Liberal troublemakers...
-Doesn't fit the profile-
Several audience members at a Cedar Falls, Iowa McCain rally were ejected before the event even got off the ground Sunday. McCain campaign staffers asked police to help them remove people from the rally before the candidate took the stage.
"It was a very confusing, very frustrating situation," said University of Iowa student Lara Elborno, one of the several asked to leave. "I said that I had a right to be there, I wasn’t doing anything disruptive — I was sitting, waiting for the rally to start."
Likely story. The McCain campaign had identified the people as "potential protesters within the event." Probably communists or terrorists or people who don't eat meat or something.
When Elborno got outside the hall, she saw "a group of about 20 people" who had been ejected. According to the report, "Elborno said after seeing the people who were asked to leave, she was concerned that McCain’s staffers were profiling people on appearance to determine who might be a potential protester." What put up the red flag for McCainsters?
"When I started talking to them, it kind of became clear that they were kind of just telling people to leave that they thought maybe would be disruptive, but based on what? Based on how they looked,” Elborno said. “It was pretty much all young people, the college demographic."
Young people voting for McCain? Sure thing, kid. And I'll bet you're a big fan of Matlock, too. Besides, they're going to college and that means they're future pointy-headed intellectual elitists.
The report claims the McCain campaign couldn't be reached for comment, despite repeated attempts. But it's an elitist college paper, so screw them too.
McCain-Palin '08 -- if you know what an iPod is, you're too young. (Iowa State Daily, via reddit)
-Campaign shocker!-
Samuel J. Wurzelbacher -- AKA "Joe the Plumber" -- has formally endorsed John McCain. All the nailbiting is finally over. Hope you won your bets.
Establishing his right wing frootloop bona fides, Wurzelbacher said a vote for Obama would be "a vote for the death of Israel" -- because Obama's been doing all that "death to Israel" talk and stuff. You know, waving a rifle around and shouting oodle-oodle-oodle! or whatever the hell it is those terr'ists yell.
Making the announcement at a McCain rally, Joe/Sam also said he was afraid Obama would turn the US into a socialist nation. The rally was held, according to the report, "at a flag store."
Of course it was.
Thanks "Joe," you can pick up your check at campaign HQ now. (Politico)
-Headline of the day-
"Boehner unveils stimulus package."
No, it doesn't involve a trenchcoat, a dark alley, and a raging Boehner.
House GOP leader John Boehner has his own ideas about what would pick up the economy and it's predictably insane. Among the ideas is a temporary suspension of the capital gains tax -- which wouldn't do shit, since no one's selling anything worth enough to catch it right now anyway. Another dumb idea is to increase domestic drilling -- at a time when the bottom is dropping out on the oil market.
Of course, none of these ideas -- stupid as they are -- stand a chance of seeing the light of day, since Democrats are preparing a $150 billion package of their own. This is just some hastily assembled pseudo-alternative designed to give Republicans something to complain about.
Seriously, a trenchcoat, a dark alley, and a raging Boehner would probably do a better job. (Politico)
