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Sun September 14, 2008
(Lawhawk) Dumbass Today's Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-ropping like a rock) scandal comes to you from illegal lobbyist-funded trips to a resort and spa in Antigua and Barbuda (87)
(The Atlantic) Obvious Praise the lord: 60 percent of evangelical Christians think torture is justified (322)
(Just One Minute) Sad ABC Palin interview after editing: "We must go to war with Russia." ABC Palin interview before editing: "We must avoid going to war with Russia." (209)
(The New York Times) Ironic Sure-fire sign of the Apocolypse: Sarah Palin was Tina Fay for Halloween (74)
(Daily Kos) Interesting Not news: hundreds show up for "Women against Palin" protest in Anchorage. Fark: Probably the largest protest ever in Alaskan history (114)
(National Review) Obvious The Kool-Aid is starting to wear off at the NRO: "McCain just squandered the single best reason for voting for him by choosing an almost totally inexperienced "celebrity" as his running mate" (130)
(Politico) Stupid Karl Rove says McCain ads have gone too far. Yeah, that Karl Rove. Asphinctersayswhat? (162)
(Huffington Post) Scary Greenspan says this is the worst economy he's seen, which is scary considering he's 400 years old (114)
(Daily Kos) Obvious Newest group that isn't so thrilled with Palin: Conservatives (130)
(CNN) Fail GOP: "Sarah Palin has foreign policy experience, after all she went to Iraq." Media: "ORLY? When?" GOP: "And by 'went to Iraq' we meant, 'could have gone if she wanted to.'" (332)
(Daily Kos) Interesting Obama campaign raises more in August than McCain and the RNC combined. This is the best month in political fund raising history. Not bad for a campaign in panic and collapse (237)
(EFF) Hero Federal judge shocks the Justice Department by claiming the Fourth Amendment still exists (48)
(Yahoo) Sad When asked if women make better leaders than men, six percent of Americans agreed. That's it, just six percent. In a country where 12% believe Obama is a Muslim and 17% think that the Palin bikini photoshop is real (60)
(Yahoo) Interesting Five reasons why McCain has pulled ahead of Obama. "Lipstick" just misses the cut (179)
(Washington Post) Asinine And here come the Swift Boaters. There's a big surprise (105)
(AJC) Obvious "For a 'change' candidate, Obama appears to be a man locked in time, unable to move past criticism, unable to move from the grip of the Democratic left, unable to adapt to changed reality" (176)
(Washington Post) Obvious The Washington Post does some research and discovers Sarah Palin had less responsibilities as mayor of Wasilla than most community organizers have before lunch on Mondays (133)

Sat September 13, 2008
(SacBee) Sad Peter Camejo, Ralph Nader's running mate in 2004, has died (36)
(Daily Kos) Obvious Alan Greenspan says the country can't afford tax cuts proposed by John McMaverick (198)
(Crooks & Liars) Dumbass Even after being called out by Factcheck.org for lying, McCain is sending e-mails out to supporters claiming Obama is lying about him (162)
(Time) Sad Senator Obama shows his new, get-tough attitude toward McCain by releasing a strongly worded press release. This is 2004 all over again (190)
(The New York Times) Interesting Sunday edition of Satan's newspaper blows the lid off corruption, secrecy and vendettas surrounding Sarah Palin's tenure as mayor and governor, to a degree that would make even Karl Rove jealous (463)
(Slate) Amusing Canadians show Americans how nasty is done: Stephen Harper's party runs campaign ad showing bird defecating on opposition party leader (58)
(RealClearPolitics) Dumbass Turns out Charlie Gibson doesn't know what the Bush Doctrine is, either (202)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Jesse Ventura: "Government not telling the truth about 9/11". With video goodness (860)
(Huffington Post) Obvious Obama supporters enter third stage of grief -- "Please Obama, just say this" (210)
(FactCheck.org) Dumbass Sarah Palin: "Alaska produces 20% of all US domestic energy." FactCheck.org: "Umm...yeah... We're going to need you to go ahead and change that to 3.5%. M'Kay? That would be terrific..." (171)
