10. This New Yorker Cover:

Suddenly, now that this thing is over, this feels a lot less controversial and a lot more satirical.
9. “Joe” the “Plumber“
8. Every interview Sarah Palin has ever done.
These were funny before, but funny in a sick way because it was so horrifying she could win. Now it’s easier to laugh wholeheartedly [...]

The genius of Jon Stewart and The Daily Show:

The debate distilled down to 10 minutes (via TPM):

I thought Obama won in a rout, or as Andrew Sullivan puts it, “This was…a mauling.” But I agree with Obama on the major issues, so I might be inclined to think he won regardless. The question is what did Independents and Republicans think?
Kos rounds up the [...]

This is the latest, now almost daily headline about Sarah Palin that looks like an Saturday Night Live skit, but is actually completely true.

ANCHORAGE — Soon after Sarah Palin was elected mayor of the foothill town of Wasilla, Alaska, she startled a local music teacher by insisting in casual conversation that men and dinosaurs coexisted [...]

Palin’s Plane Rules: No AP; No Questions on the Record
She’s sticking to a greatest hits version of her convention speech on the campaign trail and steering clear of questions until she’s comfortable enough for a hand-picked interviewer later this week.
McCain campaign manager Rick Davis has said that Palin will “agree to an interview when we [...]

…figuratively speaking.

Remember this disturbing sequence in Borat?

In probably the most ridiculous scene in a movie filled with ridiculousness, Borat is “saved” by members of a Pentecostal church somewhere in the Deep South.
This is the same type of church that Sarah Palin belongs to.
Unfortunately, there is no Youtube video so everyone can really appreciate the complete insanity [...]

Late last week, John McCain picked his running mate, the relatively unknown Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska. Aesthetically for McCain, it was a great choice. The grumpy, ugly old man tapped a smiling, attractive young woman as his potential Vice President. The excitement over the first woman Republican VP nominee in history also probably blunted [...]

Over the weekend, Barack Obama finally made his Vice Presidential selection, Senator Joe Biden from Delaware. Biden, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and 4th most senior member of the Senate, brings a wealth of foreign policy experience to the ticket, but more importantly he will act as the perfect attack dog for Obama, who [...]