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September 03, 2008

Wednesday Evening

The withered old "maverick" welcomes Levi "fuckin' redneck" Johnston into the campaign.

Quick politrixxx round-up before the RomneyBot 5000 and Governor Palin take the stage:

1. Like a good attack dog, Biden sinks his teeth into Fred Thompson on the trail in Florida:

Biden, on the third day of a campaign swing targeting older white and working class voters, delighted in deepening his voice as he tried to mimic Thompson, who he referred to as "Red October."

"Fred went there up and said, 'Well, the Democrats are going to raise your taxes,'" Biden said in a low tone as the crowd laughed. "I don't know why we need to give another tax break to Exxon Mobil."

I love it.

2. Bristol Palin celeb reax: While LiLo labels the baby drama a distraction, Jamie-Lynn sends a gift.

Irrelevant, maybe, but did the McCain camp bring this on itself? Sure. I for one think Josh Marshall nails it here:

It was the McCain campaign that announced Palin's daughter's pregnancy. That alone might be understandable since it appears a supermarket tabloid was about to print the story. But it was the McCain campaign, entirely on its own, that dished up unsubstantiated claims about maternity tests and all sorts of other lurid nonsense that had never been seen in print anywhere. And now the McCain campaign has staged a ceremonial laying-on-of-hands on the tarmac in St. Paul in which Sen. McCain has given his official blessing to the young couple and embrace of Bristol's boyfriend Levi.

Let's be clear about what's happening here. Overwhelmingly, reporters are pressing eminently reasonable questions -- her role in troopergate, her lack of experience, her connections to the AIP, her history of earmarking and lobbyists, etc. Meanwhile, the McCain campaign is going absolutely non-stop about Palin's daughter. It is unmistakable.

And to go with the sad-old-man picture up top, here's the video:

3. Former Reagan speechwriter and eloquent WSJ columnist Peggy Noonan and former McCain advisor Mike Murphy tell us what they really think via an MSNBC open mic. Yow.

Delicious. That damn liberal media, huh?

Finally, a plea from El Stence's Fundraising Auxiliary: If you happen to watch tonight's proceedings, and all the crazy wingnut talk has you feeling down - for example, Romneytron's forthcoming shot at Michelle is gonna make me mad as hell, I just know it - well, don't get mad, get even.

Posted by caps at September 3, 2008 05:49 PM

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