Yes, there have been several atrocious acts around the country of racist degenerates hanging effigies of Barack Obama. But that’s no less offensive than pretentious douchebags ChadMichael Morrisette and Mito Aviles hanging a Sarah Palin mannequinn from their house.

I probably despise Palin more than most. Other than finding her unbearably obnoxious, I think she is nothing more than George W. Bush in drag, but more hypocritical and dumber and therefore much more dangerous. I also believe she relishes her hate-monger role in the McCain campaign (which is why I often call her Hate-Lips Palin), which is one of the supposed reasons these dumbasses hung an effigy of her. Reverse hatism? Oh it’s suppose to be some artistic, satiric statement. Bullshit. I know satire, and this is not satire. It’s reprehensible. Not funny. And devoid of any intellectual commentary. As much as Palin makes my mind boil like battery acid on a stove, any call to violence against her (joking or for real) is morally wrong. It’s the opposite of intellectualism. And that pisses me off more than anything else.

I’m finished.

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The closing line of this scene from Training Day sums up Barack Obama’s strategy versus John McCain’s, well let’s face it, non-existent strategy. It’s chess versus checkers. I really can’t think up a better analogy. McCain’s campaign moves day to day (and is still stuck in the defunct 2004 mode of thinking…or actually, this week’s slogan of OBAMA’s A DIRTY SOCIALIST!!! feels more like 1956 time warp…are people still frightened by THE RED MENACE these days?) while Obama has adapted to the current political climate and is always thinking four moves ahead. Cracking open the electoral map, forcing McCain to defend traditional red states, is just brilliant, and deadly when combined with Obama’s gigantic treasure chest of funds (it’s the same smart bankrupt-the-opposition move that did Hillary Clinton in).

Obama versus McCain boils down to true intellectualism versus dumb. And I love watching McCain-Palin getting stomped day in, day out. And now it’s all coming together with what will be the biggest, most sophisticated Get Out the Vote operation ever unleashed in this country (something that I’ll proudly be helping out with on Tuesday…please don’t shoot me McCain supporters).

If for some reason Obama loses next week (which looks more doubtful with each passing day), it won’t be because he ran a bad campaign. The same cannot be said for McCain.

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Remember those Budweiser commercials a few years back that made every fucking douchebag rummy in the free world lose their remaining brain cells and start screaming Whaaaasssssup!!!!! in bars, churches and funeral homes?

Well they’re back. I see this as some repentance for unleashing one of the dumbest, most obnoxious catch-phrases on a stupid parroting nation of moronic drunks.

Yes, the Whasssssup guys are for Obama. This is a nice piece of satire. And as funny as this short film is, it’s also sort of poignant.

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There have been several news stories from around the country detailing racist and other despicable acts/signs/propaganda displayed by the “common voter” targeting Barack Obama. Now someone in my home city (just a mile or 2 from where I grew up and where my mom still lives) has flagged himself as the local village idiot.

Yeah, if the message and misspelling doesn’t already shape an image of local mental midget and COWARD, Donald Seedorf, then read this article. We happened to be driving on that side of the city yesterday and decided to check it out in person. Hot damn, if it didn’t fulfill the white-trash stereotype Amanda and I had in mind. Donald Seedorf lives in a shitty, unpainted shack with more cars in the driveway than bedrooms in the house, the type of shithole you expect to see in the back hills of Kentucky. Only a pack of vicious, rabid mutts chained to a boulder of melted Natural Light beer cans would have made the stereotype any more complete.

Look, I don’t deny I use strong, demeaning language about John McCain and Sarah Palin in just about every blog post I write. I’ve called them out as assholes, degenerates, morons, hate-mongers (which the sign above is a result of), and, yes, my favorite Hunter S. Thompson label for a horrid politician, pigfuckers—to just name a few. Childish? Definitely. Does it add anything to civil discourse? Of course not. Yet, there is a line when it comes to belittling your opponent. It’s not a line between bad and atrocious taste though. It’s a line between sanity and outright mental illness.

COWARD Donald Seedorf, and anyone else who truly believes Barack Obama is a sleeper-cell terrorist, is a lunatic. Not joking. If you think a major-party candidate for the presidency of the United States of America is a terrorist, then you should be committed and forced to undergo daily shock treatment.

There is no compromise on this. You suffer from a diseased mind. And if you’re like Donald Seedorf, who refuses to have his picture taken with his message, then you are a Coward too.

And it swings both ways. If you believe John McCain is a war criminal, then you’re nuts. And as much as I despise George W. Bush, anyone who thinks his administration orchestrated the 9/11 attacks is beyond insane. You’re just fucking sick.

