Wonkette
- Our nation’s troubled economy has helped Barack Obama open up a national polling lead over John McCain that’s outside the margin of error. [Washington Post]
- Meet the 18 percent of voters who are still undecided: it’s not that they don’t know anything about the presidential candidates. It’s that they don’t like anything about them. [AP]
- Warren Buffett, the only financial guy anybody trusts anymore, has decided to invest $5 billion in Goldman Sachs. Maybe Buffett can save America! [Reuters]
- Nobody in Congress likes Paulson’s bailout plan. It has received bipartisan raspberries. [AFP]
- Nancy Pelosi will not just roll over and bring the crappy Republican bailout bill to the House floor; she wants broad Republican support for this stinker. [The Hill]
- Economists expect housing in California to rebound next year (really?), but the state economy as a whole will be sucking the mop for the next 18 to 24 months. [Los Angeles Times]
Warren gets a piece of the Goldman Pie and suddenly he’s a fan of Palsy’s Economicks Plan.
Nobody stand near McAngry this week. I think he’s imploding.
Pelosi should command each Repubsmut to crawl to the well and answer the question “Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Republican Party?”
Our nation’s troubled economy has helped Barack Obama open up a national polling lead over John McCain that’s outside the margin of error.
Awesome! This means that once you factor in the Bradley effect, Hopey’s only 5 points behind. I’m starting to think he maybe has a shot!
Nancy Pelosi will not just roll over and bring the crappy Republican bailout bill to the House floor; she wants broad Republican support for this stinker.
Way to go Nancy. If you’ve gotta feed the American people a shit sandwich to fix the economic nightmare caused by 8 years of GOP mismanagement, you can’t let the GOP sit on the sidelines then spend the next 10 years reminding people of how the Democrats forced them to eat a whole shit sandwich back on 2008.
I hope the Dems stick to their guns…
Make the bill right or don’t pass it. You have the power.
/dick joke
What, no teaser about Larry K’s yakathon with Ahmawhackjob? Odd.
‘Coz I could SWEAR I heard Ahmawhackjob say it was unfair for teh Jooz to get Palestine, when it was Nazis who caused the holocaust, so why not give teh Jooz Alaska instead of Palestine.
Clearly, meeting with Sarah Plain has struck fear into his heart. Because now he wants to sic teh Jooz on her.
Or, he’s just read up on Sarah’s mentor, Westbrook Pegler, the racist who fomented for Alaskan independence. In HIS view, Alaskans were Chosen People, too. So Ahmawhackjob just wants to herd all the Chosen People together.
Diabolical. [In the original meaning of the word.]
“After the nearly two-year presidential campaign, Matt Powell, 31, of Widefield, Colo., is among those who still have yet to be won over. “Neither one has really come up with anything to make me say, ‘That one right there, I want that one,’” he said. “I don’t even know what I’m looking for. Just a little bit of hope.” “
Let me translate what undecideds are saying here:
John McCain is an older, meaner version of what we have now, but Obama is black! What to do!?!
Speaking of Caribou Barbie, how did take your daughter to work at the UN go, yesterday? Did she get lots and lots of pictures of world leaders to put in her scrapbook? Or did everyone just pat her on the head and tell Grampy what a pretty little girl he has?
Whew!!! Glad the economic crisis is over!
Bush only has 3 more months to get us into WW-3, screw up the New Madris Earthquake recovery, botch the coming alien invasion, ignore the ebola virus breakout and mismanage this year’s global flu pandemic.
Canuckledragger:
why not give teh Jooz Alaska instead of Palestine.
Apparently AckmaNinjaBoob doesn’t realize that Alaska is officially reserved as a refuge for those of us living in the lower 48 states to escape to during the Rapture.
Cogito Ergo Bibo:
I can see McCain now: “My wife adopted the little brown one in India, and I adopted the little pale one in Alaska.”
Lesse..Barry goes up in the polls because of the economy…so, in October, our surprise should be something scary, to change the focus, as it were…watch for it…
Johnny Zhivago: Don’t dare him. You know he’ll do it. Cheney could get that shit done before breakfast.
Johnny Zhivago: Patience, patience. VP Darth has everything in hand…
Johnny Zhivago: How will he ever find time to get to that big stack of presidential pardons?
Cogito Ergo Bibo: Wow! What a sexist comment!
