Oh, he’s the type of guy that preys on fears and ignorance
He makes a chick his VP pick, there goes experience
He holds out this carrot to the fans of Hillary
And thinks them dumb enough to simply vote anatomically
They call him the panderer - yeah - the panderer
Oh, his nose is brown, it’s brown, it’s brown, it’s brown

He’s got Cindy on his left arm and now Sarah on his right
How long before he calls this one the c-word late one night
Don’t think me crude or call me rude or label me a jerk
These words that chide attempt to hide my fear that this may work

Four more years of wars and tears and a failed economy
For heaven’s sake, too much to take. Please protect D.C.
From the panderer - yeah - the panderer
He’ll take “Roe” down, down, down, down

It was announced today that Rachel Maddow will have her own show on MSNBC starting September 8th. The show will start at 9PM Eastern (8PM my time) right after Countdown with Keith Olbermann.

That’s it. The vigil can end. The gods have listened! My prayers have been answered! I will now be spending two straight hours glued to the television every weeknight. Well, one hour glued and the next hour glued and swooning.

Congrats, Rachel! You deserve it.

Anyone who reads this blog or knows me personally knows that I am pretty much in the tank for Senator Barack Obama. Barring some astronomical revelation that would completely dilute my belief that he would make the best commander and chief, it is pretty much safe to say that Senator Obama has my vote.

Having said that, within ten minutes of Rev. Rick Warren’s questioning of John McCain during the live forum tonight, I found myself saying, “Oh crap.” Senator McCain came off lucid, spiritual, intelligent, presidential and funny. He told stories that would wet the eye and make most Americans swell with patriotism. All in all, he was very very good. I hate to say it, but it’s true.

Now, it’s easy to come off smooth and charismatic when you are not in the line of fire, and McCain is known for his forays into the area of belligerence and quick anger. And things may not play out very well come debate time. But tonight, he was damn near perfect, not his ideals or policies, because I do not agree with everything he says. However, if I were one of McCain’s constituents or someone who may have been on the fence about him, I would definitely be proud of the job he did tonight.

If he comes off as well during the upcoming debates, Obama and the Democratic party may be in trouble.

Imagine if John Edwards had gotten the democratic nomination. Imagine if he had been on Obama’s short list for the V.P. slot. You’ve gotta be pretty ballsy to run for president knowing the salacious secrets you hold within. This didn’t happen many years ago. It happened in 2006. The party would have been decimated had this come out and he was in the running — hypocrites that we are, we would have buried the man.

Marital infidelity is about as common as wedded bliss is uncommon. Everybody’s got some dirt on them. Only Obama has to appear to be as clean as a whistle. Because if he gets so much as a hangnail, he will be written off by a bunch of “I told you so’s” and “Are you really surprised?”

And how many people do not actually believe that Mccain has had a dalliance or two? If the Democrats were smart, they would get some of their undercover henchmen to dig further into that whole Vicki Iseman situation. The only problem is Mccain could be caught in a hotel room with a dead prostitute and nobody but Michael Corleone there to help him and he would still be virtually tied with Obama. This country is on the verge of completely upending centuries of tradition, and as much as an illicit affair would rankle his conservative constituents, the binds of tradition are much harder to shake free than those loose strands of morality.

But I honestly feel that this whole thing reflects negatively on the man and not the party. If anything, it makes women even more sympathetic to Hillary Clinton, and maybe redirects their ire from Obama to Edwards. I could be wrong. I’m just glad that Edwards was nowhere near any official level of importance to the Obama campaign. Frankly, I like the guy. He did a crummy thing. But we all do from time to time. I’m just glad he’s the only one going up shit creek without a paddle.

sidenote:
If the kid isn’t yours and you don’t love her, why are you hanging out in a hotel room with the woman?