(Telegraph) Asinine The British people want Barack Obama to win because "its time for a black president." Citing to all their black Prime Ministers absent from the article (130)
(MSNBC) Followup Russian troops withdraw from western Georgia, may occupy Alabama (32)
(The New Republic) Interesting Latest polling shows Obama winning the electoral vote and McCain winning the popular vote. America to implode in 3...2...1 (515)
(MSNBC) Interesting Not news: McCain's attack ads stretch the truth. News: They're finally being criticized by prominent politicians. Fark: McCain's fellow Republicans are attacking McCain's attack ads (153)
(Daily Kos) Interesting Viral video busts McCain on his untruthful advertisements (174)
(News.com.au) Scary Russian submarines to test-fire intercontinental ballistic missiles. EVERYBODY PANIC (117)
(Townhall) Obvious "These people hear the attacks on Palin and understand them - rightly - to be attacks on themselves and their families. The contempt American media elites feel for their viewers has never been so sharply on display." (284)

Fri September 12, 2008
(Boston Globe) Dumbass Obama 2008: Old fogey McCain can't send an e-mail. Boston Globe 2000: McCain's severe war injuries prevent him from combing his hair, typing on a keyboard, or tying his shoes. Obama 2009: Would you like fries with that? (557)
(Time) Interesting How was Barack Obama as a professor, anyway? Time magazine delves into this important issue and includes a copy of one of Professor Obama's tests (147)
(ABC News) Unlikely Sarah Palin: "I think Obama's regretting not picking Clinton now, I do" (209)
(Some Guy) Obvious McCain claims nobody can name an instance where he's changed positions recently. Washington Monthly writer has a list of 76 different instances he's made since he started running (106)
(The Atlantic) Amusing Obama locks up the gay vote (135)
(Daily Kos) Interesting Alaska Senate committee votes to allow subpoenas of 13 Troopergate witnesses, including Todd Palin. Deciding vote came from partisan liberal wackadoo Charlie Huggins (R-Wasilla) (116)
(Central Florida News) Florida Home made Obama sign, "Obama Half Breed Muslin", stirs up neighbors (161)
(ABC News) Stupid Obama, June 2008: "I will never attack John McCain's patriotism", Obama, September 2008: "When you hear John McCain talking about putting 'Country First,' it's fair to ask -- which country?" (133)
(ABC News) Followup Sarah Palin the final part of her ABC interview, airing Friday: I wasn't for the Bridge to Nowhere, I was for "infrastructure being built in the state... Umm, why is your hand covering your face?" (319)
(Gawker) Scary Get your tinfoil ready: The Ultimate Guide to Sarah Palin Conspiracy Theories (242)
(The New York Times) Followup Biden releases tax returns, proudly points out no donations to wacky churches like Obama and Palin (88)
(Huffington Post) Sad "In arguably his toughest interview yet, View co-host Joy Behar asked McCain..." You read that right. Toughest interview yet, on The View. Our news media is doomed (735)
(Seacoastonline.com) Spiffy *CORRECTION* - King of Maine endorses Obama. Now there's an endorsement (118)
(The New York Times) Obvious By allowing a vote on offshore drilling, Democrats are retreating on what has been a strongly-held party position for more than 20 years, kicking it down the political stairs like an unwanted child (157)
(Politico) Unlikely Dem Senate candidate unhappy about ad depicting him as an aging hippy in a smoke-filled VW van. "It could be the engine overheating," said the ad's writer (133)
(Gallup) Spiffy White women flock to Republican ticket. Except not really (155)
(Ohio.com) Interesting Poll of likely voters in Ohio shows McCain leading Obama by 4 points in that state on rumors that the Democratic candidate is a secret Wolverines fan (104)
(Media Matters) Unlikely Remember when Charlie Gibson asked Obama about the Bush Doctrine, and Media Matters thought Gibson should have clarified? (310)
(Rasmussen Reports) Interesting McCain takes a 3 point lead in the latest Rasmussen Poll. McCain seen petting Palin's head saying "Exxxcellent" (282)
