Fighting for the People Who Matter

To start the evening all warm and fuzzy - lifted from the transcript of McSame’s acceptance speech , a touching moment where he reaches out to his true constituency, offering comfort for those who are losing their homes in this time of economic hardship:

“I fight for Americans. I fight for you. I fight for Bill and Sue Nebe from Farmington Hills, Michigan, who lost their real estate investments in the bad housing market.”

I’m sorry; did you think I meant he was reaching out to people who lost their OWN HOMES, where they LIVED? No, no, silly – he was reaching out to those who lost their HOMES as in their MULTIPLE INVESTMENT PROPERTIES. Duh!

And here’s a link to the demographics of that poor, economically ravaged town of Farmington Hills Michigan, where you’ll notice that almost 80% of the population is white, and more than 40% of households are earning upwards of $100,000 a year. Poor desolate Bill and Sue from Farmington Hills!

They may not even be able to clothe themselves decently, like Cindy McCain and Laura Bush.

I guess if McSame really wanted to fight for Bill and Sue he could have helped them pay off a couple of their properties with just his wife’s earrings. Oh well!

In other news it’s NO WONDER THEY’RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT PALIN’S LACK OF QUALIFICATIONS – she’s only going to be allowed to speak when provided with campaign-approved pre-scripted monologues, apparently, according to Nicole Wallace of the McSame campaign, who sees no reason why Palin should have to answer questions posed by the media.

Really, though, the timing couldn’t be better for Palin; according to the Anchorage Daily News she’s getting plenty of practice being evasive and deceitful in the TROOPERGATE INVESTIGATIONS.

Sigh. But in all this republican ridiculousness center yourself by taking a dip in the oasis of Gloria Steinem’s column in the LATimes (albeit a light smattering of sense in a hectic day of stupid).

And for an injection of (laugh-or-you’ll-cry) humor, check out how McSame’s INABILITY TO COMPREHEND THE INTERNET bites him in the ass twice last night on the big green screen during his acceptance speech:

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Nothing is more touching than a candidate’s ability to bridge racial divides by purchasing stock photos of black folks to display during his acceptance speech. In more useful news, the bloggers at BestWeekEver.tv suggest 10 green screens for making McSame look less pale.

Seriously, though, I hope I can lift your spirits a little bit with these next couple items: first, if you saw the daily show last night (or, bob forbid, forced yourself to watch the RNC), you know that the right wing nuts were inexplicably BASHING OBAMA FOR HIS RECORD OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING. I guess polished politicians aren’t supposed to get their hands dirty? Anyway, here’s Obama’s rightfully biting and articulate response.

Obama: “Why would that kind of work be ridiculous? Who are they fighting for?” Bill and Sue Nebe, Obama, Bill and Sue and their investment properties! Geeze! Nothing is good enough for this man.

Which is why he’s set out to improve things. Check out Obama’s answers to ScienceDebate2008, some of today’s most pressing questions in science and technology and their relation to government.

I’m about out of steam for now – here’s hoping your spirits were slightly lifted by the sight of Obama after the whirlwind of WTF that is every day in the McSame campaign!