me: “So. Like, this must be a really exciting time for you — what with Barack Obama a heartbeat away from becoming President of the United States.” Ghost of Isaac Hayes: “Man, Barack Obama don’t represent me.” me: “Really? Wow. I mean, you don’t know how happy it makes me to hear you say that — to see somebody of your bona fides bucking the trend of identity politics. Like

From David Harsanyi, writing for RCP: Palin, for example, vetoed 300 pork projects in Alaska in her first year in office. She made a habit of knocking out big-government Republicans in her brief political career. For this, the 44-year-old mother of five enjoys a sterling approval rating in a state with arguably the nation’s most libertarian-minded populace. When it comes to healthcare, Palin says she wants to “allow free-market competition

Via alppuccino: “Juno” also shares with “Knocked Up” an underlying theme, a message that is not anti-abortion but rather pro-adulthood. It follows its heroine — and by the end she has earned that title — on a twisty path toward responsibility and greater self-understanding. This is the course followed by most coming-of-age stories, though not many are so daring in their treatment of teenage pregnancy, which this film flirts with

RTO performs the admirable task of gathering up Barack Obama’s shifting statements on the “surge” strategy so that you — and of course, the mainstream press, bless their busy beaver hearts! — don’t have to. But then, it was never your job. The legacy media, on the other hand…? Well, they have more pressing issues to look into. Like, for instance, “does using leet speak and the self-descriptive and boisterously

Dear Friends and supporters: We here in Obamalot encourage that you kindly refrain from attacks on Bristol Palin and Sarah Palin, specifically when it comes to issues relating to their families. We’ve done some asking around, you see, and such a strategy is unlikely to hurt Senator McCain with his base — and may actually help him with both undecideds and people with, like, souls. So we ask that you

An interesting thread at the Hillary Clinton forum that could provide some insight into how the Obama campaign burned a few electoral bridges: We watched in horror as you told your base that they were no longer needed and that we could just “stay home”. We watched in stunned outrage when you were silent on sexism and propelled the race card. You called us uneducated, old, blue collar, gun toters,

Darleen has already noted the release of the story, by the McCain campaign, that Bristol Palin, the 17-year-old daughter of Gov. Sarah Palin, is pregnant and will marry the father of the child. But here’s the interesting bit, politically speaking. From Reuters: Senior McCain campaign officials said McCain knew of the daughter’s pregnancy when he selected Palin last week as his vice presidential running mate, deciding that it did not

Tentative tagline: “Just like regular tv, except on the internet. And with no guest appearances by Tim Daly or Steven Weber currently in the works.” Now all I need is one of them professional looking director’s chairs with my name on it. And a camera. And some editing software. And a way to stream the video. Not to mention a crew. And maybe a desk, too — with one of

That they even think it? Or that they do so out loud and in public…?* **** update: Oopsie!