Rush Limbaugh Turns Down Obama VP Job
Denver, CO — Radio talk-show pundit Rush Limbaugh became the latest notable public figure to remove his or her own name from consideration as Democratic Senator Barack Obama’s vice presidential running mate.
Mr. Limbaugh’s announcement followed recent similar rejections by Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, U.S. Senator Jim Webb of Virginia, and supermodel Christie Brinkley.
Poll: Cindy McCain Hotter than Michelle Obama?
A poll released Wednesday offers new evidence of a tightening 2008 White House race, with the candidates’ wives currently running in a statistical dead heat—an indication this year’s election could be decided by the public’s opinion about whichever prospective First Lady is the hottest.
Depression Not So Great
New York, NY — Last Friday’s stock market near-crash sent waves of intestinal cramps rippling through the world’s investment community.
With the Dow Jones Industrial Average having lost more value than at any time post-1929 and reaching its lowest point in the past 22 months, the current financial crisis is taking a psychological and emotional toll on jittery investors.
McCain to Drill America
Mr. McCain’s proposal, details of which were disclosed on Tuesday, plays to a portion of the electorate that believes “alternative fuel source” means siphoning gas from their neighbors’ cars and trucks.
“My friends, our nation’s energy independence is one of my highest priorities,” the presumptive GOP 2008 presidential nominee told supporters in Houston, Texas. “If there are barrels of oil buried beneath the Gulf of Mexico, well then, we must go out there and dig them up.”
who does america think he is?
I’ve long thought that John McCain 2008 is not the same as John McCain 2000. FiveThirtyEight points us to some data that shows McCain was much more moderate during his first campaign.
The surprising result is John McCain, who rates as the 8th most conservative senator in the 110th Congress, the 2nd most conservative in the 109th, and the 5th or 6th most conservative in the 108th.
In the 107th Congress, however, McCain was quite moderate.
In the 107th Congress he was the 45th most conservative senator.
Younger than John McCain
As Presidential candidate McCain’s age, 72 on election day, seems to be a persistent topic in the media, it might be a good idea for you to know how old he is in comparison to other stuff that most of us think is pretty old.
The following things are younger than Mr. McCain
- Golden Gate bridge
- Plutonium
- FM radio
- Keith Richards
more at thingsyoungerthanmccain.com
New Survey Says Polls are Meaningless Waste of Time
New York, NY — Most opinion polls are useless pieces of crap—that’s the conclusion drawn from a new survey released on Thursday. The margin of error for this damning assessment is plus or minus seventy-five percentage points.
Survey respondents were asked to answer wide-ranging questions about the U.S. economy, the 2008 presidential election, and general world affairs. These issues were carefully mixed with queries related to opinion polls themselves. The results paint a disturbing picture of what we think we know about what we think we know.
