Surprise! Obama's Refusal to Pander on the Gas Tax Actually HELPED Him

Incredible as it may seem, many political pundits are now saying that Obama's principled stand on not repealing the 18-cent-a-gallon federal gas tax helped him and boomeranged on Hillary. I know that most Americans must be shocked by this because of long it has been since a serious candidate for the presidency has taken a principled stand on ANYTHING.

An even bigger loser may ultimately turn out to be John"Hundred Year War" McLame, as Obama has proven that voters want leadership and not pandering this year. And pandering is all that crazy old coot has left to offer.

The Taming of the Toxic Shrew

I really don't have anything original to say about Hillary's gotterdamerung last night that hasn't already been said a zillion times in the corporate media and blogosphere already. I just needed an excuse to run this photo.

At last, the era of incompetent, power crazed nepotism appears to be coming to an end.

Why Does Pennsyl-tucky Hate America?

Way to go PA. Way to breath life back into the hideous Hillary campaign. Way to go, especially, working class voters of the Keystone state. What, eight years of incompetent elitist nepotism in the White House wasn't enough for you?

Just like in the general elections of 2000 and 2004, far too many of you voted against your economic interests. And America is far worse off because of it.

Ron Paul Shows Again Why He's My Favorite Maverick

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/09/house.olympics/

You gotta love Congressman Ron Paul, even if he laughingly insists on calling himself a Republican. Yesterday, in an act of sheer ballsy hypocrisy, the House of Representatives took a stunningly courageous stand against the Chinese occupation of Tibet by passing a mealy-mouthed nonbinding resolution. The vote was 413-1.

Yes, exactly one heroic congressman realized that a country that illegally occupies two others, whose President has authorized torture and illegal domestic spying and whose military has directly or indirectly caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians and the displacement of millions more, has NO MORAL AUTHORITY to condemn any other country for anything.

Elton John is a Dingbat

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/latest/2008/04/10

Last night, British citizen Reginald Dwight inserted himself into our presidential campaign by holding a concert for Hillary and opening his trap to reveal what a first class idiot he is. Seems Mr. Dwight-John has figured out why Everybody Hates Hillary: misogyny. Here's a quote from the story:

John said there was no one more qualified to lead the United States into the next era. "Having said that, I never cease to be amazed at the misogynistic attitude of some people in this country. And I say to hell with them," he said, drawing cheers from the crowd at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan.

Sure, that must be it. Obama supporters hate women. Only possible explanation.

Cheap shot alert: no word on whether John opened his set by singing his old classic, "The Bitch is Back."

98% of Historians Now Rate Chimpy's Presidency A Failure

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/news/13856

I honestly doubt that a President could achieve this level of utter disdain if he deliberately set out to do a bad job. Here's the money quote from the story:

In an informal survey of 109 professional historians conducted over a three-week period through the History News Network, 98.2 percent assessed the presidency of Mr. Bush to be a failure while 1.8 percent classified it as a success.

Asked to rank the presidency of George W. Bush in comparison to those of the other 41 American presidents, more than 61 percent of the historians concluded that the current presidency is the worst in the nation’s history.

And just think, he has nine more months to go to drive his ratings even lower!

Senator's Husband Hires Prostitute

http://www.wilx.com/news/headlines/17222329.html

Ho hum. Another day, another politician (or rather, politician's spouse) gets caught paying for whoopee. Here's an excerpt from the story:

"TROY, Mich. (AP) -- The husband of U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow told police he used the Internet to make a date with a prostitute and paid her $150 for sex at a hotel, according to a police report."

Wait a minute, did that say he paid ONLY $150 for sex. Goddam, that's about 97% less than Spitzer paid for his dalliances. Either this guy is a shrewd shopper, or that is one seriously unattractive hooker.

Dude, you're the hubby of one of the most powerful people in the country. If you're going to risk this level of humiliation, at least LIVE a little.

Bush Booed, Crowd Subdued

The wife and I had a great time celebrating the first-ever regular season game in the new Washington Nationals Stadium last night. Though we tried to beat the crowds leaving on the Metro, and therefore missed third baseman Ryan Zimmerman's game-winning walk off home run (pictured), we still very much enjoyed the experience.

Chimpy was unfortunately on hand to uphold the inane tradition of prez-nits throwing out the first pitch. For that he was loudly booed (yes, I helped with that), though not nearly as lustily as he deserved to be.

In fact, the crowd overall seemed quite subdued given what should have been a grand celebration. The Nats jumped to an early lead, but for most of the game it seemed like the stadium was only about a quarter full. This was quite a contrast to the first Nats game in RFK back in 2005, when spontaneous cheers erupted the whole night and even got the upper deck physically rocking a few times.

I couldn't help but wonder if the economy wasn't a factor affecting the mood. Yes, most of the people who could afford to attend the game are likely to still be doing well financially, but as that faint whisper in the ear that "all is not well" grows louder, perhaps even those who have remained largely oblivious thus far are finding more difficult to celebrate with unbounded enthusiasm.

Cocaine Smuggler Hobnobs With Hillary

As long as Hillary is going to play the guilt by association card against Obama, here is a picture of her all smiles with cocaine smuggler Jorge Cabrera. Here is a blurb from a New York Times article in 1997:

"Cabrera attended a Christmas reception at the White House hosted by Hillary Rodham Clinton. At the events, Gore and Mrs. Clinton posed for photographs with Cabrera, who has two felony convictions dating from the 1980s and is now in a prison here on a drug-smuggling conviction."

I'm beginning to think that the toxic shrew from Illinois/Arkansas/New York would accept contributions from Osama Bin Laden if she thought it would get her elected.

More Criminals Hobnobing With Billary

More criminal scum who have supported the Clintons. Here's the story:

"Here we have a photo taken at an official DNC fundraiser with Bill and Hillary posed with Ng Lap Seng, Macau Crime Lord who controls Prostitution in that region. His Fortuna Hotel is actually a high class bordello where young girls (often underage) are available for a price. Ng, through his American contact Charlie Trie, donated close to a million dollars to the Democrats."

Yes, working class America, she empathizes with people like you.

Chimpy Set to Throw Out the First Pitch at the Nationals Home Opener

Yes, it is unfortunately true, Little King Dipshit is taking time out from his "busy" schedule to befoul the Washington Nationals new stadium by making a soft toss off the mound before the National Anthem on Sunday Night. The White House has said that he will be there unless there is a "national emergency." Well, pardon me, but I think what is happening with the economy, not to mention the recent increase in violence in Iraq, pretty well qualifies as a fucking national emergency.

Chimpy, I know that having the prez-net throw out the first pitch on opening day is a silly Washington tradition and all, but do us a favor and stay the fuck home. As a season ticket holder, I know I'll be one of the ones booing myself hoarse.

Larry "Wide Stance" Craig to Officially Retire

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/24/politics/politico/thecrypt/main3962749.shtml

The notorious homophobic hypocrite and cruiser of mens rooms for anonymous sex is taking his wide stance, and presumably wide rectum, back to Idaho with his...uh, tail between his legs.

And another of Chimpy's conservative Republican enablers has officially bitten the dust.

Grandpa Fred Goes Back to Acting

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080324/ap_en_tv/fred_thompson

Yes, a mere weeks after ending one of the lamest Presidential campaigns in American History, the man Richard Nixon referred to as one of the dumbest bastards he had ever met has gone slinking back to Hollywood in search of more lame acting gigs.

Poor Fred, Reagan made it seem so easy for a washed-up, has-been actor fond of his afternoon naps to be entrusted to the world's most powerful office.

rubenation's Top 3 "Scumbags of the Week."

Welcome to the second installment of rubenation's "Scumbags of the Week," my weekly choices of the individuals who did the most during the previous seven days to accelerate the ongoing demise of America. A non-partisan rant, this week features two Republicans and one Democrat. Enjoy and get angry.

1). John "Hundred Year War" McCain (Presumptive Republican Presidential Nominee and Assisted Living Candidate). Okay, it was one thing five years ago for Chimpy to not to understand the difference between Sunnis and Shias before ordering the invasion of Iraq (though that was bad enough). But five years later for doddering old fool McCain to STILL not understand the difference (or the difference between Persians and Arabs, for that matter), is truly mind boggling. My vision for 2009: a disoriented McCain wakes up in the middle of the night and, thinking he's calling for his nurse, a pushes THE BUTTON.

2). John "Never Saw a Defense Contractor I Wouldn't Accept a Campaign Donation From" Murtha. (Congresscritter, D-PA). Somehow, this corrupt lifetime politician managed to convince people he had principles by speaking out against the Iraq War that he voted for. Well, he managed to reaffirm just how full of shit he is by endorsing for President another politician who voted vote the Iraq War, lending his antiwar "credibility" to Hillary's hideous campaign.

3). Richard P. "Go Fuck Yourself" Cheney (Vice President, Evil Overlord). When asked whether he was concerned that two-thirds of the U.S. population is now against the Iraq war, he essentially gave his standard reply, "tell them to go fuck themselves." And yet there are still idiots out there who think this war was all about promoting "Democracy."

Until next week, peace out.

Richard Nixon on Barbara Bush

The 37th President, when asked to assess Daddy Bush:

"Oh, he's okay, he can do his job. He's just not very interesting. Now Barbara Bush, she interesting. She knows how to hate."

And if ANYONE was an expert on knowing how to hate, it was Richard Milhous Nixon.

Hillary Loses Spitzer's Superdelegate Vote

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/03/11/spitzer-spoils-clintons-delegate-count/?mod=googlenews_wsj

Well, at least ONE good thing came out of this whole mess.

On the plus side, Hillary is down one big supporter. On the negative side, the Republican President of the N.Y. State Senate becomes Lieutenant Governor.

Now, I'm not really a partisan but I think many people will agree that 1). 20 years of a Bush or Clinton in the White House is more than enough, thank you, and 2). The Republican Party deserves to go the way of the Whig Party for foisting Chimpy upon the nation...twice.