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Monthly Archives: September 2008

Letterman – McCain Loves Bailouts, He Bailed Out On Me!

UPDATE: Another Late Night, another McCain joke:

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Bailout Tipping Point

© Matthew Kendig

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Political Irony passes 1 million page views

Earlier today, Political Irony passed 1 million pages viewed. Thank you readers! What originally started as a project to help keep me sane during this election has succeeded beyond my wildest dreams. Whether my sanity remains intact remains to be seen. Some of you may have noticed some improvements to the blog. You can now […]

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Obama is in trouble – Olbermann names him worst person in the world

Well, actually, Olbermann gave Obama the bronze, but I think this is one of the worst gaffes of Obama’s campaign. And my wife agrees.

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You can see Russia from parts of Alaska

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Two-for-one hypocrisy

During the first presidential debate Friday night, McCain criticized Obama for being naive when he said that the US should be willing to go into Pakistan to take out terrorists. “If the United States has al Qaeda, bin Laden, top-level lieutenants in our sights, and Pakistan is unable or unwilling to act, then we should take them […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Last week John McCain said the fundamentals of our economy are strong. This week, he said it’s the worst crisis since World War II. So he suspended his campaign, unless you count doing interviews, airing attack ads, sending out surrogates on TV to attack Obama.” -Bill Maher “President Bush spoke about the Wall Street bailout […]

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Oh God, the bailout!

© Jeffrey Rowland What’s really amazing is that this comic solution actually does make as much sense as what’s really happening. Where is the logic in our government writing a check for $700 Billion when they don’t actually have that much money?

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McCain’s Real Crisis

© Tom Toles

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Republican Party U.S. Foreign Policy Experience Generator

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The fine art of avoiding the high price of gas

A thief in Paris decided to steal some valuable paintings. After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings, and made it safely to his getaway van. However, he was captured only a few blocks away, when his van ran out of gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a daring crime and […]

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The TSA Olympics

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Roger Ebert reviews the debate!

In a surprise move, Roger Ebert sort-of reviewed the first presidential debate. But as is often done with movie reviews, I can sum it up by just quoting two lines (the first and the last): I do not like you, John McCain. I have instructed my wife to exclude you from any future dinner parties. […]

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Why do people laugh at creationists? – Sarah Palin edition

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Snarky McCain-Palin Automatic Haiku Poetry Generator

Click here to generate another haiku If you create any particularly good ones, leave them in the comments, please. You can also enter them in the PFAW McPalin Haiku Hysteria contest — three winners will be published in The Nation. UPDATE: Susanna Speier’s blog has a nice collection of Sarah Palin haikus (albeit written by […]

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