Thursday, September 18, 2008

Palin=Regina George; McSame=Gretchen Wieners. It Totally Works.



Boo You Whore: OMFG how much does this quote make Palin sound like Regina George from Mean Girls?

R. D. Levno, a retired school principal, flew in from Fairbanks. “She’s a child, inexperienced and simplistic,” she said of Sarah. “It’s taking us back to junior high school. She’s one of the popular girls, but one of the mean girls. She is seductive, but she is invented.”

See Dowd's entire column here.
From Mean Girls:

Cady: Regina seems sweet.

Janice: Regina George is not sweet. She's a scum-sucking road whore!
She ruined my life!

Damien: She's fabulous, but she's evil.

And this just in from former Alaska Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan: "She's a life-ruiner. She ruins people's lives."

In other Palin news:

This is actually from more than a week ago, but I think it's a must read - Eve Ensler (writer of the Vagina Monologues) posted a blog on the Huffington Post commenting on Palin and the insidious McSame campaign.

Alaskan taxpayers are taking it in the butte: This NYT blog on Palin's spending record is absolutely scathing. Turns out per person, her state is burning up 10 times the amount of money in earmarks that Obama's is.

Look at Carly Fiorina, John McCain’s top economic surrogate — if you can find her this week, after the news and her narrative fused in a negative way. Dismissed as head of Hewlett-Packard after the company’s stock plunged and nearly 20,000 workers were let go, she was rewarded with $44 million in compensation. Sweet!

Thank God McCain wants to appoint a commission to study the practice that enriched his chief economic adviser. On the campaign trail this week, McCain and Palin pledged to “stop multimillion dollar payouts to C.E.O.’s” of failed companies. Good. Go talk to Fiorina at your next strategy session.


And Nebraska Republican Senator Chuck Hagel joins the ranks of raging sexists calling Palin unqualified.

How could he say that? Because OMG, this just in: Palin Proposes Brave Fiscal Transparency Plan That Obama Already Put Through Last Year.

But the big focus today - for once - has actually been on McSame and the amazing disappearing act he's been practicing.

Let's start with this: The NYTimes covers McSame's downward spiral into boring, uptight, soundbyte hell, including his now-widely-acknowledged appalling inability to draw a crowd without his pitbull by his side. Apparently, after she introduced him at the Tuesday rally, people just started leaving in the middle of his speech.

Also in the NYT today, coverage of the candidates' standings on a myriad of issues in the polls. It should come as no surprise that no one really thinks McSame is interested in change.

Plus, check out this great interactive graphic that lets you look at the overall Obama vs. McSame Polls over time, and from 21 different sources.

And there's Gail Collins on McSame's multiple personality disorder. I mean you can't fault the guy. Maybe the voices in his head aren't communicating with one another. Or maybe he just can't make everything out over the voice that keeps yelling, "Drill! Drill! Drill!"


Could this be what she's talking about? Read this blog at the Wonk Room and see how McSame professed that he was against corporate regulation, and then that he was for it:

"I don't like excessive and unnecessary government regulation."

then

"Do I believe in excess goverment regulation? Yes."


I know what you're thinking - yeah, McSame has changed his mind about an awful lot since selling his sould to the devil for this election. SO what's one more flip-flop? Well, as a point of interest, please note that both of these quotes are from this morning.
Plus, WaPo covers this increasingly talked-about McSame interview, in which he mysteriously lumps Spanish President Zapatero with anti-American Latin-American leaders in what is either a huge slap in the face to Zapatero, or a severe senior moment. Most people are leaning towards the latter.

But I think the cherry on the sundae that was today's McShame sh*tstorm is this blog by Elizabeth Drew, a once-fervent McSame supporter who wrote a book championing his reform efforts in 2002. I struggled to find a really damning quote to incorporate into the blog text because, well, the whole thing is pretty effin' damning.

Although to be fair, her reference to his picking Palin as "Russian roulette" was basically a loop-the-loop lollercoaster.

In conclusion, two top people in McSame's campaign today seem to have forgotten who, exactly, is supposed to be at the top of the ticket.

Check out what Nancy Pfotenhauer, one of McSame's top advisors, had to say in response to Chuck Hagel's condemnation of Palin's experience earlier today.

And you'll never guess who the second person was - check this out.

No wonder the crowd started to disperse after her speech...

Now that you're in a laughing mood, here are a few choice bits of humor from today:

BestWeekEver's Alex Blagg blasts Obama for this ridiculously boring ad where he talks to people like intelligent adults, instead of providing us with the excitement of baseless accusations and petty bickering we've come to expect from the presidential campaign. Get with it, Barack, get with it.

Watch out: Classic Blog Satire Incoming.

And to reinforce JeffLieber's point, watch Obama slamming McSame's economic "plan."

But seriously, folks, check out this awesome webcast of Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton addressing questions about women's issues in the campaign.

When asked if he would release a similar webcast in response, McSame confidently asserted, "A what now?"

I know there was a lot to take in, but I hope you stuck with me, because if not, you might have missed some of the truly great news of the day. In which:

MSNBC takes a look at this week's polling trends, which are swinging up and up for Obama. In spite of all the chicken littleness over McSame's convention/Palin bounce, it seems Obama has regained his strong August standing in the polls, and women are once again showing big support for the big O.

If this keeps up, Obama will be looking at a solid lead when the debates start next week. I just can't wait!

Until tomorrow I'll remind you again: Don't forget to b*tchslap the Health and Human Services department for their latest attack on our reproductive rights - only 7 days left people!!! Learn more about it and find out how to help here.

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