Probably the best thing I’ve read in awhile…

http://www.crosscut.com/politics-government/17341

Assuming the email is legit – I am too lazy/tired to search and confirm – I admire how it isn’t a left wing nut job dramatic attack or a right wing spin selling “masterpiece.” Absolutely perfect read.

Digg, thank you and I seriously love you sometimes. huh?

http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/09/angry_amateurs.html

“There is a tendency in the media to kick ourselves, cringe and withdraw, when we are criticized. But I hope my colleagues stand strong in this case: it is important for the public to know that Palin raised taxes as governor, supported the Bridge to Nowhere before she opposed it, pursued pork-barrel projects as mayor, tried to ban books at the local library and thinks the war in Iraq is “a task from God.” The attempts by the McCain campaign to bully us into not reporting such things are not only stupidly aggressive, but unprofessional in the extreme.”

jesus christ I hope she doesn’t talk to the media – as threatened by the camp – over the next 60 days. My head is pounding and my ears are ringing.

P.S. Hey sarah – before your speechwriter (who happens to be a “clever” bush speechwriter) crafts up your next set of witty lines, why don’t you take a look at the national debt? Nobody is laughing.

Mic check – 1, 2, um 12.  If Jesse Jackson taught us one thing, it’s to make damn certain your mic isn’t hot.  Woops.

While the mic is hot during the majority of the clip, the action really starts at the 50 second mark.  Come on Peggy and Mike – you conservative pundits – tell us how you really feel about sarah!

Transcript to the best of anyone’s ability…

Murphy: You know, I come out of a blue, swing-state governor world. Engler Whitman, Tommy Thompson, Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush.  I mean, and these guys, this is all like how you win a Texas race, you run it up. It’s not going to work.

Noonan: It’s over.

Murphy: Still McCain can give a version of the Lieberman speech to do himself some good.

Todd: Don’t you think the Palin pick was insulting to to Kay Bailey Hutchinson?

Noonan: I saw Kay this morning.

Murphy: She’s never been comfortable about that. I mean.

(inaudible banter)

Todd: Is she really the most qualified woman?

Noonan: The most qualified – no. I think they went for this excuse me political bullshit about narratives.

Todd: Yeah, they went to narratives.

Noonan: Every time Republicans do that, because that’s not where they live and it’s not what they’re good at, they blow it.

Murphy: You know what’s really the worst thing about it? The greatness of McCain is no cynicism.

Todd: And this is cynical. And as you called it gimmicky.

Murphy: Yeah.

Tood: Thanks guys.

Murphy: See you later.

Digg, thank you.

Wow – this clown (david brickner) is making jeremiah wright look like a saint.  The crazy thing is that palin was supposedly in attendance during the sermon when this idiot went off.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/anti-jewish-ter.html

Oh man, public vetting of a vp because the presidential candidate didn’t do it before hand is so fcking nuts!

Jason, thank you.

After painfully watching the rnc last night, there’s no way I can tune in again tonight other than to see if palin’s speech is regarding her dropping from the ticket.

Reason?  As absolutely 100% scripted and premeditated by the gop, the following buzz words/phrases were said VERBATIM by nearly EVERY delegate interviewed on the floor.  When pressed for a statement outside of the canned responses below, the delegates looked confused/offended.

1) “sarah palin has far more political experience than Obama.” Really?  Ha!

2) “sarah palin has executive experience on a political level.” Nice one.  Do they really want to make the “executive experience on the political level” case seeing that mccain has “none” either?

3) “sarah palin has used the line-item veto/veto pen.” Straight up – the consensus of Americans think that Alaska doesn’t count and should be sold off to Canada.  I’m confident Obama can use the “veto pen” too seeing that dubya was able to figure out how “it” worked.

4) “sarah palin is pro life and the recent family pregnancies prove it.” No shiat.  If sarah and bristol were pro choice, we likely wouldn’t be talking about their recent pregnancies.  Legally speaking, abortion is a choice that a woman needs to individually make.  Go ahead an ban abortions but – since there will always be a demand – I’d rather them be performed in a doctor’s office than in an alley or staircase “accident.”

