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I know you have all heard about this, and seen the pictures, and all of that…
I don’t buy it. I’ve seen the pictures as well, and someone wasn’t nice at all for her. But I want to state now that I don’t buy into the “carved a B into my face” story. [...]

If Obama is such a fan of spreading the wealth to help the less fortunate why hasn’t he shared any of the 650 million he has raised to buy this election with McCain ?
Not fair, because McCain is a serious threat ? Why hasn’t he shared any with Bob Barr or Ralph Nader ?
Because [...]

I hadn’t even really thought about this, and I won’t comment on it much, but it’s gonna happen either way. This is what happens when you raise two generations on grievance politics. This is the liberal education system coming back to bite these big-city liberal politicians right in their stupid asses.
Public safety officials [...]

I used to follow Politico many times a day. Now I check it once a day, if that. It has become as much of an Obama-booster as the rags the others used to work for. But I did like this, that- yes, HotAir again- picked up on….. Politico is giving McCain advice [...]

HotAir has, as usual, ripped this to shreds, but what is amazing to me is that the American public can even see it with the thick, heavy, choking cloud of the media smoke screen that has been floating around this election cycle. I mean…. it’s so incredibly obvious that it amazes me people still [...]

From what I will dub a “who gives a flying frock ?!” file, the media are having a itshay itfay about the RNC supposedly buying Sarah Palin some new “style”. I guess she could have worn her normal attire, but I think it would probably suck to be standing in an airport hanger in [...]

Well, apparently Senator Biden is confused.  Which Joe are we going to see tomorrow?  Or the next day?
Depends upon the day, I suppose. Today’s Denver Post has Biden accusing Senator McCain of “bashing,” whatever that means. Looks like Joe did some bashing of his own not too long ago. Trouble is, he [...]

Readers of the old TTA site will probably recognize my passion for this issue.  Some will like it, some will hate it.  The former will support me, the latter will likely condemn me.
I took a fishing trip this weekend to one of my favorite campgrounds.  I’ve spend the past few months tying flies on the [...]

No brain scans in released Biden medical records
Joe Biden has no brain. I’m not exactly sure what one of these “no brain” scans shows, but this should be a bigger story, no ?

I have argued that the officials are becoming much to involved in sporting events lately, but this is a little overboard.

h/t HotAir
That seemed to be a bit brutal, no ? Isn’t forearm to the head a personal foul ? Which raises the question, is it possible to throw a flag on yourself ?

The Washington Post has endorsed Barack Obama for President.
In other news, ice is cold, knives are sharp, and puppies are cute.
Seriously- do media endorsements serve any purpose at all ?

Did any of you know that we had one of these ?
I know I am a mean old conservative. Maybe that’s why when I first glanced across it I read “International Day for the Irradiation of Poverty”. I had to wonder why the UN was an advocate for nuke-ing the poor.
Although….. considering their [...]

Get this guy off script, and he gets funny.
At some concert fundraiser shindig- why is He still raising money ? I thought the election was over already. Anyhoo… At some event headlined by Bruce Springsteen (who hasn’t done anything good since “Born in the USA”) and Billy Joel (who I like, and [...]

This should, in a just world, infuriate every person in this country. So the Supreme Court (in a 5-4 decision to follow, I’m sure) has decided that Ohio doesn’t really need to follow their own laws or federal law regarding voter registration veracity. Ain’t that just perfect ?
Ohio is in the middle of [...]

…or Id.  Or Super-ego. Or whatever I was on the old TTA site.  Any which way, JB has graciously allowed me to start spouting off on the new TTA.  Actually, we agree on most stuff, but I’ll keep him honest, and vice-versa. 
Ain’t it cool to have old friends take you back after relocations, job changes, [...]

I will have more later. I need to take care of a few things real quick. But my first reaction: That was, without a doubt, a McCain knockout. Grand slam. Hat trick. 3-pt technical play. Trifecta.
McCain had not impressed me a lot in the last two. In [...]

