“YOU’RE RIGHT, KEITH, FOR NOW ON, I’M GONNA’ TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT IF THEY ELECT McCAIN AND MS. HOCKEY MOM … THIS COUNTRY’S GOING STRAIGHT TO H-E-DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS.”

[Crooks & Liars has the Countdown Interview.]

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BLOGWORTHIES:

The GOP’s Close Encounters with the Truth, by P.M. Carpenter at BuzzFlash.

Lisa Casey with the ‘Ghost of Hellish Present.’

John Amato at Crooks & Liars on “Policies Before Personalities.”

Dan Kurtzman with The Week’s Best Late-Night Jokes.

Chris Matthews off the rails again, dubbing Palin “a conservative version” of “Norma Rae” — at Media Matters.