McCain checks out Palin's ta-tas

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Saturday August 30, 2008 · 7:52 AM PDT

2008/08/30 · 07:52

Watch McCain as Palin delivers her first address to the nation, starting at around the 2:15 mark. He performs the classic 'try not to get caught checking out the babe' maneuvers he probably perfected in high school -- glancing up and meeting her eyes when she looks his way, then immediately dropping them down again to goggle at her goodies when she looks away:

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Saturday August 23, 2008 · 7:15 AM PDT

2008/08/23 · 07:15

With the exception of some goofy poll votes and my usual tactless comments, I have for the most part stayed out of the VP frenzy.

It's not because I didn't have my own theories about who the pick would be or what Obama was up to. I stayed out of it for one simple reason:

It's only the vice presidential pick. It doesn't matter.

Anton Sirius

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Friday August 01, 2008 · 11:46 AM PDT

2008/08/01 · 11:46

While the corporate media sifts through McCain's speech to the Urban League today looking for something they can interpret as a problem for Obama, they seem to be missing a rather shockingly ignorant remark from McCain himself.

We should also offer more choices to those who wish to become teachers. Many thousands of highly qualified men and women have great knowledge, wisdom, and experience to offer public school students. But a monopoly on teacher certification prevents them from getting that chance. You can be a Nobel Laureate and not qualify to teach in most public schools today because they don't have all the proper credits in educational "theory" or "methodology."

Essentially, what McCain just proposed is letting untrained teachers loose on America's kids.

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Anton Sirius

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Friday July 25, 2008 · 11:57 AM PDT

2008/07/25 · 11:57

During Senator McCain's speech in Denver today, in the midst of the usual and expected mischaracterizations of Obama's Iraq position (and one or two outright lies), I heard something which genuinely shocked me.

Because of the choice we made and all the surge has accomplished, the time will soon come when our troops can come home. But we face another choice today. We can withdraw when we have secured the peace and the gains we have sacrificed so much to achieve are safe. Or we can follow Senator Obama's unconditional withdrawal and risk losing the peace even if that results in spreading violence and a third Iraq war. Senator Obama has suggested he would consider sending troops back if that happened. When I bring them home in victory and with honor, they are staying home.

Righteous indignation after the jump.

Anton Sirius

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Thursday July 17, 2008 · 12:30 PM PDT

2008/07/17 · 12:30

The Anal Protectorate is reporting that Bill Clinton has had discussions with Sen. Obama about campaigning for him, and that he's willing to do so.

"I told him that whenever he wanted me to do it, I was ready, and so it's basically on their timetable," Clinton said. "He's got a lot of things to do between now and the convention, of which this is simply one, so I'll do whatever I'm asked to do, whenever I can do it."

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Why is The Denver Group registered as a PAC?

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Monday July 14, 2008 · 6:40 AM PDT

2008/07/14 · 06:40

I admit I hadn't been paying much attention to The Denver Group, the adjunct of the No Quarter/PUMA madness that is demanding that superdelegates be given a chance to vote for Hillary Clinton at the Democratic Convention.

When I glanced at their recent ad in the Chicago Tribune though I noticed something interesting: a disclaimer at the bottom.

Paid for by The Denver Group (www.thedenvergroup.blogspot.com) and not authorized by any candidate, any candidate's committee, or any political party.

If the wording sounds familiar, it's because disclaimers such as these are required, by law, as part of any advertising done by a Political Action Committee (PAC).

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Anton Sirius

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Thursday July 10, 2008 · 12:05 PM PDT

2008/07/10 · 12:05

Four years ago, the Democrats had a pretty good presidential candidate. Not a great one, but a pretty good one. John Kerry had a long record of mostly exemplary service in the Senate; he was a war hero. As the campaign unfolded, though, his major qualification for the White House seemed to boil down to one thing: he wasn't George W. Bush.

It wasn't enough. Bush kept his job.

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Thursday June 26, 2008 · 11:34 AM PDT

2008/06/26 · 11:34

I've been wrestling with Obama's decision to side with the compromise/capitulation side of the FISA debate.

It's not just that I disagree with it personally (see Something the Dog Said's diary, which states better than I could why I don't expect Obama to march in lockstep with every position I hold) it's that I don't understand the politics of it, from a purely pragmatic perspective.

Actually, scratch that. I think I understand it all too well. I just don't like the implications.

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Saturday June 14, 2008 · 8:06 PM PDT

2008/06/14 · 20:06

Dear Fellow Kossacks,

Over the last little while, since the primary season officially ended in fact, I've been noticing a disturbing undercurrent to some of the comments and diaries here on DK. I've registered my disapproval as I've noticed them, but at this point I felt like I had to say something a little more comprehensive.

To put it simply, a certain segment of the DK community seems to think it's perfectly fine to launch personal attacks against "the other side", and it's a trend I'd like to nip in the bud.

Anton Sirius

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Thursday June 12, 2008 · 11:37 AM PDT

2008/06/12 · 11:37

Just for fun, I dug through the exit polls from the Dem primaries, specifically looking for how many self-professed Republicans crossed party lines to vote for Democrats.

I'll warn you up front: there isn't too much value, if any, in these numbers. There's no guarantee of accuracy in exit polls, and no guarantees that every registered Republican even fessed up. Still, I wanted to take a look if for no other reason than to try and glean how much of an impact a certain increasingly irrelevant blowhard had on the primaries.

As a Discordian (hail Eris!) I've got a natural bias towards chaos. Chaos is just more entertaining than Order, when you get right down to it. But did the grandiosely-named Operation Chaos actually earn the right to that moniker, or had Limbaugh's knee-jerk sexism reached into a higher sphere and sullied the good name of a Goddess?

Anton Sirius

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Wednesday June 11, 2008 · 10:16 AM PDT

2008/06/11 · 10:16

slinkerwink tossed this one out there and deserves whatever tips you want to give, but with everyone focused on McCain's "when the troops come home isn't important" crap this particular gaffe got lost in the shuffle.

On Friday during a campaign stop in Florida, McCain tried to paint himself as the 'green' candidate with the following:

Sen. Obama has no record of being involved in this issue that I know of. I will stick by my record and my commitment of many years to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Strong words, Senator. Strong, stupid words.

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Anton Sirius

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Monday June 09, 2008 · 10:59 AM PDT

2008/06/09 · 10:59

Goddammit... I need to start doing more diaries. The only ones I seem to do these days are attempts at voice-of-reason rebuttals to pieces by front pagers.

I posted a shorter version of this in the comments to the story by BarbinMD, which in turn was picked up from Atrios, but the comment is buried way down and I think bears repeating.

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