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Now you’ll have to pardon my language, but I’m glad to see the Democratic Party has finally gotten a set of balls. My biggest complaint during the 2004 election was Sen. John Kerry’s unwillingness (or inability) to fight back against the attacks he came under from the Republican ticket and their associated 527 groups. Sure, he fought back a little after the Swiftboat ads starting airing, but by that time it was too little too late, and in my opinion, the Kerry campaign’s inability to do a little attacking of their own is what cost them the election.

Having said that, I’m glad to see the Obama/Biden ticket punching back against the Republicans, and this video clip is a perfect example of why I think Senator Joe Biden was the perfect choice as Barack Obama’s running mate:

It’s good to see Sen. Biden showing some fire and going on the offensive against the Republican ticket, and it gives me hope that we Democrats won’t simply roll over and play dead any time we’re attacked.

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I have to admit I’ve always had a soft spot for good political satire, and as I was surfing the intertubes, I happened to come across two cartoons that I happened to find particularly funny.

Now I have a confession to make: I once found Senator John McCain to be an intriguing elected official, back in the days when he could credibly argue that he really was a maverick within the Republican Party. To be honest, I admired John McCain the Maverick, and so I’m saddened to see what John McCain has become. The same man who was so shamefully smeared before the 2000 South Carolina GOP primary has now become a smear merchant himself, and it’s sad to see what a hypocrite McCain’s become.

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A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about singer/songwriter Jackson Browne filing a lawsuit against Republican presidential nominee John McCain. I also noted Browne’s suit noted that other musicians, including ABBA and John Cougar Mellencamp, have asked McCain to stop using their work.

Apparently, the McCain campaign can’t seem to learn their lesson, as they’ve come under attack by the members of the group Heart for using the song “Barracuda” after vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s speech at the Republican National Convention. Here’s what Heart had to say:

“The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission,” it read. “We have asked the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music. We hope our wishes will be honored.”

Despite the emailed statement voicing the group’s displeasure about their song being used, the song was used again after Sen. McCain finished his remarks to the RNC. Nancy and Ann Wilson of Heart followed that up with another statement, this one a little more strongly worded:

“Sarah Palin’s views and values in NO WAY represent us as American women. We ask that our song ‘Barracuda’ no longer be used to promote her image. The song ‘Barracuda’ was written in the late 70s as a scathing rant against the soulless, corporate nature of the music business, particularly for women. (The ‘barracuda’ represented the business.) While Heart did not and would not authorize the use of their song at the RNC, there’s irony in Republican strategists’ choice to make use of it there.”

Keep up the good work, John!

H/T to the illusory one.

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Apparently, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan doesn’t have a very high opinion of the choice of Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running mate, but who can really blame her?

After all, unless you’re a rabid conservative, there’s not really much to like about Palin. At any rate, here’s the video of Peggy Noonan dissing the choice of Sarah Palin:

And here’s a transcript:

Chuck Todd: Mike Murphy, lots of free advice, we’ll see if Steve Schmidt and the boys were watching. We’ll find out on your blackberry. Tonight voters will get their chance to hear from Sarah Palin and she will get the chance to show voters she’s the right woman for the job Up next, one man who’s already convinced and he’ll us why Gov. Jon Huntsman.

[cut away]

Peggy Noonan: Yeah.

Mike Murphy: You know, because I come out of the blue swing state governor world: Engler, Whitman, Tommy Thompson, Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush. I mean, these guys — this is how you win a Texas race, just run it up. And it’s not gonna work. And –

Noonan: It’s over.

Murphy: Still McCain can give a version of the Lieberman speech to do himself some good.

Todd: I also think the Palin pick is insulting to Kay Bailey Hutchinson, too.

Noonan: Saw Kay this morning.

Todd: Yeah, she’s never looked comfortable about this –

Murphy: They’re all bummed out.

Todd: Yeah, I mean is she really the most qualified woman they could have turned to?

Noonan: The most qualified? No! I think they went for this — excuse me– political bullshit about narratives –

Todd: Yeah they went to a narrative.

Murphy: I totally agree.

Noonan: Every time the Republicans do that, because that’s not where they live and it’s not what they’re good at, they blow it.

Murphy: You know what’s really the worst thing about it? The greatness of McCain is no cynicism, and this is cynical.

Todd: This is cynical, and as you called it, gimmicky.

Murphy: Yeah.

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Looks like they’re having a grand old time, too!

Unfortunately, there’s no audio, which would undoubtedly make a funny clip even funnier.

Credit: witz.org.

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