It looks like Palin is a no-go

As much as I hate to put much stock in an unnamed "Republican consultant," I do get the feeling that this is probably accurate:

One source with knowledge of McCain's VP selection process said the Arizona senator would like to pick a woman for his VP if he could find a perfect fit.

Possibilities tossed about include U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

But a consultant, familiar with McCain's VP search who asked to not be identified, said none of those women fill the bill.

My prediction as of this moment is that McCain will choose someone who doesn't antagonize the base, but doesn't really excite anyone outside of Washington, DC (think SEC Chairman Chris Cox, OMB Director Rob Portman, or Gov. Mitt Romney). 

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Sigh...we're about to hear a bunch more about the "Obamacans"

Over at The Hill, they have an article up about how the Obama campaign is trying to put together a "publicity blitz" with a bunch of people whose [ahem] solid conservative judgment has led them to endorse Teh Lightworker:

The campaign recently held a conference call with a small group of officials who are or who have previously been identified with the Republican Party, according to sources who were on the call.

The initiative to highlight the backing of “Obamacans” is in its infancy. But campaign events featuring Republicans praising Obama are seen as an effective counterpunch to Sen. Joe Lieberman’s (I-Conn.) aggressive backing of Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) White House bid.

The list of GOP superstars they might tap includes Allahpundit's favorite punching bag, Doug Kmeic, not-even-a-RINO-anymore Lincoln Chafee (what a winner!), Dwight Eisenhower's granddaughter Susan, some dude from Texas I'd never heard of before, and, of course, the only man who can out-Maverick John McCain by sucking up to the MSM:

There has been a lot of conjecture that Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) will endorse Obama. Hagel, a critic of the Iraq war, is the only senator who has not endorsed a presidential candidate. Hagel is traveling with Obama and Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) on their congressional delegation trip to the Middle East.

God, what a crushing defeat it would be for conservatives if Hagel or Chafee were to endorse the Obamessiah!  Seriously, the only person mentioned who has a little bit of credibility with conservatives (emphasis on the "little bit") is Colin Powell, and the article notes that he's donated to McCain, if he hasn't endorsed him.

Seriously, if that's the best they can do, all they'll end up achieving is peeling off the few RINOs who figure McCain's too conservative for their tastes anyway.

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How do you say "incredibly callous" in Italian?

Eeeeewwwww...

Italian newspaper La Repubblica wrote, "While the lifeless bodies of the girls were still on the sand, there were those who carried on sunbathing or having lunch just a few metres away."

Why let a thing like that spoil your day at the beach? Oh, right, empathy.

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More DNC Nuance

Once again, Cindy McCain is the only spouse of a presidential candidate who is fair game for attack:

"The real question is not so much about what Cindy McCain does for a living," [DNC adviser Jamal] Simmons said, "She can do whatever she wants to do for a living. This is America."

Simmons said the issue is that McCain had promised "to lead a transparent government, and he's so far, he's not leading a transparent campaign...He hasn't talked about how much he pays, or why he doesn't pay full fare for those airplane flights he flies around that (corporate) jet. He doesn't talk about what's going to happen to his Cindy McCain if he goes into the White House. And so the question is, of course he listens to somebody like Phil Gramm who thinks that the economy is all in our heads, or the economic problems are all mental, because with John McCain, he has eight houses. They spend $750,000 on credit cards in one month. And he's flying around the country in his corporate jet."

Naturally, Cindy McCain brought this on herself by committing the sin of having money while being conservative. 

Exit question:  How does racking up high credit card bills not in touch with where Americans are, as Simmons suggests?  I know it makes me feel closer to the McCain family.

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Gotcha!

If you thought Obama was delaying the release of his June fundraising numbers to hide something, think again:

Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign says it raised $52 million last month.

It isn't the staggering numbers he pulled in earlier this year but certainly far more than McCain is raising. Maybe it actually did take that long to count all the money.

Exit Joke: 

Q:  How does Obama sleep at night? 

A: On top of a pile of money, with many beautiful ladies (including Scarlett J.)

 

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The latest whine from that Austrian freak

He's demanding lotion for his face.  I say give him what he wants.  I just hope Fritzl is a Q. Lazzarus fan,

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Once Again, I Am Glad That My Involvement With Video Games Ended With NHL94 In College

Apparently, this dateless wonder wants something involving "Final Fantasy XII" and XBox, but my mind shut down about :45 into this gem of a speech.

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Squeak squeak click sovereignty squeak click click

My brother was watching an episode of Penn & Teller: Bullshit about dolphins, and he told me there was a group that wants dolphins and whales—or as they call it, the Cetacean Nation—the equivalent of human rights and representation at the U.N.

