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Socialist villain Barack Obama has been endorsed by another group of Blame America First gay sellouts, those lazy clowns known as “America’s Firefighters.” The International Association of Fire Fighters is endorsing Obama at some fire in Las Vegas today, because the Democratic candidate thinks lazy firemen deserve “collective bargaining,” which sounds pretty communist, so that’s why John McCain is bravely against firefighters getting paid a decent wage. [CNN Political Ticker]

An angry Connecticut Democrat says that he will rent a very large floating rat and display it outside the XCel Energy Center in St. Paul if Joe Lieberman decides to attend the Republican National Convention, which he hasn’t been invited to. This angry guy, Ed Anderson, says he is “ready to apply for permits” and everything, which is tantamount to imminent violence. MORE »

THREE MORE SUPERDELEGATES, PLUS A UNION ENDORSEMENT: Hopey just got a nod from the American Federation of Government Employees and picked up another three superdelegates (including a Clinton traitor). That means Obama is now five (and a half?) superdelgates shy of Hillary’s total. [AP/Yahoo]

No more Hamas waffles for this guy, apparently. Shortly after this unflattering picture was taken, Obama killed the photographer with a left-handed Mauser 66 and continued talking with some nice union representatives about how much money they could get for his abandoned plate of eggs on eBay. [AP/FOX]

Thousands of dockworkers from Seattle to San Diego didn’t show up at work today, forcing the closure of all 29 ports in the Western United States — including the busiest American ports at Los Angeles and Long Beach. What the hell? MORE »

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers president Tom Buffenbarger, one of Hillary Clinton’s most vocal backers in Ohio, is sharply attacking liberal nemesis Barack Obama again. You may recall last week when Buffenbarger compared Obama to “Janus, the two-faced Roman god of ancient times,” and then urged everyone to boo the god’s labor record. In a memo addressed “To: POLITICAL EDITORS” today, Buffenbarger hits Obama on his NAFTA plan, which is to do the exact opposite of his proposed NAFTA plan. MORE »

Barack “two-faced Roman god Janus” Obama, fresh off the heels of that Teamsters endorsement, has now picked up a union endorsement that actually matters: “The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers.” We await word on whether the International Pirates, Haberdashers, Flaneurs, Printer’s Devils, Farriers, Alchemists, Coopers, Canal Puddlers, Fishmongers, Cellarmen, Wicket Goblins and Part-time Popinjays Union will follow in suit. [Marc Ambinder]

*CORRUPT JANUS UNION TO ENDORSE OBAMA:* Take that, Buffenbarger! Your two-faced Roman god Janus, Barack Obama, has earned the Teamsters union endorsement. The Teamsters represent 1.4 million Americans, and they also control the Democratic political machine, but that was actually like 60 years ago. Meanwhile, all that remains of Hillary Clinton’s base is a ladies’ bridge club in Westchester county, but they might be tilting towards McCain. [AP/Breitbart]

Hillary Clinton and her demonic velociraptor “surrogates” have linked Barack Obama to all sorts of unsavory figures: Jesse Jackson, Deval Patrick, Tony Rezko, and Martin Luther King Jr. But a new surrogate, Tom Buffenbarger — president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which represents space rocket makers and such — has upped the negative ante: Barack Obama is the Roman god Janus, the most dangerous terrorist since Rosa Parks. MORE »

Ok, see, Barry, this is how this thing is supposed to work. You’ve very craftily built your political appeal by not appearing to be a politician despite being a politician, and that’s not an easy thing. You talk about Hope(TM) and Change(TM) and you play the nice guy, the argument-soothing middle child, and then you win stuff and, you know, good for you for playing the game well. Your staff, though, as I’ve mentioned before, needs to get on board your “nice” train or stop talking to the press. A case in point is your spokesman Bill Burton.

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