England for Obama

There’s only one man less popular than the least popular President in history. That man is Vice President Dick Cheney, and he just endorsed McCain:

Here’s what Obama said in response at a Colorado rally:

“I’d like to congratulate Senator McCain on this endorsement because he really earned it. That endorsement didn’t come easy. Senator McCain had to vote 90 percent of the time with George Bush and Dick Cheney to get it. He served as Washington’s biggest cheerleader for going to war in Iraq, and supports economic policies that are no different from the last eight years. So Senator McCain worked hard to get Dick Cheney’s support.

“But here’s my question for you, Colorado: do you think Dick Cheney is delighted to support John McCain because he thinks John McCain’s going to bring change? Do you think John McCain and Dick Cheney have been talking about how to shake things up, and get rid of the lobbyists and the old boys club in Washington?

That endorsement should seal it for Barack. Gobama!

Yay! John Cleese was on Countdown last night, and talked about elitism, Joe the plumber and John McCain. He also unveiled a new poem - about Bill O’Reilly - which involved a priceless explanation of Cockney rhyming slang to Keith Olbermann:

Keith Olbermann takes a look at what’s happening on the campaign trail right now, and what will happen over the weekend. As Howard Fineman says, almost a third of the electorate will probably have voted by the end of Sunday. Wow:

Just brilliant:

Got to admit it’s getting better, it’s getting better all the time…

From Jed Lewison over at the Jed Report:

“A quick survey of the three polling sites I frequent:

* FiveThirtyEight.com projection: Obama 346.5, McCain 191.5

* Pollster.com snapshot: Obama 311, McCain 142, 85 tossup

* Princeton meta-analysis snapshot: Obama 360, McCain 178”

Enjoy:

November 4th will see the end of many things. Eight years of George W Bush. Hopefully, eight years of Republicans in the White House, eight years of self-serving politics, and eight years of hawkish, neocon philosophy.

But it will also mark the end of a very important phenomenon.

Truthiness.

‘Truthiness’ was coined by Stephen Colbert on his show The Colbert Report back in 2005. It was a stroke of genius - quickly becoming the buzzword of the year and even gaining its own Wikipedia entry.

Colbert came up with the term following George Bush’s remarks that he nominated Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court based on how he felt about her. As opposed to the actual reality of, say, facts. Or experience. ‘Truthiness’ is, in short, the feeling of something to be right - and in Stephen and Dubya’s world, that’s enough. In fact, it’s better than facts. Because you have more nerve endings in your gut than in your head.

Watch him introducing the word for the first time:

‘Truthiness’ has, in all truth(iness), never really left Republican politics since 2005 - and in fact, it’s been all-too visible during the current election campaign.

From introducing us to Sarah Palin as “exactly who this country needs” despite barely knowing her, and telling us that we would all be just as “impressed” as he was by her (because who cares about little things like the facts of her record?), to trying to tell Americans why they should feel afraid of Barack Obama (he’s a terrorist! He’s a socialist! He’s, erm, not like you and me!), John McCain has shown time and again that he, his campaign and his party are still driven by Rovian, Bushian ‘truthiness’.

But you know what? The American people aren’t buying it any more. You can put lipstick on the truth and call it truthiness, John - but people will still see the truth. Both of you and your running mate, and of your opposition candidate.

An Obama victory marks the victory of truth over truthiness. And that’s The Word.

Nice one, son… Ah. No. Back to the wrong type of football again.

Anyway: my name is Andrea Mann, and I approved approve of this latest TV ad from Obama. And I do believe it’s the first one ever to feature a certain Sarah Palin:

Sorry to go slightly off (Obama) topic, but I just saw this headline and it surely wins this week’s Duh-hurrr! Award For Slow Realisation (also known as the Hell-oh-ohhh! Award For Stating The Obvious):

Top McCain Aides: ‘Palin Simply Knew Nothing About National And International Issues’

Well done, fellas. *Slow hand clap*. Now perhaps you and all the right wing pundits could take back the slating you’ve been doing of people like us? You know: the awful, sexist, liberal elitists who have been saying out loud, since late August, that Sarah Palin knows nothing about national and international issues? Just a thought…

A move which has:

a) delighted the Obama campaign; and

b) shocked everyone, as the Governor of Florida, Charlie Crist, is a McCain ally.

Florida Obama-Biden State Director Steven Schale. “It is critical that everyone who is eligible and eager to vote be able to participate and have their voice heard. And now with the extended hours, thousands more will have that opportunity.”

Governor Crist: “Many have fought and died for this right.”

A Republican strategist: “He just blew Florida for John McCain.”
Ladies and gentlemen - it’s payback time.