Is this some bizarre and failed attempt at Swiftian satire on the part of Mr. Greenwald?

Why should anyone give a rat's ass about this?

Wait. Now we don't have to pay attention to civil liberties laying in ruins around us. We can focus on someone's "booty" for the next four fucking years. Thanks, Salon.

Yes, Vin Weber. An examination of his sordid career can be both enlightening and fun! Vin was a Minnesota Congressman who left under something of a cloud. He has the ethics of a common pickpocket.

Beware of Tim "Top Gun!" Pawlenty, who the St.Paul Pioneer Press touts as having "foreign affairs experience" because he visits Minnesota National Guard Units in faraway Kosovo and dispenses soda pop and candy to the troops while the newspaper swoons over his "boyish good looks". He and the charming Mrs. Pawlenty parade about in tailored flak-jackets reminding some of us old-timers of the late Marshall Ky and Mrs. Ky during the Saigon misadventure.

Domestically, he has an authoritarian streak that could give John Ashcroft pause.

But I miss the mullet. It gave a surrealist cast to his regime. Perhaps he'll grow it back out.

I'm not afraid of her. She's just another snotty bourgeois.

Good old Smilin' Jack, he of the exploding cigars. It didn't work out too well for him, did it?

And we'll see if Senator Obama has that nasty little authoritarian streak that Smilin' Jack and Bobby had. Don't expect any repeal of any aspects of the Patriot Act real soon. All I can say to you Americans is "Good luck!"

Salon readers, that cornpone Evita will do anything to be elected, including standing in a schoolhouse door and making opportunistic remarks that would cause the late Governor Wallace to rise up from his grave and shout "Holy crap! Not even I am that vile!".

And this is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. If she's elected, you'll see an All-American Fascism you could never have dreamed of. Cheney will look at Bush and exclaim "Shit! Why didn't WE think of that??".

Good luck to all of you! You need it!

"Bob chose his rumpled clothes carefully" sums up the man and his music.

Welcome back, Garry Owen. As you can see, though time has passed, nothing here has changed.

Ms.Walsh, I don't blame San Francisco. I don't blame you. I won't vote for him because he's been revealed for what he is: just another snotty little bourgeois who will continue the dismantlement of the Bill of Rights and indulge in foreign misadventures. You worry too much about the trivial.

Ms.Walsh, the musical choice for your friend's video is telling. A "fave" with certain old school regimes in Europe. The hills are alive with the sounds of Fascism. Thank you for your continued reminders of why Senator Clinton will never receive my vote.

Anyone who doesn't laugh at "evolution" of Senator Clinton has a heart of stone. "Yellow Dog" is completely on target as to who and what she is.

I'm sorry, Ms.Walsh. I can think of a number of women who could be a superb President. Senator Clinton isn't one of them. Senator Clinton has an authoritarian streak that is breathtaking. To be honest, she's a cornpone Evita. If you think the Shrub has a contempt for the Bill of Rights, wait until you see what she can and will do to it.

To be honest, when I heard her remarks I merely shrugged and thought "Another snotty little bourgeois". I'm sure Mrs. Obama will be dismayed, but her opinions do not matter to me.

Conason did a nice job of giving us her sordid history. In addition, she was the running mate of that loveable old war criminal, Fritz Mondale, who is still viewed as some kind of half-assed elder statesman.

The fact that Senator Clinton had Ferraro as a campaign staff manager speaks volumes.

As the younger people in the Saverino house say: "Whatever!".

I have enjoyed some of the Anonymous tribe, outfitted with their customized flamethrowers. I've also suspected that at least one of the Anonymous wrote so he could argue with himself. But I'm probably just getting suspicious in my age.

Oh, Garry Owen! Please stop! I'm old and fragile! And you've made me laugh so hard that it's caused Mrs. Saverino more than a little concern this morning and she's threatening to cut off my coffee intake.

What is truly terrifying is the possibility they could win, no matter how remote.

Garry Owen gives a very literate and accurate description of the Wall and it should be read carefully.

I made one and only one pilgrimage to it. I vowed never again. I realize America isn't known for good taste, but it sets a new standard for vulgarity, greed, and pure idiocy.

The same regarding the V.F.W. posts. I avoid them because they're far too free and easy with the lives of the children of others.

If the spirit of Smilin' Jack is channeled through the hapless Obama and he is elected, we'll launch the Iran misadventure within the year. Americans: no sense of history and incapable of planning five minutes into the future. At least Obama doesn't seem to have that amazing contempt for the Bill of Rights that Kennedys and Clintons share.

Actually, all of us at the Saverino household were wondering where you've been of late and with no little concern. Yes, your absence has been noted.

I'm one who's agreed with you re Opus, but then I've never been much one for cartoons in general, since I'm living in America as we lurch forward in the 21st Century. I agree with you about Ms.Walsh, too, though I do get concerned over her near-blind enthusiasm for that cornpone Evita who wants to be President.

Anyway, good to see you're alive and well.