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Sun September 21, 2008
(Science Daily) Obvious Scientific study proves epirically that McCain, Bush, and the rest of the 101st Chairborne have been full of it about the Surge's success (39)
(Time) Hero Pelosi: "We will not simply hand over a $700 billion blank check to Wall Street and hope for a better outcome." Looks like high-ranking Democrats might have spines after all (146)
(News-Press) Florida Palin draws 60,000 in Florida, but that's only because there was a Bocephus concert or a big ol' tire fire or something beforehand (207)
(Globe and Mail) Interesting Political candidate apologizes for skinny-dipping in front of minors 12 years ago. Cool your jets - it wasn't Sarah Palin (30)
(Some Guy) Sad Religious nuts freaking out over another cartoon. Fark: They aren't Muslims (306)
(Reuters) Stupid News: Evangelicals can't pay their mortgage. Fark: Because they tithe (103)
(CBS New York) Dumbass Rep. Charles Rangel, yesterday: "Sarah Palin is disabled." Then he said it again. Then once more for good measure. Today: "That's not what I meant to say" (86)
(Huffington Post) Interesting Obama anounces 6 Point Plan for dealing with the economic crisis on Wall Street. Turns out "hope" and "change" also come with a little substance after all (236)
(The Bulletin) Fail Borrowing a move from Chicago, community organization ACORN starts registering the dead to vote for Democrats in Milwaukee. Since you are reading this on Fark, they got caught. Just like they did in 2007, 2006, 2005, and 2004 (86)
(Newsweek) Stupid After the incredibly important debate about the presidential candidates houses, here comes the debate about their cars. McCain owns 13, Obama 1. Coming next week: How many sheds, lawnmowers they own (333)
(Some Guy) Interesting Democrats increasingly abandoning the sinking Obama campaign in favor of McCain-Palin rockstar express (205)
(Some Guy) Interesting The question the liberal media aren't asking: "Does the Bible have anything to say about the 2008 elections in America?" And the answer is 'Yes' (157)
(Canada.com) Obvious Only two in 10 Canadians paying attention to country's increasingly boring campaign to elect a new King of the Icebacks (47)
(Slate) Interesting Change the campaign hoped you wouldn't notice -- a summary of Obama's policy changes at his website (292)
(LA Times) Asinine Alaskans furious they have to go through the McCain campaign to reach their governor (93)
(New York Daily News) Amusing McCain bagged Brazilian beauty queens ... and he was a good kisser (158)
(St. Petersburg Times) Dumbass Hulkster's daughter Brooke Hogan tells Howard Stern "it's unfair to be judged by this whole voting thing," while admitting she has no idea who the Vice President currently is. "I'm just really not in the know" (106)
(YouTube) Video You thought you saw Obama hecklers, here's the real footage and audio (Not safe for work language) (66)
(JPost) News Israeli PM Ehud Olmert quits. Resignation trifecta now in play (90)
(The New York Times) Interesting South Africa's president to quit David Bowie/Queen song (22)
(SMH) Weird Young unemployed Japanese flock to Communist Party as solution to all that ails them, thanks to stirring speech by party chairman posted to YouTube (36)
(CNN) Obvious Sarah Palin will meet with Hamid Karzai in New York next week to help bolster her foreign policy credentials. Plus they're both in charge of drug and gun-filled third world countries, so they should be able to hit it right off (179)

Sat September 20, 2008
(MDN) Obvious Japan will withdraw ASDF troops from Iraq, no word on the HJKL troops (67)
(MSNBC) Cool Obama hitting McCain hard in Florida, fills Jacksonville's Metropolitan Park to capacity (285)
(UPI) Interesting An agreement has been reached between Russia and Syria, allowing Russia to use Syrian ports as long-term naval bases. There are already ten Russian warships docked in Syria (87)
(Gawker) Sappy Cutest political pic you'll see all day (157)
(Fox News) Hero Joe Biden explains the temperature and name of the corpse you'll have to stand over in order to take his guns (360)
(Some Guy) Interesting Is the McCain campaign now running the State of Alaska? (117)
(Japan Times) Ironic Japanese military struggles to curb high suicide rate, a problem that has haunted them for years. One wonders how this got to be such a big problem anyway (57)
(Some Guy) Sad McCain would freeze spending on research. There goes the science (385)
(AP) Unlikely As banking officials dance gleefully in the endless showers of cash the government is dumping on them, McCain calls on the Fed to stop the bailouts. No, really. A voice of reason in the wilderness (151)
(ABC News) Amusing Governor Palin fired her police chief for flying to DC without her permission... but since this is Fark, you can already guess what's in some recently uncovered documents (324)
