McCain must be learning from the Palin Playbook — ignore reality. But in the interest of fairness, can he, or anyone else, produce a single example to back up his claim that people at Obama rallies have called him a terrorist or a traitor?
And why didn’t Dana Bash not challenge him on this?
“Tomorrow, America’s most famous hockey mom, Sarah Palin, will drop the ceremonial first puck at the Philadelphia Flyers game. Right afterwards, she’ll get out on the ice and skate around reporters’ questions, so it should be interesting.” -Jay Leno
“The other big story, of course, this week is how nasty and angry the crowds are getting at the McCain and Palin rallies, especially when Palin speaks. Now, to be fair, a lot of these fans of hers that are at these rallies have lost everything in the economic crisis: their mobile home, their waterbed, their meth lab.” -Bill Maher
“Naturally the smart thing to do to solve your economic woes is to demonize the Democrats. And of course, Sarah Palin is more than happy to oblige. She’s been saying that Obama hangs out with terrorists. And you know, I think the evangelical lady who’s in a video getting blessed by a witch doctor, who’s married to a secessionist, and can’t name a newspaper — she’s right, Obama is scary.” -Bill Maher
“The question she keeps asking at all of the rallies is, ‘Who is Barack Obama?’ You know what, genius, maybe if you’d picked up a newspaper in the last year you’d know. He’s the guy who’s kicking your ass.” -Bill Maher
“You folks like TV, you watch a lot of TV? There’s a show right here on CBS, it’s a huge hit. It’s called the “Medalist.” And it’s about this guy who has a heightened sense of observation. It’s miraculous; he’s the only guy in the world who can tell the difference between Sarah Palin and Tina Fey.” -David Letterman
“The legislative panel in Alaska investing Troopergate released their report that says Sarah Palin illegally abused her power as governor by firing the state police chief because he wouldn’t fire her sister’s ex-husband. But they said she didn’t actually break the law so she won’t go to prison. Which is a pity because it would have been the first time she was ever involved in a complete sentence.” -Bill Maher
“Some good news for Sarah Palin: she has been cleared in that troopergate scandal. You know who cleared her? Sarah Palin.” -Jay Leno
“Before lawmakers in Alaska released their report on this troopergate scandal, Sarah Palin’s campaign released the results of their own campaign clearing her of any wrongdoing. Thank God we cleared that up. Actually, I think it’s legitimate, because apparently Palin can see the courthouse from her front porch, so obviously she’s a lawyer.” -Jay Leno
“But the big story continues to be the economy. How many people remember when we had an economy? … They said on the news today that the stock market is on a wild roller-coaster ride. Really? Does it feel like a roller coaster? Doesn’t it feel more like that stupid free-fall ride where you drop 500 feet and you vomit all over the place?” -Jay Leno
“I don’t want to say things are going downhill quickly, but Obama’s new campaign slogan is ‘Are you better off than you were four days ago?'” -Bill Maher
“I saw a guy on Hollywood Boulevard said to a hooker ‘What can I get for an extra 50?’ She said ‘100 shares of General Motors.'” -Jay Leno
“Oh, General Motors fell to its lowest level since 1950, not a good sign. In fact, in terms of carmakers, General Motors is now third behind Tonka and Hot Wheels.” -Jay Leno
“Do you have money in the stock market, because it dropped 20 percent in a week. This week, the biggest loss ever. But don’t worry: President Bush has a plan to bail out the bailout.” -Bill Maher
“He went on TV today to reassure the public. I don’t know if it worked, because halfway through the speech two guys came in and repossessed the podium.” -Bill Maher
“His big line was today: ‘We are a prosperous nation with immense resources and a wide range of tools to deal with this problem. And he’s right: he’s a tool, Bernanke’s a tool, Paulsen’s a tool, Alan Greenspan, a huge tool.” -Bill Maher
“I’ll give you an idea how bad the economy is: you know the giant national debt clock in Times Square that keeps track of the national debt? It’s now run out of digits. This is true. It only goes up to a trillion, and we passed that. We’re now going to add two more digits so it can go up to a quadrillion dollars. Are these even real numbers anymore? Don’t they sound like the kinds of numbers you’d use when you argue with your friends?” -Jay Leno
“So let’s see, the country is broke. Listen to this: 60 percent of the people in America now say we are headed toward a depression, not a recession, a depression. We are in desperate needs of profitable industries we can tax. Um, now can we legalize pot?” -Bill Maher
“They found that Americans actually eat more during bad economic times, that people become fatter during bad financial periods. Isn’t that amazing? This is the only country in the world, when the economy goes south, not only don’t you lose your ass, it gets bigger.” -Jay Leno
“Barack Obama has bought a half-hour of airtime on CBS. He’s now negotiating with NBC, but they have some disagreement. See, Barack just wants to buy a half-hour, but NBC wants him to buy the entire prime-time schedule for the entire rest of the year.” -Jay Leno
“Boy, you can sure tell that it’s 2008. The campaign has really changed from when I was a kid running for office, because Barack Obama has purchased his own satellite TV station to run campaign commercials. Isn’t that amazing? His own satellite station to run campaign commercials. Meanwhile, John McCain’s VCR is still bleeping ’12:00.'” -David Letterman
“But all this doesn’t matter because Obama keeps pulling away in the polls. Every week, he gets a little more ahead. And with almost all groups. Liberals, of course, always supported him. … And conservatives like the idea of paying a black man to clean up their mess.” -Bill Maher
“A town in Upstate New York is being accused of being biased ’cause they sent out absentee ballots that say ‘Barack Osama.’ Today they apologized and printed new ballots that say ‘Barack Hussein Osama.'” -Conan O’Brien
“See, politics is very, very tricky. It’s a very, very tricky thing. It’s too close to call. Well, Barack is ahead now, but you never know what can happen. You gotta remember: politics is like sex. There’s always going to be one side that’s horribly disappointed.” -Jay Leno
This is a followup to my story about a friend of mine, who installed a huge solid metal sign to replace Obama signs that were stolen.
