As seen originally on BccList.com here, Joe doesn’t understand the issues that effect him.  He straight up doesn’t get it.

But, due to the media induced misconception that Joe would benefit from a senile mccain presidency, I assume the the national polls won’t reflect how much Obama kicked mccain’s ass last night.  In fact, mccain may shockingly get a bounce in Ohio.  It doesn’t matter – voter registration has ended, early voting has begun, and the economy isn’t getting any better between now and November 4th.

You know what’s going to suck major dck over the next few weeks?  Hearing palin say – about 500 times – “Joe the Plumber” in that annoying ass voice.

P.S.  Obama needs to immediately run an ad where 15+ plumbers named Joe say why they support the Obama/Biden ticket.  We can only hope.

Update 1: Per Politico – actually, per Ben Smith at Politico but he’s annoying – Joe the Plumber apparently isn’t registered to vote. I guess that’s why he isn’t saying publicly who he plans on voting for. Conor, thank you.

Update 2: Ben Smith is such a waste of space.  Unless Joe isn’t somehow registered to vote in the 2008 General Election though he voted republican in the primary earlier this year, he is registered to vote at his current address of 355 Shrewsbury St. Holland, OH 43528.

Update 3: Per zillow.com, Joe the Plumber’s house is worth $122,500. Wouldn’t buying a business with such little equity possibly cause financial harm to Joe? Joe is exactly the person that the republicans have been blaming this recent financial turmoil on – average citizens overextending themselves with loans. Not a smart idea Joe.  Don’t buy the business!!!

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There were 3 winners of tonight’s debate – Obama, Bob Schieffer, and Joe the Plumber. Joe the Plumber is getting so much attention/ass right now it’s sick.

As originally seen on BccList.com here and here, neither candidate impressed me during debates 1 and 2. Obama absolutely murdered mccain in this final debate. The debate poll results will undoubtedly be a landslide in Obama’s favor.

The following are some of the notes I took – yes, on the iPhone y’all – during the debate. I’ve included quotes from the transcript to help highlight my notes.

Note Number 1: mccain was very grumpy old man like, blinking way too much, not wearing a flag lapel pin, and something is seriously wrong with his left eye. He needs to stop campaigning and start enjoying life because I think his left eye condition could be a warning sign of a possible stroke. I’m not joking…he’s falling apart at the seams.

Note Number 2: Does mccain realize that autism is not the same thing as Down Syndrome? palin’s son has Down Syndrome. mccain kept saying how palin understands those that have children with autism. This happened AT LEAST twice…

MCCAIN: “And, by the way, she also understands special-needs families. She understands that autism is on the rise, that we’ve got to find out what’s causing it, and we’ve got to reach out to these families, and help them, and give them the help they need as they raise these very special needs children.

She understands that better than almost any American that I know. I’m proud of her.”

and…

MCCAIN: “And I just said to you earlier, town hall meeting after town hall meeting, parents come with kids, children — precious children who have autism. Sarah Palin knows about that better than most. And we’ll find and we’ll spend the money, research, to find the cause of autism. And we’ll care for these young children.”

Note Number 3: mccain completely lost anything he had going for him tonight when he said Obama started his political career in Ayers’ living room. Obama corrected him. From that point on, mccain completely collapsed. It was like seeing a really old turtle crawl inside his shell.

MCCAIN: “Well, again, while you were on the board of the Woods Foundation, you and Mr. Ayers, together, you sent $230,000 to ACORN. So — and you launched your political campaign in Mr. Ayers’ living room.”

OBAMA: “That’s absolutely not true.”

MCCAIN: “And the facts are facts and records are records.”

OBAMA: “And that’s not the facts.”

MCCAIN: “And it’s not the fact…”

Note Number 4: mccain’s gimmick of late is mentioning he would freeze government spending across the board. He made the mistake of saying this early in the debate tonight. About 15 minutes after mentioning the lame ass freeze, mccain said he would support funding for research into conditions such as autism. Obama’s highlight tonight came when he indicated funding research for those with autism would require that there not be an across the board spending freeze in place. Ouch. Pwned!

OBAMA: “I do want to just point out that autism, for example, or other special needs will require some additional funding, if we’re going to get serious in terms of research. That is something that every family that advocates on behalf of disabled children talk about.

And if we have an across-the-board spending freeze, we’re not going to be able to do it. That’s an example of, I think, the kind of use of the scalpel that we want to make sure that we’re funding some of those programs.”

Note Number 5: Obama was officially on cruise control when he was able to show the realest laugh I’ve ever seen a politician offer on camera. I hope there’s a clip of Obama cracking up on YouTube tomorrow during this portion of the debate. The funny moment came after mccain erratically was trying to close out an unrelated point late in the debate. He said Obama does not believe in fair trade and he wants to tax you more. This had nothing to do – at the time – with anything that was being discussed. Obama controlled the debate from this point forward though mccain was already falling apart after the failed Ayers’ living room attack.

