NR’s Rich Lowry has an amusing take on “W’s Double-binds”: Sometimes a political figure becomes so hated that he can’t do anything right in the eyes of his enemies. President Bush has achieved this rare and exalted status. His critics are so blinded by animus that the internal consistency of their attacks on him no longer matters. For them, Bush is the double-bind president. If he stumbles over his words,

Reuters: “Soviet Icon Lenin Died of Syphilis-Experts Say” …which is hardly a shock when you stop to consider the millions of people the big Red potato drinker fucked over… **** update:  thanks. I’ll be here all week.

Q: What do you get when you cross Sandy Berger and a Bengal Tiger? A: A former Clinton national security adviser and current John Kerry campaign advisor with a 400 lb. carniverous cat stuffed somewhere in his pants. **** h/t ASV

Help blogger Mark O’Brien find his son’s killer. You can read his story here, in the New York Post. Michele has more.

Try scratching it, dummy.  Scratching it’s not a sin.

Know what I’m in the mood for?  A clambake.  A groovy groovy clambake.  Which beats the hell out of abortion talk.  Plus, there’re clams.  Which are cool to begin with.

Some California legislators are angry with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger after he referred to them as “girlie-men” during a speech on Saturday. The movie star-turned-politican used the term to describe opposition Democrats he said who are too weak to stand up to unions and trial lawyers demanding changes in the governor’s state budget proposal. The phrase comes from an old television comedy routine where two Schwarzengger-like bodybuilders use it to mock

Some California legislators are angry with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger after he referred to them as “girlie-men” during a speech on Saturday. The movie star-turned-politican used the term to describe opposition Democrats he said who are too weak to stand up to unions and trial lawyers demanding changes in the governor’s state budget proposal. The phrase comes from an old television comedy routine where two Schwarzengger-like bodybuilders use it to mock

Munny: “Deserve’s got nothin’ to do with it.”