Obama Picks Biden

August 23, 2008 |   |  Veep-Stakes

That’s change! A white male plagiarist and DC insider who has been in the Senate for 35 years.  This is a VP nomination like we’ve never seen before.

List of Ill-Fated Democrat Party Tickets 1900-Present

2008 – Obama / Biden
2004 – Kerry / Edwards
2000 – Gore / Lieberman
1988 – Dukakis / Bensten
1984 – Mondale / Ferraro
1980 – Carter / Mondale
1972 – McGovern / Shriver
1968 – Humphrey / Muskie
1956 – Stevenson / Kefauver
1952 – Stevenson / Sparkman
1928 – Smith / Robinson
1924 – Davis / Bryan
1920 – Cox / Roosevelt
1908 – Bryan / Kern
1904 – Parker / Davis
1900 – Bryan / Stevenson

Things to Do in Bensalem When You’re A Tool

August 22, 2008 |   |  Congressional Election

All three of Patrick Murphy’s passionate supporters will cram themselves into a home in Bensalem, PA next Thursday night and try to stay awake while watching Nancy Pelosi work Li’l Pat’s mouth at the Democrat National Convention in Denver.

Note to attendees: Although it would likely help you in justifying the decision to support Nancy Pelosi’s Mini-Me, the rules in Denver are not transferrable to Bensalem.

Obama: Announcing VP Pick With Specificity “Above My Pay Grade”

August 22, 2008 |   |  Veep-Stakes

{BucksRight} – A country awaiting the announcment of Barack Obama’s Vice Presidential running mate was dealt a surprising blow Friday afternoon when the candidate released a written statement admonishing supporters and the media that “answering the running mate question with any specificity is above my pay grade.”

Larry Mendte Pleads Guilty

August 22, 2008 |   |  Television

Unemployed former CBS KYW-TV Philadelphia anchor Larry Mendte has pleaded guilty to one federal charge of illegal computer access, a charge that could land the disgraced newsman in prison for 5 years.  It’s unlikely that Mendte will serve that much, if any, time on the charge.

The charge surrounds Mendte’s now-admitted access of former on-air partner Alycia Lane’s 3 personal email accounts over a nearly two-year period between May 2006 and March 2008.  Lane was the subject of numerous personal information leaks during that time.

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Obama VP Watch: WTF!?! Edition [With Updates]

August 22, 2008 |   |  John McCain, Obamessiah, Veep-Stakes

Aren’t Friday afternoons in August the time you choose to release damaging or embarrassing information because it’ll get less media play?  How could this apparent delay in the running mate decision and announcement be seen as anything other than a sign of incredible disarray in the Obama campaign?

This is the first major decision a Presidential candidate has to make. The fact that it has been so clearly mismanaged and wrought with apparent indecision doesn’t instill a lot of confidence when it comes to the executive skills of “The One.”

And if he winds up turning to Hillary to save his damaged candidacy, I think any benefit will be overshadowed by the weakness it telegraphs.  Making the solely political choice of turning to someone he so clearly dislikes because it’s the only way to save himself would be bad news.

And that’s not even taking into consideration the damage to Obama’s Hopey-Changey message that would come from picking the most typical old-school politician available to him because of typical old-school electoral concerns.

I can’t think of a worse choice for the Obamessiah.  Maybe Gore, but not by much.  Kerry?

The idiot convention starts on Monday.

UPDATES:

Tapper: Secret Service en Route to Protect VP Pick Biden (8/23 12:15 AM ET)
Mark Ambinder Notices a Chicago to Delaware Chartered Plane (9:30 PM ET)
NBC: Not Bayh, Not Kaine – Text Goes Out Saturday Morning (8:45 PM ET)
Could This Bumper Sticker, Missing the Normal Obama Logo, Be a Real Clue? (7:10 PM ET)
Meet Chet Edwards, Who is Very Likely a Smokescreen (2:39 PM ET)
Announcing VP ‘Above His Pay Grade?’ (1:10 PM ET)
How to Choose Your Own Obama VP and Headfake Your Friends via TXT (12:47 PM ET)
Rick Astley? (12:40 PM ET)
Waiting Until After 3PM ET So Rush Can’t Criticize? (12:37 PM ET)
Michael Phelps? Mickey Mouse? (12:33 PM ET)
Who the hell is Chet Edwards? (11:55 AM ET)
Hillary Never Even Considered? (11:55AM ET)

Partial Audio of Obama’s Argument for Infanticide

August 21, 2008 |   |  Obamessiah

Although it is unfortunately marred by some questionable image insertion and music, to hear a portion of Barack Obama’s chilling Illinois State Senate argument in his own cold, detached voice against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act (BAIPA) because having two doctors around is just too “burdensome” is instructive.

Providing medical care to a human being is really just designed to be a burden on the original decision to abort the baby?  In what sick world, where we let people die so someone else doesn’t have to feel bad, does this tool live?  And we all know how difficult it is to find two whole doctors in a hospital.

Note to future YouTube audio posters: Inserting an image of a baby with outstretched arms surrounded by butterflies is generally not considered hard-hitting political commentary.

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