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Whoa, someone on the McCain campaign — lead media strategist Mark McKinnon — isn’t a complete liar! And all it took to prove this was his resignation. McKinnon — who worked on both Bush Jr. campaigns before selling his soul to WALNUTS! — has been saying for a freaking year that if Obama were the Democratic nominee, he would quit the McCain team, because he thinks Obama’s too good a guy to smear. (He has issues, and he wears a cowboy hat). Lo and behold, McKinnon confirmed this afternoon that he is “transitioning, shifting position from linebacker to head cheerleader,” meaning he is a homosexual. Just know this, Mark: when Muslim Obama captures the White House and uses it to send nukes into West Virginia, the blood will be on your hands. [The Fix/Washington Post]

Texas Monthly has an interview with two of the strangest Republican consultants out there: Matthew Dowd, the mega-strategist behind George W. Bush’s two elections (who has since denounced Bush), and Mark McKinnon, McCain’s media strategist who has promised to quit the campaign if Obama is the Democratic nominee, because Obama is too nice to smear. How existentially tortured these two are! Why don’t we just make life simpler for Mark McKinnon, at least, and nominate Hillary. When asked if he’d feel comfortable smearing her instead of Obama, McKinnon responded, “Absolutely. I’d do it in a minute. I’d burn my house down to do it.” Hmm… maybe if he promises to go through with that WITH THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT that Mitt Romney be inside the house, then… that would still not be funny enough to support Hillary Clinton right now. [Texas Monthly]

Everyone bitches and moans about how “no one votes” or “Americans don’t care about politics” or “apathy blah blah blah” but when we try to inject a little bit of excitement and passion into the electoral process, we get called out for being “shallow” or “meanspirited” or something, we don’t know, we’re not really paying attention. But FoxNews has accused us of “maligning” the appearance of one Katherine Harris — ok, how wrong is that? If there’s one politician whose appearance we’re celebrating — not maligning — it’s Katherine Harris. We wish everyone else in the House looked like her! Then, not two grafs later, they turn around and bring in the “consultant”:

“It’s a detraction from her desired outcome. The focus should be on her commitment and appropriateness to the position,” said Gloria Starr, an image consultant whose client list includes pop group Destiny’s Child and former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.

After being a shown a series of recent campaign photographs in which Harris is heavily made up and wearing tight-fitting pants and tops, Starr expressed surprise that Harris was running on a conservative Christian Republican platform.

“The last thing a woman needs is to have a man looking at her breasts instead of her face,” Starr said. “At best she’s got a mixed brand. At worst she’s knocked herself out of the game.

“I would absolutely love to work with this woman,” Starr added.

First note: Canadian readers — was Mulroney a little… you know? ‘Cause bringing in Beyonce’s stylist is the kinda shit that wouldn’t fly in 35-48 of our “states.” MORE »