(The Weekly Standard) Dumbass Democrat politicians try to dictate Catholic theology, hilarity ensues (103)
(AP) Followup Investigator promises to end Palin probe before the election. And no, that's not a euphemism (114)
(AP) Interesting Poll finds that one-third of white "tolerant" Democrats harbor negative views toward blacks; could cost Obama the election (188)
(Philly) Obvious McCain a third term of Bush? Votes with him 90 percent of the time? Horseshiat, say conservative, liberal AND centrist groups who track such things (293)
(delmarvanow.com) Unlikely Why does McCain keep hugging Palin? "Stop embracing and invading the space of your running mate, and you might get the blue-state woman vote" (49)
(Free Levi) Amusing Free Levi - America's number one political prisoner (text includes profanity) (58)
(YouTube) Video You've seen how Obama handles hecklers...Now watch how Ronald Reagan dealt with them (176)
(Breitbart.com) Obvious Woody Allen says it will be a "disgrace and humiliation" if Obama doesn't win. And if there's one thing Woody Allen knows it is "disgrace and humiliation" (83)

Fri September 19, 2008
(ABC News) Amusing Obama heckled by African American protesters... wait... what? (202)
(ABC News) Amusing Old and busted: contrived controversy about lipstick on a pig. New hotness: contrived controversy about Joe Biden trash talking the Ohio State Buckeyes (48)
(The Hollywood Reporter) Interesting Aussie overlord Rupert Murdoch slams Barack Obama, says he will "ruin our relationships with the rest of the world" (111)
(Huffington Post) Ironic "As Mr. Garrett is a non-partisan news correspondent covering the Obama campaign for Fox News, it is highly inappropriate, among other things, of your campaign to use him in your ad" (34)
(Huffington Post) Amusing Did you miss Sarah Palin's interview with Sean Hannity? Keith Olbermann has nicely condensed the entire interview for you in 62 seconds (192)
(TBO) Interesting McCain and Obama: side-by-side comparison of 22 issues (387)
(Politico) Obvious After spending the entire campaign saying Obama hasn't been in Washington long enough, Sen. McCain now blames him for all of Washington's failures (42)
(Newsweek) Interesting Turns out that McCain isn't the only one who knows to punch low when the ref's back is turned (92)
(AP) Followup In the long-awaited followup to who would the best football buddy be, a poll says that more parents would prefer Obama than McCain as their child's teacher (35)
(WorldNetDaily) Sad Buchanan hits the nail on the head, explains why the party and the American Empire have just ended (202)
(Wall Street Journal) Obvious Liberal rag trashes McCain's comments about the economy and calls him "un-presidential" (32)
(ABC News) Followup Administration and other GOP officials debunk NYPost, Redstate story of Obama's diplomatic meddling. Includes bonus smackdown of McCain camp's breathless wingnuttery (104)
(Some Guy) Sad Obama: I won't take money from lobbyists (under breath) just from their wives (84)
(The Atlantic) Interesting Guess what Herbert Hoover and Barack Obama have in common (64)
(Some Guy) Asinine St. Paul dropping all charges against journalists arrested on trumped-up misdemeanor charges during RNC, completing another election-year cycle of Republican intimidation of the press. Feel safer, America? (54)
(Breitbart.com) Stupid Remember when McCain claimed Frank Raines was an Obama adviser? Turns out it was a lie. Bonus: Raines had told McCain himself he wasn't advising Obama (53)
(Politico) Ironic After all the ads mocking Obama as a "Messiah," it turns out conservatives think Hockey Mom may actually be "The One" (148)
(YouTube) Video I always liked Mr Show, but this bit's exaggeration has been lost on this year's election ads (65)
(Wall Street Journal) Amusing Hugo Chavez mocked Lehman Bros. collapse as sign of capitalism's demise, not realizing Venezuela holds $300 million in debt instruments from Lehman. Bonus: Reporter apparently laughing too hard to finish article (258)
(The New Republic) Obvious Quaylin (214)
(Talking Points Memo) Dumbass Palin defends herself in Troopergate scandal by digging the hole a little deeper (159)
(RealClearPolitics) Interesting "Truman engaged in a war that proved highly unpopular. So unpopular he left office disparaged and highly out of favor. History has revised that verdict. I have little doubt that Bush will be the subject of a similar reconsideration" (90)
(Washington Post) Interesting McCain hits Obama on Fannie. Giggity (42)
(National Journal) Obvious "I no longer trust the major newspapers or television networks to provide consistently accurate and fair reporting" (37)
