“When the monkey emotes, he likes his words to look their very best. That’s why he chooses the new Selectric Composer, only from IBM.” **update** “Now available in lightweight lefty!”

Aaron and I almost never saw eye to eye on politics, but his was a powerful voice, and as a writer, his talent was always on evidence.  My thoughts and prayers are with his friends and family.

Washington Post, Page 1: Documents unearthed by CBS News that raise doubts about whether President Bush fulfilled his obligations to the Texas Air National Guard include several features suggesting that they were generated by a computer or word processor rather than a Vietnam War-era typewriter, experts said yesterday. Experts consulted by a range of news organizations pointed out typographical and formatting questions about four documents as they considered the possibility

Democratic strategist MaryAnn Marsh—making a return appearance on “Hannity & Colmes” this evening—was given yet another opportunity to correct her earlier statement that President Bush betrayed his country by not fighting in Vietnam. But Marsh, in what has become standard operating procedure for blinkered Donk flacks, declined, insisting that she stands by that statement—then she tried once again to make the case that Bush betrayed his country by not fighting

Son of Late Officer Questions Bush Memos… (via Drudge) Reached for comment, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) shouted, “Look!  Isn’t that a land shark?”—then turned and ran from the podium like a Girl Scout frightened by her first period.

Sure, run with it.  We can always retract it later.*

From Powerline (via Allah*):  Are the CBS National Guard Documents Fake? Bill INDC contacts a forensics specialist, who thinks they are.  The verdict: Dr. Bouffard called me again, and after further analysis, he says that he’s pretty certain that it’s a fake. Here’s why: * He looked through old papers he’s written, and noted that he’s come up against the inconsistency of the “4” several previous times with forgeries that

Howard Kurtz, Washington Post: President Bush’s former sister-in-law denied yesterday that she had given author Kitty Kelley any information about allegations of past drug use by Bush. Sharon Bush is quoted in Kelley’s forthcoming book about the Bush family as making one of the allegations, and Kelley’s editor said in an interview Tuesday that she had provided “confirmation” for the information. But Sharon Bush, who is divorced from the president’s

eg. “Are those your lederhosen?” “Yes, those lederhosen belong to me.”* *Worn as part of a Halloween costume, 1988.  I dressed as the St. Pauli Girl and got hit on by at least 3 of my fraternity brothers, one of whom dressed as Cleavon Little in Vanishing Point.  Which, that was really freaky, man.

Ever one to lend a hand, John Cole offers his services to the New York Times. thematic update:  Liberal media bias?  The hell you say!