Liberal Talk Radio

You can hear John Edwards’s haircut crying in the corner. The Republican National Committee appears to have spent more than $150,000 to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family since her surprise pick by John McCain in late August. The miracle quote: Spokeswoman Maria Comella declined to answer specific questions about [...]

“God willin’ an’ th’ crick don’ rise”, as they say, it may be all over but the hangover. In a diatribe against the GOP’s increasingly militant anti-intellectualism, David Brooks throws Sarah Palin under the bus. … over the past few decades, the Republican Party has driven away people who live in cities, in highly educated [...]

Is John McCain the most narcissistic politician ever? I think he is. After getting caught up in the Keating Five scandal in the late 80s, where he took all sorts of gifts from Charles Keating in exchange for favorable banking legislation, McCain devoted his life to… campaign finance reform. Think about that for a minute. [...]

Is it possible that the need for candidates to prostrate themselves at the altar of Detroit means that the majority of American politicians haven’t yet realized what most other Americans have known for decades, namely that American cars are crap? Gutter John actually wins a point for owning foreign vehicles, but loses 12 points for [...]

I don’t think Olbermann had the right response, but the Republican Party’s exploitation of 9/11 last week — while sadly nothing new, was beyond gross.

C’mon Lynn, I bet “uppity” isn’t what you say in private. I bet you want to say more, to tell the press all about Obama. C’mon, Lynn, let’s get it done. Your party needs your honesty!

Courtesy of reader MS, via email:

Professor, you have to watch the speech first. MoDo is off; Palin is more like Marge Gunderson . . . nice brand, by the way — she’ll kill in 2012 or 2016; before then, Kristen Wiig will kill as Palin. Update: The Swankster comments: Besides McCain’s compelling military biography, there hasn’t been a single specific [...]

It’s obvious that the GOP found The Nasty right where they left it. What’s less clear is what the effect Palin’s speech will be. My sense is that the McCain campaign designed it to shore up the core of a party in serious danger of fracturing. If the delegates in the venue are any indication, [...]

Was it really only last Friday that McCain named Palin as his running mate? Seems like weeks already.