If Palin Can't Handle Katie Couric,

the how can she handle Putin or the terrersts if McCain kicks it?

FINALLY, the McCain "Let them eat cake" narrative is gaining traction

Thanks to McCain himself (with a little help from Phil "Enron Loophole", Grahm.)

Toon time

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The commentariat chime in on McSame's speach

A resounding thumbs down. And wtf is up with Harold Ford Jr? Please msnbc, keep him off my tv! Courtesy of TPM.

McCain

rather than afford the moment it's historic import and standing down, attempted to take advantage of the large tv audience to get some shots in. Unfortunately for him, the contrast between his speach and Brack's was stark. Here are the lowlights...

Obama strikes back

Great response, tying McCain to Bush and pointing out the hypocisy of McCain and Bush's position that you shouldn't talk to our enemies:

Bush on McCain

Even commander codpiece knew McCain is in bed with lobbyists:

McCain's hypocrisy on Hamas

McCain echoed Bush'd outrageous "appeasement" comments in Isreal, stating that Obama is "reckless" and the voters should have every reason to doubt whether Obama can keep the country safe. McCain ignores his previous statements that we should talk to Hamas.

McLobby

This new Moveon.org ad hits at Charlie Black, McSame's chief advisor and former RNC spokesman, for his lobbying efforts on behalf of the worlds dictators.

Once Again Its the Economy, Stupid (and the War)

Lessons Learned Classic Diary at Dailykos

By Hunter found here. So good in fact I'll qoute it in full:


Lessons Learned
by Hunter
Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 09:10:13 AM PDT
Things I have learned during this campaign season:

In a race that includes a former First Lady of the United States and a multimillionaire Republican senator rumored to share up to eight residences with his wife, the black guy from Chicago is unforgivably elitist.

Racism in America is caused primarily by black Chicago preachers.

The guy who keeps getting confused over the relationship between Iraq, Iran, and al Qaeda is the foreign policy expert.

The guy who goes to campaign stops on his wife's private jet aircraft is the most down-to-earth.

The guy who changed his stance on tax cuts, Roe v. Wade, immigration, gun control, the confederate flag, torture, public financing, and his own anti-earmark rhetoric is the "straight talker".

People in the heartland don't like it when you call them bitter, but they do like it when you explain to them that they're too dumb to understand issues more important than whether or not they like to be called bitter.

Arugula is the measure of a man.

Bowling is the measure of a man.

Orange juice is the measure of a man.

Flag pins are the measure of a man.

Success in Iraq consists of any reduction in violence, except when violence increases that's good too.

A recession is only a recession if you call it one.

Bill Kristol, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, Karl Rove, Maureen Dowd, David Brooks, David Broder, Charles Krauthammer and Bob Novak are all intensely interested in giving advice to the Democratic candidates because they just want to be helpful.

There are people in this world dumb enough to believe every one of these things.

Gas Tax "holiday"?

I'm not too wise in the ways of the dismal science, but most economists agree with Obama that a suspension of the gas tax this summer would have little impact.

From the Washington Post:

Most economists side with Obama on the issue. Summer gasoline price spikes are driven by demand for fuel far more than supply issues. Suspending the federal gas tax might have a very temporary impact, but prices would rise back quickly to what's known as "the market-clearing rate." If they did not, the country would quickly face fuel shortages.
That would mean the 18-cent decrease in gas taxes would represent a temporary subsidy to the oil companies, says James Hamilton, an energy economist at the University of California - San Diego.
Hoyer agreed, as did other Democratic congressional leaders, who confirmed a "tax holiday" is unlikely to be part of either a gasoline price bill to be unveiled tomorrow in the Senate or gas-price legislation expected to be attached by the House next week to a war-funding bill.
"A suspension of the tax would not be positive," Hoyer said. "The oil companies would just raise their prices."

Rachael Maddow p0wns Scarborough

Mornin' Joe was trying to burnish McCain's " Maverick" image on David Gregory's show today and Maddow slapped him down, citing chapter and verse. Joe no likey and tried to get nasty and Maddow shrugged it off and kept going.