At least it was countered by this:
By far I see more Obama stickers and signs in my town, including a hilarious "Tina Fey in 2008" sign next to an Obama sign on one yard in Durham.
What have you seen in your area? Take a stab at the proportion of Obama to McCain signs and stickers.
You might recall the last time the network made this "mistake," it was when they labeled GOPerv Mark Foley "(D)". I guess this is Fox's way of tossing McCain under the bus.
Other signs of the feeble, weakening McCain campaign are below the fold. * Look at this statement -- the official statement from McCain's camp -- about last night's primetime Obama ad:
McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds followed up after the ad aired: "As anyone who has bought anything from an infomercial knows, the sales-job is always better than the product. Buyer beware."
That's it? Wow. Bounds must have been busy reworking his resume instead of thinking up a better response.
* McCain camp trying to scapegoat Palin.
In recent days, a McCain "adviser" told Dana Bash of CNN: "She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone." Imagine not taking advice from the geniuses at the McCain campaign. What could Palin be thinking?Also, a "top McCain adviser" told Mike Allen of Politico that Palin is "a whack job."Maybe she is. But who chose to put this "whack job" on the ticket? Wasn't it John McCain? And wasn't it his first presidential-level decision?
* Conservatives plan secret post-election strategy session. Again, the body isn't cold, but plans are under way to remake the GOP.
The meeting will include a "who's who of conservative leaders -- economic, national security and social," said one attendee, who shared initial word of the secret session only on the basis of anonymity and with some details about the host and location redacted....Should McCain lose next Tuesday, the conversation will include who to groom as the next generation of conservative leaders - a list that will feature Palin at or near the top.
...Many on the right, both elites and the rank-and-file, see a rudderless party that is in dire need of new blood and old principles: small government, a robust national security and unapologetic social conservatism.
As long as they cling to that last bit of garbage, that is going to be an anchor on the party.
* And in a final bit of news, you know your campaign is in the sh*tter when you receive this thumbs up, available on grocery news stands around the country. (Weekly World News):
OCTOBER SURPRISE: UFO ALIEN NOW ENDORSES McCAIN!
What's awesome about atheists is we really are fucking scary, and just for the reasons I outlined above. Many of us look exactly like "real Americans", as defined by McCain/Palin. We're all scary and mysterious like that. You could be sitting next to a white lady with a Texas accent holding a boy's hand on the bus and feel secure that she's not a scary Other that is rotting this country at its core, but you'd be wrong, because that lady is me and I'm a Godless American. We're everywhere, like Amway, except we have morals but no god, so sort of the opposite of Amway. We might just turn to you, and in a voice that sounds just like a "real" American voice, destroy your fragile faith by saying, "Have you ever considered that if god is all powerful and all good, then there shouldn't be evil in the world? So either god is evil, not all powerful, or doesn't exist. Nice weather we're having, isn't it?" That's why we're the scariest non-real Americans in America.
The McCain campaign is campaigning as Jesus Christ in Nevada out of desperation, it seems. They're passing out Christian voting guides that explain something rather baffling to us Godless Reading Americans---that Jesus would vote on 5 non-negotiable issues that are actually not mentioned by the Jesus of the Bible. You would think that if Jesus felt that abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, human cloning, and homosexual marriage were more important than feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and peace on Earth, he might have bothered to mention it. Just once.
But as regular readers know, just because I'm a Godless American doesn't mean that I don't have some gods or a religion. I do, and am the prophet of the Church of the Mouse and the Disco Ball. Ours is a 21st religion. We have an innovative philosophy of allowing anyone to join the church just so long as they agree that they don't actually believe in our gods or have faith in our religion. While it hasn't taken off nationwide as a religion, I suspect once Americans clue into the fact that it's a lot easier to belong to a church that doesn't ask you to believe a bunch of bullshit. No late nights wondering if your faith is misguided, because you don't have any. No concerns about what the Disco Ball thinks of you, because he's a fictional character and can think whatever you want. Worship how you like or not at all; it's irrelevant because you don't believe that the gods you're worshiping have the power to judge you, due to non-existence. It's very freeing. If other gods had clued in long ago to the tactic of just letting their believers know they don't exist, and so trying to please them is a pointless waste of time, then life would have gotten a lot easier a long time ago.
So, I've decided that I need to have my five non-negotiable issues for church members to vote on this election. However, unlike the Christians, I'm not going to blow smoke or pretend that I got these from a higher power. Well, unless you think my ass is a higher power from whence I pulled these directly from, and I won't hold it against you if you do.
1) Choadery. Discoballmouseatarians are against it. If you are confused about what qualities make someone a choad, we have an entire tag dedicated to it. Everyone attached to the McCain campaign is a complete choad, except Todd Palin, who is also a douchebag.
2) Science. We're for it. We don't believe in make-believe things, but do think that knowledge of the real world is extremely important, and science is our best tool for getting it.
3) Sex, music, naps, and tasty food. We're for these things. We fail to understand why people are concerned that their make-believe gods will be displeased if they enjoy themselves. If we made up gods, we wouldn't be worried about their opinions, but we'd still make them pro-sex-and-fun just on principle. Oh wait. We did that. Yes, the Disco Ball sparkles brighter when people eat chocolate, drink wine and get it on after putting their iPods on "shuffle".
4) LOL Cats. Not a voting issue yet, but just in case the right decides to go after those, too.
5) The war. The economy. The environment. You know, all that shit the Christian voting guides dismiss as minor issues.
The conservative blogosphere is fucking obsessed with Obama tapes this year. Every time Obama is doing well, there's a new tape that shows him assaulting our core American values. For instance:
I hate to say it, because it comes out of place of defensiveness (especially since they're supposed to be a conservative magazine that mainstreams right wing ideas to a large extent), but this article in Politico defending the media's "unbalanced" approach to the election is right. It's true that the media has had more "negative" stories about McCain and more "positive" ones about Obama, but, to quote Politico, there's a reason for this.
As Ben notes, one of the celebs is washed up SNL vet Victoria Jackson, who has this ace wingnuttia about Obama up on her personal web site. Again, this is so ridiculous that it looks like satire. Alas, no.
I don't want a political label, but Obama bears traits that resemble the anti- Christ and I'm scared to death that un-educated people will ignorantly vote him into office.
You see, what bothers me most, besides being a Communist, and a racist (Obama writes in his book, From Dreams of My Father, "I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and and animosity against my (white) mother's race.") (Obama's "religion" of the last 20 years is Black Liberation Theology. What is that? "It is simply Marxism dressed up in Christian rhetoric. But unlike traditional Marxism, Black Liberation Theology emphasizes race rather than class. It's leading theorist is James Cone who says Jesus was black, African-Americans are the chosen people, and whites are the devil. Cone says, "What we need is the destruction of whiteness, which is the source of human misery in the world." The McAlvany Intelligence Advisor), is that he is a LIAR. He pretends to be a Christian and he incriminates himself everytime he speaks about Christianity. To lie about being a believer in Christ is very dangerous. Lightning could strike him at any minute! But seriously, he doesn't have a clue what the Bible says and yet he pretends to be a church- going Christian to win votes. That is sooooo evil.
