By predicting publicly that he would win.

Bushtrodamus doesn’t exactly have the best track record when it comes to prediction making.

(Cross posted at The November Blog)

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I pray to the Gods of Comedy that this is true: Mitt Romney might jump back into the race for president!

Josh Romney, one of former Gov. Mitt Romney’s five sons, says it’s “possible” his father may rejoin the race for the White House, as a vice presidential candidate or as the Republican Party’s standard-bearer if the campaign of Sen. John McCain falters.

First of all, I think it would be awesome for Mitt Romney to let the dogs back out, and jump back in the race, simply because it would bring back some of the hilarity that has been missing from this campaign ever since Mittens dropped out.

Secondly, I’m not sure if Josh Romney realizes this, but in order for his dad to get back in the race “as a vice presidential candidate,” the presidential candidate, John McCain, who straight up hates Mitt Romney, would not only have to be ok with it, he would pretty much have to ask Mitt to do it.

It doesn’t sound like Josh Romney understands that basic rules of politics. But that won’t stop him from potentially running for Congress!

That’s right, Josh Romney for Congress, baby! Oh man, I can’t wait. Does he have 5 20-30 year old sons who could pretend to write unintentionally hilarious blog posts for his campaign?

No, he has 3 young kids, aged 5, 3 and 1. But hey, in the fakest family in America, I wouldn’t put it past them to set these little tykes up with some laptops!

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Our friends at Redstate.com (they aren’t really our friends, my friends, as John McCain loves to say, my friends) are totally freaking out. It turns out that John McCain is a huge ABBA fan, and attempted to use their hit “Take A Chance On Me” as his new campaign song (after being totally rejected by John Mellencamp when McCain wanted to use one of his songs).

Declares the anti-ABBA forces at Redstate:

WTH? Who in the heck is advising McCain? Is there anything less manly than this?

Apparently there isn’t. I think those “gay sweaters” that his advisers have been forcing him to wear are clearly taking their toll.

(Cross posted at The November Blog)

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At least according to the website of the Washington Speakers Bureau he is.

Apparently, triumphant Rudy, who defeated 9/11 again during this past campaign, is going on a speaking tour to talk about how great of a leader he is.

According to the Speakers Bureau’s bio of Rudy, which, I’m betting $911 was written by Rudy himself: “Rudy Giuliani…helped lead New York – and the U.S. – out of the devastation that followed the attacks on 9-11,” because, of course, 9/11 turned Rudy into the President of the United States–er President of 9/11.

And! And! And! Oooh! Oooh! Rudy will be “providing audiences with unparalleled insights and compelling anecdotes to help them overcome unforeseen or unprecedented challenges – and put them back on the path towards success.” He will teach you how you too can defeat your own 9/11’s!

And also, “Perhaps no person currently on the world stage better embodies the words ‘visionary’ and ‘grace under pressure’ than Rudy Giuliani.” After all Rudy is like, one of the most famous people in the world, like, ever.

And “As a candidate for president, he galvanized the national debate,” which is why of course he’s still in the race for president to this day! He’s that galvanizing.

Oh, and Rudy will show ” leaders at all levels how to transform their corporate and organizational cultures—for bottom-line success and results,” by using his own financially solvent presidential campaign as a prime example.

Finally, this paragraph is worth quoting in full:

Hero and Inspiration: As someone who found himself on the frontlines of the War on Terror, Giuliani understands the grave personal price already paid to maintain freedom. Never one to shy away from a battle —at great personal risk, Giuliani almost single-handedly took on organized crime in New York—he reminds audiences that to protect freedom, eternal vigilance is necessary. His presentations become events of international repute and scope where large, enthusiastic crowds are the norm.

Rudy Giuliani will never, ever shy away from a battle, which is why he is still running for president. And his slide shows and Powerpoint presentations can make once-paralyzed old men miraculously walk again!

Rudy Giuliani seems to believe that he really didn’t need to be president, because the office was in fact beneath him. President of the United States is too small-time for Rudy. He’s too busy crushing mountains with his bare hands.

So there you have it, Rudy Giuliani is “one of the world’s most respected leaders,” right behind Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and Fred Thompson.

(Cross Posted at The November Blog)

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This last flip flop, of Mitt Romney coming out for John McCain, is one that even a trained dolphin couldn’t pull off.

