Happy Birthday John McCain!

By The Seminal

Today, August 29th, John McCain is celebrating his 72nd birthday by announcing his VP pick, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. In 2007 he similarly deflected from his annual age increase by officially announcing his bid for president, done via The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. 

Other past celebrations include the festive 2005 pastry-op with President Bush shown above (taken as New Orleans was getting Katrina’d) and a 2006 celebration spent on the yacht of Russian aluminum tycoon and Putin-ally Oleg Deripaska.

We at The Seminal wish the old warhorse a happy day.

Gustav went Category 5 early this afternoon

...but I'm still betting Cowboy-hat Oathbreaker drops the ball. Besides, everybody knows there's nobody in New Orleans except all them thar Brown People, and he doesn't need THEM for support when he has the have-mores -- excuse me, his base.

If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. ~~~John Kenneth Galbraith