While Americans eagerly vote for the next president, here’s a sobering reminder: As of Tuesday, George W. Bush still has 77 days left in the White House — and he’s not wasting a minute.

President Bush’s aides have been scrambling to change rules and regulations on the environment, civil liberties and abortion rights, among others — few for the good. Most presidents put on a last-minute policy stamp, but in Mr. Bush’s case it is more like a wrecking ball. We fear it could take months, or years, for the next president to identify and then undo all of the damage.

Here is a look — by no means comprehensive — at some of Mr. Bush’s recent parting gifts and those we fear are yet to come. ….[MORE]

Hillary Clinton may have multitudes of middle-aged female admirers, but she has significantly less male fans. Guys are put off by her screechy voice, pathological lying, death stare, dowdy pantsuits, hellacious temper, ruthless ambition, crocodile tears, and killer cackle. But Hillary has a 71-year-old male suitor who fawns all over her, and showers her with superlatives.

I’m referring to John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, who is desperate to capture the hearts of Hillary’s legions of disappointed and angry female voters. McCain never misses an opportunity to compliment Hillary on everything from her grit and determination to her accomplishments and successes. After Barack Obama clinched the Democratic nomination, McCain dismissed Obama’s historic victory with one line, and spent a good five minutes praising Hillary Clinton’s losing effort.

This is the same John McCain who told the following crude and mean joke when Chelsea Clinton was only 17:

Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.

This is the same John McCain who is an adamant enemy of abortion rights, and voted to terminate a family-planning program that provides breast-cancer screenings.

This is the same John McCain who is against national health care, it’s women and children who suffer the most from the lack of affordable health care.

If Hillary Clinton has a shred of dignity and if she really wants Obama to win, she must publicly rebuff and rebuke McCain’s flirtations.

The women who voted for Hillary aren’t fooled by McCain’s wooing of their heroine, Obama has a huge lead among female voters.

McCain is succeeding only in making a spectacle of himself, if Mother Teresa were still alive would he whisper “sweet nothings” in her ear to capture the Catholic vote?

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MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann Excoriates John McCain

Olbermann: Context and decency elude the GOP presidential nominee

A few nights ago, in a “Special Comment”, Keith Olbermann took a look at the context of John McCain’s “not too important” comment regarding the urgency of bringing American troops home from the Iraq war.

More Special Comments by Keith Olbermann

You may have heard of Rev. John Hagee, the McCain supporter who said God created Hurricane Katrina to punish New Orleans for its homosexual “sins.” Well now meet Rev. Rod Parsley, the televangelist megachurch pastor from Ohio who hates Islam. According to David Corn of Mother Jones, Parsley has called on Christians to wage war against Islam, which he considers to be a “false religion.” In the past, Parsley has also railed against the separation of church and state, homosexuals, and abortion rights, comparing Planned Parenthood to Nazis….[more]

A look at Jeremiah Wright, Geraldine Ferraro and John Hagee, who have been associated with the campaigns of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain respectively. Only Hagee is still an adivsor.

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