Ten days till E-Day... the comedy edition.

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Tomorrow the countdown to the election finally drops to the single digits!!! Hallelujah!

So much has been happening.
I'm going to leave the economy until Monday, there's a lot at stake in our economy.
Waiting to see (like everyone else in the country) what the hell the US and global markets are going to do next.

Some of the things below aren't just from today but aren't old either. I just can't write at the time about everything I'd like to or nobody would read this because it'd be far too long a post.

So, I'm going to go from one topic to the next: some aren't that serious or are things I just felt were interesting-

Opie and Andy (or is it Matlock and Ron?) for Obama. Have to admit the spots are kinda cute and fun to watch.
Particularly like the Fonz and Ritchie short supporting Obama.
Check out this site, can't vouch for all the clips but it's well worth at least looking... you'll find the above clips there also!
funnyclips

Let's see, there was also the Saturday Night LIve "Thursday Eve" Show with the Bush endorsement of McCain/Palin ticket.
It was funny. Nice to see Will Ferrell, Tina Fey and Darrell Hammond (together with brief appearance of Jason Sudeikis as Todd Palin) for a political skit. Ferrell states: "John was there for me ninety percent of the time over the last eight years. When you think of John McCain, think of me, George W. Bush. Think of this face. When you're in the voting booth, before you vote - picture this face right here. A vote for John McCain is a vote for George W. Bush." Have to admit it was fairly enjoyable!

How about the comic book cover for Tales From the Crypt? Palin wielding a hocky stick. This election is certainly interesting.
comic cover

Then there are the gaffes and things that just seem oddly funny, but probably aren't upon reflection:

John McCain's brother Joe (yes, yet another Joe) calling 911 about traffic and ending call with a swear.
Then re-calling 911 back again...
You can hear that at ABC 7 news from Alexandria, Va:
traffic alert

Joe McCain's subsequent appology for the call is also there:
Sorry?

Another Joe McCain statement about "Communist Country" in Virginia: cute lil' joke Joe.
Jus' jokin'

Ever noticed how odd many of the brothers of Presidents are?
There was Billy "Beer" Carter, Roger "Pardon me" Clinton, Neil "Savings and loan" Bush, Sam "Drink 'er up" Johnson... I'm sure there are more but those are the ones I easily remember. Now we have Joe "Foot in mouth" McCain.

Enough about bro' Joe: the best misstatement belongs to John McCain himself, and it was priceless. We all knew what he was actually trying to say though he seemed to have enough trouble correcting himself. John Murtha (Dem in Pa) said that "western Pennsylvania was a racist area" Then he later apologized for the comment. What a bunch of real jokers some of these guys are... John McCain was using this statement in a rally in Pa to make his point against such statements by democrats. Not surprising but then he actually stated:

"You know, I think you may have noticed that Senator Obama's supporters have been saying some pretty nasty things about Western Pennsylvania lately, and you know, I couldn't agree with them more."
Full transcript and video at:
Wait what did I say?

Then there's Biden's latest flight into the surreal. Obama called it one of Joe's "rhetorical flourishes" (which you do have to admit Biden is prone to). However the ad that McCain made using that sound bite is a bit "scary" not a surprise there as most of his ads are rather fear oriented.

I wanted to find a link to the complete text of the Biden speech in Seattle about a deliberate international crisis to "test the mettle" of Obama if he is elected... there don't seem to be any I can find vary easily. There are a lot of out of context parts and snippets with editorial comments. I wanted to post a link so one could see exactly what he said, fully and in order. Gave up for now. I expect being tested internationally comes with the territory of a new president of the USA... I'm sure McCain would be tested right away also. Just a hunch. And did Joe Biden actually use the phrase "Gird your loins?" Who uses that line? No wonder the young people don't relate to McCain and Biden. Good lord what is that exactly... have we teleported back to height of the Roman empire?

How about Palin's own statement insisting that she was exonerated of all wrongdoing in the troopergate inquiry... not quite the truth, did she read the transcript herself? Now there's the wardrobe-gate story with the purchase of around $150,000 in clothing for Palin from fancy stores which would be bad enough but then we find that there is also a stylist/makeup artist that was paid $22,000 for the first half of Oct. Wow. Of course Sarah says she hasn't used most of the clothes and they are either "borrowed" or going to be "donated" after the campaign. Hmm.
The average Josephine indeed. Anyone remember the fuss over John Edwards $300 dollar haircut?

Oddest note on the campaign:

The reports of a female McCain Campaign worker that was apparently at an ATM, robbed and then attacked and a letter "B" scratched on her cheek because the over 6' tall black man who was robbing her saw a McCain sticker on her nearby car and wanted to teach her a lesson. She was sporting a black eye and a backwards B on her cheek in the photos. I thought it sounded very strange at the time, why would this black man stick around to do all that near an ATM where people might come at any time?
Drudge and a Pennsylvania campaign communications director for McCain told a very incendiary version of the "attack" right away without having the details. They should be ashamed but they surely don't appear to be. Especially because she made it all up! She admitted it was all a hoax. The police arrested her.

Remember the judicial system's concept of being "innocent until proven guilty" in this country? It's one of the big ones...

Sadly prejudice & racism is still an issue in 2008 United States of America.

I've never seen a campaign like this one before, it's mind boggling.
I still worry about all the underlying hatred and fear that is coming out in this election. It's really quite scary.
I even remember the McGovern/Nixon campaign and that was interesting and a bit tense also. Was it '72?

*Note: The Smother's Brothers Comedy Hour dvd is out. It covers the controversial third season and is worth watching.
There are a few correlations to today oddly that stand up over time. It was a funny show and wrongly cancelled.
(sortof like Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect)

Pat Paulsen for President!

Hmm, let's go back and see if Steven Colbert would run again... lol.

G'night
Going off to make a hot cup of tea as it's pouring rain here on Long Island...
Wonder what will show up on SNL tonight?

Oh, also we caught a 32 inch blue fish surf casting last night. I filleted it last night and we ate it tonight for dinner served up with a fresh salad. Very, very good.
Yummy free food.

Laura

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