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The Crazy Palin/McCain rally lady visits Weekend Update. Click here for my original post on this.

Another Non-Obama--racist--Country First! Voter

Last Friday, at a rally in Wisconscin: 

Voter: I don't trust Obama. I have read about him and he's an Arab." 

McCain: "No, ma'am. He's a decent family man [and] citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues and that's what this campaign's all about. He's not [an Arab]."

 

Wowza that's racist. Was McCain trying to defend Obama against the Arab comment? If so, then he is just as ig'nant as the old lady. 

Breaking News

John McCain can walk and chew gum at the same time:

Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Friday, September 26, 2008 -- 11:31 AM ET
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McCain Will Participate in Debate

Senator John McCain will take part in the first presidential
debate tonight in Oxford, Miss., a campaign spokesman said.

Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na

Now that's a president you can count on. The kind that can multitask.
Like Oprah.

Cover Boys and Girls

"He's the biggest celebrity in the world." - Opening line to McCain ad, "Celeb." 

Check out Barack Obama's latest magazine cover.  (Compliments to Obama Magazine.)

I wonder how he feels about "Sex Pistol: The Woman Who Whipped 007" near his face. 

Yeah sure, Obama has celeb status. He recently held a fundraiser in B-Hills with a ton of Hollywood folks.  A-list celebs have been unabashedly supportive of Obama: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Jennifer Aniston, Robert De Niro, Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johannson, George Clooney, and G-O-D herself--Oprah. 

He makes for a good celebrity because he's a photogenic guy. The McCain camp keeps mocking his celeb status but he can't help other people from being attracted to him. The McCain campaign had zero celeb status until they decided to bring on Sarah Palin 

Palin has a sketchy record (Troopergate, the Bridge to Nowhere money, her fundamentalist cred, etc.) but the media, the public that loves her, and even the people who hate her still can't get enough of her. And she's featured on the cover of US Weekely, featured on Vogue, mocked on SNL (touching on her lack of VP qualities and her milfness), the endless blog entries, and inane "news" stories, etc. If that isn't celeb status, then what is?  

And isn't Palin is the biggest celeb-reality star of all the candidates involved.  She's a small-town girl, she has interesting "quirks" (moose-whackin', fundamentalist, secessionist ties, her Tina Fey glasses, etc.), and she's gone from zero to "Hero" overnight. Doesn't that sound like the background of a typical Survivor contestant? 

By the way, didn't McCain appear SNL? Isn't SNL a stop for politicians, in order to yenno, like get regular ol'folk like them, to promote themselves, to look funny and approachable? Kinda like a celebrity? 

Watch John McCain sing Barbara Streisand: 

So why does John McCain choose to attack Obama for his celeb status? Why does being a celebrity have to be a bad thing? Doesn't everyone secretly yearn to become super famous? Is John McCain jealous that Obama is probably higher on the list in terms of celeb status?  

Save the Date(s)!

• September 26: Presidential debate in Oxford, Miss. 
• October 2: Vice Presidential debate in St. Louis, Mo. 
• October 7: Presidential debate in Nashville, Tenn. 
• October 15: Presidential debate in Hempstead, N.Y. 
• November 4: Election Day 
• January 20: Inaugaration Day  

From the preacher to my choir. 

Straight Talk

John McCain doesn't have the Straight Talk Express for nothing. 

"No, I'm calling you a f*cking jerk." - John McCain to fellow GOP Senator Chuck Grassley, when Grassley asked "Are you calling me stupid?", Feb 21, 2000 

What a stand up guy. 

Obama's moolah

One of the bastions of the Liberal Media Elite (TM)--the New York Times--is reporting that the Obama camp raised $66 million dollars in the month of August: 

But almost more important than Mr. Obama’s August total may be the fact that it came partly from a half-million first-time donors, most of them far from having contributed the full $2,300 per person allowed in any general election. 

I think there are two reasons this happened. 

1) Obama gave a hell of a speech at the Democratic National Convention. (And points to Sasha and Malia just for being cute after Michelle Obama's speech--yeah, you know that part won you over too.) 

2) John McCain, Sarah Palin, Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, Joe Lieberman, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and the rest of the 'Country First' brigade pissed off hella people.  

Okay, they're my reasons. 

Yeah, I'm still on a college budget. 

You just can't make this stuff up

Found a cute picture from the McCainBlogette today:The "SuperMac Button."

People come up with the darnest things.

john.he.is

Still funnnnnnnnnnnnny....

"McCain Mama"

I still can't stop laughing!!!

Finally! Fighting Words!

We've been waiting for some real fighting words from the Obama camp. Their new ad, "Seven" isn't on par with the McCain/Britney/Paris ad, but it does send a strong attack against McCain.

Right now, the economy is not just an issue. Its THE issue for many Americans.

Hard Times for the Hard-Working

When I was six years old, Bill Clinton became president. At the time, little did I know about George H. W. Bush or the Gulf War. Apparently, public opinion of Bush Sr. was high because of his actions in the Gulf. So if everybody loved his performance, then why didn't he win reelection?

Clinton: "It's the economy, stupid."

A lot of people became more concerned about the economy and so his status during the Gulf War didn't matter at the voting booths.

Clinton had a concrete strategy and he admitted to growing up poor in one of the poorest states in America.

What does this mean for us today? Well, McCain, after forgetting how many houses he owns, is coming under more fire for being out of touch with the economic struggles of many Americans.

The typical Republican response (as I see it) is that every person or family is responsible for their own financial well-being. The government shouldn't help, because individual freedoms reign supreme...meaning the government can't impose restrictions on people's freedoms like social welfare or other economic programs to help people who need it the most.

The video below looks at McCain's houses and his economic policies AND what a normal American is going through right now in the current housing/economic troubles that is hurting a bunch of people:

McCain Family Photoshoot or Photoshop?

Doesn't this photo look TOTALLY photoshopped? I don't know if it means anything, but its from ABC News.

Check out more pictures of McCain and the rest of the bunch from the ABC News site here.

Saddleback Church

Saddleback Church is this ginormous church in Orange County. This popular mega-church invited Barack Obama and John McCain for a civil forum.

Both candidates were asked the same questions and both candidates had an hour. I haven't seen the McCain interview yet, but I just started watching the Obama one:




Is it just me, but does his stuttering remind you of a grandpa? Its generally pretty tolerable, but sometimes, you just want to shake the words out of him.

Meghan McCain

For all you campaign junkies out there, check out Meghan McCain's blog!
She's the daughter of Cindy and John McCain. She recently graduated from college and is currently blogging from the "Straight Talk Express" campaign trail.