::has tears in eyes right now::

Hitting refresh in the NY Times home page every 20 minutes is doing nothing good for my nerves.

Got up early to vote before work. Duty done.

::off to cross fingers::

There are enough things about the modern republican party that offend me to my core that going though all of them would be a major undertaking, but one of the bits that has been getting me lately is the the idea that disagreeing with them = unamerican.

Thus we have Sarah Palin expressing her joy at visiting the “pro-America” parts of the country — yep, we’re all traitors here in central New Jersey (the real plumbers of Ohio)

To which I can only say, to Sarah Palin and the Republican party at large, how dare you.

How DARE you tell me that I am less of an American than someone living in a non-coastal state. The last time we used geography as an indicator of patriotism, it went poorly; and there are so many other reasons why you could sneer me out of my citizenship. Why, I’m childfree, queer, and non-christian!

In spite of the fact that I am apparently dammed by geography and the defects of my own character, I do love my country, but I’ve gone for most of my life pretty sure that my country does not love me back. America has been breaking my heart for almost 20 years and I may end my life someday loving her from a distance (having toyed with the idea of emigrating more than once) but that doesn’t mean that ANYONE gets to tell me that I’m less of an American than they are. No one gets to sit in judgment and deem me unworthy of my country.

Is ded from giggles. Here ya go.

GM: OK, the bugbear attacks you. What do you do?
OBAMA: I send one of my 672 henchmen after it.
MCCAIN: OK, seriously. Why does he have so many henchmen? I’m a level 72 ranger and he’s only a level 8 paladin.
OBAMA: Well, if you’d bought the Grassroots Organizing and Oratory/Colgate Smile proficiencies you could min max it so that you…

The whole thing is here

The worst thing you can do though is to start blaming the media. This just pisses them off. Then their editors pick the worst possible pictures of you. I am sure there were pictures of John and Cindy McCain where she did not look like Zombie Barbie and he did not look like Wacky Gramps. But the LA Times didn’t use’em.
- Alex Epstein

It’s this or Cthulhu…

When I first came to your planet and demanded your homes, property and very lives, I didn’t know you were already doing so, willingly, with your own government. I can win no tribute from a bankrupted nation populated by feeble flag-waving plebians. In 2008 I shall restore your dignity and make you servants worthy of my rule. This new government shall become a tool of my oppression. Instead of hidden agendas and waffling policies, I offer you direct candor and brutal certainty. I only ask for your tribute, your lives, and your vote.
– General Zod
Your Future President and Eternal Ruler (http://www.zod2008.com/)

Alaskans Speak (In A Frightened Whisper)

A follow up to the first article - Sarah Palin and Me

And then, oh my - a 63 page vetting report (pdf) apparently written by Alaska democrats.

Finally, McCain’s fellow POW’s think he’s full of it.

Come election day, I’m not sure if I want to go to work and ignore the whole world, or hang out with friends and get very tanked in preparation for either great joy or great sorrow.