(The Raw Story) Dumbass Someone should tell Sarah Palin that even Bush knows better than to try and link Iraq and 9/11 these days (159)
(Some Larry Guy) Obvious "Obama Implodes in Georgia," making that the what, 10th state he's imploded in this week? Implosion we can believe in (113)
(Little Green Footballs) Obvious When The National Enquirer broke the Edwards story, they were heroically taking on the stodgy, do-nothing MSM. Now that they're attacking Palin, they're back to being a lying, anti-American tabloid rag (68)
(CBS News) Obvious "The media so far has been the biggest loser in this race. All of the media, not just Fox News, is now being viewed as partisan in one way or another." (455)
(AP) Amusing Obama campaign's new ad infers McCain is old and out of touch, just in time to piss off the nations largest demographic. Old people (219)
(Some Guy) Amusing Palin: I struck a deal to build this awesome pipeline. Canada: Not so much, eh. Subby: If she can nuke Russia she can nuke you Canadian bastards too (133)
(Yahoo) Interesting Former GOP senator makes empassioned plea for Presidential campaigns to rise above name-calling. Just kidding, he calls Palin a "cocky wacko" (79)
(Some Guy) Caption What are Obama and McCain talking about here? (178)
(Huffington Post) Interesting Obama is gonna kick it up notch (166)
(ABC News) Amusing "Does anybody know what the difference between a bulldog and a hockey mom is? The bulldog gets vetted" - Bob Barr (61)
(YouTube) Video What Sarah Palin's ABC interview looked like before the edits (423)
(The Weekly Standard) Followup Charlie Gibson, 2001: Bush Doctrine says terrorist organizations will be attacked and defeated. Gibson, 2008: Bush Doctrine says US will preemptively attack any countries we believe are going to attack us. No need for clarification, really (345)
(The New Republic) Dumbass John McCain is officially drunk on his own Kool-Aid: "Palin knows more about energy than probably anyone else in the United States of America." (127)
(Daily Kos) Stupid Move over Lipstickgate. Introducing Rosegate (88)
(Daily Kos) Fail McCain's campaign has sent over one million invalid absentee ballots to voters in Ohio (85)
(McSweeney's) Hero A rare, serious moment from John Hodgman regarding 9/11: "To convert this experience into metaphor, into symbolic gesture, feels almost offensive." (31)
(Salon) Interesting Mike Wallace: "Bill Clinton is more black than Obama" (71)

Thu September 11, 2008
(Talking Points Memo) Fail Gibson: "VP nominee Palin, what are your thoughts on the Bush Doctrine?" Palin: "The what now?" Gibson: "The Bush Doctrine." Palin: "Ummm... Could you dumb it down a shade?" (1186)
(News.com.au) Ironic Pam Anderson tells Palin to "suck it" and if anyone knows how to suck it, Pam sure does (41)
(AP) News Venezuela's Chavez orders US ambassador to depart within 72 hours (536)
(London Times) Obvious "I can't recall a US presidential election that has attracted more attention. But neither can there have been a time when the world has watched what goes on in America with the horrified incomprehension it has now" (145)
(Salon) Dumbass Latest unhinged statement: Palin had a Down Syndrome baby on purpose to establish her pro-life bonafides (183)
(CNN) Interesting RON PAUL and Ralph Nader talk about the importance of third parties on CNN. Actual third-party candidate Bob Barr suspiciously absent. RON PAUL (37)
(Daily Kos) Scary A look at the tenets of Palin's church. Hey, at least they don't hate white people (132)
(Some Guy) Strange Radio guys put lipstick on a pig, decide it looks better than Nancy Pelosi(w/pics) (88)
(KTVA.com) Followup After Sarah and Trig Palin were tard and feathered by abortion remark, South Carolina Democrat chief forced to apologize (114)
(Reason Magazine) Interesting First Obama was all like, let's get Al-Qaeda in Pakistan okay then McCain was all like, lol ur naive and now Bush is like, SEKRIT GROUND ASSAULTS FTW (127)
(Jed Report) Stupid If you thought the GOP talking point "Obama called Palin a pig" was embarrassing, just wait until you get a hold of "Obama called McCain a fish" (69)
(ABC News) Obvious Russia Expert Sarah Palin: Let's go to war, lol (1449)
