while commiserating with my housemate, james, about the current state of american politics, it occurred to me that my dog, snuffy, is just like john mccain. observe:

• john mccain spent five years in captivity in north vietnam.
• snuffy has spent the better part of every day for the last five years in a crate.
• john mccain can’t raise his arms over his head without difficulty.
• snuffy has no arms.
• john mccain has flip-flopped on issues from taxes to reproductive rights to the iraq war.
• as a puppy, snuffy chewed on flip flops.
• john mccain worked to increase traffic at national airport, thereby insuring area residents wouldn’t get a good night’s sleep.
• snuffy barks a lot, thereby insuring neighbors don’t get a good night’s sleep.
• john mccain made nice with bush, hugging the man who f*cked him up the ass in the 2000 republican primaries.
• snuffy licked his vet on the nose after she expressed his anal glands last month.
• john mccain snuffy was neutered, and now has no balls.

uncanny, isn’t it?

oh, and as for courage – she’s the yowling image of sarah palin. look for yourself:

see? i bet you didn’t know palin had so much gray.