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Sun February 10, 2008

	Bush: McCain is a true conservative. That sound you hear is the sound of a million actual conservatives facepalming	(29)
	Bill Clinton loses Grammy to Obama, minimzes loss by pointing out that Gore and Hillary won before	(5)
	Edwards in super duper secret tree fort meetings with Obama and Clinton	(26)
	Obama takes Maine, making him 4 for 4 this weekend	(295)
	Mike Huckabee smells a rat in Washington, sends in a team of people with expertise in that area	(50)
	"[George W. Bush] respects liberty so profoundly that he has protected it and has safeguarded civil liberties more than any other president in wartime that I know of"	(61)
(Some Guy)	Bush: Obama would "attack Pakistan and embrace Ahmadinejad" - according to the guy who bombed Iraq and embraced Musharraf	(80)
	Candidates thinking of V.P. choices, Obama & Edwards, McCain & Romney, Clinton & Clinton and Cruise & Xenu	(90)
(HuffingtonPost)	2000: Karl Rove engineers a smear campaign against John McCain, ensuring his loss for the Republican candidacy. 2008: Rove donates to the McCain fund and is welcomed as among "the smartest political minds in America"	(43)
(Third Party Watch)	The Libertarian party congratulates Republican's nomination of John McCain... by delivering a funeral wreath to Republican headquarters	(37)
	Another election year, another plan to get rid of the Electoral College	(69)
	CNN - "Dems deadlocked after Saturday's contests"...in which Obama won all three states and the U.S. Virgin Islands by margins of no less than 21 points	(192)
	Bush: John McCain is a true conservative. McCain: Mr. President, you aren't helping me. Please STFU	(23)
(Politico.com)	Hillary Clinton's campaign manager nearly breaks her ankle jumping off the bandwagon	(381)
(Samizdata)	In effect Vladimir Putin is saying "if you do not start respecting me, I will bankrupt my country by producing large quantities of the same weapons that the Israelis consistently turn into confetti using western military technology"	(26)
	Georgia is bone dry and is seriously considering grabbing part of Tennessee to get water	(17)
	Nationalist MSP lodges motion in Parliament calling for Berwick-upon-Tweed to go from an English town to become a part of Scotland again. Bonus: town has already switched 13 times	(8)
	Huckabee declares he does not want to be Vice President, putting him more in tune with the rest of America who doesn't want him to be any kind of President	(33)
(Open Left)	"How I Could Quit The Democratic Party." Hint: It might have something to do with back door power grabs by a certain NY senator	(102)
	We should celebrate that white men are looking past race and voting for Obama. Just kidding, we should be outraged the white men are displaying their sexism for voting against Clinton	(387)
	Anti-Putin protester is declared insane and kept drugged in psychiatric hospital. RNC seen taking notes	(27)
(Some Guy)	President Bush hates Congressional earmarks, also known as pork. Interestingly, his budget is chock full of similar items	(34)
	British Ministers want to force prostitutes off the phones and the internet and out from behind closed doors and back out on the street in front of your house where it is presumably OK	(10)
(Palm Beach Post)	"Being a Democrat in Florida is like being the coyote in a Road Runner cartoon. Things start out so promising, but in the end you just screw up everything in a comical way. Beep beep"	(124)
	You'll get to vote / In twenty-ten / And we'll keep beating / You 'till then / Burma Shave	(16)
	Clinton reportedly to ask Dem leaders to make Obama campaign 'stand down'	(310)
(NewsBusters)	Obama already playing age card on McCain	(109)

