Senator John McCain's campaign for president could be going better; 2008 looms, but his fundraising and polling aren't nearly what they could be. So his decision to tackle questions about his age (he just turned 71 on August 29th, making him the oldest candidate in the race) is a solid one -- better to address those concerns head-on than let them fester in the minds of the voters.

But in this Concord, New Hampshire town hall meeting, when a high school student asks McCain if he's too old to handle the presidency, there are a few missteps in the senator's answer. First off, when he claims that he's "very active" and still "enjoys life," he kind of sounds like an commercial for Ensure. And when he calls the young man a "little jerk," he sounds like Old Man Withers, telling kids to get the frick off his lawn. John McCain, if you're going to insult the kids of today, maybe you should watch Superbad first. Learn how to cuss in their language.

Senator John Warner wasn't just the senior Republican Senator for Virginia; he was one of the legendary senators, a member of Congress for thirty years with centrist views and stand-up values. In his retirement speech, this former Marine speaks about the impact his education at the University of Virginia law school had upon his life, and the decisions that took him to and from Charlottesville. He was one of five remaining WWII veterans in the Senate; the Greatest Generation produced some of our greatest legislators.

Today, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales became the latest Bushie to abandon ship. As I see it, the senior members of the current administration can be divided into two categories: the evil (aka Rove, Cheney, and the rest of the Office of Special Plans), and the clueless (aka Harriet Miers, Michael Brown). Gonzales may have aspired to the former, but he never quite made it. Why? Because he just wasn't slick enough with his illegal schemes.

It's not easy to choose Gonzales' worst moment during his tenure as White House Counsel and Attorney General because there are just so many to choose from. Some would pick his defense of torture, others might be charmed by the U.S. Attorney scandal. I personally have a weakness for the whole bullying-John-Ashcroft-in-the hospital-room affair. Why? Because it captures so many of the qualities that have made the Bushies our worst group of leaders ever. Disregard of the consititution? Check. Valuing loyalty to awful policies over the best interests of the country? Check. Embarrassing the U.S. on the world stage? Check.

Goodbye, Alberto. We hope that your inevitable seven-figure hire by one of Bushie's oil cronies treats you well. (P.S. Go fuck yourself.)

After producing and directing the 2004 documentary Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism, filmmaker Robert Greenwald and his company Brave New Films partnered with several other organizations, including MoveOn.org and The Sierra Club, to act as an online watchdog group against FOX News and their “fair and balanced” reporting. This video from said watchdog group, FOX Attacks, is a side-by-side comparison of FOX News’ rhetoric leading up to the war in Iraq (much of which was inaccurate and misleading) and the current FOX News drum-beating about the dangers posed by Iran. Is FOX News trying to push America into another war? Boy, I hope so!

Frankly I’m not sure what Robert Greenwald is so worried about. I mean, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are going so well, I bet we could just pop over to Iran, knock that place into shape and be home in time for Leno. After all, we do have a massive surplus of fully trained, combat ready troops, just sitting around in their brand-new fully-armored Humvees with nothing to do. Sure, Iran is larger and more heavily populated than Iraq and Afghanistan combined, but after the easy KOs our boys scored in both of those countries I think they’re ready for a challenge. Also, look at a map -- Iran is right in-between Iraq and Afghanistan, so once we get Iran in line, we can just combine all three countries into one giant country called Irafraqanistan. Then all the problems in the Middle East will be solved and we can move on to bigger issues: like when is Robert Greenwald going to direct the film adaptation of the stage adaptation of his 1980 Olivia Newton-John roller disco musical Xanadu?