Hattip - @SteveEgg…

I’m not sure if this is bullshit or not, but I found it very interesting. It’s an e-mail from a business owner who is planning for a future with Barack Obama as president.

Dear Fellow Business Owners:
As a Business owner who employs 30 people, I have resigned myself to the fact that Barack Obama will be our next President and that my taxes and fees, will go up in a BIG way. To compensate for these increases, I figure, that the Customer will have to see an increase in my fees to them of about8%. I will also have to lay off 6 of my employees. This really bothered me as I believe we are family here and didn’t know how to choose who will have to go. So this is what I did. I strolled thru the parking lot and found 8 Obama bumper stickers on my employees cars. I have decided these folks will be the first to be laid off. I can’t think of another fair way to approach this problem. If you have a better idea, let me know. I am sending this letter to all Business owners that I know.

I checked Snopes.com and I couldn’t find anything on it, but you never know.

From The Onion:

Obama Undertakes Presidential Internship To Ease Concerns About His Lack Of Experience

…at least that’s the perception given by Barack Obama’s new commercial that is running on WTMJ. The spot plays off of John McCain saying that he would “hate to live in Milwaukee.”

Here’s the script:

Hi. This is Steve Cagle. You know, the other day I heard something outrageous. John McCain actually said in an interview with the Washington Post that he would, and I quote, ‘hate to live in Milwaukee.’ Hate to live in Milwaukee? Home of the Harley Davidson, Kopps custard and the Brewers? Well, this is the same John McCain who’s called laws making the federal government buy American-made products - quote - disgraceful. The same McCain who is going to keep giving tax breaks to companies that ship our jobs overseas. And the same John McCain who owns seven homes scattered around the country. Hey, I own just one, and I’m proud to be born and raised here in Milwaukee. So when John McCain says he’d hate to live in Milwaukee, I say, it’d be worse to see him live in the White House. We just can’t afford John McCain.

Woah! Harley Davidson and the Milwaukee Brewers are very protective of their brands! I’m about 95% sure that the Obama campaign did NOT get permission to refer to the Brewers, HD, or even Kopps in their spot. In fact, as a radio station, we are not allowed to mention Milwaukee Brewers in commercials even if we are giving away Brewers tickets. They do this to protect their brand and make sure their names aren’t tied to anything that could be construed as controversial. They also do it to make sure that nobody is making money off of their names without a fair cut.

I don’t think that they got permission, and I encourage the lawyers to send out the same cease and desist letters that they send to local radio stations when they air commercials for “a chance to win Milwaukee Brewers tickets.”

If the Brewers, Harley Davidson, and Kopps custard ARE endorsing Barack Obama, then it looks like I won’t be buying any Brewers tickets, I will make my first motorcycle purchase a Kawasaki, and I’ll only be eating custard at Culver’s.

Here’s the spot (via ABC - hence the ABC tones in the beginning - and I’m sure they endorse Obama anyway).

Enjoy this garbage:

I just saw this on Yahoo:

Is this what they were going for, here? :

Here’s a secret… I subscribe to MoveOn.org’s newsletter so I can see what kind of garbage they are spewing. I received this today.

Dear MoveOn member,

Obama’s now ahead in most polls. That’s great, but there’s just one problem: the polls could be wrong.This is an unprecedented election. No one knows how racism may affect what voters tell pollsters (emphasis mine)—or what they’ll do in the privacy of the voting booth (emphasis mine). And there are plenty of other unknowns.

We can’t afford to take any chances with the most important election of our lifetimes. Whatever the polls say, we all need to get out, talk to voters, and make sure every single Obama supporter makes it to the polls.

The Obama campaign in West Bend needs more volunteers this week for a big voter-outreach effort. Click here to sign up:

http://pol.moveon.org/obama/teams/training.html?office_id=425&id=14369-10702785-tsuGtdx&t=3

Polls can’t always be trusted, for many reasons. Remember what happened in the New Hampshire primary? Obama was ahead in all the polls—but Hillary Clinton carried the state on election night.

So we can’t afford to get complacent. We don’t know whether polls will translate into votes on Election Day, but we know that our actions can.

Countless studies have shown that the most effective way to ensure that someone makes it out to vote is to reach out and talk to him or her in person. And the Obama campaign has asked us to help out in doing that—can you join in?

http://pol.moveon.org/obama/teams/training.html?office_id=425&id=14369-10702785-tsuGtdx&t=4

Thanks for all you do.

