Jon Stewart comments on the fact that the large African-American turnout for Obama in California also voted 70% for the ban on gay marriage, which helped it pass. Also contributing to the irony, and definitely worth a read, is Robert Kirby’s column in the Salt Lake Tribune. Utah Mormons are estimated to have contributed 70% […]
© Bruce Beattie Even though the recent corruption trial of Senator Ted Stevens found him guilty on all charges, he currently has a slight lead of approximately 3,200 votes in his reelection bid. Unfortunately for him, the numbers may not be all that lucky for him. Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight.com has analyzed the data, and […]
You might recall the term “nuclear option” from 2005, back when the Republicans still controlled both houses of Congress (not to mention the Executive and Judicial branches). Even if you remember the name, do you remember what it was all about? Bush had successfully gotten over 95% of his judicial nominees approved by the Senate (who have […]
From Bush to Obama “Starting today, Barack Obama is now going to receive the daily White House intelligence briefing on things like, you know, security and terrorism, stuff like that. It’s the same briefing President Bush gets every day, but without the pictures and the color by numbers.” -Jay Leno “People are now asking if […]
Obama “You know, do you realize this is our first black president since the first season of ’24’?” -Jay Leno “Really, an historic night last night. You may have heard, Barack Obama will be the first black president of the United States of America. … Obama is also the first Democrat to receive more than […]
Actually, most modern bumper stickers will come off pretty easily if you just pull them from a corner, but I couldn’t help but laugh at this video from the WD-40 people:
More funny goodness from The Onion: Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are And their last line about babies being named after Barack is coming true, except that people are actually naming their babies “Obama”.
The age of computerized online ad placement has resulted in some odd juxtapositions, like this article in Political Wire announcing that Gordon Smith has lost the Senate race in Oregon, accompanied by an ad asking you to vote for Smith. One also has to wonder why someone is running a “get out the vote” ad […]
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