This occurred to me the other day….
When Bill Clinton left office he signed a bunch of pardons on his last day. Some ok, I’m sure, some really bad. Think Marc Rich, FARC, and- oops- some Weather Underground folk. That really hurt Hillary in the primaries. Anyway.
Has there ever been a presidential [...]

Relax kids. I know you have all been waiting for it. It’s coming.
Ya know how it is when you eat something and it’s wonderful, and you know you’ll regret it ? I made the mistake of praising Paul Krugman a few days ago, and the Nobel committee went and gave him the [...]

This is the kinda BS that we can get used to, if Obama is elected. And it just makes me really sad. And pissed.
I live in a small town, with even smaller people sometimes. We have a few council races coming up. YOu don’t care about that, and really neither do [...]

This has been a running theme out of the Democrat pie-holes lately, and I really don’t understand it. Here is the jist of it:
McCain wants to alter the health insurance system so that people will get a 5k tax deduction to be able to purchase their own insurance. Let me state now that [...]

Life is too short to read bad books. If you start a book, and you lose interest, stick it on the shelf and leave it. There are other, better books out there.
I am a huge fan of Michael Cera. I am a huge fan of Arrested Development. That and Sports Night [...]

I’m not gonna quit working for him to win, because I want to plant seeds about how terrible an Obama presidency will be. But McCain said something today that probably lost him the election.
And I won’t post much more because I’m so pissed off about it I can’t even see straight, and I’m out [...]

Actually, not channeling at all- flat out theft. From the “Yeah, What He Said” file:
The Campaign for Real Debates
That’s a lobby group I can get behind. Mark Levin’s point that McCain “doesn’t flat-out lie the way Obama does” is a way of acknowledging that the stilted artificial formats of these debates principally benefits the [...]

I really want to be in politics. I would be a fantastic campaign manager. I understand this stuff more than most, and a lot more than some of the “elites”. Plus, if you take Bob Beckel and Dick Morris as any indication, ya get hookers and stuff.
I won’t sell my soul for [...]

First, my thanks to Mr. Jim Treacher for giving me the opportunity to get a few comments in over at his live blog. I am sure I was making him crazy, because if you read the transcript you will see he allowed roughly 25 of the comments I submitted. That’s about 10%. I [...]

I’m not gonna do it here, I’ll be joining Ace or Treacher on theirs.
Considering my tremendous wit and delightful insight, I’m sure I’ll become a major player published from their comments. You agree, don’t you ?
UPDATE: I’ll be lb’ing over at Prof. Treacher’s place. With any luck he’ll let me sneak a [...]

Seriously ? This is one of those “why is this a story ?” kinda deals.
Evidently South Africa (or some clown in it) has decided that Jeff Dunham’s character “Achmed the Dead Terrorist” offends Muslins. Well. Yeah ! It’s kinda supposed to. That’s the point. It’s comedy.
It offends me more [...]

As noted below TTA will be live-blogging the event, but I thought I might offer a few ideas before we actually get there tonight.
First, I really don’t get the expectations game. The consensus seems to be that this is a make-or-break night for Sarah Palin, but Ole’ Joe can all but punch her in [...]

Will begin tonight at 7:30 Central. The link is at the top, and we’re doing it through CoverItLive.com, which is a cool little site. Comments from readers will be welcome, some will even be posted. And if you’re good enough I’ll add you as a “contributor”.
So get here at half-past seven and [...]

Squidoo has an interesting idea. Evidently someone over there came into a little extra scratch- $ 80,000 to be exact- and has decided to give it to charity based on reader poll results. 2 bucks a vote. And no, this isn’t a winner take all. If a charity gets one vote, [...]

That Reid is wrong. Harry Reid, that is. I am watching him now on C-SPAN2, and ya know… he’s a partisan hack, but he’s not a socialist. He’s just stupid. He’s as dumb as a box of hair. He says one thing one day, or in one sentence, and negates [...]

There is a post up over in Rachel’s Queendom, and it skewers the venerable genius that is Brian Hackett- AHEM- Steven Weber. Read it, laughed, loved it as I do most of what “Rach” writes, but it got me to thinking.
I just can’t imagine I am the only person that doesn’t watch or read [...]