–Adam, Tanya, Lenore, Michael and the rest of the team

My daughter, 4, was upset that I put a McCain sign in the front yard, so she drew up her own Obama sign and taped it up for the neighborhood to see.

From Iowahawk:

…or at least that’s what he wants you to believe.

The coolest part about Barack Obama’s new two-minute television commercial is that I can get up, run to the bathroom, change laundry loads, and get a beer before he gets through explaining how he’s going to spend all of our money! And, it’s draining his campaign account. I love it!

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I plan on putting a big slash through it so that I can wear it everyday!!! Thank you moveon.org!!!

I made a small donation to the McCain/Palin campaign today. It was very small, actually, but hopefully it will buy a radio spot somewhere. Obama is advertising on my station right now, and I would like to hear the alternative perspective on the air, as well.

By the way, the Obama ad that is airing is a downright lie. A ’sportsman’ says that “Obama supports gun ownership.” Uhm. No.

Obama is often praised as a “great orator.” That is, unless he is speaking without his teleprompter. When speaking off the cuff, he sounds more like a great, ah, uh, well, ahh, you see, uhm, bumbler.

So, in a move that makes him look like the biggest empty suit to ever walk the Earth, his handlers have decided that he should bring his teleprompter with him every time he opens his mouth.

It appears Barack Obama’s teleprompter is hitting the campaign trail.

The Democratic presidential nominee has never tried to hide the fact he delivers speeches off the device, though normally he doesn’t use one at standard campaign rallies and town hall events.

But the Illinois senator used a teleprompter at both his Colorado events Monday — making for a particularly peculiar scene in Pueblo, where the prompter was set up in the middle of what is normally a rodeo ring.

Bwahahahaha.

In a politics, campaign managers and PR reps will tell you it’s all about relating to people. Selling their candidate to you as a brand…as a general rule, people vote for the candidate who they connect with the best. The person they would want to sit around a listen to music and drink beer on a Friday night.

In the attempts to further that message…Blender Magazine (a shell-brand for Maxim, who’s focus is all things music and getting young female artists to pose semi-nude on the cover) reports on Obama and McCain’s Top 10 favorite songs. The songs are listed below and I put in SeeqPod players below each list, so you can enjoy the music!

Here is the list they (their publicists) gave to Blender.

I’ve honestly been so out of touch with this election season that I haven’t really had any strong feelings one way or the other. I mean, I can’t stand Obama, but McCain is so all over the place that I don’t really trust him either.

So, for those of you who don’t really care about the election this year, here are some tips from The Onion on pretending like you actually give a shit about McCain or Obama. As always, the text that is on the screen during the video is just as funny as the characters.

Today Now!: How To Pretend You Give A Shit About The Election

From CNN:

DETROIT, Michigan (AP) — A young Muslim woman said she and another woman were refused seats directly behind Barack Obama — and in front of TV cameras — at a Detroit rally because they wear head scarves.

Goes to show the difference between the parties. The Republicans would have accepted this woman to show the diversity of their party. Democrats fear that a woman with a scarf will bring out the “Hussein” in Barack Hussein Obama.

It’s the party of tolerance*, people.

*Tolerance will be negated in the in the event that you disagree with the party’s stance, if you look different than the ideals set forth by the DNC, and/or if you do not inherently hate the United States of America. Conformity and assimilation required.

Democrats. Love Everybody. some restrictions apply.

Stephen Colbert for Whitehouse Press Secretary!

I didn’t think that I would ever repost something from the Huffington Post on my website - simply because they’re a bunch of asshats - but this list of top 10 celebrity supporters of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is pretty interesting.

Hillary’s Top Celebrity Supporters:

1. Ellen Degeneres
2. Elton John
3. Ted Danson & his wife, Mary Steenburgen
4. Jack Nicholson
5. Natalie Portman
6. Perez Hilton
7. America Ferrera
8. Magic Johnson
9. Barbara Streisand
10. Eva Longoria Parker

Barack’s Top Celebrity Supporters:

1. Oprah Winfrey
2. Will.I.Am
3. Maria Shriver
4. Ben Affleck
5. George Clooney
6. Scarlett Johansson
7. Samuel L. Jackson
8. Chris Rock
9. Robert De Niro
10. Jennifer Aniston

Uhm… looks like Hillary is screwed.

I love this new Obama t-shirt (via Rach)