http://www.donkeydish.com Counting Down the Days Until 1/20/09 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:40:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en John McCain never should have released Sarah Palin's name. When introducing his Vice Presidential nominee, the Senator should have just stuck her on stage and hung a sign around her neck that read I'm a Young, Pretty Female who Loves Guns and Hates Abortions. Those are, after all, the only qualifications McCain ... http://www.donkeydish.com/2008/09/the-resume-of-sarah-palin/ According to Cliff Schechter's new unauthorized biography of John McCain, The Real McCain, the presidential candidate is quite temperamental. So much so, apparently, that he once dropped the c-bomb on Cindy! The book claims that during a 1992 campaign, the Arizona Senator called his wife the most revolting term for a certain ... http://www.donkeydish.com/2008/06/john-mccain-dropped-c-bomb-on-cindy-mccain/ President George W. Bush was presented with a plant by students on his trip to Northern Ireland (further elaboration and caption rendered unnecessary). http://www.donkeydish.com/2008/06/worth-1000-the-mighty-bush/ Excessive coolness and pop culture appeal alone won't carry Sen. Barack Obama to the White House, but it certainly never hurt anyone. Witness the cover of the new Us Weekly. Up there with The Hills' Lauren Conrad, the pregnant Angelina Jolie and scandalous Linda Hogan is ... America's potential next First Lady! Michelle ... http://www.donkeydish.com/2008/06/michelle-obama-celebrity-gossip-darling/ The sad reality of modern-day political wrangling seems to make the development of a progressive, sustainable energy policy almost impossible. We need bold and transcendent leadership, a blueprint that will not only revitalize our economy, but reverse the damage we’re doing to the planet. Instead we get ... John McCain advocating offshore ... http://www.donkeydish.com/2008/06/the-foreign-oil-problem-is-just-an-oil-problem/ We could post 1,000 video clips to demonstrate the greatness of the late Tim Russert and still not run out. You can't sum up the man with one two-minute excerpt, but we came across this topical one over the weekend. Here's Tim Russert (may he rest in peace) taking GOP nominee ... http://www.donkeydish.com/2008/06/tim-russert-straight-up-owns-john-mccain/ "After the last eight years, even our dogs and cats have learned that elections matter." - Al Gore Urging Americans to reject the Bush legacy of incompetence, negligence and failure, former Vice President Al Gore - who has become the de facto Democratic standard-bearer in the past seven years - endorsed ... http://www.donkeydish.com/2008/06/al-gore-passes-torch-endorses-barack-obama/ Republican presidential nominee John McCain's wife, Cindy McCain, has once again cooked up controversy - by shoplifting a recipe. And this time, Bill Clinton is also implicated! Cindy and Bill, along with Michelle Obama, submitted cookie recipes for the 5th Presidential Bake-Off in Family Circle magazine. It appears, however, that the former president ... http://www.donkeydish.com/2008/06/cindy-mccain-bill-clinton-shoplift-cookie-recipes/ Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected unconstitutional George W. Bush-era detention policies - locking up terrorists indefinitely without trial. One would think, from the reaction of the certain justices, presidents and aspiring presidents, that we had just set hundreds of terrorists free and given them our expressed, written consent to plot ... http://www.donkeydish.com/2008/06/constitution-1-bush-0/ Tragic news from the world of media and politics today: Tim Russert, the Washington Bureau Chief for NBC News and long-time moderator of Meet the Press, passed away today. The 58-year-old died of a heart attack. Tom Brokaw reports that Russert collapsed at NBC News in Washington while managing audio footage. He ... http://www.donkeydish.com/2008/06/tim-russert-passes-away/