We posted this image from a McCain campaign fundraising e-mail last November when the landscape of the election was (a) John McCain is flat broke but is the only Republican who can win this election and (b) Hillary Clinton is a deadly monster who can only be killed by the hero-prophet Walnuts. Hmm. Instead, Hillary Clinton somehow lost her party’s nomination, which made a bunch of old gals angry, which led John McCain to select a random vag for his running mate, which heavily contributed to his rather substantial defeat in last night’s election.

Yup, a 1993 page from the 1999 Onion book Our Dumb Century with this article and subhed, “Nation Eagerly Awaits Ohio Man’s Profound Insights Into Current Events.” See, everyone, just make up a story — type any random crap in your comments about anything, just try it! — and American capitalism can make it happen. [The Onion via BoingBoing]

• RICHARD COHEN HAS LASER VISION, CAN SEE INTO MEN’S SOULS: “In some recent magazine articles, I and certain of my colleagues have been accused of being soft on McCain, forgiving him his flips, his flops and his mostly conservative ideology. I do not plead guilty to this charge, because, over the years, the man’s imperfections have not escaped my keen eye.” [Washington Post]