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Pissing people off isn’t going to make buy what you’re selling.

The 419-style scammers—also known as “Nigerian” scammers—have hit a new low.

And you thought the relatuionship between the government and the press couldn’t get any more surreal.

“Journalists”—cow-tippers of democracy.

All politicians, political commentators, and politically inclined ordinary citizens, would you please be so kind as to leave me alone now?

I don’t mean just until the next campaign. I don’t want to

Somebody will, I’m sure. Some will blame McCain, whose main misstep in this entire campaign was, well, deciding to run in the first place, and then being himself. It’s hard to fault a man for being

Due to projections of a much larger than normal turnout and the fact so many polling places here are at schools, Coweta County opted to close the schools today.

Long lines at the county office

Less gripey, more votey.

I say “less gripey,” because being gripey plays right into their hands. Did I not tell you so?

Update: Remember, this is the most important presidential election of the

The chill I’m feeling this morning is not merely due to the crisp autumn weather. A number of news items indicate a pattern of “free-world” governments—including our own, prodded by congressional

...when Stevens won re-nomination to his Senate seat by a two to one margin.

In the hours following a verdict that found Sen. Ted Stevens guilty of seven corruption offenses, Republicans and

Back in February, when Georgia held its presidential primary on Super Tuesday, I voted for Mitt Romney because Fred Thompson had withdrawn.

I hereby rescind that vote.

Former Mitt Romney

I’d call this unbelievable but it really isn’t. H/t Jeff G.

Update: More change we can believe in: Republican HQ Manager’s Home Shot Up Over McCain Signs and Mugger Mutilates Victim Over McCain

Before this election campaign is over, the only word that won’t be read as a “code word” for race will be “race.” Unless it’s a NASCAR race, of course.

The “socialist” label that Sen. John McCain

Seems that a lot of people out there are starting to argue over what kind of condiment is best to put on the $#!t sandwich that an 0bama presidency would represent.

I assume “mayonnaise” would be a

They can’t say they weren’t warned.

Just how bad has the bailout plan been for Republicans in the House and Senate? Some senior Senate Republicans aides now believe that it’s not a far out idea that

Four years ago, Democrats and the media (but I repeat myself) waited until Election Day to start the panic-mongering among Republican voters, with exit-poll information cherry-picked from certain

More to the point, will enough people care?

So Barack 0bama was a member of an extremist political party established by the Democratic Socialists for America, the Chicago New Party, and they cheered

”...we control the narrative. Do not attempt to adjust your thinking except in ways we desire.”

Knowing that the Republicans are attempting to distract voters away from the big issues of the day,

California is continuing to jockey for a multibillion-dollar emergency federal loan despite Friday’s congressional approval of a rescue plan for the nation’s troubled credit market.

“We’re not out

Even the big-government Democrats knew it was going to be an albatross.

“All we needed was enough to potentially get us over the finish line, but we wanted the Republicans to be the ones to do it.

...to the Mainstream Media:

Be careful what you wish for.

Even more to the point, be careful what you risk your entire institutional reserve of credibility—such as it is—for.

I probably should have

Via Charles R. Martin’s “Explorations” blog, where he quotes David Bernstein:

As co-blogger Jonathan reports below, the 0bama campaign has sicced its lawyers on t.v. stations that might air a

Via a comment at Protein Wisdom pointing to this post at The Patriot Room, this:

It moves fast, so use the Pause button if it gets ahead of you. Watch it to the end.

Update: That one’s gone, watch

Six weeks or so from today, we should know how the elections have turned out. If we don’t, it’ll be nobody’s fault but the Democrat election examiners in counties with Democrat majorities for

Originally posted 9/15, re-updated and bumped.

I was interested in this when I saw it headlined on a well-known headline-aggregator’s website, but I held off because I figured if there was anything

...that slope is slippery.

In a change from the original proposal sent to Capitol Hill, foreign-based banks with big U.S. operations could qualify for the Treasury Department’s mortgage bailout,

So The Atlantic hires a certified moonbat to photograph John McCain, and although the cover shot chosen by the magazine is more or less conventional, the one she preferred is somewhat ... darker.

So

Says here Hurricane Ike could complicate Barack 0bama’s scheduled appearance on “Saturday Night Live.” I hope not.

I’m sure he would feel right at home with all the other Not Ready for Prime Time

No, not the yesterday topic—the day before yesterday topic. So, if you’ve had enough of that one, don’t look below the fold.

