Can you believe the pixie dust the Republican party is sprinkling in the faces of the right wingers with this election? Neither can I. Who would have believed a 72 year old Vietnam war vetran who is so wealthy he can’t even remember how many houses he owns would be trying to put a liberal spin on his ticket by appealing to voters by using cultural music icons.

Forget the fact that McCain and Palin used Van Halen’s “Right Now” at Palin’s coming out party.

Forget the fact that Republican leaders have been locking rock-n-rollers in prison for smoking marijuana since the 1970’s.

Forget the fact the conservative right has always stood firmly for “family values” and against sex, drugs and rock-n-roll.

Forget the fact the Republican party has absolutely nothing in common with the freedom musicians have been singing about for over four decades.

Forget the fact Jimi, Janis and Jerry are rolling over in their graves thinking the conservatives are suddenly trying to be “hip” because their precious “white America” is about to become a shade or two darker.

Forget all that and remember that there are some musicians who believe in their message.

Ann and Nancy Wilson of the 1970’s super group Heart have publicly requested that the McCain/Palin campaign cease and desist from using their hit song “Barracuda” at political fundraisers and rallies for the Republican ticket. The sisters released a statement at EW.com :

Ironicly, “Barracuda” was the nickname of Sarah Palin in her high school days, not given to her because she liked to eat smaller fish in the pond but given to her because of her intense high-school basketball play. Hmmm.. women’s basketball ?? I bet she could beat Barack Obama at hoops with those tree trunk legs of hers. If not, she could pop out a few more babies from the baby machine and start her own NBA team.

Full story on Heart’s reaction : Heart’s Nancy Wilson responds to McCain campaign’s use of ‘Barracuda’ at Republican convention

Former Republican candidate Rudy “911″ Giuliani asked why Hillary Clinton wasn’t picked by Sen. Barack Obama to be his running mate on the Democratic ticket. Seems the Republicans can’t get enough of Hillary Clinton and here pantsuits and are using the former Democratic presidential candidate as cannon fodder to create a rift in the Democratic party.

It isn’t working.

Hillary Clinton gave a poingant speech that called for unity as well as a sense of urgency among Democrats to defeat McCain at any cost. The Republicans are gleefully regurgitating her pointed attacks on Obama when they were running against each other for nomination but the feces they’re slinging is only working to create a more unified front in the Democratic party.

Hillary Clinton also released her delegates at the Democratic National Convention, freeing them to back Obama. “Were you in this campaign just for me,” she asked, or for the people who have suffered under eight years of George W. Bush?

Some unnamed author at FT.com speculates about the sincerity of Mrs. Clinton’s words and actions, stating the following…

Mrs. Clinton is sure to be hoping that Mr Obama will lose in November, since this will give her another chance to be president. But she betrayed no hint of it. If Mr Obama should lose, any trace of blame attaching to Mrs Clinton would rule her out for 2012.

blah, blah, blah… More hot air from the right wing who are pushing a 72 year old candidate who can’t even remember how many houses he owns or the 74 flip-flops he’s had in his political positions since he has been an elected official.

Is anybody getting sick and tired of this election already? Seems like it’s gon on for far too long and I’m certain most of America is ready to fast forward to the future and be done with this tawdry popularity competition once and for all.

John McCain had a senior moment on Wednesday when he said “that he was uncertain how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own.”

“I think — I’ll have my staff get to you,” McCain said. “It’s condominiums where — I’ll have them get to you.” McCain responded in an interview with Politico.

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine poked fun at the sheer lunacy of McCain’s statement saying “He couldn’t answer that question. He couldn’t count high enough, apparently, to even know how many houses he owns.”

The real question is, how can the American people take McCain’s economic outlook seriously? The Republican presidential is obviously so out of touch with reality and the American people that he’s

For anybody who thinks McCain has the interests of the American working class on what’s left of his mind, here’s a video entitled McCain’s Mansions which was released last week by Brave New Films and SEIU…

John McCain’s trashy ad campaigns keep stating that Barack Obama’s policies are a recipe for economic disaster but in reality it is McCain who is a human disaster because he obviously has no clue about the economic hardships facing millions of Americans since his oil worshiping contemporaries took office almost eight years ago.