Watching America writhe through the throes of this political contest I’ve felt disillusioned and inspired; often whipsawing back and forth between the two in the same hour.
What’s disillusioned me?
Watching parents encourage their children to hate Barack Obama. (example at 2:54) When I first saw that footage a couple weeks ago, I broke down and [...]

Big hat tip to Sandra Rose!
Enjoy. (Stay tuned for the surprise contestant toward the end…)

In the latest example of what she calls “gotcha journalism,” Sarah Palin just got pwned by a third grader whose biased temerity compelled him to ask, “What does the vice-president do?”

Mrs. Palin’s answer:

PALIN: That’s something that Piper would ask me! … [T]hey’re in charge of the U.S. Senate so if they want to they can [...]

If you’ve been watching cable news coverage of the presidential campaigns like I have, the black man who stood up at a recent John McCain rally and begged McCain to take the "gloves off" and to "take it to Obama" might have struck you recently. That man’s name is James T. Harris.

And as I saw [...]

What kind of person fans hatred as a get out the vote (GOTV) strategy? Whether you like Barack Obama and Joe Biden or not, I have to believe most Americans are appalled when the phrase "kill him" is shouted out at Palin’s rally and "terrorist" is shouted out at McCain’s when Barack Obama’s name is [...]

Can you imagine the reaction if Barack Obama had said "I have to suspend my campaign because the economy is in a complete mess, although less than 10 days ago I did promise the American public that the "fundamentals" of our economy were strong. And I can’t debate right now and my Vice Presidential pick [...]

Sure, I know, I know the Dems do the same thing. But it’s still funny.

Senator John McCain accepted his party’s nomination with an unusually personal speech that chronicled his harrowing time as a POW and featured the word "change" more than ten times. Has McCain abandoned his ‘Straight Talk Express’ to grab onto the caboose of the ‘Change’ train?
I fight to restore the pride and principles of our party. [...]

"Red Meat" is a term political insiders use to describe a speech intended primarily to fire up a party’s already committed supporters. Republican Vice-Presidential nominee, Sarah Palin, served up the "red meat" bloody and in big slabs during her acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention. She started off straightforward enough:
I accept the call [...]

It’s been said that the way to make sure a meme is widely adopted is to repeat it over and over and over again. During the primary battle between Obama and Clinton, a nasty little internet email gained enough traction to spill over into mainstream discussion.
That email purportedly "proved" that Barack Obama is the [...]

I want to go to the movies with Senator John McCain. Well only in my head really, but we do share strikingly similar tastes in television shows and movies. Now I know you can’t judge a book by its cover. But can you judge a candidate by his pop culture picks? Leave it to the [...]