Okay, there are really too many easy jokes to make about this:
President Bush will undergo a routine colonoscopy Saturday and temporarily hand presidential powers over to Vice President Dick Cheney, the White House said.
But I think funniest-because-it’s-truest is this: “temporarily”! HAHAHAHAHHAAH!
[Wipes eyes, straightens …
I’m not sure who wins in this one:
NEW YORK – Former President Clinton spoke out on behalf of his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, after Elizabeth Edwards criticized the Democratic front-runner for not being a strong advocate for women.
“If you look at the record on women’s issues, I defy you to find anybody who has run for office in
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Not sure if others have noted this yet, but the Pentagon official who strafed Hillary Clinton yesterday–Under Secretary Eric Edelman–is a former aide to Dick Cheney. I interviewed him in Ankara once when he was U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and his office was festooned with Cheney photos. I wonder what the SecDEf, who is not a Cheneyite, …
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Well, of course they want to delay the reports till November. And Ryan Crocker is right–the Maliki government’s movement toward passing the benchmarks isn’t a true test…because the Maliki government isn’t a true government, which is something the U.S. won’t admit. As I’ve been writing here, the reality is that the capital city is, …
So last night I stopped by a book party for Kristin Gore, who has written a second novel. The party was thrown by her parents. A lot of old Gore hands were there. I know, of course, that by attending a book party in Washington, and one thrown by a (former) politician to boot, I have reinforced all the stereotypes out there about how …
Endearing himself further to the Volvo-driving, latte-sipping, NPR-listening liberal left (guilty on counts myself), Patrick Fitzgerald last night participated in the public radio quiz show “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me.”
When asked by host Peter Sagal why such a tight-lipped public official would come on the show, Fitzgerald said,
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The phrase takes on new meaning with this morning’s Washington Post report that the Administration will “never” allow the Justice Department to pursue contempt charges initiated by Congress against White House officials, once the President has invoked executive privilege. Statutory contempt proceedings are Congress’ trump card in …
Here is the “fundamentalist-pagan-commie-Islamofasctist-Feminazi” bear (as mentioned by our commenters) that will teach our children about “bad” and “secret” touching.
The Stick, on the other hand, would NEVER lead us astray. Oh, wait…
UPDATE: This is what “Kelly Bear” has in store for our sweet innocents:
Kelly Bear Teaches
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In which Joe Biden’s admirable obsession with Iraq is discussed.
Our friend and former colleague, John Dickerson, has posted a story over at Slate analyzing the new Edwards campaign ad, in which Elizabeth Edwards delivers a testimonial about her husband. Dickerson’s conclusion — that Elizabeth obliquely references her family’s suffering to make a point about her husband’s toughness — prompted …
This story — or at least it’s shocking headline — is picking up some steam on the blogosphere: “Sex Ed for Kindergarteners ‘Right Thing to Do,’ Says Obama.” In fact, I’m tentatively scheduled to talk about it on “Hannity & Colmes” tonight, all of which makes me feel a little dense about telling the “rival campaign” that first forwarded …
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I can’t understand why Harry Reid is refusing a vote on the Salazar-Alexander amendment. Granted, it’s a mushy, toothless thing, an endorsement of the Baker-Hamilton Report (including the provision that U.S. combat forces be pulled from Iraq by March 2008). But it did have a shot at the 60 votes necessary to put it on Bush’s desk, as …
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Muqtada al-Sadr, as the New York Times reports today. This certainly seemed clear to me from my recent reporting in Iraq. Sadr’s got the votes, from Baghdad south. My guess–my prediction, a few weeks ago on the Chris Matthews Show–is that five years from now Sadr or a Sadrist will be running a Shi’ite dominated Iraq.
One thing the …