Sat February 09, 2008

	Countries around the world look forward to outcome of 2008 elections, because for first time in eight years, they won't have to bring colouring books to international summits	(205)
	Dick "Buckshot" Cheney signs amicus brief in favor of Second Amendment	(87)
	Obama takes Nebraska, Washington and Louisiana to complete the Saturday Democratic trifecta (off-shore bonus: Virgin Islands)	(1121)
(Some Guy)	"Democrats are working overtime to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory." Here's the six easy steps they're following	(95)
(Some Guy)	Republican party sues Independence party for refusing to vote for them	(17)
	Hillary Clinton tells Democrats not to bring a knife (Obama) to a gunfight: Only she can beat McCain	(238)
(king5)	Update from the WA caucuses: Dems shatter participation records, most Repubs undecided	(147)
	Huckabee wins Kansas, evolves into stronger candidate	(198)
	Clinton team braced for Obama to take them from behind	(142)
	In case anyone was wondering, there are 158 Democratic delegates at stake today yet no major media seems to be covering it	(254)
	Huckabee: "I'm a Wal-Mart, not a Wall St., Republican." Good to know that he's a smelly, lazy, obese shopper in a motorized cart with 6 illegitimate kids and a spam sucking white trailer trash girlfriend	(97)
(Inquirer)	Nobel prize winner says Obama will be assasinated if he gets elected. The reason? There's none, except for the fact that she won the Nobel prize for literature and is free to let her ass make up imaginary situations	(86)
	Hillary says she won't debate on MSNBC because an anchor was mean to her daughter. Yeah, it's not at all because Barack is cleaning her clock in face-to-face debates, no, not that at all	(108)
	Hillary casting herself as the underdog to the "establishment" Obama. Wait, what?	(164)
	Headline: "McCain trying to keep it real." Word to your mother	(20)
(Ron Paul 2008)	Ron Paul to scale back his campaign, concentrate on re-election to Congress. Thousands of moody loners mourn in their mom's basements	(563)
(Some Guy)	Defense Secretary Robert Gates admits that U.S. Iraq policy has cost us goodwill overseas, meaning he won't be Defense Secretary much longer	(21)
	Pentagon says that war strains the military's capabilities. In other news, the sky is blue, grass is green, and Drew is on his 10th beer as we speak	(57)
	Colin Powell says he may support a Democrat or Independent. Is somebody jumping on board the Obama train?	(103)
(MichNews)	"Whoever wins this year’s election, the American people are in for a rough four years. The best we can hope for is that at the end of it, we’ll still be better than Canada"	(149)
	Washington Post correspondent suspended for pointing out a presidential candidate is using their daughter for publicity purposes. It's not news, but dude, quit pretending	(66)

Fri February 08, 2008

	Jack Cafferty - "The amazing thing about Obama's power to inspire people isn't that he does, it's that he inspires young people to actually vote"	(86)
	Polls show Obama has a better chance than Clinton at beating McCain in the general election	(156)
(ThinkProgess.org)	Democrats, in a celebration of the diversity of the party, welcome Joe Lieberman back into the fold. Just kidding-they've stripped him of his super-delegate vote	(136)
	Former DC Mayor Marion Barry, who probably still remembers what a biatch can do to you, endorses Obama	(29)
	New Jersey superdelegate previously pledged to Hillary moves back to undecided column. So that's what the first crack in a dam sounds like?	(75)
(Huffington Post)	After claiming to be the real candidate of change, Hillary claims to be the real candidate of dreams. Will, by the general election, have been the real candidate of extreme, awesome, echidnas, brake dust, yarn, and cure for blue-balls	(48)
