Motley Moose – Archive

Despite a public outcry and resounding condemnation from the chattering class (brilliantly documented by DCDemocrat) about whipping angry mobs to a near violent frenzy with devisive (and false) rhetoric, the McCain/Palin campaign reached an all new low today.

John McCain had a chance to do the right and honorable thing, which would have been to condemn the lunatics who shout out things like Traitor!, Terrorist! , Kill him!, or verbally accost African American members of the media. Up until today, he appeared to have chosen the slimy route instead, and by letting it go on, they’ve essentially encouraged the toxic behavior.  Both Obama and Biden have pushed back hard against the smears, and by all accounts they’ve done so effectively.

Mountaineers are Always Free (to turn Blue).

Okay, my Latin is atrocious, so feel free to correct my Google-Fu translation.  More importantly, get a load of this ARG poll of 600 likely voters in West Virginia:  Obama 50%, McCain 42%.

Okay, we know ARG pretty much sucks, but given the trends we’re seeing elsewhere, do ya’ll think it’s possible to flip WV back to blue?

Any thoughts?

We all knew it was coming.  Naturally, John McCain wants to change the subject.  He’s getting his political ass kicked up and down the field and his winking gimmick of a VP has turned out to be a net loss for his campaign. Negative is all they’ve got left, and smears are the only bullets still rolling around in the bottom of the bucket.  

When you’ve got no substance, you’ve got to attack your opponent’s character.  So what do McCain and the Winking Buffaloon trot out?

I watched last night’s Vice-Presidential debate thinking that maybe, just maybe, we’d get a glimpse of the real Sarah Palin.  Is she really the numbskull we saw in those Katie Couric interviews?

After taking the night to digest it all, my opinion is that she is a numbskull, much in the same way that George W. Bush is.  What did we learn about Gov. Palin based on her answers (or lack thereof)?

We’re tired.  Since Baby Jack came home, sleep has been largely elusive.  Our waking hours this weekend have been spent hovering over the baby, cooing.  When not contorting our faces into sloppy exaggerated grins and speaking in high-pitched baby talk, we’re plodding about like zombies, staring blankly at television, or surfing the blogs.

We try to rest when the baby does, so I was more than slightly grumpy when I had to drag my disheveled self from bed yesterday morning to answer an insistent doorbell.

I was slightly curt with the Jehovah’s Witnesses gathered on my doorstep as I took the pamphlet they offered and shoo’d them away.  After I glanced at the cover of their spiritual propoganda, I broke into a sustained giggle:

All Suffering SOON TO END!

How about that Republican Convention bounce?  How about all that friggin’ hand-wringing afterwards?  Given the events of the past few weeks, I think it’s safe to say that, barring a major democratic FUBAR moment, Barack Obama will be our next President.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m not advocating complacency here.  Just sayin’:  we’re pulling away, and big time.

Earlier, while waxing rhapsodic about Brit’s fantastic Flame War Article, Spacemanspiff and I had a brief exchange about what some of us kooky bloggers might look like in a graphic novel or comic book.  The idea took hold, and I used my Google-Fu to track down this Hero Generator.  What would some of the Moose Heroes look like?  What about some of our Arch-rivals?

Jeebus, did I have some fun!  Here’s my vision of a few of the brave souls who fight the good fight by way of Motley Moose:

HEROES:

If you’re in need of an alter-ego, Calvin and Hobbes is a fine place to look.

I’ve been wanting to post a diary here at The Moose for some while now, but have found myself ridiculously busy with work, life, and all the general ad naseum that come along with such things.  Most notable among my preoccupations is the pending addition to our little tribe.