(Boston Globe) Dumbass The Boston Globe keeps it classy on 9/11, comparing Sarah Palin to the Taliban. Come on guys, the Taliban isn't really that bad (91)
(JSOnline) Strange Opticians across America can't keep Sarah Palin's eyeglasses in stock. "They call asking for the particular model - the Kawasaki 704. It's like they've already done their research on it. They just love how it looks" (290)
(CNSNews) Misc Senators rewrite Econ 101: it's a recession if we say so, by gum (54)
(Daily Kos) Sad DailyKos just can't seem to take the news of a "stunning victory" without claiming "atrocity". Facts be damned, this is war (141)
(Huffington Post) Obvious And today we celebrate yet again that most cherished milestone of the electoral process: The unveiling of this season's first whiny "won't get fooled again" editorial (56)
(Google) Obvious Top Conservative campaign official suspended for criticizing dead soldier's dad, insulting hockey (58)
(The Nation) Interesting Some questions that should be asked of Sarah Palin. Example: "What is the European Union, and how does it function?" (221)
(Foolocracy) Florida Florida ballot congested with 13 Presidential candidates -- let the confusion begin (53)
(Salon) Spiffy "Palin comes across not as a fantasy pinup, but as a dominatrix. And the S/M demographic isn't going to put the Republicans over the top in the swing states." Bonus: The. Best. Photoshop. Of. Palin. EVAR (254)
(Huffington Post) Asinine "While Rome Burned... They Talked About Lipstick." Yes, the whole country's on fire. Not that we're shooting for drama or anything here (132)
(via Instapundit) Survey "Would the likelihood of a serious terrorist attack be greater: Under Obama 77 percent, under McCain 1 percent, No Difference 22 percent" (141)
(Washington Post) Ironic McCain spends the morning in Shanksville, because if there's one thing he knows about, it's plane crash sites (307)
(Washington Post) Scary So it begins: D.C. election officials blamed a defective computer memory cartridge yesterday for producing what appeared to be thousands of write-in votes that officials say did not exist (65)
(AP) Misc Thieves break into the house of Obama relatives in Kenya. They found the pig but not the lipstick (36)
(The New York Times) Dumbass Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) says he didn't pay taxes on rental income from his Dominican villa because he didn't understand the finances. Note: Rangel chairs the House committee that writes U.S. tax law (167)
(Talking Points Memo) Misc Updates released on ABC's Palin interview series. Questions to include "Why are you so inspiring?" and "How did you get so beautiful and smart?" (233)
(London Times) Interesting Obama's panicky reaction to the Palin nomination shows that he collapses under pressure like a balloon stuck under a fat guy (817)
(Guardian.com) Misc Issues? Who cares about issues? VPILF has done a photo shoot for Vogue (342)
(Billings Gazette) Dumbass The governor of Montana jokes that he rigged the senatorial election to get a fellow Democrat into Congress. Guess what happens next? (95)
(Talking Points Memo) Interesting To win, Barack must embrace the pig. Kiss the pig. Love the pig (144)
(The Local (Sweden)) Interesting Lost footage of McCain being released from North Vietnamese custody discovered (with link to video) (567)
(newscucumber.com) Cool Daily Republican Sex Scandal - Florida State GOP Rep. Bob Allen (52)
(Huffington Post) Strange The latest defender of Obama is... Bill O'Reilly? (135)
(Washington Post) Sad Intelligence analysts predict a decline in American dominance, deems military dominance insignificant because "nobody is going to attack us with massive conventional force" (163)
(Huffington Post) Hero Arianna Huffington gets a roundhouse kick to the face (140)
(Daily Kos) Cool Not your typical freeper (201)
(Newsday) Unlikely McCain, Obama set politics aside on 9/11 (60)
(Some Guy) Florida Ballots mistaken for trash and thrown out. Because it's in FL, consider this "foreshadowing" (16)
(Kansas City) Cool Craig Ferguson tells his studio audience, "If you don't vote, you're a moron," then hands out voter registration cards (132)
(MSNBC) Interesting Dear John McCain, here I pwn you now. Love, Keith Olbermann (358)

