Apparently Barack Obama's Democratic presidential nomination acceptance speech and Sarah Palin's "pitbull with lipstick" speech were just lead-ins to John McCain's Republican presidential nomination acceptance speech:Nearly 39 million people watched Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s acceptance speech on the closing night of the GOP convention Thursday in St. Paul, Minn. That broke the week-old convention record of upwards of 38 million viewers set by Sen. Barack Obama only the week before.Sen. McCain amassed an audience of 38.9 million viewers for his speech on two fewer channels than were carrying Sen. Obama’s speech Aug. 28 to 38.38 million viewers, ...

Maverick Republican presidential candidate John McCain certainly knows how to pick 'em! If you've been hiding under a rock (or watching CNN) you probably have just begun to hear the news just now.The latest (and please try not to let your brain explode): Extreme right-wing Alaska governor Sarah Palin (right), who McCain announced as his running mate on Friday, has since been linked to the following:

• An ethics investigation for alleged misuse of her powers as a governor
• Trying to keep her 17 year-old daughter's out-of-wedlock pregnancy under wraps, which, of course, doesn't fit with

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And, regarding the endorsement of John McCain by reggaeton star Daddy Yankee, how could things not get even funnier? If you missed it: On Monday Republican presidential candidate John McCain made a special appearance at Central High School in Phoenix, AZ - where his wife Cindy graduated in 1972 - and brought out Daddy Yankee for a public endorsement in front of 120 cheering students. That afternoon I translated an excerpt from "Latigazo" - just one of Daddy Yankee's many raunchy songs (in it, he describes being with a woman who enjoys being hit, slapped, whipped and ...

Castígala! [Punish her!]Dale un latigazo! [Hit her with the whip!]Ella se está buscando el fuetazo! [She's looking for a lashing!] Castígala! [Punish her!]Dale un latigazo! [Hit her with the whip!]En la pista te voy a dar... [On the dance floor I will give you...]Yo pal' de azotazos y palmetazos! [...a couple of beatings and slap you with the palm of my hand] Just the opening salvo from reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee's hit "Latigazo" (video above). And that's as a prelude to singing about sharing the submissive girl with a friend and listening to her ask to be beaten up ...