GTFOHWTBS. (CNN) — McCain supporter Sen. Lindsey Graham tells CNN the McCain campaign is proposing to the Presidential Debate Commission and the Obama camp that if there’s no bailout deal by Friday, the first presidential debate should take the place of the VP debate, currently scheduled for next Thursday, October 2 in St. Louis. In Read More
Rick Davis. [photo from the NYT] I’m not sure what the McCain camp is doing. (But one gets the sense that they don’t know, either.) The other day Steve Schmidt and Rick Davis, McCain’s top advisors, went apeshit after a Times story that reported that Davis took millions of dollars as a lobbyist for Freddie Read More
Damn. What got into Campbell Brown?
I had a quibble with G.D.’s otherwise fantastic weekend round-up. Margaret Cho, who confessed her dirty dreams about a certain Republican vice-presidential nominee, wasn’t being sexist. In fact, if she had left out the last line, it could have been the most solidly feminist thing she could have done. I understand the point, though it’s Read More
Kids went back to school a few weeks ago, but fall didn’t start until today. Already stores are filled with fake Jack-O-Lanterns and awful, environmentally unfriendly, disposable Halloween costumes. We’re officially on the inexorable march to the most wonderful time of the year (am I the only person who is always jarred to see Christmas Read More
The first presidential debate is Friday. (photo from The Big Picture blog.) Some folks are Cali are worried that Prop 8 — the ballot measure that would amend the state’s constitution to ban gay marriage —- could get a boost from the large numbers of black people hitting the polls to vote for Obama.* The Read More
We were looking for more excuses to put our ‘WTF?’ tag to use. Hmmm. Methinks we should just start tagging any entries on Sarah Palin ‘WTF?’ Case in point: Uh, what in the damn?
Basically. [h/t Ezra] Going on the Offensive. Obama and Biden finally start baring their teeth. Obama: “If you think those lobbyists are working day and night for John McCain just to put themselves out of business, well, then I’ve got a bridge to sell you up in Alaska.” Because of how truly diffuse the media has Read More
But Pontius Pilate was a governor. Is it too early to get worried? Because I am. For a while I have been trying to fight off feelings of dread inspired by thoughts like those of Thembi but this week’s episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher” brought them all rushing back. What killed me, what Read More
I will say this: she knows how to stick to her talking points. To a point where it becomes clear she doesn’t actually know what she’s talking about. I’m not sure what else there is to say. Update: Publius at Obsidian Wings lets us know the emperor-to-be is naked. But the point is not so Read More
