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Well Done, Obama

I just need to tell you that this will be a mock-free post.  I am utterly mockless right now, when I say that I am TOTALLY IMPRESSED by Obama’s reaction to the Palin “controversy.”  He said, “I have said before and I will repeat again: People’s families are off limits. And people’s children are especially off-limits. This shouldn’t be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin’s performance as a governor or her potential performance as a vice president. So I would strongly urge people to back off these kinds of stories. You know my mother had me when she was 18 and how a family deals with issues and teenage children, that shouldn’t be a topic of our politics.”

He further said, when asked if his campaign had contributed to the rumors:  “I am offended by that statement. There is no evidence at all that any of this involved us.  Our people were not involved in any way in this, and they will not be. And if I thought there was somebody in my campaign who was involved in something like that, they would be fired.”

This is the absolute BEST response his campaign could have come out with, and I give him mad props for it. 

We’ll now resume with our regularly scheduled mocking.

Sarah Who?

So McCain has chosen Sarah Palin as his running mate.  I don’t know enough about her yet to decide if I’m on board or mortified, except that she appears to have a huge aversion to normal kid names.  Track, Trig, Bristol, Willow and Piper are the names of her children.  I am not making this up.  Those aren’t nicknames - those are their actual names.  What the hell??

So McCain has either just completely screwed up, or he’s BRILLIANT.  Too early to tell for me.  I like a whole lot of stuff about her, but she’s even less experienced than Obama, who is like, totally pubescent politically.  If she’s half as good at melodramatic speeches as Obama is though, McCain could have a real shot at winning this thing.

Ohhh, the drama.  LOVE.

Barack And Joe, Sittin’ In A Tree

Well, it’s official.  Obama has chosen Joe Biden as his running mate, thus balancing out his youth and inexperience with some gray hair.  This should be interesting for the following reasons:

1.  Joe Biden himself has been quoted as saying that he doesn’t believe Obama is ready to be president.  He was then later quoted as standing by that statement.
2.  Biden has criticized Obama for failing to show up to vote for numerous important issues and then criticizing the outcomes later (which, frankly, everyone should criticize).
3.  Biden has said it would be a “tragic mistake” to nominate someone for president who lacked foreign policy credentials.

So basically Obama has chosen a dude who doesn’t seem to think much of his ability to lead.  The backpedaling is going to be fantastically awesome to watch.

Rumor has it that McCain will choose Mitt Romney as his running mate, which I personally am in favor of because I think Mitt Romney is foxy and totally presidential looking.  These are, as I’m sure you realize, very important qualities to look for when deciding how to vote for our nation’s leaders.  In fact, if the whole Mitt thing doesn’t work out, I would like to propose that Robbie Williams be selected as running mate.  Foxy AND a cool British accent?  Unstoppable.

Obama Jams To Rick Astley

Major major props go to whoever made this video, because it had to have taken FOREVER, but the result is HILARIOUS. LOVE.

WARNING: Media Bias/Political Rant Coming Up

So if there is anyone left in the universe that has ANY DOUBT that the media, and especially the New York Times, has bias towards liberal/democrats/leftists, then hopefully this will take care of it. 

So apparently Barack Obama wrote an editorial/essay which was published by the NYT last week.  This essay was all about Obama’s thoughts on the Iraq war, how he wants it to end, blah blah blah.  So, John McCain wrote a direct rebuttal to this essay and presented it to the NYT for publishing.  Except you know what the NYT said?

They said it didn’t “mirror” Obama’s piece, so they weren’t going to run it.  The op/ed dude in charge, David Shipley, said he’d be “pleased to look at another draft.”  (Coincidentally, Shipley was Special Asst. to President Clinton and senior speech writer from 1995-1997.)  

To explain his decision, Shipley said, “The Obama piece worked for me because it offered new information (it appeared before his speech); while Senator Obama discussed Senator McCain, he also went into detail about his own plans. It would be terrific to have an article from Senator McCain that mirrors Senator Obama’s piece. To that end, the article would have to articulate, in concrete terms, how Senator McCain defines victory in Iraq.”

Happily, the Drudge Report has printed the full original McCain submission so that viewers can, AS THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO, hear from both sides.  I’m copying it after the jump, so that our tens of readers can consider themselves informed.  Screw you, New York Times.  Jerks.

I am trying REALLY REALLY REALLY HARD to avoid talking too much politics here at the Mock Dock, because choosing the next leader of the free world isn’t really something to mock.  But sometimes when there’s just BLATANT bias shown in a major news outlet, I can’t help myself.  So, I will always warn you in the subject line.  And if you don’t want to read or participate in political discussions, just feel free to skip on over these posts and scroll down to the latest celebrity mishap, lunchtime tale, or creepy freakshow.  There’s something for everyone!

Jump in to see what the New York Times doesn’t want you to see! Continue reading ‘WARNING: Media Bias/Political Rant Coming Up’

STOP. Your Freedom Is Over.

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Straight from his Oregon speech:

“We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,” Obama said.  “That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen,” he added.

Um, yeah it is, Barack.  Last time I checked, this was AMERICA, a land in which I am allowed to make choices about what car I drive and what I eat and what temperature to keep my home at. 

You know what’s NOT leadership?  Hanging out and trying to have tea and crumpets with Ahmejinedad. 

Ugh.

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This changes everything!

 

After Sarah and Jimmy got it off their chests…Hillary was ready to do the same I guess. Thanks for the lead, Gabone. So funny!

Ellen Out-Urbans Barack Obama

Barack Obama dances like he’s conducting the Philharmonic Orchestra. Only with less soul. I’ve decided that the presidency should be decided with a dance-off.