(538) Interesting Theorem: The amount of time conservatives spend talking about the Bradley Effect is inversely proportional to the fortunes of their candidate (25)
(CNN) Unlikely Obama doesn't get energy issues, according to the woman who said: "Oil and coal, of course, it..it is a fungible commodity, and they don't flag, you know, the molecules, where...where it's going and to where it's not" (163)
(Some Guy) Ironic "The Democratic leadership in Congress took the golden opportunity it was given in 2006 and pissed it away on petty partisanship-just like the Republicans who preceded them did." (347)
(St. Petersburg Times) Obvious Undecided voters agree: Sarah Palin is the best reason yet to vote Obama (117)
(Reason Magazine) Interesting "If McCain-style neoconservatism can cause blowback, so can [Obama's] wide-ranging liberal interventionism" (29)
(AP) Stupid Bush (RRRRRRRR-TX) be finding hundreds of billions in buried treasure to keep banks from walking the plank (67)
(AP) Interesting Detroit's new mayor takes oath of office; promises to keep his biatch under control (25)
(io9) Strange When the imminent alien invasion arrives, you'll want a man in the White House with real experience with UFOs. That man is John McCain (66)
(Talking Points Memo) Cool Polls decide not to matter again as Obama takes a 10 point lead in Colorado (208)
(London Times) Interesting How a spider on your face makes you a Republican, and not noticing that you're being shouted at makes you a Democrat (85)
(Yahoo) Interesting In a poll of earth-shattering significance that will surely decide the election: Obama beats McCain as the perferred hypothetical football watching buddy. And that's even AFTER Leinart was benched (221)
(The Raw Story) Interesting Vermont AG candidate says she would prosecute Bush for murder (65)
(RealClearPolitics) Interesting "The political class would love for us to believe that the blame rests on 'greedy' mortgage brokers. The truth is that most of the blame rests on political meddling in the credit decisions of these mortgage lenders." (147)
(Christianity Today) Obvious Obama launches "faith and values" tour through swing states, answering whatever questions are at or below his pay grade (251)
(City Journal) Spiffy Cities are experimenting on how to cut down on panhandling con artists and help real homeless. Bottom line: It's better to NOT give to that bum in the Lehman Brothers T-shirt (30)
(Washington Post) Obvious Obama takes a McCain quote out of context (96)
(Think Progress) Dumbass Palin refuses to say whether Vice Presidency is part of the Executive branch. However she said this because she is stupid, as opposed to Cheney, who said it because he is evil (271)
(Canada.com) Obvious Obama: "I'd be willing to meet with the President of Iran." Ahmadinejad: "Let's do this." Obama: "WHARRGARBL" (450)
(National Review) Asinine Who better to offer economic advice to Obama than the man who ran Fannie Mae into the ground? (59)
(The Nation) Strange Why is McCain hiding information about Vietnam POW's? (31)
(Reuters) Obvious Obama: I have a detailed plan to fix the current financial mess. Press: What is it? Obama: I ain't tellin' (158)
(USNews & World Report) Interesting Washington's Mother of All Bailouts. It could be $2 trillion. That's gotta hurt (146)
(Crooks & Liars) Interesting Todd Palin refuses to give partisan investigation that was partisanly investigating his innocent wife any credibility (185)
(Some Guy) Obvious Congressman wins both Republican and Democratic nomination for his seat, proving once again that both parties are the same (15)
(AP) Followup Former Congressman Mark Foley unlikely to face charges, hopes to put this page behind him (31)
(Washington Post) Stupid Pentagon supports states' rights to clean up federal messes without help (7)
(FiveThirtyEight) Interesting With the race for the White House continuing to remain tight, the probability of a tie in the electoral college increases. Here comes the math (36)
(FactCheck.org) Asinine 'Lies got you into this mess, lies will get you out' - McCain ad another in a long string of calculated untruthiness (160)
(SMH) Interesting Democratic legislator's son is suspect number one in the illegal break-in of Sarah Palin's email account (204)
(New York Daily News) Strange Caribou Barbie shows off her thick hide on Fox in her campaign to be VPURJ (109)
(Daily Kos) Obvious Anyone else notice the entire argument for laissez-faire free-market capitalism just failed? (317)
(Wall Street Journal) Obvious The offshore drilling bill passed by the House won't do squat to encourage more drilling and is loaded with $18 billion in pork for "renewable energy," which doesn't include the hot air coming from Nancy Pelosi (141)
(Dallas News) Interesting Bob Barr wants to bar Barack from Texas ballot. McCain too. Hires a barrister. Bonus: not an AP link (108)
