Did the DNC have the dubious CBS documents before CBS? Allah takes a fresh look at the Rathergate timeline based on a careful examination of the LA Times story I linked to this morning. And here’s a taste of what he found: […] If the LA Times is right, then Kerry’s campaign had Burkett’s information before CBS got the memos from its mystery source, a possibility that until now had
September 18, 2004
September 18, 2004
Word association with John Edwards
[The following exchange took place over coffee and a caviar omelet at the Stuckey’s Restaurant, Asheville NC, Sept 10, 2004.] me: integrity. Senator Edwards: bunnies. me: honor. Senator Edwards: bunnies. me: friendship. Senator Edwards: bunnies, fuzzy ducklings. me: loyalty. Senator Edwards: bunnies. me: WMDs. Senator Edwards: Bush lied. me: compassion. Senator Edwards: bunnies. me: strength. Senator Edwards: cornered bunnies protecting their young.
September 18, 2004
If instead of a pampered heiress Teresa Heinz Kerry were a 40’ Amargasaurus
THK: “Look at all the puny people, how they tremble before me in terror and awe!”* *Also applies if instead of turning into a 40’ Amargasaurus Teresa Heinz Kerry remains a pampered heiress – ed.
September 18, 2004
Another one bites the dust
Eleanor Clift: a parody of her own shrill partisanship, sliding into irrelevance one rumpled stocking at a time…
September 18, 2004
Fill the silence in your Saturday with song!
“In retrospect, I suppose I should have just said ‘99.5 on your FM dial,’ then offered the guy a fiver”—Dan Rather, Nov. 1986 “Blue blockers help too. And Pez, in the correct dosage”—William Tager, April 2001
September 18, 2004
Max Cleland to Bill Burkett: “Counterattack” and “Contact the [Kerry] Campaign”
In case you’re wondering, it’s that second bit that has my nipples rock-candy hard. From Michael Dobbs, Saturday’s Washington Post: Rather described his source as a man who said he, along with his family, has been harassed and threatened by political operatives. In interviews with journalists over the past few years, Burkett complained about receiving threatening phone calls at home, as well as a bullet with his name on it
September 18, 2004
Talking back to 80s music, 34
I had that same dream. Only in my dream, the rowboat becomes a 1966 Corvette convertible 4-speed, and instead of doing a load of laundry, the chick dresses up like Little Bo Peep and begs me to spank her with an undercooked lamb chop. Matthew Wilder, “Break My Stride”
September 18, 2004
red pills found behind the sofa cushions, prolepsis
Billy Fidget* and the dolphin. No, not a folk duet. A mini-cabal. A mini-cabal lounging on a piece of ruddy driftwood, sharing clove cigarettes and debating the finer points of irresistible grace. This, I fear, could take days. Prognosis: time to zip up the tent, people. And hide the rest of the Muscatel.