Author: stormbear

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing

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Last night’s debate was a huge loss and campaign mess for the McCain camp. McCain clearly lost the debate, even Fox News agrees to this. McCain lost RedState.com readers and Free Republicers – his core wingnuts.

But more importantly McCain displayed his internal racial hatred for African Americans.

Last night when he was asked a question by a member of the audience, McCain would turn and face them, in fact, he would get right in front of them and engage the questioner one-on-one. He even shook the hand of one man. This is true unless you were Black.

When Blacks asked the question, McCain treated each one with disrespect. He called one Black gentleman the wrong name, he was condescending to another in reference to Fannie Mae and then there was Ingrid. Ingrid, a Black woman, asked McCain a question on how he would get Congress moving fast to on environmental issues. McCain didn’t look her in the eye, he turned his back to her and started chatting with a white guy.

This is more evidence of what I call McCain’s Folksy Racism, they are non-verbal cues, body language that belies the true feelings of an individual. He embraces the White folks and ignores the Blacks.

Probably the thing that makes him the most angry is that he cannot ignore Obama.

Lastly, I found it remarkable that McCain left the debate floor within seconds of the end of the debate, the Obamas, hung-out and shook hands and took pictures with the audience. This went on for awhile… and the news outlets let the cameras roll.

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing

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Seriously, does this cartoon make any sense? I think it does, but you must live in Wingnut Land for you to get it.

I have come to believe that Wingnutters live in some sort of Roddenberrian universe of parallel realities all intersecting at once. How else can you explain their belief in so many wrong-headed “if then else” statements?

4+Blue=Terrorist

Makes perfect sense, right?

When I watch Hannity or read RedState, I really wonder what reality they live in. A world filled with inconsistent and shifting logical operators? Maybe a world awash with bullshit.

With McCain’s and Palin’s audiences shouting “terrorist” and “kill him” at the mention of Barack Obama’s name and the racial slurs shouted at media camera crew personnel, it shows that anything goes as long as it forwards their agenda.

If I were to make those associations, the above cartoon would tend to make sense. If Bush is like McCain, then Palin is like Bin Laden.

Makes perfect sense.

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing

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Not much commentary for today.

Last night when Biden was asked a question, he answered it and gave detail about the answer. When Palin was asked a question, she ignored the question and just started to rattle off whatever was on her notecards.

Her performance reminded me of a bad Powerpoint presentation (Keynote for you Mac freaks!).

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing

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I always find it refreshing to read what the wingnuts are thinking. I haven’t visited RedState.com in some time and I was shocked to see how beaten down they feel. I guess denial does have its limits. Some of them, however, seem to have left reality altogether.

The Democrats never think this way, and they never pay in the long run for it. They never take their medicine, they never lose to win, they never rebuild. They just cry a little, then get back to winning.

They never give us a day’s rest. Let’s not give up or even let up for a second, so that we don’t give them a day’s rest.

How Will We Treat President Obama?

Call him an imbecile and a liar and blame him for everything that goes wrong in the world? Just like the Dems treated George W. Bush?

I, for one, hope we do. I will never acknowledge the America hating Obama as my president. It is his party and his ilk that are in the process of destroying a great economy and a great country.

I think the failure of the Bush presidency is because of his inability to fight back in a hyperpartisan world. Republicans always seem to bring a knife to a bazooka fight. I knew McCain was going to be the wrong man at the wrong time. All his “Can’t we all just get along?” and “I know how to work across party lines” rhetoric is not what was needed at this time. He needed to portray Obama as evil incarnate and I knew he didn’t have the stomach for it.

It’s the start of the third, they’ve just run one back for a TD and the head coach (McCain) is still in the locker room mumbling pointless crap about earmarks and bipartisanship.
Today, he is asked about the bias of the moderator and what does he say? Mindless empty crap about how he is “sure” she’ll be professional and unbiased.
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You are not going to win this by being nice, you are not going to win this by playing fair, you are not going to win this calling the same plays that worked in the first quarter…

McCain either can lose and cuddle with his old pals at the New York Times, or win and lead a nation in crisis.

The next quote really magnifies why Obama will win. Their ideology of “win at any cost” is wholly anti-American.

I’m… not going to sugar coat what we are up against. And in situations where standing up for our principles is going to cost us the election, I’m going to say so.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t disrespect principled stands, but I do disrespect principled stands made out of stubbornness without regard for consequences.

If anyone wants to give up, please remind them that the Supreme Court is only one judge away from dismantling the Constitution. (5-4) An Obama presidency would likely make that 7-2 against the Constitution. If that doesn’t scare them, take their temperature.

Obamabots have invaded my neighborhood and my next door neighbor is proudly brandishing an Obama/Biden sign. I admire McCain for wanting to stick to the issues while Obama is running against George W. Bush, but he needs to fight back.

If only…..

We know Ifil is a partisan stooge; she will show Sarah no respect. Sarah should thus be completely unrestrained. I want to see some of that “Sarah Barracuda”!

A tru WTF moment…

You’ve got to realistic. We’re staring down a huge tidal wave this year, one that’s been engineered since the 60’s. And I believe we have the wrong candidate to repel this wave.

Even with the MSM in the tank for the Obamarxist, there is simply no way that a person of his community organizing ilk, lack of experience and unashamed Marxist views should ever be a nominee of a major party. Unless McCain and some coordinated 527s are planning a media blitz the last 4 weeks of the campaign that goes relentlessly negative and truthful and personal towards Obama, there seems like there is simply no way to win this thing.

The media is explaining the whole financial crisis as capitalism run amok, and McCain is letting them!!!! We keep hearing from the Dems that this is what happens when you don’t regulate things and everyone is letting the argument stand.