I went looking for them online, and, sure enough...

Whereas the Cetacea (whales and dolphins) are an ancient race of intelligent, sentient beings, who have been the friends and helpers of mankind for millennia, we hereby accord to the Cetacea the status of a Sovereign People as the Cetacean Nation, whose citizens are, therefore, entitled to the same rights as are accorded our own citizens, as honored guests of the Kingdom of Hawai'I, when residing in our waters. Henceforth, the Kingdom of Hawai'I recognizes the Cetacean Nation, and its rights to enter into treaties, establish embassies, appoint ambassadors, and, in short, perform all activities of a Sovereign Nation.

They did this as a proposed article to the Constitution of the phony-baloney "Reinstated Hawaiian Government" a few years back.

You've got to wonder how these idiots are going to understand who Flipper and his pals are appointing as Ambassador, how they'll sign treaties, and where their Embassy will be. Personally, I'd suggest Sea World.

Dumbasses.

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What is with this sick freak?

Former Mississippi State Senator Mike Gunn (R-evolting) decided at some point to roast baby geese alive on his gas grill to feed his dog.  After the effort to roast said goslings failed, he proceeded to beat them to death.  A neighbor then reported his sick ass to the authorities.  He's now on probation for a year, and received a $5000 fine.  Gunn after the sentencing,

"I ran afoul of the law and laid a huge egg and have received a gaggle of problems as a result," he said. "I am just glad this wild goose chase is behind us now."

Lock this sick fuck up, prison or mental institution would be fine. 

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Another reason to avoid France

You might bump into this:



I guess we can take solace in the fact that most kids eventually rebel against their parents.

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So a Messiah, a dead president, and a priate walk into a bar

The Obamessiah: He'll Free the Slaves, and Get You Some Booty!

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Scandal!

While I don't think this really looks good on the surface, I can't really get all worked up about it.

Just two days ago, Gordon Brown was urging us all to stop wasting food and combat rising prices and a global shortage of provisions.

But yesterday the Prime Minister and other world leaders sat down to an 18-course gastronomic extravaganza at a G8 summit in Japan, which is focusing on the food crisis.

The dinner, and a six-course lunch, at the summit of leading industrialised nations on the island of Hokkaido, included delicacies such as caviar, milkfed lamb, sea urchin and tuna, with champagne and wines flown in from Europe and the U.S.

Oh noes! Teh HYPOCRISY!!!1!11!one!eleventy!!!

But the extravagance of the menus drew disapproval from critics who thought it hypocritical to produce such a lavish meal when world food supplies are under threat.

On Sunday, Mr Brown called for prudence and thrift in our kitchens, after a Government report concluded that 4.1million tonnes of food was being wasted by householders.

He suggested we could save up to £8 a week by making our shopping go further. It was vital to reduce 'unnecessary demand' for food, he said.

Last night's dinner menu was created by Katsuhiro Nakamura, the first Japanese chef to win a Michelin star. It was themed: Hokkaido, blessings of the earth and the sea.

Okay, these people are the leaders of the most highly-developed nations of the world at a big important conference. It's a given that they're going to eat well while they're there. That said, hey, Mr. Prime Minister, that was some excellent timing there.

But Dominic Nutt, of the charity Save the Children, did not approve.

Of course he didn't.

'It is deeply hypocritical that they should be lavishing course after course on world leaders when there is a food crisis and millions cannot afford a decent meal,' he said.

'If the G8 wants to betray the hopes of a generation of children, it is going the right way about it. The food crisis is an emergency and the G8 must treat it as that.'

Right. Because if they each limited themselves to a bowl of fish heads and rice, that would solve everything. You know what? I bet they all wore nice suits, too. The kind of suits poor people can't afford. It would send a powerful message if they'd get rid of those suits and walk around in burlap sacks instead.

Look, world hunger is a serious problem. It always has been. But bitching about what well-heeled people eat isn't going to solve that problem, so you might want to focus your energies on something a little more productive, like, oh, I don't know, an effort to raise awareness of the fact that most of the people going hungry in the world are being brutalized by totalitarian regimes or tin pot kleptocracies.

I'm just saying is all.

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Disfigured woman's cry for attention results in spawn

Yes, Thomas Beatie has given birth. One of the funniest things to come out of this story was the panel discussion on Red Eye about this story.

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The evangelical outreach to McCain that never was

Remember that story over at HotAir today about evangelical Christians warming to McCain?  Well, there's a catch:

The group also agreed to sign a letter urging the McCain campaign to consider Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor and Southern Baptist minister, as his vice presidential choice, said another participant, Phil Burress. Burress, who heads an Ohio group that helped pass an anti-gay marriage measure in that state in 2004, was among a group of conservative Christian leaders who met with McCain last week.

