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Think so?

This whole Obama thing has *got* to be a put-on by the DNC. Any minute Allen Funt will pop out and they’ll announce the real ticket is Hillary Clinton and Phil Bredesen (or Mark Warner) or something, right?

Pretty good, but so is this one:

I think they spent months trying to figure out how they can position Obama as better qualified than McCain, and basically came up with the fact that Obama can type.

But John Hinderaker says (seriously):

I guess now we’ll find out whether Barack Obama is capable of shame.

He’s far too impressed with himself. That’s what the whole campaign is about, you know. His insufferable ego. Why do you think he’s encouraged this cult worship?

Speaking of (cults) and speaking of (Glenn Reynolds), just when you thought the liberals couldn’t come any more unglued, they do! And this mouthbreather is way beyond just unglued. It’s a big psychotic group hug, and more hardcore feminists are getting pretty annoyed.

Speaking of, the Atlantic takes on the press:

In the voting booth on November 4, it’s likely that most members of the media will pull the lever for Barack Obama. Whether or not they put aside their professional standards and actively try to get him elected is another matter. But because conspiracy theories are fun (see VF.com’s Trig Palin parentage timeline ), let’s assume for a moment that they do. Is there any way they could effectively accomplish it? Let’s review what they’ve tried so far:

1. Fawning coverage of Obama (the candidate with a halo-like glow around him on the covers of Newsweek, Time, and Rolling Stone; Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews gushing so embarrassingly that they had to be removed from MSNBC’s anchor desk)

2. Digging dirt on Obama’s opponents (The Times’s innuendo-laced piece about McCain’s ties to lobbyist Vicki Iseman; the poorly fact-checked stories about Palin’s supposed book-banning and secessionist proclivities)

3. Tough but fair investigations into McCain and Palin’s various lies, bad decisions, and questionable policies

Those are pretty much the only weapons in the media’s arsenal, and so far none of them have really worked.

Think it could have something to do with this?

the usual stops: Chinese grocery, Blockbusters, and the post office.

Lame. On multiple levels.

John McCain is mocked as an out-of-touch, out-of-date computer illiterate in a television commercial out Friday from Barack Obama as the Democrat begins his sharpest barrage yet on McCain’s long Washington career.

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Our economy wouldn’t survive without the Internet, and cyber-security continues to represent one our most serious national security threats,” Pfeiffer said. “It’s extraordinary that someone who wants to be our president and our commander in chief doesn’t know how to send an e-mail.

First, the obvious point. Who has been releasing one or two ads a day on youtube, Obama or McCain? Who responds to statements in — literally — hours, Obama or McCain? And who promised that text message about the VP choice that never appeared, Obama or McCain?

That’s just the stupid lame. There’s also the “blow up in your face” lame.

McCain gets emotional at the mention of military families needing food stamps or veterans lacking health care. The outrage comes from inside: McCain’s severe war injuries prevent him from combing his hair, typing on a keyboard, or tying his shoes. Friends marvel at McCain’s encyclopedic knowledge of sports. He’s an avid fan - Ted Williams is his hero - but he can’t raise his arm above his shoulder to throw a baseball.

You’d think that such “computer savvy” staff Obama must have could use Google, wouldn’t you? Apparently, they can’t.

Enjoy the shit all over your face, Obama.