Michael Ramirez!

Hee hee.

Thank God it's almost over.

Michelle Malkin adds another data point to my running observations that most people in the "fiber arts" world are catshit-crazy leftists.

Most of my friends' personal journals (bless you, Chele, for being an exception) are full of Palin-bashing videos and screeds this evening. I hope they're nervous.

I'm nervous as hell.

I'm surprised this got published.

And I had forgotten this post from April about John McCain purchasing quilts from poor black women in Alabama, whilst the guy they're voting for couldn't be bothered to give them any of his own money in exchange for something they produced.

Indicators

Jim Geraghty reports:

when the Jets won five or more games before Election Day; the Republicans won the White House every single time.

OTOH, the Colts lost to the F-Pats in 2004 ("The Colts tried a 48-yard field goal try with kicker Mike Vanderjagt taunting the Patriots sideline by rubbing his fingers together in a "money" motion; he'd connected on 42 straight field goals but this time shanked it, ending the game in a 27-24 Patriots win.") and their victory over the F-Pats in 2006 ushered in the Nancy Pelosi Congress.

Tom Brady had 4 interceptions, though. Heh!

(I'd like to be happy this morning, but the Colts' D looks like the Maginot Line, even with Bob Sanders. Sigh.)

Anyone crochet?

Candidate finger puppets.

I'm waiting for someone to point out that making an Obama finger puppet is somehow racist, but if you only make McCain, that's racist, too...

Meanwhile, dressing as Obama for Halloween is racist, as is not dressing up as Obama for Halloween.

Steyny stuff.

McCain vs Obama is not the choice many of us would have liked in an ideal world. But then it’s not an “ideal world”, and the belief that it can be made so is one of the things that separates those who think Obama will “heal the planet” and those of us who support McCain faute de mieux.

I'm not sure you can close that gap, actually.

"Scared for America"

Me too.

Some good news out of Ohio. Now, pull the rest of the obvious frauds...

Did someone say "voting irregularities"?

Democrats have already started throwing out the ballots of active-duty servicemen.

Can't imagine why.

Normally you don't want people with big guns to "get angry" or "feel disenfranchised because of voting irregularities", but they're thousands and thousands of miles away from the $2M "victory party" at Grant Park, what are they going to do about it?

How stupid do they think we are??

Oh, come ON:

Some worry that if Barack Obama loses and there is suspicion of foul play in the election, violence could ensue in cities with large black populations.

There's already suspicion of foul play! And no one with an IQ above room temperature believes those stupid college kids and others bussed into Ohio to vote illegally are casting a ballot for John McCain.

And this just pisses me off:

Shelton, of the NAACP, said he understands the need for police to maintain order. But he is also concerned that some political partisans may point their finger at black voters as potential troublemakers because the Democratic nominee is black.

Shelton said any racial or ethnic group would get angry if they felt disenfranchised because of voting irregularities.

Fair enough. Can non-blacks now be allowed to get angry about real documented "voting irregularities" without being accused of racism and hatred and suppression??

Oh, and in addition to the vote fraud, Barry's taking illegal money. If that bothers you, you're a racist. *insert Dr. Pepper jingle*

Mmmm. Donut.

Gaze into the giant zero of the Obama logo, the hole in the star-spangled donut, the vast fathomless nullity that is the gaping keyhole to the door of utopia. To a sad shriveled Republican cynic, there’s nothing there but the wide open spaces of Obama’s blank resume. But a believer will see therein the healing of the planet and the receding of the oceans. The black hole of Obama will suck you in through the awesome power of its totally cool suckiness.

I wish I could write like Mark Steyn.

Did anyone else bust out laughing when they read this?

U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), the Democratic party's presidential nominee in 2004, is to headline a rally in Milwaukee on Tuesday morning aimed at encouraging early voting by supporters of presidential nominee Barack Obama.

After reading the comments at James Harris's blog, I will not make any witticisms about Obama supporters doing a rich old white man's bidding. But, heh.

More like "reluctant McCain supporter."

Is that what my voice really sounds like?!?

• I was there to see Sarah Palin, and I was not alone in that. Nice to see so many pre-menopausal women in attendance, and lots of young daughters.
• Good day overall, although I misunderestimated when rush hour starts around here.
• I was in line with some nice people, a couple my parents' age and a family with an enthusiastic teenage son, and we had some nice conversations about issues and our admiration for Sarah Palin.
• I was in the chairs in front of the media, but too far back to see much. And my camera choked on the low light (flash is really useless from further than 10-12 feet).
  
• Paul Ryan is hot. Yes, that's not rational principled discussion, but I never noticed before and I could not not notice.
• Tommy Thompson's speech had me more excited about voting for John McCain than anything John McCain said (with the possible exception of his promise not to bring our service members home in defeat, I tend to like that).
  
• Good soundtrack as they entered.
  
• As noted earlier, not thrilled with this whole government-giving-my-money-to-people-who-bought-too-much-house thing. Although I bet the illegal aliens who took off when they got foreclosure notices are wishing they'd stayed.
  
• Didn't appreciate the undercurrent of body-size bigotry, either. All that yapping about Joe Thomas inspiring kids to "be healthy"--the federal government's stupid height-weight chart that health insurance companies use to deny individuals coverage classifies him as "part of the problem" by about 90 pounds--and look at him! There's nothing wrong with him! *tangent*
  
• The "change the culture to support women" who find themselves contemplating abortion is good, but as usual I note that no one ever suggests changing the culture to teach boys to keep it in their pants (or support the mothers of their children if they don't), or even that young women are valuable for more than sex, etc. Teenage girls don't get pregnant by themselves.
• The adoption stuff was good, although I don't think that's the most pressing issue for most people. It humanizes the candidates, though, reassures that the "good people" stuff isn't a facade. I disagree with some of their ideas and agendas but like Bush, I think McCain's basically good people.
  
