New York Post: […]while Lockhart insists that the documents were never mentioned in their conversation, he conceded “it’s possible” Mapes just happened to mention the memos when she asked him to give Burkett a call. Yesterday, he explained it this way: Mapes asked Lockhart to speak to “a guy who is being helpful on this story,” adding that she just happened to mention that “there are some records that might
September 2004
September 23, 2004
Truth be told, doll…
…I always slather my rubber gloves in squeeze butter, then roll them in crushed fiberglass until the fingers are coated with prickly shards. I find such preparation makes the interrogation more…piquant…
September 22, 2004
Ride the peace train straight to hell, you crazy bastard
And by the way, that ain’t a moonshadow following you, Yusuf. See ya’. Enjoy the falafels.
September 22, 2004
My very brief conversation with the state of New Jersey, September 22
Me: “So. Latest Quininppiac poll has Bush pulling even with Kerry at 48 in your state, traditionally a Democratic stronghold. What gives?” New Jersey: “That’s a good question. I’m not completely sure, to be honest—though I can offer a couple of guesses if you’d like.” Me: “Please. You’re the expert.” New Jersey: “Well, first, I suspect a lot of people in New Jersey are beginning to understand that the prospect
September 22, 2004
A Poem from 1968, Revised by the Ghost of Richard Brautigan, 2004 (twenty-fourth in a series)
Hey, Bacon! The moon like: mischievous bacon crisps its desire (while) I harbor myself Michael Moore harbors himself toward two a half-dozen eggs over easy [and a drum of butterscotch syrup — which he rolls around in like a hog in edible sty mud.]
September 22, 2004
If instead of a pampered heiress Teresa Heinz Kerry were the inner foil wrapper to a piece of Wrigley’s spearmint gum
THK: “I may only be the inner foil wrapper to a piece of Wrigley’s spearmint gum, but I am the most piquant and powerful inner foil wrapper to a piece of Wrigley’s spearmint gum in the entire known universe!”
September 22, 2004
The Devil’s Own
In what he probably views as a brave piece in today’s Newsday, Mediachannel.org editor Danny Schechter uses his powers of divination to explain how a tiny little non-event like the CBS forged document story got blown up into a huge media scandal via some carefully orchestrated plot by a cabal of right-wing hitmen, the goal of which was to destroy uberpatriot (and unimpeachable source) Dan Rather. Writes Schechter: “CBS’s most
September 21, 2004
John Edwards talks in his sleep
Edwards: “Bunnies, yes. Yes. Bunnies. Bunnies. Bunnies.”
September 21, 2004
More grist for the RatherGate rumor mill
For what it’s worth, NewsMax is running this story suggesting that the Kerry campaign referred to information contained in at least one of the forged¹ CBS documents as early as April: The Kerry campaign made an explicit reference to information in at least one of four forged military documents broadcast 14 days ago by CBS’s “60 Minutes” – in a detailed campaign press release attacking President Bush’s National Guard service