I’ve a few thoughts before I see my Oncologist this afternoon. Identity-confused New York Times columnist David Brooks once played an oncologist, as reprinted triumphantly in the Huffington Post: [Sarah Palin] represents a fatal cancer to the Republican party. When I first started in journalism, I worked at the National Review for Bill Buckley. And Buckley famously said he’d rather be ruled by the first | Read More »
Mary Ann Akers, who blogs at washingtonpost.com’s The Sleuth, has confirmed that about which a snarky (her adjective) Senate aide had gloated to her earlier: the McCain for President, 20’08 bumper sticker has been partially removed from the back bumper of the car in which Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut) is driven. A Senate aide reports to the Sleuth: “I was in | Read More »
PREFACE: On FOX News Sunday this morning, Senator Byron Doran said that the proposed bailout of the automotive companies was all about saving jobs. He said that the Senate Dems will not throw Joe Lieberman out of their caucus. Republican Senator Jon Kyl suggested that the bailout was unnecessary, as the automobile industry could reorganize under Chapter 11 like so many companies have done successfully | Read More »
For Sunday, November 16, 2008 FOX News Sunday (FNS): Host Chris Wallace talks to Senators Jon Kyl and Byron Dorgan, then conversation turns to the future of the GOP with Tim Pawlenty and Michael Steele. This Week (ABC): Host George Stephanopoulos has California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger about Proposition 8. Meet the Press (NBC): Moderator [Tom Brokaw?] will host Senators Carl Levin (D-Michigan) and Richard Shelby | Read More »
Joe and Jill Biden dropped in on Dick and Lynn Cheney today at the U.S. Naval Observatory on Thursday. I could argue that the following transcript accurately reflects what was said, and it just might in a parallel universe, but, alas, this is satire. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DOORMAN: Mr. Vice President, Mrs. Cheney, the Bidens are here for | Read More »
Alaska Congressman Don Young has won his reelection fight against Democrat Ethan Berkowitz. That’s one less for Nancy’s majority, but at this point, it doesn’t matter a whit. At least the seat stays Republican and, with an entrenched Governor Sarah Palin, Alaska Republicans can find a candidate to primary him in two years. Ted Stevens is not faring so well in his battle to retain | Read More »
The Hotline On Call this morning reports a “Draft Michael Steele” effort to elevate the former Maryland lt. governor to the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee. The online petition is being pushed by Steele friend Tony Marsh and his consulting firm,
Why are they still publishing?
PREFACE: On FNS, John Podesta, Obama’s transition guru, asserted that there was a progressive wing of the Republican Party but it had died several decades ago. He also admitted that his organization, Center for America Progress, had sucked down Soros dollars. Next on FNS, Eric Cantor and Mike Pence spelled out that there was no realignment of the electorate in the last election, no move | Read More »
For Sunday, November 9, 2008 FOX News Sunday (FNS): Host Chris Wallace talks the future of the Congressional GOP, Mike Pence and Eric Cantor, and to former Clinton (Bill) Chief of Staff John Podesta, who now runs Obama’s transition. This Week (ABC): Host George Stephanopoulos has, near as I can tell, another journalist roundtable. Meet the Press (NBC): Moderator Tom Brokaw (or some other sap) | Read More »
My sister called earlier this evening and asked me of Senator McCain’s chances. Well, he has to win Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, Oho… she interrupted me with a giggle, but I stipulated that he can do this. “And he has to win Pennsylvania, so you and [brother-in-law] must vote tomorrow.” They will. My wife and I drove to the mall today, listening to Fox News | Read More »
PREFACE: This morning on FOX News Sunday, McCain campaign manager Rick Davis said that the McCain campaign had taken no money away from the effort for the final 72-hours and put it into TV advertising, something confirmed later in the show by Karl Rove. Obama manager David Plouffe promised that Tony Romo would not vote on Tuesday and added that Pennsylvania was not as close | Read More »
Sixty-six-year-old feminist, poet(aster), and 9-11 Truther Erica Jong is not just worried about riots should Obama lose the election next Tuesday; she told the Italian press that she’s expecting the second United States Civil War. In fact, she recently told the Italian paper Corriere della Sera that should Obama lose, we’ll have Civil War II, blood in on the streets. (She adds that Naomi Wolf | Read More »
For Sunday, November 2, 2008 FOX News Sunday (FNS): Host Chris Wallace hosts McCain campaign manager Rick Davis, Obama’s chief strategist David Axelrod, and Karl Rove. This Week (ABC): Host George Stephanopoulos talks also to Davis and Axelrod. Meet the Press (NBC): Moderator Tom Brokaw will hear from Fred Thompson and 2004′s loser, John Kerry. Face the Nation (CBS): Host Bob Schieffer has Axelrod, Lindsey | Read More »
It’s because they’re nuts, and I mean certifiable. John Harris and Jim Vande Hei of Politico.com try to explain the anti-McCain media bias. They begin by saying that there really isn’t any. They tell us that the first reason is that the McCain campaign sucks while Barry’s soars. They tell us that journalists are professionals who ignore their personal biases and report the news. They | Read More »
“PREFACE: On FNS, Karl Rove shewed his new electoral map: 317 for Obama, 157 for McCain. He has Ohio, Indiana, Colorado, and Virginia turning blue on the 4th. Next on FNS, Virginia Governor Time Kaine said that he does not think McCain can win the Presidency if he loses Virginia. Early on the evening of the 4th, if we note that McCain has lost Mountain | Read More »
The MSNBC noisemaker Chris Matthews recently blasted Sarah Palin for remarks she had made to children regarding the role of the Vice President in the Senate, suggesting that the veep could have a policy role. Matthews screamed at McCain spokeswoman Nancy Pfotenhauer that Sarah didn’t understand the Constitution, that all the veep could do was to break ties in the Senate. That is the only | Read More »
[UPDATE: The same media which refuses to look into a d*mn thing regarding Obama's shady character and associates or report a single Biden lie or slur as more than a harmless gaffe now gives us this: AP INVESTIGATION: Palin pipeline terms curbed bids. Read it. There's nothing to the story. This. is. pathetic.] ABC.com’s “Silicon Insider,” Michael S. Malone, wrote on Friday that he is | Read More »
For Sunday, October 26, 2008 FOX News Sunday (FNS): Host Chris Wallace chats with surrogates: Virginia Governor Tim Kaine for Obama and former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge for McCain. This Week (ABC): Host George Stephanopoulos chats with former GE boss Jack Welch; Lindsey Graham; and former Clinton (Bill) aide Rahm Emanuel of Chicago. Meet the Press (NBC): Moderator Tom Brokaw will grill Republican Presidential | Read More »
I think I am supposed to be skeptical, react to this like I did when Donato Dalrymple said he might seek higher office. But no, listening to the man speak, Joe Wurzelbacher is for real. He told radio talker and fellow cancer survivor Laura Ingraham today that he might run for Congress in 2010. Against Ohio Democrat Marcy Kaptur. Ingraham herself said she would immediately | Read More »
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