On the campaign trail and discussing his statement that the U.S. will be out of Iraq by 2013, John McCain really said
"It's not a timetable; it's victory. It's victory, which I have always predicted. I didn't know when we were going to win World War II; I just knew we were going to win," McCain said.
(So far, all real...here comes the snark...wait for it...)
Luckily, we have found John McCain's diaries from the early part of his life.
August 29, 1936: My friends, I have been born. Here in the damp air of Panama, I punched my way out of Mother just a few short minutes ago. I sense trouble brewing all across Europe and Asia, however. Nothing America can't handle, though. Must go - boobs spotted at ten o'clock!
Speaking at a press conference outside a Denny's restaurant in Tukwila, Washington a visibly scheming McCain admitted he'd opposed most affirmative action proposals in the past but stated, "At this time in our great nation's history, it's time for new thinking and fresh ideas. My friends, we need to drop outdated policies about age, race, gender and embrace change as we move forward together. That's why today I'm proud to propose that in this November's election the people are allowed to vote to chose between three candidates. In the strongest terms in and in the great tradition of diversity that we share as Americans, I urge both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to stay in the race as Presidential nominees."
The gathered reporters stood in silence for a moment, cocked their heads slowly to one side, and then scribbled in their notebooks as McCain continued.
According to numbers just released from a unique Clinton campaign sponsored 'entrance poll', today's primary does not look promising for presumptuous Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
"West Virginia voters fit squarely with the Clinton demographic; hard working, white voters whose deep seated racism and superstition makes them believe the most outlandish and bizarre lies that they've heard", said Clinton spokesman HowardWolfson . He continued, "I don't want to generalize because there are some college students and unlucky, miserable smart people who are desperate to move to someplace - any place - better before their souls are ground down. Other than that, we're solid, though."
The Entrance Poll is given to voters as they enter the voting booth, unlike the more traditional Exit Poll which Wolfson says is given 'after it's too late'. The Clinton campaign says voters who give correct answers are allowed to vote and also given an assortment of Little Debbie snack cakes.
The mainstream media and political pundits have properly spanked Barack Obama's confusing Presidential Primary campaign. He simply hasn't closed the deal, appealed to white working class voters, shown us that he's a regular guy, or been sufficiently entertaining. I'd like to join the chorus of literally dozens of voices that are now calling for Barack Obama to get out of the race and go back to doing whatever it was that he did before he hogged the spotlight from Hillary Clinton.
In the meantime, we can look back and imagine the campaign he could have run if he just knew more about politics.
Today, Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films launched a new film in their War On Greed series; Larry The Loophole. I co-produced and directed the project with Paris Marron from BNF. In his mailer about the fun little animated expose of the private equity game, Mr. Greenwald said...
How is it possible for us to be entering a recession while buyout billionaires like Henry Kravis saved $96 million through tax loopholes in 2006 alone? That's just one buyout billionaire, in one year, making use of one loophole! Just think how much these private equity crooks are costing taxpayers who are already battling financial hardships and home foreclosures.
At a town hall meeting in Pinehurst, North Carolina Senator Hillary Clinton told a crowd of about one-hundred that she wouldn't be beholden to the 'elitist cult of mathematicians and numerologists' when it came to deciding the winner of Democratic primary race. In response to a question about articles suggesting the mathematical impossibility of her winning the race, a visibly populist Senator Clinton lashed out at what she called 'math-a-cators and math-er-bators'.
This is a great nation, both giving and forgiving and now it's time for the American people to step up and help our fellow citizens who have the bad luck to be mainstream media journalists. We see the pain of your addiction and while our first instinct is to turn our eyes away in disgust, in our hearts we know we must help you - Wolf, Chris, Anderson, Tim, George, Rotating Daytime Lady Anchor On MSNBC - all of you.
You have an addiction as difficult and painful as kicking black tar heroin or Quad Venti Nonfat Lattes.
MoveOn.org's great Obama In 30 Seconds contest ends in a little less than eight hours. There are a lot of great entries - progressive creativity rules, doesn't it?
My entry is personal. I wanted to get get to the heart of why I've been an Obama supporter for so long but I realized that it's not about soundbites or generic platitudes that apply to anyone. Actually, I don't even really WANT Obama supporters who make a decision in 30 seconds because I think there's something much more profound happening here in this election.
People who watch an ad this way will have to enter their email address before they're counted; this prevents fraud and makes sure it's not one person just hitting refresh over and over.
I normally post my political videos here on DailyKos, which are mostly about the election.
This next video is political, but it's also personal. It's a trailer for a film my wife Lauren and I are making about her experience being taken to court for writing about her life and her father.
MoveOn.org - that dangerous Democratic activist group you may have heard of - is having a contest for the best "Obama In 30 Seconds" ad.
I'll be honest - I want to win. Not as much as Hillary wants to win, mind you. That's not really possible. But a lot.
So - I won't mention the troubling associates many of the other filmmakers have. I will say positive things about their elitist videos. I won't mention that John McCain and I have both passed the 'film maker thresehold', but not my opponents. I'm running a positive campaign.
But please go watch my video. It's personal, it's funny, it's accurate.
You also have to enter your email, zip and stuff for your view to count.
Hi, I'm Lee Stranahan and I make little political videos.
For a long time now, DailyKos has been the first place I post my videos; I love the community and the comments.
What I'd like you to do is free and easy if you have a YouTube account - go to my YouTube channel and hit the yellow 'subscribe' button on the upper right side of the page. If you want to swap subscriptions, just email and I'll subscribe to you, too.
Thanks!
Here's a collection of recent videos I've done - more after the jump.
Burn down the discos, Hang the blessed DJs...
Because the music they constantly play
Says nothing to me about my life...
If you're angry about the debate, I understand. Me, too.
But put your blame where it really belongs for the insignificant mock issues that were the prime focus of ABC's primetime waste of time.
You can blame ABC, Gibson, Hannity, George, anyone you want but it's Hillary and Bill Clinton that set the debate's agenda tonight. They picked the issues and they set the bar. For weeks and weeks, the Clintons have come back to the agenda of deliberate misrepresentation of Obama's remarks over and over again.
MoveOn.org is having a contest to do an ad for Obama that’s thirty seconds long. I’ve been flailing about for like three weeks trying to come up with a concept because I've been working on a piece for Brave New Films and I just hated every idea I had. All very typical - kids, the future, and so on. The deadline just passed at midnight and I'll be damned - I got an entry in. I came up with an idea today and this is it. I had a bad cough all day, I think my read is weak in some places and I threw together the edit in twenty minutes after going out to drop off my taxes. It’s really raw but it’s also really honest and so for that reason, I’m proud of it.
Hey there, it's me....Hillary! I just had the MOST effed up weekend. I got...like totally wasted alllll weekend but I had to tell you all about it even on voicemail because seriously....I was so totally wasted. I was. Now I just want to like spew alllll over. I swear, if that Michelle Obama were here I would spew chunks in her hair, totally I would. And I would be proud of my spew for the first time in my adult lifetime. (Hiccup.)
Bill. Hill. This is Satan sitting on your shoulder. Nice suit by the way, Hill. Love the red on you. And Bill, love all the pink ties. Very subtle. Very bumpkinsexual of you. I am Satan and I enjoy your clothes but I digress.
I am here to tempt you. I do that because I'm Satan and that's the gig, really. Temptation then eternal punishment. Right now I'm doing temptation and you two have been great customers lately. Have I mentioned I'm Satan?
Well, I (Satan) am back and I'm swinging for the fences like Barry Bonds after a sharp poke in the ass. I'm talking the BIG temptation...the thing you want most.
