News Item: Over Joe
10. Beef up his credibility - Get the AP's Liz Sidoti to bring Joe The Plumber a box of donuts
9. Bring in Bobby Jindal, to do an exorcism on him
8. Stash him away in one of his seven houses
7. Finally, sit down with campaign staff and redo their vetting criteria
6. To get him away from media, see if he'll take a crack at McCain's Electric Car Battery contest
5. Assign Joe Lieberman to Joe The Plumber
4. Battle Stations - Peel off from the Palin Truth Squad a new team for the Joe The Plumber Truth Squad
3. Bite the bullet - Go out and do an all-day news conference on the difference between Shiites and Sunnis
2. Put a call out to Rick Warren, and have him ship that Cone of Silence to Ohio
1. Go Maverick with a major game changer - Replace Palin on ticket with ... Joe The Plumber!
Bonus Links
Barry Crimmins: Plumbing the Depths
Martin Lewis: Meet The Real Joe-The-Plumber!
The Jed Report: McCain's Lame October Surprise: Joe, The Right-Wing Loon
Todd Gitlin: Joe the Ringer?
Steve Benen: THEY WERE LAUGHING AT HIM, NOT WITH HIM...
For Joe The Plumber
Debate Results: Flintstones vs. Jetsons Pt. III
Friday, October 17, 2008
Top Ten Cloves: Things John McCain Can Do To Get Over Embarrassment of Joe The Plumber
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
And Now For Something Completely Different ... Michael Palin for President?
H/T to Will Bunch, over on Attytood, for this;
Michael Palin for President
Considering the Stumblin' Bumblin' McCain camp got confused when he first announced Mommy Moose, I suppose it could be reasonable there's a measurable number of people out there that believe Monty Python is looking to take over the White House.
On another point, how eerily similar is the classic Python "Argument" routine mirroring the McCain crew these days?
Monty Python Argument Sketch
Bonus Stumblin' Bumblin' Johnny and Mommy Moose Riffs
Why Do You Think We've Been Calling Him "Stumblin' and Bumblin"?
How Little We Know ...
"I shot a moose once ..."
We Told You He Was Just Like Bob Dole
Sunday, September 14, 2008
How Little We Know ...
Boy, that Palin Truth Squad, as we alluded to last evening, sure has its' creepy, spidery fingers, and hands, full today.
Since the Stumblin' Bumblin' McCain Campaign has left it up to the media to vet Mommy Mayor Moose, Vice President, Sarah "I'm not really a Vice-Presidential candidate, I just play one on the campaign trail" Palin, vet, indeed is what is being done.
Along with the NYT, The Washington Post rings in today with "As Mayor of Wasilla, Palin Cut Own Duties, Left Trail of Bad Blood", and we get more of the fractured picture of the Wasilla Whiz Kid;But a visit to this former mining supply post 40 miles north of Anchorage shows the extent to which Palin's mayoralty was also defined by what it did not include. The universe of the mayor of Wasilla is sharply circumscribed even by the standards of small towns, which limited Palin's exposure to issues such as health care, social services, the environment and education.
Palin limited her duties further by hiring a deputy administrator to handle much of the town's day-to-day management. Her top achievement as mayor was the construction of an ice rink, a project that landed in the courts and cost the city more than expected.
Arriving in office, Palin herself played down the demands of the job in response to residents who worried that her move to oust veteran officials would leave the town in the lurch. "It's not rocket science," Palin said, according to the town newspaper, the Frontiersman. "It's $6 million and 53 employees."
Along with this, Maureen Dowd weighs in, with her excursion to Alaska, with "Bering Straight Talk", offering "I’ve been in Alaska only a week, but I’m already feeling ever so much smarter about Russia", putting her, nearly on par with the former Mayor, who, when asked by Charlie Gibson the other evening, about her insight to Russian Foreign Policy, with great perk, shot back instantly “They’re our next-door neighbors. And you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska.”
OOOO-Kayyyyyyyyyy!
And, with a little icing, Frank Rich comes running in with his "The Palin-Whatshisname Ticket".It’s an urgent matter, because if we’ve learned anything from the G.O.P. convention and its aftermath, it’s that the 2008 edition of John McCain is too weak to serve as America’s chief executive. This unmentionable truth, more than race, is now the real elephant in the room of this election.
No longer able to remember his principles any better than he can distinguish between Sunnis and Shia, McCain stands revealed as a guy who can be easily rolled by anyone who sells him a plan for “victory,” whether in Iraq or in Michigan. A McCain victory on Election Day will usher in a Palin presidency, with McCain serving as a transitional front man, an even weaker Bush to her Cheney.
So, as the Stumblin' Bumblin McCain Campaign sifts through the damage, maybe they will be singing, or humming, this tune.
Lauren Bacall: To Have and Have Not "How Little We Know"
Bonus Moose Droppings
Taegan Goddard: Palin's Limited Duties as Mayor
Sadly No: An absolute menace
Marty Lederman: Angler and Barracuda
Brilliant at Breakfast: New York Times to America: Wake the hell up!
Steve Benen: WORSE THAN BUSH...
Well, I Guess It Rules Out On-Line Gambling Too ...
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Noonan Gives Palin, McCain A "Full Detroit"
"They went for, excuse me, the political bullshit narrative"
Top Ten Cloves: Things About Vetting Sarah Palin In One Day