UPDATE: The person who made this sign wrote an interesting article about it.
The Anchorage Daily News is astounded at Sarah Palin’s response to the Troopergate report:
Sarah Palin’s reaction to the Legislature’s Troopergate report is an embarrassment to Alaskans and the nation.
Her response is either astoundingly ignorant or downright Orwellian.
Palin’s response is the kind of political “big lie” that George Orwell warned against. War is peace. Black is white. Up is down.
Courtesy of Rachael Maddow, watch Palin lie, repeatedly and enthusiastically:
Or read the excellent article in The Atlantic, by someone who took Palin’s challenge to read the entire Troopergate report and says Palin is “outright lying” and is petty and vindictive.
John Cleese says that Sarah Palin could be a Monty Python sketch:
From Seesmic.
This morning in Virginia Beach:
Sarah Palin: “Since he won’t say it on his own behalf, I’m gonna say it for my running mate here: There is only one man in this race who has ever really fought for you.”
John McCain (taking the mic): “I’ve been fighting for this country since I was 17-years-old and I have the scars to prove it.”
oops.
Here at Political Irony, I love it when comedians hit the nail on the head better than the pundits or other experts. Here are two British comedians — back in 2007 — who exactly describe what was about to happen in the financial markets. Plus it is extremely funny (in a scary kind of way).
“Beautiful day in New York City today: it was 73 and sunny. John McCain, 73 and cranky.” -David Letterman
“But this is a good part of the campaign. Things are really getting nasty in the campaign. You enjoy it when it gets nasty? Listen to this: today John McCain tried to link Barack Obama to the Chicago Cubs. Ouch.” -David Letterman
“This week, independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader announced that he is opening up 22 campaign offices nationwide, which means that every Nader supporter will get his or her own office.” -Conan O’Brien
“Everybody’s still talking about the presidential debate the other night. How boring it was. Experts say neither candidate scored a knockout punch. Well, I don’t know about that. After about ten minutes, I was out like a light.” -Jay Leno
“But the first debate was at podiums, and the debate this week was what they call the town hall. The format for the next debate is going to be fun: dunk tanks.” -David Letterman
“McCain criticized Barack Obama for saying he would invade Pakistan to go after Bin Laden. McCain said he would never telegraph his punches. Well, telegraph maybe, e-mail no.” -Jay Leno
“Obama says there is nothing to the accusations of a friendship with ’60s radical Bill Ayers. He says Ayers is a person he knew early in his career, but now plays no role in his campaign. You know, kinda like the Clintons.” -Jay Leno
“At a rally on Saturday, Sarah Palin attempted to recite a quote from Madeline Albright that she read off a Starbucks cup. She then summed up her views on energy by claiming, ‘America Runs On Dunkin.'” -Amy Poehler
“In describing her beautiful Alaskan home, Sarah Palin says that when she stands on her porch, she can see the moon. So you know what that means: she’s now qualified to be an astronaut.” -Jay Leno
“According to the National Enquirer, Britney Spears’ younger sister Jaime Lynn Spears, is pregnant again, according to the National Enquirer. But the good news is, Sarah Palin has named her an honorary Alaskan.” -Jay Leno
“Ladies and gentlemen, the Bush administration is taking over the banks. So, hey, crisis over.” -David Letterman
“As stocks dropped sharply on Monday, President Bush urged patience with the government’s new $700 billion plan, saying, ‘It’s going to take a while.’ Of the course the good news is, he’s never been right.” -Seth Meyers
“The economy is so bad, today, I saw Bill Maher praying. That’s how bad. People in San Francisco can only afford Rice now; no more Roni. … I saw Mrs. Fields today selling Girl Scout cookies. That’s how bad. Saw a guy at Costco buying one roll of toilet paper. That’s how bad. The economy is so bad now pigs can no longer afford lipstick.” -Jay Leno
“And everybody in New York City is worried about the economy, everybody is hurting. The hookers down in Times Square, bless their hearts, listen to this: because of the economy, they now have to work past the retirement age of 65.” -David Letterman
“Hey, how many are worried about Iran’s nuclear enrichment program? How many are more worried about our CEO-enrichment program? Here’s something that’s gonna make you mad: remember last week after Congress grilled those AIG executives, after taking our $85 billion in bailout money and spending half a million at that fancy resort, well this week they asked for and got another $37.5 billion. And earlier this week they announced they’re going on another retreat, this time with golf and massages at the Ritz-Carlton hotel at Half Moon Bay here in California. Instead of a bailout, how about locking these guys up with no bail?” -Jay Leno
“Let me ask you something: didn’t we buy this company? Don’t we own it now? Why don’t we all show up at the Ritz-Carlton next week. Hey, where’s our massage?” -Jay Leno
“Last night on NBC, the fourth contestant was kicked off the show, “The Biggest Loser.” Yeah, that leaves two contestants, the C.E.O. of A.I.G. and the C.E.O. of Lehman Brothers.” -Conan O’Brien
“Here’s another sign the economy is in bad shape: earlier today, Vice President Cheney took his stockbroker hunting.” -David Letterman
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