The only major gaffes were when she greeted the leader of Columbia as President Juan Valdez and when asked the Prime Minister of India if he was related to Sitting Bull.
SuperRounder: Ha! Jinx!
What the hell got into NPR this morning re the polls? After noting Barry’s new lead, they interviewed a bunch of Pennsylvania bitters who didn’t want their guns taken away, said nothing about the electoral college and concluded, wait for the debates. I think they’re still sitting shiva for Hillary over there.
This is Bush’s crashiest and burniest crash-and-burn, but America’s pocket is being picked clean for it. Somehow I think history will show that, while totally sucky, it was worth every penny.
HA HA GRRRRR! …I’m grinning madly and yet totally pissed-off at the same time, WTF!?!?
DoctorCulturae: The joke is on us, my friend. Wait until Darth Cheney and CondiFett start getting hyped on us.
freakishlystrong: http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/ Mommy hold me. I’m scared.
WadISay: It’s sad. After watching pathetic Preznit Bill on Daily Show last night it’s clear they are locked in a weird mirror image of the past that the bitters buy. He was saying Obama would do all this entitlement stuff “for you.” Whatever happened to “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” No wonder the Kennedy’s dissed them.
SuperRounder: Great! I’ll see you in the detainment camps!
D’: Dems? Stick to their guns? Funniest thing I’ve read all week!
By the way, the apostrophe in your handle makes JavaScript cry.
WadISay: I think they still have it in their heads that Hillz has an outside chance to get voted in. Suckers.
Somebody make me a Buffet Blingee!
WadISay: The angry losers at NPR are stillsmarting over Hillary. They are pro-dissent, because it means she could be running again in 4 short years if Barack loses.
Which ain’t gonna happen, but haha NPR, haha.
“Bipartisan Raspberries” is an awesome band name.
Guppy06: The Dem’s biggest mistake was ordering teflon guns.
I think anyone undecided at this point is probably mentally ill, or maybe just super gay and unable to determine whether or not they will still be in the closet on election day (vote republican), or come out between now and then (vote democrat). Why don’t we just put these undecideds into Obama’s tank thingy that he has? Once they’re in the tank for us we gots ‘em.
Letterman hit the bulls-eye when he called Palin’s trip to the UN to shake hands and exchange pleasantries with foreign leaders about as confidence-inspiring in Palin as “take your daughter to work day.”
DoctorCulturae: Strictly for the Tardcore: magic titty: Interesting story at 538 about how the London betting market gives Obama way higher odds than In-trade. Apparently somebody is shorting Obama and simultaneously betting on Hillary, because Obama might experience a “disqualifying event” (read, he gets whacked). If anything happens to Barry, the Secret Service should start the dragnet with NPR.
DISREGARD THAT, I SUCK MOPS
WadISay: Counting down to the first on-air utterance of, “BRB; FBI” in 5,4,3,2…
WadISay: i have been posting that for two articles now. Have I been booted again? I WILL NOT BE IGNORED!! (throws rabbit in pot)
Guppy06: I’m sincerely sorry ’bout that… that’s not what my “handle” should be…
I know what you’re saying, though… as much as I hate the Repubtards, the Dems have… Weak backbones? I know it comes from the fact that they actually take multiple perspectives into consideration, but once, just once, I want to see them stick it up the gop’s ass. Not that half the members wouldn’t mind… *cough*
I see “beyond the margin of error” and I read “insurmountable,” because once you’ve gone Barack, you never go back.
18 percent of voters aren’t undecided; huh, AP? That would mean that Obama and McCain would both be polling in the 30s. It’s more like ten percent, half of whom are really just racists, probably.
Johnny Zhivago: Sweetie, I have ovaries. And I’d have said “take your son to work day” if she weren’t currently the most embarrasing politician of my gender. I’m equal opportunity where the underqualified and overpromoted are concerned, don’tcha know.
Also, I’m hoping the October Surprise is something stupid like “Hey, look, here’s Osama Bin Laden!” I might, that would be great and all, but does anyone really think that people are going to see this and be like, okay, since it took them 7 years to find the most evil guy in the world, I now am going to vote Republican? Or something involving Jeremiah Wright, because I honestly think at this point the reaction would be a collective “meh.” JUST DON’T GO TO WAR WITH IRAN, OKAY BUSH ADMINISTRATION?
