Nothing we haven’t heard before, really, but at least people are starting to gather it all into one place and attach it to a thesis of sorts. From Investor’s Business Daily: Barack Obama wasn’t just the second-largest recipient of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac political contributions. He was also the senator from ACORN, the activist leader for risky “affirmative action” loans. Despite efforts to blame the rescue bill’s failure on

Or is it actually McCain she’s stumping for? I think a case can be made for either. View and discuss. At any rate, she’s forgiven — at least by me. Very few comics around play the self-conscious of being self-conscious game as well as Sarah does, which makes her a grand master in her field, even if her politics may (or may not) be puerile. Plus, JEWS! (h/t RWS)

Word of advice: when a neighbor asks you what you’re planning for Halloween, never, ever say “getting ripped on Jim Beam, then fucking me the hell out of some of them subdivision jack-o-lanterns, with their hot, orange, come hither grins.” Not even in jest. Unless, that is, you enjoy visits from Child’s Services. Developing…

From Dan, who counsels, “Let’s render them meaningless, instead of instruments of propaganda.” Me, I’m glad to say I’ve been doing my part for years — though out of laziness, admittedly, rather than in the service of some higher ideological calling. In fact, Rasmussen phoned the other day, and I told the automated lady asking the questions that I’d love to help, but that just then wasn’t a particularly good

From Reut Cohen, PJM: On September 18, Metro State College in Denver announced that campus officials would investigate a college professor who assigned an essay in an English composition course which explicitly called for a critique of the Republican vice-presidential candidate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. According to students, their instructor, Andrew Hallam, told them that their assignment was to write an essay to critique the “fairy tale image” of the