Here’s what we got so far – best to worst debate performances during the general election…

1. Obama #3
2. Biden
3. Obama #1
4. Obama #2
5. mccain #2
6. mccain #1
7. mccain #3
8. palin

Update 1: After the debate I took a bath (that’s right) and started blogging. So, I’m slightly behind on my DVR. I just caught the results. As predicted above, Obama won tonight by a landslide. Ball game!

Update 2: Joe the plumber is reportedly still a mccain supporter after the debate. He must not a) have watched the debate b) understand the reasons behind the economic issues he’s facing (I assume one of them is gas/commodity prices) c) remember the last 8 years and d) belong to a union. Joe, you blow.

Update 3: It all makes sense now. Joe is not in the union and does not having a plumbing license. If you watch this morning’s interview outside of his house, he’s proud that the US helped “liberate” Iraq. He’s pissed that he has to pay off all the debt from the recent bailout. He apparently doesn’t realize that the $650 billion war got us into the most recent $700 billion worth of debt as seen orginally on BccList.com here.

mccain attempts a comeback with his recycled speech…

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Digg, thank you.

Reasons to Vote NO on Prop 8 in California…

1. Molly Ringwald is voting No.
2. The below commercial is a perfect blend of the “Get a Mac” series of commercials, Friends (the no character), Todd Packer from The Office (the yes character), and an adult film star (constitution).

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_left_story/20081014_Just_A_Win_Away.html

“Not that I don’t feel like I’m part of the team, but when you get that nice celebration coming in the dugout and you’re getting your ass hammered by guys, there’s no better feeling than to have that done.”

I could imagine a few better feelings but who am I to judge?

Andy and Conor, thank you.

Picture Update: John, thank you…

I don’t get the look.  But, I assume it will come out that the young lady has some disease or strange eye condition that makes her susceptible to camera flashes and/or decrepit old men.

Slingbox and SnagIt, thank you.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/14/AR2008101400738.html?hpid=topnews

“The government’s role will be limited and temporary,” Bush said from the Rose Garden. “These measures are not intended to take over the free market, but to preserve it.”

Ha!  Who the fck does he think he’s kidding?  The lie starts at the 2:33 mark…

Still crazy after all these years…

Gavin, thank you.

http://community.adn.com/adn/node/132625

Apparently, palin can’t read or doesn’t understand what it means to be ethical.  From the report…

“Governor Palin knowingly permitted a situation to continue where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to advance a personal agenda.”

Moreover, apparently she has amnesia and has forgotten the last few weeks like when she insinuated Obama was a terrorist.  From the interview (above link) over the weekend with Alaskan media…

“But no, in John McCain’s mission here, in taking the high road, as you’re going to see too with a lot of unfair shots he has taken in this campaign with some of his opponents’ supporters, McCain and I taking the high road, being positive.”

She is easily the craziest republican I have ever seen and that’s saying A LOT!

Chicken has definitely lost its flavor as noted by Mark Bittman in a New York Times Magazine article from today titled “Why Take Food Seriously?”

So, if you care not to buy designer chicken – ha! – check out the simplest “make chicken actually taste good again” recipe ever!

1) Preheat oven to 400 degrees. You can also cook on grill but I haven’t done so yet. Wash inside and outside of chicken off.

2) Open a beer and drink 1/3 of it. Pour a few tablespoons of seasoning in the can of beer. Stuff the can of beer in the chicken and stand upright. If you’re using a large whole chicken – seen below – use a wide can of beer. Heineken and Foster’s will get the job done. If you’re using a normal sized whole chicken you can use any size can of beer. Moreover, I don’t think the kind of beer matters. The seasoning does all the flavoring as the beer provides moisture.

3) Rub the chicken down with poultry seasoning. Be generous.

4) Cook in a dutch oven (the chicken will sweat/splatter all over your oven if cooked in a shallow pan) for 2 hours at 400 degrees.

5) Remove can over a sink. Be VERY CAREFUL with the removal! It’s a 2 person job – 1 to hold the chicken and 1 to pull the can out. There will be EXTREMELY hot beer in the can and the removal may require some pulling of a slippery a$$ can.

6) Carve away and enjoy! Whole chickens will feed a family for a few days.

Live blogging from row 1 (!) at the MSU/Northwestern game…

I hadn’t seen the full version until this morning.  Funniest thing since Matt Damon’s interview regarding sarah palin…

Erin, thank you.

The wheels have completely fallen off the old, old mccain bus.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/10/palin.investigation/index.html