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing

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I think Sarah Palin’s stance on feminism hearkens back to the Dark Ages. After watching way too many of her pastor’s video tapes, and those that Palin appeared in herself, it is a theology that maintains female subservience to a male. In this case, it is “Jesus.” All actions and ideas must be seen though the lens Christian Evangelical Fundamentalism where straying from the path and making decisions on your own without the benefit of celestial guidance, is frowned upon at best, Malleus Maleficarum at worst.

It seems that the culture she lives in has no room for the philosophy of a “managed uterus.” If you get pregnant, tough shit, you carry the child of your lover. If you are raped, tough shit, you will carry the child of your rapist. As a special little gift to those rape victims, under Palin, the victim is charged for the forensics rape evidence collection kit and we can’t even get her to give an opinion on emergency contraception.

Which brings us to witches. Throughout history, when women have exerted their power and influence, the male dominated society beat them down, tortured them, burned them alive and last but not least, outright murder. Being a witch, and by expansion here I include Wicca or any form of Goddess worship, it is the biggest slap in the face to Christian Fundamentalism, truly going against God.

The women, and like-minded men, who believe in equality for women are an enemy that must be dealt with – a group where murder in the middle of the night by mobs of thugs is preferable. A quick Google Search for Witchcraft and Africa yielded a story today of Eleven dead in Congo football riot after use of ‘witchcraft.’

But this is not news, we have known for a long time that Palin and her ilk are hypocrites.

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing

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Today McCain has suspended his campaign to “deal with the economic crisis.” I guess we need to say good bye to the Straight Talk Express. But no one is buying the horseshit.

From THE David Letterman:

“You don’t suspend your campaign. This doesn’t smell right. This isn’t the way a tested hero behaves.” And he joked: “I think someone’s putting something in his metamucil.”

“He can’t run the campaign because the economy is cratering? Fine, put in your second string quarterback, Sara Palin. Where is she?”

“What are you going to do if you’re elected and things get tough? Suspend being president? We’ve got a guy like that now!”

It didn’t end there. It got worse…

Then in the middle of the taping Dave got word that McCain was, in fact just down the street being interviewed by Katie Couric. Dave even cut over to the live video of the interview, and said, “Hey Senator, can I give you a ride home?”

Perfect.

With this stunt on top of the Palin banning of reporters, it is not shaping up as a smart move for McCain. The thing that really keep me scratching my head is why are the GOP control monkeys letting this go on? I swear, to be such a herd of control freaks, you would think they would have tossed McCain out on his ass and installed Romney as their savior.

Then again, I am more than happy to see the rotting carcass of the GOP completely implode.

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing

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I am not one of those people who want to shrink government to a size where it could be drowned in a bathtub. That said, I have had more than enough “assistance” from the government on FISA, the Patriot Act, the Schiavo debacle and on and on. I do not need any assistance from the government to bail-out billionaires.

Cry me a river.

One thing I have not seen a lot of chatter about is how we are going to pay the national debt, plus all the non-discretionary line items like Social Security, and Medicare. Once the Treasury is empty, Americans have nothing but personal debt left and there is nothing left to the value of America, what is left to sell, leverage or exploit to pay off the Reaganomics inspired spending? Public land.

A few years ago, I read an economic report on the real estate value of national parks and forests in California. For the life of me, I cannot find that report on the web. The base idea (a GOP idea I bet) was to sell off select national parks and monuments like the Presidio and Yosemite to land developers. The report took the value of the land near these parks and calculated the real estate value of these areas and concluded that the value of these lands was sizable – close to a trillion dollars.

If this bail-out goes through, will it be the tipping point for the US economy? Will we need to start auctioning off chunks of America’s land trust to the highest bidder?

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing

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At this point, most of you have read about the Paulson plan that does not give one dollar to the PEOPLE with the bad mortgages, yet it costs every American over $3000. Frankly I could put that three thousand to a lot better use than Paulson.

Since Paulson has yet to detail what he is going to spend that money on. My rule is, if the Bush Administration is keeping something a secret, it is bad news.

This administration has been unable to manage any single fund. Social Security, Katrina, and Iraq have all turned out to be clusterfucks. Why should this be any different? It isn’t.

Keep in mind, the $700 billion is not a bailout, that is just the downpayment. It is a mortgage for the nation.

The only way we are going to be able to pay this off is to start selling off national parks.

As harsh as this may sound, but not all businesses deserve to be in business. I realize jobs are at stake, but jobs have been bleeding off for the past 8 years. If we pass this law, the end result will be even worse than the shot term pain if we just let these banks fail.

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing

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With the biggest market collapse since 9-11-01 and the worst economy since the Great Depression, what DOES a bad economy look like to John McCain? That is the answer I want from the Straight Talk Express.

If he thinks things are glorious today, what does suck look like? Is it when billionaires start losing massive equity or has to work two jobs? Or maybe it is when Carly Fiorina gets fired from two jobs? Just what exactly?

Maybe a bad economy is when John McCain has to sell off 5 of his 10 houses? Maybe it is when his wife, Cindy, has to start wearing outfits that cost less than Joe Biden’s net worth?

Ohhh… the suffering. And you know, after being a POW where Buddhism once flourished, you would have thought McCain would have learned something about suffering.

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing

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After careful consideration to try to explain the outcome of Charlie Gibson’s interview with Sarah Palin, this is the best I could come up with. In fact, I came up with nothing, today’s strip is the fault of David Stein. I’ll forward today’s hate mail to him!

Special Note: I will be giving a presentation, open to the public, at Adobe’s San Francisco 601 Townsend Street office on September 16th at 6:45pm. During the presentation I will chat about how I started the strip and show how I use Adobe’s software to create the strip. Expect antics!

Print out your favorite TCD comic strip and I will autograph it!

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