Archive for October, 2008

Let them eat babies.

From frighteningprospect.com comes this caricature of Sarah Palin that is more eerily true to life than anything Tina Fey could have pulled off. While it may not heighten the level of political discourse in this country, it certainly is fun to imagine the Alaskan Governor feasting on human flesh 30 Days of Night style. Or [...]

Tuesday! It’s Tuesday!

PINKO DAILY BRIEFS: First some exciting site news. Huffington Post will be cross-posting all of our “Swinging Grandma” and “Pinko Door to Door” features from here until Election Day as part of their Off the Bus project. Thanks to the brilliant Amanda Michel for making it happen. A few quick items, starting with the drawing [...]

McStop - Pollin’

If you have a phone book and a phone, chances are you put out a poll.
Everyone from the LA Times to Reuters to Fox to some dingdong named Rasmussen is joining the poll party. Seriously. Stop now. Obama is up 4 points, up 11 points, down 4 points when matched evenly, up 6 points when [...]

So.

I feel better knowing that people all over the country are already voting. You? Also, I’ve been hard on them because my Obama buttons all broke but this MoveOn.org ad is really good. It’s running in markets where Sarah Palin is campaigning.

Monday afternoon reading.

A few days late in posting this, but our friend Joseph has an interesting piece that ran earlier this month in the New York Press about two gay Iraqi refugees who are seeking asylum in the United States and are currently living in Brooklyn. Joseph must have had some fun; he spent a quality night [...]

EXCLUSIVE: OMG Celeb Week at the ILL MIL HQ

Hey guys.  Again, I have to apologize for the lack of updates.  I’m going to try to post EVERY DAY until the election.
As you know I’ve been in Wisconsin working for Barack Obama. We have a very exhausting week of special guest appearances in the Milwaukee HQ, most of which I’ve missed.  Here are the [...]

Monday Yucky Grossness

I never thought I would be justified in using the tags John McCain Viagra Bratwurst until now. Pinko tipster and unofficial cupcake finder Big D sends us this disturbing picture from the East Village taken somewhere near the Bavarian biergarten Zum Schneider.
If anyone knows who to clean vomit out of a keyboard drop us a [...]

Monday’s racism roundup!

PINKO DAILY BRIEFS: There are some serious concerns that Democrats and Obama supporters are going to get complacent and blow this thing. As a little extra motivation to start the week (Colin Powell, $150 million, economy still in free-fall, blah blah blah) I thought I would scrap our usual format and just list the outrageous [...]

Pop quiz.

How many of the men from the Sarah Palin rally pictured below do you think have ever pleased a sexual partner? And with what frequency? Just wondering. I’m guessing that the third guy from the left made it happen three times in 2006. The “R” got there last week, but it was a total accident. [...]

The great thing about the Powell endorsement.

Fine, fine, he endorsed Barack Obama. But he also made the most impassioned, on-message, and seemingly sincere case I’ve heard for why there is nothing wrong with being a Muslim. Thank you! Watch the whole thing through if you haven’t already.