McCain Still Old, But Obama's a Commie!
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY Good morning! As we head into this long weekend, John McCain's medical records serve as a reminder to all of us to use sunscreen! The rest of his health news, his repudiation of a pastor, Bill Clinton's desires, the campaign's new opinion on Michigan and Florida and more crazy things people say about Barack Obama are all after the jump.
By Megan Carpentier
Good morning! As we head into this long weekend, John McCain's medical records serve as a reminder to all of us to use sunscreen! The rest of his health news, his repudiation of a pastor, Bill Clinton's desires, the campaign's new opinion on Michigan and Florida and more crazy things people say about Barack Obama are all after the jump.
John McCain, Old But Not Dead John McCain allowed a select group of reporters to review his medical records for the past eight years. They found out that he is old but not particularly sick. They can't say, though, that he's not in any danger of dying because he is old any many old people seem to do that.
McCain Dumps Hagee When McCain was looking to boost support among evangelical voters, he went shopping for an endorsement and ended up with that of John Hagee. Unfortunately, Hagee said some bad things about Catholicism and homosexuality, which was apparently acceptable, and some unacceptable things about the Bible, Hitler and the Holocaust, so McCain had to dump him. Hagee's now going to sit out the race because people have been so mean, so that's one less vote for McCain.
Bill Clinton's Dreams Although Hillary Clinton is still running to secure the Democratic nomination and reportedly not all that interested in giving up a powerful Senate seat to be a less-than-powerful Vice President, Bill Clinton wants to see her back in the Executive Branch. He's been privately talking it up, and not just because Obama has reportedly already started vetting candidates.
Ickes Has Ideas The DNC Rules Committee is set to meet next week to consider Michigan and Florida's final pleas to be allowed to vote at the conventions, and conventional wisdom seems to be that they'll get half delegations and Obama will get a couple more delegates than the zero he earned in Michigan since he complied with DNC rules and took his name off the ballot. Clinton's senior adviser Harold Ickes thinks that that's hogwash, and that since Obama didn't get any votes, he shouldn't get any delegates. Notably, nobody in Michigan is actually suggesting that, but Ickes obviously knows best.
More Fun with Obama If the current crop of misinformation circling the Internet isn't enough to make you vote for McCain, and bunch of old guys have some more tricks up their sleeve. They're now saying that he's actually a Communist who intends to destroy the country. One of them worked for the now-discredited House Committee on Un-American Activities, so he knows all about using flimsy and non-existent evidence to back spurious charges. Besides, is anyone actually still scared of Commies?
What do you think will be the next hilariously unbelievable charge thrown at Obama? What trick do you think Ickes has up his sleeve for the Rules Committee meeting next week? And do you think Hillary Clinton would really give up the Senate seat to sit around and wait for Obama to die?
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TopicsBarack ObamaBill Clintonhillary clintonJohn McCain