I don’t care if 0bama meant to refer to Gov. Palin with his lipstick reference, since obviously most people saw it that way. I don’t think “I’m stupid” is any better a message for him to send than

Patrick O’Hannigan looks at why political and media 0bamarrhoids attacking Sarah Palin have wandered—seemingly on purpose—into a hornet’s nest.

In making his point he refers to a book by Louis

Via Poor Schmuck—who was one of my first blogroll links, back in 2002—we find an alternately entertaining (for the answers) and maddening (when we think about what the questions must have been)

As you may have seen in the sidebar, I’ve put up a campaign magnet for Sarah! and that guy she’s got sharing her ticket with her. McTigh passed one test by naming her as his running mate, and then

Simple human decency from a progressive is like kryptonite to Sarah Palin. Fortunately the proggs on this planet have none.

Whose? Well, that depends.

The Palin-haters are in full-throated howl with innuendo as the main course, thoroughly seasoned with their insane preconceived notions of what kind of person could

This could be getting out of hand.

McCain taps Alaska governor

…for VP

All these interruptions! Jeez, what does a man have to do to get Prominent People Who Are Doing Important Things to let him get on with a puny little month-long nap?

Okay, so John McCain has picked

Jeffrey Lord writes of his experience on a cable TV show talking to the author of a House resolution apologizing for slavery.

With the Congressman in his Memphis district and myself in a

We interrupt this blogging hiatus to bring you my reaction to breaking news:

Michael Dukakis named Sen. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas as his vice presidential running mate early Saturday, balancing his

See the second question on this trivia quiz posted three and a half years ago.

I’ve said numerous times that Ted Stevens would be re-elected to three or four additional terms even after he kicks the bucket. This will barely even make a blip on his chances in November.

When it

Barack 0bama just keeps on healing division.

Jim Martin, one of the Democratic candidates vying to face U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, said Wednesday he voted for John Edwards after his runoff opponent

He claims he supports Barack 0bama, but with comments like this, I suspect a game is afoot.

Asked by Michael Dwyer, film correspondent of The Irish Times, if he was looking forward to “regime

...with breaking broken news: Tony Snow, long a favorite reporter and commentator among those who like to see the usual leftward media slant at least slightly counter-balanced, has died.

Jeff

The man Rush Limbaugh calls “Senator Grahamnesty” could be turned out of office—with the help of blue-dog Republicans.

“Sorry for the delay, Jim,” Bob Conley apologizes after calling just five

Uh-oh: John McCain is making promises. Again.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) plans to promise on Monday that he will balance the federal budget by the end of his first term by curbing wasteful spending

Back in the ‘70s, when “Doonesbury” was still occasionally funny, Garry Trudeau had fun with Jimmy Crater by imagining him with a Cabinet-level “Secretary of Symbolism.”

In keeping with the notion

I’m not gonna vote for the backstabbing, media-whoring son of a bitch after all. Instead, the Get Offa My Lawn Party will be nominating and supporting an entirely different son of a bitch.

Damn. Five-four!?

<long string of profanity>

Okay, McCain. You’ve got my vote.

You backstabbing, media-whoring son of a bitch.

Barack 0bama is “of the system. He’s going to be in the system,” Steele told a morning gathering of the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials.

“Why are they attacking Michelle

I’d say, almost certainly to the left.

The can-do, bootstrap approach embedded in the American psyche is under assault. Eroding it is a dour powerlessness that is chipping away at the country’s

Okay, anybody who favors building new nuclear power plants is actually almost potentially in danger of being considered for my vote.

Sen. John McCain called Wednesday for the construction of 45 new

For a more accurate characterization of my views on Sarah Palin, start here.

Most election years, people watch for an “October Surprise.” I suspect that if Barack 0bama is elected, people should watch out for a December Surprise.

After which, the election outcomes in 2010

Last month I sized up the candidates for Coweta County’s state-court solicitor position, and decided to support the incumbent, Robert Stokely. Stokely liked the title of that post and has adopted it

The economy will certainly have an impact on the 2008 election—in a way, it’s already begun.

Millions of dollars behind in raising money and unlikely to meet a fast-approaching final deadline, the

In previous posts I speculated on the possible impact of Bob Barr being the Libertarian Party’s nominee for president—but at the time he was about neck-and-neck with Mike Gravel (rhymes with

Some people have been hinting darkly that John McCain may be suffering from early-onset Alzheimer’s or some other politically disastrous condition, and suggesting that his reluctance to release his

If Barack 0bama is actually capable of considering this, he deserves what it will get him.

