PHAWKER: Why not just call him ‘boy’? WALL STREET JOURNAL: Obama spokesman Bill Burton sent a one-line message to reporters after McCain made the comment that said, “Did John McCain just refer to Obama as ‘that one’?” And again at the conclusion of the debate, the Obama campaign emailed reporters, “Did John McCain refer to Obama as ‘that one’?” Obama campaign manager David Plouffe also referenced the remark in his post-debate statement. “John McCain was all over the map on the issues, and he is so angry about the state of his campaign that he referred to Barack Obama as […]
TONITE: Get Up, Old Man! Get The Fuck Up!
[Artwork by FLYOVERSTATE] Tune in tonight for the snarkiest bi-coastal debate coverage on the Internet! You may not learn anything, but it will make you feel better. Tonight’s analysts will be JONATHAN VALANIA and JEFF DEENEY on the East Coast (Philadelphia, to be exact) and CITIZEN MOM who will be watching from the West Coast (Portland, to be exact). Starts around 9 PM. You betcha! UPDATE: The insta-polls, which provide viewers with a somewhat skewed but important insight into how each candidate fared say, by and large, that Obama scored a victory in the second debate. MORE deeney: whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?????? HE […]
NPR FOR THE DEAF: We Hear It Even When You Can’t
[Illustration by ALEX FINE] FRESH AIR Author and activist Antonia Juhasz argues that the oil industry’s grip on policy and government has never been stronger. What’s more, Juhasz says, the business and politics of oil’s production pose such grave implications on so many fronts — the environment, human rights, the economy, worker safety, public health — that the current state of petroleum-industry affairs is fundamentally antithetical to democracy. Juhasz, a fellow at the petro-critic organization Oil Change International and at the Institute for Policy Studies, documents her concerns — and lays out proposed remedies — in her new book, The […]
PALIN LAND: The Gloves And The Hoods Are Off
WASHINGTON POST: CLEARWATER, Fla. — “Okay, so Florida, you know that you’re going to have to hang onto your hats,” Sarah Palin told a rally of a few thousand here this morning, “because from now until Election Day it may get kind of rough.” You betcha. And the person dishing out the roughest stuff at the moment is Sarah Palin. “I was reading my copy of the New York Times the other day,” she said. “Booooo!” replied the crowd. “I knew you guys would react that way, okay,” she continued. “So I was reading the New York Times and I […]
BYKO: Who Let The Dawgs Out?
BYKO: Curious: Who took the revealing vacation pictures obtained by Cole and lovingly posted on the station’s Web site? All 14 pictures show [City Councilman Wilson Goode Jr. and legislative aide Latrice Bryant], in casual clothes — down to a skimpy sundress and a bikini for her — during an August 2005 trip to Jamaica. Did they work on legislative affairs day and night? Or just affairs? Several City Council observers were stunned by the pictures. “It’s the first time I’ve ever seen him smiling,” said one. And, boy, was he smiling. Hell, even I’m smiling. In six shots, Bryant […]
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: This Land Is Your Land
Let’s take it back. Click HERE to register to vote. Monday is the deadline to register in Pennsylvania. UPDATE: The Obama campaign registered some 21,000 new voters on Saturday. Democrats now hold a million-plus new voter advantage over Republicans in Pennsylvania. ROLLING STONE: On Saturday, Bruce Springsteen kicked off three days of Vote For Change concerts on behalf of Barack Obama with a powerful acoustic set that drew estimated 50,000 to the Ben Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. Cutting a distinctly Woody Guthriesque profile in rolled up flannel, denim and a halo of tousled hair, The Boss stood atop a 30-foot […]
THE AUDACITY OF DOPE: People Who Live In Glass Igloos Should Not Throw Snowballs With Rocks Inside
[Illustration by ALEX FINE] DAILY SHOCKER: The first shots of McCain’s new strategy were fired today by none other than his “top surrogate” Sarah Palin, in accusing Obama of “palling around with a terrorist,” Bill Ayers. Ayers is not new to the scene, and Palin was referencing an article in today’s NY Times discussing Obama’s relationship, or lack thereof, to the man. MORE NEW YORK TIMES: At a tumultuous meeting of anti-Vietnam War militants at the Chicago Coliseum in 1969, Bill Ayers helped found the radical Weathermen, launching a campaign of bombings that would target the Pentagon and United States […]
THE BOSS: We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident
“Hello Philly, I am glad to be here today for this voter registration drive and for Barack Obama, the next President of the United States. “I’ve spent 35 years writing about America, its people, and the meaning of the American Promise. The Promise that was handed down to us, right here in this city from our founding fathers, with one instruction: Do your best to make these things real. Opportunity, equality, social and economic justice, a fair shake for all of our citizens, the American idea, as a positive influence, around the world for a more just and peaceful existence. […]
PALIN: Doesn’t Debating Make You Go Blind?
In that case, let’s just do it until I need glasses! Bada-bum!
EARLY WORD: Born In The USA
[Illustration by ALEX FINE] EDITOR’S NOTE: Steal this poster! Grab it, blog it, put in on your MySpace, Facebook it, email your friends, print it out and hang it up. If anyone wants to print this out poster-sized hit us back at feed@phawker.com and we will send you the hi-res version. RELATED: We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident RELATED: This Land Is Your Land MCCAIN CONCEDES MICHIGAN: John McCain is pulling out of Michigan, according to two Republicans, a stunning move a month away from Election Day that indicates the difficulty Republicans are having in finding blue states to […]
RUMBLINGS: Is McCain About To Pull Out Of PA?
HUFFPO: Democrats cheered on Wednesday when news broke that John McCain’s campaign was abandoning Michigan, pulling down its ads and sending staffers to other states. Almost immediately, an organization called Progress Michigan let loose with a taunt, demanding that McCain keep pouring resources into the state in order to explain to voters his “support for outsourcing” and the “failed economic policies” of the Bush administration. Many speculated that McCain would now turn his focus to Pennsylvania. But United Steelworkers International president Leo Gerard tells the Huffington Post that the state could soon go the way of Michigan. “We’re seeing — […]
SICKO: Sarah Palin’s Ronald Reagan Quote Is From The Gipper’s Days As An Anti-Medicare Propagandist
PAUL KRUGMAN: Unbelievable. Sarah Palin finished her closing remarks by quoting Ronald Reagan: It was Ronald Reagan who said that freedom is always just one generation away from extinction. We don’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream; we have to fight for it and protect it, and then hand it to them so that they shall do the same, or we’re going to find ourselves spending our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children about a time in America, back in the day, when men and women were free. When did he say this? It was […]
SWIFT KIDS FOR TRUTH: Sarah Palin Is A Maverick?
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