This video is a nice compilation of McCain’s official stances leading up to our current economic disaster and how he reacts now after the disaster has struck. The only thing certain: McCain has no idea what to do with the economy whether pre- or post-bailout.

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You have to wait until the end of this fairly entertaining video before you see Norm at his finest, worth every second.

Go vote for Frankin tonight! (love ya Robert, but there is too much at stake this time).

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The McCain campaign is currently mocking Obama by sending out “Obama Energy Plan” tire gauges to contributes. I suggest Obama also send out tire gauges to supporters. The tire gauges should read:

“Obama. Simple, common sense solutions to the mess republicans have gotten us into.”

Just an idea… not sure if it would fit on a tire gauge.

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Do the Republocrats running our plutocracy make you so sick you don’t want to vote for either major political party? Do you think we’ll all be better off if we vote for anyone other than Obama or McCain? If that’s what will be driving your political pulse as you head to the polls this fall, please reconsider.

You want small government and an end to war? Here’s $500 BILLION reasons that’s not going to happen anytime soon. If you want your Nader, or Paul, or whomever is the preferred politico, please reconsider what your vote will mean.

Do you want a symbolic “stick it to them” vote? Are you supporting a third-party because you really think your guy or gal will win? Do you want to disconnect from the political process altogether by NOT voting?

I support small government, but I expect the government to be capable enough to help out during emergencies.

I support lower taxes, but I expect lower taxes to benefit all people.

I support our President, but I expect our President to work with the other branches of government to make things better for all Americans.

If you’re considering a protest vote, I implore you to consider a historic vote. Make this year the first time in the history of your life and in our nation that you do not vote for a wealthy, white, man. Wealthy, white men have been at the helm for over two-hundred years now. It’s time to rock the world.

Think about it as the summer goes on. This campaign will get ugly. The lies will fly and the one thing they all want you to do is get disenchanted with the process so you don’t vote. If they can keep the folks away from the polls, then they only need to convince ~20% of the undecided voters to vote for their guy or not vote at all.

This election is too important to protest, it’s too critical to ignore. Another eight years of McCain carrying on Bush’s legacy and we will all be annexed by Canada. At least then we would have a viable health care system.

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Check out this post on “vertical thinking” and other rhetorical code. And when you sit down to watch the next debate, don’t forget to break out your super-secret decoder rings!

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Dear Anybody On Earth Running For President In The Next Election,

First of all: TOO SOON!

1) If you announce that you’re running for office more than a year before the election I’m not voting for you. Consider that you have to give stump speeches for longer than a year. With Youtube and bloggers you’re going to have to keep thinking of new material and that’s going to be very difficult. Even if you have the creative chops and miraculous speech writers the longer you run the more likely you are to say something stupid (drop out now Biden). If you’re reading this and you’ve already announced your candidacy DROP OUT. Perot dropped four months before the election and joined up again a month before and almost won. If you drop out now people will forgive you, especially if you say something about how these damn campaigns are starting TOO SOON and costing TOO MUCH MONEY. Re-enter 3 months before the election, you’ll be fresh you’ll have a ton of money (just invest what you have now in Apple, Google and Nintendo) and people will love it. I’ll love it. I’ll vote for you.

Now that that’s said I’d like to get to the real reason I’m writing this letter, Political Cliché Reform. Political Cliché’s are stupid, they make you look stupid, they make the people listening to you feel stupid, they make our children stupid, they make our enemies think we’re stupid, etc…

If you use any of the following clichés I will not vote for you:

2) “_________ the course” Stay, Change or otherwise. Say it and lose my vote.

3) “Talk the talk” or “Walk the talk” or any other variation that is always used incorrectly and always sucks. I definitely don’t vote for people who can’t even use a cliché properly.

4) “America is the greatest country!” This is racist. I don’t vote for racists.

5) “The world changed on 9/11″ This is technically true but so is “the world changed on 9/10″. Don’t use a disaster to justify fear (leads to the dark-side). I don’t vote for fear-mongers… or Sith.

6) “Flip-Flop” Unless you’re referring to shoes I’m voting for someone else.

7) “Keep all of our options open” everyone knows this means, “we will bomb them if we feel like it,” just say that. I won’t vote for you in either case, but the latter is more honest.

“Terrorists” this word is officially a cliché. It’s used for anyone who fights for a cause that we don’t like–no criteria beyond that. Putting this on my list is likely to make it so I can’t vote for anyone… *sigh*

9) “Islamo-Fascists” This makes no sense and using it means you don’t know what fascism is. I won’t vote for someone who doesn’t know what fascism is.

10) “Fight them over there so we don’t have to fight them here” the dumbest one on this list. It would be equally valid to say “Eat pudding so we don’t have to fight them here”. Anytime I hear someone repeat this, a little piece of my soul dies. I don’t vote for people who kill my soul.

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