Headline names the best song on the Peter Bjorn and John album. I just SO pwned all you non-rock geeks.
Ich Bin Ein Buffett (and that is not a place to go for all you can eat meals)
eatsshootsleaves: With any luck, Barry will be next seen in the Pakistan desert, fire-carrying an unconscious bin Laden wrapped in chains to civilization to be tried for his crime. THAT’S an October surprise I can believe in!
And as long as I’m dreaming, I’d like a Shelby GT 500. And a girlfriend.
eatsshootsleaves: I’ve got a friend who swears that the October surprise will be just that: war with Iran. Giving Dubya a reason to call off elections, due to a national emergency, causing us to have to cope with that idjit indefinitely. Right. I think he’s wrong, too (especially about the election cancellation). But I hate even thinking about that.
old fool and three card monte expert warren buffet runs con game scheme with goldman sachs.
bernanke at hearing threatens to destroy everything unless $700 billion dollars is delivered to wall street in unmarked bills in brown paper bags.
this is probably the october surprise since the gwb people can’t get anything right.
Anyone else having a glorious time thinking about what the racists are going through? They know for a FACT Barack is the better candidate, but are still contemplating spiting themselves to not vote for the half-breed Muslin. It’s quite a pickle.
magic titty:
Code phrase for Jimmy the Greek type muslim hater - “I just don’t know enough about him yet”
magic titty: I’m not sure agree with you a hundred percent on your police work there, Lou.
Up until about two weeks ago we had a white supremacist working in our kitchen. It was his honest conviction that Barry would turn all the white people into slaves when he got into office. Seriously.
The racists don’t know jack shit for a fact, magic titty. They can’t be bothered to acquire facts, and people who know things about things are the enemy.
Luckily, WcCain’s crazy enough I think he may actually be turning some of the racists towards Barry, so I guess it’s a wash.
Didn’t McCain invent raspberries?
DoctorCulturae: Add to that question, “And if so, why?”
Oh the polls. Who are the ADHD mouth breathers that participate in these? One week it’s Palin wears pig lipstick cuz she’s hawt; vote for tortured corpse. Then the next week it’s They repoed my Hummer and raccoons are squatting in my split level trailer; vote for Black Jesus. I hope nothing too exciting happens in the next few weeks, I can see the polls already…W says Bin Laden caused financial collapse, bombs Iran; vote 4 WALNUTS!
Strictly for the Tardcore: Oh, you’re as evil as Howard Dean, because you think we ought to give Bin Laden a trial (assuming he’s ever captured, or still alive)! Don’t you know that “justice” means “just us,” and that it doesn’t even include Jose Padilla ’cause he’s a Messcan terrorista?
Strictly for the Tardcore: Firstly, bless your heart for the Fargo reference.
But moving on, you may be correct in some respects - And I may have given the ‘infinite dim cracker’ too much credit, in knowing who the better candidate would be.
As for the fellur in your kitchen…yeah. I was going to add something to his worldview, but, I can’t actually. At least he knows slavery is fucked up though. Kudos to him.
The fact John McCain is completely fucking terrible may plants seeds of doubt in even the most strident Grand Cyclops.
magic titty: We can only hope, right? I mean, hopefuly the pointy-hood guys are invested enough in this election they’ll actually start watching the news…
It isn’t real money anyway. Let’s just add a couple zeroes and buy the whole Earth, then forgive our own debt and all 7 billion of us retire to Tahiti.
Except you - get me a mai tai.
Thank you for teaching me the phrase “sucking a mop” today. I love it.
RoveSchmidt at the McCain bunker quickly ginned up a conference call to denounce the reported Obama lead. Yet another case of a Republican trying to smoke a poll.
Thank God for Nancy Pelosi, she won’t pass shitty bills unless they’re bipartisan shitty bills! Thank God we have committed public servants like that.
http://thesebastards.blogspot.com/
McCain is losing it. I saw on the news that he was pandering to Italian Americans saying he was a WOP for 5 years.
wheelie: sucking the mop, fool. I speak good englishes!
I fully endorse the Palin Plan for rescuing the United States economy, which she so eloquently laid out this morning — point by point — in a full press conference of professional business journalists. Particularly her suggestions about runaway derivatives and hedge funds.
What? That didn’t happen? Sorry.
That’s it, America’s over. We can delete the internet.