The next right-wing fucknut who whinges about Barack Obama being a "polarizing president" is going to get their nose rubbed deep in the shitpit that is the current political situation in Ecuador and Rafael Correa.  I just had to bitch out over email a whole bunch of family members on the pro- and anti-Correa sides for behaving like fuckheads at each other.

<todd`> I am now wondering why there weren't calls to privatize FEMA after the Katrina debacle. Isn't that de rigueur for those people?
<todd`> I like the idea of for-profit Hurricane relief. That is something Bush really needed to do. It would have made his presidency just a little more special.
<ronebofh> if it had been any more special he would've turned into forrest gump.
<todd`> It'd be fun to have an anonymous pipeline into conservative radio. I'd suggest it!
<rone> you make it sound so dirty.
<muzzy> I wish todd was on conservative talk radio.
<rone> he should audition for Conservative Talk Radio Idol.
<rone> wow, i hate myself for thinking of that.

Upset about Obama choosing Rick Warren?  skzbrust wonders why he's the one you're worried about.

This is over five years old now, but it's amazingly entertaining.  Bernie Sanders pummels Alan Greenspan for being, well, Alan Greenspan.

1. There's still 11 weeks left for George Wanker Bush to further fuck the country over.  And he will; if there's one thing that he's shown in these 8 years, it's that he'll go there and do that.
2. Obama is coming in on a chariot drawn by the twin goats of Hope and Change, much like another relatively young Democrat did sixteen years ago (and they're both Leos... you can't trust Leos).  He's gonna disappoint a lot of people.  Yes, he's charming, articulate (ooohhhh), and straightforward.  He's not the Second freaking Coming.  Don't let the abysmal experience of the Bush Mandate trick you into thinking that the New Hotness is All That.  Remember that he voted for the Henry-Paulson-blank-check bailout bill and the FISA bill, and a year and a half ago wanted an extended stay in Iraq.
3. We still have a Democratic-led Congress that is complicit in the failure of the last six years, and especially the last two.  We don't know how they're going to react now that their master is no longer an abusive asshole who made them cringe with a wave of his hand, and is instead an energetic fellow who wants them to play nice and run agility courses.  They might take to the kind new master... or they might act out and start chewing up shoes and pissing on the drapes.

Remember, only YOU can help prevent forest fires.  We got rid of the cancer.  Now we have to rehab.  If your pet Democrat isn't getting the job done, throw them out in two years.

Someone needs to do an image for Barack Samson.

This report yielded an amusing pun:

Brazilian bloggers are now posting a banner with the words “Não vote em branco” — a phrase which carries the double meaning of “don’t cast a blank vote” and “don’t vote for a white person.”

I also like that the Obama logo is painted in Brazil's colors instead of USA's colors.

Imagine if, in 2004, John Kerry had chosen Al Sharpton as his running mate.  That's what McCain/Palin is, only even more so.

Uncle Ted found guilty on all counts.

somehedgehog strains the 2008 presidential campaign through the sieve of Dungeons and Dragons and puts together awesomeness.  Thanks to thorfinn.

A Yes on 8 sign has appeared on our neighbors' lawn.  My first reaction was to try to get a hold of a No on 8 sign and put it on our lawn.  Note that we like our neighbors and that, despite being really Jesusy, they're not pushy in the least about it beyond offering to pray for us in our endeavors (like when i mentioned i was going for a job interview) and wishing that God bless us, which fifteen years ago would have had me seething, but now i don't mind at all because i'm not that much of an asshole anymore.

Poll #1273930 OR AM I?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

Should i get a No on 8 sign?

The way things are going, it looks like Ecuador will have same-sex marriage before the US will.  Who saw that coming?

You know who Sarah Palin is?  She's Josh Freeh.

dennisperrin:

Like so many liberals, numerous reactionaries appear to believe that Obama's not a willing servant of capital and empire, but that he harbors a secret self, saying what he must in order to be elected.  Come Inauguration Day, the Real Obama emerges, which for liberals is a progressive patriot channeling FDR, and for right wingers, a treasonous surrendercrat, wiping Iranian and North Korean asses with Old Glory.

... please consider this summary, which shows that you have little to worry about unless you make over $600k a year.  And if you do, you probably have little to worry about anyway, you rich fuck.

If this doesn't make sense, i suggest reading Neil Gaiman's "The Sandman".  Please note that i found this and did not actually make it.

Barack Obama's latest speech is available on MSNBC, sponsored by America's favorite cookie.

It's a bit old, but nonetheless i give you Libertarian Troll Bingo.