Yay!!! McCain did it!! He saved the economy AND he's gonna make the debate after all! What a hero.
In all seriousness, I have to wonder what the McCain campaign is going to do if (and when, I'm thinking) Obama continues to pull ahead in the polls. A common good guy-bad guy movie trope is that the deceiving bad guy rigs some fake disaster and comes out ahead by seeming like the hero (See: Watchmen, The Incredibles). I just see a time in the not-so-distant future when the McCain campaign sets the most dangerous animals at the D.C. zoo free, and only war-hero and elephant-gun toting John McCain is there to save us. Photo: McCain standing on a pile of dead beasts with his gun held vertically, a picture of Obama running from a lion in the background.
And, although at this point stuff like this doesn't even need to be said, if Obama had made noises about pulling out of the debates, the Republicans would be licking his bones clean right now.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
You know what the difference between a lying, hypocritical vice-presidential candidate and a pit bull is?
One of them has been banned in areas of Ontario, Australia, France, Norway, Iceland, The UK, Denmark, Singapore, New Zealand, Serbia, and Italy--1/3 of dog-related deaths in the United States are caused by pit bull breeds. On the other hand, the vindictive and increasingly-revealed-to-be-crazy governor of Alaska seems to be greeted in all her snarling glory.
On any day that seems like a McCain presidency is a possibility--which have been most of them, I constantly have a tiny little nagging worry in my stomach. I don't think the world will end the day after McCain gets elected--although if Palin assumes presidency after an accident, I could see there being some pretty terrible results. A bit more real is the possibility that some really shitty supreme court justices could get instated by a 08-'12 Republican.
Mostly, I think I just feel sick from how terribly immoral the Republicans (and I guess the Democrats too, but damn) are, and how little 49% of the country seems to know or care. I have to wonder if, in between lying about their record, making claims that Obama wanted to teach Kindergarteners sex ed, and sweeping election crime under the table, they are conscious about how shitty they are. Is there some "ends justify the means" rationalization for things like lying to poor voters about voting day?
One of them has been banned in areas of Ontario, Australia, France, Norway, Iceland, The UK, Denmark, Singapore, New Zealand, Serbia, and Italy--1/3 of dog-related deaths in the United States are caused by pit bull breeds. On the other hand, the vindictive and increasingly-revealed-to-be-crazy governor of Alaska seems to be greeted in all her snarling glory.
On any day that seems like a McCain presidency is a possibility--which have been most of them, I constantly have a tiny little nagging worry in my stomach. I don't think the world will end the day after McCain gets elected--although if Palin assumes presidency after an accident, I could see there being some pretty terrible results. A bit more real is the possibility that some really shitty supreme court justices could get instated by a 08-'12 Republican.
Mostly, I think I just feel sick from how terribly immoral the Republicans (and I guess the Democrats too, but damn) are, and how little 49% of the country seems to know or care. I have to wonder if, in between lying about their record, making claims that Obama wanted to teach Kindergarteners sex ed, and sweeping election crime under the table, they are conscious about how shitty they are. Is there some "ends justify the means" rationalization for things like lying to poor voters about voting day?
Monday, September 1, 2008
Everything I would want to say about Palin's daughter's pregnancy can be found on Dan Savage's blog:
http://thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?show=blog
Specifically: " if abstinence education can’t keep the daughter of the evangelical governor of Alaska off the cock, what hope is there for the daughters—and sons—of average Americans?"
or
"If Obama had a pregnant 17 year-old daughter, this race would be over"
http://thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?show=blog
Specifically: " if abstinence education can’t keep the daughter of the evangelical governor of Alaska off the cock, what hope is there for the daughters—and sons—of average Americans?"
or
"If Obama had a pregnant 17 year-old daughter, this race would be over"
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