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This article in this morning's Sydney Morning Herald gave me hope; the rest of the world realizes that Hollywood liberals are a bunch of self-righteous drama queens:

Defeat fears put Hollywood on edge

Annabel Crabb
November 3, 2008

A HIDEOUS new affliction is creeping through the ranks of America's creative community.

The further Barack Obama edges ahead of John McCain in the million and one polls that are coming out the more pernicious the nagging fear becomes.

What if he loses?

Barely a left-wing pundit, barely an Oscar-nominated softie can sleep a wink these days for fear of the race riots and international humiliation that will ensue should "The One" be defeated on Tuesday.

Here are some highlights:

But for others, the dread is nameless and paralysing. Erica Jong, author of the 1970s feminist bible Fear of Flying, has developed a new complex in recent weeks - the fear of an Obama flogging.

"If Obama loses it will spark the second American Civil War. Blood will run in the streets, believe me," she told the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera last week.

Um, no Erica Jong, that's not what will happen. If Obama loses, people will bitch and moan like they did after Al Gore lost in 2000, and eventually they'll get on with their lives. And for the next four years people like Michael Moore and Bill Maher will periodically remind everyone that John McCain stole the election, or that every other American but themselves is an ignorant racist, etc.

You really can't win with guys like that. If Obama wins, they'll be smug and superior for the next four years, as if they had anything to do with him being elected. If McCain wins, then they'll spend the next four years whining and deriding the rest of the population for electing the wrong person for president.

But I digress. Back to Erica Jong:

"My back is also suffering from spasms, so much so that I had to see an acupuncturist and get prescriptions for Valium.

"Yesterday, Jane Fonda sent me an email to tell me that she cried all night and can't cure her ailing back for all the stress that has reduced her to a bundle of nerves."

The American shock-jock Rush Limbaugh, on hearing this last detail, had a direct, if crude, response. "Maybe you should try getting off your back, Jane!" he roared.

Dramatic much Jane Fonda? I don't listen to Rush Limbaugh, and from what I know of him he's a giant turd, but in this instance I totally agree with him.

Notice the sarcasm. It makes me happy.

Crack teams of chiropractors are at the ready, and Nissen huts full of qualified shrinks and aromatherapists line Rodeo Drive to soothe the tortured brigades of the psychologically wounded should "The One" be robbed of victory.

Some of them threaten to leave America:

Actress Susan Sarandon has already issued a veiled threat to the public.

"It's a critical time, but I have faith in the American people," she told Britain's Telegraph newspaper with a touch of implied menace in June this year. "If they prove me wrong, I'll be checking out a move to Italy. Maybe Canada, I don't know. We're at an abyss ..."

Hey Susan Sarandon, JUST LEAVE! Go now. Take Babs and Baldwin with you. Don't wait for the election. Just go.

Thank you Annabel Crabb, for showing me that there are other sensible people don't take these fools seriously.

And he wants us to watch hot women in lingerie playing football.

A Lingerie League of their Own

A league of lingerie-clad women playing football is no longer a fantasy, it's a reality. Lingerie Football is back, better and bigger than ever. Based on the Super Bowl halftime gimmick of the same name, Lingerie Football is now a league and it's expanding.

Next year, the LFL will consist of 10 teams across the nation. The teams will consist of the Los Angeles Temptation, Phoenix Scorch, Seattle Mist, San Diego Seduction, Dallas Desire, New England Euphoria, Chicago Bliss, Atlanta Steam, Miami Caliente and Tampa Breeze. The games are set to air on cable television, making their debut in Fall 2009.

Now this is the true meaning of fantasy football.

[A]bout 25 members [of the National Alliance of Families for the Return of America's Missing Servicemen and Women] went to a Senate office building, hoping to meet with McCain. As they stood in the hall, McCain and an aide walked by.

Six people present have written statements describing what they saw. According to the accounts, McCain waved his hand to shoo away Jeannette Jenkins, whose cousin was last seen in South Vietnam in 1970, causing her to hit a wall.

As McCain continued walking, Jane Duke Gaylor, the mother of another missing serviceman, approached the senator. Gaylor, in a wheelchair equipped with portable oxygen, stretched her arms toward McCain.

"McCain stopped, glared at her, raised his left arm ready to strike her, composed himself and pushed the wheelchair away from him," according to Eleanor Apodaca, the sister of an Air Force captain missing since 1967.

McCain needs a new campaign slogan: "I didn't care if that bitch was in a wheel chair. She was in my way. Vote McCain." Or maybe "Fuck Cripples. Vote McCain." That would rule. I might even vote for McCain if he had an awesome slogan like that.

Here we have a still frame of Sarah Palin from the RNC, supposedly striking a Hitler pose. There are two things that irritate me about this:

1. It's probably taken out of context. Maybe she was making a sweeping gesture, and this single frame shows her arm at the top of the arc. Maybe she was waving and in this picture it looks like she is making a rather unfortunate gesture.
2. There are plenty of legitimate reasons to criticize her. Pointing to this and saying "OMG shes nazi!!!11" is sensationalistic bullshit.

Not for the easily offended: