A quick scan of the major media websites, with the lone exception of Fox News,  indicates that Colin Powell's endorsement of Barack Obama's candidacy has pushed Joe The Plumber off of the front page.  Following is a tally of references to each, on the website's homepage.

ABC News

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Joe The Plumbers 15 minutes of fame has extended itself to 3,820 and counting, and it doesn't seem likely that it will ebb anytime soon. This is mostly due to the fact that in addition to being a skilled plumber, JTB is a true renaissance man, a man with interests and passions… Read full post »

Karl Rove wrote an article that appeared in today’s Wall Street Journal, in which he pointed out that “Obama hasn’t yet closed the sale.”  This is thinly disguised racial code.  If Rove was being honest he would have written, “The reason that Obama isn&rsq/… Read full post »

As far as banner years go, 2003 will be hard to beat.  During the year that I turned 50, my business failed, my marriage ended, and I was diagnosed with throat cancer.  Helluva trifecta huh?

Well, as life is filled with bizarre twists and turns, this series of unfortunate events has… Read full post »

Republicans are desperate to link Barack Obama to William Ayers, the former leader of the Weather Underground, who was involved with Obama on some Chicago education projects. While there is no evidence that Ayers and Obama are close, or “palled around,” this relationship has led McCa… Read full post »

In 1982, while running for the open seat in the First Congressional District of Arizona, John McCain answered a question about his "carpetbagger" status in Arizona. 

"Listen, pal. I spent 22 years in the Navy. My father was in the Navy. My grandfather was in the Navy. We in the milita… Read full post »

If I had a chance to play "Word Association" with John McCain it might go something like this. "Senator McCain, I'll say a word, and you say the first thing that pops into your head.  McCain's responses in italics.

Hot.  Cold. 

Black.  White.

Good.  Bad.

Palin.  Church… Read full post »

Dear Senator McCain,

I know that you must be frustrated, shelling out millions of dollars to all of those highfalutin campaign advisors, while you seem to be stuck at 42% in the polls.  As Dr. Phil would say, "How's that working for you?"

Psst.  How would you like to carry all fif… Read full post »

John McCain often refers to himself as a "foot soldier in the Reagan revolution," or as a "Goldwater conservative."  When he was at the Naval Academy in the 1950's he proudly proclaimed himself to be a "Millard Fillmore Whig," but several of his midshipmen pals said that that was "just the… Read full post »

 After hearing John McCain describe himself as a "real maverick" or the "original maverick" for the umpteenth time, I double-clicked my Encarta Dictionary icon to get a clear understanding of the word "maverick."   Maverick actually has two definitions, and it turns out that the… Read full post »