Ton of things to do, so you are on your own for a while. My friend Tammy sent in this picture of her puppy Samantha posing after a swim in the lake:
If you find anything useful, throw it in the comments.
*** Update ***
BTW- I forgot to add. My parents are thinking about rescuing a Jack Russell Terrier, so there may be a new addition to the household.
Joey Maloney
An open thread seems like an acceptable place to ask why I can’t read or post comments on the site when I view it on my iPod Touch – and why it crashes iPod Safari about half the time.
Bugs the snot out of me, although I’m sure it’s excellent news for John McCain.
SGEW
That is one photogenic (and cute!) doggie.
SGEW
Did John McCain invent the Blackberry and the iPod Touch?!
There’s nothing he can’t do!
Comrade Stuck
The neighbor has one of these kind of dogs that comes by for a visit now and again. (especially when it rains to get toweled dry). Pookie is very smart and affectionate and cute as a button, like this one.
Libby
Well if you missed the interview with Bristol Palin’s baby daddy yesterday, I’ve got it.
Colonel Danite
Apparently McCain and his folks can’t count…or lie very well. How difficult would it have been for them to find out what the building’s capacity was and just claim it was full?
The Virginia Beach Fire Marshal’s office estimated the size of the crowd to be 12,000. A McCain campaign spokeswoman claimed the crowd size was 25,000, but the Convention Center’s capacity is only 16,000.
McCain Packs ‘Em in
Libby
And I don’t want to hear another effin’ word about equivalence of the angry left and the angry right. Scroll down to the second graphic at this DWT post and tell me why the guy isn’t being visited by the Secret Service?
greynoldsct00
Yeah, I’ll bet his ass is grass for talking to reporters without permission. Wonder how long it took for the campaign goons to come down on him.
Libby
Also, that’s a really cute pup. All this pet blogging makes me wish I could get a critter of my own.
Libby
Especially since he said he thought Obama seems like a nice guy….
I don’t think the kid really cares what they say. He’s at the age where rebellion is cool.
linda
how about a boston globe editorial to make you smile:
GLOBE EDITORIAL
A maverick no more
October 14, 2008
BACK IN December, when we endorsed John McCain in the Republican presidential primaries, we wrote that he would conduct a campaign of "substance, not demagoguery." We didn’t count on the other John McCain – the one who showed up for the general election. Whether in thrall to his handlers or his own ambition, McCain has abandoned respectful discussion of differences for a trough of pandering and invective.
…
Campaigns are crucibles, and this one has revealed McCain to be erratic, out of touch with ordinary Americans, and, with Palin as his shotgun messenger, too quick with the sneer, smear, and division. He has been a profound disappointment, and he is unfit to lead the nation into its perilous future.
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2008/10/14/a_maverick_no_more?mode=PF
linda
pt. 2:
GLOBE EDITORIAL
Obama for president
October 14, 2008
COME JANUARY, a new president will take charge of a nation diminished, an America that is far shakier economically, less secure militarily, and less respected internationally than it was eight years before. The nation needs a chief executive who has the temperament and the nerves to shepherd Americans through what promises to be a grueling period – and who has the vision to restore this country to its place of leadership in the world.
Such a leader is at hand. With great enthusiasm, the Globe endorses Senator Barack Obama for president. The charismatic Democrat from Illinois has the ability to channel Americans’ hopes and rally the public together, at a time when the winds are picking up and the clouds keep on darkening….
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2008/10/14/obama_for_president?mode=PF
Libby
This one is a new to me. Palinex, side effects may vary.
And I’m out. I have a ton of things to do too.
I might note as an aside, I don’t comment here much lately because the site is so slow with the upgrade that it takes forever to post. Not so bad this morning, I expect because traffic is lighter. I think my old computer doesn’t like change much.
TheFountainHead
It is a sllllooooooowwww day.
robertdsc
Marc Ambinder has the specs on McCain’s econ plan:
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/10/mccains_pension_and_family_sec.phphref>
Substance: 5 parts.
1. Lower taxes for seniors tapping their retirement accounts and suspend rules that force seniors to liquidate their accounts during economic crisis. (1/2 New)
2. Accelerate the tax write-offs for those forced to sell at at a loss in the current market. (New)
3. Reduce capital gains taxes for ’09 and ’10.
4. His Homeowner Resurgence Plan, where mortgages would be purchased directly from homeowners and mortgage services and replaced with manageable fixed-rate mortgages.
