
Phil "nation of whiners" Gramm and John "small business" McCain. Check out The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, repealing FDR era banking safeguards. Wendy Lee Gramm, married to Phil, headed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (in the years 1988-1993, another meltdown period) and "served" as a member of the Enron Corporation Board of Directors. Absolute "deregulation" Pied Pipers, all. Right into the river deep, magic mountain dark.

McCain with Joe Lieberman, former Democratic VP candidate running with Al Gore in 2000. Hard to believe he once debated Dick Cheney. McCain's signage claims "Country First." Lieberman's biggest problem is that he's a United States Senator and "Independent" who supports country first, but only if that country is Israel. A loathsome turncoat.

"I am not scared of al Qaeda, I am scared of . . . al Cracker." -- Chris Rock.
Here they are, then: Conservative Southern Baptist Senator Lindsey Graham, who some wags in South Carolina claim is gay just as they claimed that his predecessor, Strom Thurmond, had a child with a black woman (which turned out to be true -- the daughter's name is Essie Mae Washington-Williams). Conservative hypocrisy would be the watchword a la the homophobic (yet engaging in homosexual "activities") Pastor Ted Haggard. Oh yeah, and G.W. Bush, who like McCain was a piss poor student and roustabout who likes to "talk out of his ass." Maybe they should all read William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch. I'd like to hear Sarah Palin's audio edition!
Obama won tonight's debate handily. McCain was foolish to mention Herbert Hoover in any context, certainly. At ths point, John McCain should fly back to Panama where he was born and retire. Palin should go somewhere far away, perhaps to a small uninhabited island from which she can "see Russia."
Today's Rune: Partnership.