Right Wing Nation

When you hear people say that regular TV is almost unwatchable on Hi-Def sets, they’re not wrong.

CNN essentially chopped up Rove’s editorial in the WSJ then printed it, and any idiot should be able to see that Rove is completely right.

“If Mr. Obama keeps attacking Mrs. Palin, he could suffer the fate of his Democratic predecessors. These assaults highlight his own tissue-thin résumé, waste precious time better spent reassuring voters he is up for the job, and diminish him — not her,” Rove writes.

Specifically, Rove says it is not in Obama’s interest to attack the Alaska governor on her lack of experience or the earmarks she has requested — two issues, Rove says, on which voters may also question Obama’s record.

And that’s already happening, but the candy is in the comments from the intelligentsia who know so much more and whose critical thinking is so much more nuanced than ours.

“Who gives a rat’s butt what KarlRove thinks? He is one of the most unethical, lying men ever to be in politics.”

“I’m sure that McCain adviser Karl Rove has no reason to lie to Obama.”

“CNN, this is the stupidest article you’ve ever posted. Karl Rove should be under the jail, along with Dick Cheney and Bush. Don’t both sincere Americans who actually care about the country with this trash. Otherwise, you’re a bigger pig than he is.”

“When did he attack her? Rove needs to STFU because he is at his old tricks again.”

“This Pillsbury Doughboy make me sick. I hope the rest of his life is miserable. Can someone take a poll on how much America hates Karl. His mother must have been a pig to lay down with the devil.”

“If he fell on a knife, it would be a good day.”

“Rove is dumb. All he needs is an apple is his mouth…forget the lipstick.”

“Do the opposite of anything he says.”

Make some popcorn and enjoy the show until November!

Oh, those poor things!

Polls showing John McCain tied or even ahead of Barack Obama are stirring angst and second-guessing among some of the Democratic Party’s most experienced operatives, who worry that Obama squandered opportunities over the summer and may still be underestimating his challenges this fall.

“It’s more than an increased anxiety,” said Doug Schoen, who worked as one of Bill Clinton’s lead pollsters during his 1996 reelection and has worked for both Democrats and independents in recent years. “It’s a palpable frustration. Deep-seated unease in the sense that the message has gotten away from them.”

[Waving hand in the air.]

I’d like to ask a question. What message?

“On the one hand, it could be a temporary reshuffling of the deck,” he added. “And on the other hand, it underscores the deep-seated problems we have in this race with race, class and culture.

Knock, knock, bozo. These aren’t problems you’ve had in this race. These are problems you’ve had since 1968. The Clintons understand — you should have paid more attention. Does this ring a bell?

I might add that in small towns, we don’t quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they are listening, and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren’t listening.

We tend to prefer candidates who don’t talk about us one way in Scranton and another way in San Francisco.

And speaking of, we have this British idiot in the Guardian:

If Americans choose McCain, they will be turning their back on the rest of the world, choosing to show us four more years of the Bush-Cheney finger.

On three, everybody.

One.

Two.

Three.

Awwwwwww!

I wonder about the intelligence of anyone who thinks we want foreigners — particularly Brits — to tell us what to do. Did getting their butts thrown out of America not teach them anything at all? Did they not take history in school? Do they think the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 were just temporary setbacks? Rachel has a characteristically snappy response, but one of her commenters sent this Brit loon a reply.

But for the time being, it might baffle you, but we Americans are still going to elect a leader that we think is going to act in the best interests of America. That doesn’t mean participating in some global popularity contest. While some people think it may be sort of nice for America to be liked by European bureaucrats and effete poncy patronizing Pommy columnists, the rest of us don’t really care whether you like us or not, and we’re not about to elect a transnational socialist in order to gain your admiration. In fact, those of us Americans who still value individualism and freedom wear the derision of your type as feathers in our caps. You don’t have to wait until November for the American finger — you can have it right now if you want.

No, that’s not all of it. You’ll want to read the whole thing. I’m sure the Brit had to call for his salts.

She’s very, very good. Note to Democrats: This is called connecting with voters. It’s how you win elections, and tends to work better than whining at farmers about the price of arugula at Whole Foods. Watch, and feel the love.

Atlantic:

The huge crowds Gov. Sarah Palin attracts are one thing, but enthusiasm about the Alaska governor has produced an outpouring of volunteers for the GOP’s get-out-the-vote program.

According to a Republican official, countywide, seven to ten times as many new volunteers are signing to help as compared to the same days a month ago.

