Ted Rall for August 16, 2004

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Senator John McCain: The great white hope of Republican moderation. (John McCain: Sure, the GOP bosses don't like campaign finance reform. Who cares? It's good for America.) But then- (John McCain: Hello?) (Bush: Hi, John. It's piehole. Piehole. Piehole.) The strange call transforms him into the Bushmamian candidate. (John McCain: Bush is a God!) The story begins in Vietnam's infamous Hanoi Hilton. (Bush: Greetings, Mr. McCain. I am Col. Ho Minh Bush. You will forget what's about to happen, but...) Decades later, the programming pays off... and a nation scratches its collective head. (Television: Bush is scum! He said I fathered an illegitimate kid with a prost-piehole- I am positive he'll win in Iraq!) (Bush: At last: my AWOL year finally pays off!)