• I agree with the angry guys about McCain needing to fight like he wants it. Stop being so nice, dammit.
  
• James Harris was awesome. :) I didn't recognize him at the time, of course.
• I felt McCain's answer about Hugo Chavez and Communist aggression in the western hemisphere was kind of weaselly, but overall I'm satisfied with the attention he'll pay to national security/defense. Especially since the alternative is so very, very bad.
  
• I was dumb for not pressing forward to shake her hand. But it was really hot in there.
  
• My ears got sunburned waiting for the motorcade. *shakes fist at the sky*
  

Overall, a good day. Beat pressing buttons. And it was a lot more fun and a lot less frightening than the al-Gore rally in the middle of the Iowa State campus in 2000 (hey, I wasn't going to vote for him, but I wanted to become well-informed about what I was voting against, and what better source than the jackass's mouth?).

Well thank goodness no one watches local news

I was stopped by Channel 12 on my way out of the McCain-Palin "Town Hall" (my "flee!" reflex didn't kick in) and I don't remember everything I said, but I'm a cube jockey instead of an extemporaneous speaker for a reason. Heh.

In the pause while I tried to think of something to say about John McCain that was both true and flattering--and he pissed me off early in the day talking about his plan for the federal government to pay other people's mortgages to keep house values artificially inflated while I get no breaks for renting instead of buying above my means with no money down--they pointed out I didn't seem very excited, which I wasn't--I was hot, dehydrated, and hungry, and I couldn't get any pictures from where I was seated of anything but other people's heads--and I don't remember what I said but I'm sure it was awful.

He asked about the polls, and I said, "Hey, the polls don't matter that much, in 2004 the polls said Bush would lose." And it wasn't until much later than I realized Kerry won WI in 2004...when I was living in Iowa, which went to Bush. Oops.

The one thing I said that won't embarass me if it doesn't end up on the cutting-room floor was that McCain needs to really emphasize the differences between him and Obama if he wants to win.

(And I was wearing the wrong bra for the shirt I had on, which I didn't notice until I was at the Machine Shed spilling gravy on it. *wince* I know how to not dress like white trash, really.)

At least I didn't say, "Well, he (McCain) sounds like a Muppet." Which he does.

In 30 years when I'm telling this story to my nephews' kids ("We used to have this thing called television...") I will embellish it so I don't sound like such a dork.

UPDATE: They showed my "the polls in 2004" quote. Those earrings look a lot better in my bathroom mirror, really.

Obama Quilt

Needs arugula. They did a nice job combining the disparate styles, but the block in the lower left corner with the Maoist three-quarters profile imposed on the American flag creeps me out.

My attempts at political quilting have been thwarted by my inability to draw a barracuda. But somewhere in my back room there is fabric printed with mooses that I bought in Alaska three years ago.

Rally!

They don't need me at work tomorrow morning (I really don't like the sound of that) so now I'm trying to figure out what time to leave to go the Palin-McCain rally in Waukesha. I don't like anyone enough to drive out there during rush hour...

If you're there, and you see a lone Muppety-looking fat woman tearing up during the national anthem and making faces at other peoples' babies, do say hi. :)

Ah, feminists.

They're having psychological issues because conservatives are "violating" Rosie the Riveter. Example: Ellen Goodman in a snit. I fixed this key graf for her:

After all, Sarah Palin Nancy Pelosi may yet be is the fulfillment of an old feminist prophecy that Texan Sissy Farenthold once described with her tongue firmly planted in her cheek. We will have achieved equality the day mediocre women take their place beside mediocre men. Check that one off the to-do list.

There. Now it's true.

And look what they were selling at the Milwaukee County "Victory Center" (my model was uncooperative, something about Palin's lack of interest in Feline-American issues):


Much less vulgar than the "contemporary feminist" version. I hope I annoy them. I also bought a "Nobama '08" button for my ham-sammich-Dem-but-making-an-exception-this-year best friend. :P

(I have a ticket for the rally in Waukesha, but I don't yet know if I can get out of work on Thursday. I'm taking some time off later in the month and I'd hate for them to realize they don't really need me. The GOP could get Obama-like turnout every day if their members/voters didn't work for a living...)

Anyone want to start a 527?

Michelle Obama is partially responsible for the proliferation of Barney. How many millions of Americans loathe that vile magenta lump of putrid polyester? How much harm has he done to our nation's children?

Disgusting.

(This may be satire, I haven't decided yet.)

Oh $#!+

This time next year, we're going to be longing for the relative prosperity of the Carter Administration, aren't we?

(And why is Gwen Ifill wearing Michael Jackson's clothes?)

Scranton! Drink!

Biden lies about the climate! Drink!

Biden lies about oil! Drink!

Biden lies about Cheney! Drink!

Biden lies about S-CHIP! Drink!

You know, Joe, oil prices wouldn't be "going through the roof" if you and the Dems didn't refuse to let anyone get it out of the ground and then double-tax the companies who refine it...

Yes! Strong finish!

Aaargh, I forgot to turn it off before Couric started spewing. Drink!

WTF!

Brewers play 2 p.m. Wednesday. I have to work ('cause I'm all brainwashed by consumerism--remember, no woman actually works to put a roof over her own head! *mutter*). And the IT dept blocked the play-by-play feed in August.

Thursday looks better; Brewers at 5 and VP debate at 8.



Is it just me, or does it look like Wash U scheduled Bob Uecker's stunt double to fill in for Joe Biden?