(The Straight Dope) Interesting For those who have tried to understand but remain thoroughly confused-- a really well written explanation about the difference between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims. Next week, a geography lesson about the border of Iraq and Afghanistan (94)
(My Fox Kansas City) Interesting Mayor vetoes city council's unanimous vote to get his wife out of city hall, says "I work with you, not for you" (34)
(Yahoo) Sad President Bush's toast to Ghana's president Kufuor on Monday was 383 words long. Bush's Rose Garden address to the nation Thursday on the financial crisis was 263 words long (58)
(ABC News) Dumbass Sarah Palin has a little slip of the tongue claiming it will be "her administration" even though Rove hasn't set McCain's cyborg heart to explode until March 09 (136)
(Hartford Courant) Cool Matt Damon insults Sarah Palin but Ted Nugent is there to defend her honor, invite her moose hunting (130)

Thu September 18, 2008
(Some Guy) Amusing Former National Review publisher on why he supports Obama: "It gives me comfort just to think that after eight years of George W. Bush we will have a president who has actually read the Federalist Papers" (413)
(AP) Stupid For those of you who prefer your political news to be segmented into college football conferences, Obama and McCain are tied in the Big Ten (33)
(Fox News) Interesting Columnist describes Sarah Palin's supporters as "white trash," compared the vice presidential candidate to a "porn actress." You stay classy, Canada (162)
(The Hill) Asinine Barack Obama's campaign website is recommending that voters remain registered in battleground states even though they may not be living there on Nov. 4. Now there is change you can delay, nobody's looking (124)
(CBS 2 Lost Angeles) Amusing Finally, results of an important poll: What are the top 10 favorite songs of our Presidential candidates (111)
(Huffington Post) Obvious This week: "Palin doesn't have a prayer in the debates against an old pro like Biden." Next week: "Palin cheated, and Biden lost the ball in the sun. Doesn't count. Do over" (300)
(WETM) Interesting Obama ad says Corning Inc. moved 1000 jobs overseas. Mmmm, Nope. Plant made CRTs, Corning hired plant workers to disassemble plant, extending jobs. Nothing went overseas. Awkward (126)
(Reuters) Stupid The list of items Sen. Ted Stevens failed to report grows larger. This time, it's a $29,000 statue of a fish (32)
(Fox News) Followup Anonymous who hacked Sarah Palin's e-mail address might be smarter than we think (315)
(Comedy Central) Amusing Stephen Colbert says that since McCain has refused to appear on his show then he is left with no alternative than to spread vicious, nasty lies about him (273)
(Yahoo) Scary It's cheaper to bail out AIG and other investment banks then to bail out Iraq for three months (77)
(Marketwatch) Obvious McCain says SEC's Cox should be fired. Penis (93)
(CNN) Unlikely Rice to Russia: I am SO over you. I don't even care what you think anymore. Russia to Rice: You're great when I'm hungry and want 1,000 of something (139)
(ARG) Interesting Change you can believe in: McCain six points behind Obama. Change Obama's pants can believe in: In Illinois (201)
(AP) Scary On the bright side, more homeless Americans are enjoying the great outdoors...in Reno parking lots (46)
(The Atlantic) Followup After saying he would refuse to meet with the Prime Minister of Spain, McCain campaign backtracks and says they will meet with the President of Spain, a non-existent person (285)
(Rasmussen Reports) Interesting Majority of voters don't think this presidential election is any more negative than previous ones. Except for rabid Obama supporters, who can't believe no one's calling McCain on his lies, lies, LIES (133)
(CNN) Followup Although South Florida Jews are usually loyal democrats, McCain may sway voters. "Obama is too thin -- look at him. Like a skeleton. That woman he's with isn't feeding him enough. Oy vey." (88)
(NY1) Dumbass Today's scandal from Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-eLay was more ethical) involves illegally using the House parking garage for years as free storage for his old Mercedes-Benz. Bonus: Tags expired in 2004 (72)
(The Atlantic) Obvious Obama's campaign ads connect Bush and McCain. But "after four months of stagnating and ultimately drooping support for Barack Obama among the anti-Bush independents, it's time to concede that the strategy isn't working" (100)
(London Times) Interesting Russia to go through with sale of anti-aircraft equipment to Iranian mullahs that could be used to stop attack on Iranian nuclear sites (243)
(The Week) Obvious "In the wake of this week's market turmoil, you see smiles on the faces of three groups of people: short sellers, vulture buyers, and Democratic strategists." (78)
