Daily Show Withdrawal
For those of us suffering through a week of reruns of the Daily Show and Colbert Report, I thought it my duty to post some of my favorite videos from recent shows. Tonight, Stewart’s classic examination of the West Virginia voter.
McCain Launches "Truth Squad" With Swift Boat Vet
From the Huffington Post: Sen. John McCain’s campaign on Monday launched the McCain “Truth Squad” – a group of political and Vietnam contemporaries who would counter attacks on the Senator’s military record.In hopes of nipping any criticism in the bud, the campaign brought on board a man quite familiar with how these types of attacks gain legs: Bud Day, a fellow POW who was part of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that worked so hard to defame Sen. John Kerry’s own Vietnam record.
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Video: Barack Obama Speech on Patriotism
It’s not exactly fireworks, but it gets the job done.
I F-ing Hate Digg
This is a post for geeky bloggers like me.
I was on digg.com the other day (if you don’t know what it is you’re missing an entire Internet world that is a part of everything from You Tube to the New York Times) and a gauntlet was thrown down. Stonecipher, one of my favorite diggers, challenged us all to write a post about what we “f-ing hated.” He had written a great post entitled “I F-ing Hate Wal-Mart” that went straight to the top of digg. (It’s a must read and confirms everything you ever suspected about Wal-Mart)(He is also one of the few people in this world other than myself and my husband who has actually been to Idaho Falls. But that’s another story.)
So I submitted my version: I F-ing Hate Digg. Stonecipher was kind enough to post it on his site, The Stonecipher Report. It’s a site you have to know about if you’re going to know anything about what’s going on this political season. So please go check it out! And now…
Here’s part of my post “I F-ing Hate Digg”:
Hello, my name is dpolitico (well, not really, but I must protect my identity)(especially from diggers)(you know, the ones that love to hate you?) I am addicted to Digg. In the same way a drug addict is filled with self-loathing every time he takes a hit, I find myself totally unable to stop myself from submitting, commenting, digging and/or burying stories.
It has consumed me.
Every day is the same. I write for my blog. I think, “That was the cleverest thing any person has ever said about that specific thing that I just wrote about! I must digg it!” And here is where my day goes off the rails.
You can check out the rest at The Stonecipher Report and please check out the rest of the site while you’re there. It’s well worth the time and you’ll know a lot more than you did going in.
Here’s the info again:
The Stonecipher Report
I F-ing Hate Wal-Mart
I F-ing Hate Digg
Video: Barack Obama New Ad: "Dignity"
Pretty tame and not too interesting. Let’s hope he can spice things up down the road.
Bill Clinton Speaks to Obama, No One’s Ass Gets Kissed
Bill Clinton has apparently not stooped to High School level and had a conversation with Obama that did not end with him “kissing” the former President’s ass.
According to Ben Smith, the Obama camp put out the following press release today:
Senator Obama had a terrific conversation with President Clinton and is honored to have his support in this campaign. He has always believed that Bill Clinton is one of this nation’s great leaders and most brilliant minds, and looks forward to seeing him on the campaign trail and receiving his counsel in the months to come.
Bill Clinton, for his part, had these tepid, I mean, kind words of Obama:
President Clinton continues to be impressed by Senator Obama and the campaign he has run, and looks forward to campaigning for and with him in the months to come. The President believes that Senator Obama has been a great inspiration for millions of people around the country, and he knows that he will bring the change America needs as our next President.
I can’t wait to see that rally and the fake insincere smile we’ve all come to expect from the former President along with that lip bite as he lies to you.
U.S. Preparing for War with Iran
I can not even begin to imagine how on earth the President would be able to carry this out. Especially given the current climate in America, the anti-Iraq war sentiment and anger over rising oil costs. Now, a rather large expose in the New Yorker claims that Bush and Cheney have made it their mission to either achieve total disarmament of the only remaining Axis of Evil member, Iran, or have all out war with them. (With what resources??)
Anyway, some of the highlights from the article on CNN:
- “President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have rejected findings from U.S. intelligence agencies that Iran has halted a clandestine effort to build a nuclear bomb…” Oh, yeah, sure. NOW they reject the findings of the CIA. What’s the presentation going to be to the UN this time around? “And here is where we would’ve shown you slides that had false and misleading information, uh, but this time you’ll just have our judgment with no intelligence behind it. Hey, wait a minute…”
- The Bush administration has launched a “significant escalation” of covert operations in Iran, sending U.S. commandos to spy on the country’s nuclear facilities and undermine the Islamic republic’s government (this, I believe).
- Congress has authorized up to $400 million to fund the secret campaign, which involves U.S. special operations troops and Iranian dissidents.
- Israel, which is believed to have its own nuclear arsenal, conducted a military exercise in the eastern Mediterranean in early June involving dozens of warplanes and aerial tankers.
- Iran’s parliament speaker, Ali Larijani, warned other countries against moves that would “cost them heavily.” In comments that appeared in the semi-official Mehr news agency Sunday, an Iranian general said his troops were digging more than 320,000 graves to bury troops from any invading force with “the respect they deserve.”
- The CIA, White House, etc. all deny everything.
Bill Clinton: Barack Obama must ‘kiss my ass’
Someone’s still feeling a little bitter and mopey these days. His wife, whom he has rejected more times than I can count, was rejected by the voters for Obama. Now, Bill Clinton is acting like the one who was spurned.
According to the London Telegraph:
[T]he former president’s rage is still so great that even loyal allies are shocked by his patronising attitude to Mr Obama, and believe that he risks damaging his own reputation by his intransigence.A senior Democrat who worked for Mr Clinton has revealed that he recently told friends Mr Obama could “kiss my ass” in return for his support.
It has long been known that Mr Clinton is angry at the way his own reputation was tarnished during the primary battle when several of his comments were interpreted as racist.
But his lingering fury has shocked his friends. The Democrat told the Telegraph: “He’s been angry for a while. But everyone thought he would get over it. He hasn’t. I’ve spoken to a couple of people who he’s been in contact with and he is mad as hell.
“He’s saying he’s not going to reach out, that Obama has to come to him. One person told me that Bill said Obama would have to quote kiss my ass close quote, if he wants his support.
“You can’t talk like that about Obama – he’s the nominee of your party, not some house boy you can order around.
“Hillary’s just getting on with it and so should Bill.”
Video: Charles Barkley: Conservatives are Fake Christians
Charles Barkley says what we all wish we could say.
Every time I hear the word conservative it makes me sick to my stomach cause they’re really just fake Christians, as I call them. That’s all they are, but I’m going to vote Democratic no matter what.
And you are…
Apparently David Spade was manning the reception desk at the Washing Sports Club the other day when Obama tried to get in for a quick treadmill session. He tried to “slip” past the receptionist without identifying himself or his Secret Service entourage. I kid you not, from CNN:
But the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee did not get far when he and his entourage of Secret Service agents tried to walk past the front desk without stopping, according to the gym’s general manager, Gonzalo Perez-Tamayo.
“It’s always a rush in the morning, everyone’s trying to come in quickly,” Perez-Tamayo said. “She asked him for his last name and he said ‘Obama,’ then she asked him for his first name.”
“It was very funny, she then realized who he was and said, ‘Oh I am so sorry!” Perez-Tamayo added.
For the record, Obama is a member at the Washington Sports Club gym network.
The Illinois senator did not appear frustrated by the inconvenience, Perez-Tamayo also said, but he probably realized he needs to get a gym card if he wants to avoid the mix up in the future.