The 12th Commandment states: If thou hast sullied a fellow Republican, thou shalt put it between thy legs and endorse thy fellow Republican when he beats thou.

Governor Romney, those about to flip, we salute you.

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He’s also not against torture, as he voted against the waterboarding ban in the Senate today.

But a few months ago, while debating torture apologist Rudy Giuliani, McCain said that he was against waterboarding because it was torture.

If someone can explain to me how this makes any sense, and how John McCain is still anti-torture, still a maverick, and still chock full o’ principles, I will switch party affiliations and vote for John McCain in November.

I’m waiting…

(Cross posted at The November Blog)

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Apparently, Ol’ Freddie Thompson endorsed John McCain a few days ago, but nobody knew about it, not even CNN.

Could it be that Ol’ Freddie was just too lazy to appear on t.v. for like 10 seconds and say, “Shucks, folks, I sure do like John McCain. Golly, gosh and shucks.”?

I mean, a t.v. crew could have even just gone over to Ol’ Freddie’s ol’ house and filmed him for a couple of minutes talkin ’bout how, golly, John McCain sure would make a great prezdent.

Apparently Ol’ Freddie is even too lazy for that.

McCain/Thompson ‘08!

(Cross posted at The November Blog)

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This is a very weird story. So the primary coverage was bouncing along Saturday, with Mike Huckabee trouncing John McCain in Kansas and winning a squeaker in Louisiana. The race in Washington appeared to be going down to the wire, too. And then… the Washington GOP just stopped counting and gave McCain the victory. Leading to this exchange between the head of the state GOP and Huckabee’s lawyer (and his daughter-in-law):

Finally, Luke Esser, the chair of the state GOP party, returned the Huckabee campaign’s call, saying the final results would be determined sometime within the week.

The only hitch? The state chairman had already declared John McCain the winner last night, with only a 242 vote lead. In a written statement last night, Esser said, “Congratulations to Sen. McCain for a hard-fought win, his second caucus victory in the 2008 presidential nomination process. And congratulations to Gov. Huckabee for his strong second-place finish.”

Huckabee campaign lawyer Lauren Huckabee (daughter-in-law of the candidate), who is skeptical of the fairness, asked for a lawyer to monitor the resluts.

The state GOP denied the request and hung up on Lauren Huckabee, according to the campaign. Campaign adviser Ed Rollins will be sending lawyers to Olympia, scheduled to land this evening, to investigate the matter.

At a hastily arranged press conference in a hotel room, Rollins was steamed.

“You don’t get to announce the votes until they are all counted. And obviously, by his attempts to project without any statistical data or even if he had statistical data, it’s irrelevant: we’re entitled to a fair, full count,” Rollins said.

“Our lawyers attempted to contact him today, finally did so about ten minutes ago. He said, ‘Well I don’t know where the precincts, are, I just sort of did it. How dare Mike Huckabee challenge – he has to trust us. We’re going to count the rest of the votes today in the office.’”

“We asked to have someone go in to the office with them and count the votes and he refused us. He said he would have to notify the other campaigns.”

Huckabee called it Soviet-style tactics and he’s not wrong. The Republican Party is a top-down establishment outfit, and they clearly have an interest in wrapping up their race with the utmost speed. But stopping the counting? McCain is playing dumb about it and trying to say “trust the state GOP,” but it’s kind of hard to do so when they shut down the election and declare a winner before all the votes are in.

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Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund opines:

In some ways Mr. McCain resembles Nicolas Sarkozy, the French conservative who won last year’s presidential election even though the retiring president, Jacques Chirac, was unpopular and a member of his own party. “Like Sarko, who was of Chirac’s party but not of Chirac, America’s swing voters have intuited over the years that there is little love lost between McCain and George Bush,” says the blog Race42008.

Mr. Sarkozy was able to convince a majority of French voters that he represented real change that would improve conditions, while his socialist rival, Segolene Royal, represented risky change that could make matters worse. That is precisely the challenge Mr. McCain faces this year against Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.

Oh great. So, French conservative beats lady liberal, immediately proceeds as first Act of State to divorce old wife and all but reach up the skirt of hot new babe. Is this what we have to look forward to under a McCain presidency? Senator McCain hopping on the Straight Talk Express away from his second wife and moving in for engagement ring number three?

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Yes indeed:

“Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.”

– John McCain, 1998

Think the mainstream media will remember that one?

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