Your SNL update

It's that time again. Instead of your usual Tina Fey as Sarah Palin skits, I've included some of my other favorites from last night's episode of Saturday Night Live. Check 'em out.

John McCain as John McCain with the honorable Tina Fey as moose hunter and hockey mom extraordinaire Sarah Palin.

John McCain as John 'The Maverick' McCain in this Weekend Update skit. I have to agree with him. I think he should opt for the Double Maverick strategy.

The View parody. Ohhh, Elisabeth Hasselbeck. So sad to watch, so easy to mock.

Ben Affleck as Keith Olbermann. Were it not for his few smirks that got the best of him, this performance was top notch! I was falling off my chair, sir.

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Obama before he was a national figure

The New York Times just compiled a series of interviews that Barack Obama gave from 2001 to 2004 to provide us with a glimpse of who this illustrious figure was before he began running for president.

What I gleaned from the compilation, which can be viewed here, was definitely the feeling that the senator felt more open to speak freely, but also the distinct feeling that the Times very likely would not have shown a compilation of John McCain's previous interviews in the same light.

Now, this is not to say that I don't admire the positions Obama has taken in the past, because I absolutely do. But in reading the Times, especially the past month, they have devoted much time and energy to unearthing anything even slightly clandestine or backroom-ish about Sen. McCain while lauding Sen. Obama.

There are several matters at hand here. McCain has been on the public stage for a much longer time span than Obama. Naturally, there is going to be much more underhandedness to delve into. However, it could also be said that the nature of the campaign in recent weeks has given some the impetus to uncover who these candidates really are. Where there's mudslinging, there's probably hypocrisy. It's the media's job to bring this to light. That being said, what do ya'll think? Is there more we need to know about Obama and McCain? Do you think the media has done its job in providing the full vitae of these candidates?

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Just for LOLs

LOL!

For even more fun, try playing them at the same time.

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Letterman still beating that dead horse

Put your stick down, Dave. I mean, sure you're providing us with passive aggressive not-so-humorous humor. But really? Get. Over. It.

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Obama is a hooligan according to this man

McCain agrees.

They are mad. They've made that much clear.

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Fearmongering

As I'm sure ya'll heard already, when GOP hopeful John McCain spoke before a crowd asking, "Who is the real Barack Obama?" he got a couple of hate-fueled yahoos to shout "Terrorist!"

Disappointing. But in all fairness, McCain looks either a) terrified at the answer or b) about to drop a deuce. Your call.

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The latest ad

Another one comin' atcha from the self-proclaimed new agent of change.

In the latest, we've got Sen. McCain deriding Illinois senator Barack Obama for lying about his position as a "tax cutter."

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The latest ad

This one leaves ya with a resounding feeling of optimism. For once.

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McCain: Time to fix problem

Senator John McCain of Arizona reacts to the failed vote today in the House and condemns Sen. Obama for placing blame on people when we should be fixing the problem.

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The latest ad

Arizonan senator John McCain uses Sen. Obama's running mate against him in the latest TV spot. Check out the castigation below.

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Obama: McCain never mentioned middle class

As they are wont to do, presidential contenders are always of the belief that they won a presidential debate, even as the rest of Americans are ambivalent about said debate. The McCain camp believes it was Sen. McCain who won Friday's debate, and natch, the Obama camp believes it was Sen. Obama who won.

At an Obama-Biden rally happening today in Detroit, Obama slams his opponent for not reffering to the "middle class" in Friday's debate.

"The truth is, through ninety minutes of debating, John McCain had a lot to say about me, but he had nothing to say about you."

To read Obama's prepared remarks in full, click here.

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McCain and Obama in first debate: No big moments

Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama appeared in tonight's first presidential debate at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. After a turbulent week of economic and political drama, viewers are left not knowing who really hit it out of the park at the debate.

It would appear that Sen. McCain started out soft and ended strong. It would also suffice it to say that Sen. Obama started out strong and ended intellectually strong, but lacking in actual expertise to draw from. This is natural given that the debate spent about the first 30 minutes parsing the recent economic crises of the nation on Wall Street as well as Main Street and the last hour debating foreign policy and national security, both of which McCain capitalizes on voters' confidence.

The contenders discussed Iraq in depth, but didn't exactly stipulate their plans for the bailout package currently on the table at Capitol Hill. Moderator, Jim Lehrer of PBS, had to repeatedly ask the senators to specify whether or not they are yea or nay for the rescue plan. Sen. Obama though, did enumerate his plans for what needed to be done with the bailout. This is really the area Sen. McCain needed to come out on top of, with his latest proclamations and his failed history of wooing voters with his economic comprehension.

My question is: What do ya'll think of tonight's debate? Who do you think came out on top? For me, it was pretty lackluster.

Coming up next: Vice Presidential Debate: Sen. Joseph Biden vs. Gov. Sarah Palin - Thursday, October 2 - Don't forget to tune in!