Wed September 10, 2008
(AP) Hero Canada to bring all of its troops home from Afghanistan in 2011. "Ten years of war is enough." (180)
(NPR) Amusing Sure, we've seen the controversy, but what happens if you really put lipstick on a pig? NPR is there (87)
(Fox News) Stupid Not news: GOP women to boycott Oprah for not booking Palin. GOP men to keep acting like they care about the decision (115)
(Talking Points Memo) Dumbass Has Sarah Palin even listened to John McCain talking for the last month? (263)
(BBC) Obvious Looks like much of the rest of the world hopes the US doesn't elect the bomb, bomb Iraq guy (132)
(Rasmussen Reports) Interesting For the first time all year McCain leads in New Mexcio, one of Obama's must win states (80)
(AP) Stupid McCain: I'm OUTRAGED. Obama: You're outraged? That's OUTRAGEOUS, because I'm even MORE outraged, and I know that is what the voters want... more focus on blind OUTRAGE (300)
(Denver Post) Asinine In the latest government scandal, Department of the Interior employees found in bed with oil companies. Literally (119)
(FactCheck.org) Ironic McCain campaign attack ad misuses quotes from FactCheck.org. If only some website existed for clearing up distorted political campaign claims (104)
(AJC) Obvious Bob Barr asks RON PAUL to be his running mate. RON PAUL (134)
(National Review) Ironic Hillary Clinton would have been a much better VP pick for Obama than Joe Biden. Sincerely, Joe Biden (135)
(Media Matters) Obvious MSNBC reporter Andrea Mitchell: "What has happened to us here, guys?" (133)
(Election Geek) Dumbass SC Democratic Chair says Sarah Palin's "primary qualification is she did not have an abortion." Completely ignores French twist and librarian glasses (239)
(Some Guy) Obvious Most news outlets cover politics like a pack of dogs chasing a flashlight beam. They don't care where that bright spot on the wall is coming from. They see it and think, "Go get it" (38)
(Politico) Amusing Another day, another McCain ad twisting someone's words out of context. This time, it's Katie Couric and the b*tch is pissed (159)
(The Hill) Obvious As if we couldn't tell, Karl Rove has been working with McCain campaign since a few days ago, helping McCain against his sexist opponent who wants to teach kindergarteners how to use condoms before they even learn to read (191)
(Breitbart.tv) Asinine Rep. Steve Cohen, Democratic congressman from Tennessee, brings the idiotic "Jesus was a community organizer, Pilate was a governor" meme to the House floor. Bonus: He's Jewish (348)
(AP) Silly Vermont election officials are a bit fed up with having to count write-in votes for Bart Simpson because someone with that name might live in Vermont. Don't have a cow, man (66)
(Politico) Followup Charlie Rangel (D-ominican Villa) gets backing from Pelosi and the Cab Calloway Institute For Preservation of Conked Hair (40)
(MSNBC) Silly Another day, another animal gaffe. This time Obama uses his secret code to imply that the media are really drug addicted felines (418)
(NewsBusters) Amusing Matt Damon compares Palin's rise to VP candidate as a "really bad Disney movie", which is slightly worse than a really bad Matt Damon movie. Matt Damon (238)
(CNN) Stupid Old school: Nader screwing up election with wasted votes. New school: Paul screwing up election with wasted votes (90)
(Boston Globe) Asinine Forget the wars, the economy, the environment, or health care, here's an article that will REALLY help you decide: The candidate's favorite foods. Democracy surrenders (58)
(The Hill) Obvious Meghan McCain: My Dad Says 'Lipstick on a Pig' (176)
(Time) Hero Today's McCain-Palin rally in Virginia drew 23,000 people. 23-freaking-thousand people on a hot August day with no free concert (308)
(Wall Street Journal) Interesting The US budget is a mess not because of tax cuts (tax receipts actually increased by $785 billion since 2003) or defense spending. It's because Congress has spent like a drunken sailor in a Hong Kong cathouse (220)
(Open Secrets) Interesting The top three recipients of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac campaign money are all Democratic Senators: Chris Dodd, John Kerry, and Barack Obama (158)