The day McCain announced the pick, and the Wednesday and Thursday of the convention, the numbers were through the roof, dwarfing the number of new volunteer sign-ups during that same period in 2004.

That’s more people that GOP field planners assumed they’d have, so in some areas, they’re scrambling to figure out what to do with them all.

Where did all the Obamamania go?

John McCain this morning in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

“No American living then should ever forget the heroism that occurred in the skies above this field on September 11, 2001. It is believed that the terrorists on United Flight 93 may have intended to crash the airplane into the United States Capitol. Hundreds if not thousands of people would have been at work in that building when that fateful moment occurred, and been destroyed along with a beautiful symbol of our freedom. They and, very possibly I, owe our lives to the passengers who summoned the courage and love necessary to deny our depraved and hateful enemies their terrible triumph.

“I have witnessed great courage and sacrifice for America’s sake, but none greater than the sacrifice of those good people who grasped the gravity of the moment, understood the threat, and decided to fight back at the cost of their lives.

“I spoke at the memorial service for one of them, Mark Bingham. I acknowledged that few of us could say we loved our country as well as he and all the heroes of September 11 had. The only means we possess to thank them is to try to be as good an American as they were. We might fall well short of their standard, but there is honor in the effort.

“In the Gospel of John it is written, ‘Greater love hath no man than this: that a man lay down his life for his friends.’ Such was their love; a love so sublime that only God’s love surpasses it. I am in awe of it as much as I am in debt to it. May God bless their souls.”

McCain and Obama are appearing together at Ground Zero later today. Governor Palin will speak at a 9/11 memorial service in Alaska.

Since this has gone way beyond viral, I suppose I’ll chime in. However low my opinion of Obama’s intelligence, I don’t think he’s stupid enough to have meant that as an attack on Palin.

However, intentional or not, it was obvious that his audience made that connection, and that seems to have gone right over Obama’s head. Jeffrey is correct. It was an incredibly stupid thing to say.

He could have defused it before it exploded by apologizing. But Obama will never apologize, because he has far too inflated an opinion of himself, plus of course, he’s a perpetual victim. So he will have to live with whatever damage his stupid mouth and even stupider “self-esteem” cost him.

I do wonder, though, why the lipstick remark is getting so much coverage, but this did not.

Palin’s bio is “compelling,” Obama said.

The crowd booed. “No, it’s an interesting story.” More boos. “No, no, it is. I mean that sincerely. Mother, governor, moose shooter.”

This remark cannot be passed off as innocent. It’s a deliberate insult. Yet, I’ve only seen references to it on gun blogs. This is right down there with the “bitter clingy” remark, showing the same snotty elite liberal attitude, and it has real potential to bite Obama on the ass in November. Consider Pennsylvania. Out of 12 million people, 1 million are hunters.

And Joe? If I were you, I wouldn’t say that Hillary would have been a better VP choice. Remember what Rudy said at the convention about how you should have gotten that VP thing in writing?

Last week, Fox aired a documentary on Sarah Palin. Yes, of course I watched it. It was fine, given that the MSM had completely ignored her up until the announcement, so it was a little thin. So I’m a little surprised to see this:

In a week of records surrounding the Republican National Convention, Fox News CHannel earned another one with its weekend documentary on vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

“Sarah Palin: American Woman” averaged 2.7 million viewers in its debut at 8 p.m. ET Saturday night, Nielsen Media Research said Tuesday afternoon. That included 673,000 viewers in the adults 25-54 cable news demo.

Nielsen said it was the highest-rated primetime documentary ever in the 12-year history of the channel, surpassing high-rated ones recently about Barack Obama and Palin’s running mate, John McCain.

Okay, I guess it’s not too surprising, thin or not. And I give many props to Fox for actually airing an informative documentary after days of Palin lies from the rest of the media. But did Greta van Whatswrongwithmymouth have to narrate it?

Everything you always wanted to know about community organizers.

Very, very good. Watch this clip from the Fairfax rally. Money quote:

Just the other day, our opponent brought up earmarks, and frankly I was surprised that he did, considering his record on earmarks. I didn’t think he’d want to go there. In just three years, our opponent has requested nearly a billion dollars in earmarks, and that’s about a million dollars every working day.

We reformed the abuses of earmarks in our state, and it was while our opponent was requesting a billion dollars in earmarks as a Senatorial privilege. What I was doing was vetoing half a billion dollars as an executive responsibility.

and it’s just 7 am. Ace (who else?).

Joe Biden for Vice President

He has the experience and judgment to safely operate an umbrella.

The whole thing’s good.

So is Technorati down again? I’m not getting any Technorati links on my admin page.