(CSMonitor) Followup Palin email hack raises question a lot of people seem to have been ignoring: what the hell is a government official doing conducting sensitive government business on an unsecured private account? (705)
(Washington Post) Interesting No, Senator Obama, you really can't take credit for the economic stimulus plan anymore than McCain can take credit for inventing pancakes (37)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Karl Rove on the Palin email hack: "Wow this is really bad, someone should go to jail over this." Valerie Plame unavailable for comment (286)
(The Atlantic) Interesting Change you can believe in: "77% of the Obama campaigns' ads were deemed "negative," compared to 56% for McCain." (164)
(Some Stoner) Dumbass NDP candidate's video of him taking LSD leaves his campaign in the Canadian election DOA. Marion Barry approves (86)
(National Review) Obvious "Going by the polls, independents and conservative Democrats support McCain far more than the other way around." (57)
(AP) Obvious Headline says: Bush says he's working hard on economic turmoil. Subby says: Mission Accomplished (195)
(CNN) Asinine After millions of dollars in advertising and two conventions, the polls are exactly where they were a month ago (130)
(Fox News) Followup Daddy Lohan not happy with the Obama campaign after they decline her offer to campaign for Obama. Coke-adled skank demographic now expected to skew to McCain (134)
(AP) Amusing Worried Democrats want Barack Obama to get tougher, show more passion.. He's all passioned out and the only time he hung tough was in that roundball game against Prince (49)
(TBO) Florida County commissioners vote to rename Moral Courage Award after deceased man who gave them campaign contributions. Hilarity ensues (16)
(Bloomberg) Ironic Iranian president says the US is in decline and Israel is nearing its end. Meanwhile, Iran's inflation is so bad they're chopping zeros off their currency and gas is rationed even though they sit on a sea of oil (101)
(AP) Dumbass Biden says for the wealthy to pay more taxes is "a patriotic act." Since everyone knows the most effective use of excess cash should always be funneled through the least competent channel available (834)
(Yahoo) Obvious Brave Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid bravely ran away.....from the financial crisis by looking into adjourning Congress and hiding under a rock (56)
(Crooks & Liars) Amusing Video of Caribou Barbie flubbing softball question from supporter (286)
(The Register) Followup "Anonymous" who hacked Palin's email might not be anonymous for long (496)
(Politico) Interesting Reporters traveling with both McCain and Obama complain they get basically no access to the candidate, essentially making them the equivalent of aircraft seat fillers (39)
(Some Guy) Interesting Real estate meltdown hits the white house: press secretary Perino avoids foreclosure auction of her $680k D.C. home by paying delinquent $2k property tax (157)
(Dirty Old Man) Caption What is John McCain thinking in this picture? (230)
(Toronto Star) Dumbass Canadian cabinet minister on contaminated meat crisis that killed 17: "This is like a death by a thousand cuts...Or should I say cold cuts." (94)
(Election Geek) Dumbass Dumb: Fight conservative enthusiasm by linking Limbaugh & McCain in ad. Dumber: Get all your facts wrong. Democrat: Do it in Spanish (151)
(Abc.net.au) Obvious 'Anti-Americanism, in the sense of a prejudice, is shameful and unpleasant, just as is prejudice against any national or ethnic group' (458)
(Talking Points Memo) Interesting John McCain caught apparently unaware who the prime minister of Spain is, to the point of thinking he's an enemy of the United States (161)
(Reason Magazine) Obvious Why Sarah Palin is good for America (166)
(Gawker) Followup Michelle Malkin: Gawker is a "cesspool" for posting Palin emails. Gawker: What about the college kids' phone numbers you published in 2006, Michelle? Malkin: Um er uh er uh LIBERALS BAD (214)
(Fox News) Obvious You know that straight talkin' town hall that the McCain campaign hyped up as a chance for Sarah Palin to take questions from real Americans? Yeah, it's preticketed (259)

Wed September 17, 2008
(Bloomberg) Amusing Finally, somebody in government admits the truth: We aren't doing anything because "no one knows what to do," said Harry Reid, chairman of the Senate Doomsday Committee (151)
(Some Guy) Spiffy Not to be outdone by the U.S., Israel elects it's own PMilf. You'd hit it, if only your meat were kosher (68)
(ABC News) Asinine Obama's economic adviser and self-proclaimed housing expert Austan Goolsbee last year advised people to make money by buying homes with no down payment loans and then reselling (83)