(The New York Times) Obvious "Whoever slipped that Valium into Barack Obama's coffee needs to be found and arrested by the Democrats because Obama has gone from cool to cold" (277)
(CNN) Dumbass Sarah Palin is 'cyberhazed.' Apparently, people are using this new-fangled internet to make fun of public figures (104)
(Washington Post) Followup Paraphrased Obama on "lipstick" furor. "Don't you f*cking idiots have anything better to do? Christ." (1061)
(James His Own Bad Self) Cool TFer Lileks takes on a left-wing Canadian columnist's Palin-smuggery. Pwnage? Like Vince Carter over Frederic Weis, you bet your bippy there is (265)
(AP) Followup North Korea denies that Dear Leader is about to be dearly departed, despite a dear cerebral hemorrhage (61)
(USA Today) Obvious Apparently, you CAN go back (367)
(Guardian.com) Interesting Obama: "Hey, where are the white women at"? (434)
(St. Petersburg Times) Spiffy Sarah Palin action figure now available in these costumes; executive in a suit, action hero with a gun in a mini skirt, or in a low-cut school girl uniform. You can pull her string, but she won't say anything until September 11 (344)
(Newsweek) Followup An Anchorage judge repeatedly warned Palin to stop harassing and disparaging the reputation of Alaska State Trooper Michael Wooten, her sister's ex-husband (177)
(CNN) Asinine GOP: Palin is not using her children as part of her campaigning. Biden: If they care about helping special needs children, why doesn't the GOP support stem cell research? McCain-Palin Campaign: How dare you play politics with this issue (156)
(AP) Amusing Republican busy whipping themselves into a frenzy of outrage over a comment Obama made about Palin. The exact same comment McCain made about Hillary a decade ago (254)
(Reuters) Spiffy Because he's good enough, smart enough, and doggone it, people voted for him (43)
(Daily Kos) Dumbass Meghan McCain: "No one knows what war is like other than my family. Period." But hey, leave the children alone, even when they're out stumping for their parents (181)
(Sign On San Diego) Stupid Activist judge rules in favor of math teacher hanging 7 foot "In God We Trust" banners in his classroom (77)
(WNYC) Dumbass NY Governor blindly accuses McCain campaign of racism; it's obvious he can't see the truth (59)
(Daily Kos) Followup All those 10-point swings toward McCain in the polls after the GOP convention? Well, it's because the number of republicans in the survey samples were increased by....10%. Here comes the statistics (242)

Tue September 09, 2008
(CNN) Sad Southeastern Ohioians are shocked that a black man is running for president who's a muslim, anti-American (79)
(Politico) Dumbass Obama, always taking the high road, is now inferring that Sarah Palin is a pig (552)
(Time) Interesting Obama camp calls new McCain commercial, which claims Obama wants to teach comprehensive sex-ed to kindergarten children, "shameful" and "perverse". Then it gets ugly...real ugly (400)
(Slate) Interesting Ten questions for Sarah Palin. "George W. Bush: Great president or greatest president?" conspicuously absent (163)
(24 hours Vancouver) Amusing Reporter asks Canada's prime minister what kind of vegetable he would be. He responds: "I would be a fruit. Because that's just what I am, sweet and colourful." That's Canadian politics for you (43)
(CBC) Obvious If you're the hot, ex-biker, girlfriend of a cabinet minister, there's no better time to release your tell-all book than during an election campaign (30)
(Fox News) Amusing It took 21 months, but Berkeley has finally gotten rid of those pesky tree hippies (139)
(Wall Street Journal) Unlikely Ron Paul to make big announcement at press conference. Dozens of crickets expected to attend (152)
(Yahoo) Interesting Palin defended by Hillary backers (231)
(Some Guy) Interesting Take it from a statistician, this article does a very good job explaining why political polls this early are nearly useless (79)
(Washington Post) Unlikely Group is recruiting pastors for a "Pulpit Freedom Sunday" on Sept. 28, where they will violate IRS rules and specifically endorse candidates in church. This is of course, all about free speech and the timing is pure coincidence (346)