	Cynic walks up to young black kid supporting Obama and tries to embarrass him by exposing his assumed ignorance. Needless to say, he got served	(175)
(townhall)	According to conservative columnist, Obama isn't really black and the only reason why anyone votes for him is because he is black	(133)
(Some New Mexican)	Hey, you think they'll notice that we are Clinton supporters and we kept three ballot boxes in our home overnight?	(235)
(Hot Air)	In a fair and balanced Freudian slip, Fox News identifies McCain as a Democrat	(167)
	A big reason health insurance is so expensive is because there are 1,961 state-mandated coverages that must be included in plans, including massage therapists, wigs for cancer patients and coverage for fatties	(151)
	Bush greeted by chants of "four more years" from a group of conservative constitutionalists. Ironic and Stupid tags in a dead heat	(367)
	Division and disunity were the GOP watchwords in 2008. But the party with the meat cleaver down its middle is in fact the Democrats	(26)
	Ron Paul is accusing the Republican Party of acting like a bunch of Democrats	(100)
(National Post)	The cult of global warming shows its true colors. Jail time for the non-believers	(551)
	The surge is now so successful that even the Washington Post has been forced to notice, saying, "Al-Qaeda in Iraq is an organization in disarray"	(54)
	Following reports that the NFL was cracking down on churches hosting big-screen Super Bowl parties, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-ahrah) introduces bill to give places of worship an exemption	(82)
	Ten things Mitt Romney could have done differently. No. 11: Win. That would have helped	(50)
	Care to guess which presidential candidate the Japanese city Obama supports?	(40)
	Sen. Thad Cochran -- who once said "The thought of [McCain] being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me" -- now supports McCain for president	(66)
	Hillary is using Chelsea to stump for the great-great-grandparent vote. With pic	(44)
(Some Guy)	Clinton campaigners rent New Hampshire building for five days. Result: Building is left trashed and rent never gets paid	(219)
	On stimulus plan: "The checks are an advance on next year's refunds, and most, if not all of the money, will be deducted from taxpayers' refunds in 12 months' time." No free money for you	(126)
(WOAI)	Ambulances put on standby as Cheney returns to hunting in Texas	(77)
(Some Guy)	Obama's 86-year old Kenyan grandmother and her pet chicken are thrilled by his 13-state win in the primaries	(38)
(Some Guy)	"Mathematically impossible Clinton or Obama will win nomination through regular voting process." All hail our super-delegate overlords	(406)
	Politicians do not need to expense receipts for “food.” In related news, “food” can encompass iPods, televisions and fish tanks	(36)
	With nothing better to spend their time and money on, VA Senate bans the term "mentally retarded" in VA laws. Replaces it with "intellectually disabled"	(171)
(Patriot Ledger)	Governor says he doesn't know how testing of older drivers would help safety, but he does know how it will help him win votes	(14)
	"Obamaphilia has gotten creepy. Scarlett Johansson called me twice, asking me to vote for him. She'd never even called me once about anything else"	(94)
	Evidence surfaces proving that the Supreme Court is influenced by the Internet Tough Guy Lobby	(71)
	Mike Huckabee insists his campaign is not over, uses podium to shield journalists from massive fork stuck in his ass	(49)
(Some Guy)	The language used here is the language of evangelical Christianity – Obama volunteers speak of "coming to Obama" in the same way born-again Christians talk about "coming to Jesus"	(194)
	Cheney: "Damn right I back Bush use of waterboarding"	(247)
	Bush says vote Republican because "prosperity and peace" are at stake in November	(134)

