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Archive for April, 2008
Jon Stewart Destroys ABC
So Wednesday night’s debate sucked. It sucked a lot. In fact the only people who liked the debate, other than ABC, were conservative columnist David Brooks and HotAir.com, a right-wing website run by stalker-of-sick-children Michelle Malkin.
Jon Stewart, meanwhile, ripped ABC a new one:
The first hour of last night’s debate was a 60 minute master class in questions that elevate out-of-context remarks and trivial, insipid miscues into subjects of natural discourse…which is my job! Stop doing my job! That’s what I’m here for! I’m the silly man!
Videos follow. Read more…
Colbert and the Candidates
In what was certainly the most important campaign appearance for each of them, both Democratic presidential candidates (as well as John Edwards) graced the Colbert Report with their presence. Hillary fixed some technical difficulties, Edwards announced what he needs before he can make an endorsement, and Obama puts manufactured political distractions on notice.
Videos below.
Finish It!
Howard Dean wants this primary over now, so he wants the superdelegates to all make their commitments. I have a much better idea for deciding the nominee:
MORTAL KOMBAT!
I shouldn’t blog after 2:00 am.
An Ashcroft Endorsement
Former Attorney General John Ashcroft, a Missouri native, recently endorsed State Rep. Jane Cunningham in her bid for State Senate. Cunningham made big news lately after she threw high school students out of her state capitol office because she didn’t like the way they looked–ironically, the students were lobbying for anti-bullying bill.
But seriously, Ashcroft?? I mean, this guy set the bar for violating civil liberties early in the Bush Administration–take Operation TIPS, for example, the 21st century Red Scare only browner and with turbans–and he has a record of sexism and racism. Why would anyone even want this guy’s endorsement?
Bill Clinton to Young Voters: Shut Up, Idiots
According to the Big Dog, we youngsters support Obama because we’re morons:
Older voters gravitate to Hillary Clinton because they’re too wise to be fooled by Barack Obama’s rhetoric, former president Bill Clinton told Pennsylvania voters today.
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“I think there is a big reason there’s an age difference in a lot of these polls,” he said. “Because once you’ve reached a certain age, you won’t sit there and listen to somebody tell you there’s really no difference between what happened in the Bush years and the Clinton years; that there’s not much difference in how small-town Pennsylvania fared when I was president, and in this decade.”
Well, that’s certainly one way to help your wife win a major voting demographic this election. Just remind us of how stupid we are until we realize the error of our ways and tell our latte-drinking, Volvo-driving friends to vote for Hillary. Of course, I worked for the Obama campaign in Missouri as well as voting for him in Virginia, so I guess I must have been really hoodwinked.
Whoops, did I say “hoodwinked” (warning: stupidity at link)? I think I might have activated the Black Pantherbot 3000.™ Uh oh, I hope it isn’t set to “Get Whitey.”
Rice Lied About Torture
The newest mini-documentary from Brave New Films shows how then-National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice lied under oath, telling Congress the the United States did not torture, at the same time that she authorized the CIA to torture detainees.
Sign the petition calling on Rice to resign at condimustgo.com
McSame
We need ads like these:
We need to stop attacking each other and start getting the word out that a vote for John McSame is a vote for four more years of George W. Bush–and even the GOP realizes that won’t help them in November:
MS. PERINO [on McSame's proposed gas tax holiday]: I think that Senator McCain can make his case. And he’s our nominee, and we’re very excited about it. And I think that getting the White House involved every day in the ‘08 — day-to-day ‘08 election is not the best use of our time, and certainly not good for the candidates.
As we associate John McCain and down-ticket Republicans with George W. Bush, their electability decreases exponentially.
Alberto Gonzales Can’t Get a Job
Poor, poor Alberto Gonzales. Looks like our illustrious ex-AG is having trouble finding work.
Alberto R. Gonzales, like many others recently unemployed, has discovered how difficult it can be to find a new job. Mr. Gonzales, the former attorney general, who was forced to resign last year, has been unable to interest law firms in adding his name to their roster, Washington lawyers and his associates said in recent interviews.
He has, through friends, put out inquiries, they said, and has not found any takers. What makes Mr. Gonzales’s case extraordinary is that former attorneys general, the government’s chief lawyer, are typically highly sought.
Of course, they also don’t typically resign in disgrace amid accusations of perjury, they aren’t typically under investigation by the Justice Department’s Inspector General, and their friends don’t typically set up a legal defense fund for them before they’ve been formally charged with anything. But hey, what do I know? I’m sure there are plenty of other reasons why nobody wants to hire Abu G.
The greatest impediment to Mr. Gonzales’s being offered the kind of high-salary job being snagged these days by lesser Justice Department officials, many lawyers agree, is his performance during his last few months in office. In that period, he was openly criticized by lawmakers for being untruthful in his sworn testimony. His conduct is being investigated by the Office of the Inspector General of the Justice Department, which could recommend actions from exonerating him to recommending criminal charges. Friends set up a fund to help pay his legal bills.
Oh nevermind, I guess it is that whole perjury investigation thing. Fortunately, my school and others have been keeping him out of the unemployment line:
While he has not taken any full-time job, friends said he was probably receiving as much income from speaking engagements as he did as attorney general with its annual salary of more than $191,000. Places like Washington University in St. Louis, Ohio State University and the University of Florida have paid him about $30,000 plus expenses for appearances, and the business groups pay a bit more, said sources at the schools and elsewhere who are familiar with the arrangements. Pomona College debated inviting him and decided he was not worth the money, the college newspaper reported.
Even though his speech “was not profound,” as our student government president wrote, Gonzales will never have to worry about money. I wish I could say the same for the hard-working Americans who lost their homes to subprime mortgage foreclosures or the increasing number of unemployed Americans who can’t get paid to run their mouths.
Pope Benedict to Skip Dinner Honoring Pope Benedict
The White House has scheduled a dinner next week in honor of Pope Benedict XVI’s first visit to the United States, but one guest will be conspicuously absent from the proceedings: the pope himself.
There are no competing events listed on the pope’s schedule, and the White House was unable to explain Benedict’s absence from the dinner.
From Friday’s press briefing, White House spokesman Scott Stanzel:
Q I’m sorry, the Pope doesn’t attend a dinner in his honor?
MR. STANZEL: No.
Q How does that work?
MR. STANZEL: He doesn’t come into the building.
Q But then it’s not a dinner for the Pope, is it?
MR. STANZEL: It’s in honor of his visit. There will be leaders from the Catholic community from all over the country who are in town for that visit.
Q Is there a reason the Pope doesn’t attend the dinner?
MR. STANZEL: I don’t know. I don’t have the full extent of his schedule.
Since the Pope wasn’t on a hunger strike last I checked, I’d love to know what the deal is here.