Nine minutes of Scottie’s greatest hits

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Maybe you have to be a hardcore political junkie to enjoy this. I plead guilty:

These are the best ads on television

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This has nothing to do with politics (except that any candidate who can come up with ads featuring this baby and the guy who does his voice is a cinch to win):

“Pragmatic” Murdoch sees landslide for Obama

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Rupert Murdoch, whose company owns the Wall Street Journal and the Fox networks, is said to be a conservative with  “a willingness to switch sides when he detects major political changes afoot.”

Well, the dude apparently senses just such changes.  And he’s predicting a LANDSLIDE VICTORY for Barack Obama in November.

UPDATE: Meanwhile, some Republicans are CONCERNED about John McCain’s campaign organization.

Some GOP pols shun Bush like the plague

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In Kansas, of all places, lots of Republican incumbents find that they can’t jigger their BUSY SCHEDULES for any face-time with President Bush, who’s paying a visit to their state today.

I wonder if there are any Republicans here in Illinois — Rep. Don Manzullo, for example — who would want to campaign with Bush.

Warning: Reading this could cause brain damage

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Most of us who are fully evolved homo sapiens rarely, if ever, waste our time listening to radio comedian Rush Limbaugh. Too much exposure to that kind of stuff is just not good for your mental health.

However, I’m going to take a risk here and recommend that you read THIS TRANSCRIPT of an exchange between El Rushbo and one of his brilliant callers on the subject of patriotism.  It’s tragic and funny and frightening, all at the same time. (But if you feel dizzy or nauseated at any point, stop reading and move on to something else here at Applesauce.)

This TV ad is timely in light of the McClellan book’s negative focus on Bush

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Where’s my e-mail?

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If your Internet service provider is Comcast, as mine is, you’ve no doubt had problems this morning accessing your e-mail or the Comcast home page.

Well, it says HERE that Comcast was hit by hackers overnight.

UPDATE: Hours later, and still no e-mail.  What’s especially frustrating is that I can’t send an e-mail to Comcast to vent about this situation.  Call them on the phone? Don’t make me laugh. You have to go through endless layers of menus and recordings before you finally talk to a human, who seems not to give a damn. The Comcast phone system apparently was designed by a raving lunatic.

UPDATE II: The crisis has passed! Return to your homes, folks.  Nothing to see here.  Everything’s fine. Move along.