Lindsay Beyerstein

Who’s been palin’ around with terrorists? Sarah Palin catches up with an old, hooded buddy. Evidently, COBRA Commander is part of the Alaska Independence Party. Who knew?

Hey you kids, get off my lawn, OR ELSE! Kenneth Rowles, 50, was charged with assault after allegedly opening fire on two neighborhood teenagers whom he claims were vandalizing his John McCain lawn sign:

Elaine Lafferty, formerly the editor-in-chief of Ms. Magazine, now a McCain campaign consultant, asserts that Sarah Palin is super-smart:

Investigative reporter Jane Mayer tells Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! how the McCain campaign picked Sarah Palin. It’s a fascinating story that involves Joe Lieberman, Lindsay Graham, the Republican base, the National Review, cruises to Alaska, halibut cheeks, a home schooled Christian conservative blogger, and much more.

The Hill reports Joe Lieberman’s days as chair of the powerful Homeland Security Committee may be numbered as senate Democrats plan a massive reshuffle in the event of an Obama victory and significant Democratic senate pick ups. Daniel Akaka of Hawaii would probably take over from Lieberman as chair of the Homeland Security Committee.

Al Franken has been the target of some of the ugliest political ads of 2008, courtesy of the Republican National Senatorial Committee. This one really takes the cake. The voiceover claims that Franken "humiliates minorities", "demeans women", "writes pornography", and "laughs at the disabled," amongst other defects.   Life imitates art, I guess. Here’s a [...]

ABC’s Jake Tapper has a pompous little post about how the photo editors at GQ were biased when they juxtaposed shots of Cindy and John McCain looking geriatric with images of Michelle and Barack Obama looking youthful and radiant in a photo essay about the 2008 presidential race, Who It Takes.

Rejoice, friends. Harry Reid is finally signaling that former KKK member and notorious pork barrel politician Robert Byrd will soon be put out to pasture.

Halibut shooters for everyone!!!

Alaskan warlord Republican Senator Ted Stevens is found guilty on all charges.

Professor Deana Pollard Sacks snapped this picture with her cellphone at at the corner of Fries Road and Inverness Park Way in Houston, TX.

The McCain/Palin sign features a fetus waving an American flag overtop of the word LIFE. It doesn’t look like official McMerch, but it’s no joke.