McCain's V.P.

Wow! What a week. Now, I won’t make this one long blog about what’s recently happened in the political soap opera “As the White House Turns,” instead, I shall organize my many thoughts into several blogs... no, not into 18 million pieces.

First things first, I would like to congratulate John McCain for choosing Sarah... Sarah... wait what’s her name again? Oh yes, Sarah Palin as his running mate. Disregarding the comment Alaskan Governor Palin told CNBC’s Larry Kudlow in late July, “As for that V.P, talk all the time, I tell ya, I still can’t answer that question until somebody answers for me: What is it exactly that the V.P. does every day?,” I think she’s an excellent choice.

Why? Well, first, she is going to capture so many of the Hillary supporters. I mean, they are sooo similar. Like Hillary, Sarah also is pro-choice, oh wait, no she isn’t. Well, like Hillary, Sarah also supports gay marriage, oh shoot, no she doesn’t. Jeez, Sarah has to be like Hillary on something? Hmm, oh yes, of course, like Hillary, Sarah also is a woman.

Second, just like Barack Obama is the first African-American to be a major party’s presidential nominee, Sarah Palin is the first woman to be a major party’s vice president nominee. Oh, wait a minute, that’s right, Geraldine Ferraro was Walter Mondale’s, one of the 1984’s Democratic Presidential Nominees, V.P. on his ticket. Huh, never mind.

Well then... uhh, oh yeah:

Lastly, as McCain and the rest of the Republicans have blasted Barack on being so young and inexperienced, it’s nice to see McCain has chosen an older, more experienced person than Barack to be his Vice President. Oh, shit, I mean shoot, that’s right, Sarah’s 3 years younger than Barack. Besides that, being Governor of America’s biggest state, literally not figuratively, and her being the former mayor of an Alaskan town of 5,700 people, I think more people were waiting to get into Invesco Field to watch Barack Obama give his acceptance speech, hardly counts as experience.

Well, McCain, as you’ve said before, you always put your country first. If out of all of your choices for your right-hand-man (or woman) is Sarah Palin, then just one question?

When you go to the hospital AGAIN, and the oldest Doctor isn’t available, will you choose the youngest Doctor to be in control of your life?


Finally, yes, at 80%, Palin currently is able to claim the highest approval rating of any governor.

Hmm, at some point, George Bush also HAD the highest approval rating at 91%... I wonder what happened after that.

vaca...

So I took a vaca from the this thing. Hmm, I think that may be a quote from George Bush too.

But now I'm back. Hmm, I think that may be a quote from George Bush too... but in a different way.

Paris Hilton vs. John McCain

As one commenter said: "It's better that paris make a political tape than mccain make a sex tape"

New Yorker 07/14 Cover

The cover art of this weeks New Yorker shows Barack Obama as a Muslim and his wife, Michelle, as a gun-toting terrorist in the Oval Office while an American flag burns in a fireplace under a portrait of Osama bin Laden.

Both Democrats and Republicans are calling the cover tasteless and offensive for its satirical depiction.

Obama's campaign spokesman, Bill Burton, criticized the cover as "tasteless and offensive." Obama's fall opponent, Republican John McCain, called it "totally inappropriate."

In a statement Monday, New Yorker editor David Remnick called the cover a "fantastical" satire that shows "obvious distortions" about the Obamas.

Satire is supposed to exaggerate reality, not reflect it, author Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote at ta-nehisi.com. "Sadly, that picture exaggerates nothing — that's exactly what a slice of Americans believe about Barack Obama." he wrote.

The problem, says Elaine Miller, a former professor who gives talks on gender and race in political cartoons, is that "once you launch a work of art it belongs to the reader. The artist's intent is very interesting, but the reader owns the interpretation."

A recent Newsweek poll shows the potential for misinterpretation: 26% said Obama was raised a Muslim, 39% said he attended an Islamic school and 12% said he was sworn in to the Senate on a Quran. All of which is not true.

Some conservatives said the cover annoyed them because they were its real targets. "The cartoon is intended to make fun of conservatives as ignorant racists, and essentially marginalize any criticism of Obama as moronic," wrote Philip Klein at The American Spectator.

In a USA Today poll on Wednesday asking if 'The New Yorker' cover is offensive, 43% said No while 57% said Yes.



ProudAmericant says: this is all a marketing/pr campaign.

ProudAmericant’s New Yorker insider said the magazines next cover will depict an old and wrinkly John McCain propped up on a hospital bed by puppet strings being controlled by George Bush. A botoxed Cindy McCain is sitting in the background reading two books simultaneously, one titled “Trophy Wife by Anna Nicole Smith”, the other titled “It’s Better To Be A 2nd Wife Than A Black One.”

I hear a rise in subscriptions!

I'm Voting Republican

Proud Americant Anthem

The Proud Americant Anthem (which surprisingly can be sung to "God Bless The USA"): 

If tomorrow all the things were gone,
I’d worked so hard to get.
And I had to start again,
with just half my credit card debt.
I’d thank my lucky stars,
if FEMA showed up today.

‘Cause the flag still stands for freedom,
well as long as you’re not gay.

And I’m proud to be an Americant,
where at most I am not free.
And I can’t forget to pay the bills,
To make others more money,
And I gladly sit down,
next to you, ‘cause I just won’t vote today.
Yes, there ain’t no doubt I love this land,
God bless the USA.

From citizens with no healthcare,
to the rising cost of gas.
Across over flowing jail cells,
From Osama’s who laugh.
From illegal immigration,
and kids who sleep hungry.
Well there’s fear in every American heart,
and it’s time we stand and plead.

That I’m proud to be an Americant,
I’ma joke to other countries.
And our children aren’t as smart as theirs,
Who cares, I’ll just watch TV,
And I gladly sit down,
and not catch up, on the news of today.
Yes, there ain’t no doubt I love this land,
God bless the USA.