Burress characterized the Huckabee overture as a "suggestion, not a demand."

"This is a man you don't threaten," Burress said of McCain. "His principles are his principles. The last thing you want to do is try to force him to do something he doesn't want to do because he'd probably do the opposite."

Burress said that while Huckabee is a favorite of Christian conservatives, the most important thing is that McCain's running mate be "pro-life and pro-family." Huckabee isn't a favorite of all evangelical leaders, either; some dislike his populist message, emphasis on the environment and economic positions.

However, we must realize that to some people Mike Huckabee is the only politician in America who is pro-life and pro-family. 

Exit question:  Shouldn't Burress have asked Carol Sue Sheilds about Mike Huckabee being a pro-life, pro-family politician?

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See, Wesley Clark is on message

Let it not be said that he hasn't learned how to successfully resolve an embarrassing situation (emphasis mine):

Clark added, "I’m very sorry that this has distracted from the message of patriotism that Sen. Obama wants to put out, but I want to make very clear that as a Democrat and as a former Army officer, I fully respect Sen. McCain and all others who’ve served."

Well that sounds familiar, now doesn't it?  Would it be fair to say that Gen. Clark probably didn't write that statement himself?

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Wow, I sure didn't see any of that coming

Q: What do you get when you take a camera out to some park and ask a bunch of assorted liberals, weirdos, and hippies what they would "say" to the RNC?

A: Fairly predictable results.

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This Is Legal?

I didn't know the government could purchase corporations. Sounds a lot like nationalizing them:

The state of Florida has announced it will buy the U.S. Sugar Corporation for $1.75 billion so as to convert farmland to reservoirs. U.S. Sugar owns some 187,000 acres of land around Lake Okeechobee. The plan, which is part of the state's Everglades restoration effort, is to convert much of this land from sugar production to conservation purposes.

This just has to be illegal, doesn't it? If it isn't, what's to stop the government from 'buying' Exxon or 'buying' General Electric if they don't like the way they do business? I fear this story just put a lot of bad ideas in many crazy heads.

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Anthony Kennedy breaks out his favorite crayon and scrawls another piece of judicial brilliance

Our special little Supreme flipped his favorite coin, and wrote the 5-4 decision declaring that child rape is not punishable by death, arguing that it isn't proportional to the crime committed.  



Hey Justice, why don't you have a seat over there?

And we're banking on this short-bus all-star to uphold our Second Amendment rights in the upcoming Heller decision?  Weak.

The article has an excerpt of Kennedy's decision, in it he claims that the "national consensus" around executing child rapists is that it is they are opposed, and that by imposing the death penalty, you encourage the rapist to commit murder, then he says this,

...Each of these propositions, standing alone, might not establish the unconstitutionality of the death penalty for the crime of child rape. Taken in sum, however, they demonstrate the serious negative consequences of making child rape a capital offense. These considerations lead us to conclude, in our independent judgment, that the death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child.

What a bunch of bullshit, he can't find any real constitutional justification for this decision, so he just made it up as he went along.

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ZING: George W. Bush Is A Poopy Head

Giggling scatologists Obama voters in ... wait for it ... San Francisco are finally gonna stick it to Chimpy McHitlerburton, man:

From the Department of Damned-With-Faint-Praise, a group going by the regal-sounding name of the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is planning to ask voters here to change the name of a prize-winning water treatment plant on the shoreline to the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.

The renaming would take effect on Jan. 20, when the new president is sworn in. And regardless of the measure’s outcome, supporters plan to commemorate the inaugural with a synchronized flush of hundreds of thousands of San Francisco toilets, an action that would send a flood of water toward the plant, now called the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant.

Meanwhile: 

 Back to San Francisco:

“It’s a way of doing something physical that’s mentally freeing,” said Stacey Reineccius, 45, a software consultant and entrepreneur who supports the plan. “It’s a weird thing, but it’s true.”

How much you wanna bet Stacey is a member of the Sierra Club:

Sewage and stormwater runoff are among the nation's largest sources of water pollution. Lack of investment in maintaining municipal sewerage systems and insufficient political will to curb new sewage hook-ups results in more sewage than many sewerage systems can treat, especially when stormwater enters the system.

(Cross-posted at Perfunction)

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Hmmmm...

...I wonder if Sen. Robert Byrd has a blog.



Because, you know, the irony.

Oh, and by the way, in case you didn't get the oh-so-subtle hint, you're all RRRRRAAAAACISSSSSSTSSSS!!!1!!one!1eleven!!!

(Via another anti-Obama, uh, racist.  I guess.)

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