You May Have Been Sublimed During McCain's Speech

Republican Presidential candidate John McCain horned in on many of Barack Obama's messages in his RNC acceptance speech. He mirrored his call for change and the need to clean up eight years of special interest groups running Washington. His backdrop at the beginning of the speech was Walter Reed Middle School.

The campaign blames the picture on its ad men. And those ad men know about subliminal messaging. How might that've worked?

Walter Reed Middle School is the site where an Obama like, Presidential aspirant announced his candidacy on the show West Wing. Jimmy Smitts plays Matt Santos, a minority running for the Chief Executive. His speech focused on hope in front of the same Walter Reed Middle School.

This election is about narratives. The McCain camp is trying to steal Barack Obama's story, i.e., claim it as their own. John McCain attached the leech Sarah Palin to Obama's neck to bleed him faster. Every time someone asks about her lack of experience, the red talking head replies "it's more than Obama's."

But, the beauty of the school backdrop during John's speech from his special podium? It enabled John to piss on the symbolic Democrat's lawn. How much more slime is coming?

If McCain makes it the White House, count on him behaving like the cartoon Calvin, impish and selfish. It's what George Bush did and McCain is more of the same...

Republican Theme Song: Eye of the Liar

Eye of the Liar
(to the tune of Eye of the Tiger by Survivor)

Ragin' hard, back on K Street
Delivered my lines, teleprompter dances
Rolled the dice with my VP pick
Now I'm hiding her, my need to survive

So many earmarks, they happen too fast
Stealing “change”, my ticket to glory
Lost my grip on dreams of Americans
But I pander, as I deliver them lies

Chorus:
It's the eye of the liar, it's the cream of victory
Risin' up to our major donors’ cries
And the last known survivor gets the big booty
While no media's watchin' the eye of the liar

Two faced, willing to cheat
Livin' high, fat and happy
Diebold stacks the odds 'til we declare victory
We need the White House to start another war

chorus

Ragin' hard, pumping my fists
Emotional upchuck, that’s my story
Went the distance, now I'm physically spent
Dress that woman and get her to hide

chorus

The eye of the cheater (repeats out)...

Lieutenant General Carol Mutter Speaks at Eisenhower's RNC

Republicans have President Dwight D. Eisenhower in their history, yet Sarah Palin highlighted Democrat Harry S. Truman. President Eisenhower warned of the looming military-industrial complex. Under the steroidal Bush administration, the MIC morphed into the government-industrial monstrosity, incorporating health care and public infrastructure.

One of its benefactors took the RNC stage this evening, Lieutenant General Carol Mutter. She serves on the advisory board of Neah Power. Their press release states:

Gen. Mutter has been a consultant for companies including IBM (NYSE: IBM), Raytheon Co. (NYSE: RTN), Revision Eyewear, as well as virtual training and nanotechnology organizations, directly contributing to their relationships with and success in obtaining government contracts.

The McCain/Palin ticket talks about cleaning up Washington. My quick look at General Mutter's background calls this into question. With her time on the stage, Carol sold her ability to influence the Republican Presidential ticket.

General Eisenhower's grand daughter dropped the Republican Party the last two weeks. Susan is now an independent. At least she said so in her appearance on The Colbert Report.

Who do I trust to reform Washington? Not the ex-maverick McCain or the lipstick laden Palin.

News Reported on Palin's Rocky Speech Hours Before Its Delivery

As I watched Sarah Palin speak live on CNN, I read an AP report with words she just uttered. The news report was filed two hours and 45 minutes ago. What? How did the media report on a talk yet to be given?

The world has gone flippy floppy. McCain's shuffling the last two years wore through the sole of his Maverick boots. Palin hasn't been a reformer, any more than the NRCC Executive Committee. They picked low hanging fruit and left the more powerful rotten apples in place.

D.C. is a political pit of vipers after eight years of Bush/Cheney. Republicans will do anything to hold onto the White House. That means passing outright false talking points, saying the party line to the camera while panning Palin with the audio still rolling, even putting "lipstick on a pit bull." Bush was a cardboard cowboy, and Palin is a faux reformer.

