Would You Vote For This Man?

After hearing him voice his opinions during last night's New York gubernatorial debate -- maybe. Judge for yourself:

Guest Post: Obama and the Oil Spill

This post comes from Mike, a friend of The Couchwarmers. Thankfully, he's into current events, because I most definitely am not. For me, "current events" means what I'm eating for dinner. Mike's post uses this column as its basis. All opinions expressed are those of the writer, because, well -- let's face it, when it comes to politics, I don't have any. Mike, take it away:

I like Peggy Noonan's writing a lot, and think this is dead on. Okay, I know she writes for the Wall Street Journal, but she's reasonable and thoughtful. Regardless, at some point, the campaign-like Obama worship has got to stop and intelligent moderate views must prevail. There have to be expectations for his presidency besides passing costly, watered down legislation that will need revision down the road. Personally, I love reading both the New York Times and Wall Street Journal to actually know what is going on in the middle and reality. Synergy.

Dale Peterson is Better Than That

First, we introduced you to Tim James, who, if elected governor of Alabama, wouldn't let people take their drivers license exams in foreign languages. To quote the candidate himself, "This is Alabama. We speak English." Yeah, it's probably a fairer point than most people give it credit for, but saying stuff like that would only fly publicly in about three states.

Then, the ante was upped by a public interest group that mocked Alabama gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne. They specifically went after how he believes that "evolution best explains the origins of life." Outlandish stuff, I know, but I hear the jury's still out on science.

Well, now we have someone else. Someone who's willing to out-'Bama the makers of both previous ads combined. Someone who knows that a campaign ad isn't really a campaign ad unless you're carrying a giant shotgun. Someone....like Dale Peterson:



So when you go to the polls, vote for Dale Peterson. He's a Republican. He's better than that.

Your Daily Dose of Southern Ignorance

A few weeks ago, we linked to Alabama governor candidate Tim James' campaign video. You remember -- the "speak English or get the hell out, all in the name of good business" one. Well now, some sort of Bible-thumping public interest group has decided to one-up Tim James and go the "spit in the face of science" route in their new smear campaign aimed at candidate Bradley Byrne:

"Alright class, please open up your textbooks to page 45. Now at the end of our last class, we were reading about how God created the dinosaurs. Remember? What did he do? That's right, he snapped his fingers and they just appeared out of nowhere. But the dinosaurs eventually all died. And why did God kill the dinosaurs? That's right, class -- because one of them decided to become a homosexual."

Have a fantastic night. Enjoy Game 7.

Sweet Home Alabama

...as long as you speak English. If not, then get the f out. Roll Tide.


(Thanks to Jamie for passing this along.)

Who's Coming With Me?

For the Couchwarmers, there's no better way to protest tax day than to rescue dollar bills from a random toilet in Wichita.

If you're interested in joining us, make sure to check out these guidelines beforehand.

And if you want to blow off some steam afterwards, you might want to attend the rally occurring five days and five minutes later, though I suspect those attendees will be in a different frame of mind. The participants of that rally would be much less hesitant to go toilet diving for cash.

Finally, my profuse apologies to Sam for bringing politics into the mix. He absolutely hates it. To make up for that, here's Creed singing about the Florida Marlins: