I wouldv'e linked you directly into Newsweek's report on McSame's 13 cars, but the Huffington Post has a slideshow.
Today's top story:
I, for one, am totally disillusioned. Remember last week when McFailin pathetically tried to link Obama to the collapse of Freddie and Fannie?
Turns out McSame's campaign manager was on F&F's payrolls for five years protecting those poor companies from government regulation. Surely McSame, champion of the fundamentals and fierce advocate of regulations, will be shocked and dismayed...
...aaaaaaaand cue McSame temper tantrum!
In response to this coverage, the McSame campaign has declared that the NYT is "not, by any standard, a journalistic organization. It is a pro-Obama organization that every day attacks Senator McCain, attacks Governor Palin, and excuses Senator Obama."
Oh good bob I AM THE NEW YORK TIMES!!! LOVES it.
That article includes the audio of the conversation, but please, if you want to hear it, listen to it here. Oh, and BTW: those issues they're accusing the media of not slamming Obama for? Lie, lie and - wait - lie.
Meanwhile, in flip-flopping.
And here's a good one. FoxNews pundits figure out why Wall Street collapsed and it has nothing to do with the GOP. It's those darn banks lending money to minorities that got us into this mess!
* * *blog canceled due to massive vomiting* * *
JK. I couldn't leave without following that up with this article from the NYTimes, in which somebody takes a look at actual prejudice being exploited in the campaign. By the right, natch.
Give this one a read. The NYTimes article about Obama's career teaching law in Chicago before his move to politics is overall a very interesting look into his mode of operation. No one should be surprised that it made me like him even more.
One thing I have to say, though, is that I will never cease to be entertained by the commentary of all the white law students who took his class on racism and law. They're all like "dude, he's like, really smart because he thinks about racism and, you know, people don't really think about that nowadays."
And I'm just kind of like "Umm. We don't?" It's pretty ignorant to think no one thinks about racism when people are living with it every day. Revelation! Not everyone is as ignorant as you!
...and then there's the one kid who was like "yeah, and it was weird because I learned that what was important to him was, like, not when people say racist things, but like how inequalities in education and lack of access to credit bother him more than that."
I just don't even know how to respond to that. I need a cigarette.
Hoo. Alright, I'm back. But not with good tidings. More voter caging attempts by the right, this time in Wisconsin.
PLEASE, if you know anyone who might be affected by these, spread the word!!! They already get away daily with increasing levels of lying and cheating, but we cannot let them steal another election!
However, I'm not entirely devoid of happy news. On the epic LOLs front:
You probably heard that Failin's email account got hacked into - by that I mean, of course, the ultra-secure Yahoo! account she was using for government business to get around having to report official emails. The hacker used some super high-tech james bond movie techniques. I don't really understand the jargon, but it had something to do with "pretending to be Sarah Palin" and "guessing the answers to her security questions."
Anyway, inevitably, Bill O'Reilly got his leak-safe panties in a bunch and slammed the websites who (perfectly legally) published the emails and other information that the hacker found. So somebody hacked into his email. Incoming ROFLcopter.
Don't forget to watch the video in which Bill tries to convince a Fox News anchor/attorney that the publishing websites will definitely get shut down because the Supreme Court decision protecting their actions is "stupid."
Plus I've been waiting for someone to release this clip since I saw it on Saturday's episode of MadTV.
The audio is pretty mismatched at the beginning, but it gets better.
And now for the good news.
Sleep well, tonight, friends: Obama is up by 5 points in the polls...
...wait for it...
...IN VIRGINIA.
If Obama wins Virgina in November, he'll be the first Democrat to do so since LBJ, and everybody voted for LBJ.
I could link you separately to all these sources, but kubla000 over at DailyKos has just summed it up so nicely.
And here's a diary from AMfromATL, who cast their vote for Obama early today in Georgia, and who hasn't given up hope on their home state swinging blue.
If you're in an early-vote state, get out there and vote! You can register and vote on the same day. Good luck to Georgia and Ohio, and all of the other states full of Obama fans getting out the vote!
I may overrun you with DailyKos diaries today. But come on people, this is a great opportunity for our lawyer friends to make a big difference in the world and, well, I don't have any. Hopefully, if you do, you'll forward them this.
Okay, just one more - DailyKos was on a roll today. justashotaway's diary should give you a little jolt of hope if you're wondering about our chances in those formerly-red swing states.
And now for the best news of the day: Crashing Vor at DailyKos has come up with my official new Palin moniker, since Failin' is, let's face it, a little weak. It is with barely-contained-giggling that I hereby dub her:
Quaylin.
Finally, find your nightly riot act below:
Health and Human Services is staging an attack on our reproductive rights!!! Read the NYT column here. Find out how you can help here. THERE ARE ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT TO PROTEST!!!
The deadline is also closing in for VOTER REGISTRATION. Only 2 weeks left!!! If you need to register, know someone who needs to register, if you need information about polling locations near you or about getting an absentee ballot - basically any information you could possibly require can be found here.
Peas and mushrooms 'til tomorrow, folks.
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