AND NOW, HERE’S BARACK OBAMA WITH THE WEATHERMEN ... OH, GOSHDARN IT, DID I SAY THAT OUT LOUD?

Ah, it begins.

I probably need not tell you about what Sarah Palin said about Obama’s years as an honorary member of the Weathermen, or whatever the hell she was trying to insinuate. Hopefully, I also need not tell you that it’s a really weak-ass argument.

But that doesn’t matter. What matters is that it’s a charge that will stick with all of the xenophobic dingbats who (1) believe that Barry HUSSEIN Obama is a practicing Muslim, and (2) believe that this fact alone makes him The Enemy. And I would suggest that McCain’s people bloody well know that, and are hoping to expand that White Boy Fear beyond the fringe where it currently exists.

Either way, Palin has stood by her remarks, McCain hasn’t denounced them, and big-name Repubs like Tim Pawlenty are jumping on the “Obama + Terrors = Best Friends 4Ever b/w Why Does Obama Hate America So Much?” bandwagon, so it’s looking like an official GOP strategy to make Obama look SCARY and DANGEROUS to, well, yes, White Peoples.


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Which should make the next two debates a lot more fun.

Unless the GOP’s invocation of The Big Fear actually works. Again.

I’d like to think it won’t, if for no other reason that with the economy in the tank, most voters want to hear about real solutions to real problems and not candidates waving and saying, “OMG! OMG! Look, he’s a terrorist!” I’d also like to think that Obama will be able to maintain the high road and not be forced to stoop to Palin’s level and go after, say, McCain’s age.

But who am I kidding? No one’s won an election based on the issues since probably Eisenhower. It looks like this election will come down to whether you believe that (1) McCain’s too goddamn old and senile to be trusted with picking up yr laundry, let alone running the country, and will probably die and make Sarah Palin yr new PILF, or (2) Obama will establish a Department of Al Qaeda and bring America to its knees before handing the keys over to Osama bin Laden.

And somehow, you all knew, deep in yr heart of hearts, that it would all come down to this: another election cycle of fear and loathing.

What fun!

Quite ugly one morning,

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IMMODESTY BLAZE

Presented for yr edification: more proof that religious extremism is a collective refusal to evolve.



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See also: al Qaeda, Fred Phelps, etc.

It’s a man’s man’s man’s man’s world,

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KARL ROVE CALLS THE ELECTION FOR OBAMA ... WAIT, WHAT?

Just in case this election cycle isn’t weird enough for you:

ITEM: Karl Rove – yes, THAT one – has been tracking state polls, and has concluded that, based on the latest info (i.e. as of October 3) that if the election were held right now, Obama would have enough electoral votes to win the election.

Like so.



Basically, Rove says, Obama would win every state John Kerry won in 2004, as well as New Mexico, Iowa, and Colorado, putting him at 273 electoral votes. (A candidate needs 270 to win the ball game.) McCain would have 163. There are still 102 EVs that could go either way, but even if McCain gets all of them, he'll still lose.

Rove cautions that the latest data was taken before the VP debate, so you’ll have to wait until next week to see the impact in terms of statewide polls. And it goes without saying that four weeks is plenty of time to blow a lead and lose an election. They don’t call it the October Surprise for nothing.

But this is also the first time in this race that Obama’s projected EV count based on this kind of data has put him over the 270-vote mark. So unless McCain and Palin can successfully convince enough people that Obama spent his primary school years making pipe bombs in Bill Ayers’ basement, Obama may just have this in the bag.

On the other hand, this is Karl Rove we’re talking about here. So there MUST be some kind of evil reason for him to be saying all this.

Don’t dream it’s over,

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