Stop. Think. Laugh. Then Just Say No The dark fascination with how some people have been so mind-numbed as to buy into the folksy tripe offered by the Palin Package remains in mind. That they're buying into it to an extent that they not only ignore her evasions and prevarications but believe her as a "straight-talker" almost beggars belief. Fortunately, Sam Smith's done a nice job of covering it already, so I'll point you there. My favorite single line from the piece? " What we got was our first vice presidential candidate ever to speak in tongues. " The kindest thing I can say about those who back her for office are that they're desperately mis-informed. I suspect most of them are simply used to the Fox News/Rush Limbaugh/Bill O'Reilly/Karl Rove "news" feed flood of boilerplate talking points that they hear so often every day that the nonsense takes on a mass and substance in their minds that apparently replaces any need for substan...
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" Every time I nostalgically try to regain my liking of John McCain, he reaches into his sleaze bag and pulls out something malodorous . " Dick Cavett on Palin & McCain: Experience 101 . Oh, and here's one of the latest smear attempts by the McCain camp . This one's an ad for Spanish language television, and seems oblivious to the fact that McCain and Obama voted the same way on the issues in question.
Stolen Heart I was pleased to see that Ann and Nancy Wilson have publicly repeated their demand to the Republican Party to not mis-use Heart's Barracuda as theme music for McCain's sorry excuse for a running mate, Sarah "Barracuda" Palin . This was after the GOP disregarded the earlier notice and continued to attempt to use the still-popular '70s hit as a way to lend Palin a positive, pseudo-edgy, familiar association. (Thanks to CryptLeak for this pass-along on a busy Friday.) Follow the link even if it's just to see the questionable nature of many of the talking points responses from GOP tools and dupes that follow the piece. I have little doubt that these same people, had it turned out that the band members were sufficiently morally- and mentally-deficient to embrace Ms. Palin and her platform, would be lauding the tune as a fondly remembered and often-heard rock classic instead of pretending they'd never heard it before being played at the conventi...
As I contemplate how best to view the Bill O'Reilly's show, since Barach Obama has agreed to appear tonight - oh, I'll definitely be recording it, as I won't want to watch it in real time, but there should be some other sort of protective gear involved, no? - I am compelled to post a piece that aired elsewhere last night. A piece to remind us that O'Reilly, Rove and various other imps and minions whose mouths flap on Fox "News" programming are at best pompous and hypocritical, and that more and more we really do need to turn to The Daily Show if we want to cut to the heart of reality. Enjoy. (Oh, yeah. Go to the right and hit the pause icon on that jukebox first, if you haven't already. The volume on this video clip is fairly low.)
Making an Honest Woman of Her Sorry, I couldn't resist. Aside from noting that we're about to head into a season where I expect one candidate's gender will be used as her shield -- essentially many charges will be written off as misogynistically driven -- I just wanted to link to CBS' fact-checking piece on Sarah Palin's acceptance speech last night. Also, as appended to that piece as another link, the Obama campaign has responded in detail to her... misstatements. (The remainder of the piece is an archive of those two links.) Factchecking Palin By Hilzoy Sep 4, 2008 Send this story via emailE-Mail Story View a Printer-friendly version of this storyPrint Story Read related blogs & articles about this storySphere Share Text Size: A A A Answers.com (Political Animal) Factchecking Palin I thought Palin's speech was quite good: well-written, well delivered. And, as I said earlier, I think she's a genuinely engaging person, and comes across very well....