The New York Times is letting readers submit humor, which they publish (after editing out the rude comments, I suppose). Some of it is pretty good: Political conventions are like professional wrestling. You already know what’s going to happen, but once every four years, its fun to watch. – Will Durst Doubtless some people are […]
Three days ago I did a post asking if John McCain was a gigolo. Well, reader John Dolon sent me an answer in the form of a video, titled “John McCain: Republican Gigolo”. Enjoy: From John Dolon at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
The McCain campaign is running an ad featuring Debra Bartoshevich, a female Hillary Clinton delegate to the Democratic convention who says that she will be voting for McCain, and encourages other Democrats to do the same. But when asked how someone like her who is pro-choice could vote for McCain, she said that as far […]
© Tony Auth Every home needs a 14 bus garage, and a swift boathouse.
Wouldn’t this have been a good TV spot to run during the Beijing Olympics: “Sponsor” (60 seconds) Voiceover: “Ever wonder what Washington has done with your tax dollars? This Olympics is your chance to find out. For the last 8 years, the Bush administration has been paying China billions of dollars in interest on the trillions […]
A few weeks ago I did a post about McCain’s “frequent liar program” that gives out prizes to people who spam political blogs. When his program started, I suffered a dramatic (15x) drop in new readers coming to my blog from news aggregators like Digg and Reddit, but yesterday I noticed an ironic twist to […]
© Tom Tomorrow The Electoral Vote site has an excellent analysis on whether governmental experience is any predictor of how good a president will be. For example, James Buchannan was the most experienced person ever elected president, but he is considered to be one of the worst (only slightly edged out by Warren G. Harding […]
The Fox News website posts a “No Spin Poll” asking “What is the most biased news outlet in America?” and gives four choices. Ironically, none of the choices is Fox News itself: from eyje. The choices are the New York Times, MSNBC, Associated Press, and NPR. Gee, I guess they forgot the Washington Post!
Over at conservative Michelle Malkin’s blog people are upset at McCain. Why? Because the Republican National Committee (RNC) is running a radio ad that, in Malkin’s words, is pure “hispandering”. The ad, in Spanish, tries to paint McCain as a friend to Hispanics because of his support for amnesty for illegal aliens (or as Malkin […]
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