Feeling Better

I'm feeling better about Palin today...I've just got to remember that Dick Cheney had the most experience of any Vice President so the opposite would have to be better, right?

Here's What Frightens Me

Okay, McCain has selected Gov. Sarah Palin as his VP candidate...Paul Begala succinctly summarizes the days discussion in his article as "Is McCain out of his mind?" In the end, I don't think this will change things much in the polls [I mean the polls that have Obama up by 8%]. I don't see how the selection would make people who wouldn't vote for McCain yesterday vote for him today. The problems they have/had with McCain [whatever they are] don't go away while Obama's biggest problem [lack of foreign policy experience] was addressed by his VP selection. For me this is a marginally positive "do no damage" selection.

That being said, I would say McCain has a slightly less chance than a coin flip at being our next President. That being the case, I am scared shit less that there is a chance that Sarah Palin could be the Vice President. At least with any of McCain's other choices I would have been assured A. An guaranteed improvement from Dick Cheney and B. Someone who knows what the Vice President does all day. I would have been most comfortable with Romney...he's run businesses and I am sure that if I ever met him he would be one of the nicest people I've ever met...Plus a Vice President I can call Mittens is always fun...Tim Pawlenty would have been okay too, I mean no one from Minnesota has ever done anything really bad, right?

What the Hell?

Maybe this will stop those people worried about the Bush/Clinton/Bush/Clinton presidential trend...oh yeah, that's me...if Barack wins the new list looks like this:

Bush/Clinton/Bush/Dick Cheney's 8th cousin

Scary.

From the AP:

According to her spokeswoman, Sen. Obama, D-Ill., is a descendent of Mareen Duvall. This French Huguenot's son married the granddaughter of a Richard
Cheney, who arrived in Maryland in the late 1650's from England, said Ginny
Justice, a spokeswoman for Lynne Cheney.

Rated PG

Turns out, my blog is rated PG...and part of the reason is I talk about "Dick" Cheney every once in a while...you can find you your own rating here.

Mingle² - Minneapolis Singles

Political Anagrams

I've been recently spending a lot of time on the Internet Anagram Server that give you anagrams for whatever name you type in...Here are some of my favorites:

George Bush:
Bugger Shoe

Dick Cheney:
Checked Yin
Chicken Dye
Chick Needy
Dicky Hence

Larry Craig:
Carry Grail

Mitt Romney:
Memory Tint
Metro Minty
Mime Not Try

Hillary Clinton:
A Chi Trill Nylon
A Chin Trill Only
A Corn Thinly Ill

Some names are suprisingly disappointing, such as John McCain and John Edwards.

Communist Chic

Now I've heard of some stupid things...like the guy at the Seattle Airport yesterday that made a bomb threat in the hopes of stopping the flight he missed...but the new Louis Vuitton add campaign is without a doubt the stupidest thing I have ever seen...

Who would look at this photo of Mikhail Gorbachev, former dictatorial leader of The Evil Empire, and think, "I want his bag?"

For future reference, communism is not fun, communisim is not chic, communism is not to be celebrated, and communism should be remembered for the horrible things it did.

UPDATE: Oh yeah, and P.S. when did Gorbachev start looking like Dick Cheney?

Polyp Fiction

Cheney Will Not Be President

Bush does not have cancer.

My Worst Nightmare

Cheney will be President for a few hours on Saturday.