I am not one of those people who want to shrink government to a size where it could be drowned in a bathtub. That said, I have had more than enough “assistance” from the government on FISA, the Patriot Act, the Schiavo debacle and on and on. I do not need any assistance from the government to bail-out billionaires.

Today McCain has suspended his campaign to “deal with the economic crisis.” I guess we need to say good bye to the Straight Talk Express. But no one is buying the horseshit.

With the biggest market collapse since 9-11-01 and the worst economy since the Great Depression, what DOES a bad economy look like to John McCain? That is the answer I want from the Straight Talk Express.

Here is my new theory. I believe the GOP NeoCons, like Rove, are working to make the best out of a bad situation. McCain is really not their boy. He is malleable to a point, but he is not the puppet that Bush is.

When I was studying economics at Wake Forest University, the Cold War was still on and Reagan was in his second term. As part of the course, we had to read the English version of Pravda. It was an eye opening experience and a icy dip into some high class propaganda.

To quote the Kwisatz Haderach, “Fear Is The Mind-Killer.”

Yes, I went there.

After seeing McCain’s comments on 9-11-08, he used the murder of 3000 Americans as a political crutch. If he was such a strong candidate, why did he need to use all those dead bodies to prop up his rhetoric?

After careful consideration to try to explain the outcome of Charlie Gibson’s interview with Sarah Palin, this is the best I could come up with. In fact, I came up with nothing, today’s strip is the fault of David Stein. I’ll forward today’s hate mail to him!

The first thing that shot though my mind when I saw Hillary take the stage was the color of her pant suit. I have never seen her in something so colorful and bold. The second thought was… “hmmm, that is Daily Kos orange.”

Yes, all those Greek Columns the Red Staters have been masturbating over, it seems to be Thomas Jefferson’s fault. Cause you know, there are NO Greco-Roman inspirations in Monticello.From Wikipedia:

The last 4 days have left many of us bewildered and sleep deprived. “It is 3am and I can’t go to bed now, there may be ANOTHER Palin story that breaks!” But somehow we managed to get some sleep.

The second Klan rose in response to urbanization and industrialization, massive immigration from eastern and southern Europe, the Great Migration of African Americans to the North, and the migration of African Americans and whites from rural areas to Southern cities.

At 3:44pm Eastern, Fox News Channel employee (I am guessing a segment producer) Eldad Yaron called me to arrange an interview for me to talk about BooksForSoldiers.com, our fundraising problems and how I am using the netroots to solve the problem.

The original Ku Klux Klan was created in the aftermath of the American Civil War by six educated, middle-class Confederate veterans on December 24, 1865. from Pulaski, Tennessee. They made up the name by combining the Greek “kyklos” with “clan” It was one among a number of secret, oath-bound organizations.

I hate to keep on McCain and his intellectual gaffes, but the latest about the surge and the Awakening, brings up another thought. Even if McCain tells us he will pick good advisers, but if he can’t keep his facts straight and if he can’t use a computer, how in the world is he going to whip up the brainpower to pick knowledgeable advisers?

From The Telegraph:

What I am getting ready to tell you is a true story about my run-in with then Senator Jesse Helms.

At 3:44pm Eastern, Fox News Channel employee (I am guessing a segment producer) Eldad Yaron called me to arrange an interview for me to talk about BooksForSoldiers.com, our fundraising problems and how I am using the netroots to solve the problem.

That thing… that thing right there, by your foot. It is my jaw…

Bush has broken his promise to the G8 Summit and has now rejected the regulation of greenhouse gases.

Phil Gramm must be high:

Netroots Nation in Second Life is in full swing today:

The recent bank failures, suck-ass economy, rising gas prices are all a figment of your imagination. That is what the Bush Administration wants you to think as they keep pounding the podium for off-shore drilling - sucking the last of the Earth’s marrow out while they are still in office.

You can read, I can read and I am pretty sure Obama can read. We can read all about the Iraq war, we can see it in video form.

For someone who wants to lead one of the largest economies on the planet in the 21st century, you sure don’t seem to understand the issues important to America.

A friend of mine manages a multi-million dollar fund and sometimes I think he is afraid to admit the truth to himself. Days like today wring him out like a dishrag. We have previously discussed what happens when days like today happen. What happens when you get two in a row? Three? Five? After five days, other feedback loops might kick in because that is a 2000 point loss in 5 days, other fears and factors are put in the mix which all put downward pressure on the market.

The Neo-cons have been on the “scary black man” meme for some time now and show no signs of letting up. Fox News’ anchor, E.D. Hill, started yapping about Michelle and Barack Obama’s dap and called it a “terrorist fist jab.”

McCain has been chanting about how he is not McSame, not running for Bush’s third term, and he is not a GOP sycophant. No one in the reality-based community believes a word of all of this. What do we have as proof you might wonder? Well, here is some straight talk from Mr. Maverick himself:

John McCain alerted us that he is computer illiterate. That is fine, there is no law stating one must know how to use a computer, my Grandmother can’t use a computer - she never really cared to learn.