5) “john mccain and sarah palin are mavericks and her pick as running mate proves it.” All this pick does is confirm that mccain is crazy as a fcking fox, insane, and incompetent.  The same goes for palin for actually accepting the offer and subjecting her family to media vetting since the mccain camp didn’t vet her thoroughly themselves.

6) “john mccain is a hero and patriot.” Captain America is a hero and patriot.  john mccain is a politician.

7) “john mccain rather win a war than an election.  He will make sure we fight until we win.” We haven’t “won” shiat until bin laden’s head is on a platter AND our country has a budget surplus like the Clinton years.  Look at us – we’re grossly in debt and literally on the brink of collapse thanks to the last 8 years.  How is that “winning?”

“This undated photo provided by the Heath family shows Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in her dorm room at the University of Idaho. Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., announced Palin as his vice presidential running mate on Friday, Aug. 29, 2008.”

fred, there’s something the kids are calling TMI.  It stands for TOO MUCH INFORMATION.

I love how the camera cut from thompson after he made this strange comment and panned directly to mccain’s confused (and unhappy I assume) looking mother.  Did fred realize the rnc was not rated TV MA?  I can hear it all over the country in the 50-100 living rooms that for some reason had this boring ass convention on the TV – “Momma, what’s an exotic dancer?”

Like the laura bush posting from earlier tonight, I am not making this up and will definitely try to find a video of thompson’s awkward comment tomorrow.

The full quote verbatim from tonight’s rnc:

“In flight school in Pensacola he (mccain) did drive a corvette and date a girl who worked in a bar as an “exotic dancer” under the name of Marie – the flame of Florida.”

Yes, he put bunny ears up when he said exotic dancer.

Update 1: While I’ve never heard of mccain’s stripper whore girlfriend – what would jesus do? – here’s a NY Times article from 2000 where mccain states “‘She was pretty volatile. Har, har, har!”

Update 2: Video…

And I quote…

“And let’s not forget, president bush has kept Americans safe.”

Did she mean aside from September 11th? I can’t make something this ridiculous up. She actually said the above line. I will try to find a video tomorrow. Amazing.

P.S. Laura – random reminder – you let someone as idiotic as george bush go inside you. embarrassing!

Update: Video – Her crazy claim is seen 6:37 through 6:42…

Hey joe,

Heads up – make sure you CLEARLY realize one thing…you’re not a Democrat.  The dems definitely don’t want you back.  You better stay an Independent because you’re mocked by the gop as well.  It has to suck when EVERYONE outside of east coast despises you.

Lowlights of lieberman’s prepared remarks at the rnc:

“And that brings me directly to why I am here tonight.  What after all is a democrat like me doing at a republican convention like this?  Well, I’ll tell you what.  I’m here to support john mccain because country matters more than party.  I am here tonight for a simple reason – john mccain is the best choice to bring our country together and lead our country forward.  And dear friends, I’m here tonight because john mccain’s whole life testifies to a great truth.  Being a democrat or republican is important but it is nowhere as important as being an American.”

It’s a shame this wrinkly piece of shiat is so hell bent on protecting Israel while bombing the piss out of the Middle East.  Outside of this anomaly, I’m not sure what lieberman has in common with mccain except the senior discount at Denny’s. 

AWKWARD rnc moment!

Why is the gop and mccain camp purposely excluding Obama’s 8 years as a state legislator as political experience?

This is a “karl rove” move if I’ve ever seen one and shamefully I think most Americans are stupid enough to believe that palin and Obama have somewhere around the same amount of experience.

It’s not like Obama’s political experience includes merely being part of the PTA (palin), the mayor of a village with less than 8,000 people (palin), and/or 2 years governing a corrupt/worthless state while knee deep in scandals (palin).

Political experience aside, palin and Obama are on two different playing fields.  For example, he articulately outlines his vision of America in “Audacity of Hope.”  She asks a church to pray for a pipeline.  Assuming mccain dies from old age well within 4 years, who do you think is fit to be the next president?

Don’t worry – you probably won’t have to answer that as I assume she won’t be on the ticket in a few days.