I think I have a mild obsession with this chick. I would love to see her head on a stick, but I just realized for the last 3 weeks, shes pretty much all I’ve blogged about. Oh well, there’s bigger fish to fry in the blogging world… LIKE SARAH PALIN CHEETOS!

No joke, someone has put up a Cheeto on Ebay that the seller claims is an exact replica of Gov. Palin holding her baby girl Trig. This goes way beyond all those weird ‘Jesus Grilled Cheeses’ we see pop up every now and then, simply because the given snack food bares no resemblance to any person, or anything edible, at all. Maybe this guy is onto something though… think of the food sponsorship opportunities. Palin branded elk jerky! Prunes in the shape of John McCain’s head!

Apparently John McCain figured out that when you’re made a political career based upon deregulation, and when you’re 8 houses and 13 cars deep while most Americans are struggling to put gas in their piece of shit and pay the mortgage on their fixer upper, the only thing to do is suspend your campaign and be the MOST CONCERNED POLITICIAN IN THE HISTORY OF POLITICS.

From Drudge:

America this week faces an historic crisis in our financial system. We must pass legislation to address this crisis. If we do not, credit will dry up, with devastating consequences for our economy. People will no longer be able to buy homes and their life savings will be at stake. Businesses will not have enough money to pay their employees. If we do not act, ever corner of our country will be impacted. We cannot allow this to happen.

Last Friday, I laid out my proposal and I have since discussed my priorities and concerns with the bill the Administration has put forward. Senator Obama has expressed his priorities and concerns.This morning, I met with a group of economic advisers to talk about the proposal on the table and the steps that we should take going forward.I have also spoken with members of Congress to hear their perspective.

It has become clear that no consensus has developed to support the Administration’ proposal. I do not believe that the plan on the table will pass as it currently stands, and we are running out of time.

Tomorrow morning, I will suspend my campaign and return to Washington after speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative. I have spoken to Senator Obama and informed him of my decision and have asked him to join me.

I am calling on the President to convene a meeting with the leadership from both houses of Congress, including Senator Obama and myself. It is time for both parties to come together to solve this problem.

We must meet as Americans, not as Democrats or Republicans, and we must meet until this crisis is resolved.I am directing my campaign to work with the Obama campaign and the commission on presidential debates to delay Friday night’s debate until we have taken action to address this crisis.

I am confident that before the markets open on Monday we can achieve consensus on legislation that will stabilize our financial markets, protect taxpayers and homeowners, and earn the confidence of the American people. All we must do to achieve this is temporarily set politics aside, and I am committed to doing so.

Following September 11th, our national leaders came together at a time of crisis. We must show that kind of patriotism now. Americans across our country lament the fact that partisan divisions in Washington have prevented us from addressing our national challenges. Now is our chance to come together to prove that Washington is once again capable of leading this country.

As reported online this weekend by Newsweek, a search of public vehicle records finds that John McCain and his wife own 13 cars, as opposed the one owned by Barack Obama and his wife. Whatever this means, if anything is up to you of course, but a few of the makes call into question McCain’s previous assertions that he has “bought American all his life.” It also, of course, goes alongside the previously discussed matter of how many houses the McCain’s own (eight, in a few different states) as opposed to the Obama’s single residence in Chicago. For the high res, uncropped version of the handy chart above, go here.

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Did you know that Free Market Economics works really, really well? Good thing that John McCain’s economic advisor Phill Gramm is a big fan of deregulation. In fact, the 262 page amendment he slipped into a 2000 appropriations bill at the last minute effectively forbade the federal government from regulating the sorts of financial derivatives that got us to this bountiful land of economic plenty.

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Today John McCain returned to the campaign trail, this time sans running mate/celebrity Sarah Palin. The crowds, needless to say, did not go wild. In fact, they didn’t even bother to show up:

John McCain returned to the campaign trail on Monday, only this time without his popular vice presidential pick, Sarah Palin. The results were somewhat less than enthusiastic. As reported by MSNBC’s First Read, the Republican presidential nominee addressed a crowd of roughly 3,000 people in a stadium that seats 16,000.

A McCain spokesman was appalled by the low turnout, telling us:

Photog Jill Greenberg was hired to shoot McCain for The Atlantic Monthly. She was able to sneak in this ultra flattering manipulated picture from the photo shoot on to her Web site. This face is going to give me nightmares, thanks.