5. For workers, eliminate taxes on unemployment benefits.
Item 3 is clearly out of touch and if item 4 is the same plan he’s pushing where the govt buys the mortgages at face value, it’s a goner right off the bat.
Comrade Incertus
Yet another article on how the super rich are holding up under the strain of a melting economy. I’m not very fond of such stories.
Comrade Stuck
Firefox
chopper
well, mcthuselah is dropping his super economic plan today.
among his ideas are cutting capital gains taxes.
yeah, all those college kids, seniors and working stiffs totally benefit from a reduction in capital gains taxes. what a fuckin’ rube.
Comrade Jake
How awesome would it be if in tomorrow night’s debate, Obama were to point out that on Sunday McCain’s campaign said it would present a new economic plan on Monday. Then on Monday it said it had no plans to do so. Then after Obama introduced his new stimulus plan, the McCain campaign announced they would present one of their own on Tuesday.
It’s almost as though they’re trying to live up to the erratic stereotype.
Brian J
1. With just barely glancing at the post below this one, let me just say that if McCain’s advisers think the election is going to swing to them in the final ten days because of independents turning against Obama based on smears around Wright, Rezko, and Ayers, I want some of what they are smoking. I simply don’t see the appeal of this strategy to anyone outside of the conservative base, and even then, with there being so many problems at the forefront of the public’s attention, is it going to have much traction? It just doesn’t make any sense.
2. I don’t know if this is just due to a small sample size or something, but a few people who weren’t sold on Obama’s chances in the past have said to me recently they think he’s going to win. One of my bosses said he thinks that Obama’s going to win even with a lot of people going into the booth and refusing to pull the lever for a black guy. If this is becoming a widespread sentiment, perhaps it’ll help Obama if for no other reason than it would depress turn out for McCain.
3. I felt like I had something else to add, but I don’t. Suffice it to say that when I lost my iPhone temporarily yesterday and was at work all day without Internet access, I was lost at see. I was so pysched to see the wingnut reaction to Krugman winning the Nobel Prize, for instance. This was sort of like me hitting rock bottom, realizing I have an addiction. Damn you, Al Gore, for making the Internets so addicting.
Punchy
Everyone bitched incessantly (me included) about what a worthless (fill in the slur) Hillary was during the primary, bringing up the sludge and slime. But really, I think this has innoculated Obama from these charges now. IOW, Hillary has helped Obama by already making these Ayers and Wright allegations OLD NEWS. And the media HATES OLD NEWS.
Libby
Here’s some amusing video from all lies, all the time McSame. He claims he’s heard the crowds at Obama rallies calling him a traitor and a terrorist.
Begs the question, just how many rallies has he attended? Who knows why the alleged in the tank for Obama journo didn’t ask that?
Patrick
Somewhat off topic — what kind of dog is that? My kids are yammering for a dog and something cute and (apparently) medium-sized would do nicely.
Clor
Great news for John McCain: he’s only down by 17 points in WI. That trip really worked out nicely for him.
SGEW
BTW
When did I become such a Campbell Brown fan?
Video: Campbell Brown Says Important Things On Television
Prediction: The T.V. "Media" might actually grow up and be rational adults. See, also, Rachel Maddow.
boonagain
Well, here’s one vote I can only assume was switched by "An American Carol".
Delia
I’ve been waiting for an open thread to drop in this factoid and one with a pic of a terrier at the top is perfect. I was watching a show on Animal Planet last Saturday that gave a brief overview of several dog breeds. It disclosed the fact that Warren G. Harding had an Airedale terrier in his Cabinet. I’ve been trying to parse the implications ever since. The show did not discuss what position the dog held or how well he performed his duties. Was he the only honest member of the Harding Administration or could he be bribed with a couple of doggie biscuits and a good game of fetch? And did he set a precedent? What sort of secret role has Miss Beazley played in the Bush Administration? For good or ill? And it’s a damn good thing Cheney didn’t get a chance to blow her away because whatever her association with the Bush crime family is, she’s a cute dog. In any case, somebody needs to investigate the role terriers have played in Republican administrations.
Comrade Jake
@Punchy:
Hold on a minute there Tigger. Hillary really didn’t have much to do with the Wright firestorm. That was a product of Fox News and the rest of the MSM running the Wright videos 24/7 for almost a week straight. Sure, Hillary didn’t do anything to put out the fire and she threw a little gas on the flame here and there, but it’s not like she pushed the topic. She didn’t have to.