Lipstick can't cover the gaping holes. The Republican ticket is Rocky's trainer and wife, but the boxer is missing. That doesn't mean the old guy and lady in glasses won't throw a few punches. They will, but they won't be enough to knock out K Street in the form of Apollo Greed. Republicans remain true to their rich donor roots as they continue to promise corporate welfare.

Oil Rich SWF's Now Want Your Movie Money

Not content to profit when you fill up at the gas pump, foreign government owned sovereign wealth funds want to make more money off the American consumer. The oil rich government of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates invested in movie and video game deal with Warner Brothers. That came about the same time another arm purchased 7.5% of The Carlyle Group, a huge private equity underwriter (PEU).

Consider this scenario sometime in the future:

Your family flies on vacation, on the newly released Boeing 787 Dreamliner, partially built by Vought Aircraft Industries. Then you rent a car from Hertz. After freshening up with the hotel's complimentary Philosophy products, the family decides to do dinner and movie. "Shorts", the new family-friendly adventure film just came out. After a nice meal, the kids spy a Baskin-Robbins. You treat them to a sundae. The movie is a hit, partly because of the large Dr. Pepper you purchased.

After taking the kids back to the hotel, the adults are ready for some gambling at Harrah's. After enriching the house, the tired couple is ready for some shuteye on their hotel's fine bed, provided by Mattress Giant. The next day, Dad has to check in at work. He does so via his laptop, housed in a Targus bag. He has to make his way through the computer's security system, using a fingerprint ID. The hotel's wireless system provides the means.

After a wonderful vacation, the kids foot dragging means not enough time to gas up the rental. Hertz gets to make an extra buck with their exorbitant gas charges. Back home you brag about the fun you had, as you head to Home Depot.

Meanwhile The Carlyle Group and United Arab Emirate SWF's brag about the money they made off you...

Bush Uses Gustav to Push Domestic Drilling

Ever the disaster capitalist, President George W. Bush used Hurricane Gustav to push domestic offshore drilling. The script included:

“One thing is for certain, when Congress comes back, they’ve got to understand that we need more domestic energy, not less,” Bush said in the Roosevelt Room. “One place to find it is offshore. America”s lands that have been taken off the books, so to speak, by congressional law and now they need to give us a chance to find more oil and gas here at home.”

With the Gustav bullet dodged, it's full steam ahead on oil and war. Bush did say he wanted to finish at a sprint. That and a little Olympic beach volleyball derriere handling. Who's backside with V.P. Cheney massage as he circles the world on his latest war tour? Stay tuned for when Congress might be coming back. Will there be any clues in President Bush's speech this evening?

Oil Expert Palin Distorts Exxon "Valdez" Oil Spill

The Republican V.P. matriarch of a fertile Alaskan family, Sarah Palin spoke with CNBC's Maria Bartiromo recently. Maria came away impressed with Sarah's knowledge of energy. Did Ms. Bartiromo watch Palin's interview with Washington Journal this past February? Here are a few clips from that CSPAN interview (available under the heading: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) Announces V.P. Pick Gov. Palin) :

Governor Palin (at the 4:00 minute mark): A drunken captain that ran the Exxon Valdez ship into Bligh Reef and spilled 11,000 gallons of fuel

(at the 7:04 minute point): You know the footprint that we're looking at, hopefully being able to drill in ANWR at some point, it's a 2,000 acre footprint. That's small. smaller than the footprint of say, LAX

(at the 12:20 minute mark): and then was appointed a commissioner at the Alaskan Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, regulating oil and gas.

Later in the interview, Sarah spoke to Captain Joseph Hazelwood's specific role in the Exxon Valdez spill. So why would an acclaimed energy expert miss the size of the spill by 10.79 million barrels? And why would she call the spill "fuel" vs. crude oil?

Was she purposefully minimizing the spill to encourage further tapping of Alaska's energy resources? If so, what does that say about her later statistic, the 2,000 acre footprint?

Sarah's "11,000 gallons of fuel" was 10.8 million gallons of crude and it fouled 11,000 square miles of ocean. While the world focuses on exactly when her water broke, it misses her misrepresentation of a major hull breach. Strange days, my friend....