Ha! Perfect.

You know what's funny? For months now, I've had this nagging feeling that McCain reminds me of somebody... or more accurately something... some sort of iconic imagery, but I couldn't put my finger on it until this morning, when I saw this pic

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and was musing that McCain seems to look terribly munchkin-like or something next to Obama here, and then, for some reason, it struck me. The image that was evading me was Mr. Moneybags from Monopoly, even though McCain doesn't have a mustache or wear a bow-tie. So it amuses me that the Penguin has a lot of the same things going on as Moneybags: top hat, bow tie, formal jacket, umbrella (instead of cane), cigarette in holder (instead of cigar)... and, hey! look! you can even buy undies that show Moneybags also in the company of the police!

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But isn't Cheney already The Penguin?
i'm sure there's a proper name for old rich white guy facial rictus, the lipless unconscious snarl thing.
i can see the monopoly guy, McCain was once relatively short and cuddly. Now more short, cranky, old and being run constantly on the religious channels with his best edit, without Obama at all. It's creepy.
Apparently different channels had different edits with CNN using the majority of the split screen? i appreciated the split screen reactions when i could stand it.

McCain is past his sell-by date. He was a viable candidate in 2004, but I think the Elephants should have gone with someone like Huckabee to appease the evangelicals.

What do I care? I'm voting Obama anyway.

*falls over*

"Joe 'the Plumber' Wurzelbacher related to Charles 'the Crook' Keating. Oops."

via fleetmouse on mefi

Words fail me. Seriously.

lolmhod!

and Joe apparently didn't even pay his taxes. oops.

I'm rather breathlessly waiting for this to break in the MS, if it's true (the Keating connection, and all the rest), but when I saw and read his interviews this morning, the guy sounded rehearsed, almost like a political ad - and I thought "hmmmm... McCain plant? Naaah. Because that would be really, really stupid; everyone is going to be all over this guy, and if he isn't 100% authentic, how embarrassing. Even they wouldn't risk that kind of humiliation."

Same could be said of Palin.

The way he answered about her was so sad and obvious. McCain's whole demeanor completely changed as he propped himself up to deliver his little preprepared words. It's sad his own party doesn't even really want him to win, when they could have a Democrat scapegoat instead.

Hmm, it looks like the guy who posted about the Plumber - Keating link is a known media hoaxter.

NYTimes on Joe the "plumber".

Turns out that “Joe the Plumber,” as he became nationally known when Senator John McCain made him a theme at Wednesday night’s third and final presidential debate, may run a plumbing business but he is not a licensed plumber. His full name is Samuel J. Wurzelbacher. And he owes a bit in back taxes.

That makes more sense, BP, I think. Because I was kind of reeling... Obama just happened to show up in the neighborhood of this guy? Who's all set with his GOP talking points... and related to Charles Keating? What the hell?

Still, not really being a plumber, and not really paying taxes sort of tarnishes his luster as McCain middle class poster kid for economic policy.

Meanwhile, Palin Pron. (obviously nsfw) "The Maverick Exposed!"