matt damon saying something worth hearing

I’ve never disliked Matt Damon, but at the same time, I’ve always just pushed him to the back of my celebrity focus. I never saw the Bourne movies, so I thus don’t really care too much about him. But man, did this guy rise up on my list today. He was able to articulate basically every feeling I have about Sarah Palin without attacking, nitpicking, or giving snarky insults. Maybe I’ll go rent your movies now, Matty.

And yet it baffles me how people can continue to throw aside these concerns and actually believe that she’s the right choice to be President if McCain dies.

McBush!

This is one of my favorite things on the Internet right now.

Why the media should apologize to Sarah Palin

What a primo article by Roger Simon. McCain’s campaign asked the media to stop inquiring about Palin, as it was disruptive to the campaign. Ok. Sorry, McCain. Anyway, read Roger Simon’s great article below:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13143.html

Why the media should apologize
By Roger Simon

“On behalf of the media, I would like to say we are sorry.

On behalf of the elite media, I would like to say we are very sorry.

We have asked questions this week that we should never have asked.

We have asked pathetic questions like: Who is Sarah Palin? What is her record? Where does she stand on the issues? And is she is qualified to be a heartbeat away from the presidency?

We have asked mean questions like: How well did John McCain know her before he selected her? How well did his campaign vet her? And was she his first choice?

Bad questions. Bad media. Bad.

It is not our job to ask questions. Or it shouldn’t be. To hear from the pols at the Republican National Convention this week, our job is to endorse and support the decisions of the pols.

Sarah Palin hit the nail on the head Wednesday night (and several in the audience wish she had hit some reporters on the head instead) when she said: “I’m not a member of the permanent political establishment. And I’ve learned quickly, these past few days, that if you’re not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.”

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But where did we go wrong with Sarah Palin? Let me count the ways:

First, we should have stuck to the warm, human interest stuff like how she likes mooseburgers and hit an important free throw at her high school basketball tournament even though she had a stress fracture.

Second, we should have stuck to the press release stuff like how she opposed the Bridge to Nowhere (after she supported it).

Third, we should never have strayed into the other stuff. Like when The Washington Post recently wrote: “Palin is under investigation by a bipartisan state legislative body. … Palin had promised to cooperate with the legislative inquiry, but this week she hired a lawyer to fight to move the case to the jurisdiction of the state personnel board, which Palin appoints.”

Why go there? What trees does that plant?

Fourth, we should stop making with all the questions already. She gave a really good speech. And why go beyond that? As we all know, speeches cannot be written by others and rehearsed for days. They are true windows to the soul.

Unless they are delivered by Barack Obama, that is. In which case, as Palin said Wednesday, speeches are just a “cloud of rhetoric.”

Fifth, we should stop reporting on the families of the candidates. Unless the candidates want us to.

Sarah Palin wanted the media to report on her teenage son, Track, who enlisted in the Army on Sept. 11, 2007, and soon will deploy to Iraq.

Sarah Palin did not want the media to report on her teenage daughter, Bristol, who is pregnant and unmarried.

Sarah Palin thinks that one is good for her campaign and one is not, and that the media should report only on what is good for her campaign. That is our job, and that is our duty. If that is not actually in the Constitution, it should be. (And someday may be.)

The official theme of the convention’s third day was “prosperity,” but the unofficial theme was “the media are really, really awful.”

Even Mike Huckabee, who campaigned for president this year by saying “I am a conservative, but I am not mad at anybody,” discovered Wednesday night that he is mad at somebody.

“I’d like to thank the elite media for doing something,” Huckabee said, “that, quite frankly, I didn’t think could be done: unify the Republican Party and all of America in support of John McCain and Sarah Palin.”

And could that be the real point of the attacks on the media? To unify the Republican Party?

No, that is simply the cynical, media view.

Though as Lily Tomlin says, “No matter how cynical I get, it’s just never enough to keep up.”

I couldn’t resist that. For which I am sorry.”

McCain: suddenly religious and increasingly elderly

So what did I think of Old McDonald’s speech?

You know what? It wasn’t terrible. But it wasn’t great either. It was good. Just, good.

The problem I’m having with it was that he did little more than make very broad statements about change, and did nothing more than tell his POW story yet again. Yes, McCain, we all know you’re a great American, thanks. But now it’s the big leagues and you’ve gotten your nomination… this story is not why people should vote for you. McCain played his entire speech very, very safe. He had no shock, no wit, no insight into anything other than, for the most part, “I am America and so can you.” That’s basically a summary of his speech. Thanks, Colbert.

Lots of vague talk about change. Nothing really all that interesting. The last thing McCain needs is to give off the image of uninteresting.

A safe speech, a nice speech, a semi-charismatic speech with a few elderly slip-ups. But McCain definitely hasn’t stepped up yet. The end of his speech did make me smile, I’ll admit, and it was a great finish. And he did well to distance himself from Bush.

Good job, McCain. And nice try winning over the evangelicals with all the talk about being God’s children, but this isn’t the 700 Club. I applaud McCain for a good effort, but this election might end up being another JFK vs. Nixon act, with the young’n far outshining the old man. If it even gets to that. Hell, it’s going to end up being Obama vs. Palin, with Biden and McCain just going along for the ride.

Oh, and I can’t end without sharing this gem.

Yes sir, Old McDonald wants to distance himself from Bush, but I’m not going to let him!

