File this under thank god Holden does it so I don’t have to. I know it’s bad, but sometimes I just have to remind myself that yes, Virginia, this is real life and not a comic book in which Bizarro is President:

Chimpy was in Saint Louis today blathering on about renewable energy and, despite the best efforts of the Secret Service, he was actually heckled.

THE PRESIDENT: Oh, I’m sure there are some people out there saying, well, you know, he’s just dreaming. Well, I’m just listening to the dreamers who happen to be good, smart, capable people who know what they’re talking about —
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Out of Iraq now! Out of Iraq now! Soldiers are not renewables!  Read more 

So I can bang my head on it.

A week after the primary election was plagued by human error and technical glitches, Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) called yesterday for the state to scrap its $106 million electronic voting apparatus and revert to a paper ballot system for the November election.  Read more