Thu February 07, 2008

(Some Guy)	Limbaugh: "The Republican Party has attempted to expand by including liberals and independents and Democrats so as to marginalize conservatives."	(185)
	Obama: "I won't be spleef-boated"	(98)
	That whole "Hillary's campaign is short on money" thing? A cunning stunt	(110)
	Charles Barkley frowns on the Jesse Jackson's Shenanigans	(45)
(huffpo)	The latest complete BS un-factchecked politics rumor: Gore may endorse Obama	(146)
(Lileks.com)	Farker James Lileks at his screediest, putting the wood to the overly earnest and self-righteous "b-b-but Amerikka" types we all know and loathe	(111)
	The Sun gets cheeky: "Close but no cigar for Clinton". Ooh err, fnar fnar	(21)
	A day after being declared legal, and hours after the Justice department refuses to investigate, the head of the CIA says that waterboarding is probably illegal... wait, what?	(168)
	Stimulus plan passes. Spend your money frivolously or you hate America	(479)
	Democrats stand firm on certain stimulus bill demands. Just kidding, they folded like a slice of warm cheese	(23)
	Romney's Speech on withdrawing from the race. Summary "I want to keep running, but that would only be helping the terrorists"	(0)
	"Roll Call" newspaper launching a new TV show focusing on legislative politics. Because C-SPAN, C-SPAN2, CSPAN-3, CNN, FOXNews, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, and CBS aren't enough already	(14)
	Berkeley: "We are dead set against having military offices here." US Senate: "Enough to lose all your federal funding?" Berkeley: "What are you talking about? We support the troops and we always have"	(401)
(Some Guy)	Montana student newspaper apologizes to Ron Paul supporters for not running a single article on him after writing Paul off as an "oddball" : "In retrospect, we now see these may be the very qualities that draw people to Paul"	(53)
	Bill Clinton's charity is getting millions from a sleazy Kazakh uranium baron. High five	(51)
(NY Sun)	Democrats might return to the smoke-filled room to pick their presidential nominee, which is great news for Obama since he's the only one who'll admit inhaling	(111)
(Press Media Wire)	Ron Paul co-sponsors legislation prohibiting the US from collecting debts from surviving families of fallen soldiers	(116)
(Outside the Beltway)	Ann Coulter told to stay the hell away from this year's CPAC conference. They know all they need to know about the crying game	(90)
	Mitt Romney suspends his Presidential campaign. McCain seen tenting his fingers, mumbling "Excellent..."	(880)
	McCain rivals: "It ain't over." In other news, it's over	(41)
	Commentator: "Hatred of McCain makes no sense." Welcome to American politics, sir	(69)
(KWGN-TV)	Colorado representative says teen parents are sluts. Well, duh. Except now he's under fire for saying so	(262)
(WINK)	Congress acts to make telemarketer Do Not Call Registry permanent	(200)
	UK columnist Camilla Cavendish: "I admire Hillary's balls"	(31)
	Robert Gates: "Just because Bush is making secret deals for a long-term commitment to Iraq, ensuring troops remain for decades, does not mean we're going to have a long-term commitment with Iraq and troops there for decades."	(122)
	US citizens voted for Democratic candidates almost 2-to-1 over the Republican ones	(328)
(NewsBusters)	Shuster: Rush and Hannity Don't Matter	(131)
(Bloomberg)	Accidentally leaked internal Obama memo projects Barack to finish with 1,806 delegates to Hillary's 1,789. It takes 2,025 to be nominated, and the missing 366 Michigan and Florida delegates would push Hillary over the top	(600)
	Dems contemplating a "do-over" in Michigan so the delegates will count	(92)
(Open Secrets)	Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson owns $125,000,000 worth of Goldman Sachs stock. So, you can totally trust him to put the overall economy before Wall Street interests. Totally	(36)
	“To elect Barack Obama to the highest office in the land would be nothing less than spitting on the graves of the victims of 9/11,” Sillett wrote last week. You know you want to read the rest	(159)
(Bloomberg)	After hearing Hillary Clinton lent herself $5 million to get through Super Tuesday, Obama campaign challenged its members to match her in the 24 hours that followed; ended up raising almost $6 million	(177)
(Tallahassee.com)	Mayoral candidate claims teaching evolution in schools will revive the Third Reich	(98)
	GAO says that touch screen voting machines worked fine in a Florida Congressional race, and 18,000 voters -- 15% of those voting -- must have decided just to skip that race on their ballots	(47)
	Ric Romero reports that the next President could come from the Senate	(23)