(CNN) Asinine Evangelical leader says McCain must embrace Palin's beliefs -- including the belief in faith healing, the notion that the end times are upon us and the idea that God wants us in Iraq in order for us to speed up that whole end times thingy (968)
(Free Press) Dumbass New president of Detroit city council pledges more openness with media. Just kidding: She started screaming "YOU ARE EVIL. LEAVE ME ALONE" at press during her first meeting and before they had even asked her a question (253)
(CNN) Followup McCain campaign still playing Heart's "Barracuda" at Sarah Palin events, say they have the clearances. Band's former guitarist welcomes the royalties, which enable him to eat a real meal for once (243)
(Gothamist) Hero The best video of police heroically throwing percussion grenades at RNC protesters you'll see all day (335)
(Marketwatch) Followup Andrew McCain has the same knack for banking that his father displayed during the S&L debacle (36)
(Palm Beach Post) Followup According to Rasmussen, the old-fart land-line phone user polls are now even between POW/Mooseburger and Secret Muslim/Foot-in-Mouth Guy. Just 56 more of these to argue about, folks (287)
(Newsweek) Interesting A scorecard detailing how Internet tough guys get all-up in the VPILF's hizzy (174)
(The Moderate Voice) Stupid "McCain who? All my wife and I see is Sarah Palin. She can run with Donald Duck for all I care." Senator, I would advise against going on that moose-hunting trip with the Governor (300)
(Rasmussen Reports) Interesting Just 29 percent of Obama supporters think judges should rule in accordance with the U.S. Constitution. The other 71 percent think judges should rule based on whim, chance and whether they got laid the night before (238)
(NYPost) Amusing How Obama blew it (1221)
(Boortz) Sad 2001: Sixteen congressmen tell the Mexican government that the secret ballot "is absolutley necessary" for union workers. 2008: Twelve of those same people sponsor legislation eliminating the secret ballot for American workers (120)
(Washington Post) Obvious In the harshest attack yet on Sarah Palin, Bush and Cheney endorse her (52)
(Canada.com) Ironic Harper alleges Dion has hidden agenda, hilarious accent (314)
(MSNBC) Dumbass Obama relying on Americans' intelligence to see through rivals' lies.. "I mean, you can't just make stuff up, the American people aren't stupid." So, okay, he's toast (633)
(Gallup) Scary McCain now winning majority of independents (226)
(AP) NewsFlash Kim Jong ill (127)
(LA Times) Obvious Obama, McCain both claim to be agents of change. The difference is one rides a magic unicorn and the other an Abrams tank (74)
(CNN) Interesting Poll: Women and men don't see eye-to-eye on Palin. In other news, women and men don't see eye-to-eye on anything (53)
(Salon) Unlikely What is the difference between Palin and a Muslim fundamentalist? Lipstick (213)
(CSMonitor) Dumbass The economy is the big issue in this election -- and it's obvious that half of Americans couldn't make a thoughful, well informed fiscal decision to save their asses (63)
(Washington Post) Asinine Maverick Palin billed Alaskan taxpayers for nights she spent in her own home (184)
(LA Times) Strange Thailand's prime minister forced to resign -- for appearing on a TV cooking show. Apparently, that was a recipe for political humiliation (36)
(The Atlantic) Scary Republican head of Alaska Senate: "Palin's not prepared to be governor. How can she be prepared to be vice president or president? Look at what she's done to this state. What would she do to the nation?" (205)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Obama and Biden weren't just for Bridge to Nowhere before they were against it, they felt it was a better idea to spend money on that bridge than to spend it on Katrina relief (124)
(Fox Business) Hero Bush Administration's bold, decisive support of financial sector sends world stock markets soaring, could help bolster a shaky U.S. housing market and renew global investor confidence. Suck it, libs (211)
(AP) Interesting California prison guards' union looking to have Gov. Schwarzenegger recalled from office. The "Total Recall" jokes start to the right (53)