It is possible to muscle your way into a vice presidential nod: You have something the nominee wants, and

In a post three days ago I wrote about the state-court solicitor post that’s on the ballot this year:

Coweta County’s State Court Solicitor, Robert Stokely, finally has a challenger—and if this

With all the hoopla about the presidential fracas, even in less nonsensical years the local elections are overshadowed. But qualifying has just concluded for those seeking the Democrat or Republican

Um, maybe because he isn’t?

Republican John McCain is making promises that would cost billions of taxpayer dollars, yet he is vague about how he would pay for them.

McCain is handing around a

I have to confess, I’m a big fan of effective psy-ops techniques. Any competitive activity requires strategic as well as tactical thinking, and when your strategic options don’t include blowing up

...‘cause I’d be wondering if there have been any sightings lately of Arnold Schwarzenegger, or Robert Patrick, or maybe Summer Glau.

“The bedroom actually lights up like day,” says Elaine O’Mansky,

Now the debate over voter photo ID goes back where it belongs: the legislative branch.

States can require voters to produce photo identification, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, upholding a

I decided a long time ago (February 2000, to be exact) that Alan Keyes wasn’t serious about getting elected to high political office:

If you’re like me, there are a lot of questions you wish someone

Yesterday, Patterico invited predictions for the Pennsylvania Democratic primary, specifically asking four questions:

(1) Your predictions for today’s election?

(2) What are the proper criteria for

Congratulations to Alaska’s governor and her family on the inauguration of a new member:

Gov. Sarah Palin gave birth Friday to her fifth child, a boy, about a month before her due date.

Trig Paxson

Seems to me it’s our dollar, we should be able to do something to shore it up on our own.

Jean-Claude Juncker, the EU’s ‘Mr Euro’, has given the clearest warning to date that the world authorities

With incumbent Gov. Sonny Perdue subject to term limits, the field to succeed him for the GOP nomination in 2010 is pretty much wide open.

Already understood to have designs on the top job—and

Robert Stacy McCain writes at Spectator.org that former Rep. Bob Barr (R-GA) didn’t do well at the North Carolina state convention of the Libertarian Party.

Barr said that “in the heart of every

...film at 11.

I really, honestly do not understand why anyone takes a Senator seriously as a candidate for president. This year all of the prospects are Senators, and the disenchantment with the idea of having

Having been on the internet for something close to 13 years now (if you count Compuserve, and not everyone does), I’ve encountered trolls of any type you can imagine. Obviously I don’t really

This doesn’t look good.

There are a lot of “ifs” involved, but there’s a chance Georgia—normally a reliably “red” state on the Electoral College map—could be thrown into question if a former Georgia congressman is the

After losing the presidential election in 1996, Bob Dole went on (IIRC) Letterman and displayed the quick-quip talent for which he’d been known on Capitol Hill (but not on the presidential campaign

I’m working on a marketing project and need some help from my readers.

A celebrity with a familiar name is planning to introduce a new breakfast cereal, and has managed to win the endorsement of

How else to explain this?

Philadelphia’s Democratic leaders say they’ll press Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack 0bama to back stricter gun laws, despite the risk of angering voters throughout

I know an overly strong dollar is bad for trade, which would thus have a bad effect on the overall economy—but I think $4-a-gallon gasoline would be a lot worse.

You just have to know Democrats and

Guy S. over at Snugg Harbor offers up Duncan Hunter and Michael Steele as his choices for McCain’s running mate.

Also, in comments here Elephantman of Draft Sarah Palin for VP offers a correction to

If I’m not mistaken, the primary election in Alaska, which occurs in August, normally happens after the presidential nominating conventions.

Alaska Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell upstaged his boss at the

Only in this case it’s states that were excluded, rather than seceded, that are the bone of contention.

Reflecting how tense the situation has become, influential fund-raisers for Senator Hillary

You’ve undoubtedly heard the brouhaha about Barack 0bama’s pastor.

Mrs. Bill Clinton and her camp would rather wait until 0bama is the only challenger between her and clinching the nomination,

I’ve mentioned here a time or two some names whose inclusion on a Republican presidential ticket might attract yours truly to consider voting for it, despite John “Never Met a Media Representative

Garvey said he didn’t want to haggle over statistics.

“We’re much more interested in the future,” he said.

And why, pray tell, does Mr. Garvey not want to haggle over statistics?

Well, there’s

A couple of weeks ago I wrote that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) is highly popular with her constituents in the Land of the Midnight Sun.