(Daily Kos) Followup Guess why Sarah Palin wouldn't fund rape kits for victims of sexual assault in Wassila, AK (332)
(CBS News) Interesting The fundamentals of this election is strong. Obama takes a 5 point lead in CBS national poll (239)
(WJRT) Amusing McCain to autoworkers: ""I'm going to fight for the people and workers of Michigan and bring this economy back." Autoworkers to McCain: "Obama '08." Oh Snap (148)
(ABC News) Obvious Asked what legislation Congress will pass to address the financial crisis, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid answered reporters with a blank look as if Basil Fawlty just asked him to hang up a moose head (278)
(RealClearPolitics) Asinine DNC, lefty blogs accuse McCain of saying Social Security is a disgrace. He actually said the way Social Security has been neglected is a disgrace, but we won't let the facts get in the way of a good political attack (74)
(Some Guy) Amusing 6 Reasons Why John McCain Could Not Have Invented the Blackberry (48)
(CNN) Followup CNN confirms that Palin's yahoo e-mail address was hacked. McCain calls for help from the FBI and Secret Service (957)
(Gawker) Amusing Linsday Lohan offers help to the democratic campaign, wanting to host a series of events appealing to younger voters. Obama's staff give polite "Thanks but no thanks" (157)
(Election Geek) Asinine Lowering Obama polls numbers can only be evidence of racism. Not news, just CNN (298)
(Reuters) Followup So, we've heard what the incompetent business people like Carly Failarona think of the candidates, but what do the successful ones, like Warren Buffett think? (381)
(RealClearPolitics) Obvious "White privilege is not a problem. The real problem is black irresponsibility. Racism is about 18th on a list of problems that black America faces." (1071)
(Gawker) Amusing Sarah Palin's personal email hacked by Anonymous. Contains some pretty interesting revelations. Among others: who knew she was a Scientologist? (1665)
(CNN) Ironic A millionaire CEO of a multinational company and Hillary fundraiser who shuttles herself back and forth between London and New York on a private jet is backing McCain because, "Obama is an elitist." (696)
(NYPost) Followup Obama says "No, I didn't." Author of original article, "Yes, you did." "No, I didn't" "Yes, you did." "Did not." "Did too." "Duck season." "Rabbit Season:" (216)
(People Magazine) Silly Five (more) things you didn't know about Sarah Palin, from the crack investigative reporters at People Magazine. Highlight: she used to wear Mary Kay lipstick, but she now prefers MAC (240)
(Breitbart.com) Fail House Democrats: You want offshore drilling? Okay, but you're not allowed to drill where there is oil. Look, we passed offshore drilling (387)
(Washington Post) Stupid How does John McCain try to get a little wind back after enduring one of the worst days of his campaign? You guessed it - Barbra Streisand (98)
(CNN) Stupid CIA: Bin Laden who? (56)
(The Raw Story) Obvious Colbert explains the obvious: "How dare you question John McCain on (noun that's bothering you). When he was a POW, he didn't have (same noun)." (52)
(Telegraph) Interesting Tony Blair, who legitimized President Bush's war in Iraq, will appear on "The Daily Show" this week. Hilarity almost surely will ensue (106)
(Telegraph) Obvious "Americans have long known, as Britain is now learning, that laws do not keep guns out of the hands of the bad guys; they only disarm law-abiding citizens and reduce their ability to defend themselves" (258)
(Think Progress) Followup McCain camp: "Carly will now disappear" (147)
(Politico) Interesting Historians say the McCain campaign is actually not the sleaziest one in history...yet (64)
(IBD) Interesting Who's REALLY to blame for the current economic disaster? Yup. Clinton (141)
(Politico) Obvious You know that "poll" that says "Americans" "favor" "McCain" and "dislike" "Obama"? Turns out it wasn't exactly "unbiased" (160)

Tue September 16, 2008
(SFGate) Interesting US to sell Israel 1,000 bunker-buster bombs, which would provide a powerful new weapon against underground arsenals in Ira.. err... Lebanon or Gaza (63)
(Some Guy) Amusing If you were born to Sarah Palin, what would your name be? (278)
(National Review) Obvious A conservative economic agenda can address the public's concerns better than a liberal one can (325)
(Washington Post) Fail McCain says he understands the economy and how to fix it because he was chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. Problem: the Commerce Committee doesn't regulate banking, financial institutions or housing (74)
(MSNBC) Followup GOP lawmakers file suit to end "Troopergate" investigation (220)
(ClusterStock) Interesting John McCain explains what he meant when he said "the economy is strong" on the day Lehman Brothers collapsed (175)