Ayers is a different story. I suppose we can thank her for bringing it up early, but it really didn’t get a whole lot of media play at the time. Certainly nowhere near what it’s gotten over the past few weeks. The interesting thing is how it hasn’t made a difference, in spite of it being a relatively new topic for plenty of people. I think this has much more to do with folks having watched Obama, realizing he’s not a radical lefty, and dismissing it as desperation on McCain’s part. That and the economy shitting the bed.
If you want to thank Hillary for something, thank her for turning Obama into a top-notch debater. He’s much much better than he was when the primaries began. The shear number of debates he had with Hillary (who’s clearly a pro in them) made an impact there, IMO.
Brian J
Basically off topic, but if you get a dog, can you at least consider going to a shelter? Our current dog was dumped on my family, but in a different way than the one before that. Shadow was given to us by some lady, who gave us a bad phone number and who has yet to call us back. (After three more than five years, I guess I shouldn’t hold my breath, right?) Rusty was abandoned on the side of our house–one side is facing a side street–bleeding from his penis and undernourished and in need of some love. Even though my mom said she needed another dog like she needed another kid (thanks, mom!), we adopted him from the shelter after we put him for the mandatory week or whatever it was. He was so happy to come and live with us, and even though I was a child at the time, I still remember how sad it was to see all of the dogs in there without a home. Rusty was an incredibly loyal dog that we had for about ten years. He knew we saved his ass, and he never forgot it. There are so many dogs out there that need a home and would never forget if you gave one to them.
Comrade Incertus
@Punchy: Not to mention that she toughened him up, and forced Democratic party building in states that probably wouldn’t have been competitive otherwise. We may not win Indiana, for example, but is there a chance in hell that we’d be forcing McCain to play defense there if Clinton hadn’t forced Obama to defend it in the primaries? Not likely. And it’s helping in other races as well–Nate Silver gives the Dems a 1 in 4 chance of getting to 60 Senate seats now (if you include Lieberman).
Punchy
Consider a Corgi.
Brian J
Apparently McCain and his folks can’t count…or lie very well. How difficult would it have been for them to find out what the building’s capacity was and just claim it was full?
Comrade Jake
@SGEW:
That was an amazing segment. When Campbell Brown’s show first started, it was terrible. She seemed mostly interested in replicating all the other shows, where folks from both sides are invited to provide their own spin. But she’s definitely evolved. Perhaps she’s gaining confidence and that segment you linked is more a sign of what we should expect from her. I certainly hope so.
Comrade Jake
Sully has posted some, ahem, interesting ads running by independent groups in Ohio. They’re pretty good.
TheFountainHead
While all of that is true, let’s not get too lovey-dovey about the role Hillary played in all of this. She was still trying to win, and by pretty much any means necessary toward the end there. It’s absolutely correct that their extended battle for the nomination has made Obama a better general election candidate, but the praise for that should go to Obama who weathered that storm and came out stronger than he went in.
JL
Capri, in an earlier post said
Let’s hope so! We should all try to vote early if the state you live in allows you to do so. Who knows what the whackos are planning for election day. Remember the Spanish election of 2004.
Yucca plant
Does anyone here understand where this stands? I heard rumors that Joe would be cut loose no matter what the Senate tally; others opined they’d keep him on if he makes 60. I’m guessing on the latter, but he seems to have angered so many in the D camp that I’m not sure how that’ll work out.
Brian J
Let’s call it the Fifty State Strategy, One Step at a Time.
No, we may not win Indiana this time, but it looks well on its way to being a swing state. The same goes for North Carolina. Thus, another twenty-six Electoral votes are up for grabs. Georgia and Montana may be in the mix as well this time, but if not now, then definitely next time. I’d throw Texas in there, too. It’s not so much about winning them each and every time, although that would be nice. It’s about being able to compete. And yes, among many other things, Clinton helped Obama to be able to do that.
Delia
It’s a terrier, actually a very small one, I think. But I echo the sentiment of going to your local shelters. The Humane Society or ASPCA will have dogs graded for temperament — which are good with children, other animals, level of exercise needed, etc. And avoid pet shops. They’re generally part of the problem, utilizing unscrupulous breeders.
Comrade Jake
Alan Keyes pens an editorial on Gov. Palin. It’s a fucking riot once you appreciate the point he’s trying to make.
Brian J
As in, Spain of Latin America, or Spain of Europe? Ah, who cares. Neither of them count, according to McCain.
liberal
Bailout v. 2.0: what I want to know about Paulson’s decision to (broadly speaking) do the right thing and inject capital into the banks: how good a deal is it for taxpayers? Meaning, what kind of equity stakes are we getting?
It sounds like we’re getting something, but it also sounds like it might be pretty limited in terms of upside potential, which would be real bullsh*t.
Laura W
Mike "All I ate was Golic" Bread.
Can someone please ask Nutri-Systems to edit their freakin’ commercial?
I want to rip my hair out whenever I hear this, which is about 98 times a day on CNN and MSNBC.
Bey
Love corgies. Love, love, love them.
If you are hankering after a purebred, you’d be amazed at how often they end up at shelters. If you’re disciplined (read: able to resist the melting brown eyes everywhere you turn) and willing to be patient, you’ll find one.
I have a designer dog – a Chiweenie – half chihuahua/half long-haired miniature daschund. She was dumped by her family when they moved. I’m sure they paid several hundred dollars for her originally. I did too, but only because she wasn’t spayed or innoculated, and had retained baby teeth.
Moral of the story: Just because people pay for dogs, doesn’t mean they take good care of them.
Brian J
Maybe this might help. I haven’t read through all of it yet, but if you accept the idea that a bail out is needed, it seems like this is a good thing because it will actually get the credit markets working again. This means, among other things, Arnold S. won’t be writing to Paulson again and businesses and governments can make payroll.
Rock
Why does it seem to be conventional wisdom that Obama would have to scrap his plans for government programs should he be elected?
Here’s Dan Balz form the Post:
I’ve seen other versions of this in the media, and it boggles my mind. Cutting federal spending going into a recession (especially one where local/state governments will have trouble borrowing) seems idiotic to me and to John Maynard Keynes. Why is this view so prevalent?
Moreover, can anyone really argue that spending money trying to move toward energy-independence is something that should be scrapped? Any idiot should be able to see that at some undetermined point in the future, there will be an energy crisis.
Anyway, I’m just flummoxed by the idiocy that in a recession the federal government should tighten its belt.
Am I missing something?
Laura W
Yes, and are often pulled from shelters by breed rescue groups. Just google any purebred rescue group and you’ll find something, surely. They are often not geographically convenient, but often are so committed to finding a good home for their charges that they will arrange a driving caravan or even pay for airline fees.
If I were ever to adopt a purebred (mmmm…Golden Retrievers!), I would only go thru rescue groups (and shelters, of course.) The breed-specific rescue groups usually use foster homes and are well acquainted with the dog’s temperament and how well they get along with other pets, small children, etc.
Patrick
We’re planning to go to the local animal shelter.
Comrade Darkness
That reminds me that I was going to mention that the new site looks really nice and loads quick on my sidekick, but posting generates a very strange server error. If you want to know the precise server error, I could go and fetch the phone.
It’s the process that should be credited with making the nominee’s general campaign more successful. There did not used to be such a process at all, the nominee was decided in a smokey back room somewhere, and some still call for the runner up to give in early to avoid inflicting damage. Hillary stuck it out even after the math didn’t make sense, but honestly, after Gore folded so easily in the post-election mess in 2000, I was happy to see her do it, just to set a better dem example. And also glad that it’s generally recognized to have been the right thing, long term.
Evil Parallel Universe
I haz ure cyut dogz.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3058/2615925671_4060f4807a_b.jpg
jake 4 that 1
@linda 10 & 11: I’ve been wondering if any papers would pull their endorsement of McPOW.
That isn’t so much a pull as it is slapping hot wax across his junk and giving that sucker a yank. Thanks for sharing that.
If Camp McPOW responds at all and doesn’t dismiss it as the rantings of an East Coast Elitist Lieberul Media Outlet, I will … um … say something nice about a wingnut.
Napoleon
Because Balz and people like him in the media are f—ing idiots, thats why. Oh, and they instinctively support the conservative and establishment narrative, never mind that FDR proved them wrong 75 years ago.
Comrade Darkness
It depends. Some spending has a higher economic multiplier than others. For example, giving a project to boeing may actually mean they ship the money to Europe for a handful of mega expensive parts. Whereas repairing bridges would employ skilled idle workers and keep running concrete plants that if they are shuttered would be a waste of capacity and expensive to restart.
