I forget why I ended up at my damn channel, but someone sent me there, and I looked around for a little bit and found the Don Was channel. Go there, now. By the way, thinking about Palin’s amendment idiocy from earlier, I could have sworn she said something threatening towards the media just a …
Archives for October 2008
Happy Halloween
One of the hazards of being the son of two English teachers is that this sort of thing happens while you are growing up: Your host, dressed up for Halloween as… Ernest Hemingway. Top that, Mr. Roasted Rump.
What?
Does this make any damned sense to anyone: Palin told WMAL-AM that her criticism of Obama’s associations, like those with 1960s radical Bill Ayers and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, should not be considered negative attacks. Rather, for reporters or columnists to suggest that it is going negative may constitute an attack that threatens a candidate’s …
Maybe There’s Something in the Water in Alaska
Just like Sarah Palin’s denial that she didn’t violate state ethics laws when, in fact, the report specifically said she did, we now have Ted Stevens, denying reality. “I’ve not been convicted yet,” Stevens said Thursday in a meeting with the editorial board of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. “There’s not a black mark by my …
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Off The Plane
In general, I think this kind of thing is petty and stupid, just like I did when the McCain crew did it to Joe Klein: The Obama campaign has decided to heave out three newspapers from its plane for the final days of its blitz across battleground states — and all three endorsed Sen. John …
As Promised
I told you all that you would get a chance to see what I looked like in a Halloween costume, and, as promised, here you go: Me as a hobo.
No Kidding, Larry
If the definition of a gaffe is a politician accidentally telling the truth, this is absolutely, positively, one hundred percent gaffetastic: Asked by the host whether Palin could step in during a time of crisis, Eagleburger reverted to sarcasm before leveling the harsh blow. “It is a very good question,” he said, pausing a few …