Let us be clear, America: John McCain is a senile old coward, and his campaign is run by crazed dingbats who seem to honestly believe that hijacking a half-hour of the midday news cycle with another weird stunt is a good way to turn those polls around. It’s not. It’s just … embarrassing, for Earth. But Team McCain’s latest cheap “look over there!” ploy has at least inspired a whole bunch of funny Fark headlines and Web comments. MORE »

Here’s your Associated Press bulletin:

AP NewsAlert
Sep 24 02:51 PM US/Eastern
NEW YORK (AP) - John McCain wants to delay debate with Obama to focus on economic crisis.

Has there ever been another presidential campaign that consisted solely of dumb muppet stunts? [The Trail]

MSNBC set up their “studio” in a dirty park full of dead grass and trash, just north of the Xcel sports arena. There are bums sitting around, and dogs exposing their penises while supporting John McCain, and it’s hot and humid like it is outside, here, and the 9/11 truthers scream at him during broadcasts, and it just sucks. So Olbermann refused to come to St. Paul at all. He’s sitting in New York or New Jersey or wherever, with green-screen video of some St. Paul street scene. [Gawker]

Ever since Dick Cheney seized power seven long and horrible years ago, Republicans have no longer had to even pretend to give a shit about serving in the military. After all, if Bush could get kicked out of the Texas Air National Guard for being a no-show cocaine addict and Cheney could rack up five deferments to keep himself out of Vietnam, that whole heroic-patriotic military service thing was clearly no longer necessary for Republican candidates. MORE »

Remember how the new Democratic Congressional Majority was going to shut down the illegal U.S. torture prison at Guantanamo Bay? Well, they’re actually not going to do anything. How do you like them now, suckers?! MORE »

Buried in this Newsweek story is the news that 51% of American voters want Bush impeached — 28% say High Priority, 23% say Low Priority, 44% against, 6% undecided or don’t know what a president is. And only 78% of Republicans oppose impeachment, proving something or other. MORE »