Matthew Broderick did an ad for Barack Obama's campaign shilling for volunteers. Or was it Ferris Bueller? ;)

I tried to read an essay by John Derbyshire on National Review Online about how Obama might kill genetics research as President because of what Derbyshire thinks it would prove about non-whites. The turgid prose was nearly as impossible to focus on as the hatred it tried to hide. I almost shared it with you so shared pain would be lessened. But I' ( Read more... )

ABC News blog article on McCain's announcement that he will suspend his campaign in order to focus on the current financial crisis contains the following response from Obama to his request they postpone their first debate, scheduled for this Friday ( Read more... )

Gawker's Picture of the Day is probably the most touching shot I've seen this Presidential campaign. I have to agree with the title and a bunch of the commenters. It's getting me right in my ovaries.

Because I quite agree that Gov. Palin needs to be reminded about the salient fact reflected in my icon.

And for once, noting a parallel between Obama and Jesus is NOT a dog whistle for ZOMGANTICHRIST.

ETA: Yes, I know. Jesus had a different role according to the writings about him, but tell me that gathering thousands of people isn't organizing.

Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) referred to the Obamas as uppity.

I call for the time clock for the first publicly aired usage of the N-word against either or both of the adult Obamas to be set for five weeks from now.

So Obama raised the stakes with his acceptance speech last night like it was the last hand at the world poker championships.

McCain's attempt to see his bet by putting Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on the table looks more like an attempt to hire a cocktail waitress. And I apologize to cocktail waitresses for the analogy.

PS - Yes, VPILF is a real ( Read more... )

I'm amongst the set of people who sympathized somewhat with Hillary Clinton's supporters while finding the rabidness some of them achieved to be highly distasteful. My order of support for the Democratic nomination ran Richardson, Edwards, Obama, *vague cloud*, Clinton, but I'd have voted for her if she'd won without whining about it too much ( Read more... )

I'm taking no-money bets as of now on who, when, and where the first right-wing commentator on cable or broadcast TV or printed in mainstream newspapers (the bloggers are likely already getting to this one, so they don't count) will slip and use a recognizable racial slur against Barack Obama instead of the code they've been using so far (i.e., ( Read more... )

Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild has so far declined to contribute to Sen. Barack Obama's campaign while having supported Sen. Hillary Clinton's because she considers Obama to be an elitist.

Phil Gramm, senior economic adviser to Sen. John McCain, claimed that the recession is a "mental recession" and that the United States is becoming a nation of ( Read more... )