Why did John McCain finally say “enough,” albeit about a week too late? Is it because he’s making a last stand for honor and decency? My working theory is that he’s an incredibly vain man who suddenly realized that the only people who still support him are MORANS.
perma ∞ 08:31 on 10.11.2008

 
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[Via Talking Points Memo]

One of the most intellectually dishonest displays you’ll ever see: John McCain spending eight minutes making ad hominem attacks under the guise of saying that there are serious, substantive questions about Barack Obama. You’d think if those questions exist, he’d actually manage to raise them at some point. That he never gets around to stating the questions allows the listener to reach his or her own conclusions about what those might be, and based on the audience reaction I think it’s safe to say that those conclusions were much more vile than John McCain would ever dare speak publicly himself. Which is of course the whole point.

Conversely Sarah Palin does say these things in her appearances, in the basest and most direct way imaginable. She must assume that she won’t get another shot in 2012 or 2016. I guess that’s the price one pays in credibility for a 12.8% chance of being vice president.

perma ∞ 21:22 on 10.06.2008

 
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In which I make a poop joke

Yes, I know this is about Ayers and not Osama. But funny she doesn’t mention the name, isn’t it? This is where the shards that are left of McCain’s integrity are now headed.
[Andrew Sullivan]
Hey Andrew, you misspelled “sharts.”
perma ∞ 21:13 on 10.05.2008

 
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Platitudes

Government is the problem, but your administration will increase regulations?

We need to (a) cut spending but (b) build infrastructure while (c) cutting taxes? All three? In the same answer?

You’re running for vice president but don’t even have a passing familiarity with Dick Cheney’s legislative branch argument?

Please tell me people will see through the winking and cliches and think about the content of what she said.

perma ∞ 22:50 on 10.02.2008

 
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Dear Marie Osmond, should you do another Nutrisystem commercial please feel free to use this joke I just wrote upon the occasion of having seen your Nutrisystem commercial

“I used to be a little bit country, now I’m a little bit rock and” [half beat pause] “small.” [Hand to hip, head cock, wink, show the logo chyron]
perma ∞ 23:30 on 10.01.2008

 
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Yes, yes, we all saw the Letterman clip about McCain’s no-show. BUT DID YOU SEE NIGHT TWO? Apparently 24 hours of “cooling off time” and reflection left Dave even more pissed off.  (And even funnier.)
perma ∞ 00:08 on 10.01.2008

 
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Thank you for the postage paid envelope RNC. Makes me think you value my opinion
Thank you for the postage paid envelope RNC. Makes me think you value my opinion
perma ∞ 22:34 on 09.30.2008

 
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Sarah Palin is utterly unqualified to be vice president. She is a feisty, charismatic politician who has done some good things in Alaska. But she has never spent a day thinking about any important national or international issue, and this is a hell of a time to start.
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In these times, for John McCain to have chosen this person to be his running mate is fundamentally irresponsible. McCain says that he always puts country first. In this important case, it is simply not true.
perma ∞ 20:36 on 09.29.2008

 
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John McCain wants to lend the banks money instead of buying their assets. Apparently John McCain in the only person in all of America that doesn’t realize that this mess started at least in part because institutions made loans to people who weren’t in a position to pay them back, and also that “liquidity problem” means “broke-ass bank.” John McCain wants all of America to be a subprime lender forever, until too many banks default and the Chinese buy us for scraps.
perma ∞ 07:53 on 09.26.2008

 
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Think I could get him to take a swing at me if we ever met?

What’s that Johnny? Gotta suspend the campaign because you’ve got some legislatin’ to do? So you’re incapable of reading a bill and thinking about an issue while riding on that mis-named bus of yours between county fairs? Great to hear you admit what a bang-up job you’ve been doing as senator these last two years. Because now we we know how much you cared about Iraq, unemployment, energy, the environment, and every other major crisis facing the country: none of them were “Stop everything, I need to THINK about this one” important.
perma ∞ 08:21 on 09.25.2008

 
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