One of the ways you can tell that, in this day and age, is

...than ego unsupported by accomplishment.

Though, if it leads to the destruction of the Democratic Party, that’ll be worth a giggle or two.

Whoever it was at Gallup that called here this evening—from phone number (402) 952-4444, you can Google it—can save themselves making another call by applying the title of this post as the answer to

Here? Or maybe here? No no—here!

Hillary and Bill Clinton are again teaming up on Barack 0bama—this time saying the first-term U.S. lawmaker, whom they have derided as inexperienced, would be a

The vaunted Iowa effect seems ... daunted.

And the big loser?

Iowa.

Huckabee joins the sad long list of Republican candidates who win Iowa in contested elections—but don’t win the White House

Tonight’s episode of the NBC TV series “Medium” features a U.S. state senator with a terrible secret from his time in a POW camp in Vietnam.

Did I mention “Medium” is set in Arizona?

Not having seen

I should never be in agreement with Howard Dean. Not even in that “a stopped clock is right twice a day” kind of way, since his clock is actually a tachometer…

With Senator John McCain, the

The definition of “mixed emotions,” according to the old joke, is watching your worst enemy drive off a cliff in your brand-new luxury car.

Steinem raised McCain’s Vietnam imprisonment as she sought

Open primaries, the early years:

Well, maybe not really. I just want people to think so, so they’ll leave me alone today. Nothing personal—just GET OFFA MY LAWN!

Back in the days before the Civil War (according to James Michener), people emigrating to Texas would sometimes paint the letters “GTT” on their wagons: “Gone to Texas.”

Not everyone got there, and

In a comment thread on this post about a multiracial (but not black, or even partially black) actor on “Saturday Night Live” playing Barack 0bama in political skits, PW guest-blogger Dan Collins

First it was the ridiculous idea that Bill Clinton could become Hillary’s vice-president (in the increasingly unlikely event that she could become president). Now this:

The question has nagged at

Here’s another possible McCain running mate who could potentially get my vote in November—but I’m not sure it would set too well with most Alaskans.

As John McCain inches closer to the 1,191

Winslow finally understands.

The New York Times has just noticed that water flows downhill.

Some suggested Mr. McCain might want to tap a younger running mate to balance the ticket, particularly if he were to face a young

The only people with “plans” to run for vice-president at this stage are John Edwards and Mike Huckabee.

Having long played down the idea that she might someday run for president, U.S. Secretary of

So the New York Times is floating sex-scandal rumors about John McCain. Unless he lied about it under oath or told somebody else to lie about it under oath, I don’t give a damn.

McCain’s reaction to

[To the tune of “Dirty White Boy,” in case you wondered]

Hey, buddy, if your numbers are down
I know what’s good for you all day
Are you worried what your friends see
Will it ruin your reputation

I can see some merit in this notion, believe it or not…

I’m voting for Bob Lott for two reasons. The first is that he’s my dad; a vote for your dad simply cannot be a wasted vote, not matter what

Blinding Flash of the Obvious Alert:

ABC News’ Kevin Chupka reports: While campaigning in Wisconsin today, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told a crowd, gathered at the University of Wisconsin,

...what does that make me?

Years ago, while I was working as a cashier for the local electric co-op, I noticed that every month the same batch of people would put their payments in the night drop

Not too long ago, the spectre began to be raised of Democrat “super-delegates” effectively reversing the expressed will of the majority of Democrat primary voters and caucus participants by voting

How about some rejected campaign songs for His Hopey-Changeyness?

• “Sweet Homey 0bama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd
• “Para Votar 0bama” by Richie Valens
• “Barry Me Not (My Name Is Barack, Dammit!)”

Well, that was

...especially when it’s not my plan—but being right gives me a kind of a pleasant feeling to offset the discomfort of what the plan holds in store for me and mine…

Last month, observing the

And I promise you won’t see it coming until the next-to-last panel.

As with 1996, when Bob Dole announced from the beginning he would serve only one term if elected, the presumptive nomination of 72-year-old John McCain for president in 2008 offers some hope

Why didn’t Michael Steele run for president in 2008?

Let there be no misunderstanding: although I plan to withhold my vote from the GOP presidential ticket if John McCain is at its head on November 4, I really don’t blame him or the party stalwarts

Nobody’s been saying anything like this—except all the people who are promising not to vote for the guy. And they don’t actually matter. Do they..?

Running as a conservative, John McCain rolled up

While pursuing a bachelor’s degree in gummint at Commuter U., one of the useless concepts I had to learn about was game theory, and such permutations thereof (see what I did there, with the

From Ragnar at Jawa Report:

Voters are not the GOP’s footsoldiers. ... Voters are the GOP’s customers...

