Election Tidbits From Newsweek

I found some of these really interesting;

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McCain himself rarely spoke to Palin during the campaign and aides kept him in the dark about the details of her spending on clothes because they were sure he would be offended. Palin asked to speak along with McCain at his Arizona concession speech but campaign strategist Steve Schmidt vetoed the request.

-- The Obama campaign was provided with reports from the Secret Service showing a sharp and very disturbing increase in threats to Obama in September and early October, at the same time that the crowds at Palin rallies became more frenzied. Michelle Obama was shaken by the vituperative crowds and the hot rhetoric from the GOP candidates. "Why would they try to make people hate us?" Michelle Obama said to a top campaign aide.

-- On the Sunday night before the last debate, McCain's core group of advisers--Steve Schmidt, Rick Davis, adman Fred Davis, strategist Greg Strimple, pollster Bill McInturff and strategy director Sarah Simmons -- met to decide whether or not to tell McCain that the race was effectively over, that he no longer had a chance to win. The consensus in the room was no, not yet, not while he still had "a pulse."

-- The Obama campaign's "New Media" experts created a computer program that would allow a "flusher"--the term for a volunteer who rounds up nonvoters on Election Day--to know exactly who had, and had not, voted in real time. They dubbed it Project Houdini, because of the way names disappear off the list instantly once people are identified as they wait in line at their local polling station.

-- Palin launched her attack on Obama's association with William Ayers, the former Weather Underground bomber, before the campaign had finalized a plan to raise the issue. McCain's advisers were working on a strategy that they hoped to unveil the following week, but McCain had not signed off on it, and top adviser Mark Salter was resisting.

-- McCain also was reluctant to use Obama's incendiary pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright as a campaign issue. He had set firm boundaries: no Jeremiah Wright; no attacking Michelle Obama; no attacking Obama for not serving in the military. McCain balked at an ad using images of children that suggested that Obama might not protect them from terrorism; Schmidt vetoed ads suggesting that Obama was soft on crime (no Willie Hortons); and before word even got to McCain, Schmidt and Salter scuttled a "celebrity" ad of Obama dancing with talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres (the sight of a black man dancing with a lesbian was deemed too provocative).

-- Obama was never inclined to choose Sen. Hillary Clinton as his running mate, not so much because she had been his sometime bitter rival on the campaign trail, but because of her husband. Still, as Hillary's name came up in veep discussions, and Obama's advisers gave all the reasons why she should be kept off the ticket, Obama would stop and ask, "Are we sure?" He needed to be convinced one more time that the Clintons would do more harm than good. McCain, on the other hand, was relieved to face Biden as the veep choice, and not Hillary Clinton, whom the McCain camp had truly feared.

-- McCain was dumbfounded when Congressman John Lewis, a civil-rights hero, issued a press release comparing McCain with former Alabama Gov. George Wallace, a segregationist infamous for stirring racial fears. McCain had devoted a chapter to Lewis in one of his books, "Why Courage Matters" and had so admired Lewis that he had once taken his children to meet him.

-- The debates unnerved both candidates. When he was preparing for the Democratic primary debates, Obama was recorded saying, "I don't consider this to be a good format for me, which makes me more cautious. I often find myself trapped by the questions and thinking to myself, 'You know, this is a stupid question, but let me ... answer it.' So when Brian Williams is asking me about what's a personal thing that you've done [that's green], and I say, you know, 'Well, I planted a bunch of trees.' And he says, 'I'm talking about personal.' What I'm thinking in my head is, 'Well, the truth is, Brian, we can't solve global warming because I f---ing changed light bulbs in my house. It's because of something collective'."

fox news reports: what the fuck were republicans thinking picking palin?

this is great. everything we thought was true. and then some..

Hey

I saw Zach and Miri make a porno last night cause someone bought me a free ticket. The movie was alright and definitely funny in parts, but the best scene was a pixies montage. So here's the track that everyone probably already knows and loves, but is always worth another listen. The video isn't official, but is pretty sweet.

Meth found in boy's Halloween trick or treat bag

RAMSEY, Minn. – When their children returned from Halloween trick-or-treating, a couple found suspected methamphetamine and $85 in cash among their 7-year-old son's Snickers bars and Skittles. Lars and Shelly Brosdahl called police, who confirmed that the substance was methamphetamine, worth up to $200 on the street.

Someone who looked like a teenager dropped something into their son's bag as he went trick-or-treating with his 9-year-old sister on Halloween night, the Brosdahls say.

"He said some bigger kid ran by him and asked if he wanted some candy," Lars Brosdahl said. "He said `Sure,' and the kid dropped it into his bag."

