big topic is terrorism and how we "haven't been attacked since 9/11." This is a bogus argument, and I wrote a whole chapter about it in my forthcoming book. 1) We weren't attacked...
Olbermann, Obama & FISA
Olbermann writing for DailyKos: Thus, as I phrased it on the air tonight, obviously Obama kicked the left in the teeth by supporting the bill. But anybody who got as hot about this as I did would...
Morning Awesome
Can't. Wait.
New Huffington Post Item
The McCain campaign takes fear mongering advice from Bill Kristol. Oh good. Read all about it.
Obama and Telecom Immunity
I'm not leaning on the panic button yet, but I truly hope that there's some grand strategy behind the Senator's remarks yesterday about telecom immunity. "The bill has changed. So I don't think the...
Pisspronunciations
Chris Matthews is obsessed lately with how "exotic and foreign" Senator Obama is, thus reinforcing the fears of the doofus hillbilly vote. And so for the second show in a row, Matthews mixed up the...
Morning Awesome
From Colbert's "Project Make McCain Exciting" contest.
Politics of the Weird
So late last year, Senator Reid went to war against Senator Dodd on FISA. Then, earlier this year, he helped to orchestrate the passage of FISA legislation (in the Senate only) that contained...
McCain Gets A Cover, Too
Background here.