» Bill Quick : Why I Won’t Be Voting for John McCain

Yet another reason why McCain is no

This is food for thought, but I am confident John McCain is temperamentally incapable of doing it.

If in fact John McCain makes it to the White House, and for that matter if he in fact emerges as

Piss off the Media:
Vote for Romney

Update, Saturday: Power Line finds a backhanded recommendation of Romney from none other than George W. Bush:

While President George W. Bush has maintained

Her Inevitableness is riding HillaryCare to her doom again.

She then added that the focus on enforcement clouded a more important point, that her proposal to cover the uninsured was superior to Mr.

A prediction from the funniest cartoon coyote since Wile E.:

It would perfectly illustrate John McCain’s vaunted “electability,” which is just as mythical…

Those who either cling to the conviction that people like me—who refuse to support John McCain for president—will come around by the November election, or who consider themselves capable of

People who post gibberish in blog comments may believe there’s nothing anyone can do about them.

They are wrong.

Update: Commenters who are not registered and logged in will have their submissions

In the past I’ve said that I would rather not cast a vote for president in November if John McCain were the Republican nominee. I’ve changed my mind, but that doesn’t mean either that I’m going to

The submissions are still coming in. Check out the updated complete collection here.

...why can’t Big Labor give Hillary a pass on this?

In six years as a member of the Wal-Mart board of directors, between 1986 and 1992, Hillary Clinton remained silent as the world’s largest

You’re against cutting taxes even when the economy is in a slump? GET OFFA MY LAWN!

You think the way to clean up politics is to silence the people? GET OFFA MY LAWN!

You want to fix illegal

So, why am I so down on John McCain? It goes back a long ways, but let’s keep it more or less recent…

Eight years ago, his (relatively, by latter-day standards) last-minute entry into the

Georgia has its presidential primary next Tuesday, which is Super Tuesday according to the marketing types.

Now that Sen. Queeg apparently has the highest number of assigned delegates, I will

All those ungrateful African-American voters who think they can just get all up in her grille and $#!t, better listen close to the wife of the First Black President™.

There might still be someone else in the Democrats’ nomination race besides Hillary Clinton and Barack 0bama, but The Most Overrated Democrat EVAH!!!™ isn’t one of them.

Not in any meaningful way,

Am I going to have to start my own professional football league, too?

The submissions for a GOMLP logo keep pouring in. Go see.

Yesterday’s Hot-Air-a-lanche was worth some 3,500 page views, on a site where the daily average had been on the order of about 125. Unique visits topped 2,200, compared to less than 100 over the

Oops, I’m sorry, he didn’t merely say Bill Clinton was lying, he said:

“Bill Clinton is lying about Barack 0bama’s record…”

There’s an old joke about crooked politicians, that the way to tell if

At HotAir.com, some malcontent named ronsfi is already trying to break up the GOMLP:

This is offensive to people who don’t have lawns. I hearby declare the Get outa’ my hallway faction of the Get

Anti-GOMLP commenter Samir seems to think so.

He’s offended by the fourth plank in the GOMLP’s provisional platform:

You want to kill me and everyone else who doesn’t share your belief in the

If you want in, see this comment for what you need to do.

Displaying the blogroll on your own site is voluntary, just and I’ll send you the

The Get Offa My Lawn! Party is growing by—well, steps and shuffles, anyway. And as of the datestamp on this post there have been two logos submitted for the GOMLP.

Since the one acceptable conservative running for president doesn’t seem to be doing very well, and all the others are tacking toward the big-government nanny-state fog bank, it’s reached the point

Come on, that’s gotta be what he means.

Republican leaders giddy over the excitement their presidential nomination free-for-all is starting to generate yesterday heard Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour

And if Teh Narrative™ is at odds with reality, PUSH IT HARDER!!!

The national media thinks John McCain is under siege again, and his campaign is only too happy to help reporters file their

Longtime readers know I don’t have any particular animus toward Wal-Mart. And if not for two specific aspects to this specific proposal, I’d have to suck it up and limit my complaints to personal

Other than noting that the case against him remains to be presented in a court of law, you will never see this blog defending anyone who’s thrown in with al Qaeda—regardless of which U.S. political

So, Newt, what were you saying about the Reagan era being over?

House Democratic leaders yesterday said they were open to an economic-stimulus package with tax cuts for small businesses and rebate

John “Th