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Letterman tears McCain an even newer asshole

It's all good, we're sure he wears Depends, anyway.

Please do watch the clip above. It's a nice mix of snark, passive-aggression and everyone's favorite leftist, wire-rimmed glasses wearing fill-in host, Keith Olbermann.

"Someone's putting something in his Metamucil."

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Campbell Brown tears McCain a new one

Amen sista'!

I urge you all to listen to the following clip below. I have to say that I wholeheartedly agree with Brown and immediately thought this in response to a post I wrote yesterday. 

Free Sarah Palin!

McCain suspends campaign and seeks to delay Friday's debate!

Egads!

Senator John McCain just announced that he plans to suspend campaigning on Thursday, and seek a delay in this week's planned presidential debate Friday, so that he could return to Washington to try to forge a consensus on a financial bailout package.

Shortly after, the Obama camp issued a statement saying the two candidates had spoken on the phone this morning about issuing a statement on the financial difficulties facing the nation, but it did not address canceling the debate.

McCain and Obama have been under pressure to enact some kind of significant change regarding the proposed $700 billion bailout package. 

"I am calling on the President to convene a meeting with the leadership from both houses of Congress, including Senator Obama and myself," he said in New York this afternoon. "It is time for both parties to come together to solve this problem."

It's all very phoenix in the rising, Mr. McCain trying to appear as the one spearheading this call to action, but it was actually Sen. Obama who began the exchange with the Arizona senator.

"At 8:30 this morning, Sen. Obama called Sen. McCain to ask him if he would join in issuing a joint statement outlining their shared principles and conditions for the Treasury proposal and urging Congress and the White House to act in a bipartisan manner to pass such a proposal," said Bill Burton, the spokesman for the Obama campaign.

Democrats reacted skeptically to Mr. McCain's surprise announcement (as they should have), accusing that it seemed like a political ploy to try to gain the confidence of voters concerned about the economy.

"What, does McCain think the Senate will still be working at 9 p.m. Friday?" Gov. Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania said, referring to the start time of the debate. "I think this is all political - I wish McCain had shown the same concern when he didn't show up in the Senate to vote on the extension of the renewable energy tax credit."

It all seems to be a game and an attempt to put Mr. Obama between a rock and a hard place. If he shakes his head no to ol' Mac and goes ahead with the debate, some will think Sen. McCain is the one concerned with solving the financial problems on Wall Street this week and if he acquiesces and agrees to postpone the debate, then he's still simply a follower.

So, here we go again, with McCain going to all lengths to appear bipartisan and maverick in the strangest of ways. Use some sense people. I certainly hope you can multitask, and deal with both things.

Not to mention, this kind of puts a hole in the latest article I've written that goes to print today. Thanks Mac!

FTW.

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McCain aide's firm was paid by Freddie Mac

Lies!

One of the mortgage giants at the heart of the current credit crisis paid $15,000 a month from the end of 2005 through last month to a firm owned by Senator John McCain's campaign manager, the New York Times is reporting today.

The revelation directly undercuts a statement by Mr. McCain on Sunday night that his campaign manager, Rick Davis, has had no involvement with the company for the last several years.

Read the article in full here.

Yay for lies! Looking forward to more!

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Obama ad upbraids McCain on equal pay

An unannounced spot by the Obama camp features former Goodyear employee Lilly Ledbetter discussing how getting paid less than the men at her job affected her family.

The ad lambasts Sen. McCain for his belief that equal pay isn't an issue for women.

McCain camp responds: "Barack Obama claims he's for equal pay for women, but women working in his Senate office earn an average of $9,000 less than men, while women in John McCain's Senate office earn an average of nearly $2,000 more than men. American women understand that real leadership is about what you do, not just what you say."

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McCain and his 13 cars

Ahh, the chagrin of public records. Newsweek took a little peekaroo into the candidate's vehicle-registration records and turned up this little nugget o' information. John and Cindy McCain own 13 cars while Barack and Michelle Obama own one. Oh, and their lede...

When you have seven homes, that's a lot of garages to fill.

Priceless.

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John McCain's Chief of Staff outed

It's been revealed that John McCain's Senate chief of staff, Mark Buse, is gay. This fact seems to have sent many people in a tailspin over its irony. I, for one, don't want to be bothered with any perceived drama behind this story. Yes, go rant to anyone who will listen about how hypocritical and self-hating the man is, but you're just wasting your breath and energy. It's politics, baby. I ain't surprised by nothin'. Nada. Niente.

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McCain: "That's not country first, that's Obama first"

And the crowd goes wild, chanting "NObama! NObama!"

McCain, at a campaign stop in Blaine, Minnesota, accuses his opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, of "gaming the system" and benefiting from the turmoil on Wall Street the past couple weeks. Check it out below.

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