No, not going anywhere exotic or fabulous. Mostly a vacation to nowhere, with the first four days spent in South Jersey doing the family thing and getting in a few more birthday celebrations (only two this week). Then I return midweek to spend time with my friends visiting from London who will be back from their jaunt to Boston and Provincetown. No doubt they will feel right at home there, what with the chilly, rainy days. Oh well, at least they can load up on lobster.
Hope you all have a fabulous weekend. I may pop in from time to time to see what's up.
American and Pakistani troops exchange fire on Afghan border. Christ, what else can go wrong? I know, I shouldn't ask, because just when you think things can't get any worse, W et al. show you that they can. Now you see why I post the Palin vlogs as often as I can. Because somehow those two women can make you laugh even as everything else turns to shit, that's why.
FBI: Evangelist Tony Alamo arrested in child sex investigation. And according to the story, Alamo is also a convicted tax evader. Do click for the photo of the soon-to-be convicted Alamo and his lovely wife. Is it me, or does he have sex offender written all over his smarmy face?
Long and short, McCain tries another hail mary pass (after his incredible success in picking Palin) and wants to delay this Friday's first presidential debate to to to Washington and solve this economic crisis. Right. Anyhow, he cancelled his appearance on Letterman tonight (which is actually taped at 5:20 p.m.) to show how serious he is. Sadly, he made a big boo-boo.
Billary Redux, a diarist at Kos, has a diary up about McCain's latest fuck up titled Letterman Mauls McCain and Mocks Cancellation: "Need a Ride Home?". Billary Redux cites a Politico article that reports: David Letterman tells audience that McCain called him today to tell him he had to rush back to DC to deal with the economy.
Then in the middle of the taping Dave got word that McCain was, in fact just down the street being interviewed by Katie Couric. Dave even cut over to the live video of the interview, and said, "Hey Senator, can I give you a ride home?"
Earlier in the show, Dave kept saying, "You don't suspend your campaign. This doesn't smell right. This isn't the way a tested hero behaves." And he joked: "I think someone's putting something in his metamucil."
"He can't run the campaign because the economy is cratering? Fine, put in your second string quarterback, Sara Palin. Where is she?"
"What are you going to do if you're elected and things get tough? Suspend being president? We've got a guy like that now!"
Ouch. That is going to leave a world of marks. And here's a surprise: McCain camp wants to delay VP DEBATE. Maybe the real reason for delaying the presidential debate is that Sarah isn't ready for prime time?
And two other fun items: (1) Replacing McCain on Letterman tonight? Keith Olbermann. Man, I wish I had a tv tonight. (2) Barney Frank's comment about Senator McCain's announcement that he wants the debate postponed and is suspending his campaign to address the economy: "It's the longest Hail Mary pass in the history of either football or Marys." Oh, snap. [Note: Point to Barney for a clever retort, but we should be a bit concerned about Frank's roll in the bailout discussions: FISA all over again as Barney Frank Undercuts Dodd.]
UPdate: Thanks to Mr. Slice, here's the Letterman video:
