JABbering Stooge

You become a parody of yourself, Sen. McRove. Just ask your buddy, Rudy 9iu11ani.

Via greg at The Talent Show.

DeLay might be cleared of charges
Appeals court says money-laundering law didn’t apply to checks.

• Money laundering is okay if you’re Tom DeLay, and you’re doing it by check.

Seriously, Texas 3^rd Court of Appeals, it’s okay because it was done by check?! I know I’m just a stupid, terrorist, traitor spawn-of-Satan “librul”, but aren’t all monetary transactions in today’s politics done by check? And what sort of precedent does this set? You just know that the drug cartels are gonna look at this and say, “Okay, we just have to do our money laundering by check now (and contribute to Republicans).”

*Sigh* Welcome to Texas, where the corruption is as big as the Palo Duro Canyon.

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Is it just me, or does Pillz-E resemble Albedo from Xenosaga when he calls Michelle Obama “My Belle”?

Obamacide

• If that scaryblackman closet-Muslim/extremist-Christian Barack Hussein Obama gets elected president, he will personally perform retroactive abortions on the children of all Real ‘Murkins™. Oh, and did I mention that he’s a scaryblackman? Vote McCain ‘08 — he’s not a scaryblackman!

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It’s Biden. Here’s the e-mail I received:

James —

I have some important news that I want to make official.

I’ve chosen Joe Biden to be my running mate.

Joe and I will appear for the first time as running mates this afternoon in Springfield, Illinois — the same place this campaign began more than 19 months ago.

I’m excited about hitting the campaign trail with Joe, but the two of us can’t do this alone. We need your help to keep building this movement for change.

Please let Joe know that you’re glad he’s part of our team. Share your personal welcome note and we’ll make sure he gets it:

http://my.barackobama.com/welcomejoe

Thanks for your support,

Barack

P.S. — Make sure to turn on your TV at 2:00 p.m. Central Time to join us or watch online at http://www.BarackObama.com.

It’s not a bad pick — Obama certainly could’ve done much worse. My only issue with the choice of Biden is his support of the bankruptcy bill, but other than that, I’m pretty satisfied. If nothing else, Biden is quite capable of being the attack dog Obama needs. I’m sure he’ll be able to come up with something that’s at least as memorable as his “a noun, a verb and 9/11″ earlier in the campaign.

Sidebar: Interestingly, it seems that the Veepstakes “betting pool” widget that MSNBC came up with accurately predicted that Biden would be Obama’s VP pick. We’ll have to wait until next week to see if McRove picks Mittens as his running mate, as predicted by The Magic Widget™.

* (Fo’ realz, this time!)

Obama has picked his running mate. You can see the announcement here.

* Cf.

Okay, it’s not very original, but that doesn’t mean it’s not funny.

House Hunting

• See? Even The New Republic’s Sacha Zimmerman agrees with me 1000% that no liberal could ever possibly be considered a Serious Thinker™©® — they’re all Too Shrill For Teevee™©®!

Seriously, Howie, if you’re going to make such a venomous display of your flagrant refusal TO DO YOUR FUCKING JOB, then perhaps journalism isn’t an appropriate line of work for you. I understand, however, that Fox News is always eagerly looking for a few good propagandists.

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My friends, did I mention that I was a POW in Vietnam?

Can any conservative give me a reason, other than party affiliation, why it was not just okay, but a red-blooded American’s patriotic duty, to smear a Vietnam vet and denigrate his service four years ago, and not okay now to offer the slightest criticism of any aspect of the campaign of a Vietnam vet — particularly on his use of his former-POW status as a shield against any and all criticism?