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Late Late Nite FDL: You Might Be An Idiot If
You nominate the former head of The Harper Valley P.T.A. to be Vice President of the United States.

Jeannie C. Riley  “Harper Valley P.T.A.”

You might be an idiot if:

• You nominate the former head of The Harper Valley P.T.A. to be Vice President of the United States.

• You keep meeting up with Katie Couric.

• You graduated with a degree in journalism, but can’t name one newspaper you’ve read.

• You don’t understand the source or value of your husband’s Union provided health care benefits.

• You think your friend of 30 years “made a choice” to be gay.

Mercy sakes alive, the stupid, it burns so bad even Dan Quayle could make it feel better.

 What’s on your mind tonight?

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Yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that he has “confidence that Gwen Ifill will do a professional job” moderating the Vice Presidential debate despite the fact that she is writing a book called “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.” “I think she will do a totally objective job,” McCain said. Yet […]

Yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that he has “confidence that Gwen Ifill will do a professional job” moderating the Vice Presidential debate despite the fact that she is writing a book called “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.” “I think she will do a totally objective job,” McCain said. Yet this morning on Fox News, McCain changed his tune:

MCCAIN: Listen, frankly I wish they hadn’t picked a moderator that isn’t writing a book favorable to Barack Obama, I mean let’s face it. […] Frankly I would imagine that there’s other people out there who aren’t writing a book that’s going to be on inauguration day favorable to Senator Obama but that’s life.

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