J’s Notes

George W. Bush tries to go through a locked door - 9,480 articles point it out.
Barack Obama tries to go through a window - 1 article points it out.
Kudos.
(h/t Snapped Shot)

Dear Sen. Obama,
You won’t be able to use one at the debates.  Just so you know.
Luv and mush,
J~

John McCain’s lack of use of a computer has become an issue to Barack Obama but it seems it’s not because he doesn’t get it as Obama may want you to believe:
McCain gets emotional at the mention of military families needing food stamps or veterans lacking health care. The outrage comes from inside: McCain’s severe [...]

The Obama Campaign has decided to make an issue of McCain’s lack of computer knowledge as if it shows something about his ability to govern:
Obama spokesman Dan Pfeiffer said the campaign was not making an issue of the 72-year-old McCain’s age, but the time he’s spent in Washington.
“Our economy wouldn’t survive without the Internet, and [...]

So in case you missed it, there’s been a big to do lately about Barack Obama’s use of the phrase “you can put lipstick on a pig and it’s still a pig” when referring to the policies of John McCain and Sarah Palin.
Now, did Obama mean for this to be about Palin, using code words [...]

When Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac open up their wallets, they don’t just give change to CHANGE (har, har, I kill me):
Top Recipients of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Campaign Contributions, 1989-2008
1. Dodd, Christopher (D-CT) $133,900
2. Kerry, John (D-MA) $111,000
3. Obama, Barack (D-IL) $105,849
4. Clinton, Hillary (D-NY) $75.550

By way of Right Wing Liberal we find that Big Oil sure does like them some “hope” and “change”:
The Center for Responsive Politics took a look at the candidates campaign contributions from employees of Exxon-Mobil (companies themselves are barred from donating).  Here’s what they found (ABC via Jim Geragthy):
Through June, Exxon employees have given Obama $42,100 [...]

Today the NYT covered McCain’s lack of computer literacy and what that means on a broader scale:
While 73 percent of American adults use the Internet (only 35 percent 65 or older), according to a survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, it’s likely that many of them would rather have a president who [...]

The Gospel According To Gerard Barker:
And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness.
The Child was blessed in [...]

As Politico puts it, “Surge meets Purge” at Barack Obama’s website:
The Daily News report by James Gordon Meek says: “Barack Obama’s campaign scrubbed his presidential Web site over the weekend to remove criticism of the U.S. troop ‘surge’ in Iraq, the Daily News has learned.”
Has the situation changed?  Certainly.  But Obama came out against the surge [...]

Obama’s plane had to make an emergency landing in St. Louis yesterday after the plane developed difficulty with its pitch.  Thankfully they landed fine and everyone is OK.  But interesting to note is where the plane came from:
This was not Obama’s regular campaign plane, which is being overhauled. It was a loaner, having previously been [...]