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That Time The Wall Street Journal Claimed Obama Misspoke and Misquoted Him at the Same Time

Mary Anastasia O'Grady explains to us some interesting things about Colombia. O'Grady claims that Obama said "they're assassinating labor leaders in Colombia and there have been no prosecutions," adding in a harsh tone, "that is a flat out lie." Read more [...]

McCain Having his Cake and Refusing to Eat it

McCain has been making a stink over John Lewis' remarks. Perhaps McCain is genuinely surprised by the people spewing hatred, but if that is true it only goes to show how disconnected he is with his own country and with the feelings of people in general. Read more [...]

Watching the Debates Online Outside the US

Here in Japan I found myself looking far and wide online to see the debates. For anyone looking for a way to watch the debates outside of the US, try iTunes (search "presidential debate 2008"). Read more [...]

Who is the Real Obama

As Jon Stewart pointed out on The Daily Show, the question we should be asking is— Who is Palin? The McCain campaign has kept Palin hidden behind a curtain. I know plenty about Obama, as much as know about McCain anyway. Read more [...]

Palin Debate Flowchart

I don't think Biden knocked anyone's socks off, but he didn't away from Palin and addressed what she said directly while Palin only spoke of things tangentially related to what the moderator or Biden spoke about. Read more [...]

Gotacha Journalism

McCain seems to be pushing the phrase "gotcha journalism" to fight against journalists these days. My advice is that if McCain doesn't like "gotcha journalism" he should run an honest campaign that doesn't contradict itself in serious ways. Read more [...]

A Nice Summary of McCain's Lies

I feel really sorry for him because he went from being a man a someone could kind of admire to being a man that seems grotesquely obsessed with becoming president to the point where he's no longer even a shadow of his old self. Read more [...]

BBC Announces that Bush Backs McCain…

McCain's Mom thinks McCain is great!! Why the BBC thinks this is in any way news worthy is beyond me. This just in: Bush and McCain have both come out in favor of America. Both McCain and Bush are pro-America. Read more [...]

Did McCain Pick Palin Out of a Hat?

When I was in college I had six or seven interviews before getting a job a Budweiser brewery, and that was for a job picking up bottles that fell onto their side on the conveyor belt. Read more [...]

McCain Writes Zen Koan on Leno

From what I can make of it, this is what McCain is saying: 1) Remember I was a POW 2) Being a POW has nothing to do with houses 3) Being a POW has something to do with houses 4) I know about houses Number one is undisputed. Read more [...]