Wed February 06, 2008

	Republican Senators block economic stimulus bill, thus encouraging more democratic senators in the future	(81)
(Some Guy)	Buchanan: John McCain 'Will Make Cheney Look Like Gandhi'	(91)
	New tell-all book on 9/11 Commission report contains major bombshells -- like the time Janet Reno made chicken soup for her sick security detail. Wake up, sheeple	(55)
	"Yes We Can" viral video starring a host of celebrities supporting Barack Obama quickly becoming seen as the best marketing of any campaign in either race	(314)
	Bush could authorize the use of waterboarding in the future if certain conditions are met. The conditions? Being brown and named Mohammed	(92)
(NY Times)	"Obama Girl" didn't vote for Obama. She didn't vote for anybody, for that matter. Submitter, however, casts a vigorous vote for her knockers (SFW)	(84)
	Clinton staffers working without pay. Bill reportedly digging up young interns for "alternative pay options"	(183)
(Some Guy)	Vermont: Most Likely To Secede?	(80)
	NRO editors send a message to John McCain: Start hating Mexicans pronto or forget about our support	(264)
	23 year old Iranian sentenced to death for drinking alcohol four times. And they were being lenient, according to the Iranian law he should have been killed the third time	(465)
	The Mittster has spent $1.16 million per delegate and at his current rate will need to burn over $1 billion to win the nomination. Huckabee, on the other hand, has won 20 delegates for every million dollars he's spent	(95)
(State of California)	California county-by-county primary returns show that NorCal supported Obama, but SoCal overwhelmingly went for Hillary. Can we please split the state in two and separate ourselves from those oddball Southerners?	(105)
(Huffington Post)	Obama's silver tongue and solid exit polling appear to have now penetrated and divided the feminist community; "Vagina Monologues" playwright claims that hardcore feminist rhetoric is snatched from Bush	(35)
	Fark's favorite evangelical gay pastor Ted Haggard has prematurely ended a "spiritual restoration" process begun when he was fired for sexual misconduct. Guess you can't cure teh ghey	(134)
(Variety)	Americans are more interested in who the next American Idol is than who the next Republican nominee for President is. Oh yeah, and they prefer "House" as well	(26)
	7,295,400 votes for Clinton = 50.2%, 7,295,400 votes for Obama = 49.8%. That's what happens when people cast their 3/5ths of a vote	(90)
	It's official: Obama now in the lead	(314)
	If you don't support Vladimir Putin, you MUST be crazy	(38)
	"Yesterday's primary voting laid bare a profound racial and ethnic divide among Democratic voters, with African Americans overwhelmingly preferring Sen. Barack Obama and Latinos largely favoring Sen. Hillary Clinton."	(91)
(gamepolitics)	Where the major presidential candidates stand on video game issues	(47)
(Some Guy)	Bill Clinton 2007 "self-financing violates the spirit of campaign finance reform" Bill Clinton 2008 "nevermind"	(35)
	"The biggest losers of all were in Florida, which eagle-eyed readers will recall held a primary last week. Just try telling that to the drooling oldsters who called their elections boards yesterday insisting they had a right to vote."	(28)
	"We have a $14 trillion economy. The idea that presidents can control it lies between an exaggeration and an illusion."	(56)
	Head of University of Kentucky's student government association asked to resign after he forwards e-mail claiming Barack Obama is a radical Muslim. RNC extends job offer	(230)
(NY Daily News)	It'll cost NY Giants fans XLIII dollars for Super Bowl XLII license plates	(20)
	Already known for giving victory speeches when she comes in third, last night Hillary Clinton actually claimed to have won a state that Obama won by 10,000 votes	(327)
(NY Observer)	Pundit Chris Matthews is so far in the tank for Barack Obama he echoes when he talks: "This is bigger than Kennedy. [Obama] comes along, and he seems to have the answers. This is the New Testament"	(68)
(newshounds)	Hannity, Limbaugh and Coulter all line up behind Romney	(64)
	"That this whole Huckabee fight turned into an insane Marx brothers dance was fitting somehow."	(11)
(Alternet)	FemiNazi explains how any criticism of Hillary Clinton is the same as raping and murdering every woman on Earth	(106)
(Some Guy)	Obama wants to give illegals drivers licenses ... Well, Hillary's gonna do him one better: how about just giving them cars?	(53)
(Pensito Review)	Super Tuesday’s Biggest Loser: Rush Limbaugh	(84)
	Twenty gullible voters given defective pens, told by officials that pens contained "invisible ink". In other news, Alan Keyes' camp reports they're missing 20 votes	(110)
	Ron Paul takes 25% of the vote in Montana. Who would have thought a state big enough to drop a nuke without waking your neighbors would have a libertarian strain	(192)
	"Hillary has the beer Democrats, O'Bama has the wine Democrats." And Ron Paul, of course, has the Kool-Aid drinkers	(99)
	San Francisco voters prove they aren't as batshiat crazy as everyone thinks, reject plan to convert Alcatraz to "global peace center" by nearly 3-1 margin. Still no cure for Berkeley	(153)
(Some Guy)	The evolution of John McCain, from a military realist, to a hopped-up interventionist	(78)
(Politico)	What happens when you don't care about the small states and just focus on the huge ones? You lose the overall delegate count	(474)
	Delegate count on the GOP side shows McCain with 615, Romney 268, Huckabee 169, and Paul with 16. Or, as Paul supporters see it, 20 gajillion billion	(445)
	Rudy Giuliani featured on 2008 Topps baseball card celebrating Red Sox World Series victory. Stats on back show a 9.11 lifetime ERA and a .000 batting-average in the clutch	(9)
	"In California, it is possible to drive an electric car with your third wife for a stop at the holistic tea house run by your gay son and his husband on the way to the polling place, where you will vote for Arnold Schwarzenegger"	(58)
(Some Guy)	If Democrats end up having a brokered convention, it will be the first since 1952 - and it won't be good for anyone	(32)
	Dutiful Virginians uphold their civic duties this Super Tuesday. Just one small problem	(82)
	Not News: Republican Family Values Candidate Running for Committeeman. Fark: Candidate is a 'Deadbeat Dad' Who Owes $82,000 in Unpaid Child Support	(65)
	Clinton, McCain winners of California primary	(1063)
	"In Florida, election officials across the state fielded hundreds of phone calls from confused voters asking where they could vote Tuesday, apparently unaware that Florida's presidential primary was last week"	(62)
	Listen to the earliest known voice recording of a U.S. president: Benjamin Harrison, in 1889	(46)
	Super Fat Tuesday discussion thread. Link goes to Comedy Central Indecision 2008 live blog	(2392)
	"Oprah Resolves Voting Machine Glitches." Is there anything Oprah can't do?	(77)

