Mr. Grumpy bangs rattle on high chair

McCain says Obama’s lead is growing because “life isn’t fair“

On McCain suspending his campaign

Pelosi: “We have to be able to do a couple of things at once. That’s what leadership requires.”

Barney Frank: “It’s the longest Hail Mary pass in the history of either football or Marys.”

Sen. Schumer: “Just weird…”

Harry Reid: Stay away. “We need leadership; not a campaign photo op.”

David Letterman: “You don’t suspend [...]

Headline of the Day: The pain in Spain falls mainly on McCain

A reporter asked McCain whether, if elected, he would receive [Prime Minister of Spain] Zapatero in the White House. McCain answered, “Honestly, I have to analyze our relationships, situations, and priorities, but I can assure you that I will establish closer relationships with our friends, and I will stand up to those who want to [...]

Romney calls out McCain. “False accusation was wrong & reprehensible”

Spread the meme. Republicans are the party that wrecked America

Jim Kunstler on the current financial crisis

So, to begin this process, and to clarify the situation, I urge readers of this blog to identify the Republican Party by its new brand-name: the party that wrecked America. At least, then, we can reinstate one cardinal value into the juddering structure of what we claim to [...]

Netroots ignore Obama, foam at mouth about McCain and Palin

Why are netroots ignoring Obama and foaming at the mouth about Palin and McCain?

That’s what a reader on Andrew Sullivan asks, and he has a point. The Liberal blogosphere is currently so utterly preoccupied with attacking McCain and especially Palin that they are barely covering Obama at all.

While the reader thinks this could [...]

McCain getting stomped on homes issue

It now appears McCain has twelve homes. Count ‘em, twelve. From USA Today:

McCain, who has portrayed Obama as an elitist, is the son and grandson of admirals. The Associated Press estimates his wife, a beer heiress, is worth $100 million. Obama was raised by a single mother who relied at times on food [...]

John McCain: “I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon, getting on myself”

John McCain is telling us that he is learning about the internets. He watches Drudge. So, my parents are the same age as McCain, but they didn’t seem to have the same steep learning curve when it came getting online. This guy wants to run America and he’s stumped by his computer.

In the mid-90′s [...]

McCain kicks it Old School

Issues, anyone?

I don’t care about Rev. Wright, or what McCain did or didn’t say, or snooping into Obama’s passport record, or Hillary’s White House schedule when Bill was prez, or any of the other banal trivialities being passed off as news..

All of it is almost totally irrelevant. The presidential campaign is already disintegrating into a [...]