By Pablo Fanque, Cold War Ed.

Change the context a bit, and substitute John Kerry for Hans Blix, and Vladimir Putin for Kim Jung Il. And there we are.

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The Corn Dog Meme Continues. . .

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Senator John Kerry muses on underwear, speculating he might go without, and says John McCain eschews boxers or briefs and chooses Depends®

Over the weekend, John Kerry was talking to the press corps, expounding on what it's like to be under the fifth estate microscope. . .

"I don't know if any of you know what it's like. I do, obviously," he said. "I've been asked all of those brilliant questions that were repeated this year."

"Barack got asked the famous boxers or briefs question," Kerry went on. "I was tempted to say commando."

Senator Kerry said Barack Obama successfully parried that question but that in his answer, John McCain, had some problems.

"Then they asked McCain and McCain said, ‘Depends,'" Kerry said to laughter from the crowd.
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Photomontage: One of these things is not like the other: Kerry, Stevenson, Humphrey, Dukakis, Mondale, Carter, McGovern, Gore, Obama

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Left to right, top to bottom: John Kerry, Adlai Stevenson, Hubert Humphrey, Michael Dukakis, Walter Mondale, Jimmy Carter, George McGovern, Al Gore, Barack Obama.

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Holy S**t!!! McCain pulls ahead of Obama by 5 points in national poll

According to a Reuters/Zogby poll released today, Republican John McCain has opened up a 5-point lead on Barack Obama in the U.S. presidential race. McCain leads Obama among likely U.S. voters by 46 percent to 41 percent, wiping out Obama's solid 7-point advantage in July and taking his first lead in the monthly Reuters/Zogby poll.

"There is no doubt the campaign to discredit Obama is paying off for McCain right now," pollster John Zogby said. "This is a significant ebb for Obama."

I can't tell you how many Democrats have told me over the last few months that this race is in the bag. Unfortunately, it appears to be the air-sickness bag. I remember when McGovern, Humphrey, Mondale, Dukakis, Gore, and Kerry had it "in the bag." Laugh all you want about John McCain. . .he is a threat and the threat will only grow stronger as some degree of Obama fatigue inevitably sets in (and/or he makes his first serious mistakes).
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Democratic Poster: a fine tradition

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Kerry endorses Obama (which may be enough to drop him another five points)

I wonder if you can decline endorsements from a fellow Senator? Why didn't Kerry just give him the kiss of death ("it was you, Fredo.")?

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