Tue February 05, 2008

	Don’t be fooled by the shrewd campaigns being run by perplexingly strong candidates; the Democrats are headed for a total farking meltdown	(32)
	Israeli Intelligence agency says that in three years Iran will have nukes, gays	(58)
(Send2Press)	Willie Nelson claims twin towers were imploded on 9/11 - also blames terrorists for his tax evasion and permanent hair problems	(295)
	James Dobson whines that if he can’t have things his way, he’s just not going to play at all	(73)
	Obama'yall takes Georgia	(402)
	With Andy Pettite's testimony out of the way, US Senate gets down to really important work ... starting with passing a resolution 100-0 praising the NY Giants?? Uh, Iraq? The economy? Anyone, anyone?	(71)
	What if Ron Paul drops out after he gets royally spanked on Super Tuesday? Will there be wailing from parents' basements nationwide? How will it affect the blimp and stencil industry? And who will we make fun of?	(254)
	"The Republican bench is filled with more McCains than Reagans, which makes the anti-McCain campaigning a bit futile. You can't beat someone with no one, no matter how many bloggers and talk show hosts you have on your side."	(43)
	CIA admits waterboarding three times. Translation: we did it a lot more than three times	(814)
	Ron Paul needs to take more folic acid	(120)
	Not News: Democratic delegates up for grabs this Super Tuesday. Fark: 22 will most likely come from Mexico	(149)
(City Journal)	Still stinging from the Clinton era of triangulation and his abandonment of liberal ideals, progressives longing for a new Camelot get behind Barack Obama, who, by any standard of measurement, is unqualified for the job	(225)
	Ron Paul supporters in L.A. turf war with Crips	(72)
(Some Guy)	Huckabee scores first in West Virginia, presumably with a relative	(470)
	And the award for least delegates per dollar spent goes to...	(70)
	Hoboken plagued by voting machine glitches, giant chickens	(87)
	Businesses in Iowa could be fined as much as $625 for selling U.S. flags made in other countries. "I personally don't want my coffin draped in a Chinese-made flag when I pass away"	(204)
	It's not "predatory lenders" that are at fault for the US mortgage crisis, but the liberal left wing PC nannny state ivory tower elitist socialist democrat academic liberal leftists	(127)
	San Francisco voters to decide whether to destroy famous site visited by millions of paying tourists in favor of building global peace site visited only by hippies with no money	(102)
	Bunch of people outside Wisconsin polling place for Super Tuesday forget that Wisconsin doesn't vote on Super Tuesday	(134)
	Barack Obama wins Super Tuesday's first battleground: Indonesia	(228)
(C\|Net)	The most tech-friendly candidates, plus Hillary Clinton	(189)
(Political Wire)	Hillary Clinton raised an impressive $13 million in January, outdistancing rival Barack Obama by negative $19 million	(37)
(SurveyUSA)	There's no denying it, Hillary is the clear winner in California: SurveyUSA says 52 percent Clinton, 42 percent Obama	(193)
	There's no denying it, Obama is the clear winner in California: Zogby says 49 percent Obama, 36 percent Clinton	(321)
	Meet the caninedidates -- dog lovers guide to the presidential election	(26)
(The Nation)	Every Democratic candidate signed a statement affirming basic Constitutional principles, promising they wouldn't tap into phones and emails, and disavowing torture. Except one	(180)
	Pessimists have been predicting the decline of American power since 1788. Don't believe them	(118)
	Why everyone's really buying retro ring ring ring ring ring ring ring hamburger phones	(118)
(Some Guy)	Britain's Prince Andrew says the U.S. sought the UK's advice on Iraq -- and then listened to none of it when it didn't fit the government's preconceived notions. SURPRISE	(58)
	As Republicans still don't listen to the lyrics of songs before using them in campaigns, John Mellencamp is forced to ask John McCain to stop using his songs at rallies	(145)
	9/11 Commission's executive director, Philip Zelikow, made a LOT of phone calls to the White House, but they "weren't political." Did I mention he instructed his secretary to stop keeping phone records about those calls?	(81)
	According to latest Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released early Tuesday, Barack Obama leads Hillary Clinton in California by 13 points	(82)
(Some Guy)	McCain is totally against troop withdrawals, that is unless its a war during Bill Clinton's administration. Cut and run is totally acceptable then	(52)
	And the award for most lobbyist money accepted this campaign season goes to... Hillary Clinton	(67)
	Ted Danson, Ron Howard, Sally Field and the bad guy in "Billy Madison" for Hillary versus Scarlett Johansson, Edward Norton, Robert De Niro and Kumar for Obama	(82)
	Romney now: "I'm the new Ronald Reagan." Romney then: "Look, I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush. I'm not trying to return to Reagan-Bush"	(58)

