Joe Biden ⇑ Joe gets a little nudge because Vilsack dropped out. He won't get all of Vilsack's support by any means, but he will get some. Wesley Clark ⇓ Now the General says that any announcement is three months … [Read more...]
“I’m very sorry to hear that”
Those were the words of Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) to purged US Attorney from New Mexico David Iglesias. According to Iglesias, Domenici called Iglesias to ask whether certain corruption cases against Democrats in New Mexico would … [Read more...]
Is Francis L. Holland a “Bull in a China Shop”?
In this "bull in a china shop" metaphor, if I am the "bull", then who is the fragile "china"? Are the political ideas of the whitosphere so fragile that the slightest bit of irreverent examination will shatter them like glass? … [Read more...]
PBS is producing a documentary on the Mormons
PBS will be running a four-hour documentary on the Mormons on April 30 and May 1. According to Alex Beam's column today,It's vintage public broadcasting, plodding at times ... and cloyingly fair-minded. And there's the rub. The shows … [Read more...]
Should Having a Penis Be a Requirement for Holding the US Presidency?
But, because of recent advances in technology and culture, the penis has been largely eclipsed as a tool of national governance and international diplomacy. Today, brains are thought to give women the same gravitas that penises gave … [Read more...]
CPAC straw poll: Giuliani the top vote-getter; Romney barely buys himself a plurality of #1 votes
The results from the Conservative Political Action Conference are in. Respondents were asked to name their first and second choices. Rudy Giuliani captured the most combined #1 and #2 votes; Mitt Romney got the most #1 votes, no … [Read more...]
Will Romney repudiate Ann Coulter’s vile, homophobic attack on John Edwards?
Mitt Romney, during his speech at CPAC (TP has the video):I'm happy to learn also that, after you hear me, you're going to hear from Ann Coulter. That is a good thing. Oh yeah!Ann Coulter then popped out something so repulsive … [Read more...]
More on the candidates’ naughty ancestors
Remember a little while back when the national press woke up to something we've known for a long time -- that Mitt Romney's ancestors practiced polygamy -- and lots of folks wondered aloud how long it would take before other candidates' … [Read more...]
Hilarious new wingnut meme: “Rudy McRomney”
It's already all over Free Republic and other wingnut hangouts, but the rest of us are just waking up to this: the alleged front-runners for the Republican presidential nomination have been rolled into one horrifying amalgamation:Rudy … [Read more...]
Does the American electorate reward apologies?
In the September 30, 2004 debate between George W. Bush and John Kerry, the word "mistake" arose 13 times in the context of Iraq, offering Bush ample opportunity to admit that he had made at least one mistake. Kerry admitted to having … [Read more...]
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