Me: “If Tucker were a tree, what kind of tree would he be…?” Tucker Carlson’s bowtie:  “Who cares?  If Tucker were a tree, that’d free me to be off helping some half-drunk teen in a rented tux score a handjob at a Prom after party.  But I don’t have that kind of luck, now do I?”

From ABC News: The recent elections in Iraq and an improved economic outlook at home have shifted public support in the president’s direction, lifting him from career lows in his job performance and personal ratings alike. […] Overall, 47 percent of Americans in this ABC News/Washington Post poll now approve of George W. Bush’s work in office; 52 percent disapprove. While hardly robust, that is up from a career low

“Did you catch my act over the weekend, Billy?—when me and ninety-something other irate CITIZENS OF THE WORLD protested outside the US Embassy in Spain, giving voice to inconvenient truths being buried by the Zionist-friendly western media, namely, that Iraq is worse than Vietnam ever was, and that Bush is by every objective standard a war criminal?”* “No, sorry, missed that—though in my defense, I was a bit distracted by

Well, I’ve got nothing new—for what it’s worth, she hasn’t shown up at the bottom of my mug during a recent rum-heavy eggnog bender—but that doesn’t mean Emperor Chimpy and his geekchic NSA lackeys aren’t keeping secret from us instructive Natalee-related intelligence intercepts that could blow this case wide open… Developing…

From the Wall Street Journal: So much for the popularly peddled view that anti-Americanism in the Muslim world is so pervasive and deep-rooted it might take generations to alter. A new poll from Pakistan, a critical front-line in the war on terror, paints a very different picture–by revealing a sea-change in public opinion in recent months. Long a stronghold for Islamic extremists and the world’s second-most populous Muslim nation, Pakistanis

From UPI/PJM: Sunni Muslim leaders in Iraq’s violent Anbar province say they are ready to cooperate with the United States. They are seeking to extend a temporary truce honored by most insurgent groups for last week’s elections but say they want the United States to reduce military raids and increase development projects for their vast desert province, The Washington Times reports. Adnan al-Dulaimi, leader of a prominent Sunni bloc, said

Yeah, I know.  Nobody ever really doubted it, anyway (well, except maybe for Eric Alterman; but honestly, when’s the last time you ever heard anybody say, “gee, I wonder where Eric Alterman comes down on this?”).  From UCLA: While the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal is conservative, the newspaper’s news pages are liberal, even more liberal than The New York Times. The Drudge Report may have a right-wing

From Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard, “Eighty Percent of What?” The poll number—80 percent of Iraqis want Americans out of their country—has become a staple of Democratic antiwar rhetoric. Representative John Murtha cited it in his proposed House resolution calling for the immediate withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. Democratic national chairman Howard Dean mentioned it in the radio interview in which he said the war in Iraq is unwinnable.

Jeff’s progressive friend #1: “I don’t know how you can even begin to defend this outrageous affront to our civil liberties, Jeff.  It shocks me—really shocks me!—that you, of all people, have no problem with Bushco eavesdropping on American citizens –” Jeff’s progressive friend #2: “—Citizens who, let’s add, are protected by the very Constitution your President claims he’s fighting to uphold.” Jeff’s progressive friend #1: “Exactly. Clearly, you can

From Michael Ledeen: I’ve just received a call from a usually reliable person saying that there was an assassination attempt in Iran against President Ahmadi Nezhad, who was in a car. His driver and guards were killed, and he is in the hospital, apparently likely to survive. I couldn’t get any details about the intensity of the blue energy waves flowing from his cranium…but if this story is true it