Mon February 04, 2008

(The Huffington Post)	100 Feminists leaders release statement endorsing Obama. Hero tag is for making the head of N.O.W. New York explode	(422)
	"Party training": Is your kid a "Weepublican" or a "Demoquat"? Dear God, we have another nine months of this?	(91)
(Some Guy)	Super Tuesday weather forecast strongly hints that God is a Mormon	(146)
	Though Ron Paul may not win unless heck freezes over, you might want to talk to the folks in heck first	(74)
	Newsday announces that McCain is the nicest turd of the bunch	(26)
	Bush calls the Patriots, congratulates them on a perfect season	(75)
(Townhall)	He's raised $20 million, has a mouse army of dedicated fanboys, and absolutely rocks the "cool grandfather" look, but Ron Paul's campaign has flatlined like the Patriots (with chart goodness)	(240)
(Some Guy with vote necklaces)	Tomorrow is Super Fat Tuesday - a day when various candidates vie for our beads	(43)
	"In 1996, Obama said in a questionnaire that he 'supported banning the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns'"	(521)
(Think Progress)	Fair and Balanced Fox News adds notoriously non-partisan Karl Rove to its political team	(141)
(NYT)	New York Times writer shocked to find out that letting her husband cheat on her didn't make her happier	(660)
	Denver expects spike in prostitution during upcoming Democratic National Convention, but whores say computer conventions are better for business. "There's a lot of nerds that don't get out much," one notes	(143)
(Townhall.Com)	One day before a huge primary election, Hillary cries. No, this is not a repeat	(293)
(Some Guy)	Hillary's relationship with Rupert Murdoch even more awkward than her relationship with Bill	(20)
(Some Guy)	Obama wins all important T-shirt sale race, gaining on bobbleheads	(18)
(Politico)	We're going to see more Chelsea Clinton on the campaign trail. She's the designated hot stuff for the lonesome nerd voters	(79)
	Bush unveils his latest budget. At $3.11 trillion, he has increased the size of the federal budget by 100 percent in just eight years	(335)
	Facing a government crackdown over predatory lending and a troubled housing-finance system, Wall Street and the real estate industry were among the top political givers in 2007	(14)
	Obama leading Hillary in California, but everyone knows it's who counts the vote that matters	(101)
	Barack Obama picks up the Lake Wobegon vote	(32)
	U.S. troops "accidentally" kill nine Iraqi civilians, illustrating their ongoing failure to win hearts and minds that aren't recently separated from their owners	(97)
	Maria Shriver, wife of McCain-backing Gov. Schwarzenegger, endorses Obama. Kennedy blood remains thicker than Austrian wine	(42)
	Actual headline: "Clintons visit black voters, Obama taps Oprah"	(24)
(Some Guy)	Hillary Clinton predicts that the Patriots loss in the Super Bowl is a good omen for Super Tuesday. Shakes magic 8 ball: "Don't count on it"	(46)