The whole kerfuffle is rather pointless since I think we all know that McCain is an Old One who needs the blood of innocents to reclaim his power and usher in a new era of mind-jibbering madness, darkness, and terror.

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the conservative mind to correlate all its contents. They live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that they should voyage far.

Meanwhile, McCain and Palin dream of a day when they may rise above the billows to drag down in their reeking talons the remnants of puny, war-exhausted mankind -- of a day when the land shall sink, and the dark ocean floor shall ascend amidst universal pandemonium.

The end is near. I hear a noise at the door, as of some immense elderly, jowly body lumbering against it. It shall not find me. God, those lips! That lipstick! The window! The window!

Keep it up.

As much as many folks who comment hear (rightfully) deride and mock the Beltway set's idea of what topics and ideas are "serious," they have their own sacred cows of seriousness, namely the necessity of the state and the belief that Democrats can and will resist its corrupting nature, even when it's clear that the Democrats, this nation's oldest political party, has been thoroughly corrupted by state power since - oh - 1801.

There once was a bobo named Brooks,

Who got by on cliches and good looks,

But reading his column

(an inchoate slalom)

Is better than reading his books.

And go back to the Gold Standard? That'll protect the economy from speculation exactly how?

Let's not forget to add the Pentagon's "death ray" to this list of "nonlethal" weaponry. Link at sig.

In America, the rabbit hole falls on you!

McCain: Frankly, I wish they had picked a moderator that isn’t writing a book favorable to Barack Obama. Let’s face it. But I have to have to have confidence that Gwen Ifill will handle this as the professional journalist that she is.

And who is the "they" that did the picking? "They" would be the Commission on Presidential Debates, which is co-chaired by two former chairs of the Democratic and Republican Parties and which doesn't do a damn thing that isn't pre-approved by both campaigns...

So, again, who is "they"? "They" would be McCain.

Regardless of which party is in power at any given time. Just ask DiFi's husband.

To quote Woody Guthrie:

If we fix it so you can't make no money on war,

Well, we'll all forget what we was killing folks for.

We'll find us a peace job equal and free,

Dump Smathers-Dupont in a salty sea.

Salon.com's DudeSlab blog ;-)

...G. Gordon Liddy and Chuck Colson shouldn't be allowed to vote either.

...To argue that until someone is convicted, the allegation is only "alleged" (that's what allegation means, of course) and therefore, not worthy of investigation.

You see, when it comes to rich, white Republicans, a conviction is the the threshold for the Probable Cause needed to start an investigation that could lead to that selfsame conviction. I call it the Möbius Defense.

When it comes to the poor or non-Whites, suspicion is conviction. Can't be takin' no chances with our lives, now can we? Our liberties on the other hand... well, we're not using them anymore anyway.

So who's going to lend them this money? How are they going to repay the loan? What's their "business plan"?

The Secret Service is interviewing people in relation to the shouted threat in Florida, but as an earlier commenter, it's quite a challenge to find one person in a crod of thousands.

...Is why bothered to challenge voters in a 90% Black, 95% Democratic district. The outcome in such a district isn't going to change due to minuscule number of individuals you successfully block from the polls.

Why not focus your efforts in those suburban districts with something closer to a 50/50 GOP/Democrat composition? There, your efforts to to keep people from voting could have some practical consequence, that is, effect the outcome of the vote.

You obviously feel strongly about this issue, and you're intelligent enough to get a JD, so it's mightily confusing that you would waste your time and energy in a district where your efforts are bound to have zero effect.

And Cindy = Ellen, then Palin = Six.

Wow. It's like the last piece of a scary, scary puzzle just fell into place.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08298/922489-470.stm

And here's the somewhat more credulous story from the Trib, which is owned by R.M. Scaife:

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_594939.html

Stuff like that wouldn't happen to you if instead of going to Subway you went down to the Corova for some Milk Plus.

...or Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Extortion and Revenge.

Those comments from DailyKos show us that Leaderism afflicts people of all political stripes.

I understand the desire for a honeymoon period of giving Obama the benefit of the doubt at this point. After such a long, emotionally-charged campaign, I can see why Obama supporters would be loathe to come down from the post-election high by questioning and criticizing the President-Elect of a mere two days. I also agree with Glenn's fair-minded proposition of not criticizing someone for something you imagine they might do (or not do) but haven't yet done.

However, to say that it isn't our place to question the public plumber on what tools he's going to use as good as admits that you don't, can't, and won't (and possibly shouldn't) have real voice in our government, while the sentiment that his winning an election means he hasn't made any mistakes (and thereby deserves total trust) belies either a short memory or moral bankruptcy.