The clear crystals looked like rock candy, the parents said.

"The (kids) could have OD'd on it. That's what makes me so shaky and upset," Shelly Brosdahl said.

Police think the young man was a suspect fleeing police after a report of an assault in the area that night.

Police in Ramsey, northwest of Minneapolis, did not immediately return a call seeking comment Tuesday.

Can I Get an AMEN

...Finally

i figured i'de take this time to both congragulate obama and kick sununu when he's down. becuase he's an asshole.

we all know by now that obama has kicked mccain's ass. what you may not know know is that former nh governor jeanne shaheen has defeated scumbag jon sununu in a tight senate race. here is a comical, almost tim and eric like real commercial from sununu:



"A strong economy, no internet taxes, small business growth, no death taxes?"



you'll note in this add sununu even helped clean the toast house's own lamprey river. i think this video both illustrates a complete doosh who tried to grift new hampshire and lost as well as an end to comical political videos as we know it. for at least a year or two...

It's Done

I may be drunk, and may have had to much fun partying in the streets with 500 Parisians chanting Obama....but my expert political opinion says that it is fucking over. No more bullshit election tactics and no more worrying about that dumb bitch from Alaska living in the white house. Obama is in.

Go Vote

i don't know why this made me laugh...

Singletary looking for snitch on pants-dropping episode

"Profootballtalk.com is reporting that interim head coach Mike Singletary of the San Francisco 49ers is looking for the player who leaked the bare facts about Singletary dropping his drawers during a halftime speech to his team a week ago.

Profootballtalk.com suggest the search begins with former Arizona Cardinal and current San Francisco receiver Bryant Johnson."

Source: Profootballtalk.com

i was just reading random sports rumors following the ridiculous news that iverson is heading to detroit for billups (some think as part of an ellaborate plan to lande lebron in 2010) when i found the above...it made me laugh. i just don't really get it..he dropped his pants at halftime?

FUCK YOU SARAH PALIN YOU MOTHERFUCKING EPIC FUCKING FAIL.

my blood is now boiling..how many times has she gotten the job description of the vice-president wrong?

palin: "well they've gotta' be exclusively of course concentrating on the administrative side of, of governance and umm, there again that's where my executive experience will be put to good use but john mccain and i have spoken a lot about the missions that we'll be on together and about where he would like to see me lead and energy independence is, is first and foremost what i will be able to help in a supportive role being able to help him get this nation firmly on that path toward energy independence annd is paramount that we do this otherwise we're gonna' be continually reliant on foriegn sources of energy circulating hundreds of billions of dollars a year into foreign countries instead of right here, creating jobs here with domestic solutions for drilling and mining safely..."

please god, buddah, chuck norris, flying spaghetti monster: don't let this woman near the white house...

many of you have probably seen this but...

"MONTREAL — A Quebec comedy duo notorious for prank calls to celebrities and heads of state has reached Sarah Palin, convincing the Republican vice-presidential nominee she was speaking with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

In the interview, which lasts about six minutes, Palin and the pranksters discuss politics, pundits, and the dangers of hunting with current vice-president Dick Cheney."

it's really real.

i'm john mccain and i'm an illiterate

see if you can spot the glaring spelling mistake in this shitty add...

More Sarah Palin

One day left in the election. Obama will win. But I am going to miss watching clips of this moron every day.

Sad Grampa

In Case You Missed It

RIP Jimmy Carl Black

This past weekend Jimmy Carl Black, the original drummer for Frank Zappa's The Mothers of Invention, died from lung cancer. ::huffs another butt:: He was famously known as 'The Indian of the Group' and on many albums was credited for drums, vocals, and poverty. It's hard to find a video that featured him, but he is briefly shown behind the kit in the video below. Although, I mainly chose the video for Zappa's great remarks after the song is over.

The Constitution Preaches Equality!

Man, I might miss these airhead remarks from Sarah Palin. I would maybe give her the benefit out of the doubt here because she was caught off guard....but I'm not even sure what the fuck she is trying to say.

Tobacco

Here's the new hit in the hip-hop/electronica genre



There is also a track with Aesop Rock
Tobacco - Dirt (feat. Aesop Rock)

Of Montreal - Gallery Piece

My Favorite of the New Album, plus some crazy moves.

M83

Because this band makes me want to live forever. Here's a good graveyard girl remix, and of course Kim & Jessie Video. If anyone finds a good K&J remix, please post.

http://www.mediafire.com/?z4i1m1bej9k

This man goes crazy with an electric rake: