Meet My new favorite Politician

My buddy The Mt. Cat sends me funny email all the time so it was no surprise when I got one from him yesterday. Little did I know that when I opened THIS LINK I would find my new political hero Jimmy McMillan. Who is Jimmy McMillan you ask? Let me introduce you. Here is Jimmy who is a candidate for Governor of New York from the Rent is 2 Damn High Party.

That picture was taken of him during the NY Governor's debate the other night and I think it's awesome that this guy is running. Here check out his website! Jimmy (aka Papa Smurf) has one agenda and one agenda only as a candidate. FIX THE DAMN RENT PROBLEM IN NY! (he feels that it is 2 high apparently)

The other night during the debate with other candidates like Andrew Cuomo, Carl Paladino, and Former Eliot Spitzer Madam Kristin Davis Jimmy stole the show. He dominated the conversation with his bold no nonsense style. Kind of a cross between a Pentecostal Preacher and Mr. T. where he kinds of shouts down other candidates and sticks to his singular message of bringing down the rent. When asked any question about what any problem is with NY his response is the same, "You know why that's a problem? Because the rent is too damn high!"

Here is Jimmy campaigning and apparently he is serious since he has run for Mayor before. My favorite quote from him is his explanation of why he wore black gloves on stage for the debate: "The chemicals of agent orange - dioxin and a lot of other chemicals mixed up - I would get sick. I know I'm not going to be able to breathe if I take them off. It could be psychological, I don't know, but I just put 'em on and wear them anyway."

Jimmy is picking up waves of support from all over in his bid for Governor. A stalwart of American political arena the American Mustache Institute recently endorsed his candidacy. About the only thing cooler that that would be an endorsement from the head of the Holy Order of Bagwine himself!

I wish that I could vote for Jimmy in the Governor's race but alas I'm not a citizen of NY. Of course most of my wife's family is. I think I must start lobbying them to vote for him... I am firmly in the "Rent is 2 Damn High" camp. (as long as he stops his racist blaming of Jews for the high rent) Anyone know where can I get a sign?

-Doc

Don't Forget to Vote Today !!!

Don't Forget to vote today... Here is the campaign sign in our front yard:

Right now at 6:30 am I am in line to vote...

-Doc

***UPDATE****

I got my sticker!!

I bet there are some interesting conversations that happen in this house...

An actual picture taken by a reporter of a house in Martinsville Indiana and featured on Ben Smith's blog at the Politico which shows a house flying a Confederate Battle flag but also sporting an Obama for President sign. Something tells me these folks are not converts due to "The Great Schlep"... (youtube video here) LOL!


Just goes to show that race is a very multi-faceted issue in this country.

-Doc

My B.S. Detector is going off Again

When my B.S. detector goes off it's rarely wrong. Previous examples include Susan Smith, Jennifer Wilbanks, The Duke Lacrosse rape case, and recently Casey Anthony. Well this time it's going off again and ringing loudly. I am thinking that Ashley Todd (pictured below) isn't being entirely truthful when she says that she was attacked at an ATM in Pittsburgh because she was a John McCain campaign volunteer. She claims that the attacker carved the Letter B (seemingly for Barack) on her face after she was robbed. While I think that if true this is terrible there are questions being raised about this woman's story. Starting with the fact it looks as if the letter was carved in mirror image on her face. Give this blog a read and see that there is more to be known about this story. I would love to hear what you guys think about this story:

-Doc

Do you want to see something scary

It's Sarah Palin sculpted into a cornfield in Ohio . The odd thing about it is that it actually seems to be done to the real size of her ego!

Enjoy your weekend!

-Doc

Palins in comparison

"Hello everyone! It's time again for America's favorite game show 'Who is America's Favorite Palin?' [APPLAUSE] And I'm your host Phink Philibusket. [APPLAUSE]

Thank you. Thank you. You are too kind. Thank you.

Are you ready for today's contestants?? [APPLAUSE, CHEERS, YEAH YEAH, WHOOP, WHOOP]

Ok folks, here is our first contestant on 'Who is America's Favorite Palin?':

She is the governor of Alaska. She is 44 years old, mother of five, an avid fisherman & hunter. She is a proud card carrying member of the NRA. She once finished second is a beauty contest! Her favorite movie is 'Deliverance'. And her favorite dessert is chocolate Malomars. And she may just be our next American Vice President! Please lets give a very warm welcome to Mrs. Sarah Palin! [APPLAUSE, CHEERS, YEAH YEAH, WHOOP, WHOOP] Glad you can be here Sarah.


Our next contestant is from Broomhill, England. He is a 65 year old actor and writer. He has been a comedic icon for years as well. He is one of the founding members of Monty Python's Flying Circus. He has appeared in several hit films such as A Fish Called Wanda, Fierce Creatures, Brazil, Jabberwocky, Life of Brian and The Holy Grail. His hobbies include being a lumberjack and selling dead parrots. His favorite food is Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Delicious Spam! Wonderful Spam!

Yes IT'S Mr. Michael Palin!! [APPLAUSE, CHEERS, YEAH YEAH, WHOOP, WHOOP, AND ONE YIPPEE].
Ah thanks for coming Michael. Ah ha ha thank you, Michael, thank you!

Now ladies and gentlemen. The pressure in now on you. Located in front of your seat is a computer screen where you can vote for your favorite Palin. Will it Sarah Palin....or....Michael Palin.....ooh tough choice. I'd hate to be in your position right now. Ah ha ha, ah ha ha.

We'll be right back after these important commercial announcements to reveal 'Who is America's Favorite Palin?'! [APPLAUSE, CHEERS, YEAH YEAH, WHOOP, WHOOP, AND TWO YIPPEE]. "

- The Mountain Cat

Who is 'Jeb' Obama ?

I found this picture and caption on CNN Thursday July 3, at 11:41 AM:

Jeb Obama campaigned in Colorado Thursday.

Here is the link to CNN's political ticker article and picture where I found this. I am wondering who the heck Jeb Obama is? At best its a Freudian slip but if someone was a conspiracy theorist they may want to think that CNN was trying to tie Barack Obama to George Bush's younger brother Jeb subliminally. Well hopefully it's just a mistake but how on earth do you confuse Jeb for Barack?

They will probably have fixed it before anyone else notices and before this gets posted on Sunday but I wanted to share this with you guys. And I have witnesses that it was there as 'Jeb'. I am not making it up.

-Doc

The best political cartoon of the primary season

In keeping with the Monty Python-like theme we have around our blog (and due to the fact that Mt. Cat seems to be MIA today) I present the best political cartoon I saw all the primary season.

-Doc

New Poll 2/4

Well last week we learned that Dunkin' Donuts coffee is preferred by over 60 percent of the readers of this blog over that caffinated sludge that is Starbucks coffee. Thank you to everyone who voted... This week we are going to go back to the political arena. With "Super Tuesday" where tons of primaries will help decide who is the nominee for each party being tomorrow I figured a good political question is in order. This isn't the run of the mill poll where we ask who you want to win the White House. This poll asks who does your gut tell you will win the White House this fall? Please feel free to discuss but leave the voting to who you think WILL win and not who you want to win. Voting runs through midnight Sunday. Should be interesting.

-Doc

If you want the job at least spell it write... err right

I find this hilarious. Charlotte, NC mayor Pat McCrory announced that he was running for North Carolina Governor on Tuesday and then promptly sent out news releases that had this on them:

Now call me on this if I am wrong but if you are running for an elected office like governor wouldn't you want to make sure you could at least spell it? Now of course "Mayor Pat"as we call him around here wasn't the one in charge of spelling however those who were responsible then decided to get wacky.

The fun began when the mistake was pointed out. It seems the campaign manager said "a hacker had accessed the campaign's computer to alter the word". Then they said no it was a graphic design error. When asked to comment again later in the day they said there was a second hacker attack, then finally at the end of the day McCrory said No it was just a spelling error. Wheew could you follow all that?

Let's hope that if these are indeed lies that McCrory's staff can keep them better under wraps or at least make sure everyone knows which lie is being told so there is less confusion.

Good grief. Not a good way to start out the first day of a campaign. This campaign may prove fun for watching!

-Doc

(In the interest of full disclosure I did vote for McCrory, a Republican twice for mayor of Charlotte despite being a Democrat myself and I think he has done a good job running Charlotte even though he should be a full time mayor and not a Duke Energy employee)