(Talking Points Memo) Interesting In case you've lost track, Sarah Palin has offered four wildly divergent stories explaining Troopergate and the firing of Walt Monegan (215)
(SFGate) Amusing Co-chair of McCain campaign Carly Fiorina, who ran HP into the crapper, says Sarah Palin doesn't have the experience to run HP. Nobody is quite sure if this is a good thing or not (255)
(Politico) Followup Candidates' different approaches to Wall Street crisis: McCain - combine SEC, CFTC, FDIC, SPIC, & OCC to form CAPTAIN PLANET. Obama - wiretap and body cavity search every industry that wants to even talk to the Fed (73)
(The New Yorker) Amusing Something from the New Yorker that's actually funny. No, really (115)
(Phyllis Schlafly) Scary Phyllis Schlafly says that Obama is committing vote fraud; of course she also says that John McCain has been chosen by Jesus to save American women from the burden of being forced to vote and make decisions (161)
(Politico) Cool Today's "poll that doesn't matter" shows McCain ahead or tied in every swing state (167)
(Think Progress) Followup John McCain voted against the spectrum auctions that allowed him to invent the Blackberry (38)
(RedState) Dumbass NY Post: Obama tried to influence Iraqi officials to delay troop withdrawal for political gain. Obama's Campaign: No Obama told the Iraqis that they should not rush an agreement until Bush leaves office: BTW whats the Logan Act? (243)
(Newsweek) Interesting "In the last week, the Red States have gotten redder -- and the Blue States have gotten purpler" (224)
(Daily Kos) Interesting Anybody else heaving a sigh of relief that McCain's desire to privatize Social Security didn't pass Congress? (245)
(Philly) Asinine Columnist wrote that if Obama doesn't win, there will be a race war. After receiving responses to her column, she changes her tune: There's already a race war now (691)
(Talking Points Memo) Followup That Obama "backroom deal" to keep US troops in Iraq? Yup, bullshiat (164)
(Jesus' General) Amusing Afraid to admit you're not voting for Obama because he's black? This handy dandy new It's Not Because He's Black Excuse Wheel™ includes such favorites as "He's an elitist" and "His name sounds funny" (342)
(National Review) Obvious The love affair between the press and John McCain ended the moment they realized he was serious about winning (224)
(Pensito Review) Asinine Now McCain is lying about the meaning of the statement, "The fundamentals of our economy are strong" (322)
(Wall Street Journal) Obvious "And neither ticket this year is especially confidence-inspiring when it comes to economics -- more likely to one-up each other in denouncing "bailouts" and "greed" than to contribute anything constructive." (346)
(Some Blogoscopy Guy) Interesting Google introduces a new experimental feature for all you flame warriors out there at the Politics tab (96)
(NewsBusters) Cool McCain calls Mika out: "I know you're a supporter of Senator Obama" (403)
(Some Guy) Asinine Election officials say write-in votes are costly and time-consuming, so in the interests of democracy please choose from one of the available crappy choices. Got that, citizen? That means no more votes for Mickey Mouse, Dick Hertz, or my mom (77)
(AP) Amusing Anti-elitism is nothing new in American politics. It's been around since Andrew Jackson propelled himself to the presidency in 1828 by persuading voters he wasn't like those hose-wearing, ponytailed, Eastern-educated founding fathers (222)
(Wall Street Journal) Interesting Same old story: Veep candidate with less than two years' experience as a state governor. I am speaking, of course, about Calvin Coolidge. Also Teddy Roosevelt (437)
(BBC) Interesting Ukraine's ruling pro-Western coalition has officially collapsed after a long running dispute between Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko -- the crater face guy and the hot chick (54)
(Guardian.com) Strange A few Brazilian politicians are changing their names to Barack Obama in honor of their Messiah. And to get an edge over their rivals (69)
(Politico) Asinine Reports of Jewish voters receiving push poll phone calls informing them that Obama is the Muslim Manchurian candidate that will kill them all (107)
(Daily Kos) Ironic "The Father of the Republican Party" in Virginia endorses... Obama (79)
(Some Guy) Satire Pit Bull Anti-Defamation League infuriated by comparisons to Sarah Palin. "We're all like, first the Michael Vick thing, and now this" (20)
(CBS News) Obvious "The Sarah Palin phenomenon is doomed." Not because of any revelations or anything -- it's because the media has the attention-span of a squirrel on crack and they're getting bored (203)
(AP) Interesting Judge allows Barr inclusion on PA ballot. McCain seen muttering "Oh shiat" (188)

Mon September 15, 2008
