Today, we bring you a yummy little tasting flight of stupidity.
We’ll start with Representative Michele Bachman, Republican of Minnesota:
“[Pelosi] is committed to her global warming fanaticism to the point where she has said that she’s just trying to save the planet,” Bachmann told the right-wing news site OneNewsNow. “We all know that someone did that over 2,000 years ago, they saved the planet — we didn’t need Nancy Pelosi to do that.”
Whew! What a relief. Glad to know that’s sorted out. Because I was starting to get a little worried about that whole global warming thing. (Also - “they?” Is Jesus plural now?) Hey - do you think “they” could do anything about my gout?
Next, a little video. Stuart Shepard of Focus on the Family asks “would it be so wrong if we asked people to pray for rain” during Obama’s convention acceptance speech?
Best line: “If God decides - and it’s always up to God to decide…” That’s good stuff, no? In the event that he exists, God must be thinking, “thanks, Stu.”
I know this guy was trying to be funny, sort of, but Stuart Shepard and his ilk make me embarrassed to be a mammal.
And finally, Jabberin’ Joe Lieberman implicitly questions Barack Obama’s patriotism:
“In my opinion, the choice could not be more clear: between one candidate, John McCain, who’s had experience, been tested in war and tried in peace, another candidate who has not,’’ Mr. Lieberman said. “Between one candidate, John McCain, who has always put the country first, worked across party lines to get things done, and one candidate who has not. Between one candidate who’s a talker, and the other candidate who’s the leader America needs as our next president.” [Italics added]
I don’t think it’s going to happen. But I really hope that Oily McWar (71) picks Joe Lieberman (66) as his running mate.
Because they would so lose.
Stephanie Kirchgaessner reports in the Financial Times that Lieberman is being vetted, and that Oily digs him:
Joe Lieberman, the former Democratic vice-presidential nominee who has endorsed John McCain, is being vetted as a potential running mate for the Republican presidential hopeful, according to an adviser to Mr McCain’s campaign.
Mr Lieberman, who has campaigned for the Arizona senator, has long been considered an unconventional but plausible choice for Mr McCain.
Although Democrats have rejected Mr McCain’s image as a maverick politician, Mr Lieberman’s support for the presumptive Republican nominee has, much to the chagrin of his former colleagues, helped to boost Mr McCain’s reputation as a bi-partisan legislator with friends on both sides of the aisle. Mr Lieberman, a staunch supporter of Israel, could also help Mr McCain win over Jewish voters.
“[McCain] loves Lieberman. And he is on the [short-]list because Lieberman has never embarrassed anyone, never misspoken. The first rule is, don’t take someone who costs you votes,” said one McCain adviser.
I think it is a lovely idea. Lieberman would do nothing to help McCain shore up or energize the base. Lieberman would also attract very few crossover votes from Democrats (Democrats think he’s a dick).
But most of all, those two old war-mongering farts farting around the country might even be less exciting and inspiring than Dole-Kemp ‘96 (admit it - you almost forgot about that ticket already, didn’t you? Exactly).
In short, a McCain-Lieberman ticket would be rather short on Joementum.
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