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Bill Maher returned Friday night just in time for the McCain/Palin announcement and, to no one’s surprise, had quite a bit to say about it. See for yourself:
Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia was also on, and gave an excellent analysis of McCain’s VP pick along with an overview of Barack Obama’s speech on Thursday night. I like the choice of Biden as a running mate for Obama, but Kaine would also have been a good choice and will be instrumental in Obama’s attempt to carry Virginia, which is now considered a battleground state.
Then there’s Senator McCain. Watch Johnny’s wandering eye as Sarah Palin speaks after being named as VP nominee. Also notice the Senator twiddling with his wedding ring.
I can only imagine the thoughts that are going through his head as he ogles Gov. Palin, ‘If only Cindy hadn’t made me sign that damn pre-nup.’
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Oh Please said:
August 31, 2008
GOP Campaign Increasingly Resembling Unproduced Goldie Hawn Film
Eerie Parallels, Goldie Hawn Expert Says
The GOP campaign for the White House is looking more and more like the screenplay for an unproduced Goldie Hawn film from the 1980’s, a Goldie Hawn film expert said today.
Davis Logsdon, who teaches at the University of Minnesota’s School of Film and is considered the world’s foremost expert in the cinema of Goldie Hawn, said that in choosing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate Sen. John McCain was taking a leaf from an unproduced Hawn vehicle from 1984 titled “Contestant in Chief.”
“In the screenplay, an evil presidential candidate chooses the American he thinks is the least likely to catch on to his nefarious plans to destroy the country,” Professor Logsdon said. “Enter Goldie, a former beauty pageant contestant, small-town mayor and hockey mom.”
In keeping with the formula of Goldie Hawn movies in the 1980’s, “She turns out to be smarter than she looks and exposes her running mate on national TV, becoming President herself in the process.”
But Professor Logsdon cautioned that in the case of this year’s GOP ticket, life will probably imitate art only up to a point: “In real life, if Gov. Palin becomes President she will most likely ban abortions, destroy wildlife habitats and blow up the world.”
Elsewhere, Gov. Palin said she was looking forward to the vice-presidential debate, or as she called it, “the talent competition.”
http://www.borowitzreport.com