Thursday, September 4, 2008
© Jeff Danziger Is this why people say “you’d have to pay me to live in Alaska”? In addition to being #1 in pork barrel spending, Alaska is the only state that has neither a state sales tax nor any personal income or capital gains taxes. A few weeks ago, Gov. Palin arranged a special […]
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
McCain is touting his VP choice as a reformer who fought against earmarks (often called “pork”). But the LA Times has found that when Palin was mayor of Wasilla, she made McCain’s “Pork List” three times for requesting questionable earmarks for her small Alaska town. Among the projects in McCain’s Pork List that Palin requested was […]
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
© Daryl Cagle Artist Daryl Cagle reports that he is getting a stronger response to this cartoon from newspaper editors than he can ever remember getting, with conservatives writing in disgust (saying he was “over the line” by drawing Palin’s daughter Bristol) and liberals cheering him on. In his defense, Cagle says that the cartoon […]
Head on over to Crooks and Liars to see Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert respond to McCain’s pick of Sarah Palin to be his VP. UPDATE: Also check out Gail Collins’ sarcasm-drenched report on Palin. Here’s a quote: McCain does not believe in pandering to identity politics. He was looking for someone who was well […]
Thursday, August 28, 2008
“Well the great thing about the Olympics, of course, is you have people who are otherwise enemies putting aside their differences and pretending to get along for a couple of days. I’m sorry, that’s the Democratic convention.” -Jay Leno “And as you know, Barack Obama has chosen Delaware Senator Joseph Biden as his running mate. […]
Thursday, August 28, 2008
© Mike Luckovich How long has McCain been playing the POW card? In his first run for Congress (almost 30 years ago) McCain was attacked by his opponent as being a “Johnny-come-lately” because McCain had recently moved to Arizona. McCain’s response: I wish I could have had the luxury, like you, of growing up and […]
© Tony Auth Every home needs a 14 bus garage, and a swift boathouse.
© Steve Benson See also this comic.
© Tom Tomorrow The Electoral Vote site has an excellent analysis on whether governmental experience is any predictor of how good a president will be. For example, James Buchannan was the most experienced person ever elected president, but he is considered to be one of the worst (only slightly edged out by Warren G. Harding […]
The Fox News website posts a “No Spin Poll” asking “What is the most biased news outlet in America?” and gives four choices. Ironically, none of the choices is Fox News itself: from eyje. The choices are the New York Times, MSNBC, Associated Press, and NPR. Gee, I guess they forgot the Washington Post!
