Adventures of the Coconut Caucus

Even the most accomplished person in the world has a drunk uncle or some other crazy relative they want to hide — at least until after the elections. President Jimmy Carter had his wacky brother Billy, who gave us beer crappier than Pabst and Old Milwaukee Light. And remember President Clinton’s druggie half-brother, Roger? And if you believe all the stories, Barack Obama has a homeless brother, an African voodoo cousin, and he spends his free time hanging out with his terrorist relatives and friends.

Now it’s John McCain’s turn. At a recent rally, his brother “say-it-ain’t-so-Joe” called Democratic-leaning northern Virginia “communist country,” probably because that part of the Washington suburbs is crawling with gun-hating liberals and beaners.

The Navy veteran, who bears a striking resemblance to another right-wing wacko, later apologized, but he did get a helluva lot of laughs from the crowd. Which means of course that there are plenty of crazy people in the ‘burbs to keep the communists company.

WERE JOE MCCAIN AND JAMES SENSENBRENNER SEPARATED AT BIRTH?

As the Obaman Latino Listening Tour continues to putt-putt and sputter along, the candidate clearly figured he had hit the jackpot by stopping by at the 25th-annual National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials conference in downtown DC.

Hundreds of brown people were there, and surely he must have thought, whew, I can save so much of my non-public funding by talking here instead of having to go all over the country and try to figure out what’s the difference between, say, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans, or Guatemalans and Nicaraguans.

Which of course explains why he referred to Brownsville, Texas, as Brownville, Texas. He was, after all, in Brownville. At least in his mind he was.

His crack Latino media outreach team, MIA as per usual, wasn’t there to correct him.

Okay, let’s see, which Democrat, especially on the House side, had their name on an immigration reform bill?

A) Nobody

B) Not a Soul

C) Nadie

D) All of the Above

And let’s see, which Democratic presidential candidate voted for a border wall?

Naturally, that doesn’t count on the campaign trail:

DNC Releases New Web Video:
“McCain vs. McCain: Immigration Reform”

Washington, DC - Following the debate on immigration reform that John McCain had with himself at today’s meeting of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials, the Democratic National Committee released a new web video called “McCain vs. McCain: Immigration Reform.” During this campaign, McCain has abandoned his support for comprehensive immigration reform to pander to the right wing of his Party. After adopting an enforcement-first approach that he previously said wouldn’t work, McCain even promised to vote against the bipartisan bill that bears his name if came up for a vote.

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well, you know you’re sinking when the rats start to leave…

Our dear friends at Politico are reporting that dumped Hillary campaign manager Patti Solís Doyle, considered more loyal than a golden retriever, is talking to the Obamaland folks about working for Reverend Wright’s former friend the senator.

Here’s the whole enchilada: