One Little Victory

Three days until the 2008 Presidential Election. Here’s what we’ve got today:

First, the funny stuff. Here are two great bits from SNL tonight…. the McCain skit is funny… the Olbermann one is amazing… great work by Ben Affleck!

- Eleanor Clift is right; despite all of the hopes and claims of the GOP, “Wal Mart Women” won’t be saving John McCain this year.

- Even better than my state to state musings? Those from Chuck Todd - this is a fascinating read.

- With the sole exception of a McCain visit to Pennsylvania, the candidates will be spending their final days of the campaign in red states (or what used to be red).

- With the election slipping away, McCain supporters are now calling on God to fix the election. How about you folks just focus on the 130 million people expected to vote in the election?

- While God hasn’t answered yet, the exact opposite did happen. Dick Cheney came out an endorsed John McCain today. I wonder why he didn;t wait a few more days to see how it turned out first. In any event, this was better news for the Obama campaign, given how Americans hate Cheney at least as much as they hate Bush, than it was for the McCain effort.

- Here is a textbook case of “compassionate conservatism.” Shirley Nagel of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan refused to give Halloween candy to trick or treaters whose parents support Barack Obama. When it was pointed out to her that she was sending kids away crying, she rsponded, “Oh well. Everybody has a choice.”

Yeah, I have a choice, too. It’s to make Shirley our newest “Moron of the Moment.”

- Speaking of morons, Sarah Palin got two reasons to join the Momo parade tonight. First, she apparently seems to think we are at war with Iran. OK, this is just freaking frightening, and more proof that the woman isn’t what we need in the White House. This is not a simple misspeaking; this is a complete lack of awareness about the world we live in.

Next, just to prove that neither Palin nor anyone on her staff is terribly bright, they got completely punked by radio comics from Montreal pretending to be the French President. There were multiple hints throughout the seven minute conversation to let Palin know the call was bogus, but she was oblivious. But the real fault here goes to her staff; only a bunch of complete idiots would allow her to get on the phone without verifying where the call was coming from. Not too bright.

That’s it for tonight; I’m taking advantage of that extra hour of sleep from turning the clocks back.