Howie Kurtz is on the job, offering his vapid observation that there is a controversy a-swirlin’, and the Malkin Brigade has upped the ante, as they are now outraged that one of the questioners was a FORMER CAIR intern. Apparently, in order to ask a Republican candidate a question, not only must your current occupation …
Archives for November 2007
Not Enjoying Being Right
Kevin Drum on the new details in John Edwards’s health plan: First, do we really want the IRS enforcing healthcare mandates? That’s not what the IRS is for, and Americans are (rightly) suspicious of using the IRS as a quasi-police agency to enforce whatever federal law the current administration feels like using it for. This …
Trent Lott Resigns
As usual, The Onion gets it right! Trent Lott, the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, announced that he would be leaving office at the end of the year. What do you think? Angel McCaskey, Book Seller “See, you don’t have to wait for a public disgrace before quitting. You can do it two, or even …
Chuck Hagel Hates America
If you haven’t read it already, you can read Chuck Hagel’s remarks to the CFR here. Most of you are familiar with this tidbit: I’ll give you my personal opinion. I know I’m not known for that, but — (laughter) — that’s why I’m so highly regarded at the White House. History will make that …
Still Waiting…
I am still waiting for someone to tell me which questions were unfair, and which questioners were “unfairly” plucked from the “fringe” to make the Republicans look bad. Here again is my challenge: So they think the questions unfairly represented the current GOP? Fine. Which questions? Which questions were plucked from the fringe? I am …
For Love or Money
Who knew gay people could generate so much revenue? A booming wedding industry could swell Maryland’s budget by millions if gays were permitted to wed, according to a university report released yesterday. The study, by UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, estimates that spending on gay nuptials could …
My Family Visited The Creation Museum And All I Got Was Stupider
John Scalzi took a field trip: Imagine, if you will, a load of horseshit. And we’re not talking just your average load of horseshit; no, we’re talking colossal load of horsehit. An epic load of horseshit. The kind of load of horseshit that has accreted over decades and has developed its own sort of ecosystem, …
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