Yes, we can

Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.

7:19 pacific time

I’m starting to believe it’s real ….
It’s happening. It’s really happening!
What’s the mood where you are?

Election 2008

I’m as jumpy as … well, insert the cliche of your choice here. It will be 4 hours until east coast returns start coming in and I’m afraid to leave my computer. I’ve got a pile of work to do, a paper to write, a house to clean, but I can’t concentrate on [...]

Just vote for the white half

For all the bigots out there who can’t bring themselves to vote for a black man. Remember, as David Alan Grier points out, he’s only half black.

The Red Menace?

A thread on Reddit:

If idiot conservatives will argue that Obama = Osama, I submit that Palin = Stalin
Some comments:

d64: So let’s see here.. Both are white. Both have been in charge of large, cold parts of Earth. Both are hardliners when it comes to their core issues. Both have fired subordinates for lack of loyalty… [...]

Forget what I said about shame

Same guy, same monkey, 1 hour earlier. Apparently he was only ashamed when national tv cameras were rolling. When he thought he was safely anonymous, not so much.
I really want to know what he’s saying. Any lip readers in the house?

A campaign of hate

Brought to my attention by Ahistoricality. Thanks, A!
From the NY Times’ Frank Rich:
What makes them different, and what has pumped up the Weimar-like rage at McCain-Palin rallies, is the violent escalation in rhetoric, especially (though not exclusively) by Palin. Obama “launched his political career in the living room of a domestic terrorist.” He is [...]

At least he has some sense of shame

Watch CBS Videos Online
Film taken at a Palin event. Man caught on camera wearing a big grin and holding a stuffed money with an Obama sticker on it. When he realizes he’s being recorded, he passes it off to a child he doesn’t know. Notice how he never loses the smile.
No [...]

Prisoners of love, perhaps?

This just in today ….
A slip of the tongue, sure, but they’re starting to add up.

Count me in

Swiped from Jeff Hess

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