(Think Progress) Hero Lt. Col. Ollie North provides cover for a Republican administration facing an embarassing military blunder. No, this is not a repeat from 1987 (67)
(Ameriblog) Sick Wasilla, Alaska, under mayor Sarah Palin, charged victims of rape for the cost of their own forensic tests (rape kits). When the state passed a law preventing such a practice, they complained about the cost the city would have to bear (496)

Mon September 08, 2008
(AP) Dumbass Stay classy, student GOP (197)
(Canoe) Strange Even though he's been killed about 50 times in the past 7 years, Al-Qaida #2 releases a statement claiming that the US and Iran are cooperating (42)
(Mother Jones) Obvious Proof that Palin is qualified to be a VP: She's already refusing to hand over 1100 emails to investigators, citing executive privilege (226)
(WorldNetDaily) Stupid Obama: Terrorist Groups Have "Legitimate Claims" (263)
(Labspaces.net) Obvious The Daily Show apparently isn't as effective as an actual news show in imparting information about a political figure (108)
(National Review) Interesting An explanation for our European friends: No, Sarah Palin is not wiping out endangered species when she shoots a moose, as any New Hampshire driver could tell you. Speaking of which, the rut's about to start (476)
(CBS Dallas/Ft. Worth) Interesting RNC protester mug shot round-up: One of nine looks like Lurch after a sex-change operation, while some farkettes may be inclined to light up No. 8's Molotov cocktail (545)
(Yahoo) Followup Ted Kennedy not ready to return to Senate this year, says he'll cross that bridge when he comes to it (76)
(USA Today) Amusing Senator Ted Stevens failed to disclose receipt of sled dog, massage chair. Kinky (98)
(Reuters) Followup Russia agrees to troop pullout from Georgia within a month, perhaps even as early as 2015 (47)
(The Bleat) Amusing Farker James Lileks went to the DNC, hung with Dave Barry, and photographed architecture: "It actually looks like the Romans invaded Denver and built this thing to celebrate the victories of the 12th Actuarial Brigade" (104)
(Hot Air) Fail CNN continues to be duped by the Palin photoshops (459)
(WSAZ) Spiffy Former presidential candidate, Mike Gravel, to host book signing in Charleston, West Virginia. The only way to get a smaller crowd in the state would be to hold a toothbrush signing (80)
(Newsweek) Amusing Sarah Palin on trooper firing investigation: "I have nothing to hide." McCain campaign: "Yes you do, now STFU" (251)
(Guardian.com) Obvious When a hate campaign goes wrong, however, disaster follows. And everything that could go wrong with the campaign against Palin did (937)
(BBC) Interesting U.S. involvement suspected in cross-border bombing in Pakistan. Not known how many al-Qaeda No. 2s were dropped (100)
(Telegraph) Stupid The conflict between Russia and Georgia has been worsened by badly-translated French, France's foreign minister has admitted. If only there was a similar language studied by millions that could have been used instead (150)
(Newsday) Interesting Not that anyone's interested, but here's an article about where the candidates stand on the issues (316)
(LA Times) Stupid The Republican party is preparing to use Trig Palin in future commercials. This will most likely fail since everybody knows you never go full retard (282)
(Daily Kos) Interesting The post-convention results are in: McCain 54, Obama 44 (597)
(YouTube) Hero News: Liberal news media finally calls out McCain staff on "bridge to nowhere" lie. Fark: it's Chris Wallace (92)
(SFGate) Obvious "The Democrats are in trouble. Sarah Palin has totally changed the dynamics of this campaign." Bonus: It's the former Democratic mayor of San Francisco saying so (197)
(Politico) Spiffy The top eight gaffes of the campaign season (75)
(The New York Times) Interesting Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews dropped from MSNBC's election anchor desk (794)
(Reuters) Sappy Muammar Gaddafi gives Condoleezza Rice a locket with his picture in it and a ring, says he hasn't mustered the courage yet to ask her to the prom (45)

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