Younger -- and more appealing -- than John McCain
-John McCain is so old...
How old is he?
He's so old he's older than the area code -- literally. The handy blog "Things younger than Republican Presidential candidate (oh, and did I forget to mention “war hero”?) John McCain" lists a bunch of things that Baghdad Johnny predates. Among them, the TV dinner, Cheerios, nylon, John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath, the Cobb salad, the Golden Gate Bridge, the chocolate chip cookie, Scientology, the Slinkie, Spam, Alaska, Bugs Bunny, and Pat Buchanan.
This suggests an electoral version of "the dozens":
"Your candidate's so old!"
"How old is he?"
"He's three days older than water!"
(for the record, John McCain is not actually older than water. Just plutonium.) (ThingsYoungerThanMcCain.com)
-Headline of the day-
"New GOP slogan is also antidepressant trademark."
How appropriate. It turns out that the new slogan of the Grand Old Party is also the tagline in Effexor ads. "The change you deserve" can either describe the drug or Republicans. And, by "deserve," I assume they mean "are cursed with" -- since the GOP is less popular than a fart in an elevator lately,
Side effects of GOP may include nausea, corruption, mass death, sexual disfunction, environmental poisoning, frequent scandals, and sudden loss of both the legislative and executive branches of government. Ask your doctor if GOP is right for you and, if he says it is, get a new doctor. (Raw Story)
-[Stupid-assed] quote of the day-
Speaking to the National Rifle Association, former GOP prez candidate Mike Huckabee capitalized on an unexpected noise off-stage.
"That was Barack Obama, he just tripped off a chair, he's getting ready to speak," Mike said. "Somebody aimed a gun at him and he dove for the floor."
Says Politico's Ben Smith, "Probably not the fast track to veephood." According to CNN, the audience was rolling in the aisles.
You stay classy Mike and assembled psychopaths. (CNN, via Political Wire)