It is a very good reason start fixing a multiplier to each potential project. For example, stimulus checks have a 7-10 times multiplier, but extending unemployment insurance has an even higher one (like 14) and boosting medicaid spending yet even higher one (can’t find a number right now).
Given the economic fix we are in, I hope we can start making smarter decisions about where the money goes, not just how much. Without a quantitative measure, the money goes to the better connected and we are long past having the luxury of letting the well-connected siphon off the rest of us.
garyb50
I’m not 100% sure, but that dog looks suspiciously similar to my next door neighbor’s 4 dogs which bark pretty much 24/7. I think they bark at the movement of individual molecules.
Dennis - SGMM
Our city Animal control people try to keep worthy cats and dogs for adoption (out of their own pockets) rather than turning them over to the County Pound. We adopted our dog from Animal Control and he has been a great pet. Don’t know if it’s the same in your area.
Comrade Dreggas
This is fucking cool
H/t Sully
Original Lee
The newly popular Mudflats website has a number of good posts up about the Troopergate report.
This one is my favorite so far.
Dork
How is it possible that very liberal California, who will give their electoral votes to Obama by probably a 20% margin, may very well vote to amend their state Constitution to prohibit gay marriage? (per DKos diary)
IOW, who the hell is liberal enough to want Obama, but not want equality for gay Americans? WTF?
Brian J
Anyway, I’m just flummoxed by the idiocy that in a recession the federal government should tighten its belt.
Am I missing something?
libarbarian
Forget Peak Wingnut!
We may achieve Peak Cute-Animal-Pictureness on this blog in the next few days.
Dennis - SGMM
As a Californian, I can tell you that California isn’t all that liberal. This is the state that produced Richard Nixon, elected Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger as governors, "B-1 Bob" Dornan and Dana Rohrbacher as Congressmen. Drive fifty miles (or less) inland from any point on the coast and this state is as red as McCain’s face as he’s reading the latest polls.
Zug
Jesus, I just had a cute heart attack. That dog can’t be for real.
cmorenc
Up until just a month ago, any local news stories on your parents’ plans to adopt the dog would have also included an obligatory comment about how " this was good for John McCain."
Comrade Dreggas
I live in Orange County, home of the Crystal Cathedral, Saddleback CHurch, TBN (Trinity Broadcast Network) and other fundagelical type organizations.
California is liberal but we have our share of nuts and as stated above, yeah, the drive to Vegas is Children of the Corn type shit when it comes to hand painted signs saying we need to come to Jesus.
Comrade Some Guy Named Mattski
Probably a little bigger then most people want, but a pure bread great dane makes a wonderful friend. trust me I know.
Krista
That dog just made me squee at a very high tone. She looks like a cross between a Yorkie and a Lhasa, or something of the sort. Either way, she is freakishly adorable and looks like she’s full of mischief, and I am eaten up with envy.
Dennis - SGMM
@Comrade Dreggas:
…the drive to Vegas is Children of the Corn type shit when it comes to hand painted signs saying we need to come to Jesus.
Heck, take Highway 99 North, the whole Central Valley is straight from the Bible Belt.
t4toby
Cute dog, but…um…
You live with your parents?
Delia
I lived in SoCal for about thirty years, first in West LA, which I kind of liked, and then in the OC, which was like wandering the forty years in the wilderness, if the wilderness includes miles and miles of strip malls and freeways. I think the "freakin’ liberal California" meme comes from the Wingnut Nation. I have a young nephew in Phoenix who got seduced into wingnuttery while he was in high school. My brother (his father) is a moderate Democrat but not terribly political and wasn’t really paying attention until the boy had been reading too much Sean Hannity. Anyhow, I guess one time when his son had been ranting about how California was so liberal it was going to drop off into the ocean, my brother had to actually remind him that Ronald Reagan had been elected governor of California twice.
Laura W
That is GREAT news for McCain!
(and even BETTER news for the lucky dawg!)
KRK
Robert Reich had a good post on this last week. In short, 2009 will not be 1993 because the signs are that we’re in a deepening recession instead of coming out of a recession so no need to forgo public spending (as WJC had to) to avoid inflation. Or something like that. Made me feel better anyway.
Comrade The Moar You Know
In other words, we have a one in four chance of reaching 59 Senate seats. Do you honestly think he’ll lift a finger to help Obama do anything? Of course not. His feelings about being a Democrat are perfectly clear.
