Did you watch Sarah Palin’s hott new video with the porn king who once told Nate Silver to go fuck himself? Good for you! Some of your fellow Americans were not that brave, which is why it’s good that somebody took the time to type down a few of the best quotes, like where she compares herself to Caroline Kennedy and suspects that there “was a class issue here also.” MORE »

When presented with an article in the San Francisco Gate about the pool boy for the Bush family’s Kennebunkport Estate, in which said pool boy comes off as ridiculously articulate, funny, and generally more liberal than Frank Rich, well, we ought to be kind of suspicious. But then the pool boy says something like “I look at the biggest middle finger in the world all day” and we just don’t care anymore. So meet James Razsa! MORE »

So the SEIU has this thing where they ask all the candidates to “walk a mile in my shoes,” where the “my” is your typical SEIU member, i.e. not a rich person. Chris Dodd did it and the pictures are hilarious. Tomorrow, Barack Obama will pretend to a healthcare worker for a day. Because playing dress-up and entering the land of make-believe is the surest way of proving that you care about and understand the problems of the American working class. But hell, why limit it to the working class? Why can’t other groups get in on this action? Why can’t the candidates walk this mile in more comfortable shoes, belonging to people with more exciting jobs? We think it might go, a little something, like this… MORE »

Democrats, whose most important supporters have long been super-wealthy coastal plutocrats with guilt complexes, are talking about class again. Going back to the same formula that worked so well for Walter Mondale and George McGovern and Adlai Stevenson and Ted Kennedy, the Democratic candidates for President are all babbling about the middle class and raising taxes on their biggest fundraisers. MORE »

William Jefferson, America’s Congressman, pleaded not guilty today to charges of being really, really lousy at covering up his racketeering, bribery, and money-laundering/freezing. As proof that he was 100% innocent, he pointed out that his children and grandchildren were all very bright. MORE »

* W — rejected for a coffee date and targeted by a nuclear warhead, all in a single blog entry. [Wizbang]
* Anxiously planning your next industry monopoly? Watch out for our Congress who won’t… really… stop you. [Bopnews]
* Here’s 100 bucks for you and your Ford Escort-driving fetus. [AMERICAblog]
* Add Spanish-speaking Orangutans to the growing list of “Mammals With Better Healthcare Options Than Most Americans.” [Right Wing News]
* String a few subjects and verbs together and dangle them in front of an Ivy League kid. [HuffPo]