Palin Withholding Over 1,000 Emails

Seems the Prom Queen has more in common with G.W. than a base lack of qualifications for the White House and a malleable relationship with the truth. Like the current Administration, Grandpa Simpson’s new squeeze ain’t real fond of the Open Records Act.

From Mother Jones:

The Palin administration won’t release hundreds of emails from her office, claiming they cover confidential policy matters. Then why do the subject lines refer to a political foe, a journalist, and non-policy topics?

And this very juicy nugget:

Palin’s office claimed most of the undisclosed emails were exempt from release because they were covered by the “executive” or “deliberative process” privileges that protect communications between Palin and her aides about policy matters. But the subject lines of some of the withheld emails suggest they were not related to policy matters. Several refer to one of Palin’s political foes, others to a well-known Alaskan journalist. Moreover, some of the withhold emails were CC’ed to Todd Palin, the governor’s husband. Todd Palin—a.k.a. the First Dude—holds no official state position (though he has been a close and influential adviser for Governor Palin). The fact that Palin and her aides shared these emails with a citizen outside the government undercuts the claim that they must be protected under executive privilege. McLeod asks, “What is Sarah Palin hiding?”

Full article here.

The Straight Dope

Newsweek has a pretty damn good peice detailing exactly where the map stands now as well as where it could be after the McCain bounce (I know, I’m puking too) kicks in on a state level.

What there’s no denying, as evidenced here, is that McCain has pulled ahead on a national level. Electoral College-wise, it’s still Obama’s. But remember, there have still been no new polls released on a state level since the prom queen’s coming out party. This map is gonna shift.

Some relevant data from the entire article which can be found here:

Presidential election are fought on a state-by-state basis–not in the national polls. Here, the picture doesn’t look quite as rosy for McCain. According to Real Clear Politics, Obama currently leads in each of John Kerry’s 2004 states, including top McCain targets Michigan (+4.3 percent), New Hampshire (+0.3 percent), Pennsylvania (+5.0 percent) and Wisconsin (+7.2 percent).  He also leads by healthy margins in a pair of Bush states: New Mexico (+4.3 percent) and Iowa (+9.0 percent). If Obama can hold these advantages until Election Day, he’ll wind up with at least 263 electoral votes–seven shy of victory. That’s where the red states of Virginia and Colorado come in. At this point, Obama’s leading in the latter (+0.4 percent) and tied in the former. Win either one and the White House is his. At this point, RCP gives the Democrat 273 EVs (Colorado, no Virginia) to McCain’s 265; the prediction whizzes at FiveThirtyEight.com are even more optimistic, projecting additional Obama victories in Virginia and Ohio for a final score of 304 to 234. Which means that while McCain is “winning” nationally, Obama is ahead in the electoral college.

Bambi Hits Back!

In response to McCain’s Maverick ad bullshit, Obama has come firing back with this ad:

What do you think?

A Few of My Favorite, Latest Palin Rumors…

…In reverse order of truthiness. 

1. Track Palin joined the Army to avoid jail time for drugs.

The skinny:  Wasilla is the “meth capital of Alaska.” There are rumors Track was one of three unnamed teenagers charged with vandalizing 44 school buses while drunk. The neat dirt here is that the prom queen made her son’s military service a key part of her acceptance speech. Add this to her knocked up teenage daughter and you’ve got a conservative base that will have to kick it into Super-Heavy-Denial-Gear to keep up the family values bullshit.

2.Levi Johnston will not marry Bristol Palin. 

This one is a slam-dunk (in the you know, non-Bush Iraq War kinda way.) There is no chance on earth that this kid’s parents will force him to get married at age 18 and move off to Washington DC with some teenage alcoholic slut and her deranged parents. After Nov 4 there is ZERO chance of this wedding happening. It’s just more GOP bullshit.

 

 

 

3.Sarah Palin is a rude, bitch. Or As McCain likes to call his wife, “a cunt.”

This isn’t even really a rumor is it? This is just a fucking fact. No real need to type up any snappy patter on this one. She’s speaks for herself— when McCain let’s her.

 

 

 

 

I know left out the affair rumors, and the racist stuff, and the naked pictures but that’s old shit. If you’re interested in those oldies but goodies hit the links here, here, and here.

McCain Shoves Woman in Wheelchair…

…and other examples of compassionate conservatism can be found in a recent detailed article appearing in McClatchy Newspapers.

The comprehensive piece on McCain’s temper covers everything from calling his wife a cunt to temper tantrums at age 2 that were so intense he would pass out— it’s all here.

Other lowlights include calling Texas Republican John Cornyn a “chickenshit” and telling him “fuck you” (Cheney style), the idea of him being POTUS “sending a shiver down the spine” of many Republicans, and of course the McCain classic:

As McCain continued walking, Jane Duke Gaylor, the mother of another missing serviceman, approached the senator. Gaylor, in a wheelchair equipped with portable oxygen, stretched her arms toward McCain.

“McCain stopped, glared at her, raised his left arm ready to strike her, composed himself and pushed the wheelchair away from him,” according to Eleanor Apodaca, the sister of an Air Force captain missing since 1967.

Full article here.

KOKO and The Prom Queen

As I said in a previous post, McCain and the Prom Queen seem painfully unaware of the simple social fact that you don’t get to give yourself nicknames.

Here’s an old Seinfeld clip of what happens when George tries to give himself a nickname:

Koko! Koko! Koko!

Note To McCain Camp— You Don’t Give Yourself Nicknames

Richie Rich and the Prom Queen seem unaware of a lot of things and one of ’em is that you don’t yourself nicknames. As any professional athlete, gangster, or wild west gunslinger can tell you nicknames are thrust upon you by those around you.

Trying to choose your own nicknames not only reveals you for the tool you are, but often illicts ridicule from those around you.

Here’s a laughingly inaccurate new ad released by Clown Shoes and his bitch (hey, she’s the one that wanted to be known as a pit bull) entitled “The Mavericks” (yeah, right KOKO)

How many lies can you find in this ad?

Holy Crap! McCain 48%, Obama 45%

File this under You’ll Never Go Broke Underestimating the Intelligence of The American People:

In what can only be described as a true sign of the Apocalypse, Richie Rich has over taken Barack Obama in the latest poll, found here.

What next? Some TV show where celebrity has-beens dance around on screen captures the attention of the nation and rockets to the top of the ratings? New Kids on the Block get back together and relese an album that not only sells, but is a hit? A totally unqualified former beauty queen becomes a heartbeat away from the presidency when a cynical old man picks her out of nowhere and puts her on a national ticket?

Oh yeah. Never mind.

Obama and Bill Clinton Set to Hug It Out

When Obama comes to New York this week for the Sept. 11 anniversary and a “non-political” event (we’ll see) with John McCain, he’s going to go down to Harlem to do the pop-by on Bubba and the two men are all set to pretend like they’ve buried the hatched.

As you know, Clinton is pissed Obama hasn’t given him the props he feels he deserves as a former president and Bambi is pissed Bubba never took him seriously.

The scuttlebutt is that the two have been negotiating this meeting for weeks and that the meeting will consist of a lunch (with one aide each), and afterwards a possible a walk around the neighborhood.

Here’s what most folks believe was the ice-breaker between the two heavy-duty dudes: