John McCain and the womens' health conspiracy.

I was up later than usual last night and actually caught the Daily Show at 11pm instead of the 8pm next day rerun. Samantha Bee rocked with this thought on McCain's abortion stance:

Christmas in October?

I'm pleased to announce that I have gotten most of my Christmas shopping done.

Obviously I'll be a little distracted in December, so I've been ordering some things here and there for Big Man, my folks and bro and sis in law. Everyone else will basically be neglected this year, as I can't imagine really shopping for anything other than baby stuff. And, that's not because I'm baby crazy, but because so far I have almost nothing with which to diaper, bathe, feed, or clothe my baby; nor does baby have a room, yet. Looks like we are going to be stuck in the 'ol house for the winter and hopefully will make some progress this weekend in room-shifting.

Sitting here watching the debate (and just finished my online Christmas shopping), and I have to say that I don't really like the format. It certainly seems to highlight how very OLD my favorite butternut squash is. I have to confess that I'm not really paying much attention as I already know who I'm voting for, and honestly, would rather watch SNL parodies of the debates.

Amazes me though to hear a 36 year (or is it 26?) veteran of the senate say with a straight face that Washington is broken; what the hell has he been doing all this time? Playing tiddliwinks? And if you listen to McCain, earmarks are the most important thing facing our country, although in actuality it is a miniscule part of the federal budget. I really, really, really hope the American people see through him. Glad to see that Obama's poll numbers are on the rise...here's hoping.

Tina Fey = Sarah Palin

I only stayed up long enough to catch the opening skit on SNL last night, but I'm sure glad I did.

Tina Fey is a dead-on Sarah Palin! Hilarious.




There was also a skit of the presidential debate. I'm posting before I watch the clip, but it has to be good!

McCain Pain

All you need is a magic marker to make the McCain signs more accurately represent what electing him would mean for America:

Why you shouldn't vote for John McCain, part III.

I've posted a number of rants about my thoughts on the butternut squash headed Republican candidate for president, and his fembot wife.

If you need another reason NOT to vote for him....(and you shouldn't) the man was unable to tell a reporter how many houses he owns. Sounds like someone really in touch with the day to day needs of the common man, huh? Well, maybe the houses are actually owned by his rich wife, you know the one who was hospitalized because her carpal tunnel syndrome was aggravated from shaking too many hands? Who are these people??? Certainly not people I'd trust to help the little guy.

There's already a great Obama ad about "country club economics" and McCain's house issue. Rock on!

Straight from the McCain website.

Thought I'd check out John McCain's website today. Yeah, I'm that bored.

Women, be afraid. Be very afraid. Well, if you value your reproductive rights, that is. His site says:
John McCain believes Roe v. Wade is a flawed decision that must be overturned, and as president he will nominate judges who understand that courts should not be in the business of legislating from the bench. He goes on to tout the "armies of compassion" that provide "critical services to pregnant women in need". Unfortunately, what he leaves out is that he, and other conservatives like him, only give a damn about the baby when it's in the womb! After that, the new mom and infant are on their own! Because babies aren't nearly as important to take care of as fetuses, right? It is absolutely hypocritical to restrict abortion because a fetus has a right to be born, but then to fail to support the mothers and babies in need once the baby is born. These babies need food stamps, health care, and lots of other things that McCain doesn't necessarily think they should get. I guess handing mom a pair of bootstraps as she leaves the hospital with the baby is enough. Women, especially all of you Hillary supporters who think you may support McCain--wake up!!!!!

On a more amusing note, McCain's site also has a "Protecting Marriage" section, and I quote:
"The family represents the foundation of Western Civilization and civil society and John McCain believes the institution of marriage is a union between one man and one woman. It is only this definition that sufficiently recognizes the vital and unique role played by mothers and fathers in the raising of children, and the role of the family in shaping, stabilizing, and strengthening communities and our nation."
Really? Don't you mean one man and as many women as he likes Mr. McCain?

John McCain's wife must need new batteries.

According to CNN, John McCain wants to offer a "prize" for anyone who can invent a new battery which will "leapfrog" current hybrid technology. Apparently he's getting of buying Duracells for his fembot wife.

This proposal is perplexing, and ridiculous. First, as a capitalist, wouldn't McCain believe that the market held a sufficient incentive for development of such a product? Isn't the market the cure for everything?? Honestly though, whoever invents such a product will easily make that much money in the market by selling it to Toyota, or some other manufacture of hybrid technology. There have to be thousands of R&D folks currently working on a way to make hybrids work more efficiently.

At the same time, what's he doing to reduce our reliance on oil? Besides supporting the war, that is? Is he mandating conservation, or requiring greater efficiency? Limiting oil company profits? Reducing taxes? Nope, nope, nope and nope.

But he does want to encourage offshore drilling. Because we know how reliable that is in bad weather (think of the post-Katrina increases), and how safe that is for the environment (because they never leak).

So who does he really want to help with this whole thing? Not me. Or you, that's for sure.

I think its time that he put the ol' thinking cap back on that butternut squash head of his, and came up with some policy proposals that will actually work.

Until then, I'll be in the scary room in my basement working on my battery prototype.

Just another reason I hate John McCain.

The internet (and many of the blogs I enjoy) is abuzz with the story of John McCain's first wife. Find coverage at:
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/06/10/2008-06-10_why_mccain_didnt_reup_with_first_wife.html (You'll have to cut and paste into your browser because I'm too dumb to make the hyperlink option work. Or just google John McCain first wife.)

Like there aren't already enough reasons for me to hate John McCain. His head is the shape of a butternut squash for pete's sake.

Really though, he has a ZERO (0) lifetime rating from NARAL on women's reproductive issues, now supports Bush's disasterous tax cuts, now says he doesn't support his OWN immigration bill, and is pro-war. He sucks in every way policy-wise; the sad thing is that I didn't always think he was so bad, back when he supported immigration reform, opposed the tax cuts, etc., but now that he has become a conservative-pandering whore, I absolutely detest him, and his stupid butternut squash shaped head.

Now, the story about Mrs. McCain number 1. Yes, there are two sides to every story, blah, blah, blah. Mrs. M #1 waits for McCain who is being held captive, for MORE THAN THREE YEARS, waits, worries, etc. She gets in a horrible car accident while he's overseas, is really hurt and disfigured. Then, "In 1979 – while still married to Carol [Mrs. McCain #1] – he met Cindy at a cocktail party in Hawaii. Over the next six months he pursued her, flying around the country to see her. Then he began to push to end his marriage."

He married the fat-cash-laden-fembot-arm-candy one month after leaving #1.

I don't care how bad your shit gets. Don't cheat on your crippled wife. Don't cheat on any wife, or husband. Have the respect for your spouse and the common decency to separate, divorce, whatever before you start sticking your dick into other people. Is that so hard???

OH, and he's opposed to gay marriage. But apparently he has no problem with adultery. So, if it's not the marriage vows that are sacred to ol' Johnnie boy, what is it? Oh, two penises bad. One penis, many vaginas A-okay. Sure, I get it.