Sarah Palin: THE TINY TERROR. My real analysis.

Ok, so, I’m over the anger I had when I first heard Sarah Palin’s pathetic excuse for a speech. And I’m embarrassed by my first post. Want my real idea of who Sarah Palin is? Real, articulate, and with plenty of fact to back me up.

This is a woman who cares so much about introducing herself to a world that has spent the last six days investigating every aspect of her life that she tries, yet again, to use the “special needs” angle. When she was introducing her children, I was cringing in anticipation for a statement like, “…and this is Trig, who has Down Syndrome.” And yet, she didn’t say that… she waited until afterwards to bring it up. Yes, lovely, we all know, and I’m terribly sorry. But I have no respect for people who use angles like that to win over other people. Maybe I’d sympathize with your little plea for votes if Obama was a big mean special needs-hating machine. But he’s not, and so please don’t use tragedy to attract sympathy, Ms. Palin.

This is a woman who claims that “country comes first” for Republicans, yet she had no problem insulting the women of America by assuming that they would vote for her simply because Hillary wasn’t in the running anymore. I’m sorry, but Hillary’s 18 million supporters are not going to switch over to Palin’s agenda simply because she’s a woman. Gender does not a true political vote ensure. I like to think that the 18 million DEMOCRATS have enough dignity to STAY DEMOCRATS, and have more sense than to go, “Oh, a woman? Wow! Paul, come read this — it’s a woman! Let’s vote her instead! She’s got Hillary’s hips!” If Ms. Palin thinks she can dupe the women of America, I’m wondering what she thinks of the rest of us.

This is a woman who calls for “country over politics.” I’m sorry, but does she even know why she’s in the VP seat to begin with? It’s not for her years of experience or her huge popularity with the voting public (who didn’t even know she existed until last Friday). It’s all politics, and it’s infuriating to watch Ms. Palin pretend that McCain’s campaign truly cares about the country when it first tried to manipulate America with the selection of her as VP. There is a difference between a strategic pick, and a selfish one. Obama’s pick of Biden fills the void of inexperience. The only thing McCain’s pick fills is the lack of ovaries. It’s a despicable show of politics, and if McCain truly, truly cared about this country, he would have chosen someone who heaven knows would do a better job in the White House than Ms. Palin.

This is a woman who has contradicted her positions countless times with the projects she’s supported and the laws she’s pursued. I’m willing to forgive the petty things — her daughter’s pregnancy, her husband’s affiliation with the group that favored Alaska’s secession — but I can’t ignore the big ones, like Palin’s constant plea to be seen as the future of reform, when she’s supported earmarks that she so firmly said she was against time and time again.

Don’t get me wrong. Sarah Palin seems to have a happy marriage, a beautiful family, and an intellect unmatched by a lot of players in politics today. But this is a woman who is better suited running for a city councilwoman, a PTA president, or a spot in the House. She is NOT who I want to give all control to when McCain keels over before his term is filled. Give her access to nuclear weapons and I’m terrified for what she’ll do.

I can’t stand to see Sarah Palin become McCainified. She was someone who could have been promising if she climbed the steps to the top, but instead, she just took the elevator, and hasn’t had time to rectify her kinks. So instead, she just covers them up.

Call me insensitive, call me inarticulate, and call me a hypocrite — I know the Democrats have their faults, too. But please, if you call me those things, at least call Sarah Palin them, too.

the only reason I like diddy

Yes, Diddy, I’m SURE they have some black people in Alaska.

And THIS is what I want to show EVERY SINGLE DUMBASS VOTING FOR MCCAIN.

Thank you Nicky.

Happy Birthday Johnny!!!

Happy 72ND birthday little buddy! It must be nice to be so young!

Enjoy it! Who knows if you’ll even pull through to your next one!?

tool time

BAD CHOICE, GRANDPA!

Did you know that Sarah Palin is a LIFETIME member of the NRA? And she doesn’t support abortion? Bring on the guns and the babies! What a combo!

McCain’s campaign obviously doesn’t realize that the American public is wary of his old age (I think he used to go out with Susan B. Anthony, and went to prom with Clara Barton, actually). That said, people don’t want him in office because he MIGHT DIE. And this is what we get in office if his heart gives out or Dick Cheney shoots him?

Bad idea, gramps. Bad idea.

5 people who bug me

#1. Kim Kardashian
This bitch is just way overrated for doing absolutely nothing. She had a sex tape, and like, that was it. Who the fuck does she think she is? Pointless, talentless, and really buggy. She bugs me this week because she just got cast on the next season of Dancing With The Stars, and thus I have no desire to hear her talking about how she was so surprised to be cast, because the bitch PUBLICLY ASKED TO BE CAST. Skank.

#2. Demi Lovato
I hate her name. It’s ugly as fuck. And the only reason she’s popular is cause Miley was going down the drain, but now she’s back up again and this Demi bitch is still hanging around. Get a real name. Ugh. You ugly bitch.

#3. George W. Bush
My main man Georgie. I bet you can guess why I don’t like him. COME HOME MELANIE AND LISA.

#4. Samantha Ronson
Ew.

#5. John McCain
I DO NOT VOTE FOR THE ELDERLY. I bet you know why McCain bugs me this week, too. Can’t wait to see him at the RNC! Asshole. Go get a wheelchair.