The horrifying thing about hate-signs from feeble-minded, mental defects like Donald Seedorf is that you can’t remove McCain-Palin from the equation. McCain’s campaign has propagated this false notion that Obama “pals around with terrorists” and is therefore guilty by association. This is an accusation that has been debunked over and over again. Yet, McCain’s campaign continues to robo-call thousands of households and play a despicable message linking Obama to terrorism. It’s sickening and morally reprehensible. And if any harm comes to Obama or his family from a lunatic that feels the possible president of the United States is a terrorist, then a smattering (and let me repeat that: “a smattering,” obviously McCain isn’t fully responsible for the violent, insane actions of his followers) of blood is on McCain and Palin’s hands.

I’m finished.

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Oh Colin Powell, how I love your wise intellect and nuance and all-around rationality. It wasn’t a shocking surprise that Powell endorsed Barack Obama. It had been well reported that Powell was wish-washy on his friend McCain. What was so surprising about Powell’s endorsement was how strongly supportive it was for Obama and how critical (in a tactful way) it was of McCain’s judgement (seriously McCain, you picked Sarah Palin as your back-up, are you kidding me?) and sleazy campaign (screw this whole William Ayers bullshit).

His endorsement as on the “Meet the Press” video below is beautiful in its logic and multi-front reasoning.

UPDATE: Here’s a video of an interview after “Meet the Press.” In many ways Powell brings the hammer down much harder on McCain’s sleazy campaign.

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Ok, Barack Obama drawing a crowd of 100,000 in St Louis is day old news, but then I came across this breathtaking picture.

I’ve been cautiously optimistic about Obama’s chances at winning this thing. Yet overall, I’m still on the fence. I can see it go either way. The stupidity of the average American never fails to surprise me. However, the tightening of the national polls doesn’t worry me. I’ve always felt that a tightening was a given regardless of who led. After all, is this country any more unified since 2004? No. And that’s why the election will be close, regardless of who the nominees were. However, hearing about crowd sizes like this (especially in Missouri) and looking at the electoral map at the moment does give me hope. Yet, don’t expect a blog entry with my predictions for at least another week or more. If it gets really tight, I probably won’t even bother. However, I will give this teaser. I think McCain wins Ohio.

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Awful President. Great Film.

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Looky looky, I got a purdy little “I Voted” sticker on my chest.

I voted Barack Obama. Which essentially means I did my part in trying to save this country from the forces of dumb. John Adams would be proud.

Oh and the Early Voting place was extremely busy (yet, very fast so don’t be scared off by that description). I walked in with 2 minutes until close time and people were still coming in packs afterwards. If you go by the theory that a poll is a snapshot of “what if the election was held today,” then statistically speaking, major turnout for early voting should swing very heavily for Obama. So seeing it busy made me quite happy.

And one more thing: If you live in the Cedar Rapids, IA, area, don’t forget that the flood wiped out the Linn County Auditor’s office. Voteforchange.com still has the office listed for 1st Street (yes, I forgot about this and accidentally went there first). The Linn County Auditor’s office is now in the 2nd floor of Westdale Mall (so I went 5 miles out of my way after work to an empty building, when I could have just gone my normal route home since Westdale is right across the street from me… ah well, I still managed to help stop this country from going into ruin, so no big deal).

Remember to vote even if you think this thing will be a blowout (I don’t, to be honest). Every 1-digit added to the total is political capital for Obama. DO NOT BE A LAZY DICK!

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I think I’m to go vote today. Got nothing better to do right after work. I suggest you all do so too, if your state is allowing it–especially if you’re a minority living in a populated area of Ohio or Florida!!!!!

So who am I voting for…well he drives a mean bumper car at the Iowa State fair.

And sometimes he might be too awesome.

Yep, I’m voting Barack Hussein Obama. What? Are you surprised or something?

And after I get my vote on, then it’s off to Oliver Stone’s W., where I’ll probably walk out depressed as hell… until I remember that Obama has a decent shot of winning this thing… that should put a grin back on my face. But will it stay there on November 5th? Strike the dramatic cliff hanger chords!

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So it sounds like David Letterman didn’t finish off McCain. Reportedly he asked some tough questions about Hate-Lips Palin, but nothing to raise the eyebrows of the press. Damn, I was hoping for a savage bloodbath. Maybe Letterman felt he cold-cocked McCain hard enough over the last month (and let’s face it, his criticisms definitely reinforced the national narrative of McCain’s campaign suspension backfiring).

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