From kos: Signs of Desperation

Ben Smith:

Drudge and National Review's Campaign Spot -- with a measure of conscious self-parody -- link the Nickelodeon Kids poll, which has Obama up only two points.

It's an online poll. Of kids.

"The Nickelodeon Kids' Poll is one of those polls that is always interesting to keep an eye on," writes NR's Geraghty.

Kinda.

Talk about "forum shopping". NRO's Geraghty even approvingly posts a reader's email that claims that:

the Obama people should be very concerned with this.

"This" being, again, an online kids poll at Nickelodeon.

Yes, I'm sure Obama HQ is FREAKING THE FUCK OUT over this online poll...

Black humor brought on Katrina? Crap, buffistas are dooooomed.

Black humor brought on Katrina? Crap, buffistas are dooooomed.

Yeah, but we're safe until two years after Hil leaves.

So Hil's not allowed to leave.

Ever.

Works for me.

They haven't used these images as much lately.

Last used by McCain at the open of the RNC.

So Hil's not allowed to leave. Ever.

This week, on Dogville...

Centuries from now, our great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren will enjoy the witty posts of zombie!Hil....

Yes, Hil, you must stay.

God. Despite missing a freaking toenail (it doesn't seem to bother her any and I poked at it with an alcohol swab,) Devi is being a stone bitch and Loki ain't liking it. Normally she's passed out at this hour, but not tonight. I think I'm going to shut her out of the bedroom this evening. I may also try keeping their food dishes on opposite sides of the door. And MK's making me nervous even though he's eating, but that's probably pure paranoia. And the fact he gets his last pain pill tomorrow, and I worry about it.

When they're fine, they very very good. When they are bad, they are so damned stressful.

Hee. (Conservative) London Mayor Boris Johnson has endorsed Barack Obama. [link]

"Unlike the current occupant of the White House, he has no difficulty in orally extemporising a series of grammatical English sentences, each containing a main verb... Democracy and capitalism are the two great pillars of the American idea. To have rocked one of those pillars may be regarded as a misfortune. To have damaged the reputation of both, at home and abroad, is a pretty stunning achievement for an American president."

"The defining image of the battle so far is of the two candidates leaving the stage after the last TV debate - Obama moving confidently off, after another grave and measured performance, and McCain gagging like a gargoyle, tongue out, as he realised he was about to walk over the edge."