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ANOTHER 'HOLY SHIT' MOMENT FROM SARAH PALIN

I am more stunned by the day that John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his running mate. And that's saying a lot because I was blown away when it first happened. You were, too, I’m sure.

When she was interviewed by Charlie Gibson on ABC News a few days after the announcement of that brilliant political move, CNN's liberal-leaning pundit Paul Begala quipped that Gibson had spent more time interviewing her than did McCain himself.

It got a laugh, but holy crap, was he ever right. It’s been one startling revelation after another. It’s not difficult to imagine Mitt Romney sitting at home with his mouth hanging open wondering ‘what the fuck.’

And now this from MSNBC. She takes her kids on faraway political excursions, they stay 4-5 nights at a time at places like the Ritz Carlton and the Essex in NYC -- even when the event is for much less duration -- and they bill the State of Alaska for it. That’s not just dumb, that’s corrupt as hell.

Even if McCain had been the perfect candidate in every other way, he deserves to have his old wrinkly ass kicked across the countryside for picking Palin, and then defending the choice as a great one.

You’d be very hard pressed to convince me that John McCain would be a good president in light of all of the Palin bullshit. He put zero thought into this. And honestly, he can cram that ‘country first’ rhetoric. It was politics first when it came to choosing Palin. Period.

As desperate as McCain seems to be in these last couple of weeks before the election, if he really wants to win that bad, his best option would be to toss Palin overboard and find a different Veep candidate. Personally, I wouldn’t put it past him. It’d be the smartest thing he’s done since Labor Day.

BTW, here’s one version of what it would be like if Madame Barracuda ever actually moved into the Oval Office. Effin’ hilarious, and prolly not too far from the truth. (Turn on your computer audio and click on everything you see. And enjoy. Huge props to the person or people putting this site together.)

"MAVERICK" IS THE NEW "FLIP-FLOP"

The McCain campaign has decided that “maverick” is a word they’d like to ride all the way to the White House. Some high-minded political strategy there, kids.

 

“Let’s find us a word that sounds real cool, say it a lot, and then… they’ll vote for us.” Well, it worked with “flip-flop” in ’04, so what the hell. Karl Rove would be proud.

 

At this point, I’m surprised they don’t have McCain making speeches while wearing James Garner’s cowboy hat and six-shooter from the old “Maverick” TV series. McCain and Sarah Palin have used the “maverick” reference so much recently that it’s almost a safe bet they have matching undies that say “What Would A Maverick Do?” plastered across the ass.

 

Turns out Mav-Mac was also a bit of a maverick in his Navy days — and a reckless one at that. According to this article in the L.A. Times, he crashed three Navy aircraft in the 1960s in such a manner that “his flying skills and judgment were faulted or questioned by Navy officials” with each incident.

 

Reckless is pretty much how he’s running his campaign these days, too. But hey, he’s falling farther behind in the polls, so with only a few weeks before Election Day, McCain and his brilliant strategists have decided he and “Sarah Barracuda” can pretty much say anything, regardless of how truthful it may or may not be.

 

They say Barack Obama voted to cut off funding for the troops. Does anyone really believe that shit? (Well, besides those that drink the Fox News Network kool-aid.)

 

According to FactCheck.org, “the votes were for bringing the troops home, cutting off funding only if the president failed to comply.” Desperate times call for… bullshit, I guess.

 

The McCain campaign also has finally let Madame Barracuda off the leash so she can run amuck saying Obama has been “palling around” with a terrorist. Here’s a direct quote from CNN.com, also courtesy of FactCheck:

 

“There is no indication that (said terrorist) and Obama are now ‘palling around,’ or that they have had an ongoing relationship in the past three years. Also, there is nothing to suggest that (said terrorist) is now involved in terrorist activity…”

 

Hillary even tried playing the terrorist-association card and was shot down as well. I guess The Maverick thought it was worth another try. Again: desperate times…

 

These are the true McCain-Palin colors, people. This is the quality of leadership we would be getting from them should they be elected: pretty much lying whenever it suits them. Remember that when you vote.