heh: Room for Rent — Inauguration Day/ObamaCon 2009 Date: 2008-11-11, 11:45AM EST In a search of a room in DC so that you can spend Jan. 20 standing in the bitter winter cold with thousands of like-minded souls watching the historic transfer of power from one Harvard grad to another? Look no further. Me: Heartless, […]
How Did Sarah Palin Spend $150,000?
Sarah Palin: Ralph Lauren Klondike jacket $4,598 Ralph Lauren Collection jacket $4,798 Ralph Lauren Collection wool turtleneck $855 Armani Collezioni cashmere jacket $1,925 Armani Collezioni blouse $755 Armani Collezioni skirt $960 Armani Collezioni twill jersey jacket $1,325 Armani Collezioni twill jersey skirt $715 Armani Collezioni jersey jacket $1,635 Armani Collezioni jersey tank jacket $1,065 Giorgio […]
Frank Schaeffer: Sarah Palin Will Never Be President — Trust Me
The small smear of red on the otherwise blue electoral map looks more like a minor bloodstain on a dirty Band-Aid than anything resembling a national political party. Who voted for McCain/Palin in bigger numbers than they even voted for Bush/Cheney? Only one shrinking group: uneducated white folks in the deep south and a few […]
palin was a disaster for mccain
i seem to recall using the word “disaster” about Palin during her nomination acceptance speech, and the flood of palin bashing started there. the media was full of “bashing” (or as some of us call it, “criticism”) as soon as she entered the public stage. i have read many opinions on this, and lots of […]
Social Progress
According to a CNN exit poll, 42 percent of voters said that the nation’s financial woes had finally become frightening enough to eclipse such concerns as gay marriage, while 30 percent said that the relentless body count in Iraq was at last harrowing enough to outweigh long ideological debates over abortion. In addition, 28 percent […]
My wife made me canvass for Obama; here’s what I learned | csmonitor.com
I learned in just those three hours that this election is not about what we think of as the “big things.” It’s not about taxes. I’m pretty sure mine are going to go up no matter who is elected. It’s not about foreign policy. I think we’ll figure out a way to get out of […]
“Undecided” from david sedaris
I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?†she asks. “Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?†To be undecided in this election […]
The Debate
YouTube – Batman vs. The Penguin: The Debate (seen at boing boing)
“landslide”
YouTube – Conservatives Blame McCain As Obama Landslide Approaches (back in august, i called barack obama by 15% — i stand by it)
David Letterman Reacts to John McCain Suspending Campaign
YouTube – David Letterman Reacts to John McCain Suspending Campaign
sarah palin all but endorses obama
sarah palin all but endorses obama
matt damon on sarah palin
YouTube – Damon Condemns Palin
cindy mccain’s $300,000 outfit
Cindy McCain Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000 Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500 Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000 Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000–$25,000 Shoes, designer unknown: $600 Total: Between $299,100 and $313,100 Politics and Power Blog: vanityfair.com