(MSNBC) Obvious Palin will not meet with troopergate investigator Calls investigation "tainted" Also, "dark-sided" and "full of gargoyles" (304)
(Some Denier) Dumbass Al Gore opens a new front on the war on global warming--from the deck of his brand-new, 100 ft. houseboat (98)
(ABC News) Dumbass Obama admits he has been worse when it comes to negative ads. But don't worry, ABC is right there to protect him: "What Obama apparently meant was that McCain, not Obama, has put out more negative ads." (208)
(BBC) Obvious McCain: "Victory Victory Victory" - Petraeus: Umm.. hello?" (60)
(NPR) Obvious "He would blow up and go off like a Roman candle ... not somebody that I would like to see with his finger near the red button," The swift-boating of John McCain has begun (166)
(CNN) Spiffy Colin Powell loking forward to the debates because we need to STFU about the "lipstick on a pig" stuff and start focusing on issues (41)
(Talking Points Memo) Dumbass Now McCain is claiming Palin has state governor superpowers to veto US congressional bills (96)
(ABC News) Followup Alaska Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan makes a contribution toward the imminent bankruptcy of Keith Olbermann (116)
(Huffington Post) Weird Tucker Bounds gets pwned again, this time by Fox News (86)
(AP) Asinine After a week of ads and angry surrogates, McCain admits that the "very eloquent" Obama didn't call his running mate a pig. But he defends the ads anyway (223)
(National Review) Interesting Detailed statistical analysis shows that Democrats thrive on inequality (69)
(Pajamas Media) Scary Embarrassing connection haunts Obama. No, not the crazy preacher. No, not the Weather Underground whackjobs. This one is Yassar Arafat's former spokesperson and an Obama fundraiser (199)
(Ablogistan) Fail Fifty-three percent of Americans think they are in the top 1% that will see a tax increase under an Obama administration (534)
(AFP) Unlikely Bush says he is working on a way to minimize the impact of his disastrous economic policies (91)
(CNN) Obvious Bush throws McCain under the bus, acknowledges financial "pains" in the marketplace (140)
(Boston Globe) Stupid US Congress to propose another $50,000,000,000 economic stimulus package in order to save jobs, this time rescuing the currency printing industry (344)
(Fox News) Asinine Atlantic Monthly hires vehemently anti-Republican photographer for McCain shoot. She decides to show maturity and professional ethics and play it straight. Just kidding (497)
(Mayor Daley no longer dines here) Obvious Family of deceased Chicago man urges mourners to vote Democratic instead of sending flowers. Which is somehow fitting, as droves of dead Chicagoans have been voting Democratic for years (59)
(AJC) Asinine In spite of fairly solid issues-oriented campaigning on one side and negative schoolyard tactics on the other, it looks like the election will hinge on how many people are scared to get in an elevator with Barack Obama (117)
(Fox News) Fail If this is Joe Biden's idea of "tough" talk about McCain/Palin the world needs to get ready for four more years (121)
(Huffington Post) Hero Well whaddda ya know, Obama actually does have a spine. New campaign ad pulls out the pimp glove on John McCain (293)
(Daily Kos) Interesting Not only does Sarah Palin oppose abortion, she is also willing to block access to clinics that practice it (175)
(Daily Kos) Dumbass When you are a kid, you hide your mistakes by stuffing stuff under the bed. If you are FEMA, you make a no-fly zone (81)
(NYPost) Obvious Obama tried to back room a deal with Iraq to keep U.S. troops from withdrawl before the elections were held (410)
(Daily Kos) Obvious Gallup basically admits it only releases "likely voter" results when they favor McCain (100)
(Politico) Asinine McCain asserts that "the fundamentals of our economy are strong." Today. The day that two of the biggest banks on Wall Street have failed (214)
(Washington Post) Dumbass McCain advisor asks America to suck it up, stop exaggerating about the economy, ignore government takeovers and the failure of Lehman Brothers (489)
(YouTube) Interesting Wesley Clark Jr. tells the media to wake up and smell the mooseburgers (warning: drops F bomb at the end) (223)
(Some Guy) Obvious Charlie Gibson and ABC News camera trickery during Palin interview explained by an unnamed conservative "Hollywood" movie director. Complete with storyboards (118)
(Commentary) Obvious "In attacking Palin, Democrats and liberals are mocking her faith, worldview, and experiences. Liberals are revealing their arrogance, cultural elitism, and ugliness. It may be therapeutic. And it may also cost them the election." (345)
(Slate) Scary Forget Vice President Sarah Palin. McCain should make her Supreme Court Justice Sarah Palin (73)

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