Anyway, I'm sure you've all been riding the zany rollercoaster of politics that was the past 72 hours. From the parched desert that is the tightening of the polls, past the rocky hills of fake America to the sandy shore of the Colin Powell endorsement, join me, if you will, in this edition of the Weekend Roundup.
ICYMI: BestWeekEver brings us the Best Candidate Picture Ever, and then the even better version of it.
Also via BWE, Complex Blog keeps track of the most racist moments of the campaign.
Nate Silver's Saturday blog is all about perspective. He talks about the recent tightening of the national polls, and what they mean (or in this case, don't mean) for the election.
The conclusion? Don't fret too much, readers; not only is the tightening of the race a phenomenon which occurs every election year, but McSame shows basically zero improvement in the state polls. And of course, those numbers are closer to what will decide the election. Nate guesses the last debate pushed some of those unenthused republicans into the "likely voter" category that's getting them counted on the national polls.
So, to review: state polls = unmoved. Approval ratings = unmoved. Obama = definitely won the debate. So don't worry; but don't become complacent. Obama and our dem nominees for congress still need as much support as you can give.
The election is still 16 days away, and with new concerns popping up everyday about how the right will attempt to steal the election away, the last thing we should do is give them the opportunity.
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Maybe you couldn't tell, but I do so adore being able to spin things for the left...and more than that, I love how our collective efforts to change the MSM narrative have worked, and now we can sit back and watch them spin it our way (with many obvious exceptions). Like, for instance, how the MSM has seized on this comment by McSame's Pfotenhauer (remember her?) that northern Virginia, where Obama has been making great gains, is not the "real Virginia."
And with all of the discussion of what, exactly, Quaylin and McSame consider to be "real" like the towns where Quaylin rallies, but unlike northern Virginia, Nate Silver throws up some statistics about what America looks like by race and income to both Quaylin and Obama.
And finally, on the topic of "real" America...a topic, BTW, as undeserving as any we've ever covered here at WTF, the repository of undeserving stories...if this ain't real, I don't know what is. Here are some pictures of the 75,000 people who turned out to see Obama in Kansas City on Saturday...and the 100,000 people who gathered to hear him speak in St. Louis. Man, fake America is really psyched about this election.
Nate Silver on the shifted election narrative:
"Contrary to some observers, I think that there is far more downside to the Republicans in resignation, fatalism and low morale than there is to the Democrats in complacency."
And our LOL of the Weekend is:
“Democratic capitalism remains the greatest system ever devised.”
~GWB
From Gail Collins' Friday column.
The column is worth a read - in addition to slinging some real zingers at W, it sums up the "Joe the Plumber" dramz pretty well, if you haven't been following.
Like my friend Kim says, the hilarious part of all the Joe Plumber biz is that he opposes the Obama "no tax cuts for those making more than $250,000" policy, not because HE makes more money than that, but because he hopes one day he MIGHT make more money than that.
And he'll be goddamned if he'll take any of those government handouts before he really earns 'em.
Meantime, Columnist Charles Blow at the NYT calls the election for Obama. And man, does he paint a beautiful picture of this country next January.
The wayward wizards of Wall Street delivered the election to Obama by pushing the economy to the verge of collapse, forcing leery voters to choose between their pocketbooks and their prejudices. McCain delivered it to Obama with his reckless pick of Sarah Palin. That stunt made everything that followed feel like a stunt, tarnishing McCain’s reputation and damaging his credibility so that when he went negative it backfired. And, some radical rabble among McCain’s supporters delivered it to Obama by mistaking his political rallies for lynch mobs.
This perfect storm of poor judgments has set the stage for an Obama victory. It’s over.
And Frank Rich's column in the NYTimes absolutely SPANKS McSame. Rich points out what the large majority of voters already know, perhaps subconsciously...that it is not McSame's 90% voting record with Bush that makes him like Bush, but the way he has run his campiagn (into the ground). That's why his continued dirty, negative, Rovian politics just keep pounding him further into the ground: we've heard it all before. It's too bad for McSame he didn't run his 200 campaign like he's run this one, 8 years before Americans figured out what this kind of campaigning says about a candidate's leadership skills.
"At least McCain had half a point on Wednesday night when he said, “I am not President Bush.” What he has offered his country this year is an older, crankier, more unsteady version of Bush."
Here's a shocker: All the GOP's whining about ACORN voter fraud was inevitably just a cover-up for the Repulsicans' own large-scale voter suppression efforts.
Take a minute to go to VotePoke and make sure you're registered and ready to go - don't get caught off-guard on election day by this sleaze.
In other dirty Republican tricks this weekend: It's tough trying to keep you abreast of the many and varied GOP attempts to steal our votes this year, but I'll try:
In North Carolina, a straight party ticket does not include the presidential race...
Voting touch screens in West Virginia check the "McSame" box no matter what box you touch...
And pending further information, you can check out Voter Suppression Wiki to find or report voter suppression attempts in your area, and rest easy knowing at least one of those a**holes got arrested.
Gear up Philadelphians! Apparently McSame thinks he's going to win over enough voters in Northeast and South Philly to turn Pennsylvania red! Let me be the first to say: NO F*CKING WAY!
Casperr at DailyKos is confident that this will inspire those canvassing for Obama to work even harder...and I'm sure they could use some help! If you have evenings or weekends free, get out there and join them!
And finally: no, I didn't see Quaylin on SNL last night. I don't have cable and I couldn't watch videos at work today, so you'll just have to wait for more snark on that. What I did see is THIS SITE WHICH HAS GIVEN ME A NEW PURPOSE IN LIFE. Find stencils to make your own Barack-O-Lantern and see pics of ones that other people carved.
YES WE CARVE!
Peace and happy week mofos.
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