The Sidewalk to Nowhere, McCain Supporters in Bethlehem, PA (video)

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Meet some friendly, enlightened McCain/Palin supporters
Published 10/9/2008 by The Cajun Boy (noreply@blogger.com) at Cajun Boy in the City
Both of these vids containing footage of McCain/Palin folk at sperate rallies were sent to me this morning and were equally cringe-worthy, so I decided to post them both. They really do believe he's a secret Muslim terrorist, and that is a very scary thing. ...

Video footage from McCain/Palin rally in Pennsylvania
Published 10/11/2008 at The Third I
Interesting interviews with supporters on line to enter rally. And by interesting I mean absolutely frightening. Yes, these are your neighbors. Scary huh?

McCain/Palin Boosters Continue to Astound, Terrify [Politics. Horrible, Horrible Politics.]
Published 10/12/2008 by ian spiegelman at Gawker
A roadside billboard sprung up in West Plains, Missouri, recently featuring a caricature of Barack Obama wearing a turban along with the message "Barack 'Hussein' Obama equals more abortions, same sex marriages, taxes, gun regulations." While some members of that community are shocked and disgusted—the Obama campaign dismissed it as "a distraction"—other locals are of the opinion that if you don't like that sign you can drop dead. The billboard is after the jump. So is a video of McCain/Palin supporters at yet another rally in PA—one of them telling a really funny joke about sex assault victims who are forced to pay for their own rape kits. Starts at about ...

REVIEW: W. (B+)
Published 10/17/2008 by Daniel Getahun (getafilm@gmail.com) at Getafilm
I liked Oliver Stone's W. because it was validating. Believe it or not, I don't have much of a problem with George W. Bush. Never really have for the last five or six years, since whenever I figured out that he is not the man with the plan, but the man with the microphone. No, Bush is not my problem - the people that have surrounded him are: Rumsfeld, Cheney, Rove, and most of all, you - all of you. So seeing Bush portrayed as a genuinely honest simpleton and not a calculating, conniving politician was a welcome sight. Far too many people are in the business of scapegoating while far too many of the people who are ...