The DKos diary is exactly the kind of Chicken Little hysteria drama-queen shit that drove me right on out of there. The very premise of it is wrong. The numbers are close here in California, but there is a majority against the proposition.
But the various commenters pointing out that California is not terribly liberal are quite correct. I’ve lived here for 40 of my 42 years on this planet. As someone above remarked, fifteen miles inland and this place looks as red as a red state gets. Even San Francisco, the vaunted center of liberal debauchery, is not nearly as liberal as it is painted to be by the media. I lived there for five years, I would know.
Delia
Hey, good luck to your parents and the dog. When I lived in a townhome complex in Orange County a dirty secret the board didn’t want to admit was that part of the development had a rat problem. When I was walking my mutt, sometimes I met up with a middle school girl walking her Jack Russell who lived in the affected territories. She said he had caught a couple of rats. So they do have their uses. He was a nice dog, too.
KRK
Another excellent post at Edge of the American West today where this-day-in-history meets nothing-is-ever-new-in-politics.
Go read the whole thing, but here’s the gist: On this day in 1912, Teddy Roosevelt was shot just before giving a campaign speech in Milwaukee. The shot was deflected and slowed by passing through the folded pages of his speech, so the bullet penetrated but did no serious harm. Bloodied, Roosevelt proceeded into the hall and began his remarks as such
liberal
Napoleon wrote,
I think this is really an underrated factor.
While there are lots of journalists out there who I admire, and while I have no beef with "workaday" journalists, the set of character traits which allows particular people to rise to the top of the profession doesn’t appear to include being particularly bright.
Brown Man
I’m tired.
I’m cranky.
And I’m not sure what shit storm is coming my way today.
I must be John McCain.
I had so much to say about the latest debacle about John McCain and his crazy talking surrogate, The Right Rev Arnold Conrad, that I had to break it into two posts.
The first one is just for you, John McCain:
"You Know You Flipped the Switch, John McCain"
liberal
Yucca plant wrote,
I think the filibuster-proof majority thing is a mirage, since there’s enough conservative democrats that, on most substantive issues, the Rethuglicans will be able to break it.
That’s why I think the Dems should crucify Lieberman next Congress: take away his committee chairmanship, etc. And assuming Obama wins, they should completely ostracize McCain, given the despicable campaign he’s waging.
But they’re such hardened pussies about everything.
protected static
Gotta put a plug in for Darcy Burner, the progressive Dem running to unseat Dave Reichert in WA-08. According to her campaign, the latest numbers show her currently leading the race, 49%-44%. Funding-wise, she’s up against the US Chamber of Commerce and similar surrogates in this race, who have thrown over $300K into ad buys backing Reichert.
So, if any of y’all can pony up, I’d sure appreciate it…
If you aren’t interested in House races (or aren’t interested in House races in WA), CA’s No on 8 effort could also use whatever assistance you can offer.
Brandon
Really, you don’t know? Try 20-30 years of Ronnie Raygun-esque "tax cuts increase revenue" voodoo supply side economics. My parents, who are moderate Democrats, still believe Reagan was one of our greatest presidents, and buy the nonsense about tax cuts "fueling the economy"/tax increases "crushing the economy".
I’m sure all the prevalence of Austrian school economics is not helping the matter. As beautiful as it was to see Ron Paul temporarily disrupt the Republican party, a lot of his economic nonsense (he’s a big fan of the Austrian school and Ludwig von Mises) has now been injected into the mainstream.
b-psycho
I think I figured out what McCain’s strategy for the final debate is gonna be: Go super-duper blatantly spit-in-your-face negative, so negative that — he hopes — Obama gets offended, addresses McCain as a "muthafucka" in a Samuel L Jackson-esque tone & punches him right in the teeth on national TV.
tavella
Not any more. The latest polls have it up to five points ahead. The Mormons and other right wingers have poured a lot of money into the state and the ads are working, unfortunately. If you can, please donate to No on 8 — if you donate at that link today, 10/14, it will be matched 1 to 1.
Badtux
Good luck with the Jack Russell. They’re very hyperactive, so I hope a) their house is pretty Jack Russell proof, and b) they have a nice big yard to play with it in, and c) they’re willing to take nice long walks with it for exercise. Otherwise the dog will go psycho, they’re just too hyper to deal with being sedentary house dogs. Cool dogs though.