Favorite excerpt: “[John] Edwards’ relaxed manner, youthful looks and boyish charisma is expected to complement [John] Kerry, who can sometimes seem stiff and pompous. And as the word spread yesterday [of Edwards being named Kerry’s running mate], Democrats looked forward to a vice-presidential debate this fall, which would pit Edwards against Vice President Dick Cheney. One thing is certain: Edwards feels quite at home in front of a crowd.” “I
July 2004
July 7, 2004
“Edwards selection puts economy at forefront,” The Lowell Sun
Favorite excerpt: “[John] Edwards’ relaxed manner, youthful looks and boyish charisma is expected to complement [John] Kerry, who can sometimes seem stiff and pompous. And as the word spread yesterday [of Edwards being named Kerry’s running mate], Democrats looked forward to a vice-presidential debate this fall, which would pit Edwards against Vice President Dick Cheney. One thing is certain: Edwards feels quite at home in front of a crowd.” “I
July 7, 2004
Post-echocardiogram partisan slur, presented innocuously enough in the form of a riddle
Q: What do you get when you cross John Kerry and John Edwards? A: Beats me. But it ain’t gonna beat George Bush, that’s for sure… **** (alternate answer: wealthy, litigious, soupy oatmeal with raisins)
July 6, 2004
Correction
A transcription error appears in my July 3 conversation with Robert Byrd’s (D-WV) Grand Kleagle hood. In that earlier post, the exchange in question reads this way: me: “…Can I just tell you, though, that you are the whitest piece of fabric I’ve ever seen! Christ, you’re white as a Kerry dinner party, y’know?” hood: me: ” — like the guest list at a Barry Manilow concert, is how white
July 6, 2004
The John Kerry Names His Running Mate haiku
for John Edwards “I think your hair is perfect! We are so going to nail the chick vote.”
July 6, 2004
Purported also-rans for the Democratic Vice-Presidential nomination, 2004
Gorgonzola cheese Jaguar XK8 convertible coupe Lime twists The Collected Essays of Simone De beauvoir Mandrake root (mayapple) “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air” John Hobbs Croquet mallets Wicker chaise Dick Gephardt
July 6, 2004
Milestones, 5
Happy 6th-month birthday, S*tchel! If you’re reading this, I think you’re the cat’s pajamas!
July 6, 2004
Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun update
Reuters: “Kidnappers in Iraq released on Tuesday a Lebanese-born U.S. marine they were once thought to have decapitated, his brother said.” Wassef Ali Hassoun’s brother Sami, speaking from the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, said his family had received word Hassoun was alive and had been freed in the early hours, but declined to specify the source of the information. The U.S. military in Baghdad could not immediately confirm that
July 5, 2004
Fifth in a series of real-time empirical observations
In the time it took me to write this post, I could have been doing just about anything else that took this long to do. Readers of this post will find a similar calculus obtains on their end, as well.